MORE COAL DRILL CONTRACTS
Examination of Anthracite Ridge
by the Geological Survey will get
underway this week. Word was
received yesterday from Lynch
Brothers, drilling contractors, that
they have completed hauling sup
plies and equipment to the field.
Contracts will be let this week, by
The Alaska Railroad, for drilling in
the area beginning three miles
west of Jonesville.
G. M. Chambers heads a new
clam canning plant on Cook Inlet.
The clam beds are located across
from Seldovia and. because of the
present excellent market price, it
is expected many people will find
profitable employment on the
beach throughout the entire sum
mer.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. A. D. Haverstock
PHYSICIAN and SllRUKON
Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Seward. A • -
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Cr. A. R. Roberis
DENTIST
Phone Madison IPS—Tecklenhe rg Bldi{_
Donohue & Dimond
attorneys at law
OFFICES
VALDEZ AND CORDOVA
USS GANNET AND TWO
PLANES WILL REMAIN
IN SEWARD FIVE DAYS
The U. S. S. Ganet and two pho- |
tographic planes are scheduled to
arrive in Seward on the morning j
of April 30, and will remain here j
five days before departing for the !
survey area in the vicinity of Chig- |
nik bay. Mayor Don Carlos Brown- (
ell is informed in a letter from
R. H. Harrell, lientenant, U. S.
Navy, officer in charge, Alaska
Survey expedition, postmarked
Bremerton.
Lieutenant Harrell wrote that
j the expedition was organized by
. the Navy Department at the re
; quest of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey to assist in charting cer
tain parts of the coast along the
north side of Shelikof straits and
in the vicinity of Chignik bay. It
! is expected that operations will
; continue during the summer
months and the expedition is
; scheduled to return to Seattle, via j
Seward, about September 1.
The flag plane of the expedition
j has been christened “Seward,” and
it is expected to use Seward as a
base for final preparations prior
to departure for the survey
grounds.
I
The Standard Oil tanker Stand
| ard Service, C. Cagle, master,
j which took on supplies at the local
| headquarters distributing plant,
i departed Wednesday morning for
| Prince William Sound canneries.
FLYING SCHOOL
To the first 10 students, we are offering a complete
private pilot’s course at the special introductory price of
$400; the regular fee is $450. This course includes 20 hours
flying and Department of Commerce regulations.
The instructor has more than four years of continuous
experience in instruction and is especially well qualified—
being a transport flier, as well. Results are guaranteed.
Students will be taught in a Deluxe Fleet training plane
with a new and latest type Kinncr Motor. This plane i$
completely and modernly equipped for advanced or blind
flying.
STAR AIR SERVICE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
MARINE, AUTOMOTIVE AND COMMERCIAL
MACHINISTS and ELECTRICIANS
WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
. —DEALERS IN—
BUICK, CHEVROLET and DELCO LIGHT
P. M. Ogle Garage
HUFF and BACON, Mechanics PHONE MAD. M
Evan Jones Coal Company
—PRODUCERS OF—
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Highest Grade Bituminous Coal,
carefully washed, screened and
sized to meet every requirement.
MORE HEAT UNITS PER DOLLAR
YOUR COAL DEALER CAN SUPPLY YOU
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Economical Dependable
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GRADED TO SUIT EVERY NEED
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HOME OFFICE: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
JOHN e.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
HIE CUTTERS.
LIGHTS. SURVEYS.
WESTWARD NEEDS:
WESTWARD NAVIGATOR TELLS
OF DANGERS ALONG TIIE
COAST
“We need revenue cutters! We
need lights and surveys! Normal
times out Westward, fur is produced
to the extent of at least a quarter
of a million dollars and to get this
fur ready for the market, it is nec
essary for trappers from various
native villages to travel from island
to island. Sometimes in seaworthy
vessels, but many times in power
dories.” stated Roy A. Wheeler,
Westward fur raiser and transpor
tation man, who went South on the
SS Starr.
“The trapping season, coming as
it does in the middle of the winter,
all inter-island travel must be done
during the early fall and late win
ter, which has proven to be the
worst times of the year for storms
and seas.
“Including Unalaska and all tne
territory to tlie Westward as far
as Attn, there have only been three
vessels capable of making the in
ter-island trips, the longest of these
being a vessel of 65-foot length.
They have been spending most of
the past winter playing revenue
cutter to each other with short in- •
tervals of time between for the
carrying out of their own work.
