TEE ACTIVITIES
THIS DISTRICT
BIG INDUSTRY
WINTER WORK MEANS MORE
THAN $200,000 ALONG THE
RAILROAD DISTRICT
A resume of tie making activities in
this district is supplied the Gateway
today by John G. Brady, district for
ester, in charge of this region of the
Chugach National Forest, who is in
Seward for a few days on official
business. Weather conditions have
been extremely unfavorable for deliv
ery of ties for the past six weeks and
all the operators have suffered accord
ingly. There is practically no frost
in the ground and the horses used
in skidding have had to be handled
with great care in order to avoid in
jury.
Prior to the closing down of a num
ber of the 16 camps which were in
operation and which employed close
to 100 men, contracts for almost 175
COO ties had been let out by the
Alaska Railroad. It is anticipated the
contracts will be eventually completed
to the satisfaction of all parties, not
withstanding the totally unlooked for
change in working conditions due to
the mild weather.
Contracts are held by the following
individuals or outfits:
Oscar Anderson, Knight’s Island,
100,000 ties.
C. N. Banks estate, Girdwood, 2000
ties.
Harry Carstens, Girdwood, 3000
ties.
William Carden, Mile 13, 2500 ties.
Frank Hill, Mile 3 1-2, 3000 ties.
R. W. Johnson, Mile 7, 2000 ties.
Frank Lee, Indian, 5000 ties.
C. La Rochelle, Bear Lake, 500 ties.
McCallum and Hutchinson, Mile 73,
300 ties.
A. E. Peters, Lakeview, 1200 ties.
F. J. Porter & Co, Pedham creek,
I a branch of Bird creek, 12,000 ties
Victor Raide, Mile 69, 5000 ties.
Earl Slipperin, Indian, ,5000 ties.
Anton Thompson, Pedham creek,
4000 ties.
Ed Vogl, Mile 5, 3000 ties.
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Arch Brick,
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Plaster Paris,
Hickory, Iron Bark,
Beaver Board,
Gal. Cor. Iron,
Pulleys,
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Doors,
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Sidewalk Coal Hole Covers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
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314 Union Street • Seattle, Washington
Tom Williams, Mile 66, 10,000 ties.
McCallum and Hutchinson have de
livered their ties and Carstens has
cut about 60 per cent of his contract.
Lee has hauled about 1000 ties to the
railroad track but lack 'of snow at In
dian has held up operations tempo
rarily. O. Anderson has delivered ap
proximately 7000 ties, it is believed.
Banks has delivered a carload of saw
ed ties; Carden has about 800 ties
hauled to the railroad but the mild
weather has held up work in that
vicinity.
H. H. Mitchell today began the de
livery of Hill’s ties to the railroad.
About 70 per cent of the Hill contract
has been filled. Johnston is working
on his contract but the mild weather
has proven quite a handicap. Camille
La Rochelle has delivered about 1100
sawed ties and is now getting out tim
ber for the remainder of the contract.
Peters is working alone with the
same success as in the past.
The operations of Porter & Com
pany are temporarily halted owing to
unforeseen conditions. J. W. Blase,
proprietor of the City transfer at An
chorage will shortly go to Bird creek
where he will haul ties with his new
Fordson crawler. Williams has de
livered 500 ties and is working on the
remainder of his contract. Earl Slip
perin is getting out timber. His ties
are being sawed at the Indian mill,
which was formerly owned by the
late J. E. Wilson. The Banks estate
is cutting a oarload of spruce lumber
for the Evan Jones Coal company at
Jonesville. This is about the only
commercial timber being cut along
the railroad.
FRIEDA HEMPLE FEELS EFFECT
OF “THE SPIRIT OF LOCARNO”
HAMBURG, Jan | 8. (^P)—The
“sipirit of Locarno,” has been extend
ed to Frieda Hempel, the prima don
na who aroused the ire of the Ger
mans bv singing on 'behalf of the
Liberty Loan in America during the
world war.
