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RE-ECHOES ON PORTAGE BAY
TUe occasionally hear echoes even at this late day of the
terrific strggle that was waged all through the year
1914 by the enemies of the Alaska Railroad to have Pres
ident Wilson bring it into ridicule by designating as its
ocean terminus some wholly inaccessible or impossible
harbor, suuch as Portage bay on Prince William Sound.
In a late revised edition of a volume on Alaska “An
Empire in the Making,” which has been an object of ridi
cule for several years everywhere in Alaska because of
the absurdities of its misstatements of facts, it revives
the lurid fancies about Portage bay with which the whole
country was once flooded.
“It is only 11 miles from Portage bay to Kern Creek,”
says this revised volume. That is just 33 per cent cor
rect. Pretty good, considering the author. The distance
happens to be nearer 33 miles.
“A landlocked harbor is Portage bay”, it avers. Yes,
so landlocked that two tunnels, one of 13,000 feet and the
other of 5000 feet in length, would be required to reach it
from the west approach, behind a glacier 20 miles long
which periodically forms a dam that inundates the valley
between the two required tunnels to a depth of 300 feet.
At the other approach, where vessels wrould enter, the
landlock is so perfect that sunken rock reefs have been
the last rooosting pinnacles for several hapless adventur
ers.
Not only land locked, but ice locked, too, the author
might have said with entire truth. No year passes but
the three gigantic glaciers, Harvard, Yale and Princeton,
all together discharge literally millions of ice burgs into
Port Wells and Portage bay frequently for weeks and
months at a time. Those ice jams only last spring block
ed navigation foi^ a distance of 50 miles from Portage bay
to Knight Island, from April to June.
While he was about it, the author of that volume
might as well have added that Portage bay is not only
landlocked and icelocked, but also the most completely
fog locked and snow locked harbor in the whole stretch
of the coast of Southern Alaska,—so fog locked and snow
locked that in winter months vessels entering that dan
gerous harbor would pay not less than 20 per cent ofl mar
ine insurance, and probably as high as 26 per cent, if in
deed any vessel could get marine insurance at any price
during the five winter months for navigation to Portage
bay.
Yes, yes indeed; Portage bay is well locked! And
what is more, it will remain locked up.
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CHANGE OF POLICE
Beginning next week, we will institute a weekly
add, naming our unsually attractive prices for
a week. You will then find time to take advan
tage of them.
A complete stock of hardware, and the best
known branch of groceries are always on our
shelves.
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!
! Charlie Minor who took charge of
our party and escorted us up town.
After eating Noble Andy Marovich
out of strawberries, we were surpris
ed, on our return to find Harvey Sul
livan, U. S. Marshal, awaiting us with
about two gallons more of strawber
ries, which saved the steamship com
pany considerable money at breakfast.
Arriving at Seward at 10 a. m., Sun
day, the 7th, we were met by tried
and trusty Hedley V. Hoben, Shiek of
Nile here ever since we have been \
coming here, and a large number of1
i
the Nobility who gave us a most gen
erous reception and proceeded to pre- j
vent us from having a dull moment j
while in the city. Particularly were i
we indebted to Mrs. Wayne Blue, who 1
delightfully entertained many of our ;
party at her bungalow country home.
Noble Hoben accompanied us on our
trip north and helped much to make it !
a success Also Noble Alex Bolam. 1
While here Roy A. Wheeler was creat-!
ed a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.
Monday, at 8 a. m. we hit the trail I
for Anchorage and Fairbanks, via the
Alaska Railroad, enjoying to the limit
the beautiful and awe-inspiring scen
ery along the line. Lunched at An_
chorage, and at Curry, found a real ;
oasis in the desert in the beautiful and j
up-to-date hotel there. Substantially j
built, elegantly equipped, and with a j
service, under the able management of
Noble A. B. Cummings, that would de |
do justice to the Waldorf-Astoria, we !
much enjoyed our stay there. Picked
up Shiek Wm. A. Coghill, at Nenana,
and arrived at Fairbanks Tuesday at
6 p. m. where Shiek Guy B. Erwin and
Noble Guy Jennings, President of the
Farthest North Shrine Club and their
hirbank outea sgaluhr r atr,r-iv.inA. i i
cohorts overwhelmed us with the en
thusiasm of their reception. While
we were all enthusiastic over the hos-j
pitality extended to us along the coast, ;
yet that showered upon us at Fair- j
banks seemed just a little more like j
the real “sourdough” kind that is pe- j
culiar to the Interior of Alaska. I
doubt if it is surpassed anywhere. !
Everything possible was done for our j
comfort and pleasure, many of the i
Nobility and their ladies devoted their i
entire time to us A very successful |
Ceremonial was staged Wednesday |
night, 15 Novices hotfooted it across j
the sands of the desert to the Holy j
City of Mecca. Following are those !
who made the trek: Alex Bolam of
Seward, Charles M. Boroughs, Albert
Linder and O. N. Methun of Nenana,
Arthur F. Daily, Roden S. Davis, Wm.
