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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 194.
SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1928.
PRICE TEN GENTS
D. E. V A LADE ENTERS INTO PART
NERSHIP WITH LEON URBACH
4 FOR BIGGER BUSINESS
Announcement lias just been made j
of a new partnership formed in Sew- |
ard between Lqoh Urbach, pioneer <
clothier, and D E. Valade, formerly |
of Seward but in the last few months |
of Seattle.
Mr. Valade after looking over busi- ;
ness conditions outside has decided
that Alaska holds the greatest op
ponunities for young men in all lines
and vocations and has returned to
Seward where he has formed con
n8Ction and bought in with Leon Ur
bach, progressive young business
man, president of the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce and president of
Seward Republican Club.
■'I have looked over the different
towns in Alaska,” said Mr. Valade,
‘‘and have decided that Seward offers
the best opportunities; has the best
business outlook and holds the most
promise for the future. I am also dp
sirious of resuming the friendships I
have previously formed in the city
and surrounding communities; no
where in my travels have I met with
a iner class of people and I hope to
be a resident of this community for
many years to come.”
He stated that he felt himself for
tunate in being able to associate
himself with a firm of such good
standing and well known both in A!
aska and the States; that Mr, Urbach
had built up an exceptionally fine busi
ness thru his excellent personal ser
vice and good clean merchandise sold
a; a fair and reasonable price and
tii he had investigated Mr. Urbach’s J
standing outside and found nothing !
bv words of highest praise for him, ;
fr a leading business men and vHiole j
salers of the Pacific Coast.
' For many years’’, Mr. Urbach said,
*‘I have been looking for a young man
« that had a future to him, that had
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vision, salesmanship, a fine person
ality and the happy faculty of making
friends, in order to take such a per
son into my business, as it has grown
to such an extent that one person
can no longer manage it. I have
found such a person in Mr. Valade
and the partnership that we ha,re
I formed, will I hope last for many,
many years, and we will endeavor to
continue to earn the good wull of tb°
community by courteous treatment,
honest merchandise, the newest the
market affords, and at prices that
compare favorable with the outside ”
Both Mr, Urbach and Mi. Valade
are anxious to do all they can for the
good and upbuilding of the community
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as they realize that one can only take
out of a community in proportion Ip
that Which he is willing to put in.
The firm name wull hereafter o •
known as Urbach & Valade.
CONQUERS THE CHANNEL
DOVER, Aug., 20, UP)—Miss Ivy
’ i
Hawke swam the English Channel
from Cape Grisnez, France, to Dovter,
iti 19 hours and 16 minutes. She is !
the* 14th to accomplish the swim.
NEW YORK, Aug., 20, (£>)—Re.
turning to the races after a long
rest,/ Harry Payne Whitney’s “Vic.
torian,” winner of. the Preakness
Handicap, won the $2,500 added Chap.
Iain Handicap at Saratoga.
The son of “Whiskeybroom” was
second and “Prudery,” opened up to
win, came in four lengths to the rear.
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BRITISH SUBMARINE IS RAISED
IN BALTIC; CAUSE SINKING
IS UNKNOWN
LONDON, Aug 20, (/P)—A naval
-mystery of nine years standing was
brought to light by the announcement
from Leningrad that the British sub.
-
marine L.55 has been raised in the
Baltic.
Apparently, the British Admiralty
had never known how the submarine
was lost.
The Russian Technical Commission
is investigating to determine whether
the vessel was destroyed by shell fire
during the fighting when the British
were helping the White Russians
against the Bolshevists after the war
or whether it had collided with a mine
white submerging.
ONE TRAIN ROBBER CAPTURED;
CANADIAN OFFICERS LOSE
NO TIME PURSUIT
PARRY SOUND, Ont., Aug 20. ■(£>)
Three robbers, fleeing after a holdup
of a mail car, routed a good natured
farmer out of his bed Saturday morn,
ing to help them when their stolen
car got stuck in a ditch, then shot him
dead for his pains.
When their pursuers overtook them
and started to battle, two other
brothers who had thrown in their lot
on the side of the law, were woundied
by the robbers one of whom was cap.
tured.
The captured robber had $1,725 on
him when lodged in jail. The three J
had robbed a Canadian Pacific Trans,
continental train.
FIVE CONVICTS ESCAPE
RICHMOND, Tiex., Aug. 20. (JP)—
Five convicts, charged with murder
in the slaying of Sergeant Henry
Ward in a break from the Imperial
State Prison farm two weeks ago, es.
;aped from the Fort Bend county jail.
NO WORD FROM AVIATORS WHO \
TOOK TO AIR SATURDAY
ACROSS ATLANTIC
CHICAGO, Aug., 20, (/P)—Arctic
seas concealed the fate of Hassell’s
attempt to fly from Cochrane, to Mt.
Stevens, Greenland, for no word has
been heard from him since he and
Cramer left on Saturday noon.
The last message picked from the
air, at Madison, was the letter “R”
which was repeated several times,
then the plane’s call letters, KHAS.
Thie “R” indicated a prearranged
code.
According to this message the
plane “Greater Rockford” was flying
75 miles off Cape Chidley, over Dav.
is Straits, Or approximatly three,
quarters of the distance.
Mt. Evans station reported thiey
had received no signal or word from
the plane. The weather was partly
cloudy Sunday.
