Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-02
Notes of the NOrthland

in the native village at the mouth o the Tolovana.
 It is reported that all farmers ol the Cinema river were driven iron their homes by high water.
 Lumber mills in southeastern flask: are shipping to Australia, China ant Europe.
 Mike Ercig, pioneer drill man O. Ester, recently disposed of his inter est in a quanz lease in that district to his partners
 Healy river coal is being supplied to Alaska towns as far south as Ketch ikan and is finding a ready market wherever introduced.
 Secretary of Commerce Hoover will leave Washington June Is for a trip to Alaska where he will investigate several matters of importance to the Territory.
 Carl Lomen, who has been in New York for over year in the interests of the reindeer industry will arrive in Seattle in time to catch the first sailing for Nome early in June.
 The first sailing for Roosevelt by the Kantishna Transportation Com pany occurred May 22, the Mutt leav- ing with passengers and freight. The boat is light draft and very powerful.
 There was a drop of fl inches in the water level in the Chena slough this week, and inhabitants of the in undated sections at Fairbanks will be able to return to their homes soon
 Jimmy Cane of Fairbanks lost 27 chickens in the recent high water They were removed to place of safe ty but persisted in going home to roost, and were drowned.
 Mrs. Corson, widow of John w. Corson, at one time candidate on the Republican ticket for delegate to congress from Alaska is living in Chi cago
 Ernest Schoenwald, president and manager of the Petersburg Packing company is being sued for divorce by his wife, who alleges he knocked her down and kicked her. He is being sought on a warrant for arrest.
 Nineteen hundred and twenty-three promises to be the biggest tourist year in the history of the territory. More bookings for transportation have been made than ever before and lists are being added to.
 According to president Burch of the Kennecott Company should acquire control of Utah Copper as it is pro- posed that it shall, the Kennecott output will be 600,000OO0 pounds of copper a year and it will produce it at lower cost than ever known.
 Reports received by the Road com mission headquarters at Anchorage in- dicate that considerable damage re suited from high water in Chatanika and Circle districts. The Richardson highway is reported to have escaped serious damage.
 Mrs. Dorothy Pierce of the Tyonik Indian school recently made trip to Fairbanks to took charge of number of Indian children who were destitute and under care of the authorities. The children were taken to the Tyonik school
 Work toward the establishment of an All-Alaska chamber of commerce is advancing, much interest being talk en by local bodies in the several cit ies and there is every reason to be- lieve that central body will be or ganized before winter.
 A historic relic was brought to light at Sitka this week, near Watson Point, when the children of Mir. and Mrs. Bahrt found the handle of sword sticking out of the ground. They dug the weapon out and found it to be a fine, steel blade with a slight curve, similar to those used by pirates and others hundreds of years ago.
 The U. s. Radio tender Gold Star has been loading supplies for stations of the U. $. Bureau of Fisheries on St. Paul and St. George islands in Bering sea. The vessel will carry re- lief for the personnel at St. Paul, Ko- diak, Unalaska, Seward, Cordova, Cape Hinchinbrook, Soapstone Point, Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan.
 With the commissioning of the new passenger liner Alaska, now nearing completion, the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet will be composed of twelve steamships and motorship. The company recently sold the freight CTS Santa Ana, Juneau and Valdez and replaced them with the fine new modern carriers, Delrosa, Oduna, and Lake Hilbert, purchased from the