Local Happenings of Week
Monday
Mrs. Anton Eide and daughter,
Marit, returned from the States last
night where they have been visiting
Mrs. Eide’s mother who was ill.
E. Thiesen, the Chesterfield repre
sentative returned to town yesterday
and will leave on a short fishing
trip.
L. de Cotchett and A. Wight, of
Nonana were Seward visitors today
Mrs. Jack Hobart s of Anchorage
arrived on yesterday's train to meet
her daughter, Mrs. Mona Glaze and
young daughter, of Los Angeles.
Jack McCord has taken a lease on
the office building in the rear of the
Harriman Bank Building and will
open up an office.
John Henderson arrived from
Moose Pass on a recent train.
Mrs. J. F. Zimmerman and family
of Fairbanks is registered at the
Van Gilder.
A. J. Dimond, Vadez attorney, ar
rived on today’s boat and will be in
Seward through court week.
M. S. Wilson, representing the
American Paper Company is in town
intetrviewing old customers.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Heastan of
Moose Pass arrived in town Satur
day, leaving for home today.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Ray and famili
left on today’s train on a short visi
to Moose Pass.
G. W. Hutchinson of Fairbanks,
is registered at a local hotel.
John E. Ballaine, former Seward
ite, arrived on the Yukon and left
on today’s train for Interior points
to be gone about three weeks. Mr.
Ballaine was accompanying a party
of capitalists.
Al. McLaren, an oldtimer in Alas
ka, who has bee nabout Cordova for
the past fourteen years died at the
hospital on Sunday.
F. A. Hazeltine, divisional prohibi
tion director for Washington and Al
aska was a passenger to Cordova on
this trip of the steamer Yukon. He
has made stops in Southeastern Alas
ka, conferring with deputies and will
continue his trip from Cordova to
Fairbanks.
C. W. Whittemore of Buenos Aires,
Argentine, is registered at the Van
Gilder, a long ways from home.
G. B. Nelson and Henry Lucas of
Skilak Lake, are Seward visitors,
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
Sydney Raynor, Anchorage motion
picture expert, arrived in Seward on
the Iasi train to meet his wife, a
passenger on the Yukon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balhiser are
registered at the Hotel Sexton. .Mr.
Balhiser is interested in the Nuka;
Bay strike.
F. G. Crocker, engaged in the |
mercantile business in Anchorage, j
will leave on the Yukou for Cali- [
j fornia on a business trip. Mrs.
Crceker, who accompanied him as
[fa" as Seward returned to Anchorage
1 this morning.
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Charles Rockefeller, a young An
chorage wouth, will leave on the Yu
kon for the States where he will at
t> nd school.
F. F. Ferrell will leave on the Yu
kon for the Staets to attend school.
His father is connected with the
Alaska railway.
FA A. Hazeltine, a prominent news
paper man from Eastern Washington
'arrived on the steamship Yukon, and
will be in town a day or so.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hubbard of
Primrose are registered at the Hotel
Van Gilder.
Sam Shuklin, well known traveling
man, is a Seward visitor.
Judge LeojKdd David of Anchorage
! came over on yesterday’s train ac
j companying his nieces, Mrs. Schlarb
land Miss Walgren, who have been
I visiting with Mr. and Mrs. David the
I past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed returned
on the Yukon from a W'ell earned
vacation trip to Fairbanks, coming
out to Cordova by the Richardson
; highway. They report a most enjoy
|able time.
Gus Borgen will be an outgoing
1 passenger on the steamship Yukon,
en route to Palo Alto, California, to
.attend the marriage of his daughter,
{Miss Hazel, who will be united in
marriage to a prominent young elec
| trical engineer of the East. Mrs.
i Borgen and son, Edward, will prob
ably return with Mr. Borgen and
make their home in Seward.
Miss Hazel is one of Seward’s
loveliest daughters, who has been
attending school in Palo Alto, the
past two years.
