Seward Happenings
LOCAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK
From Monday’s Daily
W. Gustafson arrived In Seward Sat
urday from Canyon creek, where he
has been working with the Canyon
Creek Development Co. He reports
the company making good progress in
Its work.
Mrs. Bishop arrived in town Satur
day, from her fox ranch on Russian
River. She is a guest of the Sexton.
Judge E. E. Ritchie was a passen
ger for Seward on the Northwestern.
He recently returned to Valdez on the
Evans. following a winter spent in the
States! Mr. Ritchie left for Anchor
age on this morning’s train and will
return Saturday. While here he held
a short term of court in chambers.
George F. Forrest, representing the
Pelton water wheer products and the
Standard motors, arrived on the last
boat and left today for Anchorage.
J. W. Gucker, a Juneau commercial
man, arrived on the Northwestern
and left today for the Interior.
Mrs. Bertha Groff, a ladies haber
dasher at Fairbanks, was a guest of
the Hotel Seward over Sunday.
Nick Meckem and Park A. Reed,
who have been trapping the past two
years in the Klutena and Tousina dis
trict, arrived from Valdez on the
steamship Northwestern, and left on
today’s train for the Kantishna and
upper Kuskokwim, where they will
look over the country preparatory to
running a trap line this winter. Mr.
Meckem has been in the Territory 23
veare, being one of the survivors of
the Mary Gilbert. Deputy Marshal
Frank Hoffman was a passenger to
Alaska on the same boat.
Miss Leonre Martin, former teacher
in the Seward schools, and Miss Hen
rietta Walker, who has been spending
the past six months in Seward^ left
Saturday on a walking trip to Fair
banks, from which point they will
come out over the Richardson road to
Valdez. The young ladies spent Sun
day at Robert Michaelson’s place near
Moose Pass.
U. S. Marshal G. B. Stevens of the
Fourth division, with R. Brooks as
guard and Mrs. Helen M. Lynch and
Mrs. B. Cascaden, as matrons, took
out a party of seven prosiners and in
sane on the Northwestern.
The Misses Orma Finley and Ruth
Johnson teachers in the Seward
schools the past term, left on the
Northwestern for their homes in the
States, where they will visit relatives,
returning to Seward in the fall.
Bernard M. Stone left on today’s
train for Anchorage, where he will
secure employment.
Thos. Dwyer was an outgoing pas
senger to Anchorage on this morn
ing's train.
Robt. Manthey left on today’s train
for Anchorage.
Wm. McPhee an old timer in this
district and former poslmaster at
Anchorage, will leave on the Starr for
Kanatak, where he is interested with
Chas. Madsen.
Frank Caroway left this morning
for Mile 52.
C. C. Hinde, cashier for the Bank
of Seward, arrived on Saturday’s train
from Anchorage, and has taken up his
duties in the bank, succeeding H. E.
Wilson, who will leave on one of the
next boat sfor Kelso.
The Bureau of Public Roads sent
four men out on this morning’s train
to the Moose Pass camp.
Ed Connors and wife left on t< Jay’s
train for Anchorage.
Capt. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Parsons
left on the Northwestern for Valdez.
They were accompanied by Major J.
Walling. Capt. Parsons and wife ac
companied the congresisonal party to
Fairbanks and return.
Mrs. Mabel R. Short left on the
Northwestern for Juneau. Mrs. Short
was a teacher in the Seward schools.
L. H. Carvey and L. Levensaler left
on the Northwestern for Seattle. Both
are well known mining experts.
A. H. Dunham, who has been com
ing to Alaska for the past twenty
years, arrived on the Northwestern,
and will leave tonight on the Starr
for a round trip to far westward.
Mrs. Selma M. Scott, court stenog
rapher, arrived on the Northwestern,
and left for Anchorage on today’s
train.
Don Fassino arrived on the North
western and has taken a position as
cook for the San Juan.
Mrs. Helmer Johnson and two chil
dren arrived on the Northwestern and
will leave for their home in the Inte
rior.
E. M. McPhee, an oldtimer of this
section will be a passenger to Kana
tak on the Starr.
