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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 178. SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
OVER "LUST TRAIL"
PUSSES. 5EITTLE
SPENT LAST YEARS LIFE OB
TAINING RECOGNITION
FOR PIONEERS
SEATTLE, Dec., 3, (A3)—Ezra
Meeker, 97 year old pioneer, died
at 4:05 this morning in his hotel
room after several months of ill
ness.
~ He had clung tenaciously to
life until the end holding on by
sheer will power after physicians
and relatives had given up hope.
Tire pioneer was on the point of
death two and one-half months ago
in a Detroit hospital and had
grown steadily weaker. When his
illness became worse it was im
possible to move him to a hospital.
He died from the result of diges
tive disorders.
The pioneer brought his bride
and a seven-weeks old baby across
the Old Oregon Trail in 1852 and
reached Portland, Oregon; he
then migrated to Fort Steilacoom,
south of Tacoma, where he kept
a stoic; he then moved to Puyal
lup and grew hops. Then' lie went
to London, England, for four years
as agent for hop growers of the
Pacific Northwest.
THE PIONEER WAS
bile author, of sev^i-sl • hno1-'- m.
&
though he had but four months of
schooling. He retraced the Oregon
Trail with an ox team in 1906 and
four years ago flew over the route
t in the plane of Lieut. Oakley Kel
His last years were spent in ob
taining recognition oi the heroism
of pioneers and inducing commun
ities along the route to erect mar
kers. President Cooiidge, in 1926,
authorized the issuance of a spe
cial half dollar.
THE RECENT DETROIT
illness forced him to miss voting
at an election since 1854, the last
known survivir of that election.
Ezra Meeker is survived by a
son, Marion J. Meeker, and daught
ers, Mrs. Carrie Osborne, Mrs. El
la Templeton, all of Seattle, and
Mrs. Roderick McDonald of Pe
hasting. Wash. All were at the
bedside. Mr. Meeker was born ir
Huntsville, Ohio, December 29
1830.
Mines Bureau Is
After More Money
WASHINGTON, Dec., 3, (A3)—
When Congress reassembles this
month one of the measures on th(
Senate calendar which will come uj
for consideration then is the reso
lution directing the con mitree or
mines and mining to revise anc
bring down to date certain portions
of the reports made by the Senati
Commission of gold and silver in
quiry of the f»8th Congress.
This resolution was introduce!
during the last session by Senate
CT pel it'd of New York woo Ins an
nour.ced his intention of attempt
ing to bring about its adopton a
the first opportunity.
PRINCE ENROUTE HOME
DAR an SALAAM, Tanganyika
Dec., 3, (A3)—The Prince of Wale,
embarked on the cruiser Enter
prise which sailed for England a
10:30 this morning. Before sailinj
the Prince attended a number o
1 unctions all in informal attire.
BACK IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec., 3, UP)
—President and Mrs. Coolidge re
turned to Washington last night
from the Thanksgiving week-end
visit at Swannanoa Country Club,
near Waynesboro, Virginia.
PERUVIAN FLAOSHIP
TO
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PRESIDENT ELECT WILL MOTOR
TEN MILES TO LIMA MEET
PRESIDENT PERU
ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP
MARYLAND, Enroute to CALLAO,
Peru, Dec., 3, CP)—Convoyed by
the flagship of the Peruvian Navy,
the “Almirante Grau,” The Bat
tleship Maryland sped southward
through smooth seas for Callao
where President Elect Herbert
Hoover of the United States ■will
make his second call on his South
American “Good Will” tour.
On Wednesday, upon his arrival
there, he will be met and greeted
by Peruvian Foreign Minister
Mayer. Other officials of the Gov
ernment will welcome the party
and after the landing ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover v.ill motor 10
miles to lima where they will
meet President Leguia.
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SPUR, Texas,; Deshrdluvbgkqjh
men were burned to death six
miles north of here, when a tri
motored airplane in which they
were flying from San Antonio to
i Denver, crashed and burst into
: flames.
Homer D. Ballard, owner of the
plane and millionaire president of
the Sunbeam Air Transport Co.,
of Denver, was one of the victims.
PAWNED WATCII TO BUY DIN
NER FOR FRIENDS; WAS
UNTOUCHED
EVERETT, Wash., Dec., 3, -(/Pi— ,
Murder, praying on the mind of |
of Anton Anderson of Seattle, ;
caused him to slash his wrists
with a razor blade, he told the po- j
lice after wounding himself, and !
confessed to slaying John Borgan, j
65, Alaska Railroad station agent, j
The murder occured during a ,
brawl at the Seattle hotel, on '
Thanksgiving Eve. Borgan, ap
parently, had pawned his watch |
to buy a feast for his friends. The ,
dinner lay untouched in! the room
where he was found dead. Officers
said he had been kicked- to death. ,
PORTLAND, Ore., Del, §3, UP;—
l A, Southern Pacific^ passenger
: • rain ‘on the Shasta Limited, en~
route from Portland to San Fran
rhco, was derailed and tee engin.
