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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 74. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29,1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
*#R. AND MRS. SAM MAGIDS ARE
AWARDED $600 FOR DOG TEAM
AND SLED
$ NEW YORK. Mar. 29. </P)— Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Magids, fur raisers at
Oeering, Alaska, were awarded for
their 6,000 mile mush to this city.
Their reward consisted of a judgement
of $600 granted by the Municipal
„ Court by Judge Genug where the cou.
pie sought to recover the value of a
team of 13 huskies and sled borrowed,
ttiey said, by Louis Rotman, ini Febru
ary a year ago and which was not re
turned in April as he had promised.
Rotman wanted the dog team for a
journey to Nenana, they testified, in
the capacity of a fur buyer for Hirsch
and Fretchel, a New York concern.
The firm said Rotman had not been
authorized to hire the team but the
plaintiffs replied that the firm display
ed photographs of the man and dogs
as an advertisement.
BLOODY BATTLE IS
FOUfiNT INSURGENTS
CATHOLIC PRIESTS, INSURGENT
CHIEFTAIN, TWO OFFICERS
AMONG DEAD
MEXICO CITY, March 29. (^—Dis
patches from Guana Juato said 92 in
surgents, two Catholic priests, Chief
tain Romingo Anaya, two army offi
cers and four soldiers, were killed in
the bloodiest battle which has occured
since the insurgents became active.
Forty insurgents were wounded and
47 capture. General Genovevo Rivas,
commander of the 43rd regiment, and
six soldiers were also wounded.
Military authorities declared the
battle dealt a death blow to the upris
ing. One hundred and 80 horses and
67 rifles were captured. The insur
ants, who numbered 3,000 fouj'ght
desperately 29 hours under Anaya and
the two priests.
Mf ABANDONS ITS
SEARCH FOR VESSEL
WASHINGTON, March 29.^)—'The
navy has abandoned search for the
missing British ship Hussar on the
steamer lanes between Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii and Australia. The Navy De
partment advised the two destroyers
and two mine sweepers, which partici
pated, has given up the search.
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
WASHINGTON, March 29, (/P>—
The bill providing for the disposal of
abandoned military reservations in
Alaska, was signed by President Cool
idge. The bill provides that purchasers
will pay for improvements the govern
ment may have added.
FOR POWER PROJECT
NEAR KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN AND WARD COVE
RESIDEDNTS BACKERS OF
PROPOSED PLANT
WASHINGTON, March 29, (£*)—
Licenses have been approved by the
Federal Power Commission for a pow
er project construction which included
the Citizens Light and Power Com
pany of Ketchikan.
The project is located on Ketchikan
Creek and lake, and lies partly with
in the Tongass National Forest.
A 2,560 horsepower power plant is
to be installed. Harry J. McCain,
Eugene Wacker, Sherm(an Duggan,
P. F. Gilmore, R. R. Thornton and
John W. Frame, all of Ketchikan, are
interested in the project. A 100-h p
plant is also planned for Ward Cove
Creek.
"HIM" STATIONS 8?
THOUSANDS ON 1.
i WILKINS WAS SILENT
A “ham” way#down in Ecuador, aid
ed and abetted by a thousand othei
“hams” scattered throughout this wide
old world, were responsible for tin
specially assigned radio operators
who each night are on hte watch foi
Captain Wilkins, at Barrow, sweating
blood last night. These “hams” wer<
right on top of Wilkins wave agair
and though the boys were bowed ovei
their instruments for over two hours
not a murmer came in from Poin
Barrow.
The surprising part in connectioi
with this “gink” in far-off Ecuadoi
is that he know doubt has trouble ii
sending a few hundred miles yet h<
comes in, thousands of miles away
like a ton of bricks. He .certainly
ruined a good night’s work last nigh
this end, home mumbling strange
words.
; The Gateway sent a wire today t<
and on top of that sent everyone, oi
the Associated Press informing then
of the difficulty being experience!
every night and that unless amateur:
keep off of Wilkins wave this statioi
will be unable to keep in touch witl
him when he takes the big hop.
LOGS ARE SCATTERED
PORT ANGELES, March 29, (.fP)
Approximately $150,000 worth of logs
have been scattered again by th<
wind after being gathered one- fol
lowing Monday’s big storm.
