fiOCAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK
From Monday’s Daily
A radio message picked up here
Saturday night stated that the bunk
house and restaurant at Seldovia,
ovrned by Mrs. F. M. Jensen, was
totally destroyed.
A. R. Allen and wiie, of New Jer
sey, who have been in Seward the
past few days, sailed on one of the
last boats for the States. Mr. and
Mrs. Allen have been making a tour
of Alaska. The aged couple have vis
ited, every country except So. Ameri
ca W d have sailed every sea. He
declared Seward was one of the pret
tiest towns he had yet visited.
Mrs. F. E. Leslie and daughters,
Elsie and Cecil, sailed on the Alaska
for the States, where they will visit
relatives and friends for the next
threfs 'months.
Mr. and Mrs. E. McVeitty, old time
residents of Anchorage, came over on
Saturday’s train and sailed on the
steamship Alaska for California, to
make their future home. Mr. Mc
Veitty disposed of his transfer busi
ness and residence at Anchorage to
P. Peterson. “Mac” came from Nome
to Anchorage in 1915 and was for
merly employed as blacksmith by the
Alaska railroad.
Frank Kempfer, who arrived on the
steamship Alaska, left today for An
chor A^e, where he will look into a
proj^sition for placing the Pathfinder
magazine. He will return to Seward
Wednesday.
Helen Lynch, moving picture star
or the Norman Dawn productions,
sailed on the Alaska for the States.
2va Novak will take her place with
he company now working at Anchor
ige.
One hundred tons of sacked lump
•oal from the Evans Jones mine was
■hipired from Anchorage to Kanatak
>n the gas schooner Olive. The coal
s consigned to Hjalmar Evans, who
onducts a coal yard at Kanatak.
L. O. Nyberg, well known timber
nspector for the Alaska railroad, left
n the Alaska for Wadena, Minn., to
isit his children. He has been giv
n a 60-day lay-off and will enjoy his
rip, the first in seven years.
Jake Hepfinger, well known barber,
ailed for Seattle on the steamship
.laska, w*here he will spe'nd six weeks
isiting. Mr. Hepfinger will return to
ewaMj and enter the barber busi
ess. He has purchased a half inter
st in the shop conducted by Ray
ewis, who will leave for the States
s soon as Mr. Hepfinger returns.
Capt. P. A. Agnew, disbursing agent
>r the Alaska road commission, left
3 yesterday’s train for Anchorage.
J. Casey McDannel, former popular
iterer on the Alaska railroad, is
aking extensive improvements to
s residence in Anchorage, which
hen completed will have four three
om ^.partments.
Jack O’Brien, movie actor, with the
:>rman Dawn company, arrived from
ichorage on Saturday’s train and
iled for Seattle on the Alaska.
Rev. Fr. Turnell, who held services
the local Catholic church yester->
y, returned to Anchorage this morn
Richard Hague, well known here,
iled on the steamer Alaska for the
ites. He has been employed by the
aska railroad.
Hhief.of Police Kavanaugh left to
y for Anchorage.
Chas. Sanders, an old timer of the
Third division, left on today’s train
for the Interior, where he will pros
pect for a few months. Mr. Sanders
and Deputy Marshal Chas. Minor of
Valdez are partners in a blue fox
proposition on Krafton island, near
Latouche, which at present is in care
of Romaine Scott.
Miss Florence C. Kelly, who arriv
ed from the states on a recent boat,
will leave today for Unalaska where
she will teach school the coming win
ter.
Miss Emily Morgan of Wichita,
Kan., a nurse; Miss Ethel Robins of
Redonda Beach, Calif., a teacher, and
Miss Ida Young, boys’ matron, will
leave on the Starr for Unalaska, to
take up work in the Jessie Lee Home
for the winter. Miss Young is from
Stockton, Calif.
Ed Lawson left today for Anchorage
on a short business trip.
Francis Leslie was a passenger for
Tunnel on today’s train.
Mrs. George Colwell and children
left today for Tunnel.
Mrs. Ashton was an Anchorage pas
senger on today’s train.
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nt*mv .L-iiiuquisi was an
passenger today.
