FUNERAL THOS. KEflTLEY
The funeral of Thomas Keatley
who died Saturday night of compli
rated stomach trouble, was held this
afternoon, murment taking place ii
the local cemcteiy. A number o
friends of the deceased attended tin
burial services. A fund of $20 wai
subscribed by friends and acqpain
tances for the purpose of providing t
burial lot and for taking care of tin
same.
SEWARD SCHOOL TEAM
WINS RIFLE MATCI
The Seward School rifle team de
feated the Sitka school rifle team it
the competitive shoot held recently
The Seward team composed of Wil
lis Perry, Joe Estes and Willis Cor
son, making 268 points out of a pos
sible 300, and th eSitka team 267
The Seward team has been dial
lenged by the Lalteview team, con
sisting of Andy Simons, Harry am
Buster Kevelle, the shoot to be hell
in tin1 near future.
Winchester targets will be usei
and the disatnce is 50 feet offhancu
PERMIT GRANTED FOR
TECKLENBURG BUILDING
City Clerk Whittlesey today grant
ed Charles Tecklenburg a permit tc
excavate for a building 60 feet by T
feet on the corner of Fourth ant
Adams street. Work will be startei
as soon as the present cold spell i:
over.
The building will be a two stop
concrete structure, with storeroom:
on the first floor.
ADMIRAL WATSON SAILS
FOR SOUTHERN PORTS
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port Saturday night sailint
south bound two hours later. Pas
sengers arriving at Seward were J
M. Collins and one steerage. Thos<
leaving for the south were:
For Latouche—Babe Smith, J. J
Brown, Ben Zendame, Geo. Riley, W
Oolich.
For Valdez—H. P. Sullivan, E. E
Ritchie, D. B. Chace, E. E. Chambei
lin.
For Cordova—Miss Wiunifred Ga\
low, Mrs. A. F. McFadden, Thoina
Maher, W. T. Lopp, Ben Sassof, M
B. McMahon, Chas. Nelson, L. S. Col
fin, John Wilson, H. B. Madland, A
Gigloi, Glen Carrington, C. M
Sharpe.
For Juneau—M. C. Edwards, Haw
ley W. Sterling, John McKeon.
For Seattle—J. Holmgren, Waite
Ester, John Bortica, E. J. Westei
laughter, B. J. Borrowski, L. L
berg, Capt. W. P. Dingle, wife am
Knickerbocker, Winnifred Wilson, am
three steerage.
Father Has Not Seen
Daughter for 26 Year:
Miss Marion Flower, daughter o
John II. Flower, will arrive on ttr
Alameda from Los Gatos, Calif. Mis
Flower, who is a professional nurse
has not seen her father for 26 years
She will remain here this summer.
MUCH BUiLDING PLANNED
IN SEWARD THIS SEASOI
A building program of considerabl
extent is planned for Seward thi
spring, the budget running well u;
to the $200,000 mark. Among thos
contemplating erecting new structure
are:
Charles Benson, two story busines
block of concrete.
Charles Tecklenburg and Gus Boi
gen, 60x100 two story concrete build
ing; permit issued.
Peter M. Ogle, concrete garage, 5
by 90; permit issued, work started.
H. E. Ellsworth, concrete garag€
H. V. Hoben, concrete building nex
to Arcade block.
A number of stucco dwellings wil
also be constructed.
Frank Lagerquist, new two-stor;
residence, nearly completed.
Gerhard Johnsen will move cor
crete residence off the hillside to ;
) below.
CORRY WILL RETURN TO
SEWARD THIS AFTERNOOt
The destroyer Corry will return ti
Seward this afternoon for more fue
oil alter which it is reported tin
vessel will leave for the westward t<
remain with the flyers until the:
reach Japan.
FREIGHTERS BRING BIG CARGOES
The freighter Oduna in port Sat
urday brought 550 tons of freight anc
the Nabesna about 70 tons.
BEN EIELSON DOES NOT
VISIT SEWARD AS PLANNED
[Ben Eielson, the Fairbanks aviator
who planned to visit Seward to see
the world flyers, stopped when he
arrived at Anchorage and did not
, come through to Seward as planned.