Mr. Borgen states that his nephew,
James Doolittle, an internationally
known aviator, who made the first
24-hour transcontinental flight, has ;
made application to the government
to be allowed to make a non-stop
flight from San Francisco to Hono
lulu, a distance of 2600 miles.
Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McGowan of
Fairbanks will be outgoing passen
gers on the Yukon. Mr. McGowan
his been ill for some time and will j
go to Mayo Brothers ’\here he is in
hopes of finding relief.
Col. Jas. C. f reest*, -president of
the Alaska Bond Commission a.rl
who has been filling .;e vacan ■/ lef*
by Major Gotwals *.s engineer in
chief, U.'l c rs' cveo of the latter
title by Major Lumsford E- Oliver.
K. E. Mclver of the M. & M. Pack
ing Company, packers of choice
Alaska herring with a plant at Sel
dovia, was a Seward visitor today,
leaving on one of the boats for the
westward. Mr. Mclver states that
Seldovia is growing rapidly and that j
the herring in the vicinity cannot be
beaten elsewhere in Alaska.
Secretary J. P. Hannon returned on
the Y'ukon from a business trip to
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Earl Jameson, well known Alaska
newspaper man,, is on his way back
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editor of the Anchorage Times. Mr.
Jameson has been visiting in West
Virginia
Sister Pascal and Sister Benedict
were arrivals on the steamship Yu
’con and left on yesterday’s train for
Fairbanks, where they will enter the
hospital at that place.
A postoffice has been established
at Pilgrim Springs, on the lower Yu
kon. Father H. A. Post has been
named postmaster.
Ed Vogl is building a new house
near the old gravel £>it on the Kenai
road. Mr. Vogl was compelled to
move his home on account of a gla
cial stream shifting its course.
Wallace Daykin returned Friday
from a vacation trip.
The hills are reported full of ptar
migan this year the dry weather
causing few deathes among the
chicks.
Wednesday
Mrs. Alys Tyson and Mrs. Agnes
R. Whitford were through passengers
on the Evans for Alitak, where Mrs.
Tyson is a government school teach
er.
Mrs. Mat. Nicholich and children
left on the Yukon for Seattle on a
visit, and will probably spend the
winter there
Mr. and Mrs. Denison left on last
night’s Yukon fpr the States . Mr.
Denison has been employed at the
radio.
Mrs .Paul Beran ,who returned
from Anchorage with Miss Sylvia
Sexton, is a house guest of the latter
this week.
Miss Lucille Byrne, a foi’mer Sew
ard girl and student of the high
school ,arrived on the train last ev
ening from Anchorage where sne has
lived for the past year.
Mrs. Mel Holben and infant son
arrived from Anchorage last night,
giving Mel his first glympse of his
new born son. He has decided to
keep him.
Thos. Seminich, father to Mrs. M.
V. Nicholich, left on the Yukon for
bis home in Seattle ,after spending
thesummer here with his relatives.
Prohibition officers last night ga
thered in a quantity of bottled beer
and arrested the offender.
Mrs. O. A. Johansen, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Dornberger, to
the States, and will spend the next
three months visiting in Seattle. The
party left on the Yukon.
Mr. and Mrs- Frank H. Foster and
children arrived on the Admiral Ev
ans. Mr. Foster, who is a well known
attorney, remained in Seward to at
tend court, while Mrs. Foster and
children left on the Evans to make
the trip to Alitak and return.
Hawley W .Sterling, road commis
sion engineer, accompanied by A. C.
and Melvin Olsen left on the Evans
for Seldovia.
J. C. Collins, resident of Anchor
age, arrived on the Yukon from. Ket
chikan, and left oh today’s train for
his home town.
Mrs. T. Millett, a resident of Iliam
na, was a through' pasenger on the
Admiral Evans, returning after an
absence of two years.
Judge E- E. Ritchie, pioneer jur
ist, arrived in Seward vn last night’s
boat and is holding a term of court
in Seward. The Judge will make a
trip to Anchorage the latter ^part of
the week, to hold a short term, and
will return to Valdez to make ar
rangements for the fall term there.
Mrs. Delia Chase, court stenogra
pher, arrived with the court party
yesterday.
