TEXT OF Mil.
GREEK FLOOD DILI
Bill H.R. 6733. introduced in the
House of Representatives by Dele
gate James Wickcrsham for the
proper maintenance of Lowell
Creek flood control works, is os
follows:
A Bill
\
For estimates necessary for the
proper maintenance of the flood -
control works at Lowell Creek, j
Seward, Alaska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and ,
House of Representatives of the j
United States of America in Con- .
gress assembled, That the Secre- i
tary of War is authorized to submit.
for the consideration of Congress |
such estimates as are, in his judg- I
ment, necessary for the proper!
maintenance of the flood-control i
works at Lowell Creek, Seward, Al- !
aska. construction under authority |
confined in Public Resolution No. j
52, CSth Congress, approved Feb- •
xuary !). 1927.
Lydia Fohn-Hanscn, with Lhe ex- ,
tension department of the Alaska
Agriculture College and School of
Mines, left on the SS Victoria for
Juneau.
AMERICANS INJURED
PARIS, Jan. 21. UP)— George Ber
xalew and Earl Taylor, assistant
trade commissioners at the Amer
-can Embassy, and an American
woman, named Mrs. Graves, were
-njured seriously when a speeding I
automobile, driven by a French
man, crashed into the Americana' j
ear parked at a roadside. The j
French man was believed tdying
from a fractured skull.
T. Kancko. for some time i n
charge of the cleaning and press
ing department of the Seward
Steam Laundry, left on the steam
er Victoria enroute to Seattle for
a brief vacation.
NOTICE
Masons and Eastern Stars and <
families are invited to a farewell
party given for Mr. and Mrs. James
Campbell at the Masonic Temple i
at 8 p. m., Saturday.
1-21.22. 23. H. SOGN, Secy.
NEW SHERIFF
HONOLULU, Jan. 21. (/P)—Gov
ernor Lawrence Judd appointed
Major Gordon Ross, of the Hawaii
National Guard, as high sheriff of
Oahu prison, replacing John Lane,
who resigned. The appointment of
Ross was announced shortly before
:he Territorial Legislature convened
in a special session to consider
measures intended to halt the
Honolulu “crime wave.’’
NO WATER
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Jan. 21.
UP)—Residents of Maple Falls, just
on the outskirts of this city, Wed
nesday engaged in a snowball bat
tle to save the town. A fire start
ed in a general store and spread to j
other structures. Because there was
no water on hand, the citizens had
to throw snow on the flames to
put them out. The damage was es
timated at S6.000.
Powers
e
Always fresh —because he
keeps his month fresh with
Wriglev’s.
WRIGLEY'S is recommended
by docrors and dentists. It aids
digestion ... cleanses the teeth.
A simple rule of health, of
mouth hvgiene, of efficiency.
i
Joe Freeman, popular traveling
salesman, is again a welcome vis
itor in Seward, calling on the local
trade and renewing old acquaint
jances.
LONDON, Jan. 21. (/P)—A post
ponement of the Lausanne repara
tions conference is rega r d e d in
British official circles as inevitable
because of the French political sit
uation.
With debating in progress in the
French chamber over a vote of con
fidence, Laval said it is considered
impossible that arrangements for
a conference will be completed in :
time. !
The delegates were to arrive Jan - j
uary 25 which was the date set. It
is now believed the session will be j
held a week later.
TARDIEU EE HEAD
PARIS, France, Jan. 21. (IP)—It i
was announced Tuesday that Min- :
ister of War Andre Tarieu will head !
the French delegation to the Ge
i
neva Disarmament Conference on
February 20. Previously it had been 1
expected that Premier Laval would
attend. i
WHY EDITORS GO ‘NERTS’
| The following postcard was re
! ceived in the palatious offices of
1 The Gateway: “Yes sir, Mr. Editor
! The Gateway, it was me, 1906 made
! the first assay in Judge John Goo
| del’s Recorder’s office from Willow
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j heroes Hangers made a Brake for
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I the Mangy Dog, and Worlds Known
Mineral Explorer Ex. Nome Dyna
miter.”
MOSCOW, Jan. 21. CP)—No Teh j
Hui, chairman of the Chinese East- i
ern Railroad and head of the Chin- i
ese delegation which came to Mos- (
cow to negotiate for a settlement-!
of a ccntroversey over the road,!
left for Manchuria after 20 months ■
of fruitless effort. ;
The negotiations arose out of the j
Chinese-Soviet conflict years ago
over the railroad which traversed
Manchuria and which is under
ioint control of Soviet and China.
The Chinese ousted all Russian
railroad employees on charges that
they were spreading Communist
propaganda.
BRIDGE CLUB MEET
Ladies of the Seward Bridge Club
will meet tomorrow (Friday) after
noon at 1:30 at the home of Mrs.
Harold Painter.
MITO EXCISE TUXES
WIEE SI M INDUSTRY
DETROIT, Jan. 21. (>?)—Protest
ing against the proposed govern
ment excise tax on automobiles,
Alvin McCauley, president of the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, characterized such a
tax as a real influence toward
slowing down business recovery.
If, as has been said repeatedly!
by some of the nation’s business'
leaders, the automobile industry!
can be a self-starter for the return |
of prosperity, it should not be ham- j
pered by this added burden, said I
McCauley.
FINISH LIQUOR SOLUTION
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Jan. 21.
■vP)—A strict state control system :
of manufacture, sale and consump
tion of liquor was disclosed as the ,
founation of the government’s bill j
repealing Finnish prohibition laws.:
The bill proposes to substitute a |
liquor traffic monopoly for the dry
laws and will retain punishments
for illegal sales. ]
Ffl. MERRILL SOI LIS
LOCO! RESIDENT PRIEST
A resident priest will soon be per -
! manently established in Seward,
announces Rev. J. Allard, O.M.I..
who has received word in this mail
that Father Merrill Sulzman will
arrive o nthe next steamer from
the South, the SS Northwestern.
Father Sulzman, son of Dr. Sulz
man of Troy, N. Y., was ordained
last year in Rochester, N. Y.. and
for the last few months has been
residing at Skagway. He is a young
man and welcomed the opportunity
to come to Seward.
A five-passenger Cadillac sedan
was brought up to Seward from the
States cn the SS Victoria for Mr.,
Mrs. Harry Kawabe. The car i.s
-aid to be the second heaviest car
in Seward.
PIONEER CLUB
NICK KODAK, Prop.
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Card Tables
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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