Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK

tMOnday-FOur trainmen were killed and two injured when switch en- zine backing east collided with a westbound freight train on the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. The acci- dent occurred near Wichita Falls.
 Fire of unknown origin demolished
 the Davis-Phillips Grocery store and
 the Dimond Nickoloff general mer-
 chandise store. It is stated the loss
 entailed amounted to $4O,OOO which
 was partly covered by insurance.
 Robert Mayoko, an Eskimo just arrived in New York, remarked he
 wished he had brought his heavy clothing with him from the North
 He is en route to the Hudson's Bay
 district with herd of reindeer. Chicago was the scene of a mil
 lion dollar fire in which nine deaths were reported Two buildings were
 destroyed, one business block and
 the other an apartment. 1 Alameda sails north from Seattle with 54 passengers for Alaska. S.S. Alaska departed from Seward for Seattle with a fair listing of pas-- sengers.
 The Worlds champion dog derby to the "top of the World" will start for the first time Feb. to II, the course being laid from Calgary to the Great Divide and back to Banff The course will exceed all past der Ibies by g miles.
 l Wm. Sergent, an oldtimer from the Interior, leaves Seward for the States, on his first trip out in 33 years.
 Tuesday-General Pershing will re- turn to the. United States from Ari- ca, within, the month on account of his health.
 Blankets of snow cover the Rio Grande
 ] Charles Johnson and Robert M. Carr arrested in Seward charged with robbing cigar store of Christ Larsen. Men draw one year each. Noel Wien, Interior aviator plans 1 to fly to Barrow next summer. R. H. Merrill, Seward aviator, is now in Frisco meeting with a num- Der of Alaska cannery men, Indica- tions point that a regular service will be installed from Seward to the westward points next spring
 Wednesday-Prices on general food l commodities are slightly higher last year, says Chicago report
 Senator Wheeler of Montana scores tax reduction calling it one of the | worst attempts at class legislation | that has been offered since the pas sage of the Fordney-McCumber tar if Bill.
 Herschell Parker, former Alaskan. files petition in bankruptcy at Seat tleI
 Four banks close in Montana. The | State Bank of Nassau, the First Ma tional Bank of Malta, the Valley County State Bank at Hinsdale and | the Glasgow National Bank
 Admiral Watson arrives in port from Seattle with few passengers on board. Departs for the westward.
 Report from Anchorage is to the effect Mt. Mckinley is erupting. h. terior arrivals in Seward say it is but fog bank.
 hursday-Floods creating great damage in various portions of Ger many.
 Charged with forging the name of Dr. E. M McKibben, a former Seat tie physician, whose name he is said to have used in obtaining the ap- pointment as United States Com missioner for Kodiak, E. M. Webb, is held under 5000 bail at Kodiak.
 Peter Larsen of San Francisco sues Jack McCord, Seward man, for one fourth of the profits McCord real ized on Alaska oil claims. Larsen alleges he advanced McCord s25O as a grubstake in 1920.
 Lomen Brothers of Nome will pro- vide Polar flight explorers with fur clothing.
 Supt. Henry Karstens of the Nc Kinley National Park states alleged |! disturbances of mountain inyestigat- ed and found untrue.
 FTiday-NeW Years Day. No naner