MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 251.
SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY, OCT. 20, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
JUDGE J. S. TRUITT
TELLS WHY SHOULD
be mm.
OUTLINES VIGOROUS POLICY
WHICH HE BELIEVFS GOOD
FOR TERRITORY
After an extended trip thru
Southeastern Alaska where he went
on a campaign tour, James S.
Truitt, Democratic nominee for the
office of Territorial Attorney Gen
eral on his way thru to his home in
Anchorage gave an extended inter
view to the Gateway in which he j
outlines his policies.
“Conditioins in gereral are good”,
he said, “and especially the politi
cal outlook in Southastern Alaska.
I will say that in the course of my
trip thru that portion of the Terri
tory in the interest of my campaign
for the office of Attorney General
of Alaska, I saw much evidence of
increased prosperity and more or
less of a feeling of optmism for the
future, and that this feeling may he
encouraged and fostered it would
appear to be the duty devolving on
the coming Legislators thru a pro
gram of constructive Legislation
and the avoidance of any radical
enactments that would tend to in
jure our future prospects.
“If I am elected, as I confidently
expect to be, to the office of Attor
ney General, I shall place all the
aid and assistance the office af
fords at the disposal of the legisla
tors, together with all the advice
and counsel within my power, to
the end that the Legislature and;
the office of Attorney General may
work together as a harmonious
unit in the enactment of such con
structive legislation as the situation
requires. And further, that the
legislation so enacted by the duly
elected representatives of the peo
ple will be such that it may be har
moniously administered and sub
ject to liberal interpretation by the
people, and not subject to nullifica
tion as has been done in two or|
three vital instances by the pres- 1
ent incumbent in that office. I
look on the office of Attorney Gen
eral as an instrument created to
guide and assist in the enactment
and administration of laws that
will express the will of the people, |
but I do not believe that any in- |
oumbent has the right to usurp the
office of the courts which the pres- '
ent incumbent has done by his de
cisions which have nullified the
laws of the Legislature on more
than one occasion. Law in any
country or community is the ex
pression of the will of the people
and with that idea in view should
be given as liberal a construction as
necessary to attain the aims of the
law, especially in an undeveloped
Territory like Alaska.
“The present incumbent, Mr.
Rustgard, constantly complains of
the lack of harmony existing be
tween his office and the Legislature
until the thinking person is con
strained to believe that perhaps the
tail of the dog is trying to wag the
dog. A perusal of the personnel
comprising the membership of the
various legislatures that have func
tioned while Mr .Rustgard has been
in office, regardless of party affilia
tions and the factionalism that
have at times obtained, will show
some of the brightest minds, both
legal and otherwise, available in
the Territory. It would therefore
seem that if these minds disagree
with one as to what is best for the
Territory in the way of legislative
enactment, it would behoove one to
accept the situation gracefully, and
bow to the will of the people as
expressed by their representatives.
When the Alaska Legislature com
, (Continued on Page Six)
LOST ON A FOUL
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Oct., 20, OP)—
Paolonto was too anxious to fin
jish “Big Boy” Peterson and lost on
a foul when he hit Peterson as he
lay unconscious with his head
hanging over the ropes. This oc
cured in the second round of the
scheduled 10 rounder.
ORIGIN OF FLAMES WHICH
DESTROYED VESSEL IS
UNKNOWN
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 20, (/Pi
Fire last night destroyed the lum
ber schooner Coos Bay which was
fast on the rocks at Landshcad,
just inside the entrance to Gol
den Gate harbor.
The schooner’s» eventful career
on the seven seas ended a year ago
lacking four days when it piled up
on the reef in a blinding fog. Coast
gaurdsmen rescued the crew of 35
in breeches buoys -as the raging
seas pounded her sides.
The cause of the fire, that wrote
the final chapter in the ship’s
life,is unknown. The blaze spread
thru the ship then wrapped the
entire hull in flames. The shores
were lined with spectators.
Northwestern Hits
Mountainous Seas
In Gulf Of Alaska
After experiencing some extreme
ly heavy weather across the Gulf of
Alaska with waves that tossed the
ship unmercifully and shifted part
af the cargo, the S. S. Northwestern
jf the Alaska Steamship Co., macfe
:he Port of Seward at 5:30 this
morning in a driving snow and rain
storm. She found Seward clothed
in a mantle of white which was
luickly turning to an unwelcome
slush as the rain increased.
