Seward Happenings
LOCAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK
From Monday’s Daily
Deputy Marshal Dan Ross left on
the Northwestern for Valdez, with a
number of prisoners and witnesses.
The men were detained for the recent
murder at Larsen’s Bay.
H. H. Ross and wife, and the Misses
Thelma and Verla Johnson arrived
from Fairbanks on Saturday’s train,
and left on the Northwestern for Val
dez to spend the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McClellan, of
Anchorage, arrived on the Northwest
ern and left today for the interior
city, where Mr. McClellan is in busi
ness.
F. Angerman, a resident of La
iouche, is registered at the Seward.
Jas. Bovaird, a bridge man and
carpenter arrived Saturday and will
work for the Standard Oil.
C. N. Christensen, of Nenana, an
employe of the commission, arrived
Saturday with his wife and child, who
were leaving for the States.
John Nordbye, an old timer of the
Fairbanks district, registered at the
Seward over Sunday.
Frank A. Boyle and members of the
U. S. Land office will be passengers
for Seward on the steamship Alaska,
on their way to their new headquar
ters at Anchorage.
Mrs. H. S. Balderston and daugh
ters, Betty and Helen, left on today’s
train for Anchorage, after spending
some time in Seward visiting with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hardy arrived
on Saturday’s train from Nenana and
are guests of Mrs. Hardy’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McIntosh. Mr.
Hardy will take employment with the
Standard Oil Co.
Brush fires caused by sparks from
4* a locomotive, caused an alarm to be
sent in yesterday morning about 11
o’clock, and again this morning. The
fire burned over a large section be
tween Seventh and Fourth avenues,
beyond the glacier stream, but was
diverted from a number of houses in
time to save them. The continued dry
weather has caused the danger from
fires to become greater as the drouth
continues.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Vernon, old time
residents of the Territory returned on
the Northwestern and left for the in
| terior this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tonseth return
ed from the States on the Northwest,
ern and left on today’s tr.ain for their
home in Fairbanks. Mrs. Tonseth is
a bride, the young couple having mar
ried in Oregon shortly before coming
to Alaska.
John F. Coffey, the well known at
torney of Kanatak, arrived on the
Starr, and after a short business visit
to Anchorage left on the Northwestern
for the States where he will visit
Mayo Bros, institute for an operation.
Mrs. Chas. E. Bunnell and daugh
ter Jean, arrived from Fairbanks on
Saturday’s train and left on the North
western for the States to visit lor a
time.
Roy S. Larson, a commission em
ploye from Anchorage, spent Sunday
in town.
Nat Bi-rge, jr., and Ray L. Morris,
tourists from Sherman, Texas, are
registered at the Seward. They will
visit the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes later in the season.
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Reports from the Interior state
that Nenana and Fairbanks are very
lively owing to railroad activities. It
is stated that houses are at a premium
and hard to get.
Deputy Marshal Watson left today
on his return trip to Anchorage, hav
ing in custody one Sanders, a colored,
man picked up by Deputy Marshal
Ralph Reed, wanted at Anchorage for
jumping his bail bond. Sanders was
out on bail charged with violating the
4 ' dry law.
Mrs. Jack Laurie of Cordova, who
has been visiting in Anchorage for
the past two weeks, passed through
Saturday night on her return to her
home.
R. W. Felder, a Bethel merchant,
accompanied by his wife, left today
for their Interior home. Mr. Felder
was formerly connected with the old
K. C. Co.
Miss Florence Witherspoon, demon
strator for the S. & W. products, sail
ed on the Northwestern for Wrangell.
W. E. Shields, a former resident ot
Seldovia, who arrived on the Starr,
left today for Nenana where he will
engage in the taxidermy business.
Andy Simons and w'ife left today
for their home at Mile 23. Mr. Si
mous recently returned from King
Cove where he was in charge of the
Ira Meenich hunting party.
Gus Manthey has the big piledriver
(o be used by the Standard Oil Com
pany practically assembled and will
start on the piling for the founda
tions and wharf in the near tuture.
