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Local Happenings of Week
Monday
“Doc” Madden, proprietor of the
Panhandle^ pool hall at. Anchorage
is in town on his way out on the
Northwestern.
Dr. Gavne Gregory is in town, a
guest of the Van Gilder.
Leopold David, the well known An
chorage attorney, is a Seward visitor
today.
Mrs. I. L. Kimball and daughter
Vera arrived in Seward on the last
train. Miss Vera will leave lor the
States to attend school and Mrs.
Kimball returned to Anchorage.
J. H. Crawford of Anchorage, arriv
ed on the last train to meet Mrs.
C: a'vlord and children who have j
been visiting in the States.
I-Ij'ii Id Beeson, son of the At cm r
age surgeon, will leave on tlm
Ni; • hvestern for the States to at
tend school.
Henry Lindquist left on today’s
train for Anchorage on a business;
trip.
Otis Harrington returned to Anchor
age on today’s train.
J. B. Mathews, wife and three chil
dren, of Nenana, are on their way
Outcde.
Mrs. R. J. Kenney of Talkeetna is
a Seward guest.
R. Mooney and wife of Cordova
are Seward guests today.
C. S. Hubbell, the popular mining I
engineer of Seattle, is in town today
on his way outside. Mr. Hubbell is
one of the best known engineers who
come to Alaska, and is more familiar
with the Territory than many resi
dents.
Dr. W. W. Council and wife of;
Cordova, are among the many Seward
visitors today en route to the south
ern metropolis. Dr. Council is an
old timer and one of the enthusias
tic sportsmen of Alaska who have
killed bear with a bow and arrow.
B. F. Thomas and wife and Mrs.'
J. R. Gillette, Fairbanks residents,
are in town on their way outside.
Ed Edelmann of Kenai is a guest,
of the Sexton.
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E. H. Carlson of Talkeetna is in
town. i
A beautiful, bright ultramarine blue<
is the color selected by Gerhard
Johnson for the stucco on the new,
Holben building. It will exemplify
our feelings in rainy weather. Even I
at that it looks pretty nifty, but the !
Gateway is offering a prize of one,
year's subscription to the first home
owner who mixes his stucco a bright
Irish green.
Tax Collector E. M. Policy return
ed on the Northwestern from a trip
io Latouche.
Henry Mesker of Nenana is in
town on his way outside.
Attorney L. V. Ray was a returning
passenger from Valdez where he
has been attending court.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman
of Matanuska, returned on today’s
boat from attending court at Valdez.
Mr. Hoffman left on today’s tram lor
the interior.
Dan Kennedy, proprietor of the
popular haberdashery at Anchorage,
arrived on Saturday’s train to meet
his wife who has been serving on
the grand jury at Valdez.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rucker left on
today’s train to spend a W'eek at the
Gilpatrick property at Moose Pass.
They will return Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Watson and daughter,
Gertrude of Anchorage, arrived on
Saturday’s train and will leave on the
Northwestern for Bellingham, Wash.,
where Miss Watson will attend the
State Normal the coming winter.
Deputy Watson came over with them
returning on today’s train.
Rev. Fr. Turned arrived from An
chorage on Saturday’s train and held
services in the local church here.
Capt. Jeremiah Flynn is in charge
of the Northwestern having succeed
ed Capt. C. P. McCarthy.
Gertrude Loegler, a sister to Mrs.
George Schmidt, arrived on the
Northwestern from Elbing, Germany,
and will remain in Seward.
Fish Commissioner Ellsworth re
turned today from a business trip
to Juneau where he attended a meet
ing of the board. Through the cour
tesy of Mr. Ellsworth we publish the
proceedings of the meeting, the first,
day’s session being in today’s paper
and following from day to day until
the sessions were completed. The
changes in the laws were drastic and
will be of interest to our citizens.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Flanagan re
turned on today’s boat from Valdez
where he had a number of cases in
court.
John Elliott, of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, left on today's train for
Girdwood.
