' LOCAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK!
i
Ray C. Larson, Anchorage business
naan, is in Seward, on his way to the
States. He will go as far east as Chi
cago before returning.
A. L. Dahl, an employe of tne Alas-j
ka railroad, arrived on Saturday's
train trom Fairbanks, and will leave
on the Victoria for Bellingham, Wn.,
where his parents reside.
Hugo Fells, a Fairbanks pioneer, is
registered at the Van Gilder.
C. Fleckenstein and Ed. and P.
Heimbaeh of Wasilla are in Seward,
on their way outside.
P. Fitzgerald of Nenana, arrived on
Saturday’s train and is registered at
the Hotel Seward. He will take the
Admiral Watson for the States.
Mrs. Minnie Hutchinson, chief oper
ator for the Anchorage telephone
exchange expects to leave on the Ad
miral Watson for the States en route
to California on a vacation trip.
Chas. Petry, a Cliignik resident, ar->
* rived on the Starr.
B. Peterson of Kodiak, was an ar
rival on the Starr.
Ernst H. Israelson and bride will
leave on today’s boat for their home
in Latouche.
Leopold David, former mayor ot An
chorage, and a member of the law
firm of Ray & David, of this city, was
an arrival on Saturday’s train, return-;
ing to his interior home today.
George Thorkilsen and Milton Noll
left on today’s train for Juneau Flats
on a moose hunt. The animals are re
ported unusually plentiful this year,
and every hunter who goes out gets
his moose.
Frank (Dad) Youngs a rormer resi
* dent and property holder of Seward,
now deputy marshal at Talkeetna, ar
rived on Saturday’s train.
Deputy Marshal H. S. Staser of An
chorage came over with an insane
prisoner Saturday, returning this morn
ing for Anchorage. Mr. Staser is one
of Marshal Sullivan’s most popular of
ficers, and he has made a record since
taking office in the number of boot
leggers arrested.
Roy Gilley, of Czinki, arrived from
Seattle on the steamship Victoria, and
will leave on the Starr for Uzinkie.
Mr. Gilley has been outside interest
ing tourists in the Valley of the Ten
Thousand Smokes, for which place he
is a competent guide, having lived in
the vicinity for many yeais. He ex
pects to have his plans completed be
fore spring, which will be announced
later in the Gateway.
Fred Martin, the ” known car
toonist and artist of Mile 40, has been
a Valdez visitor the past few days.
Deputy Marshal Bert Hagen arrived'
in Seward on Saturday night’s train,
and is registered at the Van Gilder.
i Mr. Hagan is stationed at Nenana.
A1 Pell, well known Sewardite, re-:
turned on the Starr from Akun island
where he has been custodian of the
property of the defunct sulphur com
pany. Mr. Peel states that his dis
trict experienced some very bad gales
in September and October, but that
November was fine.
E. J. McConnell, former Diesel en
gine operator for the Kennecott Cop
per Company, accompanied by his
wife, arrived on the last boat, and
will visit his father, James McConnell
during the holidays.
W. F. Mencenbach of Grant Lake is
a Seward visitor.
Mrs Andy Simona of Mile 20 is in
town, a guest of the Hotel Sexton^
Mrs. Simons came in to meet her hus-j
band, who was expected on the Starr,
and who is a member of the Wells
party believed to be cast away on the
beach between Chignik and Unga.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lean are Sew-:
ard visiior? from Cooper’s Landing on
Kenai rivei. They are guests of the
Hotel Sexton.
A1 Harper came in on Saturday’s
train from his property at Cache
creek.
J. J. Delahide will leave on one of
the next boats for Latouche, after
completing some work in the vicinity
of Eska. He is first aid and mines
rescue instructor with the bureau of
mines.
* Mrs. William T. Murray of Anchor
age will leave on tonight’s boat for
the States, where she will visit rela
tives in Seattle for the winter.
Eleven reservations were made from
the Anchorage office for the Victoria,
showing the rush south is abating.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Eames who
spent Thanksgiving with friends in
Anchorage, returned on Saturday’s
train.
