Seward daily gateway. [volume], October 30, 1928, Page SIX, Image 6

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In a special election held in Fair
banks last week the Fairbanks r,l
ectrate voted down the ordinances
which would have granted two
public utilities franchises to F.A
Neville for a period of 20 years.
ONE STAMP QUARi'Z MILL FOR
•SALE at J. L. Graef.
GREAT SUPER-FEATURE
The Liberty announces that to
night’s program is to be the great
; ’2-reel, “Seventh Heaven”. The
l'.lay that every one has -been look
ing forward to for some time. If
only half the praise of press, and
critics and tne regular snow fans
| '“ere true this play would still be
worth going a long way to see.
when
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“I meet all boats
from Alaska, on
arrival in Seattle,
and give personal
attention to the
needs of travelers
going East by rail,
or on to Europe by
steamship.
“If you will write
me. giving points
you plan to visit,
I will gladly pre
pare itinerary
showing approxi
mate cost of your
trip, make all your j;
sleeping car reser
vations and assist '
in every other way j'
to start you on a (
delightful journey
East via the Orien- i'
tal Limited.’’ jc
0“ Kie luxurious Oriental Limited you enjoy the
utmost in comfort, convenience and service—like in a
tine hotel. Mealtime, you’ll find, is a real event.
Restful sleeping cars, with latest type coil sprincr mat
tresses in lower berths. It's clean, cinderless trip be
hind giant oil-burning and electric locomotives.
To learn more about this superb train, ask Mr. Arrivee to send
you literature describing its distinctive features, as well as the
scenic Great Northern route.
Leaves Seattle Daily 9:00 P. M.
for Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago and East
Write or cable
A. J. ARRIVEE, Traveling Passenger Agent
City Ticket Office. 1205 Fourth Avenue. Main 9800
Seattle, Washington
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Clean, Cinderless, Luxurious, Scenic Route
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Seward Alaska
4 Construction Lumber
Builders’ Supplies
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
TUBES AND BATTERIES
; i Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Bevel siding
Fir Finish
Mouldings
Doors
Windows
Cement
Lime
Plaster
Lath
Plaster Board
Chimney brick
Fire brick
Fire clay
Plate and Window glass Beaver Board
G. ML B.
Seward
Alaska i
NARPOW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
! RECALLED AS PARTICIPANTS
MEET HERE AGAIN
Another tale of hardship and
suffering in the short but fierce
annals of the fishermen of the Si
oerian Sea has come to light in the
meeting here Saturday of three
men, +wo of whom nearly lost their
lives on the bleak coast of the Al
aska peninsula and the third who
was instrumental in effecting their
rescue. They are Olaf Johansen
and Neil “Scotty” McKay, who
were the two men who wandered ,
•long the forbidding shores facing
!he Bering Sea for 27 days, abso
lutely destitute except for tiie
rlothes on their backs, grubbing
'or clams and crabs, and who final
y staggered around the point at
izenback Bay to find a disabled
Jiip, and food and warmth and
■omfort. It was Nick Johnson •‘•f
Tnga with the Edna Watts who was
earned that Johansen had met i
aid up there without a propeller.
It seems that the Waweema, I
learned that Johansen had met
Icotty McKay here on his way cut :
o the South on the S. S. Starr. It 1
lappened also that Johansen met I
ohnson and the story was lived
•ver again.
! it appears that the Waweema, I
j which left Seattle last spring in
: charge of Capt. Bob Firth with an
|over sized crew, and which was!
;wrecked several weeks ago on St. i
George Island, put in at Black Hills
'en the north side of the peninsula '
jbout 40 miles east of Snapper Is- ;
land to get fresh water. The boat
nad come up codfishing but she ,
had too many men aboard and Jo- I
hansen and McKay decided to quit ! j
the vessel and mush over the hills ■
to Cold Bay. s
Johansen is somewhat reticent
jas to just why they took this
| chance, but they departed along
the beach without equipment of
any Kind and started out on what
! almost proved to be their last
| journey. i
The first food they ran across!
was some flour in a trapper’s cab
in and they made flapjacks of flour |
and wat er and cooked them on a ;
shovel over an open fire, the food I
proving so indigestible that it maae
both men sick.
After that they lived on clams for
the most part becoming weaker
each day as they headed west, only
to be completely baffled when they
came to a precipitous cove that
they could not cross, neither could
they go around.
They retraced their steps and
finally found a water-logged dory
that had been washed ashore and j
in which they managed to make a
crossing while one man rowed and
the other bailed. They had left
the Waweema about the first of
June, but it was not until July 2nd
that they staggered along the
beach at Izenback Bay where John
son and his crew of five men were
laying helpless with the Edna
Watts.
“The boys wouldn't tell us much =
about what they had been up \
against ” Mr. Johnson said, “but it r
was easy enough to see that they |
had had a terrible experience be- |
cause both of them were worn to a |
shadow.” It happened that a |
power boat put in at Izenback Bay \
and Johnson took the two men to j |
False Pass where they w'ere restor- j \
■id to health. It was some weeks [
after this rescue that the Waweerna \
went ashore on St. George Island \
:n a fog, heavily laden with evd, \
when her crew of 30 escaped 'n j
their underwear and suffered great |
hardship until picked up by a pas°- |
ing steamer. They related the tale j
of that adventure when they went |
thru here on the Admiral Watson I
several weeks ago.
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SALVATION ARMY MAYOR
PORTSMOUTH, Eng.. Oct. 29, (r?)
—J. E. Smith, lord mayor-elect, is
conductor of the Salvation Army
band in which his wife, four sous
and six daughters all play.
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With a huge Alaska salmon pack, 1
'A’heat, apples and pears pouring in
from Eastern Washington for ex- 1
nort, and a big Alaska codfish catch
Seattle shipping made a record ini
I August, passing the 900.000 tons!
mark for a monthly period for the j
.first time in the history of the port.
Imports during August, 1928 in- 1
eluded 74,052 tons of canned sal-|
men, comprising 2,115,768 cases,'
valued at $15,661,006 from Alaska, !
1,243 tons of fresh halibut and sal- !
mon valued at $218,539 from tue
Ashing banks; and 229 tons of sal
mon from Siberia vaaied at $43,429.
Exports included 19,887 tons of
cargo valued at $2,911,258 to Alas
ka.
PURE UNADULTERATED ICE
C REAM 50 c. PINT $1.00 A QUART.
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Cleanliness ana the best of meats
uur motto. Frye-Bruhn. L
I A.
If you haven’t trieo frye.Bruhn’a
Baby Beef you have missed some
thing, friendsl
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ed and printed at Sylvia’s.
TRY A PURE WHITE ROCK ICE
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Shop.
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Dealer in Watches
and Clocks, Nugget.
Jewelry, Old Ivory,
Curios, and a full line
of goods usually car
ried in a first class
Jewelry store.
Watches Repaired on
Short Notice
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An always, welcome Christmas ijift
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sight. Get ready for the chilly days he is sure to bring
with him. We are selling the kind of coal that will aid you
to be comfortable this fall. Order a ton of it immediately
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