MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 298.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
I
TWO MORE YEARS OF ISOLA
TION FINISHED BY ALASKA
COLLEGE MAN
Remnants of a prehistoric village
which has been practically wash
ed into or sunk into the sea with
the gradual sinking of the shore
line possibly thousands of years
ago, were discovered on St. Law
rence Island by Otto W. Geist, Al
aska College scientist who, with
the exception of a few more
months' work has completed a five
year task of investigation. Mr.
Geist arrived in Seward Tuesday
on the MS North Star after two
years on the island and goes to
Fairbanks, possibly by plane
Thursday.
Many thousands ot arcneoiogy
specimens, representative of the
most ancient culture, have been
obtained by Mr. Geist under a spe
cial Federal permit. Among these is
a wonderful collection of fossils
from the sequoia period—compar
able vo present-day California
redwood growths.
In the prehistoric village the
decorations on the specimens were
found to be quite different from
the carvings and etchings of simi
lar culture found near by.
Examination was also made of
five fossil and coal deposits on St.
Lawrence Island, and thousands of
specimens were collected of birds,
mammals and sea-life, for research
work.
A case of 35 skeletons were ex
cavated in the large College cut
on the island, some of which ma
terial are prehistoric having been
obtained at a depth of nine feet.
All animal skulls and like mater
ial. of which there are about 500 dog
skulls alone, dealing from prehis
toric days to the present, were dug
cut as well as polar bear skulls, and
all are being sent to Eastern scien
tists for study.
Last year while assisting Dr.
Mason in charge of the Cainegie
Institute investigations on the is
land. Mr. Geist found the only
petrified Douglas fir cone ever dis
covered in Alaska. The find is of
exceptional importance in the sci
entific world.
Samples of minerals found by
Mr. Geist on the island for the
Alaska School of Mines, have been
forwarded to the Geological Survey
at Washington, D. C., while many
of the specimens are being shipped
to the United States National Mu
seum and Smithsonian Institute.
Mr. Geist is spending today in
the city supervising the shipment
of the many boxes of specimens to
the Alaska College where he will
be engaged for months to come in
study and cataloging. He plans
to fly to Anchorage Thursday
where, after a few days, he will
continue on to Fairbanks.
A quartz property, consisting of
42 claims in Dundos Bay has just
been acquired by a Seattle syndi
cate from Mr- and Mrs. Trank Gar
nick and “Doc’’ Silver, it was re
vealed by the Empire, with the re
urn of two members of the Seattle
;roup and Mr. Silver.
Heading the syndicate are Frank
resident of the Seattle
Boiler Co.; Walter J. Logs, who is
interested in mines in California
and British Colimbia; F. A. Mans
field and others.
“The showing of quartz veins
carrying values in gold as high a*
S77 a ton is the finest I have ever
seen and the general set-up is most
satisfactory,” Mr. Legus said before
he and Mr. Mansfield sailed fo]
Seattle with Mr. Silver to make
all preparations for starting im
mediately on all exploratory anc
development.
FOIITY BOATS LOST
TOKIO, Nov. 16,—Forty fishing
boats and their crews totaling 250,
are feared to have been lost in the
typhoon which caused great dam
age on sea and land. Six thousand
and 50 houses were destroyed and
4200 inundated.
IM "PFRIDO"
IfTER E. 0. P. TO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16,—Agita
tion fcr a new deal is spreading
rapidly within the Republican
ranks; new and younger faces, new
blood, etc., are wanted.
The overwhelming defeat of the
Republican party by the Demo
crats in the election of last week
has brought this phase squarely to
the fore; the party has come to
realize the voters have put a period
after the party.
WAS ONE OF ORIGINAL SET
TLERS SEWARI) TOWNSITE
MADE HOME HERE
A frontiersman of the old school
| and one of the original settlers of
the Seward townsite, John Du
! breuil, 72 years of age, went on the
| “Long Sleep” last night. Failing to
: appear this morning, roomers in
| his lodging house, The Alaska
House, went in to awaken him and
found the old gentleman dead.
A French-Canadian, born in
Montreal, John Dubreuil was first
among Yukon Territory and Alaska
argonauts, his entry into Resurrec
tion Bay being made on the first
voyage of the historic Santa Ana.
Just yesterday Mr. Dubreuil was
making plans to visit his mining
claims up Resurrection valley and,
upon retiring last night, apparent
ly was in his usual good health.
P. C McMullen, of the Seward
Funeral Parlors, has wired East to
relatives for instructions; in the
meantime the body of the fine
Oldtimer will lie in state in Sacred
Heart Church of which he was an
unceasing worker and most belov
, ed of parishoners.
