Pat Stapleton, well known oldtimei
who left Anchorage for the States
early in the winter, is at present in
Texas in the Panhandle district.
* ■ *
Fad Mtllovich was found guilty of
criminal .tresspassing in the U. S.
Commissioner’s court, and Judge
Frank Boyle of Juneau gave him a
suspended sentence.
* • •
W. E. Waugh was fined $25 by U.
S. Commissioner M. It. Boyd at Fair
banks last week on a charge of steal
ing coal belonging to the Alaska
Rrilroad. Waugh admitted liis guilt.
• • •
Frank McGarvey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McGarvey of Fairbanks,
who is spending the winter in Texas
with his mother, won an essay con
test conducted by an Amarillo paper
recently.
* * *
In the case of the United States
vs. Pablo De La Rosa and Daisy
Thomas which was heard in the
Juneau commissioner’s court Com
missioner Frank Boyle decided to
bind them over to the next Grand
Jury.
* * *
Word was received in Fairbanks
from Capt. A. E. Lathrop that build
ing of a four-story, concrete struc
ture in the heart of the Fairbanks
business district is now assured.
Excavating work probably will be
started early in May and construc
tion rushed to have the building
ready for occupancy by fall. The
Lathrop building, Fairbank’s first
modern structure, will house a hotel,
appartments. a moving picture thea
tre and several stores.
* * *
Reports from Jonesville state that
25 men are now busily engaged at
the Evan-Jones mine, putting the
machinery in sanooth running order
and making other preparations for
early resumption of coal mining op
erations. It is expected that delivery
of coal to the Alaska Railroad on the
new contract will begin within the
next two weeks. Thomas B. Black,
well known chef of the railroad belt,
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A couple of weeks ago the Gateway
published the account of Axel Larson
who was stranded on Fox Island,
within sight of this city, for a period
of three weeks during which time he
was without fire, food or shelter.
As was usual the Oateway sent a
Associated Press dispatch to the
Seattle office from which point the
news was flashed to 1,600 papers
throughout the United States.
In the last mail from the East Mr.
Larson received a letter from New
York, his former horr ■> town, asking
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certain family. He was! Many years
ago he left home and like thousands
of others as time rolled lost complete
touch with his folks. The Seward
dispatch served to bring him back
to home-ties. And he is grateful to
the power of the press.
W. C. Erwin, local manager of the
Standard Oil Company and for this
and the Interior districts, accompan
ied by Mrs Erwin and baby are re
turning home today on the steamer
Northwestern from the States where
they have spent the past several
weeks.
has charge of the mess at the coal
camp, which is an assurance that the
crew will have good eats to sustain
them in their work.
* * *
The Presbyterian manse at Anch
orage was a scene of a quiet wedding
last week when Matilda Anna Take
and Joseph Howard Conway plight
ed their troth in the simple ring
ceremony, conducted by Rev. John
E. Youel. Mr. Conway has been a
resident of the Anchorage district
since the commencement of railroad
activities. He located a homestead
when he first arrived here and lived
on the place for six years, after
which he took up a residence in town
and established himself in business.
* * *
In preparation for the navigation
season Glynn Day is assembling two
boats and two barges which will be
used on the Iditarod river run this
summer. The crafts are being put
together in an N. C. Co. warehouse
on Garden Island. Mr. Day bought
the boats and barges new in Seattle
and had them knocked down for
shipment. Two men were brought
from the States to assist in’the work
of assembling. For the las.t two
years Mr. Day has been chief engin
eer on one of the dredges operating
in the Iditarod country. Hereafter
he will take active charge of his
transportation business.
* * *
J. H. Cann, Superintendent of the
Apex El Nido Mine, left Juneau last
week with a party of 15 men to re
sume operations on the property. Ac
companying Mr. Cann is Jack Little
field who has accepted a position as
superintending engineer. Mr. Little
field is well known in Juneau, form
erly employed at the Alaska Juneau
Mine. He has previously been as
sociated with the Ketchikan Light
and Power Co., and mining proper
ties of Barber and Strong, in Port
land Canal. Mr. Cann predicts one
of the biggest seasons in store for
his mine this year. Several new
diesel compressors are on their way
north and will be installed within
the next month. Mr. Cann expects
to return to Juneau shortly and will
take an additional orew to the mine,
as soon as operations are under way.
Nine cans Carnation milk
for $1.00. Seward Trading
•company.
GOING BACK TO FLORIDA
[ Thomas Selby, son of the former
publisher of the Gateway, who re
turned to the city last .month, departs
this evening on the S. S. Admiral
Watson en .route to Seattle. Mr.
Selby contemplates returning .to
Florida where he has been offered
an excellent position.
Lee N. Jesson. who is associated
with his brother, Ed R. Jesson, in
the Alaska Matanuska Coal company,
operating on Moose Creek, which
mine is better known as Howard
Jesson, is on the S. S. Northwestern
on his semi-annual visit to the
property. His home and business
is in San Francisco.
Dell E. Sheiff, Alaska’s piano tuner,
will arrive in Seward about March 26.
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NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
on Tuesday. April 5th, 1927, the an
nual election of City officers and
member of the School Board, for the
City of Seward, Alaska, will be held.
The polls for said election will be
situated in the City Hall of said
City. The polls will be opeh from i
8 o’clock A. M. on the morning of
Tuesday, ' April 5th, 1927, until 7
o’clock P. M. on the evening of said
day:
Qualification of voters: Every per
son twenty one years of age who is
a citizen of the United States and1
who has resided in the Territory of j
Alaska continuously for one year J
next proceeding the election and
within the limits of the City of Sew
ard for six months preceeding the
election shall be qualified to vote.
All voters are requested to register.
The following officers are to be
elected at the annual election on
Tuesday, April, 5th, 1927.
MAYOR
THREE MEMBERS OF THE COM
MON COUNCIL,
ONE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL1
BOARD.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 7th j
day of March, 1927.
J. P. HANNON
Municipal Clerk of the City of
Seward, Alaska.
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