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, VI .. . ...„ SEWARD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917 Ten Cents the Copy
Volume XI. ISumner cz\.___—-- ---
SEWARD CIVIC FAIR
IS COMPLETE SUCCESS
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND!
The big fair given by the Ladies’
Civic League on Friday anti Saturday
evenings of last week surpassed all
expectations, both financially und
otherwise. The proceeds go to the
Red Cross. Friday evening was de
voted to exhibits, ami a variety ot the
most wonderful array of good things
from the garden, the kitchen, the
home, the mountains and the woods
were on display. In the vegetable
display, especially, were the most
beautiful, large and solid heads ot let
tuce. cabbage, spuds, turnips, carrots,
rutabagas, onions, peas, beans; in
fact, everything was as good, and i!
anything better, than those raised in
the States.
A solid lump of coal direct from the
Matanuska coal fields, measuring a.
few inches h*ss than a measured ton,
was especially of interest.
In the culinary department there
was everything a person could desire
in the shape of palatable eats and the
* vtor emanating from out that depart
ment into the main auditorium was
too much for many of the old bache
lors, and they were to be found there
„ ail times.
them one litt
were hanging around. We received a
little taste of one particular cake, and
if that one was only a sample, we can
but say that Seward has the best
cooks in the country.
In the fiower department every
thing from the home-grown rose to
the wild flower of the woods, were in
evidence, and it was, indeed, an ex
hibit worthy a place along side of
anv we have seen on the t Hitside, con
sidering all conditions.
Saturday and Saturday evening was
the big day and evening and the au
ititoriuni was crowded. In the even
ing cakes and other eatables from the
culinary department were auctioned
off to the highe>t bidders, and that
they brought top-notch prices goes
without saying. A pillow made trom
a newspaper containing reports of
the Seward Anchorage games, printed
on silk, and beautifully made up. was
auctioned off for $12.0U.
At the country store it was almost
impossible to get near it as everyone
was eager to take a chance. 1 wo
bits bought a number and the number
gave the holder anything trom a i>
ing pan to a large ham, including gro
ceries, glassware, dresses, caps and
hats, according to how lucky the pur
chaser might be in drawing his num
ber.
The pageant staged by the ladies
Saturday evening was one of the best
of its kind ever attempted anywhere
and those taking part in the attair
are to be congratulated upon the
splendid manner in which tno\ acquit
ted themselves, from the older folks
to the wee tots who were especially
tine.
All the different allied countries
were faithfully portrayed. The Red
Cross nurse, Uncle Sam and Columbia,
Alaska, Southern States and poor,
downtrodden Belgium were repre
sented in true-to-nature style. Patri
otic songs, in which the audience took
part, were sung in true American
spirit, and the building fairly shook
with the volume of song.
The words of the pageant, which
were spoken as each character ap
peared on the stage, were written by
Frank Cotter and are more than of
ordinary merit as to aptness and
rhythm. The pageant will no doubt
in time be used by other communi
ties for patriotic gatherings.
The railroad building in which the
fair was held was beautifully and
artistically decorated with bunting and
flags, as well as flowers and greens,
presenting a patriotic appearance suit
able to the occasion.
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Monday evening was to oe uevoieu
to auctioning off of all the vegetables
and a few left-overs in one or two
other departments, but owing to the
excitement due to the sudden rising of
'the glacier stream, it was not done,
everyone doing what they could to
protect property.
During both evenings the ice cream
and punch booth was sold out early,
the demand being greater than they
were able to supply.
The net proceeds, as near as it is
possible to get them, are in the neigh
J
berhood of $200.00. which will be sent
to the Red Cross fund.
Following is a list of the prize win-!
nets and the prizes awarded:
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VEGETABLE SECTION
Best Genera! Display—Mr. Kuntz,
1st. $5.00.
Potatoes—Geo. Laughlin, 1st, $1.00;
Mr. McConnell. 2nd.
Beets—Judge J. L. Green, 1st, $1;
Mr. Kuntz. 2nd.
Carrots — Judge J. L. Green, 1st,
$1.00; Mr. Evans, 2nd.
Yellow Turnips — Mr McConnell,
1st. $1.00; Hospital Garden, 2nd.
White Turnips—Mrs. Al Davis, 1st.
$1.00; Mrs. Sawyer, 2nd.
