Local Items of the Week
Auuieu Neiiami, well-known old
timer of the Interior district arrived
on the Alameda.
Mr. and Mrs. John Howie of Fair
banks were registered at the Van Gil
der over Sunday.
L. M. Carrigan, a commercial travel
er, is a guest oi the Van Gilder.
P. 0. Sundberg, of Anchorage, who
arrived on Saturday’s boat, left on
yesterday’s train for his home town.
Robert Carlson, of Roosevelt, was a
Seward visitor over Sunday.
J. E. Manning of Mile 12, spent Sun
day in town.
W. R. Rathbun, of the T. & T. de
partment. Alaska Railroad, arrived on
the Alameda, and left for Anchorage
on yesterday’s train.
Julius Ramstad, a Rampart resident,
was a guest of the Van Gilder over
Sunday.
Ed Holbrook and son, of Fairbanks,
arrived on the Alameda, and left to
day for the Interior .
J. B. Quigley and wife, Kantishna
residents, who arrived on the Alameda
from a visit to the States, left for the;
Interior.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Andrews return
ed on the Alameda from a visit to the
States. Mr. Andrews is interested1
heavily in Nuka bay mining pi*operty.
C. B. Balhiser and wife, returned on
the Alameda from the States where
they have been spending the past two
months. Mr. Balhiser is interested in
the Nuka bay property, and went out
side to purchase a mill, which was
shipped up on one of the last boats.
Chas .E. Brown and wife returned
on yesterday’s train for Anchorage,
after spending a week in Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rasmussen and
son Carl, of Moose creek, will be pas
sengers fur S- aHle on the steamship
Alameda.
NEW OWNER SEWARD DAIRY
ARRIVES WITH FAMILY
Henry Leirer and wife, with two
sons, arrived on the steamship Alame
da, and will take over the Seward
Dairy April 1. Mr. Leirer is an ex
i erieneed dairyman and last fall pur
■ rased the interests of Stephen Adel
irun in the dairy business in Seward.
Ir. Adelman and family will locate in
t regon.
Harry Ebb-ms this morning took
< urge of the dining car on the Over
; ad Limited. Mr. Ebberts is an ex
i rienced cateier and has many
lends along the line.
Aron Ericson is busy these days 1
touching up the signs in town. Among
('.her jobs he has painted a neat win
dow sign for the Del Monte Club, and
a large sign for the Brown & Haw
kins warehouse.
Harry Madland returned on Satur-1
day’s boat and left today for the In
terior.
Eldred Ireland, Trick & Murray’s
representative, left on today’s train
for interior points.
F. L. Murphy, Signal Corps, arrived
from Valdez on the Alameda and will
be stationed in the local office.
L. Shulman, fur buyer, arrived on
the Alameda, and left for Anchorage
on one of the last trains.
B. D. Stewart, supervising mining
engineer of the Bureau of Mines and
labor commissioner for Alaska, arriv
ed on the Alameda and left for the In
terior where he will be busy about a
month.
Malcolm S. Wilson, representing the
American Paper Company, sailed for
Juneau on the Alameda.
Alvah Eames left on today’s train
for Interior points. He will attend the
Pioneer Grand Igloo at Fairbanks .
H. S. Baldersto left this morning
for Anchorage.
Joe Quigley, an oldtimer of the Kan
tishna district, returned on the Ala
meda, and left on today’s train for the
Interior. This is Mr. Quigley’s first
trip out in over 30 years. He and Mrs.
Quigley have visited in Cleveland, Can
ton, Pittsburg ,New York, Washing
ton, Chicago, Portland and Pacific
coast cities.
H. E. Kristensen left this morning
for the hatchery.
! It is reported in Seward that Claude
Shea will be appointed to succeed J.
Lindley Green as special officer for
the prevention of sale of liquor to na
tives. Mr. Green has been appointed to
the position of register in the U. S.
Land Office at Anchorage.
Ray Major, a recent arrival in Sew
ard, met with a serious accident on
Saturday evening, when he cut his
hand so badly with an axe as to nec
essitate surgical attention, which was
i given by Dr. Baughman. Mr. Major
had the misfortune to lose all the fin
gers and part of. his thumb while saw
ing in a mill several years ago ,and
the present wound will lay him up for
several weeks.
Mr. E. C. Johnson, of Bellingham,
Washington, arrived on a recent boat j
to take a position with the Standard
Oil Co.
Senator Frank Aldrich of Juneau
arrived on th,e Alameda Saturday and
left today for Fairbanks as delegate
to the grand igloo. Mr. Aldrich is j
an oldtimer in the First Division and ■
has a long record of service to the Ter- j
ritory behind him.
