BOGARD SONS RECEIVE
HONORS
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Bogard
have received word that their
two sons have received honors
this month.
Forrest R. Bogard, student at
Oregon State College, is on the
college pistol team, an NBA af
filiate. In a recent shooting con
test he was second high man for
the state of Oregon.
The younger son, Richard W.,
of Hqs. and Iiqs. Company, U.S.
Army, Whittier, has been pro
moted to the grade of corporal.
Anywhc-re in Town—50 Cenis
NORTHERN CAB
Phone Main 54 or Main 55
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SEWARD TO ANCHORAGE
DAILY
Lv. Seward 2:30 P.M.
ANCHORAGE TO SEWARD
Round Trip Daily
Lv. Anchorage 8:00 A.M.
Connecting with bus for
Homer at Mile 38 on Mon.,
Wed., and Fri.
SEWARD - HOMER
Lv. Seward:
Mon., Wed., Frb 10 A.M.
Return from Homer:
> Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9 A.M. !
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SUNDRY - 1 to 4 P. M.
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MOPE ABOUT . . .
Story of Seward
(Continued rrom Page 1)
Jnnoko Rivers. In April, 1907,
at Gaines Creek, a significant
new gold strike was made. Word
passed by “Mukluk Telegraph,”
and a few prospectors began con
gregating around Pete McGrath’s
trading post. Among them were
Eaton, Gaines, Spencer and
Mackey, and these four joined
in a petition to the Postal De
partment for location of a post
office at Pete McGrath’s. Mc
Grath had apparently been ap
pointed U.S. Commissioner for
this region already. The group
asked specifically that mail
service be institut d from Sew
ard via dog team each winter.
This was the beginning of Sew
ard's participation in the Idita
rod gold rush.
i' uuun lmnusuiijj 10 noie
that while this was taking place
(in 1907) two of Seward’s great
est competitors for mad and rail
terminals serving the Interior
wer abandoned. In October
1907. the Reynolds group at Val
dez suspended operations, and in
November of the same year,
construction ceased at Katalla.
These events helped boost Sew
ard's morale, despite the slowing
down of its own railroad pro
gr. ss.
A number of Seward folks
made the trip to the Kuskokwim
that fall. One of them was A1
Lowell, son of the original Res
urrection Bay settler, William
Lowell. Returning with a sled
load of mail, he had a mishap at
Eagle River in December, 1907.
which resulted in an icy duck
ing for driver, dogs, and mail.
When he reached Seward, the
letters were frozen together in.
one solid mass. The Seward post
office not only had to thaw them
out. but had to make new en
velope's for most of the lot. But
the worst job of all was un
tangling the yards of govern
ment red tape that was found
to encircle the whole qu stion of
opening and re-addressing the
letters, the local newspaper
added.
In the soring of 1908. there
was already talk Of a po siblc
government trail from Seward to
Nome, via the Kuskokwim gold
creeks, and a survey party un
der George Fulham was assigned
to make a reconnaisance. More
over. there had been another
rumor of gold at Valdez Creek,
east of the Susitna Valley, and
Seward was boomed in the local
paper as the best port of entry
for tins country as well.
(To be continued.)
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
ST. PETER'S EPISCOPAL
Christmas Eve—
11:30 p.m.—Carols and Holy
Communion.
Christmas Day—
9:30 a.m.—- Holy Communion.
Wednesday, St. Stephen's Day—
9:30 a.m.—Holy Communion.
Thursday, Si. John's Day—
Holy Communion at Seward
Sanatorium.
Friday, Holy Innocent's Day—
9:30 a.m.—Holy Communion.
7:00 p.m.—Church School
Pageant and Party.
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