SUM OF $250,000 GOING INTO
t BIO WESTWARD PROJECT;
STATES BENNETT
KODIAK, Oct., 3, (Special to the
Gateway)—With the arrival of a
sawmill from the outside and the
departure of a representative for
Montana to chaperone the first 500
pair of muskrat, the Alaska Fur
Corporation of Long Island, nine
miles from Kodiak, is fast getting
into shape for one of the biggest
fur operations in the north. The
sawmill will be used in the con
struction of feeding pens and
dwellings of the workers and will
be set up at once.
E. Maddox, local representative
of the fisheries bureau, whose d”t
ies for the season are ended, de
parted on the Admiral Watson for
Kalispell. Mont., where the con
signment of 1.000 muskrats is being
prepared for shipment by the Flat
head Fur Farms. The shipment will
consist of 100 crates carrying 10
*. rats each and will probably leave
Seattle on the S. S. Rogers, Octo
ber 24. escorted by Maddox who will
look after their care enroute. An
other 500 pair of rats will be used in
stocking the Long Island ranch but
the negotiations for their purchase
have not yet been completed.
In addition to the more than 150
blue fox that were on the island,
when A. W. Bennett, head of the
company, secured the lease, a num
ber of foxes have been addeji to the
holdings and many more are com
ing. John Broadkoff of Kodiak
delivered 20 foxes a month ago,
Terry White of the Geese Islands
fur ranch has delivered five and
will deliver 15 more. Twenty-one
blue foxes are coming from the
ChilkatJ Fur Farms near Haynes
and others are being sought.
Showing the diversity of effort
that is being made by Mr. Bennett,
20 minks have been a*3ded to the
4 pens and more will be bought.
Eight raccoons from Wisconsin
have been received and another
shipment of 12 will soon be on the
way.
Altho the Alaska Fur Corporation
was launched during the summer
with a proposed expenditure of
$125,000, raised by Bennett in New
York, conditions have been found
so wonderfully ideal for the hand
ling of different kinds of fur-bear
ers, Mr. Bennett has announced,
that another $125,000 has been
made available and that the work
may go forward on a much larger
scale than was originally contem
plated.
LITTLE GIRL CUT
Dolly Leedom, daughter of Mr.
f and Mrs. Leedom of the radio
station, narrowly escaped serious
,|t injury yesterday afternoon when
her face was cut from contact
and breaking of the windshield
of the laundry delivery truck, i
The city truck is said to have
suddenly smashed into the deliv
ery car and before coming to a
halt had plowed the car some
distance. The little girl was hurl
ed forward by the impact but j
not to the street. Her cuts and
bruises were attended to by Dr. |
H. W. Hyatt.
T. W. Hawkins, prominent local j
business man, returned to the
city last evening from a brief
business visit to Anchorage.
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The following articles were writ
ten by the Seward school children
for the purpose of giving their
viewpoint of the necessity of having
a gymnasium.
The Women’s Athletic Club of
Seward is asking the men and wo
men interested in sponsoring a
gymnasium for the use of the
townspeople, and the students of
the school, to meet at Dreamland
hall, Saturday night, at 7 o’clock.
I, a high school boy, feel that we
owe a lot to the club and would like
to help out all we can. For in
stance, we could furnish a janitor
by appointing a boy 01 two each
week to see that the hall is kept
clean, the gym equipment in order
and the hall warm on used nights.
Last year the women were dis
couraged with the way some o? the
school children acted and the way
they were around the gym on wo
men’s nights; but it will not be so
this year, and we ask the towns
people to turn out Saturday night
and if work in sports and gymnas
tics is started we promise to do our
duty.
To have any athletics we first
have to consider where the money
is to come from for the gym sup
plies itself. Well, there seems to be
just now a sort of hard feeling to
ward all gym work, because of
former actions of some pupils in
; this school. These things can be
rectified, and I am quite sure the
members of our school wil try to do
their best to rectify them, or help
those pupils who are the ones that
I misbehave.
To have a successful athletic sea
son, every school must have the
i support of the public. The school,
in turn, should in every way possi
ble way show their appreciation of
outside help. Sportsmanship very
easily wins the applause of the pub
lic; economy also is a great help in
many ways. If a team has the at
tention of the public, they have
more pep and feel more like win
ning for the sake of their home
town, and do not have that “it
doesn’t make any difference” feel
ing that is caused by lack of inter
est from the public.
