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TRAIN SCHEDULE
CHANGE SUNDAY
According to the local office of
the Alaska Railroad, Sunday’s train
out of Seward will depart at 12:30 p.
m. instead of 7:30 a. m. The train from
Anchorage will arrive in Seward at
2:15 p. m. instead of 6:45 p. m. the
usual hour. The Monday train for
the interior will depart from SewT
ard at the regular time, 7:30 a. m.
DELLWOOD BALL TEAM
CLAIMS BALL GAME;
RIGHT FORFEITURE
The fast team of ball tossers from
the cableship Dellwood claim last
evening’s scheduled game of ball
with the local giants, by forfeit. The
sailors had their entire crew on the
diamond but the Seward aggrega
tion, with the exception of Gage,
failed to show up. A number of fans
traveled out to the park to see the
game, regardless of the light rain
which was falling and which soon
cleared aw’ay. The Dellwood outfit
framed a couple of teams and had
a good workout at that.
W. P. Mealy, who has been as
signed to special duty by the Alas
ka Railroad management, is making
a survey of all the railroad supplies
from one end of the road to the oth
er. Mr. Mealy has been in Seward
for the last two days.
FRESH
TOMATOES and CUCUMBERS
Local Grown
ORDER FROM THE
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For your kitchen
Just unpacking a large shipment of
ALUMINUM AND GRANITE WARE
for your inspection
p. c. McMullen
Telephone Main 34
FIFTY MEN ARE
BATTLING FIRE
IN HOPE REGION
TWENTY MEN LEFT SEWARD
FOR MILE 29, WHERE AUTOS
ARE IN WAITING.
FIRE TRAVELS 7 MILES
Forest Officials Coming On Special
Boat from Cordova To Inves
tigate Damages.
Over 50 fire fighters are battling
the flaming forests which has rav
aged the national forest in the Hope
district, for a distance of seven
miles, according to John G. Brady,
district forest ranger in charge of
this region of the Chugach National
Forest, who was a brief visitor in
Seward this morning for the purpose
of picking up 20 men to assist in
subduing the gigantic blaze which is
sweeping everything in its path.
W,ild fowl, birds and game of all
kinds by the hundreds, have been
destroyed by the devastating fire
which has cut a huge swath thru
that portion of the forest, leaving
in its wake, black and smouldering
ruin.
Mr. Brady said the fire was seen
from the Alaska Railroad track last
Saturday evening between 7 and 8
o’clock. The blaze was practically
subdued and under control two or
three days ago when a gale spring
ing up, blowing down Turnagain Arm.
The fire was across Resurrection
creek from Hope, and with the shift
in wind, began racing rapidly down
towards Gull Rock, on the Arm. A
Seward arrival yesterday from the
district, stated that in the space of
about 12 hours time the fire had
swTept thru two miles of virgin for
est.
As near as can be determined Mr.
Brady stated this morning, the for
est fire was started thru careless
ness of someone who had been smok
ing. It is evident the man had been
abusing the forest privileges by catch
ing fur bearing animals, as is evi
denced by traps left-behind. Little
rain has fallen in the district for a
number of weeks past wTith the re
sult the undergrowth is as dry as
tinder. A light rain fell yesterday
but not enough to have any appar
ent effect on the fire.
Lack of transportation has handi
capped the fire fighters, also the lack
of phones in the region which -would
have been of great assistance at the
beginning of the fire, in calling for
fire fighters. As little water is avail
able for fighting a fire of this size
about all that can be done is trench
ing and back firing.
Martin Kilian, forest ranger, who
makes Seward his headquarters, has
been on the job since last Sunday,
taking charge of the fire which was
then under wTay and practically had
it out prior to the shift in wind.
Russel Annabel, ranger employed at
the Anchorage office, has taken over
one shift of the fire fighting brig
ade.
A special Alaska Railroad big gas
car, No. 104, -was run over to Sew
ard early this morning to pick up
the 20 men who left here at 7 o’clock
this morning, in charge of Mr. Bra
dy, for Mile 29, where Foreman Keil
of the Bureau of Public Roads will
meet them with auto trucks, to con
vey the men from the railroad to
the scene of the fire about 50 miles
away. Among the men who depart
ed from Seward this morning in the
crew were A. Peters, Joe Powers,
Hal Roach, J. Henry, J. Wiley, W.
Head, B. Renand, R. Kerns, Dick
Wells, Chester Simondson, Floyd
Hyde, Frank Hill, Jack Keefe, C. J.
Smith, Carl Spath, I. Brousard, Karl
Wagner and Bernie Kilvestad.
W. J. McDonald, forest supervisor
of the Chugach National Forest,
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OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
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Cordova headquarters, was notified
by telegram yesterday of the size of
the fire. He sent word back to Mr.
Brady that accompanied by Lee C.
Pratt, deputy forest inspector and
Erland M. Jacobson, ranger, they
had chartered the power boat Sham
rock at Cordova, leaving immediate
ly for Seward. They are due to ar
rive early this afternoon.
Mrs. O. A. Joftansen, wife of Capt.
Johansen of the steamer Starr, return
ed to Seward Thursday evening from
a brief outing at Mile 20.
J. T. Dorman and sister, residents
of the State of Pennsylvania, are pas
sengers on board the steamer Yu
kon which will arrive in Seward to
morrow morning from the South.
They are going into the McKinley
National Park to make an extended
trip.
The dance at Odd Fellows hall
last evening, given specially on ac
count of the crew of the cableship
Dellwood, was a particularly enjoy
able affair. A large crowd attended
and a fine time was had.
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Stranger—
You are welcome to our Town
And we will make an effort
To tear all barriers down.
And when you are taking in the sights,
And have the time to spare,
Hunt up Seward’s oldest Pioneer
And see what he is doing there.
You will find he has a real live moose
Behind a high board fence,
And all it costs to see that moose
Is just Fifty Cents.
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