The Seward gateway., 1923-01-27

The telephone line from Nome to Solomon, Council and Candle was out of commission for some time last month
 Word has been received in Dawson of the death of w. H. Fairbanks. for mer manager of the N. c. Company, who died in San Francisco from an a,, tack of acute indigestion. MT. Fair banks was we'll known in Dawsol. where he spent a number of years.
 The big No. dredge of the Bur rali and Baird company, has closed down for the season. The dredge started work in May and since that time has moved over two million cu- bic yards of gravel. It is the last to close down in the Klondike distrlc..
 Articles of incorporation or t.ie Cripple Creek Mining Company have been flied in Juneau. the incorporators beng James Wickersham. president; Lori ie Mckinnon, John W. Frame and Harry Hummel directors. The com pany is organized to develop the Grip r.e creeK group of five claims, situated up Salmon river miles sfrom Fly der. Capitalization is 10000 shares Of the lar value of s10O each.
 The Christmas mail received at Ketchikan was the largest in the his tory of the postoffice. It consisted of 250 sacks. The largest previous mail was POS sacks.
 There is a plentiful supply of sta ple provisions in the Koyukuk district this winter and considerable work is in progress on the ground. Prices are lower than for years, flour selling at s14 per hundred; rolled oats at SIPS for ten pounds; cornmeal the same, butter $1.50 per can, sugar $l7 per sack and rice $16.
 Jim Kelly, Jack Dowd, and w. R. Ethesington recently arrived in Bet ties from the headwaters of the Bet ties river with poke of dust We1gh- ing over $500, and returned to their discovery almost immediately. The strike created considerable excitement in the vicinity and considerable stalk ing has been done.
 Considerable work is in progess this winter on Nolan creek. The second he'd rock has been abandoned and prospecting has been done on several claims on the upper strata of bedrock which is found at depth of 60 feet.
 Three feet of snow fell at Taku ln southeastern Alaska recently. The cat erpillar which was used to transport supplies is said to be of no use, the engine freezing. Dogs are now being used by the road workers.
 Application for preliminary permit covering a water power site, near lily der has been filed with the Federal Power commission thru the local for est service by J. W. Kehoe, Ole Han son, Harry Hummell and Jack Suther- land. The site is on Plumb creek.
 The steamship Victoria Is now in dry dock at Seattle for a complete ove-hauling and will be put on the Alaska run March for few months The staterooms on the upper deck will be altered, the entire upper deck arrangement will be changed, the doors leading to the upper deck clos ed, and many other improvements will be made.
 Nearly a dozen Indian boys from various points in Alaska, Washington, Montana and other states will be turn ed away from the Salem, Oregon, h. dian school, according to Supt. liar wood Hall, because of the government regulations they do not possess the educational qualifications that entitle them to Indian schools.
 The Prince Rupert News says that Lin s. Bell, a well known aviator, has purchased an all stell JL monoplane in New York, which will be brought to Prince Aupert. This makes the sec ond monoplane for Mir Bell.
 Two soft drink parlors were closed in Juneau recently, the district attor- ney showing they had been previously convicted of violating the prohibition act. This is the tenth place closed for one year by Juneau authorities.