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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 187.
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
Optimistic Outlook
For Alaska Coal
Says Evan Jones
VETERAN COAL MINE OPERATOR VOICES
HEARTENING WORDS—ENROUTE INTERIOR
TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER
PROJECT—GROWING MARKET FROM FAIR
BANKS TO KETCHIKAN AND RESIDENTS OF
TERRITORY ARE NOW DEMANDING ALASKA
PRODUCT—COAL MEN OF ALASKA SHOULD
GET TOGETHER ON A GENERAL MARKETING
SCHEME TO PROMOTE COMBINED INDUS
TRIES.
“The coal market exists and if Alaska coal mine own
ers will get together on a cooperative producing basis to
give the public what is demanded, the coal mining indus
try of Alaska is assured. That assertion goes for all the
different grades that are now being mined. There are
^ two further step^ which I consider to be coming up in the
immediate future. One is the furnishing of coal for pul
verized fuel processes. The other is the development of
certain coals already known to exist in Alaska that are to
be i educed to coke and all the valuable by-products which
include gas. sugar, medicines and cellulose. After a num
ber of years in the coal game in Alaska, I feel more opti
mistic today than I ever felt before and I expect to devote
my time to bringing these plans to completion.”
IN SOUTH FOUR MONTHS
1 ^ese are the heartening words of
Evans Jones, who started .the Evans
Joii'es Coal Co., up Matanuska way
and who with his family is now in
Seward on the way to the Interior.
After fou month? sojourn at Juneau
at the request of the Admiralty Is
land Goal Co., hie i.s going back Inside
to assist in the development of the
'cxtal fields that were the original in.
•spiration of the Alaska Railroad. “As
I look at it now, I gte-e no particular
reason why the Alaska Railroad
should not be soon carrying the coal
tonnage that was, hoped for in the be.'
grinning.
LOCAL MARKET GROWING
W e must be prepared to give the
people what they are asking for,”
continued Mr. Jones, at the Van Gild,
er today, “and we are in shape to do
it. There is a growing market from
Fairbanks' to Ketchikan for the dif
ferent grades of coal which our
mines can product. The situation
lacks combined effort among the pro.
ducers. It ought to be in the cards
that one producer will call upon an.
other if h»a hasn’t the particular kind
of coal on hand. The merits of Alas.!
ka coal have already been amply!
demonstrated; thteir steaming heating
qualities are now appreciated and we
can mov on and will imove in on com
'petition from any source.
A FINE COAL MINE
“The Ad mi rail ty Island coal propo.
•sition is a good one. They are de_
veloping a six.foot vein of high com
bustion bituminous there which will
become a factor in the Alaska coal
trade in the near future. My heart
(Co&fcia««d on Pag;* Three)
* LEFT SEATTLE TODAY FOR SEW.
ARD: WILL START SURVEY
FOR PROGRAM OUTLINED
SEATTLE, Aug. 11. (JP)—An elabo.
. rate program of colonization in Alas,
ka means the development of the
region and increasing revenues for
the Government Railway, is in mind
by Colonel Otto F. Ohlson, new Gen.
eral Manager, who sailed for Alaska
today.
“Codoniza*tion, ju$t as the trans
continental railways colonized the
^ western country, is this next step in
Alaska’s development. Alaska hasi
much to offer to the permanent set.
tier and the rafilway go»es, thru the
lvsart of some of the best country.
“I feel settlement and 'intensive
development of Alaska’s resources
constitute a desirable step in making
the Alaska Railway self sustaining
and the upbuilding of the Northern
< Territory on a permanent and sub.
stantial basis.
“I am beginning a survey wh'fch
will be the base of recommendations
which will be necessary. Spacial
appropriations will be made in case
the program evolved is indorsed by
th'2 Department of the Interior.”
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BANK PRESIDENT
ENTHUSIASTIC ON
ALASKA WONDERS
NATIONAL HEAD OF BOY SCOUTS
MAKING COMPREHENSIVE
SURVEY OF COUNTRY
Aside from the stimulating fact
that the Boy Scouts have given him
a glad welcome wherever he has had
the privilege of meeting them on his
trip thru' the Territory, Walter W.
Head of Omaha, president of the
National Scout Council, president rf
the Omaha National Bank and presi
dent of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad, believes that he is expe1*5
encing one of the most interesting
trips of his career. With Mrs. Head
he arrived in Seward on the S. S.
Alaska this morning, after covering
the Inside Passage, Skagway, the
Yukon, Fairbanks and the Richard
son highway.
“We were over in Europe last
year and took in the far.famed won.
ders of the Scandinavian countries,
said Mr, Head today, “but we have
seen more astonishing and beauti
ful scenes on this trip than we dV
over there.
“We confess that we had preco.i
ceived notions about Aalslta as a *
Arctic region, an idea that is still
prevalent in the I'nlvi State ?
What we actually 1 wa- a mag
mricent country in swe-r- and mnj
le»l. ilmo-t 'mpoj-ta r to d^rln-*
Mountains of imperial grandeur
great timber stretches, wild game
in primitive conditions, green gar
dens, liuscious fruits, farms, dairi°s,
homesteads, mines, dredges, in fam
a varied panorama of natural beaut
ies and human activities that' truly
astonshed us. There is no doubt
| that we will have a favorable re
port to hand to our friends when
we get back to the States.”
