Local Happenings of Week
Monday
W. J. McDonald, forestry supervi
sor, with headquarters at Cordova
was a passenger from the Interior
Saturday and left on the Northwest
ern for the Copper City.
Miss “Happy" Elliott came over
from Anchorage to meet her sister
Violet, who arrived on the North
western from the States. “Happy,”
who is a violinist of rare ability, gave
Sewardites an opportunity to hear her
at the A. B. dance Saturday evening.
The> left to Anchorage this morning.
J. B. Reher, with ^flie bureau of
public roads, was a Seward arrival
Saturday and is registered at the Van
Gilder.
I). M. Valade and wife, of Juneau,
were Seward passengers on the S. S.
Northwestern. Mr. Valade has ac
cepted a position with Brown & Haw
kins, and will be in charge of the
clothing department.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Growden and
two children arrived in town on Sat
urday night’s train and are taking
their home with Mr« and Mrs. Chas.
Fisher of Seward. Mr. Growden will
go outside to receive his discharge
from the Signal Corps of the United
States army and locate somewhere in
Washington state.
W. E. Moultray, in charge of Stan
dard Oil stations, with headquarters
at Seward, was a returning passen
ger from Fairbanks Saturday, where
he has been looking after the com
pany's interests in that city.
A. H. Thoday returned to Seward
on the last train from Anchorage in
which town he has been in the gov
ernment hospital for treatment. He
reports he is much improved in health
and is glad to get back home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stevens were Se
ward passengers on the last train
from Fairbanks. Mr. Stevens is U.S.
marshal for the Fourth division and
this is their first trip to the coast
since they were married here, three
months ago.
Ernie Johnson and Charles Olsen,
well known miners of the Valdez
district, who have been working on
the telegraph line out of Fairbanks
on the Richardson Highway, were
passengers on Saturday’s train, leav
ing on the Northwestern for Valdez.
Arthur Zilberman, oldtimer of Val
dez, who has been working in the
Fairbanks district for the past two
months, was a passenger on the S. S.
Northwestern for his old stamping
ground.
George Swanson, tonsorial artist of
Valdez, was a Seward passenger from
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j Anchorage Saturday, where he has
I been spending the past week on a va
! cation, renewing old acquaintances in
the interior city. He returned to
j Valdez on the Northwestern.
Ross H. Hale, superintendent of mo
ire power with the Alaska Railroad
and Mrs. Hale are registered at the
Van Gilder, arriving from Anchorage.
R. P. Preston, connected with the
National Grocery Co., of Seattle, wrho
has had headquarters in Southeastern
, Alaska for th epast few years is in
Seward in the interests of his firm.
A. H. Blair, W. W. Kelly; Jack Ro
‘binson and A. H. Young, left on this
morning’s train for Mile 34 where
they will take pictures of the country
around Johnson Creek Summit. They
will wait there until Thursday then
the rest of the pratv will meet them.
They will then go on down to Kenai
lo be gone about a month.
Miss Meta Anderson, formerh gov
ernment schoolteacher at Chignik,
was a southbound passenger on the
Northwestern last night.
The weather was so stormy Satur
day that the Redondo was forced to
I leave the dock and anchor out in
I the bay.
P is rt ported by arrivals on the
N irthwestc-rn, that a small boy was
drowned at I atom he, a few days ago.
Janice Meredith, private secretary
to the general manager of the Alaska
! Railroad is a Seward visitor arriv
ing on Saturday’s train.
Mrs. Esther Nelson and Mrs. Jew
el Rice, well known Anchorage la
dies arrived on Saturday’s train and
are stopping at the Van Gilder while
jin town. After spending a few days
! in Seward city they will return to
[their homes in Anchorage.
Miss Dorothy Haley, tourist ag.mt
I for ihe Alaska Railroad, was «, re
Um ning i av.< Lgei on the Northwest
ern from iat •.*. where she has been
engaged th epast i- w weeks in ■
Imciioi; »*. i;h i’ r ! •nnt. She lei
11 in i 1 ■;<# i r. at Ancko'-ig**
this m:».:j!".g.
• “Billy” Butler, special agent and
inspector for the Alaska Railroad was
a Seward passenger on Saturday’s
train.
Tuesday
Mrs. Howard Long, of Mile 20, has
! been in town for the last week and
! returned to her home on Monday
| morning’s train. She spent the time
visiting friends and shopping.
