Local Items of the Week
Mio. CmIr o'uii, wife of the as
sociate editor of the Times at Anchor
age lias arrived in Huntington, W. Va.,
according to a message received by
Mr. Jameson, and will spend several
months with relatives.
Mrs. Gus Gelles, wife of the popular
Comrercial traveler, is a passenger for
Seward on the Alaska.
Deputy Marshal H. 1. Staser is a re
turning passenger on the Alaska, after
taking out a number of insane prison
ers to Moruingside.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Crutcher left Sat
urday tor California, where he expects
to locate.
Hagen X- Henricson are planning to
instal waterpower on their property
at the Hamhright mine. The new
Chili ball mill recent 1> received from
the States is said to work perfectly,
and is delighting everyone who sees
it in operation. As these mills cost
less than $500 every prospector can
afford one.
Joe rimer, past grand president of
the Pioneers, returned from the Kobuk
district in time to attend the grand ig
loo at Fairbanks last week Mr. Ul
mer announced that the Arctic had the
coldest winter in its history and that
he lost several dogs on the trail from
hardships.
Visiting delegates at the grand ig
loo at Fairbanks last week were en
tertained at a social session of the
Fairbanks Igloo with more than -100
old-timers present.
Rev. B. Landsdowne arrived from
Anchorage Saturday and held services,
in the Episcopal church. He returned
to Anchorage this morning.
Mrs. A. J. Dimond of Valdez, left on
one of the last boats tor tiie States on
a short visit.
John and Chris Toland. residents of
the Interior, are passengers on the
Alaska.
F. M. Crocker was an outgoing pas
senger on the Northwestern Saturday
night.
Dr. O. A. Braafladt. of Seward, ar
rived Sunday and has opened dental
parlors upstairs over the Central Cafe.
—Nenana Items in Alaskan.
J. J. McCarthy, who was connected
with Alaska railroad dining car serv
ice last summer is returning to Sew
a.d on the Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Plowman have
1 t Anchorage for Hope, where they
. e interested in quartz and placer
j < perlies on Palmer creek.
Oscar Anderson, Tyee of Anchorage,
! ft on today’s train for his home
town.
Ross Kenney, connected with the
v.ad commission with headquarters in
the Kuskokwim district, left today on
the train for the interior.
Fred Matz and Harry Johnson left
today for Moose Pass, after spending
tiie past week or so in town.
Frank Gilbert, formerly in charge of
the machine shops tor the Alaska rail
road, who returned from the States on
the Northwestern, left on today’s train
;tr the Interior.
Messrs. Pierce and Marsh, who have
been working on the Seward dock, re
turned to Anchorage today.
Howard Long left this morning for
Lake View,
George Thomas Press of Seldovia is
advertising final proof on his home
stead at Homer in this issue of the
Gateway. The homestead is said to
be one of the finest in the district, and
Mr. Press will make many improve
ments.
Mr. Harding Smith, a mining man
and prospector, returned to Seward on
the Northwestern, having been outside
for medical treatment. Mr. Smith
will leave soon for Nuka Bay.
Judge Morford and Miss Waugh are
the only candidates on the school
ticket tomorrow, both good citizens
and true. They will receive a large
vote.
A large number of poles on the Third
avenue line across the stream went
down Saturday, and the light company
employes wTere forced to erect thirteen
new poles. A broken guy wire and a
high wind caused the damage.
George Love will arrive from the in
terior on Saturday’s train on his way
to Valdez.
CzcuV \Y. Anderson who arrived on
Saturday’s train will leave on the Ad
miral Evans lor Seldovia where he will
visit his daughter, Mrs. Juanita An
! derson.
Mrs. Thomas Neville and daughters,
Marjorie and Katherine, are returning
on the steamship Alaska to join Mr.
Neville who is in charge of the ma
chine shops of the Alaska railway in
Seward.
Ray O. Lewis and wife, who ii«;ve
been spending the winter in Portland
rre returning on the Alaska. Mr.
L >wis ’.as b'cr taking ? course of
marcelling and hairbobbing for wo
men in a prominent barbersln p in the
I Rose City. Mr. Lewis is one of the pro
J prietors of the O. K. barbershop.
Oscar W. Anderson left on the Ad
miral Evans for Seldovia, to visit his j
daughter, Mrs. Juanita Anderson.
A new transportation company was j
; formed by several men of Fairbanks
during the past week, and they have |
j styled it the Alaska-Jewett Transpor
tation Company, with headquarters at ■
j Fairbanks. J. G. Rivers, Fairbanks at- ;
, torney is named as manager. The pur
pose of the Company is to handle tour
| ist traffic on the Richardson High
way. To that end they have purchased
several Jewett cars, and immediately
upon the opening of the trail will put
two of the cars on the run.
