Seward Daily Gateway
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 161.
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1G, 1930.
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Following Territorial Engineer R.
J. Sommers, as after-luncheon
speaker at the regular weekly busi
ness meeting of the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday, Cash
Cole, auditor of Alaska, and like
Mr. Sommers ,a member of the Ter
ritorial board of road commission
ers, told enthusiastically about
three men in the Territory who in
spired by the rarest of optimism,
are adding improvements daily to
their respective enterprises, fully
confident that Alaska’s future in
tourist trade is not far off.
‘And I agree with them”, stated
Mr. Cole, “one cannot help it,
after seeing the things that I have,
on this, the most interesting trip
that I have ever made anywhere”.
The trip referred to. took Mr. Cole
thru Cordova to McCarthy, thence
to Chitna and Valdez, after which
he went into the Interior with Mr.
ommers.
“Alaska has more things of inter
st to show the tourist than any
:her country in the world—and it
ould be money wTell spent to tell
ne world about them”, he declared,
ndrew Derringer’s new hotel on
rie Richardson Highway was de
:ribed by Mr. Cole as being about
oe finest in Alaska. Deningei
I50 owns 10 big Studebaker sight
ing cars, operated for the bene
t of tourists, and though facing a
iscouraging season, is confident
oat future tourist business will
istify his present interest.
The same is true of Oscar Breed
en said Mr. Cole. Breedman has
.vested $175,000 in tourist accom
modations, an amount w h i c h
hould be matched dollar for dollar
T- 0ur Territorial legislature for
ne purpose of advertising Alaska
3 travelers. Men like Derringer and
treedman are as much entitled to
return from their investments
nd cooperation of the Territory as
; the miner. In the opinion of
Ir. Cole, the independent operat
ig miner, the ones who he declares
ut real money in circulation in
.laska. are thinning out. and i
eems quite natural that tourist
usiness should be developed if the
ap is to be plugged
Leach’s resort at Circle Hot
prings was the third shining ex
rnple pointed out. Mr. Cole said
hat while this resort was o. med
jm size, and apparently well pat
onized, the owner was demonstrat
es his optimistic outlook for the
uture by paying $40 per ton freight
harges on cement and construc
LOn materials for an addition to
is present hotel.
Auditor Cole, who has served
everal sessions in the legislature,
oncluded his splendid and mspir
ig address by making a general
ppeal for wholesale advertising of
daska’s beauty spots and sports.
BRISTOL SILVER MINES
SALT LAKE CITY, July 15, (£>)—
The Bristol Silver Mines Co., has
purchased the 15-mile narrow
sauge Pioche Pacific Railroad, ac
cording to E. H. Snyder, manager,
for hauling of its ores to the main
^ line at Pioche from Jackrabbit.
Hundreds of acres of brush and
small trees have been cleared from
new land in British Columbia with
a brush cutter operated in front of
f a tractor.
NOTED MUSICIAN DIES
i DRESDEN, Germany, July 16. (VP)
|—Dr. Leopold Vonauer, celebrated
violinist of New York, died yester
day at the Soschwitz sanitarium of
pneumonia
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NATIVES SEEKING SEALS AND
OTHER GAME, TAKE PLACE
STAPLES: DIG CURIOS
1 POINT BARROW. July 16, (/P>—
Ice conditions are worse instead of
better as contrary winds w’ashed
back the entire pack in this quar
ter of the ocean, the warmest
; weather in two years, and which is
eating the shore ice full of holes.
By pressure behind, the ice is fill
ing gaps. For several days 20-mile
off-shore winds failed to make an
impression or open a lead as it al
ways has done before.
The first ship of the season ar
rived here a year ago yesterday.
The village is empty, the natives
being scattered seeking seals and
other game to take the place of
flour, sugar .coffee and other sta
ples which stores are lacking.
Natives daily bring in curios dug
up from old igloos in the hopes of
trading them for a little tobacco,
white the whites are forced to roll
their own since the tailor-mades
are gone.
CHICAGO. July 16. WP)—Colonel
R. R. McCormick, publisher of the
Chicago Tribune and brother-in
law of Ruth Hanna McCormick,
told the Senate campaign funds
committee that he had given $15,
000 to support Hanna McCormick’s
campaign.
Of this amount only $2,500 had
previously been included in the ex
penditure of the $327,000 so far ac
counted for as her expenses.
