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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 38. SEWARD, ALASKA,
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ILm TRADE
LARGE DUB
YEAR OF 1929
(IMPORTS GREATER, EXPORTS
LESS THAN DURING PRE
VIOUS ANNUM
While imports showed an in
crease of $2,018,890 over 1928, ex
ports decreased $2,787,245 bringing
the total value Alaska commerce
for the year 1929 to $106,718,396, or
$768,355 under the total reached
during 1928, according to the an- ,
nual report for 1929.
The total value of exports for j
*he year 1929 was $72,062,673. while j
imports totalled $34,655,723. In 1928 j
the total of exports was $74,649,918
find imports were $32,636,333.
Records of figures in the customs
office show that 1928 was an un
usually high year, the fourth high- j
ast in history. The balance of trade j
in favor of Alaska in 1929. was $37,
466.950 as against $42,213,085 in
1928.
GOLD EXPORTS LARGER
The total declared value of ship
ments of gold from Alaska mines
M 1929 amounted to $7,126,724 an j
increase of $775,520 over the pro- j
duction the preceding year, attri- j
outfd to increased output by both j
ibde and placer mines.
Favorable weather conditions j
such as a good supply of water and j
a long season materially assisted
production. Practically all the j
forge dredge* recently installed in j
the Second and Fourth Divisions.]
were active during toe year, and
most of them showed an increased
output of gold. Mr.. .McBride ?aid
in his report. A pleasing increase
is noted in the productin of gold
from lode mines, and is attributed
largely to the increased output
from the mines of the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Co.
Shipments of copper ore for 1929
amounted to $8,710,567 an increase
in value of $1,928,912 over the pre
ceding year. Tire quantity produc
tion. however, shows a decrease of
1,383,527 pounds.. The increase in
value is accounted for by the fact
that the selling price of copper i
m 1929 was considerably higher;
than in 1928. .
FISH SHIPMENTS LESS
Detailed statistics show a de- j
cline in the total value of ship
ments of fish and fish products
as a whole, for 1929 from the year
before. This is accounted for pri
marily in the canned salmon and t
herring industries, which suffered
from a shorter run of these fish
than for 1928. '
Canned salmon shipments from
Alaska for 1929 amounted to 253,- j'
167,434 pounds and $38,568,214 in
value. This is a decrease of 33,814,- ■!
707 pounds and $6,980,719 in value ^
from 1928. Shipments of cured or j,
preserved herring amounted to
9,700,382 pounds and $943,750 in’i
value for 1929, which is a decrease ■
of 8,690,862 pounds and $730,637 in
^alue from the preceding year
Shipments of fresh and frozen
halibut, however, showed a slight
Increase. There were 14,049,733
pounds of halibut shipped during j
the year at a value of $1,909,213 or
&n increase of 354.385 pounds and
$222,812 in value for the year.
An increase was shown also in i
the value of shipments of fresh and f
frozen salmon, altho a decrease is
"noted, in the number of pounds
hipped, A tot”! of 6.828.279' pounds '
were shipped at a value of $365,719 ,
which is an increase of $53,857 but ,
a decrease of 95.551 pounds for ,
1928. Shipments of cured or pre
waved salmon showed a pleasing ;
fia 974 omirtds and $289,- «
175 in value over 1928.
FtJTRtS PICK ITP
Furs end fur skins shinned from ]
y*iToc*V"-» ffijritiity thg vp*r ^
t.f\ <*”£ r'"c* S 9T p 7*' .cnPjpin jTj’f <^^7^ - ,«
r rr* <-*-■-* rr f-lhffc 1 *irrck 9 n f•’Vi*n 1 ^ l
"t'*™ 1 **y 78? b!ue fox f!
and 729 mink. |l
HERB BACK HOME
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (A*)—
Bronzed by Florida sunshine and
rested by a week of fishing Pres
ident Hoover returned to Wash
ington. The Chief Executive seem
ed much refreshed and invigorat
ed after his mid-winter vacation.
DENVER QUIZ MILE
ORDERED MIN BSE
WILL WORE 3 SHIFTS
A Denver quartz mill was or
dered yesterday by telegraph by
Downey & Babcok, Nuka Bay op
erators, and early in the spring,
it is planned, three crews will be
be employed at the mine. Addi
tional buildings for the new
equipment will be erected at
once and a big order for other
equipment and supplies has gone
forward.