Mrs. Charles Sumner Johnson, wid
ow of Judge Johnson, who was in the
last year of the last century federal
judge in Alaska before the Territory
was divided into four judicial divisions
is now living in Paris, France. Her
son, Capt. Francis Johnson, mte death
the day before the armistice was sign
ed.
Mrs. Tom Aitken, wife of the vet-!
eran Kuskokwim dredging operator, !
who has been Outside for the winter, !
arrived on the Alameda, and left for
the Interior. Mrs. Aitken will join I
Mr. Aitken at Anchorage and leave for j
Kobi, where they will go over the win-!
ter trail by dog team to McGrath. Mr. ;
and Mrs. Aitken tried to engage pas- j
sage with Aviator Eielso nbut he was j
not permitted to carry passengers.
Mrs. P. A. Cook of Anchorage, left |
on the Alameda for Sitka, where she
will act as representative and delegate j
to the American Legion Convention,
which is being held at Sitka this year, j
Mrs. Cook has made twelve previous !
trips across the Gulf of Alaska.
Mrs. Dollie Donaldson of Woodrow,
spent Sunday in town, a guest of the
Sexton.
George Colwell left for his division
headquarters a1 Mile 52, on today’s
train.
Nurse Ferry left on today’s train
for Anchorage, and will return Satur
day to remain in Seward permanently.
She announces that the Skagway room
ing house will be reopened next week.
George J. Love, manager of the
Pathfinder and former U. S. Commis
sioner at Valdez, who arrived on the
A'ameda left on today’s train for Fair
banks to attend the Grand Igloo. Mr.
Love will return in time to see the
aviation squadron arrived in Seward.
Jack McCord left today for a busi
ness trip to Anchorage .
Sam Beck and L. W. McAllen, who
arrived from a visit to the States, left
today for Willow Creek where they
will spend the summer.
J. L. Waller, Anchorage attorney,
and candidate for the Territorial leg
islature, accompanied by Mrs. Waller,
spent Sunday in town, guests of the
Van Gilder.
George Waltz, Territorial salesman
for Crane & Company, arrived in town
on the last train.
Sam Radich. section foreman at Mile
52, returned to his home today after
spending Sunday in Seward.
J. R. Bogart, who arrived in Seward
recently from Anchorage, lias taken a
position with Brown & Hawkins. The
Gateway last week republished an arti
cle from an Anchorage paper stating
that Mr. Bogart was going to work for
the Standard Oil company, which was
an error.
Paul Dunbar, Schwabacher Grocery
representative, left today for Interior
points on his way to Nome.
W. E. Moultrav, local manager for
the Standard Oil company, is confined
to his home with a sore optic, caused
by the actinic rays of the sun on the
snow, while visiting Fairbanks recent
ly. Mr. Moultray has suffered consid
erably since his return home, his eye
being burned quite badly.
L. V. Ray was a passenger on todays
train for Anchorage.
Arthur J. Perault arrived from Se
attle on one of the last boats, and if
is reported will take a position with
Brown & Hawkins.
Frank Chase and Hus<li Daugherty
visited Mile Seven yesterday and took
| a slant at the new mill installed by
Nels Hagen and partners. The mil.
las been erected and is said tc be the
Lust thing of tig kind ever stepped to
.he Territory.
Forty-one thoroughbred sheep from
the Okanogan country in Washington
were received recently by P. C. Jack
son of Anchorage. The sheep arrived
on the Admiral Watson and were trans
ported to Anchorage in a stock car
over the Alaska railroad.
A1 J. Pauli, a brother to Mrs. S. F.
Gordon of Anchorage, left on the Ala
ueda for Seattle en route to Califor
nia. Mr. Pauli has been in Alaska 18
ears, and with the railroad forces at
Fairbanks for several years.
Chas. Ruzsas arrived on file last
train from Fairbanks, and is stopping
at the Overland. Mr. Ituzsas is an ex
perienced camp cook.
William Sequin, who operates the
stage line between Fairbanks and tlie
creeks, was a Seward visitor yester
day, a guest of the Overland.
The telegraph line between Nenana
and Ilot Springs will be discontinued
right after the break-up of the Tanana
river.
J. L. Graef presented the Gateway
with a handsome new calendar show
ing the site of the proposed pulp mill
dam on Kenai river.
Herb Parker recently bought Spark
Plug of Barney Malloy, and will use
it this summer carrying fishing par
ties.
McMullen’s Grocery is sporting the :
finest delivery car in the city. The
body is paneled with glass doors, and
is painted Nile green .
Emil Huerja and Mrs. Huerja are
now living at No. 529 north, Cohuen
ga avenue, Hollywood. Mr. Huerja is
a former Alaska newspaperman, and
Mrs. Huerja is the daughter of Mrs.
Mary Anderson, formerly of Gold Run
in the Klondike.