Lettuce—Judge J. L. Green, 1st, $1;
Joe Hoffman. 2nd.
Rutabagas—Geo. Laughlin, 1st, $1;
Mr. Burns, 2nd.
Peas—Mr. Kuntz, 1st, $1.00; Mrs.
Al Davis. 2nd.
Rhubarb—Mr. Kuntz, 1st, $1.00.
Gooseberries—Mrs. Evans, 1st, 1.
Black Currants—Mrs. Evans, 1st.
$1.00.
Raspberries—Mr. Kuntz, 1st, $1.
Miscellaneous Class
Kohlrabi—Judge J. L. Green, 1st,
$1.00.
Yard which showed greatest im- i
provement during year—Judge J. L. j
Green. 1st. $10.00; Mrs. Al Davis, 2nd,
$5.00.
FANCY WORK
Best General Display—Mrs. Orlan
der, 1st, $5.00; Mrs. A1 Davis, 2nd,
>3.00; Mrs. Krefting, 3rd.
Rest Plain Crochet—Mrs. C. A. I
Martin, yoke, 1st; Mrs. C. A. Martin, j
yoke. 2nd; Mrs. Noon, table, runner,
3rd.
Irish Crochet—Miss Sexton, night
gown yoke. 1st.
White Embroidery—Mrs. Losness,
tray cloth, 1st; Mrs. McDonald, 2nd;
Mrs. Munro, pillowslips, 3rd.
Colored Embroidery—Mrs. Green,
child’s dress, 1st; Miss Sexton, mati
nee jacket, 2nd, Hallett it Scott,
apron, 3rd.
Tatting—Mrs. Hettel, yoke, 1st;
Hallett & Scott, towel, 2nd; Hallett
& Scott, handkerchiefs, 3rd.
Ciocheted Baskets — Mrs. Leslie,
1st.
Fillet Crochet—Mrs. C. E. Orlander,
tray cloth, 1st; Mrs. Jennie Dahlberg,
doili?. 2nd.
Lace Work—Mrs. A1 Davis, center
piece, 1st.
Miscellaneous Class—Mrs. Keating,
rag rug, 1st; Mrs. Thwaites, bag, 2nd;
Mrs. Noon, pin cushion, 3rd.
No articles entered in general dis
play could compete for individual
prizes.
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FLOWER SECTION
Best General Display of House
Plants—Mrs. Ellsworth, 1st, $5.00;
Mrs. Butts, 2nd, $3.00.
Best Cut-Flower Display — Mrs.
Ward, 1st, $5.00.
Best Rose— Mrs. Sauers, 1st.
Best Geranium—Mrs. Butts, 1st.
Best Hydrangea—Mrs. Foran, 1st.
Best Begonia—Sr. M. Aloysius, 1st.
Best Pansies—Mrs. Ballaine, 1st.
Best Arctic Poppies—Mrs. Ballaine,
1st.
Best Falling Star—Mrs. Sawyer,
1st.
Best Shirley Poppies—Mrs. Bal
laine, 1st.
Best California Poppies — Mrs.
Evans, 1st.
Best Asters—Mrs. Sexton, 1st.
Best Fern, Mrs. Chas. Martin—1st.
Best Nasturtiums — Mrs. Ballaine,
1st.
Pressed Flower Tray—Mrs. Hettle,
Blue Ribbon.
CULINARY SECTION
Best Layer Cake—Mrs. Keating,
1st, 50c; Mrs. Hutton, 2nd, ribbon.
Best Loaf Cake—Mrs. Keating, 1st,
50c; Hospital Sisters, 2nd, ribbon.
Best Sponge Cake—1st, 50c.
Economy Cake, accompanied by re
cipe and cost of materials—Mrs. Blue,
1st. $2.00; Mrs. J. A. Nelson, 2nd,
ribbon.
Bread—Mrs. J. A. Nelson, 1st, 50c;
Mrs. Cooper, 2nd, ribbon.
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KATMAI HAS
LARGESTCRATER
Griggs Says Nine Miles in Gircumfer
ence and UfiOO Feet Deep— Mil
lion Active Vents
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.—
Professor Griggs, head of the expedi
tion sent out this spring by the Na
tional Geographic Society to explore
Mount Katmai, has returned to Ko
diak after spending several months
in exploring the region adjacent to
Katmai and has wired to the office
of the Society here that Katmai vol
cano has the greatest crater on the
face of the globe. He states that the
crater has a circumference of fully
nine miles and is thirty-six hundred
feet deep. The volcano is still vio
lently active, and the Katmai valley,
he says, has not less than a million
active volcanic vents.
