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Codfish King of Unga
A Visitor In Seward
A. Komedal, better known as the
codfish king of the Shumagin islands,
was a Seward arrival last evening. Mr.
home at Unga to Seabold, Bainbridge
Komedal is bound from his summer
Island, state of Washington.
Joe Snyder from Naknek, was a
Seward arrival on the steamer Starr
last night.
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J. E. Derline, who has been visiting
the Wide Bay oil fields, returned to
Seward on the Starr.
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Well Known Oil Man
Back from Wide Bay
Edgar S. Young, president of the
Oregon-Alaska Development Company
who has been making a survey of the
company’s claims in the Wide Bay
oil district, returned to Seward last
evening on the steamer Starr. Mr.
Young remained in the region for a
period of about three weeks. He will
go south on the Northwestern.
Mr. Young states that Otis Ross and
W. W. French, with a full crew of
men are building a road for the Gen
eral Petroleum Company, beginning at
Lee’s Camp, Wide Bay, and following
Des Moines creek to the divide, a dis
tance of about six miles. At the di
vide considerable work and powder
was required to put the road over, but
the work done is of a high order and
these gentlem.'n are to be congratu
lated on their work. Within thirty
days the Hubbell Dome will be open
to tractors.
HENRY SHATTUCK SUFFERS
STROKE; IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Henry Shattuck, owner of the Al
aska Supply Company of Juneau and
Vice President of the Juneau Lum
ber Mill, suffered a stroke of paraly
sis at Juneau recently and his con
dition is said to be very serious.
His entire left side is paralyzed.
Mrs. Shattuck and their daughter,
Miss Margaret, were notified of Mr.
Shattuck’s condition and are return
ing to Juneau. He is a brother to
Allen Shattuck, former mayor of Ju
neau.
J. H. Free, general mill superin
tendent for the China Import & Ex
port Co., with headquarters at Shang
na.if ctiiivru at juiitdu last weeK On
the steamer Jefferson from Peters
burg. He is making a tour of South
eastern Alaska studying the field as
a possible source of supply of lum
t>er and timber products.
DENTISTS PASSED IN
TERRITORIAL EXAMS.
Dr. Lafayette L. Hoffman of Brem
erton, Wash., and Dr. Bart C. La
Rue of Woodland, Wn., passed the
Teritorial dental examinations held
by the board in Juneau which ended
today. Dr. Hoffman is a graduate
of the University of Minnesota and
Dr. LaRue is a graduate of North Pa
cific College at Portland.
Miss Charlotte Baunton and Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Hansen and family from
the government orphanage at Kanatak
were incoming arrivals last evening
on the steamer Starr.
THREE ARE SENTENCED
For violations of the Alaska Dry
law, United States Commissioner E.
P. Harwood of Cordova sentenced
three men who were taken into cus
tody the other day. V. Heikel re
ceived 60 days in jail and John A.
Anderson and Tom Simich were fin
ed $25 apiece. Anderson and Simich
had been fighting while, intoxicated
and information which they gave to
the officers led to Heikel’s arrest.
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey vessel Pioneer, Capt. Luce in
command, arrived in port this morn
ing at 9 o’clock from the Pribilofs. It
is believed the vessel will depart this
evening for the south.
J. E. Derline, who has been in ■
charge of the commissary at the Stan
dard Oil Plant at Kanatak, arrived on
the Starr last night, and will leave on
the steamship Northwestern for the
States on a two months furlough. Mr.
Derling will visit Milwaukee and oth
er eastern cities wihle absent. He
reports that Gabe Santos, formerly of
Seward, has closed his restaurant and
is filling Mr. Derling’s position while .
he is on his vacation.
George Colwell, in charge of this
division on the Alaska Railroad, ar
rived in Seward this morning.
SEWARD CLUB
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MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
FEDERAL AGENTS BACK
FROM TWO MONTHS’ TRIP
TO BRISTOL BAY REGION
Charles l1. Miller and Lonnie McIn
tosh, Federal agents who have been
in the Bristol Bay region since the
euily pai t. of last month, returned to
Seward last night on the Starr. The
agent found business dull, as far as
their mission was concerned, illicit
traffic being on the wane since can
nery men are taking more pains in
selecting their help. The men will de
pmt, on the steamer Northwestern
UNALASKA PEOPLE
DISPOSE BUSINESS;
GOING TO CORDOVA
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Beyers, who
have been engaged in business at
l nalaska have disposed of their store
and are on their way to Cordova, at
which place they will locate. Mr. and
Mrs. Beyers arrived in town last night
from Unalaska. They depart for the
Copper Gateway city on the steamer
Northwestern.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTORS
RETURN FROM NAKNEK
Captain George H. Whitney, John
Newmarker and R. A. Jones, United
States Steamboat inspectors, arrived
in Seward last night on the Starr. The
inspectors have been inspecting the
cannery fleet at Naknek.
Mrs. Carrie Dykstra and daughter,
Betty, will leave on the steamship
Northwestern for their home in Bel
lingham. Mrs. Dykstra will accom
pany Mrs. A. R. Roberts as far as Se
attle.
Hal C. Evarts Back
From Round Trip To
the Far Westward
Hal G. Evarts, nationally known wri
ter, who for the past eight years has
been a contributor to the Saturday
Evening Post, was a Seward arrival
last evening on the steamer Starr. Mr.
Evarts made the round trip on the
vessel in quest of local color. In this
respect Mr. Evarts said the rainbow
would have to be changed to accom
modate half the local color he found
on the voyage. Mrs. Evarts and son,
Hal jr., are aboard the steamer North
western which will arrive in port this
evening from the South. Upon Mrs.
Evarts arrival the itinerary of their
Alaska trip will be made up.
Mrs. Phil B. Reed and daughter,
Anita, from Kanatak, wife and daugh
ter of tTie superintendent of the Stan
dard Oil company’s operations at Cold
Ba, were Sewrard arrivals last evening
on the steamer Starr. Mrs. Reed and
daughter are on their way to the
States.
The steamer Starr visited Seal
Rocks on her way up the bay last eve
ning and had a fine view of the seal
herds, the vessel going up within a
few feet of the perpendicular cliff.
The Starr landed a party of five at
Katmai Bay, outbound. They are now
in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
which is accessible from either Kat
mai Bay or Kanatak.
Plans are now being made for the
annual Southeastern Alaska Fair in
Juneau, which will be held Septem
ber 16, 17, 18 and 19.
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