Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05

Martin L. Hamlow was indicted a Juneau recently for alleged violation of the Mann Act.
 The first work train of the seasoI on the Copper River railroad left re gently for its summers work. | Owing to extremely neavy snows or the Yukon watershed residents thi year are looking for high water. 1 Joe Eglesias was arrested recent! at Ketchikan and fined $25O and giver 60 days in jail for violating the dr! | laws.
 Charles Johnson died recently ir Ketchikan. He was member of the Ketchikan Igloo of Pioneers and was buried under the auspices of that or. der.
 R. H. Runyon and J. Kimball, ,opo graphers for the U. s. Geological Sur. vey will arrive in Ketchikan soon te spend the summer in survey work il the Tongass national forest.
 Mrs. Peter Kramer, aged 60, a pio- neer resident of Ketchikan for 1i years, died recently. Deceased was born in Poland and has relatives in New York state.
 The case of the Government against l.. B. Mccoy, charged with attempting to steal foxes from the Zimmerman fur farm on Brothers island, resulted in a mistrial at Juneau.
 Jake Secrest, accused of shooting at John Williams at Skagway recently was indicted by a First division grand jury for assault with danger ous weapon.
 J. L. Hill, an Eldred island fox far mer, recently arrived in Juneau wIh the gasboat Vivian which he purchas- ed in Ketchikan recently. The Vi vian is 36 feet long, 10 feet beam and holds 12,OO0 pounds of halibut. are on the Victoria planning a trip to the westward on big game hunt. Dr w. H. Chase of Cordova will accom-. pany the party to the westward. The launch Rolfe will be used.
 H. F. Gerhard, a popular member o1 the naval radio staff at Mile z neal Cordova, died last week following ar operation for appendicitis. Deceased was 2S years of age, and leaves wife and a daughter
 The first sheep to be born in the Klondike district have just arrived al Joe Jolicouer's hay ranch on the Klon dike river, IS miles from Dawson. Joe last fall imported 5S ewes and one ram, and one of the ewes within the the past week increased the band bA three lambs and another by two Capt. Edward Telford, commander of the Mounted Police on the Yukor has received report from Constable McClary in charge of the Teslin pos stating that the snowfall at the time he wrote, month ago, was nine feel on the level.
 The Cordova game club is making arrangements to secure the co-opera tion of fishermen in order that game on the Copper river flats may be pro. tected this summer. Many fishermen have become members of the Game Protective association.
 Capt. I. M Hofstad, resident o1 Bay, has just returned from the soutf where he bonded a group of nicke claims on Baranoff island to a group of Los Angeles capitalists. The claims were found by the young sons of Capt Hofstad early last summer while or hunting trip and it is said the ledge is large one and runs heavy in nickel.
 The many friends of George c. Haze let, who was recently operated on ir New York city for appendicitis, will be pleased to hear that he is on the steamship Alameda on his way home to Cordova. Mir. Hazelet had a mar row escape from death as a result o1 the operation, his life being despair ed of.
 Dr. -Wm. J. Miles, formerly a well known physician of Nome, died at his home in La Conner, Skagit, county last week. In 1893 Dr. Miles and a party of six business men purchased the schooner M. M. Merrill, with which they sailed to Nome, opening the first drug store in that city. Eight years later he sold out and removed to the states, settling in La Conner where he practiced medicine until his death.
 Victor Marshall, the 17-year-old sor of MT. and Mrs. R. l.. H. Marshall. o1 Mccarthy, was drowned recently al COrdQYa where ha was attondinc