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The Kusko times., 1930-06-28
Sinking Of
 Barge YOu1x:G
CAUSED SOME INTERPRETATION BUT SITUATION NOW MUCH
 IMPROVED.

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 The barge Lavele Young, loaded with freight taken from tte steamer Tupper, which latter sank at it's moorings near Bethel on June 10, is still in the hands of underwriters of her cargo, who took possession of same following the declination if practically all consignees to accept shipments from Outside consignors. The cargo of the Young, consisting of early spring shipments from Outside, was destined for mercantile concerns at McGrath, Medfra, Takotna and Ophir, as we'll as a number of private individuals. Also on beard of the barge was a shipment of several thousand feet of Outside fir timbers and lumber to be used in the con- struction of new dredge boat on Yankee creek.
 The situation had a .gloomy-look- ing aspect. It looked like a serious shortage in the grub pile, and it also appeared as though dredging and mining operations hereabouts might be impeded and delayed for many weeks, and this at 8 time when those activities should be at their peak.
 The situation at this writing, how ever, has a decidedly better-looking aspect. Manager Oliver Anderson of the N. C. Go. at McGrath, following notification of sinking of supplies on the Young, made acquisitions upon the N. C. Go. at Bethel, amounting to many tons, fresh from the Outai,e all of which came up with the Ta,.a on it's recent arrival at McGrath
 Also coming up with the Tana to McGrath, and from the latter point on the Sea Wolf to Takotna, was 8 good-sized consignment for F. iC. H. Spencer. This consignment was for warded by George w. Hoffman, Nap amute merchant, who, sensing the situation, unsolicited, unasked, came to the aid of Mr. Spencer, who feels most appreciative of MT. Hdtfman's generous and timely action.
 Released by the Nsalvagars at Bethel and also arriving here on the Sea Wolf, was a part of the lumber and timber needed for the Higgins dredge, most of. which material has already been taken to Yankee creek by the Clough < Brink caterpillar. A team of horses also came up on the Wolf.
 Concerning the cause of the sink ing of the barge Young at Bethel, it is understood that it is a matter stall undetermined. The Young, it is stated, was tied up next to the bank, with the Tana on the outside. Mar tin Clancey, watchman on the Tana, went aboard the. Young at about S:SO in the morning, when everything was apparently all right, although about three hours later the barge com menced to sink.
 The work of unloading the Young as well as salvaging her cargo is going cn under the direction of Cap tain Wm. Geiger and Mr. Butzene, who are representing the underwrit- CTS in the capacity of salvagor and iidueiai agent, respectively.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28
COX DECLARES FOR REPEAL.

COLUMBUS, O.-Cox, Democratic presidential nominee in 1920. declared for the repeal of the federal prohibi- tion amendment in an address here last night.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28
Doin8s At
 Washington
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION WILL CON-
 TINUE ITS WDRk-

WASHINGTON, June z8.--With or without the assistance of gofernment funds, Hoover's law enforcement commission intends to carry on it's usual inquiry into enforcement of all federal statutes. After the Senate voted to resume activities of the group to study the prohibition law. Hoover asked the commission to pro- ceed with it's original program and maintain it's course.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28

LOS ANGELES POPULATION.
 LOS ANGELES.-The census bu- reau today announced the population of Los Angeles to be 1,231 ,82O.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28
Heart OpE,ir.
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 t.E.ABiNS.

