Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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OUTLOOK FOR LODE MINING
There should no longer be any hesitancy on the;
part of investing capital to enter the railroad zone's!
mining fields. The preliminary report of the U. S. Geo-!
logical Survey on its season's labors, despite its conser-!
vative nature, has answered the erroneous and oft-re
peated statement that the ore bodies of Alaska do not
have depth. It was to solve this problem that a corps
of skilled engineers, led by such nationally-known au
thorities as Stephen S. Capps, entered the field.
A careful perusal and analysis of the preliminary
report not only shows that precious metals abound at
every point surveyed, but that it is only a question of
the application of capital and scientific methods to make
the lode mines of the railroad zone solve the question
of railroad deficit while adding to the enrichment of Al
aska and the nation.
Added to this now known storehouse of wealth are!
the possibilities of the Matanuska coal fields. While |
the subject of Anthracite Ridge is approached with char
acteristic caution and traditional conservatism, one can
read between the lines and picture what this field prom
ises under scientific development. Assuming that the
hypothesis arrived at by the Geological Survey ap
proaches the hopes expressed as to tonnage, this field
is capable of producing from one to 5,000 tons daily, to j
quote one engineer who has made intensive study of the j
deposit. This tonnage will guarantee the railroad a |
revenue of approximately $5,475,000 annually if hauledj
to bunkers at Seward, at a rate of $3 per ton.
LARGEST LIVING THING
1
The largest living thing on earth, and probably the;
oldest, is the General Sherman tree in Sequoia National
Park, California. By precise observations and calcula
tions a committee of engineers determined that this tree
was the biggest of the giant redwoods, while the Gen
eral Grant tree is second in size.
The General Sherman tree has a volume of slightly
more than 600,000 board feet of lumber; its height is
272 feet and its circumference at the ground is 88 feet
It is estimated that these largest trees are 5,000 or
more years old.
Four men arrived in Seward last week from Iliamna
to enter the Seward General Hospital for operations
and another is on his way here. This, by way of illus
trating that without question it is now time to begin
planning for an addition to the famous local institution.
The Seward General Hospital has developed within the
space of a year as Seward’s greatest asset.
Merchants should never buy in other cities what
they can buy at home. They have no more right to do
that than any other citizen.
Two planes collide at a height of about half a mile,
and the aviators escape to safety by parachute leaps, a
circumstance indicating that aircraft may be as safe
as autos, in the event of accident, and that traffic cops
generally have plenty of space into which to jump, and
in the air may yet be needed. The airplane operator
a means for deadening the shock of his fall That is more
than can be said for the drivel's of motor cars.
Those who are debating in their minds as to whether
or not it will be well to use the advertising columns of
this paper, should recall the answer of a foreigner, who,
in reply to the question as to what impressed him most
in America, said that it was the fact that everyone
seemed to be reading a newspaper.
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
BURNED TO DEATH IN
ANCHORAGE TRAGEDY
Mother and daughter dead, their
fine two-story log cabin home
now a mass of charred timbers,
two smaller children and the fa
ther being the only survivors, is
the tragedy which descended Sun
day on the family of F. A. Sa
vola, living four miles out of An
chorage on the Loop Road, accord
ing to information reaching The
Gateway today.
Details were rather meager but
it is said Mrs. Savola made the
fatal error of pouring ' gasoline
into the kitchen stove instead of
kerosene with the resultant ex
plosion and fire which burned the
poor mother and 16-year-old
daughter so severely that the
daughter passed away the follow
ing night with the mother dying
some hours later.
The terrible fire occurred Sun
day afternoon; the home was lo
cated on the shores of a lake
known as Green Lake.
Miss Vivian Nilson and brother, |
Norman, who have been spending t
the summer at their home in Port- j
lock, are expected to return today j
on the SS Starr to re-enter the j
local high school.
J. Petaja, at one time a mem
ber of The Gateway, Anchorage
Times, Cordova Times and Fair
banks News - Miner mechanical
staffs, has decided to hit it off
on a newr tangent. He left Sew
ard on one of the last trains for
Interior Alaska where he will join
a partner and then set out into
the hills to prospect for gold.
THE STOCK MHRKET
Alaska Juneau .15%
American Can .80%
Borden .46%
Canada Dry ..21%
General Motors . 30
International Nickle Can . 8%
International Tel. & Tel.17%
Kennecott Copper .H%
Radio .13%
Reynolds Tobacco <b) .40%
Richfield Oil . 1%
Standard Oil of Calif.33
Standard Oil of N. J.32%
Standard Oil of N. Y.No Sale
Union Oil of Calif.13%
U. S. Steel .74%
Cities Service . 7%
Durant Motors .No Sale
Bancorporation .17
ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEREST IT TIE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
(By W. A. S.)
Hon. W. H. Holmes, of Amarillo,
Texas, who Is well known in the
North because of his long residence
in Alaska, was prominent in the
Washington newspapers last week.
As a factor in the Republican
politics of his adopted state, he
was the nominee for Governor in
1928 and aided largely in carry
ing the state of Texas for Presi
dent Hoover. He is now urging
the Republican organization of
Texas to induce the Navy Depart
ment that the name of the second
giant dirigible, sister ship to the
Akron, should be the Amarillo,
from which city comes the only
available supply of helium gas to
inflate this ship. That Mr. Holmes
is still vitally interested in Alaska
is evidenced from a recent ar
ticle in the Amarillo Daily News.
It refers to a recent address he
made before the Lions Club, de
clared to be one of the most in
teresting talks ever made before
that organization. Among other
things Mr. Holmes said:
“The biggest surprise the citizen
from the States would get in Al
aska, is its climate. It’s plenty
cold in winter but the summers
are hot and the climate is ideal
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for farming, if Alaska had a
market or could export its prod
ucts it would rank as one of the
greatest agricultural lands in the
world. Cabbages, potatoes and
all such vegetables grow in abund
ance in the land of the Midnight
Sun and in a country where the
I temperature sometimes gets as
low as 50 degrees below zero in
winter. The growing season is
short but continued daylight
makes for quick growing. Far up
in northern Alaska the vegeta
tion is dense and if you were
there today you might imagine
you were in the tropics. Its prin
cipal industries today are salmon,
mining and furs—in the order
named. Alaska expects no great
increase in population for many
years, or until the Western United
States is developed.”
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Cottage, sole Seward agent.
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SHOP.