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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 50. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7. 1931. PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA REINDEER
AS HOT AS OF YORE
EARNEST WALKER SAWYER DEN
IES ASSERTION MADE BY
CARL LOMEN
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. (A5) —
Senator Kendrick, democrat from!
Wyoming, chairman of the Wilbur |
Reindeer committee told witness at
The hearing that “native distress ’
must be eliminated before the cdn
i<roversies between the white and
native herd owners could be settled, j
Kendrick said cooperative plans'
Jor the developing of the industry1
were impossible until all doubt oi:
rhe integrity of th^ proceeding is.
cleared from the minds of the na -1
five herdsmen. Wilbur urged the |
committee to formulate grazing!
areas as a protection to the own-1
ers and to permit the driving of the j
ieer to a market.
Wilbur predicted that the herds!
would number more than 3,000,000
head and would mean a future meat
supply.
Leonard D. Baldwin, president of
the Alaska Livestock and Packing:
Company recomended five govern-;'
ment experts be placed in charge of j
five grazing districts. He said the j
business interests would be forced
x> withdraw if they were to be
without the protection of the gov-"
eminent.
Wilbur urged Baldwin’s plan be j
{riven consideration as a plan tor j
cooperative herd development.
Kendrick said that the coopera -'
■ion ol the Lomen company with
♦he native owners in the education
if the natives in business methods
vas essential.
Carl Lomen charged that the
.uck of knowledge of animal hus
bandry oi the office of education
vas the cause of all the trouble. Er
nest Walker Sawyer denied that
assertion.
Representative Leavitt, a com
mitee member, said that the natives
should be given a chance to con-;
sider whatever plan is to be adopt
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BID MOTHER DEPORTED j
IN SMS AND EUROPE
UNDATED, Mar. 7. (JP) —Mean i
-weather and storms lashed the At- i
lantic from Iceland to northern Af- '
rica; sonw blanketed the prairies; i
United States rivers overflowed; in 1
France high waves and tides flood
ed the flatlands; along the English
coast shipping was endangered as ,
gales blew violently with sand- 1
storms on shore. <
In America the storm centered
aver southeastern Missouri moving
northeastward. Almost every sec- (
t.ion of the Mississippi Valley ex- <
perienced snow, sleet, rain and (
cold. ,
Kansas and Nebraska were un- t
der three to ten inches of snow. (
Sub-freezing endangered the fruit
in the middle west from Virginia
to Jacksonville, Flordia. I j
Shipping was warned of storms c
along the Atlantic. f
Here for the week-end, H. Ken
nedy drifted into town yesterday l
from Hunter. ]
THE DEAL IS OFF!
KETCHIKAN. Mar. 7. (flP) —The
diphtheria and influenza epidemic
at Fairbanks has necessitated the
cancellation of the 1,200 mile trip
of the Ketchikan High Scool bas
ketball squad. The Alaska champ
ionship games cancellation was re -
quested by Superintendent Harry
Moore, of the Fairbanks schools, to
Superintendent A. E. Karnes, here.
1F[ oflioM
TIKI IN. W IT ILL
JUNEAU, Mar. 7. (&)—Nancy
Berg Carlson, wife of James Carl
son, taxicab operator, suicided at
her home by shooting herself with
a 38 calibre revolver in her right
temple.
Nancy Carlson was a former An- I
chorage waitress and came to Jun
eau about 10 years ago.
She had bee nmarried for five
years. She was elected queen for
the Fourth of July here a few years
ago. Her parents are at New West
minister. British Columbia.
WIDESPREAD HAVOC
BY BUM EARTHQUAKE
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VIENNA. Mar. 7. (/P)—Widespread
destruction from two earthquakes;
this morning was reported from
Balkan cities. Residences and pub
lic buildings in numerous towns in-;
eluding Demir, Kapia, and Valan-1
dova, were shaken down.
The shocks drove the panic
stricken population into the openj
fields.
In the Valandova section a big j
mountain slide swept a Sheppard;
and„200 sheep to death. The Athens!
Express was stopped by the quakes;
which tore the road bed.
WONDERFUL TIME
Mr. and Mrs. George James ot
the Alaska Shop, in letter to local
folks, speak of the fine weather
which they have enjoyed this year
t hroughout their tour of the States,
rhey have visited all the “sunny”;
states of the West and upon their |
return to Seatle had the fortune i
x> meet local citizens who were so
journing in the great outside. Mr.
md Mrs. James expect to return on
;he SS. Yukon.