Inae- a.. .iire of disastrous ,propor- t. tiopss occurripg about 8:30 clock N ednesday night. had wiped out the - heart-of Ophir, was the startling and !. disheartening news to reach here at :. an early hour Thursday morning, having been brought over by Carl 4 Lattsfeldt-. who. happened to be in Ophir the time and who was an eyewitness of the devouring conha- !. grafton
 Among the. buildings consumed, to- 1. gether with practically all their con- tents, were the Chris Bolgen building, i. in which was located the postoffice and office of the United States com- missioner, the Aaron Erickson Road house, the Sid Paulson warehouse, the : Pioneer Hall building, Fred Roethlis- : berger's pooLhall Eric Hard's ware :. house. the. John Repo cabin, and a few minor structures.
 Consumed by the fire was large {. quantity of mail, mostly of Medfra, Y. Mclirath and Takotna origin, des- tined outbound hut held in the Ophir office pending transportation by Max , Simel.. Ophir.Holy Cross mail con- tractor.
 Also devoured by the flames were :. all the records. mining and otherwise, that had ever.heen recorded in the Ophir precinct, -a-loss that may prove .- -af. great conrern to many individuals.
 How much gold dust and currency | may have been contained in the mail .:.ix matter of conjecture, but it un- !, doubtedly amounted to several thou . sand. dollars.
 Snake, it. is stated, was first seen :. coming from the commissioners huildipgs aside fro mwhieh practically nothing is known regarding the or igin of the. fire.
 All buildings consumed, nine in all, wede old landmarks, the value of which it, would be hard to accurately estimate.
 The fiames swept so rapidly that it :, vas a matter of impossibility to, at- tempt. ito save anything from the sweeping flames.
 The loss 4cf the roadhouse and it's :, contents. a,low-figure value of' which might he. placed at $5,000, makes Aaron. Erickson heavy loser. He saved practically all his bedding and furnituret hut lost most of his kit chen equipment.
 Another. heavy loser is Chris Bol- gen, whq, aside from the mail and commissioner s records, lost practical. .ly everything when his building burned, including his personal effects and,l itaisasaid, quite few hundred dollars ip.currency and gold dust.
 Fred. Roahlisberger. it is stated grabbed a. wad of bills before leaving
 his pool hall, but was in such hurry that he didn't have time to scoop uI . no small quantity of silver. His loss, thesrool hall and warehouse and contents, makes him heavy loser, ,the. replacement of which might
 reach $g.000.
 The loss,. all told, is a staggering
 blow te the Ophir community. The loss of the .roadhouse, especially, is 3 matter of utmost regret. A landmark < of early daysy comfortably furnished Stld always. well conducted, 1t was most popular. 'sIni intervening years ]. it hsdschemed manyaa- lone musher.
 weleoued many travelling guests. and :,l1ad been. the sceus of. -papy . pretty
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28


 The article follows:
 Most Amexican motor tourists be- lieve that when they have crossed the Canadian border and travelled hun dred mile sinto British Columbia they have reached the northern boundaries of the earth, that beyondh theenorth- ern edge of Canada, there is nothing but trackiess waste of snow and ice through which fewnshiyering cari- bou mush with difficulty.
 There are number of adventurous souls who have thrown all caution to the winds and tbrayely started north from Vancouver, although in their hearts was probably the certainty that this smoath highway would last only few miles and then suddenly end up against wall of ice. Daring as. have these shardy motor travellers been, the rewards of their courage have. been great.
 Theirs has been sth x tlrill. of look ing oyer ledge to see, two thousand feet below, the mighty Fraser river struggling through the marrow pass of Hells Gate. They have seen the white purity of Marble Canyon en- closing green Pavilion Lake and have entered the game-hlled hills eof the Cariboo country. They. have ridden through the streets of Quesnel, one of the oldest towns in British Colum- bia, which still -auaintly reflects it's early days in the fur-trading business and later in the Caraboo gold boom of 1858.
 But perhaps greater than these thrills of natural ~beaut wand romance s the thrill qf finding that the roads through this scenic country are ex- ceilent and well travelled, that the settlements along the highways are populous and prosperous, that the country around them is all green countryside. and - not perpetually white. In short, that the North is neither frozen nor uninhabited and you don't have to be hardy pioneer with pick on ygur back and golden visions in your mind to enjoy it. Now the greatest thrills, of the North country are to be made access sible to motor travel. Plans for the International Highway are taking very definite shape, and when the In- ternational Highway is. finished it will reach from, Seattle, Washington. far beyond the confines of British Columbia, beyond the Yukon Terri tory, to Fairbanks, in the heart of the Territory.
 Now the movies have led us to, be- lieve that Alaska is the last word :n coldness, that snow cofers the coun- try almost the whole year, that dog teams are athe best means of trans pcrtation there, end that highway travel is at best possible only during 8 few weeks in ,th emiddle of sum- mer, and then with ,di&culty. The real. state. of the, weather is quite otherwise. Alaska has summers as mild andsflowerAaden as the best | of, her ,NJorNharn slater States. for
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28

WASH HINGTON. -. .Allotments te.- taling $39, 9,580, ,090 for rivers and har- bors.. work in the states. and terri tories were approved today by Sacre> tary of War Hurley.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28

WASHiNGTON.-R to con slider the plea for postponement of the London naval treaty in the Sen ate until Decembff, ,s President HeoYe- informed Senate leaders that he would call special. session of the Senate for it's consideration the day after this Congress ,adjourns.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28

