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THE REXALL STORE SEWARD’ ALASKA
Cordova Times Writer
Visiting at Kodiak
Mrs. Lucille McDonald, a member
of the staff of the Cordova Daily
Times, who has been making a trip
to the westward on the steamer S.
S. Starr, left the vessel at Kodiak
where she is obtaining newspaper
and magazine material for the Cor
dova paper and for publications in the
States. Mrs. McDonald went as far
westward as Unalaska, where she
disembarked, joining the ship again
upon its return to that port from
■Dillingham.
H. C. Excell, lighthouse keeper at
Cape Sarichef, was among the Sew
ard arrivals on the Starr last even
ing.
SPECIAL
This week only
WOOL OUTING SUITS AT
COST
HIKING BOOTS AT COST
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Rooms, by day-% 1.00
Rooms, by week-. 4.50
Rooms, by month _15.00
The Most Centrally Located
Hotel In Town.
The
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IT PAYS TO HAVE
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Seward Leather
Works.
COMMERCE
CAFE
Reopened under new
management
Chop Suey and Noodles
a Specialty
OPEN ALL HOURS
PHONE ADAMS 54
Ernie Senff is- contractor on the
Harriman Bank, which is being fitted
up for a high school building.
Alvah Eames, who has been to the
westward on an otticial visit, return
ed on the Starr last evening.
Mrs. M. C. Holman, who has been
teaching school at Chignik, arrived
in Seward on the Starr last evening,
on her way to Ketchikan.
H. V. Looff and Clarence Campbell,
both of the Bureau of Fisheries, ar
rived in Seward last evening from
Kanatak.
H. S. Forgeson and C. L. Lake, ge
ologists, representing the Superior
Oil Company of California, were in
coming passengers on the Starr on
their way to the States.
H. C. Dunlap, Territorial salesman
from the Schwabacher company of
Seattle arrived from the Westward
last night on the Starr.
AT THE HOTELS
Hotel Van Gilder—H. C. Dunlap,
Charlotte Olnhauser, Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Banter, Dr. M. R. Douglass, H.
Looff, Wheeler J. Mercer, Joe Paul
son, W. M. Shair, C. Campbell, C.
Lake, H. F. Forgerson, O. J. Murie,
D. P. Havis, Mike Johnson, Emily
Rowlings, Ida Nussbaum, M. E. Le
Blanc, J. B. McGrath, A. J. Signaigo,
Martin Kilian, John G. Brady, E. H.
Wrightson, wife and daughter, Mary
Sturtevant.
Hotel Sexton—Mrs. M. E. Holman,
F. E. Smith, P. T. Padden, Howard
Long, Frank Revell, Wm. Estes, G.
M. Scannon, Wm. J. McMahon, John
S. McHale, Ed Ross, Theo. Russell,
A. Mrohing.
Hotel Seward—Ned Sneaton, W. R.
Davis, H. Goldfield, John Enge, C.
Lynn, M. Johnson, H. Oxell, M. Wiak,
Andrew Karstad, Geo. Redmon, W.
W. Hodgman, Theo. Sweers.
Hotel Overland—C. Freeman, Chas.
Fiske, John McLeod, R. Oren, K.
Harcus, C. M. Lauridsen, N. Harns
dorg, J. Wilson.
Blueberries
Blueberries from the In
terior may be had in any
quantity. Well packed in
quart containers for ship
ment. We can supply you
at any time.
Let us know your wants.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
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Barber Shop
FRED MILLER
BATHS-:-OPEN SUNDAY A.M.
DOCTOR AND NURSES
WHO FOUGHT FLU
ARRIVE IN SEWARD
BUREAU OF EDUCATION EM
PLOYES ON WAY TO STATES
MADE GOOD RECORD
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barton and Dr.
M. R. Douglas, who arrived at Dilling
ham some months ago on the Bureau
of Education vessel Boxer, were Sew
ard arrivals last evening on the
steamer Starr. Mucn has been said
of the efficient work performed by
Dr. Douglas in that region durir g the
influenza epidemic. Fie is a dentist
by profession but as there was no
doctor at Dillingham at the time of
the epidemic he did what ha could
to relieve the suffering. Arrivals
from the westward for the past two
months have all been loud in their
praises of the splendid work accom
plished by Dr. Douglas.
Mrs. Barton is a professional nurse
and was in charge of the orphanage
at Dillingham. Mr. Barton, also a
member of the orphanage staff, assist
ed his wife in taking care of the pa
tients. It is stated only one patient,
a native woman, was lost While
awaiting the departure of a vessel for
the States, the party are guests at
the Flotel Van Gilder.
