VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 206.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
THIRTY TONS OF GOLD
BEARING GRE ON VESSEL
ENROUTE TO SMELTER
Ore on which sampling gave as
says of $25 per ton and up in gol<
and silver, is the latest additior
to the recurrent new strike, new;
of which was brought to Sewarc
, Thursday when the MS Valenck
docked at the Ocean wharf.
Aboard the Valencia, which ex
pects to sail today for Seattle, are
30 tons of the bonanza rock along
with a quantity of low grade rock.
The strike is the result of dili
gent prospecting by Tom Neally
veteran pioneer Alaskan prospec
tor, and the scene is at the head of
Kulukak Bay, on the mainland and
north of Hagemeister Strait, about
25 miles east of Goodnews Bay.
Teh first discovery was made by
Neally years ago when he struck a
great ledge of highly piritic quartz
which gave high assays while show
ing no indentifiable free gold.
With the party of 12, including
Charles D. Davis, mining engineer
and well-known Alaskan, members
are Robert F. Flajole, chemist, Gon
zaga University; Tom Neally, who
discovered the vien in 1926; Capt.
Louis Kraflich. a veteran Alaskan
mariner; Chas. McCusker, mine
foreman; George McLeod, assayer;
Gero von Albenslaren, surveyor;
Ben Neerland, driller; Mike Le
Gaze. 1st engineer; Louis Le Gaze,
2nd engineer; John Vrooman, cook.
The MS Valencia was chartered in
Seattle in July, of this year, and
left Seattle on July 18, arriving at
the site August 1. The party left
Hagemeister Strait August 25.
According to members of the
party several strong veins ranging
to four feet in width, on the sur
face, have been uncovered and suf
ficient work done to justify more
extended development and milling
facilities. Both the development and
the installation of a concentrating
mill will be undertaken next spring,
when the necessary capital is avail-j
able.
The group stakes consists of nine
claims, all of which carry the same
general high values. The formation
penetrated, consists of argillaceous
or clayey slate, and the veins are
what would be termed segregated,;
(running with the formation, and!
having clearly defined walls.)
Included in the vein structure are |
several of what has all of the char- j
acteristics of jasper. The metallic |
content of these has not been de-!
termined.
The region in which the strike
was made apparently belongs to the |
geological structure extending j
across country from Good News
Bay, where the basaltic and other
* primary eruptive rocks are shown
in place, especially at Red Moun
tain, the scene of platinum dis
covery which is now being mined
as placer.
The Valencia was chartered by!
Mr. Davis for the purpose of con- j
firming Neally’s claims for the1
property and, according to his as-!
sociates, the discovery is of greater
* importance than at first believed.
A natural milling site was found
in a cove one-half mile from the
. ledge, which is 500 feet high, all
parallel veins at about 45 degrees.
An aerial tramway will probably be
erected and it is thought the mill
cost alone will be approximately
S100.000. Next April is the month
set for returning to the property
and beginning construction of the
plant
RETURNING IN SPRING
Mrs. Pearl West, a familiar res
ident of Seward for many months
past who has been housekeeper at
the Hotel Seward, will embark on
the steamer Yukon for Seattle and
Hoquiam, Wash. Mrs. West will vis
it with her mother during the win
ter, but she likes Alaska so well and
has found the country so beneficial
to her health that she plans to re
turn in the Spring for a further
stay here.
It is reported that 23 school
’achers disembarked from the SS
jkon at Valdez bound for the
'ds of Interior Alaska, via the
.chardson Highway.
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MAYOR WALKER RESIGNS
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, — “I hereby
resign as the Mayor of New York.”
Signed, James J. Walker.
This was the surprise of Thursday
but at the same time Mr. Walker
announced tha the would be a can
didate for the office at the next
municipal election. His resignation
was advised by his attorneys and,
it is believed, will take the matter
out of the hands of Governor F. D.
Roosevelt.
FRANCE ANGERED BUT
IS NOT ALARMED
PARIS, Sept. 2, —France is anger
ed but not alarmed at the German
government’s demand for military
equality, which official circles and
the press predicted was doomed to
failure.
It was considered unlikely that
France would reply to the German
demand. Premier Herriott will sim
ply define the French attitude in
some forthcoming speech, it was
believed.
DOOLITTLE MISSED
RECORD BT FRICTION
CLEVELAND, Sept. 2, —Although
flying two laps of an official dash
for the world’s land plane speed
record at the blistering speeds of
301 and 302 miles an hour, faster
than any land ship officially has
j ever flown before, Major James
Doolittle failed to set a new mark
when his average speed for the 4
I laps over the course missed the
: neccesary speed by a fraction.
His average speed for the four
laps over the measured three kilo-!
! meter course was 282.672 miles an 1
hour.