Campbell Church and son, big
game hunters who have been in the
vicinity of King Cove the past six
weeks, left on the Northwestern for
his home in Eugene, Oregon. Both
men secured the limit of three bears
I each.
A. Mason, A. Krause, K. Bird? S. M.
King, iron workers for the Standard
Oil Company’s new plant being erect
ed here, arrived on the Northwestern.
B. S. Bartholf, an old timer from
the Willow Creek district, who has
been Outside for a time on a trip
through the States and extending into
Mexico, arrived on the Northwestern
accompanied by the Misses Lee Bar
tholf and Mabel R. Bartholf, and left
on today’s train for Anchorage.
A. H. McDonald, Anchorage agent
for the Alaska Steamship Company,
is a guest of Seward, arriving on Sat
urday's train.
E. R. Tarwater, A. E. C. employe,
checked out of the Van Gilder and
left today for Anchorage.
Dr. G. V. Gregory and wife arrived
on the Northwestern from a trip to
Hollywood, California, and other cit
ies, and left today for Anchorage,
where Dr. Gregory is connected with
the Dental Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Hoyt of Fair
banks, arrived on the Northwestern,
and left today for their home in Fair
banks.
Delia Eames, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alvah Eames, of this city, arrived on
the Northwestern from Seattle and
will visit with his parents for a time.
The dance Saturday night given at
Odd Fellows’ hall by the Civic Com
mittee to raise funds for the Fourth
of July celebration, was well attended
and a considerable sum was realized.
E. R. Weaver, a Moose Pass resi
dent, is registered at the Seward.
From Tuesday’s Daily
- The gasboat May, Capt. Emswiler, is
in port from Nuka Bay.
Mrs. M. Fowlkes-Haun and Mrs. R.
F. Michael left on today’s train for
Anchorage.
Mrs. M. Ashton left this morning
for morning to spend the Fourth.
A new blinker light has been es
tablished on the southern end of
Martin Island at the entrance to Ka
talla. Eight lights have been estab
lished between Cordova and Unimak
Island.
Councilman and Mrs. Krefting and
daughter are making a trip to the In
terior.
Miss Stella Fuller and Miss Kohl
stadt left yesterday morning for a
trip to Fairbanks, where they will
spend a week or so, returning to
Moose Pass to spend the balance of
their month’s vacation.
Mrs. Earl Reed left yesterday for
Nenana where olie will give a roping
exhibition July Fourth.
Dr. W. E. Daniels and wife were out
going passengers on the Northwest
ern. Dr. Daniels is associate editor
on the Daily Morning Star of Long
Beach, Calif. He and his wife have
been making a trip through the Inte
rior.
John N. White, a road commission
employe at Valdez, who was severely
injured at the 0lacier City by a run
away, and sent to the Anchorage hos
pital, will be on the Evans tomorrow
returning home. Mr. White is one of
the cld-time nhury-elghiers. and has
t large circle of friends who reioice
that I e has recovered from his acci
dent.
The Fire department under Fire
Chief Walker responded to half a doz
en alarms yesterday, the brush fire
north of the glacier stream breaking
out anew after the department be
lieved it extinguished. The present
dry weather should cause everyone to
be very careful of fires.
Frank Stranbingeran old time resi
dent of Mile 29 is in town. He will
remain until after the Fourth.
Mrs. R. B. Heaston, former town
clerk, is in town, and will *pend the
Fourth in Seward.
The special ’rain can-led but few
residents of Seward to Anchorage
this morning. While we love our big
interior sister with an undying love
we cannot see where her celebration
is important enough to draw Seward
residents away from home.
From Thursday’s Daily
Miss Claire Monroe, of San Fran
cisco, a tourist on the Evans, left for
Fairbanks this morning, where she
will take a boat for Dawson.
R. E. Bigney of Fairbanks came in
last night on the train and left again
this morning for his home.
An alarm of fire turned in from the
fire hall yesterday puzzled the de
partment for a few moments> until
investigation disclosed smoke issuing
from the cells in the rear of the hall.
