Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05

Tom Barnes, who for time oper ated near Hope, Kenai peninsula, i! now a resident of Bronxville, New York.
 R. s. Ryan, Nome sourdough of tht vintage of '99 and later concerned il a townsite at Controller bay is now Z resident of New York.
 F. B. Leonard of Ketchikan ha: opened a laundry in Hyder, the frs of it's kind. The machinery will be ready to install by the first of July.
 Mail Carrier Ed Bartlett, who has been operating a stage between Cir. cle and Chatanika, has made his las trip of the season.
 The short course in home econom. ics came to an end last week and 3( diplomas were awarded by the Alaska College at Fairbanks. | AlluOuSu tHcIc are uO Sl6uS Ol d breakup on the Tanana, owners ol small boats are getting ready for the coming of navigation.
 With all but about $3,OOO of tn 1923 taxes collected the city of Fair banks finds itself in debt over eleve. l thousand dollars.
 Burdette Tunison, who has long been identified with the Nenana post office force, has entered the emp.o. of the city, succeeding H. c. Her shaw as city clerk.
 George Kolde, better known locall! as "Bismarck,' was given a hearing at Fairbanks and found to be of un- sound mind. He is held at the deten- tion hospital.
 Eddie Suter, former well known Fairbanks jeweler, has struck it rich in oil at Huntington beach Califor mia, and is said to be able to write a check in six figures.
 James Howard died at his home il Metlakahtla last week, from tubercu losis. He was pioneer of the distric' and leaves large family to mourn his loss.
 Chas. Jacobson recently arrived ill Ketchikan from Port Alexander, the first trip to the town in nineteel years. Mir. Jacobson stated that the last time he saw ketchikan it was a scattered village with few houses a Charcoal Point.
 John Moe, formerly in the saloon business and later prohibition oil ger under the democratic adminlStra tion, died recently at San Diego. De- ceased was member of the Moose lodge at Fairbanks.
 The Fairbanks Flouring mill corpo ration held it's annual meeting at Odt Fellows hall in Fairbanks last week P. J. Rickert, one of the pioneers o the valley, was elected president o1 the organization.
 The new Jackson Berry Aero Snow Plane Transportation company gave demonstration of their new machine to a number of guests at Mccarthy last week, and the vehicle worked perfectly, the huge propellers taking it over the snow at rapid rate.
 The entire outfit of the Stewart mining company, which will operate this summer on Caribou creek, has been landed at its destination in re. cord time. Caterpillar tractors were used the loads and trailers averaging 15O tons to the tractor.
 Deputy Collector of Customs J. H Hillard, who was located in Ketchi. kan until recently is now in charge ol the customs office at Skagway, but will later go to his headquarters al Eagle.
 Clarence O. Prest, the daring avia. tor who flew to Dawson last year from the Outside and proceeded to point 30 miles beyond Eagle where ne was forced to abandon his machine in the tundra, writes the Dawson News from his home in Las Vegas N. M., that he had hopes of coming North this year and continuing his flight.
 The funeral of the late Mrs. k. F Roth. who succumbed to an attack o1 pneumonia at Fairbanks recently, was one of the most largely attended ever held in the city. The deceased, whose maiden name was Ada Francis Hast. ings, was born in California May 15 1866. She is survived by her hus band, Attorney R. F. Roth, by two daughters, Misses Dorothy and Flor ence Roth, and by four brothers re- ] siding in California.