Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-07


 gone to Nome in 1905 In recent years he has been operating on g be- low Dome creek. He was born in Ire land 80 years ago, and his relatives all reside in the old country.
 A complete mastodon skull in ex- cellent preservation, with tusks eight feet long. has been received by the Alaska Agricultural college. The find was made by Thos. P. Aitken on Can- dle creek.
 The Cosmopolitan Hotel, at Fair banks, was damaged to the exent of $500 by fire recently. The fire start ed from an overloaded stove.
 Jack Harris, long a resident of the Tolovana district, was found dead in his cabin on Lost creek, about twelve miles from Brooks on June 8. Death was due from natural causes. liar ris was practically destitute when he died, as $10 in currency and one bea- yer skin were all of value that could be found. He was buried near his cabin.
 A suit was filed recently at Juneau by Emery Valentine against John Tuppela, involving $6750 and interest amounting to several hundred dollars. The amount claimed is due as a bal ance for interest involved in Tuppe- las suit against the Chichagof con- pany. It is set up that MT. Valentine owned a one-sixth interest of all sums of money Tuppela received or was to receive in his suit against the company.
 George A. Parks, chief of the field division of the government land office will remove his residence from Jul neau to Anchorage.
 Sawyer & Reynolds have contract for logging 1,6O0,O0O feet of spruce timber for the Juneau Lumber Mills. They also furnish pulp timber to the Speel river mills.
 Alaska's first outdoor tourist and recreation camp was opened recently when 22 guests were entertained at Twin Glacier camps on Taku river by Dr. and Mrs. H. c. DeVighne, assisted by Mrs. Felix Gray, manager of the camp.
 The most famous moccasin maker of the Alaskan Indian tribes, Mary Gunnock, near Sitka, has begun the manufacture of a pair for President Harding. The footgear plans call for a large section of moosehide lawn hair for trimmings, hair seal soles, and 5000 assorted beads. Across the top of each mOccasin will be embroidered the American flag, topped with an ea- gle. The woman gained an impression of the size of the Presidential foot by watching him in a news review of motion pictures.
 It is estimated that between fifteen and twenty thousand tourists went to the Yukon this year to view the mid night sun.
 The Dawson legislature recently passed a resolution inviting President Harding to visit the Yukon district. The invitation suggested that the Presidential party proceed from Skag- way to White Horse and down the Yukon to Dawson.
 The Westover mine near Mccarthy will be worked this season, as long as the price of yellow metal justifes the product.
 Miss Dorothy Vaughn, daughter of Mrs. E. A. Vaughn, was married re- gently at Ross California, to George Frederick Katz. The Vaughns for merly lived at Wrangell.
 The Bank of Seward has deposits aggregating $213,O26.46. and resources aggregating s316,611.21. With a pop ulation of 700 persons that gives per capita, $4,166. The potential wealth of Seward is, we believe, greater per capita than that of any other town in Alaska.
 Nick Welch, prominent old timer of the Third division, and firstclass carpenter and joiner, arrived from Kanatak on the steamship Starr, where he has been working for the Associated Oil Company, and will remain in Seward until the company resumes work. MT. Welch is very optimistic over the future of Kanatak, and believes when oil is struck it will be one of the best camps in Alaska.
 The steamship Starr, Capt. o. A. Johansen, arrived at 5:30 this morn ing from her special trip to Kanatak with IS first class passengers and nine steerage. Capt. Johansen reports the sea like millpond the entire trip The Starr brought in Supt. G. L. Jones and Associated Oil Company work men over. Fifteen tons of freight comprised the cargo.