Local Happenings of Week
Monday
Several parties spent yesterday out
ing on the beach toward Spruce Creek.
Ed Leach left on this morning’s
train on his initial trip as a member
of the diner force.
Roy Wilkins, well-known in boxing !
circles in Anchorage, was an arrival i
on Saturday’s train.
F. E. Leslie left for Anchorage this ( :
morning for a visit between trains.
A freight in Seward yesterday morn
left for the north at an early hour to-,
day, so as to escape the danger from ,
slides.
Fire Chief Jack Walker is inspect-,
ing flues these days.
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Mrs. T. W. Hawkins and daughter I
Virginia left on the Alameda for the
States.
Matt Peters and his crew, who have
been assisting in the work of clearing
away the slides along the railroad,
returned to town yesterday morning.
A1 Blair, who has been working at
the Alitak Packing Company for the
past two years arrived in Seward yes- j
terday on the Admiral Evans.
Richard Wakelin, popular traveling'
man was an ari’ival on the Evans.
Deputy Marshal Willard T. Scott, j
passed through Seward on the Evans
yesterday on his way to Valdez.
Mrs. Brice Howard and son were ;
passengers on the Evans from An
chorage to Kodiak where they will
visit for awhile.
H. W. Sterling, in charge of the;
work for the Alaska Road Commis-;
sion in this territory, was an An-j
chorage passenger on the last Evans
and will begin work in this district .
at once.
According to word received on the j
Admiral Evans, George H. Singer,,
postmaster at Kenai, died suddenly ;
at that place last week. Mr, Singer;
was an oldtime resident of Kenai,
having lived there continuousliy for |
twenty-seven years. Mr. Singer first
came to Alaska about thirty-five years
ago and has been identified with the
early history of the Cook Inlet dis
trict.
Anchorage passengers on the Ad- j
miral Evans were Mr. and Mrs. Jos. |
G. Truitt. Mr. Truitt has an engineer-!
ing position with the Alaska Road
Commission.
In the recent contest for May Queen
at Anchorage Miss Florie Johnson
won the coveted place. Other contest
ants were Miss Margaret Porter, and
Miss Esther Peyser.
E. R. Tarwater of the Bank of An- i
(•borage passed through Seward Sat- |
urd'ay night en route to Valdez where j
he will appear before the grand jury
as a witness.
H. J. Evans, Anchorage painter, was
a Valdez pasenger on the Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Noble were pas
sengers on the Alameda for Juneau.
Mr. Noble was recently connected
with the grocery department of Brown j
&. Hawkins Corp.
The Bridge Club will meet tomorow
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Mrs.
Eames. Election of officers will be
held, so a full attendance is required.
Ike Beal and Frank Cunningham
were Valdez passengers on the Ala
meda Saturday night.
Alfred Rossness was a Valdez pas
senger on Saturday night’s boat.
Roy F. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder left
on the Alameda for Cordova where
they will visit for about a month. Mr,
Snyder operates the Star Taxi here.
L V, Ray was a valdez passenger
on the Alameda.
Prohibition Agent Flanigan left on
the Alameda Saturday night for Val
dez, where he has a number of cases
to present before the district court.
Dun T. Kennedy, government pack
er in McKinley Park, was a Seattle
bound passenger on the Alameda.
Marshals Frank Hoffman, Charles
Watson, Harry Staser and Attorney J.
A. Hurley left for Valdez Saturday to
attend court.
Russell Herman of Anchorage, was
n outgoing passenger on the Ad
miral Evans last night..
Tuesday
Oscar Christensen, proprietor of the
.loose Pass Roadhouse at Mile 29,
.as a passenger from the south on
he Alameda, and left yesterday morn
ng lor his home.
Parry Dirks, well known nanl rock
nlnoi of this district, left for Anchor
ge yesterday.
Fr. U. Law so-i, who a r rived on the
Oameda' fr m Seattle, h.ft. on the Re
i< ndo Saturdav night for Kanatak to
eok aft'V his oU interests there. Mr.
aw see was tormerly a vt’i known
m^uioss in Seward.
