Notes of the items clipped from our
EXCHANGES FOR READERS
- OF THE SATURDAY GATEWAY
W. A. Gilmore, former leader of the
Nome bar. is in business in Seattle.
Sam Pepper, widely known Candle
Creek operator, is living in Seattle.
W. T. Code, who ran the first mo
lion picture house in Nome, has a
similar business in Seattle.
George B. Grigsby, former delegate
to congress from Alaska, is located in
New York.
Will Crary, for many years propri
etor of the Valdez Prospector, is in
the printing business at Medford, Or.
Frank Link, an Atlin-Fairbanks pio
neer, now runs a tonsorial parlor in
the Seattle hotel building.
Mrs. John L’Hote. a pioneer of the
Ketchikan district died last week. She
came to Alaska 25 \eais ago.
The Ketchikan Daily News has been
taken over by Charles R. Berry and
E. G. McKean.
The Cordova Daily Times has in
stalled a Kelly automatic press and
a stereotyping outfit.
Ketchikan spent $30,000 in street
work during 1922. and still has a bal
ance of S24.S47.22 in the treasury. :
A jury at Ketchikan recently tound
Chas. H. Miller not guilty of a charge |
cf slander in which complaint was ;
filed by J. E. Smith.
J. W. Blalock, who was in Nome in
the days of the big stampede, is now ;
proprietor of the Hotel Regent, New
York.
L. M. Davis, former Alaska painter,
is conducting a studio teaturing Alas
ka pictures at 103 Fifteenth street,, i
New York.
J. H. Sears, who organized the Har
riman bank at Seward several years
ago, is in the importing business in
New York.
\V. G. Machardy, who was formerly
interesting in mining around Valdez,
is in the gas fixture business at Wor
cester, Mass.
The Swedish consulate at San
Francisco is inquiring for Carl Wil
liam Johansson Paavo, who has an
jnheritane due him.
The bridge crossing the Cnatanika
river near the mouth ot Kokomo
creek has been completed. It is one
of the most important on the Circle
road.
D. F. Tozier, mining and civil engi
neer who helped construct the Alaska
railroad at Seward is now engaged in
a big coal proposition at Bellingham,
Wash.
Barney Watson, oiaume
agent in Alaska, and for many years a
resident of Nome, and later agent at
Anchorage is now in the steamboat
business at Portland.
C. E. Ruthenberg, former Nomite,
was recently arrested ior radicalism,
when department of justice agents
gathered in a number of members of
the Workers’ Union of America.
John Fox, caterpillar driver for the
road commission near Fairbanks, will
take a position to drive a caterpillar
for the Standard Oil company at Cold
Bay.
Frederick Bower, champion cross
country snowshoer of the Yukon died
at Dawson April 17, at the age of 47
years. Bower was formerly a long
distance walker in England.
Jack Berk and S. Swanson, mem
bers of the Alaska Packers Consoli
dated crew were severly poisoned by
ptomaine recently at Ketchikan. Six
other members of the crew were af
fected.
Portland will be one of the stops
which the steamship Buford, plying
from San Francisco to Nome and Si
beria will make. This is the first di
rect communication Portland and
Alaska has had for several years.
J. R. Hayden, for many years John
Beatson’s right hand man when that
pioneer operator owned the Bonanza
mine, on Latouche island, and Mrs.
Hayden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.
M. Graft of Seward, are living in Se
attle where Mr. Hayden is in the coal
business. ■ J f
W. D. Gross, in the motion picture
business in Juneau, owner of the
Coliseum theatre in that town, is in
Seattle consulting with architects
about the construction of two new,
uptodate motion picture houses— one
in Juneau and one in Ketchikan. Mr.
Gross plans to turn his present Ju
neau motion picture house into a big
dance hall and amusement resort, re
placing it with a modern theatre
building.
Ian McIntosh, oK%time Alaska and
former resident of Seward, was mar
ried last month to Miss C. S. McIn
tyre of Roxbury, Mass.