Don Mix, radioman at Madison,
and who was an operator in Green,
land with the Donald MacMillan ex.
pedition, said the plane might have
reached Greenland but missed Mt.
Evans, being forced to pick a landing
place somewhere along the rocky
coast line. In such an event he said
it would be days before they could get
word to the outside world.
If they succeeded in landing there
is some speculation as why they have
made no effort to communicate
through their own wireless. It was
pointed out difficulty might have
been experienced in rigging a satis,
factory aierial or set which might
have been damaged in landing.
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 20, GP)—Jack
W. Carlstrom, half owner of the hali.
but schooner Resolute, was drowned
when, he slipped while climbing a lad.
dier to a machine shop dock striking
his head as he fell into the water.
His brother Axel was aboard the ship
and dived after him but was unable
to nocover him. The fire department
was called out and found the body
but resucitation failed. He leaves a
wife and two children in Seattle.
ITU HEAVYWEIGHT
WINS FROM RISKO
BROKLIN, Aug. 18, (JP)—Robert
RobGrti, Italian heavyweight, won
from Johnny Risko of Cleveland on
a foul in the sixth round of a schedul.
ed lO.round bout. Twenty thousand
fans hooted the decision. The match
was fairly even with' the advantage in
Risko’s favor when the Clevelander 1
swung a left hook deep in Roberti’s £
body. Most of th ringsiders thought
the blow was fair.
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WRANGELL Aug., 20, {/P)—W. E. i
Perrett, 66, a resident here for 25
years, died at Yakima, Wash., at the !
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home of his sister, following a linger. j
ing illness. H»e returned to her home j
last week after a month’s stay with !
a brother and at that time his con.
diticn seemed improved.
ARRIVED AT WHITTIER ACADEMY
40 YEARS AGO, WITH FAMILY,
IN STAGE COACH
BROKLIN, Aug. 20, (JP)—Robert
Some 40 years ago a little girl named
Lou Henry arrived at the village
Whittier in a stage coach from Nor.
walk, Calif., accompanied by her
mother, father and sister. Today,
Lou Henry returned as Mrs. Herbert
Hoover in a large automobile escorted
by policie mounted on motorcycles.
She came back to receive the de_
gree of Doctor of Literature from
Whittier Collage which she attended
in the days when it was an academy.
Dr. Walter F. Dexter, president of
the collegia, in conferring the honor, j
ary degree, the first ever given to a J
woman by the collegia, paid tribute to i
her “friendly interests which has !
been deep and enduring in national j
and international scope.”
PLANE AVERAGED 150 MILES
AN HOUR: LAST RECORD
4.YEARS OLD
CURTIS FIELD, N. Y., Aut., 20,(/P)
—Art Goebel’s first act as he stepped
from his plane, which made the
trans.Continental non.stop hop from
the West coast to the East, was to
glance at his watch. “Eighteen houre j
md 58 minutes,” he exclaimed.
It was a record for a trans.Conti.
mental flight made in the opposite
iirection lowering the record of Lt.
John Macready and Oakley Kelly in
L923, of 26 hours and 50 minutes.
The “Yankee Doodle” had 90 gal.
ons of gasoline left out of 450 stor.
3d when it left Los Angeles. She
iveraged 150 miles an hour the fast.
;est average since Lt. Russell Maug.
lan set a mark four years ago.
BREAKS RECORD 6.HOURS
CURTIS FIELD, N. Y., Art Goe.
lel landed here at 11:26 thfs morning
if ter a non.stop flight from Califor.
tia breaking the existing record by
dmost six hours,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED BOATS IDLE
DUE TO COMPLETE CESSA.
TION INDUSTRY
NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C.,
Aug., 20, (/p)—Complete cessation
of Fraser River salmon fishing be.
came effective this morning and will
continue until the settlemont of the
dispute between fishrmen and can.
neries concerning prices paid, is
made.
The meeting Scheduled for Sun.
day night did not materialize. Th»e
present scale for sockeyes, 65c per
fish, 9c pier pound for .red springs,
3c for white springs, is not satisfac.
tory to the fihermen who are asking
at least 75c for sockeys with other
prices per ratio.
Another meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday night. It is estimated 1,500
boats will remain idle.
CASCADE Mil
VILLAGE SWEPT By
TWO THOUSAND MEN CHECKED
FLAMES IN TIMBER: 200 ARE
HOMELESS
RONALD, Wash., Aug., 20, (]■P)—
Two.hundred are homieless as the re
sult Gf fire which swept this Cascade
mining village Saturday destroying
32 homes, several business houses.
Two thousand men finally checked
the flames in a virgin forest.
Deputy sheriffs are searching for
a supposed moonshine ring whose
still exploded causing the blaze.
Bert Fellegrine, who was operating
the still, died in the hospital from
burns muttering “I’ve got to get out
that 100 gallons today.” It is said"
that $100,000 will probably cover the
cost of the loss but there is much,
suffering among the miners.
TO CilL TRACK STRIKE
CHICAGO, Aug., 20, (£>)—'The 24
day race meeting at Hawthorne ran
into a snag when members of the
Thoroughbred HorsemOn’s Assoc fa.
tion went on a trike, refusing to filia
their entries for the races. There will
bie no racing unless the owners of
the thoroughbreds diecide to call
the deal off.
POWER NOTICE
The Seward Light & Power Co.,
announces that electric power will
3e shut off tomorrow (Tuesday)
From 9 o’clock to 11 o’clock fn the
morning. t