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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-15
,..tIIa. UFL Organizer
1rested for Activity in
Farmers Dairy Strike
5PG. INCREASE
Militant Picket Lines Force
Creameries to Grant De-
mands of Farmers
BULLETIN

VIRGINIA, Mimi Strik-
iug farmers won their de-
hands for a Is per cent in
cpase in the price of milk
after exactly one week of
militant picketing.
RENO Tantilla, strike leader
and Minnesota state Orga-
nicer of the United Farmers
League was arrested on the
Vicket line, where he was ac'
tive in mObilizing the farmers
Of the county to fight fol
their demands.
The charge againsS Tsntilla was
f, uunped-up affair involving {
farmers demonsrrati'n against :
foreclosure sale .ev .ral weeks ago
HOWe1el, the rea. taLSe of his ar
rest was his activity in the strike
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28
GORINER

Emra Fike, of Eglon, preached in
the Union church here Sunday morn
ing on international recovery insur-
ance. Mr.. Fike was accompanied to
Gortner by his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Diehl and daughter and Miss
Vida Evans. They were guests while
here of Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Burkhol-
der.
Miss Ida Martin was hostess at a
surprise birthday party given in honor
of her mother on last Thursday even
ing. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Martin, Artie Dodge and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Martin, H. W.
Kahl, Mr.. and Mrs. George Martin
and son Ira, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Malette, Mrs. John J. Rembold, Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Martin and son
Roy, Mrs. Samuel Snyder and son
Albert, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Schmidt
and daughter Mary, of Altamont; Mrs.
Mary Mosser, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Sisk, Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Martin;
John Wilson, Charles Kerby, Victor
Lee, Samuel Slabach, Luther Schmidt;
Miss Leila Mosser. Refreshments Of
fruits, candy and cake were served
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lee, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Beckman were called to Mount
Carmel, w. Va, Sunday on account of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

burg, and Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon War
nick, of near Homecoming, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk over the
weekend.
Earl Feather and daughters, of
Clarksburg; D. A. DeBerry and Saul
Feather, of Terra Alta, and members
of the Jenkins family of Fellowsville,
spent Sunday with the WEIGH family
here.
Miss Laura Alice Friend entertained
the Glade View Sunday school class
last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Slabach and
children, of Aurora, spent Saturday
night at the home of j. C. Petesheim.
They were accompanied to Grantsville
on Sunday by Misses Susie Petersheim
and Media Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Streets and
daughter Florence and Charles Hill, of
Cumberland, were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Swartzentruber on Sun
day.
Elmer Harsh and family, of West
Virginia, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

the death of their aunt, Mrs. Oliver
Lipscomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Musselman and
family, of Windber, Pa, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Ohio Friend over the week.
end.
Messrs. Forrest Gortner and Law
renee Bittinger went to Pittsburgh by
plane on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk entertain
ed large crowd of friends at a corn
roast one evening last week. Among
those present from a distance were
Mr.. and Mrs. LeMoyne King and
daughter, Miss Lottie Steyer and Mr..
Grant Harvey, of Ryan's Glade.
Messrs King and Harvey favored the
company with musical numbers on the
violin and guitar.
Miss Elsie Deem visited her sister
near Wilson Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Malette, of Pitts
burgh, who visited the family of Mr..
Joe Martin here last week, returned
home on Friday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, of Frost
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

And 1 just happened to think
(Which you might consider a bit unu-
sual) that people consumed lot of
time travelling on their own hind legs
just to look at time-saving devices
like airplanes, dishwashing machines,
speed boats, telegraph, can openers,
etc.
When we get all these gadgets in
every home for saving time, what are
we gonna do with time? It can't be
picked or sailed down for old age
when the days are running short.
Time and kisses just aren't any good
unless they're used, but you don't need
to be promiscuous with either. And
when it comes to saving time with
electric dishwashers, I'm strong for
it. Just ask any kind, considerate,
helpful, benevolent, gracious, obliging,
tender, affectionate husband.
And 1 might as we'll save some more
time by calling this column and clos
ing up the typewriter for one more
week. No use to keep staring it in the
face for the rest of the afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28
Pass Through Fire

Christians are like vases, they
must pass through the fire ere they
can shine. And often the very furnace
and the fame, which they call destruc-
ton, are only burning in the graces
which are to be their everlasting
beauty and glory.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28
Lesson for October l
SAUL IN TARsUs

