GRUEN WATCHES
Are permently guaranteed against any
original defect in workmenship and
material. Quality mark PRECISON
on all grades
We welcome inspection
CARL JACOBSON’S
Curio and Jewelry Store
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Petersburg, Alaska
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General Machine Work
ATWATER--KENT IGNITION
Agents for SCRIPPS And REGAL ENGINES
Sunbeam Pipe and Pipeless Furnace—Sunbeam Cabinet Heater
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you can’t get too much of a good thing. Once
you’ve tried Frye's "Delicious” Brand Hams
and Bacon on your own table, they remain by
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Only selected grain-fed young porkers furnish
these hams and sides, and the exclusive Frye
curing process holds every atom of flavor and
goodness in bond until they reach your table.
Our own and U. S. Government Inspectors
watch every step of their preparation, right up
to the final wrapping, to keep Frye’s ‘'Delic
ious” Brand Ham and Bacon up to its standard
of goodness.
19 ways of cooking bacon alone and over 160
\» other tested receipes in Frye’s “Meat Guide."
< Send 2c to Frye & Co., Seattle, for your
copy. These recipes make cooking a pleasure
and every meal a delightful treat.
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LOCAL NOTES
Mrs. Wm. Johnson sailed for Ss
attle on the Queen.
Found: shell rimmed glasses.
Owner may get same at the office of
Lari Ohmer.
W. W. Batchelor, independent
candidate for the Territorial Senate,
ate, is an arrival on the Queen.
Mrs. John Anderson returned to
her home in Petersburg last Tues
day after a very enjoyable visit to
her former home in Norway.
A dance was given the passen
gers of the Queen in the Pioneer’s
hall last night, music being fur
nished by tile ship’s orchestra.
Miss Alice -Norberg entertained a
group of her friends with a very de
lightful party at the Sons of Nor
v.ay Hall last Monday evening.
Mrs. Pete Jorgenson, who has
been suffering for the past six weeks
with a sprained ankle, is slowly re
covering, ,altho she is still using her
crutches.
Mr. Charles W. Hawkesworth,
Supt. of the Bureau of Education
schools in this division, was a pass
enger on the Queen enroute to
Ketchikan.
Will Barrows, “sour-dough” from
one end of the Territory to the
other left on his steamer for Kake
this week. He took as passenger
onQ of the new teachers for the
Judge James Wickersham was a
visitor in town today while his boat
was in port. The Judge is return
ing from a trip to the States where
Mrs. Wickersham has been ill for
some time.
Joe Kaklane, native boy from
Kake who starred on the local high
school basketball team last year is
a passenger on the Queen enroute
to the Salem, Oregon, where he will
enter high school.
Eight native boys are going to
Ohemawa where they will seek ad
mission. We rather believe the trip
in vain as the ruling of the Depart
ment of the Interior makes no pro
vision for students from Alaska.
| They ask for bread an dare thrown
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| Petersburg’s business district is
; rapidly growing these days. The
new cold storage buliding is nearly
completed and the two new build
ings being erected by Mr. Swanson
and Mr. J. H. Wheeler are going up
fast. The two buildings will be
ready for occupancy within a short
v. hile.
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Mr. J. H. Wheeler, who has been
j in the States for the past month on
a business trip, returned to Wran
gell Saturday on the Rogers. Mrs.
Wheeler accompanied him on the
trip and they both attended the
Buyer’s Convention which was held
in Portland, in August. Mr. Wheel
er will return to Petersburg on Sat
urday.
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Tablets, Spelling pads,
Composition books, Pencil boxes,
Paints, Ruler, Inks, Erasers, etc.
EYERYTHING YOU WITLXj USTIEET FOR SCHOOL
MARBLES-— A big assortment of mnrb^es Just i
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Wheeler Drug and Jewelry Company
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Kosselle which hag been working on
The U. S. Dredge William T.
the Narows for the past three
months has about completed its
work and will shortly be leaving
Petersburg. The boys have greatly
enlivened the life in the city and
will be missed when they leave us.
