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THE SMALLEST TOWN IN THE WORLD PUBLISHING A DAILY PAPER!
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 53.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VEGETABLES AND
WEAKLY EVERYONE AFFECTED
WITH DISEASE SINCE
CHRISTMAS
RUBY, Mar., 11, (/P)—Doctor
Greist told Aviator Joe Crosson
that the 280,000 units delivered
was sufficient to control the epi
demic and that he had admin
istered 80,000 a half hour after
Crosson landed
Returning Crosson learned the
epidemic started at Point Barrow
about Christmas and worked to
the north. Nearly everyone was
affected.
Two deaths ocurred at Wain
wright.
Crosson delivered fresh fruit
and vegetables and everyone was
given an orange or a lemon.
On the return flight Crosson
encountered a fog so turned
around to spend the night at j
Barrow- Next day he continued |
on to Kotzebue and stayed at
Ruby last night.
TWO MORE CASES
DIPHTHERIA BREAK
OUT AT FT. HARROW
POINT BARROW, Mar., 11, (/P)
—When it was believed to have
been under control, two more
cases of diphtheria developed; |
these are mild but resulted in j
two more houses being placed |
under quarantine.
Six men are patrolling the vil- ;
iage day and night and none are I
allowed to leave or enter the vil- j
iage
Of the previous cases all but i
two are out of danger. Weather
conditions are unfavorable but
Indications are improving.
The village is awaiting addi- j
tional supplies of antitoxin to j
complete immunization.
STATE DEPARTMENT
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BALTIMORE, Mar., 11, (/P)—
Joseph Potter Cotton, 55 years of i
age, for two years under-secre
tary of state, died here following
majof operations upon his spine
and removal of his right eye six
weeks ago.
Mr. Cotton bore the chief bur
den for the state department
when Stimson attended the
London Naval conference.
His health began to fail some
months ago. His wife and daugh
ter were at the bedside when he
passed away.
SET HIGH MARK
EUREKA, Calif. Mar. 10. (JP) —
Setting the highest mark in sev
eral months, a total of 3,141,314
feet of redwood lumber was ship
ped from Humboldt Bay in Feb
ruary, according to H. F. Mc
Grath. denuty U. S. Collector of
Customs here. Most of the ship
ments were made to the Hawaiian
Islands, Mexico and Panama.
EXTRADITION ORDERED
SALEM, Oregon, Mar., 11, (/P)
—Extradition of Burt McDonald,
under arrest at Portland, to Ket
chikan where he is wanted in
connection with the murder of
a Ketchikan fish buyer last fall,
was ordered by Governor Meirer.
He will be taken North by Depu
ty Marshal C. V. Brown.
POWERS IN no
IN CONSTRUCTION
CRUISERS. OTHERS
VIRTUAL FIVE-POWER PACT IS
AGREED; FRANCE, ITLAY
AND ENGLAND
LONDON, Mar., 11, (TP)—'The!
terms of the British, France and
Italian naval treaty are in ac- j
cord in transferring the London
pact into a virtual five-power
pact.
The agreement was made pub
lic by Arthur Henderson, foreign
secretary. Under the terms each
nation may build 34,000 ton air- j
craft carriers.
Both France and Italy have the,
right to complete before 1936, j
two capital ships with displace- j
ment not to exceed 23,333 tons;
guns not to exceed 12 inch.
France and Italy are to build
no more large ones during the
life of the present agreement.
The tonnage of smaller cruisers
is not to exceed tonnage re-1
placeable before December, 1936-;
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BELLINGHAM, Wash., Mar., 11, |
(/P)—Though sales were above
normal, the Pacific American
Fisheries reported a net loss of
$372,088 after charging off de
preciation of $280,826 to last
year’s operations.
They attributed this to the
low prices and dividends of
$S30,360 to common stock paid
quarterly at the rate of 50c per
share out of the surplus.
NEW YORK, Mar. 10. (/P) — A;
celebrated critic returned from
European travel in time to report to
another critic: “Sinclair Lewis, ar
riving with the 1930 Nobel prize
award for literature^ said New York
may have the noisiest streets, but
London has the noisiest lecturers.’’
