Eye Sufferers, Attention!
Dr. J. Yv. Edmunds, Eve Specialist of Seattle,
for the past twenty years, and still permanently
located there, with a very large practice, is
making the trip to the westward from Seward
as far as Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, on the S. S.
Starr, leaving Seward July 13tli.
EYES EXAMINED SCIENTIFICALLY
Glasses Fitted Correctly and With Precision,
and ground by Experts in Seattle, \\ ash.
Cross Eyes Straightened with Glasses Only
Keflex conditions of nervousness, squint
ing, headachse, dizziness, double vision, stom
ach trouble, heart trouble, St. Vitus Dance,
etc., often readily disappear with properly lif
ted eye-glasses that relieve the total Nerve
Sri aim
See the Doctor at Once on Board the S. S. Starr
on arrival at your pert
Dr. J. W. Edmunds
Doctor of Ophthalmology and Graduate
Optometrist
Graduate and Post Graduate of Best
Eye Colleges
Fairbanks Excursion
Was Grand Success
Hats off to the Alaska Railroad and
the Seward Chamber of Commerce!
The excursion to Fairbanks to at
tend the Midnight Sun festival was
an unqualified success, and the tired
but happy crowd that returned last
night was enthusiastic over the trip
with its scenic grandeur and chance
to view the interior towns first hand.
Leaving Seward Thursday morning
the train took on two cars at Anchoi'
age filled with boosters for the coast
chambers, proceeding to Curry where
an elaborate eight course dinner was
served by the railroad management,
the affair last two and a half hours
and being most elaborate. The menu
was as follows:
Alaska Shrimp Cocktail
Caviar en Canape
Green Olives Salted Feanuts
Clam Broth, Seldovia
Cheese Straws
Boiled King Salmon, a la Seward
Creamed Sweetbreads au Anchorage
Cranberry Sauce
Fried Spring Chicken a la Alaska By.
Sweet Potatoes Green Peas
Salad au Fairbanks
Nesselrode Pudding Assorted Cakes
Coffee
Following the dinner the crowd
danced the remainder of the night.
From Curry the run was made to
Mile 278 where a grand view of Mt.
McKinley was obtained, the train
stopping ten minutes to allow the ex
cursionists to gather flowers and to
take pictures. A stop was made at
Hurricane Gulch to enable the tourists
to view this wonderful engineering
feat, after which the run was made
to Xenana, where an elaborate lunch
eon was served, consisting of reindeer
steaks, wild sheep, caribou and moose
steaks, with grouse and ducks being
on the bill of fare.
Leaving Nenana the train stopped
at Standard to enable the incoming
tourist train and the coast excursion
ists to meet and become acquainted.
Here the Seward bunch distinguished
themselves under cheer leader J. P.
Hannon by making the wilderness ring
with Seward yells.
Upon arriving at Fairbanks the ex
cursionists were taken over the town
in autos provided, and later that night
were given a dance by the Chamber of
Commerce. The Hard Boiled members
were separated from their ladies and
taken to 18-Mile roadhouse where a
cold lunch was provided, the crowd
returning to Fairbanks during the
early hours of the morning. Saturday
many of the Seward delegation visited
the creeks and mining camps, togeth
er with the many fine farms and the
Alaska college. The farms were espe
cially attractive, showin gthe poten
tial resources of the district. The
creeks were busy sluicing, despite the
scarcity of water owing to the dry
season. The visit to the college was a
revelation to Sewardites, who were
cordially greeted and entertained by
President Bunnell. The college will be
treated later in another article lack of
space forbidding a detailed account of
the visit.
Saturday night a dance was given
by the Native Sons and Daughters,
and a baseball game was played at
midnight by the Fairbanks and Anchoi
age teams, the latter winning by the
score of 9—0.
Rodebaugh’s aiiplane was kept bus>
during the day, practically all thf
Sewardites taking the trip up in th«
plane, the pilot looping the loop an<;
going thru special tricks with his pas
sengers for their entertainment.
