iOCAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK
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Albert Rosness, the well known Ke-, hc
nai-Seward mail carrier and contrac-j be
tor is a returning passenger on the
Alameda.
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Geor. Schmidt, the popular propri-< ni
etor of the Seward Bakery, is a return i fo
ing passenger on the '' ka, accom- fo
panied by his bride. P*
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Ray O. Lewis,local barber, who re-j
cently disposed of his shop to J. L. j
Hepfinger. left on last night’s boat ■ 01
for Montana, where he will go into | r<
business.
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Thomas Wilson, a well known old c
timer of this section, died in Red
lands, California, June 5th, and was
buried in the Redlands cemetery by ^ 01
the Knights of Pythias, of which or-1 i <
ganization he was a member. Mr.j h
Wilson died of cancer of the li\ei, h,
after about a year’s illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Husviek and child o:
left on one of the last boats to make'
their home in Seattle. | ^
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J. B. Reher, chief or tne Bureau of a
Public Roads, left on the work train t:
today for Roosevelt, where he will L
•lake boat for the lower lake to look I
over roads reported damaged by the ^
recent storm. v
John Brady, of Anchorage, arrived t:
on the boat last night to look over the f,
road situation. a
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Ed Bazinet is a guest of the Hotel ^
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J. O. Preston of Anchorage and Jno.
McDonald registered at the Sexton
last night. (
Wm. T. Hunt and A. C. Knott were
yesterday’s arrivals at the Overland. ^
Major John C. Gotwals, engineer in :
charge, arrived on last night’s boat. i
and left on the work train this morn- i
ing for the front, to look over rail
road repairs. j
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Large nunmers of moose are being
seen along the railroad track at Mile ■
35. 1
Messrs. Sweek and Richardson of \
the railroad force, made a trip to 22
yesterday in search of ptarmigan.
I. Kriken, representing the Sims & ;
Carlson road building firm, returned i
last night from Mile 18. Mr. Kriken <
declares that but about 100 yards of j'
roadwork were washed out in the re-1
cent storm, and that he will drive a
car through to Mile 18 in the near fu
M ture.
Mrs. C. E. Shea and daughter,
Francis, are returning passengers on
the steamship Alameda, sailing Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson came
in town last night from Mile 7. Mr.
Johnson is engineer on the crane.
The new schoolhouse building at
Woodrow has been completed and the
apparatus will be moved from the
building now in use to the new place.
d A tea was given in honor of Mrs.
Lester D. Henderson of Juneau, at the
home of Mrs. Alex J. Goodskev, Satur
day afternoon, October 20th. The
rooms were attractively decorated
with autumn foliage and lighted can
dles. Assisting the hostess were Mrs.
W, 0. Perry and two of the High
School girls. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson
left on the Alaska for Juneau Sunday
night.
George O’Hearn and family who ar- j
rived on the Starr from Unalaska,
were outgoing passengers for the
States. They will spend the winter in j
4 Tacoma. 1
Louis Bell, master of the gasboat
Kenai, reports that the recent high
waters and heavy floods damaged the
roads in the vicinity of lower Kenai
lake, and Cooper’s landing. The ap
proach to the bridge over Kenai riv
er between Lakes Skilak and Kenai
was washed away, and the road wash
ed out in several places. Capt. Bell
reports that water stood in his lower
house at Snug Harbor to a depth of
several feet.
Judge Wm. D. Coppernoll left on
the Alaska for Nevada, Utah, Califor
nia and other Pacific coast states be
fore going back to the Eastern States
for a visit with relatives. Judge Cop
pernoll last week announced his can
didacy for attorney general.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bowen were
outgoing passengers on the Alaska, en
route to Portland, Ore. Mr. Bowen
has been in charge of the clothing de
partment of the Brown & Hawkins
Corp.
Councilman P. C. McMullen was an
outgoing passenger on the Alaska, en
route to the States, where rumor says
he will take unto himself a better
half before returning.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jackson left
on the Alaska for the States.