INMATES OF SOLDIERS'
HOME 1 STRICKEN
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LOS ANGELES, Mar. 10. (A5)—
United States surgeons announced |
that 12 inmates of the National I
Soldier’s Home at Sawtelle had j
been stricken with paralysis in
the last 48 hours as the result of
drinking a Jamaica ginger extract.
The victims, the surgeons said,
were suffering intense pain. Dr.
J. L. Pomeroy, head if the county
health board, visited the institu
tion. Druggists were questioned.
Pomeroy said that arrests were
contemplated
GREAT BLAST AT
LOCAL QUARRY WAS
A PERFECT SHOT
HUGE MASS OF ROCK MATER
IAL BROKEN DOWN FOR
BREAKWATER
“Better than we expected. Ex
ceeded our expectations and the
manner in which the rock broke,
was perfect.” Thus, in few words
did Lieut. A. H Burton and En
ineer Fred Spach, Alaska Road
Commission, express themselves
following Tuesday’s “big shot” at
the breakwater rock quarry where
six tons of dynamite were ex
ploded simultaneously.
Promptly at 4:30 p. m., a muf
fled report was heard; the rocky
prominence was then seen to
lift up in its entirety and as it
reached the apex, slowly mush
roomed out and forward accom
panied by whisps of powder
smoke and loose soil. There was j
no hurling of rocks high in air; |
no concussion was felt, only a
slight earth tremor. If one hadn’t
been on the alert for the boom,
that would prabably have been
missed. The earth movement,
from a distance, resembled a big
dog rising, shaking himself, then .
settling down again.
Andy Wideman. Alaska Rail
road rock and powder man, was;
given credit for the success of I
shot. Wideman did all the wiring,
placed the shots and touched the
works off. He was located about:
200 yards distant, northerly, in a
small gulch which affored him
ample protection. Cameras click
ed as he released the plunger.
A previous cross-section show
ed 15,000 yards but the engin
eers estimate at least 18,000 yards,
came down. Approximately 13,000;
yards will be needed for the !
breakwater itself with ample sur- 1
plus fcr future maintenancei
There were 17 distinct chambers,;
or loads in the three coyote holes ;
plus the cross sections, a tfctal of j
440 feet of penetration. The loads j
were proportioned according to j
the rock above. Bulldosing, the
task of breaking up the larger
rocks by drilling and powder. ]
now starts.
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water site is 50 per cent com
pleted, said Engineer Spach, and
with completion of ballasting the
track to the quarry and arrival
irom Anchorage of the steam
shovel, within the next four or
five days, loading and hauling of
the rock begins- The base of the
breakwater will be 60 feet in
width, four feet at the top, 20
feet high at the highest point
and 580 feet in length. Approxi
mately 500 yards of rock will be
moved each day until completion
of the project which will be by
the first week in May.
About 10 guards were posted
throughout the blast area and, as
was stated previously, every pre
caution taken gaurding against
unforseen damage to residences.
Windows were removed, doors and
windows open up, and houses
fronting the cliff, strengthened
with timbers. With the exception
of a huge boulder which rolled
across the railroad track and
through and old piece of fence,
no damage of any kind was sus
tained; not even a window pane
broken. • Ji
CROSSON RETURNS SAFE !
FAIRBANKS, Mar., 11, (JP)— j
Pilot Crosson landed from his re- i
turn flight to Point Barrow at
12:45 p. m. A moving picture ex
pedition is leaving, together
with the remainder of 500,000
units of antitoxin, in a few days,
for Barrow
‘DiscIiiT
ANXIOUS TO SEE
STRIBLIN9 CHAMP
PUGILIST WAS TRAVELING
WITH ACROBATS WHEN
BEGAN CAREER
PITTSBURG, Mar., 11, (A5)—If
W. L. (Young) Stribling wrests
the heavyweight title from Max
Schemling this coming summer,
there’ll be no one happier than
Patrick J. Morrisey, old time ath
lete and fight promoter.
