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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 70. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
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Aleutian History
J. N. Cannon
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
print.
RUBBER LUNGS ON
AIRPLANES SOLVES
THEICEPROBLENI
ICE ON WINGS PLANES HERE
TOFORE. HAS BEEN ONE
OF WORST ENEMIES
AKRON, Ohio, Apr., 1, (iP»—A
victory is reported over one oi
the aviator’s most dangerous of
enemies, ice, which forms on the
wings of airplanes and sometimes
cause wrecks through low-hang
ing clouds and freezing tempera
tures at 2,000 to 3,000 feet altitudes.
Charles Meyers piloted a plane
equipped with rubber ‘"overshoes,”
developed by the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber Company and the National
Air Transport, and by Dr. William
C. Geer, University Research asso
ciate.
Overshoe pouches of specially
treated rubber fabric were fitted
aver the leading edges of the plane
and wings which were made to
‘breathe” as ice formed on them.
When inflated the ice crumpled
away. The deflation worked like
a man’s lungs created by a motor
driven air pump in the cockpit.
POINT BARROW, April 1, {Pr>—
Two new cases, one a relapse, of
diphtheria, have occurred. No word
has been received from inland but
it is expected some families will
arrive within the next few days.
' The supply of . anti-toxin is al
most exhausted. Twelve, convales
cents have been placed in a vacant
house. Miss Flossie George, 25,
is volunteer-in-charge.
She is taking a great chance and
is displaying a wonderful spirit.
She is a graduate of Sheldon-Jack
son, at Sitka, and is a Bureau of
Education (now Indian Affairs)
teacher with supervision over the
first and second grades.
NO TAX INCREASE
WASHINGTON, April 1, (£>)—
President Hoover said “there will
be no increases in taxes if the
, next Congress imposes no increas
es upon the budget or other ex
penditure on proposals which the
administration will present.”
LIGHTNING CAUSES CANCER
BEARDSTOWN 111., April 1, (/P)
—Wheeler C. Colvin, 78, a river pi*
lot, died from cancer on his heel,
caused by lightning which struck
him years ago.
uonunuea irom yasteraay
WOROLY GOODS
! In order to be considered rich, an
; Aleut had to have himself and fam
ily properly clothed, own one sea
otter, five squirrels, five sea par
| rots, a twenty oar bidarah, three
ibidarcas, a great many lautaks
| (sea lion and hair seal hides with
hair removed, raw), lots of whale
| oil, two kalugas for water, five ka
lugas of shiksha in oil, same amount
of sarana, a bladder of red salmon
roe, ten large bundles of yukolo
(50 to a bundle), some halibut and
i codfish yukolo; besides household
I utensils common to all, bows, ar
‘ rows, spears, nets, etc.; in addition,
i he had to own the following orna
;ments: four or five pieces of am
; ber, usually found on Ukamok Is
' land (Chirkoff Island), the clear
i white being more valuable than the
: yellow.
‘ Ayminak—thin pieces of bone re
I sembling worms, not over an inch
I and a half long. Kuikak — thin
I pieces of shell, about an inch
square, cut from the center of pearl
i shells, found near Sitka and the
| California coasts. Sufficient amount
of beads—mineralized walrus, mas
tadon and mammoth ivory. An or
1 namental stone gimnick (house)
lamp, and plenty of old male, sea
: lion oil, for fuel, the wick consist -
■ ing of dried caribou moss—all of
'which is now <1304? almost disap
peared.
And yet—'tis wont for philoso
phic souls to quote, the immortal
bards who pensive wrote:
‘'The Wcrldy Hopes men set their
Hearts upon
Turn Ashes —or Jit prospers; and
anon
Like Snow7 upon the desert’s dusty
face
Lighting a little Hour or Two—is
gone.”—Omar.
! A A A A
j “ ’Tis not a Pyramid oi Marble
Stone,
| Though high as our ambition;
i ’Tis not a tomb cut in brass, which
I can
|Give Life to the Ashes of a man;
• But verses only: they shall fresh
appear
j Whilst there are men to read and
I hear.
