VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 121,
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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GOLD MINING CARRIED ON
CENTURIES, SMALL WAY,
BY THE INDIANS
MANILA, May 23, (A3)—Immense
ly valuable deposits of gold are
reported to have been found on
Angat river, 25 miles north of
Manila.
The lowest estimate of the val- I
ue is fixed at $20,000,000 and the
jf highest at $50,000,000. The entire!
known extent of the property has
been staked out by 19 Americans
all of whom are connected with
and engineering concern
The gold is contained in a
quartz vein which has been trac- j
ed 9,000 feet ranging in width
from 25 to 200 feet. The discov- j
ery was made several months
* ago by George Cushing during
the construction of a tunnel for
water to the district.
He had previously noticed indi
cations of placer gold in the An- ;
gat river and prospected the re
gion finding the quartz ledge in
the vicinity.
Since the mining laws provide
only one person may fluke only
one claim Cushing allowed 18 of
his friends to stake the remain
der of the claims at discovery. It
will not bring a new industry to
♦ the Philipines since gold mining j
has been carried on, in a small
way by. the Indians, for centuries.
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YOUNG MAN SAID TO BE FROM
mt. McKinley park; fell
3,000 FEET
CHF.HALIS, Wn„ May 23, (/Pi—
Grant Pearson, student flier of Mt.
■>/r''T£h,,r-v P^rk. Alaska narrowiy
escaped death at the Chehalis air
port when his plane went into a
J t<ailspin at an elevation of 3,000
feet.
He was slightly cut about the
*ace and possible a broken rib.
These burises were the only injuries
A sustained when the plane dropped
several hundred feet then turned
bottom side up landing on sandy
ground.
Residents living near the airport
extricated Pearson from the plane
who was able to walk with assist
ance. Pearson said after the joy
stick came out he was unable to get
»t back in place.
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WHO GETS THE COIN
NEW YORK, May 24, (/P)—The
grand jury began investigation of
evidence against Salvador Ateca,
wealthy Spaniard and three other
men arrested after they had escap
ed across the Mexican border with
$750,000 said to belong* to Juarez,
Mexico banks and being part of
*oot carried off by Mexican rebels
when the occupied that city.
MAY NOW SIGN
NEW YORK, May 24, (/P)—The
boxing commission of New York
rules lhat Max Schmeling, heavy
weight aspirant, would be permit
ted to sign his own contract to fight
Paulino Uzcudin at the Yankee
stadium June 27.
EDITORIAL
WELCOME TO SEWARD
Lieutenant Colonel Frank J.
Griffin, officer in charge of the
Washington-Alaska M i li t a l y
Cable & Telegraph System, and
Mrs. Griffin are heartily wel
comed to Seward. May this,
their first visit to Alaska, be so
pleasant that the memory of it
will serve to bring them back
North, time and again.
The United States Signal
Corps, as well as the Army gen
erally, occupies a very bright
spot in the history of Alaska.
The people of Alaska are well
acquainted with the unselfish
work of the Army personnel on
duty in the Territory. From the
early days of American Alaska
the Army’s men have been
pathfinders and pioneers of the
North. The names of Allen,
Abercrombie, Glenn, Ray, Her
roo and many others are inde
libly stamped on the pages of
Alaska history.
The Signal Corps, of which
Lieutenant Colonel Griffin
heads, has maintained com
munication with the outside
world and has sacrificed many
of its men in the service. The
personnel is of the highest type
of American manhood, experts
in their chosen field, whose
esprit de corps is second to
nore, and is chiefly responsi
ble for the efficient service to
the Territory,
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JUNEAU PUBLISHER
FLIES TO FUNERAL
SEATTLE, May 24, (/Pi—J. VV.
Troy, editor and manager of the
Juneau Empire, landed on Lake
Union last night in a plane piloted
hv Anscel Eckmann. He flew hexe
to attend the funeral of his brother,
Preston Troy, Washington pioneer
and of Olympia.
Eckmann’s ship also brought G.
H. Skinner, president of the Pacific
Alaska Salmon Corporation from
Port Althorp.
Argentum is the Latin for silver,
the chemical symbol of which is Ag
LARGE SWINDLE
TUBERCULAR DUDE
UNWED. L. L
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE “KICK
ED IN” WITH AT LE4ST MIL- .
LION DOLLARS
LOS ANGELES, May 23, (JP)-r
What federal authorities called one
of the biggest “Tuberculosis cure”
swindles ever operated in the west
has been disrupted and the indicl
lrent of five persons charged with
using the mail to defraud.
Charles Ay cock and Glen Jackson
were arrested and telegraphic wai
rants were issued for Adolph Beyer,
George Lester and Martin Lester
who “guaranteed cure” by their
preparations.
It is claimed they victimised
more than 10,000 persons of ap
proximately $1,000,000 during the
; last several years,
i Government chemists and medl
jeal experts were unanimous in a
i statement that the remedies were
i worthless in the treatment of lung
pulmonary diseases. The company
j had been operating under the name
I >f the San Romay Co.
COAL BUNKERS FOR PORT OF
SEWARD AND COALING STa
TION AT DUTCH HARBOR
SEATTLE, May 24, UP)—Ernest W.
|Sawyer, assistant to the secretary
I of the interior, will investigate
;plans of a new coaling service for
trans-Pacific vessels which is ex
pected to increase Alaska coal pro
duction and operations of the Alas
ka Railroad. The plan is to estab
lish a coaling station at Dutch Har
bor, which is midway between
Seattle and Japan, on the northern
(great circle route, with bunkers at
'.Seward.
