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V8L,MVr Number 131..1Z. lTheSeward__(frteway,_ J^May. December 24.1920. _ --
E. S. Tibbey, who went to Alaska in 1886 to investi
gate the possibilities of coal inning is the happiest man in
Alaska today, having just received a patent for two coal
plaints. Sixteen years ago he made application for patents
on ten coal claims. Mr. Tibbey points out that due to the j
i JUtiplicity of commissions and bureaus the government j
withheld these particular claims for sixteen years and
since the application for patents the government has spent
$15,01*0 in bureau administration on these claims which his
company has lost $100,000. This sum must be re-invested in
timbering, wharves, bunkers, houses and machinery be
fore coal can lie mined. There has been no opposition by
p< ople of Alaska or by the government the delay being
caused by the red tape of the bureaucratic system. The
country has lost the coal we might have furnished and
British Columbia has furnished the coal which should have
come from the Chignik Bay fields. When the equipment is
replaced Mr. Tibhey’s company can get out 500 tons of coal
a day
Natives of the Kuskokwim River in Alaska are con
fronted by death irom starvation this winter, unless food
is sent to them at once, according to an urgent message re
ceived here zy the Alaska bureau of the United States de
partment of education from George W. Hoffman, U. S.
Commissioner at Iditarod. The Alaska bureau has no
fund* with which tosec ure the needed food. The Alaska
division of the Bureau of Education had recently to call
on the Red Cross to send food to natives on Copper River
in Central Alaska. Poor fishing conditions on Alaska riv
ers are said to be responsible for the present conditions.
En route to Seattle to spend the Christmas holiday;
with hiawife and family, Charles E. Hobbs, an Anchorage
ineietent, died at sea aboard the steamship Alameda Tues
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FAVORITE FORTUNE BRINGS
NUPTIAL HAPPINESS AFTER >
v TEAR OF WEIRD OBSTACLES
Lightning, loss of life's sayings,
inability to obtain steamship accom
modations all conspired tb defeat ma
trimonial aims of Alexander Watts,
an employe of the Los Almitos Sugar
Company, and Mary Baen Wright, of
Cordova, Alaska, but the favoring for
tune which has brought Mr. Watts
safe through fires, wrecks and bullet
rains is still working and yesterday
afternoon in St Luke's Episcopal
chuck the witting, ^itiaally set for
Jobs, It* * Seward, Alaska was
Xar. A G. H. Bode reading
the rifcpal
The cMVffttfiy was witnessed oy on
ly a fm tymfa ** the principals are
.. in Long Beach. The bride
arrived here Wednesday from San
Fraacieeo, where she had been the
guest of her cousin, Clarence E. Been,
of the Anglo-London bank. At the
rreddfag she wore a handsome frock
of beaded white georgette and carried
white carnations. She is a graduate of
university, and for several
years has been a teacher and writer in
Alaska.'
When tike wedding day was set for
June n year ago, Mr. Watts was sup
erintendent of the Standard Oil Com
pany’s coal mines at Schoper, HI. Two
days before ho was to leave for Sew
ard the house in which he lived was
Btfuck by lightning. Electric explod
es stored within were set cff, with
tike result that the building and its
contents, including a safe which held
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practically all the if e-time savings of
the three men, was spawning pit The
lifimdej night on whjch the explosion
oeeured was the first for more than a
year on which the ocjupante were out
of the house . A few days later, Mr.
Watts himself was struck by K*ht
ning. Ha was believed to has* been
Idllad, and the coroner had been sum
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jt* arrived an the & 8. Victoria,
IftriM Hatty wreaths and mistletoe.
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raoned when signs of Kfe were noticed
I and he was carried away to a hospital
Two week.** passed before he regain^
j consciousness.
Last spring he went to Seattle, in
tending to take passage for Cordova
| where Miss Wright was then living
I but found that on account of the un
expected heavy tourist travel to the
north all accommodations were sold
out for months ahead.
Mr. Watts seemed to be blessed
'vith nine lives. In addition to being r
survivor of the Iroquois theatre fire in
Chicago, and of the Mission Athletic
Club fire in St. Louis, several years
ago, in which his room-mate was one
of the forty who met death, he has
lived through sieges of “flu” and
pneumonia, three gun-shot wounds in
flicted by desperate criminals whom
he was bringing to justice while in the
United States Secret Service, and on
the third of August last, while coming
to Long Beach from Mo Jave, was one
of the passengers on a train struck by
a runaway car of dynamite near Sau
gus.
Mr. and Mis. Watts will make their
home at 936 East Fourth Street in this
city, Long Beach, California .
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DONATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY
XMAS TREE .
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glia Johnston .50
Russell Johnston .50
Grace Johnston .50
Bobby Johnston .50
Floyd Johnson ' 2.00
G. Johnson 1.00
R. Johnson 1.00
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$6(00.
