VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 81
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WJITER TEST MADE;
IF SATISFACTORY
WILLSTARTDRILLS
DRILLS NOW DOWN FOURTEEN
H U N I) R E D FEET—OPER A -
TIONS START SOON
KANATAK, April 1—The Standard
Oil Company’s Lee No. One is now one
year old. It was spudded in in March,
19*1:. It celebrated its anniversary by
standing cemented, awaiting a water
shut off test, at an approximate depth
of 1400 feet. This test will be made
about April 3rd when, if successful,
the drilling will be continued. Twelve
and one half inch casing was set and
this is the first time that casing has
been used in this well. The forma
tion encountered did not require the
use of casing during the drilling op
erations, and as the formation is said
not to have changed there is no chance
of immediately bringing in of an oil
well. Ilefore any oil sands are pene
trated another set of casings will have
to be set and the water again cement
ed off. The cement is allowed to set
about two weeks before a shut-off test
is made. The size of the hole will
be reduced so better progress should
be made especially if softer formation
is encountered. The crooked hole at
the beginning was quite a set back to
the progress made during the year.
The l\ S. Geological Survey’s re
port states that the thickness of the
shale, etc, underlying the Naknek for
mation on the Pearl Creek Dome can
only be determined by a drill; and
that it may be 1500 feet thick. If
this report is substantiated by the
drill, you may compute your own time,
for the bringin gin of oil on the Lee
No. One, by the rate of progress now
being made.
The passing winter has been the
most severe experienced during the
present history of the field. Below
zeio temperatures and blizzard weath
er prevailed during U.e last half of
January and continued until the mid
dle of February without a break. Since
then Kanatak has had the usual Al
askan Coast weather; rain along the
coast with snow back in the hills. The
natives state that the snow fall has
been i t usually heavy tr.C winter. The
snow hue remains at about an eleva
tion i*f 150 feet at Kanatak.
fhe dog mushing weather has been
unusuaby good. Mail and the emer
gency supplies, when the cats failed,
were abet! oil to the drill camps by
the < si.ve '1 >g teams. II : 7 and oats
for the Associated 0.1 Co.’s horses
v.ii, transported by these teams at a
cost of seventy-five dollars a ton.
About twenty different dog teams of
various sizes and descriptions, were
driven over from al lportions of the
Ilristol Bay district. Most of these
teams brought fur which was disposed
of to the local merchants or shipped to
outside points through the local post
office . Many of these teams return,
ed with supplies which helped the bus
iness situation in Kanatak. Ben Han
sen* of Ugashik droev over the best
looking dog team that has ever been
seen in Kanatak, while Jack Lowe, a
merchant and fur buyer of Dillingham
delivered the largest quantity of furs
to the post office. It reuqired about ten
mail sacks to handle this shipment.
The fur catch was reported to above
'he average in the Bristol Bay district
this season. The Bristol Bay mail dogs
made good time on the regular runs
tho the driver was late in starting.
No mail was forwarded from Kan
atak from the November run to the
February run of the Starr. The Latou
che, which replaced the Starr in Janu
ary, failed to stop on her return from
the westward, on account of weather
conditions ,so while mail was received
none was forwarded from Kanatak.
The mail service has now been restor
ed as the Starr is making her regular
runs.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
TO START WORK SOO\
The Bureau of Public Road officials
Will arrive from Juneau about the 1
20th of this month and work win
1 start on the many road projects in i
this vicinity. It is reportel that the !
road up Resurrection river to Russian i
river will be one of the projects t
planned this year. This road will 1
loin with the road from Kenai to *
Moose Pass. i
SPECIAL SESSION CONGRESS
BE ASKED IF M’ADOO WINS
LOS ANGELES, April 4—That a
special session of congress would be
asked to substitute a policy of enlight
| ened international cooperation for the
present foolish policy of isolation, if
McAdoo is elected president, was Mc
Adoo’s declaration in a speech here
last night.
HARVEL PREDICTS ELECTION
OF COOLIDGE THIS YEAR
NEW YORK, April 4—Harvey pre
dicted the nomination and election of
Coolidge in the coming election .
PORT SUDAN, April 3—The com
mander of the burning British steam
ship Frangestan, with 1200 religious
pilrgims on board, wirelessed this af
ternoon that the fire was spreading
and it might be necessary to abandon
the vessel.