F. M. Crocker, ranener at Wasilla,
vho has been spending the past sev
ral months in the states, wras a re
urning passenger on the Alameda en
■oute to his home. He was j.ccom
>anied by his daughter Cleo.
Mrs. H. Lee returned to Seward on
he Alameda from an extended visit
in the states and left this morning foi
Vloosc Pass.
Clias Sheldon, former Seward boy,
ind a brother of Mrs. L. V. Ray, made
i flying trip to Seward, arriving on
Sunday morning's train and returni
ng yesterday morning to Nenana
a-here he is electrician for the Alas
ka railroad.
Nels Hagen and son Allow are visi
tors in town from Mile Seven.
Mrs. Gus Peterson has been con
fined to her home for the past few
days with an severe cold.
Harper Workman, a Koyukuk min
jug operator, who has been sojourning
in the States for the winter, was a re
turning passenger on the Alameda
and left yesterday for his property
He was accompanied by his sister-in
jaw Mrs. A. W. Workman and Mrs
Ada Peeks, who will stop over in An
chorage for a time.
The numerous snow-slides whici
hampered train movements for th<
past two or three weeks have been en
tirely cleared away and the road i
open from Seward to Fairbanks.
Work is progressing rapidly on th<
foundations and basements of th<
buildings of Tecklenberg and Ogle
The work of remodeling the Frye
Uruhn building is nearing completion
Tickets for the Nenana Ice Poo
are being counted. Up to tlathe then
are 8.721 tickets sold.
Wednesday
Mrs. Lee H. Landis entertained a
a bridge luncheon yesterday from on
to five, aboard her private car. Thos
Seward ladies who enjoyed Mrs. Lan
dis’ hospitality were Mrs. Ray, Bal
derston, Rucker, Hinde, and Blue.
R. O. Lewis moved into the Sexto
home opposite the schoolhouse, yester
day.
Peter Sather and bride left Sewar
yesterday on the gasboat Rolph, fo
their home near Nuka Bay, where h
will conduct a fox farm.
After May 25th steamers of th
Alaska Steamship Company will leav
Seward Sunday afternoons instead o
Saturday night as is now the cas<
The occasion for this change in schec
ule is the fact that a special will leav
Anchorage Sunday morning for Sew
aid.
Jack Kline, official of the Admiri
line with headquarters in Juneau, a<
companied by Mrs. Kline were soutl
bound passengers on the Admiral Ei
ans last Sunday night.
The Starr left for Sawmill bay thi
morning with cannery supplies and i
expected back tomorrow.
Colonel Landis and party returne
to Anchorage this morning at sevei
The Sitka and the Urania arrived i
port this week wdth six thousand lb
of halibut each.
Thursday
Walter Lukens, well know-n Sewrai
engineer, has just left Juneau for S
attle, thence by first trip of the Vi
toria he will go to Nome, his static
for work with the Alaska Road Coi
mission for this season.
To accommodate the many Anchor
age residents in Seward and passing
through the Seward Gateway will keep
a file of the Anchorage Times avail
able here. Files o fthe Seward Gate
way will also be found in the Times of
fice.
According to word received from
Ketchikan, Ernie Bauer was forced to
leave the steamer Alaska at Ketchikan
on account of illness. Mr. Bauer was
on his way to Anchorage to accept a
position with the Alaska Road com
mission.
J. B. Fleckenstein, deputy United
States marshal, who has been delegat
ed for duty at Naknek arrived in Sew
ard on last night’s train, and will
board the Starr for the lonk trip thru
Unimak Pass to the mouth of the Kvi
chak river. Several canneries are lo
cated in the neighborhood of Naknek.
and Mr. Fleckenstein will have consid
erable territory to cover as a repre
sentative of the law. Mr. Fleckenstein
made his home at Wasilla.