Z. J. Halferty, postmaster and old
timer of Kodiak, will leave tonight on
the Starr for his island home.
Frank Slater, a representative of
the cannery board, of San Francisco,
arrived on the last boa- and will
leave on the Starr tonight for Nusha
gak.
Deputy Clerk of the Court Win. II.
Whittlesey will leave tonight on the
Starr for westward points on business
connected with court matters. He
will go as far as Unaiaska.
Mrs. S. M. Graff, wife of the genial
manager of the Seward Light and
Power Co., who has been in the States
for several months past, returned on
the Northwestern.
J. H. Graff and wife arrived on the
steamship Northwestern and will visit
his parents in Seward for a few weeks
The steamer Starr will make a spe
clal trip to Kanatak, carrying passen
gers and freight, about July first. She
is expected to return from her present
trip to Bristol Bay about June 2S.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. borwin arrived
on the Northwestern and will leave
tonight on the Starr tor Unaiaska.
where Rev. Dorwin will have charge
of the Jessie Lee home.
Frank Murphy left this morning for
Anchorage where he will give the In
terior city a little Buick service and
look after several repair jobs. He will
return in about a week.
Roy Rogers> a round tripped on the
Northwestern, is making a side trip 10
Uyak.
Chas. W. Brown, member of the
firm of Brown & Hawkins of Seward
and Anchorage, arrived on Saturday
night’s train and left this morning for
his interior home.
Representative E. M. Polley, of Sit
ka, Territorial tax collector, arrived
on the Northwestern and will leave
tonight for Bristol Bay where he will
collect the school tax for the terri
tory.
John E. Ballaine, who was one of
the locators of the Seward townsite;
the Alaska Northern and the man who
started the Gateway back in 1904, ar
rived in Seward on the Northwestern
and is greeting old friends.
City Attorney H. L. Smith returned
on the Northwestern from a business
trip to Valdez.
John Nash, the veteran old timer
from across the bay is in town receiv
ing medical treatment. While here
he is a guest of the Hotel Sexton. He
was brough to town by Pete Ander
son.
Mrs. C. L. Cook, wife of the well
known sheet metal worker of the Ta
nana district, arrived on the North
western.
Mrs. Guy B. Bergman, wife of the
well known pilot on the government
Yukon steamer Jacobs, and Mrs. W.
H. Bergman, wife of the captain of
the same boat, arrived on the North
western on their way to Tanana.
Mrs. E. A. Eggersgluess and chil
dren, arrived from the states on the
Northwestern and left for their home
in Anchorage, where her husband is
a commission employe.
John G. Brady, of the forestry ser
vice, recently completed the survey of
a pack trail from Mile 6 to Paradise
Valley, the estimated cost of which
will be about $300 per mile. Mr.
Brady has recommended that the road
be built.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Carrie Suits
will leave on the Starr tonight for
Uganik.
From Tuesday’s Daily
Ed Crawford’s new Studebaker Six
is expected to arrive on one of the
next boats.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Clark and two
children are registered at the Hotel
Van Gilder, awaiting a train to the in
terior. They arrived on the North
western.
Ed Kennedy returned on the last
train from a business trip to Anchor
age.
The steamship Starr sailed last
night with a number of passengers
and a large freight cargo for west
ward points. Three hundred and sev
enty-five sacks of mail were part of
the shipment^ all handled by Postmas
ter Root and two assistants.
From Thursday's Daily
Capt. Boyd, army dental surgeon,
and assistant, arrived on one of the
last boats and left on today's train
for Anchorage, where he will inspect
the molars of the boys at the bar
racks.
Mrs. Anton Eide and daughter, left
today for Anchorage, to be gone until
Saturday.
Mrs. Jack Renner and F. R. Lubbe,
left on the Watson for Seldovia.
Mrs. H. DuMarce, who has been
visiting relatives in Seward, returned
to her home in Valdez.
Mrs. C. Anderson and child left on
the Admiral Watson for their home
in Kodiak. ,
Nick Kaikema, a well known opera
tor and business man of Alaska, has
bought the Jewel Mining Company
property at Girdwood, which was sold
at public sale under foreclosecure of
a lien.
