TIMES
YOL. IX NO. 27
TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 3s 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTS'
Death Takes
Ex-Governor
J, ..F. A. STRONG PASSES AWAY
AT SEATTLE; SUCCUMBS
TO HEART DISEASE.
SEATTLE, July 291.-J.. E. A_
Sti-ong, former governor ef Alaska,
died Saturday night at his apartment,
in the Hotel Frye, death, being due to»|
heart disease. Mrs. Strong: was with,
him at the time of his death. They
had been spending the. summer in
Seattle..
SEATTLE,. July:. 311.—The funeral
of. J. F. A. Strong, former Governor
of. Alaska, was held here today., the.
services being, under, the auspices of
the Masons. The body was cremated.
The services, were.largely attended by
Alaskans sojourning here, and Seattle
professional and. business men..
A recent biography of Governor
Strong, evidently prepared by him
•elf, reads as follows:
A newspaperman by profession.
During late 80’s and early 50’s en»
gaged in various capacities on news
papers at Victoria, British Columbia,
Seattle, Tacoma,, and Bellingham. At
one time, was editor and . publisher, of
Bellingham Independent. Other po
sitions held were telegraph, editor of.
the Seattle Telegraph and editor of
the Tacoma-. Ledger. Came, to Skag
way, Alaska, in 1897, and became as
sociate editon of. the Skagway News.
Joined the gold rush to Dawson in
1898, and engaged in mining and
newspaper work. Followed, the stam
peders to Nome and soon after, his ar
rival there established the Nome
Nugget, which he. operated until 1905.
Left Alaska, for. California, and estabr.
tished the Greenwater Herald, which
he operated for two years. Returned
to Alaska, and established the Katalla
Herald in August, 19a07. Severed con
nections with that paper, in 1909. and)
with Mrs. Strong traveled extensively
throughout the. United. States, , Mex
ico, tHfe West.Indies and South Amer
ica. Returned to- Alaska.- and. found
ed, the Iditarod Nugget in 1910. After
operating that paper for a. year. he.,
with. Mrs. Strong, toured Europe.. In,
19J2 Mr. Strong again yielded to
Alaska’s lure and went to Juneau,,
Where, he became editor and publisher
of the Alaska Daily Emp.re, which
he sold prior to his. appointment as
Governor of the Territory. He.was
appointed. Governor by President
Wilson on April 8, 1913, and took his
oath of office on May.; 21- He served
in that .capacity* until April 1918.
D. W. Terhune. ex&ei.';va-. offiacer
of-.thet Alaska.Game Commission, and
Oddie .‘Hallson, game-* warr'en. for- this
division, were Wednesday arrivals,
for a brief-visit, here. -it. Terhune
left on Thursday for F t."hanks on
his way to Seward. Mi-, lallson left
Friday for McGrath, h.wded for his
headquarters, at. Bethel:
Bert Goodpaster was .t Friday de
parture for. McGrath-, from, which'
place the will probably travel down
river with Oddie: Halh >n to Bethel,
from .which, point he will. taka , the
Tupper to Seattle, lhv. Goodpaster
has been feeling none toe < well for
several weeks past and* is making the
present trip for the purpose of re
ceiving medical treatment-.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt and
Mrs. Chester Brink returned Sunday
fbhnu aJurief.visit ah McGrath..
Graf Zeppelin
On Its Way
HEADED FOR LAKEHURST, N.
WITH 18 PASSENGERS, ALSO
A STOWAWAY.
FREDERICHSHAFEN, Aug.' 1.—
The Graf Zeppelin, Eckner chief, and
Captain Ernest Leumann, flight Com
mander, with eighteen passengers,
including eight Americans, and crew
of forty-one, with- mail and freight,
sailed for- Lake hurst, N. at 3- this
morning.
ABOARD GRAF ZEPPELIN, Aug.
1.—A stowaway was found just lifter
the Graf Zeppelin left its hangar in:
Germany on its way to America. The
stowaway dropped from the hangar;
down into the Zeppelin. If he- had
jumped between the spiders he would
have damaged the: ship. Efckener said
he would be returned from America
with the next steamship and: severely
punished!
The Graf Zeppelin today was over
the- Mediterranean sea, about 611
miles and well on her journey to the
United States.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—The navy
department today received a radio
gram from the Graf Zeppelin, which
said that at. 4 a. m. the dirigible was
425 miles southwest of Fayal, Azores,,
and 1730 miles from Lakehurst, N. J.
Naval officials believe the Zeppelin
will make: Lakehurst late tomorrow
night.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The Graf
Zeppelin, according to word received
from Lakehurst, was off Pico, Azores,
making only 45 miles per hour, ow
ing to bad weather.
Braf Zeppelin Arrives Lakehurst.
LAKEHURST, N. J., Aug. 4.—The
Graf Zeppelin: passed over Lakehurst
tonight at 7:30 o’clock. She made' a
grand welcome with a slow swing
over the naval air station here, then ]
sailed on for New; York City. She
intends another flight over Manhat
tan island and will then cruise here.
