The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-26

writes from Moose Creek, north of Anchorage, that she is spending the warm, ba1my June days there super intending the matching of several hun dred baby chicks on the ranch of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles John son. Mrs. Sheridan has been an Alaskan since 1898, when as Attle girl, she was brought over the Chilcoot Pass by her parents. They afterwards kept hotel in Nome.
 H # # ' Wednesdays train brought back Louis Laska, who left about month ago with Charles Quentin for vaca- tion trip to Abercrombie canyon. It was not entirely vacation trip, how ever, as MT. Laska did some very successful fishing for the cannery there. He has resumed his work in the Northwestern Hardware store.
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 Mel Horner, of Seward, one of the best known hotel men of the terri tory, has bought the Seward Hotel from Mrs Wm McNeilly, who, with her late husband, built and operated it in the early days of the town. The new owner has been manager of the hotel for three years, and is one of the discoverers of the famous "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes near Kat mai volcano. By the way, if MT. Hor- ner, or anybody else, would discover in the territory |Valley of Ten Thousand Drinks" it could no doubt Be made a big paying proposition.
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 Mrs. Vincent, wife of the bookkeeper at Canoe Pass cannery, returned to the cannery Friday morning after visit here with her sister, Mrs. Don Mccarthy of Old Town.
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 Miss Evangeline Church, who was expecting to leave shortly for visit with friends in the states, has chang ed her plans and will not leave until some time in October.
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 Ed. Lindberg, watchman at the Pinnacle Rock cannery on Hinchin- brook Island, came to town yesterday for a stay of few days.
 
 Florence Sullivan, who has been working in the mine at Slate Creek, is expected in on today's train. He and Mrs. Sullivan intend to take the Northwestern for Seattle, enroute to Utah. Mrs Sullivan is a nurse at the general hospital.
 Carlton Krueger took several friends down to Canoe Pass Wednes- day evening in his speedy new gas boat, the Mary E.
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 Miss Myra Phillips, who taught at Katalla last year, will teach at Tan ana next term. Miss Phillips is a Michigan girl.
 Frank Cotter, the well-known Sew ard merchant and writer, is in South Africa doing journalistic work.
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 A party made up of MT. and Mrs. Paul Bloedhorn and Jaul Junior, MT. and Mrs. Dick Shoemaker, MT. and Mrs. Frank Foster and daughter, Miss Margaret, Mrs. H. D. Counts, Mr.and Mas. Fred Glasbrenner, Miss Evan geline Church, Miss Harriet Spauld- ing and Leslie Counts, will make trip to Twin Lakes tomorrow to fish for bass
 J. H. Ross, in charge of Charley Ross ranch on Hinchinbrook Island, is spending a few days here.
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 Falcon Joslin, president of the Ber ing River Coal Co.,, came over from Katalla Thursday morning on the Pioneer His wife and two children will come north soon, and will spend the summer with him near Katalla
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 The last exodus of employees of the Alaskan Engineering Commission from Seward to Anchorage took place Wednesday, The entire supply de- pyftment has now been moved to Anchorage.
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 Harry D. Thompson, proprietor of the Breakers, at Katalla, came over on the Pioneer Thursday and is stay ing at the Windsor.