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t VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 196. SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22. 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
JOHN GILPATRICK
PIONEER OF NORTH
CULLED By DEATH
4 OLDTIME RESIDENT OF SEWARD,
DISCOVERER OF MOOSE PASS
PASSES AT ANCHORAGE
Aftar a lingering illness, the last
days of which were spent in the An.
cnorage hospital, John C. Gilpatrick,
a pioneer of Alaska since he first
came to Kodiak in 1887f and a uas.
ident of Seward for more than 20
years, died this morning at Anchorage
His wife, Mrs. Jess5»3 Gilpatrick, was
with him at the end
John Gilpatrick was known to prac.
ticaily every man, women and child
in Seward. He came hare at about the
time the city of Seward was founded
which was coincident with the start,
ing of th*3 old Alaska Central rail,
road. He was a gunsmith by trade
but also followed the mining game
and has the distinction of being the
discoverer of the Moose Creek min.
qr ing district, which he is said to have
located with Fred Sprague.
After coming to Seward, Mr. Gil.
Patrick was guard at the city jail
Ivere for a number of years during
the regime of U. S. Marshal Evans,
and aftervrards for at least 10 years
•past he has been night watchman at
the city dock in the employ of the
Alaska Railroad.
* He was born at Lisbon, Maine,
August 11, 1852, having passed his
76*.i birthday, a week ago Saturday.
Berore coming to the North in the
*3ar y days, he had been connected
with a gun and sporting goods store
in :he Northwest, and in later years
here was fond of outing and hunt
in trips, having bagged much big
^ gene in his time.
i'or the past year he had been fail.
- gradually, but heart disease is as.
od as the immediate cause of his
iso. Hs was taken to Anchorage
forepart of the week, but it was
i • ized at that time that his chances
f tv recovery ware very slim. His body
v :i be brought back to his home to.
ight, and after consulting the wish,
t- of his widow, it is probable, his
■nds say, that he will be buried
under the auspices of the Alaska
P neers, and in the Pioneer plot in
the Seward cemietery.
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LARGE COMMON 0000
JUNEAU, Aug., 22, (/P)—U. S. Com.
r s-Honer of Fisheries Henry O’MaJ.
1 y declared the Alaska salmon pack
is larger than is good for the industry
and that ihe will approve of a policy
o: cutting the pack to around 4,500,
000 annually. The pack at ^present
is 5,200,000.
LETS TUNNEL CONTRACT
SPOKANE, Wn„ Aug. 20, (JP)—
Western Metals Corporation, former
ly .Pacific Copper, has let a contract
for 1,500 feet of tunnel in the Flo
rence Rae property in the Sultan
Bmin, to John Stenmo, for about
$"0,000.
OF STM CAPITOL
ALBANY, Aug., 22, (£>)—On the
East steps of the State Capitol Gov.
ernor A. Smith will be notified to.
night of his nomination as Democratic
Presidential candidate and in his ac.
ceptance speech he will inform the
Nation where hia stands on the var.
ious issues.
In his address he will formally
launch the Democratic drive for a
change of administratioon at Wash,
ington, and 1‘aave the nominee free
to map out, with his political advis.
ers, the nature of the fight and how
far it can be carried.
The largest radio hookup ever ar
ranged, 114 stations, including six
short wave transmitters, will carry
his speech across the Nation and to
the borders of othor lands.
Jammed and gaily decorated Alba,
ny is waiting to see its adopted son
take command of th'e Party that nom.
inated him. With 1,000 already here
18 special trains are beaded for the
capitol. Boats are steaming up the
Hudson and busses and automobiles
are bringing thousands. It has boen
estimated that approximately 150,000
will be able to within seeing and
hearing distance of the 'Governor.
SHRIEKS AGONY BRINGS FOUR
TO THEIR DEATH IN EFFORT
EFFECT RELEASE
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; PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug , 22,
Five parsons here were electrocuted
when they stumbled across a bare
2,300 volt high power line blown down
during a terrific wind storm at mid.
night.
Richard Miller, his wid? and son
were instantly killed and another son 1
and neighbors, Carl Meeks, died in an
attempt to rescue the three.
Miller first stumbted across the
wire in leaving home on his way to
work. His shrieks of agony brought
Jiis wife and son to his aid. Both diiad ■
when they mad»a an attempt to pull
him from the deadly wire. The other
son escaped from the wire once
when he attempted to pull both of his
parents but the second time his
screams attracted Meeks: the high
voltage proved fatal to both.
