LOCAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK
H. V. Hoben will leave on Thursday
for Anchorage on matters connected
with fuel problems for the coming
winter.
I. Kriken was in from the Sims &
Carlson camp at Mile 18 today.
H. O. Roberts is in town from his
company’s plant at Uganik.
Martin Lanning was a passenger foi
Valdez today, where he will serve as
a juror.
S. L. Colwell left on the steamshir
*s.jrthwestern en route to Valdez
where he will serve on the jury.
Deputy Marshal Ralph Reed was a
passenger for Valdez on the North
western, being called there by the
present term of court.
Matt Schlusser was a Valdez pas
senger on last night’s boat.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Corntassel, who
have been in Seward the past week,
left on the Northwestern for Juneau
Mr. Corntassel is traveling auditoi
for^Frye-Bruhn Co.
E. Sivertson was a Junean passen
ger on the Northwestern.
Mrs. Lois Johnson left on the last
boat for Seattle.
Mrs. W. G. Woodward was an out
going passenger for the States.
C. E. Orlander, the jeweler, has in
stalled a lighting system in his store
that adds greatly to his attractive
display of jewelry and curios. It is o
the automatic type, the first light oi
starting the machine and the last on»
off stopping it. It is 110 volts anc
uses the standard bulbs and supplies
being different from the Delco in this
respect.
The road to Grouse lake has beer
pl'.tced in excellent shape by the Bu
reau of Public Roads, and autos car
once more make the trip, which will
be a great convenience to the mer
employed on the construction of the
fish hatchery buildings.
A freight train of 15 or 20 cars
mostly loaded with coal, arrived from
the Interior last night.
Jack Lincke, one of the best known
newspaper writers of the North, is in
Seward on a business trip, registered
at the Van Gilder.
ir Martin Lanning, Wallace Dayken
Mel Holben, S. M. Graff, H. V. Hober
and several other Seward citizens
drawn on the jury at the Valdez tern
were excused by Judge Ritchie, anc
did not take the boat last night.
T. W. Hawkins reports that he will
receive a team on one of the nexl
trains from the interior, to be used
in his coal business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jonnson are re
joicing over the arrival of an eight
pound baby boy, born Monday morn
ing^-at 2:30 o’clock. Dr. J. A. Baugh
man attending physician. Mr. John
son is engineer on the crane, residing
at Mile 7%.
Thomas B. Drayton has removed to
his homestead at Mile 7, where he
is building a commodious cabin to re
place the one lost by fire last spring.
Following nomination of officers
last night at their hall in this city,
the Rebekahs entertained with cards,
following which coffee and cake were
served. Ten dollars was donated for
the American Red Cross.
4 Doors and Windows In stock at J.
L. Graef’s.
Miss Eva Novak, a film star of
considerable magnitude, passed thru
Seward on a recent boat, on their way
to Fairbanks, where they will partici
pate in a film to be produced by the
Norman Dawn company. Miss Lois
Lee, Kent Sanderson, Arthur Jasmine
and William Eagle Eye accompanied
her.
Carpenters are needed at Mile 52,
it is reported.
Mr. Jack Price, foreman of the pile
driver crew, arrived in town last night
and will leave for Mile 52 Thursday.
Rev. rr. Monroe wiil leave on te
1 mol row s train for i’airb.um.
Ole Hoagland, who has been mining
on Valdez Creek arrived in Seward
recently and will spend the winter
here.
Warrant Officer W. J. Mills of An
chorage, arrived on last night’s train
and with a crew of men is loading the
quartermaster supplies from the local
warehouse onto flat cars for transfer
to Anchorage. Mr. Mills will be in
town until Monday.
R. It. Cole and J. S. Rodebaugh of
Fairbanks are Seward arrivals on
■ last night’s train.
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C. H. Murphy ot Latouche, who lias
been a guest of the Hotel Sexton the
past few days, left on last night’s
boat for the copper camp.
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Mr. and Mrs* K. A. Drager, and
: family, arrived on the Admiral Wat
son and will make Seward their per
manent home. Mr. Drager, who has
been in Kodiak the past summer, will
be in charge of the local salmon hatch
ery. He comes well recommended,
having had 20 years experience in
Federal fisheries activities. Mr. and
Mrs. Drager will live in the Fenton
house on Second street.