LESSON TEXT-Acts 21:ss; 22:s. 81.
zs; 26:4-7; Phil. 1896.
GOLDEN TEXT-Study to show thy
self approved unto God. a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed. right
~ dividing the word Of truth. II Tim
othy 2:15.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A School Boy.
JUNIOR TOPIC-A School Boy Of
Tarsus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Preparation for Life Work.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
1C-Training Christian Leaders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28
JoY Out of Sorrow

There are joys which can come to
MS only through sorrow. There are re-
:vealings of divine truth which we can
get only when earth's lights have
gone out.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

BURSTING wheat bins pictured
- above indicate how the carryover
Of wheat in the United States has
increased since 1928. From 1920 to
1928 the carryover was about nor
NAL and bin or grain elevator ca
pacity Of slightly more than 100 mil
lion bushels was sufficient for sup
plies from year - year. Since 1928
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

that even with our short crop this
year. the carryover will still be
above normal a year from now be-
cause of the present large carryover.
the lack of export demand and re.
duced feeding and. unless something
is done to check 1t, the carryover is
likely to jump again to around $50
million bushels in 1885.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-28

the carryover in the United States
has increased rapidly. In 1929 it was
nearly ESQ million bushels. in 1880
it was nearly 300 million bushels. it
was over 800 million bushels in 1881
and in 1882 it reached a new peak
of more than $50 million bushels.
Secretary Wallace has estimated
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
Happy Chefs Boys Club
Receive Caps and Aprons

The Happy Chefs Boys Cooking
club held their bi-monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. l.. r. Collins.
The recipe books were given out
and the boys had their pictures
taken in the new caps and aprons
made for them by the Willing
Workers. The next meeting will be
held Thursday at the home OF
Mrs. John N. Larson.
The first crates of strawberries
were shipped from Richland last
Wednesday, the 18th. C. A. Hack
ney had four crates and John Git
ron 2 1-2 crates on that day.
John Dam, C. F. Fletcher, 7.
Kelley, Harry Forsyth and Chas.
Powell went to Seattle Wednesday
night for the actual transfer of the
bonds with the bond holders COM
mittee.
A. Wall and daughter, Lillian,
were dinner guests Sunday at the
Bert Curtiss home.
Sam Middleton passed away at
his home Tuesday afternoon from
heart trouble. Funeral services will
be held from the Methodist church
Friday afternoon.
Miss Bernite and Marguerite
Jones spent Sunday and Monday
visiting at the home of their aunt,
Mrs. E. M. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Pike and
Mrs. Breithaupt were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl SUIT
ton Monday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Greasy OF
Pasco called on Rev. and Mrs. Fill
bert Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purschwitz, jr.
were dinner guests at the Pursch-
WITT sr. home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mabon and daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. A. Plotner and Mrs.
AIDE Bilyean and Gertrude Dryer
of Benton City were callers at the,
home of Rev. and Mrs. Filbert Sun
day.
Don West drove down from We
natchee Saturday and took Miss
Stella Murray back with him on
Sunday for a short visit at the
home of his parents.
A crew of men have been work
ing on the Woman's club room and
grounds this week. They planted
new lawns and topped some of the
trees.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Waters from
Freewater arrived last Wednesday
and spent week with Mrs. Fam
ney Lewis, returning to their home
this Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. nj. Lewis and
children of Pasco surprised Mrs.
Fanny Lewis Thursday afternoon
on her birthday. They brought a
big birthday cake with them and
spent the evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

Twenty-four guests were pres
ent at the Van Patten home Tues
day afternoon at a party given in
honor of Miss Dorothy Heimlich,
who will be June bride. Six tables
of cootie were in play with high
score going to Miss June Lewis
and low to Dorothea Bechtol.
Word has been received in Ken
newick that Miss Margaret Moul-
ton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
M. Moulton, has been pledged to
the University of Idaho chapter of
Mortar Board, national upper
class honorary. Pledges are elect
ed by a vote of the active chapter,
and to be eligible a student must
be outstanding in campus activ-
tiles, leadership and personality
and must maintain high average
in school work. Miss Moulton is
majoring in dramatics and Eng
lish.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
Richland News Items
Residents of Rchand invited give the district greater
publicity by informing the correspondent the happenings Of
the community.

