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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 174.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRENZIED FARMERS
VOLUNTEERS FIGHT
THOUSANDS SACKS WHEAT AND
25,000 ACRES LAND BURNED;
STOCK RELEASED
WALLA WALLA, Wn., July 27 (/P)
More than 300 frenzied farmers and
volunteer fire fighters are battling
a grain fire in the vicinity of Eureka
Flats, 30 miles away, in an attempt
save lives, homes and wheat It is
thought the fire started last night
from a switch engine spark; it has
already destroyed 75,000 sacks of
grain and burned over 25,000 actes of
wheat land some of which had been
harvested but much still standing.
In addition imore than 50,000 acres
of spring she*ap pasture have been
destroyed Sheep camps, buildings
and other holdings were also burned.
Farmers said they fait it is impossible
to tsttop the onrushing flames which
are headed Into the best wheat land.
ROADS BLOCKED
Telephone wires are down and
roads blocked. Reports said 10 farm
homes have been wiped out i
When farmers realized it was im.
possible to **top the spread of flames '
they began packing their belongings
and landing their familes out of the ;
fire area and turned the livestock i
loose on plowed ground.
Two warehousas have been destroy. I
ed; the amount of grain they contain. 1
ed is unknown. The Northern Pacific «
is rushing tank cars of water to aid
th*a fight.
BIG FIRE IS STOPPED
WALLA WALLA, Wn., July 27. (JP)
—The fire hena has apparently been
halted after it ravaged 600 sections
■of the farming country in 12 hours.
AMERICAN YACHT IS j
SECOND DISH DUCES
COPENHAGEN, July 27. (/P)—'The
American yacht Saleema, owned by
Vice Commoodore Henry F. Plant of
the Seawauhaka Corinthian Yacht
Club, captured second place in the six
meter class race of the Danish Royal
Yacht Club’s 'annual regatta off Copen.
hagen. The race was won by the
Danish yacht Lilli.
POWER NOTICE
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If the weather is) dry tomorrow j
(Saturday) electric power will be j
shut off from 9 o’clock in the morn
ing until noon.
SEWARD LIGHT & POWER CO.
TAKEN ILL IN POOL
NEW YORK, July 26. {£>)—Mjrs.
Myrtle Huddleston, holder of the
world’s endurance swimming record
was taken from the swimming (pool
here, ill from the heat after swim
ming continuously for 54 hours and
20 minutes.
TUI TEEN HOMES ABE
DESTROYED BT FIRE
FROM GRAIN FIELD
WINONA, Wn, July 27. (Jp)-Thir.!
teen homes were destroyed by a fire
which swept in from a burning grain
field. The fire was later controlled
by volunteer fighters recruited from!
Coleax, 25 .mites East. The fire also ;
destroyed several hundred acreisi of
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standing grain and pasture. The loss
te estimated at $50,000. No business
property was burned.
YACHT OAXACO WILL BE , RE_!
FLOATED ON FIRST HIGH TIDE j
WRANGELL NARROWS
PETERSBURG, July 27. ^--The
salvage steamer Alrutan in assisting
the Salvage King make repairs, to the
ywoht Oaxaco, tore off a part of her
keel while working near ttoe stranded
Earner. The damage is not serious
and it was run on the breach where
repairs were quickly made.
The repairs are n'eafty completed
md it will be ready for launching on
he first hrgh tide. !
Captain Hancock, P. "N. Morgan and
he crew are standing by. All others i
iave returned to California. j
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh, 7; New York, 5. *
Chicago, 6; Boston, 7.
St. Louis, 6; Brooklyn, 1.
Cincinnati, 6; Philadelphia, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, 12.10; Detroit, 1.13,
Washington, 5.6; St Louis, 7.4.
Philadelphia. 5; Chicago, 1
Boston, 2.3; Cleveland, 4.4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
San Francisco. 6; Sacramento, 2.
Seattle. 5; Hollywood, 10
Los Angeles, 4; Oakland. 3
Portlannd. 5; Missions, 10.
NEW YORK, July 27. (#»)—Babe
Ruth, home run king of tbs major
leagues, declares he will retire from
baseball at the end pf tbs 1929 season.