Aviator Joe Barrows left the
,ocal hospital yesterday and to
iay departed for Anchorage. Joe
s still very weak and his friends
vished he had remained in the
lospital for at least another
veek
Ed Snider of Matanuska left
>n the SS Northwestern for a
,wo months vacation in the
States
Dr. Sutherland of Cordova was
iischarged from the Seward Gen
ial Hospital, following his re
lent operation, and is on his way,
iccompanied by Mrs. Sutherland,
o their home in the Copper
>ateway city.
Mrs. Dan Ross, wife of the ;
Jnalaska marshal, left today for
Seattle, accompanied by Mr. Ross,
or special medical attention. .
On a brief business trip to the ]
ocak marts, Harry Brown arrived 1
Friday from Kenai River. !
183 PASSENGERS
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FIFTY TWO PASSENGERS ARE!
ARE FOR SEWARD AND
INTERIOR POINTS
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SEATTLE, Mar. 7. (JP)—The SS.
Yukon of the Alaska Steamship j
Company sailed from Seattle forj
SewaFd this morning at nine o’-1
clock and carried 129 passengers
and 34 steerage passengers.
The 52 passengers who are en-J
route to Seward included Chas. j
Sunsted, Koch, Mr. and Mrs. Dave j
Skarstad, J. K. Alexander, C. E. j
Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bow
man, Leo Logge, M. L. Adams, Rev.
and Mrs. Sadero, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. James, Ray C. Larsen, Col and i
Mrs. O. F. Ohlson, Nils Johnston.!
Arvie Rego, Chas. Salmi, Glenn R.
Day. j
Chas. Jansen, Olaf Larson, Wm.
Goetz, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Eggle-1
stone, Miss D. Griffin, Mrs. J. C.
Lowe, H. R. Miller, Andrew Myers.
Mrs. C. H. Holmes and daughter,
Wm. Hunter. S. T. Kincaid, Mr and !
Mrs. Waite: Skoff, R. Brown, A. H.
Engerhorn, Mrs. Miller, Don Reiner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. i\. Stewart, Mrs. K.
Staughan, Neil MfeDevitt, Mrs. F. E f
Brentlinger, Nels Jorgenson, N. W.
Knudsen, Mrs. Gestride Bly, Gro-,
ver Bayles, Simon Buiavska. D. K. j
McDonald, A. J. Marino, and 11;
steerage.
HOCKEY SCORES
SEATTLE, Mar. 7. (/P) — Vancou - j
ver 3, Seattle 2.
FROM HOLLYWOOD
Ewing Scott, Roy A. Klaffkin,;
Ray Wise and Mildred Davis,!
Hollywood moving picture folk,!
arrived from the south on the j
SS Northwestern enroute to Fair- j
banks and Point Barrow where ■
certain scenes will be taken.
MORE INTRGOUGED
TO INCREASE BOUNTIES
JUNEAU, Mar. 7. (Special to The
Gateway) — Representative John
ston, of Fairbanks, introduced a
measure for increasing bounties
on wolves and coyotes to $15 each,
despite the urgent recommendation
in the Governor’s message that the
present bounty should be continu- ;
ed until improvement is noted in i
the present financial conditions of 1
the Territorial treasury and the
economic situation.
Allan Shattuck, of Juneau, and
in the Senate, introduced a mea- .
sure for the revising of the corpora- .
tion’s code in proposing several |
minor changes in the existing sta- ]
iutes. The measure is designed to i
promote the domestic organization ]
Df companies for operation in Al
iska and which now function as
i foreign corporation. \
The Cordova Piggly Wiggly 1
store manager arrived on the SS
Northwestern continuing on to
Fairbanks where he will open up i
ihe company’s newest Alaskan ]
itoire. <
A FOURTH DAUGHTER $
TOKYO, Mar. 7. (/P)—Today a
fourth daughter was bom to thej
Emperor and Empress of Japan, j
The Imperial Palace still has no)
heir to the “line which has been j
unbroken for ages eternal.” Only
a male may occupy the throne.
Prince Chichibu, the emperor’s
brother, continues as heir.
J. S. STONE SUCCEEDS
LECCE AS CUMIN
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. <£>)—!
