Seward Daily Gateway
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 133.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTN
STOCK GAMBLING IS BLAMED
FOR LOSSES; EMBEZZLE
MENT CHARGES
CINCINNATI. June 10. (TP) —
The Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust
Company was ordered closed by
:he State Banking Division after
a shortage from $575,000 was
found in the acounts of the Henry
L. Doherty Company, a branch
here of the company and one of
-he largest depositors of the bank.
Examiners said that the short
age of more than $1,000,000 exist
ed on the books of Amos Shafer,
former district manager of the
Doherty Company.
The shortage was caused by
stock gambling. Shafer has been
arraigned on an embezzlement
charge and is being held by the
grand jury under a bond of $15.
000
The examiners of the accounts
said that Shafer kited the cus
tomers’ checks in an effort to re
soup stock losses.
HARVESTED If Ilf
It is said that the Nikolski tribe
•f natives on Umnak Island are
:he richest in Alaska. It is also
said that the natives on Atka
Island share this honor. In any
case two years ago the Nikolski
~ribe sold 1.000 blue foxes for
which they received the round
sum -cash—$50,000. They operate
a community fox island and a
'tore and the proceeds from these
are divided annually among the
inhabitants who have attained
he age of 21 or over.
It is estimated that the tribe
s worth one-quarter of a million
dollars.
The store is located in the vil
age and is partly owned by Bow
man. who owns and operates the
store at Atka.
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WITNESSED mOM SEA
Th volcanoes in the Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes were acting
ip beautifully on the recent voyage
jf the S. S. Starr, for the edifica
tion of the hundred passengers on
board. Gigantic clouds of white
smoke, or steam, were constantly
billowing skyward. To the visitors
from the East, the big game hunt- j
ers, the sight was inspiring. Capt.
C. E. Anderson, commander of the
Starr, stated this day when the vol
canoes performed so valiantly,
happened to be one of the best, as
far as visibility was concerned, that
ne recalled in the last year.
A FAMOUS ROCK
Priest Rock, near the entrance ’
:o Unalaska Harbor, is said to be
the most famous pile of rock in
the Northland by reason of the
fact that a priest stood at night on
>ne of the prominences of the rock
Holding aloft a flare thereby fur
nishing light as a guide for the
Russians entering the harbor to
cattle with the Aleuts.
Probably the furthest west ice
cream parlor in the United States
is located at Unalaska where Carp’s
resturant and soft drink estab
lishment, was recently opened.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
DENVER, June 10, (/P)—By an
unanimous vote the General Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs passed
a resolution requesting President
Hoover to appoint a commission
to study the problem of delin
quent women and girls in Alaska
! and make some plan dealing with
the situation now existing in the
1 Territory.
NEW YORK. June 10, (/P)—Heavy
liquidation weakened the marginal
accounts and sent share prices in
to a swift decline during the last
hour of trading.
The total sales reached $4,800,
000 and most pivotal shares clos
ed at two to five points lower:
seven issues were off five to 10
points.
WASHINGTON STUDENT
iking coos to
TESCHFB ST UMNAK
The University of Washington is
to be complimented for turning out
a young fellow named E. P. Stowell
who is now engaged as a school
teacher at Umnak. He is one of
the sincerest workers in the large
corps of efficient teachers employ
ed by the Bureau of Education
This is readily observed after a few
minutes of conversation with him.
But the word teacher is rather
misleading when applied to any of
these workers for making scholars
of the natives of Alaska is really
not the main motive behind it all j
but rather looking after their pres
ent and future welfare. And that
is where Mr. Stowell fits in per
fectly.
He is teaching them to rause
truck gardens, for one thing, be
cause he is confident iron is what
the native needs to successfully
combat the diseases which prevail
among them. This fall he plans;
an exhibit and will also serve a
dinner to which every native in the
village will be invited; in addition
to this he will make it a point to j
see that each and every one taste ,
of the various dishes in order that
they become familiar, in a way,
with the vegetable.
Another experiment which this j
energetic young student and work
er anticipates carrying forward this
year is the continued study of trees
and grasses. The soil is wonder
ful, he says, and especially so
further back on the island- He will
plant apple trees which, he stated,
the further north they grow the
better the apple; as well as cherry
trees. He is not sure about these
latter but nevertheless will experi
ment along those lines.
So from raw fish eaters and,
former old tribal customs among j
which was the manner babes were \
ushered into the world, the Bureau!
!of Education is slowly bringing the j
native of Alaska up to modern j
standards, not only thru the med
ium of books and the school room
but by having on its staff such men
as Mr. Stowell who are able to im- j
part practical knowledge. The de- ,
partment has many men of this I
type and, in most cases, they are .
assisted by their capable wives who,!
in most cases, either are employed |
as teachers or as nurses.
On every island to the Westward
where fox or sheep activities are
being carreid on, there also will be
found good milk cows.
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! AIDS IN WESTWAHD
‘most popular name by which Port
;Heiden, in the Bristol Bay country,
jis called by all mariners who are
compelled to make that port. The
| writer has not the “guts” to fill in
'the space left blank but the reader
! may use his or her own imagina
tion. What ever names they arrive
at, getting in or out of Port Heiden
is about the most ticklish and dan- ,
gerous task which a skipper of any j
size vessel could possible by con- |
fronted with.
At night there is only one thing j
to do before entering and that is to j
anchor unitl daylight comes; j
and when daylight arrives the [
vessel slowly creeps in and around |
the scores of reefs, mud flats and
fighting the tide, with not a single
marker ashore of any description,
owing to the formation of the land j
which is perfectly flat dribbling
away to nothing in the sea, a cap
tain has his work more than cut
out for him. It is one of those
places were ,unless markers and j
lights are placed, should be strictly j
avoided; at least by steamers the
size of the S. S. Starr.