JACKSONVILLE, Fla-1Mrs. Ruth
 Bryan, Owen has been crsnominated for. Conaress feating-i iDewitt.
The Kusko times., 1930-06-28

WASHINlsTON-Hooyer today re fused to snbmit-ito the>Senate foreign affairs committee certain secret pa pers and agreements, pertaining .eto the London naval armamentts confer ence,
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

steep slopes and cliffs rising more than 800 feet above the sea. It's caves and terraces give evidence that Polynesians once had a colony of several hundred persons there.
 ''Nccker Islaid, nearly 200 miles to the west, is an isolated rock ris- ing from the sea. There, too, temple platforms show the former occB- pancy by ancient, more or less primitive man.
 "A hundred miles farther west are the 15 little sand islands and the pinnacle rock that mark French Frigate Shoal; and 200 miles farther les Gardner Island, q rock only 900 yards long. Beyond Gardner lie DoWsett and Marc reefs, mere coral rings marked by breakers and with no visible land, Ii is barely 75 miles from these reefs to Laysan Island,
 Between Laysan and Midway the only dry land is Lisiansky Island. r. is a rough parallclogram a mile long and less than mile wide. A ridge rising 40 feet above the sea marks it's highest point. Like Lay san it Was dcnuded by rabbits intro duccd from that island Since the creatures starved 10 death vegetation has come back 10 the island and iE again an important bird refuge
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

the present times he plans 10 make service for not only eX-serviCemen who are in need but for all other citizens one of the big aims of his administration
 He reported that he had attended meeting in the office Of Mayor George A. Quiglcy at which repre- sontatives of other organizations were present and he had accepted a commission to help the sale of tickets for a football game at Me- morial field in Willow Brook park on the morning Of Thanksgiving day between the New Britain high school anu Vermont academy teams for the unemployment fund instituted by the mayor. Tho sale of tickets is in charge of Roger Whitman.
 During the course Of the evening, Commander Johnson announced the following list of appointments:
 Membership, Cedric Powers; house committee, James McAvay; state fund. Orrin c Curtis; rchabili- taton, W, ". T. Squire; national defense, Duncan Shaw; naval af- fairs. Duncan Shaw; l.. Q. T. C. and C. NJ, T. C., Dwight Skinner; work nlanship. Harold White; American lzation, Harry Vessels; chaplain, Rev. Theodore Dunn; assistant chap lain, E. k. Burr; surgeon, Dr. John purney; post historian, Abel John son; news officer, Russell Smaller; Boost and Pull, Harry C. Jackson; finance and program, E. E. Ogrcn, chairman; Emll Schaal. Otto Miller. J. C. Andrews, Arthur Pctts, Walter Mlkey and Duncan Shaw; graves registration, Fred Tyler; and legal officer and legislature committee, Harry GinsburE.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
EiOlinist Loses Life in
 Elevator Shaft Fall

Norwich, Nov. 14 lP)-G. Herbert Rich, violinist, with a large circle of friends through his theatrical and church work, was mortally hurt in q fall in the elevator shaft in the Con- nor building early today He died at the W. W. Bacus hospital
 MT Rich had been 10 a social .t Christ church and returned to his apartment in tho Connor building afterward, His friends were depart- ing and he opened the elevator shat door at the fifth floor to enter tha car which he must have though vas there. He stepped into spac" and fell to the bottom of the shaft. Bremen and police got him out.
 Mr. Rich, who was 4, leaves a widow.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
ISLAND 0F LAYSAN
 10 BE RELOCATED
SpeCk in Pacific Four Miles
 From Charted Position

Washington, D. C., Nov 14-- Uncle Sam has just discovered that one of his many thousands of islands las been living for years under false pretenses.
 On the charts of the world LaNsan Island. largest member Of the Lee \ ward group of islets that extends for 1900 miles northwest from Hawaii, Is shown Nin q position where in reality the waves of the Pacific roll urbroken. The island actually lies four miles north of tho charted po- sition. and will be moved 10 it's proper situation on future maps
 Rabbits Make Island a Desert
 "Laysan furnishes a striking eN ample of the unforeseen effects that flow from tampering even in minor degree with natures balanced forces" says a. bulletin from the Washington, D. C.. headquarters of the National Geographic Society When the island was discovered, end for many years afterward, 1t was covered with green vegetation and was the nesting place of myrl- ads Of sea birds and the home of thousands of land varieties. Then the guano deposits were exploited and headquarters for the workers was established.
 By 1909 the fertilizer deposits were exhausted. Laysan and it's neigh boring isles were made into bird reservation that year and the human inhabitants of the island de parted. But they left behind them an apparently innocuous pair of domestic rabbits whose descendants made d veritable desert out of the island.
 When officials of the bird reser- vation visited Laysan in 1923 they found that every blade of grass, every weed and shrub and all but three or four trees had been destroy ed by the rodents. Considerabl areas were covered with the blcach-
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
Wild Stallion Caught
 In Western Texas Area