Miss Marie Smith of Anchorage ar
rived on Saturday’s train and will
leave on the Admiral Watson for a
three months’ visit to the States.
The launch Virginia arrived yester
day from Nuka Bay, with Chas. Bald
hiser, Earl Barnett, Mr. Davies and J.
D. Anderson aboard. They report the
recent strike all that it is claimed to
be, the ore body being stripped for 200
feet or more and averaging the same
gold content. In the face of late re
ports Mr. Frank Skeen, the discoverer
feels that he has uncovered something
that will develop into a heavy produ
cer.
The quartette of Seward teachers
who spent the holidays at Lake View
returned on Saturday’s train.
E. Lundin and W. Gustafson of Sun
rise, are Seward visitors.
A. J. Swanson of Matanuska is reg
istered at the Overland.
Mrs. Mae McNaughton of Curry is
a guest of the Overland.
Eric Nelson returned Saturday from
a business trip to Anchorage.
M. A. Pinska, proprietor of a gents’
furnishing goods store in Fairbanks,
is registered at the Van Gilder, on his
way Outside.
Mr. B. H. Barndollar, examiner of
accounts and legal adviser for the
Alaska railroad, who has been in Sew
ard the past week attending a meet
ing of the policy board, will leave to
day on the steamship Victoria for
Washington where he will appear be
fore house committees in connection
with the budget for the railroad. He
will be gone several months..
W. J. Erskine, merchant prince oi
Kodiak, arrived on the steamship Ad
miral Watson, to confer with W. E.
Moultray in regards to locating an oil
station at Kodiak. Mr. Erskine is one
of the big men of the Kodiak section
and it is due to his efforts that the
island is receiving much favorable
publicity.
Mr. Roy Gilley of Uzinkr, will sah
on the Starr tonight for his home on
Spruce Island. He will make arrange
ments to take parties to the Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes next season,
and will send a detailed plan of oper
ation and costs to the Seward cham
ber of commerce in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Richmond of
Anchorage, will arrive in Seward Sat
urday on their way to the States.
They will purchase a car in Seattle
and tour Oregon and California for a
time, after which they will locate in
the golden state. Mr. Richmond re
cently disposed of his ice cream par
lors in Anchorage to D. W. Stoddard,
former Anchorage postmaster.
Wm. Bouman,
sioner at Uzinki,
on the Starr.
fisheries commis
Spruce Island, let11
Albert P. Olsen, an old timer in the
Innoko district, will leave soon lor
the Slates to spend the winter. He
arrived in Anchorage recently, the
first musher to come over the Kobe
trail this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Larson of An
chorage, will leave on the Alameda
on an extended visit to the States.
i
Wm. Breeze, an auto truck employe
of the Alaska railroad will arrive in:
Seward on his way to the States Sat
urday. He has been employed by the
railroad since 1916.
John Hirsh, an old timer ot the in
terior district, sailed on the Starr lor
Unalaska, where he will remain ior
several weeks investigating some
ore deposits recently located by a
friend. Mr. Hirsh will return on the
next boat and leave for Louisiana to
spend the winter.
Layton Schell, messenger at the An
chorage telegraph office, will leave in
the near future lor Seattle to attend
the U. of W. this winter.
John Mackwitz left on today's train
lor his home at Mile 43%.
J. A. Johnson arrived on the Wat
son from Kodiak, and is a guest of
the Overland.
Frank Wojack, of Jonesville, is a
Seward visitor.
Tom Dwyer and Clias. rooper left
on today’s train for lower Lake Kenai
on a moose hunt. They will be joined
at Snug Harbor by Walter Holben.
Mrs. Richard McNally returned on
last night’s train from Anchorage.
H. S. Young, Kenai merchant, ar
rived in town yesterday and is a
guest of the Van Gilder.
j Chas. Hubbard returned to Prim
rose this morning.
John Colberg is a recent arrival in
I Seward from Kodiak.