The Ambulance took Mrs. Lind
skog to the hospital Wednesday
morning with a severe attack of
gallstones.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. McAuley of
Yakima were dinner guests Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
! Will Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Boetcher
had as dinner guests Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. George Krohling and Mr..
and Mrs. George Snow
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Dighton and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Mcintosh and
children were entertained Sunday
at the r. A. Ross home.
Vale grange baseball team lost
to Finley Sunday with a score of
81. They play Kennewick Valley
here next Sunday.
Mrs. Thad Grosscup and Mrs. H.
Snively attended bridge party at
/! the home of Mrs. William Null
! drow at Benton City Wednesday
afternoon.
Glenn and Worth Curtiss and
Miss Ruby Butterfield arrived on
Tuesday from Malotte for an in
definite visit at the Bert Curtiss
home.
Carroll and Ruth Sloan spent
Sunday visiting Esther and Alma
/ Combs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Caldwell,
! Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Yedica and
! Dean and G.. F. Yedica visited at
! the home of Mrs. Fannie Lewis on
| Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Caldwell, on
their way here from California,
had the misfortune to wreck their
car near Bend, Oregon. Mr.. and
! Mrs. Clarence Yedica brought
them the rest of the way Friday
morning.
Mr.. Grosscup arrived Thursday
to spend a few days at the home
of his son, Thad Grosscup, ir.
Mrs. Payne of Troy, Montana,
mother of Mrs. Lewis Sloan, ar
rived Thursday to be with her
daughter, who has been very i'll,
but is now gradually improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. K. Pike and
baby son and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Pike and H. o. Pike, a
brother from Nooksock arrived on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Linn Of Ken
newick visited at the Earl Jones
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cash Van Fossen
had dinner Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jones.
w. P. Stapleton of the N. P.
railroad company, was in town on
Thursday and took C. j. Dam and
C. F. Fletcher to Prosser with him
on business in connection with the
bond issue. They had dinner in the
evening at the G. j. Dam home.
Miss Elsie Gleason of Kenne-
wick spent Sunday at the A. S.
Murray home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

Mr.. and Mrs. p. c. Sheehan OF
Spokane were overnight guests a
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
N. E. Lewis, this week. They were
on their way home from Tacoma.
where Mr.. Sheehan went for his
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. E. Reeser and
daughter Roberta and Mr.. Reeser's
father were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. HI. r. Vibber. They
were former Kennewick residents
and now live on ranch near Wal
la Walla.
Miss Alice Giddings, while visit
ing with her. aunt, Mrs. Louis EFT
itiean, received telegram to re-
port for duty at Fitzsimmons gen
eral hospital, Denver, Colorado,
and she left on Monday by car TO:
that city.
The members of the general aid
of the Methodist church met with
Mrs. w. Anon on Third Avenue
Wednesday afternoon with q
members present. Mrs. Anon, Mrs.
C. C. Williams and Mrs. Fl. Owens
were hostesses.
The Kennewick bridge club met
Wednesday for one o'clock lunch
con with Mrs. w. c. Muldrow at
Benton City. Bridge honors went
to Mrs. Harry Snively. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. b. S.
Grosscup at Richland.
Mrs. V. w. Bird, Mrs. c. E. Hill
lier and Mrs. H. E. Oliver returned
Saturday from Colfax, where they
attended a convention of the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft, held Thursday
and Friday Mrs. Henry oJhnson
was elected district manager.
The baseball team of the Ken
newick Valley grange is sponsor
ing ice cream social and dance
at the grange hall Saturday eve
ming, May 81. Men will be asked
20 cents admission, ladies free, and
ice cream, cake and coffee will be
served at 15 cents a plate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
Preacher Long Says RadiSheS
Best Picked by Day Light

