NORTHERN NOTES
Adam WilkinBon, who was taken
to the Dawson hospital recently from
his home on Victoria gulch on Eldo
rado by the R. C. M. police, died last
week. For many years Wilkinson
mined in Victoria gulch where he was
well known. He was born in England
but went to Dawson when quite a
young man. He had been ill for the
past year or so.
Thomas Dzugoff, who has been in
the Dawson hospital since the latter
part of the summer died last week.
He was 29 years of age and was a man
of large stature, but tuberculosis brot
about his early death. He was born
in Russia where two brothers and as
man sisters remain to mourn his loss.
Dzugoff came to America in 1915,
while a mere boy.
Luke Carlton, owner and manager
of the Gold Hill Hotel* situated at
<Jrand Forks became seriously ill last
month and died while being taken to
Dawson by Miss K. McRae and Ar
6EWARD LODGE
PETER N.
M. A.
NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Fellows
All visit
members
welcome.
Dictator.
Secretary.
Odd
Hall.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
and. third Wednesdays of each
/\r\month; visiting brethren wel
come, H. V. Hoben, W. M.; Elwyn
Swetmann, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows Hall; F. B.
Moore, President; C. M. Brosius, Sec
retary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
W. M.;
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Dorothy Urbach,
L. Sweek, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Kail at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, !‘T. G.
chie Crlpp. During tlie last six years
Carlton operated the Gold Hill Hotel.
In addition to running^ the hotel he
did a great deal of mining and even
last summer put in a long season on
| his claim. Carlton Went to Dawson
in 1906. He was located in Dawson
for several years and at one time
was connected with the Broadway Ho
tel in South Dawson. As far as can
be learned Carlton was of English
French descent.
Miss Mildred L. Korbo and John E.
Schwartz were married at Dawson re
cently. The bride was raised in Dew
son since her childhood and was in
the employ of the Yukon Gold Com
pany for the last few years. The groom
was one of Dawson’s eligible bache
lors.
. Martin George, an aged resident of
Juneau, where he had served as chief
cadastral engineer, U. S. general land
office for a number of years,, passed
away last week, death resulting from
I asthma from which he had suffered
! for a number of years. He had pla-nned
1 to leave on a trip this week to Califor
nia where he hoped to recuperate his
strength. Mr. George came to Alaska
in 1897 and has made his home in Ju
neau since that time except for a pe
riod of five years which were spent in
Sitka. He was a Mason, a Knight of
Pythias, and a Pioneer.
Patrick Donohoe,v father of Mrs. L.
W. Kilburn, died at Douglas last week
at the ripe age of 90 years. He was
ill but a few days at the time of his
death. Mr. Donohue was a native of
Ireland, and came to America when
but a few years old. For the past 15
years he has resided in Juneau.
The Presbyterian church building
at Juneau which was virtually de
stroyed by fire recently will be torn
down as soon as the matter of insur
ance can be adjusted, and steps will
be taken by the Boards of the Church
toward the erection of a new build
ing.
E. C. Guerin, U. S. cadastral engi
neer succeeding the late Martin
George, it was announced. He "was
instructed by Supervisor Johnson of
the Bureau of Surveys to take over
the office pending the selection of
someone to take charge permanently.
Mr, Guerin is senior engineer in the
Alaska branch of the U. S. Survey Bu
reau and has made his headquarters
in Juneau for a number of years. He
took over the duties of cadastral en
gineer the first of the week.
A theft of hams from the fire debris
of the Davis-Phillips Company store
proved disastrous to William Jackson
of Cordova recently. He was taken
in custody and pleaded guilty, receiv
ing a sentence of six months in jail.
Jackson had been out of jail only a
few weeks having served a term on a
liquor charge. He also appeared be
fore the court and was fined for vio
lation of the fishing laws.
Fred Nichols, proprietor of the Gul
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Rome”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
8EWARD’S HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLOTIMER8
MEET
VAN GILDER HOTEL
hot AND cold water in every room
STEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
HOTEL SEWARD
OSCAR DAHL, Proprietor
HOMEY, COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Depot mid Dock
kana road hotise dropped dead on
Christmas eve, according to word re
ceived at Cordova recently. His body
was taken to Chitina where his four
children are attending school. Mr.
Nichols, who was a widower, was an
old timer, having lived in Alaska for
probably 20 years. At one time he
owned the road house at Paxson, but
it was destroyed by fire. At the time
of his death he was making arrange
ments to go to the States on a visit.
Alaska posts of the American Legion
will have contributed about $3000 to
the endowment fund when the cam
paign in the territory is completed,
according to information received by
Legionnaires. Cordova raised $250,
Anchorage $800, Fairbanks $650, and
Ketchikan, Juneau and Seward made
a fair showing.
Regular shipments of reindeer meat
are being made to Anchorage and
Seward from the Cantwell herds.