LONDON, Nov. 16,—Extra pre
caution to guard the Prince of
Wales on his trip to Belfast has
been taken. The Prince is accom
panied by Sir John Gilmore.
Belfast rioters, while greatly sub
dued, are still in a dangerous
mood. Thousands of the unemploy
ed have returned to work in the
mills.
The Prince, besides his personal
guard, will have 10,000 Orangemen
to call on in case of difficulty.
THUMBED NOSE AT JUDGE
PASADENA, Nov. 16, —Albert
Kirke, arraigned on a misdemean
I or charge, waited until the judge
got thru reprimanding him, then
| thumbed his nose at the learned
gentleman on the bench. The book
was hurled at him and the cell key
thrown into the bay.
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BELGIUM LINES UP
BRUSSELS, Nov. 16,—Belgium is
i following the lead of England and
' France in asking postponement of
j the December 15 payment of their
' war debt, Tuesday, the Belgium
; Envoy presented such a note to
i Secretary Stimson of the State De
! partment.
TSK! TSK! TSK!
,! CHICAGO, Nov. 16, —Charlei
Dawes was cornered in Chicago
, yesterday and asked by newspaper
men if the report was true thal
■ four years hence he was being
i talked of as the Republican presi
dential candidate He replied
[ “Tshrdlu cmfwyp taoin hrsr!” Ir
other words, nothing.
SEWARD MAY BECOME GENER
AL HEADQUARTERS FOR
CALIFORNIA COMPANY
Live Alaska reindeer by the
thousands may soon be roaming
an area 125 miles south of San
Francisco if the plans of Col. Axel
Gottlund, of Pacific Grove, Calif.,
are concluded and, according to
present progress, will soon be an
actuality.
Colonel Gottlund has a market
now for 4.000 reindeer per month
and though his present trip to Al
aska has not been entirely satis
factory with regard to arranging
purchase and delivery, it is assum- i
ed these matters will be smoothed
out within the next few months.
In the meantime—today—‘Colonel
Gottlund is negotiating for the
purchase of the entire shipload of
reindeer carcasses brought to Sew
ard Tuesday aboard the MS North
Star.
The modern cold storage plant,
slaughter house, cooling houses,
corrals, wharf, etc., of the organi
zation known as the Eskimo Sis
ters Reindeer Co., a California
company, are located at Moss
Landing, 125 miles south of San
Francisco. From this point delivery
will be made to 3,400 stores of the
Western States Grocery.
A. A. Selden, an oldtime Alas
kan but who has resided in Cali
fornia for many years, is the origi
nator of the plan which will re
bound to the benefit of not only
the natives of the Territory, but to
Alaska as a whole. Mr. Selden,
however, is becoming too old to
carry out his project and Colonel
Gottlund has assumed the task.
Seward may become the Alaska
general headquarters for the com
pany with shipments of live rein
deer coming via the Kuskokwim
during the summer months, and
Iliamna and Seward in whiter. At
least 15 men will be employed at
the headquarters plant, the Colon
el said.
During the past few weeks Col
onel Gottlund has been at Anch
orage awaiting certain develop
ments and information and from
Seward he returns to California
for the time being until final plans
are worked out in the Northland.
Details on the California end are
fully organized, financially and
otherwise.
STATE REPEALS DRY LAW
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 16, —
While Rep. R. O’Keeke sang “How
Dry I Am” the State legislature
voted by 21 to 16 to repeal the dry
law.
Chichagof
Dimond 29; Wickersham 12;
Paul 4; Rustgard 23; Truitt 14;
Eoyle 27; Cole 13; Karnes 7; Keller
24; Hesse 24; Wann 12; Johnston
12; Walker 23; Baronovich 15;
Green 14; Hansen 12; Judson 29;
Kehoe 20; Kubley 20; Scruby 16;
Winn 21.
Angoon
Dinicnd 26; Wickersham 24;
Paul 42; Rustgard 7; Truitt 4; Cole
42; Boyle 11; Karnes 33; Keller 16;
Hesse 18; Wann 23; Johnson 20;
Walker 25; Baronovich 28; Green
26; Hansen 35; Judson 20; Kehoe
12; Kubley 11; Scruby 37; Winn 30.
SECOND DIVISION TOTALS
Dimond 493; Wickersham 355
Paul 160; Rustgard 399; Truitt 260
Boyle 422; Cole 343; Karnes 399
Keller 448; Hesse 500; Wann 240
Frawley 534; Sundquist 309; An
dersen 384; Blake 499; Hellericb
434; Longley 135; Neily 406; Scott
451; Swanberg 435; Wright 363.
