NORTHERN NOTES
Probably oppressed by the loneli
ness at Cape St. Elias light on Kyack
Island, Ulysses Magee, assistant light
keeper there was brought to Cordova
last week on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Deputy Marshal Cloes ac
companied the man to Cordova where
he was placed in a hospital.
Hamilton Davis, born at Angoon,
Alaska, twenty-six years ago, died re
cently in Sitka. The deceased was re
cently married.
The Fairbanks Commercial Club, in
line with a campaign just inaugurated
which will have as its purpose the
stimulation of tourist traffic to the
Interior of Alaska, is making final
preparations for the issue of a booklet
descriptive of that section of the ter
ritory.
The recently elected officers of Ig
loo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska, Anch
orage, were M. W. Sinclair, past pres
ident; Jas. Lindley Green, president;
Charles Freemont, first vice-president;
R. G. Southworth, second vice-presi
dent; J. W. Phillips, chaplain; Henry
Sogn, historian; Robert H. Romig, sec
retary; I. Bayles, treasurer; Henry
Easterly, sergeant-at-arms; H. Sogn, J.
Calaghan, trustees.
The oldtimers in the Pioneers Home
at Sitka had an unusually enjoyable
Christmas, according to the Sitka
Progress, which states a big feed was
prepared for them by Mr. and Mrs. S.
Brojac. Many presents were receiv
ed by the oldtimers from the different
Igloos and individuals.
Tupper Thompson oldtimer of the
Interior has located a pretty good
spot on Kowkow creek, according to
reports received, with indications he
■will make a good cleanup. Kowkow
creek is located back of the Moravian
mission at Quinhag, over the divide
from Water Moose creek in the Good
News Bay country.
Claude Shea, formerly special offi
cer for the suppression of liquor traf
fic in this division, was recently grant
ed a leave of absence, with instruc
tions to report at dry headquarters at
Seattle.
The members of Ketchikan Igloo of
Pioneers of Alaska, named the follow
ing officers at their annual election
held recently: Julius Hansen, pres
ident; F. J. Finzel, vice-president; D.
Campbell, second vice-president; N.
Howell, treasurer; P. G. Charles, sec
retary; Thomas Torry, historian, and
Nels Nelson, sergeant-at-arms.
S. A. Plumley, well known Ketchi
kan attorney and formerly U. S. Com
missioner at Craig, is in a serious con
dition in the Ketchikan hospital as
the result of a paralytic stroke accord
ing to advices received from the south
His entire left side was affected, it
was reported.
Merl La Voy, photographer for the
[Fox Film Corporation, made a trip to
I Cantwell recently to take pictures of
the government reindeer herds. He
J also spent some time in Windy where
j he took several scenes showing rein
deer herders picking moss for ship
ment outside.
Timothy Perkins and Emily Goss,
two boys were taken out by Marshal
Beaumont recently and committed to
the Board of Children’s Guardians to
St. Ann School at Duncan, B. C. The
marshal also took with him three other
boys who will be sentenced to the
Idaho industrial school for four years.
Joe Wallner, alias Joe Walcott, is
held in the Fairbanks federal jail on a
charge of burglary, following an al
leged confession when he was said to
have been confronted with complete
evfdence as to guilt in connection with
the holdup of the McDermott grocery.
Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska, of
Fairbanks held installation of officers
to a packed house the past week. The
ceremony of installation was conduct
ed by Past Grand President Richard
Rothenburg, and the following were
ushered to their stations: President G.
McQuarie; first vice-president, J. H.
Groves; second vice-president, Paul
J. Rickert; Secretary, George Moody,
Treasurer, George Hutchison; Histor
ian, Robert E. Sheldon; Chaplain, H.
Clark; Trustee, George Webber; Ser
geant-at-arms, William Furness, and
keeper of the door Joseph Enos.
The power of the Alaska Legisla
ture to regulate canning of salmon
through taxation has a wide latitude
under the decision given by the U. S.
Supreme Court recently in which it
upheld the validity of the Alaska grad
uated pack tax on canned salmon.
Even if the Legislature had in mind
regulation of the industry rather than
the raising of revenue to carry on the
Territorial government when it passed
the graduated pack law, it might do
so lawfully, the court held.
Merchants of Fairbanks by an agree
ment reached last week will close
their places of business promptly at
six o’clock, with the exception of
Saturday night, when they will remai^
open until nine o'clock.
Aviator Bennett of the Fairbanks
Airplane Corporation and Charles L.
Thompson made a flight to the Chena
Hot Springs last week. The flight
was made for the purpose of demon
strating the feasibility of air trans
portation to the springs, as in the
past there has been some differences
of opinion in aviation circles as to the
safety of landing on that field.
J. J. Godfrey, organizer of the
Mother Lode Copper Co., and a former
resident of Valdez is now head of the
Kay Copper Company, developing a
large copper property in Arizona.
A report was received in Valdez on
one of the last steamers that Ben Sil
verman, a well known resident of Val
dez, dropped dead in Seattle a few
days ago.
Wm. Conly of Valdez recently re
ceived a letter that Charles Walker,
formerly of that town, passed away at
Oakland on December 21, after a lin
gering illness. Mrs. Walker is said
to have been left in very straightened
circumstances.
