Local Happenings of Week
Monday
General Manager Lee Landis spent
Sunday in Seward, coming over on
the B-l.
Oscar Anderson, king of Anchor
age arrived on Saturday’s train to
take in the picnic and chamber ex
cursion.
Miss Janice Meredith, private sec
retary to General Manager Landis of
the Alaska Railroad, was a Seward
visitor over Sunday, taking in the
Masons’ picnic.
Today's passenger train had eight
coaches including baggage car and
Col. Landis’ private coach
Ray Larson came over yesterday
and will leave on today’s excursion
to the westward.
Z. J. Loussac returned to Anchor
age this morning following a three
days stay in Seward.
Capt. Austin Lathrop arrived from !
Anchorage on yesterday’s train.
Dr. J. \V. Edmunds arrived on yes- j
terday’s train from Anchorage and
will leave tonight on the excursion j
to the westward.
I. lvriken left on today’s train for
^Girdwoodr
H. O. Roberts left on today’s train
for Anchorage.
Mrs. Jerry Perry left on yesterday’s
train for Anchorage.
Miss Patsy Ray Thelma Ellsworth,)
Mrs. S. L. Colwell and Mrs. John
Gilpatrick left today for Moose Pass :
on a short outing trip.
Julien Hurley, assistant district at- j
torney arrived in town on Saturday’s ,
train and will remain here a few j
days on business.
John A. Roseen, deputy marshal,
was in port yesterday, leaving for
Valdez.
The Misses Elsie Leslie and Thel-j
xna Ellsworth have been engaged to j
accompany the Reedy party of ex- ■
cursiouists to Fairbanks and play ;
for them en route. They will leave!
here about July 23.
Mary E. Ritchie, a nurse from La-;
touche, arrived on the Northwestern I
and will make the excursion trip on
the Starr.
Dr E. R. Brooks, surgeon and phy- j
sician for the Standard Oil Co., ar- j
rived on the Northwestern and will
leave on the Starr for Kanatak.
Frank H. Foster, Cordova attorney,
attended the Masons’ picnic yester
day.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Johnson of
Spokane are Seward visitors. Mr.
Johnson represents the Carter pro
ducts.
Alec Bolam, formerly of Seward is
with us again, having returned from
the Interior where he has been trap
ping. He was accompanied by Jack
Lein, well known in this section. The
men disposed of their large fur catch!
to Wandling’s fur house in Anchorage. ‘
Judge Leopold David returned from
Juneau on the Northwestern and left
on yesterday’s train for Anchorage.
Charles Krefting, foreman for the
carpenter gang in Seward, left for
Fairbanks last week with a small crew
of men and will begin carpenter work
near the vicinity of the Interior city.
Arthur Young, \V. W. Kelly and
from Kenai Lake and will leave on
\1 Blair arrived in town Saturday
the Starr for the far west. Mr. Blair
goes as packer.
Tuesday
After the regular meeting of Sew
Chapter No. 10, Order of Eastern Star,
the officers and members surprised
Mr .and Mrs. W. O. Perry with a fare
well party. A word contest was held
in which Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mc
Nally carried away the prizes; after
which a lovely luncheon was served.
Eugene M. Levy, deputy county
clerk and ex-officio deputy clerk of the
Superior Court of San Francisco, is a
south-bound passenger on the Admiral
Watson today. He has been making a
trip to Kodiak.
Wednesday
Dr. Rystrom, Anchorage dentist, left
for Seattle last night.
Dr. C. J. Wight, and Dr. Ella Wight,
of Anchorage ,were southbound pas
sengers on the Watson last night for
Ketchikan.
Thursday
Dr. Braafladt, former Seward den
tist, will be a returning passenger on
the Redondo.
The trial of Henry Larson and
Erick Ekman before Curtis R. Mor
ford, U. S. Commissioner, Tuesday
resulted in a hung jury. The charge
upon which the men were tried was
brought by George Laughlin for cut
ting timber on his lands for the con
struction of a bridge across the stream
just below Grouse Lake. The Gov
ei-nment was represented by Assis
tant District Attorney Hurley and the
defendants wore represented by Aaron
E. Rucker.
Five men from the forestry party
working at Mile Five were called to
Bird Point last Monday to fight for
est fires.
