Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and, advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
Resourses $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
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A. A. Burglin, Seldovia fox rancher,
who has been in the Interior for the
past few weeks, returned to town last
evening. He plans departing for his
Inlet home on the steamer Starr. Mr.
Burglin went inside for the purpose
of purchasing additional breeding
stock. He is a guest of the Hotel
Seward.
Wm, C. Steinmetz, general foreman
of the telegraph and telephone depart
ment of the Alaska Railroad was an
overnight business visitor in Seward
from his Anchorage headquarters. Mr.
Steinmetz left for up the line on this
morning’s train.
Moon changes tomorrow.
Seward Girls Team
Receives Challenge
from Anchorage Five
The Seward girls’ basketball team
received an official challenge from
the Anchorage feminine team on last
evening’s mail. The challenge has
been accepted and the local team will
journey over to the Inlet metropolis
January 28 and take ’em on in a three
game series. Trainer Louis Tinkler
who will accompany the Seward ag
gregation, stated last evening the lo
j cal five have been coming to the fore
in great shape the past two weeks and
no fears are expressed but what they
will take every game.
It was also stated that February 18
would see the Anchorage coed team
come over to Seward and play a return
series.
Watson Departs South
Following Arrival Train
The Admiral Watson, which arrived
in port yesterday morning from the
westward, departed last evening for
the south at S: 15 o’clock. Aside from
the fairly large passenger list from
points to the w&st, six local reserva
tions boarded the vessel. Among
them were W. M. Cooley and A. L. j
Harris for Juneau and A. P. Koch
for Cordova. Three steerage passen
gers were also listed from here.
BRIDGE CLUB MEETING
The Seward Bridge Club will meet
with Mrs. Harold Painter tomorrow1
afternoon at 1:45 o'clock.
GIRDWOCD SAWMILL OPERATING
1 Seward arrivals last evening from i
up the line report the E. W. Major i
sawmill at Girdwood, formerly owned!
by the late C. N. Banks is now oper- j
ating full blast. The mill turned over i
for the first time about the first of
the month. At the present time a
large order is being cut for the Evan !
Jones Coal Company.
Louis Beil, Kenai Lake
To Locate Homestead
On an inspection of tie areas in this
district and other minor forestry jobs,
John G. Brady, district forest ranger,
arrived in Seward last evening from
his Anchorage headquarters. Mr. j
Brady is at the Hotel Van Gilder dur
ing his few days’ official visit here, i
He plans making a trip down to Snug |
Harbor, Kenai Lake, for the purpose
of surveying out a homestead for Lou
is Bell, who heretofore has been leas
ing a lot in the forest, and on which
he has resided for many years past.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature 40 above.
Cloudy, rain.
Grant R. Jackson, president of the '
Miners and Merchants’ Bank of Nome !
is expected to arrive in Seward Sat
urday en route to the States on his
first trip Outside in twenty years.
Kodiak Farm Man Will Be
Transferred, Matanuska
W. T. White, superintendent of the
Kodiak experimental farm, is expect
ing to be transferred to the Matanus
ka farm, where he will probably act
as assistant to M. D. Snodgrass, su
perintendent. Recently, according to
arrivals in Seward yesterday, Mr.
White acquired a small island near
Kodiak, which has been named, “For
get-Me-Not.” He plans stocking it
with blue foxes and building a home
for his family who will conduct the
business.
At. the present time there are but
16 head of Galloway stock at the Ko
diak government farm. Last fall the
greater portion of the cattle were sent
to Matanuska. Whether the Kodiak
farm is to be abandoned or not has not
been learned.
Gas Boat Shamrock Embarks
Upon Seward-Nuka Bay Run
Walter (Blackie) Harris, owner and
captain of the gas boat Shamrock,
which arrived fh port last week and
later' left for Nuka Bay, plans enter
ing the Seward—Nuka Bay transpor
tation service. He has made a care
ful survey of the field and believes
Start the New Year Right
SHOEPACS THAT ARE “SURE-PACS”
The new Goodrich Brown Ribbed Sebek with light tan
leather tops; improved, seamless heel protecting back,
durable brown rubber bottoms, rubber heels and crepe
rubber soles are Shupacs of real comfort. Ideal for hunt
ing or mushing. Light, comfortable, yet serviceable.
Goodrich Sebek 12-inch Tops, at $7.50
Also Main ‘ Hunting Boots” Cloverdale Eureka Tan
orcas, Closerleaf Mushing Overs, Ball Band, “Vac” Yu
kons, and Goodrich Black Ribbed Drivers.
For hard usage we recommend Hi-Press White Ribbed
Shupacs and L. >J. Northwest Hecla Shupacs.
Brown & Hawkins Corp.
“QUALITY FIRST”
I At L 0.0. F. Hall I
| Saturday Night (
1 Given by the Orchestra I
j Steamship Starr j
Admission
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Ladies Free
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much traffic will be carried on be
tween the two ports beginning in the
spring, ■
Last summer Capt. Harris was un
der charter to the Cordova forestry
headquarters but with the purchase re
cently by the department of a boat
of their own future charters in the
service will probably be a thing of the
past. The Shamrock is a splendid
craft, large and commodius passen
ger and freight accommodations, and
is equipped with powerful marine en
gines.
Whenever verbal attacks through
the press are made on Alaska the
Gateway linotype operators hook on
the old gas masks.
(Christmas is celebrated by the Ar
menian church on Jan. 6.
Ptarmigan Troop No. 1, American
Boy Scouts will meet in regular ses
sion tomorrow evening at the S. A.
C. gym. This is the first meeting of
the Scouts since Christmas.
E. McPhee, who arrived in Seward
yesterday on the Admiral Watson from
the westward departed this morning
for Anchorage.
Agnes and Katherine Barnes, two
young ladies who arrived in town yes
terday on the Watson from the west
ward left this morning for Anchorage.