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PLENTY OF OYSTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept., 2, — j
The Bureau of Statistics reports,
2,000,000 bushels more of oysters
were harvested on the Atlantic Sea
board this season than last.
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MORE ROAD CONTRACTS
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 2, —On
Thursday the State highway de
partment announced that $250,000
in new road contracts in five coun
ties were awarded which will give
added employment to many men.
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BEST IN THE WORLD
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, —James A.
Corbett, former heavyweight cham
pion of the world, is authority for
the statement that Jimmy McLar
nin is the best and cleverest boxer
in the ring today. McLarnin is a
welterweight.
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NEGRO CONFESSED
LAKE CHARLES, La., Sept. 2, —'
Authorities announced Thursday
that Philip Morgan, negro, had con
fessed he clubbed to death Robert
Vincent, his wife and their three
young children at their farm home
south of here.
A. B. HICKS GOING OUT
Among the outgoing passengers)
on the SS Yukon when the liner
leaves the Port of Seward, will be
A. B. Hicks, courteous and efficient
mail clerk on the SS Starr. Mr.
Hicks is bound for Portland where
he will remain until his ship comes
down to Seattle, the latter part of
this month, for its semi-annual in
spection, and will return North
on it a couple of weeks later, early
in October.
FINAL COLLEGE YEAR
Sydney Henrikson, popular young
man of Seward and son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Henrkson, who has been
employed during the summer with
the B.P. R. engineering crew at
Moose Pass, was an arrival on Wed
nesday evening’s freight train for
a short visit with his parents. Syd
ney expected to leave today or to
morrow for the Interior to begin
his final year at the Alaska College
where he is studying civil engineer
ing.
PROFESSIONIL GOLFER
TOM CREAW CUE
THRU UI FIB
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2, —Tom
Creavy showed a storming gallery
at St. Paul why he was champion
of professional golf as the battle
took him into the quarter final
salient.
Caught in the maelstrom of up
sets that thrust aside almost every
favorite in its mad sweep, the stout
hearted campaigner from Albany,
N. Y., proved his class and stuck to
the battle.
He came back from almost cer
tain defeat to repulse Johnny Per
elli, a star member of the “dark
horse” brigade from San Francisco,
one up. One down at noon and two
down and three to go, in the 36 hole
struggle, he rushed back two birdies
and a par to win, circling the Kel
ler course with a rousing medal
card of 69 on the final round that
kept the crowd on their toes and
will undoubtedly keep them so for
another day.
ORDER RESTORED
TOKIO, Sept. 2, —Order has been j
restored at the Mukden arsenal af- j
ter a band of Chinese guerillas
made an unsuccessful attack, War I
Minister Sadao Araki, announced.!
The attackers^ numbering several'
hundred, bombarded the arsenal
with rifle and machine gun fire.;
Fighting lasted six hours, when the
attackers were put to rout.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
WILL FLY TO INTERIOR
| Arriving on today’s steamer from j
the States will be Mr. and Mrs. Jhn. I
Giarde, school teachers of Shag- j
luk, in the Innoka District, who will j
be flown to their Far-Interior des
tination by Pilot A1 Monson, of the
Pacific International Airways;
Victor Ebright, prominently iden
tified with a chain of trading posts
in the down-river country, and who
arrived in Seward Thursday with
the “Ace” flyer, will return to Flat
with the party.
Conditions were not favorable to
take the four local hunters to a re
mote mountain-top glacial lake, so
that flight has been cancelled.
Weather conditions permitting,
Pilot Monson will take wing for An
chorage early this evening.
NEVADA MERGER IS
NEARLY COMPLETED
BATTLE MT., Nev., Sept. 2, —Ne
gotiations have been completed to
consolidate the properties of the
Hilltop Mining Company and of the
Buckingham Mines Corporation,
both located in Lander county, Nev.,
and both last operated under* the
management of E. A. S. Whittard.
It is understood that future oper
ations will be financed by the
American Metal Mines Syndicate,
and will begin as soon as the fin
ancing deals are closed.
NAVY MEN KILLED
CRISTOBAL, Sept. 2, —Four U.
S. Naval fliers, attached to the Co
co solo fleet air base, were killed
when their seaplane crashed dur
ing target practice off Cristobal.
The dead are J. H. Schnitzlein, pi
lot; W. F. Manthorne, D. R. Glaze,
and C. B. Ugonian.
EVANS DUE SATURDAY
The SS Admiral Evans, of the P.
S. S. Co., now to the Westward, will
return to the Port of Seward Sat
urday, sailing south at 10 p. m., ac
cording to the local office. The first
report was that the Evans would
return Sunday or Monday morning
but the southbound schedule has
been speeded up to Saturday even
ing.