When time shall make the brass
decay
And eat the lasting Pyramid away
Then shall the epitaph remain,
and be
New graven in remote eternity.”—!
j Cowley. 1
(Continued tomorrow)
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| RESCUED FROM DEEP WELL
WASHINGTON, D. CM April 1,
(iP)—Having been blinded by smoke
at a fire, Douglas Royston, 21, vol
unteer fireman, plunged 68 feet to
the bottom of a well. He clung to
a small pipe for more than an hour
while 20 men worked to rescue him.
DOG FEES, $997,491
ALBANY, N. Y., April 1, (/P)-New
York state had 417,692 licensed dogs
in 1930, an increase of 8,084 over
1929, and drew a revenue from li
cense fees of $997,4491.75.
FIVE HUNDRED
KILLED: 1(111 WHS
LEVELLED, QUAKE
FOUR U. S. NAVAL VESSELS OR
DERED PROCEED NICARA
GUAN WATERS
PANAMA CITY, Apri 1, {JF}—
More than 500 are believed to have j
perished in the earthquake and fire i
which destroyed the city and level
I led the business section. The water
system and pavement was tom out.
An earlier dispatch said but 40
were killed but later hte fire burned
out the cable office and additional
i informatoin at that time was al
most impossible to obtain.
The Tropical radio station five
! miles out said Managua was under
martial law as it. had been swept
by fire from the center of the
j town to the west destroying all
buildings previously wrecked by
I the quake. •• •,- *
SETTLE FATE OF
nr
HOOVER AND WATSON GET TO
GETHER ON POLITICAL
SITUATION
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1, (/p)—Sen-'
ator Watson opposed tax increase j
or a federal bond issue to meet the
treasury deficit, after a breakfast
conference with President Hoover.
The Indianan didn’t get Hoover’s
views as to the financial situation :
but expressed his own to the Pres- i
ident during their hour- and one- !
half talk about politics and govern
mental problems.
They agreed there was no need :
for an extra session of Congress
to deal with unemployment and
farm relief. That an armistice in
political debate would permit more j
rapid economic rehabilitation.
Watson said: “Our thought was'
to let the country rest from politics
and go ahead and attend to the
business and rehab ilitate our- j
selves, free from political clamor. |
“There are too many paying tool
much attention to the stock mar-1
ket result. Business, instead of keep
ing step with . the music of the
Union, is keeping step to the click
of the ticker.”
VERMONT G. 0. P. HOPE
1B0TUMIE
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Apr., 1,
Vermont Republicans are striving
to give Warren Austin a normal
majority over his Democratic op
ponent, Stephen Driscoll, in the
special election to fill the Senate
vacancy by the death of Frank
Greene.
A small vote appeared certain.
Republicans have no fear of being
defeated.
AUSTIN ELECTED SENATE
MONTPELIER, April 1, (/P)—Aus
tin was elected to the U. S.Senate
by a majority of two to one over
Driscoll. One precinct, out of town
is still missing. The count was;
Austin 27,629; Driscoll 15,331.
QUEEN SAIL SNORTH
SEATTLE, April 1, (JP)—'The SS
Queen, of the Pacific Steamship
Company, sailde north today from
Seattle with 194 passengeres of
which 54 are steerage. There are
33 first class for Seward and 51
steerage.
SQLONS AFRAID TO TAKE A
CHANCE WHEN OPPORTUN
ITY OFFERED
JUNEAU, April 1, Special to The
Gateway—Alaska does not want to
assume responsiblity of operation
or maintenance of the Army com
munications system in Alaska, or
any part thereof.
This is, in effect, a letter just
transmitted to Governor Parks in
response to his request for an ex
pression <>f opinion that a proposal
be tentatively advanced by the fed
eral government which asked if the
Territory would take over and op
erate the section north of Anchor
age if the section south of there
were sold to a commercial company.
The legislature asked the Gov
ernor to inform Signal Corps
authorities that> the Territory is
unable to assume the burden.
To honor the Army the legislature
passed a resolution asking the;
Governor to set aside April 6 as
Army Day to be observed by a dis
play of flags and other ceremonies.
