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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
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BOSTON, Nov., 2— The town of
i Mashpoe, Cape Cod gave Cox 4, Haul
ing 43. Last election gave Wilson 21,
Hughes 12.
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DAYTON, Ohio, Nov., 2— Gov Cox
is receiving the election returns at his
newspaper office.
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MARION, Ohio. Nov., 2— While
the nation is deciding whether they
will elect him or not Senator Hard
ing has put all politics in the back
ground. He will receive the returns
with Mrs. Harding at their home.
Both candidates voted early this morn
ing.
BOSTON, The town of Norwell,
Plymouth country gave Harding 409,
>*x 48.
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Texas elects all Democratic House
members. -•«jj|
Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan,
New York and Connecticut return big
majorities for Harding.
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ELECTION RETURNS
BOSTON, Nov., 2— New Ashford,
Massachusetts was the first town in
Massachusetts to report its vote. i
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Harding received 28 and Cox 6.
Four years ago the same town gave
Hughes 16 and Wilson 7.
NEW YORK, Nov., 2— Before the
dawn of another day the country will
probablyknow whether Cox or Hard
ing has been choosen to stand at the j
helm of the National ship during the.
next four years, for barring a miracle !
it is conceded that no one of the other j
five candidates has a chance. Indlca- j
tions point to a record vote of between I
twenty and thirty million, many of j
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which will be cast by women in states i
infranchised since last election. Inter- \
est in the fight of the two major part
ies to secure control of the senate is
strong>Thirty four Senators are to be
elected to fill the seats now held by
seventeen Democrats and fifteen Re
publicans. Two others are to be filled,'
from unexpired terms of two deceased j
Democratic Senators. There will also I
be choosen an entire new House. Sen
ator Curtis Republican, Kansas; is
leading Hodges by two to one.
SEATTLE, Nov., 2— A recoid vote
is expected will be cast in this city
early today. Intense interest centers
on the Gnbberaatorial contest where
Hart is opposed by Robert Bridges
will cause a strong, bitter contest. In
terest is also shown in the race for
Senator. Senator Jones is opposed by
former Mayor Cotterell of Seattle,
Democrat and C. J. France until re
cently executive secretary of the Port
of Commission, Farmer— Labor party.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov., 2— In
complete returns from three out of
fifty eight precincts gave Cox 202 and
Harding 87.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Incom
plete returns from 13 prects gave
Harding 450, Cool 250.
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
The Broadway Tailor Shop Jias
commenced business under a new
management and starting today it will
remain open at all times of the day.
A. S. Evans has taken over the estab
li.'hment and will pay special atten
tion to all customers who desire their
work rushed. „
Mr. Evans thoroughly understands
the clothes cleaning business from
collar to cuff and will make it a spinr
ial feature of his service by calling loi
and delivering suits and other apparel
at all hours during the day.
Arrivals in Seward from the boats
and trains can have the wfrinkles
pressed out and the stains of travel
removed on short notice by simply
calling the shop on the phone and Slav
ing what they wish done.
Mr. Evans is a member of the de
tachment of the Twenty First Infan
try stationed in Seward, a live wire
and a hustler and should by paying
strict attention to business make the
>ho[. a paying institution.
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NOTICE
(FRESH EASTERN) Oysters direct
from Seattle.
CAMERON’S CAFE
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WINFIELD OLER SENT TO SITKA
Old-Timer Once Owned Placer Ground
Which Produced Big Fortune.
(Nenana News)
Among the passengers leaving for
the coast from Fairbanks this week
was Winfield Oler, quite well k
among old-timers as the original loca
tor of No. 29 Eldorado creek, one of
the richest claims in the Dawson coun-1
try. Oler sold the claim foi a paltry
sum to Charlie Anderson, not guess
ing the value and believing that he
was actually getting the best of An
derson on the deal. In fact, Anderson
thought so too and tried to get his
money back.
Anderson afterwards took a fat for-1
tune out of the claim, more than a mil
lion of which was mined by the prim
itive wood fire method.
The sad part of the tale is that Oler,
who could have been a millionaire, had
he worked his claim instead of selling
it for a song, is now quitting the in*
terrior, broken in health and without
funds. He is bn his way to the Pio
neers-home at Sitka.
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NATIONAL FORESTS HELP
ALASKA ROADS AND SCHOOLS
The $26,730.37 which has just come
to Alaska from the receipts from for
est business on the Chugach and Ton
gass National Forests for the fiscal
year ended June 30 makes a total
amount of $178,918.98 received by the
territory from this, source since the
Forests were established, according to
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figures just furnished by Forest of
ficials here.
This money 26 per cent of the to
tal receipts from National Forest busi
ness, goes into the road and school
rOLES BOMB TOWN
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LONDON, Nov. 2— Polish Aviato;
today bombed the town of Vilkomai
in Lithunia killing and injuring many
people.
