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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 68.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COMMITTEE DUE TO RETURN
FROM INSPECTION TRIP
TO SITKA TODAY
JUNEAU, Mar. 30. (Special to
The Gateway)—A gross sales tax
and a gasoline tax are proposed
in two measures introduced in the
senate Saturday by Hess. The
first tax or the gross sales tax
calls for one-half on one per cent
levy on all merchandise sales in
Alaska except on agriculture and
dairy products. The latter, the
gasoline tax, calls for a levy of
one per cent per gallon on all
petroleum products sold in Al
aska.
Senator Hess estimates that
the sales tax will bring the Ter
ritory $250,0C0 and the gasoline
tax between $100,000 and $150,
000 annually .
The gasoline tax is to be made
applicable to automobiles and
boats using any kind of fuel, oil
burners, and any other device
consuming fuel oil of any nature.
The house adopted the senate
amendments to Foster’s resolu
tion for an investigation of Ter
ritorial offices and preparations
are being made to launch a probe
as soon as the Sitka voyagers
return.
Both houses lack a quorum
until this committee returns from
Its trip of inspection of the Pio
neers’ Home at Sitka as nine
house members and four senators
made the trip.
The committee is due to return
Monday afternoon. The house
passed the business corporations’
code thus liberalizing the laws
for domestic corporations. The
new statute-is modeled after the
Delaware code.
OREGON TGI
BOWLES AND SECRETARY, MISS
LOUCKES, EACH THANK
JURYMEN
HILLSBORO, Ore., Mar. 30. (/P)
—A jury of 10 rugged farmers,
one lather and one train dis
patcher, with their face all
wreathed in smiles, came into the
courtroom where the Bowles
Louckes trial has been underway.
Judge George Bagley was given
the verdict by the foreman of
the jury but did not immediately
announce the verdict. The judge
ordered the bailiffs to locate Dis
trict Attorney Lotus L. Langley
and George Mowry, chief deputy.
When they could not be found
the judge read the verdict find
ing Nelson Bowie not guilty first.
A similar verdict was read for
Irma Louckes.
When the applause started the
judge commanded silence. There
were no demonstrations.
The millionaire and his former
secretary walked to the jury box
and thanked each juror individ
ually. The twro took no apparent
notice of each other.
More than 52,000,000 tons of coal
were mined in Kentucky during
1930.
WOODLEY IS PILOT
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Mar.
30. (&)— A transport pilot’s license
was granted Rev. G. N. Woodley,
pastor of a Catholic church near
Newark, N. J. He proposes to be
come a flying missionary in Alaska, i
VALUED COLLECTION
OF ALASKA PIPERS
NOW AT U. OF WN.
DEPOSITED AT THE UNIVER.
SITY OF WASHINGTON
FOR SAFE KEEPING
SEATTLE, Mar. 30. (vP) — The
largest collection of pioneer Alas-j
ka newspapers existing including j
the first copies of attempts to j
start newspapers in mining towns
are in the collection owned by
Judge James Wickersham and are
now in the University of Washing
ton library.
Edward W. Allen, Seattle attor
j ney, says the collection contains
! very complete files and is prob
' ably the best in the world.
’ The set which is in large locked
boxes was merely deposited at the
university for safekeeping, and
they will remain unopened until
Wickersham orders that they be
opened.
i Wickersham is the editor of a
| bibliography on Alaska literature,
I and the Alaska Territory Law Re
j view.
; Allen, former president of the
I state bar association has a com.
plete collection of Alaska books.
I
DENVER, Clolo., Mar. 30. (/P)—
The Rocky Mountain West was.
in the grip of one of those sud
den pre-Easter storms and the
flowers that bloom in the Spring
were covered in some places with
several inches of snow, if they
had been indiscreet enough to
bloom.
The gale struck swiftly, howl- ,
ing down upon Montana and
Wyoming, to sweep into Colorado
and on down into New Mexico.
