The Chamber of Commerce at its
regular weekly luncheon yesterday
took action on a number of important
hills and measures, chief among which
were the Smoot Grazing Bill. Feder
al Aid on Public Roads, material Re
lief and Vocational Training, the Kel
ly Trade-Mark bill, the Alaska Game
Commission bill, the Anti-Fire Arms
bill, and the appropriation for the
Spruce creek trail, promised by Gov.
Scott C. Bone, on the occasion of a re
cent visit.
After luncheon the meeting was
called to order by President Hinde.
Minutes of the last “regular meeting
was lead and approved.
A communication from the United
States Department of Agriculture, Bu
reau of Public Roads, thanking the
Chamber and citizens or Seward for
i heir expression of appreciation rear
A comnuinication was received b.
George Hazelet, chairman of the Ila;
ding Memorial Fund, stating that sub
serin!ions must close March 1, and
that every effort should be made t<
insure a good showing for Seward.
Certificates of membership will be is
sued to die subscribers.
Delegate Dan Sutherland wrote to
the Chamber stating that he had tab
en the matter up of the stationing ol
a revenue cutter permanently at Sew
aid. with the Commandant of the
Coast Guard and was informed that
in case the appropriation asked for b
the Coast Guard and approved b> the
President, is granted such cuttei
wou'd be stationed here. The Com
mandant stated that two more cui
lets should be stationed in south
western Alaska throughout the storm,
fall season, and Delegate Sutherlam
showed the Commandant where the1
cutters should remain in Alaska du,
ing the stormy season rather tha
during t he pleasant summer months
as now.
A communication was read from
What is a
A modern hank is more than a deposi- r
tory for money; more than a place upon
which to issue checks.
A modern bank is an institution of help
fulness to its depositors and clients, it
is interested m seeing that thc> are
prosperous and successful in the*r pj
nancial ventures.
Depositors who let us help them with
advice horn of long experience, can tes
tify to the value of our service.
LET US SERVE YOU
Bank of Seward
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GOOD SHUPACS
V
MEAN DRY FEET
WE CARRY
GOODRICH III PR ESS
U. S. EUREKA,
CLOVER LEAF
BALL BAND
GOLD SEAL
Home of Hart Sch finer & Marx Clothes
H. V. Hoben
SEWARD
A. F. Davis
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
WANT YOU
TO TRY THE
COAL.
The coal showing a greater content of heat units
per ton than any coal being mined in Alaska
Delivered to You at $11 Der ton
ALSO HEALY LUMP, NUT, OR MINE RUN,
NANAIMO COAL IN SACKS OR BULK
Auto Service
OUR AUTOS MEET All BOATS and TRAINS
Telephone Orders to Main 81
After 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. Telephone Madison 24
Senator Smoot, of the Senate Commit
tee on finance, asking that The Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce
' ini with any information in relation
to the passing of the Smoot Land
Grazing Bill, which applies to Western
Alaska.
A report from t.he Congressional
Record was read relating to the pas
•ge n. RG Bill 4121. This bill gives
Hawaii the benefits of Federal Aid on
Public roads, Material relief and Vo
cational Training, now extended to ali
states. The secretary was instructed
on motion by W. H. Whlttlessey, sec
onded by Cal M. Brosius to wire Dele
gate Sutherland asking that this law
be extended to Alaska, especially as
to public roads, motion carried. The
secretary called attention to the Kel
ly bill, HR 11, to legalize fixing resale
prices, and after investigation a com
mittee composed of Elwyn Swetman
Leon Urbach and C. E. Orlander was
appointed by the chair, to prepare in
formation and recommendation lor
the next regular meeting. The secre
tary read sections of HR 5949. a bill
introduced by Delegate Sutherland to
establish an Alaska Game Commission
to protect game and fur animals and
birds, the bill being extended the sec
retary was instructed to condense
same for presentation at next regular
meeting.