Tom Babcock, who arrived in
Seward two days ago from the
mine, states the mill will be a No.
2, 30 tons, with four wheels each
weighing a ton. It is expected
to arrive here by March 15.
Referring to cutting into the
ledge thru the new tunnel, Mr. Bab
cock said they hit it 100 feet
down and it is just as rich as on
top. It runs about two feet in
width, where they struck it, but
will probably open up to five or
six feet after they get in on it.
Two hundred feet of a shoot
has already been opened up and
a year’s supply of ore has been
blocked out.
Frank Case, one of the best
known quartz miners in the
country, has been working for the
partners l'or months past and is
remaining on the job. Mr. Bab
cock paid Mr. Case a distinct
compliment as to his ability and
knowledge.
The winter at Nuka Bay Iras
beep a very unusual one, he said,
and for the first time since they
have been working down there,
the harbor in front f their prop
erty, was frozen over, but the
weather, itself, has been clear
with intermittent high winds and
cold,
Mr. Babcock returns to Nuka
Bey tomorrow with Capt. Pete
Sat her.
% 91 OF OKS
Ml LONG HELD HOPE
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FAIRBANKS, Feb., 18, (/P)—‘The
present announcement of the find- ;
ng of Borland’s body came as a |
distinct shock to his widow as she,
>elieved until then her husband
md Eielson would be found alive.
Ole Eielson, father of Ben Eiel
son, was among the first to call on
Mrs. Borland after receipt of the
lews. Interment, it is believed,
vill be made in Seattle where his
'ather, mother and sister live. The :
vidow and son will probably ac- j
:ompany the body.
SHATTER RECORDS
MARSEILLES, France, Feb., 18,
(JP)—Dieudonne Coste and Pilot
Codos broke the world’s record
for endurance and distance flight
when they set a new mark for
duration planes carrying one gross
ton of cargo, on Sunday, flying
2,048 miles in 18 hours, one min- j
uie and 20 seconds.
Shipments of reindeer meat for
he year amounted to 1,334,075
jQunds which is an increase of 65,
i22 pounds over 1928. The value
>f these shipments, however, shows
l decline of $12,528.
Improtations of merchandise, j
EOld and silver from the United!
States and Canada to Alaska for ;
.929 amounted to $34,655,723 a note }
vorthy increase of $2,018,890 over J
928 Despite a decrease in the total i
•alue of merchandise shipoed from ;
Alaska .there was a satisfactory
fiance of trade in favor of the
writory of $37,406,950 for the year
929.
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PRODUCTION OF
m o. s. is®
MB Till 192E
SERIOUS DECLINE REFLECTS
NATION-WIDE EFFORT PRE
VENT FINANCING MINES
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 17, {/Pi
Gold production in the Unite<
States for 1929 was estimated thi;
week by the bureau of the min
to have amounted to 2,128,02'
ounces, valued at $43,990,200. Thi
was a reduction of $2,175,200 fron
the country’s gold output of 1928
and represented a sharp declint
' from the record output of 1915
i which was $101,035,700. Blue sk;
! laws were held responsible in par
| for the decline in mine develop
I ment and lessened gold output.
California was the state produc
| ing the largest quantity of gol(
in 1928 and was credited witl
$8,306,500 of the year’s total, whit
| Alaska, with $7,783,300. came sec
| ond and South Dakota, with $6,
| 379 ,700, was third.
The 1929 silver output was es
| timated by the mint at 60,937,60
: refined ounces, with a value at ar
| average price for the metal dur
; ing the year, of $32,540,678. Thi:
' was an increase in silver produc
i tion of 2,475,093 ounces over th<
11928 output. Silver is produeec
largely as a by-product of coppei
mining. . This accounts for tin
increase* The largest producer o
silver among the states in 192*
was Utah with 19,907,925, whil<
Montana was second with 12,649,
585 ounces and Idaho third witl
9,394,082 ounces.
n ns did
i SILLS DIMED WIFE,
! THEN 5I05TS SELF
VALLEJO, Calif., Feb., 18, lb—
Stre-et crowds from a church saw
; | Frederick Schafer, 45, a naval
I yard employe, collide his car with
i three machines, crash to the
i curb on the wrong side of the
i street, then jump out of his auto
" to shoot and kill his divorced
wife, Mrs. Ellen Schaffer, 40.
