Bridge Luncheon Given
in Honor Mrs. Domberger
Mrs- O. A. Johansen and Miss Inez
Waugh were hostess on Wednesday
afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs.
Domberger, who has been spending
the summer here. She and her two
children, accompanied by Mrs. Johan
sen will be Seattle passengers on the
S.S. Yukon Sunday. A dainty lunch
eon was served at one-thirty after
which Bridge and Whist were en
joyed. Bridge favors went to Mrs.
H. Thody and Mrs. A. II. Roberts;
Whist to Mrs. C. G. Sheldon. Mrs.
Sheldon also won the cut prize.
Those present were Mesdames Alvah
Eames, G. Seiffert, K. Drager, Jan
sen, S. Graff, C. C. Hinde, A. E.
Rucker, R. M. McNally, C. Leclrner,
B. Denny, W. Blue, A. R. Roberts,
J. P. Hannon, W. E. Root, H. Thody,
E. Swetman ,H. Dougherty, C. Dyk
stra, G. Sexton, B. Selby, J.
Baughman, L. V. Ray, E. WTeybreeht,
W. E. Moultray, G. Schmidt, C. Shel
don, Olson, L. Urbach, D. H. Tver,
Mrs. Domberger, Miss Stella Ful
ler and the hostess.
ANCHORAGE MAN BUYS
SELDOVIA POOL HALL
C. W. Wagner of Anchorage, has
purchased the Anton Johansen pool
hall at Seldovia, the property which
was recently advertised in the Gate
way. Consideration is said to be
about $10,000. A fine restaurant and
bakery, pool hall, motion picture,
dance hall, and barber shop are now
in the building, which is modern in
every respect . Seldovia is rapidly
growing and has a bright future.
RED CROSS (ACTIVE
Miss Yeteve Taake, representing
the Pacific Division of the Red Cross
left on Sunday’s train for Anchor
age.
Miss Taake came to Seward to con
fer with the Chapter concerning the
advisability c*f continuing the Delano
nursing service for another year.
There are many drawbacks to public
health nursing in the local chapter,
which includes Latouche, Seward and
all Alaska peninsula as well as the
Pribiloff Islands and Bristol Bay
points. It is obvious that such a ter
ritory is too large for one nurse to
cover. When it is remembered that
there are practically no doctors, den
tists or hospitals in the 1500 miles
between Seward and Nushagak the
difficulties are easily understood.
At the meeting on Friday, nine
members were present. The whole
situation was discussed at length and
it was decided that the work should
go on, if possible. Those present felt
that the Red Cross, in this pioneer
work was making a beginning that
might result in an efficient health
service. With this thought in mind,
a formal request for a continuance
of the service was made. The chap
ter is now waiting to hear from the
Delano committee.
NEILSEN FUNERAL YESTERDAY
The funeral of Herman Neilsen,
who was killed Friday night by a
crane accident, was held at two o’
clock yesterday in the M. E. church,
the Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap delivering
the sermon, following which inter
ment took place in the local ceme
try. The funeral services were under
the auspices of the Odd Fellows of
which deceased was a member.
STANDARD OIL NEWS
The Alaska Standard was in the
past week with a cargo of gascline
and fuel oil. She left for Sitka, Ket
chikan and southern points.
The Admiral Watson brought in a
large shipment of lubricating oil for
the company’s local station.
The steamship Starr took on oil at
the local plant this week.
The steamship Oduna discharged
13 tons of freight at the oil dock this
week
The schooner Nile took on a car
go of gasoline and distilate for Ka
natak this week, consigned to the
Standard Oil Co.
The schooner Kanatak, a new fish
ing boat, took on fuel oil this week.
hTe Deisel powered vessel Brisk,
also a new nshing boat, called at the
oil dock for fuel oil. She was from
Seattle.
The Eider, the Bureau of Fisheries
boat, took on oil this week. The gas
boats Alaska, Clara, and Polaris al
so took on cargoes.
W. E. Moultray left for Kodiak
number of new tanks
where the company is 4nstalilng a
number of new tanks. He will be
/ gone about three weeks.
The Standard Oil company has
started an Economy advertising cam
paign in Alaskan papers, and will
use considerable space devoted to the
interests of the company.
COURT PARTY COMING
Judge Ritchie and the court party
will arrive on the Yukon from Valdez
and ater m of court will be held in
Seward starting Monday morning,
August 18.
