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Bank of Seward
Notice to Public
Seward, Alaska, Feb. 18, 1924.
COMMENCING on September 1, 1924, the
SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
will distribute electric current through meters
only. The rate for lighting, and all other uses
where the unit demand is one electrical horse
power or less will be fifteen cents per kilowatt
hour payable monthly. Current for motors
and other current consuming devices whose
unit demand exceeds one electrical horse-power
will be supplied at the rate of ten cents per kilo
watt hour, payable monthly, through separate
meters, but the right to regulate the hours for
such use is reserved to the Company.
The minimum charge for lighting, and other
uses where the unit demand is one electrical
horse-power or less, will be fifty cents for each
ampere of meter’s rated capacity per month.
The minimum charge for motors or other cur
rent consuming devices whose unit demand ex
ceeds one electrical horse-power will be at the
rate of three dollars per month for each con
nected horse-power or fraction thereof.
Deposits to the value of meters will be re
quired at the time of installation of the same,
less a ten per cent service charge, will be repaid
to depositor or order upon return of meter in
good condition, provided all sums then due the
company shall have then been paid. Meters will
be installed in the order of the applications
therefore.
S. M. GRAFE, Manager.
H. V. Hoben SEWARD A. F. Davis
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
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NANAIMO COAL IN SACKS OR BULK
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Telephone Orders to Main 81
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NEWS OF THE COLD
BAY OIL DISTRICT
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NOTE—The Gateway publishes the
following delayed communication
from Cold Bay. While It is over a
month late, caused by the wreck of
the mail steamer Starr in December,
there is much news of oil camp in it,
On October 12, a terrific wind and
rain storm joined forces with one of
the highest tides of the year and
swept the heavy seas over the protect
ing reefs and sand spits and into and
over the lower portions ot the pres
ent town of Kanatak. Nearly all the
buildings on the south side of First
avei uo were moved across til a ay.
T:K‘ Puilman and store
v . te the prominent ones lemaining.
.Ml boats including the Li!er; ge Co's
aid Assocated On Cos laig*- scow's
lai (led across First avcrrje Aboul
G’.Irty buildings of virion-? -es and
*e?cr|f tions were move 1 ;rr. n the •
f< v rations at distant -? vai>:..<r iron
a f vc feet to almost a quarter of a
Mil** frr the Ocean Vi < v which land
ing up Kanatak creek. Many of these
structures were cabins, etc., of a tem
porary character, were empty and va
cated at the time and none were ser
iously damaged except two which
were completely demolished.
The important buildings have now
been replaced upon foundations but
many of the owners of the cabins, etc*
are not in Kanatak and these will
position until spring. The scows and
boats are now' back to the creek. The
Literage Company did the moving.
Chas. Madsen, sustained the great
est individual loss. He estimates that
the damage to his stock and the re
pairs to his building will he under
$1,000. With but few exceptions the
cost of replacing the buildings in
their former positions will cover most
of the damages. The total loss should
be under $10,000.
incline tp
that this storm and high tide was
prevalent along the peninsula, and
caused more or less damage along the
coast. Hence this flood does not re
fled upon the available ability of Ka
natak as a townsite. No visible signs
of such high water as drift wood, etc.
exist in this vicinity nor have the
oldest natives ever remembered see
ing the tides at this elevation. True
this may come again tomorrow, per
haps in a decade and most likely nev
er again. There is higher ground a
I vailable for a townsite which will be
used when Kanatak expands but the
local people who suffered the heavy
losses are standing by their present
locations.
Some say that this was an Act of
Providence which could not be avoid
ed but Ruth Kolmaeoff, chief of the
Kanatak natives, says, “White man
drink whiskey, no go church, stay up
all night. Water come, take houses
away. Native go church all time. Wa
ter come, no touch native houses.”
On October boats: C. E. Hopkins,
field manager for the Alaska Oil &
Development Co., arrived in Kanatak.
He left on the Starr with Jack Mas
on, president of the company. This
company holds a group of claims lo
cated near the lower end of Wide
Bay. Mr. Sterling, superintendent for
the Alaska Road Commission, review
ed the road constructed out of Kanat
ak this summer.
On the November boats: Mr. Woo
ten, driller, arrived to replace Walter
Edkins, driller, who left several weeks
ago. C. Kinsar, tooldresser, and A.
I Lindberg, tractor driver, left for the
j States.
The weather was very mild at Kan
atak until about the first of Decem
ber. As a rule the temperatui'es were
above freezing during the day time,
while the ground seldom froze hard
enough to support the weight of a
horse during the night. The snow line
varied but the average remained at
a probable elevation of 600 on the
east slopes and 400 on the west. All
the streams were open, even Summit
Lake at an elevation of 800 feet had
never frozen.
But about the first of December the
change came. The winds came from
out of the north and northwest .bring
ing below zero weather with them,
driving the drifting snow before them
and blowing as only they knew how
on the Alaskan peninsula. The ther.
mometer ran down to 12 below at Ka
natak, while 21 below was reported at
the drill camps. In about ten days
the storm broke and milder temper
atures prevailed. This was the long
est period of uninterrupted, -severe
blizzard weather that the present res
idents has seen here.