While Rev. }. F. Long has been
securing an envious coat Of sum-
mer tan, and iron-bound muscles
similar TO those of the "Village
Blacksmith" of Longfellow fame,
from lab3rs in his garden land by
the way it is a dinger, too) he has
also attract ID much comment and
joking from those who daily pass,
while the reverend is hard at work.
A few days ago your Courier
scribe happened along when Kit
Clifford said, "Say, Rev. a lot Of
tourists have been asking me what
tribe of Indians are planning to
pitch their tepees here on this lot,
We have heen a lot of poles suit
able for that purpose there" (They
are really bean poles.D The Rev.
retorted with Those are not te-
pee poles, but a chap by the name
of Kit who sells oil stock, has been
telling lot of prospects they are
for prospective oil derricks.
Another skinny Kennewick drug
gist, Frank Visger in kidding Long
informed him his radishes and on
ions were tough and needed more
careful irrigation. Slamming down
his hoe, the Rev. stormed forth
with, "See here, Mr., if you would
get your vegetables from my gar
den during the daylight you would
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
HIGHLANDS

Irwin Mayer returned Thursday
morning from Spokane after sew
eral days. visit there. Mrs. Anth-
ony Mayer will stay for a longer
visit with her parents.
The Les Amies card club met on
Wednesday with Mrs. Marie COM
belle. The afternoon was spent in
playing pinochle.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. l.. Foraker and
family were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Foraker at
Hover.
Bob and Marian Himmelsbach
and Bill Thompson of Yakima
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Himmelsbach Sunday.
Mrs. T. w. Payne and Mrs. j.
w. Vickers visited on the High
lands Wednesday.
Bobbie Mitchell was guest OF
Kenneth Foraker Friday and Sat-
urday.
Mrs. F. j. Rasmussen called on
Mrs. Peter Erickson and Mrs. Bill
Moore Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Lewis Haines is making
her home with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Stumps, who re-
Gently purchased the Ed Keene
place. Mr.. Haines is working on
the coast. -
Mrs. Grin Beinhart and Mrs.
Avery thurman went to Pasco Mon
day.
Mrs. Little has been staying
with Mrs. Bill Moore the past two
weeks. The new baby is getting
along very nicely.
Aaron Foraker went on pic
mic with a group of sophomores on
Friday after school.
Mrs. N. L.. Foraker was hostess
to group of little girls on Friday
afternoon, the occasion being Jer-
dimes birthday. The afternoon was
enjoyed playing games and re-
freshments were served. Those
present were Norma Jean Strick-
Ter, Frances Perry, Margaret Ker-
shaw, Madene Shields, Thelma
Hacker, Patsy Moulton, Mary Belle
Boies and Naomi Foraker.
Frank and Byron Lampson puf-
chased new Chevrolet truck the
first of the week.
Mrs. Coulton and Mrs. Frank
Lampson called on Mrs. Bill Moore
Tuesday afternoon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

j. H. Siegfried received word
this morning of the death of his
sister, Miss Kate Siegfried, at Lee
leighton, Penn, following a two
weeks illness. Altho Miss Sieg-
fried has been an invalid for %
years and was cared for by anoth-
er sister, she was only seriously
i'll two weeks.
A joint surprise birthday party
was given at the r. r. Gowing
home Tuesday evening for Mrs. R.
r. Gowing, Mrs. C. H. Eakin and
Mrs. NJ. Hille by a group of
friends. Four tables Of bridge
were in play as the diversion of
the evening with mems honors go
ing to G. A. Purdy and women's
honors to Mrs. H. w. Whittemore.
Guest prizes and three birthday
cakes went to the guest of honor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25

be able to make a more caresu,
lection and then you will discn,s,'s y
there really is some good proS S0si
here" ouuCe
All and all, after exchange, !,
jokes, Rev. Long really has = -. y
den plot that would be a creai go
either professional or amsts.'
agriculturists.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
4 + = + + z = q & = 2 z 2 z .
{. HAD YOU .
!. HEARD THAT /.