Mr. Eielson receives $2.00 a mile
; lor carrying the mail between Fair
i banks and McGrath. This amounts
I' to over $250 a trip. The government
' furnishes the planes and spare parts
s and Eielson pays for the gas and
- oil, the hangar, and the mechanic.
i
The members of the Common Coun
1 oil held their regular semi-monthly
meeting in the council rooms above
! the fire hall last night, Mayor Ray,
Clerk Whittlesey and all members be
ing present save Councilman P. C.
McMullen and Stephen Adelman.
Considerable business was tran
i sacted by the council, besides routine
! work.
' Councilman Ilolman moved that the
light committee be instructed to ap
1 ply to S. M. Graff for immediate in
stallation of a meter on the street
lighting system so that same may
be turned oft’ and used on on nights
when boats are in port. The motion
I was seconded by Councilman Orlan
der and carried.
i There was a consensus of opinion
, among the eouneiliften present that
, the city should aid the Chamber of
I Commerce in every way possible to
L have the hospital reopened.
A letter was read from Peter M.
Ogle asking permission from the
. council to build an arcade from a
. one-story fireproof building, in ordei
to shelter his filling station. The
same was referred to the street com
mittee to confer with Mr. Ogle and
report at the next meeting unless
' the delay would interfere with Mr.
Ogle's progress in bailding, in which
case a special meeting would be call
' ed and the matter taken up.
1 Attorney A. E. Rucker asked for
' authority to revise the city ordi
• nances in accordance with the new
municipal code passed by the last
legislature. Mayor Ray stated that
■ this would require a standing eom
• mittee on Law and Ordinance to con
I fer with Attorney. Same was made
■ j in the form of a motion by Coun
■ oilman Hofman and seconded by
! Councilman Badger. Motion carried,
" to be acted upon at ihe next meet
3 ing ard if agreed to, to have same
• placed on file in Clerk’s office.
Clerk Whittlesey was instructed to
• wire Councilman Adelman at Cor
• dova, asking him to wire his resig
nation as Councilman if he did not
‘ intend to return to Seward.
PIONEER DAIRYMEN
i LEAVES FOR PORTLAND
l -
Stephen Adelman, pioneer dairy
! man and member of the city council
returned Saturday from a week's trip
to the Interior, and will leave today
» for Portland, Oregon to reside. Mr.
Adelman has been in the dairy busi
ness in Seward for many years, work
ing up a fine business, and earning
the honored distinction of running
the most sanitary dairy in Alaska.
’ He has made a most efficient mem
ber of the city council, and the Gate
way is sorry to have him leave.
. Gateway Crowded With
V/ork from Interior
} The Gateway job department is
3 nearly swamped with work from In
3 terior points having over 300,000 im
pressions ready for the presses and
3 the 1924 calendar and the Collegian
to print for the Agricultural College.
The Gateway also secured the job of
printing 50,000 folders for the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce, which
) will be a two-color job, on rich, heavy
paper.
' MANY BOATS IN PORT
■ DURING PAST WEEK
Sewaid fad a large number of
boats in port the past week, among
which were tne Admiral Watson,
1 the Oduna the Redondo, the Starr.
Nabes’ia, ihe C »rry. the Hull,
the Northwestern, the Admiral Peary
j and a half dozen fishing boats.
, SEWARD SHIVERING
COLD WAVE
r Seward shivered last night when
icy blasts from the north swept down
on the unprotected city. The mer
i cury dropped rapidly and many home
■ owners suffered frozen water pipes.
The mercury was reported 26 be
low at interior points yesterday.
FROM
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HOLDS LUNCH YESTERDAY
The weekly luncheon of the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce was held at
the Seward Grill yesterday.
After luncheon the meeting was call
ed to order by President Hinde, all
places at the table being occupied.
The minutes of the last two meet
ings were read for the benefit of the
chamber and were approved.
Several communications were read
from the following:
A communication from R. Robert
son of Seattle calling attention to the
passage of the White Fisheries Bill in
the house, with certain added amend
ments. The executive committee filed
the letter without action. The Secre
tary was instructed to inform Robert
son of this action.
A letter from the Shoe and Leather
Reporter, thanking the Chamber for
cooperation and information in compil
ing their annual directory.
