BUOYS OUT OF
ORDER BECAUSE
OF ICY GALES
(Ketchikan Chronicle)
Indications of how perilous naviga
tion in the vicinity of Juneau is, is
shown in messages received here to
day by the local office of the light
house service from Captain Barton of
the Fern.
The Fern found both PoundsLone
Rock and Faust Rock gas buoys iced
down and not working as a result of
the unprecedented weather conditions
which have prevailed during the past f
several weeks. The lanterns were
changed and the buoys made opera
tive by, the Fern before proceeding
to other work in hand.
Mrs. J. A. Harned. wife of assistant
keeper Harned at Point Retreat light,
was being rushed to the hospital today
believed to be suffering from an at
tack of appendicitis.
The Fern also rescued the gas boat
Alaska which was disabled and drift
ing with wind and tide four miles
south of Point Retreat and towed the
vessel into Funter Bay. There were
six men on board the Alaska.
The Fern expected to reach Sent
inel Island today to commence the
installation work to be accomplished
at that station, providing no other
cases of assistance are required.
CANARIES MAKE LONG TRIP
FROM OHIO TO ALASKA
Of peculiar significance at this
time, in face of the idea in the east
that Alaska is frozen, icebound land,
is the arrival of five German roller
canaries, without suffering hardship,
in Anchorage yesterday. The birds
came all the way from Toledo, Ohio,
by express and arrived at the offices
of the Anchorage Drug Co., in perfect
shape.
Particularly is the “frozen waste”
theory disproved when the shipping
boxes are examined. These little
songbirds of southern climes made
the long voyage in cardboard cages,
open to the air at both ends, the
openings being only fine screens.
Each bird is a registered German j
roller and a guaranteed singer; and !
at the present time each little song- j
ster is endeavoring to outsing the!
victrola in the phonograph room of j
the drug store.
British authorities will impose a
fine of $1,000 and six months im
prisonment on persons dropping bot
tles or other material from aircraft.
Fined $33 for speeding, George Ur
born of Pasadena told the judge to
keep the car as he had paid only $40
for it. The line was reduced to
$S.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
NOTICE Is Hereby Given, that at
the hour of nine o’clock A. M., on the
second day of February, 1925, the reg
istration books of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska, will be open at the office
of the Municipal Clerk in the Seward
Bank Building for the purpose of reg
istering all qualified electors, twenty
one years of age or over, who are citi
zens of the United States and who
have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska, and
six months next preceding the date of
the election within the corporate lim
its of the Town of Seward. All elec
tors must before voting register their
names and qualifications with the
Registration Officer.
Registration books will be open
every day except Sundays and holi
days, beginning February 2. 1925, dur
ing the following hours:
Until the Friday next preceding the
first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 o’clock P. M. to 5:00
P. M.
On Friday and Saturday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
From 7:00 o’clock P. M. to 10:00
o’clock P. M.
That said Registration Books will
be closed for such election at 10:00
o’clock P. M., Saturday, April 4, 1925.
That said election will be held on
the first Tuesday in April for the pur
pose of electing Town Officers and
Member of the School Board of the
Seward School District.
The officers of the Town to be elect
ed are as follows:
Mayor.
Three Members of the Seward Com
mon Council.
One Member of the Seward School
Board, a Chairman.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, February
2 1925.
WM H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
Publish evei. .ursday 4 t. kmar26
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COrvniaMT UNDERWOOD A UNOFBU/nrtr. H. V
AN EXCITING SPORT
Two members of the Skate Sailors’ Association on Lake Hopatcong,
N. J., doing their stuff in a stiff breeze.
Interior Weather Inspires
Man With Parody Verse
In the Portland Telegram under
date’ of January 29 appears the fol
lowing bit of poetry, inspired by
the 65 below weather which prevail
ed in the Fairbanks district this
winter:
Where Cold Is Cold.
By Dean Collins.
A bunch of the boys was a-sortin’
the mail,
In the Fairbanks postoffice,
Beadin’ the picture postal cards
And layin’ out that and this;
Handin’ a bale of the first class
mail
Was dangerous Dan McGrew;
While the lady that sorted the pos
tal cards
Was the Lady that’s known as Lou.
