Local Items of the Week
Wm. Manthey left on todays train
for Woodrow.
Harry Revelle, boatman on Lake
Kenai lelt today lor Mile 23.
The posioffice at Mile 23. forme) ly
called Roosevelt, vrill be changed to
Lawing, in order net to conflict with
the new office of that name in the
Kantishna. A petition to this effect
has gone into the postoffice depart
ment.
Fred Martin spent Sunday in Sew_
aid, returning to Hunter today.'
Mrs. Culbertson, a mother to Mrs.
Harold Painter, left on today’s train
for Anchorage.
J. F. Keller, a prominent operator
of Flat, is a Seward visitor.
F. C. Hall of Nushagak, who has
taken over the Mittendorff trading
post, is a guest of the Sexton.
\\ m. Corev, of Anchorage, a mem
ber of the Flanders party, who left
lecently tor Kasiloff lake, was in
town over Sunday.
Chas. Olson and F. C. Irwin, Fair
banks residents, are guests of the
Overland
Adolph Engstrom, a Moose creek
resident, was in town over Sunday.
B. G. Lewis, of San Francisco, rep
resenting the Hammond interests at
Fairbanks, is an outgoing passenger
on the Northwestern
Mrs. H. C. Cavanaugh of Anchor
age, left on the steamship Northwest
ern for the States, with the body of
Mr. Kavanaugh, who was killed last
week at Anchorage by Nicolai, a Tal
keetna Indian.
Douglas Clemens was an outgoing
passenger on today’s train for Wood
row
Mr. J. M. Collins, a member of the
Evan Jones Coal company is in Sew
ard today on his way to the States,
on a short business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McDonald ol
Anchorage are on their way to the
States on a combined business and
pleasure trip. They will go as far as
California.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Stewart, of Lon
don England, are registered at the
Hotel Van Gilder, on their way from
Dawson to the States.
S. Bunos of Anchorage was an out
going passenger on the Northwestern
last night en route for Seattle.
I. T. Harstead, an Anchorage assav
er and engineer, took passage on the
Northwestern for Seattle.
Capt. Jack Finnegan of the Cold
Bay oil district, was a Seward visitor
over Sunday. He will leave on the
Starr for Kanatak to look after nis
extensive interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McDonald who
left for Seattle last night on the
Northwestern, are en route to Seat
tle, where Mrs. McDonald will go on
to San Diego for several months’ vis
it, while Mr. McDonald will return on
one of the next Doa's.
D. B. Rose and w’te of Ancohrag4
have engaged reservations on th«
steamship Alaska. Mr. Rose until re
| eently was assistant transportatioc
superintendent for the Alaska rail,
way.
“Big Mike” Sullivan of Cordova who
recently was assigned to special work
on the Alaska railroad has gone to
Nenana and Fairbanks.
Mrs. Ed Crawford and son Bennie,
will leave on the steamship Alaska on
a visit to the states, where she goes
to consult a specialist as to her state
of health.
W. B. Lawing, of Lawing postoffice,
Mile 23, arrived in town today and
is renewing acquaintances.
William Morrison a mill man of
the Wasilla district, left last night
for Seattle.
A Seward boy had a close shave
last night wrhen his sled ran into a
dog, but his father had a close shave
. at the O. K. Barber Shop. tf
The young son ol Mrs. Xa'herine
| Sehu'tz, little Bil ; , who has been se
j ri u iy ill for several dots *»i;h
pneumonia, hase safely passed the cri
tical stage and is now believed to be
on the road to recovery. The young
fellow has been under the care of Dr.
W. P. Dingle, at Anchorage.
Mrs. A. J. Wendler and daughter,
Clarice are planning a trip to the
States, and wil leave Anchorage pro
bably Saturday to be gone about
three months. Part of the time will
be spent with Mrs. Wendler’s other
daughter, Myrtle, who is attending
the university of Oregon.
P. H. Fitzgerald, foreman painter
for the Alaska railroad, will be an out
' going passenger Saturday for the
: States, accompanied by Mrs. Fitzger
! aid.
