Karl Armstrong, the fox king of Ko
diak ilsand, is a thru passenger to
Cordova on the Admiral Watson, with
a crew of three men to bring hack his
new gas boat, the Universe, recently
purchased for $9,000 from William
Croker. Mr. Armstrong stated that
he might come back by way of Sew
ard. on his way to Kodiak. This is
the fourth boat to be added to the
Armstrong fleet.
John J. Coffee, attorney at law of
Kodiak. Alaska, arrived on the Admir
al Watson on his way to Anchorage.
He will leave on Sunday’s train. Mr.
Coffee reports Kodiak unusually busy
and states that the chances for secur
ing the New England cold storage are
certain.
Wednesday night the Order of East
ern Star held a special meeting for
*he purpose of iniation after which a
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: delightful luncheon was served to the
j members of the Masonic lodge and
j Star by Mrs. Johansen, Mrs. Painter,
: and Mr. Root. Hank Frost acted as
skipper in the kitchen, and afterwards
washed the dishes, receiving some as
sistance and much advice.
Mrs. Harry Kawabe, wife of Sew
| ard’s popular laundryman, will leave
! on the Northwestern for her home in
j Japan on a visit lasting the greater
| part of the summer. From Seattle
! Mrs. Kawabe will take a Maru liner
I direct to Japan.
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R. V. B. Dunlap returned on the
Admiral Watson from Seldovia, where
he has been the past three weeks in
connection with his missionary bus
i iness. He reports Seldovia progres
! sing with many new industries start
| ing up.
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Frank Straubinger, a rancher on
j Kenai Lake, is a Seward visitor. Mr.
j Straubinger reports about six inches
! of snow fell during the late storm.
The ice on the lake is about two
j feet thick. Rabbits are very numer
! ous but are starting to die off. Mr.
j Straubinger will return to his ranch
Monday.
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The lbcal post American Legion is
taking the initiative in starting a
club room in Seward for members of
the Legion and the Auxiliary. This
is a good move as such club rooms
tend to develop a better civic spirit
and bring our people together. The
city now has an office for the secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,
where tourists may meet and obtain
reliable data in regard to Seward, and
may also be used as a rest room.
Picture Framing at the Alaska
Shop. tf
“Uncle Joe” Wilson was brought in
to town yesterday from his home at
Mile 3 1-2 and is now at the Hotel
Overland, critically ill. Dr. Baugh
man is attending him. “Uncle Joe”
is an oldtimer of this section who has
many friends who hope for his speedy
recovery.
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NEW STEWARDESS ON WATSON
Mrs. Fronie R. Mock, of Juneau, has
been selected from many applicants as
stewardess on the steamship Admiral
Watson, and will begin her duties up
on the arrival of the Watson south
bound. Mrs. Mock has been a resi
dent of Alaska for many years.
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ADMIRAL WATSON
ON WAY SOUTH
The steamship Admiral Watson of
the Pacific Steamship company arriv
ed in port about 8:30 o’clock this
morning southbound, nearly two hours
before her schedule. She sailed south
about 10 o’clock, after loading a quan
tity of freight and taking aboard sev
eral passengers. Those arriving on
the Admiral Watson were: J. H.
Kline. E. W. Griffin, J. F. Coffey,
J. A. Magill, Karl Alberson, Agnes
Olssen. A. B. Haynes, Geo. T. Press
and wife, Win. Nielson, R. V. B. Dun
lap. R. Wick, J. F. Clarkin, and two
steerage.
For Cordova—Arthur Haakenson, F. '
Walker, Rika Bloch, Eva Barnes, Karl
Armstrong.
For Juneau—J. H. Beach, Frank
Torkenson and wife, Winnifred Tor
kenson.
For Seattle—Minnie Hill, Wm. Cook,
L. Haislip, E. A. Gissberg, and two
steerage.
Passengers leaving Seward for ports
to the southward were: C. Laughlin,
E. Brenner, Mrs. Z. Corning, for Val
dez: Sam Wickoff, Paul Chya, Cordo
va.
BURBANK PREDICTS HE WILL
LIVE TO BE 100 YEARS OLD
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. April 3.—Lu
ther Burbank, wizard naturalist, spent
his 76th birthday today among his
friends, uncomplaining because no ba
ker could bake him a cake big enough
to hold 76 candles.
