Delano Nurse of
Seward Hands
In Her Report
Miss Stella Fuller, the Jane Dela
no Nurse, who came to Seward in
September, 1922, has just completed
her report for the two years work
work she has done in the Seward
Chapter. While Public Health Nurs
ing on the Alaska peninsula can not
be compared with that done in the
States, it is clear that much good has
been done.
Analysis of all visits show that
650 nursing calls have been made;
209 instruction or demonstration; 127
investigation; 366 miscellaneous, and
92 visits to schools.
Patients accompanied to Doctor, 12.
Demonstrations in home nursing, food
preparation, maternity outfits, infant
care and first aid, 40. Talks—other
than to school classes, 16. News items
for local papers, 26. Health exhiits
arrbanged, 7. Charts on tuberculosis
distributed, 500. Health programs giv
tn, 3. Committee meetings attended,
9. Other meetings attended, 29. Of
fice interviews, 76. Approximate
number of hours in office work, 365.
Miles traveled, including a trip to San
Francisco for medical care, 20,634.
Fees collected, $71.00. Cost of trans
portation, not including trip to the
States, $622.05.
Number of schools visited, 19. Num
ber of pupils in classroom inspection,
343. Number of individual pupils in
spected, 500. Number pupils defec
tive, 439. (Many of these had den
tal defects). Number of pupils who
had defects corrected, 88. (These
were dental and tonsil cases mostly;
a few children got glasses).
Number of parent consultations at
school. 25 . Number of sanitary in
spections of school and premises, 21.
Number of treatments (first aid, and
those ordered by doctor), 53. Num
ber of toothbrush drills, 10. Num
ber «f hadnkerchief drills, 4. Num
ber of class talks, 37. Number of
health clubs started, 7.
Fatients under supervision in their
homes numbered 139. No cases were
nursed without the direction of a
physician except in the villages to
the westward where there are no doc
tors. No surgical dressings were
done without a doctor’s order—when
a doctor was available. No advice
w-as given except in matters of sim
ple hygiene. In a few cases this
standard of ethics has been misunder
stood by patients who did not real
ize that a vrell trained nurse never
attempts to take the place of a doc
tor.
Miss Fuller will remain in Seward
until she leaves for the Outside on
the first of December. During the
next six wreeks she will continue her
district and school nursing, and will
assist with the Eighth Roll Call
which begins on Armistice Day—No
vember 11, and ends on Thanksgiv
ing Day .
Mrs. Jessie EllswTorth, Roll Call
Chairman, has sent letters to all the
Branches outlining the plan and giv
ing each settlement a quota to raise.
Each village was asked to equal their
contributions last year—and many
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all along the coast.
Noel Wien Says
Great Future
For Aviation
NENANA, Alaska, Get. 7.—Aviator
Noel Wien is a very young man.
Very agreeable and \t-rj fond of the
airplane with its powerful 150-horse
power motor. Mr. Wien has travel
ed over 4,000 mi>s in this plane
since Tune. While in Anchorage in
June and early July, he took some
150 people for short trips in the air,
and since arriving in Fairbanks twen
ty-two trips have been made to Liv
engood; other trips were to Eagle,
Circle, Hot Springs, Chena Hot
Springs, Salchacket mine, on Caribou
creek, Kantishna mine, and contem
plates a trip to McGrath this week.
Last Thursday he carried over two
hundred pounds of United States mail
to Livengood.
Wien thinks there is a great fu
ture for airplane service in Alaska,
but every trip is fraught with dan
ger. Mr. Wien leaves shortly for
the states.
CARL WHITHAM, WHITE
RIVER OPERATOR, IN CITY
Carl Whitham, who arrived on one
of the last trains from his mining
properties in the Nabesna and White
river districts, left on the Yukon to
spend the winter in Seattle and other
coast states. Mr. Whitham states
that mining in his district has been
hampered greatly by dry weather, but
that considerable gold will be taken
out the coming season. About four
teen men will winter in the White
river district. While in Cordova, Mr.
Whitham emphasized the need of a
good road to his district by way of
Gulkana.
“This road would eliminate going
over the dangerous Skolai glacier,”
said Mr. Whitham. “It would go over
one small pass, thence by easy grades
and a flat country to the Nabesna,
Shushana and White rivers.”
He stated that three partners on
Ladue creek were sinking holes to
bedrock, and at the present time are
down 65 feet, with indications of
good pay.
About twenty people will winter in
the Shushana district this season. Mr.
Whitham is heavily interested in the
White river district, having two pla
cer and 13 quartz claims, which at
the present time are dormant owing
to the high cost of freighting sup
plies in to the properties.
ANCHORAGE COUNCIL MAY
ELECT A NEW MAYOR
At the regular meeting of the An
chorage city council, the resignation
of Mayor M. J. Conroy will be pre
sented by City Clerk Fred Spach.
Mayor Conroy announced his inten
tion of resigning at the last meeting
in September, due to his continued
absence during the winter in the
states.