The members of Seward Chaptei
No. 10, Order Eastern Star, enjoyed
another of the series of delightful par
ties last evening, with ill-, and Mrs.
Leon Urbach and Mr. and Mrs. John
Rosness the hosts and hostesses.
Whist was played the first prize being
won by Mrs. W. O. Perry, while Mr.
Charles Smith and Mr. W. O. Perry
tied for honors, the prize going to the
former. Consolation prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Hugh Dougherty and
Mr. Chas. Cooper. At a late hour a
delicious banquet was served to the
guests.
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A large force of men are at work on
he fish hatchery this week, under
:harge of contractor Thoday.
It is reported here that the first
rain from the Interior will arrive here
Saturday, but it will probably be a
pork train with machinery for repair
ng the track at this end.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Fridell were outgo
ng passengers on the Alaska.
Capt. W. H. Bergman and son Guy,
fukon steamboat men, accompanied
>y their wives, were through passen
gers for the States on one of the last
3oats. Capt. Bergman was in com
mand of the steamboat Jeff Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harms, Idita
•od pioneers for the past decade, left
m one of the last boats for Honolulu,
vhere they will spend the winter.
H. H. Sharp, an old timer of the
[look Inlet section, has disposed of his
Fox ranch at Anchor Point and left
For the States to make his home.
James Campbell and family, former
Valdezans, but later stationed at Ft.
Gibbon, where Mr. Campbell was en
gineer on the government transport,
were through passengers on a recent
boat for the Prince William Sound
port.
The course of Resurrection creek
during the recent heavy storm, was
diverted so that it ran through the
village of Hope, doing great damage
to buildings in its path. The wind is
said to have attained a velocity of 100
miles an hour.
S. L. Finlay, a boilermaker for the
Alaska railroad was an outgoing pas
senger on one of the last boats.
Commissioner of Education Lester
D. Henderson and wife, left on the
Alaska for Juneau, after making a
tour of the railroad belt in the inter
est of the territorial schools. While
in Seward Mr. Henderson visited
Woodrow and ordered the present
school removed to the new building
recently erected near the railroad
track.
THE ALASKA WEEKLY
ALREADY IN THE FRONT RANK
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Editorial Staff of the ALASKA WEEKLY, during the past 60
days has been called upon to contribute to the Convention
Number of the Northwest Mining Truth; has furnished a se
ries of articles on Alaska to the Christian Science Monitor;
was the only paper published in Seattle which was quoted in
the Literary Digest’s comment on the Presidential Speech in
Seattle, and has been frequently quoted on Alaskan subjects
in many other nationally known and circulated publications.
We feel that in establishing a newspaper capable of gaining
such recognition that we are making rapid strides toward the
attainment of our principle objective—that of giving Alaska’s
marvelous resources the type of publicity to which their
magnitude entitles them.
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J. B. Kinnley of Anchorage is in j
the hospital there with a bullet in his |
knee, as the result of being acciden
tally shot by J. H. Hill, a companion
on a rabbit hunt near Spenard Lake.
Hill fired at a rabbit and got Kinnley.
H. D. Puller, a pioneer of the lower
Kenai lake district, arrived in town
last night, and will return to his home
tomorrow. Mr. Fuller reports that
the recent gale in his vicinity was one ]
of the hardest he has ever seen in ,
Alaska. The roads were washed out £
and many trees blown down. Mr. Ful- ,
ler is an old Black Hills miner and t
has many interesting stones to tell of <
the days of ’77 and ’78. 1
Mrs. Victoria Gilson, of San Fran
cisco, who has been visiting a brother '
in Fairbanks, was an outgoing passen
ger on a late boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacobson who '
recently returned from Valdez, have '
taken the Sullivan house. Mr. Jacob
son reports Valdez pretty quiet, with
but little mining activity.
J. B. Reher returned last night from
a trip to Cooper’s Landing, lower Ke- j
nai lake, where he went to investigate!
damage to the roads by the late
storm.