“I’m going to. live to be 100 years
old.” he declared. "1 must live that
long—I have so much to do.”
Nearly 50,000 experiments are. now
in the course of completion in the
Burbank laboratory and Dame Nature
will wait on no one.
“I wouldn’t want her to hurry.” he
said. “The best results take time.”
With his plants and his friends—
people from miles around came to see
him, children and. grown ups — the
naturalist spent a quiet day. The busi
est hours were devoted to answering
stacks of letters and telegrams con
gratulating him upon another anniver
sary achieved.
Sunday morning Burbank and the
Santa Rosa American Legion will
plant young trees in Burbank Park,
his gift to the city. He will start on
its way to maturity a walnut seed
ling, one of his own products.
[LONDON ASKS INVENTORS
FOR FOG EXTERMINATORS
LONDON, April 3.—The latest ef
forts of science to rid London of its
annoying fogs by means of suction
fans has been a failure. The fans
were attached to a condenser box,
which received the dirt-laden fog, re
duced it to ordinary atmosphere,
which was allowed to escape minus
the soot and dust.* The suction fan
varies from three to 18 inches in dia
meter and is Bowerful enough to
hande several hundred cubic feet of
fog a minute.
The inventors took advantage of
the several dense fogs during the
winter to test their exterminator, bu:
they have admitted it a failure be
cause it wrould take they say, at least
750 condensers working together to
even effect a light fog. The con
densers would have to be placed on
toefs and poles throughout the city,
and such installations would cost
about $25,000,000.
The London County Council is at
tempting to arouse interest among
inventors to produce a fox extermi
nator. and has offered to finance
testing airntgements. The offer (f
a prize tor a successful machine sev
eral years ago, brought many inven
tions from Germany and Austria but
they all failed to affect, the thick mist
which wanders into the Thames val
ley in wintertime.
LONDON GIVES BADGES
TO CAREFUL DRIVERS
LONDON, April 3.—Of 13,182 Lon
don vehicle drivers, most of them
chauffeurs who entered a “safety
first competition instituted by the
London City Council, 8,339 went thru
last year without an accident and
have been awarded special mention
and badges. All the drivers thus
recognized, and especially the taxi
cab drivers count it a distinction to
wear the council badges.
INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted about Claus
Paulson, last heard of in Seward in
1910 or 1912, supposed to have met
his death by drowning. Any person
familiar with the details of Mr. Paul
son's death is asked to communicate
with A. P. Gronn, Brayton, Iowa, an
uncle of Paulsons ’. tf
Mr. Robert Hurley, connected with
the Alaska Railroad, in the capacity
of claim adjuster, will conduct the law
business of the late Leopold David.
Mr. Hurley is one of the rising young |
attorneys of Anchorage.
YUKON OUT OF VALDEZ
The steamship Yukon sailed west
from Valdez at S o’clock this morning.
MISSING GIRL SOUGHT.
Miss Hazel Pidgeon, aged 21, have
you forgotten your mother? Anyone
knowing this young woman’s address
is asked to write to her mother, Mrs.
Frank Kruger, P. O. Box 45G, Chassel,
Mich. She has dark hair and eyes,
and a fair complexion, of medium
height. All her mother asks is to hear
from her.
INJUNCTION ISSUED TO STOP
SALE SHIPPING BOARD BOATS
WASHINGTON, April 3.—A tempo
rary injunction against the sale of the
California-Orient Shipping Board ves
sels to the Dollar interests was issued
by the District of Columbia Supreme
Court on petition of the Pacific Mail
Line of San Francisco, which inter
posed many legal objections.
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HALF SOLED
TODAY
Seward Leather
Works.
VESSELS IN PORT
Quite a fleet of halibut boats are
in port today, including the Tina, B.
1 F. M., Omaney, Orient and Orcturous.
These with the Starr and Admiral
Watson, make quite a showing at the
local wharf.
P. J. Murphy, who was hurt some
, time back while employed on the Al
; aska railroad, will be taken outside
Saturday by Mrs. Murphy. Mr. Mur
phy is a brother to the late Jerry C
Murphy.
L. V. Ray returned to Seward yes
terday from Anchorage, where he at
tended the funeral of Jerry Murphy
Mr. Ray announces that he has dis
continued his business affiliations ii.
Anchorage.
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