Local Items of the Week
Mis,. Lui! oiiiiuiOikS and two child
ren were thru passengers on the Ad
miral Watson en route to Kodiak,
where she will join Mr. Simmons, who
has taken a position with Kraft &
Son. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have
been residing in Berkeley, Calif, but
state that it is nearly impossible for
a working man to make a living.
Dr. F. S. Dean, DDS., was a thru
passenger on the Admiral Watson en
route to Kodiak where he will open of
fices for the summer.
Ben Kraft passed through on the
Admiral Watson on his return to Ko
diak from a visit to Arizona, where he
has been visiting with his brother
Emil.
J. M. Blinn, formerly a member ot
the firm of Blodgett & Blinn, of Ko
diak. was a thru passenger on the Ad
miral Watson. Mr. Blinn is conduct
ing a pool hall at Kodiak.
Mrs. Mary Hughes, wife of the for
mer wireless operator at Kodiak, pass
ed through on the Watson on her way
to her former home on a visit. The
Hughes have been living at Juneau.
Fred Schroeder, the pioneer fox
farmer at Unalaska, left on the Starr
today for his island home
J. S. Osmund and wife, Geo .Mahle,
and Xels Anderson left on the Starr
for Chignik.
Dave Hielseth ,B. Rasmussen, and
Karl Rodin left for Seldovia today,
from which point they will take a boat
to Iliamna ,and thence down the lake
and Kvichak river to Koggiung.
W. J. Erskine is reported to be ill
at San Francisco. Mr. Erskine, who
went out last fall, is still in bad health
and will remain in ’Frisco for some
time.
Miss Margaret Kraft of Kodiak will
return on the Admiral Watson, on her
way to Anchorage, to visit with her
sister, Mrs. Jack Hunt.
S. 0. Casler and wife left on the
last boat from Valdez with insane
prisoners.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, missionary for
the Seward district deft on the Ad
miral Watson for Seldovia. to look af
ter church matters at that place.
Heber Smith, an old pioneer of Val
dez, left on one of the last boats
.or the hot springs at Ter.ake .
Jos. Meherin was a passenger on the
tlmiral Watson last evening, making
Wo trip to Kodiak and return.
Game Warden George G. Cotter was
a passerger on the Admiral Watson
for westward points.
Z. J. Gerspach, a Seward resident,
who has been in the Fairbanks hospi
tal under care of Dr. Romig, arrived
on Saturday’s train and left for the
Outside on a short trip before return
ing to Seward.
W. D. Coppernoll left on the Alaska
for southeastern Alaska and will
probably remain there until after the
primaries, April 29.
Otto Nas, well known in Seward,
was given six months in jail and a
$600 fine for running a still and hav
ing a large quantity of mule in his
cabin at Pirate Cove. Nas pleaded
guilty.
Harry G. Steel and sister, Miss A"n
nette, who have been in Anchorage
since Friday, returned on Saturday’s
train and left for Cordova on the
Alaska.
L. D. Kerr, chef on the dining car
on the Alaska railroad, and Nels
Steele, a dining car conducor, are
outgoing passengers on the Alaska
for the States.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bogart arrived
from Anchorage on the last train and
Mr. Bogart has entered the employ of
the Standard Oil Company.
Henry Madland, Alaska represen
tative of the Seattle Hardware Co,
who missed the Northwestern on her
last trip, arrived from Anchorage on
Saturday’s train and boarded the
Alaska several hours before she sail
ed in order to be on time.
Jack Keller, mining operator Jrom
Flat, arrived on the Alaska, and left
on yesterday’ train for the Interior.
Mr. Keller was accompanied by hD
bride, having been married while in
the States.
Mrs. Nellie Cashman, the pioneer
operator ol the Kantishna, is visiting
in Venice, Calif.
John G. Brady of the forestry de
partment ,was a Seward visitor yes
terday, returning on the freight to An
chorage.
Albert O. Larssen, who went to An
chorage last week to enlist in the Sig
nal Corps, took the oath and left Sat
urday night for Seattle, where he has
H. A. Snow, the big game hunter,
writes Seward friends that he may
come to Seward this summer and go
to tlie Kenai peninsula to take moose
and bear pictures.
