THE
TIMES
NO. 26
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JULY 27, 1920.
PRICE 25 'CENTS-'
In Air
346 Hours
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RIVERS ..ON ..ST. LOUIS ROBIN
I ANNOUNCE THEIR GOAL
§L AS 500 HOURS.
:
/ 1ST. LOUIS, July 27.—The mono
| plane St. Louis Robin was still aloft
* this evening, the flyers of which have
Veen up two weeks (346 hours) and
announced their goal as 500 hours.
The monoplane Minnesota was still
up over Minneapolis, with a credit of
. 119 hours, while the Billion-Dollar
City monoplane was forced down at
Houston after 233 hours by a blown
cylinder.
: SAYS HOOVER IN ERROR IN
INTERPRETATION OF PROVI
VISIONS OF 15-CRUISER LAW
PORTLAND, Me., July 26.—Chair
man Hale of the Senate, naval affairs
committee declared today that Presi
dent Hoover is “entirely in error” in
his interpretation of the provisions in
the fifteen cruiser law, that he is em
powered to suspend on vessels au
thorized in the measure until June
30, 1931.
DRY ENFORCEMENT. ALASKA,
FAIRLY GOOD, SAYS LYLE
JUNEAU.—Prohibition conditions
in Alaska are not materiall ydifferent
than elsewhere in the nation, in the
opinion of Ray Lyle, prohibition ad
ministrator for Washington, Oregon
-and Alaska, who passed through here
en route south last night, on his way
to his Seattle headquarters.
Lyle found everything, generally
speaking, in fair shape in Alaska.
Some spots, however, are not as good
. as others. Lyle has made an extend
i ed 'visit for the past month, using an
airplane to travel between Fairbanks
. and Nome.
TREASURY SURPLUS TOTALS
$185,000,000 END FISCAL YEAR
WASHINGTON.—The Government
finished the 1929 fiscal year with a
surplus of $185,000,000. The public
deb^t was cut to $16,931,000,000, the
lowest since the World War.
Secretary Mellon said he attributed
this showing to the nation’s w de
spread prosperity. The year’s re
ceipts .were $4,033,000,000, and ex
penditures $3848,000,000. Ret . pts
were $9,000,000 more than last ; -ar,
while expenditures increased $~o4,
000,000 over the past year.
The gain in income tax receipt;, the
treasury said, was due to general
.prosperitty and more specifical y by
the active rise in the securities mar
ket. This saved the Governmen. -rom
- a deficit by increasing income oilec
tions by $220,000,000 and swell :? the
total income tax collections to $3,033,
000,000, which is $156,000,000 more
than was collected from th.; same
sources last year.
Mrs. Georgie Hagen and .Ml ,s Josie
Sheehan returned here Wednesday,
following a brief visit to -adjacent
creeks.
Billy Gibbs, of the Gibbs & Eison
dredge, Ganes creek, arrived Friday,
■ coming in with Charlie Nichols, cat
erpillar operator.
Freighter Del Thompson left this I
morning for Ganes creek, taking'out j
; a load of supplies for the Erickson
dredge. He was accompanied by John
1 Krieger.
PETITION ASKS FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF DOCTOR
FOR THIS INTERIOR SECTION
That a physician may be secured to
serve this interior .section is the ob
ject of a petition put in circulation
during the past few days. That a
doctor is quite necessary tor this sec
tion has been apparent for several
years past, for which reason the pe
tition is being generously signed. The
petition, which is adressed to Gov
ernor George A. Parks, reads as fol
! lows:
“We, the undersigned, residents of
1 McGrath, Berry’s Landing, Takotna,
Big River, Ophir Iditarod, Slietmute,
Georgetown, Crooked River, Fair
view, Nikoli and Telida, respectfully
petition the Territory of Alaska or
the Bureau of Education, Department
i of the Interior, either acting singly
j or jointly, to furnish us a physician
| who will be responsible for the
| health conditions of the above-named
1 villages.
“This entire section of Alaska is
entirely without medical relief or Aid
of any kind, having neither a doctor
or nurse within a radius of three
hundred miles, the .nearest being 500
miles away (river travel) at Akiak,
and 300 miles to Fairbanks (land
| travel.
| “There are weeks in the spring and
fall when it is impossible to travel by
’plane, boat or dog team. At these
times we are absolutely unable to se
cure medical aid of any kind what
sover.” f
The petition states that the popu
lation to be served consists of about
450 whites and 455 natives. These
figures, however, do not include some
four hundred natives scattered up’-a^d
down the Kuskokwim river and out
lying places.
A big boost is given by E. J. Beck,
district superintendent of the Bureau
of Education, who recently passed
1 through this section, and who left a
few days ago for Holy -Cross. Mr.
Beck says:
“Having passed through here and
inspected the territory, I can sub
scribe to the above facts contained in
this petition.”
HOOVER SENDING REPRESENT
ATIVE TO TOUR ALASKA
JUNEAU.—Colonel D. J. .Quienlan
arrived here today. He is making;, a
trip through Alaska as a special rep
! resentative of President Hoover. He
j serves in the capacity of special as
sistant to the chief co-ordinator of
the United States.