A new delivery car arrived on the
Admiral Evans for the Seward Trad
ing company . The sale was made
thru the Lechner agency.
Charles Benson, senior partner in
the Seward Realty company, arriv
ed from Fairbanks on one of the last
trains, and will leave on the North
western for his old home in Swed
en. Mr. Benson looks forward to his
trip with much pleasure as he has
many friends and relatives in the old
country.
A Japanese named Soto arrived on
the Redondo from the westward, and
left on today’s train for Anchorage,
where he will be operated on for a10
pendicitis. Dr. Baughman was in
charge of the case while the man was
here and he pronounces it an aggra
vated one.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E- Bishop are re
joicing over the arrival of an eight
pound girl, bom last evening. Dr.
Baughman is in attendance.
Ed. Brooknr and son, of Kodiak,
are registered at a local hotel.
Mason C. Farrar, of Kantishna is
a Seward visitor.
Victor E. Welo and Warren H.
Tree are registered at the Seward.
They are from Velva, N. D.
i Mrs. George Hutchinson, wife of
President Hutchinson of the First
National Bank of FairbanKS, was an
outgoing passenger on the Yukon en
route to Michigan to spend de v. in
ter with relatives. Mr. Hutchinson
will join her later.
Miss Yteve Fames, field represen
tative of the Red Cross, arrived in
Seward from Anchorage Saturday,
returning to Fairbanks on Monday’s
train.
John B. Talbert geo'ogiea survey
or, left for R e States on the Yuk^n
after completing his summer's work
near Farrban’.ss.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wdbur of
Fairbanks, left on one of the late
boats for the States. Mr. Wilbur
recently sold his sheet metal wo~ks
in Fairbanks.
Thursday
L. V. Ray will leave on tomorrow’s
train for Anchorage, where he will
act as counsel for a number of fish
ermen arrested at Seldovia for alleg
ed violation of the fish laws.
F. ’3. Moore and R. F. Tillman
are painting the Northern.
Miss Ellen Allenbaugh, of Anchor
age, is visiting with Mrs. McKinney
for a few weeks.
Gerhardt Johnson and crew of men
will start stuccoing the Mel Holben
building in the near future, Contrac
tor John Helm having completed the
carpentery work on the front. When
completed the building will be an
ornament to this part of town.
B. E .Crow has a yard full of hand
some poppies this week ,the flowers
attracting considerable attention
from tourists.
Excavating has beta practically
completed for the Arcade Annex, amt
lumber is being hauled to the site.
The Fisheries Bureau vessel Eider
has been in port the past tw'o days.
Mrs. Robert Mathison and dau
ghter, Lucille Byrne, are moving in
to the Walter Crawford residence
where they will make their future
home.
Mr. and Mrs. McKinney, recent ar
rivals from Anchorage, moved into
the McKay residence- on Third ave
nue. Mr. McKinney fs a fireman on
the crane.
Tonight’s train is- said to be on
time, with but few passengers.
Arthur Prickett;. a popular young
man of Seward, arrived in town yes
terday from Hope where he has been
working the past few weeks. He re
turned to Hope tWs morning.
Friday
Mrs. S. Schultz, for the past year
teacher in the Tokotna school, is on
her way Outside. After a short vis
it in Seattle she will return to Uuga,
where she will teach school this
year.
Peter Vachon, a former lAaskan,
has purchased the Bristol hotel in
Seattle for a consideration of $250,
000.
Dave Mutchler ,an oldtimer of the
Interior is operating a cold storage
barge on the Kuskokwim. He will
furnish a load of reindeer meat to
the Santa Ana this trip.
Capt. Lloyd C. Parsons and Mrs.
Parsons of Valdez, are in Fairbanks
this week, the captain being on a
trip of inspection. They will come
out by way of Seward.
Archie Higgins, a former merch
ant of Tocotna, who left for the
Outside about a year ago is back
again.
