MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 188. SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
, Alaska R. R. Depot
Soon To Be Moved
Instructions Show
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NOTICE SENT TO WATERFRONT
LEASE HOLDERS INDICATE
DEPOT CHANGE
According to authoritative info:
matiou, notices have been received
by lessees of Alaska Railroad prop?r
t> on t'.ie Seward waterfront to va
cate fixe premises between warehouse
‘-A" and Arcade park by November
ninth of this year. This is understood
to mean the change of the depot site
of the railroad in the near future. It
is supposed to coincide with the work
of the Lowell Creek flood control
project now under way and whi h
will be Completed in November.
The removal of the depot to a
point nearer to the front of the city
will necessiate some changes in track
construction, putting the main line
nearer the water front where it cros
ses Lowell Creek. The present depot
is to be moved entirely on cars on
parallel line of track, and the oper
ation can probably be accomplished
v ithout much difficulty. According to
the information received the lessees
are given a reasonable time in which
to clear the site, but it is very
probable that the proposed change
will be accomplished by the first of
year.
On its location upon the new site
tlie depot will adjoin the east end of
Arcade park, affording an inspiring
welcome of beauty and efficiency to
visitors coming up Resurrection Bay
x Seward.
1 FORTUNE TELLER CONFESSES
SUPPLIED POISON DISCON.
TENTED WIVES, HUBBIES
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. 13. (/P)~
One person is dead, three seriousfly
ill and six are under arrest, as the re_
suit of what pol/ice farm a murder
plot on the part of discontented wives
and husbands Ito gtelt rid of their
spouses.
S. W. Daniels, alias Professor
Branderini, who posed as a fortune
teller, confessed lie sold poison to
Mrs'. E. F. Pressley knowing sins in.
tended to use it to cause the death
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of her husband iwho died. Those
others are said to have bought poison
, to give to their mates who are ser.
iousUy ill.
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FISH FOR SEATTLE
SSLDOVIA, Aug. 13. (Special ito
The Gateway—Capt. Peter Wold, of
♦toe schooner Attu, left for Seattle
yesterday with 2600 pounds of fish
a,card.
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PHILADELPPHIA, Aug. 13. i(/P)—'
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One man is (missing and nearly 100
other '‘persons irescued during a
Northeast storm which abated after
'lashing the coast from Virginia Capee
to Sandy Hook.
The massing man, Otto Gpdfrey,
was a member of th'3 crew of the tug
Radiant who was 'swept away when
the tug sank in Deleware Bay yes.
uarday. He wore a llife belt and it
is hoped he has been picked up.
The British tramp steamer Athle.
bach was blown aground off the
Ship John Light, Eolewar© Capes, but
floated again with the high .tide and
with the assistance of two tugs.
EXPECTED RIVAL COOLIDGE AT
FLY.CASTING; HAS FAITH IN
PULP MILLS
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 13. i.P)—Sec re.
•tary Jartline, enthmaslic over tb>3
scenic attractions of the trip, arrived
Saturday and with the countless Alas.
*;£tn la toes wct,l stocked with fish
giving him a chance to try fly.cast.
ing he 'saiid he likely would rival
Coolidge in trout fishing.
He indicated his faith in the pulp
paper industry and utilising the for.
est resources .of the Territory will
take place as the most important
along with the already developed
fisheries.
He also indicated unqualified ap_
proval of the farm relief program
■oi/Jtned in Hooverf ,s acceptance
speech tor “That is the only thing
that can be done and that will be
done.”
According to latest informatioon
thru the U. S. Radio service the S.
S. Surveyor, Capt. R. R. Lukens, of
the Geodetic Survey, is due in the
Port of Seward sometime today.
GOT COLD FEET
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (JP)—Rev.
| Straton refused to meet Governor A1
'Smith in debate in his church on the
| ground the pulpit was no place for a
political discussion but said he stood
ready to meet the Governor at any
suitable place or time.
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
II FASHIONABLE
DffiS NEW BBLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13. (/P)—
Threats by Governor Huey P. Long
to suppress gambling in the St. Ber_
nard Parish was executed when Nat_
ional guardsmen raided two fashiona.
bits clubs and seized paraphernalia,
names and approximately 225 persons
were taken. The many women were
released. A bonfire celebration then
took place and all paraphernalia was
either burned or hacked to pieces.
BIG CONFAB IS ON
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. (vP)—
Western Republican leaders gathered
here for a conPernce on the Presliden.
tial campaign on the Pacific coast
and in Western States. Chairman
Work will arrive from Palo Alto and
after the conference will leave for
! the East.
SCIENTIFIS STUDY ANTARCTIC IS LAST GREAT GREAT TASK
oJ
ANTARCT/CA
500 1000 MILES
mm BYRD
■ ■■ WILKINS
••• JEFFERY
Intensive study of the little-known continent of Antarctic which lies the
South Pole is the objective of three ex-peditions setting out this autumn—
those of Comm. Richard E. Byrd, Sir Hubert Wilkins and Comm. George
Jeffery. Airplanes will play a big partin each exploring project. The map
map shows the region the men will venture into and the routes they ex
pect to follow.
MILLION FEET OF
TIMBER BE OSEO
WARRACK PLEASED WITH PRO
GRESS; PROJECT EXPECT.
ED COMPLETED END YEAR
With the first quarter million feet
of lumber placed along the stream
and 20 men busy on tin a head works,
it can be said that the Lowell Creek
flood control project is well under
way, according (to J. B. Warriack,
head of 'tine Warna-ck Construction.
Co. of Seattle. The enterprise which,
is a cooperative movement between
the government, the Territory and
the city of Seward, (involves approxi.
mately §125,000 and is for the pur.
p/ose of protecting the city from the
high waters which frequently pour
down from Lowell canyon where a
big snow and water shed is confined
in a small area. If weather condi.
tions do not interfere the project
should be completed before the end
of the year, possibly in November.
The present aonis^ruotijon hit the
head of the project, necessitates some
minor changes, includes 312 feet of
wing dyke, a crib and 50 feet of cut.
off wall. The dyke and cut.off wall
extend from wall to wall of the can.
yon forcing ,the waters into the head
of the fluma. This part of the w'ork
will take 40 days, it is estimated.
With the completion of the dyke the
work on the flume proper will begin.
This comprises a wood aqueduct
about 3,300 feet long, 12 feet wide
dnd eight fleet deep.
Mr. Warrack is pleased with
the way the Alaska Transfer is dis.
trituning fhje heavy Vmber.s along
the banks of the creek in readiness
for the work especially so consider,
ing the arduous nature of the job and
the rough ferousid^ “We want our
timber i reach but not so close that a
sudden flood might take it awmy.”
from the Ketchikan Spruce mills- is
only a part of the 1,000,000 feet that
will be necessary; the timbers pass,
edi the gradling test of the West Coast
Lunber Bureau. All lumber to be
used in the project will be of Alaska
manufacture.
Jack Ecker is superintendent of the
job for thei Warrack Construction Co.,
in direct charge of the wrork assisted
by Gunder Olson, assistant superin.
tendent. Lieut. Itchner, eng inear
officer in charge for the road commis.
slon, will cooperate in the direction
of operations.
The- completion of the project will
necessitate -some decided changes in
the -location of the .tracks of the Alas,
ka Railroad wThere they cross the
delta of Lowell Creek, and will pos.
sibly bring about a change in the lo_
cation of the depot. These are imat.
ters that will be taken up at once
by the new general superintendent of
the railroad and the road commission
in collaboration with the Warrack
Construction Co.