THE SEWARD
Weekly Gateway
Will be published every Friday, the
tirst issue appearing in February
THE SEWARD WEEKLY GATEWAY WILL BE A NEW DEPARTURE in
the field of Alaska journalism, and will start off with a circulation of nearly 1000
copies. It will contain the Associated Press News of the week, local news and Ter
ritorial News, as well as news of the mining and fishing industries. The Seward
Weekly Gateway will have nearly exclusive entry to the vast district west of Sew
ard owing to geographic location, and will have a splendid staff of correspondents
in each camp. Subscribers taking the Saturday Gateway will be transferred to the
Weekly Gateway as it will be more in line with what they expect in a weekly paper.
We believe this new venture will prove sucessful inasmuch as it will offer an adver
tising medium for outside advertisers to reach the westward public.
While The Seward Weekly Gateway will be published in Seward, for a time at
least,, it will be distinctively an Alaskanpublication, by Alaskans for Alaskans. Ad
vertising rates will be 50 cents per inch j>er issue or $2.00 per month.
♦.
Only $3.00 the Year
In the Commissioner’s Court at Val
dez last Saturday, Fred Higson and
Jake Menchler were adjudged insane
and committed to Morningside Sani
tarium. Both of these oldtimers are
over 80 years of age, and have been
failing in health for some time past.
With a recent issue of the Nome
Nugget th£ regular eight page six
column paper was changed to four
pages seven-columns, in order to save
expenses.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Troy, left
on the Princess Mary for a combi
nation business and vacation trip.
They will spend some time in Se
attle with their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bender,
and will visit Mrs. Troy’s mother on
her Oregon farm. Mr. Troy expects
to be away from Juneau about a
month. He is editor of the Empire,
Alaska leading family journal.
Announcement has been made of
the birth in Fairbanks on December
30 of Norma Josephine, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold HSfssel of Fair
banks creek, where Mr. Hassell is
employed with the Fairbanks Gold
Dredging Co.
Charles Nevelus, of th Rapids
roadhous, 138 mils from Fairbanks,
on the Valdez trail, was found dead
in his place last week. Another old
timer of the trail, Fred Nichols of
Gulkana, died on Christmas Day.
Game Warden A1 Hardy and T.
O’Dale left Anchorage the other
day on a freight en route to Kusilof,
on Kenai Peninsula. The game war
den is making the trip in connection
with his official duties. Mr. O’Dale
well kown Anchorage resident, will
remain in that district for several
weeks at least, as he plans to con
struct a large hunting lodge which
will be placed at the disposal of big i
game hunters and tourists during the
coming season.
J. Rogach, who has spent sixteen
years in prospecting for quartz be
tween Vault Creek and Pedro Dome,
in the Fairbanks district, reports
the uncovering of a rich ledge at
j the Ohio mine, on the divide between
[ Spruce and Little Eldorado Creeks.
In an order signed by Federal
Judge Cecil H. Clegg in Fairbanks
recently, a general court term has j
been called for Wednesday, Febru- ,
ary 17, at 11 a. m., when the grand
jury will convene in annual session. j
Grand and Petit juror were drawn i
on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
To begin his investigation of the
States and Canadian pulp and paper
manufacturing and conditions,. B. F.
Heintzelman, assistant district for
ester left Juneau for Seattle. His as
signment calls for six months’ detail
on this work and will take him vir
tually to every section of the states
and through the eastern Canadian
provinces.
An audience wmcn crowded the
hall paid tribute to Jose Rizal, M.
D Ph. D. Philippine National Hero
Martyr on the twenty-ninth anniver
sary of his death by attending the
program held in commemoration of
his memory at A. B. Hall by the
Filipino Juneauans. The program
was held on the first floor of the
spacious building.
In a deal closed the other day in
Juneau, Roy Noland, well known res
ident of the Gastineau Channel town,
purchased Burford’s Corner from
Charles Snipes. The amount of mon
ey involved in the transfer was not
made public. Burford*s Corner, which
is one of the oldest, largest and best
established amusement and recreation
houses in the city, was purchased
more than two years ago from Geo.
Burford, who established it, by Chas.
Snipes, who has operated it since
that time. It comprises a pool and
billiard hall, card rooms and carries
a complete line o»f smoker’s articles,
candy, ice cream, etc., in the mer
chandising department.
In the future- peddlers, itinerant
merchants, hawkers and house to
house canvassers will find poor pick
ings in Ketchikan, says the Chronicle. |
At least the common council of the
city of Ketchikan are endeavoring
to make it so and at the meeting
held Dec. 16th, passed an ordinance
which, if not prohibitive, at least
places such restrictions on them that
only vendors of the best class of
merchandise and backed by thorough
ly'' reputable concerns will find it *
profitable to operate. Other Alaska
towns should follow the example of
this initiative taken by the First City.
Coarse cloth made from the fiber
jf string beans has been produced
in Hungary.
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop. if.
Manicure sets, $3.30 to $15—Alas
ka Shop. tf.
Send the Gateway to friends.
Orlander
Jeweler
Dealer in Watches and
Clocks, Nugget Jewelry,
Did Ivory, Curios, and
i full line of goods usu
ally carried in a first class
Jewelry store.
Watches Repaired on
Short Notice
Dr. J. A. Baughman
Physioian and Surgeon ,
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
W. D. Coppernoll
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW
V\ ill Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Benson Building
PHONE MADISON 114
Hugh Dougherty
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE
INSURANCE
AGENT FOR
Equitable Life Assurance
' Society
TELEPHONES
Bus. Adams 152 Res., Madison 58
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
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TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
II1IIIIII11M
Ice Cream
| ' MADE DAILY
HlCH GRADE
Candies
FRAMED PICTURES, CURIOS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS
SYLVIA'S
Phone Adams 128