COPPER MERGER
BE I EUROPE
| LONDON, July 16, (IP)—An event
iof outstanding importance in the
metal markets is the announce
ment of a merger between the
Amalgamated Metal Corp., control
ling the British Metal Corp., and
Henry Gardner & Co. Ldt-, with the
Frankfurt Metallgesellschaft, cou
pled with the announcement that
| negotiations for the conclusion of
the Societe Generate des Minerals
are far advanced.
From the market point of view,
this huge consolidation of interests
seeems liable to lead to further
control of prices and it by no
means follows that they may be
adverse ultimately from co-operat
ing with American ideas as to sta
bilizing the metals.
SURVEYORS USE TOWERS
WASHINGTON. July 16. (/P»—In
its topographic mapping the Coast
and Geodetic Survey uses portable
towers 146 feet high along the Miss
issippi river. This height is neces
sary to raise surveying instruments
above trees.
In honor of Gov. George A
Parks of Alaska who arrived in
the city today from Anchorage,
the Seward Chamber of Com
merce is tendering him a banquet
this evening at 7:15 in the Sew
ard Grill to which affair the pub
lic is extended an invitation to
attend: 7:15 sharp!
Governor Parks was accompa
nied by Colonel Otto F. Ohlson
of The Alaska Railroad who will
also be a guest at the banquet.
On the evening train Major
Malcolm Elliott, president of the
Alaska Road Commission, will
arrive and will immediately pro
ceed to the banquet. Others
leaders in Territorial affairs who
will be present include Robert
Sommers, Terriorial Engineer;
Cash Cole, Territorial Auditor
and probably Dr. H. W. Alberts,
Territorial Agronomist, Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Mr. Barndollar, Alaska Railroad
official, W. Erich Lucas, vice
president of the National Bank
fo Commerce in Seattle, and sev
eral other prominent gentlemen
will be present.
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YESTERDAYS GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 11: St. Louis 6. The
Athletics won their fourth straight
game from the Browns. Cochrane
homered
Boston 13: Cleveland 4. Todt let
the Boston attack with a triple
double and two singles.
Washington 3; Detroit* 0. Wash
ington made two double plays.
New York 9; Chicago 5. The
Yanks won the series four to two.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St- Louis 7; Philadelphia 6. /
double play in the ninth saved the
day for St. Louis.
Cincinnati 14; Newr York 8. Roett
ger and Hogan each homered wit!
two on the sixth and seventh.
Chicago 5; Boston 3 Hartnet1
homered for the 20th time this sea
son in the sixth with Grimm on tc
win.
Pittsburgh 0; Brooklyn 5- Clart
allowed one hit and one walk
neither man going beyond second
Wright hit a single and double
homer; scared three runs.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 1; Oakland 5.
Portland 7; Hollywood 13.
Seattle 6; Missions 8.
Will GUSHER III
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IS NEW MONSTEE
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 16, (JP>
Wild Mary, the shrew of the Soutt
Oklahoma City oil field; has a sis
ter of about the same caliber in th(
Itio No. 4 Mary Sudik se ne sw 31
ll-3w, just one location south ol
the wild gusher.
The well blew in and as the huge
column of oil and gas broke ovei
the crown block, the roar sounder
like a windstorm. The spray, whip
ped by a south wind, went nearlj
two miles. Estimates place the wel
in the 30,000-barrel class, with 75,
000,000 cubic feet of gas
It is believed to be as large if noi
larger than the original well on the
lease, which went wild for 11 day;
and defied control.
TREBLES OIL EXPORTS
1 MOSCOW, July 15, (/P)—The Sov
iet Oil Trust announces an increase
of 300 percent in the export of oil
in 1928-29 as compared with pre
war years. Pipe lines and other
transportation improvements were
a big factor in the results.
ALBERT J. GALEN'S
ELECTION SENATE
ASSURED. MONT.
HELENA, Mont., July 16, (/P)—
j Early returns from the Montana
primary assured Albert J. Galen of
the Republican contest with Walsh
for the U. S. Senate.
I Galen maintained a two to one
lead over O. H. Shelly, Red Lodge
newspaperman. The Democratic
nomination from the first Congres
sional district is in doubt as J. P.
