The Seward gateway., 1921-01-20
PAY LAST
 RITES TO
 H. (. SCOTT

edy recently, were held at Red Mems Hali.
 The services were held under the auspices of Igloo No. 16, Pioneers of Alaska, and the regular Pioneer rit- ual was followed. They were conduct ed by three of it's officers, President Joseph Ulmer, Chaplain Harley Sel- don, and Historian William Morgan. The services commenced at two o'clock and were brief.
 More than three score of Pioneers were present at the services. Members of the lighthouse service from Ketchi- kan and vicinity were there in body mad all branches of the lighthouse ser vice here were closed during the ser vices. The attendance half-filled the hall.
 Tribute was paid to the deceased by the Historian, Mir. Morgan. He said:
 "As historian of Igloo No. 16, Pio-, neers of Alaska, it is my duty to give a short sketch of our deceased brothers life and upon consulting my records. find that Herbert C. Scott was born at Oskosh, Wisconsin, on June 10th, 1858, making him 62 years of age, on June 10th, 1920.
 "At the time of birth his father own ed a sawmill at Oshkosh. His early life was spent in the Middle Western States, following various occupations, notably holding tbe position of super intendent of the Poor Farm at Osh- kosh; then, if I remember correctly, as glove maker for many years; then as a Pullman Car conductor, finally, hearing the call of the Klondike in 1898, came to our own Alaska, where he has lived almost continually ever since.
 ""He came to Ketchikan in 1898 and followed various occupations and busi ness here until his finally accepting employment as assistant lighthouse keeper; serving at Hinchinbrook, at which place the writer relieved him in 1915. Having a long vacation he went to Puget Sound and shortly after wards married. When his vacation was finished he and his wife were placed at Mary Island Lighthouse Station as first assistant, which position he held until the end.
 "The deceased brother has been an acquaintance of mine for more than twenty years and during that time his good deeds and generous purse, and finally his passing while making an heroic effort to secure aid for his com panions in distress, was fitting end of the life's chapter of an Alaskan Pioneer"
 At the close of the ceremony, the remains were viewed by those pre- sent. A blue Pioneer badge pinned on by the President was worn to the grave. The Pioneers marched to the grave in a body in spite of the in- clement weather. The remains were placed in a grave in the Pioneer lot at Ketchikan. The pail bearers were: E. C.. Austin, Ralph Foosness, John Olson, John Steele, N. F. Zimmerman and Antone Swanson. The casket was covered with many floral decorations. Mrs. Scott will remain in Ketchikan until afafirs here are settled, when she will go South to Kirkland, Washing ton, where they were married Dec ember 8, 1917. They had ranch at that place, to which they had intend cd to retire in another year. Mrs. Scott before marriage, was Mrs. L. A. Har- wood. an old sehool-mate of the dead hght-keeper.
 Mr. Scott was the son of the late Jesse Scott of Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Mrs Scott. He is survived by four bro- thers, Frank of Oshkosh, Dow of Kan sas City; John of Lacrosse, and Ed c. Scott of Minneapolis, Minn. -Ket- chikan Chronicle. A. trrsas