Girl Born at Mile 49
Engaged to be Married
To San Francisco Man
Miss Merle Gloria Towle, who with
her parents left Seward four years
ago for San Francisco, is betrothed
to Kenneth Thompson of San Fran
cisco, according to recent letters re
ceived by friends of the young lady.
Miss Towle was born at Mile 49, on
the Alaska Railroad, living with her
parents at that place for several years.
Since leaving Alaska Miss Towle has
been attending school in the Califor
nia city.
BIOLOGISTS GATHER
HUNDRED SPECIMENS
TO FAR WESTWARD
SPECIMENTS AND PHOTAGRAPHS
OF BIRDS TAKEN BY WELL- ^
KNOWN SCIENTIST
O. J. Murie, associate biologist of
the Bureau of Biological Survey, as
signed to the Fairbanks headquarters
'from the Washington, D. C., office,
was among those arriving in Seward
last evening on the steamer Starr. He
departed for the interior this morn
ing.
Mr. Murie left Fairbanks last April
in company with Donald H. Steven
son, who is in charge of the Aleutian
Island bird refuges. During that pe
riod the men traveled Unimak Island
and the westward end of the Alaska
peninsula studying game conditions.
Mr. Murie obtained 600 specimens
and about 500 photographs. These
were taken north with him this morn
ing wrhere he will spend the rest of
the season gathering more specimens.
Mr. Stevenson returned to Unalaska,
but is due to arrive in Seward on the
next arrival of the steamer Starr.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Speybrook, for
mer residents of Woodrow, near Sew
ard, where they conducted the school
term, are now residing in Bisbee, Ari
zona, according to letters received in
Seward recently.
Mrs. Lawrence Durkee drove the
fire truck to two fires in West Pea
body, Mass.
Disappointed Because
Steamer Starr Did Not
Encounter Bad Weather
Miss Charlotte Olnhausen, of Cleve
land, Ohio, was one of the round trip
pers on board the steamer Starr
■which returned to port last evening
from Dillingham. Miss Olnhausen
was disappointed on the trip, it is
stated, owing to the fact the rough
weather, for which the Starr is gen
erally supposed to encounted, failed
to materialize. However, the trip
was one of the most interesting it
has ever been her pleasure to have
taken. Miss Olnhausen is a guest
at the hotel Van Gilder.
FOX FILM MOVING
PICTURE MAN BACK
FROM SEAL ISLANDS
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FILM
PHOTOGRAPHER RETURNS
WITH MANY REELS
Merl La Voy, the Fox film moving
picture photographer, who has been
to the westward for the past two
months, was a returning passenger
last evening on the steamer Starr. Mr.
LaVoy left Seward for the Pribilof
Islands in company with Senator C.
C. Dill on a revenue cutter. He had
special permission from Washington
for transportation on government ves
sels and to visit the seal rookeries,
where he has been filming thousands
of feet of the world famous' seal
haunts. Mr. LaVoy is making Sew
ard his headquarters and base while
engaged in taking movies of this and
and the Interior district. He is lo
cated in the Ellsworth building.
Alaska Due this Afternoon
The steamer Alaska of the Alaska
Steamship Company, according to
the latest report received at the lo
cal naval radio station, was sched
uled to arrive in port from the south
between three and four o’clock this
afternoon.
Deputy Game Warden A1 Hardy,
who departed for his Anchorage head
quarters this morning wanted awfully
bad to fly to the Inlet on the local
seaplane but reservations had already
been made.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
CHICAGO PARTY ARE
DELIGHTED WITH TRIP
TO WESTWARD POINTS
BELIEVE WITH ADVERTISING THE
WESTWARD TRIP CAN BE
MADE BIG ATTRACTION
E. H. Wrightson, retired business
man of Chicago, accompanied by Mrs.
Wrightson, daughter Miss Louise and
her friend Miss Mary Elizabeth
Sturdevant, were returning round
trippers on the steamer Starr which
arrived in Seward last evening from
Dillingham. The Wrightson party
are loud in the praise of the little
steamer and of the rugged scenery
along the Western Alaskan coast,
into the Arctic ocean. Mr. Wright
son stated that a little advertising
would attract hundreds of tourists to
the Westward, and create a large rev
enue for the Seward region. The
party are all guests of the Hotel Van
Gilder.
Capt. Joe Paulsean, William Shaw
and J. W. Mercer, of the Bureau of
Fisheries vessel “Scooter,” arrived in
Seward on the Starr last evening from
Bristol Bay.
H. Goldfield and John Enge, pros
pectors, who left Seward the first of
the month for Amiakchak Bay, re
turned on the Starr last night.
Prayers were offered in a Weehaw
ken, N. J., church for the acquittal
of town officials on trial for violating
the liquor laws.
A girl in Maspeth, N. Y., told the
court that she was earning her way
through school by peddling liquor.
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