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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 66.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1930.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DECREASE IN POPULATION OF
SMALLER COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT AREA
Special to The Gateway.
JUNEAU, March 24.—'The pop
ulation of HOPE VILLAGE as
shown by a preliminary count of
the returns of the Fifteenth Cen
sus, taken as of October 1, 1929,
;s 13, as compared with 44 on
January 1, 1920. The 1929 figures
are preliminary and subject to
correction.
The number of fanns enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 2.
Valdez
The populatln of Valdez Re
cording District as shown by a
preliminary count of the returns
of the Fifteenth Census, taken
is of October 1, 1929, is 1,063, as
compared with 1„233 on January
1, 1920. The 1929 figures are pre
liminary and subject to correc
tion.
The number of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 18.
The population of Valdez Town
'Incorporated) as shown by a
prelminary count of the returns
>f the Fifteenth C nsus, taken as
>f Octet t 1, 1929, is 441, as com
pared with 466 on January 1.
1920. The 1929 figures are pre
liminary and subject to correc
tion.
-The numb r of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 1.
Laioucbe
The population of Latouche
tillage as shown by a prelimin
;rv count of the returns of the
Fifteenth Census, taken as of
October 1, 1929, is 399, as com
pared with 505 on January 1.
1920. The 1929 figures are pre
hmm.-ry and subject to correc
tin' •■■'■mb'.-r of forms emmi't
- >-u . or the return.:- of the Fif
teenth Genus taken - of Octo
ber 1, 1929, is 70, as compared
with 107 on January 1, 1920. The
1929 figures are preliminary and
subject to correction.
The number of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 0.
McCarthy
The ppulation of McCarthy
Recording District as shown by
a preliminary count of the re
turns of the Fifteenth Census,
taken as of October 1, 1929, is
637. These figures are prelimin
ary and subject to correction.
The number of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 11.
The population of McCarthy
Village as shown by a prelimin
ary count of the returns of the
Fifteenth Census, taken as of
October 1, 1929, is 115, as com
pared with 127 on January 1,
1929. The 1929 figures are pre
liminary and subject to corree
tion.
Tho number of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Fifteenth
Census was 1.
Kennecolt
Tlie population of Kennecott
Village as shown by a prelimin
ary count of the returns of the
Fifteenth Census, taken as of
October 1, 1929, is 217, as com
pared with 494 on January 1,
1920. The 1929 figures are pre
liminary and subject to correc
tion.
The number of farms enumer
ated in this area at the Ffteenth
Census was 0.
JOE GLICK STILL ACTIVE
NEW YORK, Mar. 24. (/P)~Joe
Glick, who finally quit trying for
a crack at the lightweight title, is
contenting himself with weekly
fights in and around New York.
SEIZURE RE VESSELS
IS 1LLEGSL. JUDGE
CUSHM1 RULES
SEATTLE, Mar. 22 (/P)—1The
8. 8. Capilano is steaming to
ward the Orient after being held
three days at Port Townsend on
a writ of attachment by Dant
& Russell, shippers.
Federal Judge Cushman ruled
that under the treaty of 1847
the seizure was illegal. The
shippers sought to recover on
losses when the S- S. Chief Ma
quilla went down off the Aleu
tian Islands, which vessel was
also owned by the same com
pany.
CHINESE SOLDIERS
ROUTE HORDES Of
liiTS. NIKE SU
!
AUTHORITIES ATTEMPTING
TO SCATTER LOOTERS AND
KILLERS IN PROVINCE
SHANGHAI, March 24. (/P)—A
hundred bandits and 50 Chinese
soldiers were killed and hundreds
wounded near Haichow, in north
ern Kiangsu provnce, in a battle
between 1,000 bandits and 2,000
soldiers, say Chinese advices.
The soldiers are reported to
have routed the bandits after an
all-day fight in which provincial
authorities undertook to attempt
to scatter the bandit hordes who
have been looting and killing
throughout the province.
nose overmnent to speed soldiers
to protect 11 Catholic mission
aries reported besieged at Kan
chow by Chinese communists.
i Chinese authorities have not
received a reply from General
Liu, who was ordered a few days
i ago to protect Americans, so Jen
kins repeated the request.
a telegram from Nanking to
the American legation at Peiping
said soldiers are being sent to
Kanchow.