More efficient 'business administra
i tion by closer co-ordination of the
work of the several bureaus in Alaska
is the main administrative objective,
Colonel Quienlan said. He will visit
Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Nome. The possibil
ity of having a co-ordinator assigned
to Alaska, with headquarters at Ju
neau, was. outlined.
ADMIRAL EBERLE, NAVAL
AUTHORITY, PAliSES ON
WASHINGTON. — Rear Admiral
Edward Eberle, retired, died here to
day.
When Rear Admiral Eberle was re
tired for age in August, 1928, he
brought to a closd one of the most
constructive and distinguished ca
reers among naval oficers of modern
times. He not only held the highest
naval; .posts, but institute!, developed
and took an active part in major
changes in naval construction and op
eration during the last 25 years of
his service. His counsel often had
brfen sought by high government offi
cials -in .international matters.
Lawbreakers
Numerous
FLAGRANT AND WHOLES-CUF.
DISREGARD FOR LAW, SAITS
MAYOR OF EUREKA, GAL.
EUREKA, July 27.—’ 'o grant and
. wholesale disregard for law in. Eu
l reka and throughout Humboldt coun
ty was charged in. a. letter received
by United States District Judge E.-.F.
St. Ahre .here from Mrs. Emily L.
Jones, mayor of Eureka. She asks
hat federal court be held here oftener
j than once a year, as at present. She
; referred to the Government as the
one and only immovable object to be
. feared by lawbreakers.
BROOKHART EXCLUDED.
CHICAGO, July 26—Senator Smith
' W. Brookhart of Iowa was exclude^'
from the executive session of the
Federal Farm Relief Board when it
convened today for its first confer
ence outside of Washington.
FISH OUTLOOK GOOD,
DECLARES O’MALLEY
SEWARD.—Henry O’Malley, U. S.
commissioner of fisheries, departed
tonight for the Pribylof Islands and
' Bristol Bay areas on his annual in
spection of salmon fisheries and seal
rookeries.
| O’Malley said: “I have just re
j ceived a report from the islands to
; the effect that 21,522 seal skins wer^
i taken up to July 8, as compared to
; 18,023 at the same date last year,
i More seals were killed this year by
J natives off the coast from Sitka than
for many years past, over 800 skins
; being taken. For this time of'year
i the Alaska opinion situation as a
! whnlp looks foirlv (rood.”
O’Mailey left early this evening for
lliamna Bay, where he will walk
overland to lliamna village, a- dis
tance of 11 miles, and then board a
power boat for the crossing of the
100-mile long lliamna lake to the
river, and will then go down the river,
emerging on Bristol Bay. A coast
guard cutter will meet him there and
convey h imto the’, seal rookeries in
■ the islands.
RAID IS MADE ON SUMMIT
HOSTELRY, AT FAIRBANKS
Two stills, considerable apparatus
| used in making liquor and a quantity
| or whiskey and beef were seized in a
raid made on the Summit Roadhouse
i in the Fairbanks vicinity, a few days
ago, according to the Fairbanks j
j News-Miner. The stills, one of 20-1
j gallon and one of 25-gallon capacity,!
i were found in a stillhouse about 1,000 1
feet down the hill from the road
house. About 8 quarts of whiskey
and 35 quartts of beer were found.
Warrants for the arrest of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Burch, owner of the road
house, were issued. They were re
I leased under $1,000 bail.
Hans Erickson, manager of the
Erickson dredge, Ganes creek, was a
Friday arrival for- a brief business
visit, returning to Ganes yesterday.
He states that the wood supply for
dredge operation is gradually in- ;
creasing, with about 270 cords al
ready on hand, and more coming, and :
that dredging operations will start,
immediately.
Eric Hal'd, well known mining man
of the Cripple section, arrived Wed
nesday from Ophir, again returning
to the later point with P. W. Carlson
on .Friday.
naval affairs uniformly.
POINCAIRE HANDS IN HIS
RESIGNATION AS PREMIER
PARIS, July 26.—Premier P-cin
eaire tonight handed bis resignation
to President Doumergue. Ill health
is assigned as the reason for his giv
ing up the helm of the French gov
ernment. Friends say he will submit
t«-».n operation.
MACDONALD AND DAWES
TACKLE NAVAL REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, July 57.—Ad
vice- received by the State DDppart
ment' from London state that British
Prime Minister Macdonald and. A m
bassador Dawes today began discus
sions of. a basis for future naval re
ductions by World powers. Their first
efforts, it is stated, will be to agree
on a “yardstick” by which to measure
GENE HUTTON PASSES.
SEATTLE,-July 2L~Gene Hutton,
widely known* Seattle-merchant,- died
this morning;, death being due - to
over-exertion in golf tournament
ALASKAN NATIVES SPEED
CRAZTj DECLARE MARINER
■'L SEATTLE,—Bringing a wierd tale
of a beluga whale towing a channel
buoy, which had been set to mark
shoals in the Kuskokwim river, Cap
tain Charles S. Carlson of the motor
ship W. M. Tapper arrined here re
cently.