Rolls—Mi's. 0. J. Keating, 1st, 50c;
Mrs. Cooper, 2nd, ribbon.
Rest Collection Jelly and Preserves
—Mrs. A1 Davis, 1st, 50c; Mrs. J. J.
Patton, 2nd, ribbon.
Rest Collection Canned Vegetables
—Mrs. A1 Davis, 1st, 50c.
Rest Canned Fish—Mrs. Torrey,
1st, 50c; Mrs. A1 Davis, 2nd, ribbon.
Pickled Fish — Mrs. I.osness—1st,
50c.
Best Salad — Mrs. I.osness, Alaska
Herring Salad, 1st, 50c; Mrs. Cooper,
Potato Salad. 2nd, ribbon.
Best Cookies—Mrs. Keating, 1st,
50c; Nellie Shea, 2nd, ribbon.
Best Pie—Nellie Shea, 1st, 50c.
Rest Roiled Salad Dressing—Mrs.
C. K. Orlander, 1st, 50c.
CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT
Arts and Crafts Section
(Children Any Ape up to 18 Years)
Best Original Exhibit — Gladys
Green, Embroidered Patchwork Hi
low, 1st, 50c.
Rest Doll Hat Collection—Helen
Sawyer, 1st, 50c; Beatrice Baughman,
2nd, 25c.
Best Stamp Collection - Francis
Ballaine, 1st, 50c; BeatHic Baugh
man, 2nd, 25c.
Best Plain Sewing—Thelma Talla
sen, 1st, 50c; Livonia Stotko, 2nd, 25c.
Best Crochet—Livonia Stotko, 1st.
50c.
(Children 10 to 18 Years of Age)
Best Embroidery—Livonia Stotko.
1st, 50c.
(Children 6 to 9 Years of Age)
Best Embroidery — Helen Saywer,
1st, 50c.
Best Cake—Class A, Marjorie Me
Phail, 1st, 50c; Gladys Green, 2nd,
25c. Class B—Thelma Ellsworth, 1st.
50c.
Best Cookies, Class B—Thelma
Ellsworth, 1st, 50c.
Vegetable and Flower Section
Best Vegetable Display, Class A—
Margaret Sloan, 1st, 50c; Dorothy
Baughman, 2nd, 25c.
Best Flower Display — Dorothy
Baughman, 1st, 50c; Helen Sawyer,
2nd, 25c.
Best Potatoes—Everett Patton, 1st,
50c; Dalton Rothfus, 2nd, 25c.
Best Beets — Dorothy Baughman,
1st, 50c; Margaret Sloan, 2nd, 25c.
Best Carrots—Everett Patton, 1st,
50c; Helen Sawyer, 2nd, 25c.
Best Lettuce — Dorothy Baughman,
1st, 50c; Gladys Green, 2nd, 25c.
Best Radishes—No entries.
Best Turnips—Everett Patton, 1st,
50c; Helen Sawyer, 2nd, 25c.
CLASS B
Best Vegetable Display — Francis
Ballaine, 1st, 50c; Thelma Ellsworth,
2nd, 25c.
Best Flower Display—Francis Bal
laine, 1st, 50c; Patricia Ray, 2nd, 25c.
Best Beets — Beatrice Baughman,
1st, 50c.
Best Carrots, Beach Patton, 1st,
50c; Francis Ballaine, 2nd, 25c.
Best Lettuce—Beatrice Baughman,
1st, 50c.
Best Radishes—Violet Gaffney, 1st,
50c; Thelma Ellsworth, 2nd, 25c.
Best Turnips — Beach Patton, 1st,
j 50c; Francis Ballaine, 2nd, 25c.
Best Potatoes—Beach Patton, 1st,
50c; Robert Mullen, 2nd, 25c.
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STEAMER SAILINGS
The steamer Alameda sailed west
1 ward at 11 p. m., September 10th.
The Steamship Alaska sailed from
Seattle for Seward 9 a. m., Sept. 7.
The Steamship Admiral Evans
sailed from Seattle for Seward, 10
a. m., September 8th.
