Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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MORE TROUBLES FOR HOOVER
Dean Stubbs, former U. S. mineral surveyor, fox
farmer of McKinley Park, has started something. He
says that all previous surveys for the purpose of fixing the
altitude of Mount McKinley may be in error, that the great
knob on the crankshaft of the north pole may be 25,000
or 26,000 feet high. Mr. Stubbs bases his calculations up
on data already compiled, which, he claims, do not correct
ly compute curvature and refraction; that tables dealing
with curvature up to 66 miles are the only ones recognized
by the U. S. Geodetic Survey, whereas McKinley has been
stared at from distances of 100 to 200 miles. To this lat
ter announcement members of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey, now on the ground, enter a demurrer, likewise demur
to Stubbs’ claim that computations of McKinley’s altitude
were not made upon a properly established sea level.
There are many possibilities in this controversey, in
cluding war. If by gazing at McKinley by a cock-eyed
surveyor results in it later being discovered that he
clipped some 2,000 feet off the top, he will have an argu
ment with the conservationists, for that is about all that
is left of the Territory not affected by some bureau.
Again, it is unfortunate that this happens just when
Hoover claims to be working out a plan to reduce govern
mental expenses by making the White House janitor hire
a taxi instead of using his limosine and a liveried chauffer.
It surely will call for another commission selected from a
state where a man has to get on all fours to get the sensa
tion of going up-hill. The entire question of cancellation
of war debts may become involved in the controversey
which will rage over this question; the unemployed will
get into the argument and instead of going to the bread
lines, will keep the cook waiting while debating such
thesis as that of Snell, who along about 1620 A. D. discov- j
ered that there was such a thing as looking around a cor-1
ner by following a refracted ray of light and sneak into j
the back door with his shoes off without awakening the j
missus.
If, as Stubbs intimates, MciKnley could be 25,000 or
26,000 feet in altitude the question should be left where it
is until Hoover’s commission of millionaires decide whe
ther to recommend a recipe for cooking terrapin, or plain
caviar sandwiches as the key to the hunger question.
South America boasts 26,000 foot peaks; Thibet sees the
bet and raises them some 2,000 feet and throws in half the
Himalayas as a side wager. Being a country where they
hang onto the landscape with one hand while holding a
yak by the tail to let him graze, Thibet don’t dare let loose
long enough to take a wallop at Uncle Sam for his boast
ful claims. But the spigottis are a temperamental people.
They claim it as their indisputable privilege of throwing
the bull, it having been their national pastime when Mc
Kinley was a Wart.
It is no time to let European nobility want for plover
eggs and Pommery Sec by being forced to pay us what
they owe us for the panoply of war, while we put the
armed force of the nation on garlic and olive oil in prep
aration for going ten rounds to a decision, and end up by
owning a lot of Worthless real estate and an overproduc
tion or chili peppers to add to wheat and cotton surplus.
By all means, let this McKinley thing rest until Doc
Cook recovers his rabbit’s foot and can show us how he
scrammed up the south slope. The movie privilege might
net sufficient to balance the Federal budget, and delay the j
hour when the bureaucrats will have to begin earning an j
honest living.
It is claimed that a: dollar goes farther than it did in
1930. Wherefore what is needed is a caddy capable of
locating it.
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INCOMING LOCAL LIST
i ON STEW YUKON
I Incoming locals on the SS Yukon,
| other than the Seattle listing pub
lished previously included:
From Wrangell—Frank Parrish.
• From Valdez—L. S. Botsford, N.
S. Castle, A. Cj Dowling, Mrs. Mar
tha Annott, John C. Foster, E. Coke
Hill, Mrs. E. Coke Hill, Alvin Nor
ren, Geo. Sinnos, Leroy M. Sullivan,
Mrs. Leroy M. Sullivan, C. F. Lotts
feldt, Fred H. Johnston, E. T. Wal
cott, H. P. Sullivan, E. R. Shank.
From Juneau—Ray H. Southard,
Mrs. Ray H. Southard, M. H. Sudes,
Alex Mayer, Mrs. Albert Mayer,
Frank Scully.
From Cordova — Marin Penna
men, Matin Fredeen, L. C. Pratt,
H. L. Price.
TAXI FARES LOW
HAVANA, Sept., 18, (/P)—During |
the recent street car war in Hav
ana, when taxis did a rushing
business, the fare was reduced to
five cents for two miles. Now
with the street cars operating
the taxis still continue to get a
good portion of the traffic because
of the reduced fares. i
3V{rs. Dan Wolf of Hope, mother
of Elmer McNamee, is expected to
arrive in Seward this evening from
Moose Pass.
Capt. Heinie Berger, master and
owner of the MS mail boat Discov
erer, is due to arrive in port Sat
urday from Cook Inlet points, ac
cording to the local report. Cap
tain Berger will leave Sunday on
the return voyage.
10-INCH RATTLER
BROCKVILLE, Ont., Sept. 18. (/P)
—An employee of the G. T. Ful
ford Company received an armload
of newspapers from the postoffice,
bore them toward his offices and
let them scatter over the street as
a 10-inch rattlesnake stuck its head
from the bundle. Postal officials
were unable to explain the presence
of the snake.
Andy MfcKenzie of Fairbanks j
came to the end of the trail recently |
when he was stricken by a heart j
attack, says the News-Miner.
Pete Lorentzen, widely known j
oldtimer of Fairbanks, died in the
Los Angeles general hospital Aug
ust 26, according to the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
A new type of road scraper was
unloaded this morning off the SS
Yukon for the Bureau of Public
Roads and will be used in the main
tenance of roads in this district.
COMMUNITY JCHURCH
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. Morning Service. Mrs. E.
E. Reisner will preach at the Re
bekah Lodge anniversary service.
7:30 p. m. Evening Service.
All are cordially invited to at
tend these services.
If you haven’t tried HOKLUCK’S
Danish Ice Cream you have missed
something good. Sold only at the
Candy Cottage.
Seattle lee Cream at ALASKA
SHOP.
Goodyear All-Weather
at a NEW LOW PRICE!
OGLE’S GARAGE
All Talking Pictures Uteatre
Show tonight—8:00 o'clock
COMEDY — COMEDY
That famous Swedish comedian
El Brendel
—in the wonderful comedy drama—
“Just Imagine”
IN 12 REELS
A big super-feature showing the life 50 years
from now. A stupendous production with the
most elaborate and weird settings.
— DANCING — SINGING — WIT —
A great play that is a scream for amusement and a win
ner as an educational. A laugh every foot.
WITH IT AN INTERESTING NEWS REEL
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OLDTIMER SAFE
Oldtimer von Frank, whose fail
ure to report at his usual time
caused considerable uneasiness
among his friends in the upper
Kuskokwim district, is alive and
well, according to the Anchorage
Times. Tom Nixon and aonther
man, not satisfied with the results
obtained by earlier searching par
ties, set out on a determined hunt
for the oldtimer, and found him at
a considerable distance beyond his
usual haunts. He had been too
busy, he said, to visit McGrath or
iany of the other communities.
Demos Guveles, a Greek, was
found dead near the cemetery in
Anchorage recently with a bullet
hole in his head, circumstances
pointing to suicide, says The Times.
Patient: “I believe I’m a little
better, doctor, but I’m still short
of breath.” |
Dr. Killyum: “I can stop that ,
completely after a few more
treatments.”
Old papers at The Gateway.