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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 583. SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
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BIG BUILDING PROGRAM ON
THE FIRE, COAST AND
ALASKA
SEATTLE, Dec., 24. (/P)— In
cluded in a Pacific Coast building
program which embraces 23
structures and an expenditure of
over $14,000,000 will be the Zel
lerbach paper mill project near
Ketchikan to cost $5,000,000.
This, a preliminary figure, will
ultimately total $15,000,000, in
cluding a 65.000 horsepower hy
droelectric plant. These are works ;
that will g- forward during the
coming year
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HE LOCAL PROJECTS
KETCHIKAN, Dec. 24. (A5)—
Fearing an influx of laborers;
following the announcement of
the Ketchikan harbor improve-1
ment and construction of the
Zellerbach paper mills, civic or
ganizations are taking steps to
keep the jobless away.
The harbor work requires but j
30 men and there are plenty
here to supply the demand.
While the Zellerbach plans!
are still indefinite the work Is j
not likely to start this year.
ALL QUIET IN SPAIN
MADRID, Dec.. 23, </P)—While
calm seemed to have settled over
Spain generally after the distur
bances that followed the at
tempted revolt, the government
continued to round up and ar
rest persons charged with fo
menting the outbreak.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Nobody is going to work tomor
row but father. The banks and
business houses and postoffices will
be closed up tight and both the
morning and evening and Sunday
papers will suspend publication.
The banker, the editor and the ba
con distributor will stop long enuff
on the street to wish each other
Merry Christmas. After that they
will try to wrangle the Christmas
• Whut a life! Whut a life!
SEWARD BREAKWATER WORK
TO BE INAUGURATED AT ONCE
IS MERRY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
(Special to The Gateway)
JUNEAU, Dec., 24, — Major Malcolm Elliott, Dis
trict Engineer, U. S. Army, and President of the Alas
ka Road Commission, in arriving from Washington an
nounced work will be launched in the near future on
t lie $45,000 Seward breakwater for which funds were
included in the emergency relief appropriation which
was recently approved by President Hoover.
Added money for dredging a section of the same
project was not included in the same measure which
covered only projects on which work could be done at
once.
It is impossible to move a
the Gulf of Alaska this winter,
additional $40,000 will lie ava>.
IL.te ike breakwater is com pie 1
dredging plant across
Major Elliott hopes the
be for dredging by the
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PROJECTS Hi
sum INCHED
WASHINGTON, Dec., 24, (/P)—
Secretary Hurley of the War de
partment allocated the $17,818,
340 in the emergency relief ap
propriations to rivers and har
bor work and $3,000,000 to flood
control which includes the fol
lowing:
Kecthikan Creek $272,000; Port
Alexander $17,000; Harbor of re
fuge at Seward, $45,000.
DETROIT, Dec. 23. f/F) — Mrs.
Fannie Brown, 44 years of age, a
school teacher, was shot and ser
iously wounded as she stood at
her desk in the school room by
a man who fled.
The teacher accused Charles
Christopher, 58, an automobile
company employee- She said she
had refused to accept his atten
tions.
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Commentators have long stressed the
wish that the glorious spirit which prevails jjj
at Christmas could be extended to the other 35
364 days in the year. Certainly it is true that 35
without pain man would not recognize pleas- 35
ure. It seems as though humanity is not cap- 35
able of sustained goodness. But one can try 35
becaus nothing in the catalogue of emotions is 58
quite like that uplifting, generous, genial ^
spirit that radiates throughout the Christmas
season. And those who give generously know
that in giving is its own reward. So not only
in wordly goods, but in kind words and acts,
give generously, always.
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Merry Christmas!
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TO FIRST PARTNER
DISPUTE AROSE OVER DIVI
SION OF SALE PRICE OF
PROPERTY
OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec., 24, (/P)
—The Canadian supreme court
granted $50,000 , to William F.
Harris of Port Angeles, Wash.,
as his portion in the sale of the
Big Misouri mine on Salmon Riv
er, British Columbia.
Part of the mine was original
ly known as the Big Jumbo and
owned by Harris, Janies Proud
,Foot and hir.m Stevenson,
The claim lapsed' and Dan and
Andrew Lindborg. 'End Proud
Foot restated- Harris sued after
a dispute over the division of the
sale price which was $250,000.
NEW YORK, Dec., 24, (JP)—
Five billion dollars are being
spent over the nation in an ef
fort to reduce unemployment, a
national survey revealed.
The federal government plans
seven $24,000,000 buildings and
L, Seth Schitman, chief statis
tician said that the F. W, Dodge
corporation made estimates of
! $4,700,000,000 are involved in pri
j vate contracted construction is
now underway in the nation,
LIABILITIES ONE BILLION
I WASHINGTON, Dec., 23, (JP)—
An Investigation authorized by
President Hoover has shown lia
bilities totaling nearly one bil
lion dollars were reported by
bankrupts last year.
AVIATRIX DIES
TONOPAH, Nev., Dec., 23, {JP)
—Mrs. Claire Fahy, aviatrix, died
here from injuries she suffered
in a crash of her plane at a lo
cal airport.
ROLLING ALONG
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Dec., 23,
(JP)—The crimson tide of Alaba
ma rolled westward bent on
swamping the champions of the
Pacific Coast, Washington State,
in the annual Rose Bowl foot
ball contest at Pasadena.