Carl Lottsfeldt, of the road commis
I sion, recently transferred from the
Anchorage to the Fairbanks office,
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Two Passenger Roadster 1275
Five Passenger Sedan . 2095
Five Passenger Double
Service Sedan . . . 1695
Seven Passenger Touring 1565
Seven Passenger Sedan . 2285
Roadster.$1675
Four Passenger Sport
Touring.1725
Brougham Sedan . . . 2235
Four Passenger Coupe . 1995
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Two Passenger Roadster 935 Four Passenger Coupe . 1395
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will pass through the city Saturday,
en route to Seattle. Mr. Lottsfeldt
is on two months’ leave of absence.
Arthur Liljestrand of the Bolte
hardware store expects to leave Sat
urday for a vacation trip outside. He
will stop over in Ketchikan to visit
relatives and expects to return here
to Anchorage in the spring.
Mrs. Leopold David is reported se
riously ill at her home in Anchorage,
suffering from the flu. Her daughter
Caroline, is just recovering from the
epidemic.
Norman Dawn will return in the
Spring in time to film the break-up of
the Tanana river.
Frank Slavin, writing the Dawson
News from Coal Creek, near Circle,
says there never were so many moose
and caribou in the hills as this year.
Gene Allen, at one time owner of
the Dawson Nugget, and who later es
tablished a paper at Teller, is now
living at Wallace, Idaho. It is report
ed that he has a lease on the old
Mammoth mine in that vicinity.
Bill Anstett of Dawson, has raised
a flock of 25 turkeys this year, all of
them fine birds.
About twenty men are wintering in
the Chandlar this season
W. W. Flynn left on this morning's
train for Lakeview.
W. B. Lawing was an outgoing pas
senger on today’s train for Lawing,
Mile 23.
Thomas Riley left on today’s train
for Anchorage.
Mr and Mrs. Mel Holben will leave
on the steamship Alaska on a short
business trip to Seattle and other Pa
cific coast towns, it is reported. Mr,
Holben is the popular proprietor ot
the Sew-ard Grill.
Several car loads of coal arrived or
the last freight from the Interior.
J. J Chisholm representing the
West Coast Grocery Co., of Tacoma
I will arrive on Saturday’s train on his
| way to the States.
FLU EPIDEMIC IN ANCHORAGE
Anchorage papers report at least at
hundred persons ill with the influenza
with physicians on duty day anc
night. The epidemic is ascribed tc
! recent sudden changes in weather.
Robert Romig to Wed
Mrs. Louise Hegg
“I'll come back in double harness!’
This was “Cob” Romig’s parting
sally to a group of friends who wen
at tlie railroad depot yesterday to set
him off for Fairbanks. It was noted
that Mrs. Louise Hegg, a popular An
chorage girl, also was on the train
and according to their plans, Mrs.
Hegg wil lbeeome Mrs. Robert H. Ro
mig in Fairbanks. It is understood
the ceremony will be performed by
the Rev. H H. Chapman, rector of the
Episcopal church in Fairbanks.
The bride is head of the ladies’
ready-to-wear department in Gordon’s
store in Anchorage and has a host of
friends who will be waiting to extend
congratulations upon her return here
next week. Mrs. Hegg came to Anch
orage from Cordova where she form
erly resided.
Mr. Romig is one of the city’s sub
stantial young residents and is engag
ed in the real estate and general in
surance business. He is the son of
Dr. J. H. Romig of Fairbanks. Dr. Ro
mig and a younger son also were on
the train and were returning to Fair,
banks
pWHERE THE PELLY RIVER
RIPPLES 'NEATH THE ICE
„ The following description of what
is only an incident of life in the in
terior appeared in a late issue of the
Dawson Daily News:
Chilled to the morrow in the icy wa
ters of the Pelly River, all hope of res.
cue of escape abandored and still live
to tell of it was the awful experience
of Frank Chapman, one of dio owners
of the Pelly river .unch
Thursday afternoon, Chapman drove
his fine four-horse team from his
ranch down to the Pelly River road
house to have the horses clipped in
preparation for a trip to Dawson with
a load of the f n ous Pelly Rivei be*'-!.
It was alter dark when he started
back for his home, alone, driving on
the Pelly River ice. When about half
a mile from the roadhouse the team
dropped through the ice, and Chap
man crawled out of seven feet of wa
ter by getting on the backs of the
plunging horses. The horses were
rescued after being in the water four
hours, one of them dying from the ex
posure. The escape of both man and
horses is considered miraculous.
Mrs. Wm. Lawing of Mile 23, was
in Seward over Sunday, returning to
her home this morning. Mrs. Lawing
states that she has recently installed
two new boats on the lake, one a 30
foot express-cruiser, with 35 horse
power motor, formerly owned by Col.