To the West, Utah felt its breath:
and from Pocatello, Idaho, came |
i the report that a National Parks j
i Airways plane was forced down j
on Lava Fields. The pilot, Henry i
C. Hollenbeck, escaped uninjured.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 30. (/P)—
;Not only will the navy construct
'a huge hangar, mooring mast and
I other facilities at the Sunnyvale
i Naval dirigible base, but it also
j plans the expenditure of an ad
j tional ‘million dollars in erect
I ing new buildings at Mare Island.
This had been revealed here by
Captani Ralph /Whitman, naval
district public works officer, with
the announcement that F. W.
Southworth, chief architect of
the bureau of yards and docks,
will arrive about April 4 to look
over both projects.
duced 27 per cent in 1930 as com
; Deaths from diphtheria were re
DEDICATED TO ALASKANS
Aleutian History
J. N. Cannon
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
print.
Turns' SIMPS IN
BARROW IREI SAID BE
INFECTED DIPHTHERIA
POINT BARROW, Mar. 30. (/P)—
The diphtheria infection of trap
ping camps was confirmed by two
families who were brought to Bar
row ill. Both are in the hospital
which is again overcrowded.
Questioning brought to light the
fact that the families are freely
mingling.
It is estimated that 50 or 60
people inland are now exposed. The
doctor here states that there are
now less than 175,000 units of anti
toxin left and that it is no doubt
but that the intermingled Wain,
wright and Barrdw trappers are re.
sponsible for the new outbreaks.
He is satisfied that it did not
spread from this village owing to
the strict quarantine maintained.
Two cases locally are serious and
more anti-toxin may be needed, al
though the health commission at
Juneau said that Crosson’s sec
ond trip’s supply should last till
May. It may be necessary to ap
peal to the governor or to the
Red Cross.
CHILDREN FROZE TO
DEATH WHEN SCHOOL
BUS STALLED STORM
HOLLY, Colorado, Mar. 28. (tP)—
—Five children were frozen to
death in a school bus which be
came stranded in a blizzard. Eigh
teen other children are in ser_
ious condition.
The storm swept over the region
Thursday. The dead are John
Stonebraker, Alice Untid, Mary Hl
faker, Alfred Johnson. Mary Mil
ler. They were aged from 8 to 14
years.
The bus driver, Carl Miller, the
father of Mary, was lost when he
went for help. He has thus far not
been found in the drifts wfcich
range from 10 to 12 feet in depth.
The search for the bus was or
ganized Thursday night. It was
found last night.
i
CORRECT NULATO CENSUS
NULATO, Alaska, (Special to
iThe Gateway)—The recent cen
sus report in some of the Alaska
papers gives Nulato a population
of 202 persons. The proper num
ber should be 259. This record is:
compiled from intimate and ac
curate knowledge of every man,
woman and child in this village.
Records are kept up to date with
the greatest care, hence this num
ber, 259, represents the actual
residents of Nulato.
Continued from yesterday
AFOGNAK, WOODY ISLAND
In addition to these Kodiak ar
tels, there are two on Afognak,
with similar establishments; one
on Woody Island, but only brick
and salt are prepared there—no
fish streams. At each artel they
have cattle and vegetable gar
dens, potatoes and turnips being
planted.
ENTER DUKE OF MORROCO
A shake up was expected, things
were going from bad to worse.
The Czar’s emissary was due in
1804. So after the arrival of Res
anov, the Russian Imperial Emis
ary, some of the Kodiak toyons
(independent natives) built them
selves one Russian gornitza (par
lor) without ovens, although all
of them promised to build after
the Russian example but lacked
the means and initiative. The old
order changeth slowly — sapere
aude. ___ -
Their ordinary usual abodes
consisted as follow: Entrance hall
or seni (Aleut, Chikyuyak) 12
arshin in length, 18 arshin in
width and 2 arshin in height, lined
and set up with rough hewn
boards with oblong entrances.
