MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME IV. NUMBER 40.
SEWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
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UP EXCITEMENT
MORE JEWELRY ROCK BROT IN
FROM NEXT BIG MINING
CAMP NUKA BAY
“If there ever was a million dol
lar mine that Babcock and Downey
property at Nuka Bay is it,” is the
enthusiastic declaration of Charles
Goyne who has just arrived from
Kenai Peninsula camp with speci- I
mens of jewerly rock that glistens!
with gold. His own property on the i
east side of Downey Mountain, two
miles south of the Babcock-Downey
ground is showing two veins whicn
have been exposed along the sur
face for more than 600 feet and
which are carrying excellent mill
ing values.
“The showing in N-' -
Downey ground is such as to indi
cate a deep-seated nature to the
Nuka Bay district fissures since the
values are inn easing with depth.”
said Coyne. ‘They are now driv
ing a tunnel which will give them
’00 feet on their richest vein which
varies from six to 10 feet and which
carries four feet of high grade. The
whole vein is milling ore and with
the small mill they have they have
been taking $80 a ton on the nlates
and at least that much more g -or
proper equipment, even with the
three men working they could easi
ly have taken out $15,000 during
the working reriod this season. It,
is their purpose to put in a larger
mill and I confidently expect to see
that property create a sensation in
going.”
Some of the specimens shown by
from Nuka Bay are the richest in
gold content ever found in Alaska.
The Babcock-Downey find has
spurred up prospecting work in the
district and development money is
expected to come to the relief of
those v/ho have been putting their
faith and work into their ground.
Fred Johnson on the west slope of
Downey Mountain, is opening some
good showings, and Charles Skin
ner on Surprise Bay has cut into
some more mineral showings which
he believes to be platinum. Assay
"’■e being awaited by sever
al who have sent out samples, but
since free gold can be seen in near
ly every instance there is little
doubt that the returns will be fav
orable.
“With the showing I have on my
ground. I am quite convinced that
T have a fortune there as soon as I
can install the proper equipment to
work the ore,” said Mr. Goyne.
:mo idle dump: If tney
Coolidge Off For
Vermont Pilgrimage
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, (/P)—
President Coolidge left Washington
last night for a two day trip thru
Vermont accompanied by Mis.
Coolidge. members of the White
nouse staff and newspapermen. A
small crowd watched their depart
ure; as rain and wind prevailed in
the capital. There were no fare
wells by Cabinet officials.
NO DEFICIENCY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, (£*)—
Mellon, Director of Budget Lord
and Senator Smoot, President Cool
After a conference with Secretary
idge announced there will be no.
deficiency in the Treasury for the
present fiscal year.
Democratic Nominee
And Wife Take Air
On Flight T o Nome
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 20, (Special
to the Gateway)--George Grigsby |
Democratic nominee for Delegate i
to Congress sailed by air this morn- j
ing for Nome, piloted by Noel Wien j
of the Nome Aircraft Co. He will
return to Fairbanks Monday night
to address a mass meeting of citi
zens. During his stay of several
days he had made personal canvass
of the creeks in this vicinity.
DIESEL MODEL SAID TO WEIGH
LESS THAN THREE POUNDS
PER HORSE POWER
DETROIT, Sept., 20, UP)—The
Packard Motor Company announc
ed successful completion of test
flights with airplane powered with
an oil burning motor the first
Diesel type aircraft engine ever
built.
The demonstration was made in
a regular type of a Stinson-De
troitor. Th° motor is a radiator
cooler type tmd'developos ‘200 horstf
power and does away with gaso
line ignition, spark plugs and oth
er trouble bugs.
The motor weighs less than three
pounds per horsepower.
LIKE OLD WINE
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, (A>)—Dr.
Charles Walter, 61 year-old, from
California, won the United States
Seniors championship with the
gross of 158 for 32 holes.
Ground has been broken for Sew- j
ard’s new $50 000 school house, and
according to Gerhard Johnson, whoj
has the contract for the building,1
construction work will be carried j
forward as rapidly as weather will i
permit with the possibility that the !
building may still be ready for oc
cupancy before the end of this;
year.
The excavation for the basementj
and foundations is being done by
the Alaska Transfer of Seward and
will be hurried forward t hat the!
building may possibly be roofed be -!
fore winter sets in. permitting com- '
pletion of the interior.
TTopical Storm
Travels All V/ a
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NEW YORK. Sept, 20. (JP)—A
fringe of the tropical storm lashed
the North Atlantic coast with dim
ishing violence. From Hattcras to
Boston high seas pounded the shore |
line and winds, raging from 30 tc j
25 miles in protected sections,
swept away many small boats.
