SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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ST. PAUL ISLAND
COUPLE ARRIVE
STEAMER STARR
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF IS
LAND LIFE IS RELATED TO
THE GATEWAY DURING BRIEF
STAY OF COUPLE IN SEWARD.
Carrying in their arms the sec
ond white boy born on the Island of
St. Paul, the far, outflung naval ra
dio station on the Seal Islands, in the
Bering sea, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dye,
arrived in Seward Saturday on the
steamer Starr, from Bristol Bay, and
departed for Seattle on the steamship
Alaska. Since the arrival of the lit
tle chap, eight months ago, in fact,
since the departure of Mr. and Mrs.
Dye from the island, the news of the
arrival of the third white boy, has
been announced. “She sure is a
great island,” Mr. Dye, with a broad
smile remarked to a Gate-way repre
sentative.
Conditions on the islands, St. Paul
and St. George, about forty miles dis
tant, were very good during the past
winter, the government going to
great lenths in making the personnel
of the station and other inhabitants
of the island as comfortable as pos
sible under the existing remote con
ditions. However, Mr. Dye said, it
is lack of mail service which really
creates the blue feeling prevalent oc
casionally, during the long winter
months, or that time between Octo
ber and March, when no connection
is made with the islands excepting,
by messages over the radio.
Mr. Dye, a radio operator, has been
transferred to the Bremerton Navy
Yard, where he will await further
orders. He has had shore duty for
two years and is under the impres
sion that he may be ordered to sea
again. He has been on the island
since May, 1923.
»eai nero coming in.
Bull seals are now coming in and
picking out their rooks, Mr. Dye
said, and in this particular it is wor
thy of note that year in and year
out the bulls select the identical
rock which they had previously used
for years. In case one bull tries to
take another bull’s rock, a battle
to death invariably occurs. They ar
rive from the sea, tremendously fat
and enormous in size, but in the
fall of the year, prior to their de
parture for parts unknown, they re
enter the water in a poor condition,
often with just enough strength left
to flop to the sea’s edge.
The cows, or mother seals, arrive
the latter part of May and early in
June, and again dropping pups im
mediately, on the beach. The slagh
ter of the seals, which supplies the
greater portion of the fur seal mar
kets of the world, is carried on with
a large club, similar to a baseball
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Residence—Madison 123
bat and is accomplished generally in
the cool of the evenings, away from
the mid-day glare of the sun. Nothing
hut three-year-old males are killed,
it is stated. Last season it is es
timated S,000 were slaughtered. A
sealing expert, Mr. Ellis, a former
agent for the A. C. Co., makes a trip
to the island annually for the speci
fic purpose of supervising the killing
of the seals, which is carried on un
der the Bureau of Fisheries depart
ment.
Construct Concrete Dock
The lowest temperatures in twenty
years were recorded at the island
last winter, Mr. Dye continued. This
was when the thermometer dropped
to 12 below zero, then raising to 6
below where it remained for two
weeks. The winds were as bad as
usual, but little floe ice was noted.
Among the building which has been
undertaken recently is the construc
tion of a small concrete dock, where
the bidarkas skin boats will land in
lightering passengers and freight
ashore from the vessels lying off
shore. A crane on the end of the
dock will also be erected. A new
warehouse was built last fall. New
homes are being constructed for the
natives of which there are approxi
mately 200. New equipment for the
electric lights in the village is be
ing installed. A water system is
under way which will supply the en
tire island residents with fine water.
This will be piped in from Ice House
lake, about two miles from the sta
tion, into large storage tanks. Pump
ed well water has been used for years
past.
Large Shipment of Coal
About 200 tons of Black Diamond
coal, from Washington coal mines,
was shipped to the island last year.
Just what amount will be purchased
this season, Mr. Dye was unable to
state. He agrees with The Gateway
that Alaska coal should be used in
Alaska, especially during the develop
ment period, which the coal mines
are now undergoing. There are two
boilers on the island and they con
sume at least five tons a day, he be
lieved.
Seal Bones and Lava.
