The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-27

ing. Mrs. J. A. Everson is day clerk. First guest to register was Henry Roden, an oldtime friend of MT. James Tropea when the two of them were in the Iditarod. MT. Roden is also administrator of tke estate.
 Leonard Smith, Territorial High way Engineer from Juneau, was in skagway on business early this week.
 MT. and Mrs. E. w. Mcleod ar rived on the last Louise, and are at present living in the Wm. Feero apartments on Fourth Avenue. MT. Mcleod is the new assistant agent for the CPR office here, replacing Betty Mae Rapuzzi who is now in the States. Mcleod was just re- leased from the Navy last year. He and Mrs. Mcleod have been living in Prince Rupert.
 MT anG Mrs William Hillery, John s. and Robert A. Hillery, MT. and Mrs. Frank, and MT and Mrs. H E. Peterson, all of Cathedral City, Calf, were guests at the Pull len House during their few days visit here. William Hillery is the brother of Tad Hillery, veteran White Pass employee,
 pr. and Mrs. Fred O. Beck and Miss Lucy Archer of Omaha, Nebr, and MT. and Mrs. E. A. Beck of Council Bluffs. Iowa, were Skagway visitors several days this past week. MT. and Mrs. E. A. Beck were here last year and liked it so much they returned this year and brought their brother and party with them
 Oscar "Oggie" Selmer slid off in a ditch near the Mission Friday evening and next morning when he was trying to pull the car out, the whole rear axle was jerked off and the car is rather a wreck now.
 One ot the mates off the Chief Washable found himself unable to sleep one evening last week, so in company with one of the men off the boat, went for a walk up the hill to tke highway. Near the road to Smugglers Cove, on the Long Bay road he saw cub bear. Fearing that an irate mother might he lurking near, the men lost no time in putting distance between themselves and the baby blackie. It has always been thought that there were no bears that close to town, although the wolves have come down to the flats to the gar- bage dump on the outskirts of Skagway.
 The Kirmse Curio firm has op- ered another store on lower Broad way and have it well supplied with interesting curios and souvenirs.
 M. A. Wright of Winston Salem, South Carolina, worked for the El- Hot Co.,, at Skagway in 1942. He was so impressed with the beauty of the scenery that he promised his family that as soon as the war was over he would bring them up for trip. So this year, Mrs. Wright and her sister, Mrs. F. w. Clinard, Mir Wright and nephews, F. w. Clinard, Jr., and D. M. Clin- ard are having vacation and at tempting to cover as much Of the Territory as they can. MT. Wright and the boys went to Whitehorse Friday on fishing trip and Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Clinard will leave Sunday morning to join them. Then the party will take the Dawson tour. Arriving back at Whitehorse they will go to Fairbanks by bus, down the Richardson Highway to Valdez back to Fairbanks and to Anchorage by train and to Juneau by plane.
 l A party composed of MT. and Mrs. w. R. Miles of Fresno, Calif., and Mir. and Mrs. H. A. Mcdonald and Mrs. and Mrs. John Wehrman i of San Pedro, Calf, have been registered at the Golden North
 while enjoying 8 few days visit i ing SkagWay and nearby points of interest.
 Dr. and Mrs J. o. Rude, Juneau
 residents, visited a few hours ir SkagWay while awaiting the trair
 for Whitehorse, where they will begin a several weeks river trip.
 The Richter Curio Store has g most interesting window featuring relics of the days of '98. Among the articles in the display are safety pins, nickel plated, two inch es long, which were brought here in 98, an old coffee mill, one of the old wooden pack saddles used at Dyea, ancient pictures of the