Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-28
Mrs. Ada Elam died at Wiseman re gently after a three months illness.

Mrs. Ada Elan died at Wiseman re gently after a three months illness. Skagway nas 27 baseball players listed for this Springs turnout. They are enough to make a Skagway lea que.
 Mrs. Helen Lynch, field representa- tive of the Pathfinder of Alaska, will spend the summer in Fairbanks and vicinity.
 E. H. Mack has been elected secre- taryr of the reorganized Fairbanks Commercial club at salary of $50 per month.
 The steamship Victoria will sail for Nome, Golovi hand St. Michael June 9th, on the first trip of the 1923 sea- son.
 The first and only freighter for the Kotzebue and Teller district will sal from Seattle between July 20 and August l.
 The prospect for fairly large gold output in the Koyukuk district during the summer season is said to be very good.
 Miss Ella Lee Woods, formerly a resident of Wrangell, died recently at McMinnville, Ore, after a short ill., ness.
 The Stanich brothers on Porcupine in the Koyukuk have reached bedrock with their drain and should have c crosscut in by the first of May.
 Ben Hammond, a well known old time klondiker died some time ago at Chehalis, Wash. Mir. Hammond spent many years in the klOndike.
 A body of excellent gravel has been discovered near the Moves mill near Nenana, and gravel camp will be es- tablished there, dragline scraper be- ing taken in from Seward to operate the pit.
 A petition has been circulated by residents to have the name of Wise man postoffice, now called Nolan" by the government, changed to Wiseman in order to avoid confusion. The peti tion has been forwarded to Delegate Sutherland.
 Declaring that an emergency exists in the fisheries Qf Southeastern Alas. ka, grand jury at Ketchikan in g formal report to Judge Reed urged the immediate creation of a fisheries re serve covering all of the territoria waters of southeastern Alaska.
 A we'll attended meeting with foul limitations and two transfers was helt by Fairbanks Igloo of Pioneers las week. The following were made members by initiation: Theodore Cor ing, John Johnson, Jack L'Hereux and Jud Williamson. Dave Black o Anchorage and J. E. Stone of Valde; were admitted by transfer
 The Tuba Mfg. at Nome is rapidly nearing completion of the power plan for the Hammon Consolidated Colo Fields at the oil works on Dry Greet hill. Engine No. l was started up o1 March 15 and ran like a top No. is the first of three units to be uset in generating power for the mammoth dredges on Little Creek, near Nome.
 Patrick. Hamilton, an old timer O the Ketchikan district, died recent, at an advanced age. Deceased wa. born in Ireland in 1857, making hin 66 years of age at the time of hi. death. He came to Alaska 30 year. ago. Hamilton had piled the waters O Bering sea and the North Pacific fo many years
 Harry H. Crowley, agent of tn, Alaska Fishermen's Union at Seattle in regard to regulations governin, Bristol Bay fishing makes objection t, the limitation of gill nets to 200 fath oms to the boat. He states that 30, fathoms hung measure, would be . fair length of gill net, for the reaso, , that fishermen have to go out iron Clark's Point 15 to 20 miles to get an, salmon"
 Three days by motor boat is re Qu1red to make the trip from Atka t, Amchitka, the sea island reservatio, in the AleWian chain of islands, sa, residents recently returning from tn far west. At the present time yer, few sea otters are on the reseryatio, put sea lions and hair seals are abun dant. Amchitka island is a large isl and with no vegetation save grass. The total value of shipments iron Alaska for March amounted to s1 f O56,493 slight decrease as compare,
 with shipments from the territor
 for the same month last year, accord ing to the monthly report just receiv ed from the office of the U. s. collec
 tor of Customs at Juneau. This fall ing off is due to the decrease in shir