Tenakee
i Dimond 51; Wickersham 10; Pauj
r! 10; Rustgard 24; Truitt 19; Boyle
; 48; Cole 14; Karnes 45; Keller 18;
Hesse 46; Wann 13; Johnson 12;
Walker 50; Baronovich 44; Greer
i 45; Hansen 12; Judson 47; Kehoe
45; Kubley 13; Scruby 14; Winn 18.
PICTURE OF HEALTH
ALBANY, Nov. 16, —President
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, in bed
for five days, mapped out his war
debt conference with President
Hoover, perhaps the latter part of
the week. Roosevelt looks the pic
ture of health after his rest.
IVORY. CURIOS, WALRUS HIDES,
SEAL SKINS AND DEER CAR
CASSES IN HOLD VESSEL
With her holds loaded down with j
products ot the Far-North, the i
MS. North Star, Captain S. T. L. *
Whitlam, of the Bureau of Indian:
Affairs returned to port Tuesday,
afterncon from her maiden voyage j
to Point Barrow, in the Arctic, en- j
route to Southeastern Alaska and!
Seattle
The voyage has taken three and
one-half months and an excellent
trip was enjoyed with but only a
few storms encountered. The ship
performed well, Captain Whitlam
stated, and the engines functioned
perfectly under Chief Enginer Her
man Sanvig and his staff. The
North Star will complete discharg
ing approximately 175 reindeer
carcasses today and leave this
evening for the South.
Aside from boxes of archeology
specimens from St. Lawrence Is
land, which are being sent East to
scientists and museums, the cargo
comprises about 1200 reindeer car
casses, one walrus hide, 50 seal
skins, 100 reindeer hides and one
ton of ivory and curios.
Captain Wrhitlam will stop at a
dozen ports southbound to dis
charge deer and expects to reach
Seattle about November 25.
Passengers on the MS North Star
included Chas. W. Hawkesworth,
Otto Geist, N. Ronald, S- Forrest
J from Pont Barrow; Mr. Dimona
; from Nome; Mrs. Chavden and
| children from Unalaska, and two
i native families from Nome enroute
[ to Hoonah.
Mr. Hawkesworth is the Alaska
j head of the Bureau of Indian Af
! fairs; Mr. Geist is the well known
! curator from the Alaska College
■ who has completed two years on
, St. Lawrence Island and returns
j with a large amount of specimens
| for the College Museum. Ronald
j and Forrest are enroute to the
children’s home at Sitka; Mr. Di
mond is on his way to the Pioneers’
Home near Sitka.
AGREEMENT SIGNED
LONDON, Nov. 16,—The British
trade agreement formulated at the
Ottowa conference, had its third
and final reading Thursday after
which the King signed the docu
ment.
BIG SUIT FILED
NEW YORK, Nov. 16,—A suit was
filed here yesterday in which an
accounting is asked for more than
$20,000,000 involved in a stock
transaction with Bethlehem Steel.
TIE STOCK
Stocks pointed downward on
Tuesday’s market with Utilities in
the front ranks.
The day’s turnover was approxi
mately 1.000,000.
Wall Street kept a discreet sil
ence Tuesday on outstanding tran
sactions.
Good news was received in the
government report that the large
cotton consumption is being main
tained.
READY FOR NEXT ONE
RENO, Nov. 16, —Ruth Elder
Camp, aviatrix, was granted a di
vorce yesterday from Walter Camp.
She charged cruelty.
GRAFT CHARGES
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18.—Gover
nor James Roife Jr., has authorised
investigation of the graft allega
. tions of two State officials who are
! said to have accepted bribes o:
$10,000 each.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16,—Samuel In
sull Jr., told how 10 banks obtained
control of his father’s utilities be
fore the crash, before the grand
jury here which indicted his father
on charges of embezzlement and
larceny.
He told how the banks had
pressed for payment of loans. Jun
ior said he pleaded with them for
time which, if it had not been ex
tended, would have resulted in the
crash coming a year before it did.
STICKING TO STOCK
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16, (£>)—Give
Victor Jory credit for a really
smart idea, that of profiting from
a gold rush by staying out of it.
Jory was born in a gold rush, up
in Dawson City, Y. T. His mother
and father were in it and he lived
there until he was two years old,
so he may have learned about gold
rushes from them.
He was leading man in stock, a
well-known leading man, when the
gold rush of actors to the talkies
began.
“I didn’t join it,” he said, “partly
because I probably was afraid I
wouldn’t make good, and I didn’t
want the black eye of failure. I
had a sure thing, and I wanted to
keep on making money. I wanted
to be the highest paid leading man
in stock, and I figured that the way
pictures were taking stock players
I wouldn’t have much trouble
making the goal if I stayed while
the others left. Big frog in a lit
tle pond idea, you know.”
