MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 99.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1928.
YOUR OWN GOD’S
COUNTRY,SEWARD,
SAYS MC CRACKEN
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“Of aii the districts of this continent which I have visited—
and I’ve sojourned in most of them—the section which comes
nearest to my ideal is the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. I can
imagine no more perfect way of living than to have a satisfac
tory job in the town of Seward. Alaska, that would permit a fel
low to spend about three months of every year on the game
trails that are accessibe fr'om that town.
“If I were to have the privilege of living a second life on
this earth and coud prescribe the route in advance. I would re
quest that the years one to 14 be spent in New York’s lower4
East Side, so that I might the more fully appreciate what was
to come later; and the years 14 to 40 in Alaska with Sewarcf
as home and headquarters: and the years 40 to the end in For
ida.”
, Editor's Note—Harold McCracken
is coming back to Alaska. Once more
a man who realty appreciates and
loves the great Northland is on his
way north and is bringing a party of
friends with him.
\nd he doesn't hesitate-to tell the
world why he is coming. In fact he
makes it such a glowing tribute that
that it sort o’ makes us blush to re
publish the things he has written in
the magazine “Outdoor Stories'-’. It
was called to our attention by L. A.
j Peel of the Northern Pool Hall, him
self an old time guide and one who
has consecrated himself to the charm
of Alaska. George 'Sexton of the Sex
ton Hotel, where McCracken has been
wont to stop on previous visits, lias
liis bit to add regarding a man who
is not afraid to tell what Alaska
means to him.
It appears that McCracken came up
here “on his own” in 191S to prospect
and hunt. He evidently went away
with very definite and favorable im
i1 pressions. He came back in 1922 to
get pictures of animal life and Andy
Simooison was his guide thru the sum
mer when they took a tremendous
footage of film along the Alaska Pen
ninsula. That expedition was financ
ed by Stone of Ohio, and the pictures
♦ lhad a big run in the States. It seems
that he is coming again with a party
of sportsmen and scientists to bag
game and to search for mummies to
the Westward.
In the magazine “Outdoor Stories”
he holds the position of editor of the
department of “All Outdoors.” Un
der the title of “Your Own God’s
Country,” he w'rites as follows:
^ Howdy, Pard!
“I am writing in regards a place
which possibly does not exist,” begins
t a letter from Homer Walton, of Mis
^ souri. “I want to go to live in a coun
try where there is plenty of game,
such as bear, moose, deer, and plenty
of fi ll. I want to trap and fur farm,
also. 1 am tired of modern conveni
ences and conventionalities. Would
it be possible to find -such a place as;
I lesire?”
The writer of this letter is merely
putting into words the innermost de
sire and fondest dream of most every
normal person—that of living in his
own “God's Country.”
Fortunately the ideals and desires
c a individuals are seldom alike. Were
it not for this I suppose we would
all move into the same town or pos
sibly ‘ry to live near the same fish
ing stream, and we might all have red
hair and want to go with the same
girl. 1- have heard men rave of living
in he desert and vow that it alone
was God’s Country. I have also heard
men say practically the same things
of the limitless prairies; of the Cana
dian Rockies; of the tropics; and of
the arctics. So—you pays your money
and you takes your choice!
My own God’s Country and the one
which I think answers the above let
ter, is in a particular section of Alas
ka. Possibly it may also fit in with
your own ideas. Anyhow I am going
to tell you about it, and you can judge
for yourself. If, however, after you
have read this, you feel that you
know of a better God’s Country, no
| matter where on the face of the earth
! it may be, you should write to Homer
1 Walton in care of this department
I and tell him about it. Your letter
will be forwarded and I am sure he
will greatly appreciate it. But here
goes for my choice.
The requirements of my God’s
; Country are very similar to Walton’s
—plenty of big game, and bears in
; particular; fishing streams well pop
! ulated with original stock and not pal.
j luted with any factory’s excrement;
i mountains where the wild sheep live
| and valleys in which only game trails j
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GIVES DELEGATE, RUSTGARD,
ALDRICH AND WICKERSHAM
SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITIES
NOME. April 27, (Special to The
Gateway)—Considerable excitement
and rivalry prevailed at Tuesday’s
primary election when 373 voles
were east. There was r.o contest ,on
the Democratic ballot. Foil -wing is
the complete precincts of Nome Ci+y
Cape Nome, Solomon, hlu:?, Chinik,
Council, St. Michael - and Kotzebue,'
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tedate;
Howard 93, SutherD'w 344, Ru 1
Gard 301, Waller 61. .Ml:-edit 101
Aldrich 138, La thro p 107, Chase 175,
Wickersliam 293, Gr.cMein 178,
Grant 21G.
For Senator, for the .mg term,
Sunquist received 203, Si:.hold 195.