LUXOR, April 4—-The British ship
Frangestan has been abandoned and
is now a flaming torch in the Red Sea,
and the 1200 pilgrims aboard her have
been transferred to the steamship Clan
Machiver.
OIL FROM TEAPOT ROME
TURNER INTO PIPE LINES
KEARNEY, Neb. Apr. 4—The first
flow of oil in the Sinclair pipe lines
between Teapot Dome and Kansas
City reached here this afternoon.
SENATE DETERMINED TO
TAX PEOPLE Fill SPORTS;
—
WASHINGTON, Apr. 4—Taxes on I
Mah Jonng ami radio sets were voted
into the levenue bill last night by the j
Senate finance committee, which at
the same time approved a reduction
in automobile taxes and the repeal of
the candy tax voted by the House.
GARDEN TRUCK GROWING
Seward gardeners will have an
abundance of flue rhubarb within the
next few days, if the present warm
sunshiny weather continues. The
Greets of the town are getting dusty
md spring is apparently two to three
weeks early this year.
HEflRST PURCHASES
INTEREST IN TIMES
ALBANY, Apr. 4.—William Ran
loplh Hearst has purchased an inter
est in the Albany Times Union, edited
by former Governor Glynn, the lat
ter to continue as editor.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL
WORK NEAR MM
KANATAK, April 1—Telegrams ;
lave just been received by owners of
lorses in Kanatak from S. R. Capps,
if the Geological Survey, Washington,
D. C., requesting bids on six or seven
torses for June 12th.
A letter received from the survey in
;he last mail stated that W. R. Smith
,vould probably return for a more de
;ailed geological study of the district, j
rhe horses referred to in these tele- j
grants are evidently for the Smith |
iarty.
Mr.Smith came to this district in
1921 as assitant geologist to S, R.:
3apps. In 1922 he accompanied the I
R. H. Sargent topographical party j
Tom Kanatak to Chignik, as geologist, j
n 1923 he was the geologist with the i
R. K. Lynt typographical party work-!
ng from Kanatak to the Valley of
ren Thousand Smokes. He is thoro
ighly familiar with the conditions and
geology in this field and has surveyed
nore consecutive territory in this dis
rict than has any other geologist who
tas visited the field. Those interest
id in this field will be glad to see him
eturn.
TRICE Will NOT
EVACUATE RUHR
—
I WILL NOT GIVE UP TERRITORY j
SEIZED EVEN IF OTHER
GUARANTEES MADE
—
PARIS, April 4—Poincare announc
ed in the Chamber of Deputies that.
France will not evacuate the Rhur dis- j
trict even if the reparation experts
propose other guarantees for France.
SENflTORPEPPERlflYS
APPOINTMENTS HAVE
DISCREDITED PARTY
I PORTLAND, Maine, Apr. 4.—Sena- !
tor Pepper in an address here last j
night declared that the Senate in- |
vestigation and the bad appointments
of Albert Fall, Charles Forbes and H.
H. Daugherty had a tendency to
discredit both the Republican and
Democratic parties to the extent that
an irresponsible and highly danger
ous party has actually suggested itself
to the extremists as a practical pos
sibility for relief from existing con
ditions.
PULL BLOOl fflTNKLET
11ELEGTEO COUNCIL
JUNEAU, April 4—Andrew Hope,!
a full blooded Thinklet Indian was el-'
ected to the council at Sitka, in the re
cent elections held there, defeating
Harold Bailey, a white man.
WADSWORTH BLOCKS
MOTION FIRE MELLON
WASHINGTON, Apr. 4.—Senator
Wadsworth of New York, republican,
blocked a resolution this afternoon to
have President Coolidge dismiss Sec
retary Mellon.
George J. Love wll leave on the
Admiral Evans tonight for his Lome
in Valdez.
mill |
FROM BED HEAT
POLICE USING EVERY EFFORT
TO ROUND UP DRUGGISTS
SELLING FORM DEATH
TOLEDO, April 4—The death toll
in Toledo’s canned heat poison alcohol
orgies rose to eighteen today, and po- :
lice have bent every effort to round up
the druggists who are selling this form |
of death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 4.—This
city and vicinity was shaken by three
heavy earthquake shocks of several
minutes duration at 4 o’clock this
afternoon. The entire population of
the down town district rushed into
the streets fearing a repetition of the
disaster of 1906.
