FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERS U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 147. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
McCormick Company Line
San Francisco - Seward
To Establish Bunkers
M’CORMICK STEAMSHIP COMPANY WILL ESTAB
LISH LINE STEAMERS BETWEEN SEWARD, SAN
FRANCISCO AND SOUTH AMERICA—LOADING
FACILITIES BE ESTABLISHED NORTH OF SAN
JUAN PLANT NEAR BRAKEWATER SITE
A deal has been practically completed between Dud
ley Brothers of San Francisco and the Roth-Manley coal
interests, having large deposits of lignite on Healy river,
eight miles from Suntrana, whereby the San Francisco in
terests will mine and export coal to that city and South
America, according to General Manager Noel Smith of
the Alaska Railroad, who arrived in Seward last night
from Anchorage.
According to the plans as far as known to date, the
McCormick Steamship Company of San Francisco wall es-j
tablish a line of steamers to Seward and will provide their
own loading facilities. These will consist of a loading;
station to be located somewhere in the vicinity of the San
Juan Fishing and Packing Company plant and near
where the proposed brakewater and shelter harbor is to
be built. Dudley Brothers will also construct eight miles
of railroad connecting with the Healy River spur at Sun-j
trana and extending to the Ross-Manley mine.
The proposed development is the result of joint ac
tion on the part of R. F. Roth, who holds the lease on the
coal property, and with whom is associated Frank Man
ley, the Interior placer operator, and the Alaska Railroad, j
represented by H. G. Ilderton, general industrial agent,
who recently returned from the States, where he went in j
the interests of the railroad.
AQUEDUCT BLOWN
UP TWICE LUST MIT;
IS TWELFTH BLAST IN 20-YEAR
OLD WATER WAR BETWEEN
RANCHERS AND BUREAU
LOS ANGELES, July 16. (£>)—'The
Owens river aqueduct "was dynamited
twice within a few hours last night
and this morning. The first blast oc
curred two miles south of Lone Pine
and caused little damage. A barke
floating down the waters of the aque
duct took the force of the explosion.
The second charge was more serious,
wrecking the wTater gate. It tore out
a section of open trenching. The
guards fired several shots but failed
to hit anyone. This is the twelfth
blast in the 20-year-old water war be
tween the ranchers and the Bureau of
Water and Power.
PLANT HAS 1,252 BERRIES
SALCEM, Or., July 16. (^P)—A straw
berry plant with 1,252 berries upon
it was found in a field near Lacombe,
Ore.
a,ii ucLauo
of the project have not been complet
ed, but correspondence on the subject
indicates that the entire matter -will
be settled this season and the contem
plated improvements will take shape
this fall.
It is the purpose of the new enter
prise to export coal to San Francisco
and South America, at which latter
point the lignite will be converted into
gasoline under a new German process
which produces gasoline, diesel oil and
a residue of practically pure coke.
The South American field offers
peculiarly advantages in point of labor
cost and price of gasoline.
Asked if the Alaska Railroad would
construct a spur to the Roth-Manley
mines, Mr. Smith said that it had been
arranged that the sponsors of the en
terprise build eight miles of railroad
from Suntrana, site of the Healy River
Coal Corporation, to the property to be
worked, and that the McCormick
Steamship Company would assume the
task of providing their own loading
facilities at Seward. While the mat
ter has not been definitely settled, it
is understood that the loading station
will be located in the vicinity of the
San Juan plant, to be reached by a '
spur from the railroad. ]
In view of the vast quantity of coal
that will be necessary to supply the ,
raw material, the Alaska Railroad
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RIGHT COMES THROUGH TREA
TY OF 1892—WHITES NOT BE
ALLOWED TO FISH
No one but a native Iniian of Ko
diak Island will be permitted to fish
for herring in those waters according
to U. S. Commissioner Henry O’Mal
ley of the Fisheries Bureau.
The condition is the result of an
agreement entered into between the
government and the Indians in 1S92.
Recently the natives brought the
matter to the attention of the atten
tion of Washington and their claims
were sustained.
It is understood that the ruling only
affects the taking of fish but does not
prevent salteries operating so long as
the Indians catch the fish.
BE IN FIE SHAPE
SHARKEY CRITICS FIGURE DEMP
SEY PLANS TO K. O. SHARKEY
IN EARLY ROUNDS
SARATOGA LAKE, July 16. (/P)—
Manager Leo Flynn announced that
Dempsey would not put on another
glove before he enters the ring with
Sharkey next Thursday. At a con
ference with trainers and handlers it
was decided Dempsey was ready.
Never before in the history of ma
jor heavyweight battles has one of the
principals hung up the gloves at this
period of the preparatory grind, j
Flynn said: “Dempsey is on edge
right now. He must take no chances
of going stale. He is down to 196
pounds, at the very weight at which
we expect to fight Sharkey.” Critics
see in Flynn’s move the intent to
stake Dempsey’s chances of whipping
Sharkey on a knockout in the early
rounds.
SOVIET MAIL AVERAGED
MOSCOW, July 16. (JP)—A yearly
iverage of nine letters transmitted
)er capita for hte entire population
)f the Soviet Union is the showing
‘eported by Commissar of Posts and
relegraphs, Ivan Smirnoff, at the
Ml Union Conference of Post and
felegraph officials.