LIGHTS BE DISCONTINUED
UNLESS METERSINSTALLEI
Under the provisions of Ordinanc
No. 78, of the Town of Seward, m
electric current can be sold excep
thru meters after September fitst
This means that unless you have or
derod your meter installed that you
lights will be shut off September 1
as Ij-'O light company is penalized un
der .‘aid ordinance if it fumishc
light 01 power except thru meter.
The company is busy installing met
ers, but is swamped with work am
has yet about 160 to install
Electrician J. W. Burns also de
dates that he can take no more or
dors for work untd he catches up
This leaves those dilatory about com
plying with the ordinance betwcei
the devil and the deep sea. Only ai
extension of time by the council o
an influx of electricians can sav
many homes from going dark. Ii
case you have not placed your orde
i for a meter it behoves you to do so
_
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
AND COLONEL STEESE
DISCUSS LOWELL CREEK
Col. James G. Steese, of the Alask:
charge of road work, met with th<
city council Saturday night to con
fer over the Lowell creek situatipn
Col .Steese told the council that pre
vious to his leaving Washington i
short time ago, Secretary Work ha<
been in favor of the bill introducet
by Delegate Sutherland, but since
his return to Alaska he had receivet
a letter from the Secretary asking
for a survey and report on condi
tions, and what the city was pre
pared to pay in the way of costs. The
project, according to Col. Steese wa:
of no interest to the Navy depart
ment, and congress would expend ne
money for making a harbor for smal
craft. If congress deemed that :
shelter for small boats is necessary i
survey would have to be made foi
same. The proposed wooden flum<
recommended by the special commit
tee appointed by the city would cos
about $80,000 and as it was soleb
for the protection of the city whicl
would be required to pay back i
certain sum each year, the projec
had been abandoned. If the materia
from the creek was used as a break
water for small boats, Col. Steese de
dared the matter would have to b<
taken up with the Rivers and Har
bors committee, and as this migh
cause a serious delay in securing ai
appropriation it might have to b
| held up. Mr. Steese stated that th
i Secretary of the Interior had refuse*
! to recommend the improvement unti
a further survey is made.
Mayor Ray stated that while th
harbor is needed if it would causi
such delay in the improvement o
Lowell Creek it would be omitte*
from the report. In case the meas
ure came up the government wouh
i ask who were the beneficiaries and i
I the town was the sole gainer the re
| quest would not be considered.
Col. Steese said he had asked th*
railroad how much damage had beei
done and in case damage threatene<
if they would furnish cranes an<
equipment necessary to protect pro
perty free of charge if directed b]
congress. When he received the coun
cil’s reply he would submit his repor
and recommendations.
The meeting threshed out th*
question pretty thoroughly and unti
Col. Steese makes his report nothin}
can be done in the matter.
SKAGWAY PAPER SOLD
TO WILLIAM L. PAU1
In the issue of the Skagway Dail;
Alaskan of the 24th of July ,a cop^
of which reached \ere appeared th
fallowing under the modest heading
“Notice.”
“The plant of the Skagway Dail;
Alaskan has been sold to William L
Paul of Ketchikan and from Augus
1st, there will be no subscriptions ta
ken and no money received for re
newals. . .
It will be noticed that the forego
ing notice does not state whether o
not the new owner will continue th
publication in Skagway or move th
plant to Ketchikan where he has th
paper called the “Alaska Fisher
man,” but no plant.
FRANCHISE TURNED DOWN
BY ANCHORGE VOTER:
The application for a franchise a
Anchorage for furnishing electri
light and power was turned down o:
Saturday by a vote of 327 to 327
Frank I. Reed and associates desire'
to run a power line into the cit;
from Eklutna and also take over th
railroad plant.
REDONDO IN PORT
The steamship Redondo arrived i
port Saturday night with 600 tons o
freight and H. C. McMillan, F. W
Weymouth from Nuka bay, and Sar
Keist from Seldovia. The Redond
sailed west last evening.
