Local items of the Week
t.
IS. V. Wtuivius, traveling auditor
a'or the Alaska Steamship Co., ar
rived on Saturday’s train, leaving on
the Alaska for the States.
Mr. and Mrs. Earle C. Jameson ar
rived from Anchorage on Satuday’s
train, returning on yesterday’s special
Air. Jameson is editor of the Anch
orage Times.
The Rev. B. Landsdown arrived
irom Anchorage on Saturday’s train,
-and held services in the Episcopal
-church here yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. von Gundy, who ar
rived from Anchorage on Saturday’s
train, returned on yesterday’s special
Mr. von Gundy is chief clerk on the
Alaska railway.
O. J. Cornwall, representing the
Western DryGoods company, arrived
on Saturday’s train.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank English of An
chorage, arrived on Saturday’s train
-and sailed south on the Alaska.
Air. and Mrs. Harry Noble, who
liave been residents of Anchorage for
the past six months, arrived on Sat
urday's train and will take employ
ment in Seward. Mr. Noble is an ex
perienced grocer and has been em
ployed by different firms in Anchor
age.
Neal McDevett, former superinten
dent of track laying on the Anchor
age division of the Alaska railway, re
iurned from the states Saturday, and
left on the special yesterday for in
terior points.
W. E. Moultray local manager of
the Standard Oil company, left on
yesterday's train for Anchorage.
M. J. Stack, representing the Asso
ciated Oil company, arrived from the
Interior Saturday and left for the
States.
George Hanson and Ted Tromstad,
interior residents, left for Fairbanks
after spending several months in the
States.
Mrs. Helen Mclnnis of Anchorabe
was an outgoing pasenger on Satur
ray's boat.
Mrs. Katherine Shultz .and son, Bil
ly, of Anchorage spent Sunday in Se
ward, with Mrs. Anna Ashton, mother
of Mrs. Shultz.
J. W. Gucker left on today’s train
for interior points.
Leopold David, Anchorage attorney,
and member of the firm of Ray and
David, spent Sunday in town, return
ing on the train* today. Mr. David
looks for a good summ r in Anchor
age.
Wm. Lee and wife arrived on the
Starr from Wide Bay, where Mr. Lee
has a valuable property, which it is
stated lias been leased at a handsome
figure to an outside company. Mr.
Lee is an oldtimer in the district, and
his good fortune is appreciated by his
many friends.
George Laughlin of Mile 7, who ar
lived in town today reports the water
running up to the bridge at Mile 5.
Joe Meherin is on his way to Se
award on the Alameda.
All's. J. P. Hannon is reported on
the sick list.
George J. Love, pioneer insurance
man and manager of the Pathfinder,
living at Valdez, will arrivei in Sew
ard on the next trip of the Alaska, re
maining here several days on busi
ness.
*A ibig snow slide at Mile 71 took
away about a quarter of a mile of
snow shed, it was reported here yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bryant, and
sons, nd C. A. Bryant, who passed
through -eward on their way to Eagle
left Fairbanks this week on their long
trail trip. The brothers are engaged
Jn mining in the Circle district.
C. L. Carlson and Bart Buckley, op
erators on Little Squaw creek, who
arrived in Seward on the Victoria, left
Fairbanks Monday for Little Beaver
and the Chandalar district. They havt
promised the Gateway a letter on min
ing conditions on the creek.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Le
on Urbach is reported ill.
i NEW RELIEF MAP OF
ALASKA RECENTLY ISSUED
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The Department of the Interior has
sent a number of Seward citizens a
new relief map of Alaska, issued by
! the Coast and Geodetic Survey. . The
I scale is 40 miles to the inch, and the
; map, the result of 25 years of topo
graphical work is 30 by 50 inches. The
waters and glaciers are shown in blue,
i the relief in brown, and names and
man-made features in black. The mar
can be purchased for 50 cents of the
Director of Geological Survey at
Washington.
HiNDE TALKS TO SCHOLARS
C .€ .Hinde, cashier of the Dank ol
1 Seward, gave the students of the High
school a talk, from 3 to 3:30 yester
day' afternoon, on “The Origin and
History of Banking," which was very
instructive to his hearers. This is
the first of a series of talks to be giv
en by Mr. Hinde.
B. F. M. RETURNS
The B. F. M. which left here about
i three weeks ago on a fur buying trip
I to the westward, returned last night.
The boat encountered very heavy
weather while gone, the seas running
so high that it was impossible to cross
$ie inlet to Iliamna. The inlet is re
ported full of ice around the Fore
lands, driven in by a heavy southeast
wrind.
The fishing boat Minneapois is in
j port today.