When the jail doors were open it was
found one of the prisoners had set
fire to his bedding, and was at the
point of suffocation, while his com
panion was vociferously giving the
alarm. A stream of water quenched
the blaze and also the prisoners.
Mrs. Jennie Paulson is making a
trip to the Fox islands in Prince Wil
liam Sound, to spend a short time with
her husband, who is engaged in fox
farming there. He will meet her at
La touche.
Harry I. Lechner, brother of Chas.
R. Lechner, proprietor of the Seward
Machine Shops, has declared his in
tentions of becoming a citizen of thf
United States. Mr. Lechner is a na
tive of Bavaria. Albert Sidney Cat
lin, a native of England, has also de
clared intentions.
Jim O’Brien, a well known oldtimer
of the Third division, arrived on the
Evans from Kanatak, where he has
spent some time in the oil fields. He
is positive a good flow of oil will be
struck in the district.
The local Chamber of Commerce
took in $114 from the sale of President
Harding’s pictures.
F. J. Kleaner, of Omaha^ Neb., who
has been hunting on the Alaska pe
ninsula passed through on the Evans
with three large brown bear hides.
With the exception of two arrests
by Chief of Police Walker, for viola
tions of the liquor laws, the Fourth in
Seward passed off with no violations
of the laws, and with visitors having
a good time, it being the policy of the
officers to allow them to celebrate in
their own manner so long as it was
not obnoxious to others. The day was
conspicuous by the absence of brawl
and there was very little drunkenness
in sight.
Mrs. L. H. Vogl is making the trip
to Fairbanks and return.
J. B. Reher, in charge of the Bureau
of public roads work in this section,
left this morning for Moose Pass.
E. W. Weaver left this morning for
Moose Pass, after spending the 4th
in Seward.
Mr. Chas. Cawrey and Miss Hallie
Cawrey of Long Beach, Calif., arrived
on last night’s train, having been into
the Dawson country. They will be in
Seward until Saturday’s boat for the
South.
Dr. and Mrs. George J. Mohr of Se
attle and Ed F. G. White of Ottawa,
Canada, came in on last night’s train
and will remain in Seward until Sat
urday.
H. E. Revelle. Frank Revelle and
William Manthey came in from Mile
14 on Tuesday to spend the Fourth.
Credit for putting up the street dec
orations for the Fourth goes to Fire
Chief Walker.
George Colwell came to town Tues
day in his “private” car, and while
here will make a survey of the glacier
stream which hits the railroad track
at Mile five and makes trouble by go
ing over the track occasionally.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Webber, accom
panied by Miss Sundberg, came over
on the Evans from Kodiak and took
the train this morning for Ruby to
make their home. Mr. Webber has a
brother there engaged in mining.
Mrs. Herman Neilsen was an out
going passenger on the Admiral Ev
anse for Seattle where she will visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hunt? bride and
groom, from Kodiak, arrived on the
Admiral Evans yesterday and left on
the train this morning for Anchorage.
Mrs. Hunt was formerly Miss Pauline
Kraft, daughter of Otto Kraft, well
known Kodiak merchant. Mr. Hunt is
a former resident of Kanatak where he
has been working for the Associated.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Finnegan, and
children, arrived from Kanatak on the
Admiral Evans and are registered at
the Van Gilder. Mr. and Mrs. Finne
gan are former Sewardites.
Bert Green, a popular traveling
man, accompanied by his wife and son
left this morning for Anchorage.
Miss Irene Hart of Cumberland,
Wis., and Miss Lucille M. Saxton of
Minneapolis, round trippers on the
Admiral Evans left the boat here and
took the trip over the Government
railroad to Fairbanks. They will re
turn and leave here on one of the next
boats for the states.
Mrs. Mabel Wade, of Cleveland,
Ohio, sister of the late Henry Salis
bury, who is here on business con
nected with the estate, was a passen
ger for Fairbanks this morning where
she will either take the trip over the
Chitina trail or go on to Dawson. She
plans to have seen the best of Alaska
before she goes Outside.
George G. Cotter, game warden for
the railroad and westward sections,
left this morning for Hope and Rain
bow.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rucker left this
morning for Anchorage.
