SWEDEN TO DRAW
VISITORS FROM
DISTANT LANDS
GOTHENBURG, April 22— Mer
chants, prelates and athletes from the
United States and other countries will
this spring and summer journey to
Sweden to attend trade fairs, a reli
gious gathering and sporting contests.
The first of these will be an indus
trial exhibit to be held in Gothenburg
May 4-10. the eighth annual exhibit of
its kind, at which the best products
of Swedish industries, handicraft and
commerce will be shown to visitors
from many countries. The second oc
casion for many nationalities to meet
in Sweden will be the Baltic Trade
Fair which was arranged in Stock
Get This
Point, It’s
Important
—the point of a Parker Duofold
i3 made of genuine n native
Tasmanian Iridium nf which costs
over three times as / / much as the
iridium used in / / ordinary
fountain pen / / points. That’s
why the Parker If Duofold is
called the 25- / j year point.
That’s why it Iff is the cheapest
pen on earth j£ at $7—because its
usefulness is everlasting.
Lady Diuield or DoofoM Jr., $5
Gold Ring or Gold Pocket-clip
included tree.
Pack along a Dc&ofold
on year vacation
Ask To See It At
ORLANDER, the Jeweler
AUTO SERVICE and
STORAGE—
P. M. OGLE
ZSNDY’S EXPRESS
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MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
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May 5
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from Arrives South from
Seward Seward
* April 21 April 28 May 2.
TT ADMIRAL WATSON
May 19Tues., 9 p.m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
,including Seldovia and
•juo ino-i't i 1 WAYNE BLUE, Agent
l<aa I)‘37J.Ee3 . Madison 40
/•aci/icjCoastwise Jervice
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PHONE MADISON 13*. 8EWARD, ALASKA
qoHS a'biolwsiD ot txsH CHAMJJIT ,R
, holm for June. To this all the coun
tries bordering on the Baltic Sea ex
cept Germany, have been invited to
} send exhibits.
For churchmen the outstanding
event of the year will be the Univer
sal Conference on Christian Life and
Work, to be held in Stockholm from
j August 10-30. From the United
j States alone will come about 150 dele
i gates. Every country in Europe, as
j well as India and the Far East, will
be represented.
Visby Cathedral, op the island of
Gotland, will celebrate the 700th anni
versary of its founding in July, and
American athletes will compete in in
ternational games at the Stockholm
stadium this summer.
CHURCH OF MANY
WEDDINGS HOLDS
BIG CELEBR ATION
LONDON, April 22.—London’s fash
ionable church, St. George’s, Hanover
Square, celebrated its bicentenary re
cently with a special series of services.
Often called "St. Cupid’s Church” in
the latter part of the last century, St.
| George’s is still popular for fashion
! able weddings, and second only to St.
j Margaret’s, Westminster.
I Sixty years ago as many as 1,000
weddings occurred each year at Saint
! George’s, but during the last fifty or
| forty years the average has been
! about 300. Included among the lat
| ter was that of Theodore Roosevelt,
who described himself in the register
as a “ranchman” when he walked over
from Brown’s hotel in a bowler hat
to be married to Edith Kermit Carew.
The registers are rich in signatures
of other prominent men, as well as
1 royalties. The signatures of King
: Edward and Queen Alexandra, along
side those of the present king and
queen, are recorded against the wed
ding of a member of the Gosford fam
ily. The signatures of four prime
ministers of England also are there,
inscribed at the wedding of Henry As
quith, now Lord Oxford, to his present
| w’ife. They are Lord Roseberry, Wm.
! Ewart Gladstone, Henry Asquith and
Arthur Balfour, now Lord Balfour.
! Officials of the church assert that if
i
| all the couples who have been married
j at the famous old edifice during the
j past forty years had been present at
the bicentenary services, the congrega
tion would have numbered about 12
i 000.
AUXILIARY TO GIVE
MAY DAY DANCE
The American Legion Auxiliary is
i preparing to give a dance the evening
j of the first of May. Other arrange
ments will be announced later.
I
A “SEAGOING” TRACTOR
* UMOCBWOOO. N. v.
Besides being capable of a speed of 30 miles an hour on level
ground, and having the power to ascend a hill of 45 degree grade,
this new caterpillar tractor of the United States Army travels un
der water as high as the diver's chin. Thus it can cross quite deep
and wide rivers with no difficulty, where an ordinary tractor must
wait for a pontoon bridge to be built in warfare; or travel up or
down stream in search of a bridge in peace.
ORGANIZATION
A. R. C. FOR 1925
IS ANNOUNCED
COLONEL STEESE, PRESIDENT
WILL SERVE FOR 6th YEAR
—PERSONNEL NAMED
(Juneau Empire.)
The organization of the personnel
of the Alaska Road Commission for
the year 1925 was announced today
by Col. James G. Steese, President.
For the current season, Colonel
Steese will serve for his sixth year
as President and will be in respon
sible charge of all activities of the
Commission. Major Oliver will serve
as Chief Engineer and in immediate
charge of field work and major de
sign. Late in the fall he will relieve
Colonel Steese of responsible charge
of all activities in Alaska, while the
latter goes to Washington for more
money. Lieut. Fisher will serve as
Secretary and Disbursing office.-.
