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"VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 208. ' ~ ~ SEWARDTXlXskX^ ‘ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2>i 1920. ' - - TKN ^EyiH PM fflfF
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION WILL FIGHT REDUCED COST
RETAILERS DISCUSS CRISIS CAUSED BY CONTINUED DROP IN PRICES
all aboard j
boat and train!
The Gateway Flier left for Anchor
age this morning on schedule time.
Father Markham returned to Anchor
age. He will visit Seward again about
two weeks prior to Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Co*' returned to An
chorage after a weeks end visit with
friends.
B. M. Pearson who arrived on the
S. S. Northwestern bought a ticket
this morning to Anchorage. From An
chorage he will go to the end of stee.
and from that point mush over the
trail to McGrath.
J. M. Meyers of the Bureau of Pub
lica Roads went to Anchorage on a
business trip. Mr. . Meyers reports
work on the bridge at Russian River
progressing rapidly. The pile driving
outfit was transported safely across
the lake on a barge.
The S. S. Northwestern sailed early
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this morning south bound, carrying
the following passengers.
J. F. Strothers, M. G. Taylor
Mrs. S. A. Beckall, A1 Hanson,
* Paul Borik, C. A. Barthoff,
John Fox, Ray MacDonald,
Mrs. L. White, Ed C. Moore,
E. R. Hinnant, Jack Collins,
J. E. Barrkk, Art Frame,
William Jones, J. B. McAllister,
W. C. Baird, Jim Murray,
Alva Eames, Emma Johnson,
J. E. Fitzgerald, Lester Henderson,
J. E. Miller , C. E. Quinton,
R. A. Rettig, F. H. DeLancey,
F. R. Wallburn, Fred Scott,
A1 Peel, C. K. Smullen,
George Loper, H. K. Carlisle,
R F. Pierce, T. M. Hunt,
H. P. Kars tens, Judge Bunnell,
Louis Devlin, Bishop J. R. Crimont,
William O’Brien , Joe Baily,
Karl Dahl, T. Devlin,
M. A. Rosencrants, Harry Johnson,
Jerry Sullivan , T. W. Boyd,
H. A. Moore, J. J. OBrien,
Ed Eggan, James Brennan,
J. A. McGovern, Paul Boytand,
Oscar Day, Pat Milet,
R T. Reese, H. L. Lee,
Ed. Morgan, Ed. Gibbs,
including 44 more on the upper deck
and seventy steerage, making a total
of 172 people. Aboi/t one half are
bound for different towns in Alaska
and the balance are going to the states
for the winter. •
So been be for the Gateway.
announcement *
Bay Yoer Xeas Presents, end e *
Pert of 4
Yoer Thanks giving Dinner * 4
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The Bazaar end Cooked Food 1
SALE ' ‘
Tescday November 23, 2: P. M. '
In Building formerly occupied by 1
Borgen's Grocery. *
Tee, Cookies, Doughnuts end eof- 1
fee will be served.
Given by the Women of the M<»
tbodist Church.
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JUDGE F. M. BROWN
TO HOLD HEARING
According to advices received from
Judge F. M. Brown, of Valdes, there
s a question as to whether “incorpor
ation” of the town of Anchorage car
ried by the necessary two-thirds vote
at the November 2 election. There
•vere 85 ballots cast which signified no
expression as to for or against incor
>ointion, but did signify the voter's
preference as to council candidates. It
j said that Judge Brown holds the
blank ballots cast are to be considered
tU the total vote on the question of in
corporation. Eliminating the blank
oallots, inerpration safely carried.
% Counter Opinions.
Local attorneys contend that the
lank ballots cannot be considered as
votes on the question, as they express
no opinion. Reference is made to sec
tion 625 of the Compiled Statutes of
Alaska which explicitly state that the
certificate of election shall show two
figures, viz; The number for and
against the question. •
The law does not authorize any
statement relative to the number of
| blank ballots cast, according to com
>etent legal authority.
Manly Retained.
