fHVY DAMAGE BY FIRES
CN VICINITY OF FAIRBANKS
Forest fires have done great dam
»ge this year to forests in the vicinity
*£ Fail'banks, the unsually dry vveath
*r causing the moss and undergrowth
to dry out to a point where they ig
aite easily.
HEALY BRIDGE BE REPAIRED
According to Major Gotwals the
bridge over the Nenana river, destroy
ed by floods this summer, will be re
paired some time in October, or as
soon as the present high water sub
sides. The flood which took the old
bridge out was over the track before
it washed away, showing the excel
lent construction of the structure.
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY GIVES
PERMIT TO CAPTURE MOOSE
Mr. \V. E. Keehl, of Cle Elum, Wn.,
who arrived on a recent boat, left on
today’s train for Roosevelt, to hunt in
the Skilak lake district, on biological
survey permit No. Cl2. on which he
cnav take as scientific specimens one
bull, one cow and one calf moose, the
group to be consigned to the Univer
sity of Edinburg, Scotland. Messrs.
Gillette and Beeson who arrived with
Sir. Keehl on the Alameda, will ac
company him to take game photo
graphs and aid in caring for the spec
imens. Licensed guide H. L. Long
will take the party into the big game
country.
ANCHORAGE RESIDENTS JOIN
STAMPEDE TO NUKA BAY
Fred Clelaud, R. Boyer, Ed Foster,
md M. Smith arrived on Saturday’s
train from Anchorage and left this
morning on Capt. Emsweiler’s boat
for Nuka Bay where a stempede has
been started as a result of the dis
covery of rich ore running over $3000
to the ton, by Frank Skeen and asso
ciates. The men had a large outfit
and announce they will stake claims
at the bay.
NORTHWESTERN RESERVATIONS
Agent Flickinger reports that 3~
•^serrations have been made on the
iteamship Northwestern; Deputy S. I
•5. Casler bringing 27 witnesses and ,
prisoners from the westward.
EDUD TIECK, Ml
ISLAND RANCHER, DEAD
Edward Tureck, an old and respect
ed resident of Nuka Island, where he
was engaged In fox farming, with
Chas. Dustin, passed away at the Ho
tel Sexton at 7 o’clock yesterday
j morning of cancer of the stomach. He
i arrived here recently from Anchor
I age, where he had been for medical
advice. His remain are now at the
undertaking parolrs, awaiting the
arrival qf his wife, who is on Nuka
island.
Deceased had been a resident of
Alaska for many years. He has a sis
ter, Mrs. Dawson, living at Prinne
ville, Oregon, and his partner, Chas.
Dustin, whose address is Pier Two,
Seattle.
WATER TURNED INTO NEW
INTAKE AT LOWELL CREEK
On Saturday the crew under Peter
Anderson, having completed the con
crete intake-house in Lowell Creek
: canon, shot away the final rock bar
riers, turning about half of the creek
waters into the new structure. S. M.
j Graff, owner of the local power plant,
! and others were present.
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D. DON BLEYKEN DIES
SUDDENLY FROM APOPLEXY
D. Dqn Bleyken, who spent seveial
days in Seward, soliciting orders foi
an £)utside clothing concern, died
suddenly last week from apoplexy,
while visiting at Eska. His remains
will be shipped Outside on the Ala
meda to Tacoma, where his home is.
Mr. DoifcBleyken has a sister, Mrs C.
Walters, in Tacoma. He was inter
ested in pulp mill properties and was
born in Holland.
LOW WATER ON IDITAROD
The town of Iditarod is completely ■
shut off from navigation by low wa- :
ter in the Iditarod river, boats going I
only as far as Dykeman. I
STARR DUE SATURDAY
The steamship Starr is expected to
arrive in port in time to connect with
the Northwestern.
BLACK GNATS KILL DOGS
Something new in Alaska in the
shape of a black gnat which is unu
sually poisonous, is reported from
Flat. These insects are in vast num
bers, forming a black cloud, and six
work dogs were killed by them at the
Interior camp. The animals after be
ing bitten by the insects, become
blind and later get paralysis of the
hips. They are said to be very pois
onous to humans.
VALDEZ DOCK DAMAGED
Seward visitors from Valdez report
that a landslide damaged the dock at
Valdez last week about $10,000. The
shore is steep to, and the water very
deep alongside the dock, and the dam
age was caused by the shore sliding
into the w^er.
NOBLES RETURN TO SEWARD
Nobles Oriander, Sweek, Andy Si
mons, Leon Urbach, George Cotter,
George Colwell, M. J. Flynn and F. E.
Leslie who attended the Shriners ini
tiation at Anchorage have all returned
to Seward.
RESERVATION ON EVANS
The following reservations on the
Admiral Evans are reported by Agent
Wayne Blue: Helen Ellison, Edwin
H. DeLapp, C. W. Rickett, W. A.
Shield, and Frank H. Foster, the lat
ter from Cordova for Seattle.
At the offices of the Alaska Steam
ship Company last night, the Seward
Rille Club was organized, with a
membership of about twenty, and half
i hundred more ready to join. Ail
American citizens over the age of 16
rears are eligible to membership,
lue being fixed at $3 per year with $1 :
nitian fee. The club will affiliate i
vith the National association, and as j
soon as this is done a requision will
)e made upon the government for
tuns and munitions. The government
illows two Springfield rifles regula
ion model and two .22-calibre rifles,
vith targets, etc.
The club proposes to install traps
md indulge in clay-pigeon matches at
the same time.
Officers elected to head the Seward
Rifle club are J. H. Flickinger, presi
dent; G. C. Henderson, vice-presi
dent; Harold Painter, secretary; Mar
tin Banbury, treasurer; R. V. B. Dun
lap, executive officer.
No site has as yet been designated
for the rifle range, but it is stated
that the mouth of Lowell creek can
yon is being considered, as it is close
to town and the mountains will make
a good background.
S. S. EIDER IN PORT
The steamship Eider, with Dr. Gil
bert aboard, arrived in port yesterday
afternoon. Dr. Gilbert has been in
vestigating the propagation of salmon
at westward points.
PRESIDENT WILL MITT 'EM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—President
Coolidge will continue to shake hands
with delegations, although he has
been urged not to do so.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
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OFFICER IN CHARGE
GABLE SYSTEM HERE
Colonel John D. L. Hartman, officer
in charge, Washington-Alaska Military
Cable and Telegraph System, at Se
attle, Wash.
Col. Hartman made an inspection
trip of the entire system, going by
way of Skagway, down the Yukon to
St. Michael and across to Nome, re
turning from Seward to Fairbanks,
thence over the Richardson trail to
Valdez and from there to Seattle.
This is the Colonel’s first visit to
Alaska, and before he returns he will
have visited every Signal Corps sta
tion in Alaska with the exception of
Noorvik, Livengood and Bethel which
stations he intends to visit next year.
Col. Hartman was well pleased with
the Signal Corps personnel at the
stations visited, the trip giving him
a personal insight as to the needs for
upkeep and the betterment of the sys
tem. In an interview with the Colonel
he declared that Seward was the
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Colonel Hartman has had over 40
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He served as Brigadier General of
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