Cal M. Brosius, brought before the
Chamber the matter of the unfinished
l status of the road to Spruce creek, lor
which appropriations had been asked
and promised. Mr. H. E. Ellsworth,
who is a committee of one represent
ing the Chamber in this matter inform
ed the body that he was awaiting the
arrival of Karl Theile, who was to
take up the matter with hint tor the
! necessary appropriation.
Mr. J. H. Flickinger, introduced to
the Chamber the necessitj for some
action on the auti-Fire Arm Bill in
troduced by Senator Copeland, wnicn j
ii passed would work a hardship on
Alaskans and deprive them of neces
sary protection.
The Cn«*mber protested the pass
age of the bill.
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LOCAL DRUGGIST NAMED
ON PHARMACY BOARD
Governor Scott C. Bone last week
named Elwvn E. Swetmann. or Sew
ard. as a member of the Territorial
Pharmacy Board. Mr. Swetmann sue-:
ceeds Russell Herman, of Anchorage. \
YV. H Caswell of Cordova was re-ap-j
pointed as •» member of the board, j
1 There is no salary connected with the
: office. W. E. Britt is chairman of the
board.
NEW FOLDER BY RAILWAY
GIVES TOURIST INFORMATION
The Alaska Railway has issued the
first 1924 information folder on the
1924 tourist season. The folder says:
“Alaska, the smiling land of nightless
summer; of majestic mountains, iri
descent glaciers, deep canyons and
gorges, azure lakes,, innumerable wa
terfalls, verdent meadows ,and flow
ered hills; a wilderness as yet untam
ed and gloriously beautiful; the home
of the huge brown bear , mountain
i goat, moose, caribou, and reindeer, the!
seasonal playground if wild fowl; of
streams and waterways, which art
among the best in the world for rou
and reel.”
, The round trip from Seattle to Fail
banks is placed at $1(8.10. Stopovers
will be granted at any point this sea
; son. Tiie round trip fare from Sew
ard to Fairbanks is $56-10.. The rail*
! road also emphasizes the beaulies o*
; a trip over tl e railroad and down the
1 Yukon on the company’s steamers.
BROTHER OF LAURITSEN
FOUND IN CALIFORNIA
A wire was received today by local
; Masons stating that a brother of Louis
Lauritsen, who died recently at Can
yon Creek, is located at Gustine, Cal.,
and the body which will arrive on to
night’s train will be taken in charge
by the Masons and shipped Outside.
NOTICE TO MASONS
Seward Lodge No. 219, F. & A. M.,
will meet tonight at 8 o’clock. Work
in first degree.
FAIRBANKS PIONEERS MEET
Fairbanks Pioneers are preparing
for the Grand Igloo, an entertainment
l committee being appointed at a re
! cent meeting. After business was
transacted a fast wrestling match was
enjoyed by the members. Beans wrere
served for luncheon.
FOR RENT—Furnished house. s,
rooms aud baili, iuruace. bee Doufeh
FOR SALE—At a sacrifice, six
rooms and bath; see Dought-riv. ti
New shipment of Men's uveicoals
Urbach. 11
MADAM ALEXIS will cast your hor
oscope by mail for one dollar, reg
istered. Give full date of birth.
You may ask three questions. Ad
dress Mrs. D’Orsay, Apt. 427-Dun
loe Hotel, 141 Eddy St., San Fran
cisco. kWed
, FOR WINTER
TIME IN
i NORTHERN .
i CLIMES USE *
NORTHLAND <
SKIS /
MAD]] IN PINE, Maple and Ash, 4 to 8 ft
lengths.
Prices ranging from $2.50 to $10.00.
SIC 11 POLES and LACING.
Eastern Make and Native Snowshoes—Kid
Snow Skooters, $1.00. Ice Skates and
Ice Creepers.
JxivL NS beds, mattresses and
SPRINGS.
“Built for Sleep/’
Gre:-t Western Oak Heaters
EDISON MAZDA LAMPS,
GROCERIES
Main 1.
