VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 111.
SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Descriptive Journey
Over the Proposed
International Road
A DISCUSSION BY DONALD Mac DONALD, LOCAT
ING ENGINEER OF THE ALASKA ROAD COM
MISSION, AND SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY ASSOCIA
TION.
A purely imaginary auto tour over the proposed In
ternational Highway is set forth in the following article
which interview was accorded the Gateway yesterday
by Mr. Mac Donald who is enroute to his season’s work
in the Shushana-Gulcana district. This is the road which
Major Elliott, president of the Alaska Road Commission,
said while in the city last week, would be the first con
necting link of the highway, at least from the American
side, and would be continued on to the Canadian Bound
ary. It might be added here that this imaginary journey
over the proposed route is being sent to leading papers
on the Pacific Coast as well as to the many associations
who may be interested in assisting in its ultimate con
struction:
The natural evolution of trans
portation is trails, roads, and
then railroads. The International
Highway forms a necessary link
in this evolution. That the season
al exodus of pleasure seekers will
eventually, in its relation with
industry generate a freight vol
ume too heavy for cars and trac
tors is obvious.
The Canadian Pacific already
has three parties investigating
the Mayo silver-lead country now
being developed by big capital,
back of Dawson. That these par
ties of scientific experts will dis
cover mineral potentialities of
sufficient importance to justify
the construction of a branch of
the C. P. R., is almost an assured
fact. In the event of this con
struction actually occuring, the
extension of the Alaska Railroad
thru the country traversed by the
International Highway would be
an urgent economic necessity.
“Seven million dollars purchased
ALASKA from Russia; Seven mil
lion more will make ALASKA one
of the United States. ”
This is the slogan of the Inter
| national Highway Association of
Fairbanks, an organization devoted
to the purpose of filling the gap
of 700 miles in the stretch of 2,000
miles of road needed to connect
k Fairbanks with Seattle. This gap
once filled it will be possible to
drive from Florida to the Arctic
Circle, for Alaska already has over
500 miles of excellent gravel roads,
160 miles of which extend norther
ly from Fairbanks.
Seven million dollars would com
plete the job.
The project is vital to the future
of the country, so vital and so ut
terly essential to the development
of a stable and pernament pop
ulation, that the Association is
determined to use every resource
& and method in order that the con
struction be initiated within the
next three years.
Alaska and the Canadian North
land have many and varied re
sources. Unfortunately the agri
culture, the coal and the baser
metals, and the timber appear
too remote from the continental
markets for present exploitation.
To date, therefore, all development
has depended upon the placer
mining of gold, notably a shift
ing and short lived industry. This
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FREIGHTER CAUGHT ON
FIRE LAST SATURDAY
VICTORIA, B. C„ May 13. (TP)—
Wrapped in a sheet of flames the
S. S. Boobyalla was towed by the
tug Salvage King from Esquimalt
Strait of Juan de Fuca, and was
abandoned to the fire.
When the crew failed to control
the blaze early Saturday they were
taken off by the Salvage King and
the ship wras towed to the beach
where repeated attempts made to
scuttle her failed and served only
to fan the flames which were eating
their way to the upper decks and
tnreatened the fuel supply.
Some shingles were lightered but
nost of the $100,000 cargo was lost.
The ship is owned by the Pacific
Steamship Co., and was valu d at
200,000.
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CHARGES AGAINST DR. SHIELDS
AND SECRETARY SAID TO BE
WITHOUT FOUNDATION
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 13, (A5)—
i Approximately 200 students of the
Des Moines university gathered in
I their classes at the usual time fol
lowing riots Saturday but dispersed
| after Dr. H. C. Wayman, president,
; announce^ he intended to carry out
the order of the board of trustees
suspending all classes until further
notice.
Later, an injunction against the
board’s order was reopened. The
school disorders came to a head
after a meeting of the trustees were
called to . investigate the charges of
students involving Dr. T. T. Shields,
president, and Miss Edith Rebman,
secretary to the board.
On the background were reports
of a fundamentalist and modern
ist controversy and the contentions
that the board had imported Cana
dian students to spy upon members
of the faculty.
The charges against Dr. Shields
and Miss Rebman were that they
were registered together at a hotel
but this was found to be wihtout
foundation.
Disatisfaction among i,he stu
dents increased and a second meet
ing was called Saturday night when
the students bombed the building
where the trustees were meeting
with eggs and other missiles.
