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21 COWMAN DOCK
Seattle, Wash.
HOTH ST. CHARLES
When In Seattle, make the
Hotel St. Charles your head
quarters.
Strictly Modem and
Fireproof
And Managed by an eld
Alaskan
J. A. FARNHAM.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Odd Fellows
Hall. All visit
i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
'and third Wednesdays ot each
kmonth; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
^=2^ Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. in. in Odd Fellows'
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechher, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays ol
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Eosness, ?r G.
CHULITNA, Dec. 10 —The wind is
blowing a gale from the northwest
and the snow is drifting something
fierce. The wing plow came up as far
as Chulitna today and cleared out the
yards here going back to Curry.
James West, section foreman at Gold
Crek, came up as far as Chulitna in
specting his track. While at Chulitna
he stopped over for dinner with Mr
Johnson and Mr. Wirtz.
Christ Papadementro was transfer
red from Sherman section to Summit
when he is now acting as section fore
man for the winter.
Congressman, Free the booster for
California and knocker of Alaska
ought to stop over for a few weeks
at Chulitna and watch the double
headers pounding their way north of
Curry twice a week with their long,
string of freight and coal cars on the
way to the interior. We wonder how
long Mr. Free would like to Siwash it
under a spruce tree waiting for a
truck to carry him through on this
same grade if it was turned into a
highway as he proposed it should be.
God, what a joke on the old sourdough
it surely would be.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Weaver have
bought a cabin at Fairbanks and set
tled down to make Fairbanks their
home for a time. Mr. Weaver is time
keeper and paymaster for the Stinnes
outfit there. He served as timekeeper
for four years on the Alaska railroad.
1VJLUUOC JU11U0UU UlttUC I11& CUIUUCU
visit to see Santa Claus in his big
mountain cave factory out of Chulitna
and was shown Santa’$ big reindeer
herd and also his airplane, and a mon
ster big airship. His factory was aw
fully busy turning out all kinds of
toys and things and he showed his
big warehouse cave that is loaded up
with dolls, doll gowns, skates, sleds,
wagons, horses, popguns, drunks and
many nice things that could not be
named. He asked about all the good
kids and was told that there were lots
of good kids at Seward, and was told
how to get there.
Mrs. Richard Wood, wife of the
manager of the First National Bank
of Fairbanks, arrived Saturday from
the Interior, continuing on to the
States on <the Alameda. Mr. Wood
passed thru Seward last month on
his way to California where his folks
reside. Both are expected to return
North after the holidays.
Army moleskin pants, Urbach’s.
Photo Albums, $1 to $9—'Alaska
Shop. tf
Saturday’s train from the Interior
points was crowded with passengers,
practically all of whom w*ere en route
to the States to spend the holidays.
Shoes on Skates, Urbach’s. tf
Bean’s Shupaks, Urbach’s.
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SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
8EWARD’S HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLbTIMERS
MEET
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT and cold water in every room
STEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
HOTEL SEWARD
OSCAR DAHL, Proprietor
HOMEY, COMFORTABUS ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Dc»ot ao* Dock .....
MOOSE PASS ROAD
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Work on the road through Moose
Pass being constructed under the able
direction of Carl Kiel, is being pushed
as strenuously as the conditions of
the weather will permit. Snow covers
the ground, slowing activities consid
erably, and the bite of the extremely
cold weather is such that the dirt and
rock work; yet continuing credits both
the power of the directing force and
the assiduity of the workmen engaged.
The engineering gang, the actual
field direction of which is in charge
of Mr. M. Kriger, smooths the paths
for the workmen’s progress in a man
ner which would credit the initiative
of a military machine. The gangs
have followed fast. Eric Nelson and
Gus Bystedt, with their men, have
completed their sections and left the
Pass. About 60 men remain.
Twenty-three of these are grading
between Mile 27 and Mile 29, where
a great amount of rockwork contri
buted toward their problem. Nels An
derson and Carl Erickson directs each
his groups of men at this location,
while parts of both Fred Chalmer’s
and John Oleson’s gangs are employ
ed in the same locality.
Done By New Year.
Jimmie Scimi’s boys are hammer
ing at the grade immediately approach
ing and continuing beyond Pass Ck.,
hoping to complete their contract by
Christmas Day and to be in town for
New Year’s Eve.| Around them, on
the hillsides, are falling the choicest
hemlock of the forest. Chalman and
four men are gathering the sticks for
the Pass Creek Bridge, construction
of which will begin in the very near
future.
The Frenchy Creek bridge is slightly
more remote than that of Pass Creek,
but will, conditions permitting, be a
realization of the very near future.
John Oleson, Coll McDougal and three
or four others return to the Pass on
the first train to begin the task of
getting out timbers for this piece of
work.
Size of Crews Decreasing
As the season has advanced the num
ber of men engaged on the Moose
Pass project has gradually dwindled
from close to 100 to nearly 60. But
Mr. Kiel's problems increase, the wea
ther become more inclement; the snow
which three weeks ago necessatated
the closing down of the camp at Mile
20 and a cessation of the graveling
operations, has disqualified the use
of the Ford trucks. The operation
■of the caterpillar—a spasmodic crea
ture— and the plyings to and fro of
Bill Estes dog team, seem to be the
solution of the problem of the trans
portation of supplies from the railroad
to the camps. Estes finds the trail
in excellent condition for pushing his
dogs. The scraper went over it two
weeks ago—and Walter Holben, driver
of the caterpillar, after encountering
difficulties of many formidable sorts,
laughs at any difficulties these last
weeks may bring.