Mrs. Frank Joaquin, now of Anch
orage, will be a passenger on the
Santa Ana to Bethel on her was to
Tocotna. The Santa Ana will call at
Seward within the next few days.
The Alaska Road Commission has
called in many of its crews in the
interior.
Mr. and Mrs. Fenton have some
fine raspberries raised on their
ranch at Mile 3 1-2, which they are
retailing1 at 50 cents per box. Local
restaurants are serving these ber
ries which are large and delicious.
A mah-jongg party was given last
night at the home of Miss Sylvia
Sexton in honor of Mrs. Paul Reran
of Anchorage. The party went to
the theater after which they return
ed to the house where the popular
game of mah-jongg was indulged un
til a late hour . Delightful1 refresh
ments were served during the even
ing . Those present were: Mesdames
Ellsworth and Sexton and Beran, the
Misses Waugh, Elsie Leslie, Ells
worth, Baughman, Cecil Leslie and
Sexton, Messrs. Ritchie and Sexton.
Miss Flowers, daughter of the pop
ular grocer, went to Anchorage this
morning for medical treatment.
John Gi’patrick has some fine ore
on display in the windows of the Se
ward Grill, from his mines at
Moose Pass.
Mrs. Paul Beran, who has been a
guest of Miss Sylvia Sexton the past
few days left on today’s train for
her home in Anchorage.
F. B. Camp, formerly editor of the
Gateway is now at McGrath.
Happy Jack Stevenson, who injur
ed an eye severely while chopping
wood, will be a passenger returning
on the Santa Ana.
Wm. Billings ,a Fort Yukon pion
eer arrived on last night’s train and
will leave on the Northwestern for
the States.
Mrs. D. McMuller of Moose Pass
is a guest of the Overland.
Jack Wier and H -Olafson will
leave on one of the next boats for
Kodiak on a prospecting trip. They
will take a boat from Kodiak go
ing to the neighborhood of Kanatak
where they will spend the winter.
Jack McCord, Seward promoter, is
an Anchorage visitor this week.
C. W. Wagner of Anchorage has
left for Seldovia to take over the
property recently purchased from
Anton Johansen.
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Mrs. John Brady ,wife of Alaska’s
famous governor, is visiting her
son John, in Anchorage, a member
of the Forestry department. The la
j <hes of Anchorage gave Mrs. Brady
j a reception this week.
| Wm. English, city clerk of Anch
orage has resigned and his place has
been filled by Mr. Fred Spach. Mr.
! English took a 90-day leave to visit
j Europe and since has accepted a po
sition in Paris with the United
States department of the interior.
Mrs. English accompanied him and is
with her husband in Paris.
Frank L Reed of Anchorage has
asked for a new light franchise, the
one recently applied for being de
feated bjr the voters in a recent elec
tion. Mr. Reed has a good proposi
tion for Anchorage, his proposed
plant furnished power and light to a
large section, as well as giving An
chorage an unlimited supply.
George Johansen, an oldtimer of
this section, arrived in town from the
lake on a recent train.
G. W. Burnette of Anchorage is a
Sevrard visitor.
Judge and Mrs. Clegg, Mrs. E. B.
Collins, and Robert Johnston are at
Holy Cross this week, where the
Judge is holding court.
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“Uncle Joe" Wilson arrived in
town last night from his claims on
Canyon creek and will return on
Monday’s train. Mr. Wilson will mak4
a cleanup in the near future, and ex
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J. E. Fitzgerald of Seattle is reg
istered at a local hotel.
Sisters Robert and Romuald, of the
Fairbanks hospital, will arrive in
town tomorow night on their way
Outside to take a well earned rest.
They have been in the Interior the
past ten years.
Miss Anna Tandy and Miss Ethel
Peterson, who have been spending
the summer at Fairbanks, will be
outgoing passengers on the North
western for their home in San Fran
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Mrs. E. L. Everett, who left on the
last boat for the States, will visit
Kansas, Idaho ^Missouri and other
states before returning to Alaska.
She is the wife of E. L. Everett, su
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Tyomc.
Mrs. W. H. Ebbets left on today’s
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