Communication from Delegate Suth
erland, informing the chamber that he
had a conference with Mr. Kelly re
lating to HR-11, endorsed by the
chamber and would support its pas
sage.
From Bott Agency, informing the
chamber they would call on us person
ally this summer, and communicate to
us their plan for associated advertis
ing on the part of various Alaskan or
ganizations.
From the Department of the Inter
ior informing the Seward Chamber
j they had available a number of Geolo
gical Survey publications which they
would forward to us for distribution if
we believed a demand existed. The Sec
retary was instructed to accept the of
fer.
A communication from the Seward
; Chamber of Commerce to Senator
Reed Smoot giving in formation rela
tive to the Smoot Grazing Bill, and
the support of Alaskans from West
ward and Southwestern Alaska.
Communications from various indi
viduals asking for information on
Seward were handled in the usual
manner.
President Hinde of the Committee
on securing information on sowing of
wild rice and agme feed for attracting
migratory birds, reported that infor
mation had been sent for.
The civic committee on tennis courts
and playgrounds, made no report.
Permission has not yet been grant
ed for erecting on the dock a sign for
the purpose of attracting tourists to
this section.
Nothing new was reported on the
glacier stream.
The entertainment committee was
discharged.
Under new business the matter of
a Hospital for Seward came up for
discussion. The guest, Dr. J. H. Romig
was called upon and gave the chamber
a very interesting talk on Seward’s
possibilities; stating our endeavors
were creating considerable favorable
comment ,and that persons in the in
terior felt that Seward unquestionably
was the coming Alaskan community.
In the matter of a hospital Dr. Rom
ig stated: “To my mind Seward is
paying tribute to those towns that
have hospitals. You have need at Sew
ard for a hospital, not alone for your
own protection, but for the protec
tion of your fishing industries, the
J seamen who make this port a call, and
the Westward. They all necessarily
pass through here to secure such at
tention, and I am satisfied that if the
chamber secured the data covering the
need and presented it with certain oth
er inducements to the hospital socie
ties, of the Methodist, Episcopalian
and Catholic churches, a hospital could
be secured.
“You would not have to solicit the
service of a surgeon then, as that
would take care of itself.
“Personally I like Seward, so does
my family. I own property here and
would like to return if a good hospital
were here; however if you secured any
other surgeon, I would certainly be
glad to assist in every way, and feel
that he would have no trouble in get
ting by.” The Doctor also mentioned
the fact that certain business men in
cluding himself, would donate ground
for a hospital, either for the removal
of the hospital here to a new site or
the building of a new one.
Mayor Ray stated he believed the
city would appropriate sufficient to
take care of a room or bed, for city
indigents, and with the help of the
government, through military, rail
road and public health departments,
and an appropriation from the govern
ment for other indigents, a hospital
could be successfully operated.
Mr. Blue and Mr. Orlander also
spoke of necessity existing here.
The Secretaiy will compile the nec
essary information communicate with
the Government and various societies
and have a report at the next meet
ing, when all persons interested should
be present.
There being no further business the
WORK STARTS ON EXCAVATING
FOR TECKLENBURG BUILDING
Excavating started today on the
basement for the Tecklenburg build
ing, a crew of men breaking ground
at 8 o’clock. The old building on
'^e lot was bought, by T. W. Haw
kins, who will move it onto a lot on
the alley near the Van Gilder hotel.
AUXILIflRfWIlIiLO
MAY OAY FESTIVAL
On the evening of May 1st a pretty
event is scheduled to take place in
Sewai'd.
The first of May being Auxiliary ;
Day as well as May Day, the ladies of j
the American Legion Auxiliary, are
planning a gay festive time. Up until
that time votes will be cast for a May
Queen for the occasion. So boys vote
for the sweetest one, and see that she
wins. A beautiful prize awaits the fair
winner.
The Odd Fellows Hall has been se
cured for the occasion, the evening of
May 1st at 8:00 o’clock.
The crowning of the May Queen will
be followed by dancing for everyone.
Places for voting for the May Queen
will be the Seward Drug, Ellsworths,
0. K. Barber Shop, Sylvias, Northern,
The Seward Grill and the Seward Club.
J. E. CHOVIN INSTITUTES
ELKS LODGE CORDOVA
J. E. Chovrn returned from Cor
dova on the Northwestern where he
instituted Cordova lodge No. 1438, B.
