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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 88.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928.
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Seward Should Become
One Most Important
Of Alaska Cities
MAJOR GENERAL EDGAR JADWIN OF ARMY EN
GINEERS, STATES FULL DEVELOPMENT OF
RESURRECTION BAY, ALASKA RAILROAD
TERMINAL, SEEMS TO DEMAND A PROVISION
OF SAFETY FOR SMALL BOATS—NEAREST
POINT TO FISHING GROUNDS AND MAY BE
COME TRANS-SHIPMENT POINT OF VALUE TO
FISHING INDUSTRY AND TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC. .
WASHINGTON, April 14. (/P)—The Port Alexander
and Resurrection Bay, Alaska harbor projects, have been
adopted by the House, Rivers and Harbors Committee.
The Port Alexander proposal will provide a channel
16 feet deep and 150 feet wide at the main entrajiee to the
bay with a channel two feet deep and 40 feet wide at the
entrance to the inner lagoon, at a cost of $17,000.
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IMPORTANT ALASKAN CITY
The Resurrection Bay project will
I provide a harbor of refuge at Seward
for small boats and will co3t $85,000.
; In recommending the Resurrection
Bay project, Major General Edgar
Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, said
“Seward, as a point of terminus of the
Alaska Railroad, should become one
of the most important cities in Alas
ka”, and that its "full development
seems to demand a provision for a
safe harbor for small boats. Such a
harbor appears particularly necessary
since Seward is the nearest point to
the fishing grounds and may become
a great trans-shipment point in value
to this industry and to the general
public.”
DEATH STALKS IIU
EXPLOSION WRECKS THREE
BUILDINGS; 18 MISSING AND
16 BADLY INJURED
WEST PLAINS, Mo., April 14. (/p)
—Death stalked into this little Ozark
city and turned the dance hall, with
its merry-making throng, into a holo
caust with 35 known dead.
Rescue workers are tearing away
the debris where laughter was chang
ed to s-hrieks of terror as an explo
sion wrecked the building last night,
seeking IS missing thought to have
perished beneath, falling walls. Six
teen injured are in hospitals and
many are in a serious condition
The cause of the explosion is un
determined. 'Fire followed immedi
ately and destroyed three buildings
before it was controlled. The loss
is estimated at $150,000.
Many of the injured were picked
up on the street far from the scene
The dance was held in the second
floor of the two-story building. The
ground floor was a garage and motor
car sales room.
ACCEPTS MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON, April 3 4. (JP)—
Mayor James Walker of New York
accepted the Stone Mountain Memor
ial of General Robert E. Lee, on be
half of the people of the United
States, at a solemn ceremony.
ISKUM ENROUTE SEATTLE
KIWI CARGO FURS
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DUTCH HARBOR, April 14. <7P)—
The motorship Iskum, -which return
ed after a delay of more than a
month with motor trouble, sailed for
Seattle with a valuable cargo of furs
from Aleutian Island farms.
The Fisheries ship Eider turned
brek in an attempt to reach St. Paul
Island, isolated by,, an ice blockade
for six months. The Eider will at
tempt to break through again as the
island is in need of provisions and
medical care.
PROJECT IS REJECTED
MOSCOW, April 14. (/p)—The Far
quhar Company’s project for the
erection of a huge steel works dowa
a valley in Russia, has been ejected
by a Russian Commission as untat
isfactorv and incomplete.
MAJOR ELLIOTT
PRESENTS VIEWS
ON LOCAL PROJECT
COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING RIGHT-OF-WAY
TURN OVEiR MONEY
At the meeting last night of the
members of the Seward Qity Council i
with Major Malcolm Elliott, president
of the Alaska Road Commission, a
insolation was adopted endorsing
the methods outlined by Major Elli
ott, with reference to control of Lo
well Creek; the council also granted
the War Department the right-of-way
in >na into any and all portions if
Jefferson Street,, resolved that $15
000 be paid on demand to the Secre
tary of War, a*. ! authorized Mayo
L. y. Ray to make an* netessary
t entrants in connection whj this
work.
Major Elliott, who has been in
Seward for the past week going over
he local project and who departs
| lr,T' his Juneau offices on the S. S.
Aleutian, expressed his views on the
project in the following letter:
Hon. L. V. Ray,
Mayor of Seward,
Seward, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Mayor,
The following scheme for the con
trol of Lowell Creek under4 considera
tion are and will probably be adopted
unless material objections are found
thereto:
1. The construction of a low crib.
,
rock-fill dam across Lowre!l
Creek canyon at a point about
3000 feet upstream from the
mouth of the creek, to provide
an intake for the flume describ
ed below.