Robert E. Sheldon, the well-known ;
stage driver recently purchased the
old fifth avenue home of the Moose in
Fairbanks for the sum of .$1460.
F. M. O’Neill and family were pas
sengers on the Admiral Evans for
Seldovia, where Mr. O’Neill is mana
ger of a saltery at that place.
E. J. Fribrock, manager of the
Northwestern Fisheries Company can
nery at Kenai, was a through passen
ger on the Admiral Evans yesterday.
\Y. E. Moultray, local manager of
the Standard Oil plant, left on the
steamship Northwestern for Belling
ham, Wash., where he goes to receive
treatment for a severe case of snow- j
blindness. He will return in about six j
weeks.
The crew of the Fidalgo Island can
nery at Port Graham passed through
on the Admiral Evans yesterday, con
sisting of C. E. Johnson, manager, A.
Johnson adn wife, L. Jorgensen and
wife, and H. Johnson, accountant; 40
men and 20 Orientals. Mr. Johnson
states that his company has been al
lowed a pack of 55,000 cases of salmon
for this season, anti that when this is
packed the company may pack herring
for a time.
According to word received at Nome
the season has been very mild at Kiv
alina has been very mild, with no ice
to speak of and the coldest weather up
to the first of the year but a few de
grees below zero.
The trapping season was very good
the natives securing lots of furs.
Mrs. R. E. Landers and child, of
McCarthy, arrived on the Admiral Ev
ans and will leave on the next train
for Anchorage where they will visit
with relatives for several weeks. Fol
lowing the visit to Anchorage Mrs.
Landers will leave for Wasilla to visit
with Mr. Lander’s fathei\ Mrs. Lan
ders is the wife of the editor of the
McCarthy News.
Mrs. Stephen Adelman and daugh
ters sailed on the Northwestern for
Seattle where they will await the
arrival of Mr. Adelman who recently
disposed of his dairy interests in this
city. Mr. Adelman will wait until the
opening of. navigation on the Yukon
and go outside by way of Dawson and
Whitehorse.
H. S. Young, a prominent merchant
of Kenai, accompanied by his wife,
were through passengers on the Admi
ral Evans for Kenai.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
held its regular weekly luncheon today
noon, with a large attendance. Con
siderable business was transacted.
If an editor ran a paper the way
many of his readers would like to have
him run it, he would go broke in short
order and probably be in jail quicker.
George Clyde and Edward McQuire
arrived in Anchorage recently from
the Little Susitna with a fine bag of
fur caught this winter. Among the
lot was a beautiful specimen of silver
grey fox.
H. B. Madland left on the Evans for
a short business trip to Kodiak.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Haines of Val
dez were through passengers on the
Admiral Evans en route to Anchorage
to visit their son, Tom Haines, assis
tant postmaster, and former Seward
resident.
The B. F. M. has received a thor
ough overhauling and the deck house
has been rebuilt. A. E. Thodav will
place her in commission within a fewr
days.
Fred R. Tait of Perryville, is reg
istered at the Overland.
Miss Ida Young, a schoolteacher of
Unalaska, arrived on the Starr on
her way to the States.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap returned on
the Starr from a business trip to
S' Idovia.
Harry Gong, local manager of the
Resurrection Lumber company, left
oday for Anchorage on a short busi
ess trip.
It is reported the Redonda now
lying at the wharf will sail for west
ward points some time Sunday.
A1 Peel left this morning for Lake
View.
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C. E. Bryan of Cordova is regis-1
tered at a local hotel.
Mrs. R. E. Landers and .son, who
arrived on the last boat from Mc
Carthy, left today for Anchorage.
Sam Rose, of Fairbanks, is a Sew
ard visitor.
L. M. Carrigan, a commercial trav
eler, arrived on last night’s train and
is a guest of the Van Gilder.
George Vassil, section foreman for
the Alaska railroad at Ferry, has ten
dered his resignation and with Mrs.
Vassil and two daughters will leave
for California to locate. Mr. Vassil
has been with the railroad since 1935
and has a wide acquaintance.
Nelson Kunkel, the well-known trap- j
per of McCarthy left for Nizina lake j
recently for the purpose of locating a
site suitable for propagation of musk
rats.
Miss Grace Fisher, chief deputy
clerk of the District Court in the 4th
division, has received word from her
brother Walter Fisher from Port O’
Spain, on the British Island of Trini
dad, off the coast of Venezuela. Mr.