SCIENTIST TO SEEK ALASKAN CULTURE
THE lines of the ancient Eskimo art object shown above are
considered rich and frlowing by experts, whereas they consider the
modern woman’s workbag fastener (below) mechanical. Henry B.
Collins jr., in the center of the Eskimo chidren, is the assistant
curator of ethnology of the United State national museum
EDITORIAL
WEAR A POPPY
Red Poppies bloom again on
Seward streets, reminding us
that, for scores of “our boys”
the war is not yet over—never
will be.
Tomorrow the poppies will be
sold and the money thus raised
used to make life a little more
bearable for sick and wounded
ex-soldiers. The American Le
gion Auxiliary is conducting
the sale.
I or most of us the great con
. fliel of 1914-1918 is history, to
men, lying crippled and broken
in hospital beds, it is as poig
nantly present as it was 11
years ago—10 long weary years
of pain and hopelessness.
Never mind what the was ac
complished, if it accomplished
anvthing. Don’t let your cyni
, cism about war blind you to the
fact that these boys DID fight
for you, that they DID get
smashed in the brutal conflict
that convulsed the world with
rage—for you.
A red poppy in your button
hole tomorrow shows that you
DO care, that you haven’t for
gotten the sacrifice these lads
made on what we called “The
alter of their country.”
Poppy, Mister? Poppy, Lady?
POLICE OPENED FIRE FIRST,
SAYS REPORT FIRE HOSE
QUELLS STUDENTS
MEXrCO CITY. May 24, (/P>—One
^’ideri was killed and 32 persons
:wounded, four seriously, in rioting
prowing from a student strike at
the National University Law School
Inver the monthly examination pro
test.
Poijee and firemen adopted ex
treme measures in breaking up the
Strikers and 23 student leaders were
arrested and held pending investi
gation.
AfUr midnight, before a crowd '
several thousand students were dis- j
nersed. The trouble had been in- I
termittent for several weeks police
were first called to the medical I
school where law students were try
ing to urge the medical students to
loin the strike.
When the students agreed to
strike and started to walk out of
I he Lailding the police opened fiie
killing one; the students fled to a
building where they barricaded the
doors and opened fire on the police
with pistols. Firemen then started
using axes as weapons and attach
ed a hose to a hydrant and subdued
tiie fighting mass.
EXCURSION SEASON
SEATTLE, May 24, (£>)—The in
auguration of the summer excur
sion season to Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship Co., begins with the sail
ing Saturday to southeastern and
southwestern Alaska.
FIVE WOMEN PINCHED
NEW YORK, May 24, (A5)—Two
women physicians and three nurses
of the birth control clinical re
search bureau were arrested when
the clinic was raided by police. The
women were discharged in the j
imagistrates court.
SLITS HIS THROAT
CUT FATHER’S THROAT MAKE
CERTAIN WAS DEAD AF
TER USED HAMMER
SAND POINT, Idaho, May 23, {/P)
—James Rau, 22, who beat his
father Herman to death with a
hammer then slit his father’s
throat for good-measure, “Be
cause I had a feeling I had to
kill him,” faced the possibility of
escaping trial for murder when
County Prosecutor McFarland or
dered a hearing to determine his
sanity.
If found to be mentally unbal
anced he will be sent to an asy
lum. Rau surrendered yesterday
after his 70-year-old father was
found on their ranch, near here.
James was examined a month
ago as to his sanity but despite
the testimony of doctors that he
was insane he was released upon
the plea of the father who said
he would send his son to a pri
vate sanitarium.
Instead he allowed him to
work about the ranch. James
seeded to be unperturbed and
talked freely of his crime saying
“For some time I had the feeling
I wanted to kill father and could
not shake it off.
“Between the barn and the
house I sneaked up behind him
and struck him over the head
with a hammer. He fell to the
ground and I kept on striking
him until I was sure he was dead.
I felt sorry about it but there was
nothing to do then so I cut his
throat to make surei he was
dead”.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRO
DUCE ARE IMPORTED TO
TERRITORY YEARLY
j SEATTLE, May 24, (A5)—Colonel
O. F. Ohlson, general manager of
'the Alaska Railroad, is in Seattle
j'ooking for settlers upon approxi
mated 3,000,000 acres of agricul
tural land.
Alaska farmers from Finland and
Scandinavian countries are wanted
in the Tanana vljey owing to the
low temperatures, while Swiss, Ger
mans and Hollanders are wanted
for Matanuska valley where it is
said the climate is not unlike west
ern Washington.
As a start towards colonization
M. D. Snodgrass, formerly of the
Territorial agricultural school, will
start immediately on a tour of the
United States; also to advertising
in 40 agricultural papers.
He wants to get at least 50 or 100
families the first year. “Alaska
imports yearly $5,000,000 to $6,000,
000 in foodstuffs which it should oe
growing”, Colonel Ohlson said.
NEW GOLD RUSH
KAI GOORLIE, Australia, May 24,
(A*)—The discovery of hematite
quartz and iron stone started a gold
rush to the famous old Bulong Reef
where claims have been pegged for
miles around the spot.