The Seward gateway., 1922-12-30
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Annie Kosh Esther Shea, native was adjudged insane at Sitka recently
 The U. s. Bureau of Mines at Fair banks, wants samples of rock for an alyzing. If the samples have a commer cial value the owners are charged.
 Mccarthy is boasting that there is no idle men in town, owing to the opening of the Erie mine near that place.
 c. F. Peterson, of Anchorage, has disposed of his holdings. consisting oi hotel and business block, and will re tire from business.
 While crossing the Nizina river re, gently, Fred Stevenson went thru the ice drowning valuable hores and les ing his supplies for the year. i A home for aged natives is proposed by Sitka residents. It is proposed that part of the money obtained for leasing fox islands to be used for this purpose
 Jensen and son have been hauling supplies to their mine east of old Ft Davis. They expect to take out good dump this winter. says the Nome Mug get.
 Con Sullivan, a well-known hird division old timere, was married in Los Angeles recently to Miss Louise Murray, a sister of w. T. Murra! of Anchorage.
 Bert. Mccarthy will leave Nome the first of the year for the states, spend ing the winter in San Francisco. He will drive his own team of dogs to the railway.
 Anchorage Chapter No. 3, Royal Arch Masons, recently elected officers for the ensuing year. J. J. Longacre was named high priest, and Ray O. Scott, secretary.
 for the Teller winter mail contract and has eleven dogs at work on the employed to carry the Kougarok mail. Many ranchers in the Matanuska district are becoming interested in l heepraising. Some have already pur- l chased animals from the experimental station and will try raising these pay | ing animals.
 T. M. Hunt has purchased 34 pure bred Angora goats and placed them on his ranch near Palmer. He plans to feed them on native hay grown on the ranch. MT. White of Palmer also has a flock of 15 goats.
 The harbor steamer Peterson of Ft. William H. Seward, has been sold to the Willsen & Sylvester Mill company of Wrangell. The Petersen, which has been operated by the Post officials for many years, is S1 feet long. II net ton mage, and is a steam vessel.
 w J. Rowe is hauling dredge to Little Creek and equipment to the power plant, says the Nome paper. He will later move the Casadepaga dredge for c. Peck, this feat requiring some l thirty horses.
 The gas schooner Olga is still in winter quarters in Boring Sea. The boat was injured this fall by going aground as the channel buoys were shifted, and has been out of commis- sion ever since.
 The proprietor of the Diaz Sporting Goods house on Los Angeles has writ ten Sitka friends that he and four others will visit Sitka this summer on a 65-foot cruiser. He visited Sitka on the Doheny yacht last season.
 John Ford Starr, son-in-law of Gov ernor Scott c. Bone, and a nemployee of the Territorial Secretary, whose 1st child was born in Juneau, has been el- ected commander of the American Legion Post.
 Jacob Talkeetna, a native aged 101 years, died recently at Chichagoff, in southeastern Alaska. He was posses sor of a grant issued by Governor Brady. He was an ivory carver of the old school and his designs were gen. era11V oonied tbrouohout +ba +orr;+or,,