John F. Coffey, who arrived on one
of the last boats from the States, left
today for Anchorage. He will return
in about 12 days.
Mrs. C. E. Bunnell and daughter,
Jean, who arrived from the states on
the Alaska, left today for their home
in Fairbanks.
The Eastern Stars will hold their
first meeting tonight after a two
montlis summer vacation. All mem
bers and visitors are welcome.
Henry Lucas, well known guide, re
turned with his hunting party Satur
day. They wrere very successful.
George Schmidt, the popular baker,
will leave on the Northwestern for
the States where he will be united in
marriage to an old childhood sweet
heart leaving Europe in a few days to
join him in Seattle. Mr. Smith is en
tirely renovating the apartments over
the bakery, installing an entire new
heating system, etc.
Supt. Kriker, in charge of the Sims
Carlson projects, left on the train for
Girdwood to look over the company’s
contracts there. He let a new con
tract at Mile 14 yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kane were mar
ried the night before the Alaska sail
ed and are making the round trip on
the steamer on their honeymoon. Mrs.
i Kane is a Seattle girl, Mr. Kane is a
war veteran, with a distinguished --
cord, having received many decora
tions for gallant service.
Mrs. G. E. Jennings and children,
left today for Fairbanks. Mrs. Jen
nings is wife of the agent at the In
terior metropolis.
Game Warden Cotter left on today’s
train for Roosevelt, where he will
take a trip down the lake into the
moose district to see that no viola
tions of the laws occur.
NEWLYWEDS ON ALASKA
R. F. Ragland, of the Bureau of
Public Roads left today for Mile 14.
Major McFarland, formerly with
the T. &. T. department at Anchor
age, who arrived on one of the last
boats, left today for McKinley Park to
take up his duties as supervisor.
Col. J. G. Steese returned to An
chorage yesterday on the freight.
Jack Champlain, Edd Perrelle and
F. Dahlquist, cadestral engineer, re
turned from the interior Saturday
night from the interior, and will sail
on the Starr today for Cold Bay and
Bristol Bay points.
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Miss E. Warner, who has been em
ployed in the store department at
the Alaska railroad offices at Anchor
age, sailed on the Alaska Saturday
night for the States.
C. G. Hubbard spent Sunday in town
returning to the Primrose Mines Cor
poration property today. Mr. Hub
bard states the road crew is doing
good work at Mile IS.
Frank Skeen, locator of the Nuka
bay strike, with a party of four men,
left Seward Saturday for his claims.
Chas. Balhiser, Tom Babcock, J. D.
Andrews and E. W. Bennett went
with him. There are some 65 miners
and prospectors at the scene of the
strike.
Miss Mabel Bartholf of Fairbanks,
was an outgoing passenger on the
Alaska. She will attend university
this winter.
Carl Almy, who has been in Seward
the past few days, left today for An
chorage.
Chas. Nord, boatswain on the steam
er Admiral Evans, is confined to the
General hospital at Cordova suffering
with a broken leg, which he sustain
ed on the ship when a line fastened
to the dock snapped. He is a brother
of Capt. Nord, skipper of the Alaska.
From Tuesday’s Daily
C. M. Clay, superintendent of the
Kadiak Packing Company, of Kodiak,,
Alaska, passed through on the Admir
al Watson, en route to the states. Mr.
Clay reports a good season, and is a
strong convert of the reservation idea.
The crew of the cannery were also on
the Watson.
Louis Anderson, who has been work
ing at the Carlisle cannery in Bering
Sea, passed thru on the Adm. Watson,
on his way to the states. He reports
a most excellent pack. Mr. Anderson
states that he was six weeks on the
road up to the present time.
Harry Madland, representing a Se
attle hardware concern, passed thru
on the Watson.
Peter Peterson is putting an entire
new front in the Mattich build
ing occupied by the Commerce.
Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, who ar
rived on the Alaska, will teach again
at Fairbanks this winter, after at
tending the summer session at the
University of California.
Mr. Leslie Marchand, professor of
French and instructor of English and
former faculty member of the U. of
W. will teach this winter in the Alas
ka Agricultural College and School of
Mines at Fairbanks.