Fisher left Fairbanks last November j
for Seatte as guard for prisoners. He
then proceeded to New York, left that
port about the middle of February for
the diamond fields of British Guiana,
and the trip as far as Port O’ Spain
has been beautiful, Mr. Fisher says.
He was sick only one day on the trip
and as there were only three more
days on the boat and the weather was
fair, he was prepared to enjoy the re
mainder of the run to Georgetown.
A burglary involving the alleged loss
of money, jewelery and other valuables
aggregating nearly $3,000, occurred
recently in Hyder when the Miner’s
Hotel, on lower main street was rob
bed.
KANATAK, Mar. 30.—Warm winds
and excessive rains of the past two
weeks, which rapidly thawed the
snow covering the mountains, has
caused all the streams in this vicinity
to become raging torrents, and much
trouble from high water is expected
this spring.
The three caterpillar trucks of the
Standard Oil Company are submerged
by the high water in the valley of
Ugashik creek, which is no longer
a creek but a raging river. All of
the cats were westbound and the
trucks were loaded with drums of
fuel oil and supplies. The water is
running over the beds of the trucks
and at times the tops of the cabs can
not be seen. The road to the west
field follows the valley of Ugashik
creek, at times running down the
beds of the stream, crossing it many
times.
They were running short of fuel oil
and one of the cats had broken down
about a mile from camp. “Ole,” a
driver of the rear cat, abandoned his
trucks to the water, climbed up out
of the creek, up and over steep
banks, bluffs, etc., and succeeded in
getting around to the first trucks.
After three days of constantly striv
ing to accomplish what some may
have though was the impossible, he
hauled the trucks out of the creek
and to the camp, thus stavng off
a threatened fuel shortage. Return
ing to his own trucks he slipped off
a bank and down in to deep water
where both tracks came off the cat.
There is nothing that can be done
until the high water subsides.
ALASKA LAWYER, CANDIDATE
FOR OFFICE GETS WARM
PRAISE FROM HOME
TOWN PAPER
The Reese River Reville, published
at Austin, Lander County, Nevada,
where Judge William Coppernoll, Sew
ard lawyer, and candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Attorney Gen
eral practiced law for eight years pays
a high tribute to the ability and char
acter of the former Nevadan. The
leading article in a recent issue of the
Reville says:
“The many friends of Wm. Copper
noil in Lander County, State of Neva- i
da, will be pleased to learn that he will
be a candidate for the nomination of
Attorney General of Alaska at the Pri
mary election to be held in April, 1924.1
Residing in Austin from 1904 till 1912,;
Wm. Coppernoll (Old Cop) practiced
law and was one of the ablest attor
neys in Nevada. He represented Land
er County in the Assembly legislature
in 1910 and was considered one of the
leaders of that body. He introduced a
bill for the reduction of passenger
rates from four to three cents a mile
on all transcontinental lines dring bus
iness in Nevada, a bill increasing the
saloon license from $25 a year to $250 |
to $500 a year according to population
also a bill making it a misdemeanor
for a firm or corporation to hire men
to work unless there was money in the
treasury necessary to make payment j
of the wage.
“Coppernoll was a most popular cit
izen of Nevada, having a host of
friends throughout the state. He was
ever the friend of a common people as
was demonstrated by the number of
cases he conducted for people of limit
ed means, and without compensation
therefor. When he departed for Al
aska in 1912, the State of Nevada and
Lander County lost a splendid citizen.
The Reville wishes to say that during,
all the years Coppernoll practiced law j
in Nevada, his record was clean, and j
he was ever-forward in working for
the best interests of his community.
stir nans pom
FROM TRIP WESTWftRD
The steamship Starr reached port j
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ,
with a light passenger list. Those ar- j
riving on the Starr were Miss Ida
Young, schoolteacher, from Unalaska,
on her way to Stockton, Calif., F. R.
Tait, a Peryville schoolteacher, on
his way to Seattle, and R. V. B. Dun
lap, local pastor of the M. E, church,
who has been at Seldovia for sev
eral weeks past.
Members of the crew on the Starr
deny the report sent from Anchorage
that the vessel hit a reef in a storm
terrorizing the passengers.
The Starr hit an uncharted rock
but was in no danger, the weather be
ing calm at the time.