The eight moose calves sent to the
Yellowstone Park by Supt. Jones of
the Alaska Packers’ at Kenai, have
arrived at their destination in fine
shape.
Tex Rickard, prize fight promoter
was formerly a member of the city
council at Nome, and ran a big gambl
ing place there. He and his wife live
at the Madison Sauare Hotel.
James C. Gaffney, a Nome pioneer
business man and prominent in Arc
tic Brotherhood circles, and Roy Fair
banks, formerly of Fairbanks and An
chorage, are associated in a novelty
leather goods business in New York.
Dr. H. W. Coe, president and treas
urer of the Morningside sanitarium,
where insane patients from Alaska are
kept, has recently returned from a
trip to South America where he has
been for several months.
i lie Ancnorage 1 lines eui i espun
den< is authority for the statement
t sea lions on Amchitka island
are numerous, and ‘‘they are bred
mostly in silver, blue and crosses."
Foxy sea lions.
A monster eagle measuring six feet
from tip to tip was recently killed at
Dawson by Alex Fisher. The bird
has been mounted with wings out
spread and will be presented to the
Eagle lodge.
The steamship Delrosa recently
purchased by the Alaska Steamship
Co. from the Shipping Board is on
her way to Akutan with supplies for
the whaling station. Capt. Jeremiah
Flynn, formerly master of the freight
ers Redondo and Skagway, is com
mander.
Dan Kennedy, the well known pack
er and guide, has secured from th<
interior department a five-year conces
sion to operate pack trains in the Me
Kinley National park. Temporary
camps for the tourists will be estab
lished at various points throughou
the park.
Unless steps are taken to present
*.he moose ot the Kenai peninsula b;
feeding and a cessation of indiscrimi
nate killing of cows, the moose wii
soon pass into history, is the opinici
of Walter G. Culver, of the U. S. bio
logical suryey who has recently re
turned with A1 Hardy from a trip t<
the region for the purpose of observ
ing winter conditions.
James W. Keane and William Chris
tensen, sailors on the Jefferson, wen
severly injured at Juneau last weel
when they lost their hold of the hool
and fell a distance of twenty feet int<
the hold. Keane suffered a brokei
hip and shoulder and Christensen wa:
badly bruised about the head. Botl
men had been in the hold loading
halibut and attempted to ride th<
hook out to the dock.
The work of laying the new cabh
from Seattle to Sitka will start ii
May and continue through June an<
July, 1924, according to informatioi
received by the Alaska Department o
the Chamber of Commerce from th<
office of the chief signal officer, Wa
Department, Washington, D. C., con
gress appropriated $1,500,000 for thi:
purpose of which one-half is imme
diately available.
The Right Rev. Peter T. R'owc
Episcopal bishop of Alaska, who i
| making his annual tour of inspectioi
! of Episcopal churches and mission
1 in the north is quoted as saying tha
1 it his belief that another gold strik
rivaling that of the Klondike is immi
I nent in the Chandlar region. Thi
district is about 200 miles north o
the Yukon.
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William Williamson, a former ter
ritorial employe under Capt. Walkei
township survey man at Juneau, i
now operating a silver fox farm o
Kasilof river near Kenai, and ha
made a wonderful success of the bus
iness. In 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Willian
son started the ranch with five pair
of foxes, and at the present tim
have 53 splendid foxes. They cull th
foxes carefuly and last year raise
34 pups.
Amlia Island, one of the islands c
the Aleutian chain is now now deser
ed, but natives claim that 60 year
ago a thriving village was locate
there. An earthquake at that tim
created a large crevice clear acros
the island into which the sea pourec
so frightening the natives that the
removed to Atka. One of the oldes
ladies on Atka island is said to be 9
years of age, called "Grandma” Azo
chitnee.
The U. S. Coast Guard cutters Al
gonquin and Haida have sailed for
their annual patrol of Alaskan waters.
