New Company Buys Seward Electric Plant
The Seward Light and Power Company bought the Seward Electric Company property for power generation and lines. Butler & Company will install a 3000-light dynamo to supply power round the clock, replacing the old plant and extending services. Ivan Salava, charged with unlawful moose slaughter, pleaded guilty and faces a three month jail term with medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward Light & Power Company
Seward Electric Company
Butler & Company
Lowell Creek
Ivan Salava
Kenai
U.S
Hildreth
Jane
Salava
Seward
Horville
Mining claims and real estate notices in January record
Real estate, mining and court records show filings by R Ray Ross and S S Connanton to locate mining ground for Wm N Armstrong, along with power of attorney to locate mining grounds. January 15 transfers include M H Parker to W Stull for 21 bik, 14 in Seward for 1 dollar, and Armstrong maps of Falls Creek. Ledger lists Juanita claims location notices by G M Kerns and R F Groom. Parish notices include Meraopist Episcopal pastor L H Pedersen preaching Sundays at 7 with 20 minute song service and Gospel Mission reading room open any hour with mission services Sundays at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Ray Ross
S. S. Connanton
Wm. N. Armstrong
Strong
F. P. Sheen
John Lechner
Falls Creek
M. H. Parker
W. ©. Stull
Seward
G. M. Kerns
R.f.groom
Juanita
Meraopist Episcopal
L. H. Pedersen
the Gospel Mission
L. B. Sly
Weekly Weather Record for Week Ending January 19
Weekly weather record summarizes conditions from the past seven days ending January 19. It notes daily readings, temperatures, precipitation, and notable extremes, with comparisons to prior weeks and monthly norms as reported by local weather observers.
Alaska trade and loom of oil and coal prospects
The Portland Journal presses prospects in Alaska beyond gold noting rising fish fur and timber output and the new oil and coal deposits. It cites Alaska’s expected annual production near 40000000 dollars with wealth moving via Pacific ports and advocates Oregon merchants securing Alaska trade share. James Holland claims a submarine boat patent for an aerial plane with winged travel on hands and feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Journal
Alaska
Alaski Wade
Oregon
Pacific Coast
John Holland
Judge Morford Returns After Alaska Convention
Judge S C Morford returns to Seward after more than two months away visiting Ohio and Buffalo following the Seattle Alaska convention. He supports holding future Alaska conventions on Alaska soil and will influence the next one through the permanent committee. Also note the rotary snow plow trial on the railroad led by General Manager Poland and Master Mechanic Van Cleve. Comet barber shop opens in Hildreth office. Mineral Surveyor S Hubbell, a deputy US mineral surveyor, locates in Seward anticipating business growth.
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Elegate
Congress
Alaska
Mask
Ofc
Areta
Tor
Saul
Tosmary
Tesla
Erasary
Tha Uresenihs
Noreble Eyes
Selret Elya
Nerean
Sanity
Pete
American Citie Geoalp
Inet
Love Vale
Howe of Representatives
Tier Hom
Seine
Aricona
Amt Sane
Ne Mextro
Union
Northwest
Congress of the United States
S. C. Morford
Ohio
Buffalo
Seattle
North Yakin
Morford
Rotary
Poland
van Cleve
Commissioner Hildreth
Clayson
Fourth Avenue
Ed St. Arnaud
F. Roskow
Dawson
Hubbell
U.S
Seward
Territory
Steamer sailings and arrivals list
Farallon departed Seattle on the 15th and Excelsior on the 16th. Oregon planned to sail from Seattle on the 22nd. Bertha arrived in Seattle on the 17th. Dora departed Kodisk to the west, Harold Dollar sailed for Seattle, Santa Clara left Seward for Beattle on the 13th.
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Farallon
Seattle
Excelsior
Oregon
Bertha
Dora
Kodisk
Mth
Harold Dollar
Santa Clara
Seward
Beatile
Brotherhood Camp growth boosts Alaska lodge plans
Seward camp No 21 of the Aveti Brotherhood reports 108 members with many more expected at tonight’s meeting. About eighty Chechacoes joined Thursday in Moore Hall as the group prepares to elect life memberships and consider buying land for a camp building. Deputy U.S. Marshal J M Lathrop visits from Valley by steamship as Alaska offices may become elective, and Alaskans headed to Seattle are urged to address trips via the Industrial Bureau on the Alaska Central Railway building in Seattle.
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Alexander R. Ryan
Kenai
Seward
Alaska
Ivan Sahiva
Philip Wilson
Wilson
Salaya
Keaultake
L Bid
Mr. Ryan
Bluds
Kenal
Ryne
Homer
Bertha
Cook Inter
Ryan
Aveti Brotherhood
Moore
Omic
Arctic Brotherhood
Northwest
Fourth Avenue
Brotherhood
Burns
Martin Webb
H. H. Hildreth
H. P. Wybrant
U.S
J. M. Lathrop
Valley
Santana
Mr. Lathrop
Ohio
Seattle
Alaska Central Railway Company
Lumber Exchange
Wash
Alaska Central Railway Co
Fox Island for Sale near Seward Alaska
A squatter’s claim is offered with 42 animal skins averaging 20 dollars each for 2500 dollars, noting this price is under a third of the skins’ value as the seller plans to prospect along the Susitna for a year. Alfred Lowell of Seward lists the contact. The notice appears in a court notice page for the Territory of Alaska. The estate of Ludwig John Jonsson, also known as Lewis Johnson, invites claims within six months from January 20, 1908, with administrator J. L. Reed.
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Seward
Susitna
Alfred Lowell
Third Avenue
Ludwig John Jonsson
Lewis Johnson
Neatacln
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sulzer
New York
Lake
Thes
Old Corporation
Seward Churches
Juneau
Gunnison
Alaska Steamship Companies
Combine
Seward Steamers
Brotherhood Camp
Fox Island
Ken al
Territory OF
H.H. Hildreth
United States
J. L. Reed
Seward Assay
H. E. Ellsworth
the McNeiley Cafe
Best of Home Cooking
McNeiley Hotel
Neneiley
Abeane
Louvre
Eidson & Dobson
Seward, Alaska
the Seward Light and Power Company
Carstens
THE
Christiensen & Laudner
Gol & Wood
Philadelphia
C. T. Daggett
Fourth Ave
Washin Seward
C. L. Hale
Brown & Hawkins
Seward Alaska
C. H. Gibbons
M. D
Carstens’ Building
Cecil H. Clegg
Seward, Ala
Richards’ Bidg
Seward, Alask
Samuel M. Graff
L. W. Ray
E. R. Gray
Rainier-Grand Hotel
Wilson & White Co
Chas Perry
Mgr
F. E. Youngs
A. G. Baker
Public Accountant Coleman House
G. S. Hubbell
Land and Mineral Surveyor
I, O.C
F. Relief Association
J.S. Slater
E. W. Young
Trem
Seward Iron Works
Julian Mott
Waterfront
Bet
Adams & Wash
G. W. Palmer General Merchandise
Prospector's
Knik P. O
Alask
Seward Water & Powe
John. A. Nelson
Third and
Washington Stree
Pike Street
Lloyd’s
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