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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 190.
SEWARD, ALASKA WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
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New Range Cattle
Experiment Afoot
In The Interior
GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTAL FARMS ARE COL
LECTING HERD OF GALLOWAY CATTLE AT
LIGNITE WHERE ANIMALS EXPECTED TO
LIVE OFF THE COUNTRY; TWO PURE BRED
BULLS GO THRU SEWARD ON WAY FROM
KODIAK STATION.
Further experimenting in range raising on the Inter
ior of Alaska is now under way, according to W. T.
White, in charge of animal husbandry for the Alaskan
experimental stations, who arrived this morning on the S.
S. Admiral Evans from Kodiak on his way to Lignite
near the far end of the railroad. He is accompanied by
Seward Olds, packer for the Alaska Guides, and is an exN
tensive rancher on Kodiak.
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LIGUOR INTERESTS ARE SEEK.
ING TO EMBARRASS HIM;
OWNS HOTEL AND BAR
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. (TP)—A dis.
patch in tht3 Evening Post from
Greenwood Lake quoted Reverend
Straton as saying the liquor inter,
osts are seeking to embarrass him in
his controversy with Governor Ai
Smith and may have been back of
■the* reported sale of liquor in a bo Pel
^ recently acquired by the minister.
Straton has been informed by a re.
reported that the latter had bought a
quart of whiskey over the hotel bar
property passed to Straton. Six
weeks ago it was used for the Green,
wood Lake Christian Assembly head.
^ quarters. Straton said there had
been a bar in the hotial hut he thought
it was dispensing only soft drinks.
THREE BURN TO OEIT1
SUMMER HOME BLAZE
► REAL ESTATE OPERATOR
REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 14. (/P)—
Three persons wiere burned to death
by fire which swept the summer
home of Sol Koff, wealthy San Fran,
cisco real ‘estate man; four others
were injured. The fatalities .resulted
from suffication when fire broke out
early in the morning which may have
resulted from chimney defect. Three
* died while trying to escape but were ;
overcome by smoke.
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STICK UP BANK
C[-TICAGO, Aug. 15, (/P)—Five men
held up the West McHenry State
•bank northwest of here and escaped
with $21,000 in currency. The town
mn.shal emptied his pistol at them
as ''ey fled in an automobile.
The men brought two thorough,
bred black Gallway bulls from the ex.
perimental farm at Kodiak which
they are taking to Lignite. A herd
of approximately eight head of the
same breed of cattle will be assembl
ed there, the cows bei|ig taken from
the experimental farms at Matanuska
and Fairbanks.
“We have found a section of coun I
try in the vicinity of Lignite,” said j
Mr. White today before his departure
up the line,” that seems to be a fa
vorable place for our experiment for
year-around ranging of cattle. It is
well grassed and the climate is not
too severe. Horses have been winter
ed there successfully.
“After some reconnaissance, we
will turn them lose with some provi
sion as to keeping an eye on them,
and will leave them to live off the
country, always being ready to sup
ply to them in case of heavy weather
that might put them into difficulty.
They are a hardy breed and should
thrive, as they should find conditions
no more severe than in their native
land. They have been carefully bred
Up to meet Alaska conditions and the
experiment will be watched with
careful interest and observation by
the experimental department. They
will not be allowed to run entirely
will as they are too valuable animal
to lose, and of course we will have
some central ranch from which to
watch and guard. The main idea is
such as to determine whether they
may subsist in the natural conditions
of the country without extreme win
ter feeding.”
THIS IS RICH CONSIDERING
SOURCE OF CONTROKY
GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y., Aug.
15. </P)—Rev. Stria ton threatens, if
A1 Smith refuses to meet (him in a de_
bate anywtoere except his church, to
hire the largest hall he can find and
pei^eat the ^etrmon which brjougjht
on the present controversey. Straton
says the church is no place to hold a
political debate.
MECHANICAL SAFEGUARD AUTO.
MATiCALLY STOPS ‘ILEVA.
TOR BETWEEN FLOOT3
NEW YORK, Aug. In. Chair,
man Raskob and haii-dorm others of '
Smith's campaign ad vis • •••..!)'.net
Narrowly1 esa:: p--d. . a » ; : :v *
when an elevator, in which they were
riding, fell more than two floors and
imprisoned its occupants, 20 stories
above ground, for almost an hour.
Those riding were Senators Har.
rison, Wheeler, and Corning. The
party was descending in an elevator
of the Savoy Plaza Hotel and the car
failed to stop at the 23rd floor and
fell until halted by mechanical safe,
guards between the 21st and 22nd
floors.
