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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 287.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EDITORIAL
AN APPRECIATED GESTURE
Yesterday’s announcement by i
the Alaska Game Commission to
the effect that trapping of beaver
will be permissable this season in
districts Nos. 2. 4, 5, 6. and 7 will be ;
received with appreciation by both
trappers and business men.
Coming at a time when it ap
pears that many will go thru the
winter without means of earning
a livelihood if not facing real want,
the action signalizes a desire on the
part of the Game Commission to
join hands in assisting in the so
lution of the unemployment prob
lem and will prove one of the best
and most comprehensive aids that
could be offered.
This act oi' utrizing the fur in
such a worthy cause will not be
forgotten by the many affected
thereby, and has evoked much
praise for the commission.
Braver have multiplied in many
districts and indications are that,
even with the low price as com
pared with other seasons, many
men will be able to tide over the
winter on this valuable natural
resource.
FROM LITTLE ACORNS,” etc
Like a great oak “from little
acorns grown” the Seward Public
Library stands as a monument to
the zeal of those inspired ladies
who have made it a signal success.
In this they have brought within
the range of everyone a means
for cul ure and entertainment.
If the truth were known a major
portion of the outstanding nation
al characters, either in business,
the profession? or politics, have
given the mind greater enrichment
and breadth thru the public lib
raries than thru the dry pedantry
of collegiate curriculum.
Because selective, library read
ing becomes cultural, educational
and entertaining. It is where the
dogmatic mind becomes expanded
and fruitful under the stimulant
if collective debate and expression
by the great thinkers of the world.
Tho small in scope, the Seward
Public Library fills a vital want in
ihe life of the community, and is
therefore deserving of every en
couragement.
Opportunity for this encourage
ment will be offered in the Library
Bake Sale, to be held November 8.
when the ladies who will supply the
choice viands will again add a
tone to the splendid little edifice
they have started and which re
flects courage, perspective and
home loyalty commensurate with
the spirit of these civic builders.
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BE REASONABLE
George Hopkins. Jr., a young
Norwegian of Skagway, receives a
“bawlout” from Alaskan newspa
pers because he gave an interview I
in which he said there were 32,000 1
airplanes in Ketchikan, a city of 10, i
000 inhabitants, plus 250,000 dogs.
As this interview was printed at j
La Grande. Ore., it is not difficult
to reconstruct Mr. Hopkins’ case
and Sherlock Holmes it to a termi
nation.
Arrivals from the salmon capital
have from time to time endeavor- i
ed to supply a description of the!
brand of T N T offered as hospi
tality. From tales told it is not at i
all unreasonable for young Hop-1
kins to have seen 32.000 airplanes !
and 250.000 pooches engaged in an
air circus or riding humpback
salmon wearing pink garters and
having bells in their ears.
The really important and unan
swered element in the problem is: j
Did he see these things after the !
first or third drink? j
What peeves Ketchikan is the i
fact that the interview was given
out just at a time when it was
mooting a zoo for the entertain
ment of tourists.
Instead of an enclosure harbor
ing the fauna of Alaska the tour- ;
1st may find himself handed a
drink with the suggestion: ”Go
back and talk to the animals.”
TROY. N. Y„ Nov. 3, -Alfred E.
Smith. Democratic “happy warrior,”
was the recipient of a supendous
ovation when lie addressed citizens
of this city and when he challeng
ed Wiliam Donovan to debate on
prohibition. Mr. Donovan is the,
Republican candidate for governor
of New York
The demonstration given Mr.
Smith was undoubtedly th ' great
est ever accordedanyone h re; the
roar of approval which rc ounded
when be was introduced a one of
America’s leading citizens, attest
ed to his popularity.
At the end of his address he
said he hoped Troy would give its
full support to Roo> volt an< Gar
ner. When Hoovers nanu was
mentioned, boos and cate a s re
sounded from the rafters.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 3 —
The President appealed to the
voters of the Pacific Coast, via tel
ephone to Los Angel s.and to fel
low Californians, to maintain • our
present American irn itutions and
vote Republican next Tuesday."
