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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 36.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FATHER HUBBARD SUCCESS
FUL IN DISCOVERING
LIFEWORK, FR. JETTE
NULATO, Feb., 19, Special to I
The Gateway—Father B. R. Hub
bard, the “Glacier Priest’’ and j
geology professor at Santa Clara
and noted explorer and lecturer, j
accompanied by Father McElmeel j
with 13 dogs, arrived at Nulato,'
Last Friday completing the 400 j
mile “mush” from Nenana in!
11 days.
The Yukon trail is in the worst
condition in years with glare ice,
over-flows and stormy weather.
The dogs fought their waj
through snowr which was chest
deep. The last four days were
made through driving snow and
wind.
The internationally famous Jes
uit scientist was astonsihed to
find in Nulato the liTework
manuscript of Father Jette, fam
ous Jesuit missionary, consisting
of a grammar and dictionary and
folk lore in the Nulato language.
The ethnological value of the
manuscript is priceless.
The language is similar to that
of the Navajo Indian language of
the Southwest.
The explorer is staying at Nu
lato for two weeks, then goes to
Akulurak, on the Yukon Delta.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (/Pv
A movement was made to trans
fer the control, of Alaska rein
deer herds from the Interior de
partment to the Agricultural de
partment and the Biological Sur
vey.
Although the idea was placed
before Secretaries Wilbur and
Hyde, and President Hoover and
Secretary Walter Newton, they
have made no comment.
Friday, Wilbur’s committee will
continue the hearings. The ag-.
gressive methods of the Lomens
were blamed yesterday by native
herders, the Alaska delegate, and
Ernest Walker Sawyer, for most
of the trouble.
Lomen accused the government
allowing natives to undersell his
company. He will testify again
Friday.
MUST DEPOSIT 100 BUX
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 18. (/P) —
Peru has become the third South
American Republic to restrict im
migration when the government j
made the rule that third class
immigrants coming to Peru must
deposit $100 with the Peruvian
consuls abroad to insure their re
turn home in case they fail to
find employment here.
KETCHIKAN, Feb., 19. </P)—
Bert McDonald, of the gasboat
Comrade, of Portland, Ore., is
charged with the murder of John
Marshall, the fish b^ver • who
was found dead on his boat, the
Phoenix, near here, on October
20, 1930.
J. L. Close was also arrestee
and charged with murder on the
same information.
A special agent of the Depart
ment of Justice, T. N. Henry
signed the complaint. McDonalc
was arrested in the. Veteran’e
hospital.
I
M GRADE ORE
IS AGAIN FOUND
ON GHICHAKOFf
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QUARTZ A S SAYS REPORTED
TO RANGE FROM $150 TO
$1,100 PER TON
JUNEAU, Feb., 19, pP;—High
grade quart was recently discov
ered in a vein on Chihakoff
Island adjacent to the famous
old ChichakofI mine from which
$16,000,000 was recovered, and a
quantity of it arrived here en
route to the Tacoma smelter for
a mill test.
From the first ore produced
during development of short tun
nels on the vein, assays ate re
ported to have ranged from $150
to $1,100 per ton.
Nick Bez of Gig Harbor. Wash
ington, a canneryman, is the
principal owner of the ground
on which discovery was "made.
He is taking the ore to the smel
ter, himself.
ROYAL APPOINTEES
LONDON, Febj 18. (TP) —The
Earl of Bessborough was appoint
ed as Governor General of Can
ada, succeeding Lord Willington,
who has been named Viceroy of
India. The Earl of Bessborough,
ninth of the line created in
1739, wTas born on October 27,
1880, and served in France during
I the World War.
ANCIENT SHIPS
BE RAISED, DANUBE
VIENNA, Feb. 18. (/P) — Hun
gary will take steps this year
to raise from the bottom of the
Danube River two ships which
were sunk in 1520 after the bat
tle of Mohacs, when the Turks
got a 150 year foothold in Hun
gary.
This information was obtained
from government officials, who
said that they had been encour
aged by the success attending
Italy’s dredging of Lake Nemi
for Roman galleys sunk centuries
ago.
MAJOR ELLIOTT
OUTLINES BAY
PUNS, CHAMBER
DONALD MACDONALD AND
GATEWAY PUBLICITY ARE
COMMENTED UPON
Speaking of the Pacific-Yukon
} Alaska Highway, at Tuesday's
Chamber of Commerce luncheon,
1 Major Malcolm Elliott, President
j of the Alaska Road Commission,
' | said, although this project does
not directly concern Seward, as
it would be many years before it
j could touch here, it is gratifying
j to note the extent to which the
j people of Seward have boosted
j for it.
It has a most important bearing
on Alaska’s future, and though
previously mentioned “in our de
partment, it did not arouse much
outside interest until Donald
MacDonald, one of our engineers,
got busy on it through the
‘Chamber of Commercial of Fair
banks. MacDonald’s story in The
Gateway was widely copied by
outside newspapers and other
publications, which resulted in a
sweep of publicity..
“This caused Canadian officials
S to write us on the feasibility of
! the project* and soon interest
was taken in the matter by the
U. S. Department of the Inter
| ior and other Washington ofli
(cials, after wThich the plan re
ceived the tentative endorsement
of President Hoover. Senators
1 and Congressmen then got busy
; and passed the first bill author
I izing the appointment by the
President of a special Commis
| sioner to study the project.
