'Section Two
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 164
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
Nome Natives Find New
Way to Trap White Fox
(Nome Nugget)
Frank Dufresne reports that the
natives in the vicinity of White
Mountain have found a new way to
“fox” a fox.
The hunter instead of using the
slow method of setting a trap and
waiting for the sly animal to step into
it. now steps outs and chases the beast
and gets better results.
The new method requires the hunt
er to be good on skiis and once this
is accomplished he can start out any
time. The man with this pair of
“greased lightning” on his feet sights
a fox and the little quarry takes for
the nearest hilltop at once, keeping a
half-mile or so ahead of the pursuer,
who takes it easy on the climb. Once
the hunter gets to the top of the hill j
it i$ no trick at all to coast down the
slope after his game and overtake
the astonished animal as if on the
wings of the wind.
One thing that makes this manner
of hunting fox easy, according to Mr.
Dufresne, is the fact that the fox is
scared at seeing a man travel at such
a rate of speed and he sometimes
cowers and stops in his traps.
One White Mountain native by the
name of Reuben took 63 foxes in this
^ way during the past season.
BOUND OVER FOR USING KNIFE
Georgie Roberts, who was arrested
Tuesday on a charge of stabbing John
Romanoff, was bound over to the
grand jury at Fairbanks. Miss Rob
erts is alleged to have stabbed Ro
manoff in the back at her house on
Fifth street after the two had quar
reled over money matters. Miss Rob
erts bond was fixed at S1000.
Young people of the piesent do
not know the taste of whisky but a
lot of them are fairly good judges
of moonshine.
Several cities aspire to be the “air
headquarters” of the United States.
Washington is secure in its distinc
tion as hot air headquarters.
A jumbled heading in the Charles
ton News and Courier made it say:
“Three Million Rats Killed in Lon
don. Banquet Season Opens.”
Another thing that accentuates the
Yellow Peril is that it works abou
sixteen hours a day for small wages.
HENRY DE WEISS DEAD
The sad news of the death of our
former townsmaan, Henry De Weiss
at Latouche on Friday evening at 7:15
o’clock was received in Cordova yes
terday afternoon. The funeral took
place on Sunday at the Club Hall, the
service being read by Mr. B. Van
Presly. Interment was made in Wil
son Bay cemetery. Mr. De Weiss was
one of the employes of the Kennecott
Copper Corporation and his death is
mourned by a large circle of friends
at Latouche and Cordova—Cordova
Times.
Gilmore Woman Killed
When Mine Caves In
Fairbanks News Miner
Mrs. Joe Huttala was killed in a
cave-in Thursday afternoon at 1:30
at 5 above at Gilmore when the ground
where she was standing on the edge
of an open cut gave way and she fel
below, completely covered and pinned
down by a mass of dirt and rock.
She had gone to the cut to visit
with her husband who was working
there and had leaned over to hand
him some candy. She stepped back,
away from the cut about three feet,
when the cave-in took place and com
pletely covered her. Her husband,
who was standing within a few feet
was untouched by the falling debris.
The workmen rushed to her assist
ance and in a few minutes had the
dirt removed but her injuries were
such that she passed away within a
few moments.
She is survived by her husband and
a son aged 11 years.
NEW TOUR IS ARRANGED
BY STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Much publicity is being given a
new short tour arranged by the Alas
ka Steamship Company which will
give round trip passengers an oppor
tunity to go into the interior without
missing a boat. The route includes
the Kennecott mines and Keystone
canyon and can be made either from
Valdez or Cordova via Thompson
Pass. It is especially adapted to all
round trippers who do not want to
lay over at the canneries and can be
made for a total of about $65 cover
ing all expenses.
Washington dispatch during the
heat wave said: “President Coolidge
was not perceptibly affected by the
temperature of 97.” It’s fine to have
someone to keep cool with him.