CflPTfllflEflOBETIER
TELLS OF GULES ON
TRIP UP ALASKA COAST
Capt. John \Y. Leadbetter, of the
U. S. Lighthouse tender Cedar, re
ports very heavy gales on this trip
up the coast. The Cedar has been
laying the past 11 days in the vicin
! ity of Seal Rocks, at the entrance to
Resurrection Bay, but owing to the
heavy surf and seas running he was
he was prevented from sending a
landing party ashore. The Cedar will
try again today to light the beacoi:
at the entrance, and in case this can
not be done will stand by until the
I surf subsides.
The present trip of the Cedar is
in the nature of a special trip. Capt
Leadbetter says. The Cedar left this
morning for Seal Rocks, on anothei
attempt to light the beacon,
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, The plans for the proposed trip o!
the Shenandoah have not been aban
doned, but just postponed for a year
according to Zacbery Lansdowne, the
commander of the ship
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NOME HAS APPLE BLOSSOMS
DURING MONTH OF JANUARY
A restaurant in Nome has an apple
tree which was in full bloom during
month of January. The tree is 11
years old and has grown from a seed
to considerable height.
Guy Woodard, a brakeman on the
Alaska railway, returned today from
! a two months’ leave of absence.
FOR FOX FARMERS
To cure a fox of pneumonia clip the
hair off its stomach and place a large
poultice of antiphlogistine over the
clipped spot. Give the animal a drink
of brandy and wrap it up. The Fur
Farmer says this will do the work.
LACHINID FLIES ARE
BROUGHT FROM FRANCE
TO WAR ON THE EARWIG
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| SEATTLE, Feb. 29.—A quantity of
lachinid flies have been received by
Professor Trevor Kincaid of the Uni
versity of Washington from the Unit
ed States governmental laboratories,
in France. They will be used to des
troy the earwig. The newly arrived
flies aresmall parasites of grayish hue
and about one-fourth as large as the
average housefly, declared theprofes
sor. The flies attack the earwig thru
( its second generation, laying its eggs
( on the body of the earwig. When the
! eggs hatch the earwig host is destroy
ed by the young, being eaten as food
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TAX ON TRUCKS AND
TIRES BEEN ABOLISH EC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—T h <
House this afternoon voted to abol
ish the three per cent tax on motoi
trucks and cut the tax on auto tire:
and accessories fifty per cent. Thi
action of the House voted $2,00,001
into the pockets of theowners of auto
mobiles.
Gus Borgen, pioneer merchant of
Seward, who has been in Palo Alto
for the winter, visiting his family,
will return to Seward in March and
engage in the ship chandlery and
wholesale mercantile business, it was
reported by passengers arriving on
the Alaska. Gus had passage engaged
on the Alaska, but canceled the sail
ing nd returned south on a business
matter,
Mr. Borgen, who is a shrewd bus
iness man, realizes the importance of
a ship chandlery and wholesale bus
iness in Seward, and believes that de
velopment of the westward district
will depend largely on the develop
ment of Seward.
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PIONEER RESIDENT
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Thomas Murphy of Seward,
celebrated her 80th birthday Friday,
and the nation celebrated with her, as
she was born on the same day as
George Washington. A large number
of friends assembled in honor of the
occasion, and luncheon was served.
Those present were Mrs. Gust Peter
son, Martin Lanning, Mr. Myer, Thos.
Yago, Mrs. Harry Yago, Mrs. Hanisch,
Mrs. Robt. McIntosh, the Misses Al
vah Peterson, Mickey and Roberta
McIntosh, Louise Slater, Yuko Yago,
Hanaha and Margaret Hanisch. Paul
and Edward Hanisch, George Yago,
Ralph and Wilford Lanning.
FUNERAL OF PETER JOHNSON
HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral of Peter Johnson, an
old time hard rock miner, who died
Thursday, was held at the undertak
ing parlors yesterday afternoon, und
er the auspices of the Loyal Order
: of Moose, which had charge of the
funeral arrangements. Interment was
| made in thelocal cemetery.
ADMIRAL WATSON CANCELS
HER TRIP TO ANCHORAGE
The steamship Admiral Watson has
i cancelled the March 11 sailing from
i Anchorage, and will make her first
i trip to the Cook Inlet port April 2. |
! SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—General Man
! ager Lee H. Landis of the Alaska rail
road arrived here Saturday from
Washington, where he went for a con
: ference with officials of the Interior
department. He states that an auto
mobile road will be built from the
railway to Mt. McKinley, and that a
large tourist hotel will be constructed
this year near the Park entrance.
