The Seward gateway., 1922-12-30


 at work on it's property, building roads and trails.
 Frank w. Hayes, of Cordova recent ly received word that his aged father had passed away at the family home in Woodburn, Iowa.
 A survey party under the direction of Fred Gillespie, of the Bureau of Public Roads, forest service, is mak, ing survey of roadway from Sitka to Silver Bay.
 George Blood, who conducts fox ranch about eight miles rom Chitina recently arrived in Cordova with six teen silver foxes which he shipped to Europe.
 Salmon packers meeting last week in Seattle, passed resolution favor ing the establishment of salmon re- serve district in the Prince William Sound district.
 Operations have started for the win ter on the Fl Nido and Apex proper ties on Lisianski strait, Chichagoff Island. Another mill will be built on the Apex property.
 George s. Parks, of the Fairbanks land office, who recently visited in Seattle told reporters that 250 pros pectors are waiting at Kanatak and Kodiak for the anticipated oil strike.
 A change in the schedule of the AL ;k. S eamship Company has been arnGurCed the Northwestern rrsum- ing her sailings January 4, and the Alameda changing her sailing date to January 13.
 The month of November showed temperature at Juneau of 3S.2 degrees which was above normal. Eleven and AZ inches of rain fell during the same monht and there were but 443 hours of sunshine.
 ! The fishing schooner Morengen with Captain Hans Wenderhaugh and five members of the crew, is long overdue at Petersburg, and it is feared that the vessel has been lost. The Morengen left Petersburg early in October on a fifteen day fishing trip.
 Friends of E. K McLenden, of Ju- neau, who feared that he had been drowned, recently learned that he was working at Speel River in the pulp mill. The missing mans hat was found on the dock at Thane and it was feared that an accident had hap pened.
 Misgivings regarding the safety of E. Coke Hill, who took the first wnter mail over the new Kobi-McGrath trail were set at rest this week by the -e- ceipt of a telegram from MT. Hill an- nouncing his safe arrival. He left Kobi November l, and arrived at McGrath last Wednesday, week.
 The Petersburg report claims that J. U. G. Morrison, mining engineer, has found the famous Lost Rocker placer claim at the head of Farragut bay 30 miles from Petersburg. Morri- son claims to have found and rebuilt the old stone cabin, and so found the old rocker and dam of yellow cedar on side creek.
 Healy River coal of fine quality is sold in Seward at ten dollars per ton delivered. Juneau consumers are pay ing SIP per ton at the bunkers for out side coal, while Nenana has the world beat by paying only $5,50 per ton de- live-ed-and less in large quantities. Coal in 30 ton lots is selling in Sew ard for about $7.50.
 Two members of the crew of the fishing schooner Washington, wreck ed in Yakataga Bay, November II, ar rived in Seattle recently on the steam ship Victoria. The men told of being marooned 20 days by a storm on the rocky shores of the bay, and said they were forced to TOW 56 miles to a point where they could be rescued.
 Racine and Alaskan officials have joined efforts to solve the mystery sur rounding the death of Matt Jaanum, of Fairbanks, who was found with his throat cut, on train between Mil waukee and Corliss. Jaanum had a large sum of money on him when he left Fairbanks for Finland, and when found the body had but a small bill