Eight thousand tons of silver ore
await shipment from the Keno Hill
mines near Dawson including the win
ter haul.
Everything points ito a larger travel
to Alaska this year than ever before.
Thus far 1100 passengers have sailed
in April with heavy bookings for la
ter ships.
Jos. Schulte has leased the Crooker
Hotel at Katalla and is getting the
place in readiness for an anticipated
oil rush.
The Kaitalla school election resulted
in Lizzie Hosick being elected clerk,
Grace Hensen and Julia Olsen on the
board of trustees.
One hundred and eighty Detroit
boys will enjoy a tour of the Yukon
district this year under the supervi
sion of George E. Buchanan, a weal
thy member of the Chamber of Com
merce of that city.
Working overtime an illicit still of
unknown ownership located in a one
story building near the Seattle hotel
in Anchorage, exploded and set fire to
the building which was consumed
* with its contents.
i Miss Ida Peterson, daughter of Mr.,
j and Mrs. Marcus Peterson 01 Katalla.
and Richard Jansen, a contractor loi
the Alaska Anthracite and Raiiroau
Company M ere united in marriage last !
week at Katalla, the first wedding o; j
the year.
Officers elected at a recent meeting
ol the Northwest Chamber of Com
merce at Nome were: Ralph Lomen,
president; R. D. Julien, vice-presi
dent; A. Polet, secretary; O. S. Wea
ver, treasurer; and George Schofield,
national councillor.
On the Kuskokwim river about 250
miles from its mouth is probably the
biggest deposit of cinnabar ever
found in the western hemisphere. The
deposit or mineralized zone is 300 feet
in width and has been picked up on
' both sides of the river.
Wild rabbits in Western Washing
! ton are being trapped and protected
j to be transplanted to the islands ot
the Alaska coast where they will fur
nish live food for the foxes on those
’ | islands. More than fifty new fox
■ farms have been established on the
islands during the past year.
Dr. E. M .Spaulding has been re
elected president of the Anchorage
' Chamber of Commerce with Alex A.
‘ McDonald, agent for the Alaska S. S.
1 Co., vice-president; and E. F. Jessou,
of the Anchorage Times, secretary
' treasurer. The Anchorage Chamber
} of Commerce announces plans for ac
tively working for the development of
Amhoraee.
A total of 12,000 tickets were print
ed and turned over to the commiitees
‘ in the Nenana pool, and the pot prom
: ises to be larger than that of last
» year. Two big combinations have
1 been formed, each member of the
5 group putting in $25. There is also
1 a combination of ladies styling them
> selves the Sweet Sixteen combination
* who have put in $5 each. The pool
closed the twentieth and the holders
of tickets are anxiously awaiting for
the breakup.
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Last year Alaska shipped products
valued at $59,887,550 and imported
commodities worth $26,847,417. In
1922 her total commerce imports and
exports was $20,780,401 more than in
1921. Her products since 1867 when
until the close of 1922 are figured at
a record began to be kept of them,
$1,114,977,111. Her fish yield last year
was $35,7.20,793 and from 1867 to the
end of 1922 amounted to $517,196,630.
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Charles Gunnock, first mayor of
Kake, and one of the most famous In
dian silversmiths in Alaska, died at
his home in Kake on March 23. He
was reputed to be over 80 years of
age. He was one of the first natives
converted to Christian life by Dr. S.
Hall Young, when he first come to
Wrangell as a missionary. During a
war between the Kake and Wrangell
natives many years ago, Gunnok who
was a bystander without an active
part in the affray was struck in the
knee by a stray bullet and was lame
the balance of his life. He was chief
of the Whalekiller clan.
