Seward, the Alaska City of Opportunity
eward Daily Gatew
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 12.
REWARD, ALASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931.
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TEN CENTS
ALASKA TRADE
IS EFFECTED BY
DEPRESSION 1930
gold mining only impor
tant INDUSTRY SHOW
ING ANY GAIN
Alaska’s outbound commerce |
ir, 1930, despite the depressionj
which seriously effected the Ter-j
ritory’s three main industries, j
fisheries, copper mining and*
fur, aggregated between $57,000,-j
ooo and $58,000,000, it was reveal- (
ed in the Juneau Emipre.
Gold mining was the only one
of the larger industries showing
an improvement over 1929. Some;
of the smaller industries, nota- j
bly reindeer, were not hurt by j
the nationwide business depres
sion.
TENTATIVE FIGURES
The total for the year is only
ary estimates in some prelimin
ary estimates in some instances,
where about complete were not j
available. The complete com-1
The complete statement will
te made public in about six
weeks when Juneau authorities
receive all declarations and re
ports on mail shipments of furs.
It is not believed, however,
that the gross will exceed $58,
000,000 which is regarded as a:
satisfactory showing under the j
circumstances.
It compares favorably with the i
commerce of 1921. when post-war,
deflation hit Alaska with telling j
effect, its outgoing shipments.
then aggregating slightly in ex
ess of $42,000,000. It will be
about the same cr slightly higher
than for 1927 when the aggre
gate southbound commerce was
valued at $57,068,788.
FISHERIES HIGHEST
The products of the Territory’s
fisheries, while appreciably less
than 1929, still exceeded all other
industries combined i n value.
The total for last year was $36,
15.429 as compared to $46,057,
725, thus showing a net decline
f slightly more than $10,000,000
Of this sum, the loss in value in
canned salmon alone was more
than $8,500,000. This was largely
due to the failure of the red sal
mon pack in Bristol Bay and
the abnormally low price for
pinks and chums which dropped
ane-third in value from last
year’s prices.
Other fisheries products uni
formly showed losses. Halibut
dropped approximately $500,000
fresh salmon $50,000, herring
$200,000, cured salmon $50,000.
dams showed a $40,000 increase
in valuation, but the crabs and
shrimp fisheries dropped enough
to wipe out that gain.
Fish meal dropped another
$175,000, and oil lost about $400,
000. Whale oil registered a gain
of about $35,000.
MINERALS SECOND
The minerals of Alaska added
about $13,580,000 to the nation’s
•wealth during the year. This was
a reduction of approximately
$3,000,000 from 1929.
almost entirely in copper, altho
silver also deelined. In copper,
the ore shipped was valued at
$5,341,035 as compared to $8,
§97,975, or a decrease of more
than $3,300,000. Low market quo
tations of the red metal was
largely responsible for this re
sult.
Lead also lost about $40,000.
Tin, however, jumped from $52,
000 in 1929 to $150,000 in 1930.
Stone production was practically
unchanged. Gold made the big
gest advance, shipments during
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VESSEL IN DISTRESS
BOSTON, Jan., 15, (/P)—'The j
6,500 ton steamer Effingham i
sent out an SOS because of a j
broken propellor shaft, 1,2001
miles off Boston. The troble de
veloped yesterday and became
serious today. The Effingham’s
home port is Seattle.
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M'S I STRING i
MED TD IT!
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LUCAS SUGGESTS AL SMITH
CHANGE HIS VIEWS ON
PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, Jan., 15, </P)—
A1 Smith had a reply from Lucas
but it contained only a condi
tional apology which Smith de
manded from the Republican.
Smith said Republicans owed
an apology because of a barroom j
cartoon distributed in Nebraska
against Norris. Lucas said he
would apologize for the cartoon,
which represented Smith and
Rascob as w’ets, if Smith would j
announce he now favored pro- j
hibition.
Lucas said that if Smith and
Rascob are considering “apolo- j
Sizing to the American people!
and for the action of Smith’s
hand-picked chairman, Rascob,
in subsidizing an organized cam- j
paign of more than a year to!
misrepresent and smear Hoover.”'
HOPE II SELL THEIR
PUIS TO BRAZIL
AFTER THE! GET THEOE
BAHIA. Brazil,, Jan.. 15.
The Italian fliers are enroute to
Rio de Janerio on the last leg of
their hop from Italy.
