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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
volume: \iv. number n». sewaRD, Alaska, fRiday, maYIS, i». -TI.;~S cextspbcopt
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WASHINGTON. May 2H— Bills de
signed to suspend further assessments
on mining properties in the l nited
States and the Territory of Alaska
were voted down by the House mining
comn ittoe. The law requiring u mine
rlHimnant to do >'100 work yearly,
was suspended throe years ago on ac
count of the labor shortage and many
wanted the law to be extended to this
year in Alaska. The proposal also \
contemplated suspension of the Work
for this year in Alaska and also a tax
but another m * a sure provided for the j
permanent lifting of tax both in Alas- j
ka and the United States. Opponents
of the suspension art showed that ul
loady. both in Alaska and the United
States, the mine elaimnants were now
on ti i ground a»e making prepara
tions to do their work. Labor shortage
ha; passed and the opponents of the
<usp*n;ion art believed that those
who wanted to hold their claims had j
been granted full time to recover dur- [
ing the past three years.
WASHINGTON, May 2S— Effort
to over-ride the President’s veto ot
the peace resolution failed this after
noon in the house. The vote was 21U
for to 52 against, or 2tl votes less than
the required two thirds for a major
ity.
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NAVY COMMISSION OFF
FOR MATAM SKA FIELDS
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Commander Dowling, of the navy
commission, accompanied by the other
members of the commission anti theii
ladies, left for the Matanuska Coal;
fields on a special train this morning,
Col. Meal's and William Geiig accom
panied the navy commission members.
Lieut. Gifford will return to Seward
within a few days to meet several
civilian members of the commission
now coming north on the steamer
Northwestern. The members of the
navy commission will be in Seward
off and on during the time they arc
in the north. Lieut. Giftord maxing
headquarters here ami attending to
details of the commission in Seward.
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IN FROM CACHE CREEK
Joseph Anderson, one of the well
known mining operators of this sec
tion of Alaska, is registered at the
Hotel Seward, having arrived on yes
terday’s train on a business trip. Mr.
Anderson is from the Cache creek dis
trict, where he is hydraulicing on
False Creek. Mr. Anderson says many
plants will be operated in the Cache
Creek district this season hut snow is
delaying operations at present.
WASHINGTON. May 28— la an!
effort to defeat the discriminate sale i
of liquor on prescriptions, commis- i
sioner Williams of the Internal Rev
enue Department today issued a rul
ing limiting permits to only 100 in
three months for each physician e\- :
cept for “good cause.”
DANCE GIVEN TO N \v\
COMMISSION FINE AFFAIR j
The informal dance given to the
members of the navy commission last
n?ght at the Arctic Brotherhood hall
by the citizens was a pretty affair
and all enjoyed themselves. Mayor E.
E. Chamberlin, Dr. J. M. Sloan, H. S.
Bahlerston and H. E. Ellsworth com
posed the reception committee and
Mrs. Hus Borgen. Mrs. A. H. McDon
ald and Mrs. H. S. Balderston manag
ed the floor.
Following the dance the members
of the navy commission and ladies,
Col. Ootwals, Major Waugh, Col.
Means. William Gerig and others were
entertained at a house party given by
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Borgen.
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Soda Ide, a Jap, pleaded guilty in
the Commissioners Court at Cordova
of violating the dry law and was fin
ed $150 and costs.
I.OS AXGKI.ES, May 28— Admir
al Rodman, commanding the Pacific
Elect, announced today that six de
stroyers will soon leave tor Aluskan ,
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waters and he will personally accomp-1
any the detachment to Alaska to in
spect the harbors and other naval fa
cilities. Seward will probably be visit
ed by the entire destroyer fleet.
VICTORIA TO SAIL
SEATTLE, May 28— The Alaska
Steamship Company's steamer Victor
ia will sail for Nome on June 4th de
spite predictions that a late break-up
of the ice in Bering Sea. The bulk of
the cargo on the Victoria will be lor
he Upper Yukon river points, via
St. Michael, only 500 tons being for
the smallest on record. There
.s veiy little freight being offered for
Siberian points.
AMERICAN I.EGION IS
GROWING IN NUMBERS
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 28— Incom
plete returns received at headquarters
here indicate that the American J *
jiou added a hundred new memb» rs
during the campaign for members! ip
’ast week. No final report will be ii
n»ed until Jul/.
SIBERIAN HOSTILITIES CEASE j
LONDON, May 28— Hostilities be
tween RLussians und the Japanese
ceased on May 25th according to a
Reuter dispatch from Vladivostok, re
ceived today. The dispatch also re- '
ports the arrival of the Russo-Japane
se armistice commission at Khabaro
vsk.