J. W. Gucker, the well known Ju
j! neau commercial man, is interviewing
! customers here today.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hubbard,
j1 of Primrose, are in town, guests ot
the Van Gilder.
Jos. Krummerarch, of Taikeetna, is
registered at the Sexton.
■j John Mackwiz of Mile 34 is a recent
1 Seward arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lawing and
nephew, R. N. Adair, arrived in town
on last night’s train from Mile 23
I where they run the roadhouse and
postoffice.
F. Gleason, of Hunter, is registered
at the Seward.
The freighter Latouche arrived in
port today with 200 tons of coal for
the x\laska Transfer, several hundred
'cases of gasoline, and some dynamite.
C. A. Fritz and wife, J. F. Fritz and
wife, and W. M. Grimm, of Zanesville,
Ohio, who have been in Seward the
past six weeks on a hunting trip, left
last night on the Admiral Watson for
their home, by way of Portland, Coun
cil Bluffs and Chicago. They were
very much pleased with their trip, de
i spite the fact that they struck the
worst weather in many years.
The Alaska Transfer received 200
| tons of British Columbia coal today
on the freighter Latouche. Wayne
Blue states the price will be announc
ed as soon as freight bills are receiv
ed.
B. C. Elmes of Anchorage is regis
j tered at the Van Gilder.
Stfpt. Edwin Wentworth of the Ter
ritorial Bureau of Fisheries, left on
last night’s boat for headquarters at
! Ketchikan. He will return north in
the Spring. Mr. Wentworth expressed
himself as well pleased with progress
in construction of the Grouse Lake
hatchery, and believe it will greatly
augment the salmon pack.
Byron Elms, traveling engineer for
j the commission, left today for the In
terior.
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James Brennan, road master for the!
central division of the Alaska railroad,
is a guest of the Overland, and will
leave on the Alaska on a vacation trip
to the States.
Hugh Moor, wrell known in Seward,
arrived from Anchorage on a recent
train and will leave shortly for lower i
Kenai, where he will spend the win
ter.
Joe Reno, Girdwood merchant, an
nounces that he will erect a store in
fAnchorage next year.
W. A. Cow’gill, a Nenana merchant,
was a through passenger on the S. S.
Northwestern, en route to Wales, his
old home. Mrs. Cowgill has been in
England for several months, going!
home for the birth of a son. Mr. and
Mrs. Cowgill will return some time in
January.
Frank R. Short, located at Miller
House, near Circle City, was an out
going passenger on the Northwestern,
en route to Denver, Colo.
Brown & Hawrkins received a team
of horses from the Interior this morn
ing, to be used in hauling coal.
S. K. Sharpless, trainmaster, and
R. R. Cole, who is relieving Mr.
Sharpless, left today for Interior
points. Mr. Sharpless will leave in
the near future for an extensive vaca
tion in the Southern states.
F. H. Whitney of Girdwood, accom
panied his wife as far as Seward, re
turning on today’s train. Mrs. Whit
ney left on the boat for Valdez.
A1 A. Wolf, an old time Cache Creek
! operator, arrived in town last night.
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J. B. Reher of the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, left today for Girdwood.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jenkins, from
the Cache creek district, are in town
on their way outside.
Twelve carpenters and laborers left
this morning for Tunnel to work on
the Alaska railroad.
James Kallis, old timer from Trail
Lake, is in town, a guest of the Over
land.
I. Kriken and Mr. Beatty, left today
! for Girdwood to inspect road condi
tions on a Sims & Carlson contract.
Mrs. George Colwell and children,
arrived in town on last night’s train
from Mile 52, and is visiting her fath
er, Mr. F. E. Leslie.
Passengers on the steamship Wat
son brought the news of an American
Red Cross dance given recently by
the people of Kodiak
E. E. Ayres of Girdwood, is a Sew
ard visitor today.
