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Opens December 1, 1924 At f|
Graefs Hardware
Stoves and Ranges
Mechanical Toys, Electric Railroad
Trains, Tinker Toys, Teddy Bears,
Dolls, Large and Small Mamma
Dolls, Kiddy Cars and Toys
For the Babies
Electrical Goods and Percolators
Safety Razors and Cut Glass
Toasters and Flat Irons
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PORT OF MISSING MEN
The Alaska Road Commission has
been asked for information regain
ing the whereabouts of Jesse Fonck,
of Idaho. Writing from Moscow of
that state, Mrs. F. S. Mitten, sister
of Fonck, said he had not been heard
from directly for several years. He
was last heard from in the employ
of the Commission at Nizina, last
May. Information should be sent to
the Commission’s headquarters or to
Mrs. Mitten.
New Fall Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
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SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
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New Heating Plant Just Installed
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Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
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TINTING
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
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Please Ask for Prices
C. LAROCHELLE, Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1164
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Reindeer Meat Is Sold
At Wrangell, Alaska
The motorship Boxer, which is the
vessel used by the U. S. Bureau of
Education for its activities called in
this port for a short time says the
Wrangell Sentinel. • W. T. Lopp was
aboard and while there disposed of
four reindeer carcasses to local
meat markets, and a quantity of raw
ivory to the curio stores. The
government is endeavoring to open
up markets for the products of the
Eskimos of the far North. The Box
er went from Wrangell to Ketchi
kan where their visit was the occa
sion of the following write-up in the
Chronicle:
Describing the work which the
Bureau of Education is doing among
the Eskimo reindeer herds, W. T.
Lopp, superintendent of the govern
ment work in the far north who was
here on the motoi'ship Boxer, said
that a new plan has been worked
out to replace the one which has
been followed since the inception of
reindeer herds in the Arctic.
Because of the tremendous in
crase in the herds, the question of
ownership became quite involved. In
a herd of 500 beasts there would be
as many as 120 individual owners,
each with a different brand upon
his reindeer. When it came time to
mark the calves or fawns, a .great
deal of dispute would arise as to
the actual ownership of the animal.
To do away with this problem stock
companies were formed, each share
of stock representing one animal or
its equivalent in cash. With this
plan in use during the past year, in
dividual markings have become un
necessary, Mr. Lopp said, and only
a herd mark is placed on the ani
mals.
The greatest difficulty encountered
in putting this plan into practice
has been the one of finance,” said
Mr. Lopp. “At St. Lawrence Island
we handled the situation by issuing
a quantity of stock to the store
which is situated there and in re
turn the Eskimos took supplies.”
CARNEGIE HERO MEDALS
PROPOSED FOR ALASKAN
SEATTLE, Wn„ Dec. 2.—Geo. Race,
a nineteen-year-old youth of Sitka,
has been proposed by his friends, as
a recipient for one of the Carnegie
hero medals. On November 8, the
went skating at Swan Lake with
Robert Deuchamp, sixteen years old.
Roy Mills also accompanied them.
Both of Race’s companions went thru
the ice while he was on shore ad
justing his skates. Race crawled
over the ice and pulled them both
out. Both of the rescued boys were
nearly exhausted when Race reach
ed them.
COMMUNITY HALL
FOR WRANGELL
BEING PLANNED
(From Wrangell Sentinel)
A special meeting of the P.-T. A.
was called at the Grade School on
Thursday evening of this week to
receive the report of the Central
Committee appointed at the regular
meeting on November 13th to act in
the building of the new gym.
The committee consisted of A. E.
Gurr, chairman, H. D. Campbell, J.
G. Grant, Arnt Sorset and N. Nuss
baumer.
Mr. Gurr reported that the com
mittee had held several meetings
and had spent many hours studying
the proposition; that three of the
meetings had been held with a com
mittee from the American Legion
and that the report about to be sub
mitted represents many concessions
from both groups. He said that the
central committee found that the
lot adjoining the playshed on the
Grade School ground where it
had been proposed to build a new
gymnasium was too small to put up
a building of the size required and
at the same time provide seating
space for spectators; that the local
post of the American Legion were
willing to join forces with the
P.-T. A. and to that end would turn
over their lot on Church street for a
Community Hall consisting of a
gymnasium and club rooms.
It was ascertained that the Legion
lot under consideration was being
held for the Legion by the Presbyte
rian Board of Home Missions with
the stipulation that the Legion with
in a certain time erect a Community
Hall which would also be a Legion
Home. The Legion and the Auxiliary
have been working for a building
fund for some time and it is under
stood have now' about a thousand
dollars saved for that purpose.
While the Legion w’ould naturally
delight in a Home of their own they
realize that a building which would
amply serve their needs and which
w'ould be possible for a Post of 30
members to build, would not ade
quately serve the community. In
offering to turn over their lot and
relinguishing their owm plans for
the best interests of the community
they are certainly setting a fine ex
ample of unselfishness.
“VERSTOVIAN” OFF PRESS
The “Verstovian,” a publication is
sued monthly during the school year
by the Sheldon Jackson school at Sit
ka, has been received in the last mail
and is a vrey creditable deition. A
history of the town, educational edi
torials, and other items of interest
are found in the publication.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
BOYS’
Corduroy Pants
$1.75
This Week Only
ELLSWORTH'S
ANDY'S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
SEWARD GRILL
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Pleasant Surroundings
Courteous Treatment
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
HOTTEST PLACE KNOWN IS
NOT WHERE YOU’D THINK
LONDON, Dec. 1.—The hottest
place on the earth’s surface is the
Italian settlement at Azizia, south of
Tripoli, in North Africa, where the
mercury jumps up to 136 degrees in
the shades oftener than its inhabi
tants like to see it. The previous re
cord was in Death Valley, California,
where the mercury registered 134 de
grees.
So hot is it that the white residents
cannot stir out of the house without
thick spine pads and solar toupees.
ROAD WORK M’KINLEY PARK
FINISHED FOR THIS YEAR
The office of the Alaska Road Com
msision at Anchorage reports all
work in the McKinley National Park
has come to a halt this year, with
the completion, last week, of the
caches or cabins. Ten miles of fine
road will be in readiness for traffic
in the spring. . •
Considerable freighting will start
in the park by the commission, the
first part of March, it is stated, in
preparation for the road work next
season, which will start up about
the middle of May.
The pile driver crew came over
yesterday from Anchorage and will
make minor repairs to the Seward
wharf which underwent a severe
mauling from the recent tidal wave
which prevailed a' few days ago.
J. W. Prichett of Wrangell, edi.
tor and publisher of the Wrangell
Sentinel has received an extension
to his commission as notary public.
He has another four years.
WORK OUT PROCESS
FOR CANNING BUNNY
Turning to canning rabbits from
its routine job of canning fish, the
University of Washington College of
fisheries under Dean John N. Cobb,
claims it has the cottontail in a po
sition where it will taste like the
best Maryland chicken.
Because of its knowledge of food
preparation, the college of fisheries
was chosen by Dr. J. P. Clark, a Se
attle physician, to conduct the ex
periment which he had planned.
Sceptical of the result at first
Dr. Clark is now convinced that he
has invented a new industry in the
state—that of preserving rabbits—
provided, of course, that he can get
enough rabbits.
CONTRACTOR BANKS HURT
C. N. Banks, tie contractor at Gird
wood, received injuries last week ne
cessitating three stitches in a cut be
low his right eyes. Mr. Banks ran
into a lubricator in the engine room
of his mill at Girdwood.
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