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SEWARD, ALASKA
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their vast interests in Alaska, and
startin'' others. He has engaged in
fox farming and has a number of
well stocked islands. His success;
with blue foxes has led him to invest
in silver grays, and he has ordered
14 pairs of animals for a farm he
is starting m the mainland near
Chignik. Mr Osmund has several
fine Jersey cows ami thirty goats,
for which he pt up a large amount
of native hay. He gave the party
all the milk its members could drink,
and showed th.em thru his model can
nery. On the return trip the party
was dined by Mr. Gilbert, superin
tendent of the Northwestern cannery !
and a most enjoyable time was had
Chignik has another cannery, the!
Alaska Packers, which is situated at
the head of the right arm of the bay
going in. A native village of consid
erable size is also found here- Chig
nik is landlocked and surrounded by
an exquisite setting of greens and
browns, the high mountains reaching
the waters edge in many places.
Andy Grosvold Entertains
Sand Point was reached at an ear
ly hour, and the party was escorted
to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. An
dy Grosvold where they were sump
tuously entertained. Mr. and Mrs.
Mellick, son-in-law and daughter re
spectively of Mr. Grosvold, also kept
open house for the Seward guests.
Mr. Grosvold has been in Alaska so
long he has forgotten the date of his
arrival, hut places it in B. C. some
where. He has a store and postof
fice, and owns and conducts twelve
fox islands valued at $35,000 each.
His present income is so great he al
lows his relatives to count it for him,
and puts in time entertaining call
ers. Sand Point formerly called Hum
bolt harbor, is landlocked, and was
first settled in 1S78 on Popof island.
It is 850 miles west of Seward and
die center of extensive codfishing,
cattle and blue fox raising. Some
quartz and placer mining was form
erly carried on here. On the return
trip the party found that Ralph
Grosvold, only son of Andrew, had
been recently maried, and a big time
was had, some of the party seeming
reluctant to leave the bridal couple.
Mr. Mellick was formerly mate on
the old steamer Dora and is well
known in Seward. He conducts the
store for Mr. Grosvold, and seems
well contented and satisfied with his
lot.
Unga, a C'odfisuing Station
Unga, a typical confishing station,
was our next stop. It is celebrated
mostly for its past, confishermen by
the hundreds congregating here in
the old days. The Apollo mine,
from which over five million dollars
in gold has been taken is located
here. It has been worked out, but
is under bond, the lessee planning to
work over the tailings in hopes of
extracting considerable gold. W. C
Snook is deputy marshal, and F. C.
Driffield commissioner and postmas
ter. Mr. Driffield has been a resi
dent of the island, for many years,
and has been postmaster for 24 years.
He is worrying for fear the adminis
tration has forgotten he is in exist
ence.
Mr. Driffield, who goes by the
name of “Judge” has fine bachelor
quarters and conducts a radio sta
tion, listening m to the world news
and keeping posted. He has a fine li
brary and puts in most of his time
reading and studying. Unga uses an
old cyanide tank as a dance hall,
consequently it is circular in form,
but has a fine floor. A dance was
given the crowd upon its return to
Unga, which was enjoyed by several
passengers but owing to the lat2
ne=s of the hour many did not attend
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At the time of our arrival the dance
had been going on four days and
strong, the elder ones having taker,
to their beds to rest up. Several tons
of codfisl were U1 er on here, and
Oscar came aboard decorated with
dried cod, which was confiscated and
served for dinner. Unga has sever
al business houses, but no wharf, pas
sengers being lightered ashore
The trip to Unga was an unevent
ful one, save that Mr. Urbach again
proved to his own satisfaction that
newspapers wrapped around his
stomach would not keep off mal de
mer. It was pointed out that he had
a recent issue of the Gateway on his
protuberance, and he changed to a
copy of the Anchorage paper ,but
found it impossible to keep anything
on the afflicted organ. The ladies
proved fine sailors and joshed the
men unmei'cifully when they com
plained.
Sanak Debited.
Sanak, the next stop ,was prac
tically depleted. A young native lad
volunteered the information that
about 200 persons resided there, but
his word was doubted after our sta
tiscian had counted four men and one
native woman, the latter three times,
owing to her agility in dodging
around the house and appearing in a
new place. She was finally identi
fied by the .-mcll ,ard permanently
listed. The party visited the old
Russian church here and Mrs. Hinde
secured a fine Russian condlestick
from the sacristan.
We Take On “Wated”
Leaving Sanak the Starr steamed
for False Pass, landing at the can
nery of the P. E. Haris Co., Jos.
Nicholls, superintendent. Here the
Starr took on water and oil, and the
party wandered around buying candy,
soda pop, and other refreshments.
The Victoria arrived in port shortly
after the afrival of the Starr, and
one pompous old gentleman in
knickers and leather puttees asked
what the yellow ribbons were for.