Candidates for the position of ma
yor of the city of Anchorage are no
ticeable by their absence. Rumor has
not named any particular man as the
favorite. From all indications Sher
man and Shonbeck of the council
men would be the most likely of elec
tion. However, it is understood that
neither of these men care particular
ly about accepting the position. Pro
bably, in the course of the election
a dark horse will be chosen from
outside th« council.
FRENCH SCHOONER SUNK TO
PREVENT BEING TAKEN
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The French
schooner Anne Antoinette burst into
flames today and sank, fifteen min
utes off the New Jersey coast line, as
a coast guard cutter was approaching
the vessel to seize it as a rum runner.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 9.—Jack Dau
bert, veteran first baseman for the
Cincinnati Nationals died today.
VOTE FOR
AARON E. RUCKER
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Democratic Candidate for Representative, Territorial
Legislature
RESIDENT THIRD DIVISION 14 YEARS
• r FRANK A. BOYLE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO
CONGRESS
Mr. Boyle stands for full territorial form of government,
a Literacy Test for Voters, and the use of funds accruing from
Pribilof Island fur seals for Territorial School and Pensions
for aged Pioneers.
, G. W. COLWELL AND FAMILY
RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA
Geo. W. Colwell, roadmaster with
the Alaska Railroad for the Southern
division, accompanied by Mrs. Col
well and two children returned on the
Northwestern from a two months’ so
journ in California.
The greater part of their vacation
was spent at Newcastle, California,
which is the home of Mr. Colwell’s
parents.
During their stay they renewed eld
acquaintances, many of whom are
well known in Seward.
E. S. Jaccard, formerly chief drafts
man of the Alaska Railroad, is now
holding down an important position
with the Southern Pacific.
J. B. Larson, former assistant store
keeper with the Railroad, is in the
real estate business in Seattle, and
reports his business in a flourishing
slate.
H. Harmon, well known conductor
with the Alaska Railroad, is running
an apartment house in Seattle.
L. Muir, former timekeeper on the
Railroad, can be found at the Central
Cigar store in Seattle.
R. J. Weir, who formerly held an
important positoin in the general j
manager’s office at Anchorage, is a;
c onsulting engineer with offices and j
home in San Francisco.
Fred C. Ferrell, until recently, mas
ter echanic, with the Alaska Railroad,
is located in Room 1506, Smith Bldg., |
Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. George Colwell re
port a very stormy trip on the boat
during almost the entire journey to
Seward.
Mr. Colwell left this morning for!
Anchorage where he will report to j
Noel Smith, special assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior at Washing
ton, D. C.
WANTS TO BUY GROCERY
STORE IN CITY OF SEWARD
A letter wras received by the Gate
way in the last mail from A. W. Mc
Dowell, R-l, Box 350, Centralia, Wn.,
stating that he was in the market to
buy a grocery store in Seward or An
chorage, Alaska. Any one interested
In this olfer write to the above ad
dress.
OLDFIN-ALEXANDER
Edmund Charles Oldfin and Miss
Merle Helena Alexander, of Anchor
age, were united in marriage Oct. 5,
by the Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap. The
young couple are residents of Anchor
age and Mrs. Oldfin returned from
the states on the Northwestern. The
witnesses were Violet Mae Elliott and
J. C. Seeley.
Companies headed by J. R. Rollin,
and representing seventeen million
dollars are entering into the mining
districts within the limits of Skagway.
If the plans of the promoters mater
ialize, Skagway will be rescued from
the slumbreing trance in which it has
been subjected to sfpce 1917, when
all mining activities near the town
ceased abruptly.
SHARP EYES IN ALASKA
COUNT SWIMMING SALMON
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 6.—
For the fourth consecutive year hun
dreds of thousands of red salmon
have been stopped and counted as
they made their spawning “run” from
the Karluk river into Karluk lake on
Kodiak island. The work was under
the direction of C. H. Gilbert, fish
eries expert of Stanford University.
A weir, or fish fence, was built
across the river during the fishing
season. The salmon were forced to
pass through small gates in t he
fence to enter the lake. A watchman
counted them. \
Professor Gilbert points . out that
if the number of fish return at ma
turity to the spawning ground in
a certain year can be ascertained,
there will be definite information as
to the number to be saved each year
for reproduction. The count also will
determine the maximum of the sal
mon run. Tabulation for the fourth
consecutive year will enable the pack
ers to ascertain the number of four,
five, six and seven-year salmon.
ALAKAl. S. COMPANY
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The Alaska S.
S. Company announced thta three of
their vessels will constitute the week
ly schedule which will be maintained
thruout the winter to Alaska ports.
The Alameda will replace the Yukon
in December when the latter boat
will do a few trips to the Orient.
HUNTERS IN TOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, their son,
Thomas S. Hoover, Mr, and Mrs. J. B.
Sterling and their guides, Hank Frost,
Hank Lucas and George Nelson, re
turned on last night’s train from their
hunting trip in the Interior. The
party left there the first part of last
week for the hunting grounds. Mr.
Sterling reports that they were able
to secure all the game wanted. The
party killed five or six large caribou,
getting two trophies that are real
prize winners.