Captain Carlson said .'the beluga
became entangled in one of the chan
nel buoys and dragged it to a new lo
cation, which aroused suspicions that
soon led to the shooting of the whale.
The beluga was taken to the native
village at- Qumhagak by a pilot boat.
It will be -barreled for a tribal ccie
hrafinn f!»vL(!nn mrkflnftiul nipfirr«s
to prove his story*
The Tup per will leave August 10th
for Unimak island where Shishaldin
volcano Aias been belching fire and
smoke into the heavuna.
The speed craze, has grasped the
natives of the lowrr Kuskokwiir rivee
districts, Carlson said. He will take
back with him a number of outboard
racing motors and boats. HOne 49
foot motor sailor, a number of Co
lumbia river fishing boats and an
cient kayaks have been relegated to
the junk heap. He will also carry
school books, flour, radio.sets, canned
goods .and .a conglomeration of
freight to the isolated sections of the
Kuskokwim watershed.
The passenger list of the Tapper
will include government school teach
ers, missonaries and traders on the \
return trip. Southbound the vessel j
will bring down 35 reindeer to be;
used in Santa Clans* teams during
Christmas time, gold bullion, furs and
fish. The ^vessel will go to . the Kus
kokwim by. wav of Sand Point ..and
Unga.
HARWOOD ASSISTANT U S.
ATTORNEY THIRD DIVISION,
SEWARD.—Edward P. Harwood j
was appointed assistant United
States attorney for the Third division
of Alaska, with headquarters at Sew- i
ard, according to telegraphic advices!
received here today from Washing
ton.
Charles Ulsh and. Ifcey Hayes were
Wednesday arrivals. .coming up in
the former's speed boat, recently pur- j
chased from Erank^Kamge, prior to
which it was builtv&nd owned by
Einor-Canlson. The trip up from Mc-j
Grath, according to Mr. .Ulsh, was
made in five hours’ traveling time,1
the consumption oY; -gwsoline being J
about five gallon* toe the trip up The;
craft is 22 feat. in -length, abou: 61
ietiL.hea.ir> I
Heatwaves
and Brought
.
SWEEPING OVER MANY AGRi
CULTURAL REGIONS—BIG
CRO THREATENED
WASHINGTON, July . 27.—The
prospect of an abnormal crop *r
being curtailed and threatened .byex
treme heat waves, and drought condi
tions sweeping over many world ag
ricultural regions. The Central and1
New England .States in this country
are mostly affected, with much dam
age to .the Northwestern whear
States.
THE FISH THEY WIL1 CATCIL
WASHINGTON, July 27.—Presi
dent Hoover, with a party of Cabinet
officials and arrpy officers, left this
afternoon for his fishing camp on thr
Rapidan river, in the Virginia Blur
Ridge mountains, .to spend thp week
end.
RELIGIOUS STRIFE IN MEX
ICO COMES TO AN ENT
MEXICO CITY.—Settlement of the
controversy with the Catholic chord
in Mexico was announced by Presi
dent Porter il today..
The Merican government, will allow
the Catholic hierarchy to designate
those priests who are to register' • ir
compliance with Mexican Law. Re
ligious instruction, while not permit
ted in the schools, will be permitted
within the churches. The sight is re
served to Mexican Catholic prelates
to apply fyi modification of the eon
tution .at 'tr _ time-in the future
which is the same right -granted al!
Mexican citizens.
The president s statement said k
was not, the purpose of the constitu
tion or the government to destroy tin
identity of the Catholic or any other
church, or interfere in any way with
spiritual functions.
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASH.,
CASHIER CONFESSES THEFT
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Edwar<
Melhart, county cashier- of Whatcoxr
county, who was missing for severs
days, surrendered at the county jar'
and. confessed -to a deputy sheriff th»
theft.of $21,000 in county funds.
Melhart said he had heen in Sar
Francisco endeavoring to raise, fund*
to pay back the money, which he say*
he lost in bets on football, games ,anr
prize fights.
HENRY TALLMAN, POORMAN,
BADLY HURT IN TRAIN WRECI
ROCKY MOUNTAIN. N. C.—Thir
teen of the two-score,persons injuret
in the wreck of the Seminole Limited
fast Florida-New York train, are in a
hospital, most of them believed to bt
fatally injured
.. .Five Pullman cars overturned yes
terday, plunging d wn a six-foot em
bankment and sliding into -a swamp.
The breaking of a truck is Warned for
the accident. Among the injured is
Henry Tallman, of Poorman, Alaska
The breaking of the main crank
shaft of the Gibbs & Eison dredge, on
Ganes creek," three or four days ago.
was most unfortunate, as operation*
up to that time were moving along
in. fine shape. A new ’shaft has been
ordered. In the meantime, following
the temporary delay caused by ' the
break, it is understood that most of
the members of the Gibbs & Eiso’
dredge will assist in operation of tb
Hans Erickson dredge, formings n-se
ond -crew* for dha LvUeicltM) r
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