Julien Hurley, assistant district at
' torney, was a Seward visitor over
| Sunday.
J. \Y. Cucker, and Oscar Hart, trav
men, were outbound passengers on
the Alaska.
R. E. Sheldon returned on the Alas
ka. and left on yesterday’s train for
| Fairbanks. Mr. Sheldon has dispos
| ed of his interest in the Samson
i Hardware Co., in the interior metrop
j olis and will devote all his time to the
routing of tourists of the Richardson
road this season.
Ollie Cooper, a railway man from
Spokane, who is making the round
trip on the Alaska, was visiting in
Seward while that vessel was in port.
George Preston, manager of the
Northern Commercial Company, of
Fairbanks, accompanied by his son,
George, jr., left on the Alaska for the
States.
Benjamin Smith, aged 83, father of
Mrs. John H. Kelly, of Fairbanks, was
i returning passenger on the Alaska,
after spending some time in Pacific
coast states. Mr. Smith sad he will
remain in the Northland and grow
up with the country.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Heastan left on
this morning’s train for Moose Pass.
U. S. Marshal Stevens of the
Fourth division, arrived in town on
i Saturday's train, on his way to the j
i states with two prisoners and one in- j
sane patient. The prisoners are \Y. I
D. Lane w ho pleaded guilty to a1
charge of burglary, and H. E. Hem
pie, who was convicted of fraudu-1
lently obtaining a registered letter
from the postoffice. The insane pa
I tient was Louis Dahl. The guards
were Dr. de la Vergne, Thos. White
! and J. O. McClellan.
W. E. Moultray local Standard Oil
manager, returned Saturday from a
trip to Cordova.
Louis Vcgl left this morning on a
! trip ac ross the bay on the May, Capt.
| Emswiler.
Miss Stella Fuller, Delano Red
Cross nurse, left on the steamship Al
aska for San Francisco, where she
goes for medical treatment. Miss Ful
ler states she will return to Seward in
about six weeks.
According to Harry Gong, who ar
rived in Seward last night, the pro
posed vegetable cannery at Matanuska
has received strong support from the
ranchers and business men of the dis
trict.
Ben Atwater, one of the first Ameri
cans to locate on the Kuskokwim,
who arrived on the Alaska, left Nena
na jesterday for his home.
W. R. Rathbun, of the telephone and
telegraph department of the Alaska
Railroad, who was called to Seattle
last month on account of the illness
of his mother, is among the passengers
on the steamship Alameda now' on her
way to Seward.
Paul Eckert, proprietor of a ton
sorial establishment in Anchorage is
on his way home, a passenger on the
Alameda.
Councilman Charles Cooper, who
left last week for Willow Creek to
operate his property there this sum
mer has arrived on the ground with
his outfit and is nowr busily engaged in
transporting it 18 miles from the rail
road to the mine, according to infor
mation received here yesterday.
H. L. i Pioneer) Smith and Thomas
Jones who left Sunday for Cache
creek, where they will operate Cliff
HiP’s property this summer, have
reached tLeir destination.
Frank Case is in town from Mile 54,
a guest of the Hotel Sexton.
O. W. Ho Allard, who has been in
Anchorage the past few davs returned
to Seward on last ul.r!i. train.
Mrs. G. N. Burner.t of Anchorage, ar
rived on last night'i tialn an l is a
g jest of the Van Gild v
H. G. Steel, candidate for delegate
to the National convention, on the re
publican ticket, returned from Anchor
age last night on his way to Cordova.
Steel remained over in Anchorage 10
attend the Elks' doings.
Grant Carlson, a former Seward
boy, who has been in California for
the past two years, has returned to
Seatle and will spend the summer at
Auburn, visiting his parents.
George F. Forrest, head of the Geo.
F Forrest company of Juneau, dealing
in mechanical and heating equipment
returned from Anchorage last night on
his way south. Mr. Forrest, early in
..pril will become associated with the
linn of Godfrey-Jones, heating engi
neers, with offices at 2021 L. C. Smith
building, Seattle.