Wm. A. Munly, district attorney,
| has advanced the following opinion:
| ‘The blank ballots cannot be consider
ed in making an estimate of the nec
essary two thirds vote. Such blank
ballots fail to express either one way
>r the other the opinion of the voter.9*
| In this connection, it is said, that Mr.
! Munly is substantilly corroborated by
i other reliable and numerous authori
| ties. Judge Brown will hold a hearing
on the legality of the question within
a few days. Mr. Munly has consented
to appear for the Alaskan Engineer
I ing Commission.
Judge Brown this morning cabled
| Sidney Anderson, of the Bank of An
chorage, advising of the hearing ,and
states that Anchorage citizens oppos
! ed to incorporation may secure legal
| advice through one of the Valdez at
j tomeys, to represent them at the hear
| ing. — Anchorage Times.
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Ten head of heavy draft horses were
j loaded into a car this morning. Their
■ destination is Takeetna. They will be
used by the Commission this winter
for hauling supplies.
The S. S. Northwestern left for the
south this morning about 3 A. M. with
a capacity crowd. Among the passeng
ers was the Right Rev. J. R. Crimont,
Catholic Bishop of Alaska.
Judge Chaa E. Bunnell, who arriv
ed in Seward last night on a special
train from Anchorage left on the Nor
i thwestem for the states. He will visit
i his home in Pennsylvania and other
> points in the east
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Mr. Morris, representing the
' Brown Shoe Co. of St Louis was a
' passenger on the train. Mr. Morris will
1 go to Anchorage and frpm that point
1 will Journey to Nenana and Fairbanks.
" He is booking orders for spring de
’ livery.
DUBLIN QUIET
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DUBLIN, Nyv., 23— A statement
given out at Dublin Castle today
states that the crown forces went to
the football game last Sunday in
search of alleged gunmen who were
responsible for the wholesale assass
inations that occurred on that day.
They were fired upon by armed pick
ets thus precipitating the fighting.
The city passed a quiet night and to
day the military is keeping a strict
guard.
ANTI BOLSHEVIKI SURRENDER
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HARDIN, Manchuria, Nov., 23
All units of General Semcnoffs Anti
Bolshevik army surrendered to the
Bolshevik forces today after killing all
of their officers. The Chinese are pre
paring to resist the attempts of the
Reds to invade Manchuria.
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LA Civ OF NTEREST
WASHINGTON, Nov., 23— The
inability to interest American capital
on a large scale in the Nations Insular
possessions, especially the Philippines
has greatly retarded the development
of their natural resources according to
the annual report of General Frank
McIntyre, Chief of the Bureau of In
sular Affairs. The shortage of labor
is proving a serious obstacle in the
development of the Islands.
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SIXTY CENT REDUCTION
TACOMA, Wash., Nov., 23— Mill
ers today announced a flat reduction
of sixty cents ^er barrel on flour.
KETCHIKAN MAN ARRESTED
SEATTLE, Nov., 23— Prohibition
agents today arrested John McCullum
of Ketchikan on the charge of having
in his possession two sample tiunks
filled with whiskey which were found
on the steamer Spokane. McCullum
denied all knowledge but held checks
for the trunks.
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HEARING ON FISHING
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SEATTLE, Wash., Nov., 23— Hen
ry O’Malley, Harry Christoferson and
W. T. Bower, experts of the Bureau of
Fisheries are conducting a public hear
ing on the fisheries condition at the
mouth of the Yukon River. They are
considering the effect of the fishing
at that point on the supply of the fish
for the Interior.
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REVISION DISCUSSED
GENEVA, Nov!T~23— Revision of
'die covenant of the League of Nations
was discussed by todays assembly
when Holland representatives resolu
tioned for ohangffes in article 18, re
garding the registration of treaties.
They declare the article now is subject
to three different interpretations.
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BERKELEY Cal.,1 Nov., 23— Dates
for the two California-Stanford rug
by games to be played this fall have
been set for November 27 and Decem
ber^ The games will give a line on the
men htat will be picked for the team
to be sent to Vancouver for a series of
contests during the Christmas holi
dgys.