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J. A. Karnes checked out this morn
ing from the Hotel Seward for An
chorage.
Melvin Startzman of Mile 62 is re
gistered at the Hotel Seward.
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HAND TINTED XMAS CARDS AT
THE ALASKA SHOP ‘
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THE HOLIDAY SEASON
AFFORDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS AGAIN
THE PLEASURE WE HAVE DERIVED FROM OUR;
BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH YOU AND ON BE
HALF UF OuR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, WE WlSlf
FOR YOU AND YOURS 4• ' a ci »
“A MERRY CHRISTMAS”
THE SEWARD GATEWAY
Head New Fishing Laws . " j ' . '
ine Bureau or r isnenes has new fishing regulations
for Alaska as tne result oi tne recent hearing. The oruers
wmcn are urasuc oecoipe eiiective on January 1st, i\)zl
ana are additional to the regulations now m iorce. it is ex
pected tnat tney will curtail fishing operations in Alaska
waters next season. The following is a hst oi the new re
gulations. Appiymg to tne waters east ox tne longituue oi
cane Spencer all fishing is pnOhihited in ah salmon
streams, tributaries and iakes. i nning is prohibited witn-*
m nve hundred yards of the moutns of salmon streams ex
cept with purses. amlgiii nets. All fishing witn semes anu
gnl nets is prohibited within two-hundred vards of the
mouths of streams and fishing With anv apparatus^ is
Diohibited within five hundred vafrds of the mouths or the
Chilxoot rivers and Sockeye andlNapasta streams. Ah
wishing is uroiiibited in ail salmon streams, tributaries ana
.akes and within five hundred vards of the mouth of all
streams flowing into the Bacuic oiean and-the Bering Sea,
jctween Cape Spencer and Cape Wonsam except as fol
lows; Fishing will be permitted mthe Copper Kiver ana
its tributaries in accordance with, the terms of the order
ssued 1918 which is effective until September 1.19-21. Ai
ter that date no fishing will be allAwea in the Cooper Riv
er, In the Karluk beyond the zone of one hundred vards
jutside-the moutli of this stream where it breaks through
.he spit fishing will be permitted. It will be permitted m
die Ugashika River below ' the five hundred vard line.
Fishing at the moutli of the Kuskokwim River for King
Salmon after September 21 next, year is- prohibited excepi
for local use of Alaskans.
STATE OF WAR PROCLAIMED
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. - LONDON, Dec., 24-=- Diihnanzio today proclaimed a
,tate of war existing between the Fiume government and
.taly. He has forbiddenthe population to leave the cit\
and any one speaking agains-t the dictator is liable to be
shot. *
NOYS TO BE APPOINTED RECEIVER
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Dec.. 24— The Federal Dis
-net Court today ordered Fred G. No vs to appoint a re
ceiver for the. defunct Washington-Alaska Bank at Fair
janks and to return the personal fortune of Mrs. Isabelle
Barnett which was seized for the benefit of creditors who
.ield the banks’ notes. He must grant an accounting of the
case in litigation within six vears.
KOREAN COMMISSION TALKS
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec.. 24— The Korean Com
mission in a statement issued to Jay charges Japanese mil
tary authorities with deeds more frightful and barbarous
nan anv perpetrated in Beirium bv the Germans. They
iase all their charges from reports received from Man
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, THE COMMUNITY TREE.
This morning the teachers and the children who will
ravticipate in the doings on Christmas Eve rehearsed the
jrogram which will be given on that night The A. B. Hall
vi.s alive with a happy bunch of youngsters.
The following program will be given:—
1 Song: “It came upon the Midnight Clear.” Audience.
2 Song: By the little folks.
3 Recitation:. “Naughty Jimmy Brown” Marguerite
Thompson.
4 Recitation: “Family Troubles” Helen Stotko.
i 5 Drill and Song: “Guess who's Who”.
6 Dialogue: “A letter to Santa Claus” Isabelle Robinson,
Eddie Borgen.
I 7 Recitation “The Mistletoe” Melba Johnsrud.
8 Song : “Christmas Bells-” Four Girls.
9 Recitation : “An Ignorant Dolly” Mildred Parker.
10 Recitation: Christmas Secrets Lynn McNeer.'
i Thplma Tflllaopn
II Duet: “Star of the East” Charlotte Mathison, j
12 Recit-atiop: “The Lockout Men” . Willis Corson.
13 Recitation: “If I could be old Santa Claus” John Nelson.
14 Song: “Hark the Angels Sing” Seven Girls.
15 Recitatita: “Christmas Days” Hunter McNeer.
16 Recitation: “When things are not what they seem” Isa
oelle Robinson. '
.7 Platette:. “Christmas Secrets”. /'
18 And Final t SongHoly Night The Audience. ‘ J
E. R. Arbuckle and wife who pr-Garar* Holly Wreaths and Miitle
rived on the Victoria left for Anchftv ^ gg^ gftwarj Dmg . _
age on this mornings4valn. - "u .
