LATHROP |
NAMED
ON BOARD
Alaska Industrialist Becomes
Member of Directorate of
Pacific National Bank
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The Pacific National Bank of
Seattle has announced the ap
pointment of Captain Austin E.
Lathrop, Seattle and Alaska pio- |
neer and capitalist, as a member j
of the board of directors. Cap- '
tain Lathrop’s acceptance of the j
directorship will join in business j
relationship some of Alaska’s1
most extensive interests wit!:
those of Seattle and the Pacii c!
Northwest, according to George
H. Greenwood, president of the !
bank.
Captain Lathrop is president
and principal stockholder of sev
en of Alaska's largest enter
prises: The Lathrop Company,
theater chain in Fairbanks, An
chorage and Cordova, together ]
with apartment houses in Fair
banks and Cordova; Healy River i
Coal Corporation, operating lar- j
gest coal mine in Alaska; Mid- :
night Sun Broadcasting Com- 1
pany, radio station KFAR; Bank !
of Fairbanks and First Bank of
Cordova; Tanana Publishing '
Company, Inc.; Cordova Com-1
mereial Company, Alaska’s lar- ’
gest department store. Included
in the directorships is an interest
in the Olympia Brewing Com- ■
pany of Washington.
According to the biography of
Captain Lathrop, published in
1941 by the American Historical j
Company, “He deserved to be 1
called, more than any other one |
man, “The builder of Alasdca’.”
for in his career of 50 years he
^ a _ _ a a — _ a ^ _ _
has succeeded in more varied
territory - building enterprises
than do most men.
Coming to Seattle from Mich- ;
igan a few days after the fire of
1889, Captain Lathrop saw the !
opportunities for contracting,
sent East for teams of work hor
ses and exhibited such energy
that within a short time he was
working 40 teams, clearing the
land for the new Seattle. He was !
known as the boy contractor, be
cause at that time he was but
twenty-four years old.
,His destiny seamed to draw him
North, for in 1890 when Seattle
had been rebuilt, he moved his 1
equipment to Anacortes where
he cleared the townsite and built
the electric read fre: Anacortes j
to Fidalgo city, where he pros- |
pered until the panic of 1893, in
which he suffered severe losses, j
From there he went to Protec
tion Island, about 12 miles rom !
Port Townsend, and engaged ip j
chicken ranching. lie was prob- ■
ably the first man in America to i
stamp the date on eggs to prove j
their freshness.
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Aroused by the gold strike at
Cook’s Inlet in Alaska, Lathrop
purchased a half interest in the
steam schooner, “L. J. Perry", j
a connection which won him the 1
title of :‘Captain‘,” by which he
has been affectionately known j
since.
In his 40 years of Alaska life
he has drilled oil wells dug for
copper, gold and coal, operated a
transfer company, a cannery,
constructed airplane hangars, ;
been a merchant, apartment
house owner, theater operator,
publisher, steamship operator,
radio station owner member of
the Alaska legislature.
He is now vice-president of the
board of regents of the Univer-!
sity of Alaska, and ls given cred
it for supplying the motivating
force behind scores of develop- 1
ments in the land whic. he so
forcefully characterizes as "the
greatest country in the world.'’
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“Captain. Lathrop,” stated
George H. Greenwood, “was one
! of the original stockholders in
The Pacific National Bank, which
was organized b ya group of Se
attle business men, among whom
were a number of his close
friends. In the bank’s fifteen
years of business, it has built a
substantial volume in Alaska.
Captain Lathrop’s official con
nection will serve to bind it more
closely to that growing industrial
empire. His entrance into Seat
tle banking circles will, we feel,
bring a portion of his genius and
energy to Seattle Industry.”—
(Alaska Weekly).
BANK'S CASHIER
DOUBLES IN ELEVATOR
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP)
—Add wartime manpower short
age notes:
James A. Bass, assistant cash
ier and building manager for the
Hamilton National Bank, had to
Vun an elevator in the building
all one morning because the reg
ular operator quit work and an
other couldn't be found.
Dnosaurs reached a length of
70 feet.