San Angelo, Tex, Nov. II R}- The king of the stallions, one of the last Of the wild horses in west orn Texas. has rope around his neck for the first time in 15 years of life.
 The giant bay, the only animal in the 2G.Soo acre pasture of J. H. Tip pott al inc foot Of Fl Capitan noun tain, was captured this week after five cowboys had trailcd him in re- lay,. for three days and three nights
 Tho first time he vas ropcd he bit the rope in two, but the second time it loopcd around his neck h. gave up after a struggle that coY- cred half the mountain side.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
Editor to Speak On
 New England Rambles

An address entitled "RambIcs in the By-Ways of New England will bo given before the church clubs Of the Episcopal diocese of Connecti- cut at St. Marks church il this city next Tuesday evening by John Il. Wilson.
 Mir. Wilson Is member of the editorial staff of tho Boston Eve ming Transcript. lie has travelled extensively in various parts of the world. His address will he illus trated with storeopticon views.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

well dressed young man is wearing 'civics' of herring bone, tweed. anI blue serge. Replacing the uniforms with ordinary boys clothing cost the institution SS00O thus far, accord ing to estimates made by Roy C. Mclaughlin, superintendent. Rub bcrs and overcoats, hitherto un- known to boys Of the school, ar. included in the new wardrobcs be- ing issued 10 each boy
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14

cd bones of thousands of rabbits that had starved after their food sup plies had been exhausted, and with the bones of birds overwhelmed by the drifting sands. Even the ranks O. the birds that lived from the sea had been noticeably thinned. The last few living rabbits were killed and trees were planted
 Bird Population Reaches Million
 The survey of the island that has just been completed disclosed that with the rabbits out Of the way the trees have thrived, grasses and other plants are covering the island, and the bird inha abitants have increased to approximately a million. I.aysan thus becomes the most Important bird breeding ground in the central Pacific.
 The island is 3 mile and three quarters long and a mile wide. It i' relatively low sand isle with an elevated rim isins somewhat abrupt lY from the beach to a height of 70 to 40 feet In the center is a lagoon with water concentrated by evaporation until it is more saline than the sea.
 Best known Of the islands, that with Laysan make up the north western extension Of tho Hawaiian group, is Midway. which lies near the 1S0th meridian. It is under tn" jurisdiction Of tho navy department and is leased to a cable company 10 serve as it's mid ocean relay sta ton. About thirty people, half whites and half Orientals, dwell on the island in little handmade com munity whose materials have been brought from the United States and Hawaii, even to the soil in which grow the little patches of lawn and the tiny vegetable gardens.
 "Only one island of tho Lcewari group lies west of Midway. II is Ocean Island about fifty miles away It consists of an irregular circle of coral four miles or so in diameter. with a semi-crcular fraG- ment, known as Green Island, 1,S00 yards long by 300 yards wide, at it's eastern side. On it's beaches the Hawaiian monk seal breeds in great numbers.
 Islets Once Inhabited
 "The nearest of the Bird Islands 10 the main Hawaiian group is Nj | ;tI
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
IA\GE'S EXPENSES So7

Representative William I. Langc who was defeated for the office at the election November 4, expended @@7 in the campaign, according to his statement filed with the city clerk today. He contributed s15 10 spent SIP for automobiles.
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
JOHNSON SELECTS
 LEGION WORKERS
New Commander Of Eddy-GIoyer Post Announces Committees

For the first time since his elec- ticn, W. Manville Johnson occupied the chair as commander Of Eddy Glover Post No 6, American Legion. last night at the regular meeting of the post. A large number of the members turned out to greet him.
 Commander Johnson outlined the a*tlvities for the coming year and stressed the ideals and principles of the American Legion. He laid stress upon the fact that the Legion is service organization and that in
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
SCHOOL UNIFORMS DISCARDED