Several men were sent out to Bird
Point this morning from the Belmont
hotel, where they will be employed by
the railroad.
P. O. Beaulieu, with Wm. Kaiser
as guide, lias gone to Kodiak intend
! ing to leave there by gas boat for
a brown bear hunt along the Alaska
peninsula.
Andrew Simons and his stepsons,
the Revelle brothers, have nearly
completed a commodious new home
at Lake View.
Kenai Lake is expected to be free
of ice the first heavy wind and travel
toward Kenai is now by the side hill
route.
Guides Lucas and Nelson alter a
brief stay in Seward left today for
Skilak lake via Resurrection river
valley.
Game Warden Goddard ot Juneau,
who brought ten live deer from
southeastern Alaska, turning them at
Seldovia over to Game Warden G. G.
Cotter, to be placed in the Kachemak
Bay region, came around via the
Redondo to Anchorage and will leave
Seward on the next boat for his
home. Mr. Goddard has been for
many years associated with his father
in the ownership of Sitka Hot
Springs.
Oscar Christiansen arrived in town
1 last night from Moose Pass to spend
! a few days in town. Mr. Christiansen
recent returned Irom an extended
' visit to the states.
Chas. Krefting is moving his sn.aii
? residence whien secs near ti e sio '
' walk in from of his home on lhird
’ avenue to another lot of his nearby
' and will construct a cement sidewalk
• from the street to his home and make
a beautiful lawn.
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? I Capt. E S. Hayes returned last
night from Anchorage where he pi
loted the Dr. Martin. The big N. C.
company boat was paced on three
Hat cars and will leave today for the
Yukon. Capt. Hayes will return to
^ Seattle and probably take a boat to
' Salinas Cruz, Mexico.
C. A. Schonacker will arrive on
Saturday’s train from a trip to the
Interior and will remain in Seward
until the departure of the Admiral
1 Watson.
The Eagle, Capt. Engberg, arrived
in port last night and is repairing
1 its motors before leaving for the
r banks.
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Capt. Chas. Emswiler returned last
night from a visit to Anchorage.
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e John Elliott, connected with the
f Bureau of Public Roads, arrived on
i. last night’s train.
e Mrs. Kathryn Shultz and son Billy
- arrived on last night’s train to visit
with Mrs. Anna Ashton.
L1 Governor Scott C. Bone nas in
- formed Seward friends that he "id
be here for the railroad conference
_ meeting about the middle ot May.
Henry Coilliard, a rancher from
s Moose Pass was in town last night
s on business connected with the pat
ent to his homestead. He returned
home this morning.
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R. B. Heastan of Moose Pass is
a Seward visitor.
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Earl S. Hammond, well known avi
ator, writes to the Gateway that he
expcts to arrive in Seward aboul
May 10.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap returned or
d last night’s train from a visit tc
e- Anchorage.
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n F. E. Leslie is spending the weel
a- in Anchorage where he is havinj
some surgical dental work done.
S. L. Colwell of Chambers & Coi
,ve!l Seldovia merchants has decided
o remain in Seward for ibis sum
aer, his first away from Cook Inlet
Friday i
Mrs. Katherine Shultz will leave 1
or the States on the Northwestern J
.0 remain for some time. She has i
)«>en ill the past winter and goes 1
Outside for her health.
Matt Peters bridge and building i
;rew left town yesterday for Roose- j
volt, where they will do repair work ;
The depot grounds are being clean
d up and beautified and a new stand
t.-r the cannon is beinr; made.
Logging operations have started on
i large scale for the Resurrection
Oay Lumber company and many tows
are being brought in from across the
bay.
The regular train will continue tc
leave at 6 a. m. until May 18, when
a new schedule will go into • ffec:.
Charles Krefting is busy these days
making frames for “Safety First” cir
ulars which are being sent ou-.
along the Alaska Railroad by Colonel
Landis.
Several workingmen will arrive
jn Saturday’s train from Anchorage,
owing to the building activity in this
oeuuuii.
