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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 140.
SEWA-RD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23,1926.
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KIDNAPPED EVANGELIST IS FOUND
NEW COMPANY WAY ENTER COLD BAY HELD
V
RAY C. LARSON OF ANCHORAGE
BRINGS NEWS OF DOINGS IN
COLD BAY OIL FIELD
First hand information (from the
Cold Bay oil region was brought to
Seward yesterday with the arrival of
Ray C. Larson, prominent business
man of Anchorage, from Kanatak.
At yesterday’s luncheon and busin
V ess meeting of the local Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. Larson stated it is
apparent the Standard Oil Company
has given up its lease but the Asso
ciated Oil Company still remains in
tact just as it was when shut-down
orders were received last winter. A
lone watchman is overseeing the
Associated equipment.
He said a rumor at Kanatak had
it that another company may possi
bly purchase the Associated equip
ment and move it over to the East
field, better known as Hubbell Dome,
a distance of fifteen miles from the
West field awaiting definite outcome
to the rumor, otherwise they will
move out this fall. Personally, M.r.
Larson said he was assured the Ass
ociated would not continue drilling
operations.
The present outlook for the West
field, to say the least, is discourag
ing, he added, for a fair test has
been made bv the big companies at
an expenditure running over a mil
lion dollars. The feeling prevails
throughout the Cold Bay district that
oil will be found for seepages abound
in the region. Geologists reported,
after the 5,000 foot level had been
passed, that the Lee claims were
faulted and being faulted they are
unable to trace the place where the
f ‘ pool is.
In the Chickaloon district, in the
Matanuska coal belt, Capt. Ivan L.
Peterson is now drilling and may
continue to do so throughout the com
ing winter for a fair test of the field
will be made. Captain Peterson is
backed by a group fo wealthy Ore
1i gon California men which assures
him of ample capital with which to
carry on the work. Needless to state
Mr. Larson said, if oil is struck in
the Chickaloon field, Seward and An
chorage will both enjoy much new
business.
The reindeer, which Jack Prosser
has been training for the 4th of July
parade, are coming along in great
shape, it is reported by those who
have peeked under the canvas of the
one ring circus.
Weekly Gateway—3 per year.
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FLASHES
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 22.
(AP).—That night excursions of
students and girl companions
along the dimly lit roads are not
uncommon, was indicated today
when the authorities investigated
the fatal accident of last Satur
day, when two Yale students and
two girl companions were killed.
One feature of the night rides
that interested the authorities was
the report that some garages
keep a Iist of girls available for
joyrides.
Wants Long-Haired Spouse
DANVILLE, Va., June 23. (AP).
—A Danville man, 55 years old is
advertising for a wife. He says
he doesn’t care how ugly she is,
if she has long hair.
Handcuffed To Bride
BOSTON, JUNE 23. (AP).—
A Boston contractor, after joke
sters had separated him from his
bride on his wedding day, by hav
ing him handcuffed and taken to
jail, returned and handcuffed him
self to his mate, challenging any
one to part them again.
Dan Sutherland, delegate to cong
ress from Alaska, writes the Seward
chamber of commerce from Washing
ton, D. C., that he is sending under
separate cover a copy of the Congres
sional Record of June 3, with a marked
page containing statements of Sena
tor Howell, of Nebraska, in opposition
to the Lowell Creek bonding measure.
Mr. Sutherland states he was some
what surprised at Senator Howell’s
opposition although he knew he was
very critical of the railroad project.
■He may be able to get the Senator to
withdraw his objection and permit the
bill to pass before the close of the ses
sion.
ON LITTLE 010001
CROW AGENCY, Mont., June 23.
(£>).—After a lapse of fifty years the
seventh cavalry and the Sioux and
the Cheyenne are again encamped
overlooking the valley of the Little
Big Horn river. They will help com
memorating the anniversary of the
battle of the Little Big Horn. For
several days the Indians have been
trekking in from the reservations
and neighboring states to participate
in the ceremonies.
MILL PURCHASE ISLL
MATERIAL. SUPPLIES
POSSIBLE I mil
NEW ORDERS ISSUED TO NAVAL
RADIO STATIONS ENCOUR
AGING TO ALASKANS
—
Much encouragement is seen in the
announcement at yesterday's Cham
ber of Commerce meeting held at
Fisher’s cafe, bv Lieut. Comdr. Bou
son, chief of the radio department,
that hereafter a new policy will be
instituted by the Alaska Naval radio
stations, that o*f purchasing material
and supplies from the nearest avail
able point in Alaska instead of fol
lowing the former policy of shipping
everything up from the States
Captain Olmstead, assistant com
mander of the 13th Naval District,
| was not present at the luncheon ow
ing to his having accepted a previous
engagement, but Lt. Comdr. Bouson
stated Capt. Olmstead would have
I liked very much to have been present.