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APPROVE WATER POWER BILL
WASHINGTON, May 28— The
conference report on the longr pending
water power bill has been approved
by the Senate by a vote of 45 to 21.
The mensure now goes to President
Wilson.
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BIG REDUCTION PLANT
FOR LATOUCHE ISLAND
The Ladysmith Smelter compary,
British Columbia, which has tab n
over the Barrack copper property on
Latouche island, Alaska, and which
has done and now is doing exten
sive development work on the
claims, plans to install a big reduc
tion plant, at the point this com
'ng summer, according to reliable
information. The Barrack claim ad
joins the claims of the famous La
touche Beatson company, now con
trolled by the Guggenheim syndi
cate, which have been among the
most consistent producers of copper
in the territory. Development work on
the Barrack cluims indicates that the
same ledge which extends through j
the Barrack claims. Hence the pro
posed installation of a big stamp mill
to reduce the ore to concentrates,
which will he shipped to the States for
iinal treatment.
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GOING TO VISIT SON
Dr. J. B. Beeson, wife and son ar
■ rived from Anchorage on the train
yesterday. Mrs. Beeson and son will
l go to Seattle on the Admiral Watson
| nnd meet her son Harold, naval cadet,
| in July when the Annapolis fleet
1 stops at the Queen City for five days
while on the summer cruise. Harold.
, "'ho received his appointment to An
napolis from the late Delegate Sulr.er.
t has completed his first year with
marked credit. Dr. Beeson will return
to Anchorage on tomorrow’s train.
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS
Walter Howard, with the commis
sion at Anchorage since 1915, will b«* a
passenger to the states on the Alame
da on his way to Portland where he
will be connected with the Warren
Construction Company.
Mrs. M. Thompson and Miss Craw
ford are stopping at the Hotel Seward
having come over from Anchorage
yesterday on n business trip ami will
return on tomorrow’*s train.
Mrs. A. J. Rogers is in from l ake
View, stopping at the Hotel Sew’aitl,
ami will return out the line on the
tiain tomorrow.
Richard Wakelin, well known trav
eling man, accompanied by his wife,
is stopping at the Hotel Overland hav
ing come in on yesterday's train.
C. E. Whitney is in from Mile 52 a
guost at. the Hotel Sexton.
* C. F. Nagle, who has been working
out at Mile .3, is registered at the Ho
tel Sexton, Mr. Nagle will leave cm
the Alameda enroute to the Texas Oil
fields.
E. O. Griffin and I,. E. Madden,
from Anchorage, are registered at
the Hotel Overland.
Miss Mae Connor, of Denver, who
has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Mason, of Anchorage, for several
months, is in Seward and will return
to her southern home leaving on the
Alameda.
Miss Wanda Nolan, assistant cash
ier of the Bank of Alaska, at Anchor
age will be a passenger south on the
steamer Alameda tonight.
Miss Emily Pete*.son, who for the
past two years has been teaching
school at Anchorage, is a passenger
on the Admiral Watson which will be ,
southbound on Sunday.
NATIVES FIGHT FLU
WITH DEVIL CLUB i
The natives of southeastern Alaska
claim that the much abused devil
club which grows everywhere in the
territory, is a good preventive of the
influenza. They say that by burning
the devilclub on a stove the fumes
will kill all gm-ms, and by boiling it
with seawater and drinking the de
coction it will produce an intense
perspiration. It is said that of forty
two natives at Tenakee who had the
influenza and used this drink not one
died, whereas in other villages which
did not use it a goodly percentage
died.
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50 GANGS OF BANKNOTE
FORGERS ARE ARRESTED
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RERUN, May 28— Fifty gangs of
banknote forgers have been discover
ed and arrested in Germany as the
result of the labors of a recently in
stituted special department of the
Reichsbank dealing with counterfeit
money.
New types of German bank notes
1 are in course of preparation, which
are claimed to be absolutely forger
proof.
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Today was the last of the school
term and programs were given by
the pupils this afternoon.
OUTLINED BY
COL. fiOTWALS
“As far as highway transportation
in Alaska is concerned, the automo
o.iC is the means, not by the old way
of pack horse as this latter now costs
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to much for upkeep. With this in view,
I am advocating and will prepare !
plans unit estimates for a national
highway system of roads in Alaska.'
i’nosc roads, especially in the region
traversed by the government railroad,
will be feeders for the government
ruilroad and furnish tonnage. In olh- .
er sections this system of highways
.vih open new districts and also con
nect with roads already constructed.”