TERRORIZEDWlfll
LEAPS FROM PASSENGER
DICKINSON, N. D., Apr. 4.—The
glaring looks of an unidentified man
on a fast train in which she was
traveling so terrorized Miss Hattie
Merrit of Falmouth, Kentucky, that
she leaped from the car window of
a fast moving Northern Pacific train.
When found later she said she was
on her was from Seattle to Minne
apolis. Train officials believe the
(voman slightly deranged.
GBAND JURY WILL
START PROCEEDINGS
JU Y WHICH MEETS APRIL 10,
^TRUSTED WITH CRIMINAL
i ROC EE DINGS AGAINST FIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
With the inquiry in sight the senate
oil investigators today prepared to
translate the results of the inquiry in
to definite results immediately. The
federal grand jury which meets Api’il
tenth will be intrusted with criminal
proceedings against the five whose
names have figured in the oil inquiry.
■EE 8! P M OGLE
i I
P. M. Ogle has started work on the
basement of his big cement garage,
which will be built on Third and
Washington streets. The building
will be 50x90, with steam heat, and
every modern improvement, including
an up-to-date washing platform.
The entrance will be on Washing
ton streets, with exit on Third, this
allowing a straight drive thru the
building.
This is the first of the many new
buildings planned for Seward this
\ ear.
BEAR” DIES IN HUM
NEW YORK .April 4—Captain J.
G. Ballinger, for a number of years
commander on the coast guard cutter
Bear, stationed in the Bering Sea, died
today.
LA FOLLETTE LEADING
MILWAUKEE. Apr. 4.—With but
half the votes counted tonight. La
Follette is leading Calvin Coolidge in
the State primaries by over 100,000.
DOES NOT LIKE ATTITUDE OF
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO
WARD HIS WORK
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
^anderlip, the New York lawyer who
s mixed up in a suit with the Marion
Starr, announced his intentions of re
signing from every business board on
,vhich he occupies a seat, because of
:he attitude of many of his New York
mciness associates toward the work
le is doing in Washington.
WEEKS COMPLIES WITH
REQUEST FOR PIPERS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 4.—Secretary
weeks complied today with the re
quest by the Senate committee in
vestigating the official acts of former
attorney general, Harry Daugherty,
for certain papers bearing on air
craft eases but ti e personal appear
ance of the secretary for questioning
by 'he commi tea was postpo.. d un
til a later date.
ROOSEVELT DEEPLY.
IHED III SC1NDIL
CHICAGO, Apr. 4.—The charge that
Roosevelt was deeply involved in the
oil scandal with former Secretary
Denby and that the public does not
yet realize the fraudulent features of
the oil leases which may yet be re
vealed was made by Senator Dill to
newspaper men this afternoon.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES FOR
1924 WILL EXCEED BILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
The Federal income tax reports for
1924 from the treasury department re
ports estimate will exceed a billion
j and a quarter.
TRIP 10 WESTWARD
The steamship Starr sailed about
j 11 o’clock last night for Nuka Bay
i and Kanatak, carrying machinery, oil,
j horses and supplies. For Nuka Bay
j tae vessel had the Worthington mill
and machinery for the Alaska Hills
Mines Company, including several
head of horses, and carried oil and
supplies for Kanatak. The Starr will
return in time for her regular run,
about April 13.
ALASKA DUE TOMORROW
j The steamship Alaska is due in
| port about 8 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing, sailing southbound about 9:00 to
morrow night.
AMERICA'S WARTIME
AVIATION SECRETS
BARED TO JAPANESE
JAPANESE SPY SYSTEM IN AIR
CRAFT CORPORATION SAYS
DEPARTMENT AGENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 4—
All of America’s war time aviation
secrets were bared to Japan through
a great spy system which extended in
the Standard Aircraft Corporation,
i Captain H. L. Scaife, former depart
ment of justice agent charged this af
ternoon before the Daugherty investi
gation committe. Scaife also asserted
in his testimony that Secretary of
War Weeks and Daugherty should be
indicted for conspiracy because of the
failure of the Attorney General to
prosecute a war time case against the
Wright and Martin Aeroplane com
pany of Ohio.
BRIDE AND GROOM DEAD
POMEROY, Wash., Apr. 4.—Alfred
Waldman, 25, and his wife, a bride of
but ten days, were killed and, Mrs.
Barbara Waldman, 55, was probably
latally wounded last night by an uni
dentified man.