If we are to have basketball this
year we will need a gymnasium, a
place where we could have the priv
ilege of going to practice, as well
as having a game in public once-in
a-while. I am interested in basket
ball, even tho I cannot play very
well; but there are boys and girls
in the school who can play and
play well. I would like to see them
have a gym.
To the student the gym means a
great deal. It gives him something
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I to work for and look forward to. It
not only keeps him physically fit
and healthful but also teaches him
jfair play as well. A gym also keeps
! up the spirit of the school, espec
ially if there are any outside games
as it seems to unite the students
into one body.
(By Mrs. J. C. Green)
All Seward extends its sympathy
to Mrs. Leon Urbach, who has been
'called to New York on account of
the serious illness of her mother.
Mrs. Urbach will be a passenger on
the S. S. Yukon, southbound for
Seattle.
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Rev. and Mrs. Reisner and their
two children were incoming pas
sengers on the S. S. Yukon yester
day. Rev. Reisner will be the new
pastor for the Community Church
All Seward extends them a hearty
welcome.
Miss Sadie Pratt, of Cordova, ar
rived in Seward last evening. Miss
Pratt left today for Fairbanks,
where she will enter the Alaska
College for her second year. Miss
Pratt is the daughter of the deputy
forest supervisor of the Chugach
national forest.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Harwood re
turned last evening from a com
bined business and pleasure trip in
Anchorage. Mrs. Harwood left to
day for Moose Pass where she will
join Mrs. McMullen and Mrs. Swet
mann. The trio will return here
Monday evening.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Irwin are
moving into their lovely new home
on Adams street.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed were
passengers Wednesday night on the
S. S. Admiral Evans for Kodiak.
They are making the roif d trip.
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THEATRE PROGRAMS
It has been a long time since :
Harold Lloyd’s face and name dec
orated the Liberty’s billboards and
his hosts of admirers will be glad
to konw that his latest picture
“Speedy” will be shown tonight.
This feature has been heralded
thruout the country as his best ef- |
fort. Sunday is to be turned over
to the efforts of the “It” girl, Clara j
Bow, and word comes from Fair- j
banks that this picture is much |
better than her last.
Mrs. Raynor, mother of Sydney
Raynor, well known resident of An -
chorage and manager of the Em
press theatre there, was an outgo
ing passenger on the S. S. Yukon
leaving Seward today for her home
in Seattle from a happy visit with
her relatives in the inland metro- ]
polis.
Marshal Lynn Smith of the
Fourth Division, who arrived in
Seward last night from Fairbanks, i
has two insane, one from Nenana
and one from Fairbanks, enroute to j
Morningside.
Capt. Lee Campbell, old time
mariner, arrived in port from the !
fishing banks aboard his staunch
schooner Kodiak and discharged a
record shipment of 12,000 pounds of
choice halibut at the local plant of
the San Juan Fishing & Ptcking Co.
MARION PRINCE DRESSES on
display Sunday, Monday and Tues
day at URBACH & VALADE Store.
NONE WEAKENED
Last night’s passenger train,
from the Interior closely re
sembled a cattle-train slipping
into the depot; those aboard were
packed in like a bunch of sar
dine, so many were aboard.
Aside from the jammed aisles a
half a dozen could be seen lay
ing up on the racks and hang
ing on the coat hooks.
Mrs. Otis Harrington and child,
residents of Anchorage, left for the
states today for an extended visit
with relatives in the east. Mr. Har
rington, popular engineer of the
Alaska Railroad and pioneer of the
Nuka Bay gold quartz region, ac
companied Mrs. Harrington here.
He returned on today’s train for
Anchorage.
Rev. George Kochergin, one of
the Gateway’s numerous Westward
subscribers, writes that he has
transferred from his former resi
dence at Unalaska and is now sta
tioned at Akutan.
Mrs. William Adams, mother of
Arthur A. Adams, mentioned else
where in these columns, is home
ward bound aboard the Yukon for
Seattle from an extended visit with
relatives at Anchorage.
ST PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday school 11 a. m. Evening
prayer and service 7:30 p. m.
Rev. W. R. MACPHERSON.
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