Police were called and Dr. Shields
and Miss Rebman escourted by the
police to the station to protect them
from the rioters. The order to sus
pend all classes was issued “until
such a time the student body will
experience a change of mind on
their rotten egg and broken window
attitude.”
RIVER ICE JAMMED
FORT GIBBON, May 13, (/P)—
At 10:10 a. m., the Yukon sheet
ice moved about 500 yards and
stopped the Tanan river ice which
jammed on the Yukon. When
that jam gives away the Yukon
ice is expected to move from the
Tanana.
ENGINEER STABBED
MEXICO CITY, May 13, (£>)—
Thomas Decker, American mining
engineer, was stabbed and killed by
two Mexican workers when he re
primanderd. The slayers escaped.
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8 AMERICAN LEAGUE 8
8 Detroit 13, New York 7. 8
8 Washington 9, Chicago 2. 8
8 Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 2. 8
8 Boston 8, St. Louis 2. 8
8 NATIONAL LEAGUE 8
8 Boston 8, Cincinnati 7. 8
8 Philadelphia 11, Pittsburg 6. 8
8 New York 6, Chicago 0. 8
8 St Louis 3, Brooklyn 2. 8
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8 San Francisco 13, Seattle 0. 8
8 Oakland 3, Hollywood 2. 8
8 Los Angeles 7, Portland 6. 8
8 Missions 14, Sacramento 11; 8
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M. S. SILVER WAVE ENROUTE:
M. S. SIERRA, S. S. VICTOR
IA AND WHALERS
SEATTLE, May 13. (/P)—Nome
is the destination of the Motor
ship Silver Wave which sailed
with a cargo of fresh vegetables
and supplies for Seward Peninsula.
Th.^ SOver Wave is the first ves
sel to leave Seattle for Nome this
year, taking the place of the Cor
win, a steamship.
Loaded with 2,000 sheep the
Motcrship Sierra will sail on the
20th of May for Kashega, in the
Aleutian Islands, for the Western
Pacific Livestock company which
is improving their Kashega pro
perty. Horses and cows are in
cluded in the Kashega shipment.
The Sierra will bring back 1,000
000 pounds of reindeer meat.
The American Pacific Whaling
company is sending a fleet of
seven steamers from Lake Wash
ington next Wednesday for West
ern Alaska waters. The vessels are
carrying 70 men and in the per
sonal of each ship will be an ex
pert harpoon gunner.
S. S. Victoria will sail next Tues
daay with 60 employes for Akutan
and Port Hebron.
PERMITS REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, May 13, (JP)—
The Interstate Commerce Commis
ion, after hearings indicated it will
permit railroads to reduce rates on
heat shipments to cope with
‘emergency”.
MIY SEE FIRST Of
NEW SEHLERS
MILLIONS OF FARMERS WILL BE
REACHED THRU ADVERTIS
ING NOW UNDERWAY
! The colonization work of the Al
aska Railroad is now receiving the
ull time and attention of two men
and an organization is being per
fected to handle this important
I work. An extensive advertising
,campaign that will reach three to
400 farmers in the states is now
] mderway, and those interested m
what Alaska has to offer in the
| way of farm land will have the op
portunity to get such information
as may be presented by M. D.
Snodgrass by means of slides, pho
tographs, moving pictures and re
liable data gathered by the U. S.
experiment stations of Alaska and
the farmers of the Territory. In
1923, Mr. Snodgrass visited 60 per
cent of the homesteads of Alaska
and made a survey of the agricul
tural development first hand and
can speak from the farmers’
standpoint in matters concerning
farming. He is now on his way to
the states to carry this information
to the prospective settlers, where
ever they may be, without, cost to
the prospect other than the two
cent stanp upon his letter of in
quiry.
It is the plan to visit the pros
pective settler in his home ,and if
he is interested in coming to Alas
ka. and is thought worthy of such
an undertaking, such inducements
as can be offered at this time, in
way of greatly reduced rates .for tne
ja homeseekers’ excursion to brmg
grant rates for those actually mov
ing here, will be made.
Arrangements are being made for
a homeseekers’ xcursion to bring
prospective farmers here about the
:first of September that they may
ee the country at harvest time.
Provision will be made for those
who wish to remain for a winter
here to study conditions and build
homes before returning for their
families. Emigrant rates will be
I in force as soon as arrangements
can be made with the steamship
icompanies and the connecting rail
roads.
Many enquiries are now being re
ceived from the north central,
middle and western states, showing
that people are still looking for a
new frontier country, away from
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