DALLAS, Aug. 15. <7P)—Thomas B.
Love, one of the leaders of the Demo,
cratic forces in Texas and who op.
posed tlie election of A1 Smith, an.
nouneed his withdrawal from the race
for LieUt (Jovernor. leaving Limit.
Governor Barry Miller the only car.,
didate.
Love said he did not believe he
could overcome the lead of his oppo.
nojnt and obtain a majority in the
Runoff primary. Efforts will be nth.
ized to defeat Smith.
FEAR CIVIL WAR
YEI.NNA, Aug. 14. (/?)—'The death
ef Stefan Rad itch, Coratian leader, as
‘•he nesult of being sivot in Jugosla.
vi. r Chamber of Deputies, has given
. e to fear that civil war may break
ear ’> V • m the Croats and the Jugo.
.do . an government party.
FIRE BURNING IN VICINITY MIS
TAKEN FOR SERIES OF SIG.
NAL BEACON LIGHTS
SIMYA, Punjab, Aug. 14. (JP)—The
Punjab Government received official
information 'reports that the burst,
ir.g of tbe glacial dam at Kashmir,
on Shyok River, were erroneous.
It was indicated in the 'first report
that the glacier had given way based
on a fire seen burning in the neigh,
b-'rhccd which was taken for a train
of beacon lights prepared to give a
signal when a break took place.
Flood waters have been forming
• ”00 1926 and a lake, nine mil»es long,
'■ mr 1 h hind ‘hi dam ice which was
b ughr threatened the dam 17,000
feet above the sea.
GE IN BOTTLE
yea: a:.», Aug. 15, (/p)—a
attic 1 as washed ashore at Rot
rumerc-g Island containing a mes
; go Yy. c cl ty Ro Id Amundsen, but
d is bel eved to be a hoax. The mes
- '.ye .n tae bottle read, “Landed on
paint seven 28 degrees 23 minutes
East—Roald Amundsen.”
PROSPECTOR
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VVTm HONEST MAN
Stumbling upon a huge gold deposit in the San Juan
mountains, Jack Pickens, (inset) a prospector, kept its
location a secret for 24 years until he could find an honest
man to finance it for him. He finally placed his trust in
Jesse C. Wiley and they now are sharing the treasure bur
ied under the hill shown above.
ANTI-SALOON FORCES WERE AP
PARENTLY WINNERS VAR
IOUS STATE OFFICES
COLUMBUS, Aug 33, (/P)—Stirred
by wet and dry issues, Ohio voters
cast a record vote of 850,000. The
candidates supported by Ohio Anti
Saloon League for State officers ap
parently were victorious in most in
stances on the Republican ticket
while the Democratic fight saw the
league endorsed eanididates defeated
tor the majority of posts.
Myers Cooper, wrested the lead
from Congressman James Begg in
the Republican Gubernatorial contesL
During the morning Cooper who was
supported by the league, took a lead
of 959 votes. Cooper’s total vote was
236,737 and Begg 235,778.
LIFE INSURANCE BROKER
MED; RIG SHORTAGE
CHICAGO, Aug. 15, (/P)—Roy C.
J Tombs, president of the Internation
al Life Insurance Company, was ar
I rested here by Chicago police on a
j fugitive warrant from St. Louis.
Tombs’ arrest followed the detec
tion by insurance examiners of six
instances of an alleged shortage of
$3, 500,000 in the assets of the In
ternational Insurance company.
j OTTAWA, Aug. 15. (/P)—The bodies
: of John Hornbyy, explorer, and his
j two nephews, were found in a cabin
! on the north bank of the Thelon
! River, West Hudson Bay. The three
had died from starvation in the Bar.
ron land where the fate of all travel
ers defends on the pfentifullness of
caribou.
The three set out in a canoe two
years ago and were last seen in 1926.
Hornby is credited with knowing the*
Hudson Bay country as thoroughly as
any man.
SON RECEIVES SAD
NEWS DEATH FATHER
UPON ARRIVAL HARROW
POINT BARROW, Aug. 15.
Sad news awaited the schooner C. S.
Holmes of Seattle which arrived here
on strong wind and took shelter be
hind grounded iceburgs. A telegram
had lain at this port for two weeks
which told Capt. John Backland, Jr.,
skipper oof the death of his father la
Seattle on August 2. The elder Back
land was stricken with blindness this
spring and passed the command o-f
the ship to his son.