“I draw three straight from the Gol
den Gate,
And Portland will rate a two,
And there’s seven cards from the
Scotland Yards,”
Said the Lady that’s known as
Lou.
But never a “Boo” from Dan Mc
Grew
And never a muttered word,
As his breath made steam on the
gummy seam
Of a letter marked “Registered.”
| He had hired to work as a postal
clerk
For the sake of his ten pink toes,
For man ain’t planned for the North
er Land
When the great outdoors is froze,
| And the Lady Lou she never knew
What a currish deed has occurred
Till she saw him steam on the gum
my seam
Of the letter marked “Registered.”
The Rules she took and she read
the book,
Most carefully thru and thru;
“There’s one of us here is a hound
of li——,
| And that one is Dan McGrew.”
j He ducked his head as the lady led
j With a nifty right for the nose,
And he tried to drop the letter on
top
Of the stack—but hi3 fingers froze.
I
|
For ice is hard in the postoffice
yard,
But harder by far, you see
| On the crooked boob is a frozen
tube
Of North Pole mercury;
His own breath steam on the gum
my seam
Had frozen his hands thereto—
And the lady then pinched him with
out one scream—
The Lady that’s known as Lou. .
LET’S GO !
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
March 4
March 24
Arrives
Seward
March 12
March 31
South from
Seward
March 14
April 7
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports in eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81
Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise (Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
I H.F. ALEXANDER.
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR WILL SAIL MARCH 1
1 i
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HEN! ERSON, Agent
| ''HONE MADISON 139. M ~ 8EWARD, ALASKA
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DRY REGIME RUINS
NOTED RESORT OF ■
CALIFORNIA COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.—The
Cliff House, perched on precipitous
rocks beside the Golden Gate, is
(known to everyone who has ever
(toured California, and in the old
days was a gathering place for bon
vivants. It has now fallen victim to
the Volstead regime, and after a re- J
cent prohibition raid the proprietor
hung a sign on the door reading:
“Coffee and Doughnuts—5c.”
From the porch of the Cliff House
many famous characters have tarried
to watch the sunset over the ocean.
The spot was visited by Presidents
Grant, Hayes, Harrison, McKinley
and Roosevelt. One of the presidents
described the seals lolling on Seal
Rocks, which rear themselves some
300 feet from the Cliff House, a3
“huge, obese fellows like apoplectic
aldermen.”
Hereafter visitors, as they watch
the ships glide through the Golden
Gate, will have nothing to eat but
doughnuts and nothing to drink but
coffee.
Interesting is the news item from
Foley, Ala., which states that owing
to lack of anything to do the town
(marshal has resigned and the coun
cil has decided to abolish the of
j fice. The only arrests made in six
months were those of cows running
at large. It is refreshing to learn
that there is at least one law-abiding
community in the country.
LET’S GO !
Let Norrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
GIRL REARED AS CHINESE
* FINDS OUT SHE IS WHITE
BILLINGS, Mont., Fob. 18.—Miss'
Evelyn Moy, foster daughter of the
Caucasian wife of Dr. Moy King,
a Chinese resident, and Henry E,
Hinkle, white, were married here
the other day.
Earlier efforts to have a minister
perform the ceremony were unsuc
cessful, the latter holding that a
Montana law prohibited intermar
riage of Chinese and white persons
Mrs. Moy, in an affidavit, declared
her foster daughter to be the
daughter of a wealthy Toronto, Ont.,
business man. Until shortly before
her marriage the* young woman be
lieved she had Chinese blood in her
veins.
Approximately 5,000 automobiles
were stolen in the city of Chicago
alone last year.
There is to be an investigation of
an alleged peanut trust, probably by
peanut politicians.
Sergeant I-See-O, Indian scout at
Fort Sill, Okla., recently got married
at the age of 83. His bride is 66.
LET’S GO !
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
i
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
ALAMEDA
YUKON
ALASKA
ALAMEDJ
YUKON
ALASKA
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 17
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 23
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeaster^ and Southwestern Alaska.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
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