PRIMARY LAW
FOR TERRITORY
Beginning Next Year People Will
Designate Candidates for All Elec
tive Positions in Alaska by Gen
eral Public Bullot.
The material provisions of the pri
mary nomination law enacted by the
recent Alaska legislature are as fol
lows:
Section 1. All candidates for the
office of Delegate to Congress from
Alaska, for the office of Attorney Gen
eral for the Territory of Alaska, or
for any other office created by Act of
Congress or the Legislature of the
Territory of Alaska, shall be nomin
ated by direct vote of the people.
Section 2. Each person desiring to
become a candidate for election to
such office shall, not less than sixty
days before the date of the primary
election, file with the Clerk of the
District Court for the judicial division
in which that candidate resides, a dec
laration of candidacy signed and
acknowledged and certified to be a
certificate of five electors of the ju
dicial division in which such candi
date resides, and who are members
of the political party to which such
candidate belongs, and shall pay to
said Clerk of the District Court the
proper fee.
Section 3 provides that the candi
date receiving the highest vote of his
party in the primary for each office
shall be the party nominee and have
his name placed on the official ballot
at the general election.
Sections 4 and 5 detail the forms
of declaration and other routine pro
cedure.
Section C fixes the date of the pri
mary election for the last Tuesday of
April of each even numbered year.
Section 7 provides that separate
ballots shall be provided for the dif
ferent political parties, and that the
Australian system shall govern.
The remaining sections govern the
notices of election, supplies and print
ing, conduct of election, returns and
canvass.
Section 13 provides that “each can
didate shall pay a fee of one per
cent of the annual salary for such of
fice, but in no case shall such fee. be
more than $40,“ which shall go into
a fund for payment of the expense
of primary elections.
NEW STEAMSHIP SOON TO BE
ADDED TO ALASKA FLEET
At the expiration* of the present
charter period, which still has nine
months to run, the steamship Henry
T. Scott, purchased by the Alaska
Steamship Company, about two years
ago, will be brought to the Pacific and
operated between Seattle and Alas
kan ports, according to officials of that
company.
The Henry T. Scott was built at San
Francisco in 1917 and is now at a Gulf
port discharging a cargo from Chili.
She is under direct charter to a New
York firm. On coming to the Pacific
coast the name of the vessel will like
ly be changed, as the owning company
has adopted the policy of naming all
of their vessels after some Alaskan
point.
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ALASKA’S DRAFTED MEN MAY
NOT REPORT UNTIL SPRING
Men drafted from Alaska may not
be called for service until the opening
of navigation in 1018. At the office
of Governor Strong it is not believed
it will be possible to secure the re
turns from the isolated Alaska reg
istrar precincts in time to renumber
and hold a drawing until after nav
igation closes this fall. If this is true
it will be impossible to bring the
drafted men out over the ice on ac
count of the expense and time neces
sary for such an operation.
Water connections have been
made between the north and south
sides of the city by means of a
'2-inch iron pipe and the people
of the city are now supplied with
water; The pressure will not be
strong, but enough water can be
had to meet nearly all demands.
The water company is to be con
gratulated upon the way they
have handled the situation and it
is greatly appreciated by all.
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LIGHT AND TELEPHONE
BUILDING FILLED WITH
5-FT. OF MUD AND ROCK
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Tho light and telephone building of,
the Seward Light and Power Co.,!
which is possible to get into today,
is filled with about five feet of mud,
rock and debris of all kinds, and work
is now being pushed to get it cleared
out. Men are working unceasingly rn
order to connect up the telephones and
lights but it is a task that will take
weeks to accomplish. Tho switchboard
of the light department is under three
feet of dirt and water and as yet it
is impossible to tell just how badly
damaged it is. The dynamos and en
gines are set up on high beds of con
crete and this machinery is in perfect
condition, not having been touched by!
either water or mud. In the tele
phone department it will also be some]
time before service can be resumed,
although men are working in water
and mud at present in order to get
the switchboard in shape.
Much valuable machinery in the
machine department, as well as sup
plies are damaged beyond redemption.
The building is but slightly damaged
and but little work will be necessary
to put it in as good a condition as be
fore.
Manager Gratf is doing all in his
power to have service in both depart
ments established at the very earliest
moment, but is unable to give any
definite time as to service, and judg
ing from the way it looks at the pres
ent time he has a big task before him.