Mears, and the other a smaller boat,
with heavy duty motor, for special
runs. A limiting lodge of logs will
be constructed at Mile 23, for the ac_
commodation of tourists and others.
This building will have wide veran
das and be two stories in height. A
! large building for fishermen and hunt
J ers will be built on Skilak lake, by
! Mr. and Mrs. Lawing, and the river
i channel cleared of obstructions to al
low light draft boat to make the run
between the lakes. This will be a
great accommodation to hunting par
ties, tourists and fishermen, as Skilak
'lake is in the heart of the big game
| district with the finest fishing in the
world. It is figured that the run can
be easily made with a 20-mile boat,
as soon as a few obstructions are
cleared out of the river
Considerable work has been done at
the headquarters of Mr. and Mrs. Law
ing at Mile 23, and by the beginning
of the tourist season all will be ready
to handle the crowds expected.
STARR ARRIVE HERE ON 16TH
The steamship Starr which will
sail from Seattle on January 10th,
will reach Seward about the 16th leav
ing shortly shortly thereafter for the
westward.
LOCAL MAN GETS TWO MOOSE
Dr. O. A. Braafladt who returned
Saturday from a hunting trip to lower
Kenai, reports killing two moose a
short time after Christmas. The ani_
mals were killed the first day’s hunt,
and brought as far as Mule point and
cached. Dr Braafladt reports seeing
a large number of moose on the trip
| He reports the lake frozen with ice
; eight inches thick as far as Mule
point, the ice being excellent for skat
ing purposes.
“BIG DAN" DEAD
j “Big Dan” McGillivary, one of the
best known old timers of the North,
died recently in San Franeisoc and
was buried there last week. "Bis
Dan” made his pile in Dawson and
later engaged in mining near Fair
banks. He had resided in Fairbanks
for several years.
POPULAR CIVIL ENGINEER
MARRIED IN ANCHORAGE
The Anchorage Times states that
I a quiet but pretty wedding was sol
j emnized this week at the Presbyterian
j manse at Anchorage when Miss
j Claire Isaacson, daughter of Mrs. M.
j Isaacson, became the bride of John T.
Elliott, popular civil engineer for the
bureau of public roads, well known in
Seward. The ceremony was perform
j ed by the Rev. Claude G. Denton, pas
I tor of the Presbyterian church, in the
| presence of Mrs. Isaacson, Mrs. Leo
I Speybrook, a sister to the bride, and
Leo Speybrook, former Sewardite.
The bride is well known in An
| chorage, having been employed in the
dental offices of Dr. H. A. Blythe, as
dental nurse, while the groom is one
of the best known officials of the bu
! veau of public roads, who has spent
j the summer in and around Anchor
;age.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott will arrive in
| Seward on Saturday’s train en route
to Juneau where they will reside un
til next spring.
DOLLAR DAY COMING SOON
A number of Seward merchants
have contracted with the Gateway for
a broadside of two pages to be run
Saturday, January 19, announcing a
Dollar Sale. This edition will be run
in time to catch the Star for the west
! ward to give mail order patrons an
j opportunity to trade with Seward.
There will be some genuine bar
! gains offered. It will surprise you
| what can be sold for a dollar, and the
list will comprise pictures to soup,
cement to coal. All copy should be in
not later than Monday to insure a
good set-up
J. L. WALLER PRESIDENT
OF ANCHORAGE IGLOO NO. 15
J. L. Waller was elected president
of Anchorage Igloo No. 15, Pioneers
of Alaska recently. Mr. Waller at the
present time is a passenger on the
steamer Alaska, on his way from Se
attle to Seward, and will be installed
upon his arrival.
C. R. Booth, a popular member of
the Igloo, was installed as secretary.
Following the installation ceremo
nies a sourdough dinner was given
the assembled members.
Bill to Elect Governor
Will Be Introduced
A bill to amend the Merchant Mai_
ine Act of 1920, by removing the dis
criminatory clause against . Alaska,
one to provide for the election of a
Governor by the people of the Terri
tory, and resolutions Introduced for
an investigation by Congress of the Al
askan Fisheries situation, are among
the most interesting matters to the
people of Alaska which are to come up
before the Attorney-General John
Rustgard, who returned the other day
from a two-months’ trip to Washing
ton. While his visit included an ap
pearance before the Supreme Court
for the Territory, much of his time
was spent in investigating trausporta.
tion matters and in an effort to upset
the fisheries reservations policy of the
Administration.