STARTED MEMORIAL MOVE
MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 24. (TP)—A
; Minneapolis woman, Mrs. Augustus
IL. Searle, originated the idea of
; the permanent memorial for pio
I neer suffragists soon to be erected
j in Washington by the League of
| Women Voters.
HALF MILLION FISH SAVED
MADISON, Wis., Mar. 24. (.<?)—j
! More than 500,000 fish have been
! saved by conservation fisheries
men in the last few weeks from
j the backwater sloughs of the Mis
; sissippi river on property of the
Delta Fish and Fur farm, a re
; port to the conservation commis
| sion office says. The fish, trapped
in the sloughs, have been return
ed to the open river.
SAVING FOR PACKERS
WASHINGTON, March 24. (/Pi
Savings for the packing industry
are expected by use of the quick- j
freezing process of preserving
fresh-cut meats, according to re
ports to the department of com
merce.
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TOPSY-TURVY MAN
BERLIN, Mar. 24 (JP)—Prof. Carl i
Lewin has found a man whose j
heart, liver, appendix, spleen and i
stomach all are on the wrong
sides. The man is healthy, Lewin
says, but of deficient intellect.
SMIL FOREST FIRE
PORTABLE TELEPHONES IN
CONSTANT CONTACT HEAD
QUARTERS, FOUR PUMPS
For the construction of the 15
miles of trails within this area
of the Chugach National Forest,
as was outlined in Saturday’s
issue by W- M. Sherman, forest
ranger, a crew of 15 men will be
employed as well as the regular
forest fire patrol. One of the
latter will be stationed along the
Alaska Railroad between Anchor
age and Seward, with headquar
ters at Lawing, another at Gird
wood, one at Hope, patroling the
road there, and one on the Moose
Pass highway.
These four are trained men for
each year, as will also be done
this spring, prior to the season’s
activities, a two or three weeks’
course in forest fire fighting and
patrol work will be given at the
Lawing ranger station. In addi
tion to these men the Alaska
Railroad cooperates with every'
means at hand in the suppres
sion of fires along the right of
way.
In Constant Touch
Referring 'back to the men
employed by the forestry depart
ment. Ranger Sherman stated he
always selected local men in so
far as he could; that is to say.
he will employ from Seward as
many men as he can and the
same holds true at Anchorage, or
at the various points in or near
the forest where work is to be
carried forward. There is one
warden stationed permanently at
the La wing station who, through
portable telephones, is constantly
in direct touch with every mem
ber of the patrol; this organiza
tion is likewise tied in with
Ranger Sherman, regardless of
where his duties may have cr’i’ed
h'm, so that a constant contact
for the protection of the for:si
from fire is thus afforded..
A r. j ' > 11' f! qu'parent
The' guard at Gird wood has r
big up and down the track, as
’veil as a portable pump and oth
er equipment. These pumps are
little marvels in themselves; the
department has four of them
each weighing but 70 pounds,
and may be carried easily on
one’s back. These pumpers, the
Pacific Ross pump gas engine,
are designed and built especially
for forest fire protection and
function very efficiently. Each
can throw a one and one-half
inch stream at the end of a
1,000-foot hose, with a 90-pound
pressure, sufficient to root out
moss, etc. In addition to this
equipment the department has
hundreds of shovels, axes, mat
tocks, saws, etc.
A record in lire suppression
was made last year in this area;
this was possible, Ranger Sher
man said, on account of three
things, the growing realization of
the public for the need of their
cooperation, with respect to
throwing away matches in the
forest, putting out their camp
fires, etc.; the assistance given
to the department by the Alaska
Railroad, and because of the de
partment’s own ceaseless vigil.
Less than 15 acres were burned
over last year, the actual loss
being approximated at about
$100. The public is again asked
to give the same cooperation this
vear for the dangerous season
will soon be here, dating from
about May 1 to August 1.
In tomorrow’s issue the final
article of Ranger Sherman’s in
terview will appear and will be
devoted to policy matters, com
parison of Alaska timber with
that grown in the states, etc.
ORE SOLD 7 YEARS AHEAD
ATLANTA, Ga., March 24. (/P)—
The output of North Georgia’s
manganese mines has been sold
for seven years in advance.