Deputy Marshal H. I. Sta3er re
turned on today’s boat from Valdez
v>here he has been attending court.
Mrs. Aron Ericson and daughter
Jean returned on today’s boat from
the States, where they have been for
several weeks past.
Jos. Imlach of the Imlach Packing
Company is a passenger on the
Northwestern en route to the west
ward.
Tuesday
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap will leave on
the Evans for Seldovia.
John Nash, the well known old
timer whose homestead lies at the
head of the bay, returned from Se
attle on the Admiral Evans, after
a several months absence in the
hospital there. Mr. Nash suffered
the loss of his other limb while in
Seattle but is as cheerful and un
complaining as of yore.
Gus Gelles, popular salesman, who
was seriously injured in an auto ac
cident at Anchorage several weeks
ago, has so far recovered as to leave
the hospital for home.
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V. L. Waller and wife of Seldovia
were through passengers on the Ad
miral Evans, from Valdez where they
had been attending court.
Ralph V. Anderson, U. S. commis
•doner at Seldovia, was a thru pas
senger on the Evans, returning from
' court at Valdez.
J. J. Jensen, pioneer resident of
Seldovia, where he is engaged in
the practice of law, medicine and
dabbling in real estate, returned
from Valdez on the Admiral Evans
where he went as a witness in the
fisheries cases. “Doc” left on to
day’s train for Anchorage and will
take ship from there for Seldovia.
Deputy Marshal James J. Hill, of
Seldovia, returned on the Admiral
Evans from Valdez and continued on
ais way home on the Evans.
Jack Tansy of Seldovia was a thru
passenger on the Evans.
Conrad Johnson and Ed Lohrdale
passed through on the Evans en
route for Seldovia from Valdez.
Mrs. Frank Berry, wife of the well
known telephone electrician at An
chorage, took the blue ribbon for
the best display of canned vegetables
at the Fairbanks fair this week. The
exhibit is so good that it will be
sent to Seattle to be placed among
the permanent exhibits of the Alaska
I Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
| Commerce.
Mr. Markum, an employe of the
Brown & Hawkins store at Anchor
age, was stricken with apoplexy yes
terday, and had not recovered con
sciousness this morning.
Joseph Rout, private first class, of
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., arrived
on the Admiral Evans to replace Pri
vate First Class John Stanley, Co.
G- Seventh Inf.
Despite the heavy rains the Kenai
road is reported in good shape. The
recent storm blew several trees down
which were quickly removed by the
road crews.
\V. E. Moultray returned on last
night’s boat from Latouche where he
has been overseeing the opening of
the new sub-station at Port Ashton.
J. C. Cheatham, of the Bureau of
Public Roads, with headquarters at
Juneau, arrived on one ot' the last
boats and will inspect the new road
work at Gird wood.
W. P. Studdert of the Bureau of
Fisheries, returned from Valdez on
the Northwestern, where he went to
prosecute a number of fish cases.
W. B. Younkers, who has been in
the aviation game at Fairbanks, will
leave on the Northwestern lor the
States returning in the spring.
W. J. McDonald, district forester of
Cordova arrived on the Admiral Ev
ans on official business.
Wednesday
W. J. Boyd and Charles Lane, two
popular residents of the lower Lake
Kenai district arrived in town yester
day to purchase their winter’s sup
plies. Mr. Boyd states that the Bu
reau of Public roads has built about
five miles of new trail in his vicinity
this year as well as repairing the
road from Cooper’s Landing to the
bridge. They will return on tomor
row’s train.
Alvah Eames left on the Starr to
inspect postoffices to the westward.
S. Blume and wife left on the Starr
for Unga.
Mrs. Charles Krefting received
word this week of the death of her
sister, Mrs. H. G. Siskron at the St.
Francis hospital, San Francisco, aft
er a lingering illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Husley were Kanatak
passengers on today’s boat.
J. P. Hannon will leave on tonight’s
boat , on a business trip to Valdez.