Following his Detroit address,
for which city he left this after
noon, President Hoover will go on
to Palo Alto arriving at his home
early Tuesday morning.
In his message to Pacific Coast
voters he again blami d the coun
try's plight on foreign influence.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 3, —
President Hoover definitely decid
ed Wednesday to continue on to
his home at Palo Alto following his
Mid-West addresses this week.
There, on the sampus of the uni
versity where Mrs. Hoover and he
graduated, they wall cast their
votes next Tuesday.
President Hoover and party will
leave the capital today at 4:30 en
route to Indiana, Mousouri, Wis
consin and Minnesota.
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“If weather permits, the MS Dis
coverer will continue on her mail,
passenger and freight run between
Seward and Anchorage until the
first of December,” stated Capt.
Hienie Berger, owner and master
of the mail vessel which arrived in
port at an early hour this morn
ing fr’om Cook Inlet ports.
As usual Captain Be ger reports
an excellent voyage around the
“horn.”
Erick Isaacson of K.isilof was a
passenger to Seward; tne Discover
er steams out this evening at 7
o’clock on the return voyage, but
returns to this port a week from
next Tuesday.
WORLD IN A BAD WAY
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3, —Be
cause he believed the world was in
a bad way. L. Marquam, author, 34,
committed suicide.
FATHER GOT LIFE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, —John
Roberts, aged and wealthy build
ing contractor who killed his son ;
when quarreling about money, was ;
sentenced to 15 years in San Quen- j
tin.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, —Stocks
crashed yesterday from one to five
points, railroad shares leading the
decline. Bonds made new lows with
the American Telephone breaking
at 102.
Heavy selling raised the turn
over of sales to more than 1,000,000
shares.
Alaska Juneau 1012, Kennecott
9‘a, Premier V2, Big Missouri 10.
All last night and up to a late I
hour today. Harry MPler, former!
Seward resident who has been em
ployed during the past summer by
the B. P. R. at Moose Puss, has
laid in an almost inaccessible can- ;
yon in the vicinity at the head of
Ptarmigan lake, into which he fell.
The B. P. P. road crew under
Foreman Ebbing, and others, were
notified just in time to board last;
night’s freight train for Lawing
where, equipped with lanterns,
they began searching for Wilson
but up to 11:30 a. m. today, he had
not been found.
FOUND ALIVE AND WELL
Harry’s brother, Guy. who has1
been in Seward, accompanied by
Chester MacAuley and Gus Bur
sulis. were ready to leave this
morning to join in the search when
word arrived here that Harry had
crawled out himself and. aside
from a number of bruises, was al
right and is now thawing out.
Yesterday, while hunting with |
Fred Wood, he fell over a cliff into i
the canyon and Wood, unable to
get down to him, went to Lawing
for assistance.
HUGE DEBT INCREASE
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 3. —
There has been an increase of
three and one-half biliion dollars!
in the national debt since October, j
the Treasury Department an- j
nounced.
ANN HARBOR, Mich., Nov. 3, —
Building monuments to Arctic ex
plorers at the scene of their ex
ploits is no easy task, according to
Prof. Ralph L. Belknap, of the
Geology Department of the Uni
versity of Michigan.
Professor Belknap was engineer
in charge of construction of a 50
foot granite shaft built on the
heights of Cape York in Greenland.
One angle of the triangular monu
ment points to the North Pole
reached in 1909 by Admiral Peary,
in whose honor the shaft was built.
Ten men camped 1.460 feet above
sea level in the lee of an ice cap to
build the monument, Belknap re
lates. The shaft was sunk three
feet to bedrock and materials were
hauled up the mountain side. The
last day ice was melted to make
water for the masonry.
NAMED AMBASSADOR
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 3, — 1
President Hoover appointed L. La- |
mont Beeland U. S Ambassador to;
Poland; he sails November 15 for ;
his post. •
WINTER SCHEDULE
Beginning with the sailing from
Seattle of the SS. Northwestern,
on November 5, the ships of the
Alaska Steamship Co., go on a win
ter schedule, sailing every 10 days.
