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Seward Happenings
LOCAL AND SOCIAL ITEMS OF THE WEEK
From Monday’s Daily
ATTORNEY E. F. MEDLEY HOME
Attorney E. F. Medley, of Cordova,
who has been in Seward the past few
days on business matters, returned to
his home in the Copper City on last
night’s boat. Mr. Medley spoke very
convincingly of the future of Seward,
and believes that we are destined to
become a large port in the near fu
ture. He is also a staunch advocate
of a Territory chamber of commerce,
believing that it would advance the
interests of all communities by hav
ing such an organization. He stated
that Cordovans were willing to call
the first convention at Seward and
that the Cordova Chamber would send
a delegate.
H. T. Fowler, owner of the Pacific
Grocery Company of Everett, passed
through Seward last night on his way
to his home in Everett. Mr. Fowler
informed a Gateway representative
that he had disposed of his real estate
holdings in Anchorage including the
Bank of Anchorage building, the
Smith building and the Pacific Steam
ship Company building, for $2S,000
to J. B. Gottstein, an Anchorage mer_
chant.
E. A. Russmusson, the well known
Alaskan banker, wras a passenger on
last night’s boat for Juneau, after
spending a week or so at Anchorage,
overseeing his business interests. Mr.
Rasmusson is an enthusiastic booster
for the Interior metropolis and be
lieves that it is destined to become a
great territorial center.
The members of the U. S. Navy
band on the transport Henderson,
will give a dance tonight in A. B. hall
to the citizens of Seward. Admission
is free.
Mrs. L. G. P >:-ions uud Mrs. H. P.
Sullivian, prominent Valdez visitors,
left last night on the boil for their
homes.
Owing to seventy members of the
^ Brooklyn Eagle party being booked
from Cordova, and the large number
of round trippers, a number of pas
sengers were forced to remain over |
until the arrival of the Admiral Wat
son. The Alameda was loaded to ca
pacity.
An engineering party composed oi
C. S. Harvard, Paul Pollack, Halford
Noggle, and N. A. Eckstrom, left for
Woodrow this morning to work on the
glacier stream project.
Bernard M. Stone returned to his
work in Anchorage this morning aft
* er a hurried business trip to Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dedoyard, for
mer Sewardites, arrived on Saturday’s
train from Nenana, where Mr. Dedo
yard has been working for the Com_
mission. They left on the Alameda
for Seattle and will visit with their
parents for a short time.
Miss Lydia Peteilin, who has been
the house guest of Mrs. Emilie Wey
brecht for the past month, returned
to her home at Afognak on the Starr.
Miss Peteilin has a very charming
personality and made a host of warm
friends while here. She was the hon
or guest for a number of delightful
affairs. m
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Browner*, after
being in Anchorage for the past five
months in the employ of the moving
pictures corporation, were thru pas_
sengers on the Alameda for their
home in the States.
Word was received here on the Ala
meda that E. E. Ray, well known
Cordova citizen, had passed away in
Seattle from heart trouble. Mr. Ray
at one time was a member of the
Territorial legislature, and wTas iden
tified with the Territory’s interests
since 1S98.
Miss Grace L. Bean, Effie Fowler
and Emily Coates are making the
round trip to Fairbanks.
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A. E. Murphy, who used to live in
Nome, and later in Fairbanks, is now
connected with the Murph> Realty
Company, 301 Balboa Building, San
Francisco. He is doing well handling
California lands.
Senator E. E. Chamberlin returned
home Saturday by way of Anchorage.
Mr. Chamberlin has been in the Bris
tol Bay district collecting territorial
taxes. He made the trip across the
Aleutian peninsula to Kanatak, and
from the oil camp took the gas boat
Nile to Anchoiage. Mr. Chamberlin
reports a very successful trip, and
collected taxes totoling over 325,000.
He has promised the oateway an in
teresting account of his trip for Sat
urday’s paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Finnegan arriv
ed on Saturday’s train from Anchor
age. Mrs. Finnegan will take the
next boat for Kodiak and Mr. Fin
negan will go to the States.
Henry Dauth, mining engineer, who
has been in Alaska for some time, ar
rived on the last train to meet Mr.
and Mrs. B. Smith, prominent mining
people, who arrived on the Alameda.
“Big Jack” O’Brien, a movie actor of
considerable prominence, who arrived
on the Alameda, left today for Inte
rior points.
Wellman Holbrook, forest service
man, left for Anchorage today.
Ray Larson, Anchorage business_
man, returned to his home this morn
ing, after spending the week end in
Seward.
C. R. Brooks and father-in-law, F.
Kearney, were passengers for Fair
banks this morning on their way to
Fort Yukon to join Mrs. Brooks.
Mr. Cabray, traveling man for the
Seattle Hardware Company, left for
Anchorage and interior points this
morning.
H. F. Coffin and wife were Fair
banks passengers this morning.
Olive Smith, Nina Smith and
Claire Payette were Fairbanks pas
sengers on today’s train.