“Pioneer” Smith, city attorney and
1 a popular old timer of Seward, was
taken to the Anchorage hospital to
day by Nurse Perry, suffering from a
| recurrence of the complaint which
' prostrated him two years ago.
Mrs. Wm. T. Murry, who left on a
recent boat for Victoria. B. C., wrill
•pend the winter in California.
Thomas Stephenson, master of the
power boat Alpha, was a passenger
from Kodiak to the States on the Ad
miral Watson. He will spend the win
ter in Seattle.
Mrs. J. B. Gottstein, wife of the
| Anchorage wholesale grocer, expects
; to leave on the Alameda for Seattle,
witere she will visit relatives during
I the winter months.
James Finley of the Rex barber- j
shop in Anchorage, will arrive in Sew-!
ard Saturday night, on his way to the
States.
Fred Poole, a steam shovel man for
the Alaska railway, left on one of the
last boats to spend a month or so in
Washington and California.
F. M. Kane, who has been visiting
in Kodiak for some time, was a thru
passenger on the Watson, en route to
his home in Chicago.
Judge E. E. Ritchie left for Anchor
age on today’s train to hold a short
term of court.
Attorney L. V. Ray left on today’s
train on a business trip to Anchorage.
Ernest J. Gove, a McGrath operator,
sailed on the last boat for Seattle,
where he was called by his mother be
ing seriously ill.
Miss Beulah B. Wilson, a resident
of Seward for some time, and later
in the optical business in Anchorage,
arrived on last night’s train and is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ells
worth. She will sail on the Alameda
! for Spokane, where she will spend
; the holidays with relatives. Later she
will make her residence in Seattle.
T. W. Walker and wife, of Kukuk
Bay, passed through on the Admiral
Watson on their way to the States.
Mr. Walker is superintendent of the
clam cannery at Kukuk bay.
J. E. Zaluskey, representing the
Acme Safe Service Company of Seat
tle, arrived last night from Fairbanks
where he has been adjusting the
vaults in the Federal building.
W. J. Erskine, and A. C. Erskine,
who arrived from Kodiak on the Ad
miral Watson, left on the same boat
for the states. Mr. Erskine announc
ed while here that his firm intended
building a modern cannery at Old
Harbor, Kodiak Island, which would
be ready for operation by spring. He
will remain Outside about six weeks,
going as far east as New York city.
Fresh Halibut Seward Fish Co. tl
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SEWARD ATTORNEY WILL BE
CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE
A. E. Rucker, a well known Sewanl
attorney, will be a candidate on the
democratic ticket for the Territorial
Legislature, it was announced yester
day. At the present time it was not
yet decided whether Mr. Rucker would
run for the senate or for the lower
house, but his preference was for rep
resentative.
Mr. Rucker has been a resident of
Seward for the past two years, and
is well known here. He is a graduate
of the University of California, an able
lawyer and has lived in Alaska since
early boyhood.
LET’S GO! THE MENU FOR THE
BEAN SUPPER IS ALL READY
As the school dance Saturday, Dec.
8, draws near we can almost smell the
aroma of steamed brown bread, pump
kin pie and baken beans.
The mothers and the women’s club
have kindly consented to look out for
the food part of it. The mothers’
committee is as follows: Mrs. W. O.
Perry, chairman; Mrs. Shellhorn, Mrs.
L. V. Ray, Mrs. McIntosh, and Mrs. A.
Eide The Women’s Club committee:
Mrs. A. J. Goodskey, chairman; Mrs.
Tver, Mrs. Swetmann, Mrs. R. Reed,
and Mrs. Hinde. These two commit
tees are working jointly and are ask
ing the assistance of all the mothers
and of the women’s club. The com
mittees announce the following deli
cious menu:
Boston Baked Beans
Home-made Steamed Brown Bread
Home-made Pumpkin Pie
Apples and Pickles,
Coffee
Everything guaranteed home-made.