Henry Paben, who has been visiting in
St. Louis, is supposed to be a passen
ger on the Northwestern for Seward.
Oscar Anderson, Anchorage finan
cier, is a returning passenger on the
Northwestern.
C. E. Nyburg, former tie inspector
on the Alaska Railway, is a returning
passenger from the States.
Mrs. E. DeHon, who left several
months ago for California, is return
ing on the Northwestern.
RADIO MEN ARRIVE
The fisheries boat Kittiwake, with
three radio men, arrived last night and
the local station will be opened today.
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Alvali Karnes, chief of the milway j
mail service, returned to Seward last
night from an official trip to the Wa
siiia district, lie reports things very
quiet in the interior.
E. Thiessen, representing Chester
field Cigarettes, and Sam Shuklin, who
represents the Oregon Woollen Mills
and the Goodrich Rubber Co., are in
town.
Paul Barnes, representing M. Sellers
Co., left today for Anchorage.
Harry Johnson, a Moose Pass resi
dent, is a guest of the Sexton.
O. E. Refsner and J. Johnson, fisher
men from Ketchikan, were registered
at the Van Gilder.
WILSON HAULING FREIGHT
Jas. E. Wilson, the freighter, is now
engaged in hauling freight from Hous
ton to Willow Creek Mines, 18 head of
horses being engaged in the work. Mr.
Wilson has five teamsters and one
swamper.
Fred Matz, of Mills Creek, is regis
tered at the Sexton.
Miss Josephine Boyer of St. Louis,
who has been general file clerk in the
operating vice president’s office of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Den
ver, has taken a position as assistant
to E. Van Gundy, chief clerk of the
Alaskan railroad. Miss Boyers will ar
rive on one of the next boats from the
states to succeed Mrs. J. E. Crutcher,
resigned.
S. F .“Dad” Hunt, Eklutna farmer
and one of the pioneers of the Cook
Inlet district, suffered a bad fall re
cently. while repaiiing a building, and
is at present in the Anchorage hospital
rocoveimg from an injury to his spinal
column.
H. II. Brown, n?w general car fore
man lor the Alaska Railroad, arrived
on the Alameda and will assume his
position at once. Brown com* s from
the W» ftem Pacific lailvoad :and has
been employed at Sacramento.
Crow Creek Operators
Make a Good Clean up
With a record of taking $33,000 from
the ground last season the mining firm
of Erickson and Toteland, who are
hvdraulicking leased ground on Crow
creek, in the Girdwood district, expect
to duplicate their feat this year and
are laying plans at the present time
for operating on a large scale.
Last season the partners worked 12
men and Mr. Erickson and a crew are
busily engaged in hauling in supplies
for the coming season.
FORMER ALASKANS WED
Miss Evelyn Ely, former time keep
er on the Alaskan railroad, and Mr.
Ninnis, a former resident of Curry,
were married in California recently.
REINDEER BEING KILLED
FOR CARIBOU IN INTERIOR
Supf. W. T. Lopp has received nu
merous complaints from native rein
deer owners that prospectors and oth
ers have been killing reindeer in the
Buckland istriet, and calling them car
ibou.
Native herders from Buckland re
port that on the evening on Novem
ber 27, they camped on Hunter creek
in search of missing deer. On the left,
side of Hunter they numd a reindeer
skin from which the head and legs l ad
been cut. The skin had been roiled up
and covered with willows and grass.
'I he deer had be< n butehon d by white
hunters. They folio .v<*d a trail to a
s Bter’s ca./n and the 1 tunic* i hack
.m i reported the ma '.or to lue au'.h <r
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ANCHORAGE DELEGATES TO
GRAND IGLOO PIOENERS
Mrs. Roy G. Soutliworth and Mrs. I.
Davies are Anchorage delegates to the
Grand Igloo of Pioneers for the auxil
ary, and Frank Reynolds and Eric Bur
man represent the Igloo, holding six
proxies. The latter two reside in
Fairbanks.
Tom Nelson, a past grand president
of the grand igloo, is also in Fairbanks
having left Anchorag ©on Monday’s
train.
S. E. Dahl, R. C. Collins and G. K.
Woodward, train crew, registered at
the Overland last night.
Alaskan Picture Sold
to Pathe Association
The Alaska feature film, “The Chee
chakos," will be shown on Broadway,
New York, for a year, according to a
telegram received Sunday by Mayor L.
V. Ray.
The opening performance will take
place May 4 and the first release of
the picture occurred April 22. The
picture is said to have been sold to the
Pathe International Association of
New York.
