VOL 8 SKWAHI), ALASKA, MONDAY EY KN I NO, OCTOISER 27, ltH;?_N<)> 23
CHURCHES ASK
REVOVAL OF TWO
LADY MEMBERS
Everett, Wash., Oct. 27 - The
churches of this city 1 ave sent peti
tions to Governor Lister ur^injr the
removal of Mrs. Swanson and Mis.
McMahon, members of tht state in
dustrial commission. These objection- i
able members take the ground that
emplovers are not justitied, as a matter i
of economics, in discharging immoral
women and trirls.
UNCLE SAM TO
ISSUE WARNING
Washington, Oct. 27—The adminis
tration is preparing to notify the,
world that interferedce in Mexico will j
be regarded as an unfriendly act to-1
ward the United States.
WILSON OPPOSES
CENTRAL BANK
Washington, Oct. 27—President Wil
son makes it plain that he is opposed |
to the central hank scheme favored by j
a majority of bankers.
S. S. MARIPOSA
COMES AND GOES
The steamer Mariposa readied pert,
at 6:30 o’clock last evening and sailed
east-bound at midnight. Arriving
passengers were Dr. J. H. Rotnig,
Phil J. Hickey, Al Peel, Kelly OLon.
Harry Elk worth, Thomas Finnegan,
W. L. Helvey, Sam Guyot, J. King, L.
P. Voorhees and Dorothy Davis.
Departing passengers were Rev. L. I
H. Pedersen. Mrs. Pedersen and fam
ily, enroute to Juneau; A. H. Bryant,
superintendent of the Valdez Creek |
Mining Company, enreute to the home
office at Boston; Mr. and Mrs. James
Morris and Mr. Summerson, big game
hunters, enroute to Idaho; J. kreisser,
chief taxidermist of the Field museum,
returning to Chicago; Mrs. L. V. Ray j
and daughter and Dr. H. O. Schale-]
ben, enroute to Valdez; R. B. Mathi
son, the Rope mining man, F. E. Ste
wart, A. A. Nutter and F. E. Larson,
euroute to Seattle, and L. D. Hubbard, j
enroute to San Francisco.
Jack Dalton, a sourdough Alaska
packer, will have charge of transport
ing the government coal from the
Matanuska to tidewater.
TheSusitna river is frozen.
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
' I buy Gold Nuggets and pay
full value and a premium if extra
good speciman.
George, the Jeweler
REV. PEDERSON
ENDS FAITHFUL
SERVICE HERE
Rev. L. H. Pedersen, Mrs. Peder
sen and family departed on the steam
er Mariposa, enroute to their new
home at Skagway,where Mr. Pedersen
goes to assume the pastorate of the
Methodist church.
Seward will miss this upright, con
scientious,industrious and capable min
ister and his devoted helpmate. For
mot e than eight years, he has been a
prominent, active part of tins common
ity—faithful to a degree in his field of
endeavor and doing more than his
rharv as a public-spirited, loyal citi
zen* of the town.
Skagway is to be congratulated
upon securing the services, of this
cplendid Christian family, * ho leave
here with the good-* ill, the love and
respect of the eutire community.
A brief summary of the work of the
church, under Mr. Pedersen's pastor
ate. will be appropos:
Kev. L. H. Pedersen, with his family,
arrived in Seward on the steamer
Portland July 31, 1905. He put a rent,
20 x 30 feet, on the present site of the
Methodist chucrh building. In the
tent the family Jived and the pastor
held services. When the Seward Lit
erary and Musical society was organ
ized that fall, it built a shingle roof
over the tent frame and made other
improvements. The Ladies Aid society
was organized in the fall of 1905, im
mediately after which the Aleihudist
church was formally organized.
The present Sunday school is the out
come of a Union Suuday school organ
ized oy the late Dr. D. II. Sleem in
his house (now the federal jail) in May
1904. It continued as a Union Sunday
school about one year after the Method
ist work was organized, when it was
taken over, atthe request of Dr. Sleem,
by the Methodist church.
The parsonage wasjLmilt in the fall of
1907, nearly all the work being done
by the pastor. The old railway mess
house, standing opposite the Y. M. C.