New Victrola Phonograph Records
now on sale each week. Seward Drug
Co. tf
' 0. L. Grimes, merchant and can
neryman of Uzinkie passed thru Sew
ard on the Admiral Watson yesterday
on his way to the States. Mr. Grimes
is an old timer in Alaska having for
merly been a school teacher at Hope
in 1906.
Your Fuel Orders receive prompt
attention. Brown & Hawkins Corpo
ration. tf
FISHERIES BOAT IN
The fisheries boat Kittiwake arrived
in port this week from Cordova. Shir
ley Baker, of the fisheries bureau wras
a passenger on the boat.
Snow shoes on sale at Graefs. tf
Suits made to measure. See Urbach.
CAPT. O. A. JOHANSEN WORKS
FOR REVENUE CUTTER HERE
Capt. O. A. Johansen master of thei
Starr is actively working with the lo
cal chamber of commerce for the es
tablishment of a revenue cutter at
Seward for relief of shipwrecked mar
iners and succoring parties marooned
along the coast. Capt. Johansen wired
Gov. Bone while at sea Saturday, em
phasizing the need of such vessel,
and declaring that had the radio at
Seward been in operation the Shin
koku Maru would ont have been
wrecked on Montague island, as the
vessel tried to ascertain the possibili
ties of getting oil, and could not get
in communication with Seward, conse !
quently went to Cordova and while
returning wras wrecked.
On his last trip Capt. Johansen senl
messages to the Governor and to Del-'
egate Sutherland regarding the rescue
of the Wells party aggregating $89.
Aonther subject in which Capt. Jo
hansen is vitally interested in the es
tablishment of lighthouses and blink
ers along the western Alaska coast, in
order to safeguard navigation. Capt.
Johansen declares that in all the long
stretch of coast there is but one or
twro lights for the guidance of mari
ners.
1L is reported that a telegram was|
received last night by Capt. Johansen
from Delegate Dan Sutherland, statingj
that Gov. Bone’s recommendations had I
been acted favorably upon and that a
revenue cutter would be sent north (
to operate through the winter months'
with headquarters at Seward. It is
understood that the radio station will
be reopened before the cutter arrives,
and that Seward will be on the map
once more.
COURT NOTES
The District Court in session in
Seward confined its attention yester
day mostly to naturalization cases.
1 Alex Lake, a sailor for the past two
! years on the steamer Starr took out
i citizenship papers. He was born in
New Foundland. Gust Ferrluja, took
out his first papers. He was born in
Austria.
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One thousand first class shaves re
! ceived on the Northwestern. The O.
i K. Barber Shop. tf
NOTICE, O. E. S.
Members of Seward Chapter, Num
ber M), Order Eastern Star, regular
meeting Monday evening, Decemberj
10, at 8 o’clock. Election of officers,
ktu ESTHER DOUGHERTY,
Secretary.
“Bobbed by a real bobber,'’ is the
verdict of the ladies who patronize
the 0. K. Barber Shop.
Heap BIG Bean
--Festival -
When?—
Saturday, Dec. 8, ’23
Where?
I. 0. 0. F. Hall.
Time?
Eats served any time
from 6 to 7 p. m.
BRING THE FAMILY
ADMISSION
Adults, 50 Cents
Children 25 Cts
CARDS, DANCING,
Children’s Games
will follow
GATEWAY CLASSIFIED
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present. Mrs. Tabitha Stank. Box
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FOR RENT—Furnished apartment,
see Mrs. Paulson. k!2l
FOR SALE—Gas boat, 52 feet long;
draws 5% feet of water; 50 horse
power engine, for particulars and
terms address Box 1724, Anchorage.
LISTEN;
Everybody is doing it now! What?
The Turkey Trot to Dryden’s Grocery.
Why? Because the prices are right;
the more sales, the lower tue prices;
his stock is small and fresh cu every
boat. Service day or night.
Fox trot delivery.
Phone Madison 62. tf
If you want 100 per cent tire serv
ice ask for Lambert’s Trubl Pruf
Tires. Brown & Hawkins Corp., Alas
ka Distributers. tf
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