Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-30

woman, is conductress on the dining car of the Alaska railroad. She is the only woman in the United States bearing this distinction.
 A big stampede has been on in the Mayo district from Keno City to teh south end of Galena Hill, where. some unusual prospects have been uncovered Galena has been report ed running 959 ounces of silver and 70 per cent lead to the ton. The strike is extraordinarily rich.
 Twenty years ago Friday, Nick Burley was badly beaten by Billy Wood, colored heavyweight. Bur ley made game. fight but was out classed. Them was the happy days.
 Major J. F. A. Strong, who was re- porter on the Dawson News, and founded the Juneau Empire, the Nome Nugget, paper at Katalla, Iditarod and other points, later be- coming governor of Alaska, is now living at Los Angeles, with his wife He recently motored from that place to Seattle. Gov. Strong was a pop ular Alaskan governor.
 Norman Dawn and moving picture company are taking scenes in the Mckinley National Park this week They recently returned from the Val ley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
 An exceptionally fall of rain was had at Mckinley Park last week, the streams overflowing their banks and doing some damage. Gum wrappers are printed in IS different languages but what we started to say was that Seward is en- toying the finest weather eMperienc- ed ln many years.
 Marriages may be made in heaven but the auto plays an important part around Seward.
 One hundred American and Cana dian boys will be guests of George Buchanan, Detroit bachelor, thru Alaska next year, according to re- ports received. MT. Buchanan has brought 100 boys to Alaska each year for several years past.
 w. J. Crime, war veteran, aged 40, died suddenly at Ketchikan last week. Nothing is known of his rel atives.
 Slab wood is selling in Ketchikan at $2 per load. Kindling wood brings $2.5O.
 Governor Bone will arrive in Sew ard on the Alaska on his way to at- tend the Anchorage fair, where he has been asked to make tre opening speech at the fair.
 Lieut.. Clayton Bissell, advanc> man for the round the world flyers, who spent considerable time at Sew ard this spring is now in Greenland with the flyers.
 A 1000 horsepower turbine is be- ing installed at the Kennecott mines to take the place of the plant recent ly lost by fire.
 Mrs. J. Q. Mcbride and daughter, of Juneau, are visiting in Philadel- phia where Mrs. McBride's mother recently passed away.
 The Douglas cannery has been leased by the town cannery and will be operated by the city to add to the pay roll.
 Salmon canneries in southeastern Alaska have been asked to blacklist boats known to have been guilty of fish piracy. Fishermen are indignant over the action by court officials and recently held a mass meeting at Ket- chikan.
 A preacher in Iowa wants a sent ence of five years in prison given to each person applying for divorce. a+c +ha rf One way it is five years and the oth- CT way life.
 The Fern Gold Mining company's property on Willow creek, recently cleaned up AT ounces or about ST. 800, representing 20 days work. The bricks will be shipped to Seattle.
 The Admiral Line announces that it will carry exhibits free to the An chorage fair.
 In line with the action of the Sew ard chamber of commerce the Anch- orage chamber has asked the steam ship companies to make a cheap rate on tourist autos in order that it will stimulate travel to the territory.
 Canneries in the vicinity of Cordo- va show 100 per cent increase in pack over last year.
 Miss Wilma A. Carlson and R. H. Humphrey of Fairbanks were unit ed in marriage recently. They will make their home in the Cache creek district.
 Secretary Karl Thiele, District Forester c. H. Flory, and Prohibition