Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
Seward Daily Gateway —
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ,
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 590.
REWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA HAS RESOURCES
NECESSARY MAKE RAILROAD
PAY, BALLAINE TELLS EDITORS
FOUNDER OF SEWARD SUBMITS SOR^ JPLAIN
TRUTHS TO NEWSPAPER MEN—HOOVER
AND WILBUR HAVE FULL POYYER TO MAKE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD PA
FALL LEFT LEGACY MISU
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AND NEGLECT THAT STILL {HAMPERS THE
PROGRESS OF ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Dec., 3L (/P)—John Ei Ballaii
4er of Seward, Alaska and one of the best informed of
men on Alaska, discussed the Alaski Railroad situa
tion before the Washington EditoriM Association last
night.
He said that “President Hoover and Secretary
Wilbur have the power in their hands to pufc policies
into effect at any time which will make: trie Alaska
Railroad financially profitable ana
uable. W . A-1';.
'The Alaska Railroad Act gives' them the power
to do anything and everything neclssary but spmfar
they have neglected to effect such policies and also re
fused to allow them to become effective ffijEgg-r;." - f if . ;
“Senate-.- Howell sin idd get to the" bottom qii&g
■ice:
and unfounded st
•mg wi
mients.
de
th
:ie should see
that can make the rok-S ?1 So
cially seli-supporting. He^ Inno
cently places his stamp of
proval on the misdeeds of former
Secretary Fall, in 1921.
The plight of the Alaska Rail
road, Ballaine said, dates from
that period. If the American
Navy on the Pacific Ocean and
other government agencies on
the Pacific Coast were
with coal from the
coal fields instead of bringing
from the Atlantic, it would
settle traffic and add
annually to the earnings
railroad.
The coal has been
approved for naval
refused to
stop in Sea
his Alaska visit but he
view Oregon and
lumbermen who
install
railroad
$300,000 annual revenue to the
railroad.
Ballaine mentioned that the
| oil possibilities had been care
fully investigated and it was
shown that with the development
of oil, an annual income of $700,
000 could be added to* the rail
road.
“To get commodities to the
markets of the United States
and to develop Alaska is a sim
ple problem with honesty and
good management on the part of
President Hoover and Secretary
Wilbur, and can be done when
they give the word ”
LQVE NEST COUPLES BRIEF
CAREER, APPARENTLY
IS ENDED
PORTLAND, Dec., 3 1, (/P)—
From the cells of the county jail,
Nelson Bowles, 34, Portland mil
lionaire, and his former secre
tary, Irma Loucks, 28, faced the
grand jury indictment charging
them with first degree murder
of Bowles wife, Leone.
4 The indictment was returned
yesterday after an investigation
of several weeks.
The indictment charged the
two “ did purposely and of del
iberate premeditated malice, kill
one Leone Bowles by stabbing,
cutting and slashing with a
sharp instrument.”
Mrs. H. W. Howard, said to be
one of the State’s principal wit
nesses, was before the grand jury
believed to have been largely
responsible for the jury’s action.
LONG WAYS FROM HOME
YAKIMA, Wn, Dec. 31, (£>)—
Neil Masterman bagged a wild
goose which' carried a Fairbanks J
fag and two others which bore
no identification.
HAVE GOOD TIME 'i >
BOYS WANTEtf SlQgOOO SO
COULD STEP Out
cpwjcrnim Wis., Dec., 31,
atyef&'d attempt to •Re
tort SI0.000 from Dr- J. Fin
ney, 52. ended last, night m the
fatal shooMnt; of Gordon Pope,
and ,tho ja,i;rest of |§fe tvo
^opthfotj g'crtbptenioi^ by a $$sge
ffft dirking him td.feive m
s'uwif.W SI 0,000 at a fenc^ post !rfH
a lonely highly.
posse hid 4» th^f />htubbery
'noarb^:, ...When ;■ three . ifoutbp
out of an automobile >se of
Zf naovemenfeJe,
;^r^bbe,ry r&&<5£«fifed on
hidden " • posse v yjjijbe 1ansvvefsd
>ts, jSfing Popjbjp
DOU^ias Pajffct#
.Wowifd Hast",fngrk,,
(v&*« ’ ed an,:r $$ . s||pfc
chase.\tnaff .fcm’8.
ley,. -Jjfr1' tp&r't ^ a; gr oi
deatl]
Aloyj
Father
arliest Jesuit
hern Alaska,
age.
came to Alaska
lers and found
s mission on the
He traveled the
lower Yukon
years and except
trip to the States
had made his
ka continuously.
