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Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-15
RE-ECHOES ON PORTAGE BAY

We occasionally hear echoes at this late day of the terrific strggle that waged all through the year 1914 by the enemies of the Alaska Railroad to have Pres iden Wilson bring into ridcue by designating it's ocean terminus some wholly inaccessible impossible harbor suuch as Portage bay on Prince William Sound
 In late revised edition of volume Alaska "An Empire in the Making which has been object of ld cue for several years everywhere in Alaska because of the absurdes of it's misstaemens of facts 1t revives the urd fances about Portage bay with which the whole country was once flooded.
 Tt is only II miles from Portage bay to Kern Creek" says this revised volume That is just B per cent rect Pretty good considering the author The distance happens to be B miles.
 "A andlocked harbor is Portage bay", it Yes landocked that two tunnels of 900 feet and the other of 5000 feet length would be required to reach 1t from the west approach behind glacier 20 miles long which periodically forms dam that nundates the valley between the two required tunnels to depth of 300 feet At the other approach where vessels would enter, the handbook perfect that sunken rock reefs have been the last rooosng pnnaces for several hapess advenur 
 Not only land locked but ice locked too, the author might have said with entire truth No year passes but the three gigantic glaciers Harvard Yale and Princeton all together discharge literally millions of ice burgs into Port Wells and Portage bay frequently for weeks and months at time. Those ice jams only last spring block ed navigation for distance of 50 miles from Portage bay to Knight Island from April to June.
 While he was about it, the author of that volume might we'll have added that Portage bay is not only landocked and celocked but also the most completely fog locked and locked harbor in the whole stretch of the coast of Southern Aaskaso fog locked and locked that in winter months vessels entering that dan habor would pay not less than 20 per cent of mar inc insurance, and probably high 26 per cent ii n deed any vessel could get marine insurance at any price during the five winter months for navigation to Portage bay.
 Yes, yes indeed; Portage bay is well locked! And what is more, it will remain locked up.
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You have been wonderful in your hos titality to us; we have had a glorious time and leave with naught but happy memories of you.
 Seward Shriners who went to An chorage to attend the Ceremonial:
 Hedley Hoben, Leon Urbach, Geo. Colwell, Frank Leslie, Alex Bolam, W. W. Flynn, Nils Hagen, John Rosness and Charles Lechner
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
 DISTRICT A T ANCHORAGE,
 ALASKA.
 In the Matter of the Application of
 the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA-
 TON, Corporation, for Patent Un-
 der Sections 23o6 and 23o7 Revised
 Statutes, to tract of land as a Sol
 dier's Additional Homestead em- braced in U. S. Official Survey No.
 1888 and Situated on the East Shore
 of isanotski Strait.
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT SERIAL NO. o6412. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA- TON, a corporation organized under the laws of California, whose principal office is at Ill California Street San Francisco, California, has filed appli- cation Serial No. 06412 for a patent under and by virtue of Sections 2306 and 1907 Revised Statutes of the Unit ed States, as assignee of M. J. Wine, for tract of land embraced in U. s. Official Survey No. 1883, situate on the East shore of Isanotski Strait upon the s. E. end of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska in Latitude 54 deg, g min. 43 sec. N. and Longi- tude 163 deg. 20 min. .00 sec. w., and particularly described as follows, to- wit:
 Beginning at Corner No. M.
 c. of said U. s. Survey No. 1583, point on the Eastern shore of Esanotski Strait, from which
 United States Location Monument No. 1883 bears s. 35 degrees A
 minutes East Variation 20 degrees East SAP chains distant, and run ming thence from said Corner No.
 IA. c. along the meanders of the
 said Eastern shore of Isanotski Strait (frst course South 30 de-
 grees 34 minutes West 0.90 chains, second course South 34 degrees 10 minutes West 200 chains, third
 course South 40 degrees min utes West 5.90 chains, fourth
 course South 43 degrees 39 min utes West 6.8o chains, fifth course
 South 45 degrees minutes West 2.68 chains), a total of 1928 chains to Corner No. 2 Nj. c. Thence | South soc chains to Corner No. 3; thence East 11.97 chains to Cor
 ner No. 4; thence North 1874
 chains to Corner No. M. C., the place of beginning, containing an area of 11.23 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described land should file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of pub lication or 30 days thereafter or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication June 27, 1927. Last publication Sept. 6, 1927.
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The finest Safety Razor ip the world at S15. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-08-15