As the result of municipal elections
held recently in Alaska the following
have been chosen to head their re
spective communities for the coming
year: Juneau, mayor, I. Goldstein;
Douglas, mayor, F. A. J. Gallwas;
Skagway, mayor, Howard Ashley;
Ketchikan, Thomas Torrey; Wran
gell, mayor, John G. Grant; Peters
burg, mayor, S. Elsinore; Cordiva,
mayor, Dr. W. W. Council; Valdez,
mayor, A. J. Dimond; Seward, mayor,
L. V. Ray; Anchorage, mayor, M. J.
Conroy; Nome, mayor, George S.
Maynard; Fairbanks Tom A. Mar
quam.
Mrs. Ada Elam died at Wiseman re
cently after a three months’ illness.
Skagway has 27 baseball players
listed for this Spring’s turnout. They
are enough to make a Skagway lea
gue.
Mrs. Helen Lynch, field representa
tive of the Pathfinder of Alaska, will
spend the summer in Fairbanks and
vicinity.
E. H. Mack has been elected secre
taryr of the reorganized Fairbanks
Commercial club at a salary ot $50
per month.
The steamship Victoria will sail for
Nome, Golovi nand St. Michael June
9th, on the first trip of the 1923 sea
son.
The first and only freighter for the
Kotzebue and Teller district will sail
from Seattle between July 20 and
August 1.
The prospect for a fairly large gold
output in the Koyukuk district during
the summer season is said to be very
good.
Miss Ella Lee Woods, formerly a
resident of Wrangell, died recently at
McMinnville, Ore., after a short ill
ness.
The Stanieh brothers on Porcupine
in the Koyukuk have reached bedrock
with their drain and should have t.
crosscut in by the first of May.
Ben Hammond, a well known old
time Kiondiker died some time ago at
Chehalis, Wash. Mr. Hammond spenr
many years in the Klondike.
A body of excellent gravel has been
discovered near the Noyes mill near
Nenana, and a gravel camp will be es
tablished there, a dragline scraper be
ing taken in from Seward to operate
the pit.
A petition has been circulated by
residents to have the name of Wise
man postoffice, now called “Nolan” by
the government, changed to Wiseman
in order to avoid confusion. The peti
tion has been forwarded to Delegate
Sutherland.
Declaring that an emergency exists
in the fisheries Southeastern Alas
ka, a grand jury at Ketchikan in a
formal report to Judge Reed urged the
immediate creation of a fisheries re
serve covering all of the territorial
waters of southeastern Alaska.
A well attended meeting with four
initiations and two transfers was held
by Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneers last
week. The following were made
members by initiation: Theodore Gor
ing, John Johnson. Jack L’Hereux.
and Jud Williamson. Dave Black of
Anchorage and J. E. Stone of Valdez
were admitted by transfer.
nearing completion of the power plant
for the Hammon Consolidated Gold
Fields at the oil works on Dry Creek
hill. Engine No. 1 was started up on
March 15 and ran like a top. No. 1
is the first of three units to be used
in generating power for the mammoth
dredges on Little Creek, near Nome.
Patrick. Hamilton, an old timer of
the Ketchikan district, died recently
at an advanced age. Deceased was
born in Ireland in 1857, making him
66 years of age at the time of his
death. He came to Alaska 30 years
ago. Hamilton had plied the waters of
Bering sea and the North Pacific for
many year*.
Harry H. Crowley, agent of the
Alaska Fishermen’s Union at Seattle,
in regard to regulations governing
Bristol Bay fishing makes objection to
the limitation of gill nets to 200 fath
oms to the boat. He states that 300
fathoms hung measure, would be a
fair length of gill net, for the reason
that fishermen have to go out from
Clark s Point 15 to 20 miles to get any
salmon.”
Three days by motor boat is re
quired to make the trip from Atka to
Amchitka, the sea island reservation
in the Aleutian chain of islands, say
residents recently returning from the
far west. At the present time very
few sea otters are on the reservation
but sea lions and hair seals are abun
dant. Amchitka island is a large isl
and with no vegetation save grass.
