VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 159.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HIGH OFFICIAL ON ANNUAL I
TKIP INSPECTION ABOUT
THE FISHERIES
Summarizing the salmon pack
ing industry in Alaska to date )
Henry O’Malley, U. S. commission- j
er of fisheries, in Seward yes- j
terday, stated, “On the whole
the season thus far looks fairly
good.”
Mr. O’Malley arrived in port
from the south at noon yesterday
r. board the M. S. Brant, flagship
of the fisheries department, being
met here by the M. S. Teal to
which he transferred leaving ear
ly last evening bound for Uiamna.
At the bay Mr. O’Malley mushes I
overland to Iliamna village, board- I
ing a motorboat for the lake and
river voyage to Bristol Bay. A
coast guard vessel will convey
him from Bristol Bay to the seal
rooks, St- George Island where, I
after his inspection, he will be
taken to Unalaska where the
Brant, Captain Hunter, which
leaves the Port of Seward today,
will meet him bringing him south.
He expects to touch in at Seward
enroute to Seattle.
Up to July 8, Mr. O’Malley
stated, the seal take on the
island totaled 21,522 as compared
to 18.023 for the same date last j]
year the figures amply illustrat
ing the increase of the herd.
Off the Sitka coast Mr. O’Mal
ley said more seal skins had been
harvested by the Indians than in
many years past; more than 800 <
skins were taken this year. jj
With the exception of two or ^
three areas which were unre
ported up to date, he was able to i j
give a fairly accurate account of !
the fisheries activities thus far for
the present period of the season: ;£
The run at Nushagak has j
been very good the boats bring- j
ing in the limit since July 1.
At Egigik, though the season 1
parted late, the fishing has been i"
very good.
At Naknek and Quijack the!'
catch has not been so good, ac- !'
cordng to his last report from j “
that area.
False Pass and Akutan is about i ®
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BRAVE GERMAN
UNDERWAY LONG
CANOE VOYAGE
AJLBERT VOIGHT NOW ON WAY
TO NEW YORK IN 16-FOOT
ARCTIC SKIN BOAT
PETERSBURG, July 10. (£>)—
Albert Voight, brave German lad,
enroute to New York via the
Panama Canal in a 16-foot arc
tic type skin canoe, left here at
3 o’clock yesterday afternoon for
Ketchikan after a short stop at
Wr angel.
Voight left Juneau Wednesday,
arriving here Friday forenoon. A
rough voyage was experienced.
Voight has made a few altera
tions and is now highly optim
istic this attempt that he is
undertaking will be successful. He
is scheduled to arrive in New York
by next spring.
ALASKA LAUNCHES DRIVE FOR ROAD TO U. S.
FAIRBAI\K,
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The proposed international highway, extending from
Farbanks, Alaska, across British Columbia to Seattle
Wash.
REINDEER WILL
BE ONE OF LEADING
INDUSTRIES, NORTH
HEINDEER INDUSTRY DESTIN
ED PROVIDE MORE REVENUE
THAN FISHERIES
SEATTLE, July 10. </P)—Ernest
Valker Sawyer, assistant to the |
Secretary of Interior, returning
rom a six weeks trip to Alaska
)redicted that the development
>f the reindeer industry in the
Northland was destined to pro
ide more revenue than the fish
!
res.
Instead of shipping the rein
leer carcasses from Nome as is
>eing done at present, the ani- j
uals could be driven overland to
he Alaska Railroad; fattened on
he barley grown in the Tanana \
alley and then slaughtered to !
e shipped out in quantity produc
ion.
Sawyer said that between the
,600,000 and 1,000,000 reindeer
j that Alaska now herds, 80 per j
jcent are females; with an in
crease of 35 cents a year in three
or four years more, he said, Alaska r
will have 300,000 carcasses available \ \
for shipment annually.