Project Assists Mining
Placer operations in Moose Pass are
now idle. They only rest; their days
will come. The new road will contri
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Ithe solution, both in the matter of mak
ihg more facile the transporting of
the ore and in the matter of induc
ing capital to contribute its functions
to the business of production. The
land is there, the labor is round-about,
capital and managership are bound
to come. The Pass is rich in gold and
the road will have solved a tremen
dous economic problem in future con
siderations of its development.
—J. S. Rood.
Work Crew and Rotary
Battling Snow, At Tunnel
The rotary and snow crews from
Anchorage were supposed to leave
the Inlet shops tomorrow for the
winter station at Tunnel, (Mile 2),
but last night’s unexpected (heavy
snowfall was the signal for them to
be rushed out today. The ordinary
crew for the work train and rotary
number nine men. The present num
ber of men employed on 'the Tunnel
section is ten. The crews will (be
supplemented according to snow con
ditions.
Yesterday it was reported there was
three feet of snOw at Tunnel and four
feet at Grandview. Today in those
districts the depth of snow averages
from six to eight feet.
Fresh Haas and Johnson’s fine
boxed chocolates—Alaska Shop. _tf.
ENLISTS IN U. S.
ARMY CORPS
FORMERLY IN GERMAN SUBMAR.
INE—NOW DOUGHBOY IN
U. S. INFANTRY
NEW YORK, Dec. 1*4.—Wilhelm
Giesecke, a gunner in Kaiser Wil
helm’s fleet in the historic battle of
Jutland and formerly a member of a
crew oif one of the “IT” boats which
the British Admiralty bitterly dubbed
as “undersea serpents,” has been ac
cepted as a doughboy in the 16th
U. S. Infantry on Governors Island.
When Glesecke was asked why he
had enlisted in the U. <S. Army, he
said it was to become an American
in speech and action as soon as pos
sible.
“When did you have the greatest
thrill in the World war?”'he was ask
ed.
“On Good Friday, 1918, about 150
miles off the coast of Denmark, in
the North Sea. Our 4U’ boat was
spotted by a fast fleet of British des
troyers under full steam. They head
ed for us, firing almost point blank
at short range, intent on ramming
us . As we submerged a six-inch
shell tore the conning tower and wa
ter rushed into the control cabin.
“None of us ever hoped to see the
Light as we sank to the bottom of
the North Sea. The resourceful
Lieutenant, however, managed to
close the hatches as he escaped from
the flooded tower, and prevented us
from being trapped in a water log
ged submarine. We wanted a long
time. Finally, we tiled to rise by
navigating the craft from the engine
room' without any sense of direction.
As we reached the surface we expect
ed to ibe shot down but luckily the
British destroyers lhad left, believing
we had sunk for good.
“It was the most thrilling moment
in my life, when I stuck my head
out thru the hatch and saw daylight,
with a calm sea and no enemy in
sight.”
Private Giesecke, although a hero
in Germany with decorations be
stowed upon him by the Kaiser in j
person, will settle down permanently
in his adopted country after he has
served his enlistment in the U. S.
Army, he announced.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
NATIONAL PARK IS
EMPHASIZED, REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. Dec. 14. (/P)
—Further need of road improvements
in natural parks to meet the require
ments of increased travel was em
phasized in the annual report of the
National Park Service, made public
tonight by Secretary Work.
The road improvement wTork, which
was begun under a Congressional
appropriation oil $z,ouu,uuu, tne report
said, will be continued until park
roads are brought to the highest
standard possible for permanent au
tomobile highways.
Tihe national parks'- were, visited
by 2,108,084 persons last year, as
against 1,670,908 during the previous
year.
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Climate and Surroundings a
Suiside Factor In Germany
BERLIN, Dec. 11. (;P)-^Climtatic
condition and natural surroundings
are predisposing factors in suicides,
the Berlin Tageblatt has found.
In order to esitablisih authentic sui
cide statistics in Germany, the news
paper analyzed the compilations of
a number of government bureaus, re
sulting in several peculiar disclo
sures.
Regions with a pronounced change
of seasons recorded the greatest num
ber of suicides and this was given as
one of the reasons why self destruc
tion was more popular in Central
Europe than in the extreme northern
countries or in the trdpios.
Altitude also appeared to play a
significant role, the analysis showed,
suicides In • the lowlands being far
more frequent than in the moun
tains.
In Germany, Monday and Tuesday
were suicide days, tho women fre
quently showed a predelietion for
Sunday. Most suicides occurred at
night and indoors was the favorite
scenes for the acts.
A startling percentage of su-icides
was recorded among divorced per
sons. Generally speaking, countries
with a high birth rate recorded much
fewer suicides than others.
Mental derangement, and not dis
appointment in love, was the prin
cipal cause of self-destruction.
Army moleskine paraas, Urbach’s, tf
For Electrical Work
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Clean, Sanitary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prices
Keep Us Busy.
LANDERS & SWANSON
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Pleets All Boats and Trains
When you have any work in
Plumbing or Steam
Fittmg
NEW OR REPAIRS, AND
SHEET METAL WORK
R. F. TILLMAN.
Back of Brown & Hawkins
PHONE ADAMS 80
LAUNDRY DONE ON SHORT
NOTICE
Special Care Taken of Silks and of all
woolens
AMANDA’S LAUNDRY
Next Door to the Belmont Hotel.
PHONE MADISON 126.
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
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Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited J
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $50*0 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasiof Silver Fox Ranch
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Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska