Seward Happenings
LOCAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK
From Monday’s Daily
P. W. Watkins, traveling auditor
for the Alaska Steamship Company,
who has been spending the past few
days at Anchorage arrived in Seward
Saturday night on his way to the
States.
Lewis Barnes, who recently regis
tered in from Seattle left for Anchor
age this morning.
J. J. Chisholm, well known knight
of the grip, who makes Anchorage his
headquarters, arrived in Seward Sat
urday night. He is on his way to
Kanatak to interview merchants of
that place.
Cole MacDougall, who for some
time past was connected with the log
ging camp at Fourth of July creek. I
left this morning for the Moose Pass j
section for a brief business visit.
The sawmill at Mile 3 last week
commenced operating, having a con
tract with the commission for a mil
lion feet of timber.
The maintenance of way depart
ment of the Alaska Railroad is in
creasing the section crews at many of
the important places on the line. Fif
teen men left this morning on assign
ments at Caswell, Montana, Eklutna,
Birch wood, Eska, Potter and Wood
"*row. More will be sent out as occa
sion requires.
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Howard Long, one of the best big ,
game guides of this district, left for
Lakeview this morning.
Mr. J. Corliss, connected with the ,
commission disbursing department at I .
Anchorage, returned to his post this
morning after spending the past week i ,
in Seward. ' i i
Lieut. Wm. Hutt, of the Anchorage '
Post, is paying a week’s visit in Sew
ard. While here he is the guest ot j
Capt. and Mrs. M. D. Barndollar. ^ .
Frank P. Carraway, commission en- 1
gineer stationed at Bird Point, left
this morning for that place after t
spending over Sunday in town. (
Jerome Warren, quartz miner in the.■
Iditarod section, left for the interior
this morning to await the breakup of
the Tanana and Yukon rivers, when |
he will leave for his camp at Flat j
City. : i
D. R. Place, who recently arrived
from the States, was among those j
who left for the Interior this morn
ing going to Fairbanks where he will
be engaged for the season.
George Klapproth, well known res
taurant man of Fairbanks, was num
bered among those leaving for the in
terior this morning.
Sergt. T. E. Ayers, a Philippine!
war veteran, and member of the Sig
nal Corps, stationed at Valdez, who,
arrived on the Admiral Evans, left i
this morning on a trip to Anchorage. S
He was accompanied by Sergt. Sam
paio, also of the Valdez department.j
This is the first time they have made
the trip over the government railroad ;
and they were greatly pleased with |
their visit.
Mrs. Otto Schallerer was a return
ing passenger on Saturday night’s
train from Anchorage, where she has
been spending a few days, the guest
of friends.
Jos Nash, Anchorage resident, who
has been visiting in Seward for the j
past several days was among those ;
returning this morning to the upper
city.
James Pierce, who for the past few
weeks has been employed at the Re
surrection Bay Lumber Company’s
camp at Day’s harbor will leave on
the Admiral Watson for the states.
W. W. Flynn, section foreman at
Lakeview, was an over Sunday visitor
in town.
Walter W. Lukens, assistant super
intendent for the Alaska Road Com
mission left this morning for the in
terior going as far as Kobi, from
which place he will journey toward!
the Kuskokwim section in reviewing
the road construction which has been,
in progress the past winter.
Paul Svedeen, engaged in contract
work for the railroad, is spending a j
few days in town on business mat- j
ters.
The Chamber of Commerce will
hold its weekly luncheon tomorrow.
Others than members are welcome to
attend these luncheons.
Mrs. Lyla Burch, who recently
returned from visiting with relatives
at St. Louis, Mo., left for Anchorage
this morning to assume a position
with the commission.
Theo Braake, former interiorite
who has been on a visit to the States,
left this morning for the north to re
sume his position in the train serv
ice.
Dave Choate, oldtimer of the Fair
banks district who has been sojourn
ing at the Tenakee Hot Spring, left J
this morning for the Chena river
city, near which place he is eng g
in farming.
H. B. Madland, Alaska representa-1
tive for the Schwabacker Hardware
Company at Seattle, arrived from An
chorage Saturday night and will make j
a trip to Kanatak before returning'
to his headquarters in the Cook In
let city.
Earl Hale, who wintered in Seward, I
has assumed a position with the com- j
mission at Potter, leaving for that j
place this morning.
