VOLUME XIV. NUMBER167. '
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VISITING CONGRESSMEN
Within a few weeks a large party
of congressmen, led by the chair
man of the committee on Terri
tories, will visit Alaska. According
to press dispatches, they will be un
der the chaperonage of sub-bureau
heads from Seattle to Alaska and
return.
If memory serves us right, this
has been the procedure in connec
tion with every congressional party,
and even with the Presidential
party, headed by the late Warren
G. Harding.
It was the plaint of all previous
parties that it was impossible to
secure an expression from Alaskans
on the various problems and condi
tions affecting them.
Among those who voiced this
plaint loudest was Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne, in
President Wilson’s Cabinet.
“Alaskans seem to expect us to
talk to them, when we are anxious
to hear the Alaskans”, said Secre
tray Payne. “Until they reverse
matters, and talk direct to those in
a position to remedy their alleged
ills, nothing may be hoped from
Washington but the time-honored
slogan: ‘We will give you what we
think you ought to have.’”
Hardly a day passes that some
one does not voice a plaint against
bureaucratic restrictions and over
legislation. But this is street-corner
politics. The same man would feel
a hesitancy in appearing before a
congressional party and laying the
same complaint. This is a most
natural condition, as the average
man is not accustomed to address
himself to men occupying high po
sitions in the government, and his
modesty is ammompanied by a fear
that his fellows would accuse him
of bumptiousness if not egotism.
Therefore, such matters usually
fail to the lot of local politicians—
supposed to be the servants and
representatives of the masses. It
would have been more in accord
with the amenities of the occasion
had the announcement heralding
the visit of the congressional party
also contained the statement that
if they would be accompanied by
the delegate to congress from Alas
ka, and that, instead of ebing
chaperoned by sub-bureau heads
they would be the guests of the
people of the Territory, come into
close personal contact with matters
outside bureaucracy, and return
with a proper perspective and pre- ;
pared to remedy the many evils of j
which the masses complain. We
can plainly understand why they
did not invite the delegate.
The late Frank Willis, chairman
ol the committee on Territories,
stated while visiting Seward that it
was the only place where he had
witnessed any spirit and received
any intimation of what the people
wanted.
And Senator Willis was not seek*
ing to flatter. He was stating an
impression gained while two bril
liant minds (L. V. Ray and John E.
Ballaine) were in conflict of debate
over a Territorial matter while he
sat as an auditor.
Instead of the usual procedure of
calling upon the distinguished vis
itors to entertain us at Chamber of j
Commerce banquets, it would ap- ■
pear logical to follow the procedure
adopted with respect to Senator
Willis: Command them to appear
and hear Alaska’s side of the ques
tion; not bureaucracy’s.
LOTS A DIFFERENCE!
PARIS, July 18, </P)—Wine
growers of Europe are united in a
p3an to use propaganda of facts
and common sense, and explain
the differance between good and I
bad liquor.
OLDEST TWINS
CHICAGO, July 18, (/P)—Frank
and George Brandt, of Chicago
! claim to be the oldest living twins
jin the United States. They will
celebrate their 80th birthday in a
few weeks.
WEST COAST FUR SALES INC-,
HANDLES HUGE QUANTI
TY ALASKA FURS
TACOMA, July 19, (fP)—Alaska
furs, valued at $75,000, have been
bought by the West Coast Fur
Sales Inc., the quotations beng:
Mink offered were of inferior
grade but were sold for $8 to
$11. The mink in the good col
lection commanded a much high
er price.
A collection of wolves of the
better quality brought $17 to $22.
Weasel, $1.85 to $2.50.
Cross fox, ordinarily $75 to $100,
went up to $165 for the darker
ones.
Otter, $28 to $55.
Bear, $5 to $7.50
Tmber wolves were generally
high going up to $55 for the
pale.
Red fox, the good lots, went
from $50 to $55; medium grades
from $35 to $40.
A collection of 45,000 muskrats
were only about half sold at
prices ranging from 95 cents to
$1.08.
GENERAL PROMOTED
WASHINGTON, July 18, (/Pi
Gen. S. D. Butler, has been elected
for promotion to the rank of Maj
or General.
HSTIKIK RIVER
CAPTAIN P» ARRINGTON DES
CRIBES BEAR BEING
CREAMY WHITE
WRANGELL, July 19, (/P)—
Passengers aboard the Hazel B,
arriving here from the Stikine
river, reported seeing an albino
grizzly bear at the junction of
Glacier creek.
As the Stikine boat was near
ing the creek in the evening the
j bear was discovered standing on
| a ledge almost directly above
the boat affording an opportun
! ity for a good inspection before
| it made off into the woods.
! Capt. S. C. Barrington des
; cribed the bear as being of a
i large creamy-white color with
reddish ears and pink eyes.
NEW YORK, July 19, (/P)—The
Locke brothers and George Shurt
leff, stock promoters who were
convicted recently of attempting
to defraud thru the mail in con
nection with Canairo Copper, have
been released on bail, pending
trial of the appeal from the de
cision handed down against them.
They have been sentenced to serve I
terms in the federal peniteniary
at Atlanta.