The Chekola Bridge club enter
tanned their husbands with sew
en- o'clock bridge dinner at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Mat
thews Friday evening. Bridge
honors went to Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
Gowing and consolation to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Shoemaker. ~.
Mervin King, wife and son are
visiting in the locality this week.
The Kings formerly resided here,
when he was a clerk at the Neu-
man store. Since leaving here he
has secured position with the
Spokane credit association, liquid
ating bankrupt stocks over the
country. Hill ... =.
Mr.. and Mrs. AT. Belair enter
tanned with seven o'clock dinner
party Wednesday evening for w.
Johnson and friends from Seattle.
Covers were laid for eight. Byron
Johnson, his brother of Wapato.
was also a guest at the dinner.
They were both former Kennewick
residents.
The Mesdames Ed Tweet, M. M.
Stone, H. r. Vibber, C. F. Wink
Stone, H. R. Vibber, C. FIG. Wink
enwerder,. T. C. Browne and c. L..
Powell were guests Friday at
bridge dessert luncheon given for
the pleasure of Mrs. O.. H. Olson
at the home of Mrs. F. L. Perry
in Pasco.
The executive board of the Wo-
mems club met at the home of
Mrs. Ben Hawkins on the High
lands Monday to arrange the clubs
program for the coming year. The
practical application of the thrift
idea will be the main theme of the
clubs program during the coming
winter months.
Mrs. R. L. Nelson entertained
the Horticulture club Monday aft
ernoon in the city park with a
weiner and marshmallow roast.
Following the luncheon games were
the diversion of the afternoon with
the first prize going to Mrs. J.B.
Thomas and consolation to Mrs.
j. R. Ayers. Guests of the after
noon were Mrs. j. w. Vickers, Mrs.
j. B. Thomas and Mrs. George
Byrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. McNall and
son Duane and daughter Loa have
arrived from Sanders, Idaho and
plan to make their home in the
Kennewick district. They are the
guests of Mrs. McNall's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Smith in the
Garden Tracts and Mrs. McNall
will be remembered as Miss Fran
ces Smith, one of Kennewick's
first high school graduates and
valedictorian, later graduating
from Whitman college and the un-
versity.
Ben Setterland and his daughter
were down from Ritzville the first
of the week visiting at the Wink
enwerder home. Mr.. Setterland has
charge Of the band at the wheat
city. He says he notes by the pa
per that we are planning to have
a big band to play for the fair and
he offers his services to help swell
the number. He has organized an
old German band up there and
states that he is sure the services
of that aggregation can be secur-
ed, now that the country has made
legal the incentive for such.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-25
ENTERPRIsING THIEF

Charles S. Hall, of Roekland,
Maine, reported to police that some
one had been stealing cottage of
his, piece-meal. The cottage is a
;two-room log cabin, built three
years ago on Spauldings island.
The thief had taken away the furn-
ishings, as well as the doors and
windows and partitions, and part
Of the roof had been removed.
The Kusko times., 1933-04-15
TRAIyEe MORE BUOYANT
 .THA MIN MANY YEARS

NETWORK There is more buoy ancy in general trade than has been evi3enced in years" the weekly trade acw of Dun and Bradstreet. Inc, says.
 Asserting that great progress has been made toward restoring conf Gence in all branches of business, the Review adds:
 Talking the offensive because of expanded credit facilities, business leaders have shown determination to carry on aggressiVely- Distinct headway has been made in the first week following such "a financial crisis and cash stringency as has not been paralleled in -26 years"
The Kusko times., 1933-04-15
LOUIS SLOSS, OF OL DA. C.,
 PASSES IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCIsCo.-Louis Sloss

SAN FRANCISCO.-Louis Sloss, LOUIS SLOSS, OF OLD A.vC.,
 jr., 73, fancier and clubman, and son of Louis Sloss, ST., noted Alaska pio- neer merchant and co-founder of the old Alaska Commercial company and of the Northern Navigation company, and of the Northern Navigation com pany and the first Northern Naviga- tion Company, is dead here. The younger Sloss succeeded his father, for years as one of the chief owners and directors of the destinies of the big Northern companies. and many times toured the Yukon and Alaska and was an honorary and active mem- Der of various pioneer Northern instl- tutions. The Slosses. and the. Gerstles built their wealth chiefly on the seal concessions held in the Pribiloff islands and with fur trading posts throughout Alaska and Yukon and in transportation on the Yukon river, where they had 9 fleet of thirty or moro fine river packets and other craft.
 Mr. Sloss passed away after long illness. He was president of the Sloss Securities Company, vice-presi- dent of the Alaska Commercial Com pany, and director in several other large corporations, His father, with Max Gerstle, founded :. the Alaska Commercial Company, and for years he was the chief executive in charge of - the company's many stores throughout Alaska and Yukon during the gold rush. His company handled the payroll for the United. States Army posts in Alaska for years, and the firm was responsible for the lay ing of the first cable between Seattle and Alaska