J. S. Rodebaugh, engaged in trading
on the upper reaches of the Tanana
river is numbered among those at i
present sojourning in Seward. He
will leave on one of the next boats for
:he States.
Antone Eide, of the Alaska Road
commission, who recently returned
from a health vacation In the south
ern part of the Territory, was num
oered among those leaving for the:
North this morning. For a brief peri- j
)d he will inspect the road work done
n the vicinity of Anchorage and look j
ever the program for future opera
dons by his commission.
The hal^ut fishing fleet operating
>ut of Seward has been increased by
mother vessel, the B. F. M., now be
ng made ready to engage in the sea
son’s work. Capt. Husvick' and a
;rew of men are at present engaged
n rigging up the fishing gear.
Chas. G. Hubbard, of the Primrose
nines, paid a business visit to Sew-;
ird Saturday, returning this morning,
o his camp.
Bernard M. Stone, for the past ten
lays visiting in Anchorage, returned
o Seward Saturday night and will
eave for Kanatak on the next west
vard boat.
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Mrs. A1 Roberts of Roosevelt, vis
ted with friends over Sunday return
ng this morning to her home at the j
ake city.
J. L. Cavanaugh, representative of
Vlarshall-Wells, is in Seward on his
vay to Juneau.
The Constitution brought in 15,000
rounds of halibut today.
From Tuesday’s Daily
A donkey engine with several hun
ired feet of cable will be shipped to
Kanatak on the next Starr to be used
n facilitating the lighterage problem.
Ed Buretto, bandmaster, is expect
?d to arrive in Seward tomorrow
aiglit.
Cole MacDougal returned last eve
ning from Mile 12 to where he had
?one to look over contract work in
connection with road building.
Consigned to the American Smelt-j
ing and Refining Company at Selby, |
California, the Admiral Watson will on
its southbound trip this week take 43 j
tons of high grade ore to be treated
at that plant. The ore is being ship
ped by Hawley W. Sterling, who is
this year operating the Quig'ley prop
erty on the Eureka-Glacier dome in
the Kantishna country. This mine was
at one time worked by Thomas P.
Aitken who realized good returns on j
his investment. The shipment to the
railroad was made over the new Kobi
trail.
The fishing fleet operating on the
banks west of Seward reported in
yesterday and last night with a fair
catch of fish. Those docking at the
San Juan pplant were the Republic,
Seattle, Sitka, and Constitution. The
latter left this morning for the banks.
Fleet skippers report unsually rough
weather on the banks the past few
days.
A hot water plant was recently
received by the Arcade Apartments
which will be installed for the pur
pose of supplying the building with
hot water during the summer months.
The heating plant, outside of minor
supply of heat, will probably be dis
continued during the hot season.
A still alarm brought the fire de
partment to the premises of the Alas
ka Cafe last evening. On arrival it
wras found that the supposed fire was
caused by sparks from the chimney,
Proprietor Finn at that time cleaning
out his range. No damage resulted.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Raes, of
Fairbanks, will be among those leav
ing for the states on the Northwest
ern. Mr. Van Raes has for the past
three years being acting as linotype
operator for the Fairbanks News
Miner and is going to Corvallis to ac
cept a position on the paper there.
Lieut. Hutt, quartermast depart
ment at Anchorage, arrived Saturday
from Anchorage and is checking up on
the local post.
Alvah Eames, postal chief for this
section left for the interior yesterday
to supervise the work in the absence
of Chief E. O. Wetzler, who is at pres
ent in Seattle conferring with his su
perior officers in regard to certain
improvements in the interior mail
service this year.
Fire Chief Walker will in a day 01
so commence investigation of all Hues
and stove pipes in town condemning
those which in any way do not com?
up to the test.
Pat Malloy of the city express ser
vice today tried out his auto truck
preparatory to the summer season.
With this placed in commission Sew
ard will have three auto express ser
vices.
The railroad crane is loading piling
for interior points, at the head of the
bay.
The work train came in last night
and left this morning for the interior.
At the conclusion of the Eastern
Star meeting last evening the mem
bers participated in a social event ar
ranged by Mrs. O. A. Johansen, Mrs.