The Healy river bridge over the
Nenana river, which was washed out
by the extreme high water of last
June, has been rebuilt and the mine
has resumed operations. Several car
loads of coal have been staited toward
the coast and more will follow. This
is the best family coal so-far mined
in Alaska.
H. H. Townsend, formerly of the
rreadwell and Juneau mines; now ex- c
imining engineer for the Anaconda
tliing Co., who has been examining
properties in the Valdez district, has
returned to his home. It is reported
that several of the properties in that (
district received favorable consider- 1
ation. 1
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Reports from the vicinity of Seward (
indicate that there is an unusually ,
good potato crop and that gardens in j
general, with the exception of straw- ,
berries, were very good this season. .
It was too dry for strawberries, the
fruit dropping off the vines after indi
cations were for a good crop.
Many old timers of Dawson and \
other Yukon river points are leaving
this fall for good. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Quigley, who have not seen salt wa
ter for 32 years, were among the num
ber going out.
W. T. Brewington, connected with
the Alaska railway as draftsman, is in i
Seward. He has been taking photo
graphs and making maps of the wash
outs.
Miss Matson of Wood Island, who
has been visiting with Miss Stella
Fuller the past two weeks, will leave
on the Alameda for Anchorage, where
she will visit with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smith are mov
ing into the Krefting cottage on Third
avenue today. Mr. Horn, radio oper
ator on the Starr, and his bride, will
occupy the Smith home.
The Mary N. Christopher reports
to the customs office that owing to
stress of storm she was compelled to
seek shelter in Kodiak harbor this
week.
The halibut schooner Prosperity ar
rived in port today from the banks,
selling their catch to the San Juan
Company. After taking on fuel oil
and supplies the vessel left for the
banks. She is the property of the
New England Fish Co.
The British schooner Mary N. Chris
topher arrived in port yesterday for
fuel oil and supplies, and cleared to
day through the local customs office
direct for Prince Rupert.
Edwin N. Wentler, for 23 years a
pioneer of Livengood creek, died re
cently at Fairbanks, and was buried
by the Pioneers. He was a native of
Arkansas and is survived by a sister,
who resides at Roswell, Arizona.
A. H. Bryant, well known in Sew
ard, will spend the winter with his old
partner, Deputy Marshal Youngs at
Talkeetna.
Licensed guides George A. Nelson
and Henry Lucas will trap in the Ski
lak Lake region this winter. Mr. Lu
cas has already been engaged by one
Boston party for a hunt next year.
Game Warden George G. Cotter has
just completed a trip through the in
terior part of his district, which runs
to Broad Pass. He left Anchorage on
the gas boat Nile for Seldovia ana
other westward points.
Sam Beatty, timekeeper at Sims &
Carlson’s Mile 14 and Mile 18 road
camps, is making an occasional dash
into Seward and back to camp.
Jay E. Dillard and Paul Morris, La
touche residents, arrived on the Ala
meda, and will leave for lower Kenai
lake on a moose hunt. They are reg
istered at the Overland.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26— Director
Forbes of the Veterans’ Bureau this
afternoon was charged before the Sen
ate investigating committee with en
tering into a conspiracy with contrac- j
tors, from whom he was to receive
$50,000 per hospital for awarding con
tracts to favored groups.
While on alleged trips of inspection
of hospitals from coast to coast, it
was read into the recoi’ds that Forbes
was a participant in wild parties at
which liquor flowed for both men and
women. The affadavits were filed by
Ellis H. Mortimer, vice president of
the Philadelphia and Columbia rail-,
road.
Mortimer, when questioned by the
Senate committee of investigation, J
concerning a story of narcotics held
at the bureau’s depot at Camp Perry,
Maryland, said that Forbes had told
him that he would clean up a nice pile
of money on them.
Senator Tasker Oddle asked Morti
mer whether in his opinion Forbes
meant that there would be a traffic in
narcotics to get the money mentioned
and Mortimer answered, “yes, sir.’’
It is also alleged that principals of
the Thompson-Black Company loaned
$32,000 to Forbes while he was a di
rector of the Veterans’ Bureau, at a
! time when the company was seeking a
I contract for the construction of a gov
I ernment hospital.