, Instructions In Leasing
Act; Extension of
Time Is Given
By act of Congress approved Jan
uary 11, 1922 (42 Stat., 356), the
, Secretary of the Interior was autTior
ized to grant an extension of time to
comply with the drilling require
. ments under oil and gas permits
granted pursuant to the act of Feb
ruary 25, 1920 (41 Stat., 437). This
j act applies to the Territory of Alas
ka
The text of the act is as follows:
“Be it enacted by the Senate and
.House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Cong
j ress assembled, that the Secretary of
l the Interior may, if he shall find that
i any oil or gas permittee has been
a I unable, with the exercise of dili
: gence, to begin drilling operations or
r to drill wells of the depth and with
in the time prescribed by section 13
of the act of Congres approved Feb
ruary 25. 1920, forty-first Stat. page
437, extend the time for beginning
such drilling or completing it, to the
1 amount specified in the act for such
time not exceeding three years and
1 upon such conditions as he shall pre
; scribe.”
Accordingly, a permittee who has
been unable with the exercise of due
diligence to comply with the drilling
I requirements of a permit issued un
I der any section of the act of Febru
ary 25, 1920, may, if the facts xvar
I rant, be granted an extension of time
upon filing an application therefor,
accompanied by his own affidavit
setting forth what efforts, if any, he
has made to comply with the terms
of his (permit and the reasons for
delay in the full compliance there
with, and such showing to be accom
I panied by the corroborating affida
vits of at least one disinterested per
1 son having actual knowledge of the
[ facts.
In making an application for ox- j
tension of time the permittee nnist
show that the corners of the claim
’ have been marked with substantial
monuments and that a notice has
been posted* as required in para
1 graphone of the permit as there is
j no provision of law under which the j
time may be extended for compliance |
with that requirement. The permit- j
tee must show whether or not any;
oil or gas well is being drilled, on
^ the geological structure upon which j
the land embraced in the permit is
located, or within approximately 10j
miles of such land, and if such well
j is being drilled ,give the legal sub-1
j division, section, township, and range
on which the well is located, and
furnish as full information as he can
as to when the well was begun, its
' approximate depth, the character of
j the formation penetrated and the
prospect for discovery of oil and gas.
j If the application for extension is
^ based upon contributions made by the
permittee toward sinking a test well
upon the structure, full disclosure of
the amount and nature of such con
tributions and the conditions under
I which the same were made must be
I shown, which showing must be cor
roborated by the affidavit of one or
more of the parties under whose au
thority the well is being drilling.
^ The affidavit by the applicant
must also show the time when he
proposes to commence or resume his
j operations and any arrangement he
has 'made for complying with the
’ drilling requirements of the permit.
If the applicant alleges that he has
entered into a contract to drill the
land, his application must be sup
i ported by the affidavit of the drill
ing contractor as to the terms of the
7 contract, the means at his command
r for carying out the same, and the!
; time when he expects to begin drill
t ing opertaions there under.
An extension of time to perform
r one of the acts required by the per
. mit necessarily extends for the same
t period of time for the performance
. of all subsequent requirements and
. as the bond is expressily limited by
its terms to the period for which the
. permit was granted, the permittee
r must furnish a properly executed as
; sent by the surety to the extension
; of his bond to cover the life of the
» permit as it will be extended if an
. extension is granted.
The application may be filed in the
General Land office or in the local
office having jurisdiction over the
^ land involved by the permit. In the
latter event proper applications will
t be promptly forwarded to this office
by the local officers. In cases..where
" applications for extensions filed in
the local office are not in accordance
‘ herewith, you will require the permit
tees to remedy the defects within 15
^ days from receipt of notice, and will
transmit the applications with evi
dence of service and a report of ac
tion taken at the expiration of the
time allowed.
1 Circular No. 801, approved Janu
f ary 13, 1923, is hereby amended so
• As to conform herewith.
Mrs. Chas. Jensen will leave on
one of the next boats for Seat' ’
l
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REV. AND MRS. DENTON
LEAVE ANCHORAGE
En route to Colorado Springs, Col.,
where their son has been attending j
chool, and several relatives reside,
Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Denton of An
chorage left recently on the Admir-1
al Watson. Rev. Denton filled the j
pulpit at the Presbyterian church j
during the absence of Rev. Wallace
Sutton Marple for the past year and j
a half, and he and Mrs. Denton made i
made many friends, both in Seward
and Anchorage
Rev. Denton is interested in the1
Denton Printing company at Colora
do Springs. Before coming to the
westward he had the pastorate in j
Haines.