Application has been made to the
Chugach national forest for construc
tion of a trail from the Eyak river
bridge to the Pioneer Sea Food can
nery on Eyak river. A reconnaissance
will be made shortly to determine if
this is feasible and if the report is
favorable the route will probably be
built next spring.
Cassius M. Frazier, former Cordova
attorney and father of Mrs. F. H. Fos
ter of the Copper City, died last week
at his home in Glendale, California.
He had been ill with rheumatism for
some years and also had grieved much
over the death of his wife on Septem
ber 12. Mr. Frazier came to Alaska
in the early days and after practicing
law for some time in Fairbanks re
moved to Cordova. He went to Cali
fornia in the spring'of 1917 and again
engaged in law'. He was 74 years of
age when death overtook him. At one
time Mr. Frazier was attorney general
for the state of Arizona. He was also
prominent in Masonic w'ork. Mrs. Fos
ter and three other daughter survive
him.
The Manhattan hotel at Cordova was
sold last week by Mr. and Mrs. Em
manuel Steel to Mr. and Mrs. George
Smith. Mr. Smith operates the pile
driver for the Copper River and
Northwestern railroad.
On bench warrants issued by Judge
T. M. Reed Tom Jones and Mildred
Stanton were arrested by Federal of
ficers at Juneau recently. Jones was
indicteed on one bill naming him for
alleged violation of the Mann white
salve act and he and Mrs. Stanton
were jointly charged with cohabiting
and adultery.
Because he made a careless display
of a 45-gun while under the influence
of liquor, Ed Corey is a prisoner in
the Federal jail at Anchorage with a
six months jail sentence hanging over
him. The charge preferred was in
toxication but his indiscreet handling
of the gun had much to do with the
severity of the sentence. The defen
dant admitted his guilt.
Thursday evening of last week the
firm of Brown & Hawkins retired
from the Anchorage field and will re
move the remainder of the stock to
their Seward store where they will
do a general department store* busi
ness.
Coal bunkers having a capacity of
250 tons have just been completed in
the railroad yards at Anchorage. It
has cheapened the price of coal $1
per ton. Further improvements are
being planned by the railroad, and it
is highly probable the bunkers will
be moved to Seward when completed.
Wm. Goodpaster, trainman on the
Alaska railroad, wrho has been at Soap
Lake for medical treatment has re
covered from his complaint and is now
enjoying life in Portland. He will re
turn to Alaska in the spring.
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Anchorage lodge No. A-8 I. O. O. F.
and Rebekah lodge No. A-7, held a
joint installation at Anchorage re
cently. After installation a luncheon
was enjoyed after which dancing was
indulged in to a late hour.
Alex Egner and Teddy Conrad were
bound over to the grand jury at An
chorage last week on a charge of
grand larceny.
“Baldy” Cairns, an old timer of the
Fairbanks district, died last week at
St. Joseph’s hospital, death being due
to hemorrhages. Several weeks ago
Mr. Cairns fell against a stove and
severely burned his face. The funeral
was held under the auspices of the
Pioneers.
Tanana Lodge No. 162, F. & A. M.
held its annual installation last week
in the Masonic Temple at Fairbanks.
Those installed for the coming year
were R. F. Roth, W. M.; T. W. Wright,
S. W; F. L. Baker;, J. W.; Guy B. Er
win, treasurer; Robert Lavery, sec
retary; W. C. Fox, chaplain; F. B. Mc
Donald, marshal; C. E. Taylor, S. D.;
A. H. Nordale, J. D.; R. E. Sheldon, S.
S.; T. J. McCloskey, J. S.; P. S. Peter
son, tiler.
Douglas George Preston and Beat
rice Georgiana Belling were married
last week at Fairbanks, Mrs. Theo
dore Rodigkeit, mother of Mrs. Pres
ton, and Mrs. Robert R. Marquis be
ing the only witnesses present. Mrs.
Preston is a Fairbanks girl having liv
ed there most of her life. Mr. Pres
ton came to Fairbanks from Scotland
a little over three years ago.
The Anchorage basketball team will
go to Fairbanks January 29 to play
a series of games with the college
team.
J. B. Gottstein of Anchorage re
ceived word from his wife, who is vis
iting her parents in Des Moines, Iowa,
that he was the daddy of a fine boy.
The baby was born last week. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Gottstein were born in
Illinois, but did not become acquaint
ed until they met in Anchorage a few
years ago.
Kroto Cheatin, a native of the Kroto
Indian village on the Susitna river,
was taken to Anchorage recently by
Game Warden Hardy charged with il
legal possession of beaver skins. The
defendant plead guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to three months
in the Federal jail.
Lew A. Powless, chief of police of
Anchorage, has disposed of a half in
terest in the Anchorage Lode group
of mining claims which he located
in the Valdez creek district io Dr. J.
