Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-16

known Rampant pioneer died recent ly at Fairbanks. MT. Mayo died about two years ago.
 Owing to an epidemic of influenza at Fairbanks, school was dismissed for week or so. The disease at attcked large number of persons, but was not so serious as in former years.
 Eugene Owens, resident of Jul neau for many years, shot and kill ed John Poto, aged 43, on his ranch near Sumdum last week. Poto was attempting to kill Owens when he fired to save his life. He was ac- quilted by a coroner's jury, after a number of witnesses had testified that POto was of QuarrelsOme na- ture and prone to pull a gun on his victims.
 Fred Struthers of Fairbanks won the Cinema Slough ice pool of $1081.
 Noel Vein made trip by air plane to Beaver recently taking as a passenger c. c. Dunlap. The start was made at noon and he landed back in Fairbanks about 4:30 mak- ing the trip without incident. The trip was very cold most of the way being in snow storm. The plan kept an elevation of about 5000 feet
 D. w. Flannigan, prohibition off, cer, who was arrested by the town of Fairbanks for an alleged assault on an old man at the time of mak- ing an arrest, was acquitted this week, the case being thrown out of court when it was shown that no violence had been used in entering the premises in search of illicit booze.
 The Healy coal mines have been shut down for short time until a new railroad bridge under construc. tion is completed. The men in the mine number about 100 and it is hop. ed to have the structure ready be. fore high water sets in.
 L. B. Pentz, who made the trip from Seattle to Juneau in a small boat with an outboard motor, con templates making the trip from Sc ward to Seattle this spring in a canoe with the same motor. MT. Pentz al the present time is engaged in Fair banks.
 Gov. Scott c. Bone has named Miss Marie Falldine as a delegate from Alaska to the conference ot the Child Welfare Committee of Am erica to be held in New York May 15 to 20.
 Dan Keeleher, AS years of age, g well known miner and prospector, oi many camps in the territory, passed away Thursday at the Anchorage hospital. He left a brother, a dred ging operator at Nome, who is now en route from New York to Seattle
 The Nome coal shortage was alley lated somewhat by the city counci which made 114 deliveries to citizen: out of 575 sacks bought from the Sig nal Corps. The fuel shortage has been most acute, the city being with out wood or coal since early in Jan uary.
 The board of directors of the Western Alaska Fair Association me at Anchorage Friday for the pur pose of arranging for this years event.
 A golf links is now assured Anch orage, the second in the territory About 75 persons have signified thei intention of joining the club, due. being fixed at $15 a year. The frs golf links in the Territory wer, constructed at Unalaska severa years ago by the officers on the rev 'enue cutters. They were small bu served the purpose most excellent ly.
 The Alaska Anthracite Railroat near Katalla will be dismantled, th' steel being taken up and sold. Thi road started out with good prospect but was lawed to death in damag, suits.
 Merle McCambridge, mail clerk ol the train out of the Curry division died suddenly as his train was near