The total value of shipments from
Alaska for March amounted to $1,
056,493 a slight decrease as compared
with shipments from the territory
for the same month last year, accord
ing to the monthly report just receiv
ed from the office of the U. S. collec
tor of Customs at Juneau. This fall
ing off is due to the decrease in ship
ments of canned salmon for the past
month compared with March, 1922,
when the canned salmon exported
amounted to $421,852. Less than
$2200 worth worth of canned salmon
left the territory last month. In
point of value copper headed the list
of commodities shipped from Alaska
during March with 5,450 tons valued
at $780,336. Halibut shipments val
ued at $110,546 rank second in the
list.
Mrs. W. A. Coghill of Nenana left
recently en route to England where
she will pay an extended visit. Mr.
Coghill will join her later in the year.
Nick Kerber, a well known old timer
of the Fairbanks district left recently
for the Pioneers Home at Sitka. He is
66 years old and a member of Fgloo
No. 4, Pioneers of Alaska.
Authorities at Fairbanks are trying
to find homes for itwo native children,
one a boy of six years and the other,
a girl of 12 years.
The Alaskan Engineering commis.
sion, after thoroughly canvassing the
towns along the railroad has found it
necessary to wire to Seattle for la
borers. Seven or eight gangs of men
will be placed at work on the narrow
gauge line between Nenana and Fair
banks standardizing the track.
Jimmy Nail, whose leg was severely
injured at Nenana recently, and who
has been in the Anchorage hospital,
will leave soon for the states. It is
said his injury is permament.
The Meanest Man in Fairbanks is
loose again. He is the man who stole
the motor out of the automatic piano
the Sisters of St. Joseph’s hospital
loaned to a recent entertainment. It
is stated that a sharp lookout is being
kept for the offender and a miners’!
meeting will be held if he is caught.
The Copper River Canning company
has been incorporated at Seattle with
E. B. Hanley, head of the Copper Riv
er Packing Company as president; E.
S. Hayes of the Star Canning o'impany
as vice-president, and W. R. Gilbert
secretary. Mr. Hayes will continue to
operate the Star Packing company.
The cannery at Pybus Bay, Alaska,
built several years ago by the Pybus
Bay Packing Company and last oper
ated in 1921 by the Admiralty Pack
ing company was recently purchased
at private sale by the Alaska Pacific
Fisheries which has other canneries
at Tee Harbor, Yes Bay and Chorniy.
The plant is a two-line outfit.
Work has started once more on the
large dam at Canyon creek by A. An
derson, engineer for the Canyon Creek
Development company. When com
pleted the dam, which will be nearly
200 feet high, will represent an out
| lay of nearly a million dollars, and
will open up a vastly rich district in
I and around the canyon. The dam will
| be 500 feet long, and one hundred feet
1 thick at the base. It is one of the
: largest hydraulicking propositions in
! the Northland. About thirty men have
been employed since last year.
Twenty-five tons of coal from the
R. F. Roth property have been hauled
to the end of the coal spur at Sun
trana for shipment to Fairbanks for a
test. The property is situated about
five miles from Suntrana.
For Live
INVESTMENTS
SEE
Don Carlos & Don Carlos
SEXTON ANNEX
OIL LOCATIONS, FOX ISLANDS
AND MINING
SEWARD CLUB
CHRI8T LARSEN
Card Tables, Candles,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
INSURANCE
LIFE ACCIDENT HEALTH
H. E. WILSON
SEWARD, ALASKA
Trains leave and arrive at Sewart
as follows:
LEAVE SEWARD
8:00 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays fo
Anchorage, Matanuska, Talkeetna
Healy, Nenana, and Fairbanks.
ARRIVE SEWARD
6:10 P. M. Wednesdays and Saturdays
CONNECTIONS AT ANCHORAGE
FOR CHICKALOON BRANCH
8:30 A. M. Sundays for Chlckaloon.
8:30 A. M Tuesdays and Fridays for
Sutton only.