At 10 o’clock Sunday morning the
party left for home, stopping twe
hours at Nenana where a trap shod
was enjoyed by the visitors. At Currj
another elaborate banquet was servec
and a dance given the visitors bj
the splendid orchesti*a taken along bj
the railway management. The trail
stopped at Anchorage for luncheon
arriving a Seward about 9:00 o’clock
tired but happy.
Sewardites attending the excursioi
were :Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Urbach, Thelmr
Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moul
tray, Beatrice Baughman, George Ya
komote, Elsie Leslie, Patricia Ray
John Walker, Wm. Kaiser, Mel Hornei
A. .E Rucker and wife, Mr. and Mrs
J. H. Flickinger, Mrs. E. Swetmann
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Crow, Mrs. O. A
Johansen, Otto Schallerer, J. P. Han
non, P. C. McMullen, Oscar Dahl, J
W. Edmunds, Mrs. Seiffert, Mrs. Mar
tha Jones and two children. A. H
Young, Mr. Kelly, Nick Meckem, H
V. Hoben, Mr .and Mrs. H. B. Selby
Chas. Benson.
General Manager Lee H. Landis ac
companied the excursion in person
and was everywhere at once seeing
the visitors had a good time. Raj
Larson was in charge of tVe Anchor
age delegation and J. P. Hannon th<
Seward party. To their efforts wer<
due the successful termination of tin
first excursion party over the Alask;
railroad.
Engine No. 614 pulled the train
with Hank Howard at the throttle
Seth K. Sharpless, conductor; Car
and Lang firemen; John Roderick, J
Axe, brakemen; J. C. Knapp, electri
cian.
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Cordova Times Tells
of Postoffice Robbery
; CORDOVA, June 17—The Cordova
j post office was robbed last night pre
! sumably early this morning. About
| fi\e thousand dollars in currency and
i two money order books, each contain
l ing 200 orders, were taken.
1 It would seem as though the work
' was done by experts or by one who
! was familiar with the workings of
j combination locks. The outer door of
the large safe in the office was open
| ed, apparently without much difficulty
■ by manipulating the combination, and
after that the small inner safe that
held the money, was likewise opened.
The compartment containing the
cash was taken to the middle of the
floor where the weight scales stand
and most of it was evidence that the
man or men were disturbed in their
work and made a hasty flight, as a
small bag of gold was left lying on the
floor as well as possiby $150 in green
backs, of denominations that incuded
ones, twos, fives ten and twenties. It
was scattered within a radius of a
yard.
The robbery was planned for a time
when there is ordinarily quite a few
thousand dollars in the safe as well
as considerable in the registered mail.
A train over the Copper River & N.
railroad left for the north this morn
ing taking a lot of registered mail.
Then the steamer Yukon was due to
reach here for the south at noon, with
considerable money and registered
mail to leave on her.
No registered mail or postage
stamps were disturbed, possibly be
cause of the necessity of making a
hasty flight. Postmaster C. H. Scheff
ler had not checked up on his accounts
early this afternoon, so that it is not
known definitely what is missing, but
the amount is in the neighborhood of
$5,000. Neither the postmaster or his
bondsmen will be affected by the loss,
as there was no evidence of neglect
upon the part of any of those conduct
ing the postoffice. In similar cases the
loss, if there ultimately is any, falls on
the government.
The postoffice force worked late last
night preparing the registered and all
other mail for the train this morning.
Postmaster Scheffler was the last one
there, about 11:30 o’clock, having gone
in for the last look around before go
ing home. Everything then was prop
erly locked and secure.
This morning when the office was
opened it was found that both the
front and back doors were open, mak
ing it uncertain as to which entrance
was used by the cracksmen. The pro
vision was evidently made for a flight
in either direction, as should seem
more advisable, with the probability
that the rear entrance was used, both
going and coming.