2. The construction of a timber
flume, to rest on the ground,
following the bed of Lowell
Creek to tide-water. This flume
will be designed to carry the
flood discharge of water debris
from Lowell Creek to the sea,
but due to the lack of reliable
data covering the maximum flow
of the stream, overflow of the
flume is conceivable in case of
the occurance of a freshet larger
than any that has heretofore
been measured.
3. Abandoment of the present
main line of the Alaska Railroad
and the shifting thereof to the
present bay line. This change
involves moving the depot to a
location adjacent to the proposed
new main line.
Tentative approval of Item 3 of
the above scheme has been given by
(Continued on Fag® Seven)
Bremen Crosses Ocean
Safely Landing Upon
Speck Of An Island
PLANE WANDERED ABOUT SKIES LOST IN
DENSE FOG FOR FOUR HOURS FINALLY
LANDING UPON SMALL ICE COVERED LAKE
PLANE BADLY DAMAGED, SAYS LATER RE
PORT—FLIERS ALL IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS
HOPE COMPLETE HOP TO NEW YORK NEXT
FEW DAYS.
MANCHESTER, April 14. (/P)—The New Hampshire
radio station 1 S A, at 8:35 last night, picked up a message
from the Canadian Government station at Louisburg,
Nova Scotia—“The German plane landed at Greenly Is
land. It is known to be slightly damaged but the crew
are all well.”
Greenly Island is a tiny speak on the northwest coast
of Newfoundland between there and the mainland of Que
bec. Details art unavailable atthis time.
WANDER IN FOG
QUEBEC, April 14. (£>)—The Bre
men wandered about the sky lost
in a dense fop for four hours before
it made a forced landing on a frozen
small lake on Greenly Island, said
the first mesage.
Details were received at noon by
the Dominion Government. The land
ing was made at 5:30 p. m. yester
day, the message said. At first it
was believed the damage was slight.
Early today the aviators intended
to make repairs and continue to New
York. Upon inspection, however, the
plane showed damages of a more
serious nature and it is believed the
Bremen will not be able to take off
for several days.
Despite the strain of four hours
groping in the fog the fliers are in
excellent condition.
A plane, piloted by Dr: Louis
Cuisinier, left Murrayday, Quebec, at
noon today, for Greenly Island. The
flight will take five hours;. Dr.
Cuisinier hopes to bring back the
Bremen crew. A second plane will
leave tomorrow.
■IH* CmCIFS
THREE HLASKAN PEAKS
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TALK!:ETNA, April 14. (#>)—Earl
Rossman retained alter a successful
four-iio tr flight circumnavigating the
leaks of -McKinley, Foraker and
Funter, attaining an altitude of 19,
000 feet. In the circle of McKinley
Possman found the temperature 50
belovr and found conditions perfect
for taking moving pictures, the pur
pose of the flight.
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LARGEST LIST OF RESERVATIONS
THIS SEASON; MANY ALAS
KANS ENROUTE SEWARD
SEATTLE, April 14. </P)—The S. &
Yukon, of the A. S. S. Co., bailed
at 9 o’clock this i ort.ing for Alaska
wriij passengers. The Sewa*rl
Us: of reservation.! include:
C. :C Robin'?''"., Mr and Mrs. P. P
Segbun, Mrs. Helman,, T. A. Parso »
Mr. and Mrs. E. EL Markkjt, Mrs.
Holdeman.
Mrs. Short, Mrs.. Wanamaker, Mrs.
De La Vergne, Geo. Green, Capt Lan
caster, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rodman.
Mrs. Rice, Emiil Anderson, F. Mc
Dougal, J. H. Payne , C. Ammunsom,
B. Pfenning, J. Doe, Mrs. Lee, Mrs.
Bay.
J. O. Auld, J. D. Johnston, E. P. Jes
son, Robert Brogaw, Mrs. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Stone, R. Hirsh, J. H.
Crowdy, Mrs. Earling and four daugh
trrs, Mrs. Sheehan, Herbert Khudson,
Carl Berg, I. M. Fisher.
J. E. Hopkins, Geo. Williams, Pat
Herold, M. C. Olson, C. Peterson, Gus
Wilson, Lloyd Larum, J. Jacobson, E.
Josie, Geo. Adams, Harry Wilson, Wm.
Harknett, John Holingren, Thos. Hyde.
E. Canoica, C. Dietrich, Mrs. Miller
and two sons, Mrs. Black, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Allen, E. Nystrom, W. W.
Crow, H. Lynch, I. W. Payton, E.
Barthoff, Jack Fabin, H. L. Davis, H.
Jenson, N. Olson, Miss Allen, J. Bry.
vosette, L. Olson, E.* Bartz, Phillip
Webber and 30 steerage.