For the short Senator t°rm An
do-sen was given 224 an ' Weave:
]on
D^prest-ntrtAT-s; TTr:f'*T'Ml, Woo"
ternone 95. Bar.ah 184. Haly 167.
TD'le-ich 183. Gumm 118, Mrs. May
s’ "d 107. Grimm TM, Little 106, War
sirg 1M, Mrs. Dr. Von Zesch 94.
Thirteen more precincts ape yet
io be heard from totalling more than
2op votes.
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THANKS CITIZENS
ANCHORAGE, April 27,
(Special to The Gateway) —
■‘Permit me, tP.ru your columns,
to ex.^..« to my good friends,
the -»anp;e of Seward and vici
nity, mv . sincere appreciation
and thanks for their splendid
support and their confidence in
me.”
A, E. Luthrop
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BOOT OF BENNETT
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 27. (JP)—New
York saluted in reverent tribute, as
the body of Bennett came home on the
way to the grave in Arlington Ceme
tery in Washington. Less than three
hours after the train arrived from
Quebec the body, started for Washing
ton where burial will take place this
afternoon.
CONGRESSMAN DIES
WASHINGTON, April 27. (JP)—Mar
tin Madden, veteran Congressman
from Illinois, died suddenly in his of
fice after being stricken with an acute
attack of heart trouble.
With a record of nearly $2,000,000 in hard rock gold
on the heels of placer production, the Fairbanks district
starts out this season to build up another million in quartz
mining. The real potentialities of Esther Dome are to be
further demonstrated. It is now only a question of how
deep the veins may go. Their richness to a depth of 400
feet has already been demonstrated.
Word from the seat of war is furnished by B. C.
Elmes of the Elmes Gold Mining Co., which has been fin
anced by employes of the Alaska Railroad. The Elmes
Gold Mining Co., will treat 35 tons per day this season and
■the drift on the 110 level shows five feet of $18 ore.
This is but a small part of what is going on around
Esther Dome. That dome, according to all the engineers
who have ever visited Alaska, was the source of the $200,
000,000 of placer that put the Fairbanks district on the
map beginning around 1900.
The Elmes property has been under
development for two years. It is
worthy of note that lite operations
have been financed almost entirely by
Alaska Railroad men who came here
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to see and later stayed to conquer.
They have not called upon Outside
capital in their program of develop
ment.
“In our drift of the 110 level the
vein is five feet and averages SIS a
ton”, said Mr. Elmes. “It costs us
about 87 to mine and mill it. Its free
gold and undoubtedly part of the
source of the placer that made Esther
Dome famous with a production of
.8200,000,000 in placer gold. All the
creeks heading in that dome have been
heavy producers of placer gold, and
now that the Fairbanks Exploration
Co., has spent 815,000,000 in building
ditches and constructing dredges, it'
is estimated that these creeks will
produce another $200,000,000
“There has always been argument
in the Fairbanks district about the
source of these wonderful placers..
All 'signs pointed to the fact, subse
quently proved, that the placer came;
from quartz veins on the dome. Some!
i argued that glacial action had worn;
the old mountain down so far that
i veins would amount to nothing. Oth
| ers said that inasmuch as the gold
had tnot come from heaven, there
j must be still roots of the old ledges
that had been rubbed off by the cease
less flow of time and glacial action.
“The la ler meory proved to be cor
rect. There are well defined ledges
i all over the district, particularly on
the dome. In our own case we are[
able to trace our ledge nearly two
miles across the dome. The Hender
son outfit is mining on the same ledge
across the hill and have already pro
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LAND AT CURTIS FIELD INSTEAD
OF MITCHELL FIELD WHERE
CROWD AWAITED
CURTIS FIELD. April 27. UP)—1The
crew of the trans-Atlantic plane Bre
men landed at 1:48 in the Ford relief
plane which brought the fliers from
Greenly Island. They appeared sud
denly over the field at 1:43 and after
circling about settle^1 gently to the
ground.
Few people were on hand to greet
the fliers. Most of them had gather
ed at Mitchell field a mile away. The
plane left Ste Agnes early in the morn
ing on its way to Washington where
the fliers will pay tribute to Bennett
who died on the way to their assist
ance. *
No stop had been scheduled here.
It is believed the plan to stop had
been kept quiet to avoid a crowd The
fliers will continue on their trip to
Washington by train because of rain.
YUKON ICE CONDITION
TANANA, April 27. (/P)—1The Yukon
river ice is fi^e feet, six inches thick,
six inches over last year’s ice and ris
es clear across the river surface.
Water is still running off the ice to
the banks.
HEAVY INSURANCE
NEW YORK, April 27. (£>)—Rosika
Dolly, dancer, and Harry Richman,
cabaret singer, took out $1,000,000 in
surance policies.
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