Mr. Sterling says the weat.ljer in
and around Fairbanks was ideal for
hunting. On their trip back to Sww
ard they repon about a foot of snow
at Broad Pass. The party will leave
on the Alaska for California where
they will spend a short while b-dvre
returning east to their homes.
Miss Dorothy Haley, publicity agent
for the Alaska Railroad, passed thru
Seward the other day on her way to
Anchorage to report her findings as
she found them on her recent trip to
Skagway and Whitehorse where she
has been conferring with officials of
the White Pass regarding tourist trav
el for the coming season, it being the
desire of railroad officials here to ar
range some definite program in hand
ling passengers between Dawson and
Tanana, so that they may be able to
make the loop trip—go down the Yu
kon river and come out by way of
the Alaska Railroad.
Eternal Frontier
Is Name New
Alaska Picture
George Edward Lewis, president
and general manager, and T. D.
Corlew, business manager, of the
Great Northern Film Company, Inc.,
accompanied by fourteen actors and
actresses, departed recently from Se
attle en route to Skagway, to begin
the production of “The Eternal Fron
tier.” In the company production
are the following:
Director of feature, Raymond K.
Johnson; heavy lead, Robert Mc
Kim; male lead, Bob North Brad
bury; female lead, Gladys Johnson;
second heavy, Howard Webster; vamp
and bits, Doress Matthews; charac
ter—trapper, William Dills; photogra
pher-in-chief, W. A. Van Seoy; sec
ond camera, Gene Miller; construc
tion superintendent, Herb Plough,
continuity manager, Mrs. George Ed
ward Lewis; costomer, Mrs. Louise
Dills.
General Manager Lewis figures
that it will take about eight weeks
to film the various sets , and the
picture will be ready for the screen
about February 1. Skagway will be
the Northern headquarters of the
company, while the picture is be
ing produced, and scenes will be
taken from that point and along the
White Pass & Yukon railway line
as far as Whitehorse, in Yukon ter
ritory.
The Great Northern Film Company
plans to produce four big Northern
pictures. “The Eternal Frontier” will
be the first, and as soon as this pic
ture is completed, work on the next
one, “Seward’s Folly,” will be under
taken. “Seward’s Folly” will be in
the nature of an historical picture,
dealing with the days when the U,
S. government took over Alaska from
Russia.
Mr. Lewis is something of a sour
dough himself, having entered the
Yukon basin and mushed to the
Arctic shore, as a boy, in 1885. He
was concerned in the production of
the great Alaska picture, “The Che
chakos.” Mr. Corlew is a former
business man of Katalla, Seward and
Anchorage.
MAKING SURVEY OF
ALASKA PRODUCE
Noel W. Smith., special assistant
to the secretary of the interior is
making a survey of the amount of
vegetables and produce that can be
raised in Alaska. In the course of
the survey, the percentage of home
grown products that could be pro
cured by the Alaska railroad last
year, and the percentage of products
necessary to buy from the outside
last year for the railroad, will be
found. It will probably be found that
the Alaska railroad could have used
more home products if such products
had been procurable.
TROTZKY TO TAKE COMMAND
OF FORCES IN BATUMTO
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 9.—Leon
Trotzky has arrived in Batumto to
take command one one hundred thous
and troops he has thrown in the in
terest of the Caucasus, to crush the
revolution there.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Roald Am
undsen arrived from Europe broke
but plans to raise one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars lecturing for
an aerial trip to the North pole.
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STANDARD OIL WELL
HAS A CLOSE CALL
OF BEING FAILURE
How near the Standard Oil com
pany’s well on the Pearl Creek dome,
Cold Bay district, came near to prov
ing a failure is told by C. C. Tous
ley, who was interviewed by an AJatj
kan representative in Anchorage the
other day. Mr. Tougley arrived yes
terday from Cold Bay where he has
been living for some months.
“All reports of tardiness with re
spect to the Standard’s drilling,’’ said
Mr. Tousley, "may be charged against
an accident which came near causing
| the drillers to lose the well when
•at the 1600-foot point. In stringing
the 10-inch casing it slipped from the
hooks, plunging to the bottom of the
hole, breaking twenty feet off each
end. The long portion of the casing
was recovered, but it was necessary
to drill through the twenty feet of
iron remaining in the bottom of the
hole. ^
“When I left the oil fields,” con
tinued Mr. Tousley, “the hole on the
Standard lease was down 2, 680 feet.
At this point the dirllers are con
creting the hole prephratory to be
gin drilling with the eight-inch bit. It
It is expected when this work is com
pleted the progress of the work will
be more rapid. It was expected this
drilling would begin about the 14th
of October.”
Mr. Tousley says there are now
about 200 people in the district, some
working for the oil companies, others
in business and many trapping. All
those who have no other business fq£
the winter have staked traplines and
are preparing to work them until the
'season closes.
“Everything looks good in the oil
fields,” concluded Mr. Tousley, “and
everyone Is satisfied a good well
will be brought in.”
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