Mrs. John G. Brady, wife of Ranger
Brady, of this district, is visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rucker, in Seward.
Friday
Captain Austin E. Lathrop, owner
of a chain of theaters and prominent
coal operator of Alaska, is expected
to arrive in Seward tomorrow from
Cordova.
A number of tourists who have been
taking the trip to the Interior over
the Alaska Railroad, returned to the
coast last evening and will await
steamer connections in Seward.
L. Welty, a former resident of Sew
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Svan Jones Coal Mine.
According to reports, it is stated
that Mr. Rasmusson, president of the
Banks of Alaska is expected to ar
rive on the steamer tomorrow. Mr.
Rasmusson will proceed to Anchor
age where one of the branch banks
are located..
Bernie Stone, well known newspaper
man of Alaska, who, for the last ten
months has been in the employ of the
Anchorage Daily Alaskan, is now a
free Uince and is expecting soon to
make a trip into the Interior.
Several counterfeit dollars have put
in appearance at Anchorage, it is said,
the marshal’s office at that place now
keeping a close watch for the party
responsible for their being circulated.
E. F. Jessen, manager of the Wil
son-Jessen Syndicate, was a business
visitor in Seward yesterday. He was
a returning passenger on today’s train
j The work on the old “Key” building
I which was recently purchased by Mel
Holbcn, proprietor of the Seward Grill
is rapidly nearing completion. This
building is being converted into a res
taurant and Mr. Holben states it will
be one of the most up-to-date in the
Territory.
Pat McDevitt, formerly a road mas
ter on the Alaska Railroad and one
of the first men to be employed in
laying steel out of Seward to Mile 52,
arrived in town last night. McDevitt
is on his way to the States where he
expects to remain permanently. He
arrived in Alaska from the States four
months ago.
Mrs. Burns, wife of the Liberty
theatre manager, and mother returned
to Seward yesterday from a short vis
it to Anchorage.
Donald L. McGinnis, one of the
leading clothiers of Anchorage, arriv
ed in Seward last evening, a passen
ger on the train. Mr. McGinnis con
templates remaining over for a few
| days.
Misses Thelma Ellsworth and Patsy
; Ray returned last evening from Heas
ton’s mine in the Moose Pass district
where they have been visiting the past
week.
Mr. Bates, who has been in the em
ploy of Brown & Hawkins, in the gro
| eery department, has severed his con
nections with that firm.
R. A. Maurer, Alaska representative
of a Seattle wholesale firm, arrived
in the Gateway city from the Interior
| last evening.
—
Aron Ericson, who has been doing
i the interior decorating on the new
: TeckTenberg building has completed
I his job.
Meters are being installed in the Ar
cade building.
Rev. Fr. McMillan will arrive to
morrow morning on the steamship Al
aska.
M. H. Ljmch, of Anchorage, paid
Seward a brief business visit over
night. He returned to the Inlet me
tropolis on this morning’s train.
P. M. Ogle, popular garage man and
auto agent, Is busy these days placing
his office in shape in the newly erect
ed Ogle garage. Mr. Ogle recently
installed a service station in front of
the garage which is one of the best
in the country.
An electric iron left burning was the
cause of what might have developed
into a disastrous fire in the Shea
apartments above McMullen’s Gro
cery store. The ironing board and
some clothing were burned up before
the fire was detected and extinguished.
No alarm was sounded.
Mel Holben, proprietor of the Sew
ard Grill returned last evening from a
short business trip to Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E .Rucker and Mrs.
John G. Brady left on the train this
morning for Roosevelt on an outing
trip.
F. E. Leslie, who has been confined
I to his home with a severe attack of
lumbago, for the past week, is able to
be up and around once more.
Billy Ward, better known as “Doc”,
a well-known oldtimer of the Interior
recently accepted a position on the
diner of the Alaska Railroad. Mr.
