Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-07
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Sam Charley, Fairbanks Indian, was convicted of being drunk and dis orderly recently.
 Dr. J. A. Sutherland of Fairbanks has quit the mining game and reopen ed offices in the Interior city.
 Delegates and officers of the Grand Igloo of Pioneers. meeting at Eenana, paid Fairbanks a visit before disband- ing.
 There will be at least four boats maintaining regular schedules on the Tanana and Yukon rivers the minute navigation opens, according to author itatiye advices received at Fairbanks
 Between 5000 and 5000 tons of ore will be shipped from Mayo to Nenana as soon as navigation opens. This will come out over the government railway to salt water.
 At the Grand Igloo convention at Nenana, Capt. Cunningham introduced resolution of protest against the Government railroad being leased or sold to private parties.
 It is stated that the sets to have been built at Seward by the Moving Picture people are being constructed at Anchorage, owing to lack Of slabs at the railroad terminus.
 The secretary of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce recently re- ceiyed 3 communication from the En- eineers, Office in Juneau stating that the dredging of the narrows near Wrangell would be held up for year.
 When travelling on the Government railroad Outside passengers are sur prised at the completeness of the meal offered in the dining car conducted b! Casey McDannel. A luncheon or full meal can be secured at prices on q par with town prices, and it is proving a great convenience.
 The store and warehouses of N. D . Sheppard, Andreaofsky trader, were burned and their contents destroyed in a fire occurring day or two ago the origin of which is as yet unknown i The loss was very heavy one as nc insurance was carried.
 1 C>liItv of four counts of the lndlct ment was the verdict of the jury il the case of the United States vs. Flu gene Traveller, who was charged witt violation of the prohibition act. I'm case drew considerable interest a Fairbanks because of the spectacuia arrest of Traveller. The case occupie' three days and night and the cour was compelled to stick fine for con tempt upon one of the participants. ! 4 summons was issued and an at tachment made on a Ford car allege' to be the property of Al Sharp, wh was recently sentenced to the pen tentiary at McNeirs Island. Tn plaintiffs are Avakoff & Brown wh are seeking to recover the amount o s339 said to be due them for article purchased by Sharp.
 In contemplation of the standardlza tion of the Fairbanks division of tn
 Alaska Railroad, the local agency LII
 gently requests shippers of this dls
 trict to so arrange their consignment
 that the tonnage during the period b.
 ginning April g, and continuing for
 or 40 days, while the change IS beln
 made. may be reduced to minimum
 Preparatory to starting laying tn broadgauge track between Nenana an here and starting on April 10, ue will be strung along the track an
 fshplates, rails and spikes are now D.
 ing distributed. A piledriver an
 steam thawer are now working D' tween Happy and Fairbanks and n delays will be encountered in finlshin
 the track. A new depot will be COT struxed at the Fairbanks end.
 Travellers on the Alaska rallwa
 are expressing their delight at tf
 opening of the magnificent new not :. recently constructed at Curry by u Commission. It is a depot hotel lars
 enoueh to accommodate trainload :, messengers and moderly equipped. A
 o,d A. E. c. man is managing it, o'
 if is stated that Mrs. John Raap i offered the chance to take charge g the household end of the estaoiis e ment.
 '' Burned by the sun and winds, A sistant District Attorney Collins al Dr r A. Sutherland returned to Fa'
 hanks from three weeks trip oV r unbroken trails downriver to holo e ;nnuest over the remains of Fer o Huntington, found dead on the trs D he,ow Tanana. The inquest develop s that Huntington was murdered ln co t. blood and they obtained confessl' 5. from the man who did the kllhn a Huntington had been killed. placed F a sled and rushed down river ml