Hemard Daily Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 121
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
LARGE NUMBER
RESPONDS CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS
* OVER HUNDRED CITIZENS SPEND
DAY HELPING CLEAR SITE
FOR JESSE LEE HOME
Under ideal weather conditions
citizens of Seward, armed with axes,
grubbing hoes and saws, were seen
at 8 o'clock yesterday wending their
way to the site of the Jesse Lee
Home, on the hillside north of town.
While many walked out, transporta
tion was cheerfully donated by all
w'ho had cars, and the big fire truck
made many trips to the site carrying
implements and passengers. The day
proved ideal for working, and upon
arriving at the grounds many excla
mations were heard on all sides as
to the exceptionally ideal location for
the Home, the whole bay in pano
rama lying before the eyes of the
assemblage. Men from all vocations,
trades and professions were there,
and where a man failed to appear, he
sent a paid worker in his place. The
** workers were formed in squads of
four, six and eight, and tackled their
task willingly and cheerfully, the
shirker being conspicuous by his ab
sence. The powder men went in
advance, preparing the charges and
placing as many as 25 shots at one
time, the crowd scattering to places
of safety when the alarm was given.
Following the powder men came the
“mopping up” troops and the “cats,”
piling up the debris and pulling the
huge stumps loosened by the powder.
i At noon Chef Mel Holben told the
big crowd to “Come and get it or
he would throw it out,” and there was
a grand rush for the portable kitchen
presided over by the ladies, who pass
ed out sandwiches, beans, hot dogs,
and liver sausages, followed with
steaming hot coffee. All were served
cafeteria style and the shock troops
quickly absorbed all provisions in
sight, returning to work heartened
by a good feed and an hour’s rest.
.4^ The big Holt caterpillar trucks were
invaluable, never tiring, and pulling
out stumps two to three feet in diam
eter, wdth many snorts and puffs. The
teams furnished by Cal Brosius and
the Alaska Transfer were also of
great help in piling up the debris.
By five o’clock the torch had been
applied to many of the large piles
of stumps and brush, and the field
showed much work done. Every citi
zen returned home tired but happy
in the accomplishment of a good deed.
The remainder of the work to be done
will be performed by laborers under
the direction of the street committee.
The response to requests for food
contributions were generously met by
local merchants, who told Mr. Hinde,
official purveyor, to take what he
needed from their stocks. The Seward
Bakery furnished the buns and dough
nuts; Frye-Bruhn the weiners and
liverwurst; Carstens’ Company a fine
boiled ham; The Seward Trading Co.
sugar, tea, coffee and milk; Brown &
Hawkins donated the stumping pow
der; and the bureau of public roads
the use of tools and tractors.
Mel Holben made the coffee and
prepared the lunch.
NEAR ACCIDENT AT HOME SITE
At the site for the Jesse Lee Home
yesterday a large bowlder was hurled
by a blast several hundred yards, go
ing through the side of A1 Davis’s
car and shattering the windshield.
Two children in the car were un
hurt. Had they been in line with
-^the rock some one undoubtedly would
have been killed. The auto at the
time was standing several hundred
yards away from the scene of the
blast.
■^rank Skeen and a small party de
I ted from Seward yesterday for
Nuka bay.
GREECE REFUSES
VOTE TO WOMEN
ATHENS, May 22.—(£>)—Greece is
not yet ready to grant suffrage to
women, according to a statement
made in parliament by M. Kaphan
daris.
“Greece does not want to be the
last country to give the franchise
to women,” said the speaker, “but
the time is not yet ripe.”
STIKINE HIGHEST IN
YEARS IS REPORT
SEATTLE, Wn., May 22.—(£>)—
Frank Cotter, in a dispatch to the
Seattle P.-I., said that three boats
went up the Stikine from Wrangell
yesterday, loaded to capacity. The
Stikine is the highest in the history
of the territory and is running full
of driftwood, which tends to make
navigation somewhat hazardous.
He said that Grady, whose dis
covery on Gold Pan Creek started
the stampede, left Wrangell yester
day on a Stikine river steamer, say
ing that he will install a bedrock
drainwork on his holdings this sum
mer, and that he had all the ground
he wanted and was confident that
he would become wealthy.
Huge Body of Coal
Found In Vancouver
VANCOUVER, May 22.—(£>)—'The
discovery of a vein of coal, 525 feet
thick with a continuous formation,
was reported by E. C. McDougal at
Hat Creek, 170 miles north of Van
couver on the Pacific and Great
Western railway. It is hoped that
shipments of coal will leave this
district by fall.
BOAT DUE TOMORROW
No word has been received from
the steamship Northwestern, due in
Seward tomorrow from Seattle, but
it is expected that the vessel will not
reach port much before noon. The
following reservations have been
made to date for passage south on
the steamship Northwestern: Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Kellerstauss and daugh
ters; Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lewis, F.
Angerman, the latter for Cordova.
