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SEATTLE ...COMPANY'S ISLANDS
TO WESTWARD ARE SCENES
OF PRESENT MYSTERY
Few people in Seward know of the
Kanaka Ranching Co., the company
mentioned in Thursday’s Associated
Press dispatch in connection with the
finding of the body of Phillip H.
Munro, lone: missing Seattle man
who was superintendent of the com
pany until his strange disappearenc
two years ago.
The company, which have thous
ands of red and blue fox on three
islands. Kanaga, Tanaga and Elak,
lying about 500 mlies west of Unal
aska and almost on the tip of the
Aleutian chain, has been operating
out there since 1924. The company
foxes, however, were planted three
years previous to that, in 1921. But *
for years prior to that foxes had been:
roaming the islands or since the
Russians -swarmed over the land.
The information imparted herein
was given to the Gateway by J. W.
Rafferty, one of the stockholders of
the company, a recent visitor in the
city after being shipwrecked on the
Iskum ,the company’s tender. Mr.
Rafferty stated that they expected
to take off about 300 or 400 blues
this year o’- almost three times as
many as last season. Prior to the
wreck they had already transferred
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Eastman’s Films. Schallerer’s Alaska
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PUBLIC DANCE TONIGHT
Take in the public dance at 0<ld
Fellows hall tonight, suggests Mr. P.
Anderson, floor manager, for an ex
tra fine program of dance music will
be presented. Besides t he floor has
been gone over again and is as slick
as the proverbial whistle.
Hank Hinkley spent the past win
ter at Illiamna and, according to the
report brought to Seward yesterday,
says it was the pleasantess wintei
he lias had since lie left Maine in
1847.
The freighter Tanana, of the A. S.
S. Co., moved over to the Standard
Oil and San Juan docks during the
night, discharged another 100 tons of
freight and' departed today for the
South.
til fox, kennels and all other equip
ment, to another island where condi
tions were thought to be superior.
On the three islands, six houses are
the winter and summer abode of the
company’s trappers. They are com
fortable and contain many improve
ments not ordinarily found in isolat
ed places of this nature.
Mr. Rafferty further said the com
pany was well pleased with the pro
gress that had been made to date and
though the wreck of the Iskum would
handicap them somewhat this season
considerable improvement in increas
ing the stock and equipment lias
been planned.
Lucky says: Even the
woodpecker owes his success
to the fact that he uses his
head and keeps pecking
away. Try pecking at
Lucky’s cash grocery,
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Seward, Alaska
Reliable Standard Brand
Work and Dress Clothing
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AT STANDARD PRICES
OUR REPUTATION IS YOUR GUARANTEE
WE ARE JOBBERS TOR ALL BRANDS OF
Cigarettes, Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos and Copenhagen Snuff
Stock and Drop Shipment Orders Executed Promptly
Let us supply your wants in Choice Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. We carry
them at all times in up to-date Cold Storage
DEPENDABLE GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, GARDEN
TOOLS OF ALL KINDS
Hollyhurst Ranch Eggs,
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Fleischman’s Fresh
Yeast for Baking and
Health
Puritan Hams and Ba
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Spread
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Soap and Soap Powders of all kinds, Dutch Cleanser, Insto, Bon Ami,
Stove Polish, Chimney Sweep, Scrubbing Brushes, Mops and Mop
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Kleanbore Cartridges just received.
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Prompt Delivery and Satisfaction Assured
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ROAD NEEDS REPAIRING
A Gateway subscriber writes re
garding the new trail from Illiamna
to the village stating that the road
withstood the rigors of winter re
markably well but that there are sev
eral small washouts that will have
to be renared before a wagon can be
used over it.
MAGNATE HALTS TRAINS
IN DANGEROUS ZONES
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 21. (£>)—
Automatic train control, under which
a train in a danger zone is brought
to a stop independent of human
hands, has proved so successful that
the Pennsylvania Railroad is install
ing it on an 18-mile stretch in Ohio,
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The road has appropriated $3,000,000
t extend it through the Pittsburgh
region.
Men’s shoes resoled, heeled and
polished $2.75. Seward Leather
Works.
Order New York ice
cream for your Sunday din
ner. Candy Cottage.
Fairbanks Airplane
Corporation
—The Pioneer Line—
FLYING TO ALL PARTS IN ALASKA
OUR NEW SWALLOW PLANE
Joseph Crosson, Pilot
(Alaska’s Ace)
has just completed a record flight
from Fairbanks, to Point Barrow,
returning via Kotzebue and Ruby.
For information as to Flights, Rates, Etc., write or
wire at our expense
ROBERT LA VERY, General Manager
Fairbanks, Alaska
HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
Inside frosted Electric Lamps, Ship Chandlery, An
chors, Rope and Twine, Paints and Oils, Sheet metal,
Plumbing Shop, Gun repairs.
Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention
J. L. GRAEF
Phone Madison 87 Seward Alaska
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