FORMER SEWARD WOMAN
RETURNS TO JOURNALISM
Mrs. Helen Green Van Campen Cot
ter, former resident of Seward, who
left for the Outside several months
ago, has returned to New York jour
nalism and is again writing for the
Morning Telegraph, according to the
following from F. A. P.’s column in
the New York World:
“This paragraph is written to wel
come back to New York Helen Green
Van Campen. Many years ago her
daily articles in The Morning Tele
graph in the American Language, were
literature. She is on the Telegraph
again and our delight in her return
is equalled by the warmth of our con
gratulations to the Telegraph.”
Goodies at the girls’ candy sale at
Stump’s Beauty Shoppe.
ALAMEDA DUE ABOUT 5:00 P. M.
The' steamship Alameda is due to
arrive in port aboout 5 o’clock this
evening, according to all reports.
♦ _
Sheeplined coats at Urbach’s, tf
FORMER JUNEAU WOMAN HURT
Mrs. M. R. Summers, wife of the
former head of the Federal weather
bureau service in Alaska, stationed
at Juneau, was seriously injured in
an automobile accident in Seattle last
month. A severe gash was cut in her
throat and she is still confined to the
hospital.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR BE IN
SEWARD ASSIST CITIZENS
Will T. Stiner, deputy collector of
customs, announces that he will be
in Seward January 25th to 28th, with
headquarters at the office of U. S.
Commissioner Morford, both dates in
clusive, to assist taxpayers and oth
ers in making up their returns of tax
incomes for the year 1924.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Suphellen of
• Cordova left on the steamship Alaska
i on an extended trip to the States, vis
I iting in California and the East. They
I expect to be gone about four months.
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POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
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W. A. WECKWERTH, Manager
COMMITTEES NAMED FOR
COMMUNITY XMAS TREE
The following committees have been
named on the Community Christmas
tree, to be given by the Pioneers and
citizens Christmas eve:
Finance—Mrs. Thelma McCutcheon,
Alice Murphy.
Hall Decorations—Mrs. P. C. Mc
Mullen and Henry Frost.
Purchasing Committees—For boys,
Mrs. C. C. Hinde, Mrs. O. A. Johanson,
for girls, Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Har
per.
Ed Crawford will get the Christmas
tree as usual.
Program—Prof. Guy Barnett and
staff of teachers will furnish the pro
gram.
Treasurer—Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth.
NOMINATED JUDGE ADVOCATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.— ]
Colonel John A. Hull, was nominated ,
to be judge advocate general of the '
United States army.
Nolan Hudson, a well known old
timer of the Valdez district, who ar
rived in town recently from Willow
Creek, will leave on the Admiral Wat
son for the States whei*e he will spend
the winter.
The committee collecting for the
Community Christmas Tree is meeting
with great success, and the affair
promises to be the usual liappv event
for the children and old timers.
WATER TANK BURNS
This week the water tank at Mile
52 on the Cordova railroad was burn
ed. The fire is supposed to have
caught from a passing engine.
Mrs. M. Finklestein and Mrs. J. B.
Sapiro left Cordova on the steamship
Alaska for Seattle where they will
make their home in the future. They
have made their home in Cordova for
many years. Mr. Sapiro recently sold
out his business in Cordova and will
join the ladies in Seattle next month.
KORETZ HAS CASH IN
NUMEROUS NEW YORK
BANKS SAYS LAWYER
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Cash and
negotiable securities ranging between
$500,000 and $750,000, possessed by
Koretz, who is wanted in Chicago in
connecion with alleged stock swin
dles totalling approximately $2,000,
000, are secreted in various New
York banks, In the opinion of Al
phonse F. Spiegel, attorney and rep
resentative of the Chicago Title
& Trust company,
Spiegel, wrho is here representing
claimants against the alleged swind
ler, said that Kpretz, before leaving
for Chicago yesterday, gave him a
singed legal document about $100,
000 and revealed the details of his
financial operations here after his
disappearance from Chicago.
Spiegel also declared that Koretz
and George R. Christian, alleged em
bezzler of $2,500,000 from the bank
rupt stock exchange firm of Day &
Heaton, in which he was a partner,
was “business” acquaintances, and
possibly, partners in the fraud. He
said that Christian had given Ko
retz an indorsed blank check which
had been cashed for $30,000. —
MILK WITH A KICK TO IT
Yes, a genuine Jersey kick, the milk
that made the Durham’s jealous. Two
cans for 25c; fresh milk, a pint bot
tle for 20c. Don’t buy milk without a
kick or you lose and I lose. At the
Alaska Store. W. H. Dryden’s. tf
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A FEW XMAS
SUGGESTIONS
Hand Colored Alaska Scenes,
Ivory Curios, Indian Baskets,
Burnt or Beaded Moosehide Pillow Tops,
Alaska Birch Bark Xmas Cards,
Imported Perfumes, very select’
Brunswick Phonographs and Radiolas,
Pyralin Ivory by the Piece or in Sets,
Sheaffer's Lifetime Fountain Pens,
Manicure Sets in Leather Cases,
Highland Linen Stationery,
Fresh Candies in Fancy Boxes’
Smokers' Articles, Meerschaum Pipes,
Cigars and Tobaccos in Xmas Packages,
Porcupine Quill Baskets and Canoes,
Ladies' and Gents' Genuine Leather
Purses,
Framed Pictures Packed Securely for
Mailing.
SCHALLERER’S
ALASKA SHOP
CLEVELAND’S TERMINAL
TO COST SIXTY MILLION
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 19.—Cleve
land’s new union station and railway
terminal, now under construction, will
be completed in 1928 at a cost of
sixty million, according to an an
nouncement by W. E. Pease and
H. O. Jouett, engineers.
The station will handle 60,000 per
sons a day, according to Jouett.
The terminal will cover thirty
acres and the structure will tower
above the tallest buildings in the
city. Jouett said the building will
“be as high as the building code will
permit.”
The project is backed by O. P. and
M. J. VanSweringen, of the Nickel
Plate and affiliated systems.
Four hundred buildings were razed
for the terminal site, which borders
on Public Square, in the heart of the
downtown district. Three million
cubic yards of earth are to be exca
vated.
About 400,000 cubic yards of con
crete and 30,000 tons of steel will be
used, according to the engineers.
Forty-two miles of terminal track
will be laid. There will be a plat
form space of 450,000 square feet.
Ladles’ ana Gents' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
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