Harry Phillips, who has been out
side for medical treatment, left for
his home in Wasilla today.
Chas. Wulff and son, Henry, with
Jos. Bell, left today for a trip down
Kenai Lake on a fishing expedition.
Capt. W. P. F. Hill returned to his
home in Anchorage this morning after
visiting several of the officers on the
Henderson for a few days. Capt.
Hill is in the Marine Corps.
Mrs. Blanche Cascaden, the well
known Tolovana n^iner, returned to
her home on today’s train following a
trip outside.
Mel Horner left for Fairbanks on a
short business trip.
A telegram received yesterday by
Mr. Wayne Blue of this city from H.
V. Hoben stated that he was uncer
tain as to his return to Seward, as
his aged mother was still very ill. Mr.
Hoben wired from Fredickton, N. B.
Mr. Burnette and bride departed
for their home in Anchorage this
morning after a brief honeymoon in
Seward. Mrs. Burnette arrived on the
Alameda from the States.
Buster Revelle has taken a position
with the Commission at Mile 75. Har
ry Revelle went to Mile 20 to visit his
mother.
The U. S. Marines from the trans
port Henderson, while drilling this
morning obligingly posed for a num
ber of local photographers.
Mr. Lane, an Ingersoll-Rand trav
eling representative, was a passenger
for the interior this morning.
John E. Ballaine left for Anchor
age on a short business trip.
Chas. G. Hubbard was a passenger
for the Primrose mine after spending
the past week in town attending the
Presidential activities.
M. L. Peters, bridge foreman at Mile
52, returned to his work on the train
this morning.
C. L. Andrews was a passenger for
Fairbanks this morning where he will
take the boat to the mouth of the
Yukon and then connect with a ves
sel for Point Barrow. Mr. Andrews
will have charge of the government
school at Icy Cape this next year.
James S. Truitt, former assistant
district attorney at Anchorage, was a
through passenger on last night’s boat
en route to Bellingham, Wash., on a
business trip which will involve at
last thirty days’ absence. Mr. Truitt
will visit in Seattle also, while ab
sent.
Mrs. Andy Simons returned to her
home at Mile 20 this morning.
Nels Anderson, mine operator, was
a passenger on this morning’s train
for Moose Pass, where he will resume
his summer’s activities.
Robert C. Simmons, railroad repre
sentative for the John-Manville Co.,
Inc., was a passenger for Anchorage
this morning.
Mr. H. S. Balderston, of the Bank
of Seward, arrived from Anchorage,
on Saturday’s train, and will remain
in Seward until Thursday morning.
The mercury registered 94 in the
shade at Moose Pass yesterday. Sew
ard instruments showed 74 a,bove at
9:30 this morning.
From Tuesday’s Daily
One hundred of the ooys on the
Cuyama were given shore leave this
afternoon.
The Signal arrived in port today
from the halibut banks with 25,000
pounds of fresh halibut, which was
taken by the San Juan company.
From Wednesday’s Daily
If an election were to be called to
morrow in Seward, and our citizens
could vote we believe the Presidential
vote would be 100 per cent Harding.
This in case some of our politicians
did not stuff the ballot box and make
it 150 per cent.
Governor Scott C. Bone will return
to Seward within a few weeks, and be
a guest of the town for several days.
Seward has neglected our popular gov
ernor in its effort to see that the
Presidential party had a good time;
but his welcome will be all the more
effective by being withheld until he
returns.
Secretaries Work and Hoover have
greatly impressed our citizens with
their keen knowledge of Alaskan af
fairs, and their trip will be productive
of much good, if only to show our peo
ple that the government has not for
gotten us; but on the contrary is
working incessantly for our good.
Gov. Bone informed the Gateway
that the recent pension granted Pio
neers by the legislature would be op
erative in August. Many local Pio
neers were wondering what had be
come of the increase, hence the Gov
ernor’s information is timely.
Father Turned will arrive on the
train this evening and will hold ser
vices at the Catholic Church while
here.
The roads and trails division of the
forestry department are planning to
spend $2500 on a road to the Ham
bright-Hagan property, it is under
stood. Senator Chamberlain secured
the territorial appropriation for the
road while in Juneau.
Capt. L. C. Parsons, in charge of
the telegraph and cable lines of this
division, established a record while
the Presidential party was here. The
local office handled 52,691 words of
press from July 13 to 10 a. m. July
17. A wonderful record considering
the shortage of help and the leakage
on the old string between here and
Seattle.
The local cold storage plant stated
at the hearing this morning that it
shipped from 1,500,000 to 1,750,000 lbs.
of frozen halibut per annum. Few of
our citizens were aware of the mag
nitude of the operations of this com
pany.
Mrs. Wayne Blue and son, Burdette,
will leave on the Admiral Watson to
morrow morning for a short visit to
Seattle.
