FAST
AND
FURIOUS
ANDY’S EXPRESS
Phone Madison 143
Andy Novak, Prop.
FRESH MM AND
CREAM
We ought to drink
some milk each day for
would surely make us
healthy,
and after we. get old
and grey our health
would make us wealthy.
A glass of milk three time a day
Takes many of your cares away.
SEWARD DAIRY
COMMODITY SHIPMENTS VALUED
AT $6,666,585 LAST MONTH,
McBRIDE REPORTS
Showing an increase of almost 100
per cent over the same month last
year, Alaskan commodities shipped to
the States during the month of July
were valued at $6,666,858, according
to the monthly statement of commerce
issued by J. C. McBride, Collector of
Customs tor the District of Alaska,
from the Juneau office. To be exact,
It exceeded July 1925 by $3,020,922.
The volume and value was almost
equal to the record for the month,
it is believed. The value of fisher
ies products alone was $4,758,757.
Canned Salmon Leads
Canned salmon was the most im
portant item on the commodity list.
Its declared value was $3,492,181, as
compared to $1,324,284 for the same
month last year. A total of 23,138,880
pounds of canned salmon were ship
ped out from the Territory during the
month.
Fresh and frozen halibut jumped
from $24,585 for July 1925, to $110,
491 last month; fresh salmon from
VACATION AT CURRY
$7.00 PER WEEK
FIRST CLASS TENT CAMP SERVICE
ALL CAMP EQUIPMENT FURNISHED
including dishes, fuel and bedding.
Tent houses are equipped with stoves so that visitors may pre
pare their own meals; or, if desired, a portion of or all meals, at the
regular rates, may be had at the Curry hotel.
FISHING —GOLF —TENNIS —HIKING
All visitors who avail themselves of camp service at Curry will
be allowed use of golf course, tennis court, and hotel baths.
FOR PARTICULARS, CALL AGENT, SEWARD DEPOT
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage
Alaska
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OVERLAND
CAFE
GABRIEL SANTOS, Prop, and Chef
Next Door to the Overland Hotel
Open Day and Night
NOW OPEN
HE
“THE HOME OF GOOD FOOD”
Table and Counter Service — Private Boxes
QUICK SERVICE
HE
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$15,199 to $35,460; fish meal from
$65,681 to $167,885; oil from $229,054
to $355,124. The only material de
clining in the fisheries industry was
in shipments of clams, dropping about
$70,000, and herring which decreased
from $160,370 to $77,081.
Furs increased to $109,268 from
$43,581.
Copper showed a small decrease.
Shipments of this metal last month
grossed 8,061 tons, having a value of
$846,561 as compared to $995,623 in
July 1925.
List ot Commodities
The list of commodities shipped and
their values follow:
Animals -$ 350
Curios --- 2,112
FISH:
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell-fish):
, Halibut -— 110,491
Salmon _ 35,460
All other - 1.755
Canned (except shell
fish:
- Salmon —. — 3,402,181
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish):
Cod ___#_ 8,285
Herring - 77,067
Salmon _ 300,442
Shell-fish:
Clams _ - 114,314
Crabs - 1,760
Shrimps - 14,617
Other fish products:
Fertilizer -.- 9,873
Meal _ 167,388
Oil _ 355,124
Furs and fur-skins:
Blue fox . ~ 12,960
Silver fox _ 1,000
Seal skins .. 400
All other - 94,908
Manufactured furs . 4,431
Oil, whale-- 7,040
Ore, matte and regulus:
Copper _ 846,561
Lead _ — 11,141
Palladium --- - 25,983
Reindeer meat - 44,354
Stone, including marble £.— 23,721
Trophies, speciments, etc— 425
Wood, timber and lumber 41,513
All other articles - 1,112
Total value of prodi^cts of
Alaska _$5,716,768
Products of the United
States returned - 942,69S
Total value of foreign
products _ 7,392 .
Total value of shipments
of merchandise - $6,666,S58
*—Items included in “All other
Articles”:
Paintings _»-$ 440
Wool _ 462
Ivory _ 100
Hairseal skins - HO
Total --„----$1112
SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS
DIGGING UP WYOMING
CHEYENNE, T^yo., Aug. 11. (£>)—
Wyoming may become the Gobi des
ert of the U. S. in search of fossils of
the gigantic mammals and reptiles of
prehistoric ages. Five universities this
summer have sent scientists and stu
dents to delve into the rocks of prac-.
tically every section of the state of
Wyoming was once a huge sea.
Lucky Says: “There are
none so blind as those that
won’t see.” Don’t be blind,
see the 20 per cent saving in
cash buying. Many do!
Picture framing—Schallerer’s Alas
ka Shop.
New shipment, Kodiak fat herring.
Seward Trading Co.
Yakima Alberta Peaches
will be ready for shipment about August 15. We
would like to take care of your order now.
WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY
A full line of FRUIT JARS, JELLY GLASSES,
CAPS and RUBBERS
Sugar and Certo Sure Jell
SEWARD TRADING CO. Inc.
Phone MAIN 135 for Courteous Service.
JOE STANTON, Mgr.
SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALERS
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
SEWARD’8 HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLDTIMER8
MEET
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
•TEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
HOTEL SEWARD
OSCAR DAHL, Prop.
HOMEY, COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Depot and Dock
OVERLAND HOTEL
SEWARD ALASKA
Clean, Comfortable and Warm Rooms
ON THE MAIN STREET
AMANDA’S HAND LAUNDRY
SPECIAL CARE TAKEN OF SILKS & WOOLENS
We Give Service — A Trial will Convince You
Call for and deliver—Phone Madison 126
On Fifth Avenue.
One call means another
Regular dinners served daily
Short orders of all kinds
Open day and Night
* Private boxes
Chop Suey and noodles a specialty
COMMERCE cafe
GEO. WADA, Prop.