Elizabeth Komig is in town for a
few days. Miss Eomig will leave
7
500.000
in one day*
saw the new
Standard Six
Announcement of the new Buick
“Standard Six” brought approxi
mately 500,000 people into Buick
salesrooms on the first day this
car was shown.
Why? Because everywhere every
one is marveling at the new “Stand
ard Six”—the “Six” that sets a new
standard of quality and price.
See it for Ourself
ELLSWORTH’S
Buick Sales arid. Service
When* better automobiles*are built, Buick will build them
on one of the next boats for Seat
tle where she will attend the John
Hopkins training school.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Osbo and child
ren left for Seattle on the North
western. Mr. Osbo went out for his
health. They expect to be gone for
three or four months.
Harry G. Steel, publisher of the
Cordova Times arrived in Seattle re
cently and after spending a few days
in the Spirit City will leave for his
home in Cordova. He has been east
attending the conventions and also
making a prolonged stay with his
relatives back east.
Thursday
E. L. Sweek, agent for the Alaska
Railroad In Seward has been appoint
ed- to take over the offices of the
general agent, the latter having been
abolished thru general circular issued
recently.
Mr. Joe Wilson and son, arrived in
from Canyon creek. He reports a
very succesful season.
Charles Cooper and Mr. Urbach
went on a hunting trip to Bur Had
en for a few days.
Mr. Ellsworth, Charley Harper and
Frank Murphy went hunting down to
Spruce creek. They report a very
good "shoot” of ptarmigan and spruce
hens.
Mrs. W. W. Flynn and daughter,
were passengers on last night’s train
fro their homestead at Mile 20.
H. E. Kristiensen and Tom Roberts
left for Mile 23 this morning. They
will pick up the rest of the party at
that place and take a gas boat down
Kenai.
Mrs. Herond McCutcheon, nee Thel
ma Ellsworth, came over on last even
ing’s train to spend the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Ellsworth.
M. J. Lyons, salesman arived in
the city last night.
Mr. Blackwell of American Tobacco
company left for Anchorage and life
interior on this morning’s train.
Paul Barnes, traveling for the M.
Seller Co., left on the train for AQ
ehorage.
Mr. Bothwell, traveling for Tru Blue
Biscuit company left on thetrain this
morning for Anchorage.
The Good Year Rubber man, H. E.
Rupert, was a passenger on last even
ing’s train.
C. A. Shonacker, conected with the
Zellerback Paper company, a Seattle
company, arrived from the Interior
on yesterdays’ train.
Martin Kilean and John G. Brady
of the forest service were passengers
on last night’s train.
Capt. Shultz left on this morning’s
train for Anchorage.
Harry Balderston left on this morn
ing’s train for Anchorage.
Mrs. Dr. Robrets returned from An
chorage on last night’s train.
HOT SPRINGS DISCOVERED
NEAR MOUNT KATMAI
In writing to J. P. Hannon, Roy
Gilley, one of the best "known guides
to the Westward, and whose home is
at Ouzinkie, tells of discovering hot
springs in the country that faces Tri
dent volcano and Katmai Pass, about
a mile from the Valley of Ten Thous
and Smokes. They are boiling hot
and the smokes appear as vigorous as
ever and from present indications
will last several years. Mr. Gilley no
tified the National Geographic society
which is particularly interested in
discoveries of this nature.
Mr. Gilley states that very few peo
ple went to the Valley this summer
which, he says, was probably due to
the misinformation which had been
given out in the past regarding local
conditions. The Norman Dawn mo
tion picture company composed of
seventeen people including a nine
months old baby, four women and
one man sixty-seven years old appar
ently had no difficulty either enter
ing or leaving the valley.
ONLY ONE ISSUE
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 8.—The only
issue in this campaign is whether the
Coolidge administration shall be con
tinued, Secretary Hughes said in his
speech here last night.
CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 6.—Sensational
fresh estimates, which poured into the
stock markets in this city late Sat
urday, put a world shortage on wheat
and all other grains which make
bread foodstuffs, on the upward trend.
A new .high figure has been reached.