B. Beeson and C. A. Mathison. Mr.
Powless will leave Anchorage the lat
ter part of March to spend the spring
and summer developing and opening
up the property.
Manicure sets, $3.30 to $15—Alas
ka Shop. tf.
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FOSTER 75 WELL
BREAKS IN AT
LONG BEACH, CA.
NEW PRODUCER LOCATED AT
3500 LOCUST BLOCK IN THE
NORTHWEST EXTENSION
CREW STRUGGLES, WITH FLOW
Police and Fire Forces On Guard
Against Flames or Sightseers
Injury.
In a recent issue of the Press Tel
egram, published in Long Beach, Cal.,
an account of a Foster oil gusher
“breaking in” was reported. Believ
ing the account may .be of interest
to the readers of the Gateway the
article'4s re-published.
The (article follows:
PUSHER days returned to the Sig
^ nal Hill field this morning with
all the old oil-soaked setting (when
Kolbush & Johnston No. 1 well in
the 3500 block on Locust Avenue
developed into a wild hole, shoot
ing 2500 barrels a day (to the top of
the crown block under tremendous
gas pressure and spraying a resi
dential neighborhood, which until a
few weeks ago was one of the most
fashionable sections of the city.
While the crew was bailing the
well it got out from control at 4
o’clock this morning, dtoaring to
the top of the derrick, a six-inch
stream of oil revealed heretofore
unsuspected production possibilities
otf the northwest extension of the
field. The new producer is Itwo miles
northwest of any wild well ever de
veloped in the field.
Today the well was to have been
turned to Van Foster, well known op
erator. It was to have been called
Foster 75 and will be so designated.
The icrew in the employ of ithe Kol
bush & Johnston Company was caught
unawares as the stream of oil follow
ed the bailer from the 4290-foot lev
el, where the well had been cement
d.
Th Foster interests at noon were
planning (to cap the well.
Heavy control heads were not in
position because the most optimistic
operator in the field extension would
not predict a gusher such as result
ed.
The geyser of oil shot ifco the top
of the derrick and turned Locust
Avenue into an oil sump for half
a block. The F. J. Leeds home at
3535 Locust Avenue was covered
with oil and lawns and shrubs were
damaged heavily. The C. W. Mill
hisker home at 3545 Locust Avenue
was damaged to a lesser extent.
Located less ithan a Iblock from
American Avenue, the well drew big
crowds and caused, congestion in
traffic. Squads of police and fire
prevention officials were rushed to
the scene to handle crowds and traf
fic and to prevent fire if possible.
Realization ithat a shift in the
wind to the north and northwest
would cause heavy damage to a
large number of mansions located
in the Los Cerritos territory spur
red oil men in ithe work of prepar
ing to cap /the well.
Officials of' the Foster Company
expect to turn the 'flow into tanks
before night unless they meet un
usual difficulty in capping the well.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hotel Seward—Gust Bystad, Gust
Graffson, M. Hj JVillis, J. Anderson,
Frank DeLong.
Hotel Sexton—A. C. Dowling, P. L.
Neil, Seattle; Dan Ross, Unalaska.
Hotel Van Gilder—Bartley Howard,
Wm. Butler, Sergt. Stahl.
Hotel Overland—Jess L. Pitts, H.
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Ew Lindberg,
George R. Moore.
J. JONTE DEAD
OAKLAND HOME
Word was received on the last boat
that J. Jonte, former barber in Sew
ard who removed to Oakland in 1921,
had passed away at his home in the
Bay City. Mr. Jonte was engaged in
the bartering business in Seward up
to the time of his departure and was
well known here.
Miss Edith McIntosh, who has been
visiting relatives in Idaho and Tacoma,
will sail for Seward on next Satur
day’s boat.
PETITION FOR RE-HEARING
CHICAGO, Attorneys for Governor
Small filed a petition for rehearing
in the case involving the governor’s
liability <for funds collected while he
was state treasurer.
WILL FOUND ACADEMY
ROME, Jan. 9. (JP)—Under orders
of Mussolini, the cabinet decreed the
founding of a Royal Academy of
Italy patterned after the French Hall
of Immortals with a membership of
sixty chosen from 'the cultural and
intellectual leaders of Italy.
RUMANIAN GOVT RESIGNS
BERLIN, Jan 9. (/P)—The Rouma
nian government, headed by Premier
Bratiano has resigned, according *o
central news dispatch from Buchar
est. Dispatches from Lodon indicate
that ex-crown prince Carol planned
to (bring about a coup de tat similar
to what 'carried Mussolini into pow
er in Italy.
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop. tf.
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
WHEN YOU THING ABOUT IN
STALLING YOUR HEATING
PLANT CALL ME UP AND LET
ME GIVE YOU THE CHEAP
EST AND BEST WAY TO IN-(
STALL IT.
R. F. TILLMAN.
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