Seward daily gateway., 1923-06-23


 at Kodiak May 19, from spinal menin gitis.
 Caribou are ranging the hills in the vicinity of Dawson in enormous bands says an article in the News. The an. imals are plentiful near Moosehide
 Hart Humber has been appointed deputy United States marshal for the first division. MT Humber is from the Nome district, where for a time he was mail carrier on the winter run between Unalakleet and Nome, a DO sition that could only be filled by the hardier northmen. On this run at various times were such men as Paul Denhart, Alex Smith and Sport Smith, all crack mushers.
 A total lack of response greeted a call for bids by Governor Bone for the Territorial subsidy offered to ves- sells between Nome and Kotzebue and Nome and St. Michael. Calls for bids have been published for several weeks in Seattle and Nome papers, announc- mig conditions, and only one bid was received and this was later with drawn. Other efforts will be made to secure bids for the two runs.
 Charging J. W. Robinson, a Seattle attorney with practicing fraud upon the superior court of King county and upon the Mother Lode Copper Com pany, an Alaska corporation a suit was filed in Seattle recently. Robin son recently asked for a receiver for the company.
 Fred Bowers, 40, one of the best known athletes in the Interior, died in Dawson recently under peculiar cir cumstances. He was found uncon- scious in his bachelor cabin and was evidently suffering from internal troubles. He passed away at the hos pital without regaining consciousness.
 The success of cooperative adver- Using by Seattle steamship companies and the Canadian Pacific lines was in- dicated yesterday when 24 round trip passengers left for southeastern Alas ka on the steamer Queen.
 Capt. J. B. Coyle, division engineer of the U. S. Coast Guard service, re- gently visited Ketchikan, where he called 35 years ago. Ketchikan then consisted of a row of Indian cabins and few totem poles.
 Marshal Beaumont of the First di- vision was recently called to Akron, O., by the serious illness of his aged mother.
 George Moran of Petersburg re- gently received orders to transfer to Ketchikan.
 The dredge for Canes creek in the Kuskokwim district, recently arrived on one of the steamers. It is of the Hume dredge type, operating 212 foot buckets. G. W. c. Glass of San Francisco will be in charge of the machine.
 An Alaska Road commission crew recently left Fairbanks for the Kan tishna district. A crew of ten men are also working in the Birch Lake district.
 Juneau people are greatly pleased with the Healy River coal and have ordered second shipment, according to R. R. Young, agent for the Juneau company.
 Frank H. Foster was elected city of Cordova while absent as from the Third divi- sion. It was an honor unsought by the popular attorney. Senator A. J. was elected mayor of Valdez under the same circumstances, and Staser was named Deputy U. s. marshal for Anchorage.
 Wm. Reid of Mccarthy was injured last week when Ford car he was driving took notion to climb the Copper River railway roundhouse. He suffered a fracture of the hip. Wm. Hair, who was with him. saved him. self by jumping. The car was badly smashed.
 Residents of Garden Island expect to be ordered to move their buildings from ground desired as site by the railway for new depot.
 The bridge at Deadman Slough at Fairbanks has been completed.
 Carl Lomen, a pioneer in the rein deer industry, has arranged to ship $500 reindeer carcasses to New York this season. The sales agency for the company is being removed from Min neapolis to Seattle.
 Fresh lettuce is on the market at Dawson.