The Seward gateway., 1922-12-30
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 been made a citizen of the United States.
 A smoker was held in Anchorage, Decembere 2S, which was largely at tended.
 Miss Margaret Southworth has talk, en position with the Nenana News staff as linotype operator.
 The Speel river plant is shipping huge quantities of paper pulp from it's plant in southeastern Alaska.
 Figures made public last month by the Seattle port warden shows heavy gains in domestic trade for Alaska.
 The case of United States vs. w. D. Alexander charging infraction of the Houor laws, was continued from An cho-age to Valdez.
 Pat Devlin, was recently given i've IlOulLS III lllS SNSlcl JoAi Sit 'tAN>- for violation of the National prohibl- ton act, and getting caught at it. He halls from Mccarthy.
 The funeral of John D. O'Hearn, one of the earliest pioneers of Alaska, was held in Seattle Wednesday. Deceased ha rush of 1897.
 Arthur Wright, son of J. w Wright of Anchorage, has successfully passed the test at Ocean Park, Calf. for the mail service, securing the highest points of number of applicants.
 Four hundred pounds of potatoes were recently sent from Matanuska experimental station for the Alaska products dinner to be given January 20, to the State Press association.
 Al.Shyman, formerly connected with Carl .Bolte in the Hardware business at Anchorage, has been appointed pur chasing agent for the Blum O'Neill in- terests, who operate stores at Cordova and Valdez.
 Ole Sandon was found dead in his cabin at Anchorage recently by his partner Ole Jensen. Death had been caused by a gunshot wound through the head. A verdict of suicide was rem dered by the coroner's jury.
 On stipulation of U. $. District At torney Duggan and Attorney L. V. Ray representing defendant the case of U. s. vs. Chauncey Peterson, charged with violation of the liquor law was transferred to the Valdez term of court.
 Representatives of the department of justice were called to the Fair banks depot recently to arrest mys- terious parcel of freight which looked like a still. Investigation showed the contraption to be a new-fangled wash ing machine.
 An old time Thanksgiving dance was held at Kanatak, all the women in the camp, about 15, attending and 50 or 50 men. A three piece orchestra furnished the music. About $40 was raised for the stranded crew of the wrecked gas boat Grizzly.
 The Federal Power Commission has granted to Maurice D. Leehey a pre- liminary permit involving the develop ment of power at Lake Mahoney, and Beaver Lake near eKtchikan. An ex- tension was granted to the Alaska-Am erican company to complete the con- struction of a project at Orchad Lake.
 Half of the bonds for the new power plant to be erected at Eklutna by F. l. Reed, and associates, have been sold ID SedtIle ana OuJSlue C1lltS. Ddl1S lo hold large quantities of water are in cluded in the enterprise, as well as generators and a 55-mile transmission line.
 Ruling out the evidence presented by the government in the form of beer alleged to have been sizd on the prem ises of Chris. and George Pappademen- tro, on the ground that the seizure was illegally executed. Judge Ritchie ordered the jury to acquit the defend ants.
 P. o. Sundberg, an Anchorage groc- CT, who runs branch establishment at Kanatak, says that contrary to pop ular opinion the western oil camp is not nearly so severe as has been stat