The £bief damage-mis alone
the New Jersey coast where seaside
resorts were hard hit. Four deaths
were attributed to the storm in New
Jersey.
JU.NT.AF MERCHANT MARRIES
Ludwig Kami and Florence Lau
rent were married at Juneau. Mrs.!
Kann is an arrival from the South
on a recent steamer. Mr. Kann is
well known in Juneau being the
operator of Kami’s Store on Sew
ard Street.
Mexico Gels In
Storm Rampage
Reports Damage
MEXICO CITY, Sept., 20, (&)—
Property loss at $5,000,000 from
raging river floods and extensive
damage to crops, is described in
newspaper dispatches from Tam
pico. As the result of the heavy
loss, which has been raging in this
region between San Ceronimo and
Tuxpan for several days petroleum
companies suffered considerable
damage.
FOUR HUNDRED DEAD IN THE
OKEECHOBEE REGION AND
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
WEST PALM BEACH, Sept., 20,
(/Pi—While the count of the loss of
life, injured and homeless from the
tropical hurricane went forward in
the storm area, in addition to the
relief speeding' to the district from
every direction food, clothing and
building material supplies are be
ing reached into the stricken Lake
Okeechobee area by boat and by
train while trucks and other con
veyance.? continued mi their mis
sions of mercy to the injured and
sick, tv brought the dead out for
burial.
Estimates of the dead continued
to vary between 323 and 400; The
homeless are figured at 15.000.
U’K ANGELL EXPA CDS
J. A. Ramsey, trustee for the
Northern Additon to the Wrangell
Townsite, has received a patent to
the property from the U. S. General
Laud Office at Washington.
MOTHER CITY AUSTRALIA HOST TO EUCHARISTIC CONGRl.r
The Eucharistic Congress this month will give many Americans .in opportunity to view the beaut
ies of Sydney, Australia. Above is Sydney harbor and below is Railway Square. The Most Rev. Dr. Kelley,
archbishop of Sydney, will receive the distinquished guests.
PAIR ACCUSED OF SEVERAL
MURDERS TO BE SENT BACK
TO CALIFORNIA
VANCOUVER, Sept. 20. (/P)—Gor
don Northcott and his mother
Louise, wanted on murder charges
at Riverside, Calif., are under ar
rest and held for Questioning bv
Vancouver police. Provincial offi
cers have informed.
A man identified as Northcott
was arrested at Vernon, B. C.. yes
terday and subsequently taken io
Kamloops. He was supposedly on
his way to this city. He neither
admitted nor denied he was the
man sought as the California
“murder farmer” but when asked
to show his documents of identifi
cation he replied; “I am not such a
fool.”
A woman, who officers said was
undoubtedly his mother, is in jail
at Calgary, Alberta. She was taken
off an eastbound train by City Pro
vincial and Mounted Police. Altlio
she repeatedly denied she was Mrs.
announced after a prolonged cyw.s
tioninp;
was the woman sought.
The woman tallied perfectly with
Mrs. Northoott's description except
ing she looked younger than 60
years. Dm:ng the questioning the
woman is rcpoued to have told sev
eral different stories. She was net
told that Gordon had been captur
ed.
The youth’s arrest fo’.owed a tip
from the purser on the steamer
Sycamous, on Okanagan Lake. The
purser’s suspicions were aroused
when a man tendered him a $100
American bill asking him that he
not be disturbed in his berth until
the steamer arrived at Okanakan
Landing, and hour and one-half
journey from West Bank where he
had boarded the boat.
A Provincial constable
the young man on the train from
Okanagan Landing to Vernon
where he was joined by other police
and the arrest made. Officers said
the prisoner practically admitted
he was Northcott but there is no
doubt in their minds of his identi
ty.
Flying Windmill
Chooses Time To
Refrain Flight
LEBOURGET, France, Sept., 20,
4 (JP)—The autogyro or flying wind
mill which the Spanish inventor
Juan dela Cierva made a success
| ful flight across the English Chan
nelon Tuesday, crashed during
a trial flight today and was badly
damaged and the mechanic bruis
l ed but escaped serious injury.
Will Pat Them
Thru Third Degree
OAKLAND, Sept. 20, OP)—Three
Seattle police arrived with extradi
jtion papers for Mayer and Mary
! Smith, supposedly the mother,
j wanted in connection with the
murder of Bassett. The warrants
Charged theft of an automobile and
la watch.
I The return cf the nrisoners will
be delayed until after a habeas
corpus writ is returnable Monday.
Policemen conferred with detec
tives and may try further to make
the prisoners confess.