“An arshin equaled 28 inches”—
Petrokoff. On posts set up in
corners, they laid three cross
pieces at each of the four sides,
with considerable lope, forming
checks, over which are placed
again three pieces closer together,
until there remains at the top an
opening slightly over an arshin.
On the exterior, it is covered with
grass and sod. In the interior,
on sides, are built small compart
ments where they sleep, work and
steam themselves by carrying in
heated rock to the entrance hall,
where there is a round opening,
allowing one to crawl through.
ENTER OUR BOUDOIR
The sleeping apartments are
hung with spears, arrows, bows,
breast bones of hair seals, blad
ders and heads of sea otter, tro
phies of the hunt; below lie sau
cers, platters, cups, horn spoons
of various sizes and the ubiquitous
kalushka—an oblong water dish.
In the entrance hall are their
food supplies such as yukolo, fish
roe, berries in oil, sarana, clams,
katchemaza of codfish and hali
but—all in very limited quantities.
(Continued tomorrow)
WRESTLING HEADS OF
SEME IN 'BOTCH'
!
SEATTLE, Mar. 30. (A') — Ted
Thye and Virgil Hamlin, heads of
the Coast Athletic Club emphatic
ally denied before the Seattle Ath
letic Comission the charges of at.
tempting to fix the wrestling
matches. The Northwest Commis.
sion refused to give a detailed
statement of its decision as to
whether the club’s permit to hold
shows in Seattle will be revoked.
The statement probably will be is
sued before next Wednesday.
OLDTIMER PLACED
CHARGE POLICING
ARCTIC VILLAGES
BARROW PREPARES TO HAND
LE ADDITIONAL CASES OF
DIPHTHERIA
POINT BARROW, Mar. 30. (&)—
In order to take care of the new
cases of diphtheria it will be nec
essary to provide wards for those
showing improvement. The quar
antine houses are full of patients.
A three-room vacant house is
being prepared to accommodate
the new patients. Miss Flossie
George, a young Eskimo school
teacher, was placed in charge,
with a student nurse to help. As
no beds or bedding are available
the floor will be covered with
reindeer skins.
The plan now is to hold all
cases, including the suspicious
ones, under a most strict observ
ance. Preparations are also un
derway to handle the cases which
are expected to arrive from the
inland trapping grounds.
Unless the epidemic spread is
stopped in the next few days all
of the early immunizations will
be ineffective. The situaton again
becomes alarming as the small
supply of anti-toxin is dwindling
fast
Alfred Hopson, old-timer who
has for 40 years been in that
country, and who helpei in the
measles epidemic of 35 years ago,
has been placed in charge of the
policing of the villages.
RECALL PETITIONS
FILED IN SEATTLE
AGIST MAYOR
VIOLATED OATH OF OFFICE BY
REAPPOINTMENT HEAD OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SEATTLE, Mar. 28. (/?} — Only
two charges were filed against
Mayor Edwards in the' demand for
issuance of recall petitions of suf
ficient detail to warrant the peti
tions.
Corporation Counsel A. C. Vans
oelen ruled that paid allegations of
the mapor “gave false reasons for
the dismissal of J. D. Ross as the
city light superintendent knowing
them false,’ and the mayor “wil.
fully violated his oath of office,”
when he reappointed George Avery
superintendent of public utilities
and head of the street car system
-knowing that Avery would be in.
competent to handle the railway."
The mayor will have hte right of
defense against charges “if and
when the recall petitioners get
a sufficient number of names
to force the recall elections.”
LOUGHRM TAKES
DECISION OVER TUFH
CHICAGO, Mar. 30. (£>)—Tommy
Loughran, of Philadelphia, 183, de
cisioned Tuffy Griffiths of Iowa,
who weighed in at 187 pounds,
in 10 rounds before a crowd of 10,
000 people.
Owing to Tommy’s superior box
ing referee Dave Barry voted a
draw. Both judges voted Lough
ran.