:md six ears piled up in a ditch,
when a' drive-wheel of the locomo
i ice came off. About a score of
1 passengers and members of the
crew were injured; these were
; rushed to hospitals Wrecking
crows toon had the tracks cleared.
| Stanford 26, Army 0
So. Californio 27, Nortre Dame 14
! Colorado Col,. 35, Col- Aggies 13
ANXIETY PERSISTS
LONDON, Dec., 3, (IP)—A medical
bulletin issued at midnight said
there is anxiety concerning the
strength of the heart of King
George The bulletin was signed
by four physicians.
ESTABLISHING BASE ON BAY
OF WHALES: MUST FINE)
CREVASSES IN ICE
WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Dec., 3, UP)—Commander Richard
E. Byrd’s advance party of 50 left
Dunedin for the Antarctic aboard
the su.u. y ship Lleaner Roiling
which had in tow another supply
ship.
The party ywill establish a base
on "lie Bay of Wnaie ana remain
there while the Eleanor Bolling re
turns to Dundin for the remainder
of the personnel and equipment.
Nearly 2,000 miles of the ocean
is filled with ice bergs and before
Liuet. Commdr. Byrd and ids ships
can reach their objective in the
Polar Pack, they must find cre
vasses through the barrier -> at
least 200 mile' nut.
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SANTIEGO, Chili, Dec., 3, (/Pi—
The earthquake toll this morning
was still mounting as communica
tions were being reestablished.
From the Chilean cities more
than 100 deaths were reported, 80
in the city of Talco, alone.
President Elect Herbert Hoover
is due to arrive in Chili next week.
ROOSEVELTS AGAIN COMBING THE WILDS
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t rench Indo-Cliina and southwest China, shown in
the map above, are ihe goals of a Field museum expepi
tion led by Theodore Roosevelt (left) and his brother
Kermit (right). In sections of Indo-China hitherto unex
plored for zoological specimens, the party, which will in
clude Suydam Cutting (inset), well known photographer,
hopes to find species new to zoology. A trip including a
R,000 to 3,000 mile hike through mountains and gorges,
jungle and swamps is projected.
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EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO
PUSH THROUGH TWO OUT
STANDING BILLS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 3, {/?)—
Congress assembled with one eye
an the White House but with an
attentive ear turned toward the
South Pacific where President
Elect Herbert Hoover is apparnt
ly outside of political circles and
patronage which usually closes in
in an incoming President.
By all rules it is a Coolidge Con
gress and was elected to serve
him but nevertheless the figure
if Hoover bulked as the major
factor in the determination of
vhat is to be done and want it
lone.
That there is plenty of work to
;o done is clearly indicated and
the campaign brought out new is
sues which might make a lively
session out of one which ordinar
ily would have been a dull one.
At the very outset there was a
dispute over farm reliei tariff;
some wanted farm relief right
iway and .'.cm. .ra mod an upward,
tari . i revision imurv . h y; some
, ,,: 3 i v ’ , Uofc'i
w. Later, as the Senate and the
House gather, the farm bill will
be taken up without the McNary
Haugen equalization fee and ef
rts will be made to push it thru.
IIFAIiT MENACED BY LONG ILL
NESS; OXYGEN II \S BEEN
ADMINISTERED
LONDON, Dec., 3, (/P)—Fears of
in impending calamity which grip
ped the British Empire throughout
;he night after it learned the King
iad oeen given oxygen and that his
ong illness had menaced his heart,
vas somewhat allayed by the doc-'^
ors report issued this morning that
he King’s condition has improved.
There remained in the public
nind however, the conviction that
he King was fighting for his life
vit.h the issues still much doubt,
ibis was intensified by the knowi
:dge that o-.ygen was being used in
lis case.
Although authorities minimized
he importance of this and explain -
d it is customary to administer
xygen for tonic effect in such'
eses the bulletin at 10:30 this
lorning said “The King had three
ours of quieter sleep since issuing
ae last bulletin; his temperature is
1 and eight-tenths and there is a
light improvement in his general
endition.”
DRILLING IN OKLAHOMA
CASPER, Wym„ Dec., 3, (/P)—Argo
il Co., is not drilling any fields at
resent except at Deer CreeK,
kla. It is abandoning No. 1 Lane
i this field at 4330 feet. No. 2
svigert is drilling in the top uf the
alcox sand a t4374 feet. It is fish
ig in No. 3 Crooch at 4072 feet.