LOCAL NEWS OF
THE LAST WEEK
Monday
Robert Mathison left on today’s
train for Hope, where he is engaged
in a mining proposition. He was
accompanied by Mr. Allison. The
men will be about three days mak
ing the 46 miles from Moose Pass,
owing to the deep snow and hard
going. Mr. Mathison’s family is liv
ing in Seward.
A1 Peel left today on a short trip
to Lake View.
Miss Elaine Cameron, who accompa
nied the Anchorage basketball team
to Seward, returned on today’s train
to her home town.
Wallace Daykin, who has been se
riously ill at Baughmna’s hospital,
is rapidly recovering, but is still
very weak, and it will be some time
before he gets arouud again.
Miss Beatrice Baughman sailed on
the Alaska Saturday for Juneau where
she takes a position with Helen
thal & Halenthal, lawyers, as their
stenographer.
Mr. H F. Starr and family, super
intendent of the Fish Hatchery at
Ketchikan will be transferred to the
Seward Hatchery. Mr. Karl Pra
ger and Mr. Bush will in turn be
transferred to the Ketchikan hatch
ery. Mr. Bush will leave on the 17th
for Ketchikan. Mr. Drager will not
leave on the following boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Shea and fa
mily left on this morning’s train for
Anchorage after spending the Christ
mas season with his parents.
George L. Love, sailed on Saturday
night’s boat for liis home in Valdez.
H. E. Kristiansen of Mile 7 regis
tered at the hotel Sexton over Sun
day.
Mrs. Anita Spaulding, who has been
pianist at the Liberty for the past
year, left on today’s train for Anch
orage wiiere she has a position a
waiting her. Mrs. Spaulding will
open studios in Anchorage wiiere
she will teach vocal and instrumental
music.
H. G. -ldeiton, gen3 al age*it fo?
the Alaska Railroad, spent Sunday
in town.
E. M. >\arner, ot Dutc.i Harbor,
was a gut st of the JT'tel Overland
O' i r irum’ay.
Mrs. Carl E. Orlander left oa tl e
steamship Alaska for the States
whore she will spend the winter Mrs.
Orlander has been in ill health for
some t,-'ie and goes outside .o- re
lief.
John Mattich was an outgoing pas
senger for Seattle on the Alaska, go
ing out on a short business trip.
The only service Soviet Russia has
given the world is her service as a
horrible example.
Miss Edith McIntosh entertained a
number of her Seward friends at a
dinner given at her home yesterday.
The Anchorage basketball girls were
treated to a banquet at the Seward
Grill yesterday evening by the Sew
ard basketball team and after the
dinner were taken to the show at
the Liberty..
A Christmas and New Year’s greet
ing card was received by L. V. Ray,
as mayor of the Town of Seward, ex
tending the greetings of the ward
room officers of the U. S. S. Hender
son, government transport, aboard
which the late President Harding vis
ited Alaska. Greetings were extend
ed to Seward and all residents.
Mrs. Jas. Bogart left oil the steam
ship Alaska for Seattle, where she
will spend the balance of the winter.
James wlil batch while she is gone.
Charles Dustin returned from Nuka
Bay with Peter Sather Saturday and
left on the Alaska for Seattle, where
he is in the employ of the Alaska
Steamship Company. It is reported
-that he and Mr. Sather killed 28 foxes
while at Nuka island, and that some
20 more will be killed.
George Torkilson returned to town
Saturday from Nuka Bay. He states
A1 Blair and Frank Kempfer will re
main at the bay until February.
Miss Muriel Mason and Ermiuie
Nuert of Latouche registered over
Sunday at the Hotel Van Gilder.
John G. Brady, chief forester, was
a Sewaru guest over Sunday. He left
for Anchorage this morning.
E. A. Rasmussen, well known bank
| er, passed through Seward on his way
to the south.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
500,000
in one day*
saw the new
Standard Six
Announcement of the new Buick
“Standard Six” brought approxi
mately 500,000 people into Buick
salesrooms on the first day this
car was shown.
Why? Because everywhere every
one i s m arveiing at the new “Stand
ard Six”—the “Six” that sets a new
standard of quality and price.
See it for'Yourself
ELLSWORTH’S
Ooick: Sa" es and Se: T„riee
,/hen* better automobiles"?. luUt, Buick will build 'them
DeLin Eames, who spent the holi
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvah Eames, returned to Latouche
on the steamship Alaska.