“The solution for this problem,
| would be the stationing of a rev- ;
i enue cutter, summer and winter,:
where it would be immediately ac
! cessible to all shipping in that lo- ,
| cality; and while accessible to local
J shipping, would also be in a posi
j tion to render aid to trans-Pacific
' vessels following the great circle
; tract which takes them within,
! sight of the Aleutian Islands
i “As regards lights, anyone who
! has made a trip Westward can
realize the value and necessity of
adequate aids to navigation, and
with the installation of these aids
to navigation the travel would be
safer and the country developed
faster for that reason. From Un
alaska to Attu, there is at present
but one light and it seems that
with all the money being spent to
enforce certain war-time measures,
with such poor results, that they
could at least appropriate a very
small portion for the protection of
the lives of citizens who are daily
risking their lives in the further
ance of their own interests, who,
at the same time, are developing
the Last American Frontier.
“While aware of the fact that
the Coast and Geodetic Survey has
been doing wonderful work in the
past and at the present time, one
wonders if it would not be possible
for a brief survey of the Aleutian
Islands merely touching the sur
face, as it were, by paying special
attention to harbors which are used
with the utmost precaution by lo
cal vessels and are practically un
known, and are not, at the present
time, even shown on the charts.
“Four of these harbors could pro
j vide a shelter for a good many de
stroyers and scout cruisers, and
one, which is about seven miles
long and three wide, would prove
an ideal anchorage for several of
the largest battleships. These har
bors are absolutely land-locked
and visible only from the air. In
addition to this, there are two much
larger harbors which are protected
from all winds except those from
one direction. The value of this
particular territory in war-time
need not be dwelled upon as one
glance at a map of the North Am
erican continent will show the
strategic value.
’’Think it over!”
ISLAND LEASES LOWERED
Between 400 and 500 island fur
farmers in Alaska will be benefited
by a ruling of the Forest Bureau
which has, because of the low mar
ket price on fur, reduced leasing
rates to one-half and an annual
minimum charge of $5.00. Many
of these island farms are located
in this area while in Southeastern
Alaska 180 will be affected. Pre
vious to this announcement the
leasing fee was in the neighbor
hood of 250 a year.
Anchorage is wondering why
Delegate Wickersham recently in
troduced a bill asking that The Al
aska Railroad call for bids when
purchasing coal. Wondering be
cause this procedure has always
been the rule in compliance with
existing regulations.
Grigsby Leads in S. E. Alaska
George B. Grigsby was leading
in Southeastern Alaska yesterday
afternoon in the three-cornered
Delegate to Congress primary race
for the finals next November, ac
cording to word received by The
Gateway late in the afternoon.
But Anthony J. Dimond and A. H.'
Ziegler were running close behind
him.
* * * #
J. S. Hofman, Seward Democrat
ic candidate for the Territorial
House of Representatives, was high
man on the Anchorage legislative
list. He was given 390 votes
* * * *
Out of 620 Democratic ballots
cast at Anchorage “Tony” Dimand
received 543 votes, Grigsby 33 and
Ziegler 30.
* * * *
Wm. L. Paul filed yesterday at
Juneau on an independent ticket
for the nomination of Attorney
General.
* * * *
Anchorage reports Frank Fos- j
ter was beaten badly by John
Rustgard in the race for the nom
ination for Attorney General of
Alaska.
* *
Anchorage people and business j
houses are phoning The Gateway
for returns, being particularly in
terested in the vote cast in the
First Division. Cooperating with the
Seward Republican and Democratic
organizations, The Gateway has
wired Juneau for complete returns'
todate on all contested offices of
both parties.
* * * *
; “Tony” Dimond left Ketchikan
i Tuesday in a motor boat for Ju
i neau.
BIG CELEBRATION IS
GIVEN LOCAL YOUTH
Yesterday evening marked the
celebration of a birthday for an
other local lad when friends of
Kenneth O'Neel gathered at the
Fred Broadwell residence shortly
i after 8:30.
The hostesses, Misses Roberta I
O’Neel and Wilma Shellhorn, plan- j
ned the event as a surprise and
their efforts were well rewarded, as
not an inkling of their plans leak
ed out. Dancing occupied the en
tire entertainment program ex
cept for time out for opening of
gifts which Kenneth received, and
for serving of the special birthday
cake, pie and coffee.
Up until the time of going to
press, Kenneth had made no state
ment as to his age nor did he say
whether or not his friends had
given him the paddling due all
those celebrating the passage of
another birthday.