Dec 30. (ff)— Low
?as 29 and high 42
(
J2, Dec.
kern of t
)any sail
frying
;ard re
Pandell,
piftily,: Mrs. o
children, A. V.
son..' W. -:Okh* Mr.
C&neid A. Kashv|
^h'cl steerage!
ifiiijMiQig»: g *Pm|SSSb
[l. (£>)—'The SS.
e Alaska Steam
$ at 9 a. m. for
passengers,
[rvations/ were:
and Mrs. M.
|fil Dade and two
:nos, R. Simon
aod Mrs G. N.
^ff, J. O Maiie
the younger Flynn re
Seattle with his bro
rt and formed what
one of the largest lin
ts in the world operating
nder the name of the Seattle
Fur Exchange.
His widow , two daughters and
a son survive him.
PRINCESS IS HEROINE
i ROME, Dec. 30. (JP)—Princess
Maria, youngest daughter of the
Italian sovereign, not yet 16, while
driving to Tivoli saw a group of
| workmen about the body of a man.
Learning that he had fallen from
the scaffolding she rushed him in
her car to the hospitals, remain
ing there until the djoctors as
sured her that his life was not in
danger.
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IN ANTICIPATION
UEWING its way to prosperity, our lusty
active world has left old 1930 exhausted by
the wayside. We hail our new torehbearer,
as yet untried, the youthful and ambitious
1931. For twelve months he is to be our guide.
He will lead where we will, for he is as inex
perienced as ourselves. With a willing world
behind him, he cannot but guide us to Happi
ness in the next year.
OPERATIONS BEAR THE EAR
MARKS OF SWINDLING
SCHEMES
WASHINGTON, Dec., SI. (/P)—
Several suspicious a pplications
for permits to develop oil and
gas lands in Alaska are under
investigation by the General
Land Office, Senator Jones said.
There are applications by “as
sociations" composed of 50 and
60 persons, Commissioner Moore
of the land office informed the
Senator and evidence has been
•‘found that dummies” were so
licited to participate, paying $2
an acre.
Promoters operations, under al
ly r men! of riches in Alaska,
bear all the earmarks of a swind
ling scheme. The Commissioner
is obtaining evidence of repre
sentatives of funds collected.
Senator Jones advised that
all reports on oil and gas permits
in Alaska were to be turned
down, was erroneous and that no
instructions to a ■ geenral adverse
action had been made. Each ap
plication will .be C' ■ ale ei on
SYDNEY, Dec. 31, (/P)—Belated
' word came of a tremendous
earthquake and tidal wave in
various parts of Australia on the
| morning of Deecember 24.
A wireless message from the
'SS Duris was the first news of
such an occurrence. The New
I Guinea radio station said that
I after the quake a wall of "water
jeight feet high swept the west
■ ern Mandated Islands with such
‘ force that at Awinn, cattle and
'houses were washed into the
sea.
The European manager of the
island and a number of natives
escaped by climbing palm trees.
CHICAGO HAS PROBLEM
CHICAGO, Dec- 30. (/Pi—Chicago’s
newest attempt to solve her traf
fic problem, a $3,500,000 bridge ac
ross Chicago river at Wabash ave
nue, was opened by Mayor William
Hale lliompson.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 30. (/P) —
Convicted of having poisoned and
killed his 2nd wife because he
had become enamoured with M’ss
Grace Brandon, blond stenograph
er. Major Charles Shepard was sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
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