Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-04

mer physician in Fairbanks, is now located at Smackover, Ark.
 Mrs. Lucy Fonda, former employe of the commission at Anchorage, has a clerical job with the Seattle Hdw Company.
 Bert Scribner, former resident oi Fairbanks, is now in Fort Worth.
 John Howard and Mrs. Howard whose maiden name was Tillie Vii. Hams, are now running natatorium at Point Defiance, near Tacoma. MT and Mrs. Howard were married with. in the Arctic Circle in 1896, and the first white couple to be joined in we'd lock up to that time within the Circle. M. B. Summers, former Juneau U. s. weather observer, has been trans ferred to Seattle. His successor has not yet been named. Mr. Summers will be in charge of the Seattle sta tion relieving Chief Salisbury, one Of the oldest men in the service, who has been in Seattle for several years.
 Steps to close the barber shop of Billy Lott, slayer of Billy Prentice, at Q 1oc h1, | eral authorities, when a cache Of 20 cases of liquor was discovered at the rear of his building Lott denies all knownedge of the presence of the li- quor.
 Figures compiled recently by E. P. Walker, chief of the Bureau of Bio logical Survey, show that the propa- gation of blue foxes is gradually shift ing from the Third division to the First division, where it is closer to market, and islands are more plenti- full. The total number of blue fox farms in the First division is now placed at 90, while the total number in the territory is 146.
 Dr. John s. Tigert, U. s. Commis- sioner of Education in his address at Ketchikan July 4, predicted that statehood for at least a part of Alaska is not far off.
 Anna K. Shea, committed to Morn Ingside from Sitka, in December, died recently. Nothing is known of her antecedents.
 V. c. Garyey, H. c. Bunk and w. w. Nelson of the Alaska Anthracite Railway, are operating a large force at Controller bay, and expect to com plete the railroad this year.
 Frank Campbell was seriously hurt, and A. H. Pfeffer, Harry Turner and E. Nelson, soldiers from Chilkoot bar racks, were badly bruised when a Ford auto plunged through the outside rail on Willoughby avenue at Juneau and dropped 20 feet to the beach, pin- ming the men under the car. Some natives living on the beach helped get the men out and they were taken to the hospital. White nude is said to have caused the disaster.
 Carl Whitman has finished the sea- son at Chisane and is now at Nabes- na. It is said that Carl has a quartz prospect that is looking better all the time and that a mill will be installed at some future date.
 Jack Hayes, who started for Chi sane recently, lost his way and wan dered out on the clear ice of the gla- cier as which point he was found and set right.
 A walk about Nome, says the Mug get, will surprise the ordinary per son, to find the number of gardens and greenhouses. A large number of greenhouses have been erected and placed in order for the summer crop of flowers and fresh vegetables.
 Earle E. Blossom and Miss Ruby Alexander were married at Douglas last week. The bride came to Juneau about two weeks before the wedding, while the groom is manager for the Empire Printing Co., He was chief clerk of the House of Representatives and for ten years with the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Go.
 A. R. Larson, of Ketchikan, has resigned as vice consul in Alaska for Sweden, according to information re- ceived. His successor has not vet been named.
 pr. John Cason Geiger, with the U. s. Public Health Service and profes- sor at the University of Chicago, left Juneau recently for the East, after spending week among the Indians, studying conditions. He will go to Washington to confer with Public Health officers on the situation. to arrange for health officer to visit Alaska for periods of every two years to keep in touch with the Indians.
 George Turner, brakeman with the Alaska Railroad, suffered the loss