SUCKER TO HI BUR
J. W. Gucker, the well known travel- !
ing salesman, is proudly exhibiting to
his friends a bow and quiver of ar
rows that would have stirred the heart
of Pontiac to its greatest depths. The
six-foot yew-wood bow and lance tip
ped arrows were built by an expert in j
archery specially for Mr. Gucker, who j
ordered them for his next bear hunt;
with Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Council of j
Cordova, which is scheduled in the j
spring.
Mr. Gucker’s bow is six feet in
length and it requires a pull of 71 lbs.
to bend it. When let loose the thong
with a 75 pound snap behind it sends
the metal laden arrow with a force
that wiii carry it through the largest
animal of the north.
SHIM IMS SPECIAL
TRIP TO IS1IIR
The steamship Starr sailed about
11 o’clock last night for Nuka Bay
and Kanatak, carrying machinery, oil,
horses and supplies. For Nuka Bay
the vessel had the WT>rthington mill
and machinery for the Alaska Hills
Mines Company, including several
head of horses, and carried oil and
supplies for Kanatak. The Starr will
return in time for her regular run,
about April 13.
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
OF SEWARD
Candidate on Republican Ticket for Attorney General
Humbly asks support of the voters of Alaska at the Primary Election.
Stands lor a SQI ARE DEAL FOR ALL; welfare of the Territory and
its people; an efficient administration of office; more effective com
munity spirit; unitv ot purpose; and development and growth of the
entire Territory.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
GEORGE SEXTON
OF SEWARD
Candidate for Delegrie to Republican Natl. Convention
A Pioneer of the Territory with a residence of nearly a quarter
ol a century. I stand for Division of the Territory in case Division
is desired by the people. If elected I will represent Alaska at the Re
publican National Convention at Cleveland in a business-like way,
working lor the best interests of the* Territory at large.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1221
BARTLEY HOWARD
QF ANCHORAGE
Candidate on Republican Ticket for Territorial Senator
Mr. Howard lias made no promises to any party or individual, and
if elected will serve the Third Division to the best of his ability. He
is competent and capable of giving Alaska a progressive, business
administration. At the present time is engaged in coal mining. He
will give you sane and safe laws, looking to the protection of the re
sources of Alaska and the Upbuilding of the Territroy.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
HARRY G. STEEL
OF CORDOVA
Candidate for Delegate to Republican Natl Convention
Have been a resident of the Territory for the pas' twenty-five
years and is thoroughly conversant with its needs. If elected will
go to the National convention at Cleveland with the idea of unlocking
the vast resources of the Territory, and the devolpment of payrolls.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR TWELVE YEARS
VOTE FOR
IVANH. SU PH ELLEN
OF CORDOVA
For Territorial Representative, Third Division
CLEAN CAPABLE CONSCIENTIOUS !
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George J. Love, who has been at
tending the Grand Igloo at Fairbanks,
arrived on last night’s train and is a
guest o!' the Sexton.
Complete List Candidates
I-’EPUBLICANS
Delegate to Congress
Dan A. Sutherland, of Juneau.
For Governor
Cash Cole, Emery Valentine, of
Juneau, George D. Schofield, of Seat
tle.
One to be nominated.
For Attorney General
W. D. Coppernoll of Seward; John
Rustgard, of Juneau.
One to be nominated.
For National Committeeman
Arthur Frame of Anchorage and
John Frame of Ketchikan.
One to be elected.
Delegates to National Convention
George Sexton of Seward, R. E.
Robertson of Juneau; Harry G. Steel
of Cordova, L. P. Dawes.
Two to be elected.
Territorial Senator
E. E. Chamberlin, of Seward; W.
H. Chase, of Cordova; Bartley How
ard, Anchorage.
One to be nominated.
For Territorial Representative
John J. Bugge, R. E. Eisner, Ben A.
Grier, Jos. H. Murray, Edmund C.
Oldfin, Ivan H. Suphellen and J. H.
Waller.
Four to be nominated.
DEMOCRATS
For Delegate to Congress
Frank A. Boyle, of Anchorage.
Delegates to National Convention
Thomas H. Ashby, W. W. Casey, J.
J. Connors, George B. Grigsby, Simon
Hellenthal, James McCloskey, Allan
Shattuck, and John W. Troy.
Six to be elected.
For National Committeeman
T. J. Donohoe of Cordova.
One to be elected.
For Territorial Senator
M. J. Conroy of Anchorage and W.
W. Council of Cordova.
One to be nominated.
Territorial Representatives
Aaron E. Rucker, Seward; W. J.
Bogard, Anchorage; Wm. A. Sher
man, Anchorage; C. H. Wilcox, of Val
dez.
Four to be nominated.
.tom ti e Chamber of Commerce.
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