Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 214.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1930.
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ALASKA mWO
GREATEST ASENCY
HR DEVELOPMENT
WIFE OF SECRETARY WILBUR
ENTERTAINED BY SEWARD
LADIES DURING BRIEF STAY
Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of
the Secretary of Interior with her
son Ray, Jr., arrived in Seward on
the Aleutian last evening. With the
party is Mr. Ebert K .Burlew, Ad
ministrative Assistant to Secretary
Wilbur, and his son John. Accom
panied by General Manager Ohlson,
they will spend several days travel
ling over the Alaska Railroad, go
ing as far north as Circle City.
In an interview today, Mr. Bur
lew, who is Budget Officer for the
Interior Department, stated that
the purpose of his visit is to in
spect the railroad and other Inter
ior activities in Alaska. Secretary
* Wilbur, he stated further, is very
much interested in the development
of Alaska. With the education of
the natives, the public land, terri
torial government, mineral re
scources and the Alaska Railroad
under his jurisdiction, he was one of
the active sponsors of the plan to
appoint a Commision for the Terri
tory. Governor Parks is the Com
missioner for the Interior Depart
ment, and others have been ap
pointed to represent the Depart
ments of Agriculture and Com
merce. These are Federal agencies
having to do with the major ad
ministrative problems of Alaska.
Secretary Wilbur is convinced
that is to be a benifit of the Ter
ritory to administer its affairs as
much as possible in Alaska. With
* this in view, he recently moved the
office of the Chief of the Alaska
Division of the Office of Education
from Seattle to Juneau. The new
Commission promises to justify it
self completely as soon as further
avenues of cooperation between the
departments have been opened.
The Alaska Railroad, added Mr.
Burlew is of course the greatest
dvelopment agency in the Terri
tory, and Secretary Wilbur is fur
thering all projects which will in
' fluence its growth and usefulness.
He is particularly interested in the
mineral, agricultural and reindeer
industries as potential revenue pro
ducers for the railroad and the Ter
ritory. Every endeavor will also be
made to utilize Alaska coal by the
various government bureaus oper
ating in Alaska so as to eliminate
importing coal from the outside.
The annual deficit is less than half
what it was several years ago and
9 at the same time the rollng stock
and right of way have been great
ly improved under General Man
ager Ohlson, who has the confi
dence of the Secretary of Interior.
INCOMING LOCALS
Incoming local arrivals on the
‘f SS Aleutian other than the list
from Seattle which has previously
been published, includeds V. Al
bin, A. C. Black, Mrs. C. Call,
W. N. Cuddy, Chas. H. Flory, Mrs.
E. Greenlee, Gus Gelles, Billie
Jean, Don James, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Jon.'s, Jessse Lawrence, Miss
Loftus, Wallace De Laguna, Fred
erica Laguna, Mrs. J. Lydick,
Mrs. P. W. Lee, Rica Niemi. Aileen
Niemi, Wumsee Grace, Dan R.
Rose, C. P. Sisson, D. E. Sherriff,
* H. P. Sullivan, Mrs. T. S. Scott,
Mary Wall, Mrs. A. Kellogg, Ann
Kellogg.
The best conservation laws are
eh graved in the heart, not in the
statue books.
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MOTHER, ARRIVE SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 22. (/P)—Joe Cros
son, Alaska aviator, his bride, and
his mother arrived last night on the
SS. Yukon from Alaska. Mrs. Cros
son said she was glad to be back
in Seattle for a visit but liked Fair
banks for that is where “our won
derful romance started and we had
such good time among wonderful
friends there.”
MRS. C. M. ECKMANN, ANCHOR
AGE AND MRS. D. I. JOHN
STONE, KETCHIKAN
SEATTLE, Aug., 22, (VPi—Two
Gold Star Mothers, Alaska’s only
contribution this year of many
who will visit their sons graves
in France, this year, arrived on
the SS Yukon a trifle breathless
from the fine treatment th^y are
receiving.
They are Mrs. Dora Ida John
stone of Ketchikan, and Mrs. C.
M. Eckmann of Anchorage.
They were met at the ship by
Harry Andrews, head of the U. S.
Quartermaster Depot here and
will leave Seattle tomorrow at
6:30 p. m. on the Milwaukee’s
“Olympian” for New York then
embark for France.
They will visit the Meuse and
Argonne Cemeteries.
“Oh! It is wonderful the way
we have been treated all along/'
exclaimed Mrs. Johnstone.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 7 Frisco 15.
NIGHT GAMES
Missions 0; Sacramento 7.
Hollywood 6; Oakland 4.
j Portland 2 Los Angeles 10.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6; Philadelphia 10. Grove
won eight straight making his 21
victory of the season. Alexander
homered one.