M. E. Shortly, who was formerly a
well known operator in the Knik dis
trict, but now in business at Seluo
via, arrived on last night’s train and
is awaiting the arrival of the Starr to
take passage to his western home.
While unpacking a crate of bananas
this morning Brown & Hawkins gro
cery clerks unpacked a big, hairy
tropical spider of the tarantula spe
cies.
A wedding of unusual interest tc
Sewardites was consummated at An
chorage, October 31, when Dr. Clayton
Pollard took as his bride, Miss Lucy
Matson, of Wood Island Orphanage.
Both Mr. Pollard and Miss Matson are
well known here, the former having
practiced dentistry here at one time,
while the bride spent several weeks
here recently, a guest of Miss Stella
Fuller. The popular young couple will
reside in Anchorage.
Charley Mack, a placer operator on
Poorman’s creek in the Cache creek
district, went south on one of the last |
boats, en route to Michigan to spend
the winter. He will return in the ear
ly spring.
W. B. Reaburn, who arrived in Sew
ard with the first contingent of rail
road engineers, in 1914, passed thru
Seward this week on his way to the
States. Mr. Reaburn went to Nenana
as head packer in ’14, and has been
with the commission ever since in the
interior. He is also interested in a
coal property.
James Connor, one of the old timers
of this section, now of Anchorage, is
on jury service in Valdez this week,
having passed thru on the last boat.
R. C. Hurley, Alaska railroad office
employe, was a thru passenger on the
Alaska last night, on his return from
Juneau.
Paul Hopkins, assayer at the School |
of Mines, Fairbanks, passed through
Seward on his way to the states, this
veek. He reports a good season for
die school and states that it is doing
nuch good for the Interior district.
The Admiral Watson had on board
>n her trip south two pairs of golden
nartens for the Goldstein farm at Ju
leau. They were raised by Anton
rohnson at his farm at Chinita bay,
lear Kodiak,
The Red Cross Roll Call Committee
needs glass pint jars with fitted cov
ers. If you have any to give please
leave them with Mr. Walker at the
fire hall.
Miss A Pierce, who has be.-n em-|
ployed in the Royal Cafe at Anchorage!
passed through Sewurd en route to'
the States.
Ernest Richter, operator of the
Homebuilders property in the Interior,
left for the States on one of the re
cent boats."
Clarence Fay, of Anchorage, a well
known athlete of the Interior City,
left on one of the last boats for New
York, to enter in business.
J. L. Ramsey, special agent of the i
U. S. land office, passed through here!
on one of the last boats for Valdez, j
He will leave later for Jackson, Miss.,,
where he will be stationed for the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Heacock and!
three children, Nenana residents, were!
outgoing passengers on a late boat,;
en route to the States to reside. Mr.!
Heacock was employed on one of the
Yukon river steamers plying to Holy
Cross.
John Darky, a well known miner of;
the Valdez creek section, left recently;
for Kansas City to visit friends and
relatives.
Sarah May Bartholf, a popular An
chorage young lady, 'passed through
Seward last night on her way home
from a protracted visit to the States.
Aug. Carlson, of Wasilla, left for the
States, where he will spend the win
ter.
D. J. Dawson and wife and Mrs.
Josephine Tuerck, arrived from Nuka
Island fox farms last night and are
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
P. C. McMullen and bride returned
on the steamship Alaska last night,
and are stopping at the Van Gilder
until their home can be fixed up. Mr.
and Mrs. McMullen w’ere married last
week in Seattle. Mrs. McMullen is a
former Seward resident.
J. H. Bartholf, an Anchorage resi
dent, passed through on his way to
the States, on one of the last boats.
Mr. Bartholf has been ailing for some
; time and is going out for medical
1 treatment.
Miss Sallie Roop of Anchorage, who
has been visiting the past few' months
in the States, passed through last
night on the Alaska, en route to the
: Interior city, where she will be mar
ried to an Anchorage business man.
Miss Roop was one of the contestants
in the Anchorage beauty prize last
j year.
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S. H. Gordon, an Anchorage resi-j
dent, passed through on one of the
last boats en route to Valdez to at
tend court, as a juror.