NEWS FROM KANATAK
KANATAK—Former residents and
visitors are beginning to return for an
other visit in Kanatak, the pioneer oil
town of Alaska.
C. E. Bryan has returned after a
few weeks spent in Cordova. He ex
pects to spend the summer season in
the Bristol Bay district.
Helmer Evans has returned from a
business trip to Seward and Anchor
age.
Mr. Looff and assistant, with the
bureau of fisheries, arrived on the
Starr. They left soon after for Egi
gek. Mr. Looff represented the Bu- j
reau in this district last year so is j
not a stranger in Kanatak.
■F. C. Cheattum, former Associat
ed Oil Company employe, has return
ed. He spent the winter trapping on
the coast.
Andrew Yakushoff, a former resi
dent is visiting in Kanatak.
Tekan, enroute to the Bristol Bay
fishing district is visiting in Kanatak.
He formerly resided here.
Fred Howe, Olaf Hoye and Martin
Georgeson returned on the Olaf. They;
spent the winter in the vicinity of Ko
diak Island.
The Standard Oil Company’s boat
| Pilgrim, called in at Kanatak for the
first trip of the season. The Pilgrim
was laid up in Kodiak during the win
ter to avoid the severe weather that
Kanatak was expected to have. Capt.
Hartman is master of the vessel.
Join Kennedy was a passenger on
i the Pilgrim .returning from a short
visit to Kodiak.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Scott of Ko
diak. arrived on the Apex. He found
things very quiet in town. He return
ed with a native prisoner.
Chi is Leith, of Kodiak, was a pas
senger on the Apex. He transacted
some business in Kanatak and return
ed.
Helmer Evans is moving his branch
store in the old town from the present
building near the Anticline to a more
favorable location near the Ocean
View. The new building is used as a
dance hall in Kanatak, and is more
modern than his former building. The
location vacated by Mr. Evans is said
to have been leased at a higher fig
ure than Evans cared to assume, es
pecially with a more favorable loca
tion in view. The new lessees of the
building have not announced the na
ture a: the business for which it was
leased.
Doctor Dean, dentist, arrived on the
Apex. He did some urgent dental
work and left on the Starr for the
westward.
Paul Peterson ,wireless operator for
the Associated Oil Co., has installed
a radio set in Kanatak. His equip
ment is not yet complete but he is
able to receive messages from the oil
station and from sjiips out in the har
bor. This will be of some considerable
assistance to Kanatak during the bad
weather in communicating with boats.
W. Rutschow has received a wire
from S. R. Capps of the Geological
Survey saying that his bid for seven
horses has been accepted, horses sub
ject to inspection by S. W. R. Smith.
This confirms the previous report that
W. R. Smith would return to the dis
trict to make a more detailed geolo
gical study of the field,
i Mr. and Mrs. Hans Tillitsinare are
leaving on the Starr. They spent the
past two years in the town.
Helmer Evans expects to leave on
; the Starr to attend the session of the
' grand jury at Valdez .
NEWS FROM UNALASKA
UNALASKA, April 20—Unalaska
is a busy port at the present time five
ships and three aeroplanes in the har
bor. For the past month vessels have
been going and coming, the S. S. La
touche arrived here on March 13th
and left on the 15th, she had a lot of
sacked coal for the British round the
world flyers .
“The Thiepval” a Canadian mine
sweeper with Col. Broome of the Brit
ish flyers on board called here on the
25th of March and left for Attu on
the 28th. Colonel Broome will fly the
English plane from Japan to Seattle,
and expects to be here about the mid
dle of June.
The Fisheries Boat “Eider” left on
the 26th of March for Attu. She had
as passengers Lieut. Bissel and Don
ald H. Stevenson. They are to call at
Attu and land fuel and make prepara
tions fur the American flyers.
The Everett Hays, Captain A. C.
Goss, arrived in port from Atka after
spending a very successful season. He
reports no serious cases of sickness,
and more births than deaths in the far
lsianus.