Construction of Alaska’s new steel trail, the govern*
inent railroad linking Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks,
to date has cost Uncle Sam approximately $42,000,000 of
a total authorization of $52,000,000, according to Col Fred*
erick Mears, chairman and chief engineer of the Alaskan
Engineering Commisson, who arrived in Seattle Wednes*
clay mght aboard the Alaska Steamship Company’s liner
Alameda on his way to Washington, D. C« •
“The total estimate and authorization for the build*
ing of the government railroad in Alaska was $52,000,000,
part of which is made available by law each year said CoL
iviears, “1 am now on my way to Washington, D. C., to ap*
pear before the appropriations committee of the House in
connection with next year's appropriation.”
Colonel Mears said 6LZ miles oi line on me soutnem
division of the road and 140 miles on the northern division
are m operation including the branch to Cha-tanika. Two
trains a week are running on each of the divisions. There
js an 84-nule.gap between the ends of steel in the Broad
r ass district and 50 miles of right of way yet to be graded,
it is expected there will not be much grading left by the
end of next summer. Colonel Mears said the commission
was short of men all last summer. A total of 2,500 men
were employed. Between 3,500 and 4,000 men will be need
ed in Alaska by the commission next spring and summer.
“We have had a fairly successful season in Alaska,
ie great handicap having been the shortage of labor,"
am colonel Mears. “Track has been extended on the main
me northward irom Mile 235 to Mile 272, and will reach
Mile 275, in the Chulitna Pass, before the end of the month,
iiis pl&ce will be a distributing point for the supplies
which are being freighted into Broad Pass this winter,
riie big steel bridge spanning the susitna River at Gold
Creek, Mile 264, is nearly completed. There were 900 tons
oLeel in place on Nov. 25, and the American Bridge Co.,'.
mntempiate uaving the entire span in place by l)ec., 31.
ALaSAA NEWS (By Mail)
The.Chilkat Oh Company-reports that a second 6-for-'
el a da v w'eli has been struck bv the company at Katalla. ,
.i ten-barrel a dav well was reported on the same property
.arher in the season. Alaskan High schools this year re
port an increase in enrollment of twenty-five per cent over
ast year.
A. E. Lathrop of Anchorage re-.
turned to that town on this mornings’ |
train.
Pete Monahan a well known old
,iniG Sour Dough is a guest of the Ho
-el Overland.
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Mrs. W. A. O. Baldwin left on the
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•>. 5j. Victoria for Cordova to spend the
[olidays with her sister Mrs. Sellin.
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The passengers who arrived on the
/ictoiia yesterday were as follows;
Mrs. Leon Urbach, Henry Levy,
E. it. Arbuckle and wife, J. F. Karas,
Wm. R. L. Turnquist and son, G.
Chnntes, T . Papas, M. Gans, W. G.
Marsh, Mrs. N. Brown; P. Monehan,
{. Beebe and wife, A. E. Latrop, El
liott Stewart, Miss L . Howard, Mrs.
ilolmes, Alvah Eames, W. J. Marsh Jr
J, II. Storm, Sam Lalopp, F. Ferguson
and wife, T. Carlson, J. E. Holmes, J.
Peterson, J. Jarvey, W. Grese, and
several others.
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M. Gans returned to Anchorage.
Mr. Gans has been spending a few
months vacation in the States. He re
turred on the S. S. Victoria. He re
ports conditions on the Pacific Coast
as being very unsettled.
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Lord Baltimore Linen Stationery.
All shades, with envelops. 50 eta.
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J. E. Holmes arrived yesterday on
the Victoria and left for Anchorage
this morning.
Henry Levy, returned to Anchor
age this moming.He will resume his
old place with the A. E. C. in the T. A
T. Department
J. D. O’Brien who was a guest'of
the Hotel Seward left for Anchorage
this morning on the Limited.
yf. G . Marsh, W. G. Marsh Jr* and
J. H. Storm left for Anchorage this
morning. :
F. Furgeson and wife who arrived
yesterday on the S. S. Victoria left
this morning for Anchorage. From
Anchorage they will go to the end of
stee and from that point they willl
mush into the obuk country which Ues
above the Seward Peninsula and North *
of Nome.
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The GatewayLimited pulled out this
morning for Anchorage on schedule .
time. The following passengers bought
tickets for Anchorage and way points.
ppq>raH3tu!§iia tft\
Just arrived on the S. & Victoria
genuine Holly wreaths and Mistletoe
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Our oyater friea and itewa are fiam.
We km freak eyatera and we kw
hew to prepare tkeai at CiMMk
Calk.
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