Forestry Department to
Make a Survey of the
Prince Wm Sound District
Beginning this month a timber
party, under the forestry department
will make an extensive cruise of the
timber area of th western portions
of Prince William Sound, according
to information received by the Se
ward Gateway yesterday. The pur
pose of the survey is to block out
a regular working circle, to ascer
tain the suppy of timber suitable
for construction and maintenance
work on The Alaska Railroad.
H. J. Lutz will be in charge of the
party which will consist of four
men. It is estimated the cruise will
take at least four months. Mr. Lutz
has been permanently asasigned to
the Chugach National Forest, head
quarters at Cordova, from Ketchi
kan. He is a trained forestry man
with years of experience behind him.
Charles H. Flory, district forester,
who recently passed thru Seward,
highly recommended Mr. Lutz, as al
so did Wm. J. McDonald, Chugach
forest supervisor.
A launch, 50 feet in length with a
beam of 12 feet, powered with a 60
h.p. gas engine, and named the “Buck
eye,” has been secured at Ketchikan
and will be used solely for this
cruise. The craft was due to arrive
at Cordova last week to take on
fuel and supplies following which she
was expected to come to Seward. It
is believed this port will be the
headquarters during the season.
NO NEWS FROM
AMUNDSEN HAS
BEEN RECEIVED
ARCTIC EXPLORER MAY LAND AT
POLE AND SPEND FEW
DAYS EXPLORING
NEW YORFL May 22 (£>)—The
North American Newspaper Alliance
had not received any word from the
Amundsen Arctic expedition at noon
today. No communication will be
possible until someone reaches a
station as the planes have no wire
less equipment. The trip of 680 miles
to the pol^ from Kings Bay is expect
ed to take eight hours, but the expe
dition may be gone several days if it
is possible to alight at the pole.
English experts say that Amund
sen, if he reaches the pole, may suc
cumb to the temptation to survey the
great unseen territory between the
Pole and Alaska, and follow out his
original intention of continuing his
flight to Point Barrow.
Grettir Algarsson is still in Liver
pool awaiting the completion of his
blimp and other equipment.
Ships Will Proceed North.
OSLO, May 22 (JP)—The Shipping
Gazette said that the expedition ship
Hobby, w'as ordered to proceed north
immediately after the Amundsen
flight started. The Farm will follow
some hours later, both going as far
north as the ice will permit in order
to maintain a lookout for Amundsen
and his five companions. Meteorolo
gists have predicted two days good
weather. Both planes are equipped
with sleighs, skiis, and are supplied
with emergency provisions to last a
month.
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5 .Portland 9.
Los Angeles 2, Oakland 3, 11 inn
ings.
San Francisco 8, Vernon 6.
Salt Lake 10, Seattle 11.
National League.
Boston 12, St. Louis 3.
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 1.
Brooklyn 5, Chicago 4.
New York 5, Pittsburgh 4.
American League.
St. Louis 4, Phila. 20.
Chicago 7, Boston 9.
Detroit 2, Washington 6.
Cleveland 3, New York 6.
LAME ASTROLOGER
HANGED AT SALEM
SALEM, Ore., May 22.—L. W. Pears
and Arthur Coveil were hanged at the
state penitentiary today. The fall
failed to break Covell’s neck and he
slowly strangled to death, being pro
nounced dead 30 minutes after the
drop was sprung.
Coveil was a crippled astrologer
who influenced a half-witted nephew,
Alton Covell, to kill his mother, Ar
thur’s wife, because he claimed the
woman paid him no attention while
in a room on the upper floor of the
family home. Alton; was sentenced to
life imprisonment.
Pears, who wras an aged man, kill
ed his wife’s dogs and cats, and Jas.
Culver.
Georgia Gushed Spouts
2000 Tons Oil a Day
MOSCOW, May 22.—(/P)—A new
petroleum gusher, which was found
near Grozny I George, Wednesday, is
said to be throwing more than twc
thousand tons of oil a day.
Frank Foster, attorney from Cor
dova, will arrive in Seward on Sat
urday’s train.
LONDON “UNCLE”
FEARED HE WOULD
BE BURIED ALIVE
LONDON, May 22 —(/P)— Alfred Au
gustus George, pawnbroker, was so
afraid of being buried alive that in
his will he provided that $5,000
should be given to any doctor who
discovered that he was in a trance
and not dead.
The sum was never paid. Mr.
George died recently and three doc
tors received $50 each for examin
ing his body to discover if he was
really dead. The doctors’ fees had
also been provided by the will.
TREASURE HUNTING
CRAZE IN HUNGARY
BUDAPEST, May 22.—(JP)—Treas
ure hunting has become almost a
mania with Hungarians, since some
remarkable discoveries of ancient
treasures were recently made.
Children playing in a garden un
earthed golden rings and trinkets,
which experts believe date back to
60 B. C.
The government has seized all
treasures which have been found
and threatened those who seek to
hid future treasure trove with impri
sonment.