LOT OF MONEY SPENT
nothing mm
OT 0. S. DELEGATION
WASHINGTON, March 24 (/P)
—Asserting that outside of the
senate chamber he expected to
show that a “lot of money was
being spent but nothing accom
plished,” Senator Blease intro
duced a resolution calling upon
the state department for a re
port of expenses of the American
delegation to the naval meet at
London.
Senator Blease opposed the
naval conference holding the be
lief nothing would be accom
plished and said if his resolution
was adopted addtonal informa
tion will be provided
IT TEETDW
AMBASSADOR LINDSAY AND
LADY LINDSAY AT WASH
INGTON
NEW YORK, March 24. (/P)_
Having been delayed nearly 24
hours between Ambrose channel
and the quarantine sta.ion, s
Ronald and Lady Lindsay, new
British envoy to the United
States, and his wife landed on
American soil. In a most con
.venial, interview, lire tall diplomat
informed the United States that
the two major aims of his mis
sion would be the furtherance of
pt ace and the promotion of a bet
t r understanding between the
two nations.
Although a trifle wary on the
subject of prohibition, Sir Ronald
intimated that the policy in
augurated by his predecessor Sir
id Esme, might not be en
forced under his own regime. Sir
R war Id said he is not a teetotaler
assured a rep- rt-u* he had bought
Sir Feme's wine supply at the
a r- * ■,' b " y, a. n d a d mi f fce d that. i n
his opinion, Sir Feme’s c:Ur
ap, hist importation of liquors for
the . rnbassy was merely a net
son el affair.
Ambassador Lindsay and Lady
Lindsay went to Washington,
where they were heartily received.
YET. SAYS
PARIS, March 24. (/P>—Gaston
Gerard, newly appointed high
commissioner for tourism in
France, urged the American peo
ple to adopt wine as their table
beverage during a provoking
speech before the American club,
in which he praised wine as a
spiritual and physical tonic.
He urged Americans to con
tinue the fight for a change in
the dry law, saying, “Tell your
countrymen they will be follow
ing the purest traditions of his
tory, philosophy and science by
taking up the drinking of a prod
uct that never harmed anyone.”
M. Gerard also said the French
government will act immediately
to abolish port taxes and lift oth
er restrictions on tourists, long
objected to by Americans.
DEATHS INCREASE
SACRAMENTO, March 24. (JF)—
Deaths from alcoholism, under the
prohibition regime, have increased
approximately 450 per cent n Cali
fornia since 1920, official depart
ment of health figures for alco
holic deaths in 1929 announced to
day revealed.
WOMEN TRY FOR POLICE JOBS
BERLIN, pdar. 24. (&)—Eight
candidates passed the first civil
service examination held in Berlin
for women police detectives.
ALASKA AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 22. (A*)—The
S- 8. Alaska, with the bodies of
Col. Ben Eielson and Earl Bor
land, arrived at about 7:07 Sat
urday evening, many hours over
due, forcing postponement of fu
neral arrangements until Sunday.
TAX ON TROLLERS
ALASKA. UPHELD
TACOMA FISHERMAN LOSES IN
FIRST ROUND- AGALNST
THE TERRITORY
JUNEAU, March 24. {IP)—The
validity of the territorial license
tax of $250 per year on non-resi
dent trollers .was upheld in the
federal district court by Judge
Harding, who also sustained the
demurrer filed a week ago at
Ketchikan by Attorney General
Rustgard to the complaint of
Wood Freeman, Tacoma troller,
against Territorial Treasurer
Smith.
The judge held the tax was not
an effort to conserve salmon
fisheries and that it was “not
unreasonable and arbitrary to
the amount to no taxation at
all.” That it does not violate
any constitutional rights or prop
er guarantees claimed by the
plaintiff.
Ruling was largely based on
Alaska cases involving fish taxes
i heretofore decided by the United
States Supreme court.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22 (VP)—
The Doheny bribery case was
given to the jury at 11:01 a. m.
and took eight court days to
j present the case, the government
| requiring three and one-half
| days and the defense three, ar~
i e.umrr.ts taking up the remain
der of the time.
! Justice Hits charged the jury
! that it was possible that Fall,
a'ready convicted for receiving
| i bribe from Doheny, was to
have been found guilty and Do
I heny not be found guilty.