Various theories have been advanc
ed as to who was implicated in the
robbery. It is generally believed that it
was done by a professional, who was
sufficiently familiar with locks that he
had but little trouble in finding the
right combination on the postoffice
safe. It may have been someone who
came here weeks or months ago and
who will quietly remain pursuing some
occupation until he thinks it safe to
make his exit from Alaska. Later, if
he attempts to use the money orders,
it may lead to his apprehension.
Postmaster Scheffler promptly noti
fied the government authorities and
the postal department and it is expect
ed that ere long, some experienced
men will be on the case. In the mean
time the public of Cordova are sym
pathizing with the postmaster and his
employees because of the unfortunate
circumstance that has occurred just
prior to the transfer of the office tc
the new appointee.
MANY MINES OPERATING
| Fairbanks is enjoying a revived
j mining era, judging by the numer
j ous properties working along the dif
! ferent creeks. - Several tractors are
J hauling supplies into Fairbanks creek
! and the company bonding the Gold
j stream properties will place dredges
at work in the near future.
FISHING FINE AT CANTWELL
John Carlson, roadhouse man at
Cantwell, who took in the Fairbanks
excursion, says that fishing -was never
better than in his vicinity, where
grayling and trout swarm the many
streams. Mr. Carlson has construct
ed a number of cabins for fishermen
and campers.
A report from Kodiak states that
Karl Armstrong recently took a par
ty of capitalists to his fox and cattle
ranch on Cherikoff Island, and it is
also stated that a deal will be made
shortly, Mr. Armstrong selling his
lease and also his cattle and foxes.
When Mr. Armstrong leased the is
land which is said to eb one of the
best natural breeding grounds in the
territory, there were about a dozen
head of cattle left there by the old
A. C .Company more than twenty
years ago. Today it is estimated that
there aie more than three hundred
cattle on the island.
ROSSMANN CLAIMS HE HAS
TAKEN PICTURE OF
AURORAE IN COLORS
According to advices received by let
ter from Point Barrow, by friends in
Juneau, Earl Rossman, who was in the
city over a year ago representing the
Famous Players Corporation and dis
playing movies, he, himself had taken
in all parts of the world- had succeed
ed in photographing the aurorae in its
natural colors. The letter came from
Mollie Ward Griest, special observer
to R. C. Mi/.e, weathti forecaster of
Alaska. The letter says:
“Earl Rossman, during the winter,
remained at Wainwright, 100 miles
south of Point Barrow .lie is now tem
porarily in Barrow. lor four months
be has worked nigV after night until
\> el5 toward morning in the attempt to
•photograph the aurorae in colors, and
tells me today that he has succeeded.
If \ .is shall prove correct, you will j
know how important is the achieve-1
meat.’'
FOUR TOURS TO ALASKA
STAGED BY BIG AGENCY
The Peck Judah Company, the larg
est tourist agency on the Pacific Coast
having offices in Seattle, Los Angeles
and San Francisco, with branches at
other points, will stage four Alaska
tours this season, according to advices
received recently. These are the first
personally conducted tours to the Ter
ritory made by the agency which in
dicates it will make a specialty of
them in the Future.
Two of them leave Los Angeles at
the same time, June 13, sailing from
Vancouver on the C. P. R. steamer,
Princess Alice. One of them makes the
South Alaska and Lake Atlin tour.
The other will go through to Dawson
and return up river from there, and j
sailing southbound for Vancouver on
June 30.
A third leaves Los Angeles on June
20, for Alaska and Taku arm to Atlin,
sailing on a C. P. R. steamer from |
I Vancouver tomorrow.
The fourth and most extensive tour
planned by the agency is what it ad- j
vertises as the “Heart of Alaska Tour.