’ i He then killed himself with the
'; same pistol.
He had been seen earlier in the
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morning in the vicinity of the
grocery store operated by his wife
’ I and apparently was waiting for
her. He shot her four times and
himself twice. His wife had re
I sisted his attempts at reconcilia
j t on. Liquor bottles were found in
i his car.
: jomhjoIbTn
: GHtF HEAVY STIOW-FALL
. JUNEAU, Feb., 18, (/P)—The con
tinuous snowfall of the past three
t ] days in Gastineau Channel region
. is paralyzing traffic and Juneau
. tractors are attempting to keep
streets open.
, The city planned to put on a
' large force of shovellers today but
_ could only purchase 12 shovels as
all others had been bought by citi
‘ zens and from hardware stocks at
Douglas.
! Deliveries of freight are being
1 made by Yukon sleds and coal is
■ distributed by a sack at a time. No
1 automobiles are able to navigate
there.
RADIO ELECTROCUTION
' CAMAS, Wn„ Feb., 18, (/F)—
Floyd Jones, 26 and J. T. Douglas,
28, were electrocuted Sunday when
an radio aerial they were length
; ening contacted with a high ten
j sion power line.
TWOSUMSW
ALASKA ON BILL
TREASURY DEP'T.1
FEDERAL BUILDING AT JUNEAU
AND CABLE, A TOTAL
OF $45,000
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| WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, {/P)~
j Describing the great development
1 in the sealing industry in the i
! Pribilof Islands during the past
; year, the Bureau of Fisheries ask-!
| ed for $20,000 under the first de- I
i ficiency bill, for equipping the1
! power vessel Penquin in order to
| carry more workers to the seal
j herds.
| “When we took a census in 1911 ■
j there were only 123 animals in
| the herd; now we have over
1970,000. In 1929 we took over
‘ 40,000 seal skins,” Commissioner
Henry O'Malley said.
He afso reported that the gov
ernment blue fox islands netted!
more than $50,000 yearly.
The Treasury bill also carried,
I an increase of $20,000 to the cost!
! of the Federal building at Ju
j neau, and to the Washington
‘ Alaska Military Cable, $25,000.
PLENTY OF AIRPORTS
| LOS ANGELES, Feb., 17, (JP)—
I There are 56 airports in Los Angeles
l county.
CONGRESS STIRRED TO HIGH P ITCH AS
WET-DRY DISPUTE GAI NS IN FORCE
Representative Linthicum, has been selected general of the house of
representatives wet bloc in the new c ampaign against prohibition which is
now under way. Representative Cram ton, Mich., is an outstanding dry
leader. Senator Blaine, Wisconsin, has introduced the resolution to repeal
the 18th amendment.
JOmN CHAPil
flSKMIl RESCUED !
AFTER MW HOURS
CORDOVA, Feb., 18, (/F’}—Drift
ing for 30 hours in an open skiff >
and once being in the clutch of the j
North Pacific Ocean, James Glaros, j
fisherman, was blown ashore on j
Hinchinbrook Island and dropped
eexhausted in front of Ted Hoech’s
cabin. ||i
A government relief party locat
ed Glaros after a four-day search
and brought him to the hospital.
Both of his hands were badly froz
en and may have to be amputated.
WRITE YOUR VIEWS
The Gateway would appreciate
obtaining the public’s ideas on
the proposed radio interference
ordinance which last night had
its first reading before the City
Council. Write in and let us know
what you think about it. The let
ters, or rather signatures, will be
kept in confidence if desired.
CUT OFF WATER SUPPLY
CORDOVA, Feb., 18, (IP)—'The ex
treme cold weather and long dry
spell which has depleted water has
made it necessary in cutting off the
supply for 16 hours a day in order
so keep a supply for emergency in
sase of fire.
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BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON,4 Feb., 18, (/P)— ,
me Sutherland bill to authorize .