A golden bowl is among the lat
est discoveries.
A syndicate has been formed to
dig in a number of building plots
for treasures. Some treasures which
have been unearthed have long been
unrecognized as such and have been
used as toys for children.
HEALY MINE WILL
RESUME OPERATIONS
ABOUT JUNE FIRST
The Healy river coal mine, which
has been closed down for the last
few weeks on account of the spring
break-up on the river, which annu
ally takes out the wooden bridge,
will resume operations about the
first of the month, according to in
formation received in Seward yester
day. With the installation and com
pletion of the new steel bridge
which will span the Healy river, it
is stated the mine will operate stead
ily hereafter.
Seward arrivals from the district
say that the Healy River Coal Cor
poration is planning the construc
tion of a new tipple and more new
buildings. J. Simonstad, a mining
engineer of Seattle, is expected to
arrive at the mine shortly, for the
purpose of making a study of the
ground after which plans and speci
fications for the tipple, will be drawn
up.
Frank Ernst is slated for the job
as construction foreman under Mr.
Simonstad, it is reported. Upon the
completion of the tipple, electrical
driven shaker screens will be erect
ed. The machinery for these is al
ready in new cribbing along the riv
er front. The recent high waters
worked havoc with some of the bulk
heads.
According to statistics compiled on
the output of this mine, it now
ranks as the largest producing coal
mine in the territory. With the com
pletion of the new additions to the
equipment at the mine, expert coal
men who have visited the property,
claim the mine is as modern, if not
more so, than many of the coal
mines operating in the state of Wash
ington.
Prior to closing down temporarily
a few weeks ago, the daily output
of coal from this mine was estimat
ed roughly at about 135 tons a day.
It is stated the company contem
plates shipping good sized cargoes
of lump coal in the near future to
Cordova, Kanatak and other Alaskan
coast to\ n?
MANY TO SEE
THE VALLEY OF
10,000 SMOKES
That this summer will witness one
of the greatest invasions known in
history of tourists into Alaska is evi
denced by letters and folders con
taining itineraries received from the
Criswell travel service, W. H. Ric
key, Peck-Judah and other travel
parties. The Criswell service, besides
its conducted parties, will bring an
additional party of 50 to this section
of Alaska, says the Stroller’s Week
ly of recent date.
Besides advertising the Golden
Belt and Grand Circle tours, over
which routes they have booked all
the tourists the steamship companies
can handle, the Criswell service has
also arranged two tours to the Valley
of Ten Thousand Smokes, the route
from Seattle being via the inside pas
sage to Juneau, thence to Cordova,
Valdez, Seward and Kodiak to Kat
mai Bay.
The first party to leave Los An
geles for the Valley of Ten Thou
sand Smokes will start June 17, and
the second party will leave there
July 15. Both of the parties will be
personally conducted by L. C. Fol
som, who, with Dr. Griggs, was one
of the original discoverers of the val
ley, accompanied three subsequent
expeditions of the National Geogra
phic Society, and is probably more
familiar with this territory than any
other living person.
The latest circular published by
the Criswell party regarding this
tour says the trip into the valley ne
cessitates a "hike” of 30 miles from
the coast, and well repays the tourist
for his exertion. There being no in
habitants at Katmai bay or beyond,
camps must, of necesity, be used af
ter leaving the steamer. These will
be made as comfortable as possible,
and no effort spared to insure a most
enjoyable vacation, but persons join
ing these parties should bear in mind
that they are indeed pioneers, visit
ing one of the most spectacular and
remote portions of the earth, and be
prepared to forego luxury during this
portion of their trip.
In a land of marvelous and majes
tic scenery, Katmai National Monu
ment and the Valley of Ten Thou
sand Smokes are most impressive of
all tours. Here in 1912, occurred the
most gigantic eruption in the history
of the world, when Mount Katmai ex
ploded, throwing millions of tons of
ash and pomice many miles into the
air, disturbing atmospheric conditions
of the whole northern hemisphere for
months, creating the largest active
crater in the world and also that most
unique and spectacular region, the
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes is unlike anything else on
earth, five miles wide and seventeen
miles long, the floor of the valley is
pitted with millions of fumeroles,
with jets of steam and smoke vary
ing in size and color, these surround
ed by gaudily hued deposits and en
crustations; the valley itself Is in
the midst of the Aleutians, a range
of snowy mountains with their gla«
ciers and ice caves.
The first tour will leave Los An -
geles June 17.
WATSON DUE MONDAY
The Admiral Watson of the Pa
cific Steamship company is due to
arrive in Seward, from Seattle, next
Monday evening or early Tuesday,
morning, according to the local of
fice of the company. After discharg
ing passengers and freight the Wat
son will proceed to the Westward
calling at Port Graham, Halibut
Cove, Kodiak, Uzinka, Uyak and Al
itak, returning via the regular porta
of call, and departing from Seward
for the South about June 2.