A., was bought and out of that the
structure was erected. The first
winter in Seward the pastor and family
lived in what is now the church wood
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch._*
Meet me at the Branch *
Twenty gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. ; t
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
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GUIMBARD AND
HILDRETH AMONG
THE LOCATORS
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Victor Guimbard, who in company
| with H. H. Hildreth set out from
I Knik for the Nelchina diggings, and
who has returned here, tells the Gate
way that the camp is one of great
promise. Guimbard located claims for
himself and associates a id in company
with John Pendergast, the quartz rain
jar, will retuan to the scene. Guim
j bard i> a first class, experienced pros
pector, and his opinion is one of value.
Judge Hildreth writes interestingly
of the camp to the Gateway. He says
Guimbard and himself made the trip
in six days from Knik,packing supplies
on a horse. They remained in the
j| camp some twelve days. Hildreth is
enthusiastic over the outlook and will
return there in December. Fie has
locations, for himself and associates, on
Crooked creek, and on the new discov
ery—Flai creea—and on tributaries of
that stream—Placer and Shovel creeks.
Fie and Guimbard were among the first
in that section and consequently got a
good choice of ground.
Knik, Oct. 16—Fred Getchell, Odin
Olson and Duncan McKinnon, original
locators of the rich placer ground on
Albert creeck, in the Nelchina district
have bonded their property to Win.
M. Martin, the Willow creek mining
man, for $200,000. A substantial cash
bonus was \ aid and To per cent, of the
grocs output goes to the owners until
payment is made. The group contains
ten claims. Martin will install ma
chinery and work the ground on a big
scale.
Christoferson and partners have
bonded twelve claims on Crooked
| creek to M. A. Ellis, the Cache creek
mining man, for $150,000. Elliss will
take in a oig hydraulic plant next
season.
Frank Brown has sold his quartz
property on Peters creek, receiving a
substantial cash payment, and will de
vote his time to Nelchina placers.
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shed, having a tent adjoiuing for kit
chen purposes.
The Ladies Aid Society has been a
great aid in every way, having fur
nished the parsonage with lineoleums,
Majestic range, modern plumbing,
enamel bathroom fixtures, bureaus, etc.
•The society also aided in providing
seats for the church building and
bought a piano for the church uses.
The Ballaiue brothers gave the
church two lots. The parsonage oc
cupies Dart of this ground and the re
mainder will be used for a modern
church building. Conditions have not
justified the building of a new church,
although the sum of $1500 is set aside
for that purpose, to be used when
times improve.
During his pastorate here the pastor
went east and raised ' money to start
jLhe Y. M. C. A. work. This is now
in its fourth year. It has a reading
room, game room, living rooms, gvm
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. *
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. __ * *
RAZORS! RAZORS! RAZORS!
The Finest In the Land! Where?
AT GEORGE THE JEWELLER'S
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Chicago, Oct. 27—The Frost et ah
| civil suits to jjaiti possession of coal
•claims in the Matanuska claims have
! been postponed iudi(inttely. Before
1 trial Secretary Lane must decide
whether or not the testimony adduced
! at the criminal trial by the prosecu
tion can stand in the civil suits,
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TO AID ALASKA
Philadelphia, Oct. 27-The Ameri
can Mining Congress, at its final ses
| sion Saturday, passed a resolution
urging a more liheral construction, by
the administration, of the United
•States land laws applicable to Alaska.
FIFTY ■ FOUR
| ONES' RESCUED
i Dawson, N. M., Oct. 27—Fifty-four
! bodies have been taken from the burn
i ing coal mine here. The rescuers re
fuse to continue work, due to the dan
gers involved.
ANOTHER WRECK
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Westerly, R. I.. Oct. 27—A washout,
on the New Haven system caused the
ditching of an express train yesterday.
Fifteen persons were hurt.
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nasium, etc. During the time the
pactor’s sons were in attendance there,,
it was self supporting, with an attend
ance as high as 1700 per month.
The Rev, Pedersen was the author
of the movemnt to make Alaska day a
holiday, w hich was observed the first
time this month. He served on the
school board three years and took the
initiative in establishing the high
school. He has been identified with
! the Seward Commercial Clud since its
j formation and served one term as pres
ident. He was a delegate to the non
partisan convention in Valdez, which
originated some measures enacted into
laws by the Alaska legislative assembly
Stenographer Suicides
Seattle, Oct. 27—May Gordon, a sten
ographer, committed suicide this
morning by jumping from the thir
teenth to the tenth floor in the Alaska
building. She struck a railing of the
stairs. Death quickly followed. The
girl was addicted to the use of sleep
ing powders.
Meet me at the Branco.
I sell Gorham Silver Goods.
Leave your orders.
George, the Jeweler.