The Northwestern and Alaska wall
alternate on the run for the pres
ent
J. A. Handrahan, investment
banker headquarters in Juneau,
arrived in Seward Wednesday and
remains here until the next steam
er leaves for the south, returning
then to his headquarters at Ju
neau and making a short trip to
Seattle the latter part of the
month. Mr. Handrahan passed
j thru Seward last April on his way
1 to the Interior, intending to fin- !
; ish up his work in 30 or 60 days,'
but found the country so large and
i with so much to see, that it has,
i taken him all this time to com- j
plcte the trip.
This tour took hi minto Circle
Springs where he found Mr. Leech
building up a wonderful resort, and
reports a very good business. Con- j
i siderabJe mining activity is going
I on around the Circle Springs dis
trict, as all of Mr. Leech’s space is
reserved this winter on account of j
prospectors making headquarters
at his place.
Last spring ground running a j
dollar to the square foot of bed
reck was discovered on Ketchen
creek, which resulted in quite a,
little excitement in that district, j
Mr. Handrahan finds that about 97 1
per cent of the people in Alaska
are directly and indirectly inter
ested in mines, and he therefore
decided to join the 97 per cent and
has taken leases and options on 10
claims on Ketchen and Haldem
creeks, which are located about
three miles from circle Springs. 1
Erick Nelson < Big Erick t and
Emil Fredrickson have taken an
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ASSASSINATION PLOT
PARIS, Nov. 3, —A plot to as
sassinate Premier Herriot while on
his Madrid visit was disclosed. De- i
tails have not yet been revealed- '
CONLOW. Miss., Nov. 3, —J. Law
rence plead guilty yesterday to |
manslaughter while the jury was j
out considering a verdict and the j
judge passed sentence on him giv-j
ing him seven and one-half years j
in the penitentiary.
Then the jury reported and ren
dered its verdict of not guilty. • ,
But the judge said the sentence !
he had just passed, stands.
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., Nov. 3,
f/P)—J. F. Israel, 73, a peace officer
for more than 50 years, vouches
for the accuracy of a letter Bill
Jones, negro, sent to his sweet
heart just before going to the
scaffold at one of Arkansas’ last
public hangings.
“Dear sweetheart,” Israel quotes
the negro as saying in the letter
dictated to the officer, “we will
have to put off our wedding, as
they are hanging me today.”
BANDIT KILLED SELF
LAPERE, Mich., Nov. 3, —Berry j
Dillon, suspected bandit who was J
trapped in a building, killed a dep- j
uty sheriff, wounded another, then
shot himself through the head.
TODAY’S TEMPERATURES
This m orni n g’s temperatures
along this end of the railroad belt,
in the “wee, sma’ hours” registered
9 below zero at La wing; 2 above at
Flynn. Mile 20; 4 above at Divide,
Mile 12; and 2 above at Moose Pass, j
while Seward registered between 10 j
1 and 15 above
THE “ORACLE” SPEAKS
BROOKLYN, Nov. 3, — Ogden
Mills, U. S. treasurer, in his speech
here last night, said the Democra
tic party will never to put thru a
bill for repeal of the dry laws be
cause of the sentiment of the
Southern States.
CUTTBANK, Mont., Nov. 3, —
< Liquid gold—oil!—is the magic
which has created a great boom
! here and where hundreds of oil
: men. promoters, w rkers, : nd mer
chants are flocking daily from
every part of the United States.
Black Peak Indians are milling
j around with promoters with every
| prospect of becoming rich, since
I a great oil weli was brought in.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 3. —Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will begin
his final campaign tour Thursday
going to New Jersey and then to
New York on Friday where he will
make an address in Madison
Square Garden.
Both addresses will be devoted to
an appeal for a new deal.
Sunday he will go to his home
at Hyde Park and will make his
fianl talk before the people of his
community.
!im to
CUE i EXTRA 1934
“PUSS ION" PLftY
OBERAMMERGAU, German y,
Nov. 3, (/P)—This Passion Play vil
lage has decided to give an extra
performance of its famous drama
tic presentation of the Crucifixion
in 1934, to commemorate the ter
centenary of the play. ,
Ordinarily the play is presented
once in 10 years. The last regular
performance was in 1930.