Pioneer Teacher Leaves
for Akutan to Spend
Lonely Winter
Miss Katherine G. Kane, pioneer i
Alaskan teacher at "Kokrines, left on
the steamship Starr to teach at the
Native school at Akutan. Miss Kane ,
has been teaching in Alaska since
1911, and most of the time .has been
stationed on,, the Yukon river. Part
of the time she was the only white
person at Kokrines. Miss Kane re
ports that she had considerable trou-!
ble at Kokrines with the native sha
man or medicine men. With a three
years course in medicine she pre- j
scribed for the natives, but her ef
forts were nullified by the shaman,
who made the family of the patient
practice the old rites of shamanism.
One case of recent date was that
of a young girl badly burned on the
chest, stomach and thighs. She was
administered to by Miss Kane and
was convalescing nicely. One morn
ing she received a message that the
girl was dying. Hurrying to the
home she found the shaman present
who informed her that the girl could
not take her medicine. Then
pushing her way into the hut she
found a canopy erected over the bed,
and the girl’s father and mother
wedged tightly on each side of the
girl, the three being bound up c’ose
with heavy blankets. The shaman
and parents were hissing, spitting
and caterwauling to exercise the spir
its. The little patient was uncon
scious and cold. Hastily throwing
aside the canopy Miss Kane attempt
ed to undo the blankets when she
was seized by the medicine man, a
husky buck, who attempted to eject
her from the hut. She stated she hit
him square between the eyes with
her fist and told him he ^ould not
practice witchcraft near her school.
Only by threatening to have the
marshal sent for 50 miles away, did
she succeed in securing the release
of the little girl.
The skin on the patient’s body had
been stripped off in great rolls
where the shaman had nibbed and
rolled her, the pain apparently being
more than the child could stand. Ad
ministering opiates and dressing the
bums, the child was placed in bed,
and at the time Miss Kane left had
practically recovered.
Shamanism according to Miss
Kane, as practiced by many Yukon
tribes, stands in the way of advance
ment of the children, as they quickly
revert to tribal customs as soon as
they return home from the schools.
Miss Kane will teach at Akutan
this winter and will practically be
isolated. The mail boat Starr will
not call again at this port until the
latter part of January, and she will
be the only white person in the vil
lage . The whaling station, a few
miles away, will have a storekeeper
and watchman.
PRINCE RUPERT MAN
WHO TOOK SHOT AT
BANKER, IS CAUGHT
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Aug. 13.
—Stanley Ouskowski, wanted on a
charge of shooting with intent to
kill, when he fired upon M. Hunter, a
bank manager who visited Ouskow
ski’s farm to make collections, was
captured lastnight after resisting a
party of provincial police and a posse
of citizens several hours.
Constable PJhilip Powers, who was
sent to arrest the farmer, also was
fired puon and slightly wounded in
the head.
ILLEGAL FISHING CASES IN
COMMISSIONER’S COURT
Louis Vick ,Oscar Neland and Sev
erin Ricksjford of Petersburg were
arraigned before U. S. Commissioner
Wm. G. Thomas on Wednesday for
illegal fishing. All three men plead
guilty. Vick and Neland were fined
$50 and Ricksjford was fined $20.
The same men plead guilty to the
charge of fishing without a license
and were fined $10 each.
TANANA IN PORT
The freighter Tanana reached
port last night with 30 tons of dy
namite.
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ELLIS BALL CHILI MILL
THE MILL THAT TAKES THE PROSPECTOR OFF THE
LABOR MARKET
CHEAPER THAN AN ARASTRA AND MORE EFFICIENT
THAN A STAMP MILL
For Alaska Miners we recommend our Type I>
mill, ten to twenty tons daily capacity, cr our
Independence Mill, five to seven tons, priced
at $485.00 with gasoline engine; without gas
engine the mill is $80 less.
Come to Wuodrow and see the Independence Mill in
operation. The first of these mills to come to Alaska.
HAGEN & HENRICSON, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA
Mkhaelson Strikes Pay
On Blue Gulch Claims
Writing to Mr. Charles Tecklen
berg, of this city, Robert Michael
son, pioneer operator in the Moose
Pass district, declares that he hat
struck bedrock and pay in the Blue i
Gulch claims, the. pay being found
in an old channel being prospected j
by Mr. Michaelson . Gold is found in
every pan, and indications are that
the paystreak will be very rich when
the old channel is fully entered. The
channel is from 50 to 60 feet in
width, 30 feet to bedrock. The shaft
sunk by Mr. Michaelson taps the
channel at the extreme edge, and is
about 300 feet above the present
channel of Mills creek. The pay
streax is about one mile long, so far
a.> known. Mr. Michaelson is operat
ing a hydraulic propostion with a No.