Sawyer also stated that the
“Agricultural College has dem- ’
onstrated that 50 pounds of beef 1
can be added to each carcass if !
the reindeer are fed for two
months on barley feed. The Alas
ka Railroad has a colonization ‘
campaign under way to bring tfte 5
farmers to the Tanana Valley to 1
raise barley. I expect to see some
early developments in connection A
with the reindeer industry to v
make it one of the leading fac- 1
tors in Alaska’s prosperity.” (
TWO DROWN c
QUINCY, Mass., July 10, (JP)—
Second Lieut. G. B. Stevens, of the 1
gunnery service and Sergeant E. B. 6
Jones of the Marine Corps, were;
drowned near Squantum Naval j
base when their airplane fell into j.
the water. i1]
Popularity of Reno as a divorce i
capital has led to inauguration of b
a tri-weekly air service between! ci
California and Nevada. The iine v
is called the “Alimony Express”, ii
FAIRBANKS, July 10. (JP) _
Alaskans are attempting to make
one of their fondest dreams come
true—a dream of a highway to
the United States from Alaska.
An organized movement is now
underway to interest the Canad
ian and American governments
in the constructon of approxi
mately 1,000 miles of a proposed
I, 700 mile road between Fair
banks, the “Golden Heart of Alas
ka,” and Seattle, Wash.
The estimated cost is $7,00,000.
About 700 miles of highway along
the proposed road has already
been constructed.
Such a highway would be the
only overland connecting link
between the United States and
the Territory. At present the only
transportation is by steamer, al
though the airplane passenger
ind express service is expetced
to start this summer.
The Alaska International High
way Association, sponsors of the
project believe the road would
open valuable mineral land at
present inaccessible. It would en
able tourists to visit Alaska by
automobile.
Starting at Fairbanks the road
would follow the present Rich
ardson Highway 100 miles to Me- j
Darthy. From there a new route j
to the Canadian, line must be.
milt. Virtually all new construe- i
ion would be necessary to Hazel
ion, some 1,000 miles from Fair- !
aanks- From Hazelton the route
vould follow 600 miles of exist- j
ng highway to Vancouver, B. C.,
ind Seattle.
Branches from the main route j
vould be constructed to Juneau
tnd Ketchikan on the coast of I
ioutheastern Alaska, From Fair- j
>anks the coast can be reached1
ver the 317-mile Richardson high
yaq. The proposed road goes thru
he country where the snow fall is f
ight and if traffic were suffici- !
;ntly heavy the road could be I
:ept open all year. L
The association will ask the j,
lanadian and American govern- j,
aents to finance the project,
ach paying half. The movement j
fhich started here, has spread ^
d all the larger towns of Alaska,
ranches of the association be- L
lg formed in many places.
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in
Chinese ring neck pheasants willj*
e common game birds in Wis- ij
msin five years hence, predicts |f
J. B. Grange, state game super- It
ktendant. . U
BRILIANT YOUNG MEMBER SIG
NAL CORPS THOUGHT HAVE
LOST LIFE IN TORRENT
Seward residents received a \
terrible shock last evening upon
receipt of word from Russian
River that Ralph A. Miller, finance
department, U. S. Signal Corps,
apparantly lost his life when he j
fell into the swift flowing river j
from the bank and was never
seen again.
In reporting the sad circum
stances Capt. Robert B. Wool
verton, head of this area of the t
Signal Corps, stated that up to
6 o'clock this morning Miller had
failed to make his appearance j
nor had his body been recovered, j
Only a slender hope remains
that the young man escaped |
alive from the river and with;
every hope in the world such a |
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EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS AND
ALASKAN NAME BEFORE
PLACED IN SERVICE
SEATTLE, July 10, (JP)—For ser- I
vice between Seattle and Alaska,!
the Alaska Steamship Co., has pur
chased the Atlantic passenger liner
“Mexico”, built in 1908, from the
New York Ward Line. The vessel
will be brought to the Pacific coast
about September 15.
The S. S. Mexico will replace the
S. S. Aleutian; the S. S. Mexico is
a steel twin-screw, 6.270 tons gross,
3,826 registry, 416 feet over all and
has four decks.