Mcriden, Nov. 14-TradltIon1i blue uniforms are now passce at the Connecticut School for Boys and the
New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
IsletS Once Inhabited

"The nearest of the Bird Islands hoa. It is a small rock island with
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20
TRINITY GUILD GooDIE SALE

A Goodie Sale will be held by the Ladies of the Trinity Church Guild on Saturday. May 24, in the corner room of Goldstein's Elm porium. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20
OLDTIMER ARRIVES
 BOUND TO INTERIOR

Walter F Lord, former resident Of Anchorage and other sections of Alaska, until ten years ago, and now of Fort Worth, Texas, was an arrival in Juneau this week on his way to the Interior
 With him is J. Withers, also of Fort Worth. They are going in to Ruby and other Interior points on business trip which will keep them occupied all summer, accord ing to MT Lord.
 In 1910 MT. Lord first came to Alaska, and for the following de- cade he spent most of his time in the Territory. This is his first trip north since he went Outside about 1920.
 He and MT Withers are leaving today on the Yukon and expect to be back on their way south some time next fall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20
Sport S1a11tS ALAN J.0ouLD

Running up an endurance streak in baseball is like scaling a noun tain peak or trekking to the North Pole. There's a measure of glory in it and distinction but little, if any profit.
 Joey Sewell, great Cleveland in fielder stayed in the game when he should have been in a bed or ia hospital. just because he had run ID HOO straight games and was trying to bust Everett Seott's vo.ld record of 1907. Joey finally had to quit after 1,1O2, anyway, and the runner-up isn't remembered for long
 As a matter of fact, if Sewell hadn't been laid off for a single game in 1922 so Iris Speaker could see how a rookie looked at short stop for Cleveland, he probably would have beaten Scott's record long before this. Up to the start of the 1850 season, Sewell had played 1882 major league games for the Indians, over the period from 1920 through 1929. That 1922 game was the only one he missed ! in, the entire period. The streak whicls finally ended in Boston, be- gan on Sept. 3, 1922
 Everett Scott, who finally was benched by Manager Miller Hug gins of the Yankees to end the shortstop's record breaking streak, said afterward:
 T know now that was foolish in persisting after that consecutive game record. It got to be a form of collecting mania with me. I felt a lot of times that I would be better for a rest and a layoff. I was run down physically but I hated to quit might have stayed up a couple of years more in the big show if I had taken it easier"
 Lou Gehrlg, the burly YanKee first baseman, now appears to be the only player with even an out side chance of upsetting Scott's record
 Larruping Lou, since he broke in with the Yankees as regular in 1925, has run up over TOO con- secutive games-744 at the start of the 1930 campaign It would take his full playing time for the next four years in row to dislodge Scott's mark but Gehrig is only 27 years old this year and rugged enough to keep up the pace.
 Eric .Pedley, one of California; $ candidates for this years polo big four, has younger brother Lionel who may be heard from in a few seasons as a star of rhe riding game. Perhaps the reason Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20

is deeply imbedded in the Pacific Coast Leagues second division is because Manager Ernie Johnson shoulders too many responsibilities. When discovered paying the hotel bill by a friend, Ernie remarked: I'm leadoff man, secretary, assist ant manager, coach and disbursing agent for this outfit" A drive for S18,000 has been conducted to pay the expense of sending three University of Washington crews to Syracuse this June.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20
HURLER'S LUCK WAS PUNK,
 BUT A RAINBOW APPEARED

NEW YORK;, May 20.-Charley Ruffing, once a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, perennial cellar candidates, now has chance to share in first division splits, be- cause he had tough luck in two early games this year.
 Ruffing was traded to the New York Yankees for Cedric Durst, out fielder, after he lost two games for the Red Sox by one-run margin. Heinie Wagner, Boston manager, made the trade, hoping it would alter the luck of his club, which during the early games lost seven games by a single run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-05-20
CORONA BUSINESS
 CONDITIONS SOUND,
 SAYS ALAN FAITH

Cordova had the best winter in it's history from a business stand point and expects the rest of the year to be correspondingly success ful, according to Alan c. Faith, Associate Editor of the Cordova Times, who visited Juneau today while the steamer Alaska was in port. He is enroute to Eastern points on an extended vacation.
 An early run of king salmon is now in progress in the Copper