' JACKSON, Aug., 22. (/P)—*Jen.
! ator Stephens, running for reelect,
ic::, is holding a lead of about 9,000
; over Congressman Wilson. In yester. i
day’s primary more than half of the ,
precincts gave Stephens 50.130 and
Wilson 10,586 votes.
HOUR PROMISES
FARMERS WILL TRY
SOLVE PROBLEM
WEST BRANCH, Iowa, Aug., 21,
(/P)— Speaking in the town where
he was born a blacksmith’s son, Her.
b»3rt Hoover pledged to the fanmers
of the country, if elected, he would
call upon leaders of agriculture with
the thought to join in tfoa search for
common ground upon which an act,
solving what he regards as the great,
est economic« problem in America.
H»a specifically named, as one whose
counsel he will seek, his chief op.
ponent in the struggle for the Pnas.
idntial nomination, the former Gov.
ernor Lowden of Illinois.
A 1,000 Iowans and outsiders from
•every section of the country cheered
frequently and lustily the address.
Hoover elaborated upon the Federal
financed aid to farmer owned corp.
orations to dispose of crop surpluses
and also to the development of wat
erways and outlets from the Mid.
West to th»3 Gulf of Mexico and At.
lantic coast.
Hoover’s speech rounded out a day
marked for all_time in West Branch’s
history spent among boyhood friends
and visiting familiar scenes and in
breakfasting in the humble cottage,
his place of berth.
JARDINE TO SEE ALASKAN FARMS UNDER
GOING COLORFUL TRANSITION
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, touring South- i
rtcrn AFska, will find farm life there changing from j
’ 1 "chrior to the family type. Below is a prosperous i
' • rt- Fairbanks with its great fields of grain—a repre- i
eent^tive picture of the diversified fanning that is sup-- 1
planting the one-crop system of the pioneer. The bache- i
lor farmer and his shack, still prominent in some districts, <
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LOCAL MILD-CURE PLANT IS
SWAMPED WITH CATCH
SHIPPED SURPLUS
With over three thousand silver sal
mon poured upon the floors of the
Seward mild-curing plant of the
Gorman Packing company, yesterday
is declared by local fishermen to
have established a record for Resur
rection Bay, and indicates a remark
able run that may bring great pros
perity to the local fishing fleet and
force the local plant to greatly en
large its operations. In fact yester
day’s catch was so big that the Gor
man forces were swamped and a
carload was dispatched to Anchorage
where they will be handled in the
Gorman plant there.
Although the catch has been grfv.'
Lally increasing in volume in ihe
bay with additions to the fleet, yes
terday’s run was a sudden and re
markable jump, coming in the midst
of the southerly storm that broke
Monday night u4d has been raging
ever since. Seiners and trawlers
were out in force and the fishing
continued well into the night, the
Clara coming in with 900 fish. The
Tulip had a catch of about 700,-the
Jacobcen 560, the Hazel 450 and
Agnes 400. Quite a number of fish
were brought in by the smaller fish
ermen who braved the storm in their
rowboats and depended entirely on
their lines.
Fishermen are jubilant. They admii
that they are getting a good price
from the local buyers but they pre
dict that Ketchikan buyers will now
be back to bid for the catch and look
for a possible boost in the market.
The Ketchikan people it is under,
stood are putting the silvers down
in ice and transporting them direct
to the Seattle market as fresh fish.
Just what arrangements are being
made in Anchorage to take care of
the fish being shipped by rail from
here is not yet known, according to
Mr. Champenes, manager of the Gor
man plant here.
Men worked at the cleaning and
salting tables practically all of last
night and extra men w'ere put on to
iay to help clean up the big mass
)f fish still to be handled.
HANGING BY FINGER
TIPS FROM FLAMING
LEDGE FITS DIES
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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug., 22,
Vlajorie Hyde, 18, was killed and five
)thers injured when a fire (starting in
he furnace room swept a three.story
ipartment. The girl crawled out over
he third story window to escape the
ire and hung from the ledge by her
inger tips. The flames, licking her
ingens, caused her to faint and crash
»n the pavement. A quilt, held by by.
tanders, failed to break her fall.