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OF SEWARD, ALASKA Established August 19, 1904
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Mere words are indeed feeble in any attempt to
express the pent-up feelings of Seward citizens and
the host of other friends of Pilot Russell Merrill, lost
for nearly three weeks, for whom Pilots Dorbandt,
Crosson and Mechanic Cope, took to the air today to
make a diligent search of the ocean area where roc
ket flares were seen yesterday morning. May the air
men find Merrill and bring him home.
NO “GHOST” CITIES
Those disgruntled ones and pessimists who harp on
the fact that Alaska’s population has been dwindling
(which is probably not the case at present) and who
say Alaska’s gold supply is practically exhausted; that
there will never be any more big gold camps in the
Territory, will get no pleasure from the report of the
Director of the Mint which shows that Alaska was sec
ond in gold production in 1928 taking second place to
California, and that the gold output for the entire na
tion showed an increase of nearly a million dollars.
California, with inhabitants numbered in millions*
produced 523,429 ounces of gold while Alaska, with in
habitants numbered in thousands, produced 330,604
ounces. As a per capita showing Alaska undoubtedly
beats any part of the country in the amount of gold
mined per person in spite of the difficulties of the game
in this northern country.
Although some of the bonanza camps had their hec
tic days of great production and sank into decline be
cause "they could mine only the richest deposits, notably
Nome and Fairbanks, these camps are rapidly coming
back and Fairbanks will undoubtedly add another $150,
000,000 to the flood of wealth she poured out in the boom
days. Nome is increasing heP production again this
year as new methods are being adopted, and there is
scarcely a camp in Alaska that is not holding its own
or is on the upgrade.
There are no “Ghost Cities” in Alaska. In addition
there are the new finds that are being added to the list
of potential producers every year indicating to any
fair-minded man that the dissemination of precious
metals throughout Alaska is almost universal, particu
larly gold and only an ingrained, pessimistic “diehard”
would prophesy that there will be no more big gold
camps in this great Territory.
A San Francisco “Sniffer” (a dry official) is said
to have stolen enough whiskey to flood that city. It
would appear that the best step President Hoover can
take to enforce prohibition is to ask the bootleggers to
help him arrest the enforcement officers.
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ANCHORAGE, Oct., 5, (/P)—While
search is still continuing for Rus
sell Merrill, and many are ready to
give him up as lost, Mrs. Merrill is
facing the situation with the forti
tude and courage characteristic of
a pioneer and soldier’s wife.
“No, I cannot feel that Russell is
dead,” said Mrs. Merrill yesterday
to a representative of The Gateway.
“I am still of the belief that he has
been forced down in the rough
I country beyond the main range of
the mountains. He has often been
compelled to make detours to avoid
j fog and it is my belief that this
| has been the case and that he is
somewhere on the watershed of
ithe Kuskokwim river. He had a
j supply of food sufficient to last
considerable time, an axe and a re
volver. While prepared foP the
worst, I shall continue to believe
that Russell is alive and will even
tually make his way to some point
of communication.”
If Mrs. Merrill’s theory is correct,
o n'-'v require many weeks for the
II rt pi’of if: arrive at some point of
c :.injuriesticn. If he came down
’ : a glacier country, cr swamps his
progress would be slow in walking
out. He would have to reach a
point having wireless connections
or come into contact with trappers
or natives. Mrs. Merrill pointed out
that the routes traversed by Russell
were over stretches where there are
neither whites or natives.
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INCOMING LOCALS
Local passengers for Seward on
the S. S. Yukon, in port yesterday
from the south were:
From Juneau—Mr. and Mrs. L.
McGee,Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Plumb, M.
L. Plumb, Earl Plumb, Mrs. J. Ever
ett, Eli Pnilipps.
From Cordova—R. H. Chadwick,
Paul Otto, V. H. Westlake, F. L.
Hutchins, Ben Rysti, Sauie Pratt,
Joe Whitehead.
From "Valdez—J. H. Campbell
From Latouche—Mis. J. Oden, II.
Jasper, H. Morris, C A. Sc'ici.&ker
| From Seattle—K. K. Katz.
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Twenty pounds of rice has been
received by the Seward Chamber
of Commerce from Governor Geo.
A. Parks, which will be sown in
;the fresh-water lakes in the Mile j
3 vicinity. The rice is for the lit- :
tie duckies.
John Lockhart (Lauchardt) a
resident of the Moose Pass and
Hope country for the last 10
years, left today for Juneau en
route to Sitka where he proposes
to enter the Pioneers’ Home.
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SEWARD CHAPTER NO. !0. ORDER OF
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Meet* the second and fourth
Mondays of each month in
Odd Fellows’ Hall at 8 p.m.
Visiting members always wel
come: Miriam Painter, W.
M.: Martine Johansen, act
ing Secretary.
| SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425. L. O. O. M.
Meets every first and
third Fridays each
month at 8 p.m. at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
All welcome. Peter
N. Anderson, Direc
tor. M. A. Horner.
Secretary.
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO NO. 9
C. M. Brosius, Secretary-Treasurer
REWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6-A. i
I. O. O. F.
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welcome. Mrs. Marie
Osbo. N. G., Ludwig
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HESSURECTION LODGE NO. A-7, I.O.O.F.
Meets every Thursday at 8:00
C^*=**%^) P.m. in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Vis
iting brothers welcome
Dow I Galloway, N. G., Ludwig Larsson,
secretary. !
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