SEWARD VISITOR
WRITES ARTICLE;
DESCRIBES TRIP
MRS. SARAH RIBBLE RELATES
EXCEPTIONALLY SPLENDID
STORY FOR PAPER.
In Seward for Few Hours
Observing Alaska For First Time ;
Absorbs Knowledge Envied
By Oldtimers.
As was stated a few days ago in
the Seward Gateway, Mrs. Sarah A.
Kibble, a recent visitor in this city
from Coquille, Oregon, described her
trip to Alaska for the home-town
Weekly Sentinel, and that upon its
publication it would be sent to the
Seward Daily Gateway for republi
cation. The article is quite inter
esting and worth while and, will
undoubtedly be followed with inter
est by local readers:
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 21, 1925
Editor Sentinel:—'Since leaving
you city early in July I have jour
neyed as far north as Seward, Alas
ka. While in that port I accidentally
came across some information that
will be of interest I think to at least
one family in Coquille.
Our good ship the “Northwestern,”
after eight days fine sailing from Se
attle brought us into Seward 9
o’clock Saturday evening, July 25.
We remained in that port until mid
night on Monday and about a dozen
of us who were making the round
trip, were privileged to retain our
quarters on board ship, spending the
time as suited our pleasure and con
venience.
Saturday evening 1 tried to buy a
paper to get in touch with the news
of the world but all copies of the
local publication had been snatched
up by the incoming passengers. It |
was not until Monday evening that
I was able to get a copy of the “Sew
ard Daily Gateway,” just published,
and was shocked to read the large
heading announcing the death of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan. As I read far
ther, coming to local news, the fol
lowing article arrested my attention:
(NOTE—Mrs. Ribble at this point j
describes news items published in :
the Seward Gateway among which
was one announcing the arrival in
Seward of Bruno Ogostino from the
Valdez Creek placer region. Con
tinuing, Mrs. Ribble’s interesting let
ter reads—Ed.:
Bruno Ogostino? The only man I
knew in the whole territory of Alas
ka, anti 1 didn’t really know him. But
I did know Marguerite Augustine,
back in Coquille and she had told me
about her father propecting in Alas
ka. Could it be that this was he?
Name not exactly as I knew it, but
near enougli to furnish a clue. As I
studied over the news items I felt
the urge to go back up town and see
if T could locate Bruno Ogostino. I
was sure he would welcome a bit of
first-hand news from Oregon. But
how to find him?
I went to Hotel Sexton, where 1
had spent part of the morning writ
ing letters The proprietor could not
find the name on his register but
when I explained my errand he sug
gested looking up the editor of the
“Gateway.”
I had no difficulty in finding the
gentleman in his home and . as soon
as I made known my errand, he said,
“Yes, that is the man. He has told
me about his family in Oregon. I
saw him a few days ago and I’ll try
to find him.” He then volunteered
the information that Mr. Ogostino,
who had been operating a coal mine
in the interior, recently turned his
attention to the Cassiar and Valdez
district where the glint of gold was
luring many prospectors.
The editor courteously offered to
search the town over and if success
ful would bring the man on board
ship. However, he failed to appear,
so I knew his efforts were fruitless
and the personal message I would
have been pleased to deliver and car
ry back must remain unsaid.
It may interest some of the “Sen
tinel” readers to know about the ex
citement just now prevailing over
the rich findings in the Valdez dis
trict.
(NOTE—Follows then an article
taken from the Anchorage Times,
giving a further report on the Val
dez Creek district. Also a news
stroy from the Seattle P.-I. referring
to the Cassiar field. These article
are not republished due to the fact
they are more or less familiar to
Alaskan readers but new to those
residing in the States. Mrs. Rib
ble’s article continues.—Ed.:
is keynote at Frye Plant
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and did you know the scrupulous cleanliness that
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preparation of Frye’s “Delicious” Products,
under Government supervision, satisfying assur
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LABEL
gives real assur
ance of unusual
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and rind of Frye’s
“Delicious” Hams
and Bacon.
Hams and Bacon bearing the Frye’s
“Delicious” label also bear the U. S.
Government inspection stamp, so that you
have double assurance in the all impor
tant matters of cleanliness and quality.
