Seward daily gateway., 1923-03-24
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 attending to one of the engines used lin drawing logs from the water. He was taken to the Arthur Yates Me morial hospital.
 George Sammis appeared before the commissioner at ketchikan and plead guilty to having intoxicating liquor in his possession, to-wit: seventy-five bot ties of beer. On a charge of making beer he was found guilty; for having liquor in his possession he was fined $1O; seven days was handed him for making it.
 The Days of 9S Carnival, recently given at the Ketchikan Hippodrome, was pronounced success, a good sum of money being taken in and many chechacos being initiated into the mysteries of the things which made life worth while in the good old days.
 B. F. Heintzelma1, assistant district forester, is making trip through the firsk division for the purpose of mak- ing a survey of the timber resources,
 Mike" Sullivan, well-known Alas kan and oil man in the Yakataga dis trict, is at present soiourning in the states
 The Douglas cable office, under or ders from the government, has sus- pended operations. Lack of business is given as the cause.
 Cripple creek in tlIe Kuskokwim dis trict, is receiving much attention from prospectors this spring A large party recently left McGrath for that place.
 Albert Maurice. an oldtimer oi the interior who recently passed away al Nenana, was buried in the cemetery ot that city on Wednesday, March l5, un der the auspices of the Pioneers. Frank Lawson, oldtime Fairbanksan who has been seriously ill for some time past, is reported to De improving very slowly It is thought shat with the coming of warm weather he will inn prove rapidly.
 The new Catholic hospital at ket- chikan is now in operation. The dedl- cation was made by Rev. J. k. Cri- mont. The structure cost s40,000, of which $11,000 was raised in ketchi- kan.
 F.. N. Larson troller of Ketchikan, died at his home at Mountain Point recently. He fell overheard from his dory and was rescued by fellow trol- Ter. taken to his cabin and expired within fifteen minutes after arrival. The work of distributing steel along the line of the Fairbanks-Nenana dl- vision was commenced this week, pre- liminary to the standardization of the narrow guage railroad. The work will be completed within a vew weeks. Dr. Canon, who has been ill charge of the Nenapa government hospital, has arrived at Anchorage, being re- lieved by Dr. Romig, who was visit ing the coast regions on legal mat ters.
 Due to the epidemic of colds in Fair banks more than hundred school children failed to report last week. Many cases of illness from this source are reported among which are Judge Clegg and other court attaches. N. G. Brown, of Panama, who was tried in the district court at Fairbanks on the charge of violating the national prohibition act was last week dis charged from custody after jury tllal in which the verdict was an instructed one from Judge ClegS.
 Mayoralty candidates in Fairbanks are scarce, with Robert LaVery being the only resident so far to announce himself. Other prominent citizens are : expected to make their announcement this week.
 Construction work on the trail be- tween Kobi and McGrath has ended for the year, according to Sam San derson A. R. C., foreman. The work ended at Lake Telida. He reports that cutoff of eight miles was made be- tween Glacier, in the Kantishna and Telida.
 The Innoko Dredging company is busy transporting dredge parts from |