SEWARD,
ALASKA
“CENTER of
EVERYTHING”
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Seward
COAST TERMINAL OF THE
ALASKA RAILROAD
Gateway
DAILY AND WEEKLY
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
TERMINAL FOR THREE OCEAN
GOING STEAMSHIP LINES
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 215.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1929. PRICE TEN CENTS
Big New Bridge
Hope Dedicated
Special Program
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS COMPLETES SPLEN
DID STRUCTURE SPANNING RESURREC
TION CREEK AT HOPE; FILLS LONG FELT
NEED; IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES MARKED
CHRISTENING OF BRIDGE; MANY SEWARD
CITIZENS PRESENT AT IMPRESSIVE CERE
MONY; OLDTIMERS GATHER.
Seward was well represented at the dedication cer
emony of the large new bridge just completed across
Resurrection Creek, at Hope, by the Bureau of Public
Roads. The event was one of the most impressive in
years and marks a forward step toward progress by
the many fine residents of that district; practically
the entire countryside attended the exercises which,
by request, were presided over by Leon Urbach, pres
ident of the Seward Chamber of Commerce, with Mrs.
J. H. Flickinger of Seward honored by being selected to
christen the bridge.
Three members of the execu- ,
live tommittee, of the local or- 1
g^nizatiop, were present, Mr. Ur
bach, J. H. Flickinger and H. S. (
Balderston, as well as Mrs. Bal- *
derston and Mrs. Flickinger.
1
-he exercises were held at 2 1
p. m. Wednesday, Sept., 11th, and, 1
according to visitors, the cere- L
mony was a sight which would j
have made the Portland Rose i
Carnival fade into insignificance.
The Oldtimers of the beauti
ful district literally showered j
Mrs. Flickinger with wonderful j
bouquets of Alaska flowers of j
every conceivable kind; in fact
there were so many that Mrs. !
Flickinger was unable to carry
tl. m necessitating assistance from
o:hers.
peeches were made by Messrs.
B iderston, Flickinger and Ur- j
r ah, Mrs. Flickinger, Harry i
J hnsson, capable foreman of the !
crew which built the bridge;
William Lagman. Henry Galla
gher, George Roll, E. E. Carson,
postmaster; and Mr. Wolf, all
prominent and oldtime citizens
cf Hope. Other oldtime residents
present were Mrs. Wolf, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Clark, Harry Miller,
A1 Ferrin, William Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson, and Mike Connolly,
the latter the well known Mayor
c: Sunrise. There were also many
o:hers but it was impossible to
secure their names as much as
it would liked to have been done.
•Vhen Mrs. Flickinger cracked
tr.e bottle of Alaska blue berry
juice, prettily decorated with rib
bons, many a sigh was heaved as
tr.e oldtimers forgot, for a mo
ment, that in these hectic days, |
no stronger vintage is permissa- ;
ble; and no doubt many of them I
recalled the day 25 years ago
when the old bridge, now obsolete,
v-. s dedicated with hard liquor'
sr.d “whoopee.”
The festivities continued at 8
c clock in the evening when a
wonderfully, enjoyable dance was
neid lasting far into the night; in
Met to the “wee sma’ hours of the
morn.’ Numerous old fashioned
dances were played and, it is
said. President Urbach excelled
anything in the old gold rush j
days insofar as calling the square
dances.
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EMERGENCY FIELD ON RANCH
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept., 13. (A3)—An
emergency landing field, far from
the beaten path and 120 miles from
the nearest town, is being prepared
by Elmo Johnson on his ranch half
way between El Paso and San An
Tonio. The government is supervis
ing the project.
Rossel island cannibals kill their
victims by smothering.
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ST. LOUIS WILL SPEED 10 BALLOONS IN QUEST
OF INTERNATIONAL TROPHY, RACE SEPT. 28
Among the leading pilots to participate #in the in
national balloon races from St. Louis, September 28
will be (left to right) Ward T. Van Orman, Lieut. G. W.
Settle and Capt. W. E. Kepner, Americans, and Ernest
Demuyter of Belgium. Preparation of the bags means
such a scene as this, taken at Pittsburgh last spring.
An indication of the gas needed in one of the monsters
is shown in the inset.
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BOAT JUMPED 12 FEET IN AIR
BEFORE UPSETTING; HOLE
IN KEEL
; VENICE, Italy, Sept., 14, (#>)—
Captain Smith, mechanic for Phil
Wood, was seriously hurt in a fall
| from the American speed boat
| competing in the races with Major
|H. O. D. Seagrave who won Count
jVolpis’ cup with a speed of 55 point
i 35 miles per hour.