Monaghan of Butte, only led by 25
votes. John M. Evans, veteran
jCongressman by 4,239 to 4,1211 with
slightly less than one-third of the
precincts counted.
i SAN FRANCISCO. July 16, (/P)—
Frank Olcese, miner, believed to be
► seeking a fortune in Alaska, is heir
to half a million dollars, his wife
Mrs. Emelia Olcese revealed here.
She said her husband went to
Alaska 14 years ago to prospect and
efforts to trace him have been
fruitless. His wife has been named
trustee of her husband’s estate
which comprise cattle and oil lands
left him by his brother Louis.
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THREE HUGE ESTATES NOT YET
■! FORMALLY PROVED; WILL
i | YIELD §75,000,000
-| LONDON, July 15, (/^—Redistri
bution of Great Britain’s wealth
• thru taxes on huge estates is going
• on in a big way.
The income of Ramsay MacDon
dal’s government from death duties
this year seems likely to establish
a new record. Since April 1, near
ly $90,000,000 has poured into the
British treasury from this source.
That is well above Chancellor
Snowdon’s estimate of $410,000,000
for the year. This figure is the
more remarkable because three
I huge estats hav notforthey earhug
I huge estates have not been formal
| ly proved. They will yield at least
another $75,000,000.
It is, for example, estimated that
■ approximately $50,000,000 will be
• derived from the late Lord Ashton’s
fortune, while the estates of Lord
! Dewar and Major Andred Coats will
| yield about $10,000,000 and $5,000,
• 000 respectively. The Dewar money
Icame from whiskey and the Coats
! 1 riches from cotton thread.
For the financial year 1929-30
^Winston Churchill, chancellor of
the exchequer in the Conservative
Cabinet, estimated that $405,000,000
l j would be derived from death dut? s.
The actual yield was $498,850,000.
j This amount included $10,575,000
from the estate of Bernhard Baron,
; $4,650,000 from that of Lord Revel
> stoke and $2,720,000 from that of
Lord Rosebery.
PORTION OF LOCAL AVIATION
| FIELD WILL BE COMPLETED
THIS SUMMER
That construction on the miss
ing link” of highway between the
Moose Pass road and the Seward
Kenai Lake Highway will be started
(Within the next three sasons, is the
confident opinion of R. J- Sommers
Territorial Highway engineer, ex
pressed by Mr. Sommers before the
Seward Chamber of Commerce yes
terday.
The Sewrard Chamber last fall,
asked that the link be surveyed,
but received advice from District
! Engineer M. D.Williams that funds
were not then available for the
purpose.
In his talk yesterday Mr. Som
mers said “It looks to me like the
survey will be accomplished this
season. Survey is now being made
of the Quartz Creek road, and I be
lieve there wall be time left to sur
vey the link”.
Mr. Sommers also spoke 4 about
the Federal Highway act, remark
ing that Seward is fortunate to be
located within the Chugach Nat
ional Forest, as the act, by law, pro
vides funds for development of
highways in national forests rath
er than depending upon appropria
tions by Congress each year.
As Territorial Highway Engineer
Mr. Sommers has shown himself to
be interested in such projects as
involve this vicinity. He sponsored
the movement four years ago that
resulted in the Seward radio road
being placed under its present
source of maintenance, the out
come of which has been that the
road now is as fine a one as any
in the Territory, and he has also
caused the Nash road to come un
der the same jurisdiction, recently,
which road he predicts will be pro
gramed for improvements similar
to the radio road.
Speaking about the Seward avia
tion field, Mr. Sommers said that
the north and south runway would
be entirely completed before fall.
Th contract for plowing and grad
ing this stretch has been let for
$3,600, he said. The east and west
section wall not be finished until
next summer.
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TO SPGNSOH MEET
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WASHINGTON, July 15, (/P)—A
resolution asking for negotiations
{by the President with other coun
|tries to determine the feasibility
,of calling an international confer
ence to discuss silver, has been in
jtroduced in behalf of Senator King
of Utah.
The conference would be called,
says the resolution, “to consider
| and devise plans to increase the use
of silver for monetary and other
purposes and to bring about the
(Stabilization of the price of silver".
The resolution said the price of sil
ver had declined. It was introduc
ed by Senator Bratton of New Mex
ico for Senator King, who is ill.
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IMPROVE TELEGRAPH LINES
j CANTON, July 16, (/P)—China is
to spend nearly $4,000,000 in im
proving all government telegraph
lines thruout the country. The work
is to require six years.