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(Elwyn Swetmann)
Standard Gauge Railroad
f for Moose Creek Fields
Next Year Is Reported
Arrivals in Seward say that the nar
row gauge railway being constructed
from the old Baxter-Bedell coal min
ing property on Moose creek, up to
the Howard-Jesson claims, will be
completed by the middle of next Oct.
According to present indications it
appears that next year the railroad
contemplates standardizing the road,
it is stated, for a standard roadbed
and ties are being laid out. It has
always been conceded by those who
have some knowledge of coal mining
operations, that this spur line should
jb hape been a standard one, right from
the start.
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Rough and Dressed
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Camille LaRochelle
Mile Seven.
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This Week
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kND BLOOMERS WORTH
S.50 THE SUIT, SPECIAL
THIS WEEK $6.00 A SUIT
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Expert Shoe Repairing
Correct Appliances for
Foot Ailments
Canvas and Leather
Made Up As
Wanted
Seward Leather
Works.
COMMERCE
CAFE
Reopened under new
management
Chop Suey and Noodles
a Specialty
OPEN ALL HOURS
PHONE ADAMS 54
FINE PROGRESS
CONSTRUCTION
JESSE LEE HOME
MODERN BUILDINGS ARE MODELS
HANDSOME IN DESIGN AS WELL
AS PRACTICAL IN CONSTRUC
TION.
One Completed Next Month
CHILDREN EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
FROM UNALASKA AND NOME
SOMETIME LATE IN SEPTEM
BER.
Speaking in round figures few local
residents realize just what the acqui
sition of the Jesse Lee Hotne means to
Seward in dollars and cents. It has
been stated by a government official
who recently passed through this city
that the removal of the orphanage
from one district alone would mean an
annual loss of at least ten thousand
dollars to the community. When it
is learned two such missions for or
phans, at Unalaska and Nome, are to
be moved to the local home now un
der construction, Seward’s gain can
readily be computed. About 120
children will be moved to Seward from
the Westward and Bering Sea dis
trict, probably about the middle of
next month, and this is said to be just
a beginning, for plans are already un
der way for more buildings and larg
er quarters.
Will Arrive Next Month
According to the original plans the
children were to have been moved to
their new home in Seward this month
but owTing to the lateness in getting
the construction under way, this will
be impossible. Reverend R. V. B.
Dunlap stated yesterday the comman
der of the cutter Haida wanted to
transport the orphans to this point
this month, but the Rev. Dunlap wir
ed back word that the buildings were
not sufficiently completed to house
them. Arrangements have been since
made for the steamer Boxer, the Bu
reau of Education vessel, to bring the
children to Seward next month, at
which time, from present indications,
at least one of the large dormitories,
will be completed.
Assistant Coming From Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. Trumbell are expected
to arrive on the next Alaska, from
Wisconsin, it was learned yesterday.
Mr. Trumbell will be in charge of the
boys’ dormitory and will wear the ti
tle of assistant to Rep. Dunlap. Liv
ing quarters for Mr. and Mrs. Trum
bell will be located in this building as
will other members of the faculty, of
which there will be at least ten. Rev.
and Mrs. Dunlap will have their office
and apartment in the main building,
or girls’ dormitory.
Wonderful Progress Made
The amount of work which has been
accomplished under the direct man
Barber Shop
FRED MILLER
BATHS-:-OPEN SUNDAY A.M.
agement of Rev. Dunlap, since con
struction began, or since the plates for
the upper structure were laid in July,
is astonishing. May 21 was the day
set for the citizens of Seward to re
spond to the call for volunteers to as
sist in clearing land at the site, which
was then covered with trees and
stumps. Men from all vocations,
lent their brawn for a day, and lest it
be forgotten, the women of the com
munity responded with equal fervor.
Before the day had ended the citizens
had mowed down and cleared away
sufficient acreage for the site.
Buildings are Beauties
Built of wood, brick and concrete,
one of the dormitories today is hav
ing the exterior finishing touches ad
ministered by the stucco crew, and the
tarring of the roof of the girls’ dormi
tory is well under wray. There are
approximately 42,000 feet of floor
space in the two buildings. Rearing
up three stories in height, the build
ings command an exquisite view of
Seward and Resurrection Bay. Seen
from the harbor one bbilding, which
is now' adorned w’ith glistening w'hite
stucco and brilliant red roof, is a sight
which will arrest the attention of the
thousands of future visitors to Sew
ard. As time progresses, driveways
will be laid out on the spacious ground
surrounding the home, bordered with
flowers of beautiful hues. Fields
will eventually be under cultivation,
the whole being enclosed with a neat
fence. With the additional buildings
being planned, can one believe the
scene w’ill be excelled at any point in
the Territory. In the mind’s eye,
the nearest approach would be the
Alaska College at Fairbanks, with its
broad sweeping lawns and curving
driveways. As a comparison, how
ever, the Jesse Lee Home in Seward
stands out like a gem for it is sur
rounded on every hand, by distant and
tow'ering greenswarthed, snowcapped
•mountains, the distant music of a large
w'aterfall cascading nearby, with a
marine view, Resurrection Bay, unex
celled anyplace on the globe.
WITHIN A MONTH
TWELVEMILE IS DUE
FOR COMPLETION
WATER FROM THE CHATANIKA
AT THE INTAKE BY THE CIR
CLE BRIDGE WILL BE RUN
NING THRU DITCH SOON.
BEFORE SEPTEMBER PASSES IN
A BLAZE OF AUTUMN LEAVES,
THE DITCH WILL BE CARRY
ING WATER
The work on the Twelvemile ditch,
says the Fairbanks News-Miner, to
carry wTater from the upper Chatani
ka to and through the mines to
Cleary, with Chatanika the scene of
the largest workings, Will be com
pleted by the Stines company within
a month, and the water which will
wash the gold from the gravels a:
the mines will be runn-ifig- through
the ditches. —
Despite the usual and natural de
lays that work in this country is
subjects to, no estimate as to time
or cost that Mr. Stines has made
to date has failed to be finished with
in the time limit and asserted cost.
Probably that is because he starts
early and works late and estimates
well in advance, which saves him a
lot of explaining. He has had on
his payroll as hiigh as 400 men this
season, and has paid out in monthly
wTages as high as $70,000. The work
men are fewer now but the work
they have done lives after them.
The ditch will be carrying water this
fall and from then on, although the
water it carries may not be used
for mining for a year or two. The
ditch has to “work” for some time
before it will insure the water that
will allow the dredge to work,so much
seepage and loss is there in a dirt
ditch until it becomes as near wat
erproof as it can be made. It is
a veritable stretch of landscape gar
dening its entire length, and will
bring “Reclamation” to wha't is now
a scene of desolation and wreckage
—the sad remains of The Days That
Were, when mining was in flower out
Chatanika-way.
Colonel James G. Steese, head of the
Alaska Road Commission, and R. J.
Sommers, Territorial Highway Engi
neer, arrived at Valdez on the steamer
Yukon last week and left for the In
terior over the highway.
Urbach’s for Shoes.
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let.
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It is daily providing publicity free of charge
for the little and big things that effect your
business and social life. An entertainment
for instance, without newspaper publicity,
falls flat. Does the newspaper, then, after
giving such publicity, not deserve the paid
work in connection with such entertain
ment? Think it over.
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wrapped in waxed paper to insure its freshness.
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