Breakfast Luncheon
and Dinner
Served on all trains
J. CASEY NcDANNEL Coatr.
GATEWAY CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE—Singer Sewing Machine
for shoe repair work; good condi
tion. Inquire at Seward Leather
Works. kju6
FOR SALE—Model A Intertype, mo
tor, mould, liners, one set of mats,
machine in good condition; now in
use, for sale cheap for cash; or
$500 cash, balance on monthly pay
ments. kl20
FOR SALE—Three horse power mo
tor, 60 cycle, 110 volt; in excellent
condition; sell cheap for cash. kl20
FOR SALE—Miscellaneous lot of old
stands, cases, proof press, stereo
typing outfit, stones, chases, old col
mun rule in fair shape; Gateway.
FOR SALE—Live chickens, in any
quantity; see Chas. Cooper. 110-tf
FOR SALE—Oil stove, two burner; a
three-quarter bed, springs and mat
tress, writing desk, chairs, all in
good condition; must be sold by
next Monday. Mrs. Ira Bailey. 109-3
FOR SALE—Printing plant sufficient
ly lqrge to issue four pages five col
umn; includes cylinder press; type,
stones, proof press, chases, column
rules, etc., two cases of display
type; cheap for cash. Gateway, tf
FOR SALE—Caie outfit. 2-oven range
cash register, swing back stools,
just the thing for Cold Bay. J. Casey
McDannel, Sexton Hotel. lm,^
FOR SALE—Rotospeed, brand new,
Used about one week, will sell for
$35.00 Perfect Condition. Lipke,
Radio Station, Seldovia, Aalska.
WANTED—Clean rags at the Gateway
Office. tf.
FOR RENT—3-room house; see Chas.
Cooper. 110-tf
EVERYBODY can buy groceries, feed
and supplies Wholesale. Write for
free price list. People’s Grocery, 701
Olive Street, Seattle. ti
BIO CHANCE to make a stake; fox
island, close in, 100 blue foxes;
three boats; good improvements;
Price $25,000. See Don Carlos and
Don Carlos, Sexton Annex. tf
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HATCHING EGGS
RHODE ISLANDS REDS
We have an exceptional
flock of Reds; bred to
the Alaska climate, and
with a flock record of
over 200 eggs per hen.
Eggs 20c Each
ROYAL ANCONAS
The Leaders in Economical pro
duction of Eggs; laying more
Eggs on the same amount of
Feed than any other known
Breed. This flock direct from
The Sheppard Plant in Ohio.
Eggs 15c Each
Kodiak Poultry Farm
KODIAK, ALASKA
Sale
ARMY SHOES
Sale
WE HAVE just bought a tremend
ous stock of ARMY MUNSON LAST
shoes to be sold to the public direct.
Price $2.75. These shoes are 100 per
cent solid leather with heavy double
soles sewed and nailed. The uppers
are of heavy tan chrome leather with
bellows tongue, thereby making them
waterproof. These shoes are selling
very fast and we advise you to order
at once to insure your order being fill
ed.
The sizes are 6 to 11 all widths;
Pay Postman on receipt of goods or
send money order. Money refunded if
shoes are not satisfactory.
THE U. S. STORES CO.,
1441 Broadway, New York City
WE HAVE PURCHASED 122,000 pair
U. S. ARMY MUNSON last shoes, siz
es 5 1-2 to 12, which was the entire
surplus stock of one of the largest
U. S. Government shoe contractors.
THIS SHOE is guaranteed one hun
dred per cent solid leather, color, dark
tan, bellows tongue, dirt and water
proof. The actual value of this shoe is
$6.00. Owing to this tremenduous buy
we can offer same to the public for
$2.95.
8END CORRECT SIZE. Pay post
man on delivery or send money order.
If shoes are not as represented we will
cheerfully refund your money prompt,
ly upon request.
NATIONAL BAY STATE SHOE CO.
296 Broadway, New York, N. Y.