Being informed the Seward Chamber
was on an excursion he snorted and
said some people would take an ex
cursion trip to h—1 if tickets could
be secured at half price. His argu
ments were so convincing we did not
tell him we were bound only for Dil
lingham at present. The surveyor
boat Pioneer, was working in the
pass, and the bureau of fisheries boat
Eider was also in port. Plans are
under way for a permanent light at
Haig Rock, also for the building of a
revetment to wash out the channel
into the Bering Sea .thereby shorten
ing the trip by many miles.
Heavy dale Encountered
From False Pass to Unalaska was
aneventful trip, the steamer encoun
tering a 90-mile gale shortly after
leaving Scotch Cap light, and pitch
ing and tossing tremendously cross
ing the pass. The waves broke over
the little vessel and the party took
to its bunks, crawling out when Lost
Harbor was reached at 12 o’clock on
Sunday night. The vessel pulled out
early in the morning for Unalaska
which was reached about noon.
The U. S. coast guart cutters Mo
jave and Haida were in port, as were
the West Jena and the West Nigei-,
the former having broken a tail
shaft and been towed to Dutch Har
historic old town. Unalaska has a
historic old town .Unalaska has a
population of about 300, and was for
merly known as Illuiluk ,on Unalaska
island and Unalaska bay, an arm of
the Bering sea. It has a public
school, a Greek Catholic and Metho
dist church ,the Jesse Lee home, a
charitable institution for the care of
native orphan children, under care of
the Rev. A. W. Newhall ,and several
fine stores. The Alaska Commercial
Company has a store here, with
Louis Strauss in charge and post
master, a naval radio station, a gen
eral store run by 0. K. Quean, ra
dio station, coaling station, and is
headquarters for the patrol division
of the Bering sea fleet. Some gold
is found here, and many sheep roam
the green hills around the town.
The party was taken to the homes
of Mr. Strauss, where they were
shown a large bathtub and invited to
use it. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ross and
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Goss also turn
ed over their homes to the visitors.
In the evening the party were in
vited to take dinner on the cutter
Haida, Capt. J. F. Hottel, where a
fine eight course dinner was served.
The officers on the Haida, are: C. A.
Wheeler, com., C- H .Jones and C.
H. Abel, lieut. commanders; C. W.
Dean, lieutenant commander; G. E.
McCabe, 0|. H. Baker, and S- A. 01
sn .nsigns. Following the dinner, the
party repaired to teh spacious dance
hall, where the ladies of Unalaska,
headed by Mrs. Clara Goss, talented
writer and author, entertained with
a dance which was greatly enjoyed.
Capt. Johansen and Ray Larson were
the premier dance artists of the
crowd and made a hit in the circle
two step. The ladies furnished a
splendid luncheon after the dance at
the home of Wm. Moran. Dutch
Harbor, started by the N. A. C. Co.,
has been taken over by the A. C.
Co. and practically all the houses arc
abandoned. An oil station is located
here.
Unalaska gave the crowd on the
Starr the best she had and it was
certainly appreciated. At this point
Dr. J .W. Edmunds left the sfiip un
til our return from Dillingham.
Bering Sea Smooth.
Leaving Unalaska the Starr sailed
for Chirikof Light where mail was
landed and steamed out of the pass
for Bering sea ports. The sea was
quite smooth and a disappointment
to the hardy sailors who by now had
their “sea legs” on. At Port Moller
and Port Hayden the vessel stopped
and whistled for a boat to come for
mail, but no response was had. Sail
ing into Bristol Bay the navies of the
world swooped down on the boat and
as the Starr landed at one of the
larger steamers anchored out from
shore gas boats swarmed about her
like buzzards. Much sulphurous lan
guage befitting the stormy weather
was used as the boats crowded about,
bunting in to the home vessel, crash
ing her gangway a ladder and carry
ing away her starboard rail near the
poop deck.
A number of square riggers, grim
relics of olden days, were moored in
the stream and evoked “ohs” and
“ahs” of admiration from the senti
mentally inclined, who deplored their
passing to make way for steam. The
bay. was dotted with sail boats, the
fisheries regulations not permitting
the use of gas boats in taking fish.
They were of the Columbia river
type, with two men to the boat. As
the season is limited to thirty days
fishing and the weather at times got
too rough to venture from port, the
fishermen did not get rich this year,
making about $125 to the man. The
fishing season closed on July 25, and
the vessels were anxious to load and
sail for sunny California and home.
Dillingham Investigated.
At Dillingham the party were un
loaded in a small boat and repaired
to the home of Deputy Marshal Wes.
Reed, who turned his kitchen over
to the ladies who baked a couple of
cakes, the occasion being the steenth
birthday of Carl Orlander, one of the
party. C. E. Hinde spent several
hours whittling tallow candles into
shape for ornamentation, and that
night the affair was celebrated with
due pomp and ceremony, Carl re
ceiving congratulations with other
things.
The government conducts an orph
anage at Dillingham, which now con
tains 90 children, whose parents were
lost during the influenza epidemic
w’hich swept the peninsula several
years ago. Dr. Harger is in charge,
with Mr. Earl Sholl teacher; Mr. Ho
ward Hansen, nurse, Mrs. "Dorothy
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