Eleven of the 14 planes which I
started from Italy are making
the flight.
The Italians expect to sell the!
planes to the Brazilian govern-1
merit, returning to Italy by
steamer.
iE stjckjhet
FOR WEATHER SERVICE
! WASHINGTON, Jan., 15, (#)_
The sum of $4,240 was added to
I the Agriculture supply bill by
fthe Senate appropriations com
mittee for extension of the air
ways weather service in Alaska
HILL CLIMBING ENGINE
BRUSSELS, Jan. 14. (/P) -—a new
locomotive designed for hill
climbing has been tested on the
Bruseels-Libramont railroad ThP
engine is 45 feet long and 15 S
i high. The 30-foot tender carries
;40 tons of water and 10 tons of
I coal.
A. Juneau .
A. Can .
Bancorporation
Cities .
Cons. Gas.
Zellerbach .
Durant .
Goldman .
Int. Tel.
Kennecott .
Lehigh •.
Radio .
Richmond .
Stand. N. J. .
Carbide .
Union, Calif. .
Steel ..
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MID TIDE !
BRIMS HOPE 1
FOR NEXT YEARj
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EXCHEQUER SAYS IMPROVE
MENT WHEN IT COMES WILL
COME RAPIDLY
LONDON, Jan., 15, <|P)—John
Bull at the end of 1930 cheeked
ledgers on a year of economic de
pression and political uncertain
ity.
But as the new year begins a|
few sporadic rays of light pierce
the gloom, and England believes!
that better times should be ahead.
Changing prospects are not bas- !
ed so much upon cold figures as |
upon a feeling that Britain at
last has touched the bedrock of j
depression.
The passing of the year hasi
been a period of great confer- j
ences—naval, imperial and all- j
Indian; topsy-turvey domestic’
politics, mounting unemployment, j
and toward the year end threat-j
ening labor troubles in coal fields j
and on the railways.
“MUDDLING THROUGH”
Unemployment topping the 2,~
000,000 mark has more than doubl-;
ed. Ramsay McDonald’s minority:
labor government has been walk
ing a tight rope for months. The
state of trade at home and abroad
isn’t good.
Despite adverse conditions, how
ever. opinion holds that again
Great Britain is “ m u d d 1 ing
through.” That canny Yorkshire
man, Philip Snowden, chancellor
of the Execheqnor, sees signs of
improvement in trade and com
merce and says that when it
comes it will come rapidly.
YEAR OF 1930 SEES COPPER
DROP TO LOWEST IN
34 YEARS
NEW YORK, Jan. 14. (IP) —
The fundamental law of supply
and demand, with the supply far
exceeding the demand, gave the
copper industry one of the worst
headaches in its career.
But the arrival of 1931 finds
the industry agreed on a pro
gram of production curtailment
which is expected to place it on
a sounder basis when accumulat
ed stocks are disposed of.
Lead, zinc and virtually the en
tire non-ferrous metal line like
wise suffered declines in the year.
The lone exception was nickle.
Silver suffered the greatest col
lapse in history, selling close to
32 cents an ounce, the lowest
ever reached.
Copper, during the year drop
ped to 9% cents, the lowest in 34
years, but as the year neared the
end the price was stabilized
around 11 cents although sales
were few due to a supplied mar
ket.
FARRAGUT SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Jan., 15, (/P)~The
SS Admiral Farragut, of the Pa
cific Steamship Company, sailed
for Alaska yesterday at 3 p. m.
with 49 reservations. The Seward
listing was L. W. Peyton, Tom
King, Mrs. M. Benson and H. W.
Martin.
FLIERS GOING HOME
PRINCE RUPERT, B. CL, Jan., j
15, (/P)—Pilot Wasson and Kading
Marten or? aboard the Princess!
Nor ah enrout to Vancouver, B.
C. from Skagway. Miss Florence
Jones accompanied the party.
Wasson and Miss Jones are ex
pected to marry soon.
Bisiinr
PISSED 10 AID
NEEDY FARMERS
MILLIONS ASKED TO BE AP
PROPRIATED TO THE
RED CROSS
WASHINGTON, Jan., 15, UP)— j
An emergency appropriation ofj
$45,000,000 for seeds and loans;
to the drought stricken farmers,!
was approved by Congress and1
sent to President Hoover for his j
signature. j
The Senate receded from Sen- j
ator Carawa’s proposal that an j
additional $15,000,000 for food
loans.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas;
proposed a direct appropraition
from the treasury of $25,000,000
for the Red Cross drougth relief
needs and by a two-thirds vote
be added to the agriculture sup
ply bill.
