Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
Resourses $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
OLD-TIMER DIED
FBKS, YESTERDAY
William Burridge, oldtimer from
Tolovana, who was brought to Fair
banks the first of December suffer
ing from frozen feet, died at the
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Interior hospital.
Mr. Burridge, who was 75 years
of age, had lived in Alaska for 23
years. He spent most of his time
cutting wood in the vicinity of Tol
ovana. He was a native of England
and leaves no known relatives.
Funeral services were held from
the Fairbanks Undertaking Parlors.
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COMMERCIAL HOTEL
AT CHITINA SOLD
The Commercial Hotel at Chitina
has just been sold by S. O. Breed
man to Ben Thompson, according to
the former, who arrived in Fair
banks recently. Mr. Breedman bot
the hotel about a year ago from Mrs.
F. A. Lamson and has operated it
in addition to the Chitina Hotel. Mr.
Thompson is a former employee of
Copper River Railroad.
A bouncing eight-pound baby girl
was born to Mr. and Mrs. George
Butler of St. Michael, on October 30.
i Mother and baby are doing fine.—
I Nome Nugget.
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URBACH’S
Pre-Inventory Sale of
Men’s O’coats
VALUES $25 to $35
for a few days only
$14.95
Come early and take your pick
Partners, Buried Alive
In Snow Slide In 1923
Taking Trip to States
Lee Johnson and his partner, Aaron
Johnson, miners and prospectors .who
have been employed during the great
er portion of the past three years on
Lucky Shot property, passed thru
Seward Saturday on their way to the
States for a . vacation.
The young men featured in a spec
tacular snow slide at the mine about
three years ago when, as they were
partaking of a midnight lunch, in
the mill which is erected on the
slope of the mountain, a large snow
slide buried them alive when it
crashed thru the roof of the mill,
filling the room immediately. Eight
hours later when the day shift start
ed up the mountain to relieve the
'boys the snow slide was discovered,
and work of attempting to rescue
the boys began. They were reached
with little difficulty for Lee had
been caught and raised almost to the
roof of the building and by extend
ing an arm managed to puncture a
hole in the snow to get air. By
wriggling his left foot an inlet for
air to Aaron, who was directly
under him, was made. After the
boys wmre pulled out they were car
ried down to ’ the bunkhouse wThere
they appeared none the wrorse off
from their frolic with death.
While Outside they plan going to |
Nevada and look over the new quartz I
camps which have recently come in
to prominence. They anticipate re
turning to Alaska in spring.
Mrs. George Small Goes
To Visit Folks, Montana
Mr. and Mrs. George Small and
child, popular young residents of An
chorage for a number of years, ar
rived in Seward Saturday. Mrs.
Small and baby continued on to Se
attle on the steamer Alaska en route
to Montana where Mrs. Small will
spend a numfber of months with her
folks. Mr. Small, who is employed
in the mechanical shops of the Alas
ka Railroad, and who is one of the
'leading athletes of the Inlet town,
returned to Anchorage on this morn
ing’s train.
DUGHTER MARSHAL GOES OUT
Gertrude Watson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. A. Watson^ of Anch
orage, arrived in Seward Saturday
accompanied by Mrs. Watson, and
departed for Seattle on the Alaska.
Miss Watson proposes to com
plete a special school course. Her
father is the well-known deputy U. S.
Marshal at the Anchorage office. Mrs.
Watson returned home this morning.
Mrs. J. P. Hannon and daughter,
returned to Seward Saturday from
Anchorage where Christmas was (
spent with Dr. and Mrs. Romig, the
parents of Mrs. Hannon.
John A. Meals, office manager of
Brown & Hawkins, Anchorage, was
a -week-end business visitor in Sew
ard. Mr. Meals departed on this
morning’s train for the Inlet metropo
lis.
Frank Miller, oldtime prospector
and homesteader in the Matanuska
valley, near Mile 28, arrived in Se
ward Saturday, leaving at midnight
for Seattle on the S.S. Alaska. Mr.
Miller will reman on .the coast for
the next fewT months returning to
Seward early in the spring.