DELEGATE DIMOND TELLS
ALASKANS STATEHOOD IS
NOW UP TO THE PEOPLE
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KETCHIKAN — Delegate An
thony J. Dimondi who visited
Ketchikan for a few days on the
start of his first trip in Alaska
for nearly two years, thinks con
gress will vote post-war statehood
for Alaska if the people of the
Territory decide they want it..
The delegate expressed the be
lief that congressmen will be
sympathetic to the change if the
people of Alaska—either by over
whelming sentiment or by an ac
tual referendum—indicate their
desire.
He expressed the opinion, how
ever, that the expression could
not be closely divided if state
hood is to be granted. That is, if
51 ber cent of the people favor
it and 49 per cest are against
it, then the plan might not go
through. But if the sentiment is
overwhelmingly in favor, then
the plan can go through congress.
The delegate said he has heard
little expression against post-war
statehood so far, and in fact has
had many comments in favor of
it. But on this trip through Alas
ka he is anxious to get the opin
ions of as many people as he
could.
He said his bill to provide for ;
the election of a governor while )
Alaska is still a territory is s'
before congress, awaiting a fina j
recommendation from Seci > tary
Ickes of the interior department
Speaking befor ethe Ketchikan
Chamber of Commerce, I^elegate
Dimond said he personally favors
statehood. However, he ert^pha- i
sized that statehood—just as any 1
other advantage — would, cost
money. Increased taxation w£uld»
be inevitable to support ttyfe in
creased costs of state govern
ment, he said.
The delegate also recognized a
dire need for a tuberculosis hos
pital here, but held out little hope
for its immediate construction.—
(Alaska Weekly).
GAS MECCA,
AND NO COUPONS!
SALEM CROSSROADS, S. C.
(AP)—Residents of this mid-state
community had a field day when
they found gasoline oozing
through the top soil.
It all happened after a truck
with 3,700 gallons of gasoline
overturned in a cornfield, resi
dents, alert to the possibility of
obtaining gas without the benefit
of coupons dug through the top
soil and gasoline drained into
pits in the hard clay beneath.
Several hundred gallons lost
from the truck were ‘saved,” to
be carted away in tubs, pots,
pans bottles and pitchers.
THE GAL BACK HOME
GETS G1 JOE FOR LIFE
CAMP CROWDER, Mo. (AP)—
The gril back home apparently
far outcharms the women her sol
dier meets at camp.
For in 95 per cent of marriages
performed by Chaplain Frederick
G. Nichols of Central Signal
Corps school, the bride was a girl
the soldier had known for years.
The chaplain explained that 34
of the 36 couples he married in
ihe last five and a half months
had known each other an aver
age of two and a half years.
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Chewing gum first was intro
duced in the United States in
about 1855.
COLLEGIATE NAMES
FOR CHILDREN
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) —
The Bardwells have little trouble
naming their children, having
decided to follow out the colleg
iate policy established by their
parents.
Stan, named after Stanford
University, is married to the for
mer Loyola Munson, whose par
ents felt partial to Loyola Uni
versity of New Orleans. It was
natural to call their son Stan,
Jr.
Twins have just arrived at the
Bardwell home. The boy drew
Duke as his moniker, for Duke
University, and his sister was
named Tulane, after the New Or
leans University. Incidentally
Dukes middle name is Kane and
when both his names are said to
gether, they make the name of
still another universi^y| Du
quesne.
DEER GET THEIR
VITAMINS
AUGUSTA, Me. (AP) — Maine
deer, says State Game Warden
Supervisor Dan Malioy, seem to
think Victory gardens were
planted expressly for them.
The deer he reported, were in
excellent condition, with sides
bulging with choice corn, cab
bage, lettuce and asparagus but
irate farmers keep Malloy busy
checking damage lor possible
claims on the state.
OBLIGING PHEASANT
ABERDEEN S. D. (AP)—H. F.
Morgenson, manager of a depart
ment store, wonders if South
Dakota hunters aren’t making
too much of a fuss about the
war-time shortage of shotgun
shells. A sight-seeing pheasant
walked into his store and was
caught by hand.
“A bird in town is worth two
in th bush,” he said.
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