The sun> was just sinking when the
Zeppelin was first sighted from. Lake
hurst. .
TO BRING NAVAL PARITY,
BORAH TELLS BRITAIN TO
SINK HE& EXCESS SHIPS'.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Great'
Britain was called upon its'statement;,
issued today, by Chairman Borah of.
tnc Senate foreign relations, commit
tee; to sink her ships’ as- the means
of reaching a parity with the Amer
ican navy. Borah?, sard1 England h'as
fifty-nine modern cruisers, while
America hasseighteeiz hijiiltior in pro
cess of construction.
Miss Mhynie Wroten, of Flat, was
a passenger of Noel Wien to - Fairl
banks’ on’. Wednesday :last. She has
bfeen sicV for some thhe, and goes to
Fairbanks ftfrrthe purpose of receiv
ing medical treatment. She was •ac
companied’1 by J6hn Urland. Late1
word from Fairbanks states that Miss
Wroten is quite low.?
SEATTLE STEN. WINS $14,495
ON $1 SWEEPSTAKES TICKET
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—Mhrie Wal
lace, 21 years old, Seattle stenogra
pher, won $14,495 on a one-dollar
ticket on the Sweepstakes in Stew
ard’s Cup horse race, run; Tuesday at
Godwood, England
“THE. PUKCHASEXIT ALASKA "
FAMOUS PAINTING, .OUGHTS ST,
YEARS -BY ALASKA DEL'BGASnK
WASHINGTON, Aug.. 2*— After
searching eight yean far .the famous
painting “The Purchase o£ > Alaska*’,’
by the. noted German Arthur Samuel
Lautze, Delegate Sutherland of . Alas
ka has despaired offindipg.it.
Through, art collectors and. connois
seurshe Delegate baa sought the pic
ture, which..was painted in 1861, to
present it .to the.ppopjeuof the Terri
tory, as it. was the only;.original can,
vas depicting the.draft .of. the treaty
which resulted in the transfer, of Rus
sian-America., to the United States..
AiEgl&iie
flrashiii^t,
ENDURANCE FLIER ON MINNE
SOTA KILLED} HIS CO-PILOT
BADLY INJURED..
TACOMA, July 29.—The Lockhead
monoplane City of Tacoma,, piloted .by
Lieut. Harold Bromley, which, hopped
off this morning in an attempted non
stop flight from Tacoma to. .Tokyo, at
1,500 feet from the. starting point
ground-looped and crashed, wrecking
the machine. Bromley, came-out, un
injured^
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2--—Georgy Lea.
Lambert,, vice president of. the Von
Hoffman Aircraft Corporation, was
killed today in a.crash of his biplane.
He was one of the 'foremost figures
in St. Louis aviation,..
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2^-The en
durance monoplane Minnesota crash
ed today, killing Captain. P. J. Crich
ton, and perhaps fatally injuring his.
co-pilot,. Owen Hugland. The fliers
were on.theih.seventh day.in the.air.
Telegraphic Ticks.
SEATTLE, July 31,—John J. Gor
man, . Puget l Sound cannery man and
well known Alaskan,, who died Sun
day, was. buried today from Church
of the Immaculate .Conception.
SEATTLE, July 29..—Judge G.
A. C. Rochester died at his home here
today, following an attack of heart
disease:.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.—Miss
Anna. P<;irnypacker, daughter of the
late Samuel Pennypacker, former
governor, passed the night in a po
lice cell. She was one of fifty-five
persons arrested when police raided a.
radical meeting in Grand FFraternity
HalL
SOUTHAMPTON, August 3>—The
great. liner Leviathan, of the: United:
States Line, was stopped on her east
bound, trip for an hour in midoeean
while . Mrs. Fred A. Britten, wife of
the chairman of the House of.' Repre
sentatives naval affairs committee,
underwent an emergency operation,
for appendicitis,
BRISBANE SEEN BRIGHT
FUTURE FOR SEATTLE
SE ATTLE, Aug. 3.—Arthur Bris
bane, noted writer, in an address here
last night, predicted the world’s
greatest cities of the future will be
on this rim of the Pacific, and that it
iB not only “possible, but probable
that Seattle will be the. largest city
in the world.”''
Monoplane
Robin Lands
UP IN AIK 421 HOURS 21 MIN
UTES. BEATING ALL EN
DURANCE RECORDS.
ST. LOUIS. Aug1. 1.—The mono
elans' J8L Lsuis Robin landed this
emiiiig at 1 •’dock, after beating all
endurance records and having been
in the- air for 421 hours 21 minutes.
Dale, Jack forest and O’Brine, pilot,
received the greetings of thousands
upon landing. The plane was re
fueled in; the air many times.