Miss Gertrude Nelson and Miss Em
ma Perelle, both of Juneau, will teach
school at Latouche this season. This
is Miss Perelle’s third term at La
touche.
Miss L. Fisher, a grade teacher in
the Fairbanks schools, passed through
on one of the last boats.
H. C. Hayner, Oscar Neilson, and
Tom Walker left on the Watson for
Seattle.
James Bovard, an old timer of this
section left on the Watson for Hy
der where he will remain for a few
months.
Mrs. Elwyn Swetmann and Miss
Inez Waugh returned on the Admiral
Watson following a vacation trip to
the westward. The ladies were infat
uated with the trip, and report a good
time.
Alex Black, W. E. Mason and R.
Hague were Latouche passengers on
the Admiral Watson.
From Thursday’s Daily
The crew for the U. S. Geodetic Sur
vey left for Anchorage today. They
will come back to Mile 23 Monday and
from there will take the levels of all
the sidings between there and Anchor
age.
E. L. Whittemore was a passenger
for Anchorage on this mornings train.
Harold Painter made a business trip
to Anchorage today.
From Friday’s Daily
Mrs. Robert Lavery, wife of the
well-known Fairbanks resident, arriv
ed last night on the Alameda and
will leave on the next train for her
interior home.
Heavy thunder and lightning were
reported in last night’s storm; an un
usual occurrence in Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Leopold David, and
children arrived on the Alameda and
are guests of the Van Gilder. They
will remain in Seward until Monday
looking after business matters here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Dawson, of
Pendleton, Ore., arrived on the Ala
r
meda on business connected with the
estate of the late Edward Tuerck.
Mrs. Dawson is a daughter of the
deceased.
Howard McGinley, pioneer teacher
in Alaskan schools, has removed from
Kodiak to Post Falls, Idaho. Mr. Mc
Ginley has been teacher of the Kodiak
school for 15 years, and was one of
the most competent of the many
Alaskan teachers. Continued ill health
of Mrs. McGinley made the change
imperative.
C. W. Cheatham, head of the Bu
reau of Public Roads, arrived in Sew
ard on the Alameda this morning,
and will leave soon for Moose Pass,
Girdwood and Hope, where he will
inspect work done by hi3 department
this summer.
NOME AVIATOR MISSING
NOME, Sept. 14.—Aviator Lajotte,
who left Nome Friday for Council has
not arrived at the latter place and
wiien last seen was two miles from
Council heading in the wrong direc-1
tion. It is believed he may have land- j
ed on sandbars in fish river. Lajotte j
came here August 10 with F. H.
Moore and party of gold hunters who ;
are starting a colony hejre. He was i
the first commercial aviator of Nome.!
SEATTLE, Sept. 14—The steamship
Admiral Evans sailed this morning
with 44 passengers, including .10 ex
cursionists. The following are for
[Seward: Mrs. Ethel Reeder, Sadie
Reeder, Charles Fritz and wife, John
Fritz and wife, William Grimm, and
W. B. Snodgrass.
HAS LARGE MEMBERSHIP
Approximately $2000 has been sub
scribed by Anchorage citizens to the
community chamber. The various
committeemen have swept the town
; lor newT members of the Anchorage
[ Chamber. Thirty-five new members
: have been added to the honor roll
and more are joining.
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HEAVY RAINS INTERIOR
Heavy rain has been falling stead
| ily for the past three days at Curry,
! and from Talkeetna to the Broad Pass
! section, causing the streams to rise,
and a number of small surface slides
! to occur on the railroad.
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FIFTY-FIFTY BOS
The grand jury at the Valdez term
of district court now in session, con
sists of 11 women and ll men, as
follows:
Lillian Mickelson, Walter Ives, Mrs.
John Vinquist, of Cordova; Mrs. H. L.
Lein of Anchorage; George Larson of
Eyak; E. J. Tomlinson, of Matanuska;
W. M. Brooks of Seldovia; Charles J.
McMahon of Copper Center; John An_
derson, of Bonanza; W. M. Meals,
foreman; Mrs. W. J. Whalen, Mrs.