NEW YORK, Nov., *23— Repre
sentatives of more than tvelve hun
dred retail stores met today in organ
ized council at the meeting of the
National Retail asspeiations. They re
present retailers of dry good;, cloth
.ng, and shoes. They will endeavor to
outline some plan to meet the crisis
which is facing the trade due to the
.iieadily falling costs.
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CANNERY DESTROYED
HOLLISTER, Cal., Nov., 23— The
Hollister Cannery was today destroy
ed by fire. The damagb is estimated to
be $400,000.
ESTATE MUST PAY
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov., 23— The
estate of Rev. William Duncan, pio
neer missionray of Alaska must pay
$12,000 to the church for continuance
work.
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LOCAL ATTORNEY WINS
FAMOUS MINING CASE
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ll. E. Eilis, known as “Copper Riv
•r Red", owner of the famous Ciiff
Aline at Valdez, which produced over
x Million Dollars in Gold, gets a decis
on in his favor in a prolonged and
protracted litigation. Judge Jennings
it .Juneau, to whom the case was
transferred from Valdez, recently ren
dered his opinion after trying the case
ipon deposition and briefs of the var
ous attorneys, and gives a sweeping
lecision in favor of Ellis. Edmund
imith, George Treat and Logan Archi
bald , all former residents of Valdez,
md of considerable prominence in Al
iska, endeavored to compel Ellis to
leed to them a fifth interest in the
mine and the valuable machinery used
n operating the claims. This case, or
; ;ome feature of it, has been tried in
he United States Appellate Court at
Ian I’rancisco, on two occasions, and
ms been in the courts since 1915. E.
.0. Iiichie, Donohoe & Dimond of Val
lez, Lyons & Orton, and Smith, Chest
er and Brown, of Seattle, represented
>mith, Treat and Archibald, and L. V.
Ray of Seward is the attorney who
acted for Ellis.
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Little Miss Helen Perry whose
;kull was fractured yesterday by a
large pice of ice which was dislodged
: rom the roof of the Key Building in
the passageway which connects the
dam St. with Third Ave., is slowly
. ecovering. The operation which it
was necessary to perform to release
i the pressure on the brain, revealed a
| fracture that runs from the top of the
skull to the base of the brain. She is
conscious and moves her limbs freely.
She recognized her parents and bro
ther this morning and expressed a de
sire to drink from her favorite cup
which she always uses at home. While
her condition is still serious and will
remain so for several days, her age
and splendid vitality will do much to
• ward assuring complete recovery. She
is receiving the best of medical atten
tion and nursing, both day and night
and nothing is being over looked by
the doctors in attendance that will^as
sure her ultimate recovery.
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Declaring that he understood that j
Federal Agents were combing the
states in an effort to secure evidence j
that will indict persons who have been
advising the farmers to hold their 1
crops lor higher prices, Charles Bar- i
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rett, President of the National Farm-;
i
ers Union, today appealed to all mem
oers ox the organization to stand to
gether and not sell at the present low
prices. He urged them to go to jail it
necessary to keep the prices higher.
*ie said that the threat made by the
Farmers of the nation to lesson pro
duction was not an idle threat.
WOOL GROWERS TO HAVE
SUPPORT
SALT LAKE, Nov., 23— The Na
tional Farm Bureau with two million
members will support the Wool Grow
ers Association in their efforts to se
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eure protective legislation for wooi
growers. Especial support will be giv
.ti to tariff revision.
ANCHORAGE FAILS
TO INCORPORATE
Required Twothirds Vote Does Not
Materialize at Recent Election—
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Candidates for Town Council Are
Named. x
The telegraphic report from An
chorage, following the recent dec
don there, that incorporation had
carried by a large majority , is not
oorne out by a canvass of the vote,
which shows that the required num
ber of votes to insure the incorpora
tion of the town were not forthcom
ing.