CHICAGO, Nov. 16,—The govern
ment was accused some more yes
terday by the Congressional com
mittee studying government com
petition with private interests.
Monday the committee charged
the United States government with
playing both ways from the mid
dle—a Moses and a Mussolini—and
furthermore, than on account of
increasing governmental competi
tion. America is fast becoming a
nation of hirelings.
MILLIONS DOWS FOR
WINE ORDERED HE
PARIS, Nov. 16,—Wine catalogu
es have been forwarded to the
United States in anticipation of
repeal of the dry laws in the near
future
French wine merchants report
that orders from America for
French wines now total $2,500,000
I and that it is planned to load ships
! and have they lay off the Ameri
can coast until the dry ban is lift
ed.
NO DRY ENFORCEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, —
Chief of Police Quinn said yester
day that he will give up dry law
enforcement December 22. the day
the Wright Act, repealed at the
election, goes off the statute books.
PARDON ALL VIOLATORS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16,—Nat
ional consideration to pardon vio
lators of prohibition laws was urg
ed here yesterday by Judge M. Sul
livan of the Supreme Court.
DENALI SAILING NORTH
[
j The Alaska Steamship Com
I pany’s freighter Denali will sal'
from Seattle for a trip to Alaskar
ports on November 19. As sailing:
of freight ships after November 11
.will be indefinite, the message ad
: vises shippers to take advantage o
the Denali’s sailing.
OFFICIALS PREFER TIES FROM
STATES REGARDLESS IN
FERIOR QUALITY
Approximately 100 men can be
employed along the Alaska Rail
road from Anchorage to Seward in
the making of ties for the railroad.
These men formerly were occupied
in this industry until the spring of
1932, v'hen for some reas-m or oth
er the railroad officials decided
that they would not accept any
more local ties, and cut all the
camps off immediately, thus caus
ing the operators to lose all their
investment and tie roads which
'they accumulated, and at the same
time throwing them all out of em
ployment
Superior and Cheaper
The officials of the ■ railroad
claim that the Douglas fir creosot
ed ties of Washington were supe
rior and could be purchased cheap
er, and to this end they submitted
bids for approximately 150,000 ties
to the various operators, in the vi
cinity of Seattle and Tacoma. A
Canadian outfit made the lowest
bid which came to about $1.30 per
tie laid down in Seward^ The
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers
protested this bid on the grounds
that the bid was not submitted
within the time limits and for vari
ous reasons a furore was raised
i which prevented the Alaska Rail
road from accepting this bid im
mediately, and investigation has
shown that the Alaska Railroad of
ficials only wanted to get the prices
on these ties rather than purchase
them, so they say. However, it was
supposed that after such a state
! ment these ties would not be pur
chased but there has been no
| statement to the effect that any
i ties would be accepted along the
, railroad as formerly—up to Novem
| ber 10—except such ties as were cut
| last year and the railroad agreed
: to take before they cut local ties
out.
Claim Disputed
It is claimed by the railroad offi
| ciais that fir ties will last longer
| than the local ties, but this is vig
orously disputed.
Investigation has proven that the
Alaska mountain hemlock ties will
last from 12 to 14 years, the west
ern hemlock of Southeastern Alas
ka about 10 years, the Douglas fir,
which will not hold a spike, is brit
i tie, and subject to weather check.
! will not last more than from 8 to
1 10 years, and numerous fir ties
| have been replaced tha thave been
in the road only six years.
| The railroad is prejudiced against
j as the southeastern hemlock tie,
spruce tie which will last as long
because they used numerous spruce
ties that were formerly cut north
of Anchorage. This species of
spruce is called “white spruce.” It
is soft, corky, and subject to rot.
and will not last over four to six
years.
Lasting Qualities
Sitka spruce, which grows all
along the Alaska Railroad south of
Indian creek to Seward, is a much
different species and has a great
! deal more lasting qualities than the
' white spruce, will hold a spike bet
' ter than the fir, and equal or better
than the Western hemlock, but not
; as good as mountain hemlock. It
; is very resillient and will not break
I easily, will withstand the weather
| better than fir, and many ties of
! this species are in the track now
! that have been in for 15 years. The
i average life of the Sitka spruce tie
j is about 10 to 11 years,
j The fir tie that is treated is not
a number one “heart tie.” The
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers
Association grading rules accept
ties for creosoting that will not
pass otherwise, which include large
knots under railplate, and sap
wood which would be called defect
in untreated ties, thus the creosote
only balances the defect in a tie to
| make it last or equal a No. 1 heart
’ tie.
Unless heart ties or No. 1 ties are
’ first purchased and then creosoted
by the railroad they are not get
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