The railroad has purchased five
j large Mogul locomotives to take care
oi me increased name, anu mr. Lan
dis declares that tourist travel to Al
aska will be three times greater this
year than ever before.
He expects to leave for California
in a few days and will go to Wash
ington again before returning to Al
aska.
TRAPPER DIES ALONE
The skeleton of Edward Jackson, a
trapper who left Nelson House for Ft.
Churchill last spring, was found last
month in a lonely cabin about 100
| miles north of Nelson House, accord
ing to information from The Pas.
Jackson, -who was ill when he left
Nelson House, is believed to have bro
ken down and crawled into the de
serted shack, where he killed h's dogs
and later died.
NOTICE
Notice Is Hereby Given, That Soo
Hoo Gong has this date taken over
the management and operation of the
business of the Resurrection Bay Lum
ber Company, Inc., under an Option
and Agreeement to purchase. All ac
counts now due. owing and payable
to said Company shall be paid to Soo
Hoo Gong or his agents. All debts of
said Resurrection Bay Lumber Com
pany as shown by their books are
, hereby assumed by Soo Hoo Gong and
payable by him.
Dated this 27th day of February,
' 1924.
( RESURRECTION BAY LUMBER
s COMPANY, Inc.,
( By L. H. VOGL, President.
SOO HOO GONG.
First pub. Feb. 28, 1924.
Last Pub. April 2, 1924. Daily 30t
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE j
HEARS LIFE C BISStLL
Lieut. Clayton Bissell, of the United
States Army Air Service, was the
guest of honor at the luncheon of the
chamber of commerce yesterday, and
he explained in detail the proposed I
army airplane flight around the
would. Commencing with the begin-,
ning of aviation, when the Wright
brothers first projected their heavier
than air machine around the small en
closure where their patents were test
ed, Lieut. Bissell showed how fast
aviation had advanced. He stated that
at the time of the war the nation had
but few machines, illy equipped for
sustained flights, and that up to the
beginning of 1919, but few planes had
flown 500 miles and remained in the
air for any duration of time. Follow
ing the first flight across the Atlan
tic, trans-continental flight -were suc
cessful, and during the past few years
the mail planes between the East and
West coasts had made hundreds of
flights, carrying many tons of mail,
and maintaining a schedule more ex
act than any train service.
He stated that Alaska, owing to its
topography, w^as more in need of air
plane service than the States, and
that a little concerted effort on the
part of Alaskans would result in a
squadron being stationed here for the
mapping and development of aviation
flights.
The present flight of army planes
around the world is the culmination
of an attempt on the part of the na
tion to honor the remaining survivor
of the invention of the air machine.
He explained that it was the desire
of the Army department to consum -
mate this flight with American built
machines and motors and American
fliers. The motors recently perfected
are as well nigh perfect as can be
made with the limited experience of
inventive genius, and these motors af
ter a rigid test had been accepted as
the type of power to be used by Am
erican fliers.
Lieut. Bissell told his audience that
the machines would be brought from
California to Seattle, where the mo
tors would be installed, the machines
overhauled, equipped with pontoons,
and made ready for the first leg of the
flight to Prince Rupert. From Prince
Rupert the next leg would be to Sit
ka, at which place the fliers would
start on the longest over-water flight
on the trip; from Sitka to Cordova.
At Sitka the aviators would be equip
per with food, blankets, guns, etc.,
so in case they were compelled to des
cend in some of the lagoons between
Cape St. Elias and Cordova they could
do so, and sustain themselves until
rescued or their flight resumed. From
Cordova the flight to Seward would
be a short one. Arriving at Seward
the machines would circle the town
several times, and a landing would
then be made at a point between the
oil dock and the cold storage plant.
The machines would then go under
their own power or be towed to yel
low buoys near the radio station at
the head of the bay, where they would
be pulled up ashore at high tide, and
the pontoons cleaned and the ma
chines fueled and oiled. The next
tide they would be returned to the
water. In case of delay in arriving
here due to stress of weather, the
aviators would hop off after overhaul
ing the machines; otherwise they
would remain here a day or so.
The speaker stressed the fact that
the men would be tired and nervous
and therefore would expect no enter
tainment. In case they remained over
a day or so, after overhauling their
Ths KOHLER
Automatic POWER
and LIGHT Plant
—requires no storage batteries
for power and light
—produces standard 110 volt
electricity
■—has a capacity of 1500 watts or
two electrical horsepower
—operates simply at the touch
of any button anywhere on
the circuit
Write for illustrated literature.
Come in and see the plant in
operation
C. E. Orlander
FUR SHORTAGE
IN u. S.
ESTIMATED 50%
Alaska Shippers realize highest prices from St.