Brown & Hawkins-Quality First. Eastman kodoks and supplies. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
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FOR SALE-Piano in excellent con- dition. $125. See MilIer's Barber Shop.
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FOR SALE-BeautifuI New Bruns- wick Monograph, (orthophonic type). cost $49O.o0, for sale $225.oo Over $15o.oo worth of records free with machine. Inquire at K. & M. store
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FOR sALE-Household furniture.
 Phone Adams 127.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

FOR SALE OR LEASE-Home and rooming house. grocery store in connections; lease three to five years. Will sell stock on hand. Write M. E. shortley, seidovia, Alaska.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
CHAPTER Iv.

Paul Rayburn reluctantly accepted Miss Grannetts
second Invitation dinner. Having pleaded work as
reason for declining doubted the wisdom of using
the same excuse again.
"A most determined young woman" he reflected.
He would go and get Besides, the evening
need wholly lost he could get in couple OF
hours afterwards. So he took some of his note
calculations home after carefully locking up
the usual.
At seven thirty he arrived at imposing apartment
house. appropriately called Marble Court where the
Crannetts spent two three of the winter months
I'm so disappointed exclaimed Miss Granpett upon
greeting him. My other guests have just dropped
out so afraid you doomed to dull family dinner
/ think you know my father? /"
Only slightly, said Rayburn doubt if he remem-
bers me-"
You are too modest Mr. Rayburn. OF course he does
We were speaking of only todayn fact 1t was his
suggestion that L asked you for dinner
This remark gave Rayburn food for thought
butler announced dinner. Mr.. Grannett entered
followed by the girl who had accompanied Miss Grannett
the day before.
This is my cousin, Miss Downs"
The table was set in a small alcove of an
impressvey rich dining Rayburn recognized one
tapestry alone which represented fortune. He had
seen its mate a Paris museum.
Mr.. Grannett in expansive good humor. FOR
one thing, he always amused by his daughters
methods enslavin susceptible young men, for another
he expected something about the mysterious
experiments OF this young man.
My daughter tells laboratory is quite show
place, Rayburn."
Im glad she enjoyed it, Naturally find it interest
ing but hardly hoped it could be to others"
telling father Sout all those strange Devices
said Eleanor soft she had found effective
I think he ought know more about the wonderful
things his extremely capable staff is doing"
There was swift exchange of gances between father
and daughter Mr.. Grannett not given to dissem-
bling He proceeded with brutal drectness toHthe
point of especial interest
She telling you are engaged In some inde-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
SIX MILLIONS TO BE
SPENT BY Pfc. FOR
REFRIGERATION CARS

H. Giddings, vice president and gen
eral manager, Pacific Fruit Express
company, states in order to provide for
increased volume. of business originat-
ing on the rails OF Its contract lines
and short line connections, the Pacific
Fruit Express company, owned equally
by the Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific systems, is about to purchase
1000 new freight refrigerator cars, for
1928 delivery.
To insure highest efficiency in re-
frigeration and conservation of food
stuffs, the cars will conform to Pacific
Fruit Express cornpany's present stan
dards of equipment, as approved by
the United States government, being
heavily jfsulated throug h out and
equipped with floor racks and basket
tanks.
This number of additional units will
make available for the season of 1928
4O,311 freight refrigerator cars of that
company and the purchase amounts to
new investment Of about $6,000,00O.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
TO TELL
ABOUT NEW CAR
BY RADIO JAN. 4