P.ILLY TAKES LEAD
MIAMI, Fla., March 24. (VP)—
Billy Burke took the lead in the
La Gorce club golf tournament
with 68 for the first 18 holes. Craig
Wood and Clarence Gamber tied
i for second place with 70, while
Hoorton Smith and Bill Melhorn
each had 71.
ENGLAND SNOWED UNDER
LONDON, March 24. (/P)—Eng
land is digging out from beneath
! one of the heaviest snowfalls in
years which has disrupted traffic
and hampered farmers. The snow
! was a foot deep in the county of
Kent.
iy L! HIS IS
n IS WOMEN 1TE
; WASHINGTON, March 24. (TP)—
Mrs. Ella Boole, president of the
National Women's Christian Tem
perance Union, told the house ju
diciary committee, investigating
prohibition, that the dry law will
remain as long as women have the
right to vote. Field Yost, college
coach, declared in a telegram to
the committee that college drink
i ing is decreasing under the Eight
eenth amendment.
DOUBT EXPRESSED
OXFORD, England, March 24.
(yj>)_Doubt that the sphere ob
served by American astronomers
from Lowell observatory is a new
major planet, was expressed by
Dr. Harold Knox Shaw Radcliffe,
observer; Prof. Edward Rose Ball,
and Dr. J. Jackson of the Royal
observatory.
spec! coach
BIS BODY BE
COL M LIST
MOST IMPRESSIVE SERVICE TO
HEROIC DEAD OBSERVED
AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 24, (AJ)~With
I interment in the Seattle Maus
oleum yesterday, thu3 was mark
ed the end of the long journey
from North Cape, Siberia for Earl
Borland, mechanician for Colonel
Carl Ben Eielson both of whom
lost their lives when their plane
crashed, early in November, near
North Cape.
Tire body of Colonel Eielson is
speeding Eastward today in a
special coach over the Great Nor
thern Railway for Hatton, North
Dakota where the famous flier
will be buried—at his boyhoodf
home
interment, is piaimeu u>r Wed
nesday. The services here were
the most impressive ever paid by
Seattle to the heroic dead.
A great throng met the S. S.
Alaska here Saturday night and
thousands filed by the flag-drap
ed caskets lying in state at But
jterworth’s Mortuary yesterday,
' where, following the joint ser
vices, Borland was taken to the
! Mausoleum and Eielson to the
1 Great Northern station on a mil
j it ary caisson.
I The military guard of honor
I ,vas followed by a long pro
i cession. The father of Colonel
Eielson. Ole Eielscn, and a detail
| of North Dakota National Guards
! men, are accompanying the body
Miss Adeline Eielson, sister of
] the pilot, came here from Wen
I atchee for the services but did
not go East.
I Mrs. Earl Borland, E :ri's par
j ents. Earl’s two sons and a lar: s
j number of friends ac. mpanird
Shis body to his last resting place.
Conspicuous among * re mourn
ers were the two Do v—.n and
: three Canadian avi d'.: A voyna
tron. of!five Nava! and '.Dree Army
bodies were r
chapel
| WASHINGTON, aMrch 22- (/Pj
Federal prohibition agents, during
| January, captured 1,600 stills
j ranging in size from a tea kettle
; to plants and capable of putting
out 2,000 gallons a day. Almost
half of these were producing al
cohol from com sugar.
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LEGALLY SEPARATED
PARIS, March 24. {IP)—A court
decision announced the legal sep
aration of Princess Charlotte of
Monaco from Prince Pierre, her
husband. The prince loses his
status as heir to the throne of
the little principality.
NO DISTURBANCE
HAVANA. March 24. UP)—The
threatened general strike of Cuban
labor organizations failed to ma
terialize and there was no disturb
ance.
INDIAN FLAPPER
SEATTLE, March 24. (IP)—Helen
Moses, Indian flapper, was sen
tenced to 10 years in prison for
murdering her mother, Mrs. Susie
Moses, who disapproved of the
girl’s affair with Clarence Hartley,
a white man. Hartley also was
given 10 years’ minimum sentence.
100 INJURED
RANGOON, Burma, March 24.
(/P)—More than 100 persons were
injured in a clash between police
and civilians outside the court
house where J. N. Sengupta, may
or of Calcutta, was being tried
for seditious utterances in con
| nection with Mahatma Gandhi's
[campaign of civil disobedience.