George Graham Rice, who was
recently convicted for his activ- j
ities with Idaho Copper stock, is j
still out of jail pending his appeal. :
GOVERNORS’ SESSION STUDIED
TAXATION, CRIME AND AVIATION
■ - ~— ■ ■■ —1-—j/rj==> j
Among the leaders at the conference at New Lon- j
don, Conn., July 16-18 were Gov. John H. Trumbull,
Connecticut (upper left); Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
of New York (upper right); Gov. George H. Dern of!
Utah (lower left), and Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of!
Virginia (lower right). I
SON KILLED SELF
VIENNA, July 18, (£>)—Huge Von
Hofmann, celebrated poet and
dramatist, died suddenly at Rod
aum near here. After the funeral
of his son Franz, killed himself
with a gun
TOM Loium
RETAINS TITLE
ONESIDED BATTLE
CHAMPION APPEARED GREAT
THROUGHOUT THE EN
TIRE BATTLE
YANKEE STADIUM, New York,
July 19, (JP)—Tommy Loughran
in a masterful exhibition suc
cessfully defended his world’s
light heavyweight championship
last night decisively outpointed
Jimmy Braddock, young Jersey
challenger, in 15 rounds.
The champion won a unan
imous decision after a somewhat
shaky start during which he
sustained bad cuts around his
eyes and forehead
Loughran came back to give
Braddock a boxing lesson in a
bout that was one-sided through
out the last eight rounds.
The champion appeared strong
throughout; he weighed in at
174 pounds which was four more
than Braddock tipped the scales, j
Loughran was in complete com
mand of the fight nearly all the
way.
CNKSKIf
i EDUCATION IN U. S.
SEATTLE, July 19, (JP)—Dr. Wm.
!John Cooper, U. S. Commissioner
of Education, Interior Depart
ment, will sail from here Sunday
on an Alaska tour of inspection
and hopes to find a site in
Southeastern Alaska which he
can recommend to Congress as
J a site" for a new industrial school
| of which there are now three in
Alaska.
| With him are Mrs. Cooper, two
sons and their daughter. He ex
pects to return to Seattle about
the middle of August.
OPENING NEW PLANT
WRANGELL, July 19, (/P)—The
i stockholders in the Wrangell Ice
& Storage Co., have purchased
the interest of N. Nussbaumer,
president, and a new company
plant is to be opened immediately
for operation.
CONCRESSNIEN LEAVE
FOR NORTH JtlLV 30
SEATTLE, July 19, (£>)—Members
of the agricultural sub-committee
in the lower house and congress
will be in Seattle July 28th on a
tour of inspection of agricultural
projects in Washington and Alaska.
The congressmen will leave here for
Alaska July 30 and return August
20. The party includes Represen
tative L. J. Dickinson, E. H. Wason,
John N. Sandlin and James P.
Buchanan.
NEW YORK, July 18, (/P)—Wil
liam Allen, director of the institute J
of public service, wrote to Gov
Roosevelt asking him to remove
Mayor James Walker on grounds
of misconduct in office.
HOn TAKES-DFF
IN SlilISLE-SEflTER
NEW YORK. NOME
ANTICIPATES SETTING A NEW
MARK FOR ROUNDTRIP;
FEASIBILITY FLIGHT
MITCHEL FIELD, New York,
July 19, (IP)—Captain Ross G. Hoyt,
refueling officer of the Army en
durance plane “Question Mark”
took off for Alaska in a single
seater pursuit plane at 2:38 p. m.
yesterday daylight time, in an at
tempt to make the flight of 8,460
miles quicker than such a jour
ney ever before was completed.
Hoyt planned the flight to dem
onstrate the feasibility of extend
ing the pursuit range of Army
ships by increasing of 180 miles an
hour but has schedule calls an
average flying speed of only 140.
His schedule also calls for re
fueling stops of an hour at Minn
eapolis, Edmonton, Whitehorse
and Fairbanks, Alaska both
coming and going and a six
hour stop at Nome the point from
which he will start back.
ARMY FLIER MAKING FAST
PROGRESS ALASKA HOP
FROM NEW YORK
NEW YORK. July 19, (A3)—The
Curtis flying service has been
advised that Captain Ross had
taken off from Edmonton, Al
berta an hour after he landed
there this morning and that he
expectd to arrive at Whitehorse
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
He arrived at Edmonton at 5:45
a. m., 15 minutes ahead of his
schedule from Minneapolis.
From Whitehorse he will fly
to Fairbanks, 500 miles away, and
is due there at 8:45 tonight. He
then goes on to Nome where he
is due at 1 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon. All times are Eastern
Standard
IKES FIRST LEG
OF FLIGHT IN GOOD
TIE MOOT STOP
MINNEAPOLIS, July 19, (JP)—•
Capt. Ross G- Hoyt, making a
roundtrip flight to Nome from
New York, reached here at 8 p.
m., central time, after a nonstop
flight from New York covering
the distance of 1030 miles in
seven hours and 22 minutes
After refueling and checking
the motor Hoyt took off at^ 9:13
p. m. He was reported at 10:50 p.
m. as passing over Fargo, North
Dakota, enroute to Edmonton, Al
berta.
COUPLE KILLED
NEW YORK, July 18, (JP)—Miss
Cortudo Widner and William Col
?ronz, a junior at Princeton Uni
versity, were killed when the motor
boat in which they were riding was
rammed by another belonging to
John Stuart Brown, a member of
the Thousand Island Yatch Club.