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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XV. NUMBER 575.
REWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
RISING STANDARD
UH6 KEYNOTE
COMMERCE SECRETARY GIVES
CHEERFUL BUSINESS NOTE
ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON, Dec., 15, (JP)—
An unbroken advance in Amer
ican productivity was cited by
Secretary Lamont as the funda
mental cause- of rising standards
of living.
In this factor, he found “con
clusive evidence” that business
n not wiped out by periods of
depression. This cheering word
vent to Congress in his annual
* report.
■Tt has marked a permanent
ehievment,” he said, “and when
che present recession is over, the
came upward movement will un
aestionably be resumed.
“The causes at work are for
the most part of a cumulative
character, so that- it may be said
chat each forward step leads to
,'...nether step in the same direc
i on.”
The report dealt with the fis
cal year which closed June 30.
It. included a survey of economic
i ends *nd a resume o. the <_ tn
erce Department s act!vities.
t Mr. Lamont said it was “a
f-y employers as a result of tne
This he saw as contrasting
sharply with the practices of
previous slack periods and as
evidence of a widespread con
viction that “permanent progress
* m prosperity is dependent on lib
eral wages and consequeunt large
raying power on the part of the
masses of the people.'
f Greater skill and intelligence
among the workers, improved
methods of organization and
management, advances in scien
ces and inventions, and increas
ed output per workman.
Gains in personal productivi
ty have ranged from 57 to 115
per cent in the various branches
of economic endeavor over a per
iod of 30 years. Gains of 10 to 40
.per cent were noted for the last
decade.
Among the major economic
4 phenomena of the fiscal year,
the Commerce Secretary re
ferred to a “very considerable
decline” in commodity prices,
which broke “the steadiness”
that characterized the price lev
els of recent years. The drop
can all the way through the
commodity list but was “espe
cially marked in farm products.”
A decrease in the value of crops
was noted, together with an in
crease in that of animal pro
ducts*
In the field of transportation
increased efficiency was noted
•with railroads “handling more
traffic with fewer employees,
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SCANT ATTIRE EASILY j
DONNED 81 MOVIE FOLK
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 15, (/'Pi
Fifteen homes in the fashionable
Malibu Beach motion picture col
ony were destroyed by fire, the
result of an explosion.
The damage is estimated at
$8,000,000. Film stars and others
were forced to flee in scanty at
tire.
The cause of the explosion is
not known.
HUNDREDS OF LEADERS ALL
OVER SPAIN ARRESTED.
REVOLT CRUSHED
HUESCA, Spain. Dec., 15. t/P> —
Tiie Spanish government moved
swiftly Sunday to squelch the
revolt which flared at Jaca Fri
day.
Two leaders, Fernyn Gal an and
Garcia Hernandez, were court
mania led and shot. Hundreds of
leaders ail over Spain were ar
rested and the revolt crushed.
A sharp ba'tle between rebels
and loyal troops Saturday oc
•arr-d near A1 orb-. Rebel lead
ers died bravely refusing ban
dr ' os over , their eyes/ Golan
pleaded for the life of his com
rade saying he deserved to die
but that Hernandez was inno
cent. As his last act Galen hand
ed his purse to the officer of the
firing squad with the request
the contents of 500 pesetas be
given to the poor.
Several others are under sen
tence of death but it is believed
clemency will be shown.
RADIO'S LURE ADDS
KIND TO ITS FOLD
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LONDON, Dec., 15, </P)~The
lure of radio has taken hold of I
King George.
In the past his hobby has been i
stamp collecting. He has not giv- j
en this up altogether, but radio
now is claiming most of his at
tention.
He is studying the scientific:
side in particular. He has accum
ulated a small library of books
on the subject and is constantly j
adding to it.
SELLS TIMBER
DULUTH, Minn., Dec., 15, (/P)—
Approximately 22,000,000 board
feet of state-owned timber is be- i
ing sold by Minnesota.
Eighteen per cent of persons j
employed last year in the Alas- [
ka fisheries were Indians.
$150,000 FOR CHARITY
NEW YORK, Dec., 15, UP)—
The Giants defeated the Notre
Dame All-Stars 20-0. The re
ceipts from the unemployment
charity game totaled $150,000.
SPOKANE, Dec., 15, (/p,—Rail
road trainmen and switchmen
representing six lines here voted
to share their jobs with unem
ployed trainmen and agreed to
surrender 1,000 miles.
Switchmen agreed to give four
days and trainmen stipulated
that they would give work only
after a minimum of 3,300 miles.
Work will be given seniority
holders on the extra board, accord
ir»g to their rating.
SPOKANE. Dec., 15, (/Pi—Gold
Creek, Montana, is rich not only
in historic wealth of pioneer days
but in present placer wealth, sa d
F. Dishing Moore,:: .me;ihg engin
eer of Spokane, who''her 'returned
with rich gold nuggets And geld
dust which he e' in an ex
a min a tion of n 1 r ce r ■ ■ ■ ;r;") ■ ? nd. h<■ id
by Spokane, interests;,
O o' 1 d .0 ”0 ek st a tIon . oh' t li e . N o r -
them Frcif'c is *>■ * , u Drum
nond and Dee” Led'
“The first discovcry of geld in
Montana was made at the mouth of
Gold Creek in 1852.” said Mr. F.