Reefs and flats during a calm j
sea are absolutely hidden and
where one expects deep water,
there, more than likely, is some
thing else- Any kind of a sea, 01 j
wind, will create sufficient waves
for a skipper to detect with ease
the nearness of one of these hidden
menaces, but during calm weathei, ,
and no marks, the destiny of the
ship is in the hands of God alone.
The writer has often heard the j
expression so and so is a ‘No good
” (fill it out again) that he:
is cranky, unaccommodating, and
so on, but let it be known if the
ordinary mortal had to daily face j
the hazards and make a safe moor- j
age at places such as this Port Hei
den. they probably would be a darn j
sight worse; either that or be eligi
ble for the “nut factory” within a
year.
And aside from the dangerous
cork-screw channel, a skipper,
after sailing along for a couple of
hundreds of miles in the ocean, j
must constantly search the flat j
coastline, which deviated not one j
iota from what it was 100 miles;
away, for what might be termed j
the knothole which marks the
channel entrance.
They must have second sight,
that’s all!
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HERE IS OPPORTUNITY i
ILASKAN TRIPPERS
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examinations for assistant
leader (predatory animal control),
$2,000 to $2,500 a year; junior lead
er (predatory animal control), $1,
620 to $1,920 a year; Bureau of Bio
logical Survey; Department of Ag
riculture, for duty in Washington,
D. C., or in the field.
Full information may be obtain
ed from L. S. Pratt, secretary of
the United States Civil Board of
Examiners at the Forest Office at!
Cordova.
Literally speaking, there are mil- !
lions of whale birds skimming the j
waters of Bering Sea and Bristol J
Bay at this season of the year. Fly
ing close to the water these black
birls sometimes form a close re
semblance to rocks and islands.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2
Washington 4, Cleveland 5
New York 8. St. Louis 5
Boston 7, Detroit 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All four games had to be post
poned on account of rain.
LIMP
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ILL BE
LONE SHE
NASHVILLE, June 10. (ff) —;
Edward Hull Crump, long a dom- j
inant figure of the State politi- I
cal circles will be the lone candi
date for democratic nomination |
to represent the 10th Tennesee i
district in Congress.
Representative Fisher announc- j
ed the return of Cordll Hull as
a candidate for the United States
senate.
LEAGUE SimiS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Club
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Missions
Hollywood
Seattle
Portland
AMERICAN
Club
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
NATIONAL
Club
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
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36 28
34 30
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LEAGUE
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SflRICHEF LIGHT IS
I From the sea Cape Sarichef, the
| second government lighthouse out
; Westward, comprises the light, set
i rather high up on the cliff, and
below it just above the beach line,
three good-sized houses; in addi
tion there are a few out-buildings.
Cutters leave supplies for those
stationed at these lights but the
steamer Starr, drops off the r
each month. In good weather it
is an easy problem to drop a boat
overside and go ashore with the
pouch but when a heavy surf is
I booming, the only alternative is to
work in to shore as closely as pos
sible, have the men on shore heave
out a line, then haul the pouch
ashore.
A mile or so down the beach
from the light a couple of hundred
great sea lions can generally be
seen strutting their stuff. This is- j
land is said to be the finest red fox j
island in the Territory.
At Port Moller, in the Bristol Bay
country, is located what is thought
to be the only coal mine in that
part of the Territory. At least it is
the vein upon which any work is
known to have been done.
BOSTON, June 10. (/P)—Prohi
bition enforcement agencies could
find “cogent suggestions’’ in the
experience of England and Wales
as to better methods of attaining
the object of the 18th amend
ment than those that they have
pursued during the last decade,
in the opinion of George Wicker
ham, chairman of Hoover’s Law
Enforcement Commision.
A general process of education
against^ liquor has cut down the
drinking” in those countries, he
told an audience of 5,000 social
workers.
A floating city is located at Nak
nek for at this period of the season
there are many large steamers ly
ing in the roadstead and hundreds
of smaller craft comprising the
mosquito fleet.
When the S. S- Starr arrived
there on the last voyage it was at
night and when, after dodging
about and settling on a favorable
anchorage, the hook was dropped,
the sturdy little vessel was in the
midst of a blaze of light reflected
from nearby steamers, freighters
and tramps.
it was then the Starr's turn tc
turn on all deck lights and even
over the sides electric lights were
hung beside Jacob ladders up which
visitors and passengers could board
ship. Small boats bringing mail
and passengers had theii work cut
out for them for at that time there
was a heavy flood tide on; one
mariner said it was running 15
miles an hour.
SETS MIRK FOR BOYS
For the first time ever logged in
'the radio book of the S. S. Starr.
Radioman Wilbur C- Boston, who
is known among Alaskan operators
as one of the best, and who is,
without doubt, the oldest in point
of service, successfully reached the
Seward station from Bristol Bay
about two weeks ago. As far as is
known, it was the first time on re
cord.
Radioman Boston is an expert
from the ground up and what he
has forgotten about the game
would fill a book. He is thinking
strongly of quitting the sea, court
I some beautiful young lady, marry.
;then re-enlist in the Signal Corps,
U. S. Army, in which he has already
put behind him more than 14
years. Only 15 years more to go
and he will be retired on a good
pension.
GOOD RECEPTION
For the benefit of radio fans
the Westward fans report ex
cellent reception from Portland.
Seattle, San Francisco. Hollywood.
New Zealand, Australia, Vladivos
tok and Japan. All of these, as
far west as the Island of Umnak,
report programs come in clear
as a bell. And every Tom, Dick
and Harry out there has a radio.
Porcupine pudding is almost en
tirely unknown throughout the
Westward but sea-lion steaks are
said t-o be quite common.