P. O. E. The lodge starts out with
a membership of over 100, half of
whom are charter members and the
remainder demit ted from their home
lodges.
The new lodge officers are J. V.
Lydick, exalted ruler; K. G. Robin
son, esteemed leading knight; N. J.
I’ickle, lecturing knight; Charles J.
Goodall, lecturing knight; M. E. S.
Brunelle, secretary; Dr. W. H. Chase,
treasurer; J. N. Steffgen, tyler; I. D.
Bogart, esquire; Sam Mellison, inner
guard; Ed Saari, chaplain; Lee Dick
inson, organist; A. J. McConnell, J. '
L. Galen and W. E. Brown, trustees. ,
Mr. Chovin returned to his home:
in Anchorage.
AIRPLANE FLIGHT WELL
COVERED IN SEWARD
The airplane flight was well cov-1
ered in Seward by J. P. Hannon for
the Associated Press, the Gateway for
the Star and Times of Seattle; the
News Miner and Anchorage Times,
and R. J. Grover special writer. Sat
urday’s story of the air flight was
cabled the Times and News-Miner by
the Gateway.
Seward received much favorable
publicity during the flight, the do
ings of the day going over the whole
world.
To Mr. Hannon the thanks of the
Gateway is due for considerable as
sistance in detail work. Thru his ef
forts we believe Seward received a
better write-up than most other
Alaskan towns.
OPENING OF NEW GROCERY
STORE LARGELY ATTENDED
_
Severa.1 hundred ladies attended the
opening of The Flowers’ Grocery, on
Adams and Third yesterday. Tea and
cake were served, and the visitors
were lavishly entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Flower.
Mr. Flower stated this morning that
his trade was greatly exceeding his
expectations, as several large orders
had been received from points along
the railroad.
The opening of the “Wee” store
gives Seward four groceries, Flowers,
Dryden’s, McMullen’s and Brown &
Hawkins.
STARR GOES TO NUShAGAK
The next trip of the steamship
Starr will be to Nushagak. the first
of -he season. Tfm vessel will lake
a la* i> ca: go o'.' freight sr.t several
hu.Pfd sacks of mail which has
.vccumuhned here.
REDONDO IN PORT
The steamship Redondo returned to
port this morning and will leave on
her next trip westward following the
arrival of the Alaska.
MANY BOATS IN PORT
The halibut schooners Orient, Nord,
American and Grayling are in port
today wiili fish.
MRS. THODAY DELEGATE
Mrs. A. H. Thoday has been elected
delegate by the local Rebekah lodge,
and will attend the convention at
Bellingham, Wash.
meeting was adjourned until the next
regular meeting.
J. P .HANON, Sec.
SHIP ALASKA FURS QUICK
We’re paying big prices for Alaska furs—
demand strong. We are the largest buyers
of Alaska furs in this big central market
and we must have all kinds for quick sale at
present high prices. Money sent same day
shipment comes in—cash, draft or money
order, whichever you want. ACT NOW—
if you have one skin or a hundred. Ship to
us at once.
FbUKE Rir Ed
ST. LOUIS, MO.
FOUKE GRADING MARES YOUR FUR CHECKS BIGGER
k&QttB££&’
MINING ENGINEER FOR
NUKA BAY IN CITY
W. A. Brockway, a mining engi
neer from Spokane, arrived on the
Northwestern Saturday to expert the
Nuka Bay property, and will be in
active ciiarge of the mill work on
the property which will start up
July 15.
A. P. Lindquist and J. O. Davis
arrived from Anchorage Saturday,
and with Messrs. Andrews and Brock
way will leave for Nuka Bay on the
May. C. H. Schultz, a mining man
of Spokane, will also join the party.
It is reported that J. Paschell, an
engineer from Idaho, will have charge
of the mining.
Mr. Lindquist recently suffered a
serious injury by being pawed in the
head by a horse he was loading for
Nuka bay, and has been laid up at
Anchorage for several weeks.
The machinery shipped on the
Starr recently has been landed and
is being hauled to the mine.
S MHflV UIL iws
The U. S. destroyer Corry which
was in port Wednesday, took on 1650
barrels of fuel oil.