Andrew Sholin and brothers, oi
Kachemak bay, shipped out nineteen
pairs of silver grey foxes on the Ad
miral Watson, consigned to John R.
Morrison of Seattle. The animals
were valued at $12,000.
Latouche passengers on the steam
ship Alaska were Chas. Kzvenik, Mrs.
Kzvenik, Lloyd Kzvenik, C. Markeks,
W. G. Spangler, C. A. Waxman, A.
Zuanita.
Major John C. Gotwals was a return
ing passenger from Juneau on last
night’s boat, where he went to meet
Col. Landis.
Lieut. B. N. Bryan and C. S. Miller
came in on last night’s boat, on theirj
way to the Anchorage barracks.
Rev. D. Hotovitzky, Edward Smith,
Alex Bear and Eddie Smith arrived
from Valdez last night, -where they
have been attending court as witness
es in a murder case, and will await the
sailing of the Starr for their home at
Belkofsky. They are registered at
the Overland.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Trosper and son
Lewis of Broad Pass, will leave on
the Alaska for Seattle to make an ex-j
tended tour of the Southern States,
California and South America. Mr.
Trosper is in the employ of the Alas
ka railroad.
Dr. S. M. Thmpson, of Anchorage,
is registered at the Van Gilder, return
ing last night from a trip to the States
where he went with Mrs. Thompson
and family, who will spend the win
ter in California.
Robert and Dick Edwards, brothers
of Mrs. S. H. Gordon of Anchorage,
: passed through here last night on the
Alaska, from an extended trip to the
j States,
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! Mrs. J. W. Spencer arrived on the
! steamship Alaska last night on her
way to the Interior. She is a guest of
the Hotel Seward.
W. X. Lee, a pioneer Iclitarod oper
ator is registered at the Overland, fol
lowing his return from the States.
TOMATOES GROWN AT HYDER
Tomatoes exceeding three inches in
diameter, and still far from matured,
together with peas as fine as are seen
anywhere are the rewards of H. A.
lives, the photographer, formerly of
Cordova' and Valdez, but now of Hy
der. In addition to the tomatoes and
peas Mr. Ives also raises a wide va
riety of tubers.
TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST, tl
VOTE ON DIVISION CARRIES
JUNEAU, Nov. 7.—At the special
slection held in the First division yes
terday to vote on the question of di
riding the Territory, the proposition
carried nearly unanimously in Juneau,
Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan,
where elections were heid. A con
vention will be held here in the im
mediate future to discuss ways and
means of bringing about the division.
SHULER AND STEPHENS
START FOX RANCH MONTANA
N. P. Shular, a pioneer Alaskan fox
raiser, and Fred Stephens, an oldtim
er of the Klondike, have established
a fox farm at Kalispel, Montana, to be
known as the Kalispel Fox Farm. It
will be stocked with blue and silver
foxes, marten and Alaska sable.
HYDER WEEKLY MINER SAYS
JURY LAW IS IN DISFAVOR
The Hyder Weekly Miner says that
the new jury law enacted by the lasr
territorial legislature which makes
women eligible for jury sen ice, altho
not comppulsory, is being attacked by
the bar of southeastern Alaska, along
with the new fish laws, which come in
for considerable criticism and condem
nation.
Showing how circumstances and
environment alter cases. In the Third
division, those women who have serv
ed on the jury are delighted with
their experience, and state it is the
first good rest on pay they have had
since their marriage.
It is reported that the run of dog
salmon on the upper Yukon was a
month or more behind this year. The
run was very light owing to the river
having been fished out by the cannery
at the mouth.
PRIZE DEER KILLED
George Looker, a hand logger near
Ketchikan, was awarded the prize of
a handsome rifle and pistol offered by
Thatcher & Collins, hardware men,
for the largest deer killed during the
month of September. Dressed the
deer weighed 136^ pounds.
POST ORGANIZED AT KENNICOTT
The American Legion has organized
a post at Kennecott, known as the
Jack Pierson Post of the American
Legion, with members from McCarthy
and Kennecott.
A light earthquake shock was felt
at Tunnel, according to reports from
there received on last night’s freight.
No damage was done to the tunnels
on the railway.
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