S e-ward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 581. REWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1930. PRICE TEN CENTS
SEW Si GOES
OS FI1S WESTWARD
WINTER PATHOL
MS. PENGUIN TO SAFEGUARD |
INTERESTS OF GENERAL
SHIPPING
Although not definitely detailed j
14 patrol in Westward waters the ;
staunch motorship Penguin of the |
Bureau of Fisheries will have an j
aerial feeler out from Unalaska and j
the Pribilofs for anyone who might'
he in distress. Thus Henry Ward
O’Malley, chief of the fish bur
eau solves the problem of Westward j
water protection “My instructions j
are,” said Captain Amund Ander
son, master of the Penguin, “to:
proceed to Unalaska for our sta
tion. As there are no fishing act- i
i • Ties to look after at this time of
year, I presume that we will be sup
posed to look after Westward ship
} ng and I shall act on that sup
position until I get contrary or
ders. I think that our chief. O'
Malley, wants no more boats drift
ing into trouble up there without
one hand of the government, at
■■•st, extended to avert disaster."
Tliis was the cheering news from '
t> o. pencuin when she docked at
5* ward Sunday morning after her
i, ip un from Seattle. She was
scheduled to leave for her We r
• iff n v f| c; t ft f.| () r\ f. Q (j f* Y,
1
d bv Ccorste W-ods. As
sistant Engineer, tends to the big
4*>0 horsepower D’’rse! as well
&s the radio. First Officer El
ias Boe relieves the captain in nav- !
iteration. There are only a few bays
that Captain Anderson may have
overlooked in his many cruises a
it>ng the coast of this Territory. In
cidentally he said he would ob
serve Marmot Island on his way
vrest, for possible trace of Captain j
Charles Emsweiler who has been j
missing since September 17th.
“I shall interpret my orders j
rather broadly.” said Captain An-j
Person. “In case of big-sea, Asia
tic shipping, I will be able to call j
upon the new Coast Guard Cutter j
Talapoosa at Juneau. We expect to !
i keep a watchful eye on the local
mariners of the Westward Coast.
In case of sickness or accident
there is now an excellent physician
at Unalaska and your fine hospi
tal at Seward. We expect to be on
the Unalaska station thru the bal
ance of the winter. You might
say that in case of distress and
they can’t get us they might try
to get in touch with the regional
Between the Fisheries Bureau and
Fisheries at 832 Exchange Building
Seattle. All radio stations will hurry
as a call- All ships at sea will be
in touch with us as'wrell as the Tal
&poosa. We expect to be on the job.
Between the Fisheris Burau and
the Coast Guard Service, we hone
to furnish some protection that is
Westward Alaska’s due.
The Penguin is now going to the
Pribilofs to keep in touch with the
sealers of that group and will op
erate between ttfose islands and
Unalaska. She is up here in the fn. ;
terest of ^sheries, game and gen- j
eral shipping. She is a vessel 130 1
feet in length, 27-foot beam and
12-foot draught. The newly built
vessel was launched May 5th of tins
year with much ceremony. She whl
be the ruling queen of Westward
waters for the Fisheries Bureau.
She has a big Diesel oil storage
capacity and has a cruising radius j
of 6.000 miles. She is equipped with i
the “latest” in everything.
“ I am much gratified to learn
that Seward is equipped with a good
hospital,” said Captain Anderson.
"If I had known it before we might
have saved a m^n’s life ” This!
was on the first voyage to the Prf- |
bllofs, and although they made »V
to Seattle in eight days they could!
have gotten quicker attention at
Seward. On this trip the Penguin '
eft Seattle on Dec 8 but has called
it Juneau and Cordova. *
CHILDREN LEFT ESTATE
NEW YORK, Dec., 22, (/P)—The
will of Gifford Cochran, noted
sportsman, leaves the entire es
tate of “more than $2,000,000” to
his three children, Gifford, Jr.,
Mrs. George Atwell, Jr., and A.
E. Cochran. He specifically barr
ed his divorced wife from parti
cipation in the estate.