Chester MacAuley, who has been
out in Moose Pass for the last two
weeks, returned to Seward Thurs
day. '
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No games were played Thursday
in the American League.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington 6, New York 2.
Phillies $, Detroit 4.
PACIFIC COAST
Missions 3, Portland 2.
Hollywood 6r, Oakland 1.
Sacramento 6, San Francisco 1.
Los Angeles 4, Seattle 3.
LONG IRCTIG VIGIL
SCIENTISTS RELIEVED
MOSCOW, Sept. 2, —Four Soviet
scientists have ended a lonely two
year vigil in the bleak Arctic
wastes during which their only
contact with civilization was by ra
dio
They have been relieved by four
other observors, one of them, a wo
man.
A wireless dispatch from the ice
breaker Sibiriakov reports that the
party of four, headed by George
Ushakiv, were taken aboard after
the relief party sent out on the ice
breaker had taken over the duties.
! MINING CONGRESS
l HEAD SEES BETTER
FUTURE FOR SILVER
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 2,
—Ultimate recovery of the silver
industry and better conditions for
the mining industry as a whole, is
! predicted by J. F. Callbreath, secre
tary of the American Mining Con- j
gress after a trip through Western j
I mining states.
Mr. Callbreath left here for
| Washington, D. C. He maintained
I that silver is not a sectional but a
world problem and claimed that
silver as an assistant to gold would
result in alleviation of the dangers
to which the gold standard mayj
be subjected and stabilization of
international trade.
LOCAL BIRD HUNTERS
OPENING OF SEASON
A total of five and a half-duck
and a loss of four hours sleep by
the hunters and scaring the day
lights out of the humpie salmon,
busily engaged in their matutinal
duties up divers and sundry small
streams leading into the head of
the bay, about epitomizes the open
ing of the duck season in Seward.
Long before daylight several nim
rods aroused the household with
their preparation, awoke the dogs
along the route and set them to
protesting. Armed with flashlights
to guide them thru the tall grass
running two drift-logs to the yard,
with many odd terranial inequali
ties, any of which was equal to
pitching the hunter upon his head,
they invaded “No Man’s Land.” This
was the stretch where the
road branches and as far as the
tide would allow them to travel
along the flat.
The five ducks numbered an
equal variety of species from squab
to mallard, and the half was a teal
assassinated near the golf course.
It was found that his presence in
the creek near the course was due
to the fact that he had swallowed
so many golf balls he couldn’t take
off with a mile of creek before him.
Several hunters, disappointed at
not seeing a duck, reached into
the stream, picked up a salmon and
returned home while a thunder
storm, the first of the season, gave
them the “raspberry.”
Francis Leslie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Leslie of this city, re
turned Thursday from Nenana
where he has been employed dur
ing the summer. Francis is en
route to the Colorado School of
Mines to continue his engineering
studies.
ARRIVE IN JAPAN
OCHIDSHI, Japan, Sept. 2, —
Captain von Gronau and his com
panions, who ate flying around the
world from Germany, arrived in
Kakumabetsu Bay, on Paramuchiru
Island, at 12:06 p. m. Tokio time.
Paramuchiru is the northernmost
of the Kurile Islands of Japan, and;
is 800 miles southwest of Attu.
VETEOMU DISKO TIKES
DECISION OVER LED
CLEVELAND, Sept. 2, —Johnny
Risko, the veteran Cleveland bat
tler, won a 12-round decisio nover
King Levinsky.
Rteko weighed 196 pounds and
Levinsky 200. Levinsky was unable
to cope with Risko’s punishing left,
which repeatedly pushed the willing
Chicago heavyweight off his bal
ance and kept his dangerous right
hand sponging in air.
The verdict was first greeted with
a. round of boos from the crowd of
nearly 20,000, but later was cheered
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500 DIVORCES
RENO, Nev., Sept. 2, —Better
times are noted in this city. Last
month 500 divorce suits were filed,
a new record.
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PRISON OVERCROWDED
WALLA WALLA, Wash.,- Sept. 2,
Four hundred and 80 brand new
cells will be available for boarders
in November in the Walla Walla
State prison here, but in the mean
time, qaurters are crowded to cap
acity with 1,385 inmates responding
to the dinner gong.
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GETTING “SWELL-HEADED”
CLEVELAND, Sept. 2, —Wes Fer
rell, pitching ace, was getting big
ger than the club, his manager said
in explaining the 10-day suspension
which he slapped on the young pit
cher.
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PRINCE RECOVERS
COLOMBO, Ceylon, Sept. 2, —Don
Juan, son of former King Alfonso
of Spain, has recovered from an at
tack of malaria, but his doctors dis
closed that he would have to sub
mit to an appendicitis operation. He
is a midshipman with the fleet.