Mayor Tom Marquam, an able ora
tor and attorney of no mean ability,
arrived from Fairbanks with the
Presidential party. Mr. Marquam is
well known in the Interior, where he
has many interests
Word was receded here from the
States that Col. Frederick Mears, for
mer head of the government railroad,
had secured a position a3 ch-ef engi
neer on the new |F»0,000,000 depot at
St. Paul. We believe thi3 to be a
mistake unless the Colonel has left
the army, which is not likely.
Gen. Sawyer and wile who are with
the Presidential party, have made a
great many friends in town during
their brief stay here. Gen. Sawyer is
President Harding’s private physi
cian, an old friend of the family.
From Thursday's Daily
George B. Christian, secretary to
the President, was on the bridge of
the Henderson this morning when the
vessel pulled out at 2 o’clock for Val
dez.
Bert Higgins, Moose pass operator,
returned to his work today after
spending the past week in Seward.
Duke Stubbs made a trip out the
line to Kenai this morning and will
return on one of the next trains.
Elwyn Swetmann was presented
with a fine photograph and a history
of the transport Henderson, by officers
on the ship. The Henderson bore an
important part in the late war, hav
ing been abandoned once and having
many narrow escapes from being tor
pedoed.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Swetman and
Mrs. O. A. Johansen were dinner
guests last night aboard the Hender
son.
Before the sailing of the Starr Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Urbach entertained
Delegate Sutherland and Mr. Morris
of Juneau.
P. C. McMullen was a dinner guest
last evening of the officers of the
Henderson.
Mrs. W. H. Moody and Alice M.
Laws were' passengers for Fairbanks
on the train this morning.
F. I. Reed, proprietor of the Hotel
Anchorage, accompanied by his son,
returned to his home in Anchorage
after making Seward a short business
trip.
F. A. Hansen, engineer of mainte
nance and construction, accompanied
by his wife, came over from Anchor
age in their Dodge Tuesday evening
and have been sharing in the Presi
dential activities.
Mrs. Alvah Eames will entertain
the Seward Bridge Club at the usual
time Friday afternoon at her apart
ments in the Brown & Hawkins
building.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Skrivan of Val
dez who have been visiting friends in
Seward the past week, were passen
gers for Fairbanks this morning. They
will return in about ten days.
E. W. Wentworth, territorial fish
commissioner, accompanied by his
wife and two children, were thru pas
sengers on the Watson for Juneau.
George A. Parks, chief of the land
department of this division, went
duck hunting yesterday, although the
season is closed. He procured one
bird. While out driving about Mile
11 he noticed a baby duck In the mid
dle of the road and brought it to Sew
ard. He found it had a porcupine
quill in its breast. Mrs. Sawyer, wife
of the President’s physician was pre
sented with it, and will take it to
White Oaks farm, at Marlon, Ohio, If
It is possible to get it there alive.
Capt. J. M. Lathrop was an outgo
ing passenger on the Admiral Wat
son.
Chas. Cooper left for Talkeetna this
morning. He will return in a week
or two.
Mrs. K. Kohlsaat, who has been the
house guest of Miss Stella Fuller, De
lano nurse, for the past month, left
for her home In Chicago this morn
ing on the Watson.
Sherman Duggan, prosecuting attor
ney, was a passenger for his home in
Valdez on the Watson this morning.
He came over from Anchorage on the
train last night.
At the meeting of Seward Lodge
No. 218 F. & A. M. yesterday, there
were many distinguished visitors,
President Harding, army and navy
officers, and newspaper correspon
dents being among the visiting broth
ers.
Mrs. W. H. Haun and Mrs. R. F.
Michael, who have been touring Alas
ka lecturing on Practical Psychology,
were outgoing passengers on the Ad
miral Watson.
Mrs. W. E. Rich was a passenger
for the States on the Watson. She
will visit her son and daughter in
Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Wayne Blue and son, Bur
dette, left on the Watson for a few
weeks visit In Seattle.
A. Brownskl was an Anchorage pas
senger this morning.
The court party accompanied by
several Seward and Anchorage resi
dents were passengers to Kenai this
morning on their way to the town of
Kenai where they will hold a term of
court. They went in by Kenai lake
and down river. The party was com
posed of Judge E. E. Ritchie, Deputy
Clerks Selma Scott and J. P. Lena
han, Mayor L. V. Ray, Deputy Mar
shal Ralph Reed and wife, Postal In
spector Alvah Eames, H. S. Balder
ston, Jack Lean and Andy Simons.
Mr. and Mrs. George Colwell and
children returned to their home at
Mile 52 this morning after visiting
the past two weeks with Mrs. Col
well’s parents, Mir. and Mrs. F. E.
Leslie.
One of the sailors aboard the Hen
derson caught a chipmunk while out
walking yesterday, and procuring a
bird cage, took the animal board the
boat as a souvenir of Seward.
Mrs. H. O’Neal who has been vis
iting in Seward during the presence
of the Presidential party, returned to
her home in Valdez.
Mrs. Ralph T. Keebon returned to
her home in Fairbanks this morning
after accompanying her mother this
far on her way to Seattle.
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