H. S. Balderston, president of the
Bank of Seward, arrived on last nights
train from Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Drown arrived
on last night’s train from Anchorage
and will remain here until Sunday. Mr.
Brown is head of the firm of Brown &
Hawkins, with stores at Seward and
Anchorage.
Harry Gong, the Seattle importer,
who has been in Anchorage on a busi
ness deal, returned to Seward last
night.
W. W. Flynn was an overnight vis
itor in Seward, returning today to
Mil'* 20.
IV n Higgins, a prominent Alaskan,
at rived last night from Mile 54.
Henry Couillard came in from Mile
54 last night and is a guest of the Ho
fei Sexton.
Jack McCord returned on last
right’s train from Anchorage.
r. O. Sundberg, Anchorage grocer,
recently operated upon at the Swedish
Hospital in Seattle, is an inbound pas
senger on the Alameda.
Doug. Clements and Wm. Manthey
a: lived in town last night from Mile
2J They are both Seward boys.
Jack Hardigan of Anchorage, left on
:he last boat for Seattle to undergo
treatment by specialists for cancer of
the face. Mr. Hardigan was given a
fund of $230 by the Pioneers and bus
iness men of Anchorage.
Albert J. Pauli, jr., will arrive from
Fairbanks on Saturday’s train, taking
the Alameda for Seattle. Mr. Pauli
will stop in Sitka to represent the
Fairbanks post, and then proceed to
the States where he will wed Miss
Myrtle Crane, a former Fairbanks
girl.
Dr. de la. Vergne of Fairbanks, who
left for the States on the last boat,
will take a course in X-ray treatment,
returning to the Interior in April.
J. J. Chisholm was a returning pas
senger on the Admiral Watson.
J. J. Mehan and W .V. Blackwell
were passengers for Seward on the
Admiral Watson.
Chas. Emsweiler, well known Sew
ardite, will keep his gasboat, the May,
on the Nuka bay run this summer, it
is reported, charging $50 for the round
trip including the passenger’s outfit.
The May is a very seaworthy boat and
makes the run to the bay from Sew
ard in about 12 hours.
George L. Keys, a student in the
School of Mines, and a son of the
well-known representative of Fair
banks, has been appointed engineer at
the college to succeed John H. Sulli
van, resigned.
C. A. Carlson arrived in town last
night from Cooper’s Landing, and is
a guest of the Overland.
George C. Cotter, game warden, re
turned on the Watson from a trip to
the Westward.
Passenegrs on the Admiral Watson
from the westward, were Wm. Hart,
Mrs. Hart, Alta Hart, W. P. White,
and Fred Stone. Allan Suppellen, H.
G. Steel and several others left from
here.
A. H. Humphrey, representing Hill
Bros.’ Coffee, returned from a trip to
the westward.
James E. Louttit, formerly with the
Ladysmith Smelting company at La
touche, is now connected with the Ter
minal Machinery company in Seattle.
Suffering from cancer of the stom
ach, Tom Blalock, a miner from the
Koyukuk district, was taken outside
on (he Alaska by Dr. de la Vergne.
who was also In charge of A. Lempi
nen, a Finn, totally blind.
H. V. Hoben yesterday completed
a deal whereby he purchased the S
L. Coldwell lot near the Arcade build
ing.
NO FRESH MILK IN NENANA
Nenana is today without fresh
milk of any kind, except that which
is sold in cans. The last operating
dairy has been closed by Alex Kerr,
who disposed of his cows during the
last week. Efforts are being made to
induce a Fairbanks man to open up a
branch here.
THOMAS H. WHITE ON
WAY TO THE STATES
Thomas H. White, manager of the
Tanana Valley Reindeer company, and
Mrs. White, who recently returned
from the association’s properties on
the big Chena, are leaving for the
Outside next Friday. Mr. White wili
return north in May, but Mrs. White
will remein in Ellensburg, Washing
ton, where she will return to a former
position with the Chicago, Milwaukee
ci St. Paul railroad which she occu
pied for five year. She wiil return
north in the fall. While in the states
Mr. White will inierest capitil in his
caribou and reindeer enterprise.