Bruce Haines, Mrs. C. H. Wilcox, Mrs.
A. Gravelle, Mrs. S. I. Hemple, Sam
Knudson, J. H. Biggs, A. J. Meals,
Minnie E. Whitley, Annie S. Edwards,
and Ruth A. Bulkley of Valdez, and
Milo Hulbert of Seldovia.
The only indictment up to the time |
the boat left Valdez was a true bill ‘
against Arthur McCallum of Seward, j
on a charge of petit larceny, and he 1
was sentenced to serve 130 days j
in the Federal jail at Valdez. The j
grand jury is now investigating a
murder case from the westward.
In the case of the U. S. vs. Fred
Haef, a motion was filed by the defen
dant to suppress all of the testimony
obtained under a search warrant on
the grounds that the affidavit upon
which the search warrant was issued
did not state facts sufficient to justify
the search. Judge Ritchie granted
the motion which automatically threw
the case out of court.
STEAMSHIP ALAMEDA IN
PORT HI EARLY MR
The steamship Alameda arrived in
port this morning about 1 o’clock and
sailed about 5 for westward points.
The following passengers were listed
for Seward; J. L. Switzer, Peter L.
Williams and wife, W. R. Nelson and
wife, A. R. Marty, Mrs. Sylvia Bristoe,
D. J. Dawson and wife, Mrs. Robert
Lavery, Helen Lavery, Robert Lavery,
Will Lavery, E. F. Erickson, Judge L.
David and wife, Caroline David, John
David. ■
For Latouche—Alex Herd, J. D.
Sheehan, Jas. E. Louttit.
For Anchorage—M. Snell, R. E.
Coursen, W. H. Sellender, Major J. F.
Byron, A. Hertzberg, Mrs. Martha Va
laer, Elmer La Belle.
Round Trip Passengers were John
W. Vanderbilt and wife, R. N. Biddle
man and wife, Mrs. G. W. Kinnair.
DICK RAELSON, MEMBER LEGIS
LATURE PASSES AWAY LAST
SATURDAY
NOME, Alaska, September 10—Eric
‘Dick” Raelson, an Alaskan pioneer,
md member of the last Alaska legis
lature, as Representative from the 2nd
Division, died in a hospital here at
noon Saturday, alter a brief illness.
tle was fifty-five years old, having
been born in Stockholm, Sweden, May
16, 1868. He leaves a wife and two
children who reside in Chicago.
After receiving his education in the
Stockholm public schools and finish
ing with a one-year course in the Uni
versity of Stockholm, Mr. Raelson
came to the United States when a
young man locating in Chicago, where
be was in the retail grocery business
lor many years.
Mr. Raelson came to Alaska in 1S9S
landing at Wrangell and came t«
Nome in 1900. For several years he
was foreman for the Pioneer Mining
company, but of late years has been
employed as manager of the Polet
store here.
He was a member of Igloo No. 1, Al
aska Pioneers, and the funeral will be
conducted by that body. At one time
he served on the Nome city council.
Mr. Raelson had planned to leave
Alaska an the last boat’ this year, to
locate in Los Angeles, where he had
acquired property interests.
FUNERAL TIME BEEN CHANGED
Owing to the arrival of the Alame
da earlier than planned, funeral serv
ices for Mrs. A. F. Davis will be held!
in the M. E. church Sunday morning
at 10 o’clock instead of at 2:00 o’clock
in the afternoon as announced in yes
terday’s paper.
MATSON COMPANY BUYS SHIP
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.—The
Matson Navigation Company announc_
cd the purchase of the steamship
Woonsocket, 9,000 tons, now at Ba
yonne, New Jersey. The freighter
will be put into the Hawaiian-Ameri
can service at once.
NEW RECORD FOR HEIGHT
PARIS, Sept. 14.—Aviator Sadile
conte is believed to have made a new
record for height, the barograph show
Ing 35.220.4S feet.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE
NEW BUIGK
14 DISTINCTIVE MODELS
FOR 1924
ELLSWORTH
BUICK SALES
AND SERVICE
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BRIGHTEST SPOT IN SEWARD