The Seward School News
Published once a week during the school year by children in the Seward Schools.
VoL 1 SEWARD, ALASKA SATURDAY. June 2, X917. No. 14
A TRIP TO FOREIGN LANDS
THEME OE GIRL’S ESSAY
By Violet Gaffney
“Report at once for official busi
ness.” Such was the telegram I re
ceived early on a morning in April,
1916.
As the S. S. Admiral Evans sailed
that night I packed my suit case and
left on the boat.
I arrived in Seattle April 30th about
noon and stopped at the Frye hotel.
During the afternoon 1 got a time
table and found that the North Coast
Limited left at 9:10 the next morning
so 1 took it and went straight through
to Chicago and caught a train to Buf
falo, N. Y. There 1 changed cars for
Washington, D. C.
1 reported for duty. My orders
were to get all the information pos
sible from the Russian government
about the uprising and the need of the
people in Siberia.
I got my passports from Secretary
Lansing and departed at once for New
York where I secured passage on the
S. S. Mongolia for London.
The ship had two three-inch guns
in *Ae bow, two two-inch guns amid
ships and one six-inch gun in the
stern. It was loaded with provisions
for *;he allies.
The third day out we sighted a sub
marine and were chased four hours
going at full speed. Then the sub
marine dropped behind and great re
lief was felt by all. We arrived in
Liverpool May 10th and took a train
to London.
From London I procured a passage
on a Norwegian vessel to Christiana
and took a train to Stockholm.
The cars, or carriages as they are
called, are different from ours. They
are divided into compartments and
are entered by side doors.
Arriving in Stockholm I took a Rus
sian mail boat to Petrograd where I
saw the commander. He showed me
the city.
I saw the famous monument of
Fame that was erected in 1886. It is
made of cast iron surmounted by a
bronze figure of Victory. Rows of
guns captured in the Russo-Turkish
war form this high shaft.
I visited the cathedral of St. Isaac
in Petrograd. It was begun in 1819
and completed in 1858 from plans pre
pared by a French architect.
The commander then showed me the
Church of Resurrection that was built
in memory of Alexander II. on the
6pot where he was assassinated.
I was then shown the winter palace
of the reigning autocrat of Russia.
In the front of the building is a huge
pillar of polished red granite 153 1-2
feet high.
I then left on the Russian transcon
tinental train and journeyed through
Siberia gathering my information. 1
then continued my journey to Vladivo
stok where I took passage on a big
sailing ship to San Francisco.
After we had been out for about
nine days a big storm came up and
we drifted for ten days. When the
! weather cleared up we found we were
near Nome, so we stopped for provi
sions and 1 got off and took a whaler
that was on its way to San Francisco.
I got off at Unalaska and waited four
days for the S. S. Dora and came home
to Seward. Cabled my report to
Washington, D. C., and had a good
rest.
EARLY TEACHER
IS LOCKED OUT
One of our teachers is either very
enthusiastic about her work or loves
the early morning hours, or got up to
plant potatoes, or something. When
she reached school and found the doors
iccked she sought the janitor. When
she found he was not up she consult
ed her watch and found that it was
6:30 instead of 8:30. Then she took
a long walk and de'dares she now
*nows at what hour every family in
Seward rises.
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Walter and Bernard McDonald who
entered school here lately are going
to leave for Moose pass Monday.
The school children are very proud
of the new flag which was presented
to them by the Woman’s club and
raised Memorial day.
Nearly all the school gardens are
planted and the owners are hoping for
good weather.
THE CHURCHES
Methodist Church
Sunday school 10 a. m. Sermon
and worship 11 a. m.# theme, “Founda
tion of Faith.” Young People’s service
6:30 p. m. Evening sermon and wor
ship 7:30 p. m., theme, “Supremacy
of Love.” Ladies’ Aid will meet with
Mrs. M. A. Martin Thursday after
noon at 2:30. All are cordially in
vited. J. J. PATTON, Pastor.