Mrs. Roycroft, mother of Frank
Roycroft, well known in Seward, who
has been in the hospital the past
week, returned on yesterday’s train to
her home at Mile 29. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Frank Roycroft.
Miss Genevieve Grant, daughter of
ex-Mayor John Grant .of Victoria, B.
C., and member of the Yukon coun
cil, has returned to Seward after
spending the Holidays at Anchorage.
Miss Grant is representing the Fron
tier Press and has spent the last sev
en months in Alaska and the Yukon
Territory.
L. A. Peel and Jennie Paulson have
been chosen judges of the special
election to be held February 16, and
Mrs. Graco Corson has been named
clerk.
Thursday
Sid Anderson, who arrived from
Kanatak on the steamship Starr will
return to that city on the next trip
of the vessel in order to be on hand
when oil is expected to be struck.
Frank Kempfer and A1 Blair, who
have been trapping and hunting at
Nuka Bay are expected back about
February first. It is reported they
have made a good catch of fur.
Ira F. Wood, who was formerly en
gaged in the transportation business
! on the Innoko and Iditarod rivers,
! will leave for the states on one of the
next boats.
Cal Hutton, who spent the holidays
in Seward, left the first of the w'eek
; for Anchorage, where he is connected
■ with the Alaska railroad.
! _
Mrs. George Colwell who has been
under treatment at the Anchorage
I hospital, is recovering rapidly from
. her recent severe operation.
—
Captain and Mrs. Axel Olson, of
i Matanuska, will be outgoing passen
gers on the steamship Yukon. They
; are registered at the Hotel Seward.
Mile 25 is now an official postoffice,
with Mrs. W. B. Lawing as postmis
tress. It will be known as Lawing.
Hugh Moore came in on last night’s
train from Cooper’s landing on Kenai
river.
Andy Simons, one of the best known
guides in the Territory, was a Seward
visitor on last night’s train.
Dad Weaver, an Anchorage expert,
is greasing up his billiard cue to en
ter the big tournament.
Joe Stanton, the popular hardware
department manager for Brown &
Hawkins, returned last night from a
trip to Anchorage.
F. C. Cheatham, a Standard Oil
employe from Kanatak, arrived from
Anchorage on last night’s train and
will sail tonight on the Starr.
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Pat J. Lynch, who formerly con
ducted a roadhouse at Riley during
the days the Alaska railroad was be
ing built, and who later built a hotel
at Suntrana, is visiting in the States.
He will return to Alaska in April.
Sidney Ridge, an old timer of the
Hot Springs district, is returning on
the Yukon from a visit to the States.
T. F. Burns, a resident of Fairbanks,
is returning on the Yukon on his way
to the Interior.
W. C. Stenmetz, electrician for the
Alaska railroad, was a guest of the
Van Gilder overnight.
W. B. Lawing and wife, of Mile 23,
arrived in town today to make bond
for their position as postmaster at
Law’ing, the new postoffice named at
that place. Considerable mail has
been handled in the past at Mile 23
and the need for a postoffice there
has been urgent.
D. J. McDougall, a resident of Liv
engood, is a guest of the Overland.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Swetmann will
leave on the next boat for the States
for a business and pleasure trip to
Pacific coast cities. The drug store
will be left in care of Mrs. O. A. Jo
hansen. W. O. Bremner, a register
ed pharmacist, and Dr. J. A. Baugh
man, will be in charge of the pre
scription department.
It is reported that Jack McCord,
who has been visiting in Washington,
D. C., New York, Chicago, Denver,
Los Angeles, and San Francisco, -will
sail for Alaska about the first of Feb
ruary.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth will
be unable to leave on Saturday’s boat
on account of taking inventory. They
will probably leave on a well earned
business and vacation trip on one of
the next boats.
A1 Peel arrived on last night’s train
from Mile 20, where he has been put
ting in preliminary practice for the
: big tournament at the Northern. Mr.
j Peel reports Ed Fredericks and Mr.
j and Mrs. Chas. P. Hubbard, who are
| spending the winter on the lake shore
! as well and prosperous.
_
Joe Burns, manager of the Liberty
| theatre, left for Fairbanks and Ne
j nana on a business trip this morning,
j He expects to return next Wednesday.
| Ed Rogers arrived on last night’s
train and will remain in Seward.
_
j Mrs. R. D. Chase and daughter, Miss
Nancy, are returning passengers on
ithe Yukon, on their way to Anchor
age. They have been visiting in the
States for several months.