CANNERY OPERATIONS
BRISTOL BAY REGION
ORDERED TO CEASE
ORDER ISSUED BY BUREAU OF
FISHERIES BECAUSE OF LATE
NESS OF RUN
Owing to the fear that further fish- j
ing might seriously affect the future
; run of salmon in the Bristol Bay dis
j trict, U. S. Commissioner Henry W.
O’Malley, has ordered all canneries to I
cease operations today instead of on
July 23, when the season was to close.
The order, says Mr. O’Malley yester-j
day, was because of the small run of I
ffish this season, and fear that further
taking of fish would prevent sufficient
escapement to maintain the average
runs of the future.
The run ine Bristol Bay region
this season has been exceptionally
li|ht, says the commissioner, and'
promises to materially affect the an-:
nual output of the Territory.
As yet no cause for the condition
has been determined, whether it is
just an off year or because of changes j
in the waters occasioned by recent
volcanic activities such as Bogoslof
Island, which have driven the fish
away.
ALEUTIAN EN ROUTE I
WITN LENGTHY LIST I
A. S. S. CO. LINER BRINGING 260
NORTH INCLUDING LONG SEW
ARD LIST
SEATTLE, July 16. (Jp)—'The S. S. |
. !
Aleutian sailed at 9 o’clock this morn
ing and carried 266 passengers. Sew-'
ard reservations include: M. E. Har
nish, M. E. Sayre, J. R. Guypenuse, C.
Mm. Vogel and brother, M. Hunsack
er, George Rickerman, Edw. iBohn,
Sophis Hanson, R. Wolverton, wife
and two children, Dr. J. Cline and
wife, Mrs. G. A. Whitesmen, Mrs. A.
B. Longworth, Miss H. Hunninger and
sister, H. B. Earling and wife, Miss C. |
Studd, Miss B. Lavar, Mrs. A. Davis,
Carri Fay, A. Hoffman and wife, H. H. j
Holloway, J. A. F. Brandt, Mrs. S. j
Singer and daughter, Mrs. M. C. Smith, j
Miss M. C. Backers, Miss J. Wilson,
Mrs. E. Keagey and sister, Mrs. E. H.
Cochran and daughter, Sam Eberle
and wife, Miss R. Spitgfader, Mrs.
Clancy and daughter, Wm. Vogel and
wife, D. R. Solar, wife and daughter,
Dr. R. E. Gaston and wife, H. Jones,
W. Larimore, F. L. Fogartson, Mrs. R.
M. McGrath, Miss M. Cook, Miss O.
Clark, A. Hornsby and wife, J. L.
Cape, B. M. Bills, N. P. Johnson, F.
Lindblose, Louise Reike, Miss K. Me-!
Donald, Mrs. M. M. Modden, John Doe
and wife, Alice Murphy, J. L. Walter,
E. R. Case, Wm. Hunter, wife and
daughter, Mrs. M. Stahl, E. E. Floyd,
Gladys White, Mrs. A. J. Preston, Mrs.
J. C. Gilpatrick, George Valher and
son, e. L. Chase, W. H. Boyle and four i
steerage. =
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GATH
ERING FIRST-HAND FACTS ON
ALASKA ARRIVE SEWARD
Speaking from what he had learned
while traveling in Alaska in company
w'ith U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries
H. W. O’Malley, Rep. F. G. Lanhamof
Fort Worth, Texas, says there is too
much red tape and longe range govern
ment in Alaska, and its future rests
with a change of system.
Coming from a sectio nof the coun
try affected by the same conditions,
Representative Landham expressed
himself as wholly sympathetic with
Alaska’s burdens and in committed to
a policy looking to amelioration of the
condition.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Ill AIIY AIRPLANE
PLANE LANDED ON MOLAKAI
ISLAND INSTEAD OF IN SEA;
SMASHED UP
HONOLULU. July 16. (/P)—Aviator
Ernest L. Smith and Navigator Em
ory B. Bronte landed at 9:46 a. m.,
Honolulu time, on the Island of Molo
kai. Both are reported safe. The
plane crashed into a tree in making a
landing. They were out of gasoline.
It is uncertain if the fliers will leave
here today. They identified them
selves at the cable office by sending
message to friends.
FLIGHT WORTH WHILE
HONOLULU, July 16. (£>)— Smith
and Bronte arrived this afternoon as
passengers aboard an army plane.
They were taken off Molokaii island
60 miles southeast of here, shortly af
ter their monoplane was forced to land
because of lack of gasoline. Twelve
army plane circled the city and land
ed amidst cheering mobs as field guns
roared their salute.
Smith explained his message asking
for assistance “because it appeared
our gasoline supply might give out,
and we were taking no chances.” How
ever the gas supply was exhausted
just at they reached land.
“We cracked up there because we
did not have another drop,’* said
Smith. I am going to hoist the mo
tor out of the plane that lies on Molo
kai and take it back with me. The
rest of the ship is a wreck not wotf-th
salvaging. The trip was mighty
worth while. All credit for the fight
should go to Bronte. He kept us on
Dur course.”
Bronte said Smith deserved all the
credit. The fliers said no motor
trouble was experienced, but they
tvere worried about gas and the radio
deacon which failed to work after
L80 miles out. They saw no water
until 8:30 this morning.