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OF SKWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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FIELD MUSEUM DIG
En route to Kodiak and the Alas
ka Peninsula in search of brown bear
and other specimens, including birds,
the Alexander Revell-Field Museum
expedition arrived in Seward late yes
terday evening on the motorship Ethel
commanded by Capt. C. W. Isaacson.
Included in the party are R. W. Tan
sill, Avery Brundage, Arthur B. Mo
dine, P. H. Batten, George W. Smith,
Fred Wolcott, radio operator, a motion
picture operator, the captain and crew
of three men.
The primary object of the expedi
tion is to obtain specimens of the mon
ster Kodiak brown bear, but the expe
dition hopes to take birds and other
nature specimens to be turned over to
the A1 ex an d er-R e vel 1 Field Museum,
"which has a rare collection of speci
mens, including about everything in
the way of animal life, with the ex
ception of Alaskan brown bear and
some specimens of Alaskan bird life.
On the way up. the Ethel tied up at
night in picturesque harbors. While
in Donkey harbor the party "went
ashore and bagged a brown bear on
Baranoff Island.
While hunting specimens the- party
will make motion pictures, and expect
to utilize 15.000 feet of film in the op
eration.
The expedition is equipped with all
necessary equipment for preserving
specimens.
The party decided to lay up in Sew
ard until Sunday, when they will re
sume the journey to Kodiak. While in
the city they were taken for motor
trips to outlying points, including a
fishing trip to the creeks north of the
city.
FATIGUF. CALL SOUNDED
Now is the time to begin to gel
ready for the big day May 30th. The
American Legion has sounded the
Fatigue Call and there is "work fot
everybody. What is almost as im
portant there will be chow that da}
for everybody.
The crew under C. A. McDougal
have cleared the road into the cent
etery tract and are now at worl
blowing stumps. It is reported then
will be lots of work for two mei
cross saws. A.nyone having sucl
implements are asked to have then
in readiness and bring them alonj
Memorial Day.
W. W. Stoll, head of the Gormai
Packing Co., "was among the north
bound reservations from Seattle o:
the steamer Northwestern and shout
arrive in Seward today en route t<
■the Inlet plant.
SHEEP BUSINESS OUT
WESTWARD THRIVING:
INCREASING FLOCKS
ALASKA WOOL COMMANDS HIGH.
EST PRICES IN THE WORLD
MARTS
Alaska wool commands a price
which in some instances is five times
the top price for other wool, accord
ling to recent arrivals in Seward
! from the Westward. The statement,
on the face of it, appears to be
I
stretching it a little but the authori
ty for it is fairly authentic.
But then if one should say the
sheep herders on Umna.lt Island rode
herd on the flocks maybe he too,
would be called one ol these chaps
who handle the truth carelessly.
Nevertheless it is a fact for Cmnak
I.-land is 70 miles long and every bit
|of it is covered with the finest for
|age in the world and on it the sheep
thrive fat and sassy.
The Aleutian Livestock Co., super
intended over by Mr. Stacy, lives in
| the saddle they say constantly look
ing after his charges and their keep
ers. The flocks, the past winter,
came through in such splendid con
dition, that the company now plans
shipping up 1,500 more this summer
I which will increase the present num
ber to almost 5,000. Of particular
[importance was the excellent condi
tion of the wool this spring. The
dirt and tangled wool always found
in wool from other dines, was entire
ly absent which added considerably
to the wool commanding a top price
; in the world’s marts.
i
It is revealed there is another
company, from Portland, who are
seriously considering shipping a
flock out Westward. Not a large
one but of sufficient size for a good
start.
The following figures might be ol
interest and may give one an idea
as to what porportions the sheep in.
dustry out Westward might grow t<
in comparison to Newr South Wales
The 1926-27 wool clip in Nev
South Wales is estimated at nearly
500,000,00 pounds, or nearly 25 pe:
cent greater than any previous one
The number of sheep from which tin
wool was obtained was 51,880,000
making an average clip of 8.8 pound
per head.
EOAT DUE AT 4 o’clock
The S. S. Northwestern, of tin
A. S. S. Co , is due to arrive in por
at 4 o’clock this afternoon, accordin;
to the local office.
i Though no official announcemen
3 has yet been made, according to plan
> last week, “Clean-up Week” in Sew
ard starts Monday morning.