The Senate passed the House de
ficiency bill carrying $4,575; it now
goes to the Governor. The Senate j
also passed the measure for the re- j
covery of public money and funds i
from property illegally paid or di- I
verted.
An appropriation of $34,000 to j
erect four new school houses is |
sought in four measures introduced j
in the Senate and House; three in j
first and one in the latter.
Senator Dimond asked $12.000;
each for Longwood and Afognak; I
$4,000 for Uzinkie, and Ziegler, $6,- !
000 for Ward’s Cove.
Shattuck introduced i deficiency j
bill carrying $1,298 for livestock in- i
spection; $6,255 for mothers’ pen
sions and $1,920 for the auditor’s of
fice.
Johnson of Ketchikan introduced
a measure asking $1,601 for reim
bursement to Petersburg for trans
portation advanced to bring chil
dren from Scow Bay to attend
school.
SURVIVOR SUFFERING
BOSTON, April 1, (JP)—Henry Sar
gent, one of the survivors of the
sealer Viking, arrived here still
showing the effects of his two
days on a raft in the Arctic ice..
His legs are still badly bruised and
has fingers and hands are in bad
shape from freezing.
officeImdIi
BUT HOT THE RIGHT OUE
LOS ANGELES, Apr., 1, (/P)—Dis
trict Attorney Fitts said he had
received a radiogram from the
officers who went to Guatemala
in search of Bill Tallman, wanted
for the “Brick-bat” murder of
Mrs. Virginia Patty.
The radiogram said they had
found a man resembling Tallman
but was in no way connected with
the murder.
FAMED FOOTBALL HEAD AND
OTHERS ENROUTE TO CAL
IFORNIA
KANSAS CITY, April 1, (fP)—
Knute Kenneth Rockne, famous
Notre Dame football coach, and
seven others were killed when a
trans-continental plane exploded
in the air and burst t into flames
near Bazar, Kansas.
Rockne boarded the > plane here
enroute to California on business
for the Studebaker Corporation.
The bodies bf the victims have
not yet been identified but it is
certain the noted coach was a pas
senger on the ship and that all on
board were killed.
The list included Rockne, H. J.
Christensen, J. H. Hooper, G. A,
Lobrech of Chicago; W. B. Miller
of Hartford, Conn., F. Goldthwaite
of New York, Pilots Robert Fry,
and Jess Mathias.
Edward Baker, a witness, noti
fied the authorities after seeing the
plane explode and crash and find
ing of five bodies.
Baker said that he did not see
the plane in the “muggy” fog urtth
he heard the explosion; he said
the plane crashed but a short dis
tance from where he was feeding
cattle.
Mr. Rockne was a native of Nor
way, born at Voss, March 4, 1888,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rock
ne. His father, a carriage maker,
first came to the United States in
1893 to exhibit at the World’s Fair
at Chicago a product of his skill.
The exhibit won a medal for him
and so delighted was he with his
success that he decided to remain,
in Chicago. Two months later his
wife, two daughters and son join
ed him.
On July 15. 1914, Mr. Rockne
married Miss Bonnie Skiles of San
dusky, Ohio. They had four child
ren.
Coach Rockney was captain of
the 1913 team at Notre Dame. Five
years later he was named head
coach.
THOUSANDS SEULSKINS
FROM ALASKA SOLD
ST. LOUIS AUCTION
ST. LOUIS, Apr. 1, (/P)—About
25,000 sealskins, three-fourths from
Alaska herds of the government,
were sold at the auction of the
Fouke Fur Company yesterday.'
During the morning session 20,
500 pelts weer sold bringing $452,699.
The prices avereaged: blacks
$29.44; scarred and faulty $21 to
$26; poor $6.94; brown $22.48.
Two thousand pelts were sold
for the Union of South Africa; 300
for the Japanese government and
1,200 for other nations.
BABY BOY WINS $5,000
RIVERHEAD, L. I., April 1, (/P)—
Charles K. Kumiski, a baby boy
less than a year old, won an award
3f $5,000 from a jury in the supreme
court recently in an action brought
by his father against John Beck,
sod-father of the infant. The award
was made for injuries sustained
by the baby in an automobile acci
dent.