Cushing Moore. “Following this
discovery, extensive placer opera
tions were carried on in the vicin
ity of Pioneer Creek on Gold
Creek, which was a flourishing city
during the early Ws. Several mil
lion dollars were taken out in
that period
“While the bulk of the gold was
mined from the flower portion or
Gold Creek, the source of the gold
undoubtedly was in the high moun
tain range. Conclusive proof
is furnished by placer deposits
containing coarse gold which have
been mined in the headwaters of
the creek I saw in a bank at Deer
Lodge nuggets from this stream
some of which were worth more
than $400 each.”
FLOODS JAPAN
TOKYO, Dec., 15, (/P)—Mah
jongg has broken out violently;
epidemic form here. Thousands I
of “mah-jongg parlors” have
opened in Tokyo public places
MUCH BORROWING IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 15, (/P)— j
Some form of small loan creditj
is used regularly by more than)
four-fifths of the people of the j
United States, says the Depart- j
ment of Commerce.
MR CADET MAKES
GREAT II TO WIN
NEW YORK, Dec., 15, (IP)—A
sensational 57 yard dash by Ray
Sticker, Cadet half-back, gave
the Army, during the last per
I iod, victory over the Navy foot
ball team, 6-0.
It was a hard fought battle
before 70,000 people who contrib
uted <110,000 to the Salvation
Army’s unempl oyment relief
fund.
FORMER YACHT
HAS TOOl TIP
IM SEATTLE
BATTLES STORMS AND GOES
ASHORE BUT FINALLY
WINS THROUGH
After a heart-breaking trip from
Seattle which tried every seam of
her staunch hull, the good ship
Picaroon, a sloop, and formerly o
private yacht, Is being fitted out
in the Seward harbor today by
Captain Bob Hall of Kanatak for
her t further trip to the Westward
She is waitin'? for her other ow
ner. L. Destefney who is aboard
t".’- fk c?g V1 j ’r Q'Q M p Vi pJ*p nPfl 0;; 'V n 1/ (
Tiie Perroon which Hr 11 and
Dcctefnev b-.-mh- in Seattle for a
pripstp of W’^ward fur areas and
Tp|"vaT0' the latter is already inter
erter! in a. fur ranch, is a $2--feot
iSr ■ •’pri’t, She is fitted with a full
complement of sail besides her 10
h. p. gas engine and has comfort*
•>hb> accomodations for four. Her
fwst obi active will be a fox is
land opposite Chignik Bay. where
Destefney, a business man of Seat
tle has interests. They expect to
cruise Westward fur areas for the
balance of the winter, and it is
possible that Destefney will select
additional fur ranching locations*
“She is a fine, sea-worthy craft.” j
said Capt. Hall, “and she needed
to be for we had the trip of our j
lives coming up. We had no sooner
left Puget Sound than we ran in-;
to heavy weather and we had it j
all the way up. I had shipped three j
men at Seattle but they proved to
be a no good lot, and I could get
little help from them. I sure drop
ped them pronto at Ketchikan. At
Juneau, Dan Carlson same aboard
and we brought her here after
some hair-raising experiences. We
were the second boat to reach the
Northwestern when she dropped
her rudder and stood by for 7.
hours. We were compelled to lay j
to for two days and nights off
Cape St. Elias with everything I
battened down and we rode some
gale, believe me.
“At Dixon Harbor this side of
Cape Spencer she dragged two,
anchors and the wind lifted us;
high and dry unto the beach. We |
were apparently a long ways from
human kind and we would probab
ly have been there still, if it had
SPANISH THRONE
TOTTERS: TROOPS
LOYALTY WAVERS
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN
ALL BIG AND LITTLE
SPANISH TOWNS
BILBOA, Spain, Dec-, 15, (/P)—
The Spanish revolt in Spain’s
political drama burst into a na
tion-wide movement against the
throne and a president was pro
claimed at Bilboa.
Madrid is in turmoil; rebel air
planes showered the principal
cities with inflamatory procla
mations.
News is scarce under the rigid
censorship but it is reported that
Madrid troops are about to
Join the revolt.
Labor riots flared in Bilboa
and San Sebastian accounting
for three deaths. Martial law
has been declared throughout
Spain.
Alcala Zamora, cabinet min
ister in 1923, was proclaimed
president of the republic.
King Alfonso kept to the castle,
Premier Berenguer is attempt
ing to whip the government into
a united front* There has been
no recent word from Jaca where
the revolt- broke*
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
Dec.. 15, (/?)-- When Timothy, a
mule that had been in the Pike
view coal mine continuously for
12 years, was brought to the sur
face th~ r her day. he didn't
know tha! green grass was good
to eat.
Not until the mule saw a cow
munching the grass did he start
nibbling it.
While underground the mule
had been fed hay, and had lost
all recollection, apparently, of
eating grass in younger days be
fore he started work as a miner.
n’t been for two trappers whose
smoke we saw at the head of the
bay- They came down and helped
us and after taking out the car
go we managed to get her back in
the water. It happened to be a
nice, sandy beach and no damage
was done.
“To cap the climax of all these
troubles we broke our steering gear
just as we were coming into Re
surrection Bay and had a hard
time making it.”
As soon as Destefney arrives the
Picaroon will pull out for the
Westward, going to Seldovia and
thence across the Inlet to the vi
cinity of Katmai and then along
the coast of the peninsula. Next
Summer Captain Hall expects to
use the boat on prospecting trip-*
and possible charter parties for
aunters.
, Army vs ‘Ponies’ Tuesday Nite