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The “Northwestern” stopped at
Valdez a few hours and we looked
over the town A half-dead little
settlement with many vacant houses
and abandoned business places. At
the time the now famous Richardson
highway was being built from Val
dez to Fairbanks there was consider
able activity here. Now with the
highway completed and the new gold
diggings far in the interior about all
thebusiness appeared to be centered
in the salmon cannery manned by
Chinese operators.
The unusual thing about Valdez is
that it is built on the ocean end of a
glacier. Soil to the depth of twen
ty or thirty feet has washed down
from the high mountains on both
sides. With solid ice to furnish a
footing, the inhabitants build their
homes, raise flowers in profusion and
have spacious lawns. The cannery is
mounted on piling, also a long line
of small shacks in the rear that ap
pear to furnish a hazardous habita
tion for the Chinese laborers and
their families. The incoming and
outgoing tides splash with abandon
underneath their homes.
I fear this lengthy communica
tion may be an imposition, but be
fore I close I cannot resist the in
clination to tell this little story
which you must admit is, “one on
me.”
You have not yet forgotten how the
little city of Bandon was mightily
disturbed over the episode of the
school principal who said something
and the pupil who understood, or mis
understood, or whatnot, and all the
annoying aftermath.
Well, I met my Waterloo under
somewhat similar circumstances. It
was this way. On board our ship
was a tourist, an alert elderly woman
nearing “three score and ten” I sur
mise. She was small in stature, bent
in body and decidedly lame from a
recent fall. She lias spent many
years as a school teacher and at
Present is sole arbiter of the destin
ies of a group of three hundred fam
ilies on an island in Puget Sound.
I thought she appeared lonely, so
I spent part of my time slowly walk
ing with her on the promenade deck
or chatting in the social hall. She
was an interesting conversationalist
and I enjoyed her description of the
earnest effort she put forth to Amer
icanize the unruly juveniles. These
youngsters, most of them, came from
homes of foreign born parents and
all of them were bolshevic—so she
said.
One dull day she was staying in
side but I was conscientiously doing
my “daily dozen” on the promenade
deck in spite of chilling winds and
flurries of heavy mist At last I
gave up the struggle an*d went in the
social hall. As I sank wearily in the
comfortable cushions of an easy
chair next to my school teacher
friend, I started to say, or tried to
say, “It’s too damp and cold to stay
outside.” Believe me, I uttered just j
three words when she, as quick as a j
flash, came back at me with: “That’s!
a swear word.”
Since when has damp been a swear
word? Tf she jerked the word out
of my mouth before I could hang on
the last letter should I be humiliated
before all my touriug companions?
She looked askance at me and I felt
the sting of disapproval in her sharp
little eyes. I tried to clear myself
of suspicion but she locked and
barred all the avenues of approach.
So, there was I, abandoned by the
sea; on the sea. Do you see?
(NOTE—The Bruno Ogostino refer
red to in the above article is well
known in Seward and during the
time Mrs. Ribble visited in town,
he was also here and took passage
for Latouche on the same steamer.
Upon his return to Seward, he in
formed the Seward Gateway, who
had previously asked him to call on
Mrs. Ribble, and which he promised
to do, but, owing to the fact that
“he was not in a presentable con
dition,” being in his working clothes,
he let the opportunity go, however,
much to his regret.
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TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON IS,. SEWARD, ALASKA
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle—
Arrives at
Seward—
South from
Seward—
Sept. 8
Sept. 15 Sept. 22,
Oct. 1.
Oct. 8. Oct. 14.
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Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
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COMPANY
= Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule =
«j Vessel—
E Alaska
~ Yukon
s Northwestern
E Alaska
= Yukon
5 Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call =
E in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska. E
E Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR E
E O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing dste.
= Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with =
= above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is- -
s land points, subject to change without notice. E
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
St-pt. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Scheduled Sail E
from Seward
Sept. 13 1
Sept. 19
Sept. 26 ij
Oct. 3
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| J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
= PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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EXCURSION RATES DURING I
WESTERN ALASKA FAIR (
For the accommodation of those who care
to journey to Anchorage for the Western Al
aska Fair, September 14th to September
19th, the regular excursion rates of one and
one-third of the normal one-way fare, for
the round trip, will be in effect.
Dates of ticket sales from all points, Sep
tember 10—11—12—13—14—15—16—17— |
18 and 19. Final return limit September
24, 1925. . =
STOP-OVERS
Stop-overs will be permitted at all points
within the final return limit, on both going
and return trips.
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