A Good Suggestion
for Town Builders
The Pioneer Improvement com
pany of Dawson is having a number
of signs made to be placed in con
spicuous places in the city to direct
strangers to points of interest. On
King street there are signs leading to
the Moosehide trail, the Dome and the
A. C. trail; and on First avenue and
Church street there will be signs di
recting footsteps to the cabin of Rob
ert Service, the poet of the North.
Members of the committee have been
to the Dome looking over the ground
for the best location for an automo
bile road to the summit, which road
should be a decided attraction to the
tourist and a source of revenue to
car men during the summer months.
NOME DREDGE OPERATING
The Northern Light Dredge on
Ophir Creek is being made ready for
operating by Mr. C. O. Steiner with a
force of men.
League Urges Patronage
of Neighborhood Stores
CHICAGO, June 30. (/P)— Believing
that national prosperity depends upon
local prosperity and that every
town’s progress rests on the develop
ment of its civic and commercial in
terests, the Local Loyalty League,
of America, with headquarters here,
has inaugurated a movement to stim
ulate a hearty trade at home com
munity spirit throut the country.
Twenty nationally known manufac
turers, constituting some of the larg
est newspaper advertisers, have al
ready pledged their cooperation.
Material for the program includes
newspaper editorials and newspaper
advertising, a motion picture produc
tion entitled “My Home Town,” fea
turing a popular juvenile movie star,
esay contests, billboard posters and
radiocasting.
“A community is only as good as
its citizens make it, and business is
the cornerstone on which the com
munity structure stands,” said a
statement. “Business depression,
brought about by buying from mail
order catalagues and peddlers and
frequent shopping visits to big city
stores by the people of any town,
make ‘dead’ towns. We desire to
combat that and develop a trade-at
home spirit.”
join the Chamber of Commerce.
i
Blind Native Woman
Disappears Ft. Yukon
(News Miner)
FAIRANKS—A blind native woman
and her daughter are believed to have
perished in the break-up near Fort
Yukon some time in May.
Word comes to Fairbanks that the
woman and her daughter made a
trip to Seventeen Mile village above
Fort Yukon on the Yukon river early
in May with the intention of visiting
a few days and returning before the
breakup. About three days before the
ice went out they started for their
home and have not been seen since.
After the ice cleared a native arrived
at Fort Yukon from the village in
quiring about them only to learn they
had not been heard from.
A searching party was sent out to
cover the mainland and islands and
look for possible identification marks.
A toque said to have belonged to the
blind woman was found on an island
opposite the village. As this was the
only trace the conclusion seems prob
able that they perished during the
breakup as the water was four to six
inches high over all the country.
FAIRBANKS COUPLE WEDS
Miss Mary Shafer, daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Shafer, was married at
Fairbanks last week to Jonathan Ed
ward Way.
Chemists tell us that man is made
principally of glue, but some we
know never stick to anything long.
With many the greatest farm prob
lem is how to get away from the
farm.
Today
men of judgment
are measuring cities and towns by
their Chambers of Commerce.
In any survey of an American town
or city, it is impossible to name a
live, growing community, which
does not have a virile Chamber of
Commerce that numbers in its
membership every successful busi
ness and professional man and wo
man in the community.
The
Seward [Chamber of Com
merce
welcomes you to the big 4th of July Celebration.
Welcome to Seward
and to "Sylvia’s”
\\ here ICE CREAM, the kind you like, is made daily.
Thirst-quenching soft drinks.
Box and bulk CANDIES of all sorts.
SYLVIA’S
IN THE SEXTON HOTEL BUILDING
A full and beautiful assortment of Alaskan photographs
and curios. Pictures framed. Expert Developing. ’
CALOL
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Cleans
Polishes
Calol Liquid Gloss may be obtain
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sale by first-class dealers every
where. It is unexcelled for qual
ity, convenience and economy in
cleaning and polishing fine fin
ishes, painted floors or walls, li
noleum, automobiles, and for
treating, dusting and polishing
hardwoojl floors,