“In the meantime, negotiations
j were being carried on with Can
1 ada. Those between British Col
! umbia and the United States be
| ing less formal. Canadian enthus
■ iasm was very high. The caravan
j that was organized comprised
113 or 14 automobiles and ab ut 45
| persons. It started at Seattle and
i journeyed to Hazelton, B. C.,
| “North of 53.” Hazelton is in cen
j tral British Columbia and the
i center of important mineral dis
tricts. The region is sorely in j
need of a highway system, such j
as this project will give them.
“The route from White Horse
to Alaska is still undecided upon.
The decision should be made by
j the Territories concerned; British
Columbia, Yukon Territory and
j Alaska
! “In pushing the project, pub
I licity has been a great aid to us, j
j and we are grateful to the pub- i
! lications having thus assisted us.
“So far as giving credit to any
| particular persons responsible for
| what has been done so far, there
i is no controversy anmong those
j of us who have worked on it. We
are concerned, rather, with what
remains yet to be accomplished.
“The services of our engineer,
Donald MacDonald have been ex
tremely valuable, an we expect
to use his talents and attain
ments in the work that remains”.
KETCHIKAN ITEM OF
$10,000 MO
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13, (JP)—
The second deficiency bill car
rying $59,000,000 to care for ex
igencies in various government
departments, and allocating $69,
940,000 to public buildings out
side the District of Columbia,
was given to the . House by its
appropriation committee,
i Among the items approved for
passage was $10,000 for tt£ Ket
chikan court house and post of
. fice.
MERGER WILL NOT VIOLATE
THE DECREE OF
1909
ST. LOUIS. Feb., 18, OP)—'Three
judges of the federal circuit
court approved the proposed mer
ger of the Vacuum Oil Company
land the Standard Oil Company
j of New York in one of the most
j important commercial decisions in
recent years.
The judges held that the union
of the Standard Oil Company of
New York with assets of $708,000.
000 and the Vacuum Oil Company
with assets of $205,000,000 in a
world wide petroleum products
distributing corporation does not
violate the decree of 1909 under
which the Standard Oil Companies
were ordered to dissolve. The cir
cuit judges ruled that the decree
of 1909 was meant to prohibit
only the merger of the Standard
Oil interests which would actual
ly violate the law against com
binations in restraint of trade,
and they held that the proposed
merger of Vacuum and Standard
of New York did not so violate
the law.
Counsel for the United States
indicated that they will appeal to
the supreme court as soon as
possible.
PARKS DEIS TRUTH
OF MEIl REPORT
JUNEAU, Feb., 19, (/P)—Gov
ernor Parks positively denied any
contract laborers, either Mexican
or others, were in Alaska, com
menting on the Mexico City ac
cusation that Mexicans were be
ing held in slavery.
No contract labor exists in the
mines or forests or any other of
the industries in the Territory.
NOMINATION FAVORABLE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (A*)—
The nomination of John D. Nagie
to become commissioner of immi
gration at San Francisco was re
ported favorably by the Senate
Immigration Committee.
HOOVER IS rli
IN HIS VIEWS
ON VETS BILL
BILL ASKS FOR SUM BEYOND
THE PRESENT CALL OF
DISTRESS
WASHINGTON, Feb., 18, (/P>—
The Senate finance committee
| approved the Veterans loan bill
j in spite of President Hoover’s
serious objection in a letter to
Chairman Smoot.
The letter indicated that the
President would veto the pleas
ure. •
I The President said that it
• would be necessary to float bonds
! in order to take care of the
| loans which are estimated will
! reach more than $1,000,000,000.
j He said one appealing argu
jment for such legislature was for
| the Veterans in distress but
j “placing the strain on savings
| is needed for rehabilitation and
I employment by a measure which
I calls upon the government for a
vast sum, beyond the call of dis
! tress and so adversely affecting
I the general situation, will, in my
j view, not only nullify the benefit
to veterans but inflict injury to
the country as a whole."
The committee made no change
in the bill as it came from the
House.
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i MUSCLE SHIES
! DB1BL0GK IS ENDED:
! ill HE fElTED
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13,_ uP)—
The 10 year Muscle Shoals dead
lock between the House and the
Senate was definitely broken
when Senate conferees and the
majority House managers signed
! a compromise for operation of
the government’s $15,000,000 pow
er and nitrate plant,
j The report will be submitted
to the House tomorrow,
j The agreement provides that
for government operation of the
plant and lease of the nitrate
plants for production of fertilizer
and by-products, and govern
ment construction of power lines
I from the Wilson Dam.
lepers mm
IN ISLAND COW
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb
18. (fP)—A marked decrease in the
number of lepers under treatment
at the little known leper colony on
Chacachicare Island, located in
the Gulf of Paria, is reported
by officials of the colony.
One hundred and 30 patients
have been discharged as cured
within the last five years, Dr.
T. B. Welch, superintendent of the
Chacachicare leper settlement
stated.
Extra Special Dance Saturday Night
UNDER THE AUSPICES OP THE SEWARD ATHLETIC CLUB ■■■■ Feb. 21 I. O. O. F. Hall BHHHHBI Cteneral Admission 75c which includes lunch