People throughout the nation will
hear a remarkable advertising pro-
gram on the night OF January
according to William Alberts, Doug
las agent for the Dodge Motor COM
pany. On that date, through special
arrangement there will be q huge
radio broadcasting hookup for the
purpose of introducing the new Dodge
creation, the Victory Six, and Alberts
advises Douglas and other Arizona
people to remember the date and
tune in for the program
A quadrilateral hoollup whose four
corners are to be New York, Chicago
Hollywood, CAL, and New Orleans,
will unite the entire nation in one
radio studio" Of which more than
30,OOO,OOO persons will listen In.
At that time Will Rogers, acting
as master of ceremonies in Hollywood
will introduce Al Jolson In New
Orleans, Fred Stone in Chicago and
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra
in New York The nation broad
program will utilize the National
Broadcasting company and the Amer.
lean Telephone and Telegraph com.
pany facilities and will serve to In
troduce the advertising OF the Victory
Six.
The huge network is termed the
greatest mechanical achievement in
radio telephony. It's cost will be more
than $1,000 a minute for the hours
amusement The fees Of the four
artists amount to more than $25,00O,
the telephone and mechanical facil-
tiles are costing more than $4,000,
and the station time is estimated
roughly at $780,, according to the
announcement. The total cost is be-
lieved to be the largest amount ever
spent for radio entertainment.
Thirty-three stations are TO be
linked up for the program, which
will be- accomplished by special tele-
phonic circuits using 10000 miles OF
telephone wire
Three transcontinental circuits are
to be used. One will serve the broad
casting stations, the second will trans
NIT the contributions or the four
performers to New York. where they
will be transmitted to the broad
casting station circuit. The third
circuit will be for emergency purposes
in case the weather affects the
second.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
LIQUOR TASTERS
VIOLATORS DRY
LAW, DORIAN SAYS

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a Q)-Com-
mercial chemists who test alcohol and
liquor to determine its purity for drink
ers, as the government sees it, are
violators of the prohibition law, just
like bootleggers.
The testers apparently do not real
ize that their operations violate a
specific provision of the law, Commits
sioner Doran said today. He disclosed
that he had instructed agents to ar
rest and prosecute these chemists.
AT the same time the commissioner
described the Christmas liquor this
year as "terrible9' Liquor analyzed by
prohibition bureau chemists, he added,
has been found to be concoctions made
from denatured aI1ohol and moon
shine and there is no genuine snug
gled liquor available. Liquors sold as
pure Scotch, he said, is nothing but
colored and doctored alcohol, and what
little smuggled liquor gets in this
country is adulterated and cut to such
an extent that it is not recognizable
when it gets to the consumer.
The commissioner expects some al
coholic deaths this year, but he be-
lieveS they will be reduced to a mini
mum as poisonous ingredients have
been eliminated to a great extent from
denatured alcohol
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
DECIDE TODAY
WHAT YOU CAN
GIVE TO CAUSE

Douglas people are asked by the Red
Cross chapter handling the work Of
the city to give serious consideration
to the question of how much they can
help with used articles of clothing,
bedding and footwear when the Red
Cross makes the collection on next
Wednesday, December %. There is a
serious need, the workers assert, for
large amount of clothing for women
and children and also for mattresses
and other features of bedding and it
is the desire to have a sufficient
amount of such articles offered in ad-
vance of the date for collecting it.
The work will be directed by the
Douglas chapter of the Red Cross and
the articles will be called for and car
ried to the grammar school building
where room has been set apart for
handling the work The calls will be
made by volunteers assisted by mem
bers of the Douglas boy scout organiza-
ton, the latter being under the direc-
ton of d. c. O'Neil. The offer of the
articles should be made to Mrs. E. I.
Agnew, whose telephone is No. 499.
There is also campaign in prog
reSS Tor the raising OF the membership
by some 45O, letters having been set
out in that drive during last week. The
leaders in the Red Cross work point out
that today is a date when every in
dividual should give thought to such
matters as charity and if not mem
ber of the Red Cross, then he ought
to send his membership fee of one
dollar to the Douglas chapter of the
Red Cross, sending the check to Henry
w. Williams, treasurer, at the Bank
of Douglas If he already holds mem
bership in the organization he should
determine how he can help by con-
tributing in used garments or bedding
to take care of the problems confront
ing the Douglas workers in caring for
the local needy during the remainder
of the winter.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
WITNESS
CITED BY COURT
FOR CONTEMPT