CHICAGO! ARRIVES
IN SEWARD GIVING
IIS THE ONCE OVER
THE STORY OF A WANDERING
JOURNALIST FROM THE
WINDY CITY
i
By PARKER JOHNSTONE, of Chica
go Evening Post
i
An Alaskan wanderer from Seward
to all points anywhere is me all
over, evervbodv. A typical repre
i
sentative Chicagoan with phoney vi
sions of a marvelous country, but
stricken with the wanderlust thirst
; am I.
Ketchikan and Alaska greeted me
with a smile. Wrangell and Peters
burg introduced me to scenic wonders
incomparable that have multiplied by
leaps and bounds ever since, Juneau
and Skagway taught me history that
would make romantic historical
France turn green with envy.
To hesitate at Cordova, I want to
speak of a fiery red ball juggling con
test. These balls have been named
Sun and Moon, and the way they are
thrown around the horizon give me a
goofy, spooky, bewildered sensation as
to my sense of reason or direction.1
Explanation—instead of the sun set
ting quickly and sinking vertically out
of sight behind the horizon, I watched
it for an hour to skid gradually out of
sight behind a mountain in more of i
a horizontal direction than anything
else. Out of nowhere somebody
tossed up an identical ball with a dif
ferent name. The surrounding sky
gradually became a dark gray and re
mained as such for about an hour and
a half. The Moon fire-ball silently
j evaporated as mysteriously as it had
j appeared and up bobbed the sun.
This fascinating ^eene took place
| from about 10:30 p. m. to 2 a. m. and.
no fooling, to me. it was positively
gooficulous.
Landing in Seward, I fell in love
with the place and said I was coming
back. I did, but first let us take a
squint at the Westward.
Port Graham, Seldovia and Kodiak
were the next embryonic metropoles
,
I tumbled into. On my way down I
noticed the gradual disappearance of
vegetation on the mountains, leaving
nothing but barren rocks miles high,
i Altho this soon died away again giv
ing sight to vegetation, it made me
think of the possibilities of agricul
ture. j
In Kodiak I picked up a handful of
cultivated soil and found it to be a
leaching loam mixed with volcanic
ash. This aroused my curiosity, and
I learned from the experiment station
about Mount Katmai blowing the top
of its head off in 1912. Enlighten
ment followed as to the growing of
peas and oats together to give straw
and silage for livestock use as a sup-J
plement for the fairly abundant Cana
dian blue grass pasture.
By reviewing with Mr. Floyd, ex
periment station superintendent, the
past experiments run, I can see that
■ in a few years these Alaskan cities
will be self-sufficing as far as mutton i
and beef are concerned. I have back-!
ing when I say that it is positively j
1 silly to think that load after load of
■ meat carcasses have to be taken off
r ship after ship, when the same could
- be had within a stone’s throw of the
. town.
From an economic viewpoint, I do
wish to say that it pays to adver
tise, and instead of the United States
’ corporations monopolizing the adver
5 tising field in Alaska, Alaskan people
should spread a line in the States.
i This can be done by yelling loud
enough so that these concerns will
(Continued on Page Five.)
t Take in the Liberty tonight.
? Seattle Tee Cream at Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop. tf
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1 Sunkist fresh fruit or
s angeade and lemonade. See
- it made at the Candy Cot
1 tage.
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LIBERTY
THEATER
TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
LEWIS STONE
ANNA Q. NILSSON
in
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loo Much Money
From the famous Stage play of
ISRAEL ZA1GWILL
It is the first time these two stars play together,
and the result is sure good
With it will be a Pathe News and a very inter
esting Patlie Review
SUNDAY ONLY
The Absorbing Drama
“THE GILDED MU’
With a specially selected cast to interpret this
study of human natures
A PATHE NEWS
*
SUN MON TUES WED
THURS
FRI
SAT
Every Day of the Week
VOU will find a wide variety of excellent
* groceries. Easy, Mrs. Housewife or
Bachelor to figure out “What shall we eat
tomorrow?”
c#.
Inc.
For courteous service phone Main 135, day or night.
‘A Pair of Sixes’
A SIDE-SPLITTING COMEDY REEKING IN
WHOLESOME FUN
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE LIBERTY
THEATRE ON THE NIGHT OF
Wednesday, May 25
Seward
by the
School
This play was written by the author of the
“Prince Chap” and “The Little Rebel”. It ran for
over a year at the Longacre theatre, in New York
and excited such a furore of fun and praise as has
never been exceeded in the history of metropolitan
theatricals.