During the progress of the storm,
the office building belonging to the
Laterage company was demolished
while one of their scows was torn
loose from Its moorings and driven
out to sea. A cabin which had been
moved from its foundations by the
flood was upended and now rests up
on its roof. A stack of lumber was
blown away from the Lumber compa
ny’s yards.
It was during this stormy weather
that the Starr went on the rocks near
the noith end of Kodiak Island. The
extent of the damage is not known
here but she was repoited to be In
tow to Seattle. Kanatak’s Christmas j
mall and freight was on this trip of;
Starr and the people were very muchj
disappointed when »he met the acci
dent. The steamship company ex
clude Fanatak’s freight almost en
tirely from the November run giving
th'j caigo space to the more favored;
ports to the westwaid so everything
tit,a'. is necessary to male-1 a real j
Ohriumas wras expected on the Dec
ember Starr. There will be no regu
lar holiday dinners this year and
many thing that usually go with the
season will be missiu* Even the or
dinary doily :? enus will be ? nort sev
oral things i util a hr si arrives. Ka
natal- is not starvi < b'V is used
to b>‘i:ig fed much than she
will be until some tin*' in Januarv.
There are about forty head of horses
here and twenty head at Wide Bay.
The steamship company rejected the
feed for these on the November boat
and tliev failed to make the December
run so most of these horses are on
short or no rations and the snow cov-1
ers the ground along the beach. The
loss of the Christmas freight was a
repetition of wrhat occured last year
when the Grizzly loaded with much of
the season’s freight w^as wrecked al-,
most in sight of Kanatak.
“Sparks,” of the Standard, caught
the Starr’s S. O. S. call. He kept in j
touch with them throughout the acci
dent and his interesting letter, after
the storm was over, ended our wratch- i
ful waiting.
On December 2, the Viking, from
Sand Point bound for oKdiak Island
and meeting the northwester was fore,
ed to put in Kanatak on account of
icing down. The crew came ashore j
leaving one man aboard. While a
shore the winds increased in velocity
and the boat broke loose or dragged
anchor and disappeared out to sea.
They seem to think here that the man
had little chances for his life for the
boat would soon ice down as the
worst of the storm followed his dis
appearance. He was not an experi
enced seaman or gas engine operator
according to the reports.
Chas. Gracometti, of Koggiung, ar
rived in Kanatak driving the first dog
team from the Bristol Bay regions
this season. He reported thirty be
low temperatures in that country yet
found many streams and Becliaroff
Lake open. The strong winds kept
these from freezing and he was forced
to make several detours, arriving on
the 20th after a nine-day journey. He
expected to meet the U. S. Commis
sioner and Marshal but they were on
the disabled Starr.
It is reported that the Standard ex
pects to pass the 1000-ft mark on the
Lee No. one by Xmas. It is said that
they have not yet drillind through the
hard cap rock and are still ii^ the
same hard formation of hard gray
sandstone.
Kanatak has had but one mail since
October third and it will be some
in January before the next arrives.
Dated December 21, 1923.
Paul Buckley, of Renton, Wash.,
former deputy marshal at Unalaska,
arrived on the Starr Sunday from his
sulphus properties on Akun island.
He states that Mr. and Mrs. Elwell,
of ' Seward, have comfortable quar
ters and are well satisfied with their
job watching the property.
Suits matte to measure, see Urbach.
DANCE, A. B . HALL, SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 23, BY SEWARD SER
ENADERS. k-25
WANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Barber Shop. tf
Fresh Haas Candies—Alaska Shop.
FOR RENT—Furnished house, si*
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rety. tf
New shipment of Men's overcoats
Urbach. tf
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Brunswick Phonographs and records
at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
FOR SALE
One six-horsepower stationary mo
tor in first-class mechanical condi
tion; price (100 cash or terms on good
security with 8 per cent Apply at
Gateway.
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Headquarters
for
OREGON CITY
WOOLENS
Urbach’s
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WANTED—Active representative to
handle clams and crabs in your dis
trict. References required.
D. J. HALFERTY, Cordova.
Highland Linen Stationary, Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
FOR RENT—Three room house. See
Chas. Cooper. tf.
FOR SALE—At a sacrifice, six
rooms and bath; see Dougherty, tf
r
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
FOR RENT—Furnished apartments.
See Mrs. Paulson. 23tf.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Alaska
Shop. tf.
Remington Portable Typewriter, at
$60 —Schallerer’s. tf
FOR RENT—Clean, furnished cab
in, $10 per month. Mrs. L. V. Ray.
P. G McMullen
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Wheatena—
The nut-brown whole-wheat dish you can’t
resist.
Chinese Jasmine Tea—
New shipment just received. $1.25 per
basket.
Apples—
Several choice winter varieties at $3.75 per .
box.
P. C. M’MULLEN
Telephone Main 34.
DUNN FOUNTAIN PENS
Holds nearly three times more ink than and robber sac pen of
the same size.
Transparent barrel shows ink supply at a glance.
Every pen sold with an iron clad guarantee.
PRICES RANGE $2.50 AND UP.
Try one on approval.
Seward Drug Co.
Headquarters for Dunn “Camel” Pens.
SHELF and HEAVY
HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Fishermen’s Supplies, Gasoline and Distillate
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Powder, Ammunition, Caps, Fuses,
Guns, Paints, Oiie, Furniture Rugs, Linoleum and Congoleum
TOYS AND NOVELTIES
J. L. GRAEF