On his brief visit here Mr. Head
conferred with local representatives
ol the Seward Boy Scout organizu
tion.
YAKIMA FIRE DEPARTMENT 40
MILES AWAY, SPEEDS TO
ASSISTANCE
ELLENSBURG, Wash., August 11,
(£>)—Fanned by a 45-mile wind, fine
of undetermined origin, dsetroyod
two blocks of buildings, 25 in all, in
cluding warehouses, grain elevators,
a freight depot, some dwellings and
the small Hotel Ross. The loss is es
imated at $250,000.
'The blaze started in a grain e!°
\ator and in 10-minutes spread over
two blocks. The Yakima fire depart
ment came 40-miles over a freshly
oiled road in less than an hour <o
help fight the fire.
WEISSMULLER IS
AGAIN CHAMPION OVER'
100 METER SWIM RAGE
AMSTERDAM, August 11 „ (JP) -
Johnny Weissmuller won the Olym
pic swim championship of 100 meters
free style successfully defending his
title won in Paris four years ago.
Aibino O. Eilpowitch, American, won
the woman’s 100-meter swim, free
style, Mrs. Betty Pinkston of De
troit won the wo.::- iu 4 hi<n Jiving
nud Americans wj.i 1:» 1 :i>i*o
meter swimming relay
VICE PRESIDENT, TRAFFIC MAN.
AGER GREAT RAILROAD SYS.
TEM IMPRESSED ALASKA
The cumulative effect of the ad.
vertis'ing that has been done to in.
duos people to travel to Alaska is
now bearing such fruit that greater
i efforts are to be made, because the
I ends justify the means, according to
Frank W. Robinson who bears the
i impressive title of vice president and
! traffic manager of the Union Pacific
1 system, including this Union Pacific
1 Railroad Co., the Oregon Short Line,
| the Oregon, Washington Railroad &
| Navigation Co., the Los Angeles &
1 Salt Lakio Railroad and the St. Joseph
j & Grand ltdand Railway Co. MV.
; Robinson is a passenger on the S. S.
j Alaska, which arrived in port this
morning. He regrets that his itiner.
ary compels hf> upturn, do wax jthfe
j coast and back to his headquarters
at Omaha. He declares that he has
seen just enough of Alaska to make
him desirous of seeing much more.
At a near time in the future he hopes
to get over all the Territory.
“The printing of folders and book,
lets has been a very good means' of
starting travel to Alaska,” said Mr.
Robinson, “but we are no-w finding
that the ‘word of mouth’ advertising
now 'spreading all over the United
States and Europe is getting better
results. In other words the first
travelers have been so favorably
impressed that they are telling their
friend’s to come up and see this won.
derful country.
“As you may know,” the Union
1 Pacific has been one of the prime
move in the effort to get people out
bo sc a their country and enjoy them,
selves. We have spent nearly $3,t>00f.
000 in opening up the scenic wonders
of Southern Utah. In this brief sur.
vey 1 am a Ready convinced that the
Union Pacific must get more active,
ly behind the movement to stimulate
travel ,to Alaska.”
Efforts were being made today by
local steamship officials 'to. arrange a
fishing party in Resurrection Bay
for Mr. Robinson and hi» friends on
the Alaska before she departs on
her return journey.
IN STANFORD BOWL
REITERATES STAND AGAINST
LIQUOR; HAS PROGRAM
RELIEF FARMER
STANFORD, Calif., August 11, (/P)
—Herbert Hoover accepted the Rep
ublican Presidential nonnnvp:;:.
In reiteration of his stand against
the repeal of the prohibition amend
| ment or any modification of 'enforce
ment that may constitute a nullifi
cation and with the exposition of a
three-fold enforcement relief pio
gram, the nora ne- repeats the de
mand for “efficient enforcement” of
the laws enacted under the prohibi
tion amendment and “whoever
choosen President, has r solemn
duty to pursue along tab course.”
PROPOSES FARM RELIEF
For the relief of the nrner he
outlined a program embracing a
tariff protection and increase, and
cheaper transportation, supported by
Federal financial aid, in building Up
farmer owned and controlled corp
orations, to take care of the crop
surplus.
He declared vigorously for relig
1 ious tolerance and against corrup
tion in public offices.
He struck a note of idealism in
! relation of the government to the
! people and issued a call to the
I women and youth of the country to
t
; contribute their enthusiasm to the
I success of the American experiment
! in democracy.
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NO DRY LAW TINKERING
Speaking before a vast throng in
the Athletic Bowl and to the count
less and unseen radio thousands,
Hoover outlined his stand on prohi
bition without reference to Gov. A1
Smith, nor the New Yorker’s declara
tion for liberalization of the Vo!
stead Act or “modification of enforce
ment of laws to' permit that which
the Constituion forbids,, nullification
This the American people will not
countenance.”
He devoted more than one-fifth of
his address to farm aid the "most
urgent economic problem of our n?.
icn today and the Republican Plank
constitutes a definite plan of relief
needing only detailed colaboration,
legislation and appropriations to
Iput it in force.
He proposed tariff increases to
give agriculture the same protection
:.s other industries; development of
inland waterways, including the
[Mississippi, Great Lakes to Atlantic
systems.
Regarding religious tolerance be
said “by blood “&nd conviction I
stand for religious tolerance both in
act and in spirit. The glory of our
American ideal is the right of every
man to worship God according to his
or her dictates of their own con-,
cience. ”