The cableship is expected to reach
Seattle this week, work on the new
cable starting some time before the
first.
James Newman, who recently pur
chased the Mitchell place at Snug
Harbor has moved 23 silvers from
Kenai lake up to the new pens and
has a fine outlook for easy money.
F. B. Vaughn of Teikhell road
house on the Richardson road recent
ly captured an eagle which was at
tempting to carry off a small. bear
cub. The bird was so exhausted it
was captured by Mr. Vaughan and
taken to Valdez.
Word received from Anchorage is
to the effect tthat E. L. Bedell, for
many years manager of the Anchor
\ge Times, has severed his connec
tion with that paper. At the pres
ent time he is said to be in Fair
banks attending the agricultural fair.
A number of cases from the Val
dez term were continued over to the
Cordova term in October.
Thursday
Mrs. Ross Kinney, whose husband
is employed by the Alaska Road
commission at Tacotna, will leave on
the Northwestern for the States aft
er spending the summer with her
husband on the lower Kuskokwim.
This is the lady’s first trip to Alaska
and she states that she will come
again next year.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mooney of Cordova
who are on their honeymoon trip
going to the interior by auto, arrived
in Seward Saturday and left on the
Northwestern today.
C. W. Wagner of Seldovia, who
recently purchased the Anton Johan
sen property had a large shipment
of goods on the Redondo.
R. S. Saunders, a pioneer real
estate man of Los Angeles, who has
been spending the summer in Seward
and Anchorage, will be an outgoing
passenger on the Northwestern. Mr.
Saunders declared that in his travels
over Alaska Seward was the best
towrn he had yet seen, and one of
the neatest and most progressive.
W. J. Boyd and Charles Lane left
on today’s train for Mile 23 from
which point they will take boat for
Lower Kenai.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCutcheon
left on today’s train for their new
home in Anchorage a large part of
the younger set being present at the
depot to shower them writh rice and
good wishes.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, w'ho ar
rived on the Admiral Evans from
Los Angele*. left on today’s train for
Fairbanks where Mr. Anderson is said
to be connected with the Hammon
interests.
H. S. Balderston left on today’s
train for a trip to Anchorage.
Several pieces of real estate have
changed hands in Seward the past
day or so.
Fred Carlquist, jeweler of Anchor
age, is registered at the Van Gilder.
A number of cow moose with
calves are reported at the north end
of the bay, and local sportsmen are
keeping a sharp watch that they are
not killed. Several of the cows are
reported to be quite tame.
A. H. Thoday left on today’s train
for Anchorage where he will enter
the hospital for an operation. Mr.
Thoday has been suffering from ad
hesions from an pld wound for some
time and will have Dr. Beeson give
him the once over.
Friday
The Anchorage Shiine club pre
sented Mrs. Leon Urbach with a beau
tiful bouquet of flowers recently.
Mrs. Urbach has been in the Anch
orage hospital the past month recov
ering from an operation, but will
leave for home September 24.
Matt Seferovich has bought the
Losness home on Madison and 4th
avenues.
Gerhardt Johnsen, Seward’;, suc
cessful cement artist will leave Mon
day for Anchorage v here he has con
siderable work to do in his line.
The Orient took on oil at the Stan
dard Oil company’s dock this week.
A pai-ty of geological surveyors,
who have been working in the Ruby
district will leave on the Alaska for
the States.
P. C. McMullen who left recently
for Seattle to enter the hospital was
successfully operated or this week,
and will leave the hospital the 24th
of the month, returning home short
ly thereafter.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, Seward’s den
tist, will move into his new offices in
the Tecklenburg Building, Sunday.
Dr. Roberts has one of the most com
plete dental equipments in the north
including an X-ray machine.
Kenai Lake ranchers came into
town this week purchasing their win
ter’s supplies from lo'-a! stores.
About twenty’men arrived on one
of the last trains and will put in a
spur up the glacier Stream about a
mile. It will be used by the steam
shovel which will dig a deep channel
for the stream.