The Orient, a halibut boat was in
port Wednesday, and took on 1300 gal
lons of oil.
The Panama, Gladstone and Gray
ling, a Ketchikan boat, took on 2000,
1000 and 750 gallons respectively.
W. E. Moultray, general manager,
will arrive on Saturdays boat from the
states.
Joe Badger, the wideawake propri
etor of our leading hostelry, the Van
Gilder Hotel, is installing thermom
eters in every room for the conve
nience of his guests. These thermom
eters are of the very latest make and
quite attractive in appearance, being
circular in shape and of polished
brass. One special feature of these
new thermometers being that they
never register below seventy degrees
thus the guests of the hotel can al
ways be comfortably warm, by just
looking at them, despite the temper
ature and the fact that the furnace
has gone out.—Cont.
SEATTLE, Apr. 25.—John Nash, of
Seward, who remaining foot was am
putated at the Columbus sanitarium
is doing fine and will be able to be
out in three weeks.
PROTEST AGAINST USE DOGS
TO DRAW CARTS AND W AGONS
BERLIN, April 25—Protest meet
ings against the custom of using dogs
to haul carts and wagons have been
held here and in other towns where
there are organizations for preventing
cruelty to animals.
The Admiral Evans left this morn
ing from Seattle, with 137 passengers
aboard including a crew for Alitak.
Seward passengers were:
Wm. Scaife and wife, Thomas Ros
tad and wife, M. V. Beersford ,B. B.
Beckman, E. E. Valentine, S. W. Doug
las, M. K. Harvey, S. S. Ranbotham,
Victor Widing, J. H. Watson, S. J. and
Elma Jackson, J. J. Allen, M. H. Fra
zer, T. M. Courray, M. Dunham, N.
Steel, Mary Moriason, D. Carter, C.
B. Frank, E. G .Valentine, H. Rasmus
sen, E. Jenson, James Madison, W. F.
Scott, W. F .Carr, A. R. Walter and
12 sterage.
TOM KEATLEY PASSES
AWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
Thomas Keatley, a well known
Sewardite, died suddenly Saturday
night of acute indigestion, following
a prolonged spell of illness. Mr.
Keatley had been in Alaska about 20
years, being in Dawson during the
gold rush. Deceased was born in
Liverpool, England, about forty years
ago, and has an aged mother living
in Liverpool.
Mr. Keatley had been Seward for
some time and had many friends
here. He will be interred in the lo
cal cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
During his residence in Seward Mr.
Keatley followed longshoring.
Todays returns show Miss Patsy
Ray in the lead as Queen of the May,
with many other contestants entered.
Those receiving votes and their stand
ings are as follows:
Patricia Ray 44, Cecil Leslie 23,
Thelma Tallasen 10, Joseph Badger 4,
Marie Eide 4, Carrie Eamon4, Thelma
Ellsworth 3, Beatrice Baughman 2,
Clara Perry 2, Miss Waugh 2, Myrtle
Tallasen 3, Virginia Hawkins 1, Melba
Johnsrud 1, Elsie Leslie 1, Roberta Me
Intosh 1, Edith McIntosh 1, Alice Mur
phy 1, Marjorie Neville 1, Miss Ras
mussen 1.
The polling places are The Northern
The Club, Alaska Shop, Seward Drug,
Banbury and Ogle, Sylvia’s, Van Gil
der Hotel, Ellsworths.
Captain Osmund Entertains
Army Flyers at Chignik
The army flyers were royally en
tertained at Chignik bv Capt. and
Mrs. James Osmund. Capt. Osmund
is manager of the Columbia River
Packers cannery at Chignik, and has
been an Alaskan for a quarter of a
century.
E' LIS BALL CHILI MILL
THE MILL THAT TAKES THE PROSPECTOR OFF THE
LABOR MARKET
CHEAPER THAN AN ARASTRA AND MORE EFFICIENT
THAN A STAMP MILL
For Alaska Miners we recommend our Type B
mill, ten to twenty tons daily capacity, or our
Independence Mill, five to seven tons, priced
at $485.00 with gasoline engine; without gas
engine the mill is $80 less.
Come to Woodrow and see the Independence Mill in
operation. The first of these mills to come to Alaska.
HAGEN & HENR1CS0N, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA