Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-23

while one of their scows was torn loose from its moorings and driven out to sea. A cabin which had been moved from it's foundations by the flood was upended and now rests up on its roof A stack of lumber was blown away from the Lumber compa- nys yards.
 It was during this stormy weather that the Starr went on the rocks near the north end of Kodiak Island. The extent of the damage is not known here but she was reported to be in tow to Seattle. Kanatak's Christmas mail and freight was on thls trip of Starr and the people were very much disappointed when she met the acci- dent. Tne steamship company ex- c!ude Fanatak's freight almost en- lircly from the November run giving the calgo space to the more favored r)rts to the westward 50 everything tl.a. is necessary to make real Chri ;'mas was expected on the Dec ember Starr. There will be no regu- lar holiday dinners this year and many tlins that usually go with the season will he missjnE Even the or dinary daily ntenus will bt snort sav eral things Until a bc',i arrives. ka' natak is not starvitz bi;t eT'5 is used to being fed much better than she will be until some lime i'll January. There are about forty head of horses here aud twenty head at Wide Bay. The steamship company rejected the feed for these on the November boat and thev failed to make the December run so most of these horses are on short or no rations and the snow cov- CTS the ground along the beach. The loss of the Christmas freight was a repetition of what occurred last year when the Grizzly loaded with much of the seasons freight was wrecked al- most in sight of Kanatak.
 Sparks" of the Standard, caught the Stars s. o. s. call. He kept ln 1 touch with them throughout the acci- dent and his interesting letter, after the storm was over, ended our watch full waiting.
 On December 2, the Viking, from Sand Point bound for oKdiak Island and meeting the northwestern was fore ed to put in Kanatak on account of icing down. The crew came ashore ! leaving one man aboard. While a. shore the winds increased in velocity and the boat broke loose or dragged anchor and disappeared out to sea. They seem to think here that the man 1 had little chances for his life for the boat would soon ice down as the worst of the storm followed his dis appearance. He was not an experi- enced seaman or gas engine operator according to the reports.
 Chas. Gracometti, of Koggiung, ar rived in Kanatak driving the first dog
 team from the Bristol Bay regions this season. He reported thirty be low temperatures in that country yet
 found many streams and Becharof1
 Lake open. The strong winds kept
 these from freezing and he was forced
 to make several detours, arriving or the goth after a nine-day journey. He
 expected to meet the U. s. Commis sioner and Marshal but they were or the disabled Starr.
 : It is reported that the Standard ex poets to pass the 1OO0-ft mark on thu 5 Lee No. one by Xmas. It is said tha : they have not yet drillind through thu - hard cap rock and are still ir thu , same hard formation of hard gra. : sandstone.
 Kanatak has had but one mail sine
 October third and it will be som 3 in January before the next arrives. ! Dated December 21, 1923.