A copy of the National Magazine
has a picture of President Harding
taken by Miss Melba Johnsrud and
forwarded to the magazine. The pic
ture shows President Harding in a
typical pose, leaning on his cane,
and holding his cS(p in his hand.
J. H. Flickinger was a passenger
on yesterday's train for Anchorage.
The bake sale r 'pn by the Lad;.js’
Aid tomorrow will gnc our citizens
an opportunity to -neck up with
dainties for the Sabbath.
Alfyed Rosness is placing a new
foundation beneath his residence on
the corner of Third and Washing
ton.
F. E. Bishop and wife will leave
next week for Juneau after spending
the summer in Seward, in connection
with the bureau of public roads, as
office manager.
Professor and Mrs. Barnett will i
move into the Corson home on Third
avenue the first of October. Mr. Bar
nett is principal in the Seward pub
lic schools .
Thomas Walker has opened up a
restaurant in the building on the
corner of Third and Washington.
Lloyd Pinkerton, a postoffice em
ploye in Fairbanks will leave on the
Alaska for the States.
Carl Williams, a popular young
trainman on the Seward *un has
taken a position on the crane in the
local yards.
The freighter Redondo will sail
for westward after the arrival of the
Alaska.
The halibut schooner Eidsvold is
in port.
J. Eamon is placing a new foun
dation under his residence.
Louis Levensaler left on the North
western for Valdez.
A large number of saltery hands
took the Northwestren for Latouche.
H. I. Emard was a JLatouche pas
senger on tthe Northwestern.
NORTHLAND NOTES
E. S. Stannard, vice president and
general manager of te Alaska S. S.
Co., the Copper River & Northwest
ern railway and te Kennecott corpo
ration, arrived in Cordova recently
on a trip of inspection in the inter
ests of his company. From Cordova,
Mr. Stannard will travel over 'he
Richardson Li ghwuv -o Fairbanks
an f i me out e ver the Government
railway to Seward. He is expected
here within a week or ten days.
It has been learned that agents of
Prohibition Commissioner Roy Hay-;
nes, secretly investigating the prohi- j
bition enforcement in Washngton
and Oregon, are leavng Seattle and
will report to F.. A. Hazelton, Paci
fic Northwest director, who is at
present in Juneau, having finished a
tour of this part of Alaska.
Mrs. Edward Keough, of Nenana,
died at the Fairbanks hospital last
Saturday morning. She was brought
up from Nenana the previous night
but her condition was such that no
thing could be done for her, her ail
, ment being cancer of the stomach,
j She leaves a husband and six chil
dren, the husband being in the em
ploy of the Alaska Railroad. Burial
took place in the Fairbanks ceme
tery, with services at the Catholic
church.
Commissioner Henry O’Malley, of
I the bureau of fisheries said recently
at a meeting in Juneau that the wan
ton destruction of herring would
soon lead to a more stringent regu
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Alaskan coast ignore the laws regai ^
ing same. Mr. O’Malley stated that
all packers have been warned a; 1
those who violate the rule of im
pounding fish which have led to lo.-s
of herring, will be duly prosecuted ;
according to law.
W. H .Watson arrived from the
Circle district this week and re
ports that the first part of the sea
son was unusually dry. There was
some impi-ovement after the first
of August and conditions have been
improving steadily since then, with
the result that considerable work
has been clone during the latter part
of the season, with the promise of a
good yield if the cold weather holds
on sufficiently long. Watson has
been working on Faith creek and is
now headed for the States for the
winter.
The Berry dredge .which was com
pelled to suspend operations for ap
proximately three weeks during the
dry spell, is now' w-orking steadily
and will continue operating until the
freezeup.
Oldtimer Etead, of the Central
roadhouse, on the Circle trail, has
an affliction of the eyes and is going
to the Mayo hospital at Rochester
for treatment. He expects to return
during the late fall.
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