Records Show Was Divorced
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—It was disclos
'd tonight that Former Director
’orbes of the Veterans’ feureau, now
inder fire at Washington on charges
>f graft in connection with awarding
:ontracts for government hospitals,
vas secretly divorced by Kate Forbes
n the King County Superior Court 10
lays ago, on the grounds of cruelty
ind personal indignities to plaintiff.
Juicy Scandal Is Promised
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The Sen
ite investigation of the Veterans’ Bu
reau as administered by Director
Forbes, now promises to develop one
Df the greatest government scandals
Df a decade. Immediate criminal pros
ecution of Forbes is demanded by the
Committee. Chairman Heed of Penn
sylvania, said the committee looks tc
Whale Amber Shoe Grease at J. L
Graef’s. tf
the department of justice to do its
duty and that the duty is obvious.
If the Attorney General has not act
ed before the committee reports it will
go before congress.
Declare an Autonomous State
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The German
Palatinate declared for an autonomous
state say sa Central News dispatch
from Berlin, according to a procla
mation. Palatint bids its sHd to hold
secure the safety of France and agrees
to assume its share of German repa
rations.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26.—“For God’s j f
sake let us have a committee of mer-, c
cy in the world to put an end to the ; 1
coming war which is clouding the fir-1 I
mament of God’s sky,” Lloyd George |£
exclaimed here today. j 1
NIGHT SCHOOL MAY BE ■
STARTED IN SEWARD
The American Legion, with the as
sistance of Prof. Goodskey, have been
I assured of a night school in Seward
I for the purpose of teaching aliens
j and others English and the essentials
| of good citizenship.
| Commissioner of Education L. D.
Henderson has assured Prof. Good
skey that if he can obtain fifteen pu
pils, eight of which are in regular at
tendance, such a school will be inau
gurated at Seward.
In addition to the above subjects,
which are compulsory, other subjects
can be taught, and this will be of
! great benefit to those persons de
siring to take advantage of this op
! portunity of taking up some special
; course.
Anyone interested m this endeavor
is requested to apply either to the
American Legion, Prof. Goodskey or
Commissioner Curtis Morford, where
they may receive necessary informa
tion and be informed when sufficient
applicants have been received to
start the school.
Edwin Wentworth, of Ketchikan,
head of the territorial bureau of fish
eries, arrived on last night’s boat to
look over the work being done on the
Grouse Lake hatchery.
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LONDON, Oct. 26.—In correspon
ence issued by the foreign office to
[ght, the British government seized
le occasion of the first public state
lent by President Coolidge on the sit
ation in Europe, to send another for
ig an invitation to the Washington
overnment to operate in a new series
f conferences in an attempt to set
e the reparations question definitely,
ord Curzon requests American par
icipation in any form, either official
r unofficial.
In his reply Secretary Hughes de
lares that the United States is wili
ng to take part in an economic con
erence in which all European allies
hiefly are concerned, in the German
eparations problem, and will partici
iate in the same for the purpose of
scertaining Germany’s ability to pay
.nd to formulate an appropriate plan
or the payment.
.LOYD GEORGE CALLS ON
HUGES AND PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Lloyd
George arrived today and called upon
Secretary Hughes and dined with
President Coolidge. He will call on
Woodrow Wilson later at his home.
BRYAN AND PINCHOT HOLD
CONFERENCE IN CAPITAL
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 26.—Wil
liam J. Bryan and Governor Pinchot
were in conference at the executive
mansion an hour this afternoon. Bryan
said later that he heartily approved
of Pinchot’s enforcement campaign.
ROME, Oct. 26.—According to a
dispatch to Messaggero, six grenades
exploded at a military horse show at
Turin in the presence of Premier Mus
solini. One lieutenant was seriously
wounded while a sergeant and four
privates were slightly hurt. It is un
derstood that the grenades were to be
be used in the performance but ex
ploded prematurely.
For tan and sunburn, cream of Al
mond Lotion, 50c. Seward Drug Co.
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