HORTON TO BE DELEGATE
L. B. Horton will represent Jack
Henry Post No. 1, American Legion,
in Sitka, next month. Mr. Horton is
at present in Sitka and he promised
to represent the convention.
COPPERNOLL GETS HAND
In Anchorage the other night W. D.
Coppernoll. cadidate for attorney gen
eral received an ovation when his pic
ture was thrown upon the screen in
the Empress theatre.
PARIS, Mar. 20—The new poison
gas developed in Germany embodies
carbon monoxide, in the opinion of the
eminent French chemist, Dr. Pierre
Louis Rehm, writing in the Matin. The
German chemists, he says, probably
have succeeded in getting solutions of
metallic carbonyls, the microscopic
particles of which are capable of pen
etrating the filters of gas masks, and
then giving off carbon monoxide. This
gas is not only odorless and colorless,
but is one of the deadliest known to
science.
ABBEY TAKES POSITION
WITH MINING COMPANY
Woodbury Abbey of McKinley Park,
who has been in Fairbanks the past
week, left for the Park. It is under
stood, says the News-Miner, that Mr.
Abbey has accepted a position with
the U. S. Smelting, Refiining and Min
ing Exploration Company as engineer.
Mr. Abbey, for several years cadastral
engineer with the General Land office,
MRS. RANDALL ASHBY
WEDS GEORGE FAWCETT
News was received from Valdez on
this boat that Mrs. Randall Ashby had
been married to George Fawcett, jun
ior partner in the Gilson Mercantile
company. Mrs. Ashby is the widow
of Randall Ashby, who died a year or
so ago while undergoing an operation
at Mayo Bros. Mr. Fawcett is a
Canadian war veteran and one of the
most popular young men of Valdez.
ALASKA REPRESENTATIVES
OLSON & MEHERIN
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 tor 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, 1921
GEORGE SEXTON
OF SEWARD
Candidate for Delegate 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 in case Division
is do ired 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 test interests of the Territory at large.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1924
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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 progi> ssive, business
administration. At the present time is engaged in coal mining. He
will give you sane and safe laws, locking ;o the protection of the re
sources of Alaska and the Upbuilding of the Territroy.
PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 29, 1921
HARRY G. STEEL
OF CORDOVA
Candidate for Delegate to Republican Natl Convention
Have been a resident of the Territory for the past 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 devolpmeut of payrolls.
PRIMARY ELECTION, xVPRIL 29, 1924
A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR TWELVE YEARS
VOTE FOR
IVAN H. SV PH ELLEN
OF CORDOVA
For Territorial Representative, Third Division
CLEAN CAPABLE CONSCIENTIOUS
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LOCAL OVERLAND
Spring is at hand ,and the first
redbird of the season arrived yester
I day. It was the Redbird model of
; the popular Overland received by
j Peter Ogle, local agent. The car is a
| beauty with disc wheels, three point
suspension springs anti a bear of an
engine. Mr. Ogle is justly ;proud of
the new car.
CORDOVA CANDIDATE IS
MUCH ENCOURAGED BY
TRIP TO INTERIOR
Ivan H. Suphellen, of Cordova, who
has been on a trip to Anchorage, ar
rived on last night,s train, and left to
day for Yraldez, where he will remain
until the Alameda returns south. Mr.
Suphellin states that he received much
encouragement from Anchorage re
publicans, over his candidacy for the
lower house, and also has been assur
ed of a heavy vote to the westward
Mr. Suphellen has been a resident of
Alaska for the past twelve years, and
at the present time is employed by
the Copper River railroad.
Mr. Suphellen states that he intends
to make his home permanently in the
Territory, and whether elected or not
will always be found working for its
best interests.
708 RMUFAQENTS
DISCHARGED ACCOUNT '
dishonest™ graft
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 20—
Because of dishonesty and graft, 796
revenue agents, inspectors and collec
tors of the Bureau of Internal Reve
nue, have been discharged in the last
three years, assistant commissioner
Nash this afternoon told the senate
committee investigating the bureau.
.• om ti e Chamber of Commerce.
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