Ward is the son of Editor Ward of
the old Sitka paper, at the time of
the Russian evacuation at that place
This was the first paper in Alaska,
published by an American, and it was
forced W suspend when the American
| troops were removed from Sitka. Mr
Ward has a volume containing the is
sues of the paper.
M. HESSE SAYS
KEEP AWAY FROM
BRITISH GUIANA FIELDS
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
William Hesse, mineral surveyor,
and pioneer in Alaska development,
who returned to Fairbanks Tuesday
after a several months’ trip to the
tropics, brings back word to friends
here of the diamond fields of British
Guiana. Mr. Hesse says:
“British Guiana lies between the Or
inoco and Amazon rivers on the east
coast of South America. It is rich in
mineral resources, gold and diamonds
being widely distributed. The dia
monds are found in shallow alluvial
deposits that lend themselves to the
primitive but highly efficient methods
used in the mines.
“The climate of British Guiana is
very agreeable, and, contrary to the
general impression, the heat is in no
sense oppressive and cases of prostra
tion from it are unknown.
“Venomous snakes are there, but
they are by no means plentiful and
none were seen by our party during
the six weeks of tramping thru the
forests.”
Mr. Hesse brought back several un
cut diamonds. Speaking of them, he
went on to say:
“The diamonds found in Guiana are
very fine in quality, there being none
that surpass them ad few found that
equal them. There is no kind of min
ing that furnishes the ‘kick’ that this
does, but the fascination of winning
these gems is offset by the fever condi
tions met with in the diamond fields.
The lowlands lying between the Am
azon and the Orinoco rivers are prob
ably the worst fever-infested countries
on earth; those being yellow, black,
water, typhoid, malaria, falaria, dysen
tery, hook worm and leprosy. There is
no escape from the fever. Some sur
vive, and some do not, but they all
get it.”
Mr. Hesse told of the cost of sup
plies in the mining district.
“The cost of supplies in the Mazar
uni district is exhorbitant—smoking to
bacco is $9.60 a pound and everything
else at prices that take one’s breath
away.
“My advice to my friends in Alas
ka is to keep away from Guiana. If
you have four or five thousand dol
lars that you can afford to lose and
you are willing to gamble with your
life you chances of bein grewarded are ;
probably better than they are here, i
provided that you can stay on your
feet—I could not.”
Mr .Hesse is leaving Fairbanks for
the Chandlar country the middle of
this month .
Reindeer to be Shipped
Over Alaska Railroad
Commercial development of the
reindeer industry in Alaska has been
organized for the first time, it was
learned at the Interior Department to
day.
Through negotiations completed
with wholesale meat concern in Seat
tle, Washington, arrangements have
been made for the shipment of rein
deer meal to the United States from
Alaska during the coming season.
The plans provide for the slaughter
ing of the reindeer at Kokrines, Al
aska, on the Yukon River where the
meat will be dressed and frozen. The
product will then be shipped in a
barge to Nenana, a terminal of The
Alaska Railroad ,and at that point
placed in cold storage for distribution
locally as well as for exportation by
way of Seward and steamer lines to
Seattle for sale in that city and as far
east as the Atlantic coast in the Unit
ed States. This is the first effort
that has been made to place Alaska
reindeer meat on the market in this
country in large quantities. At the
present time there a^e about 3,000
head of reindeer feeding on moss near
Cantwell station, on the Alaska Rail
road, and a great many of these ani
mals will also be killed for exportation
during the coming season. A cold stor
age plant for the initial freezing of
the reindeer meat is already under
construction aUthis point on the rail
road line.
It is also planned to introduce rein
deer steaks upon all the government
dining cars and river boat service op
erated by The Alaska Railroad and
the Government-owned hotel at Curry,
Alaska, will serve this meat when the
season opens.
Tie number of reindeer now in Al
aska is estimated at 250,000 with a
valuation of approximately $6,250,000.
DAVIS DISCUSSES PL^NS
NEW YORK, July 18—Davis had a
long discussion of his campaign plans
with Senator Walsh of Montana and
Clem Shaver of West Virginia. One of
those who was under consideration for
national chairmanship, ^avid Ladd
Rockwell, who was manager for Mc
Adoo was also present.