Arrangements have been made for
her to appear next year in a concert
and operatic tour of the leading cit
ies of Germany.
SOVIET COUNCIL ORDERS
WATCH ON CONCESSIONS
MOSCOW, Jan. 8. (/P)—By a spe
cial decree the Council of Commis
sars has ordered the chief conces
sion committee to organize a -per
manent commission to watch the
carrying out of the concessionary
agreements entered into by foreign
concessionaries with the Soviet gov
ernment and to provide for the re
moval of any possible obstacles which
might hinder the norfnal work of the
concessionary entenprise.
The Road to Happiness has many
detours.
Matt Moore and
Patsy Ruth Miller
Appear in Comedy
Matt Moore and Patsy Ruth Miller
are to be seen together on the screen
in the First National release, “A Self
Made Failure,” which William Beau
dine directed. Moore has long been
one of the most popular leading men
and Miss Miller’s name is becoming
more and more of a box-office draw
ing card with each new film in wfhich
she appears. Despite the popularity
of these players the producer has
realized the wisdom of an all-star
cast and the result is an assembly
of players that cannot help putting
over a picture with any audience.
Lloyd Hamilton who enacts the
title role, has forsaken his own pro
ductions to appear in this picture.
Ben Alexander who held the spot
light of McDonald’s Penrod and Sam
and ‘‘Boy of Mine,” is again cast in
one of the big roles.
McDonald’s consdstecy as a good
producer enabled him tc norrow C.
Riesner from the Charlie Chaplin
company and to obtain the services
of such talent as Matt Moore, Patsy
Rutih Miller, Sam de Grasse, Mary
Carr, Victor Potel, Dan Mason, Alta
Allen, Harry Todd and Joe McCray.
“Cameo,” the intelligent bull terrier,
completes the principals of the cast,
but the fact must not be overlooked
that even the “bits” in this McDon
ald production have been filled will:
well-known artist^ whose names will
add weight to the drawing power of
the players.
PENNELL TURNING MORE TO
WATER COLORS AND PAINTS
NEW YOtRK, Jan. 8. (^—Sixty
five years old—an. age when most
successful men are looking forward
to retiring—Joseph Pennell, illustra
tor amd author, is working harder
than ever.
His fondness for pen-and-imks and
etchings, .which made him famous,
still holds fast, but he is turning
more to water colors and paintings.
The latter attracted favorable com
ment at his exhibition in the Ander
son Gallaries here.
SECOND RED GRANGE FOUND
BY COACH AT URBANA, ILL.
URBANA, 111., Jan. 7 (iP)—Coach
Zuppke of Illinois may not expect to
find any more $100,000 players on his
freshman squads, but he is neverthe
less keeping a sharp eye on the prob
able successor of the famous “Red”
Grange on his 1926 football team.
And he thinks he has found one
who can partly fill the Wheaton ice
man’s shoes providing scholastic diffi
culties do not interfere.
The promising find is Forrest
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(Frosty) Peters of Billings, Mont.,;
who kicked seven field goals in one
game in his high school days. This
fall he exceeded all the varsity candi
dates in booting them, scoring several
from the 55 yard line.
Besides his accurate toe, Peters is
one of the best forward passers seen
at Illinois since the days of Larry
Walquist.
“Peters shows great promise of be
ing a second Grange," said Coach
Zuppke today. “He is even more ver
satile but needs to develop certain
fine points essential to excellent per
formances. If Peters is eligible next
year he wlil be among the first in line
to fill Red’s shoes.”
Wm. Sims, 85, escaped from a Belle
ville, 111., hospital with $5000 worth
of radium on his scalp. He was cap
tured next day and the radium was
found in a bandage which he had
thrown away.
The two year old son of Xavier Bel
anger near Sayward, B. C., was saved
by a mare which drove off a vicious
hog that was attacking the child.
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