.list summer a petition signed by
many of the residents of Ancharaje
rus presented to Judge Brown, of
J:e District Court, praying tha: an
order for election be issued. Subse
quently a number of the owners of
acreage tracts within the boundaries
of the proposed incorporation filed
a protest against the incorporation,
Out at a hearing by Judge Brown
icld in Anchorage in September, no
naterial opposition developed, and
he Judge ordered that an election be
leld on November 2nd, general elec
tion day, to determine the wishes of
.he residents in the matter.
A certificate of the Judges of Elec
tion, filled with the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court here, shows that the to
tal number of votes cast at te elec
tion for incorporation was 543, of
vhich 328 were for incorporation,
;.30 against incorporation and 85 ex
pressed no choice.
The law providing for the incor
poration of towns in Alaska requires
• hat two-thirds or more of the total
: lumber of votes cast at any election
idr that purpose shall be in favor of
incorporation, lacking which the el
ection shall be deemed to have car
ded against incorporation.
As the total number of\ votes cast
in the election at Anchorage was
£43 and the number of votes required
to carry the election for incorpora
tion with this vote was 362, the vote
was 34 short of the required num
ber.
The candidates for members of the
town councl, voted for at the elec
tion were A. C. Craig, D. H. Williams,
R. N. Moyer, Charles Mason, Isadora
Bayles, J. J. Longacre, Leopold Dav
id, P. 0. Sundberg, W. B. Manning,
F. I. Bead, John Doim, H. W. Ziebarth,
W. T. Many and Andrew Mills.
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The Post Intelligencer received to
day by special despatch a list of the
new members of the . Inter-Depart
mental members. Secretary Payne has
appointed one for each department re
presented as follows;—
George L. Parkes, representing the
Department of the Interior; £. A.
Sherman, the Agricultural Depart
ment; Colonel Clarence 0. Sherill, the
War Department; Captain W. C. Cole,
the Navy Department; Doctor Hugh
M. Smith, the Department of Commer
ce; Harry Y. Saint, the Shipping
Boaitl; James B. Corrigan, the Post
Office Department. It is hoped that
the Committee appointed for co-ordi
nating the Government activities in
Alaska, will provide a medium by
which the twenty two different Bur
eaus now functioning in Alaska can
be operated without the present fric
tion in administration affairs. Secre
tary Payne is Evidently departing
from the design of Sec. Lane, who
favored a departmental board of rosi
dental Alaskans. The despatch further
states that the Army is now ready to
expand the work of the Road Commis
sion and carry it along on more pre
tentious lines.
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COLONEL LENOIR LEAVES
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SEATTLE, Nov., 23— Colonel Len
oir who has been in charge of the Al
aska Cable Service leaves here today
co assume his new duties as Chief Sig
nal Corps officer of the Third Army
Corps. His headquarters will be at
Baltimore.
S. S. Watson sailed, at ten o'clock
chis morning, she carried seventy pas
sengers, Seward passengers are as
follows: G. F. McDonald, Frank
Cooper, M. P. McCarthy, Miss Sara
Sharpe, Albert Brown.
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MORRIS CO. TO SELL
CHICAGO, Nov., 23-r The Morris
Packing Co. of Chicago filed in the
Supreme Court of the District of Col
umbia today, plans for . the sale of
cheir stock yards and interests. By so
doing they will permit the acquisition
of their properties by the ivestock for
die benefit of the general public.
George Potter from the freight de
partment at Anchorage arrived in
Seward last night. He will assist in
relieving the congested freight situa
tion on the dock. The recent illness of
Capt Ryan and the present illness of
Harold Painter who is confined to his
home with a severe cold are the rea
son for the congested state of affairs.
Tommy Gordon and Frank Ernst,
both old timers of Seward returned on
the S. S. Northwestern from the out
ride . They have been mushing over
new trails since leaving here, one of
which was Hyder Trail that leads to
rile town of Hyder. Neither of them
was satisfied with the outlook at Hy
der. In Seattle nod Tacoma they re
fused to Join the soup line which is
growing longer every day.
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