M APING ALASKA COAST
FROM THE AIR FUTURE
AN example of the valuable peace
time service rendered by our na
tional defense forces is the task as
signed to the. Navy during the com
ing year. An aerial expedition will
undertake to map 40,000 square miles
of Alaska country, a project which,
In the matter of danger in flying
over mountain peaks and wooded
lowlands, compares favorably witn
the Army Air Service.
The work of plotting the vast
reaches of Alaska has been carried
on for years by the Geological Sur
vey but trudging is a slow and toil
some business. It is purposed to d>o
in a few months what wTould require
years of hard work by men marching
across the rough country.
The territory where the aerial sur
vey will he made is the coast coun
try between the Aleutian Islands and
Ketchikan. The flyers, among other
tasks, will make a map of the fam
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Odd Fellows
Hall. All visit
i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER. Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
"and third Wednesdays of each
kmonth; visiting brethren wel
come, H. V. Hoben, W. M.; Elwyn
Swetmann, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
V^Ds:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows'
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows Hall; F. B.
Moore, President; C. M. Brosius, Sec
retary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Dorothy Urbach,
W. M.; E. L. Sweek, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, V G.
ous Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
a natural wonder which rightfully
should have a place in the, front
rank of the world's great spectacles.
It is estimated that three planes,
.flying five miles apart and traveling
at the rate of 100 miles an hour
could maip an area of 2,000 square
imiles in one flight. It is not expected
however, that the work could be done
so rapidly. Weather conditions will
have an important hearing on the
■pi ogress of the survey.
Should the results of next summer’s
iwork prove satisfactory, it is likely
that similar activities will be car
ried on in Northern Alaska in the
vicinity of Point Barrow. Ultimately
there w'dlljbe few if any blank spaces
on the map of Alaska.
Although prospectors have for
many years toiled on thousands of
Alaska’s creeks, only a small part
of that vast -territory is intimately
known. Perhaps the photographs
will disclose new streams, unifamiliar
mountain passes and unsuspected
wonders.
FIX SIZES OF READY-MADE
GOWNS TO WOMEN’S FIGURES
CHICAGO, Jan. 8. (;P)—The figures
of women who wear ready-made
dresses hereafter must meet certain
specifications; otherwise their gowns
won’t fit. A garment, size 20, will
have a 42 bust measurement. The hips
must measure 42%.
A standard chart has heen adopted
by <the Chicago Dress Manufacturers
and the Interstate Merchants Council,
to forestall manufacturers who skimp
sizes to save materials.
The figures were obtained from ac
tual measurements of several thous
and women and the following chart
adopted:
Size ..14 16 18 20 34
Bust .37% 39 40% 42 39%
Hips __38 39% 41 42% 40
Size -.36 38 40 42 44 46
Bust ...„.41% 43% 45% 47% 49% 51%
Hips —42 44 46 48 50 52
PLANS TO DEVELOP
TEXAS GULF COAST
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Jan. 8 —
Development of the West Gulf sec
tion south of Rockport, Tex., is plan
ned by B. F. Yoakum of New York,
who has plans under way for a $100,
000,000 corporation, it is reported by
Thelma Gaines, advertising writer,
iwho Is In Corpus Chrisiti. The pro
ject is said to tentatively take in the ;
entire Corpus Christi area and the j
entire gulf coast south to the mouth j
of the Arroyo Colorado, near Point!
Isabel, Tex.
Charles Ray, film star, who went
into bankruptcy recently, is being
sued by the government for unpaid
taxes.
A fool is never a real fool until he
gets into the same mess twice.
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
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* SEWARD, ALASKA
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“Good Water a Necessity in Every Rome”
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JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
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MEET
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
•TEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
HOTEL SEWARD
OSCAR DAHL, Proprietor
HOMEY, COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Depot and Dock
Line-ups of the
and Anchorage Girls
Basketball Teams
Comprising the Seward girls bas
ketball team which will travel over
to Anchorage the 28tli of this month
where they will play a three-game se
ries with the Anchorage co-eds, are
Cecil Leslie, Captain and center; Cla
ra Manthey and Katherine Neville,
forwards; Elsa Larssen and Roberta
McIntosh, guards; Sigrlid Rosness,
sub. The Anchorage line-up will be
Frances Nichols, center, Mabel Tee
land and Jeanne Staser, forwards; An
hanks. It was stated engineers from
and Lyda Shaw, sub.
The sum of $150 has been guaran
teed the local team and the games
will be played on January 28, 29 and
30.
The Seward team has likewise guar
anteed the Anchorage girls a like sum
to play a return series of three games
in Seward, February 18, 19 and 20.
This has been accepted so apparent
ly from the amount of basketball ac
tivity displayed at the present time,
the game will reign supreme for the
next two months.
DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT
The Starr orchestra dance at Odd
Fellows hall promises to be an enter
taining affair judging from the few
past appearances made by this popu
lar new quartet of string artists. The
dance comes off tomorrow night and
an admission charge of SI.00 is be
ing made for gentlemen, ladies free.
National Thrift Week
■ Arrives Seward Jan 17
National Thrift Week, beginning
j with the celebration of Benjamin
| Franklin’s birthday, January 17, is
purely an economic movement based
on the principle of success, prosperity
and happiness. Hence the slogan.
It is sponsored by the Y. M. C. A.
j and endorsed by forty-seven leading
industrial, religious and educational
organizations. The National move
ment for economic betterment appeals
to young and old alike.
No known plans have been made
thus far in Seward for National Thrift
Week, as far as can be learned.
Guggenheim Interested
In Galena Claims In
the Koyukuk District
Entire mountains of galena, carry
ing quite a lot of silver averaging
from two to sixteen feet in thickness,
with outcroppings traced for dis
tances of ten to fifteen miles, is said
to be the basis of the interest dis
played by the Guggenheims in the
Koyukuk district, where Gene Nelson,
well-known oldtimer of the Interior,
has claims from which ore assays 80
per cent galena.