Col. Gibbs, Chief of Alaska
Cable, Here with Dellwood
The U. S. A. T. Cableship
Jibbs, officer in charge of cable
ibce, technical officer and acting
bell, signal officer; Captain Robei
ry Winter, cable engineer; John
Winter, assistant cable engineer;
U. S. Army and assistant cable t
nit cable electrician; J. R. Smith
assistant engineer; W. L. Davies,
termaster agent, arrived with the
tie cable at ten a. m. yesterday m
The Dellwood made a wonderful trip
leaving Ketchikan at six a. m. Oct. 4,
and laid 738 nautical miles, 3505 tons
of cable, between that time and her
arrival here. The congestion exist
ing in communications since the inter
ruption to cable service last spring,
was immediately relieved before any
attempt to secure cable terminals in
the office was made; business lying
at Seward being taken aboard ship,
which was at all times in communica
tion with Ketchikan and Seattle, and
all business from Seward and inter
ion points, began to move in its regu
lar channel.
The Dellwood since January has
traveled over forty thousand miles,
having made two round trips to Lon
don and Alaska, carrying a cargo of
wheat for Europe, laying 7,028 tons,
1,612 nautical miles of cable and be
fore returning home will make repairs
on the old cable between Seward and
Valdez; between Valdez and Cordova;
j between Skagway and Juneau and
} Petersburg and Juneau; also doing
some work at Haines and Cape Fan
| shaw, and between Sitka and Peters
! burg.
me new cauie >uumci^cu ac
average de<oth of 1700 fathoms, the
deepest point being in the 145th meri
dian SE of Middleton Island, where
soundings showed a depth of 2,413
fathoms; two portages were made in
to and out of Ketchikan over Prince
of Wales Island from Bucareli Bay
to Kasaan Arm, it was necessary
there to haul the cable by hand, drag
ging it from the west side inland, and
from the east side to the junction mid
way. At present automatic relaying
of business between Seward and Seat
| tie or between Seward and Juneau is
| possible, allowing this office direct
j communication at a speed of seventy
| words a minute. This improvement
I will take care of any immediate or
j near future demand for expeditious
| transmission of Alaskan traffic, and
| before developments are completed
! this speed will probably be materially
! increased.
Every credit is due the gentlemen
| responsible for the successful comple
tion of this work. Not one minute has
been lost from the day they left Seat
tle on their first trip; day and night
the work has been carried on regard
less of conditions; at times men on
the vessel have continuously stayed
on watch for 72 hours, and every man
on the vessel from the master down
volunteered for the strenuous work of
pulling cable thru muck, waist deep,
over the portage.
The Dell wood is without question,
one of the best equipped cable ships
in the world; nothing has been over
looked in the matter of equipment that
would in any way insure the success
ful completion and efficient operation
of the Seward-Seattle cable.
Preliminary surveys were made by
the U. S .S. destroyers Hull and. Cor
ry from which a route was selected by
the staff of the Dellwood, and this
route followed absolutely. The Dell
wood is equipped with Sonic depth
finders, which allow the vessel to take
soundings at all times; she is equip
ped with one of the most efficient ra
dio compasses procurable, allowing
her to take bearings on any shore ra
dio station; she is steered with a
Sperry Gyroscope Control, and uses
the gyroscope compass which at all
times gives a true north bearing.
The Dellwood has five cable tanks
which will carry 1800 miles of deep
sea cable; she has complete carpenter
and machine shops, and an electrical
laboratory and testing room to allow
any repairs or cable experiments.
Remarking on the request of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce and
the citizens of this vicinity for the re
pair of the Seward-Valdez cable dur
ing the time the Dellwood was laying
the Ketchikan cable; Major Larabee
said, “We hope the citizens of Alas
ka appreciate that we are working for
their best interests; for had the Dell
wood then taken time to make this re
pair ,it might have been impossible
to do this work, and so delayed the
vessel that the completion of the new
cable would have been impossible this
year. Every effort is being made by
the service to give Alaska efficient
communication and we feel that the
most satisfactory solution was to ex
pedite the laying of the new cable,
guaranteeing thereafter uninterrupt
ed service."