MISS HALEY APPOINTED
TOURIST AGENT ALASKA RY.
Miss Dorothy Haley this morning
assumed her duties as tourist agent
for the Alaska railroad, a new posi
tion recently made by order of Col.
Landis. Miss Haley will remain in
Anchorage a few weeks preparing
data and will then establish head
quarters in Juneau where she will in
terview all travelers to the Yukon
district.
E. L. WHITTEMORE LEAVES
ON VISIT TO SAN DIEGO
E L. Whittemore, former hotel man
of Seward and one of the best known
men in Alaska, left on the Northwest
ern last night for San Diego, Califor
nia, where he will visit with his son.
who is in the auto business. He wil.
return north some time in the spring
At the present time Mr. Whittemore
is interested in the Northern with
Mr. Chas. Benson.
LARGE TONAAGE CARRIED BY
RAILROAD DURING PAST YEAR
It is estimated from the amount ol
tonnage carried over the Alaska rail
road during the last year that the
earnings of the road increased approx
imatelv 36 per cent. Ten thousand
tons of ore from Mayo were carried
over the road.
CORDOVAN BUYS RESTAURANT
W. P. Phinn, an old timer from
Cordova, recently purchased the Ar
cade resetaurant in Ketchikan.
ANCHORAGE MAN GIVEN
RIGHT SELL EVAN JONES COAL
The Evan Jones coal company oper
ating at Jonesville has given the ex
elusive Anchorage agency to Alfret
Eenson of the Alaska transfer.
FAIRBANKS WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Joseph Henderson, wife of £
mining operator at Ester, died Iasi
week following a stroke of apoplexy
Mrs. Henderson was stricken soon
after eating New Year’s dinner.
PROMINENT MERCHANT OF
IDITAROD VISITS SEWARD
Sam Applebaumm former rnanaget
of the Palmer & Field stores at C’en
ry in the boom day3 or’ the camps, and
(later of Fairbanks an I the lditarod.
Is a Seward visitor on his way to the
States, which he has net visited for
nearly two score years Mr. Apple
\ baum is now one of th? leading busi
ness men and bankers of lditarod
■He will viist the principal Pacific
coast cities and return to the Interior
before the break-up.
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED
ON MONDAY EVENING
Two of the most popular of Anchor
age’s younget set were united in mar
riage Monday evening of last week,
at 6:30 at the Episcopal manse, when
Miss Jeanette Nieminen became the
bride of Mr. George F. Mumford. The
officiate at the ceremony was the Rev
erend Burdette Dandsdowne.
The bride has lived in Anchorage
for the past two years and the groom
has been there for a year and a half.
Mrs. Mumford is cashier in the local
branch of the Bank of Alaska, and
her husband is employed as assistanr
in the same bank, resigning from the
staff of the Alaska railroad to accept
the position a month ago.
The bride was beautiful in a dainty
gown of light b’ue taffeta and carried
; a bouquet of pink bride’s roses and lil
ies of the valley She was attended by
Miss Lois Price who wore a dress o*'
coral crepe de chine, w’hich went wei
with a bouquet of red bride’s roses.
BILLIE SCHULTZ ILL
"Billy,'’ the six year old son ot Mrs.
Katherine Sc-hultze, is seriously i!I
; with pneumonia at Anchorage, and
fis under care of Capt. \V P. Dingle
i army surgeon. On Saturday the boy
I had a high fever an l was in a danger.
Sous condition. “Billy’’ is well knowc.
in Seward, where nis mother resides
at times.
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GAME CLUB BE ORGANIZED
Dr. O. A. Braafladt, Prof. J. A
Goodskey and other prominent sports
men are talking of organizing a gam
club for this district, the object beine
to seek several changes in the local
game law’s. It is stated that traps will
be purchased and weekly gun club
shoots held this summer.
Peter Boudreau of Anchorage is re
ported to be seriously ill of pneumo
nia.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name of Gagnon & Dahl, pr. -
prielors of the Hotel Seward, is here
by dissolved by mutual consent, Mr,
Oscar Dahl will collect all indebted
ness due said firm and be responsible
| for all bills contracted.
Seward, Alaska, Dec. 26, 1923.
WM. C. GAGNON.
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