Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-26
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Charles Kelton, former Dawson pic, neer, is now in charge of box fac tory at Kelso.
 Mrs. Dora K. Bennett, who came to Nenana from Marshal last summer, died recently at that city of tubercu, sis.
 The Brown X Hawkins Corporation, Seward and Anchorage agents for Star cars, have sold seven and wired south for six more.
 w. E. Logemann, the Anchorage photographer, has sold his business to R. s. Bragak, jr., but will remain with the company for a time.
 The breakup at Nome staned May Is, Wednesday, and it is expected nav igation will open early this year. No ice movement has appeared but leads are appearing five miles out.
 Mosquitoes are making their ap. pearance early this year in Fairbanks and citizens are dumping wood ashes in the ponds in an effort to kill the larvae.
 Owing to water on the track in the vicinity of Mile near Nenana, mon- ey was refunded the passengers. The water is said to have covered the track to a depth of two feet.
 The Alaska Road commission has announced new rates for it's ferry service at Salcha and McCarty. Au- tos and other vehicles will be charg- ed dollar and foot passengers soc. Animals will be charged 25c each.
 The Northern Commercial Company of Nenana will operate a fleet of gas oline launches and barges on the low CT Yukon this season, the fleet mak. ing connection with the government railroad steamers Davis and Jacobs at Holy Cross.
 George Markle has been transferred from Nenana to Anchorage to add his strength to the commission team at the latter place. He was a star play ger, and makes the third drafted from the Nenana team this season by the commission.
 The radio station at Hot Springs is out of commission and the station at Circle is expected to be closed ow. ing to flood conditions on the Yukon and Tanana rivers. Hot Springs is reported to be completely out of bus mess and Circle residents are prepar ing to move out.
 Walter E. Keon, a merchant of Ke. lawik, died of heart failure at his home Wednesday. He was known as the Jade King of the Kobuk." Mr MckeOn was buried on the banks o the Kobuk beside the grave of an Els kimo boy who saved his life man, years ago.
 Sam Marsh, an Anchorage resident died this week from heart trouble Deceased who was about 27 years O age, arrived at Anchorage in Decem
 Der. He leaves his mother, Mrs. A
 ClarOlson, of Anchorage, two broth CTS, Clarence of Anchorage and Ed
 ward of Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. Ro Cornelius of Matanuska. | Edward Darling, 52, merchant i 2 Alaskan towns for r years, and hu!
 band of Esther Birdsall Darling, au f thor of "Baldy of Nome," died Ma 13 at Carmel. He was proprietor ( Q an iron works at Oakland Mrs. Oar n ing is owner of Scotty Aliens nal;
 mutes which won the sweepstakes ( n Nome for several years. Polk Directory enumerators who al
 working in Ketchikan, state that tt ,, town shows a substantial increas If over '. s. census figures of 1920. I'll h preliminary estimate is based on tt 5 results of five days enumeration an IF checking; approximately half of tl ss necessary work to be done. The dire d tory will carry an illustrated write-r
 of Ketchikan, similar in scope to tl
 folder recently issued by the Chamb 5l- of Commerce.
 d, The formal organization of the re ritorial Historical Library and Mus .n um Commission was perfected recer i'd ly when the members of that boo K met for the first time in the office ae Governor Scott c. Bone The mer
 bers Of the commission attending we
 Governor Bone, Secretary Theile, Y \" G. smith, L. D. Henderson and Jol 's Rustgard.
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 d. The highest salaried battery in u territory will appear at Anchorage 1 llS morrow when Col. James Cord, 'e Steese, head of the Engineering COT u mission and Mayor M. J. Conroy er Anchorage will toss the first ball 7h the opening game. An American I IT. zion team and Commission team W ne be rivals. A charge of 50 cents f