Dordova to issue bonds for the con
struction of a trunk sewer system
md bulkhead passed the house. ;
AMBASSADOR DIES
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 18, (/P)—Al
exander P. Moore, ambassador to '
Poland, died at 12:25 yesterday af- i
;ernoon of bronchial pneumonia.
THE HIGHWAY BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (/P)— j
Hie house passed the Sutherland!
nil to appoint three commissioners
10 cooperate with Canada in study- [,
ng the feasibility of a highway }■
lon.ectmg the United States with;:
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Historian Punctures
Another Heroic Mythl
GPE^NROCK, Scotland, Feb. 17, |
Robert the Bruce and his persever- ;
mg spider are the latest victims
if the process of historical fact re-1
search.
In an address delivered here |
Fhomas Johnstone, under-secre- J
;ary of state for Scotland, said
:hat so far from Bruce being an ad- j
nirable personality, he was simply j
i feudal bully.
He also said that in the winter of j
1306-7, when the Bruce was sup- !
aosed to be lying half-starved in a j
:ave learning his message of cour* i
ige from the spider, the Scottish
aero was in fact in the rude, but by
10 means uncomfortable, surround
ngs of the "Norwegian court.
LONDON-PARIS RECORD
LONDON, Feb., 18, (JP)—A British
lirplane carrying 20 passengers and j
weighing nine tons set a record in :
dying to Paris in 95 minutes. The |
distance is 200 miles.
THIRTY DM
HIDES FOUND
ON DEB CHEEK
FAIRBANKS, Feb., 18, (/P)—Bed*
rock three feet thick, carrying val
ues of $30 to the foot have been un
covered in a hole completed on
Beaver Creek, in the Poorman dis
trict, the scene of the recent placer
strike. Another hole is going down
63 feet from the former, and will
probably demonstrate the width of
pay, while laymen working up and
down the stream from the discov
ery will soon determine the length.
Everyone in the Ruby district
used their staying rights to march
on another pay creek. This will
make the richest camp since tire
Fairbanks strike.
Reports from Tom DeVane, Ruby
merchant, who is in close touch
with the strike, has grub and min
ing supplies now stocked at Ruby
sufficient to take care of another
100 men, he says, altho a shortage
exists in prospecting boilers which
are being made from material at
hand.
Cold weather has prevailed ever
since the strike was made with the
thermometer ranging between 30
and 66 blow and is retarding pros
pecting.
hiim
AGROUND: PEDDLE
SHE TAKEN ASHORE
WRECKED STEAMER MISTAKEN
FOR BUOY; GOSSIP RESCU
ED PASSENGERS
PORTLAND, Feb., 18, (A1)—All
hope of saving the steamer Admir
al Ben~on, aground on Peacock Spit
has been abandoned and all efforts
are now- directed toward rescue of
the 47 members of the crew still
aboard.
The liner is held fast by the
shifting sands and attempts to
get a line on the vessel have been
fruitless in the face of a rising
storm. Many tugs, including the
powerful Salvage King, have been
unable to get close enough to even
attempt to free the liner.
Thirty nine passengers were tak
en off and the steward’s staff of
waiters a band of 18 men, were re
moved later. The crew will be tak
en off this afternoon unless the sea
calms before then. •
The ship grounded in a dense
fog. Passengers rescued said the
gossip aboard indicated the wreck
of the steamer Laurel was mistak
en for the first buoy guiding ves
sels into the river
PREACHER STICKS
UNO TAKES TIP
MINERAL BLUFF, Ga., Feb., 18,
(JP)—A robber cornered in a store
Rev. Manuel Henry, Mr. Henry
here brandished his gun at the
robber who didn’t budge.
‘Tm coming out,” warned the
robber, thinking, perhaps, the
preacher didn’t understand. Still
Mr. Henry waited outside the store.
There wasn’t much left for the
robber to do but come out. When
he did Mr. Henry captured him.
MORE FRANKNESS
LONDON, Feb., 17, (/P)-Stanley
Baldwin, former conservative pre
mier, in outlining policies of the
conservative party before a big
feathering at the London coliseum,
declared that if the labor party
wanted the support which the con
servatives wish to give it in inter -
aaf.in.af affairs, there will have :r>
oe more frankness on the govern
ment’s part than there has been in
She past.