This leaves Seattle on June 26 on
the steamer Yukon, touching at all
Southeastern Alaska towns and pro
ceeding direct to Seward. From here
it will go over the Alaska Railroad to
Fairbanks. It will remain in that city ;
two days, making a 30 mile auto trip
out the Richardson Highway to Mun
son’s where they will partake of a
roadhouse dinner, returning to Fair- j
banks the same day. It will cover the
famous placer mines adjacent to the
town and probably go to Fairbanks
creek and view the dredging opera-1
tions in progress at that point.
DAMAGE TO YUKON BARGES
NOT GREAT A SANTICIPATED
G. Edwards, general agent of the
White Pass & \Tukon Route, who has
returned from a trip of inspection to
Stewart City, stated to the Dawson
News that the damage done by ice to
the barges at that place was not so
great as anticipated, and the com
pany had sufficient craft in good con
dition to take care of all the ore ship
ments offered, without delay.
The White Pass has thirteen large
barges at Stewart City and two at
Dawson, and had made all prepara
tions to handle ten thousand or more
tons of ore this summer, and was all
ready to put another steamer in com
mission, should the business require
it, but the tonnage this year will not
j reach the total anticipated, largely on
account of the Keno hill mining com
| panies confining their efforts more or
. less to development work this year.
SUIT FILED AGAINST
BREAKWATER CONTRACTOR
—
KETCHIKAN, June 24—William
L. Paul, Indian attorney and publish
er of the Alaska Fisherman, acting as
j attorney for John Kassunk of Wran
gell has started proceedings in the
district court against Nicholas Flei
ness ,contractor, who is constructing
the Wrangell Breakwater. The com
plaint charges Fleiness with carrying
away rock, soil and trees and destroy
ing graves. The complainant asks for
damages in the sum of $12,000.00.
Mr. Fleisness says that the charge
that he was destroying graves was ab
solutely false, and that in carrying
away the rock and soil he believed he
was within his rights according to the
terms of his contract with the govern
ment.
The paper was st red on Mr. Flei
ness Tuesday by U. S. Deputy Mar
shal H. D. Campbell. The case will be
heard in Ketchikan.
MRS. TAULMAN GUiLTY
Mrs. C. Taulman was found guilty
in the district court at Anchorage
of violation of the dry law.
Rasmes Sine, who was admitted +o
the Pioneer Home this Spring, died
this month and was buried in the
Home Cemetery. Mr. Sine was a resi
dent of Alaska for a number of years,
Petersburg be: 'g his last home.
ELLIS BALL CHILI MILL
THE MILL THAT TAKES THE PROSPECTOR OFF THE
LABOR MARKET
CHEAPER THAN AN ARASTRA AMD MORE EFFICIENT
THAN A STAMP MILL
For Alaska Miners we recommend our Type B
mill, ten to twenty tons daily capacity, or our
Independence Mill, five to seven tons, priced
at $485.00 with gasoline engine; without gas
engine the mill is $80 less.
Come to Woodrow and see the Independence Mill In
operation. The first of these mills to come to Alaska.
HAGEN £ KENRICS8N, Alaska Agents
WRITE FOR INFORMATION TO
P. O. BOX 1105, SEWARD, ALASKA
TOWN LOTS WILL BE ON SALE
SOON AT OIL TOWN KANATAK
J. J. Finnegan, who is in Seattle at
the present time, received work last
week from the surveyor general advis- j
ing him that the surveys had been ap
proved on the townsite of Kanatak.
The townsite contains one hundred
acres, extending about one half a mile j
along Portage Bay, in Southwestern
Alaska. It is the base of the oil drill
ing operations in the Cold Bay district.
Judge Finnegan has platted and ded
icated the ground and •plans to place a
portion of it on the market for a short
time.
FA’R BANKS. June 25.—Dancing is
the chief method of recreation among
the Indians of interior Aaska, said
Miss Katharine M. Kane, teacher in
charge of the Natiive school at
Kokrines, Aaska, a settlement on the;
Yukon river above Ruby.
“A few of the young men,” Miss i
Kane said, “have acquired the ability j
to pay the latest foxtrots on the
violin, while others accompany them
with the guitar, maudoin or ukulele.
