Mrs. Bertie Lee Keen, beauty spe
cialist, and daughter, were west
bound passengers during the night,
on the SS Admiral Evans- Mother
and daughter will visit both Seldo
via and Kodiak for a number of
days.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. A. D. Haverstock
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Seward. Alaska
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
f SEE
Curtis R. Morford
AGENT
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Attorney-at-Law Notary Public
Dr. A. R. Roberts
dentist
Phone Midi no n 108—Jecklenber* UldB
Donohue & Dimonii
attorneys AT 1.AW
OFFICES
\All>E/ AND CORDOVA
FOR RENT
at Cooper’s Landing
Two furnished cabins; car
and boats at your service.
Free wood, in fact everything
furnished but the eats.
JACK LEAN
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
PERSONAL ATTENTION
given all auto work done by
BOB'S GARAGE
AND REPAIR SHOP
BOE BUILDING
6th and Washington
ROBERT MANTHEY
Phone Mad. 144
“Let us end your Coring
trouble*
Drink Milk for Health
PURE BRED STOCK
PRODUCES ALL O F
MILK and CREAM
Seward
Dairy
Thirsty? Try Sylvia’s lountain.
A Masters Work
Jonas Bros, offer you a com
plete Fur, Taxidermy and
Tanning Service — unexcelled
anywhere.
Game heads, fur rugs, birds,
etc., mounted true to nature.
Your raw fur skins dressed
and made into coats and
chokers.
Write for free catalogue.
JONAS BROS.
1030 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
Healy River Coal
ECONOMICAL “DEPENDABLE
SAFE
Free from Soot—Graded to suit every need
Priced to suit every purse
Healy River Coal Corp.
Home office at Anchorage, Alaska
Seward Hotel
MODERN
REASONABLE
Rooms with or without bath
SPECIAL RATES BY
WEEK OR MONTH
Seward, Alaska.
Mrs. D. J. McKenzie, Pro.
(By Special Correspondence)
The Gateway correspondent at
Chulitna has lived there for 13
years on Nov. 1, and he states that
never during that time has he seen
anything like the recent high wa
ters and washouts on Indian river.
On August 2 it started to rain
about noon, turning very cloudy
and raining steadily all night and
all day the 3rd. Indian river be
ga nto raise around 4 p. m. on the
3rd of August, with the downpour
gan to raise around 4 p. m. on
August 4, it was noticed that In
dian river was rising quite fast—
in fact it had risen about six feet
in 24 hours, and was beginning to
run wild.
Steve Nicholar, the section fore
man at Chulitna, notified George
Colwell, roadmaster. and Mr. Col
well and Mr. Berryhill arrived at
Chulitna to have a look at the riv
er. which was then threatening the
grade at Mile 272. Indian river
had then raised about eight feet
and was taking in the valley which
’ is only about 500 feet wide, up to
Mile 273. The bridge crew from
Hurricane station was called down
and with the men from section
crew 385 and bridge crew of eight
men, all working like beavers big
trees were cut down for brushing
the grade, the work continuing un
til 10 p. m.
At 10 o’clock Mr. Berryhill and
Mr. Colwell took their gas cars to
the south end of the grade, which
was going fast, and the two of them
left for Canyon- At 12:30 a. m. on
the 5th the grade gave way and
sent a wall of water 10 feet high
roaring down the narrow box can
yon, which is almost a mile long
and about 100 to 200 feet wide,
with high walls on both sides. The
! men were lucky to get through the
canyon alive ahead of the wall of
■ water, which was about two hours
1 behind them.
| The cause of the big flood was a
I cloud burst at the head of Indian
; river and Big Honolulu creek. The
; Honolulu railroad bridge went down
i on the 5th of August and there
were 10 washouts on the Chulitna
; section between Mile 269 1-2 and
Mile 273. The B. P. R. bridges in
the canyon stood the big flood well
as they were built on solid bed
rock, but all the low trestles were
either washed out or damaged so
bodily they had to be replaced. A
temporary trestle was finished
across Honolulu creek, Mile 286. on
August 9, and on August 11 gang
No. 2 arrived with 55 men and
was placed on the bank end of
Chulltna. The Lief Strand bridge
crew, the Jack Marson bridge crew
and the Big Marion steam shovel
in the pit at Mile 274 were switch
ed to the big pit at Mile 273 where
the steam shovel is now located
until all the washouts and trestles
are raised to the grade.
A large gang of about 90 men
was stationed just south of the first
Indian river bridge crossing, at
Mile 2661-2, where considerable
damage was done when the flood
pushed the bridge out of shape and
took away most of the approaches,
the north approach being at least
1,000 feet long. The big pile driv
er did wonderful work and with
the help of about 200 men the
washouts were fixed up in 16 days
time.
Col. O. P. Ohlson was right at
the front directing the work with
the help of Mr. Berryhill and Mr.
Colwell. It will take another
month to get the railroad grade
back in good shape. The linemen
were also busy laying down tempo
rary wires for through service.
There was quite a shortage of food
supplies north of Curry, hitting
Canyon, Chulitna, Hurricane and
Honolulu the hardest, and the good
old beans—Alaska strawberries—
came in mighty fine. Around Au
gust 10 supplies arrived from
Fairbanks, relieving the food short
age
Most of the damage was done on
the Chulitna section. The Alaska
wagon road bridge, one mile east
of Chulitna Station, going to the
“Moose” Johnson mine, was wash
ed down Indian river and placed
high and dry on a newly made
gravel bar right at Mile 273, where
it can be seen from the railroad
track. Mr. Edmunds stated that
he would see that the birdge was
put back in place again, as it is
the only bridge which opens up
; the Portage creek mineral belt to
prospectors.
The big flood, while at its worst,
snapped off cottonwood trees two
and three feet thick just like match
wood and piled up trees and old
timber in places from four to eight
feet high, on the newly made gravel
bars. The beautiful Indian River
villey, with its fine stand of green
Seattle Purity lee Cream; most
delicious. ALASKA SHOP.
SPECIAL ON TIRE REPAIR. IN
quire at Bob’s Garage.
MS BLUE FOX
FOR 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.
timber, now looks like a desert in
places.
There have been only two days
of sunshine since August 2—just
rain, rain and more rain, and still
raining. But with all the steady
raining, the river, since the cloud
burst, has not raised over one foot
over the usual height.
Extra gang No. 2 was moved
down to Canyon to work out of
there, on August 23, and Bonamur,
with a ditcher crew, came south
from Healy to work out of Canyon,
making road fills at the washouts
on Indian river. Jack Hansen, with
a bridge and building crew, moved
south to the Moose Creek branch
line, where a large crew of men
will now get busy and open the
branch line to the coal mines.
The Alaska Salmon Corporation
cannery tender Beryle-E, is a late
arrival in port from the fishing
banks.
SS YUKON TONNAGE
Over 600 tons of general cargo
is aboard the SS Yukon, enroute
to the Port of Seward from Seattle.
There are 56 tons of local freight,
83 tons for transfer to the SS Starr,
455 tons for Alaska Railroad des
tinations, and 14 tons for the rail
road proper, at Anchorage.
Flowers made to order for all
occasions. Sylvia’s.
Every Month in the
Year
August 23
September 20
October 18
November 22
December 20
Advances will be made
ns usual when request
ed. Transferred by tel
egraph if desired.
Special sales held on
request of shippers.
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WM.B.PHINN
Republican Candidate for Representative from
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VOTE FOR
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Life-Long Democrat and Candidate for
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Democratic Candidate at the General Election for
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FOR SENATOR
At the General Election