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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 139.
SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF IN
TERIOR DEPARTMENT MAN
OF BROAD VISION
<lI can assure you that within
two years time you will see a J
great forward movement through- ,
out the entire Territory and this
advancement should be particu- i
larly marked along the Alaska
Railroad belt and areas thereto”,
stated Ernst W. Sawyer, admin
istrative assistant to Dr. Ray Ly
man Wilbur, Secretary of the In
terior Department, who arrived
from Seattle last night, in a
brief interview with the Gateway
a few moments prior to depart
ing for the Interior.
With Alaska growing in com
mercial importance -each year
and now apparently striding in
to its own the Interior Depart
ment feels that it is essential
that greater cognizance be taken
of the problems of the North
land, and will make an intensive
study of the Territory with re
gard to the interior department,
one of the major branches of the
government which deals with
these possessions.
Secretary Sawyer is in Alaska
for that purpose; to obtain at
first-hand a comprehensive view
point and ,as he expressed it,
“coordination of the variuos de
partments and the Territory is
a tremendous factor and spells de
velopment.”
Attorney L. V. Ray, Leon Urbach,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce; H. S. Balderston, banker,
and K. C Erwin. Standard Oil
Co., manager, were in conference
with Secretary Sawyer and Col.
Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager
of the Alaska Railroad, who ac
companied Mr. Sawyer north from
Seattle,, up to the time of the
train’s departure.
LOCAL COMMITTEE
These gentlemen set before the
Secretary a few matters of local
.nd Territorial concern to which
suggestions Mr. Sawyer was very
attentive and interested. His ques
tions were to the pokit revealing,
already, a remarkably keen mind
and grasp of Alaska affairs and
government operations.
Colonel Ohlson, speaking of the
Secretary stated: “Alaska can
feel very fortunate in having at
the helm a man of the type of
Mr. Sawyer. He comqs to us
highly successful backed by a
wealth of experience all of which
Alaska will enjoy. He is a decided
friend of the Territory and the
calibre of a man who accomplishes
big things.”
Mr. Sawyer replied to this that
Colonel Ohlson’s colonization pro
ject should be productive of im
mediate results and he, Mr. Sawyer,
is heartily in favor of it.
In Fairbanks the Secretary will
be met by Major Malcolm Elliot,
president of the Alaska Road
Commission, with whom he will
make plane trips to areas in
cluding Nome and Circle. Upon
his return to Fairbanks the Sec
retary will return to the coast
via the Richardson Highway,
thence to Juneau where he will
confer two days with Governor
Parks before leaving for Wash
ington, D. C.
Robert Frothingham of New
York and John E. Ballaine of
Seward were guests of Secretary
Sawyer and Colonel Ohlson; Mr.
Ballaine will leave the party at
COL. OTTO F. OIILSON
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General Manager of the Alaska
Railroad who has returned from
Seattle where he completed ar
rangements for his colonizatior
project along the railroad belt.
“YELLOW BIRD” DELAYED ON
ACCOUNT GREAT QUANTITY
GASOLINE NECESSARY
PARIS, June 15, (A3)—A Havas ;
Agency dispatch from Santander
Soain. said that a stowaway, Ar- !
thur Scheriber, from Portland, Me.,
has not suffered from the long air
voyage but was under intense emo
tion when he landed.
The flight to Paris is apt to be
delayed the agency said, on account
of the great quantity of gasoline!
necessary to enable the plane to
complete the journey and difficulty
in transporting it.
The three men of the “Yellow j
Bird” crew were unaware that the
stowaway was present until in full
flight.
JULIETTA, Idaho. June 15, UP)—
^Ive rc: embers of the gang which
adducted • Lieutenant Governor
Kinn > and two other men were
rounded up. George Norman and
Livingstoti were found by two boys;
within a few hours Talbot Reynolds,
Frank Lane and Engos Snoysland
were rounded up. .
Livingston, officers said, made a
full confession and his companions
! later all signed confessions.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (/PI—
Search by the police for William
Tallman, suspected slayer of Mrs.;
iVirginia Patty, in Los Angeles, cen
tered in and about San Francisco, j
Captain of Detectives Duncan
Matheson, said he thought Tallman
is in this vicinity and is being shel- i
j tered by friends. The possibility i
'that Tallman left here in an auto
mobile was being checked carefully.
J Anchorage but Mr. Frothingham
i will go on into the Interior with
l them.
0 S. AMBASSADOR
DIES PRESENTS
CREDENTIALS. KING
| WINDSOR, June 15, (/P)—'Under
i the lcft,y towers of Windsor Castle,
'Ambassador Dawes bowed to King
iGeorg° and presented his creden
tials as the new Amercian Ambas
sador. The reception for the Amer
ican by His Majesty occupied a
brief half hour and passed without
|any unusual incident.