Louis G. Belter^ of Cordova, left on
a recent boat for Cordova, where he
is employed.
Dr. Gayne V. Gregory will leave Se
attle June 23 on his way to Anchor
age. He will stop off a few days at
Ketchikan to serve on the dental ex
amining board, and should come thru
Seward the first week in July.
E. Olson, an Anchorage resident, is
registered at the Sexton.
Paul Barnes^ a commercial man, ar
rived on the Watson. He is a repre
sentative of M. Seller & Co.
C. M. Sharpe, representing the
Schwabacher Hdw. Co., of Seattle is
in town.
Mrs. N. Robertson of Fairbanks is
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
Mrs. W. W. Flynn, who has been
visiting in Seward for the past few
days returned to her home at Mile 23
on this morning’s train. Mrs. Flynn
is wife of the section foreman at that
place.
C. M. Burroughs and wife, register
ing from McCarthy.
John S Adams, who arrived on last
night’s boat from Seattle, left today
for Anchorage.
Huie Goodell, one of the prominent
old timers of the Third division, who
has been identified with numerous
mining propositions from Valdez to
Willow Creek, registered in from An
chorage and will be a guest of the
Hotel Sexton until Monday.
The U. S. radio steamship Gold
Staiy now in port, is a much larger
vessel than the transport Cambrai.
The Gold Star is over 400 feet long,
56 feet beam, and draws about 28 feet
of water loaded. She is 8,800 tons,
whereas the Cambrai was but 7,500
tons. The Gold Star carries a crew
150 men, a fine bunch of American
boy. The Cambrai crew was Filipi
nos.
J. Kelliher, an old timer of the
Kougarok district, who has been in
Alaska since 1897, was an arrival on
the Watson, leaving today for the in
terior.
W. W. Douglas, of Little Rock, Ark.,
was a guest of the Van Gilder.
Mrs. Jane Balderston and Miss Eliz
abeth Balderston, tourists arriving on
the Admiral Watson, were guests at
the Van Gilder last evening, and left
on today’s train for Anchorage where
they will join the Watson for the
trip west.
The Ellsworth Buick Sales and Ser
vice received one of the finest seven
passenger Buick cars ever shown in
the city. The new arrival came in on
the Watson.
H. S. Balderston, who has been in
Seward for the past week looking aft
er affairs at the Bank of Seward^ left
this morning on his return to Anchor
age.
PROPERTIES IMPROVED
Many property owners are fixing up
in readiness for the presidential par
ty. Among the latest are J. L. Graef,
whose store is being given a coat of
paint by A. Ericson, and Brown &
Hawkins Corporation, whose triple
store front is being painted by F. B.
Moore.
Attorney L. V. Ray left on today’s
train for Anchorage, where he will at
tend a short term of court. He will
return Saturday.
From Friday’s Daily
Miss Selma Scott, court stenogra
pher, will be an Incoming passenger
on tomorrow’s train, en route to Val
dez.
J. H. Nelson, a son of John Nelson,
manager of the city water works, ar
rived on the Admiral Watson and will
visit his father for the summer.
Prof. Goodskey and wife will leave
tomorrow for the bosky dells In the
vicinity of Lake Kenai and Lake Grant
where they will spend the summer.
While at Roosevelt they will be the
guests of Mrs. Roycroft.
Judge Ritchie will return from An
chorage tomorrow night, where he has
been holding a short term of court,
and will take the Alaska for Valdez.
The Gold Star left at 2:30 today
en route for Cordova, where she will
unload supplies for the radio station
and leave Machinist Cook and wife.
Fred Miller and family will move
soon into the new home on Third
street, recently purchased by Mr. Mil
ler from Chas. Benson.
A1 Davis brought back a hen and
a flock of young turkeys with him
from California, and will raise his
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners
right in Seward.
Independence Day. Wednesday,
July 4th, 1923, will be observed as a
holiday at headquarters and as far as
practicable in the field by the Engi
neering Commission.
Hamilton Graff, of Portland, Ore
gon, who has been visiting the past
week with his father, S. M. Graff, will
leave tomorrow on the Alaska on his
return to Portland, where business
matters call him. Mrs. Graff will re
main for a month or so longer.