W. Dickson, Willard C. Dill, Wilhelm
Ericksen, Robert W. Ferguson, Joseph
WT. L. Henderson, Rudolf H. Highberg, i
Victor Johnson, William Kelly, Antone
Kinkela, Vern Latta, Frank McCaf
erty, Warren H. S. McFarland, Robert
H. Ogburn, George W. Rathgens, Gil_
bert B. Stevens, Louis E. Wuck, John
H Vance, Martin L. Nelson and
James Winters. Thursday evening an
enjoyable Shrine Ball was given by
Nile Temple to all Nobles and Masons
of Fairbanks and vicinity. Friday
morning, with real regret, we bade
good bye to our Northern friends and
turned our faces Southward.
Arriving at Anchorage at 1 p. in.,
Saturday, the 13th'T Noble J. T. Cun
ningham, President of the Anchorage
Shrine Club, and Robert H. Romig,
Secretary, and many of its members
gave us an enthusiastic reception.
Here another successful Ceremonial
was held and 10 more wandering
Bedouins climber Mount Arafat and
saluted the Sacred Black Stone of
Mecca. Henry Frost, of Seward,
Thos. S. Bevers, William Clayson,
Frank B. Cunningham, Weldon L. Dur
ham, Clell M. Gentzler, Jacob B. Gott
stein, Henry Lindquist and Harry I.
Staser, of Anchorage, andWilliam H.
Greene of Healy
I Then on to Seward, Sunday for
I another short visit with the splendid
i fellows who form the Nobility of Nile
there. From here we continue our
journey homeward via the S. S. Aleu
tian, stopping off at Juneau to stage
a Ceremonial there.
Good bye, Nobles of Seward, Anch
orage and Fairbanks, and your ladies.
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You have been wonderful in your hos
titality to us; we have had a glorious
time and leave with naught but happy
memories of you.
Seward Shriners who went to An
chorage to attend the Ceremonial: |
Hedley Hoben, Leon Urbach, Geo. j
Colwell, Frank Leslie, Alex Bolam, W. '
W. Flynn, Nils Hagen, Jbhn Rosness ;
and Charles Lechner.
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POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
TRADER—30 years experience in
Alaska, A1 fur buyer, knows native
trade, wants position, can manage
big post. Write Box 613, Nenana,
Alaska.
A BuTrough's Adding Machine, L. C.
Smith Typewriter and Todd check
protector for sale. Enquire at
Gateway office.
FOR SALE OR LEASE—Home and
rooming house, grocery store in
connection; lease three to five
years. Will sell stock on hand.
Write M. E. Shortley, Seldovia,
Alaska. _
FOR SALE—Piano in excellent con.
dition. $125. See Miller's Barber
Shop.
FOR SALE—Household furniture.
Phone Adams 127.
FOR SALE—Beautiful New Bruns.!
wick -Phonograph, (Orthophonic j
type), cost $490.00, for sale $225.00.
Over $150.00 worth of records free
with machine. Inquire at K. & M.
store.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE FOR THE JUJMEAU LAND
DISTRICT A T ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Application of
the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA
TION, a Corporation, for Patent Un
der Sections 2306 and 2307 Revised
Statutes, to a tract of land as a Sol
dier’s Additional Homestead em
braced in U. S. Official Survey No.
1583 and Situated on the East Shore y ^
of Isanotski Strait.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
SERIAL NO. 06412.
| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
.the ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIA- '
i TION, a corporation organized under
the laws of California, whose principal
office is at 111 California Street San
Francisco, California, has filed appli
cation Serial No. 06412 for a patent %
under and by virtue of Sections 2306
and 2307 Revised Statutes of the Unit
ed States, as assignee of M. J. Wine,
for a tract of land embraced in U. S.
Official Survey No. 1583, situate on
the East shore of Isanotski Strait upon
the S. E. end of the Alaska Peninsula
I in the Territory of Alaska in Latitude
! 54 deg, 52 min. 43 sec. N. and Longi
tude 163 deg. 20 min. .00 sec. W., and
particularly described as follows, to
wit:
“Beginning at Corner No. 1 M.
C. of said U. S. Survey No. 1583,
a point on the Eastern shore of
Isanotski Strait, from which
United States Location Monument
No. 1583 bears S. 35 degrees 44 |
minutes East Variation 20 degrees
East 3.42 chains distant, and run
ning thence from said Corner No.
1 M. C. along the meanders of the
said Eastern shore of Isanotski
Strait (first course South 30 de
grees 34 minutes West 0.90 chains,
second course South 34 degrees
10 minutes West 2.00 chains, third
course South 40 degrees 6 min
utes West 5.90 chains, fourth
course South 43 degrees 39 min
utes West 6.80 chains, fifth course
South 45 degrees 9 minutes West
2.68 chains), a total of 18.28 chains
to Corner No. 2 M. C. Thence
South 3.00 chains to Corner No.
3; thence East 11.97 chains to Cor
ner No. 4; thence North 16.74
chains to Corner No. 1 M. C., the
place of beginning, containing an
area of 11.23 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above described y
land should file their adverse claims
with the Register of the United
States Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, within the period of pub
lication or 30 days thereafter or they *
will be barred by the provisions of
the statute. -
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First publication June 27, 1927.
Last publication Sept. 6, 1927.
Brown & Hawkins—Quality First.
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