For the 1934 play there will be
a curtain raiser dramatizing the
ravages of the plague which af
flicted the village 300 years ago. It
was this visitation which called
out the vow which is the basis of
the legendary performances.
UNEMPLOYED BITTER
LONDON, Nov. 3, —Thousands
of bitter unemployed and hunger
marches battled police far into
the night before order was restor
ed; many were seriously injured
and hundreds received minor in
juries. Three million unemployed
in England are desperate facing a
winter of starvation, it is said.
THE POOR SAP
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, —On ac
count of family trouble, Charles
Zerri, 17 year-old husband, drank
a bottle of poison with gusto. He’s
dead.
FLYING PRINCESS
LONDON, Nov. 3. —Princess In
grid of Sweden left London Wed
nesday by plane for Brussells.
The SS Alaska is due to arrive
in port from the south at 8 o’clock
Friday morning, according to the
noon report.
ANCHORAGE FOR HOFMAN
Back from a brief business trip
to Anchorage, J. S. Hofman, Demo
cratic candidate for Representa
tive to the Alaska Legislature, re
turned to Seward Wednesday. Mr.
Hofman took the opportunity
while at Anchorage to visit his
numerous friends and acquaint
ances and the reception accorded
his candidacy was greatly and sin
I cerely appreciated, he said.
! PRESIDENT DOES NOT UNDER
STAND THE PEOPLE, DE
CLARES DEMOCRAT
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J CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 3, —
•The President is confused and he
is mad: there is no doubt about
this,’ ’said James Cox, former gov
ernor of Ohio speaking here yes
; terday before a great audience and
in behalf of the candidacy of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for president of the Unit
ed States.
“The President has stated many
times that the people of America
do not understand him. Let me say
here it is the President and not the
people who does not understand:
and there is resentment in the
breasts of millions of our people;
resentment at the bad faith prac
ticed by the Republican adminis
tration which, like small groups of
men in certain communities and
cities, believe that they, and they
alone, are the rulers of our desti
ny and country!
“The stock crash revealed to the
American people that our last two
presidents, both Republicans, have
been nothing more than mere pro
moters with the blue sky the limit.
The people have come to believe
that they have been deliberately
deceived. The Republican party
turned its back on the rest of the
world, satisfied to sit beside their
money bags in satisfied contem
plation of their riches,
t “A peaceful revolution on next
Tuesday, at the polls, is necessary
for this robust nation because the
machinery of our present govern
ment is now in process of corrup
tion. The President has confined
all of his arguments to this, that
I his administration has prevented
the destruction of our country from
I an economic storm. But man wants
more than that; he not only wants
to be saved but he wants a chance
to recover. ‘In the midst of plenty
, v/e have want.’
j “We do not need a blue-print
man at the head of our country!
But we do need one who is in tune
j with the heart-beats of humanity!
Herbert Hoover has failed! We
must and will have a change!”
ELK FROM THE ZOO
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 3. (TP)—
; Twenty-two elk from the Detroit
zoo anci from a privately-owned
herd are being “planted” by the
Michigan conservation depart
ment in the Houghton Lake state
forest.
The state made its first planting
I of elk in the state forest in 1918.
[ A planting in the Pigeon river re
j serve has been estimated to have
1 increased to 300 animals, though
i there is no actual means of mak
ing an accurate check.
CAXZONERI IS FAVORITE
| NEW YORK. Nov. 3, —Tony Can
| zoneri. world's lightweight champ
ion who meets Billy Petrolli Friday
night in Madison Square Garden,
is a nine to five favorite. The title
match is scheduled for 15 rounds.
FLYING TO ALASKA
VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 3, —
One of the longest ferrying jobs in
the history of aviation is under
way. Tuesday, three planes destin
ed for the Pacific Alaska Airways
arrived here. They are piloted by
W. J. Barrows, Wm. Grey and Wm.
1 Knox. The mechanic is J. Morrison.