I “I found the King delightful”,
Dawes said. “I don’t know what
the usual ceremony is but I pre
sented my credentials to him. I
found His Majesty looking well
and after the ceremony he asked
me to stay and for a half hour
he chatted with me on various
subjects.
PLANE LANDED SPAIN
SANT ANDER, Spain, June 15.
(/P)—The trans-Atlantic plane, the
“Yellow Bird,’’ landed on the j
beach near Comillas last night
with her fuel practically exhaust
ed. Comillas is 30 miles west of
here.
;iONEfiris~
BANK OF $17,051!
ESCAPED IN AUTO
BERKELEY, June 15, (A5)—An
unmasked bandit, armed with a
Ismail pistol, entered the Dwight
Way Branch Bank American, after
closing time and leisurely robbed
the five depositors and three em
ployees of sums totalling $17,000.
Re escaped in an automobile driven
ibv his confederate,
j Two thousands dollars belonged
to customers; the rest was bank re
ceipts for the day.
JOHN E. BALLAINE, FOUNDER OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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One of the Territory’s most consistent, progressive workers
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FOR SUSITNA HUH
INSPECT TIMBER
An engineering party of six,
headed by John E. Ballaine, the
founder of Seward, arrived last
night from Seattle on the S. S.
Alaska and today departed for
Susitna Valley to spend the sum
mer on a tract of several hundred
thousand acres of timber which
the Alaska Pulp, Paper & Hard
wood Company, recently secured
from the government.
The company, a $10,000,000 cor
poration, will undertake inport
ant operations in the manufac
ture of birch lumber and veneer,
and pulp from spruce and cotton
wood, on a large scale.
Mr. Ballaine expects to return
to Seward within a period of
a few weeks. Accompanying him
is Mrs. Ballaine who is making
her first trip here in many years.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4; Chicago 1.
St. Louis 7; Boston 6.
Philadelphia 9; Cleveland 0.
New York 15; Detroit 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 7; Pittsburgh 2.
St. Louis 4; Boston 3.
Brooklyn 5; Cincinnati 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 18; Missions 2.
Hollywood 3; Portland 2.
Oakland 5; Los Angeles 0.
San Francisco 6; Sacramento 4;
13 innings.
HAINES PASSED KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN, June 15, (/P)—Ray
mond Haines, making the trip from
Juneau to Seattle in an outboard
motor boat, passed Ketchikan this
morning at 8 o’clock. He is slightly
behind his schedule on account of
bad weather at Cape Fanshaw.
STOWAWAY BLAMED FOR FAIL
URE “YELLOW BIRD” LAND
ING IN FRANCE
SANTANDER, Spain, June 15, (/P)
—The French fliers postponed their
departure for Paris until tomorrow.
Ihe time of their departure is set
for 5 o’clock in the morning. They
are imoatient to start for France.
The three fliers and the stow
away waited for repairs to the en
gine. When Jean Assolant, Rene
Lafevre and Armeno *Lotti Jr.,
alighted here they disappointed
thousands who waited at Lebourget
field for the plane.
The flight was completed in 32
hours and 22 minutes over a course
of 3500 miles. Assolant blamed the
i stowaway for the fuel shortage and
j consequently their failure to land
;on French, soil, explaining it had
been necessary to release some pre
cious netrpl from the tanks as soon
as Schreiber was discovered aboard
in order to gain the height. He said
they had not counted on the extra
weight when they estimated the
fuel load.
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n a i
ATTITUDE
TOWARD* SOCIALISTS
LONDON, June 15, (/P)—“At the
very hour the ministry decided to
become a socialist administration,
its career ends”, David Lloyd George
warned, in defining the attitude of
the liberal party which he controls.
The former Premier, who holds
the balance of power in the house
of commons declared liberalism
must be the keynote of the McDon
ald government, adding, “We must
declare that so far as it lies in our
power, mandate of government
ends, when it fails to pursue liberal
policy, for it has no authority from
the nation to embark on socialistic
experiments.”
Til WESTHES IN
EAST TAKES TILL FIVE
NEW YORK, June 15, OPT—Severe
electrical storms along the Atlantic
seaboard accompanied by hail in
this city brought virtually no relief
to the period <of torrid weather.
The mercury mounted to 90 in New
York making it the hottest June 14
in 37 years. Five persons died of
the heat and seven were prostrated.
The beaches were crowded and
;many spent the night on the sand
to enjoy the cooling ocean breezes.
STATUE HALTED FLOW
LAVA, IS THOUGHT
COLORADO SPRINGS, June 15.
(^P)—Bill Williams, resident of
Texas, was nursing a sore knee,
as a result of his feat of piloting
a peanut up Pikes Peak with his
nose. He finished the 22 mile push
one day ahead of schedule and
is now looking for new worlds to
conquer. He won the $500 wager
by getting the goober over the
top inside of 22 days. He also
[ got $20 a day from a peanut
concern.