Owing to weather conditions in
Moose Pass district, the .bridge crews
of the Bureau of Public Roads de
partment ceased work last week and
came into tovm Saturday night. Mr.
Scimmi, in charge of one of these
crews, is still at Moose Pass but is
expected to arrive soon. The fourth
crew is still at work at Pass Creek. 1
WILL CONTINUE MINING
John Glen Rose, Second Beach
mining man, who has been doing ex
tensive mining and prospecting dur
ing the past season will continue to
mine on the Second Beach line at
Nome river this winter.—Nugget.
Dan -Donnelly and Tom are pre
paring to sink a shaft at the head
of Dry Creek, this property has al
ways shown good results and during
the winter they esjpect to he busy
hoisting pay dirt.—Nome Nugget.
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND
PATRONS
We express our sincere thanks and
hearty appreciation, for the splendid
support given us during the year about
to pass
We hope you enjoyed a Merry Xmas
and wish that the NEW YEAR bring
forth abundance
OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
TO ALL
QUALITY FIRST
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F. Sanders, taxi driver at Anch
orage for the past two years, arriv
ed in Seward Saturday and departed
:or Seattle on the Alaska. San
iers has a chicken ranch in the
States and proposes to go back to
the fanm.
Five soldiers from the Fort Law
ton army post, near Seattle, arrived
in Seward Saturday on the steamer
Alaska, en route to the Anchorage
post. The men were P. S. Noonan,
I. C. McDonald, Pat J. Geary, Jas.
B\ Johnson and Dave Portier. All
are guests at the Overland.
George Petty and Walter Caravan,
who have been fishing to the West- i
ward the past season, departed for j
Seattle Saturday. Both arrived in j
Seward on the Starr.
Fred Brenner, conductor of the Al
aska Railroad, departed Saturday nite |
on the Alaska for the States. He will I
spen& his annual vacation in Califor- j
nia.
INSTRUCTOR ARRIVES
There will soon be a now instruc
tor in Chemistry at the Alaska Col
lege, for a 10-pound baby daughter
was horn to Professor and Mrs. Ray
mond Hood at St. Joseph’s hospital
the other day.
WAITING FOR WEATHER
Geo. Cahill is waiting favorable
weather to start to Glacier and
Monument creeks to do his annual
assessment work on properties own
ed by him.—Nome Nugget.
John W. Olson and Fred Gastison,
road men from the Moose Pass proj
ect arrived in town Saturday. They
are registered at the Hotel Seward.
FAIRBANKSAN BREAKS LEG f
Archie Sather, while working yes
terday, says the News Miner of
Fairbanks, on a scaffolding erected
on one of the new buildings which
the Fairbanks Exploration Company
Is building, had the misfortune to
fall and break his leg.
BIRCHWOOD MAN DEPARTS
Milo Kelly, former resident of An
chorage who has made his headquar- f
ters in Seattle for the past three
years, from where he arrived last
Friday, departed this morning for the
Inlet town, Mr. Kelly is one of the
prime movers in the recently formed
birchwood company and it is in con
nection with this business his pres
ent trip to Alaska is made.
Bruno Ogostino, owner of the Pre
mier coal mine at Moose Creek, was
a Seward arrival Saturday from
Moose Pass. *
Alaska, in the minds of the resident
of the States is considered a cold, bar
ren desolate country, wit . an austere
and frigid climate at all seasons of
the year. Comparison of temperatures
in Central Alaska with many cities in
the States gives Alaska ail the best
of the comparison. On Christmas Day
the mercury stood 46 above at Sew
ard, 30 above at Anchorage and 22
above in Fairbanks. In Chicago it was
so cold the polar bears refused to
come out of their dens and eat, with
the mercury touching six below; at
Hibbing, Minn., the mercury was 30
below, and in Nebraska, Iowa and
Kansas far lower temperatures pre
vailed. This section of the banana
belt enjoyed fine balmy weather on
Christmas Day and our sympathies
are extended to the unfortunate resi
dents of the States.
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