Community Christian Church
Sunday school at 11 a. m. Evening
worship 7 to 8. Sermon topic, “First
Principles of Preparedness.” Dorcas
society Thursday, 1 p. m.
HARRY C. MUNRO, Minister.
Catholic Church
Sundays—Communion Mass at 8:30,
Mass and sermon at 10:30 a. m. Sun
day school after mass. Rosary, in
struction and benediction at 7:30 p.
m. Week days—Daily mass at 7:30.
LIBRARY HAS
GOOD START;
BOOKS ADDED
The school library has the follow
ing books, many of which were added
during the last year:
Set of Hooks of Knowledge (1-20),
set of Ridpath’s universal science. Set
of Standard song books, McConnell.
Set of Congressional Records (1-16).
Two Indian population books. Com
piled laws of Alaska. Winston’s En
cyclopedia (1-8). New International
Encyclopedia (1-18). Hill’s Practical
Encyclopedia (1-4). American Ency
clopedia (1-4). Report of the Depart
ment of the Interior, 1915. Year
Books of the Department of the In
terior, 109-1914. Prince and Pauper,
Twain. Westward Ho, Kingsley;
Plutarch’s Lives, Davis’s Reading, 1
and 2; History of Ireland; This Coun
try of Ours; St. George of England;
Carpenter’s Readers, Asia, Europe,
Africa and North America; Cooper’s
Last of the Mohicans; Cooper’s Spy;
Longfellow’s Complete Works; Little
Women; Little Men; Under the Lilacs;
The Little Colonel; Miss Minerva and
William, Green Hill, Black Beauty,
Ten Boys, Animal Studies, Treasure
Island, Stevenson; Addison’s Sir Ro
ger de Coverly, Tennyson’s Idylls of
the King, Scott’s Marmion, Scott’s
Ivanhoe, Tennyson’s Princess, Black
more’s Lorna Doon, Thackeray’s Hen
ry Esmond, Ruskin’s Sesame and
Lilies, Carlyle’s Heroes and Hero
Worship. Browning’s Shorter Poems,
Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Poe’s
Poems, Elliott’s Silas Marner, Mil
ton’s Shorter Poems, Homer’s Odys
seys, Pope’s Iliad, Irving’s Sketch
Book, Franklin’s Autobiography, Gold
smith’s Vicar of Wakefield, Haw
thorne’s Wonder Book, Fifty Famous
Stories Retold, Wild Animals I Have
Known, The Dutch Twins, The Blue
Fairy Book, Robin Hood and His Mer
ry Men, Heidi, The Secret Garden, The
Lance of Kanana, East of the Sun
and West of the Moon.
MEMORIAL DAY
SCHOOL SERVICE
Memorial day' was a great day for
the school. The flag presented by the
Woman’s club was raised with an im
pressive ceremony, the Spanish War
Veterans attending in a body. Mrs.
George Sexton, president of the Wo-,
man’s club, had the honor of raising
the flag. The pupils took the oath
of allegiance to the flag. All felt that
these simple words took on a new
meaning due to the fact that we are
at war for its honor.
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FORFEITURE—NOTICE
To M. IMHOFF, C. J. IMHOFF, A.