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F1HII1S AFTER
NOP FMM STATES
ALASKA AIR ACE RETURNS
AFTER EXTENDED VISIT
IN THE STATES
FAIRBANKS. Dec., 22, (/PI—
Landing here at noon, Noel Wien,
veteran Alaska aviator and his
brother Sigurd, completed all but
the final lap of a flight from
Virginia and Minnesota to Nome.
He covered the 2,500 miles in
14 days, several of which were
spent on the ground on account
of bad weather. In part he flew
ovr'r the proposed International
Highway.
Noel was "me!."here by his wife
and young son and they planned
to leave today for Nome to spend
r
WASHINGTON, Dec, 22, (IP)—
Although Germany doas not in
tend at present to request sus
pension of reperation payments
the winter months may bring in
creased unemployment and fur
ther economic troubles, H. H. I
MacLean, American representa
tive on the International Cham
ber of Commerce, reported to
the White House.
BIGGER TOURIST
TRAFFIC IN SIGHT
FOR TIE INSIDE
-L.
FAIRBANKS BOOSTER PAINTS
ROSEY PICTURE FOR IM
MEDIATE FUTURE
“We are looking for a big in
crease in tourist business next sea
son over last summer, or in other
words, we will be getting back to
normalcy We are speeding up our
service over the Richardson High
way between Fairbanks and Chit
ina besides reducing the fare. From
preliminary reports I believe we
are going to have a full season and
an especially heavy traffic into Mc
Kinley Park.” R. J McKenna,
Fairbanks ag'f'it for the Alaska
Steamship Company and secretary
treasurer of the Richardson High
way Transportation Company is in
Seward on furlough from his In
terior duties. With Mrs. McKruir i
he is visiting Mrs. MeKanna’swnar~
ents here, Mr. and Mrs. M W. Stan
ton, Mr. McKarina ww> at one time
a Seward Citv Council, man and a
member of the Seward Trading
Company and is a property owner
here. The McK annas ov ■ cd * »
Fairbanks last Febrile rv.
Mining cpnditipSn rt . excel] cm.
in the Fairbanks a,r.*:i b« S'".vs
Every dredge in the di il'c< Vhni
a successful season and two igCThe
dredges of the Fen-1 - ks Exptor
a Mon Opmrriiy mi Cbnor».and!
C'.eary creeks are ali’’ nwraUm’' fee
cause there .lbs been Hfigxwxl c.';’4|
weather ae vet. Hard -mb cv-v "i
has the brHrl'tv - of o •”
Henderson-M<’Ginn ;r wtv on
St. Patrick is turning' fart real gold
bullion from a lead that increases
in width and richness as develop
ment work progresses.
The Richardson Highway is ir.
excellent shape. On one hurry-up
trip this last summer they averaged
29V2 miles an hour from Fairbanks
to Chitina. The Steese Highway
from Fairbanks to Circle will bo
put in such shape this coming sea
son that the same time can be
made on that road.
Tire Richardson Highway Trans
portation Company has 15 automo
biles subject to service, two of them
being large busses that carry i3
passengers. Special arrangements
will doubtless have to be mane by
the McKinley Park Transportation
Company to naudle increased
tourist traffic that now seems as
sured. On the Richardson Highway
it is proposed to cut the time
down between Fairbanks and.
Chitina by 24 hours. Instead olf
three days they will make it in
two days.
in aacuxion xo new mining ven
tures, the building of the half-mil
lion dollar court house at Fairbanks
will stir up business; much road
work is to be carried on. Fairbanks
doesn’t known that there are any;
such words as ‘hard times.” Every-1
body is cheerful and looking for
ward to greater prosperity- The
new telephone system is working
fine and the Northern Commercial;
is preparing to put in a new power!
and light plant. Despite low prices
on furs there will be a big Interior
catch, according to reports that
have been coming into Fairbanks.