Richard McNally and Mrs. P. C. Mc
Mullen. A delectable luncheon serv
ed as the opening number with card
playing concluded the pleasures. Fa
vors were awarded Mrs. O. A. Braa
fladt and Mrs. C. E. Orlander for high
scores. Mrs. W. E. Root received the
consolation.
f rom Wednesday’s Daily
C. YV. Feich, salesman, registered in
this morning. He is at the Sexton.
J. L. Graef and Charles Cooper re-j
ceived several chickens on the Y’aldez,
for this summer’s egg crop.
Ben Grier, former maanger of the
co-operative store at Anchorage, was
among those booked on the Valdez
this morning, going to Kanatak where
he will be in charge of the Larson
projects.
Miss J. E. Hull,, former employe of
the Alaska Engineering commission,
was on board the \\ratson on her way
to Seattle, where she will reside per
manently.
J. R. Gelineau, oldtimer of the ’97
vintage who has resided at Juneau for
many years, was among the Watson
passengers this morning on his way to
the capital city, after completing the
round trip to the island towns of the
westward.
Mrs. W. G. Marsh, accompanied by
her daughter, Dottie Marie Marsh,
was on board the Watson and listed
for Seattle. Mrs. Marsh conducts a
small farm near Anchorage and will
return shortly to superintend the
summer planting.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Skinner and
daughter, Geraldine, are among those
listed on the Watson en route to Se
attle. Mr. Skinner is a commission
employe stationed at Anchorage and
is making the trip for vacation pur
poses.
Fred Webber, connected with the
E. W. Griffitih establishment at Three
Saints Bay, was numbered among the
Watson arrivals this morning. For
the past few weeks Mr. Webber has
been in the employ of the Erskine
establishment at Kodiak.
Mrs. P. A. Harshman, wife of the
Wood Island radio operator, arrived
on the Watson this morning and will
leave tomorrow for Anchorage where
she will visit for the next few weeks.
Miss A. M. Hull, commission em
ploye at Anchorage, came to Seward
on the Watson, and will leave in the
morning for the Cook inlet metropo
lis. Miss Hull accompanied her sis
ter, Miss J. E. Hull, en route to Seat
tle, this far on her journey.
Proprietor Jos. Badger of the Hotel
Van Gilder yesterday received tele
graphic reservations for fifteen rooms
from passengers on the Northwestern
It is possible that the train may wait
for boat passengers.
Jack Chisholm, wellknown salesman,
will leave on tomorrow’s train for
Anchorage, leaving that city on the
Valdez for Kanatak.
Mrs. Guy Cable, wife of the radio
operator on Wood Island, near Ko
diak, was among those listed on the
Admiral Watson, en route to Seattle.
D. E. Armstrong, brother to Karl
Armstrong of Kodiak, was among
those leaving for the States on the
Watson today. He is on his way to
Portland, Oregon.
C. C. Cooke, teacher of the Ozinkie
schools, arrived in Seward this morn
ing on a short vacation trip.
The fishing schooner
into port last night. Like others of
the fleet the craft reported extremely
rough weather on the banks.
Mrs. J. M. Collins, wife of the Cres
cent hotel proprietor at Anchorage,
left for Seattle on the Watson, to
spend a brief vacation In the States.
Ray C. Larson, of Anchorage, who
has been visiting in Seward for the
past few days, will leave in the morn
ing for the upper city to take the
Valdez for Kanatak, to which place he
has a large consignment of lumber
and building material.
From Thursday's Daily
J. S. Ridebaugh, interior business
man, left on the Watson for the
States where the will spend several
months on business.
Henry Lucas, oldtimer of the Kenai
Lake district, registered in this morn
ing from the States, where he has
been visiting for some time. While
outside Mr. Lucas spent considerable
time in Kansas City visiting with his
brother.
Jack Chisholm, well known sales
man, was among those leaving fo» An
chorage this morning. He is on his
way to Kanatak, taking the freighter
Valdez from his home town.
Wm. Lawley, who arrived from the
states on the Northwestern, will as
sume the position as chef at the Sew
ard Grill.
A. J. Nordale, former owner of the
wellknown Nordale hosterly in Fair
banks and which was recently de
stroyed by fire, was noted among those
who arrived from the interior last
evening. He left for the states on the j
Northwestern.
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Mrs. J. W. Fo*ey ahd family of
Fairbanks, were among the arrivals
of last evening. Mr. Foley is electri
cian employed by the Northern Com
mercial company at Fairbanks. Mrs.
