Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-19

Wm. Moffat, a prosperous rancher l of the Knik-Wasilla district, in the Cook Inlet section, ended his life with a 30-30 rifle April 8. MT. Moffat had prepared two acres of land for plant ing and was known as the Straw berry King" of the Matanuska. !, Capt. Francis Futile, one of the best known navigators that ever piled the waters of Alaska for more than 32 years, an officer in the coast guard cutter service, passed away at Port Townsend recently. He was born in 1843 at Newfield, Maine, and served in the Civil War with Admiral Farragut. Capt Futile was in command of the Bear which landed the Jarvis relief expedition at the mouth of the Kusko- kwim in 1897.
 l.. V. Roach left Seattle May 12 on the steamship Northwestern to act as assistant ticket agent for the Alaska Steamship company.
 The river ice moved Tn rront of Ne mana at 2 p. m. May g. The annual ice pool of s10,OO0 was won by seven persons, mostly railroad workers. The winners were Axel w. Carlson, R. w. Bigney, Terrell & Co.,, Carlo Ziazche- TO and Mrs McPhail.
 A whole battle fleet is making preparations to escort President Hard ing on his Alaskan trip. The de stroyer division of thirty-six craft will probably be selected
 George Wray, Oscar Nord and Chas Ohearn were severely burned by a powder explosion which occurred in a car in which they were working at the Anchorage dock recently. The car had been used to haul black powder for railroad work and had not been cleaned out. It is presumed that it was ignited by sparks from the mems shoe nails and iron on the floor. Im- mediately following ignition a sheet of flame burst out of the doors and rose above the top of the car.
 Mir. Stull and Henry Coffin, driving the latter's dog team, left Candle creek March l and arrived at Nenana March 25. At this point Mir and Mrs E. E. Pierce were picked up and the driver, Mir. Coffin, se< out on the re- turn trip to Candle. Mir. Stull left for the States.
 J. B. Carroll, Cordova agent for the Admiral Line, has left for Seattle to take position with the company's newly appointed Assistant Freight and Traffic Manager, c. E. Eye The Cordova agency will be looked alter by R. T. Frost who arrived from Se- attle.
 Miss Rose Semansky, an attractive young lady from Seattle, was married last week to c. T. Moore. a linotype operator on the Cordova Daily Times, by Rev. Fr. McMillan at Cordova.
 George Shakes, a son of the Wran- gell Indian chieftain, received cer- tllcate of citizenship recently, Judge Reed issuing the same at Wrangell.
 Ptarmigan are reported so plentiful in Dawson that the birds are all over the town. Snowshoe rabbits are also very plentiful, and many are Seen romping in the streets of the city in the evening and morning. A record fall of snow occurred in the country north of the Yukon the past winter, which insures plenty of water for mining operations.
 Joe Baxter, George Saxton and Ed die Ryan were arrested in Juneau re- gently for being drunk and disorder ly. A still and quantity of mash was found in the house, as we'll as quantity of moonshine, six glasses and a sack of empty bottles.
 City Electrician Frank o. Robinson assumed charge of the Nenana power plant recently in addition to other du- ties following formal action by the city council.
 Scotty Kay, we'll known old timer of Tanana, underwent a major opera ton recently, but went through the ordeal satisfactorily.
 The coal spur bridge is temporarily out of business at Nenana, owing to an upheaval in the ice. Several cars of coal were derailed recently by gravel on the track.
 The Brooklyn Eagle Tour of Alaska, 70 strong, will reach Seward some time next month. They will go over the Alaska railroad and out to Cordoya by way of Chitina and the Copper river railroad.
 Dick Kerwood, a former Cordo- van, who gained fame as an aviator since leaving Alaska, met with a seri- ous accident at Hollywood, California, while doubling for Buck Jones. He