ST. LOUIS, July 31—Jackson, For
est and O’Brine earned the sum of
$31,255 jointly in their record-making
flight in the St. Louis Robin, which
ended here: last night.
REPRESENTATIVES COMING
TO STUDY AGRICULTURE AND
OTHER FEDERAL PROJECTS
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—Traveling on
a special steamer for the purpose of
studying the government’s agricul
tural projects, national forests, forest
roads and federal air roads, four
mantes: of the House of Represent
atives appropriation sub-committee
for agriculture sailed for Alaska to
day on the coast guard cutter Tahoe.
The party includes L. Dickson, of
Iowa). subcommittee chairman; John
J. Summers, of Washington; John N.
Sandlin, of Louisiana; J. P. Bu
chanan, of Texas, aU accompanied by
their wives, and Major R. J. Stuart,
chief forester of the United States.
LAVSUARDIA CHOSEN BY RE
PUBLICANS TO RUN AGAINST
WALKER FFOR N. Y. MAYOR
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Figello H.
LaGuardia, aril) grew up on an Ari
zona army post and later fought his
way up? from private to major in the
army, was picVed by New York Re
publicans to run for mayor this fail
against Walker.
FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS.
PARIS, July 29—The French Cab
inet resigned in a body today, after
Poincaire refused to reconsider his
own decision to resign.
“LONE MOUNTAIN JIM”
SOLVES MOSQUITO PROBLEM
Seven and one-half pounds of mos
quitoes! Did you ever weigh that
many at one time?
A few weeks ago James Robinson,
better known by his cronies as “Lone
Mountain Jim,” was evidently over
taken by a spirit of mathematical
curiosity. He took the windows out
of Ss cabin on Timber creek, spread
old buhac on the floor and let things
go that way for the whole week. At
the final he closed the door, swept the
floor and pat the contents into a flour
sack. The sweepings filled the sack—
that satisfied that much of his curios
ity. And when he weighed the sack
and contents the steelyards turned
over seven and one-half pounds. This,
at least, is the story brought to town
by Joe Ferris and Joe Blanchell, who
returned here last Tuesday from a
visit to that section.
The steamer Tapper is scheduled to
leave Seattle on August 10, accord
ing to recent advices.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Alford left
Eridag for McGrath.
Edison Gets
Ideal Boy
WILBUR B. HOUSTON, SEATTLE
YOUTH, 16, WINS COVETED
SCHOLARSHIP.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—Wilbur B.
Houston, 16 years old, a Seattle boy,
and Washington State representative
in the national contest for the
Thomas A. Edison scholarship, was
declared \finner of the contest today,
dispatches announced from West Or-,
ange, N. J.
Wilbur is the son of Bishop A. Ar
thur Houston, deceased, of Olympia,
of the Episcopal church and a gradu
ate of Lakeside School for Boys. He
was the youngest of nine Scouts
chosen for the finals in Washington
State contest and had gone East
hopefully.
WEST ORANGE, Aug. 2.—There
were forty-nine aspirants for the
scholarship offered by Thomas A. Ed
ison.
BRITISH STATESMEN TO
VISIT UNITED STATES
LONDON, Aug. 1.—Not only Pre
mier Macdonald, but J. H. Thomas,
minister in the Labor Cabinet, Win
ston Churchill, L. C. M. S. Avery, of
tht Baldwin Cabinet, are planning to
sail this month for the United States.
FIVE BANDITS, VANCOUVER,
GET AWAY WITH $8,400 ROLL
VANCOUVER, Aug. 1.—Five ban
dits held up a Canadian Pacific rail
road payroll car at Drake and Hope
streets, this city, late this afternoon,,
escaping with $8,400.
PIGGOTT ESTATE, $2,300,000.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—William Pig
gott left an estate of $1,300,000. He
bequeathed $1,100,000 to his widow,
one-half million each to his two sons,
Paul and William Jr., and the balance
to men and women office employes of
the corporation of which he was the
head, and religious and charitable in
stitutions.
Joe Ferris and Joe Blanchell re
turned here Tuesday last from a trip
to Poorman of several weeks’ dura
tion. En route to and returning from
that place they gave attention to
straightening out the summer trail
between Ophir and Poorman and
making repairs to the several cabins
along the line, covering a distance of
about 125 miles.
The A. R. C. activities in this sec
tion were shifted a few days ago to
the McGrath airplane field, where
considerable work will be done. The
whole force, headed by Foreman Milt
Rice, left for McGrath on Friday.
Captain George A. Green, master
of the steamer Tana, was a Thursday
visitor, returning to. McGrath Thurs
day.
Owen Gray was a Saturday ar
rival from Spruce, for a brief towA
visit.
Emil Anderson was a Tuesday town
visitor, returning to Ganes the fol
lowing day.
The Clc. & Brink sawmill start
ed initial operations last Monday.
Mrs. Georgie Hagen and Miss Jo»ie>
Sheehan- left Friday Sax -McGwrth..