Foley will visit with her mother in
Juneau.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Raes ar
rived in Seward from Fairbanks last
night on their way to the states. Mr.
Van Raes far the past three years
has been linotype operator for the
News-Miner at the Interior city.
Sergt. Thos. E. Ayers, quartermaster
corps man at Valdez, returned to the
glacier city on the Watson alter pav
ing a visit to Anchorage.
Sam McNeice, located at Moraine,
came to town last night to greet his
wife and daughter, who a-riv*sd from
tht States on the Northwestern.
Indications of mining activities of
the interior were noted among the
freight shipments on the Northwest
ern, a large number of pieces of ma
chinery being scheduled for shipment
to points along the railroad. Perhaps
the heaviest shippers were the Fair
banks Gold Dredging Company, oper
ating on Fairbanks creek, 28 miles
from the town of Fairbanks. The
property upon which the dredge is en
gaged is of some extent and many
more years will be required before
the ground has been worked out. The
Mt. McKinley Gold Mining Company,
in the Kantishna district, also receiv
ed quite a shipment of hydraulic sup
plies and it is expetced that this con
cern will nroduce heavily this year.
Mrs. Ira Bailey will leave Thursday
of next week, to join her husband, the J
well-known painter, who has been in j
the interior metropolis the past few
weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will make
their home in Anchorage.
What may be considered as the first
tourisits of the 1923 season arrived on
the steamer Northwestern this morn
ing in the persons of Miss M. Gibbons,
Miss E. Marburg, and Messrs. C. H.
Davis and C. E.. White. This party is
making the round trip on the vessel
as the guests of the Alaska Steamship
Company and have enjoyed every min
ute of itheir outing, despite the rather
chilly weather which has greeted
them at times. In coming to the
northland the party had quite an in
teresting transcontinental cour before
arriving at Seattle. Leaving Rich
mond, Virginia, their home city, in a
Pierce-Arrow auto, they traversed the
entire southern section of the United
States to the southern part of Cali
fornia, then took the Pacific highway
to the Puget Sound metropolis. Dur
ing their stay in Seward they found
much to entertain them in visiting
several points of interest, which ex
ceeded their conception of Alaska as
did other places visited by them.
A radio S. O. S. was picked up this
morning from the Pacific Mail steam
er’s liner Empire State, saying the
vessel was ashore near Honolulu and
calling for help. It is not known what
damage resulted, or whether any lives
were lost.
Harry C. Lowe, of the Three-Mile
sawmill, wa3 among the arrivals of
last evening.
The Admiral Watson which sailed
for Seattle and way ports last even
ing at 8:00 o’clock had a good book
ing from Seward. Those who engag
ed passage and their destinations
were as follows:
For Seattle—J. S. Rodebaugh, Chas.
Huff, Wm. Ferrell, D. Harmon, Mary
Harmon, F. C. O'Mail, E. H. Smith,
Art Heaven.
For Juneau—Jack Runka, F. W.
Daly, Gus Kepllias, Otto Easier.
For Ketchikan—M. Dosen.
For Cordova—J. L. Cavanaugh, L.
White and wife, Teddy White.
For Valdez—Thos. E. Ayers, A.
Sampaio.
For Latouche—W. Coleman.
Thi-ee steerage.
The steamer Northwestern pulled
away from the dock early this after
noon for the south, having on board
a light list of passengers for Seattle
and way ports. Those who booked at
the Seward office and their destina
tion were as follows:
For Seattle—Tom Margitis, A. J.
Nordale, Ollie Gray, Dan Sihoff, R. C.
Queen, Mrs. M. Miller, G. W. John
son, R. T. Cannon, E A. Tonseth, Fred
Van Raes and wife.
For Juneau—J. W. Gilford, Mrs. C.
A. Foley and children, T. Butler.
For Cordova—Phil D. Sekinoff.
For Latouche—V. Engberg, John
Sahe and John Dalon.
Wm. Ferrell, oldtime commission
employe of the interior, was among
those who left for the States on the
Watson. He will journey to Boston
to visit with relatives before return
ing north.
George Lauglun, of Woodrovr, r* g
lit* red in last night.
