REHER LEAVING
FOR PORTLAND
OFFICE HDQTS.
EFFICIENT ENGINEER, IN CHARGE
B. P. R. WORK FOUR YEARS
HAS BEEN RE-ASSIGNED
$624,00 DISBURSED IN SEWARD
Local Office Closes for the Winter—
Resident Engineer Kiel
Be In Charge.
The local Bureau of Public Roads
office will be closed tomorrow, for
winter, J. B. Reher, associate high
way engineer announces. Mr. Reher
who has been in charge of the depart
ment’s work in this forestry district
since 1921, leaves on the S.S. Alaska
tomorrow night for Juneau where he
will remain for a period of ten days.
He then proceeds to the main head
quarters office at Portland, Ore. C.
H. Kiel, resident engineer, will be left
in charge of the Moose Pass project
which wilL be completed wuthin the
next few weeks.
Mr. Reher states he does not antici
pate returning to this office but ex
pects to be transferred probably to
the Philippine Islands. His next as
signment, however, will be determin
following his arrival at Portland. The
Seward office will be maintained thru
out the summer season as heretofore,
he said, but a new man will be on the
job next spring. The only new road
construction facing the bureau at this
time, as far as Mr. Reher knows of, is
the nine miles of road from Sunrise
to Hope The usual maintenance
wrork wiil be carried forward in this
division next summer.
Under the administration of Mr. Re
her, since his arrival in Seward four
years ago, the following projects have
been completed by him: Section No.
2 and Section No. 3, on the Seward
Kenai road; also the reconstruction
jobs on the highway . Seven miles of
.road was constructed from Girdwood
to Crow creek; twelve and one-half
miles between Hope and Palmer
creek; twenty miles of road from the
Alaska Railroad to Sunrise, and two
miles from Quartz creek to Russian
river. In the Cordova district five
miles of road was constructed on
Lake Eyak.
The entire cost of the projects
handled and constructed under the
care of Mr. Reher runs into the huge
total of $624,000 on a yearly aver
age of more than $200,000. The Bu
reau of Public Roads department
confines all of its work in Alaska
strictly to the forestry regions, found
in the first and second divisions.
•IVE FOX FARMS
START THIS YEAR
TO THE WESTWARD
CANNERY SUPERINTENDENT EN
TERS FOX BUSINESS ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE
Practically all islands available for
fox propagation in Southwestern Alas
ka baVe been taken up but among
the new ranches established the
past year was the Kiupalik island
farm of John Brodekorb; Lars Han
sen on Metrofania island; O. Kraft
and son on Ugak island; Harry Ol
son on Dark island. Captain Louis
Lane has made arrangements to
stock the Aiktalik island, in the Trin
ity group.
C. W. Cummings has purchased a
half interest in the Nelson island fox
farm of Dick Richardson, and it is
the purpose of the partners to ex
tend the improvements and increase
for breeding stock.
Captain Osmond, superintendent of
the Columbia River Packers associa
tion cannery at Chignik, has install
ed a silver fox ranch. It is said
the cost of the ranch pens and
breeders run well over $20,000.
The latest Winchester Bolt Action
30-Government and .270 caliber rifles
for sale by J. L. Graef. tf
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THE FUR FARMER
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The English Class 1 has received
new English books; These texts are
on speaking and writing. A few clas
sics have been studied, and when the
n&n texts are finished a few more
classics will probably be added to the
year’s work.
Ernest Bailey, local high school stu
dent; is leaving on the Alaska Steam
ship Saturday night to accompany his
mother to Seattle. His brother, Wil-*
fred Stump, is now attending Broad
way High School in that city.
Today is Friday the thirteenth and
the Freshmen had an algebra quiz.
Sounds' rather promising doesn’t it?
Let’s hope it wasn’t such an unlucky
day as it sounded anyway.
New history map books have been
given to the high school students who
take history. The history class 1,
has completed quite a number of these
maps. The questions for each map
correspond to a lesson in the text
book. These books will be very use
ful to the students in their studies.
Teacher: “If they speak Spanish in
Spain, wjiat do they speak in Alaska?”
Dumb Dora: “Elastic.”
The Anchorage Publishing Company
is moving into their new quarters this
week, according to recent arrivals in
Seward from the Inlet town It is
said today’s issue of the Anchorage
Times will be the last published in
the old location. The new offices are
in the Shonbech building.
Brunswick phonographs and rec
ords at the Alaska Shop. tf.
Built
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You can ret
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Sash,Doors
& Millwork
direct from the
manufacturer
at money-sar
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E. F. JESSEN,
SEWARD, ALASKA
Sunday ends Boy’s Week, which
falls annually during the week of
November 8 to 15. Boys’ Week was
observed in many town and cities in
the United States.
The special article on fisheries of
Alaska by Henry O’Malley, U. S.
Commissioner of Fisheries, which
will be published in the Prosperity
Edition of the Gateway, December
5, has been received from Washing
ton, D. C,
W. C. Grandjean, one of the best
known of conductors in the service
of the Alaska Railroad, was among
the returning Alaskans today on the
S.S. Alaska. Mr. Grandjean's family
reside in Seattle.
The Seward Bridge Club met at
Mrs. Wayne Blue’s residence this
afternoon at 1::45 o'clcok.
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP! TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited ■
number of 1925 pups will *
be sold this season. If you j
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
■ Kasilof, Alaska
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