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COMMISSARY FIRE
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov., 2—
Fire today destroyed the commissar}
office at the Vancouver Barracks. Tht
loss is $25,000.
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AMBASSADOR LEAVES
NEW YORK, Nov., 2— Ambassa
dor Davis left today for London where
he will remain until the expiration oi
his term.
' DEMPSEY TO MEET WILLARD
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MONTREAL Canada, Nov., 2—
Jack Dempsey agreed to meet Jess
Willard in a return match on March
17lh, 11)21. The place of the fight has
not been named.
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. CHINESE CREW SHOT
NEW ORLEANS, Nov., 2— Eleven
members of the Chinese crew on the
British Steamer Elmleaf were wound
ed today when the guards resorted to
shooting to quell a mutiny.
REFUGEES FLEEING
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov., 2—
Fifty thousand refugees are fleeing
before the advance of the Bolsheviki
army in Northern Crimea. They are
endeavoring to reach this place which
is already overcrowded.
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lost— POCKET BOOK Containing
$120.00 a $100 bill and one $20. bill
and Canadian 25c bill, last night. Re
turn to Gateway Suitable reward./
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Muskog9e, Okla., Nov., 2— Incom
plete returns 11 out of 19 prects gave
Cox 1875, Harding 367.,
Kansas City, 69 widely scattered
prects., in Kansas at three o'clock this
afternoon gave Harding 3836, Cox 1
1804. Governor Allen Republican 3286
Davis Democrat 2119. Senator Curtis
Rep 3030 Hodges Dem 1445.
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funds of the counties in which to For
ests are located; but in the case of
Alaska, which has no counties, to
funds may be used for road or school
purposes by the Territory in any part
Every Hotel in town' was filled to
capacity last night with guests coming
and going. Everybody ' was crowded
and most of the hotel proprietors had
to sit up all night The Northwestern
brought many new'man for the Com
mission. Teamsters and rail road la
borers filled the Belmont to overflow
ing. Seven from LaTouche and Seat
tle were in Charge of 18' head of hors
es which were shipped out on a special
train this morning, which left Sew
ard shortly after the passenger tnpn
pulled out. These horses will be used
by the A. E. C. for hauling freight
between steel |
AIRPLANE SERVICE TO
f BE ESTABLISHED
James P. Holman who registered
at the Overland Hotel last night ar
rived cm the S. S. Northwestern from
Seattle on his way to Anchorage ana
other interior points to gather data
and ether information about a propos
ed mai! .service by uirplane from Sew
to imenoi points. One route contem
plated is that between Seward* and
Fa:rbanks , with a landing station at
Anchorage. Another will start from
Valdez and cover a distance as far as
Nome. The type of plane to be used !s
the, large mono-plane now in use rn
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Finland and other European countries
and in many of the cities throughout
the states. The plane is equipped with
apparatus which enables it to start
from and land on snow or ice withou*
experiencing any handicap. Mr. Hol
uiajf rmronfident that the routes will
be established on or before the 1st of
the coming year and that when once
inaugurated will prove a success. Ia
terior points in Alaska and Nome will
be able to get mail during the winter
months and the large number of peo
ple who winter at these places will be
kept in touch with out side news as re
gularly as those who live along the
rail road and coast towns. Mr. Holman
when he returns will be able to give
the people of Seward reliable informa
tion as to the plans and future out
look of this proposed air route which
if put irto effect will undobtedly prove
a success.
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Eighteen soldiers arrived on the
S. S. Northwestern yesterday on their
way to Anchorage to replace the va
cancies in the Twenty First infantry
caused by men being discharged. They
left on the train this morning.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Anchorage, Alaska,
October 27, 1920.
CIRCULAR NO. 443
TO ALL CONCERNED:—
I have recently indirectly complaints
because of failure of certain employ
ees to receive their mail promptly.
In the future any failure of regu
lar subscribers to receive newspapers
for two consecutive trips , or any fail
ure to receive mail which any employ
ee is reasonably sure should have ar
rived, should be promptly reported di
rect to the headquarters office at An
chorage by letter or by ’phone call
ing 49.
In this connection employees should
be very careful to notify newspapers,
their friends, and our mail carriers of
their change of address; They should
also leave forwarding address when
leaving one camp for another, and re
port to the timekeeper at new camp
BY NAME upon arrivaLso that mail
for them may be delivered*
. We fully realise the importance ox
prompt and satisfactory delivery of
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matter of all kinds, and no effort
is tjtrbe spared in seeing th'at same is
go delivered. V ^
' WM. GERIG,
Asst Chief Engineer.
GHOST GETS THE DEVIL
FOR A PARTNER AT THE BALL
Almost everybody, irrespective of
age, attended the Masquerade ball and
dance; given by the soldiers Saturday
evening. Every one that entered the
hall almost gasped /or breath, because
the sight that greeted their eyes ex
ceeded their expectations.