At any depth one might dig to
on the island, seal bones are encoun
tered. The island itself is nothing
but a lava bed and being obsolutely
free from minerals, is reputed to be
the finest radio station in the world,
owing to non-conflicting elements,
generally found at other stations. A
fine greenhouse raises just about ev
erything desired in the fresh vege
table line. The soil of the island is
said to be very fertile regardless of
its lava contamination. There are a
few sheep, on the island, some cows
and all of the natives have checkens.
The motive power is supplied by four
mules, four trucks and two caterpil
lar tractors.
In the winter skating is the prin
cipal sport and the hunting of eider
ducks is always looked forward to.
Baseball and tennis entertains the
athletic inclined during the sum
mer months.
RICKARD CLEANS UP ON
BERLENBACH-M’TIGUE MILL
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NEW YORK, June 1.—Tex Rickard
announced today that gross receipts
for the Paul Berlenbach-—Mike Mc
Tigue bout for the light heavy
weight championship Saturday night
totalled $172,655, and the net profits
were $65,000. The milk fund was the
beneficiary.
BOSTON, June 2 (;p)—Secretary
Weeks is somewhat better today fol
lowing an operation performed Sun
day. His physicians however declared
his condition was not entirely satis
factory.
Yon Have (1-2-3) Garments
THAT NEED CLEANING AND
PRESSING
We make old clothes new by dry
cleaning them. Suits pressed in from
15 to 20 minutes with sanitary Hoff
man presser. Agent for Wohlmoss &
Co., of Chicago. All wool, made-to
measure suits. A perfect fit guaran
teed on all orders taken by me.
MEN'S SECOND HAND SUITS
BOUGHT AND SOLD
Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired
Jordan’s Valet Service
PHONE MADISON 103
SEWARD, ALASKA
OLD PROSPECT
OF ALASKAN IS
REPORTED RICH
Can you beat it! Twenty years
ago, Peter Anderson, proprietor of
the Skagway Rooming House, of this
city, located on quartz ground near
Keelogg, Idaho, which ground was
almost so inaccessible that an eagle
could hardly fly to it. Last week he
was notified by an old friend who
had remained in the vicinity and
who had kept his assessment wrork
up, that an offer of $100,000 has been
made for the property.
Anderson is still walking about in
a daze with his head in the clouds,
so unexpectedly did the news of his
good fortune arrive. He proposes to
go to Nenana shortly and look after
his business interests there and then
leave Seward in July for his valued
property in Idaho.
Speaking of his early Idaho pros
pect, Mr. Anderson said it just goes
to show that a prospector never
knows when the wheel of fortune
will make a turn for the better. He
followed the fascinating game for
years and in recent years, while en
gaged in business, has always had
the hankering to get back out into
the mountains and valleys again, in
quest of the elusive strike.
In the letter he received from his
friend at Kellogg, he is informed
the mine opened some yars ago,
shortly aftr a strike was made which
ore assayed 13.0 lead, 7.0 silver and
30.5 zinc. Some machinery is on the
ground which is valued at $14,000.
The ore body is five feet thick. The
Riverside mine, the name of the prop
erty, was patented for him by his
friend in 1916. When Anderson left
the country twenty years ago, his
friend promised him he would look
after the mine. The above related
results have taken place since. “Did
you ever have a friend like that?”
Anderson queried.
SEARCHING PARTY HUNTS
FOR MISSING TRAPPER
WIILLIAMSLAKE. B. C., June 2 (IP)
A searching party of six men, headed
by Hughie Hughes returned yester
day from the Timothy Mountain dis
trict, following a vain search of two
weeks for George Bower, a trapper,
who disappeared December 15, with a
heavy pack en route to his trap line.
Three searching parties have been
out.
Eaton, ' Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Council meeting at 8 tonight.
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WHEN YOU ARE IN
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Good Coffee, Good Food
Good Service
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at fuel pressure of only 20
to 30 pounds. No wires or
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12 TO 75 HORSEPOWER
Prices for complete outfits, including
shafting, air starter and propeller, f
o. b. Seattle.
25 h. p...2200.00
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60 h p... 4300.00
75 h." p__ 6100.00
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