HIGHWATERDAMAGES
PROPERTY AT KANATAK
KANATAK. Mar. 30.—Warm winds j
and excessive rains of the past two
weeks, which rapidly thawed the j
snow covering the mountains, has !
caused all the streams in this vicinity •
to become raging torrents, and much ,
trouble from high water is expected
this spring.
The three caterpillar trucks of the
Standard Oil Company are submerged
by the high water in the valley of
Ugashik creek, which is no longer1
a creek but a raging river. All of
the cats were westbound and the j
trucks were loaded with drums of
fuel oil and supplies. The water is
running over the beds of the trucks
and at times the tops of the cabs can
not be seen. The road to the west
field follows the valley of Ugashik
creek, at times running down the
beds of the stream, crossing it many
times.
They were running short of fuel oil
and one of the cats had broken down
about a mile from camp. “Ole,” a
driver of the rear cat, abandoned his
trucks to the water, climbed up out
of the creek, up and over steep
banks, bluffs, etc., and succeeded in
getting around to the first trucks.
After three days of constantly striv
ing to accomplish what some may
have though was the impossible, he
hauled the trucks out of the creek
and to the camp, thus stavng off
a threatened fuel shortage. Return
ing to his own trucks he slipped off
a bank and down in to deep water
where both tracks came off the cat.
There is nothing that can be done
until the high water subsides.
WORST STORM OF
YEARS HITS LOWER
ALASKA AND II. C.
AVIATORS WILL ATTEND NO
FORMAL FUNCTIONS UNTIL
THEY REACH TOKIO
SEATTLE, Owing to very unusual
weather conditions on the British Col_
; umbia coast, the start of the World
| Fliers for Prince Rupert has eben de
| layed.
At Prince Rupert a heavy gale was
j blowing and the rain falling in tor
; rents, more than an inch falling in a
| single hour.
Reports from Sitka state that the
j worst gale in years is blowing, every
| vessel and fishing boat seeking shelter
1 from the huge waves.
Ship Dress Uniforms
| SEATTLE, April 4—The world-fly
| ers have shipped their dress uniforms
* to Tokio, planning to attend no formal
functions until they reach there.
I _____
SEATTLE, April 3—Martin an
nounced tonight that he planned to be
gin his flight Friday morning, reach
ing Prince Rupert that afternoon and
arriving at Sitka Friday night or early
Sunday.
JUDGE RITCHIE HAS
POSTPONED lit TERM
Judge E. E. Ritchie has called a
Federal grand jury to meet at Valdez
beginning May 5, and has postponed
the Anchorage term which was to
have been held in May.
The Judge states that the status
oi the criminal docket has made it
necessary in the interest of economy
that a grand jury term be held at
Valdez before the Anchorage term is
called. There are more cases in Cor
dova and Valdez awaiting action by
the grand jury than in any other part
of the division.
Judge Ritchie indicates that owing
to the primary election April 29 he
did not deem it advisable to take a
lot of jurors and witnesses away from
home at the time of the primary.
Several Anchorage cases will be
taken to Valdez.
FREIGHTER ADRIFT
HR JTKII ISM
CORDOVA, April 4—With her tail
shaft broken and her propellors gone,
the Japanese freighter Ayaha Maru,
en route to Puget Sound points, is
adrift and helpless in the vicinity of
Atku island, according to a wireless
message received here.
The freighter carries a crew of forty
and the steamer Tolken is rushing to
her assistance.
AMERICAN LEGION PUTS ON
PICTURE SHOW TONIGHT
The members of the American Le
gion, Seward Post, will give a mov
ing picture show, of a patriotic na
ture at the Liberty theatre tonight,
only. Admission will be fifty cents,
which will be turned over to the Le
gion by Manager Burns, to be used
for local purposes.
An unsually good program has been
arranged and those who attend are
assured of a evening of information
and fun. But one show will be giv
en, at S o’clock.
John Helm has completed the con
struction of a neat oak display coun
ter for the Alaska Shop.
Chas. Lechner has two 1924 model
Ford touring cars in stock, which he.
received on a recent boat. The price
is lower this year than ever known,
and cars may be purchased on reas
onable terms. These cars a^e ready
for immediate delivery.
EVANS DUE TONIGHT
The Admiral Evans will reach port
tonight at 8:00 o’clock southbound.
She will sail about 10 o’clock.
The Odd Fellows dance tomorrow
eight will be largely attended many
passengers from the Alaska being
present.