Mrs. R. B. Heastan, who has been
visiting friends in Seward the past few
days, left for her home today at Mile
29, Moose Pass.
While playing ball at the park yes
terday, J. P. Hannon, one of the old
line players, had the misfortune to
break one of the bones in his ankle,
and today is on crutches. Dr. Baugh
man reduced the fracture.
Oscar Hart, well known traveling
man left this morning for interior
points in the interests of his com
pany.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church here^ left
for Latouche on the Admiral Evans,
where he will hold services.
H. L. (Pioneer) Smith returned to
town on last night’s train after a trip
down Kenai lake and out by Moose
Pass. H^.reports the crop of porcu
pines unusually large.
From Friday’s Daily
A freight pulled out at 10:30 today
for Anchorage with several passen
gers aboard.
Joe Badger is making desperate ef
forts to keep his hotel intact. Last
week he lost four keys by people for
getting to turn them in, so he has had
the Brosius woodworking plant make
him a number of blocks of wood nine
inches long and two inches wide, to
which he attached the keps. He be
lieves he will have no more trouble,
unless the party carries the door off.
Mr. William P. De Laat, of Denver^
Colorado, who has been in Kanatak
looking over the oil situation was a
passenger on the Starr and left this
morning for Anchorage on the freight
where he will join his wife and fam
ily.
A. R. Reebs and Dan Vanderford
were passengers on the freight last
night from the Chickaloon district.
They are registered at the Overland.
Mr McCracken left on today’s train
for his work at Mile 14.
The Associated Oil Company party
arrived on the Starr from Kanatak,
where drilling operations have been
temporarily discontinued. Four men
were left to look after the plant, a
doctor, wireless operator and two
watchmen.
Lieutenant Chas. C. Stutz, U. S. N.,
of Bremerton, with a force of seven
men, is overhauling the local radio
at the head of the bay.
A passenger special left Anchorage
at noon today for Seward to meet
the Brooklyn Eagle party and convey
them on their trip to Interior points.
A report based upon good authority
is current in Seward that the com
mission will place a switch engine in
the local yards with John Rosness as
engineer.
Conductor Lewis came over from
Anchorage on the freight last night
and made Seward a short visit.
The Hemrich Packing Company re
cently hired 29 men at Kanatak to
work in the clam cannery on Kukuk
bay.
Miss Evelyn Whitehead, who for
merly resided in Seward, was recently
injured in an automobile accident in
Portland, when her coupe was struck
by a street car. Miss Whitehead was
rushed to the hospital, but was found
to be but slightly hurt. She is conva
lescing.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
ON WELL AT KMM
Residents of Kanatak arrived here
yesterday state that the Associated
Oil company, drilling in the oil fields
near the western camp, has closed its
plant and its workmen will be out on
the steamship Starr. The Associated
company is down 1,000 feet, and still
in the hard caprock.
The suspension of work by the As
sociated is not taken to mean the
company will pull its rig out of the
field, but that drilling will resume in
the near future.
The Standard company is down over
400 feet and is also in hard rock.
REPORT OF CIVIC COMMITTEE
The Civic Committe submits the
following report on the money deriv
ed from the Fourth of July celebra
tion for the children. The balance on
hand will be deposited to the credit
of the Civic Committee and will be
used for any public event where it is
needed.
Net proceeds from the dance
Saturday night ----$ 56.75
Total collections --— 75.00
i For races and games - 57.00
Printing programs - 6.50
Distributing programs . 1.25
Miscellaneous - 4.95
Borgen’s Grocery - 3.95
Bakery, sandwiches, pies, etc— 12.80
Hauling - 1-25
TRAIL OPEN TO INTERIOR
A cablegram has been received in
Seward stating that the Valdez-Fair
banks trail is open for traffic and all
ready for tourists.
LAKE FILBERT IN PORT
The freighter Lake Filbert which
has been in port the past 24 hours
unloading cargo will leave for An
chorage from this port. The Filbert
brought 300 tons of freight.
Net receipts .—
Total expenditures
101.95
.131.70
.101.95
Cash on hand
$ 29.75
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