TO SOUTH AMERICA
Capt. R. A. O’Neill (above) of Seat
tle and a mail plane; one of three
i types of ships he is taking on a tour
| of South American capitals.
FEATHER ltd IMF
HOLDING YESTERDAY
SACREMENTO, March 29, (&)—
At 10 o’clock yesterday morning the
Feather River levee, at Nicolaus,
j
, was still holding. Engineers, two
hours earlier, predicted it would wash
out by that time. All able bodied men
and women have been working to
strenghten the levee.
CONDITION IS BETTER
, i
NORTHHAMPTON, Mass., Mar. 29,
(JP)— The condition of Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge’s mother is said to be im
proved, according to a statement is
sued by her physician, Dr. J. E. Hayes
L
EVAN8 NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, March 29, The S. \
S. Admiral Evans, of the Pacific Steam ,
ship Company, sailed for Alaska yes-1
terday morning at 10 o’clock, with
161 first-class passengers and two
steerage.
FLOOD con
BILL SHOT 'THRU
SENATE QUICKLY
MEASURE PROVIDES $325,000,000
FOR STATES WHICH SUFFER
GREATEST
WASHINGTON, March 29. (£>)—'The
Mississippi flood control legislation
shot thru the Senate by a vote of 70
to 0 -with a speed which astonished
everyone.
Only one hour and 29* minutes was
necessary. Consideration of the com
promise Jones bill was approved with
a chorus of ayes and sent to the House
where the leaders hope to bring it up
as a substitute measure early next
week.
The measure provides $325,000,000
and represents coordination of con
flicting views of all Senators from
! those States -which suffer the great
est when the Mississippi overflows.
CHICAGO, March 29, (£>)—'Titus
Haffa, City alderman, and nine others
including a former member of the
Lincoln Park Board, have been indict
ed by a Federal Grand Jury on
charges of conspiracy to violate the
prohibition law. The case was^in con
nection with the $5,000,000 alcohol
ring which has been flooding Chicago
and the Middle West with liquor.
Stark is Major’s youngest ump, Magee former
battling champion
TOIIS-PEOPLE OF
LITTLE COMMUNITY
WIN OVER FLOOD
TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES IN
NEED; FLOOD WATERS RE
CEDING FAST PACE
SACRAMENTO, March 29. (£>)—'The
towns people of the little community
of Nicolaus, on Feather River, won
their fight against encroaching waters
when the combined efforts of 100 men
from adjoining farms and Sacramento,
piled up a defensive bulwark of timber
and sandbags saving the towns of
Nicolaus, Verona and a thousand
acres of rich farm lands, from inunda
tion.
Communication with northern Cali
fornia by highway was cut off indefi
nitely when the six spans of a concrete
bridge tumbled into the boiling cur
rent.
North Sacramento is slowly getting
back to normal/ The flood waters
•overed the city for three days. It is
now receding at the rate of a lOth-foot
hourly. Two Jiundred families are in
need.
MEETS APPROVAL IF
WESTWARD RANCHER
In glancing over the new grazing
bill, a copy of which was received the
past week by the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, J. C. Wingfield, young
cattle rancher at Kizhuyak Bay, and
who has been a visitor in the city for
a few days, states; “It seems to me
that a great step has been taken to
ward establishing and maintaining
livestock in Alaska.
“This bill provides for the leasing
of land to persons, for grazing pur
poses, at a certain price per herd, or
per acre, where a fixed area is leased.
“The bill provides for the lease to
run for a period of 20-years which
gives the leaser protection for his
range. Preference is also given to
persons already located on the range
and to settlers. Any improvements
needed may be built upon the leased
area, and at the termination of the
lea§e, may be removed; 90 days be
ing allowed to remove such improve
ments, after the lease expires.
Continuing Mr. Wiingfield also
pointed out “this bill will provide for
abundant range for grazing purposes
and still see that the land is not over
stocked. The government regulates
the number of stock per acre and may
increase or diminish the number per
acre according to the condition of the
range.”
He and his partner, Mr. White, have
about 35 head of stock on their ranch
and these wintered well.
Mr. Wingfield departs on the first
train north for Matanuska where he
will remain for an indefinite period.