The Dellwood will probably leave
Dellwood, with Colonel George S.
operations; Major Alfred E. Lar
quartermaster; Lieut. II. F. Hub
t \V. Shears master; Captain Ilar
H. Bruck, cable electrician: Ralph
J. S. M. Quist, warrant officer,
lectrieian; Albert Garinger, assist
first officer Charles Kracke, chief
chief steward; A. I. Moser, quar
shore end of the new Seward-Seat
orning.
j Seward tonight or tomorrow morning,
not returning to Seattle until all lines
of communication are operating satis
factorily.
i Colonel Gibbs and officers from the :
' Dellwood were entertained today by
I the Chamber of Commerce at a lunch
eon at the Seward Grill.
According to Colonel Gibbs all back
’ messages have been cleared up, the
local force working until an early
hour this morning, doing this. Most
of the messages were from Nome and
northern points, grocers’ orders and
messages dependant upon the sailing j
of the Alameda in a fewr days. All of j
these messages were delivered in Se-1
attle before daybreak this morning,
and the Colonel immediately wired
, the operator at Nome to inform all
! interested that their messages had
been delivered.
A crew of men are busy today dig
ging a trench up fifth avenue, and it
i is thought that by tomorrow, all con
1 nections will be completed.
A force of men will arrive on one
of the next steamers from Valdez for
; the Seward office, and from then on
a day shift and night shift will be op
ierated.
NEW ORGANIZATION
SHOULD BROADCAST
NEWS FOR DAILIES
—
i WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8.—An
organization of a national system of
radio programs, through broadcasting
associations to give service, such as
the present press associations do for
newspapers, was suggested by Secre- j
tary Hoover last night. In his ad
dress in the opening of the radio con
ference, Hoover said that, “my pro
position is that the local station must
be able to bring its listeners every
important national event with reg
ularity.’,'
ANCHORAGE WILL SEND
EXHIBITS SEATTLE FAIR
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D. H. Williams, president of the
Western Alaska Fair association, to- j
day announced that he is preparing |
an exhibit from Anchorage to be
i sent to the Alaska Fair held in Se-!
attle under the auspices of the Young
Business Men’s club of that city. Ex
hibits are also being sent to the ■
Seattle-Alaska Fair from the Tanana
! Valley Fair at Fairbanks and the
Southeastern Alaska Fair at Juneau.
These exhibits will remain in Seattle
after the Alaska Fair is over and
j become part of the permanent dis
play from Alaska in the chamber of
commerce of Seattle.
Mr. Williams announces that any
one interested from any town within
the jurisdiction of the Western Al
| aska Fair in contributing to such an
exhibit is asked to bring their ex
hibits to the Anchorage Chamber of
j Commerce building or to communi
, cate with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tecldenburg
has moved into their new heme over
the Seward Trading Co. store. Mrs.
Fairman has taken over the apart
ments in the theater building.
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Just follow
my Directions
Fuller dealers take a
real interest in giving
helpful advice to paint
customers; telling them
what product is the
most suitable; carefully
explaining surface prep
aration; what kind of
brush to use and just
how to apply the paint,
varnish, enamel or stain.
Take advantage of the
knowledge and experience
of the Fuller dealer. He
will be glad to help you.
Ask or send for our Free
book “Home Painting.”
It’s your painting guide.
FOR ANY FULLER PRODUCT CONSULT
THE NEAREST FULLER DEALER:
Brown &
Hawkins Corps
W. P. FULLER & CO.
301 Mission Street. San Francisco
21 Branches in Pacific Coast Cities
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CREW LADY KINDERSLEY
LEAVE ON NORTHWESTERN
Four officers and ten men, compris
ing the crew of the Hudsons Bay Mo
tor ship, Lady Kindersley. which was
abandoned after being hopelessly iced
in in *he Arctic, were passengers on
the Northwestern for the States.
The latter part of August, the Lady
Kindersley was jammed in the ice
and after making an unsuccessful a:
tempt to salvage the ship with its
1200,000 cargo, the crew attempted to
make land in canoes, but soon found
that this was unfeasible and returned
to the ship. After being iced in lor
27 days the U. S. Coast Guard Cut
ter Boxer, arrived but, was only able
to get within five miles of the ice
bound vessel. In going across the ice
to the ship, the men came to an open
stretch of water which made it im
possible for them to make the coast
guard ship. They were forced to
camp on the ice that night during £
which a film of ice one quarter of
an inch thick, formed on the water.
In the morning they found that by
one going across at a time, they
could make it over, which they did
without mishap.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. S.—Car
los Soloronza hsa been elected pres
ident of the republic of Nicaragua.
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