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TRIUMPHAL RETURN
NAPLES, Italy, Sept. 2, —Italy’s
Olympic Games team made a tri
umphant return from Los Angeles.
Cheering crowds lined the streets
as the athletes marched from the
liner Saturia. They had received a
formal welcome from Leondro Ar
pinati, president of the Olympic 1
committee, and Premier Mussoli- :
ni’s under-secretary, on the shin, i
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drowned at BEACH (
LONG BEACH, Wash., Sept. 2, — j
Roy Cotter, 24, father of two chil- <
dren, was drowned here Thursday <
when he was caught in a strong i
under-tow, while bathing, and i
swept out to sea. His body was later i
found washed up on shore on a j
nearby beach. ]
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TEACHERS RETURN
Among last year’s members of
the Seward school faculty to ar
rive from Seattle on the SS Yukon,
were the Misses Edith Kaemmer,
Sylvia Erdmann and Louise Sears! £
Jesse Lee teachers included the (
Misses Dorothy Hill, Ruth Allen, (
and Edith Neese. C. Hatton, head ]
of Jesse Lee, and Hope Hatton, *
were also among today’s arrivals on *
the liner. c
STAR WEST SATURDAY
On its last voyage of the season
to the Bristol Bay district, the SS
Starr, Capt. Arthur Ryning, of the
San Juan Fishing & Packing Co.,
leaves the Port of Seward tomor
row (Saturday). On its return to
port the vessel will continue on to
Seattle for its semi-annual inspec
tion of hull and boilers.
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Mr. and Mrs. Webb and children,
former Seward residents, are pay
ing a brief visit in the city, having 1
arrived Thursday from Moose Pass, t
Mr. Webb returns to the Pass Sat- 1
urday to resume his mine activities* t
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CHIEF, COL STIIRDEWOT,
' IN SEWIOD F00 om
Col. C. L. Sturdevant, District
Engineer of the Seattle Rivers and
Harbors District which department
now has charge of Alaska work due
to the recent transfer of*of the pow
ers and duties of the Alaska Road
Commission to the Interior Depart
ment, returned to Seward Thurs
day from Nome.
Engineer Jas. Truitt, accompanies
Colonel Sturdevant.
The present Alaska trip of inspec
tion is Colonel S^turdevant’s first
official visit to the Territory. He has
just completed a survey of the pro
posed harbor improvement project
at Nome. While in Seward he and
Engineer Truitt will inspect/ the lo
cal small boat refuge harbor and
the Lowell Creek flood protection
system. Upon arriving in South
eastern Alaska Colonel Sturdevant
will spend several days looking over
completed Rivers and Harbors pro
jects.
Colonel Sturdevant and Mr. Truitt
while awaiting steamer connections
are guests at the Van Gilder hotel.
ATHLETIC DELIUS
■ n pomous
WEST POINT, N. Y., Sept. 2, —
Athletic relations between the
United States military and naval
academies have been resumed af
ter a five-year break between the
institutions.
Superintendents of West Point
and Annapolis announced their de
cision to arrange a three-year
schedule between the two, the first
football game to be played at
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, on
December 3.
POINT WITH PRIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2, —The
Democrats are pointing with pride
at the great McAdoo vote, confi
dent it serves as an accurate guage
by which to estimate the presiden
tial vote in California, next Novem
ber. Senator Shortridge refuses to
admit defeat until the official to
tal is made public.
Han MINS MUSE OF
Hf IMffl SLIDES
Pronounced dynamic action in
the great ice cap area in the high
reaches of Kenai mountains, is re
ported by returning prospectors.
Heavy rains .continuing through
out the greater portion of the sum
mer, served to start detached gla
cier movements and disintegration
of long stretches of age-old ice, as
well as landslides of all sizes and in
untold numbers. Many old land
marks have vanished but at the
same time, new prospecting fields
may have been opened by reason of
exposing ore bodies.
USS DISCOVERER IN PORT
The USS Discoverer, Captain
Campbell, of the Geodetic Survey,
arrived in port today at 5 a. m. for
oil, supplies and mail. The vessel’s
crew has been engaged in testing
radio-sounding which requires
shore stations, two of which were
established a number of weeks ago,
>ne on Marmot Island, where Frank
Lawson, former Anchorage and
Seward man is stationed, and the
second on Cape Shiniak.
AVIATION INSPECTOR
Mr. Peyton, a Department of
Commerce aviation inspector, ar
rives today from the south on the
SS Yukon to make a general in
spection and examination of Alas
kan airmen and aircraft.
GOT HIS BEAR
With a black bear in his sack, Bob
Hall, Seward steamship agent, ac
companied by Mrs. Hall and son,
have returned from a delightful,
though brief, outing in Moose Pass.