E. F. Stuewee, who some time ago
acted as publicity man for the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, arrived on ihe
Northwestern this morning and left
for the interior. He wili spend the
summer at the various towns in se
curing local color for special write
ups on the country.
A crew of men arrived from the In
terior last night for the purpose of
iismantling the Bucyrus dragline ex
cavator which was last fall used in
straightening the channel of Lowell
creek. When taken apart the ma
chine will be sent to the interior and
used at one of the gravel pits near
Fairbanks. The material will be used
as ballast on the road when the
gauges have been widened. Those
who will dissemble the machine are
Oscar Sander, Dan Leach and John I.
Howrie, assisted by a local crew.
J. L. Fozard was a passenger as far
as Juneau on the Northwestern, on
his wray home to Latouche.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd White and son,
Teddy, were among the Watson pas
sengers bound for Cordova. Mr.
White, who is considered one of the
best banjo players in the North may
accept a position with the Arled
Ihrig musical organization at the cop
per city.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, who went to
Seldovia on the Watson returned to
Seward last evening on the Overland
Limited, having made the trip from
Kenai and Seldovia to Anchorage by
launch.
C. H. Johnson, resident of Nome,
registered in last night.
Julius Miller, who recently acted as
chef at the Day’s Harbor logging
camp left this morning to assume a
position with the commission at Di
vide.
Bernard Stone was among those
i leaving for Anchorage this morning.
| He will take the Valdez for Kanatak,
where he will compile a special arti
cle on the oil town for one of the
; interior papers.
Ray C. Larson, Anchorage lumber
man, left for the upper city on this
j morning’s train to take the Valdez for
Kanatak where he will superintend
i the installation of a large lumberyard
and hardware store.
Wm. Butter, specla: agent for the
j Alaska Railroad, arrived in Seward
I last night to finish some offcial busi
ness.
Mrs. Lottie Long and daughter, who
j have been visiting in Seward for the
'past few days, left this motuiug for
! Anchorage where they will lake the
| Valdez for Kanatak, joining Mr. Long
at the oil citv.
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Dr. R. L. Canon, who during. «he op
1 eration of the Chickaloon coal mines
under naval jurisdiction had charge of
the hospital at that town arrived in
Seward last night on his way Outside.
Chas. Brown, of the Brown & Haw
kins corporation, located at Anchor
, age, made a flying trip to Seward last
I night for business purposes. He re
turned to the Cook Inlet city today.
Otto Schallerer of the Alaska Shop,
left this morning for Roosevelt where
he will take some of the excellent
views afforded at this time of the
year.
Einar A. Tonseth, well known young
businessman of Fairbanks, was num
bered among those who arrived in
Seward last night. Mr. Tonseth is on
his way to the states, where he will
spend some time in visiting.
H. McMahon, employed at Mile 52,
was a round tripper to Seward last
night, leaving this morning for his
camp.
The following well-known persons
were noted among those who arrived
from the States on the Northw'estern:
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dubin: Mr. Du
bin, with his brother conducts a chain
of trading posts in the Koyukuk dis
trict. They are returning after hav
ing spent some time in the States. On
the breakup of the Yukon and Koyu
kuk rivers they will proceed on their
journeys to the upper reaches of the
Koyukuk to spend the summer.
H. K. Carlisle: In charge of the
general land office at Fairbanks. Mr.
Carlisle has been to California on a
special trip in the interests of his
department. Will this summer make
an extensive trip through the inte
rior in checking up on timber claims.
Charles Harden: Well-known min
ing and businessman of the Fair
banks district. Mr. Harden spent the
winter in the Moses Lake section of
Eastern Washington, which he asserts
is destined to become one of the gar
den spots of the Pacific coast.
Lars Westenvick: Well-known min
ing man of the Fairbanks district. He
left for the states a few weeks ago as
' guard to Marshal Stevens party and
also on a business trip. Will operate
on an extensive scale this summer.
H. S. DePue: Yukon river naviga
tor who will have control of one of
the former quartermaster transports
now under control of the commission
and operate on the waters of the
Tanana and Yukon river.
G. F. Couitney, Fairbanks farming
man who has been to the states for
the winter. Returned to the interior
this morning.
August Hanot. Mining man of Fair
banks. Left this morning for the in
terior after spending the winter in the
States. Will this year employ about
50 men in operating his claims near
Fairbanks.
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