HUNS MOVING I
OUT OFFENDERS
Teuton Troops are Getting Ready to'
Abandon Campaign in West, Say
Dispatches
PARIS, Sept. 12.—The evacuation
of West Flanders by the German
army began today, by the civil pop
ulation moving out, according to dis
patches from Hazebrouck. The Ger
man troops are forced to fall back to
keep from being flanked by General
Haig’s forces.
CHILD FORETELLS OWN
DEATH AND WAR'S END
Wisconsin Paper Tolls Story of Dumb
Girl Who Speaks Only
to Prophesy.
GRESHAM, Or., Sept. 10.—A copy
of the Fennimore, Wis., Times, re
ceived by a resident of Gresham a few
days ago, carries the story of a little
girl believed to be dumb from birth
who, a few days ago at the age of
three years, suddenly developed the
ability to speak plainly. Her mother
dropped a cup and broke it, and the
little girl solemnly announced, “One
cup broken.” The mother, startled at
hearing the child speak, dropped an
other cup, and a similar announce
ment was made by the little girl. A
physician, sent for in haste, repeated
i the mother’s performance when the
! little girl is credited with the follow
ing statement:
“Three cups broken, and I am three
years old, and I am going to die in
three days, and the war will end in
three months.”
The child died three days later, ac
cording to the story, and the people
of the neighborhood are eagerly
awaiting the passing of the next three
months to see if the rest of the
child's prophecy will come true.
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COMMISSION EMPLOYE
COMMITS SUICIDE AT
MILE 17, IS REPORT
Reports reached this office today to
the effect that a commission employe
committed suicide last evening by
jumping into one of the glacier
streams near Mile 17, along the route,
of the government railroad. Wc are I
unable to get particulars on account
of absence of parties at that end of!
the telephone line.
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RECEIVER NOYES TURNED
DOWN BY COURT
The United States circuit court of!
appeals at San Francisco, Tuesday,
September 4, denied the appeal for a
check for F. G. Noyes, receiver of the
Washington-Alaska Bank at Fair
banks for $1,860,000, as exemplary and
compensatory damages as a result of
an alleged combination between the
Washington-Alaska, First National
Bank of aFirbanks, and the Fairbanks
Banking Company.
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S. M. Graff, of the Seward Light
& Power Co., is a passenger on the
Admiral Evans, which sailed from
Seattle September 7th.
SAYS U. S.
WILL JO WAR
Lloyd George in Address Today Said
United States Has Never Been
Beefated in War
I5IRKENHEAD, England, Sept. 12.
—Lloyd George, in an address here
today stated that the United States
was sure to win the present war, as
she had never yet known defeat. He
said the Russian revolution merely de
layed ultimate victory.
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PLAN TO SEND
CAN OF PINEAPPLE
HONOLULU, T. H., Sept. 11.—In
habitants of the Hawaiian Islands an1
planning to send to each soldier and
sailor enlisted from Hawaii during the
present war, a can of Hawaiian pine
apples dircft from the great pineapple
plantations of Hawaii, as a part of
their celebration on Hawaiian Pineap
ple Day, HUT. The Island people have
selected November 14, as Pineapple
Day, and will amplify the usual cele
bration by remembering the soldier
boys in the training camps and gar
risons and those “somewhere in
France.”
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The Seward hospital building, which
came so dangerously near being
wrecked by the glacier stream during
its rampage the past three days, is
past all danger now and work has
been commenced clearing up the
wreckage by which it is surrounded,
preparatory to moving back the pa
tients and nurses.
Property owners and tenants along
the banks of the big glacier stream
are hard at work today raising and
placing new founadtions under their
homes in order to move back again.
They will be left standing, for the
present at least, where the stream has
placed them, and occupied as soon as
habitable.
The exhaust of gasoline engines is
now heard all over town. The en
gines are used in place of electric
power. It has been a long time since
this kind of power was necessary in
Seward and it is predicted that it will
not be long before they will again be
silent—for how long is a matter of
conjecture only.
The Hotel Sexton is standing: out
most beautifully in a new coat of
paint.
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NO NEWS BY CABLE
No word from the Outside can
be had as yet and no reason has
been sent in as to what is caus
ing the trouble. Upon arrival of
the Alameda tonight the cable of
fice hopes to receive the infor
tion. This will come via wireless,
Cordova to Anchorage, and by
steamer to Seward. As yet no
word has come into the office
here since early Monday morn
ing.