Healy River Coal j
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Healy River Coal Corp.
Home office at Anchorage, Alaska
MS BLUE FOX I
FOB HIRE or CHARTER
Makes monthly trips around all
Shumagin Islands and Herin
deen Bay and will land anyone
anywhere on either side of Al
aska Peninsula.
CAPT. RALPH GROSVOLD
Sand Point, Alaska. 1
ing the Lindbergh hop across the |
Atlantic. Perkins and Riddick did
the preliminary work in arousing;
enthusiasm to a point where ‘Slim’ j
Lindbergh, as he was known when |
he was flying mail across Missouri, J
was financed for his great adven-j
ture. !
But it is he of the Vandike beard, j
which would make him look equal- |
ly as sourdoughy if cut in any*
other pattern, we are interested in,;
for he is now enlisted in the van-.
guard of prospectors who will soon
put Alaska back where it started
and belongs, the greatest gold pro
ducing country in America.
Merrill is thus introduced by
Collier’s thru W. B. Courtney, writ
ing of the earlier barnstorming
days of Curtis, Lindbergh and Rid
dick:
“There was a day at Beaver Dam,
Ky., when with Merrill Riddick,
Perkins was conducting the Harry
H. Perkins Air Circus. Riddick was
a star among the wing-walking,
parachute-jumping and death de
fying fliers. Riddick was known in
hangars up and down the land as
the ‘hobo aviator.’ He was the black |
sheep of a wealthy family, of course.;
He was always broke and in need j
of many things, chief of which were j
seeks, soap and water and square i
meals.
“On Sunday Harry and Merrill j
flew to Beaver Dam, Ky. It was a,
bleak day and only a handful of j
spectators came to the pasture se- |
lected for the barnstorming. They ;
shivered and kept their hands and |
dollars in their pockets when Har- |
ry tried to sell hops. Riddick watch
ed with sinking heart. He was des
perate—broke and hungry. Then
the general shivering, of which he j
and Harry were doing the major,
part, gave Merrill an idea. He took i
off his coat and opened up his j
shirt. ‘Oh well,’ he said, ostensibly i
to Harry, but aloud for all to hear,'
‘I’m going up where I’ll be warmer.
You know how it is in your house
when your hanging pictures. It’s
always warmer near the ceiling.
That’s because the warm air goes
up. It’s the same outdoors. The
hjgher up you go the warmer it
gets. Well, so long.’ He fussed about
making ready to take off, and
summoning every bit of will power
he had to keep from expiring from
the cold winds that brushed across
the blue grass. Half a dozen press
ed forward: ‘Take me. mister. I’ll
buy a ride.’ Harry sold S95 worth I
of hops before Merrill had to give
up and put on his coat.”
Riddick arrived in Seward a few
days ago from Cache creek, where
he spent several weeks looking the
district over'and incidentally work
ing to learn something about pla
cer mining. On the way down from
Anchorage, he found i* difficult to
secure large draughs of the won
derful scenery at the Lopp, so got
off and walked into Seward. Along
the way he discovered a ledge par
elleling a dike. It interested him.
So Sunday found him heading back
to make a closer inspection to see
if he has found something of merit.
Riddick expects to return later
to Seward and go to Nuka bay
wheje he will prospect,
Riddick comes nearest to ap
proaching the earlier argonauts of
anyone arriving in the later years.
Figure it out; a daredevil who
walked wings of airplanes, took
death-defying plunges from the
upper ether, drew his belt tighter
when hungry, but managed to get
by in any man’s country.
It takes this spirit of adventure
to make a pioneer.
John Helm, Seward nroperty own
er and former member of the city
council, is now a resident of An
chorage where he is following his
business as building contractor.
The Seward Fisheries renewed
packing operations today after a
few days of idleness.
Flowers made to order for all
occasions. Sylvia’s.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. A, D. Haverslock
PHYSICIAN and SIROEON
Sevard General Hog,'»*.«■
E. P. Harwood
attorney at law
Seward. AlarKr
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SUE
Curtis R. Morford
agent
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Attorney-at-Law Notary PubUc
Br. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Phont Madiaon 10S—Teckkn»«rs_ Bldg.
Donohue & Dimond
attorneys at law
OFFICES
ALDEi. AND COKDO\A
He is diminutive in stature, af
fects a beard which might travel
under the alias of a Vandike. But
despite his disguise, should one
peer beneath the surface they v.ill
find that it is no other person than
Merrill Riddick.
If you do not know who Merrill
Riddick is, pick up Collier’s for
July 16 and you will discover one
of the bevy of conspirators who
started Colonel Chas. A. Lindbergh
on his way to fame- In fact, Harry
H. Perkins, who like Riddick was
among the earlier barnstormers of
the aviation game, was accessory
before and after the fact in launch
NUKA BAY TRANS- !
PORTATION CO. i
MS ROLPH III i
Capt. Pete Sather E
Leaves Seward 20th *
of each month j
For Charter or Hire
Fresh, Frozen or Salted
FISH
ADAMS 14
Paulsteiner’s
SEA FOOD MARKET
SHIP ANYWHERE
Wholesale and Retail
John Paulsteiner, Prop.
ALASKA FRESH EGGS
From the Lakeview Poultry
Farm
KENAI LAKE BOAT SERVICE
Connects with taxi for Russian
River Points.
Rates reduced 25 per cent
Short Hunts can be Arranged
Telephone HOWARD LONG
“TUMBLE DOWN
INN”
Mile 7 on Seward-Kenai
Highway—All the at
mosphere of Alaska
expressed in real
Alaskan style
CHICKEN DINNERS
DANCING
' LUNCHES
Phone— 3 long rings
Doris Lee, Prop.
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Oldest Sup sales on
the Paeiile Coast • •
relied upon toy
shippers tossy
tor more than a
third ol ss century.
REMAINING 1932 SALES DATES
July . 27 October.26
August..31 November.30
September.28 December.28
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West Coast GroceryO*
stCoast Fur sales,
Tacoma .Washington .
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