A farewell dance was £iven the ot
hers, engineers and crew of the big
dredge last Saturday night by the
local post of the American Legion.
The new members of the staff for
the coming school year are: C. H.
Iiowman( Supt. and principal of the
High School, and Mr. Judy, who
will also teach in the high school.
Miss Lillian Morrow, Miss Agnes
Vick and Miss Ruby Peterson are
10 be the new additions to the ele
mentary school faculty. Miss Vick,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Vick, local people, taught last year
at Hydaburg.
The vacation season is drawing to
a close and we are once more turn
ing our minds to the serious side of
life. In another week the routine of
school life will be fixed and every
one will be buckled into the harness
and pulling hard. Some of the fa
culty has already returned and
others will be arriving as soon as
the Institute in Ketchikan is con
cluded. Altho the personnel of the
staff has somewhat changed from
last year, several of the former
teachers will bo with us again*.
Miss Caroline McKecknie, Miss
f lien Hill( Miss Cheta Wheeler and
Miss Eloise Dickens will resume
their former positions. Miss Daisy
Ouja is this year taking Miss Gertie
Otness’s position at Scow Bay, while
Miss Otness and her cousin Olga are
resuming their studies in the Idaho
State University, Moscow, Idaho. Mr.
Poselly, former superintendent, has
accepted a teaching position in the
Seattle schools for the coming year,
while Miss Mona Thorpe, who has
been spending an enjoyable summer
travelling with her family about the
I nited States, is contemplating a
trip to Europe. Miss Mary Reep
has again returned to Alaska and
will teach in the Bureau of Edu
cation school at Kake. The other
riember of last year’s staff, Miss
Holman, although still in the city
will not resume her former posi
tion, as she has changed her occu
pations life contract- as well as
her name.
PROMISE YOURSELF
To be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peac© of mind.
To talk health, happiness and pros
perity.
To make all your friends feel that
there is something in them.
To look on the sunny side of every
thing and make your optomism
com© true.
To think only of the best, to work
only for the best and to expect only
the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the
success of others as you are about
. your own.
To wear a cheerful countenance at
all times and give every living
creature you meet a smile.
To think well of yourself and to
proclaim this fact to the world,
>not in loud words, but .in .great
deeds.
To be too large for worry, too noble
for anger, too strong for fear, and
of trouble.
To live in the faith that the whole
world is on your side so long as
you are true to thebest that is
in you.
Sodas satisfy. Fifteen flavors at
the Totem Pole.
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Why Sleep on a Slab
You will sleep and rest better on a
SilK Floss Mattress—Moisture
resisting—-A Life preserver
$7.75 at
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Also a new line of Pure Wool Blankets
$7,25 and $9.00
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Go to
GOODMAN’S
Across from Post Office,
For
Quality Goods and Fair Prices
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Mills at Scow Bay
Lumber
Before buying elsewhere See us for
prices on all kinds of lumber
We welcome inspection
as to quality
OSCAR SATHER. Pres. & Mgr.
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STOLL’S
General Repair Shop
Battery Charging House Wiring
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Installing of refrigerating, steam, gas and electric machinery.
We repair anything from a steam engine to a sewing machine,
and from an auto to a baby carriage. NO JOB TOO BIG OR
TOO SMALL. We charge your battery while you wait. No re
moving from the boat. Use your lights while the battery is
being charged.
STEAM FITTING AND PLUMBING EXPERT WORK ON IGNITION SYSTEM
AGENT FOR TOE WORLD BATTERY
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H. J. STOLL & SON
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Boat Owners
We can take care of general repair in wood and caulking:
l and all the blacksmith work on any boat up to 100 feet in
length at
Petersburg Marine Ways
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Fishermen’s, Hunters’, Trappers’, Miners’, Loggers’ and Home Supplies
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