HARDWARE
Adams 80.
tmwwn %
«V-RETAIL MERCHANTS
ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
3aR8»r8»K8»«R3a«K
8 DANCE AT I. O. O. F. HALL 8
8 SATURDAY -vENING. 8
8 EVERYBODY INVITED 8
8 GENTS. AD ISSiO.N, $;.00 8
8 LADIES FREE 8
88888888888888888
Highland Linen Stationary, Sehal
'.trer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
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FOR RENT—Furnished apartments
See Mrs. Paulaon. 23tf.
Fresh Haas Candies—Alaska Shop.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Alaska
Shop. tf.
Remington Portable Typewriter, at
$60 —Schallerer’s. tf
A recent steaming test of the Raw
son coal, made on the Seward division
of the Anchorage railroad, was entire
ly satisfactory, the coal exceeding the
expectations. The test was made un
der the supervision of Traveling Engi
neer Joe Elmes, in a run of 114 miles
from Anchorage to Seward.
Brunswick Phonographs and records
at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
James L. Galen, who returned from
a trip to Seattle recently is in Fair
banks conrerring w’ith Robert Sheldon
general manager of the Richardson
Highway Transportation Company ov
er the plans for transporting tourists.
ALL CAR OWNERS CRANKS
WANTED..—A Buick crank.—Ex
change. All car owners are cranks
over the merits of their own cars.
A GENEROUS CUSS
(Adv. in McCarthy News).
If the man who walked out with my
’45 cal. U. S. army pistol, will call he
can also have the holster and a box of
cartridges that l have no further use
for. Wm. Johnston,
FIJIANS ESTABLISH
FIRE WALKING SHOW
ON BUSINESS BASIS
SUVA. H.tf Isis., Feb. 13.—Commer
cialism has ^aded even this renij'*’
region. The i,a(ives i a recent cert
monial not only set up booths for the
sale of refreshments, but charged vis
itors three shillings each for the priv
ilege of watching the event.
The occasion was a “fire walking,”
and the shrewdness which has lately
become a characteristic of the Fiji
ans was evinced in that the tourists
who came to view the event were
permitted to travel many miles to
this island and then climb a dif
ficult hill nearly all the way to a na
tural amphitheatre before the demand
for payment was made.
The “fire-walking” itself is an in
teresting ceremony performed by na
tives. Little is known in explanation
of the fact that their feet apparently
are impervious to great heat. So far
as observers have been able to ascer
tain, the performers walk barefoot
and unharmed on stones which are
virtually red hot, having been heat
ed for hours in a fire pit. Afterword
leaves, brush and bits of wood are
thrown over the rocks the heat of the
P. G. McMullen
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Vvrheatena—
The nut-brown whole-wheat dish you can’t
resist.
Chinese Jasmine Tea—
New shipment just received. $1.25 per
basket.
Apples—
Several choice winter varieties at $3.75 per
box.
P. C. M’MULLEN
Telephone Main 34.
DUNN FOUNTAIN PENS
Holds nearly three times more ink than and rubber sac pen of
the same size.
Transparent barrel shows ink supply at a glance.
Every pen sold with an iron dad guarantee.
PRICES RANGE $2.50 AND UP.
Try one on approval.
Seward Drug Go.
Headquarters for Dunn “Camel” Pens.
SHELF and HEAVY
HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Fishermen's Supplies, Gasoline and Distillate
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Powder, Ammunition, Caps, Fuses,
Guns, Paints, Oils. Furniture Rugs, Linoleum and Congoleum
TOYS AND NOVELTIES
J. L. GRAEF
F
SEWARD
LIGHT and POWER CO.
PHONE, MAIN 0.
SEWARD, ALASKA
latter being evidenced by the smoke
or flames which immediately bursts
forth.
•The native version of the origin of
the ceremony is that in the distant
past a Fijian traveling in the bush
met an elf, whom he suspected of be
| ing an evil spirit. The native cap
tured this supernatural creature and
threatened him. To save himself the
elf offered as a gift any power the
native chose. The Fijian chose and
was granted the ability to handle or
walk through fire unharmed, which
power has descended to members of
his family even to this day.