Cannery Boat Founders
At Kenai During Storm
IvENAI, July 17—The gas boat Olaf
property of Libby, McNeill & Libby,
and used as a cannery tender, founder
ed on the evening of July 12th, off the
mouth of the Kenai river, the wreck
being due to a heavy sea caused by a
southwest wind.
The members of the crew managed
to make their escape from the sinking
craft, but the cargo consisting of ten
thousand fish was lost and the boat
is in a precarious position .
OWNERS OF DEER
TO DRIVE HERDS
INTO BROAD PASS
(Anchorage Daily Alaskan)
Accompanied by Tom Pootoluk, full
blooded Eskimo, George Ashenfelter,
one of the, largest individual owners
of reindeer in the territory, started
for Council this week for the purpose
of transferring his herds from that
point to Broad Pass. At Windy Mr.
Ashenfelter will be joined by Henry
Stanley and family who will make the
trip down the Yukon and across from
St. Michael to Nome and Council.
The journey is in line with the an
nouncement of William T. Lopp, sup
erintendent of the Bureau of Educa
tion in Alaska, for transferring all
reindeer owned by the Bureau to the
Broad Pass country.
Mr. Ashenfelter said just before his
departure that he hoped to have a
herd of from five to seven thousand
head of reindeer in the spring drive.
The animals will be moved south and
eastward this summer and be ready
to cross the Yukon and begin the long
journey to Broad Pass in winter, ar
riving before the spring thaw.
The decision of the Bureau of Edu
cation to move the native herds to
Broad Pass is the outcome of a range
war in the far north ,according to
advices received last winter by Mr.
Lopp from agents of the department
stationed in the Arctic. Owing to the
increase in the Loman herde friction
has been frequent according to re
ports, and it is planned to concentrate
the Department of Education herds in
one region, Broad Pass having been
selected for its ideal conditions for
range and herding.
SURVEYOR IS BADLY
CLAWED BY BEAR
After escaping from drowning in
the rapids below Big Boulder dam in
the wilds of inland Alaska, 47 miles
from Haines, the nearest town, Law
rence McConnel, surveyor, climbed the
steep banks of the stream and on pull
ing himself over the last ledge to the
top was pawed on the back of the neck
by a brown bear.
A fractured skull and minor scratch
es about the arms and shoulders were
the results of the encounter. After the
bear had struck him down, he remem
bered stories of old hunters who had
said a bear would not further attack
a man who appears dead. So McConnel
remained quiet and Mr. Bruin who
really was not of the ferocious type
and had only come to the stream to
catch salmon, walked away.
McConnell’s comrades, members of
his surveying party, who had crossed
the dam ahead of him, dressed his
wounds as best they could.
After two weeks recuperating, he
was moved to Juneau, from where he
sailed for Seattle.
ROBBERS MURDER POST
MASTER IN MONTANA TOWN
BUTTE, July 18—Theodore E. Klas
sen, postmaster at Silver Bow, nine
miles west of here, died this morning
from the effects of gun shot wounds
received in resisting robbers last Fri
day night.
The bandits were apprehended while
trying to rob the post office and Klay
sen’s general store.
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ALASKA WILD FLOWER
EXHIBITION BE OPENED
FOR ALASKA TOURISTS
A wild flower and grass exhibit will
be given to the public, particularly
for the benefit of tourists, in the build
ing formerly occupied by Dryden’s
Grocery Store, Saturday and Sunday,
and! possibly Monday ami Tuesday.
Every variety of wild flowers and
j grasses which grow in this district will
! be placed cn display to show tourists
what Alaska produces in this line.
Mrs. P. C. McMullen is the origina
tor of the idea and i3 in charge of the
exhibition. She was greatly assist
ed by many persons and children in
gathering the wild flowers and grass
es and in arranging them in the ex
hibit room.
Another reason for this show is to
bring home to the people of Seward
the beauty and value of these flowers
which grow in profusion in this sec
tion.
The exhibit will be opened to the
public free of charge. ^
ALASKA WEST VALDEZ
The steamship Alaska left Valdez at
four-thirty this morning and is expect
ed to arrive in Seward about noon to
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