M. IMHOFF, HARRY V. MILLER, H.
D. THIELE, ESTATE OF H. D.!
THIELE, Deceased, and AUGUST
MELHORN, your respective heirs and
assigns: ^
You are hereby notified and wilf
take notice that we, the subscribers,
H. P. Salisbury and A. A. Hein, have
expended, during the year 1914, the
sum of Three thousand, fortv-six dol
lars and twenty ($3,046.20) cents,
during the year 1915, the sum of
Six hundred ($600.00) dollars, during
the year 1916, the sum of Two thou-j
sand, five hundred and sixteen dollars
and seventy (2,516.70) cents in labor
and improvements upon each of the
following described mining claims, to
wit: OPHIR QUARTZ MINING
CLAIM, COLUMBIA QUARTZ MIN
ING CLAIM, BESSY PLACER MIN
ING CLAIM, MILL SITE and WA
TER SITE OR LOCATION, all of
which said claims are situated and lie
in the Moose Pass Mining District,
Kenai Recording District, Third Ju
dicial Division, Territory of Alaska,
The notices of location thereof are of
record in the office of the United
States Commissioner and District Re
corder for Kenai Recording Precinct
and District, at the Town of Seward,
Territtory of Alaska, to which office
reference is hereby made for a more
particular description of said mining
properties. Said expenditures were
made for the purpose of holding pos
sessory rights and title to said min
ing claims under the provisions of
section twenty- three hundred and
twenty-four of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and the amend
ments thereto, section one hundred
and thiry-six of the Compiled Laws of
Alaska, 1913, and the Session Laws of
the Territory of Alaska, providing for
the annual labor upon mining claims.
If you fail and refuse or fail or re
fuse within ninety (90) days from the
personal service of this notice, if per
sonal service be had, or within ninety
(90) days after the publication of this
notice, to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure as a co-owner,
your respectice interest in and to said
mining claims, and each and every
one of them, will become the property
of the subscribers, who are your co
owners, and who have made the ex
penditures and improvements as
above-mentioned on said mining
claims, and each and every one of
them, pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute, Compiled Laws and
Sessions Laws.
A. A. HEIN
H. P. SALISBURY.
First publication, March 21, 1917.
Last publication, May 23, 1917.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION.
The town of Seward, Alaska, Plaintiff
vs.
George Turner, 0. G. Labaree and
Alexander H. Bradford, Defendants.
Cause No. S-104
Summons by publication.
IN THE ‘NAME OF THE PRESI
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
To the defendants in the above en
titled cause, Geore Turner, 0. G. Lab
aree and Alexander Bradford,
GREETING:
You, and each of you, are hereby
summoned and required to appear in
the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Judicial-Division, with
in thirty days after the completion of
the period of publication of this sum
mons, to-wit: within thirty days after
the fourth day of May A. D. 1917, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, which has been filed
in the above entitled court, by which
plaintiff seeks an order and judgment
of the court for the condemnation of
Lots numbered One (1), Two (2),'
Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six
(6), and Seven (7), in Block Six (6),
in the Town of Seward, in Kenai Re
cording District, Third Judicial Divi
sion of the Territory of Alaska, as
shown by and according to the map
and plat of the Frank L. Ballaine
Townsite of the Town of Seward, Al
aska, and appropriate said Lots to a
public use, as a public park with
street and drive-way therein, for the
town of Seward, and to continue Rail
road Avenue from its intersection
fith the south end of the Alley in said
Block Six, in a northeasterly direction
to intersect with Adams Street in said
Town of Seward at the East end of
said Street;
That unless you so appear and an
swer the complaint of plaintiff, with
in the time above stated and show
cause why such order should not be
made, plaintiff will take judgment
against you, and apply to the court
for an order of the court, condemning
the above named lots to be appropri
ated by the plaintiff for the uses and
purposes above stated, and for a
further order of the court, ap
pointing three appraisers, as is
provided by law, to appraise,
the said lots, and each of them,1
and to assess the benefits and dam
ages, to each of you and report to the
court their findings, and that upon the
Sent of the amount or amounts
to be due each of you by said
appraisers, into the • above entitled
court to be paid to you and each of j
you as therein provided that an order
be made by the court directing you
and each of you to execute to plaintiff
a deed conveying any and all interest
you and each of you or any one of you
may have in any one or more or all of
said lots, as the case may be, and will
apply to the court for such other and {
further order or orders in the prem
ises as to the court may seem meet
and proper.
Witness the Honorable FRED M.
BROWN, Juc^Te of the above entitled
court, this, the 26th day of February,
A. D. 1917.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By ROBERT L. WEVER,
Deputy.
Date of first publication, March f\
1917.
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