Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-16

chOrage. He was formerly employed on the ferry crossing the Panama river at Nenana, and as soon as the bridge was completed started work ing for the railroad as mail clerk
 MT. and Mrs. John B. Lewis, of Fairbanks, left on recent boat for Juneau where they intend entering in business. Mir. Lewis has been in charge of the detention hospital at Fairbanks tn past year.
 c. s. Butler, travelling auditor for the Pacific Steamship company, ar rived on the Alaska. He is check ing up the business in the local offices of the Territory.
 Mrs. Jessie Parson and son, Stan ley, returned on the Alaska from a trip to California and Australia. Mrs. Parsons is wife of the proprietor of the Parsons hotel at Anchorage.
 Robert J. Summers, territorial high way engineer, arrived on the Alaska from Juneau, and left for the interi- or going as far as Fairbanks. Upon his return MT. Summers will visit the Nuka Bay district to look over the proposed road project at that camp. MT. Summers was very en- thusiastic over the appointment of George Parks as governor of Alaska, but regretted the departure of Gov. Scott c. Bone and family from Ju
 Miss Ruth Reat, the Reindeer Queen" who was clerk at the recent session of the Territorial Legisla- ture, was returning passenger on the Alaska on her way to. the in- terior. Miss Reat was 2 former school teacher but is now owner of large herd of reindeer in the Broad Pass district.
 Stewards first tourist was in town while the Alaska was in port in the person of E. Kellerstrauss, president of the we'll known company of Kan sas City, who was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. MT. Kellerstrauss was much interested in Seward and stated it was one of the best built and neatest towns he had yet seen in Alaska.
 Miss Josephine Boyer, secretary to Noel W. Smith, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, left on one of the recent steamers on yaca tion trip to Iowa.
 M. D. Campbell, section foreman on the Alaska Railroad, has resign ed and gone to Cordova to make his home.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Pinkerton of Fairbanks, were outgoing passengers on recent southbound boat. Mir. Pin kerton is postmaster in Fairbanks and goes to Mayo Bros. for surgical treat ment. They will be gone about three months.
 Mrs. A. E. Rucker and Mrs. Fred Coleclaugh of Valdez are visiting in Cordova this week having some den. tai work done.
 The U. s. Bureau of Fisheries boat. the Kittiwake, Capt. R. L. Cole in charge, is working in the vicinity of Cook Inlet.
 Miss Doris Lee, formerly resident of Cordova, and AL Catlin, resi- dent of the Cook Inlet district, were united in marriage recently. MT. Cat lin has been connected with the Boritz saltery at Seldovia.
 H. F. Schmidt, a brother of Wm Schmidt of Valdez, has left on a visit to his old home in Germany. The Hammon Gold Dredging com. pany have acquired the holdings of the Miami corporation at Nome, giv. ing the U. s. Smelling, Refining and Mining Company absolute control of the dredging industry around Nome. During the closing hours of the Ter. 1 ritorial legislature, the members of both houses presented their presiding officers with appropriate gifts as a re- membrance of the occasion. Speaker Wilcox of the House was presented a beautiful old ivory gavel, bearing on the handle beautiful gold nugget embroidered name plate. To Presi dent Aver of the Senate was given a handsome hammered silver cigarette case, the interior being lined with gold. Both presents were suitably in scribed. The past session was one ot the most harmonious ever held. 1 Traffic is now able to cross the new