The Seward gateway., 1915-06-22
NOTED PEOPLE
 ON THE EVANS
CAPTAIN BARNETTE AND BROTHER OF PRESIDENT PANA-
 MA FAIR AMONGST THEM.

R. J. RingwOOd, manager of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. is on board the Evans, making the round trip. He is accompanied by Mrs. RingwoOd and his daughter Josephine. They are much much impressed with the country.
 H. A. Murphy and family came from COquille River Valley Oregon. Their destination is AmOck Island, near Uyak, where Mir. Murphy will engage in the sheep raising business. He brought with him 200 sheep, 4 horses, 2 cows and various farming implements. Mir. Murphy has been looking over the ground this winter and was so favorably impressed that he went out to get his outfit and re turn without delay to locate perman- ently. The wife of Mr. Murphy's partner, who is now on the island, and ten year old son are also with the party.
 Mrs. W. W. Anderson and daughter, Miss Georgia, of Kansas City, Mo, were passengers on the Evans. They came on a visit to Sidney Anderson, vice-president of the Bank of Seward, son of Mrs. Anderson.
 L. L. Moore, of San Francisco, brother of c. c. Moore, president of the Panama Pacific Exposition, came in on the Evans to look over Condi- tions in Seward. Mir. Moore has ex- tensive mining interests in and around Tonopah, Nevada.
 W. J. Ershne, of the firm of Erskine & Co.,, of Kodiak, is returning on the Evans from a trip to San Francisco. He is accompanied by his wife and son.
 John Sachs, accompanied by his wife, recently from Prince Rupert, is on his way to Cooks Inlet to take up land in Matanuska valley. Mir. Sachs is seventy years old. He has been in Prince Rupert for several years.
 Captain Ed. Hickman is still con fined to his bed in the Swedish hospi- tai, Seattle. His condition, however, is improved and he expects to take command on the next trip.
 M. Spritt who has been chief stew art on the Evans, has been transferred to the Admiral SchIey, on the Seattle San Francisco run. H. Morris, form erly chief stewart on the Schley, is taking his place.
 Capt. Bruce Mckay, an old timer in this section and at one time Master of the Dora, is pilot on the Evans.
 Capt. E. T. Barnette, one of the founders of the town of Fairbanks is on his way to Kodiak, Alaska, to charter the gasoline schooner Valdez from W. J. Ersdne, for a trip to the KuskOquim river. He will look over conditions in the salmon fisheries there with view of opening a can nery. The Valdez will be in command of Capt. Tim who is aboard the Evans They expect the trip to take them about three weeks.
 c. L. Hubbard, of Hubbard Stewart Co.,, fur dealers of Seattle, is on the Evans, on his way to Knik to look over some mining property. Mrs. Hib- bard is with him. She will accompany him to Knik and return on the Evans to Seward, where she will await Mir. Hibbards return. He expects to re- turn on the Watson on her next trip.
 The Evans reports fine trip all the way from Seattle.
 She picked up large buoy at Ketchikan which is to be placed at the entrance of Kodiak harbOr. There was a large shipment of lumber at Ketchikan for the new light house at Katalla which the Evans was unable to handle. They also had to leave large buoys for St. Elias Light and Enolisb hov