Louis House, as indicated by manv letters lately
received. Mr. John McCrary, Chitina, Alaska
writes as follows:
CHITINA, Alaska, Jan. 23, 1924.
MAAS & STEFFEN,
225-327 N. Main St.,
St. Louis, Mo.
Gentlemen:
Your letter with check for $202.35 received and will say
that those kind of returns surely mean more business for you;
they were very satisfactory.
You will have received another shipment by this time; do
rot bother to wire me your orices, as I am satisfied with the
highest market price and as long as I get it, you will receive my
shipments.
Yours very trulv
JOHN M’CRARY,
Chitina, Alaska
MAAS & STEFFEN, Inc., is known the
W ORLD over as the HOUSE, where most of
the fine Furs are received. Alaska and Yukon
shippers may wire or write direct to Mass &
Steffen, St. Louis, Mo., for free market reports.
!
| machines they would undoubtedly be
pleased to be entertained in any man
i ner our citizens saw fit. In answer to
an inquiry as to where they would
' prefer to stay he replied that a hotel
! would be best for them.
Lieut. Bissell said that at first it
; was decided to fly direct from Sitka
to Seward, as the mileage was prac
1 tically the same, but the weather bu
reau had warned the aviators of fogs
in this vicinity and they preferred to
stop at Cordova rather than return
to Sitka. On the other hand he said
j the machines might be delayed at:
Cordova by bad weather while the
weather was fine in Seward.
At the introduction of his remarks
he again paid a compliment to the
i manner in which he had been receiv
ed here, both by the committee and
citizens, and declared that in his re
port the community would receive due
credit.
Lieut. Bissel’s talk was both enter
• taining and instructive, and the man
i ner in which he explained his subiect
greatly pleased the members assem-!
bled.
A number of communications were!
received by the Secretary since the
last meeting, and were read to the
Chamber. Among them were inquir
ies for information by prospective set
tiers, and a communication from a J
California woman who stated that Mr. j
i Calender, a member of the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce, who vis-1
; ited Seward on the Buford last sum
; mer, had conferred with her on the
necessity of a large tourist hotel here
and she desired to be informed as to
what properties could be rented for
the purpose, and other information.
A communication as received from j
Roy Gilley of Uzinki, stating that he
desired the co-operation of the cham
ber in his personally conducted trips
to the Valley of Ten Thousand
1 Smokes this summer, and gave his
i rates, and other information.
I A communication was received from
, a hunting party who stated they
would arrive at Seward on the Prin
i cess Pat, a former halibut fishing
! boat of Wrangell, and asked for in
formation as to guides, equipment,
etc. They also asked that some ca
pable navigator be recommended to
command the boat from Wrangell to
the westward.
Attorney General John Rustgard In
a communication to Leon Urbach, de
precated the endorsation of section 2''
of the Jones Shipping Bill by the
Chamber, and explained his views on
the bill. He admitted that while the
entrance of Canadian vessels to Am
erican trade would not benefit this
section, that what benefitted one sec
tion helped all, and declared that the
repeal of the section was defeated by
the Alaska Steamship company for
which he claimed opposed it. Tin
letter told of the thousands of tons
of freight shipped to Seattle and other
American ports over Canadian lines,
and declared that the bill was a Seat
tle-made project designed to hampt^
Alaskans desiring to ship over the
Grand Trunk to Prince Rupert and
Thence to southeastern Alaska ports.
Mr. Rustgard enclosed communica
tions from Senator Jones stating that
he was in favor of the repeal of the
section but that action would be de
layed for some ime.
John McCord, a member of the
chamber at Kanatak, was present and
in a short talk stated that Alaska did
IIUL auvciuoiufc,, w v-i.
needed transportation, or words to
that effect.
The meeting yesterday was one of
the best for some time, and the con
stantly increasing membership is evi
dence of their popularity.. The cham
ber will meet again next Tuesday.
BUFORD ON RUN TO
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
The steamship Buford which was
on the Frisco-Nome run last season, is
making an excursion trip to the South
Seas under command of Capt. Johnny J
O’Brien, the well-knwon Alaskan na
vigator, who will be in command of
the vessel on the Nome run this sum
mer. The Buford has been overhaul
ed and rebuilt.
MAIL BOAT MISSING
The gasboat Trygve, running be
tween Petersburg and Kake, has been
missing since Feb. 6, and the revenue
cutter Unalga has been asked to
search for her. Capt. Hemnes and A.
M. Olson were the only persons on the
boat. The gasboat Katy returned
Feb. 13 from a long search for the
Trygve, but no trace of her was
found.
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