I St. Louis 4; Washington 14.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 1-1; Cincinnati 2-2;
; Lucas as pinch hitter in the ninth
j doubled and drove in Hielmann
this being the winning run
1 Boston 0; Pittsburg 5. L. War
! ners of San Francisco sent Suhr
home from second with the only
run needed to win the game. P.
Warner, Comorosky and Suhr
I trmoed.
j New York 4; St.Loujs 5. Fitz
simon’s wild pitch in the Seventh
allowed a tying run. St. Louis won
} when catcher dropped throw.
Phitadelnhia 10; Chicago 8.
Chicago got 17 hits to 13 hits for
Ph;ladelphia. Davis homered twice
with two on bases Klein, Odoul,
and Hurst each homored. Chicago
won 10 out of 13 games at the
j home stand.
THE PORT OF SEWARD
The extent of the boat traffic
in the Port of Seward yesterday
can be guaged by the following
list of vessels which were here.
Admiral Watson. Marian, Rolf 1„
Rolf 11, Rolf 111. U. S. S. Perry,
U. S. S. Wasmuth. Bureau of Fish
eries vessels Red Wing and Teal,
the Senator, Coast and Geodetic
•survey vessel Westdahl, S. S. Re
dondo, SS Aleutian. SS. Tanana. -
HIM SOUKS!
I
—
“We fear that our pilot. Captain
Ansell, started ^sontethin^l this
morning when ne introduced us to
Ye ‘Ed* and gave us all this rope,
or space, for writing. However, we i
are taking advantage of his mis- I
take. You know, or at least you J
should know, that Captain Ansell \
is not such a bad egg. Someday we j
are going to devote our brain to
writing a great many words about
him, but we won’t tell his wife.
“This is our first visit to your
city. We like it. You have lots of \
good scenery, something we are go
ing .to tell the post-card industry
about, and your fish are delicious
as our pilot proved this morning by
bringing one, the size of a young
whale, aboard as the compliments
of the San Juan Fish Company.
“As we can’t possibly look you all
up and introduce ourselves, we want
you all to come down to the dock
and meet us. Visitors are welcome
aboard either of the ships between
the hours of 1:00 and 4:30 p.m
daily. Just walk aboard and look
around, and if there are any ques- j
tions you would like answered ask j
one of the fellows in a white hat, j
they’ll be glad to tell you all about j
the Navy.
“This opportunity to see a part j
of your Navy in real life will come
to you seldom and we know each
one of the officers and bluejackets
will do his part to instruct and
guide you about the ships.
“If the present schedule holds,
both ships will be aloip: side the
dock the remair.der of our stay in
this port.”
“ We have many ardent fol
lowers of Ike Walton aboard. While
we were making 15 knots between
San Diego and Seattle, one of the
|said followers of Ike sat on the fan
tail all day holding his fishing line
over the stem. Thanks to good
fortune the fish din’t bite. We plan
to do much fishing while in these
waters and if the fish here are epi
curean please tell us the things
they like best.
“These fellows you see running i
about town with clubs are not as
dangerous as they appear. Did you
; notice the big tough looking bozo j
with the club? He’s not bad, you ;
'should see the little mite of a wo
man who rules him down in San
Diego. |
1 “Ye Scribe attended both dances
jlast night and enjoyed himself in
I a big way. There iseeme^l >lto be
j more real fun, however, at the
TOOF. Hall. They had tag dances
land, with our face, tag dances are
| much the best.”
INTERIOR DEPIBTMENT |
ms of no piss
I DISCONTINUE S. 01.
j ANCHORAGE, Aug., 22, Special
to The Gateway—In reply to a
cablegram by Jack Lincke, press
representative, addressed to Pres
ident Hoover, Acting Secretary
Edwards, of the Department of
the Interior, answered as follows:
“Your telegram of the 16th has
been referred to the Interior De
partment for answering. The In
terior Department knows nothing
as to plans discontinuing The
Alaska Railroad.”
Lincke’s cablegram requested
the President to issue a statement
|calculated to re-establish conf
idence and allay the pessimism in
•the railroad belt.
SIX PERSONS Oil.
YAGHT STRUCK ROCKS
OWER, England, Aug., 22, (JP)—
Six persons, among whom it is!
feared were two or three members |
of the Parliament and one or more j
women are believed to have drown
ed when the yacht Islander was
wrecked on the rocks of Lantivet j
Bay during a violent storm two j
nights ago.
The Islander had been chartered !
by Commander Knight and the |
members Jof his party were un
known.
OLMSTED RESUMES !
COURT. BOOZE CJSE
ALLEGES TO HAVE DISTRIBUT- ;
ED FEW MORE THOUSANDS
TO OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, Aug., 22. E/P)—01m
sted resumed the stand at the
opening of court continuing recit
ation of how he allegedly passed
out large sums of money through
intermediaries to prohibition en
forcement officials.