CINCINNATI, Dec. "a (P-Brand
i ing the petition signed by II jurors
of the George Remus murder trial
seeking release OF John S. Berger, a
Remus witness from a perjury In
dictment as "a palpabIe attempt to
influence this court Judge Chester
r. Shook today cited Berger for
contempt of court and summoned
the jurors to appear before him Tues.
day and explain.
The petition bearing the names
of the ten men and two women who
acquitted Remus of Staying his es-
tranged wife, Inogene, was handed
to Judge Shook yesterday by Berger,
Los Angeles exposition promoter and
boyhood friend Of the former ''boot
/ leg king" for whom he testified
| Berger was indicted during the
Remus trial. His testimony in general
drew a favorable picture of Remus
but the particular statements for
which he was accused of perjury
were his denial that he had asked
Mrs Remus for $4,000 for her hus-
band and his statement that he had
never been convicted of a felony.
! Berger's petition related that the
jurors ''fully believed" his testimony
and upon it based their verdict free
1 ing Remus on the sole ground OF
4 insanity.
| AS a result OF the petition the
exposition promoter not only was
cited for contempt, but also lost his
counsel, Attorney Charles Elston, who
withdrew for the case and refused
to represent Berger in the contempt
hearing. Elston said he knew nothing
OF the petition until he read it in
the newspapers.
Berger became apologetic under q
scathing cersure by Judge Shook.
He told the court he wanted to
apologize and said he had nothing
to do with the petition He said he
did not know it's contents until four
! jurors had signed it and that he
would not have filed it had he known
lit would offend the court. He said
Remus, who is in Jail awaiting
sanity hearing, drew up the petition,
but Remus said he understood some
| of the jurors dictated it.
Judge Shook at first threatened
drastic action against the jurors who
signed it. Later, however, he ex-
pressed belief they had ben led into
lit without knowledge OF its sign1ti-
canoe.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
MAIL SERVICE
FOR CHRISTMAS
J, IS ANNOUNCED
~ : - "a ANVO4N@@

Douglas postoffice employees, in COM
mon with postal employees all over the
nation, will enjoy their Christmas din
ners with their families. That is the
order of the poStoffice department and
it will be strictly observed, hours hav-
ing been arranged to meet that order.
AS part of that plan, the local Of
flee will be closed all today and the
only mail that will be handled will be
the parcels bearing special delivery
stamps. There will be no window
service of any kind. Mail will be dis
patched and incoming mail will be-
boxed but no other service except those
noted here will be rendered
Monday will be the day observed as
the legal Christmas holiday and the
force will endeavor to see that all
parcels are delivered by noon as the
service will be discontinued at noon
for the day. This, again, is in keeping
with nationwide order by the post
master general When the office closes
at noon it will not reopen until 8
o'clock Tuesday morning. There WILL
of course, be delivery of the mail bear
ing special delivery stamps but that
happens as matter of course, due to
the stamp carried
The general delivery, stamp and in
formation windows at the office will be
open from 8 o'clock Monday morning
until II, noon. Box holders and gen.
eral delivery patrons are requested to
call for their packages prior to IL
O'Clock as it is the desire of the local
force that every parcel in the office
be delivered by noon if possible This
can be done, it is pointed out, if the
box holders and patrons of the general
delivery window will cooperate with
the office force.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
POLICE GET A
LARGE NUMBER
OF PRESENTS

The Douglas police force will have
merry Christmas. Probably not
man on the force will be able to
get off for the day, or even Tor Il
few hours, but they have peen re-
membered by half the business houses
of the city.
All day yesterday crates and pack
ages arrived and CHIEF Fercy BoWden
assisted by Assistant Chief Murchison
devoted every spare minute to dis
tributing the many presents into more
than a dozen piles.
There were cartons OF cigarettes,
many boxes of cigars, candy, fruit,
neckties and what not. Every officer
was remembered and each conslgn..
ment of gifts contained enough to
go around While the list of firms
and private citizens who remember
the force at Christmas time was
not complete last evening the follow
ing had sent presents: Buxton
Smith Produce company, Arizona
Gypsum Plaster company, Porter &
Ames, E. G. Belcher, Fred D. Hubbell,
The Smoke House, Phelps Dodge
Mercantile company, international
Commission company, Levy Brothers,
Douglas Drug company, Ferguson's
Drug company, Southern Arizona
Auto company and Jimmie Miller.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
FOUR CHRYSLER
SALE FOR
WEEK BY AGENT