After a few days in the Seward
General Hospital, where he re
ceived treatment to a foot injured
last year, Mr. Gage returned to his
home Wednesday.
The ALASKA PACK BOARD em
bodies all the best features as de
veloped by prospectors and packers
traveling over the rough country
of the West and Alaska. Added to
this fact, they are carefully con
structed with best grade materials.
Manufactured by SEWARD LEA
THER WORKS.
Mrs- George Lindsey of Moose
Pass was an incoming passenger
on Wednesday’s mixed train.
APPLICATIONS FOR CITY
OFFICES
Applications will be received at
the office of the City Clerk up till
the hour of Noon, Monday, May 2,
1932, for the following Municipal
offices:
For combined office of Municipal
Clerk, Magistrate and Assessor, at
a salary of One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars per month.
For combined office of Chief of
Police and Fire Chief, at a salary
of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00)
Dollars per month.
For office of City Health Officer,
at a salary of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
per month.
For office of City Attorney, at a
salary of Twenty-Five ($25.00) Dol
lars per month.
For office of City Treasurer, at a
salary of One ($1.00) per annum.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, April
I 25th, 1932.
A. D. BALDERSTON,
I Municipal Clerk.
SS YUKON TONNAGE
A total of 750 tons of cargo will
be discharged from the SS Yukon
of the A. S. S. Co. For Seward
merchants, 30 tons will be delivered
as well as 25 tons of flour for the
local Chapter of the American Red
Cross. The remainder of the ton
nage is for railroad and down-river
points. In this is included 150 tons
of lumber for the Alaska Railroad,
two cars of cement for Anchorage,
a 50-ton steam shovel for the Al
aska Road Commission at Holy
Cross, several carloads of groceries
for Yukon River destinations and
lumber and groceries for the Mc
Kinley Park station.
Z. J. Loussac, prominent Anchor
age business man and one of the
owners of the Evan Jones Coal
Company, was a local arrival Wed
nesday in connection with the 2,000
ton Evan Jones coal shipment to
the SS Otsego.
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BOWMAN IS VISITOR
Harry E. Bowman, fur farmer
and president of the Kanaga
Ranching Company, who has been
to the Westward looking after his
interests, was an arrival in Sew
ard Monday on the SS Starr, hav
ing boarded that craft at Akutan.
During the while Mr. Bowman was i
to the Westward he spent some
time in reorganizing the big local
store at Umnak which his com
pany owns jointly with the Umnak
natives.
Mrs. George Colwell, wife of the
General Roadmaster of The Alaska
Railroad, arrived in Seward Wed
nesday from Tunnel.
» OSBO’S ELECTRIC SHOP
■ House wiring, boat wiring
J and repairing. We stock up
J to-date light fixtures,
i Radios and Radio Supplies
1 For Service Call
j Madison 123
FOR EXPERT
BARBERING
GO TO
Miller’s Barber Shop
Shower Baths
For Fresh, Froezn or Salt
FISH
ADAMS 14
Paulsteiner’s
SEA FOOD MARKET
SHIP ANYWHERE
Wholesale and Retail
John Paulsteiner, Prop.
“HOME AWAY FROM HOME"
Seward Hotel
Rooms with or without bath.
Hot and cold water and
steam heat.
Special rates by the month
mrs. d. j. mckenzie
nwOHmHBH
I AronEricson
» PAINTER and DECORATOR
! WALL PAPER
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERATIONS
C. Henning's
Tailor Shop
PIONEER CLUB
NICK HODAK, Prop.
Cigars, Soft Drinks
Card Tables
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Drink Milk for Health
: PURE BRED STOCK
! PRODUCES ALL OF
; MILK and CREAM
I Seward
Dairy
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Seward
General Hospital
SewardAlaska
CAL M. BROSIUS
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
Crosley Radio 124 Series—Eight Tube Supers
PRICES: $49.75 — $65.00 — $75.00 — $85.00 — $95.00
EQUAL TO THE BEST AND BETTER THAN MOST
Chas. Curtice for Installation and Servicing
C. M. O.
SEWARD, ALASKA PHONE MAIN If]
Overland
Hotel
On the Main Street 8
a
Seward, Alaska 8
B
Mel A. Horner, Mgr.»
Hostess Cakes
and HOSTESS COOKIES ,
FRESH AND DELICIOUS AT PRICES THAT
MAKE THEM AN ECONOMY
M’Mullen’s Grocery
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