Moose Pass
Henry F. Wollf, Inc., of An
chorage, has taken a lease on the
east portion of the Christensen
homestead where Oscar built the
first cabin and road house in the
spring of 1909. Mr. Wollf plans
to establish a lumber yard on
the ground. “Moose Passers” and
folks in the surrounding area
should welcome this opportuni
ty to purchase their building
supplfes so close to home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Schroeder
have arrived in Moose Pass after
a trip over the Alaska Highway
from the Garrison Dam which is
located midway between P«is
marck and Minot, Is.D. They re
port a beautiful trip over the
highway and a pleasant time en
route. For the present, they are
staying with Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
May. Mr.. Schroeder went to
work for Manson-Osberg-Halvor
son. The two families became
acquainted while working on the
Garrison Dam together last year.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. May drove
to Anchorage early last week
where Mrs. May took the plane
to California, having been called
there because of the death of her
mother.
Darrell F. Chaffin of Woody
Island has been the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Waugh this past
week. After the men had fished
at Henton's, everyone got ready
and went to Hope and camped
on Palmer Creek. They didr. t
get a moose but both Mr. Chaf
fin and Mr. Waugh each brought
down a goat. Mrs. Waugh and
Daniel cooked and kept camp
fires going for the mountain
climbing hunters.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Smith
left Thursday, Aug. 30. for An
chorage for a short visit with
Mrs. Smith's nephew, W. H. But
ler, who is with the District En
gineers at Fort Richardson. The
Smiths, who are living in the
William H. Estes cabin, came to
Moose Pass in March where Mr.
Smith is located with the Road
Bureau engineers. This is Jim's
first chance to look at Alaska
from a train and he was plan
ning to really enjoy it.
Harold Johnson of Cooper
Landing was in Moose Pass last
Tuesday afternoon and evening,
August 23. on business and plea
sure, the latter being supper
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall.
Mrs. Max Foster, Larry and
Billy, have gone to Palmer to
visit former Moose Pass resi
dents and to attend the Matanus
ka Valley Fair. ‘'Sis'’ was taking
Larry and Billy especially to
attend their first carnival but
we expect she will enjoy it too.
Winnie Sanders returned to
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Phil Sanders of Seward,
last week after spending the
summer With her sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Estes.
While here, Winnie was the
popular and well-liked “sum
mer clerk” in the Estes Broth
ers Store.
Mrs. Robert Hall entertained
Mrs. Ray Foster and Mrs. Thur
man Wol£e at her home last
Thursday afternoon. The time
was spent in visiting and play
ing Canasta. These ladies have
been trying to beat one another
at Canasta since last winter but
have never been able to decide
who is the champion. Pie and
coffee were served by the
hostess.
Be ween forty and fifty hunt
ers came to Moose Pass on last
Thursday and Friday trains.
They ship their cars ahead and
then take off for likely places
to hunt.
Glenn Miller brought in the
first moose in this vicinity. Max
Foster, Kenneth Condit and
"Chuck” Clements are hunting
in the Skilak Lake area. Bob
Woods, Bob Wolfe and Floyd
Wolfe were flown into the
Crescent Lake area by Gentry
Shuster, and Merle Reed and
Sherman Pearson are looking
after the Trail Lake and Grant
Lake possibilitirs. Vic Rogers
took the train to Johnson Pass
and Harry Johnson has gone
back up to his cabin on Afanasia
Creek to look for their winter
meat. The youngest hunters are
Ed Soper. Bob Condit and Leslie
Brattain. who are making their
headquart :rs at the Condit
Foster cabin on Johnson Creek.
C ood luck boys, and watch out
for bears. They are moving right
into town this fall—two bears
in Seward and one in Moose
Pass!
Mrs. Lcora Royeroft is enjoy
ing a visit with her sons in the
States. She has spent some time
with Sam and family in Seattle
and is now with Joe and family
in Sunnyside. Wash.
Mrs. Robert Wolfe and daugh
ter Wanda are visiting with
friends in Homer. They plan to
return on the Wednesday bus.
■Mrs. William H. Estes is in
Moose Pass for a few days but
olans to soon rejo:n her husband
and son Pat who are at present
in Rochester, Minn.
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pany, opened where Norine’s
Dress Shop now stands, at the
upper corner of the Arcade
Building. Principals in the A. B.
Drug Company were C. T. and
Cora Daggett, who were, unless
identical names have deceived
us, both of them graduate den
tists. The Doctors Daggett later
had a rather sumptuous dental
office in Cordova.
J. M. and Lottie Moore pur
chased the lots just south of
the present New Seward Hotel,
on which Moore's Hall was
built. John Noon purchased a
Jot and opened a small restaur
ant, which was soon in financial
difficulties. Helped out of these
difficulties by Cal Brosius, then
a contracting carpenter operat
ing mainly in the Hope-Sunrise
boom towns, Mr. Noon eventual
ly became the partner of Mr.
Brosius in the lumber business,
and later a very colorful figure
in Alaska politics.
But Frank Bal’.aine was not
the only one in the Real Estate
business in early Seward. Others
who appear to have been buying
and selling city lots and close-in
property in order to turn a
profit were Dr. F M. Boyle of
Valdez; E. L. Whittemore. and
T. W. Hawkins, as well as H.
Tecklenberg, F. H. Stewart and
others.
Another early property trans
fer was in Block 1, Lots 17 and
18. whereby the building used
as the first power plant became
the Seward Steam Laundry.
More property was acquired by
F. C. Korth for a sheet metal
works.
It is likely that the first big
real estate deal was the pur
chase of the present location of
the Watsjold grocery by the
Frye-Bruhn Company from C. A.
Knudsen for $2000, and strange
ly enough, the same lot was
purchased at the same time from
the Arctic Brotherhood for the
same amount. $2000. Apparently
both Mr. Knudsen and the Bro
therhood owned equal interests
in the lot. Incidentally, on this
deed appears a complete list of
the Trustees of Arctic Brother
hood Camp Number 21 of Sew
ard, as of 1906. They were A. E.
Burns, J. J. McManus, E. R.
Gray, W. M. Sauers, and Cecil
'll. Clegg.
So it appears that while John
Ballaine was travelling back
and forth between Alaska, Chi
cago. San Francisco, and Wash
ington, D.C., promoting finan
cial support for the Alaska Cen
tral Railroad and the Tanana
Construction Company, the sale
of business properties at the
Seward t o w n s i t e progressed
very satisfactorily, with Brother
Frank making most of the sales.
Income from city lots must have
run into many thousands of
dollars annually. Not bad, for
property which, five years pre
vious, the Lowell family had
not even considered worth filing
a homestead claim.
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