1 giant about 60 feet above the pres
ent cieek bed,„ and this ground is al
so very rich.
It is gratifying to the friend? of
the aged pioneer to know that af
ter twenty years with pick and shov
el he is at last in the pay, and that
it exceeds his expectations.
J. W. WALKER STANDS PAT
ON GAME WARDEN QUESTION
J. W. Walker, in charge of the bi
ologicial survey, with headquarters
at Juneau, recently removed a num
ber of game wardens, including the
one at Seward, on a plea of econo
my. Replying to a protest from the
Seward Chamber of Commerce, Mr.
Walker states that the funds were
low and he believed it more import
ant to retain a warden at Anchorage
than at Seward, on account of the big
game fields being in the vicinity of
Anchorage, etc. Anchorage is 100
miles farther from the Kenai lake
moose herds than is Seward, and ev
ery big game hunter coming to vis
it these fields are inconvenienced
greatly by the lack of a warden here.
Hunters clearing for westward points
are also held up. But so long as
this view of the matter is taken by
game officials, we jnust let the tail
go with the hide. The only game we
ever heard of near Anchorage was
pangynga and croquet, with a few
rabbits, Anchorage hunters coming to
Kenai and down this way for their
moose. We are not against Anchor
age having a game warden, but be
lieve this big game center should not
be overlooked.
POPULAR -SELDOVIA WOMAN
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
Mrs. Frank Bates, the 19-year-old
wife of Frank Bates, Seldovia can
nery tender owner, died suddenly on
Saturday from an attack of Bright’s
disease, and the body was taken to
Anchorage, from where it will be
shipped to the states.
Mrs. Bates had been married to
Frank Bates only a little over a
year and went to Seldovia about six
months-ago. The body will be ship
ped to Blaine, Wn., where her par
ents reside. She was formerly Miss ♦
Julia Shulmer before her ma/iage.
NO APPOINTMENTS made
Territorial Committeeman Georg;
Sexton announces that he has made
no appointments of divisional com
mitteemen as yet, and will not until
he is certain the men named by him
are rock-ribbed Stalwarts with no
taint of LaFollette in their brain.
Unless the tangle is straightened
out in the near future many of the
old line Republicans in this section
have announced their intention of
voting for democratic candidates this
fall, rather than support men who *
are slightly off color in politics.
PULP MEN WILL VISIT
SEWARD IN NEAR FUTURE
While we are not trying to bolster
up the hopes of Sewardites on the
much discussed pulp proposition, it
is stated by those in the game, that
a number of pulp officials will visit
Seward soon. The company secured
an extension of time to work on their
dam, and have things in shape to
start work at ony tinje.
CENTRALIA MAN WANTS
BUY SEWARD BUSINESS
A. McDonald, of Centralia ,Wash.,
writing to George Sexton, asks for a
business proposition, small store pre
ferred, that from three to four thou
sand dollars will handle. Mr. Mc
Donald wants to locate in Seward
provided he can enter into the busi
ness field. He is willing to work at
any kind of a job until such time as
he can buy into a business. In case
you are weary and heavy laden, cor-^
respond with Mr. McDonald, at Box
350, Centralia, Wash., or with Mr.
Sexton.
LA FOLLETTE MAY ACCEPT f
PROPOSAL OF SOCIALISTS
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Acceptance
of the socialists’ offer in California
to withdraw their presidential elec
tors from their column to make room
for independent electors supporting
Senator LaF<l'ette will depend on
success or failure of the lyaFollette
forces to obtain a column of their
own, John M. Nelson, national- mana
ger for LaFollette, said today.
He said that even though Spieckles
of San Francisco and other LaFoll
ette independents ran as electors un
der the socialists,’’ they would not be
committed to alliance with the rest
of the socialist ticket
OLD PAPERS
Get a bundle of old papers to start
your fires. 25c a bundle at the Gate
way.
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P. M. OGLE, AGENT
Seward, Alaska