In Southeastern Alaska R. J. Shep
ard is Assistant Superintendent of
the Haines system, with Joe MeKin
zie as General Foreman. Pete Trier
schield, Custodiam. Sitka National
Monument, and caretaker Sitka Mili
tary Cemetery, is General Foreman
at SiiKa.
The Eagle Sub-Distric. is handloc.
from the Juneau office Fred Price
will be General Foreman at Eagle,
wha.h includes the Eag e-Seventymile ;
and Eagle-Fortymile systems a;* far |
as Tanana Crossing.
The Bethel Sub-District has been
attached to the Kuskokwim District
with offices at Taeotna. Earle M.
Forrest, Superintendent, Bureau of
Education continues as Inspector of
the Lower Kuskokwim section which
includes all winter trails south of
Iditarod and as far east as Nushagak.
Ike P. Taylor, Assistant Engineer,,
will have field supervision over the j
Alaska Railroad-Richardson Highway j
loop, including the Anchorage, Ne
nana, Fairbanks, Chitina and Valdez
districts, and the Chatanika Sub
District. Albert W. Longaker, Junior
Engineer, -who was loaned to The
Alaska Railroad for six months will
return to Juneau to handle River and
Harbor projects and surveys.
James Truitt, Junior Engineer, will
serve as Office Engineer at Juneau,
having finished the McKinley Park
location and gotten that project well
organized.
Capt. P. A. Agnew is On special
duty in the Valdez district now on
the upper Tonsina bridge, and later
on the Mineral Creek bridge.
Hawley W. Sterling is Superinten
dent of the Anchorage district, with
Anton Eide as Asst. Superintendent
at Seward. This district includes
all projects tributary to the Alaska
Railroad from Mile 348, south, also
Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Illiamna, Ka
natak, and other points on the Alas
ka Peninsula. Mr. Eide is also the
Chairman and Secretary of the Ter
ritorial Road Commission for the
Third Division.
H. G. Haslem is Superintendent of
the Nenana district, which includes
all projects tributary to The Alaska
Railroad from Mile 348, McKinley
J?ark station, to Dunbar, Mile 432,
^p,d also all projects tributarj the
^n^na and Yukon Rivers between
£Ie$ana and Holy Cross.
jr^i. Edmunds is Superintendent
pf t^e „Fairbanks District, which in
^ijf Chatinika District. Mr.
EtLu,r.r $,.jh> also Chairman and Sec
retary of the Territorial Road Com
mission for the Fourth Division. This
district includes the Richardson High
way and its tributaries north of
Rapids, all projects tributary to Fair
banks as the Chatanika branch of
The Alaska Railroad, and all projects
tributary to the Yukon River between
Eagle and Ft. Gibbon. Donald Mac
Donald and Abe McKinnon are As
sistant Superintendents.
Frank Shipp is Superintendent of
the Chitina ddistrict, which includes
the Richardson Highway between
Chitina and Rapids, Mile 233; also
projects tributary to the Copper Riv
er Ra.Iroad above Chitina.
T. H. Huddleston is Superintendent
of the Valdez district with Anton
Anderson, Junior Engineer, in local
charge of the Nizina River Road and
Bridge project. This district in
cludes the Chatanika District. Mr.
tion ot the Richardson Highway and
its tributaries, and also the Gulkana
Chestochina Road.
R03S J. Kinney is Assistant Super
intendent in charge • of the Kusko
kwim District with headquarters at
Tacotna. This district includes all
piojects in the upper Kuskokwim, In
noko, and Iditarod sections, and also
the Bethel Sub-District.
M alter YY. Lukens is Superintend
ent of the Nome district; E. F.
Bauer will be his assistant. This
district includes all projects in the
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
April 18
Vessel—
Yukon
Northwestern
ALASKA
YUKON
Northwestern
ALASKA
April 25
May‘2
May 9
May 16th
May 23
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23rd.
May 30
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23rd
May 30
Steamers in the above schedule- will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125_SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there *is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
McKINLEY PARK ROUTE
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Second Division. The most import
ant job this season will be the com
pletion of the rehabilitation of the
Nome-Sheldon Tram Road. Mr. Lu
kens is also Inspector, U. S. Flngin
eer Department, and will have charge
of the repairs to the Nome jetties
and red»edging of the harbor at the
mouth of Snake River.
GOOD SHOW AT LIBERTY
Those attending the show last eve
ning certainly got their money’s
worth. It was a splendid story,
well acted and wonderfully staged.
A tale of the folks that go down to
the sea for a living—a fishing town
full of real people who fight the sea
to gather the harvest from its
depths. There are many strong parts
in the play that hold you tense with
expectancy and interest. Tht*Te are
many places that bring hearty laugh
ter. It is unusually well balanced
It will be shown again tonight and
we advise anyone who cares for twc
hours of wholesome entertainment,
to go.
If you don't get your paper before
six o’clock please phone us and one
will be sent bv special messenger.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
6 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENA1
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louts Bell, owner