Four deliveries last. week made by
j. T. Hood, Chrysler representative for
the Douglas territory cleared out an
other car of the machines for him
since he placed his last shipment on
the floor. He is expecting another
large shipment within the coming week
and he says there are other shipments
scheduled to come along regularly after
the opening of the new year.
The cars sent out last week were:
w. F. Stark, Dos Cabezas, 62 roadster;
j. A. Keclik, Douglas, 72 coupe; D. w.
Rush, Douglas, So coupe; Will Glenn,
Douglas, 81 sedan.
Hood says that starting with the
turn into the new year he looks for an
appreciable increase in the demand for
cars and it is his forecast that the
coming year will be the big year in the
automobile trade with the Douglas
dealers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
CITY JAIL IS
NEARLY EMPTY
FOR HOLIDAYS

Chief of Police Percy Bowden yes
terday afternoon consulted with
Justice of the Peace w. G. Jacks.
following which the Jail doors were
opened and a Christmas present OF
freedom was given to half dozen
inmates. AT dusk last evening there
remained in the Jail only young
man held on so serious a charge that
he could not be freed and Mexican
man and woman who are held by
the immigration service.
While it is probable that by noon
today there will be other persons
lodged in the Jail it is not probable
that there will be more than half
dozen prisoners and these will be
given a good Christmas dinner with
some presents made up from tho
police gifts and through the Salvation
Army.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

even by the best instruments OF
science
Because Of it's peculiar nature plant
pathologis!s are convinced curly top
can be counteracted only by CONNER
ciaI use of disease-resistant varieties, a
number of which have been developed
by government experimentation and
have proved successful. No wholly i'm
mune strains, however, have been
found and because of the relatively
low sugar content in resistant types
authorities have hesitated to recon-
mend them to commercial growers.
Effort now is turned to creation OF a
sugar beet hybrid in which qualities OF
resistant types and strains highly pro-
ductive of sugar are expected to be
combined for establishment of suit
able variety.
Over a period of 10 years three
fcurths to four -fifths of the entire
sugar output of continental America
has been manufactured from beets, the
bulk of which was grown on irrigated
farms of the west.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

pendent researches" began Il
the nature of them. Arc ctsn with ponderous joval
ity I'm afrat1 don't give you enough work keep
busy the company's affafrs.
Rayburn the criticism veiled in this
although resenting the introduction
a time when he guest and employs,
concealed his dispeasure.
I" L it desirable hobby he said quietly
something aside from my regular work 1t my
of recreation"
He was evading! Mr.. Grannett flushed with annoyance
" Excellent" he exclaimed, I'VE all ought nave our
hobbies. what it you hoping to do?"
The question direct There polite way OF
ignoring evadng it, although had intention OF
revealing the exact nature OF his experiments which had
advanced to point where phenomenal results
within reach
1--WE been playing little with astronomy"
7" Astronomy"
Yes" returned Rayburn smiling, If have seemed
reluctant about discussing these experiments, was
because feared would be misunderstood. And perhaps
laughed att
But why astronomy when there so many mort
practical and profitable fields of research? Mr. Gran
nett's voice unsympathetic.
AS said, it is hobby" answered Rayburn pleaE
antIy.
about"
Ah thought Rayburn He began to see a reason foe
this sudden interest He must be on his guard
" 1t is machine had constructed according to my
own designs. What it accomplish remains b
seen"
"But what do you hope to accomplish with it? What
are you driving att?
Please tell u.s. Eleanor's voice was appeaingly
friendly. We tremendously interested Ray.
burn"
Perhaps Mr.. Rayburn would prefer not to tell us
yet" 1t Miss Downs first youen
flashed her grateful LOOKOUT it Hee5oteds by
surprised glare from Mr. Grannett his daughter.
Rayburn paused. The silence became painful TIE
others regarded him nteny. felt he had been
driven into corner-that they taking unfair
& ITO COntinued.l
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
LARGE AMOUNT
OF LIQUOR is
FOUND IN CAR

Deputy Collector of Customs Ed
ward Specht announced yesterday the
capture near Warren of Packard
sedan. said to be the finest car evel
confiscated by the customs service
here. Henry Oystila and Mrs. Wilma
OystiIa were taken into custody with
the car in which officers state there
was found four cases of Tequila
Sauza, one case of Tequila AneJo and
two cases of straight American whisky.
Oystila and his wife were given a
preliminary hearing on the customary
treasury department charge IN con-
nection with liquor yesterday after
noon before United States Commis-
sioner Allison in BiSbee and were
bound over to the action of the
federal court under $1,000 bond each