People who know Alaska and un- 1
UNEMPLOYED FIGURES
WASHINGTON, Der., 22, (/P)—
The number of unemployed In
25 states and in the District of
Columbia and in the cities of
Buffalo, Rochester and Philadel
phia on April 1, was 656,000, one
sixth per cent of the population,
the census bureau announced.
PLANE CRASHES
DAZED MAN CARRIED FROM
BEDROOM OF HOUSE
HIT BY PLANE
LOS ANGELES, Dec., 22, (/P)—
The heroism of two fliers saved
the lives of themselves and two
others at 2 a. m. this morning
when their mail plane crashed
into the side of a house after
hitting a high tension wire and
bursting into flames.
Bart Cox. pilot, George Sher
wood, copilot, and A. Ousterhaut
j were in the plane which carried
1.5 0 pounds of mail which was
damaged to some extent by wat
j er and the flames.
: The two pilots entered the
I burning house of A. L. Tormr and
; caried the dazed man from his
bedroom to safety.
' ' The plane was valued at $65,
i 000. Everyone was clear before
the gasoline exploded.
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LONDON. Dec., 22, {#)—Dis
patch from Umtali, in southern
Rhodese, announced that Dr. R.
I. Magoon, prominent Chicago
scientist and hunter, was found
dead in his bedroom with his
wife Audrey.
Police think Dr Magoon at
tacked and killed his wife, then
took his own life.
MS BOXER AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec., 22, (/P)—The
MS Boxer, of the Bureau of Ed
ucation, arrived with tin ore,
reindeer meat and hides, ivory
and curios from the Arctic after
one of the most trying of his
long career, said Capt. H. T. L.
Whitlam.
RIDE FOR NOTHING
BERLIN TUI II
BERLIN, Dec., 22, (JP>— The!
taxicab war in Berlin produced
an ultimatum in minimum rates
when several cabs appeared on
the streets with “No charge”
signs prominently displayed.
The fight is between the Kraf
tag Company which owns about |
1,000 of the city’s 9,000 cabs and
associations of private owners.
derstand conditions are clamoring
for a return of bounty on predatory !
animals, McKanna says. Wolves
and coyotes along the Richardson
Highway are becoming a real men
ance and are wrecking a heavy
toll of game animals and fur
bearers.
HOOVER SIGNS
ON DOTTED LINES.
TWO 810 BILLS
TREASURY POSTOFFICE BILLS
STILL BEFORE THE SEN
ATE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 22, <>P>—
The administration’s emergency
relief program is now a law and
Congress is off for a two-weeks
vacation.
The $45,000,000 drought bill
and $116,000,000 public building
program received the President’s
signatures Saturday.
All obstacles .seen as potential
causes for an extra session are
still to be tackled.
The Senate is causing worry
even though the $150,000,000 farm
board appropriation and the five
power commissioners passed.
The treasury postoffice bill
is still before the Senate.
Muscle Shoals is still undecid
ed. The immediate tasks for Jan
uary are, as yet, undecided. There
are .-ex nominees for the tariff
commission.
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f :-overmntmt * xec :. ■ ■ - > st- rted
work today potting, in ■ operation
the $118,000 Of ) ap;ir p iation
for public works, mostly for
roads.
The department of agriculture
is moulding machinery for dis
persing $45,000,000, the. appro
priation for loans to the drought
stricken farmers, in putting out
the next year’s crops.
President Hoover signed both
relief bills Saturday.
RI EDITOR
DENIES CONVICT
LABOREXPORTS
SEATTLE, Dec., 2, {£»—After
a speech last night in which he
denied that Russian convicts
produce goods for export, Dr.
Anna Strong, editor of the Mos
cow News, and English language
paper, is enroute to California
and tour of the United States.
She is the daughter of a for
mer Seattle Minister. She said
Russian convicts get the same
pay as other laborers and all
products made by them are used
at home.
Russians are so enthusiastic
about the "five year industrial
plan” that even the children are
saving bottles and paper for in
dustrial use.
The peasants still own land
and have merely merged it for
cooperative and mutual protect
ion, she said. Miss Strong is re
turning to Russia via New York