Miss Dorothy Haley, publicity agent
for the Alaska railroad, accompanied
by her mother, will depart this week
for Eastern points where she. goes to
advertise the Alaska Railroad, says
the Alaska Weekly. Miss Haley has
prepared a mass of data to be employ
ed in her campaign in the East. Up
on her return to Alaska she will make
her permanent headquarters at Juneau
INTERIOR AIR MAIL
MAY BE EXTENDED
TO OTHER POINTS
In a cable receibed by the Fair
banks News-Miner from W. F. Thomp
son, dated at Washington, D. C., where
Mr. Thompson is at present, it was
stated that Harold T. Lewis, repre
senting Assistant Postmaster General
Henderson, would arrive in Seward on
the Northwestern on his way to Fair
banks to look over the air mail pro
ject.
Mr. Lewis’ repo.t back to the post
office department will determine The
continuation of the air mail service
from McGrath to Fairbanks.
Mr. Thompson i.tales the department
is very much pleased with the flights
made by Aviator FJielson and will in
a’.l probability aid the residents of the
Interior by establishing other routes.
It was stated that two new planes
will be sent to Fairbanks for use by
the postoffice department.
Accordingto advices received by J.
S. Truit, former Judge, from his son
G. Jas. Truit, formerly resident engin
neer for the Alaska Railroad,“Jimmie”
has signed up with the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway. “Jimmie”
has charge of the maintenance of that
line’s roads in the state of Washing
ton, with headquarters in Seattle.
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
OF SEWARD
Candidate on Republican Ticket for Attorney General
Humbly asks support of the voters of Alaska at the Primary Election.
Stands for a SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL; welfare of the Territory and
Its people; an efficient administration of office; more effective com
munity spirit; unity of purpose; and development, and growth of the
entire Territory.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
GEORGE SEXTON
OF SEWARD
Candidate for Deleg'/ie to Republican Natl. Convention
A Pioneer of the Territory with a residence of nearly a quarter
of a century. I stand for Division of the Territory Ln case Division
is desired by the people. If elected I will represent Alaska at the Re
publican National Convention at Cleveland in a business-like way,
working for the best interests of the Territory at large
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
BARTLEY HOWARD
OF ANCHORAGE
Candidate on Republican Ticket for Territorial Senator
Mr. Howard has made no promises to any party or individual, and
if elected will serve the Third Division to the best of his ability. He
is competent and capable of giving Alaska a progressive, business
administration. At the present time is engaged in coal mining. He
will give you sane and safe laws, looking to the protection of the re
sources of Alaska and the Upbuilding of the Territroy.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
HARRY G. STEEL
OF CORDOVA
Candidate for Delegate to Republican Nat’l Convention
Have been a resident of the Territory for the pas* twenty-five
years and is thoroughly conversant with its needs. If elected will
go to the National convention at Cleveland with the idea of unlocking
the vast resources of the Territory, and the devolpment of payrolls.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 3924
A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR TWELVE YEARS
VOTE FOR
IVAN IL SUPHELLEN
OF CORDOVA
For Territorial Representative, Third Division
CLEAN CAPABLE CONSCIENTIOUS
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John Harrington Victim
of Five Months Spree
(Anchorage Daily Alaskan)
The end of a five month’s liquor
debauch terminated suddenly last eve
ning for John Harrington, aged 54,
when he dropped back dead while sit
ting on a bed in the cabin of Scotty
Murphy, on C. street, where shortly
after 6 o’clock Scotty Murphy found
him. Murphy, not realizing that Har
rington was dead, but believing that
something was wrong with him, went
back down town, found Harrington’s
partner, M. Murphy, and had him re
turn to the cabin with him. As soon
as M. Murphy saw the prostrate form
he realized that death had come, so
immediately went to the marshal’s of
fice and notified the authorities.
J. Milton Wood of Seldovia died
Monday, according to word received in
last night’s mail. Wood who is well
known in Seward, formerly operated
a sawmill near Knik. He was born in
Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1868, and came
to Alaska in the early days.
Interment will be made at Seldovia.
Prohibition Officers Cause
Break in Alaskan Cable
CORDOVA, Mar. 24.—Prohibition of
ficers who are dragging Cordova Bay
in an effort to recover several sacks of
booze alleged to have been thrown
overboard from the launch Cameo,
when Messrs. Cunningham and Beal
were arrested by Messrs. Flanigan and
Beilgard on a charge of rum running,
are alleged to have picked up and bro
ken the cable between Valdez and Cor
dova which went out of commission
at the time. The break has caused a
bad situation as all news must now be
radios from Sitka to Seward and
thence over the railway wires to inte
rior points.
Capt. W. P. Dingle, army surgeon,
who has been stationed at Anchorage,
will leave on one of the next boats for
Fort Douglas, Utah, where he has been
detailed for duty. He will be succeed
ed by Capt. A. D. Haverstock, who is
now on duty with the Fifth army
corps.
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