Phil Wood and Smith were
I thrown from their seats when
“Miss America Seventh” was caught
in the wash from Seagraves’ boat
and overturned. The boat jumped
12 feet in the air before upsetting
and bashed a hole in the keel. The
pilotless boat continued for several
i hundred yards before stopping.
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IS OISSPPOINTED
Will ALASKA QUEST
JUNEAU, Sept., it (/F)—Disap
pointed in his attempt to find
evidence that man first came to
the North American continent
from Asia by way of Alaska, Dr.
Alex Hardlicka, Smithsonian In
stitute, is on his way to the
j States after covering 5,000 miles
I along the Yukon River. He found
j skulls but none of them were
1 over 150 years old.
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SliU. LIST ABOARD
SEATTLE, Sept., 14, (/P)—The S.
S. Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed
at 10.30 this morning and carried
164 passengers; 11 second class and
T2 for Seward including:
C. W. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
| Thomas, A. Borth, C. A. Anderson,
Gertrude Neimi, Olsen, Mrs.
'Jeannie Keith, Miss M. Clifford,
Miss G. Wurmser and Joseph Cros
son.
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% HOT DEAD
GRANDHAVEN, Me., Sept., 14.
;(/P)—Twenty-four men and one boy
are believed to have perished in
the wreck of the freighter Andaste
| which is thought to have gone
down in a storm on Lake Michigan
Monday.
The water is deep where the ves
sel was last seen and fishermen be
lieve many bodies will never be re
recovered. The Andaste left Chi
cago loaded with gravel and sea
men believe the cargo shifted in
storm and caused the ship to
breakup.
A man reported he saw the ves
sel apparently in distress and
trying to make port and while he
watched the lights disapeared
; Wreckage, identified as that of the
Andaste, washed ashore Wednes
day.
BECAME ANGRY WHEN GIRL IN
FORMED BUS DRIVER BOOK
WOULD BE TORN
I PORT ANGELES, Wn„ Sept., 14,
f/P>—Jesse Spurrier, 16, Joyce high
school student, shot and killed
Helen McClaine, 13, Joyce school
girl, Thursday night with a 30-30
rifle from ambush when angered
because Helen told the school bus
| driver on him for taking her book
jand threatening to tear it.
! The sheriffs posse found tne boy
| four hours later shot thru the head
by his own rifle 200 yards from
where he had killed the girl..
As the bus was enroute from
Joyce to Lyre River, where both at
tended school, the boy yanked the
book from the girl and threatened
to tear it. The girl toid the bus
'driver who made the boy return the
[book. He said to Helen “You’ll be
I sorry for that”. At 7:30 Helen and
!her sister Leona, 10, were returning
from a ranch with milk. The boy
had lain in wait for her along a
lonely path. Leona said that Spur
rier appeared in the ferns at the
side of the trail and fired a bullet
which entered Helen’s right should
ier and came out thru her right
shoulder. The girl was dead when
her father reached her.
Spurrior was shot thru the head.
Helen was the daughter of C. J.
McClaines; the boy was the son of
Warren Spurrier, both ranchers.
The youth was a “lone wolf” sort of
boy who would not mix with his
playmates at school.
1018 LIST OF
DUTIES AUG
MSS WAR ZOIE
SCORES OF HEADLESS BODIES;
SOVIETS VANISH WITHOUT
ANY TRACE
MOSCOW, Sept., 14, (/P)—A long
list of alleged outrages committed
by Chinese and Russian white
guards along the Manchurian bor
der during the past six weeks was
made public by Soviet authorities
who declared the charges corro
borated by documents and testi
monies of witnesses.
The government previously an
nounced there were no major en
gagements on the Manchurian
frontier now. The Russians said
that they have gone thru every
conclivable hardship and torture.
Also many executions and whole
jsale imprisonments with cases of
; homocide or becoming insane.
• Scores of headless bodies nave
been found in Harbin and along
the Chinese Eastern Railway. Many
Soviets are said to have vanished
i without any trace. Thousands of
'others are in insanitary Chinese
I prisons or concentration camps
I without food or attention. Diseases
lare developing.
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I Mrs. D. E. Valade/ wife of the
| local clothing merchant, departs
on the S. S. Yukon for a visit to
her former home.