One warm, dusty afternoon
some years back, a good looking,
clean-cut youngster appeared at
Morrisey’s theater in Glassport,
on the outskirts of Pittsburg, and
asked to enter one of the ama
teur boxing shows advertised
outside.
Morrisey looked the youngster
over. He was strong and willing,
but that was about all. Hr was
traveling with a company of acro
bats, playing small towns along
the Monongahela river and he
thought he’d like to get into the
fight game
The next day, Morrisey took
the youngster in hand. He taught
him how to use a right c-oss to
advantage, how to duck, how to
swing his left, how to use his
feet, and took a liking to the
chap.
That boy was Young Stribling.
In 1921, coached by his famous
Pa and Ma, Stribling began to
build up the record that has
brought him close to the top of
the fistic ladder.
ROYALTY ARRIVES
BAHAI, Mar. 10. (Pt>)—The Princ°
of Wales, escorted by five British
planes, arrived here by air from
San Antonio a few minutes after
another plane bearing his brother.
Prince George, had landed. The
Princes arrived in San Antonio the
day previous by train.
Automobiles and pedestrians
dotted the area at a safe dis
tance and after the explosion
flocked to the scene.
In behalf of the Alaska Road
Commission, Lieutenant Burton
and Engineer Spach desire to
thank the City authorities and
the public in general for their
cooperation and assistance ren
dered.
Lieutenant Burton, who has
on the job for the last few weeks,
departs Saturday, on the SS Yu
kon, for his Juneau headquarters,
thence to Ketchikan and Port
Alexander where other large en
gineering projects are underway.
The Lieutenant arrived in Alas
ka last July from Fort Humphries,
Virginia and spent August to
January in the Chitina, Fair
banks and Anchorage districts on
departmental matters. Next Aug
ust he assumes charge of the dis
bursing office of the commission
at Juneau
HUGE CONTRACT
FOR POWER PUNT
AWARDED. WILBUR
CONSTRUCTION WILL REQUIRE
MORE THAN SIX YEARS;
BEGINS AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, Mar., 11, (Jf)—
Secretary Wilbur accepted bids
of six companies, incorporated
at San Francisco, for building
the Hoover dam power house and
other works in connection with
the Boulder Dam project.
The bid was $48,890,995
The company will be notified
to start work immediately but
several days must pass as the
company must post a surety bond
of $5,000,000 and which also must
be approved by Wilbur.
Specifications require the work
i to start in 30 days and be com
pleted in six and one-half years
with a penalty attached amount
ing to $3,000 daily.
MAILS PLAYS CATCH
WITH DOOMED MEN
IN SIN QUENTIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar., 11, (ff)
—Walter Mails, who twirled And
clowned his way through the big
leagues, has one of the most cur
ious diversions of any ball player
on the Pacific Coast.
Mails, now on the roster of the
Portland Club, and the newly
appointed coach at Santa Clara
university, during the winter
plays catch with condemned men
in the corridors of “death row”
at San Quentin prison.
Mails lives outside the gates
of San Quentin and is one of the
few outsiders allowed the free
dom of the walled city- He re
fuses to divulge any of the re
marks passed with the prisoners.
El HE MIES
MS' Htl IN
ILLINOIS BINES
CHICAGO, Mar., 11, There
Is a strain of humor in the de
cree of the Illinois state athlet
ic commission that press tables
shall be moved back four feet
from the ringside.
The move was made so that
fighters who dive through the
ropes may have an inunterrupt
ed fall to the concrete floor in
stead of to a soft spot in report
ers’ laps.
The edict followed a ‘swan dive’
of K. O- Christner, the Akron rub
ber puddler who parted the ropes
during his fight with Mickey
Walker here and landed on three
reporters.
The new plan was tried out at
White City recently. Newspaper
men found the move profitable.
The trial was made at a wrestling
match and one wrestler fell to
the floor, but, being a wrestler,
was unharmed and climbed back
into the ring.