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LONE MOOSE PI
GROWS TO HERO OF
250 H 15 YEARS
NEW YORK, Jan., 14. {/?)—
Two venerable moose who sought
refuge 15 years ago near an
abandoned mine on Rock Creek,
in Montana, seem to have re
solved to repopulate their neigh
borhood.
When the original pair were
first noticed near the old mine
in 1915, they were the only pair
known to exist on the west fork
of the river. But a recent cen
sus of the moose population in
that region by a forest ranger
revealed more than 20 head.
This increase of 10,000 per
cent was accomplished under
the protection of a year-round
closed season in the state.
m« COLLECTION
ms 1,943 TROPHIES
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14. (&)— The
Lindbergh Collection—decorations,
trophies and gifts presented to
America’s famous flyer following
his epochal journey to Paris
totals exactly 1,943 items.
The first official inventory of
the collection has been complet
ed by Mrs. Nettie H. Beauregard,
curator of the Missouri Histor
ical Society, who found that pic
f tures, poems and music formed
the most numerous classtfica
i tion. Books and games ranked
high in the list, with nearly 300
items. There were no less than
118 medals.
CRUDE OIL LOW
i NEW YORK, Jan. 14. </P) —The
price of the average crude oil
at the well dropped to a low price
of 94 cents a barrel in December
in comparison to a steady price
of $1.45 from June to December,
; 1929.
RAOiu FIS GET
DIRECT ACTION AT
SERIOUS PARLEY
LARGE GATHERING CONSID
ERS SEWARD INTERFER
ENCE PROBLEMS
Radio interference, the buga
doo of Seward radio fans, had its
knotty problems hawed and
backed last night by some 20 to
30 citizens who claim that they
‘mean business” in stilting that
it’s about time for the undesir
able “noises” to cease.
Before the well attended ses
sion adjourned, the Seward Radio
Club was reorganized, with E. P.
Harwood, Assistant U. S. Attor
ney and an ardent radio listen
er and community worker; at its
head.
Vigorously protesting agai—.
the disturbances that play havoc
with the local reception, and
pledging themselves to cooperate
to the fullest in correcting or
removing them, were Mayor P. C
McMullen, Leon Urbach, presi
dent of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce; Territorial Represen
tative Cal M. Brosius, and a
number of Seward business men.
Charles Curtis and James M.
Campbell, radio technicians, al
so put their services at the dis
posal of the organization. A for
tunate coincidence was the pre
sence at the meeting of W. J.
Wagner, civil service represent
ative of the radio engineering
department for the Alaska com
munication system. An expert at
solving radio interference, the
appearance of Mr. Wagner was
considered timely, and his re
marks, tho of a general nature,
were listened to attentively, and
several recommendations asked
of him.
He also answered readily all
technical questions plied to him
throughout the evening; much
of his advice upholding opinions
expressed in the past by Sgt.
Campbell and Charles Curtis. Mr.
Wagner spent the past month
ridding Fairbanks of aerial an
noyances and has done much of
the same kind of work in other
Alaskan cities. He would proba
bly have been assigned similarly
to Seward if it were not that the
government radio equipment and
personnel now stationed here are
slated for removal to Anchorage
in the near future.
With the calling of the meet
ing to order, protests of many
and varied natures poured forth
from the persons present, some
of whom had remedies to suggest
but most every one admitting
that they were in the dark as
to techical solutions. Ml Xgreed
however, that concerted effort
should be directed towards bet
tering the condition.
The thought was advanced
that a general radio board should
be created composed of the radio
committees of the city council,
chamber of commerce, radio
club and private citizens, and
authority given them to hire
technical service to locate the
trouble spots. Such a committee
was immediately named, the
men selected being E. P. Har
wood, J. H. Flickmger, Leonard
Hopkins and F. C. Bender.
The committee’s first task, at
the recommendation of Mr. Wag
ner, is to compile a radio reg
ister, asking all radio set owners
to list the make and model of
their sets with the committee.
Over 25 sets were registered at
this meeting.
Prominent expressions of the
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