Next to dancing the men are slaves
to pool tables and cards. One re
deeming trait is that their money
remains in circulation as one day
a native will win and the next day
some one will take his stake.
“Making snowshoes is becoming a
lost art. In our village only two old
men understand the work. Motor
boats are a hobby of the tribe.”
COURT PARTY MAY LEAVE
FOR TRIP ON EVANS
A number of court officials includ
ing Clerk of Court W. N. Cuddy and
wife, Deputy Marshal S. O. Casler,
and wife, Deputy Clerk Selma Scott
and Court Stenographer Delia Chase,
may leave tonight on the steamship :
Admiral Evans for a trip around Ko
diak Island and westward cannery
points.
COLONEL JAS. GIRDWOOD
IS A SEWARD VISITOR i
Colonel James Girdwood, formerly
of the Ladysmith property at Latouche
arrived on the Northwestern and will
be a guest of Seward for a few days,
before departing for his mining prop
erties at Crow Creek.
Mr. Girdwood is an honored old
timer, having first come to Alaska in
1896.
MAKE UNIQUE PRESENT
TO GOV. AND MRS. BONE
As a memento of the trip made by
them recently aboard the Admiral Line
steamer Admiral Watson, officers of
that vessel, while in Juneau this week,
presented to Governor and Mrs. Scott
C. Bone a miniature duplicate in brass
of a ship’s bridge and mainmast. It
was inscribed “in memory of the hap
py days aboard the Steamer Watson”.
FORMER KATALLA CITIZEN
IS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Many people of Alaska will remem- I
ber William Corliss, who was a resi
dent of Katalla for years. He arrived
there in 1899 and was the original lo- ■
cator of the famous Cunningham coal j
claims .Later he owned and operated
the Katalla water works. In 1917, just
twenty years since he first landed in
Cook Inlet he remover to Oregon, says
the Cordova Times. A son who was
married in Katalla to a daughter of:
Judge Frost, was killed in France. A
recent copy ,under the date of May 20, j
of the Medford Tribune ,gives the fol
lowing account of the sudden death of
Mr. Corliss.
William Corliss, a resident of Phoe- j
nix was acidentally killed Monday af- j
ternoon about 3:30 o’clock by the dis- j
charge of a 28-gauge shotgun. The
evidence showed that the gun was dis- !
charged when Corliss fell, while cross- I
ing a fence. The unfortunate man had
gone of a neighbor’s on business and
had taken a gun along to kill rabbits.
The body was found by relatives.
William Corliss was born in Ontario
and when a child, his parents moved
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$1.25 and Up.
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Noodles
Harry \ago
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
Andy’s Express |
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
to Michigan. He lived for a quarter of
a century in Alaska, where he jour
neyed at the beginning of the Klondike *
rush.
NOTARY PUBLIC—Always on the
job from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., D. H.
Tyer, at the Gateway office. tf
BACK GIVE OUT
Then Follow the Advice of a Resi
dent of this Locality
Are you dragging along day after
day with a dull, nagging backache?
Do you feel tired, lame and achy;
suffer sharp torturing pains at every
sudden move? Then look to your
kidneys. Colds, strains and overwork
weaken the kidneys and bring of
throbbing backache and knife-like
twinges. Don’t risk serious kidney di
sease! Use Doan’s Pills—a stimulant
diuretic to the kidneys. Read what a
resident o fthis locality says:
Martin Varela, 4G6a Paris St. San
Francisco, Cal., says: “My back didn’t
permit me to life because it was sore
and lame and took all I could do to
ekep going. As I bent, it seemed as
though my kidneys were being pierc
ed with a knife. I had to get up at
night to pass the kidney secretions
and they burned and were often heav
ily laden with sediment. Doan’s Pills
cured me.”
Price 60c at all dealers. Don#
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Mr. Var
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Buffalo, N. Y.