Olmsted declared he had paid
$3,000 in 1924 as “Federal insur
ance” through an miermidiary to
Clifford McKinley, former U. S.
assistant attorney toward the
campaign fund of Thomas Revelle,
former U. S. district attorney, who
was seeking the Republican guber
natorial nomination.
Olmsted said he talked Hubbard
into going into the prohibition
office to “undermine Whitney.”
He also testified that Whitney
let off bootlegger Eddie Graham
after being made a present of a
radio costing $500.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at Cincinnati, rained.
Boston at Pittsburgh, rained
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 16. Ha
fey clouted out his 23rd homer with
two on. The Cardinals executed
five double plays.
New York 13, Chicago 6. The de
feat of Chicago puts the Giants two
games behind Chicago. The Giants
belted Blake and Teachout for 15
hits. The Giants presented a de
fense whch left no opportunities
for easy scoring.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6, N. Y. 5. Lazerri’s
error in the 9th sent the contest
to extra innings. Byrd of the Yan
kee hit a nomer in the 7th with
two on bases.
Chicago 2, Boston 4- Boston made
five errors
Detroit 7. Philadelphia 3. Sim
mons 30th hmer with 1 on cli
maxed the Athletic’s ninth inning
rally.
St.’Louis 2, Washington 5.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 8, San Francisco 5.
Night games:
Missions 4, Sacramento 6.
Hollywood 8. Oakland 9.
Portland 11, Los Angeles 5.
fi NO NEWS OF SHIPS
POINT BARROW, Aug. 22. (/P)—
Northerly winds stripped fhe ice
from the beach last night but still
the pack is still plainly visible.
There is no news of ships.
ML WELCOME
HOME EXTENDED
DORBANDT & COPE WILL FLF
TO WESTWARD FROM
SEWARD, WINTER
The drone of a faraway plane
or its roar when soaring close
overhead, resounded most of the
day here, and all from one source,
Pilot Frank Dorbandt who, with
Mrs, Dorbandt, and partner, Alon
zo Cope, flew here from Anchor
age yesterday to welcome home
Mrs. Swartz, wife of the well
known physician and surgeon.
As usual, to herald his arrival
in the gool ol’ town, Dorbandt
traveled down Fourth Avenue—
the aerial way—continuing on to
far down Resurrection Bay where
the SS Aleutian could be seelty eiL
tering the harbor about * nine
miles away. To attract the at
tention of Mrs. Swartz, on board
the vessel from Seattle, Dorbandt
began to cut capers, zooming all
around the liner. Finally, they
saw Mrs. Swartz and after wav
ing greetings, back to Seward to
land and greet her in person at
the dock.
Pilot Dorbandt, who is rapidly
becoming known as Alaska’s pre
mier aviator, had hoped that the
SS Aleutian would be out at sea
50 or 100 miles lor he would bate
liked to pick up Mrs. Swartz at
sea, transferring from the steamer
to the plane, and beating the liner
into port Dy nours.
As the plane was seen to froi
lic about the Aleutian down the
bay, jets of steam could be seen
escaping from the ll%pr’s whistle
but no sound heard here. After an
interval of what seemed about
five minutes, there was borne
feihtly to the ear, three hoarse
blasts.
Thursday Dorbandt left Bethel,
600 miles away in the Kuskokwim,
at 11:20, arriving at Anchorage
at 5:30. Remarkable flying time
for that distance figuring the
stops made enroute. He had Bob
Sommers, road engineer, with
him on the flight in and picked
up Carl Lotsfeldt, road superin
tendent, in the lower-river area.
Dorbandt and Cope dispatched
a radio to Point Barrow, three
days ago, notifying authorities
there that should the food shor
tage become acute, as it is feared
it will owing to shore-ice condi
tions which does not permit ves
sels to land, they stand ready to
fly to Barrow’s assistance with
supplies; free of charge!
Dorbandt made known to The
Gateway that this winter they
will fly to theWestward from Sew
ard, leaving their pontoons here
and changing here from skiis. The
local head of the Seward Aviation
Committee, Cal M. Brosius. is in
consultation today wth the air
men t» offer and assist them in
their local needs.
Referrng to the local airplane
landing field, now being completed,
Dorbandt stated he had learned
it was the intent to chop down
all trees back of the present area
to the river which will give ample
airway for landing or takeoffs.
When the day’s work is com
pleted here today, Dorbandt re
turns to Anchorage with Mrs.
Dorbandt, Mrs. A. A. Shonbeck,
Mrs. Swartz and Cope, as passen
gers.
Last night the plane rested on
the placid waters of Bear Lake.
That San Francisco man who
married three grass widows appears
to be a vegetarian.