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NEWS-LETTER
Jack F. Scavenius. city council
man of Anchorage and head of
Mount McKinley Airways. Inc.,
has called on Delegate Bartlett
while in Washington. Mr. Scaven
ius was in the nation's capital
as Alaska wing commnder of the
Civil Air Patrol to attend a con
ference of wing commanders thro
ughout the country.
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John L. McCormick of Juneau is
in Washington to attend meetings
in connection with his position
as Director of the Office of Se
lective Service Records for Alaska
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"Al” Chamberlain . . . .
E. E. (Al> Chamberlain was
laid to rest from the Episcopal
Church yesterday with the last
prayer being said by Father Tur
ner.
Mr. aChamberlain was one of
the first people we met when
we came to Seward.
His manner was assured and
all business: he knew of what
he spoke and there was no dou
ble meaning to his words.
lit' was a great man: greater
than many of his close freinds
know.
We regret his passing and we
regret also that we did not know
him better. We realize, too, we
are a heavy loser, also. Seward
and the cities of Alaska would
do better to listen to the wisdom
of these men who built Alaska
and put into practice, as far as
possible, the lessons they learned.
With the passing of time. A1
will be forgotten, as will we all.
hut in leafing thru the Pathfind
er so kindly loaned to us by Carl
Orlander, we came upon the fol
lowing which brings us up to t' e
time when he was elected to th°
Senate, and told in a way which
leaves no doubt in the mind of
the reader what the writer felt
toward A1 Chamberlain.
Yes. A1 may be forgotten in the
years which may come but these
bits of history—they are history,
now—will tell the story of how
Alaska was pioneered.
Seward and Alaska have gained
through knowing h:m and through
the work he has done: we. too.
have gained through knowing
him and counting him our friend.
The Pathfinder, Vol. 1. No. 8
published in Seward in June 1920
had this to say about E. E.
Chamberlain.. "Present" Mayor of
Seward.
Hero is a genuine trail blazer
There are few men in Alaska who
have done ns much “scouting"
and reconnaissance work as the
subject of his sketch. Mr. Cham
; erlin came to Alaska in 1897,
landing at Skagway in Sep'meber.
For some time ho had a pack Irani
of twenty animals and did a
1 cavy freighting business on the
White Pass trail at a time when
such a thing as a road was un
known. lie was among the very
fiist ones to get down to Bennett.
He worked at this business until
December when lie sold his out
I fit and took a position as agent
for the Chilcoot Tramway Com
pany on the Dyea trail with head
quaters on the summit. Here he
worked all winter meeting the
earlist of propectors and miners
of the Klondike as they went in
and out that famous ^winter of '97
' and '98. In June he resigned and
joined the “Big Crowd" down the
river to the Klondike gold fields.
He remained in the Klondike
country until 1900. There are few
creeks in that country that he
i has not prospected and mined on.
In February he left the Klondike
| country for Nome, gomg down
| the Yukon over ic’e. He was on
| this journey until April the next
spring and suffered much hard
ship. In Nome he again went to
prospering and was one of the
number who subsequently organ
ized the Bluostono and Kougarok
nvning districts. For several years
Mr. Chamberlin followed the
chase for the golden sands in the
Nome country hut finally in 1908
came to Seward and since that,
time has been identified with the
Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet
districts. He came to Seward bv
way of Broad Pass where he ri:d
more or less exploring and famil
iarized himself with the country.
Later he was gin do for govern
ment officials in that country and
the Matanuska coal fields He nr
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companied the Maryland evpedi
t:on and several other special
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In the meantime Mr. Chamber
lin secured him a home in Sew
ard and at the present time em
ployes his leisure hours in the
raising of thoroughbred chickens
ar\d also has one of the finest
gardens one the coast. The fact
that he has been elect d three
times to the City Council of Se
ward, elected mayor in 1919 and
re-elected in 1920, evidences the
fact of his high standing in the
community in which he lives. At
the priinray divisional election in
April he was unanimously chosen
as the Republican candidate for
the Territorial senate .to repre
sent the Third Division. He is a
member of the Pioneers of Alaska
having resided in the Territory
for 23 years. He is also a menber
of the Knights of Pythias and
other fraternal organizations. He
takes a great interest in the town
in which he lives and is ever ready
to do his l?it toward the “better
ment of Alaska.”
As Mayor of his home town at
the present time, Mr. Chamberlain
is ever alert to concentrate all
public business at Seward that
is possible. When the different
committees sent here by our Con
gress to investigate the railroad
and other problems arrive at Se
ward the Mayor is there with his
automobile to show them the city
and to render them every assis
tance in their mission. He has
made a close study of the needs
of the community in which he
lives and is a walking encyclo
pedia when it comes to furnish
ing information as to the condi
tions along the government rail
road for he has dogmobiled over
every" mile of it in the years that
have gone by.
In the far westward part of the
district lie's widely know as mosS
of those people do their trading
and other business at Seward, and
a large majority of the old timers
who knew Mr. Chamberlain in
early days. He is a close student
of questions now agitating the
minds of the people of Alaska
and thoroughly conversant with
matters pending in Congress for
the weal or woe of the great
Northland.
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Around Hollywood
AROUND TOWN LAST WEEK—
A pint-sized bandit, heavily arm
ed, entered a liquor store and de
maned. . . the owner handed
him $250. . . he then demaned
a quart of whiskey. . .the own
er said, "with pleasure,” and hit
him over the head with the bot
tle. . .the bandit fled. . .with
the owner in hot pursuit with
another bottle of whiskey. A 35
year-old man did his bit to aid
charity by selling lottery tickets
for a “Hospital Sweepstakes.”. . .
but the catch was—they were
fake tickets. . .when hailed be
fore court, he admitted that the
$3000 worth of tickets he had
sold had been for his- own char
ity. . .so the judge sentenced
him to contribute $25 per month
for the next five years to a
legitimate charity. A woman went
divorce she had been married
for one year and two rr.onth3
.and during that time
her husban had insisted on doing
. .all the cooking- . .she was
granted a divorce.
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