The boat brought a limited num
aer of passengers, some for Seward
xnd some for Interior points. She
nad several hundred tons of freight
most of which was destined for rail
points, although about 40 tons were
for Seward. The Northwestern will
•ail on time tonight at midnight.
DELAY DEPARTURE
After talking to members of the
crew of the S. S. Northwestern
about weather conditions off the
Capes, the Nuka Bay party which
planned to sail at six this morning
were denied departure by Capt,
Pete Sather for at least another
day or until the weather moderates.
Those who are going are Eaoboc'k
and Downey of the Sonny Fox mine
at Surprise Bay, Mrs. Downey and
Bob Hatcher, the latter engaged in
developing a prospect. The boat is
carrying a heavy cargo of supplies
and provisions.
WILL GIVE BUTTERMILK
A rather peevish and disconsolate
“Bossy” was taken off the S. S.
Northwestern today for a brief rest
on her journey from Seattle to An
chorage where she is consigned to
the East Side Dairy. She is a high
grade animal and under normal
conditions probably gives high
grade milk, but after the shaking
up she got coming across the Al
aska Gulf she may give buttermilk
for the next two or three days.
SMITH DENOUNCES
REPUBLICAN STUD
III CHM TALK
BORAII CHIEF SPOKESMAN OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
STATES GOVERNOR
CHICAGO, Oct., 20, (/P)—Gov. A1
Smith wound up his Presidential
campaign in the West iuth an at
tack bristling with denunciations
of the Republican party.
Hoover, Work and Borah, the
Nominee declared, were responsi
ble for the renewal of the Salt
Creek oil lease to the Sinclair in
terests
He again took Republicanism to
task for the attitude toward far
mers declaring the Republican
party “Says in unmistakable lan
guage to the American farmer |
the record of which you so bitterly
complain is the Republican guar- j
antee of what you may expect (
for the next four years.”
On both prohibition and farm j
relief the Governor hit at Hoo
ver. He said “As to fundamentals
of the problem of the Republican
administration they looked like
the well-known ostrich with its
head buried in sand and they as
sumed everything was alright.
He went on; "The Republican
candidate says the liquor problem
must be worked out constructive
ly. What he means by that no liv
ing person can tell. It is a matter
of record, however, that no at
tempt has been made by the Re
publican administration over a
seven and one-half year period.
They failed to try to work it out
in any fashion. While referring to
it as a noble experiment the Re
publican candidate speaks of the
grave abuses that crept into the
administration. There is nothing
on record to indicate the Republi
can party has done a single thing
to eradicate these abuses.”
Still referring to prohibition the
Governor continued; “The poor,
weak, vacillating, broken down
Republican machine is unable to
offer a constructive suggestion for
the relief of the present intolera
ble situation.”
Referring to Senator Borah as
chief spokesman for Republicans,
Smith said he is now making a
special appeal to the farmers while
his (Borah’s) record shows that he
voted against “The only bill sug
gested to bring farm relief and at
the same time offered no solu
tion of his own.”
Discoverer Can
Not Depart For
Another Ten Days
Word received from the insurance
underwriters at Seattle Friday, in
structing the Discoverer, Captain
Heirne Berger not to sail until he
had installed a new tail shaft, will
delay the departure of that craft
io: at least 10 days. The new shaft
was shipped from Geattle on the S.
S. Yukon today and after its arrival
next Saturday will require two or
three days to install.
In the meantime Capt. Berger is
seeking the charter of a boat that
will deliver freight and passengers
for lliamna and Seldovia and mail
and get back here by the time his
repair parts arrive.
NO WOMEN STENOS
LISBON, Portugal, Oct., 18, (£>)—
Since women typists have been dis
missed by the finance minister as
an unjustifiable expense, minor
employees of the ministery of in
struction have been ordered to
learn typewriting or be dismissed.
Fill FROM TOP
BOTH TUMBLED AS ONE URGED
MOTHER PICK HIM UP FOR
BETTER VIEW
'NEW YORK, Oct., 20, (/P)-Two
small brothers fell from the arms
of their mother, on a roof of al3
story hotel, to their deaths.
Mrs. Hazel Waldeman, heiress
to share in millions left by her
father, Benjamin Guggenheim, was
showing the children the view.
She was holding Benjamin, age
14 months, in her arms when Ter
race, four and one-half years old,
climbed upon a bench trying to
get her to pick him up. Both tum
bled down; the mother fainted.
Valuable Addition
To College Library
GoeL To Interior
Thirty boxes of books, constitut- j
ing several hundred valumes came |
in this morning on the S. S. North- j
western consigned to the Alaska'
College at Fairbanks.