This is the report dropped in Sew
ard last week by an arrival from Fair
banks. It iwas stated engineers from
the Guggenheims are expected to pay
the property a visit next summer.
Nelson’s claims are located about 25
miles from the river.
I
REGULAR SLEEP AND MEALS
RULED FOR WOMEN ATHLETES
BERKELEY, Oal., Jan. 8. (£>)—
Training rules for women students
‘at the University of California who
are going in for athletics, which the
Women’s Athletic Association says
will be enforced rigidly, are:
Eight hours of sleep five nights a
week.
Three regular meals a day, with
green vegetables on the menu at
least once.
A pint of milk at least once a
day.
No candy between meals and not
more than one cup of coffee or tea
a day.
In maneuvers off the California
coast the submarine S-25 was sent to
locat-e the mine sweeper Ortolan. The
sub not only located the vessel but
rammed her without serious damage
to either vessel.
Police Judge Burke of East Orange,
N. J., complained to the school board
regarding bright colored garters worn
by high school girls. The girls in
turn complained that the Judge did
not keep his eyes where they belong
ed.
COMMUNICATED.
Editor Gateway: —
With more than passing interest I
read in the Gateway of the 18th of
last month of the nomination of A1
White as IT. S. marshal for the First
Division, and I have thought of the
matter a good deal since. After due
deliberation I beg leave to take issue
with you, not so much because of
what you said, but because of what
one may “read between the lines.”
The fact that Mr. White was at one
time engaged in the saloon business,
even though the same was of the most
undesirable type, does not of itself
“spell anything.” One of the most up
right mea I ever knew—a preacher of
the Gospel—had formerly been a sa
loon-keeper.
It happens that I am personally,
acquainted with Mr. White, having
first met him some five years ago. At
that: time he was working for the Ore
gon Short Line Railway Company as
traveling guard or detective. Later
I knew him as a Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue in the District of
Idaho. I was myself in that work' at
that time, and had been for more
than two years. When Mr. White first
entered the revenue work he vrorked
with me a short time as a partial
training for the work. He did not
continue in that work a great while
as the nature of it did not appeal to
him; but resigned and took work again
with the railway company. I know
it to be a fact that he was held in
high esteem by his immediate supe
rior in that work. The gentleman
expressed himself to me as regretting
very much to lose Mr. White from the
■ railway company’s service when some
months later he resigned and accept
ed an appointment with the Depart
ment of Justice. The fact that he was
retained in this latter work so long
is, I think, evidence that his work
was satisfactory to the Department of
Justice.
Mr. White has had some excellent
training for the duties of his new
work, and I am satisfied enters upon j
the same much better fitted for the j
office than is true of a good many |
receiving similar appointments. From j
my personal knowledge of him and ;
his training for the work, I am confi- j
dent that his friends will not be dis
appointed in him in his discharge of
the duties of his new office.
'I might say in conclusion, Mr. Edi- j
tor, that two of Seward’s leading citi- J
zens, both of whom have known A1 j
White since he was a small boy, agree
with me fully in the sentiments ex
pressed in this article.
THOMAS PHILIP GRAHAM,
Pastor Seward Methodist Church.
’COMMUNICATION
Sporting Editor, Gateway:
With Roberts on 3rd base, Tinkler
on 2nd base and Dyer on 1st base,
Robison hits the ball to left short,
who throws the ball to 1st base, and
then the umpire that will call the
runner out on second and third be
cause they held their base is enough
na Diamond and Lilly He/berk, guards
With the bases full, Robison hits
a grounder to short, the latter throw
ing to first just as soon as that ball
was caught the 1st baseman, the
“force” run was dead, as the batter
is out, and the runners on 1st, 2nd and
3rd could hold their bases. Your rule
book will explain clearly. Also please
have umpires look up Rule in regard
to catcher or fielders how long they
must hold a ball in their hands be
fore a runner or batman is is declar
ed out.
GUS MANTHEY.
Jamaica had an earthquake the
other day. The gasoline in a bottle
oif “pre-war” Scotch exploded and
iblew out the cork.
COMMERCIALISM ROBBING ART
AND ARTISTS, CONDUCTOR SAYS
DENVER, Jan. 8. (IP)—The money
.a part of the pulblic is paying to
“hear a name sing or play” rather
than an artist, is held to blame as
an item in a “commercialism that
has taken the heart and soul from
music.”
Robert Slack, noted concern direc
tor, sighed ‘as he said it. “I*t’s mon
ey-money-money. The public makes
and breaks artists—unfortunately—
and part of it pays to hear a name
sing or play 'rather than aai artist.”
The Duke of Manchester held a
London thief until police came and
afterward found that his own pockets
had been picked clean.
Precious Minerals Are
Discovered In Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 8. (/p)—
Rich, deposits of samarskiita, cobum«
bite and monazite, all precious min
erals have been discovered near the
town of Uba, state of Minas Geraes,
Brazil.
Analysis made by Dr. Djalma Gui
tmaraes, geologist of the Brazilian
Ministry of Agriculture, revealed that
the samaraskita is rich in uranium
and radium, and that the monazite
is rich in thorium. Monazite was
found in enormous crystals.
SCOUT MEET TONIGHT
The first meeting since before the
holidays, of the local scout troop, will
meet this evening at the S. A. C. gym.
The boys are urged to study their les
sons prior to attending tonight for a
severe test will be given them by
scoutmaster Roberts.
A Connecticut man eats dynamite
as “medicine.” Good gosh! Suppose
he stubbed his toe!
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop. tf.
IKK smmmmma
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