He said while he and the Captain
were on a tour yesterday of naval
properties, Capt. Olmstead said of all
the towns and cities he has thus .far
visited in Alaska (this is his first
trip) Seward appeared to him to be
the most modern of all. He comment
| ed particularly on the attractive
I townsite, the handsome, clean and
well laid out streets, the substantial
looking modern buildings and the
wonderful hospitality of its citizens.
Lt. Comdr. Bouson also said that
the naval radio station in Seward will
be turned over to the Army about
July 1; the idea of the transfer was
that the Army, rwhich is in charge of
the Alaska cable sendee, with the
conjunction of the radio, will be able
to centralize the work and therefor
control the situation perhaps even
better than has been accomplished
previously.
BURIED ALIVEUNOER BIG
DE, IS sue
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RED BLUFF, Cal., June 23.(^>).—
Pi-esence of mind by Voil Richardson,
23, "when he was buried by a mount
ain slide which (buried him under
tons of rock and gravel in theKaiser
Paving Company’s gravel pit near
Black Butte, saved his life. A num
ber of other men were working in
the pit at the same time but scur
ried to safety. Six hours later after
a large crew and electric shovels
cleared away the debris expecting
to find the dead body of Richardson,
they found him uninjured. He had
crawled under a large scraper.
WAS KIDNAPPED BY TWO WOMEN IN CAR AND
HELD FOR RANSOM OF HALF MILLION—MAN
NAMED STEVE MEMBER OF GANG—LURED TO
WAITING, CAR ASKED TO PRAY FOR BABY
EVHLIS1 ESCAPED II BUYS AGO FROM MEXICALI
PICKED UP ON ROAD BY AMERICAN AND TAKEN
! TO DOUGLAS, ARIZON A. WREHE COLLAPSED
IN HOSPITAL—MOTHER IDENTIFIES DAUGH
TER OVER TELEPHONE.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 23. (AP).—Aimee McPher
son was found in a hospital here. She said a man named
Steve and a woman named Hose had kidnapped her for
ransom and kept her near Mexicali. She escaped two
days ago and walked several miles when an American
picked her up and brought her to Douglas. She went to
a hospital where she collapsed. Identification was made
by a long white scar on the second finger of the right
1 hand, and by her giving the name of her pet pigeon. Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy, her mother, confirmed the i den tin cation
over the telephone.
While talking the woman lapsed many times into a
semi-conscious state. She said: “I went to Oceon Park
with my secretary, Miss Schaffer, and there I changed
into a bathing suit and slipped a dress over it. We went
j to the beach, rented a beach tent and I went swimming.
I sent Miss Schaffer to get the namse of some soloists and
some music and, before she returned I came back out on
the beach. Life savers were drilling on the beach, so I
went back into the water for a short distance and while
I was watching the guards I heard some one calling Mrs.
McPherson. I turned to face a woman who explained her
baby was dying and she wanted me to pray for it. She
said her husband had the baby in a car nearby. She had
a coat over her arm so I accompanied her to the car in
which was another woman with a bundle in her arms,
; which I thought was a baby. The next thing I knew I was
pushed into the car and held on the floor. A woman threw
a coat over me and a sweet sticky odor assailed by nostrils
and filled the automobile which was a sedan. That was
the last I knew until I came to on a bed. It was like a hos
pital cot in a room with a window almost completely clos
ed. I was violently ill. The woman called Rose was with
me. I don't know whether it was the next day but she
told me it was morning. Following this the other woman
came in and I asked them what they wanted with me.
They said they were holding me for half a million dol
I lars ransom. I told them they were foolish that I didn’t
have that much money nor did the church have it. They
replied they knew better and I was kept there day after
day.”
LOS ANGELES, June 23. (AP).—Mrs. Minnie Ken
nedy talked over the telephone with the woman in the
hospital at Douglas, and as she hung up the receiver, said:
“It is my daughter Aimee Semple McPherson.”
Mrs. Kennedy began packing for the trip to Douglas.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 23. (AP).—Continuing later
with her testimony in the hospital here, Mi's. McPherson
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