While most of Babe’s team mates on
the New York Yanks received his an.
lUMmcewtent sktrpttwflly, the bfg gun
of th*2 world’s champions insisted
’hat. thf* June of spanking a new white
ba-seball into distant bleachers would
bold no charm for him after next sea.
son.
CONFESSION SHATTERED
MORRISTOWN, Pa., July 26. .(#>)-*
Mi'S- Hussey's murder confession is
shattered. Her lruband has been found
with another woman.
FORMER SEATTLE MAYOR
FILES FOR GOVERNOR
OLYMPIA,, Wn., July 27. (£>)—Hurl,
ing defiance at Governor Smith, Demo.1
cratic Presidential nominee and Tarn.!
many nominaters in the State ofi
Washington, George F. CotterhillJ
former mayor of Seattle and a life'
long Democrat, filed his candidacy for'
Governor wth the Secretary of State |
her'3.
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NCEILE PALE AND PLAINLY
SHOWING STRAIN; NO DISOR.
DER MARKED TRANSFER
NAItVIN, Norway, July 27 (JP)—Ital.
ian survivors from the Italia disem.
barked from the S. S CiUa De Malinoj
while a great crowd assembled to1
i
watch them. The maintained s Hen 03j
was broken by- a few scattering hisses*
but when member of iha Swedish re. j
lief expedition, traveling to Stockholm;
by the same train boarded, they cheer.!
edfondly* < . ' . y j\
Nobile looked pale and his worn I
face showed plainly Ch*3 strain he hasi
undergone. Other members of the!
party appeared well »axcept CeceionL
whose broken leg was bandaged. Two
policemen wer© on duty but thare was
10 disorder.
DREDGES SUCCEED SOURDOUGHS IN MINING
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I.I10 gravel of Alaskan streams panned 30_ye&i^s ago by “sourdoughs”
is being treated agaiin for gold, tills time with huge dhadges after it has
been thawed out by (water pressure. At the teft is one- &f the dredges in op
eration near Fairbanks, and below is the system of hosts and pipes which
thaws out the gravel to be worked. The engineer at the riight is watching
the water fnrr>o/? -in*/-. --■* ...
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CHAMPION PAYS GLOWING TRI
BUTE TO RUGGED GAMENESS
OF CHALLENGER
NEW YORK, July 27, (JP)—Gene
Tunney paid a glowing tribute to the
rugged gam'eness of Tom Heeney after
the fight and announced “I intend to
remain in the fight business”.
Tunney was greatly concerned over
Heeney’s condition and was glad to
learn it was not seriious. He indig.
nately denied the charges of Heeney’s
handlers that he poked a gloved thumb
into the challenger’s eye in the 'sight
round saying “It was a hard clean
right hook to the head that started
him blinking.”
But Heaney, fully recovered from
his gory struggle, blamed Tunney’s
“blimy thumb” for his defeat. J
He said ‘That bloomin thumb; why
I know J was leading!”
The crowd of 50,000 with gate re.
ctaipts at $750,000, was the smallest
since the Shelby fiasco. Rickard and
his 600 millionaires are believed to
have suffered a loss of nearly $250,.
000. ^
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THOUSANDS BARRELS 1
WINE ADRIFT SEE
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HAVRE, France, July 26. iJP)—
Th^ lower Seine is closed to- navi
gation until further notice because
of danger to ships propellers hitting
one of the six thousand barrels ofA
^7ine adrift from the French steamer
Mo oh red Acsa’\ Underwriters' are
offering a premium of four dollars
3 barrel to persons returning the
svice *.
GROUP Df AMERICANS '
WILL JID CASINO
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 27. (-/p)
~A group of Americans outbid Italian,
rench, and other foreign interests
or the privilege of establishing here
n'3 of the costliest and most elabo.
ate gambling casinos in Europe. The
tmei icons have obtained the conces
ion for such a resort to be erected
n Margaret Island in the Damube.
IMMENSE AIR FIELD
BALBOA, Panama, July 27. (/p)_
ians for the construction of a $4,006,.
0 air field at the Pacific terminal
the canal have been completed,
ork will begin soon army officials
y. Albrook aviation field is the site,
IMPOSING SPECTACLE
SAM DIEGO, July 27. (£>)—-Circling
ove'the bay and across North Island
> naval planes passed in review
ove Rear Admiral Reeves and his
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