Seward daily gateway., 1923-05-05
From Mondays Daily

The frelgMer valdez IS reported t( have arrived at Kanatak Sunda. morning.
 The Delrosa loaded with canner! supplies, has arrived at Chignik an( is now unloading at that place.
 Three men who were working al the Lost Harbor sulphur mines ar rived in Seward last night, coming 1T on the Starr.
 Jerome Hachey, Girdwood resident is spending the new few days in Sew ard on official business. He returned this morning to Anchorage.
 M D. McMahon. who returned from Kanatak last night, left this morning for Anchorage.
 c. w. Felch, "Fisher's Blend flour man left for the interior this morn ing
 The tug Kingfsher arrived Sunday from Days Harbor with tow of logs and piling.
 E. Eyres, businessman of Girdwood arrived in town Saturday evening for a few days visit.
 Dave Mutchler, Iditarod business man, left Seattle this morning for the North, securing passage on the Vie toria.
 John Fox, of Fairbanks, who left on the last trip of the Starr for Kanatak to look over tractor possibilities re- turned from the oil town last night
 James Pierce left this morning for the interior where he will probably be employed with the Alaska Road commission in driving tractor on the Fairbanks end
 The hull of the launch Swan is be- ing repaired by Howard Long and will soon be placed in commission, increas- ing the number of pleasure launches owned by Seward residents.
 Lieut. and Mrs. w. c. Hut, who have been guests of Capt. and Mrs M D. Barndollar for the past week, left this morning for Anchorage Lieu tenant Hut will return in about a week to complete checking up the government stores in Seward.
 Much activity is noted to the west ward at the places where cannery plants are located, nearly all of them being engaged in preparing for the coming season. Ships loaded with supplies and crews are arriving daily at many of the places.
 Attorney L. V. Ray left this morn ing for Anchorage to hold confer ence with his law partner, Leopold David, and also to act as delegate at the meeting of the Anchorage and the Seward chambers to discuss matters of interest to both towns
 Harry A. Dedoyard, former fire chief for Seward, will leave in the next few days for the interior, having accepted a position with the commission on the dragline crew, operating near Fairbanks Mrs Dedoyard will follow later.
 The crew of men working on the dragline excavator have completed their work and on the departure of the next freight for the north the machine will be taken to the interior to be used in taking gravel from the Fairbanks pit, the material to be used in ballasting the grade between that city and Ne.nana. Three flat cars were required to hold the various parts.
 Arrivals from the westward report that drilling operations by both the Standard and Associated companies are still in progress although halted for while by a breakage of augur stems It is stated that the Associat- ed has attained a depth of 490 feet and is still in hard formation. The present depth of the Standard could not be ascertained as information from the field was hard to obtain
 Miss Henrietta Walker and Chris Scheffer, who for some time have been conducting the Commerce Cafe, have disposed of their interests to Miss Alveta Anderson. Miss Walker will after a brief stay in Seward, journey to the interior and from there leave Alaska by the upper Yukon route to her home in Unionville, Michigan.
 Those who returned from a trip to the westward on the Starr last eve ming report that weather conditions near Unalaska were not of the best. It is stated that while the vessel was en route from Unalaska to Scotch Cap lighthouse, a gale sprang up which was the worst the vessel has ever eXDerienced while on :1e west ward ron. Wind and stormy conIi- tions reached such a stage that 3 per tion of the wireless aerial was ca.- ri