Extensive alterations will be
made and the ship will be given an
Alaskan name before being placed
in service. The company will take
delivery of the ship in New York
August 20.
THE NEXT ISSUE
WASHINGTON, July 9. (/P) —
The democrats are expected to
make the higher sugar tariff
an issue in the congressional el
ections in 1930 if the Republi
can party insists on the rates
specified in the current tariff
measure.
ALASKA UOTOflSHIP
BE LAUNCHED FEW
DAYS IT SEimt
SEATTLE, July 10, (JP)—The j
400,000 steel mtorship “W. B. Fo- j
hay” now under construction at
he Lake. Washington Shipyards
/ill be launched July 20th.
Thp ship is being "constructed for
he Northland Transportation Co., I
nd will operate between Seattle
nd southeastern Alaska.
The vessel is 188 feet long and
nil be equipped with two 550-h. p.
-cylinder Diesels, maintaining a
oeed of 12 knots. Its cargo capac- j<
y will be 1.000 tons including 32,- <
5et for refrigerator space and will s
ave accommodations for 60 pas-!;
mgcrs. it
SENATOR DIMOND MAKES A
SPLENDID ADDRESS BEFORE
CHAMBER COMMERCE
Addressing the Seward Chamber
of Commerce at the organization’s
regular weekly meeting yesterday,
Senator A. J. Dimond, the principal
speaker, launched into several top
ics of importance to Sewardites,
residents of the Third Division and
of the Territory as a whole.
Having witnessed the opening of
the small but adequate cannery
and cold storage plant of the Sew
?rd Fisheries Inc., a few weeks ago,
Mr. Dimond, for many reasons,
held the enterprise as a model for
Alaskans in other towns in the Ter
ritory to follow, “As a means to in
terest permanent residents”, Mr.
D?mond said. “It is ideal. I am not
opposed to the large canneries, for
Alaska needs capital investors, but
there is plenty of room for a great
number of small operators like your
new local project, that will give
employment to the year-round res
idents of the Territory.”
Elucidating on the memorial
passed at the last session of the
Territorial legislature, appealing to
the Bureau of Fisheries to ease up
Dn the restrictions placed agains .
Lhe promiscuous taking of fish by
tox farmers, which memorial he
supported, Senator Dimond ex
plained that the passing of the
memorial was the full extent of the
egisleture’s power in reacting
igainst the bill recently passed
vhich compelled the fur farmers
o comply with the same regula
i’ons governing commerical fish
ng.
The amount of fish taken to feed
oxes, compared to the amount
•onsumed by the canneries, is so
rifling small that it is hardly
vorth comparing, he said. The
Senator is also o,f the opinion that
he bureau of fisheries, when the
:cndition is fully investigated by
hat department, may be induced
o relax in this direction and per
mit the fox farmer to catch enough
ish to take care of his small need,
ven tho he may be obliged to so
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SAILS FOR NORTH
FAIR LIST
SEATTLE, July 10. (£>)_The S.
S. Admiral Watson of the P. S.
S. Co., sailed at 10 a.m. today
and carried 69 passengers; 31
first class Seward passengers and
two steerage, as follows:
Leo Marks, Dr. E. D. Rudder
ow, Dr. and H. Mrs. Von Platten,
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Drake, C. P.
Holat, C. O. Lindquist, Mr .and
Mrs. F. Friss, Mrs. Squires, Miss
Squires, Miss Mabel Searles, Miss
Grace Searles, A. T. Vinarke, H.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Jones
and child, Frank Jones, Edward
Jones, John E. Sutherland, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Jewett, MiSs Alice
C. Thomas, Mrs. A. R. Thomas,
Miss Eliz Gerhart, Mrs. B. L.
Schaeffer, Mrs. C. P. Clark, Miss
Ella Clark, Miss F. Kreitinger.
COMPLETES FLIGHT
CROYDON, Eng., July 10, (A5)—
-apt. Charles Kingsford Smith
icmpleting a fast flight between
Sydney, N. S. W., and England, ar
ved at Croydon airfield froih
Rome