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President Hoover appointed James i
C. Stone? of Kentucky, to be chair- j
ma nof the Federal Farm Board. I
Stone is a former general mana • j
ger of the Burley Tobacco coopera
tive.
Legge said he understood that!
Stone would resign at the end of i
the year.
At this period the “program has
progressed to a point where the
organization may be classified as i
a going concern.”
TC SETS H CELLS
ANSVILLEr -No4^^1^I:nti, j
Mar. 7. ,7P)— Trapped in their cells, \
11 Negro convicts burned to deata:
as the stockade for Duplin county 1
was razed with fire. Forty one:
other prisoners, all except 12 Ne-,
gros, were led from the tuilding
by the guards.
It is thought the flames started i
in the kitchen from a cause which
is unknown. The stockade is of!
timber and is virtually without fire
protection.
CALIFORNIA DEFEATED
SEATTLE, Mar. 7. (/Pi—The Uni
versity of Washington defeated the;
University of California 41 to 25 in
the first game of the coast bas- j
cetball championship series.
Mr- Wilkins, member of the;
Seward Signal Corp staff, left j
on the SS Northwestern for a j
furlough in the States.
COST OF LIVING DROPS
WASHINGTON ,Mar. 7. (JP) —
Pood prices decreased 7.2 per cent
in the United States in the period
from June 1930, to December,
1930. House furnishing goods de
creased 3.8 per cent and cloth
ing 3.7 per cent.
R. Kern, wood cutter de lux,
s spending a few days in town
checking up on how things are
ceing run.
CRADLE “OF THE DEEP”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Mar 7. (!P)
—The cradle once occupied by
\dmiral Farragut, Tennessee’s
greatest seaman, is now on dis
>lay in the Governor Blount
nansion, here, the gift of Mrs.
3ruce Keener of Knoxville.
John Dryer, prospector, trapper,
,ie cutter and big game hunter,
vas among Friday’s arrivals in
,his fair city from Lake Kenai
William Burns, follqwing a two
veeks visit with friends at Lake
Cenai, returned to Seward Fri
Lay. ]
AIMS MANAGER
APPROVES SEWARD
LANDING FIELD
PACIFIC-INTENATIO AN PLANES
CAN USE FIELD AS IS, SAYS
BARROWS
The stamp of approval was
placed on the Seward aviatiom
field by Joe Barrows, operations
manager for the Pacific-Inter
national Airways of Alaska, who
inspected the airport Friday.
Mr. Barrows had been interested
in seeing the Seward field, par
ticularly so since the Pacific-In
ternational scored over their
competitors last week when their
pilot, Barnhill, made the first
landing upon it. Pilot Barnhill
who was accompanied by Pilot
Mechanician Alonzo Cope, also
took off with ease two hours
later.
“The Seward field is excellently
located with respect to the local
topography,” said Manager Bar
rows, “and apparently in the best
spot the section affords.” The
south takeoff is ideal, but the
present condition of the north
end of the field is not favorable
for a take-off in that direction
by a heavily loaded plane. “The
trees at that end/' he a&id,** -
still too near. However, our Bel
lanca and Fairchild ships, now
flying out of the Anchorage field,
can safely operate from here.”
Mr. Barrows was also pleased
with the present plans for the
continued improvement of the
field, advocating strongly that
efforts be concentrated on the
north end of the runway- He re
commended grading as soon a.s
possible the 600 feet at the north
end which w7as slashed last fall,
and then slashing an additional
800 feet beyond that. He said
another worthy improvement
that might be affected soon,
would be the removal of the
stumps between the south end
of the field and the bay, tho
this is of minor importance.
TUO EXPLODES ON
FIRSTNSS1ENMENT
NEW YORK, Mar. 7. (/P)—The
tug Joyce Card exploded as it was
leaving Brooklyn Basin killing two
men and injuring three. Three
others are missing.
The tug had just been over
hauled and was starting on its
first assignment when the blast
wrecked the boiler room.
Ogle’s Garage received a hand
some Buick automobile from
the south on the SS Northwest
ern.
BONNY SCOTLAND
Tom McKean, who has been visit
ing his old home at Glasgow. Scot
land, and who is associated with
the Portland Packers at Naknek.
is a visitor in town. Mr. McKean is
a, faithful Gateway subscriber and
is now enroute to the Westward.
Mrs. Gus Manthey departed
today for Woodrow where she
will visit her mother, Mrs. James
McConnell, for a week.