Mrs. M. J. McDonald, whose husband
is in the stores accounting department
6f the Alaska railroad was among the
Anehorageites leaving on one of the
last boats.
Sheaffer’s Life Time Pens, at the
Alaska Shop. tf
California Assembly To
Vote On Child Labor
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8.—The as
sembly of California rejected by a
vote of 53 to 25 the motion to post
pone action on the child labor amend
ment.
Tiger
BOSTON, Jan. .6.—Tiger Flowers, a
negro, scored a technical knockout
with Billy Britten, middleweight, last
night. The referee stopped the fight
in the fourth round.
ALASKAN GAME
COMMISSION TO
BE CREATED
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.—
The House today passed the bill au
thorizing the creation of an Alaskan
Game Committee to handle the game
question in the Territory. It is said
the members of the commission will
be Outsiders instead of Alaskans.
Flowers Hangs
Kayo On Bill Britten
SEWARD MM TO
GIVE AWAY FORD
The Seward Trading Company has
inaugurated a voting contest in which
a handsome 1925 model Ford touring
car, with demountable rims and self
starter will be given away free. The
rules of the contest provide that a
numbered ticket will be given to ev
ery purchaser of one dollar’s worth
of goods, and on July 1, the drawing
will take place, the holder of the
lucky ticket getting the auto.
This is one of the most expensive
prizes ever given by a Seward mer
cantile company and the contest al
ready has developed into intensive ri
valry.
The contest started January 3rd and
already nearly 1500 tickets have been
taken up..
DEPUTY MARSHAL HAS LUCK
Deputy Marshal S. O. Casler, of Val
dez received a welcome Christmas
present in a letter from his partner
to the westward in which it wras said
that a sale of a cannery site which
had been located some years ago, had
been made for $10,000.
LIVENGOOD HOTEL BURNS
The Livengood Hotel at Livengood,
Alaska, in the Tolovana district, own
ed by Mrs. A. L. Dickenson, was the
scene of conflagration about 7 o’clock
on the eve of Christmas. The place
is reported to have burned to the
ground with a loss of about $5,000.
Mrs. Dickenson is well known in
the interior, having been in the hotel
business in different camps.
George S. Keys and Miss
Lavern Bore!! Married
George S. Keys, of Fairbanks, and
Miss Lavern Borell, a former secre
tary to President C. E. Bunnell, of
the Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines, were united in mar
riage by Commissioner Curtis E. Mor
ford Saturday, Jos. Badger and C. C.
| Hinde being witnesses for the con
; trading parties. The young couple
left on today’s train for their home
in Fairbanks.
Miss Borell, who left Fairbanks
last year to accept a position in Spo
kane, was a popular member of the
younger set at the college, and made
many friends in the Interior metro
polis. Mr. Keys is a son of Repre
sentative E. M. Keys, of Fairbanks,
| and has been prominently identified
! with his father in mining since 14
j years of age. He is a member of
! Fairbanks Igloo No. 4, and has lived
in that city since 1S99. At present
he is engineer at the College.
The Gateway and a host of friends
wish the young couple a happy and.
uninterrupted voyage thru life.
FUNERAL OF MRS. WOBERG
HELD SEWARD SATURDAY
_
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Wo
berg, of Unga, who passed away
Friday was held, from the local under
taking parlors Saturday, interment
taking place in the local cemetery.
Mrs. Woberg leaves a husband, at
present special deputy marshal at
Unga, and several relatives. She
arrived on the steamer Starr from
the westward, for- hospital treatment,
but expired at the Hotel Sexton, the
night following her arrival.
FREIGHT CHANGES SCHEDULE
Beginning this next Wednesday the
freight schedule will be changed, the
train leaving Seward Wednesday’s
instead of Thursdays. All freight
must be at the dock by 4:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon.
LOOKS FOR BIG BUSINESS
James L. Galen, president of the
Richardson Highway Transportation
Company who has been in the East
and is now in California, writes Cor
dova friends that the outlook for big
travel to Alaska next summer is most
encouraging. He saw the football be
tween Notre Dame and Stanford on
New,Year’s Day.
Westward residents who depend on
the steamship Starr for their many
comforts of life, are much pleased
with R. Dykeman, the new purser,
formerly second officer on the boat.
Mr. Dykeman has made many friends
in the camps to the westward by his
unfailing courtesy and accommodating
disposition.