March 28th a luncheon -and dance
were arranged in honor of Col. Broome
at the home of Mrs. A. C. Goss. Ev
eryone enjoyed themselves.
March 20th the launch “Daisy” ar
rived here from Chemofsky on the
west end of Unalaska Island. Mr. Mc-j
Intosh and Mr. Jenson representing
the Aleutian live stock company and
the westward Pacific live stock com
pany respectively, were on board.
They report that although they had a
stormy winter their sheep pulled thru
with a small loss, and they are thoro
ughly atisfied that the sheep industry
in this part of Alaska is going to be
a complete success.
On March 29th, A. C. Goss and his
power schooner “Everett Hays” left
for the far-away island of Attu with
i a load of coal for the British ship
| “Thiepval.”
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! On March 31st, the Ayaha Maru, a
i Japanese ship, in ballast, with her tail
: shaft broken, was towed into port by
i the Swedish ship Tolken. She is an
; chorage at Dutch Harbor at present.
The S. S. Brookdale, Capt. Rodstad,
| arrived here with a full cargo con
j signd to the Alaska Commercial Com
i pany on April 12th. Her cargo con
j sisted of 400 wharf piling and wharf
j timbers that will be used in building
! one hundred feet more to the dock at
* Dutch Harbor. She also had material
j for the construction of a deisel oil
tank of 20,000 barrels capacity. Her
j passengers were Mr. Davis who will
have charge of the tank construction
j and J. E. Creed and F. I. Kroh, who
| will be employed in the store and office
j of the company.
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Lieut. Bissell gave a very interest
ing talk ter the school children on the
subject of the world flight. He dem
onstrated to them the course to be
run, the distance to be traveled, the
stops to be made, different countries
passed through and the reason for the
flight. He also demonstrated to them
the clothes and other equipment used
in the flight. It was interesting to old
as well as young. Mrs. Willis, the prin
cipal had the children give the flag
salute and three rousing cheers to the
American Flyers. In the evening he
gave a talk along the same lines to
the older people of the town.
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The cutters Algonquin and Haida
arrived here on April 15th with a num
ber of passengers for the fur seal is- j
lands. Among them wore H. Hunger
ford, who will be agent and caretak
er in .place of Mr. Proctor, resigned;
H. A. Peterson and W .C. Allis, expert
fur seal men; A. Christofferson, who
Here’s the place
The merchant who
displays this sign is
ready to supply you
with Fuller Paint
and Varnish Products.
It’s easy to see — a
green enamel sign
with the name
FULLER in white.
Look for it — then
you’ll know where
to go when you need
the products of a
manufacturer who
has had 75 years ex
perience and makes
a “paint or varnish
for every purpose.”
FOR ANY FULLER PRODUCT CONSULT
THE NEAREST FULLER DEALER:
Brown &
Hawkins Corp.
W. P. FULLER & CO.
301 Mission Street, San Francisco
21 Branches in Pacific Coast Cities
PAINTS Igffi VARNISHES
pioneer'white lead
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has charge of the bi-products plant
at St. Paul; Lee C. McMillan, store
keeper at St. Paul; Theodore Trues
don, Fred Bellou, Andrew Pearson and
R. Williamson, carpenters; and one
Chinese cook named Gee Wong.
Mrs. Helen Thorgumson and young
son were passengers on the Hadia for
their home in Unalaska.
Three of the world flyers reached
here on the 19th at five p. m. after
bucking a strong wind for seven
hours. They flew around looking for
their moorings and finally finding
them, made a fine landing. It was cer
tainly a fine sight for the inhabitants
of this place.
HEAVY SNOWFALL ON
HILLS NEAR MILE 52
Nearly 11 feet of snow on the level
is seen along the line of the railroad
between Mile 52 and Grand View.
This side of the range is practically
bare in spots until Summit at Mile
14 is reached where about three feet,
is on the ground. High water may
be looked for in many sections. >
REDONDO IN PORT
The steamship Redondo returned to
port last night.
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