The Kodiak Island Fishing & Pack
ing company will ship one thousand
cases of red salmon outside on the
Admiral Watson, the first large ship
ment of the season. Fish are striking
in better at the present time, fisher
men catching from 500 to 600 per
night.
FAIRBANKS PARTY DELAYED
Mr. J. A. Clark, wife and children,
of Fairbanks, who arrived on the
Northwestern en route to Fairbanks,
will take the Alaska back to Cordova
and go via Chitina and the stage lines
to their destination. The trip will be
a long and arduous one for Mr. Clark
and family, there being six in his par
ty. Other passengers destined for
Fairbanks will leave Seward for Cor
dova.
NEW GAS TANK INSTALLED
The Seward Machine Shops will
complete installation of lt3 new gas
tank and pump, for auto service some
time today, Manager Lechner reports.
THE ORMA GOES ADRIFT
Howard Long’s new gas boat fouled
her anchor last night and went adrift
fetching up near Spruce creek. The
vessel was undamaged.
CANNERY BUSY
The Kodiak Island Fishing and
Packing Company are busily engaged
in packing fish a fair-sized run hav
ing set in. This company puts up the
finest brand of fish ever produced in
Alaska; the pack being fresh and
the fish firm and clean.
BROOKLYN EAGLE PARTY
BE IN SEWARD THREE HOURS
The Brooklyn Eagle party of sev
enty members will arrive some time
next month, and will be in port about
three hours, taking train to Fairbanks.
The wrote the secretary of the local
chamber asking what the cost would
be to take the party over the Kenal
lake road and around the city by
auto. The chamber will arrange to
have autos convey the party without
charge.
MARINERS KICKING
Mariners are still voicing ocm
plaints about being unable to reach
the local float to load supplies. It is
stated that vessels tie up to the float
for weeks at a time instead of an
chorage in the stream. The council
recently took cognizance of the mat
ter but no action has been taken.
B. F. M. ARRIVES IN PORT
The B. F. M., formerly owned by the
Granite Mine, arrived in port last
night from the halibut banks. The
B. F. M. is now owned by Henry Tho
dy of Seward.
SEWAHO RESIDENT HOME
FROM GJILIFORNIIITDIP
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Davis, and two
children returned on the Northwestern
from a trip to California, Mrs. Davis
having spent the past two years. Mr.
Davis stated that he had a most de
lightful trip, the family automobiling
from Fullerton, where Mrs. Davis and
children were living, to Tia Juana
Mexico, where they took In the races,
thence to Long Beach, Los Angeles,
San Jose, San Francisco, and north to
Seattle, the trip taking three weeks,
and proving most delightful. Mr. and
Mrs. Davis visited Catalina Islands,
and other points of Interest. They
crossed over the mountains by way of
Coalinga, and took a trip Into the dis
trict around Hollister, where Mr. Da
vis formerly lived; they doubled back
via San Jone and ’Frisco. At Sissons
the party camped for a time on top of
the mountains, enjoying the scenery.
Mr. Davis stated that while in Cal
ifornia he Saw Claude (Key) Mathl
son who is In the real estate business
with Wm. Henry, an old time Seward
resident. He also saw also Taylor
and wife (Bernice Daken) formerly of
Seward. He stated that Chas. Wams
ley, who used to run the Branch here
was runing a saloon in Tia Juana.
Mr. Davis brought back his Stude
baker Special Six with him.
SHIPMENT OF STARS COMING
Brown & Hawkins Corporation an
nounce that a shipment of five of the
popular priced Star cars are on their
way to Seward. The shipment com
prises three touring cars, one road
ster and one sedan. Practically all
of these cars have been sold here.
ANTON El DE IMPROVING
Telephonic advices from Anchorage
say that Anton Eide is improving very
rapidly and will be able to be about
within a short time. Mrs. Eide and
daughter will leave this week to make
their home in Anchorage, Mr. Eide,
superintendent of this district for the
Alaska Road and Engineering Com
mission, having been stationed at An
chorage, with other heads of the de
partment.
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