They constitute the donation of
Mrs. Alfred BroOks. widow of the
late Dr. Alfred Brooks, one timei
head of the U. S. Geological Sur- j
vey, who was a particular friend of
Alaska, and who probably knew
more about the mineral possibili
ties of the Territory than any other
ane man.
The books will prove an almost
invaluable adjunct to the library of
the college, particularly of the
School of Mines, since most of the!
volumes treat on mining subjects, j
Steamship Yukon
Sails North With !
Many Passengers
SEATTLE, Oct., 20, (^P)—The S. 1
S. Yukon, of the Alaska Steamship
Co., left for Alaska this morning :
with 80 passengers. The Seward
list of reservations is comprised ■'
of the following:
Mrs. J. Warren, Chas. The: ipson,
H. F. Rough, W. F. Scott, Mrs. L. .
Bullock, R. A. Ebbert, Gus Rail- ^
son, Jilrs. R. Biddy, Mrs. P. D. Wit- ,
tier, J. McNamara, Mrs. R. Hickey, |
Mrs. ci. m. Neely, Mrs.'P. ' ok, :
Sgt. J. U. Stuart. ]
\ ELCOME TO OUK CJT. !
Ti ■' population of the c'ty of
Sewi. i jumped up six today with
the . rrival of Mr. and 1/lvs. J. D.
Laved and their two children.
Marion and Juanita, and Max Pey
ser and son Edward. All are past
residents of Anchorage for 1 r.vuy
years. They have been down in
Southeastern Alaska for some
weeks but now they are back. It
is expected they will embark In
busines here but in the meantime
they are searching the highv/ays
and byways for a home.
I
BENEFIT TO TEETH
YOUNGER GENERATION DEVEL
OP TROUBLE: OLD BUCKS
GNAW VIGOROUSLY
Civilization may have some ad
vantage but it does not strengthen
teeth, at least among the natives of
Alaska, according to Dr. Bart C.
LaRue who spent the summer on
the Martha Angeline, known as the
“Yukon Medical Boat” of the U. S.
Bureau of Education of the Depart
ment of the Interior which spent
the summer on the great inland
river with a doctor, a dentist and
two nurses, plying from the mouth
to beyond Fort Yukon, ministering
to human ills both white and na
tive. With the passing of the old
order of diet on which tire older
generation preserved their molars
till they were worn down to the
gums, gnawing jerked caribou,
smoked salmon and hardtack, the
younger generation is developing
pyorrhea to an alarming extent by
eating the softer, more easily ob
tained foods of so-called civiliza
tion, a condition aggravatedby un
sanitary mouths.
“I examined and treated perhaps
2,000 persons both white and native
and I found pyorrhea generally
prevalent,” said Dr. LaRue, who is
returning to his office at Ketchikan
on the S. S. Northwestern. “Among
the natives, the old bucks and
squ; ws needed of my atten
tion, but the younger redskins, who
have been quick to adopt the ways
and foods of the white man. requir
ed much.”
This is the third year the "Med
ical Boat” has been making tire
river, the first year being in charge
of Dr. Welch, the second under Dr.
Houston, who was drowned on the
lowrer Yukon, and this season under
Dr. Kauffman of San Francisco.
Miss Fergus and Miss Major were
the nurses. For the first time they
had a dentist this season, in the
person of Dr. LaRue.
Although not wishing to discuss
the strickly medical side of the
question, Dr LaRue said that there
.3 no question but that tuberculosis
s present among the natives to an
Harming extent, as well as vene
real diseases, another aftermath
of “civilization.”
The advent of the medical boat is
i great occasion along the river, the
lews traveling by native “tele
rraplv’ whereupon they flock to the
•iver in astonishing numbers. Down
m the tundra of the Yukon delta
;hey heard that natives had come
several hundred miles and pitched
;heir tents, some of them waiting
ill summer at points the boat was
jnable to reach on account of Uni
ted time.
Dr. LaRue was so impressed with
.he country that he seriously con
emplates returning shortly and
naking a dog-team journey into
he Kuskokwim and Iditarod coun
■y and thence over to Nome, per
haps to spend the winter in the In
rior.
IDAHO DEFEATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 20, (/F)—
Stanford defeated the Idaho foot
ball team by the score of 47 to 6.
POWER NOTICE
On Sunday power will be shut
'off from 8:03 a. m. till 5 p. m. while
changes are being made in the pipe
line on account of the flume cross
ing.
S. L. & P. CO.