This statement was made today by
Col. John C. Gotwals, head of the (
Alaska Koad Commission in Alaska, j
who arrived in Seward last night from
the interior, accompanied by Major ;
vV. H. Waugh and Antone Eide. Col.
Gotwals will leave on the Alameda
for Juneau, his headquarters, then re
turn and go to the Fairbanks district,
returning to Seward over the govern
ment railroad. Col. Gotwals will then
go to Skagway, and down the Yukon
co Nome. The only district the Colonel
vill not be able to visit this year will
be the Kuskokwim region but this will
be inspected next year.
Col. Gotwals has been on an in
spection trip to the Cache Creek dis
trict where much road work will be
done this season.
In speaking of the work to be done
on Kenai peninsula this year, Col.
Gotwals said: “The Moose Pass road,
from Mile 29, will be extended to
wards the Russian river, the amount
to be expended being $60,000. When
completed this road will extend to
Kenai and by a right angle feeder for
the government railroad. The Seward
Kcnai Lake road will be extended, the
sum of $14,000 being spent on this
work. The Alaska Road commission
will do no work on Kenai Peninsula
this summer, this work however will
be in charge of the forestry depart
ment as the sum being spent has been
devived from forestry funds. The
Alaska Road Commission wilt spend
its fund on the maintenance of the
present roads on the Peninsula.
“The important work of the Road
Commission in this section this sea
! son will be in the Cache Creek district
! where $50,000 will be spent in putting
j roads that will tap the various min
ing properties.”
Tn discussing highways for Alas
ka, Col. Gotwals is enthusiastic. Re
garding automobiles, Col. Gotwals
said that he learned, while in France
that for small tonnage, the auto truck
was the thing.
“One hundred miles can he made
by a truck train,” said Col. Gotwals,
in a day. The trucks can handle the
small tonnage where railroad trans
i pertation would be at a loss. Take for
! instance the proposed system of roads
! that will be feeders for the govern
ment railroad. Trucks can haul the
ore and produce to the railroad in
quick time and cheaper than by any
other way. The upkeep of horses is
now to much as they are idle in the
•«'inter months and they eat their
, heads off. The small mining operator,
| with a truck, can get his ore to the
i railroad and thus furnish tonnage. It
wouM be impracticable for railroads
to be built to all sections, but the auto
truck, over a system of highways
will b»* the thing.
“I want to propose a system of
highways in Alaska on a program for
.w-jiity yeais to come. In this matter
I want the Assistance of the Alaskans.
The highway is what has built up all
countries in their pioneer stage. Back
ed by Alaskans, the Road Commission
officials can go before the appropria
tions committee and show’ them what
amount is need-id and he very likely
to s ‘cure the amounts needed yearly.
The economic life of a new c^-ntry
lies in its transportation facilities and
a highway system will solve the trans
portation issues in Alaska.*’
Lieut. Col. John C. Gotwals, as
a Civil Engineer, entered the Eng
ineer Corps of the United States
Army through competitive examin
ation in 1913. Ho entered with the
rank of Second Lieutenant.
Previous to entering the army he
wa3 a civil engineer at and near
New York City, where he had been
engaged since 1906 as an engineer on
the Pennsylvania Tunnel and the Cat
skill Aqueduct. On the latter he was
resident engineer for three miles of
the work.
Promotion Rapid
Col. Gotwals was raised to the
rank of Captain at the beginning
of the war. He went to France in
1917 and saw very active service in
the war areas with the English and
French armies before the arrival of
the American army. He joined the
American aimy after its arrival over
there. He left France in November
1919, w’ith the rank of Lieut. Col
and arriving in America was attached
to the staff of Gen. Robert E. Bull
ard at Governor's Island, New York
as Department Engineer. He came
directly from that post to Alaska.
Col Gotwals is a young man
large physically, unmarried and an
easy and fluent talker.
NEW DEPARTMENT
ON ROADS HAS
OFFICE HERE
The Bureau of Public Roads, Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
has opened an office in Seward, the
office being in the commission build
ing. The Bureau of Public Roads,
spending the money from the forestry
Department on roads in this section,
is represented by J. M. Myers, Unit
ed States Highway Engineer who is
now in Seward having arrived on the
Alameda. The office will be in charge
of D. J. Rierdon, special deputy fiscal
agent, also in Seward to remain for
the season.
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ALAMEDA SOUTH TONIGHT
Steamer Alameda will arrive in
port tonight between 5 and 6 o'clock
on her southbound trip according to
advices received at noon. The Alame
da will be at. the Seward dock for an
hour then go to the San Juan dock
and load frozen fish being there pos
sibly two hours.
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