A dome of black and yellow cover
ed the ceiling and then extended down
ward until it almost reached th ■
On the wall devil's faces tried to pene
trate the pumpkins with their hideous
looks, but hideous looks did*not grigh
ten the* pumpkins who smiled con
stantly during the whole evening. How
ever neither the devils nor the pump
kins possessed the savage appearance
of the oats whose grin almost terrified
the sp< ctutors. Who would not fear a
display of white, saw pointed teeth?
Japanese lanterns were suspended
from the paper dome giving the hall
a very odd and mysterious appearance.
What could be more fitting for the
occasion ?
At nine o’clock the people began to
flock into the building as such a rap
id rate that the hall was crowded
within an hour. When the music filled
the air, the floor was occupied by
many wierd, mystifying creatures who
did not resemble the human race in i
any way. First we would see a devil j
flirting with a ghost as if he were i
greatful for all her past favors. Then j
we would see a fairy dancing with a
tiamp. Can you imagine the combina
l.on? Next a bat would come gliding
ucioss the hall accompanied by an i
eskimo.* Suddenly the ghost multiplied ^
into six ghosts. Whether this was an •
hallucination or the magical skill of j
lIniTerburg buys
PENINSULA ROAD
(Nome Nugget)
The old Seward peninsula railroad,
the sole remaining railroad construct
ed in that section of Alaska, is now
the property of Jafet LinderJ>urg, head
of the Pioneer Mining company as a
result of a marshal's sale held in sat
isfaction of a Judgement amounting to
$523,947.59, obtained by the State
Street Trust * company, of Boston,
against the Maine Northwestern De
velopment company, the former owner.
The purchase comprised all person
al property df the defendant company,
including the track, rolling stock and
other accessories. Mr. Lindeberg se
cured title for the sum of $10,000 pre
sented by H. G. Gabrielson , manager
of the Alaska JUtherage and Com
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mercial company.
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A third party, who recently arm™
•it Nome from Seattlb and is said to
liave come with the intention of at
tempting to purchase the road for re
sale as junk; failed to enter a bid,
probably because the .price was higher
than expected. <
Mr. Lindeberg . said his action in
buying up,the road was more in the
line of a sentiment than of utility. His
principle mottre, he^said was a desire
to see the road remain there.
the devil we cannot tell; although we
know that we didn't drink anything
with more than ninety eight percent
water. When a vamp from the Bowery
■ arrived we could scarcely believe our
eyes. Why should a person come aev
! era! thousand miles to attiend this
dance ? Still look where (he devil came
from.
At eleven thirty Pv\ Yissn deliver*
«d a short speach in whl.Ji he named
the judges who were to award the
prizes. They were Mrs. Balderston,
Mr. Anderson and Mr. Borjitn. AH
are well known in this community.
Awarding prizes is very difficult ia*
deed and as the costumes worn were
.«> elaborate it took som* time for the
judges to make their final decision.
Three prizes were of to ed. The first
a manicure set was won by Mrs.
Frank Towle who wore a beautiful ar
tistic gown of pink lace* and ribboao.
A stick pin, the second prise wan won
by Mr. Thomas Woodrow Haynes.
Haynes represented a w®ery Willy so
well that he kept every tme e—uefd
The third prize , a ban i punting neat*
y fiamed, was awarded to Dr. Wilson
who represented a “Bowery Tough.*0
so well, that many smil-vt were mode
on her acco unt.
At M:\itig: t everyo.u* unmasked.
Refreshments were serve} to all tfcos*
that were present Eve^ 'he little
children we**} not ft. .gotten, and to
hear them tallf: one can soon realise
how well they Men joyed themselves. Af
ter partaking the dainty repast the
dancing was resumed. At three o’clock
'the spooks, who were now converted
into human beings, left the hall of en
joyment in order that they could ob
tain forty'winks before going to
church.
The Gateway Flier left thismorn*
ing for Anchorage and other points
with seventy passengers.
E. C. Jack and wife who have recent
ly returned from a hunting trip in tha *
Kenai Lake district will leave on the
Evans for home. They are staying at
the Seward HoteL
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EPIDEMIC HITS
, ISLAND TOWNS •
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The appearance ofsmfllpox atbptfc
(Jnalaska and Akutaa, in 1 theses,
islands, is officially reported to Get. ;
Thoipas Higgs, in messages received,
recently. Up1o the present time there
have been 29 cases developed, 19 at
(Jnalaska and 10 at Akrftam % ,. v
While every possible mental at*
tention is being given, engerGlg to .
Gov. Biggs, at neither place to there ,
any vaccine, le an effort to ebtaMi
a supply of the artiste, rttUegragm
have been sent to tbe-eadfe • ifltof
ship gatora, now eamitotolbo Wto
lio£s and alto to 4toiWMiitofew- -
Bear. Supt Lapp, offer Sanaa
of Education has iafofad Gar. *
Higgs' office ihat the gate* 1m
too pginta of Tsedas forSeal bMi
and it is believed feat. a poetise ef
hat supply cmHH
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