Seward daily gateway., 1925-08-22
JUDGE PADDEN ON WAY TOEAST TO
 VISIT CHILDREN
WELL KNOWN OLDTIME RESI- DENT DILLINGHAM; REGION
 FOR % LONG YEARS.
Former U. 5. Commissioner
To Undergo x-Ray Examination At Mayo Brothers for Slight
 Throat .Affliction.

P. T. Padden, former United States Commissioner and postmaster at Dill lingham, Bristol Bay, one of the old est and best known residents of the Far Westward Alaskan port, plans departing from Seward the first of the week for Seattle. Judge Padden has been troubled with slight af- fliction in the throat and may go to the Mayo Brothers hospital at Koch ester, Minn., to under treatment. The Judge, who arrived in Seward Friday on the steamer Starr, is a guest at the Hotel Sexton.
 Tn general, the fishing season, thru out the Dillingham; area has not been as good as in former years, it is stated, due primarily to the short season. There were ample fish pro- cured, while the season lasted, but the brief time the canneries were permitted to operate, about 20 days, they packed thousands of cases of salmon. A fair estimate of the can nery crews employed in the district this season is placed at 2,500 men. This represented the crews in the eight canneries in that region. Over 300 powered fishing boats, each ca pable of carrying about 5000 salmon, were used in the industry. Practic- ally all of the large and famous oldtime sailing vessels have been re- placed by steam vessels, the Judge stated.
 Little Mining Activities
 Placer mining in the region is slowing down considerable with but few claims being worked and little prospecting going on. Those engag- ed in mining are just existing, talk ing out enough pay to make liv- ing. MT. LaSalle, the "Frenchman's" ground on Butte creek, Good News Bay, is worked out, as is also the claims of Jack Carlson, adjacent to the Frenchman's ground. Fred Nc Garry, is building a new boat and in- stalling new engine in it for pros pecting purposes. It will be a swift water craft, adapted for those wa ters.
 Billy Keefer, the oldtime prospector from that region, is now in Minneap- oils on a visit R. A. Smith, anoth- CT we'll known resident of the Bris- tol Bay town, has purchased MT. Keefer's boat and is going prospect ing with it.
 Harold Harris, has also built him. self new power boat and engine. He has been awarded the mail con- tract between Dillingham; and sXan- atak During his spre time he roams the hills, prospecting and trapping.
 Frank Wasky and Mrs. Wasky are prospecting in the Good News Bay region MT, and Mrs. Beverly Pol ly are also in the hills in quest of the mother lode"
 Water Moose Mine Paying.
 The Water Moose placer mine, in the Good News district, has been op- erating steadily for the last few years, under the management of it's owner, Joe Jeane, storekeeper and butcher Last year, $6OOO was taken out and the year before about $12,- 900. Judge Padden states last year, MT. Jeane was unable to get suf- ficient help to operate the ground more extensively.
 At Dillingham;, where John Nich- olsen conducts a fox ranch, he has recently entered into the commercial field, opening a general store.
 For the first time in the history of the Alaska Packers activities in that region it has been announced they will keep open their large store the coming winter.
 Marshal W. N. Reed, is perhaps the most ardent radio fan in the entire Westward region, it is stated. He started with a small radio receiving set last year and this season had