lots of rest for the
weary at
Overland
HOTEL
MRS. HILDA WANAMAKER
Clean, Comfortable
Baths
Furnace
Heat
WHAT MORE
COULD ONE
ASK?
SEWARD, ALASKA
I
A. S. KERRY, A
MILLIONAIRE, IS
SEWARD VISITOR
One of the Most Outstanding
Men in Business World of
the Pacific Northwest—
Accompanied by Wife.
Among the Northwest's most prom
inent citizens to have visited Seward
the past summer was A. S. Kerry, ac
companied by Mrs. Kerry. Mr. Ker
ry went into Fairbanks, returning to
the coast over the famed Richardson
; Highway. He has been identified
with Alaskan affairs since the days
of ’98 and his interest never waned.
He recently gained much prominence
with his Alaskan oil activities, being
jointly interested with the General
Petroleum in the Wide Bay oil fields,
a little to the Westward of Seward.
In Millionaire Class.
Mr. Kerry now heads the Alaska
Department of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce; is president of the Se
attle Golf Association; president of
the Board of Directors of the magni
ficent Seattle hotel, the Olympic, and
is the owner and president of the
Kerry Railroad, at Kerry, Oregon.
In addition to these mentioned he is
probably the outstanding and most
influential business man in the Pa
cific Northwest, and is actively en
gaged in many other enterprises,
among which is the lumber industry.
I As far as is known locally he is the
first millionaire to visit Seward the
! past summer.
Backer of Jack McCord.
Jack McCord, the future John D.
of Alaska, has been substantially as
sisted in his Alaskan oil ventures
by Mr. Kerry, without whose finan
cial assistance the splendid progress
made to date by Mr. McCord, could
not have been accomplished. Mr.
Kerry is the principal backer of oil
development in Alaska and through
his efforts much red tape and legis
lation has been done away with,
clearing the field for immediate ac
tion.
“Alaska is the source of much in
terest to the people of the Scandina
vian countries,” said A. Bergendahl
editor and author of Oslo, Norway,
who visited Seward last summer. He
came to Alaska with the expectation
of meeting the schooner Maud which
had been iced in for the past three
years in the Arctic and get first
hands news for his papers.
CONGRESSMAN
IS IMPRESSED
WITH HIS VISIT
TREADWAY, POWERFUL MASSA
CHUSETTS MEMBER WAS
GUEST IN SEWARD.
Congressman Allen T. Treadway,
Df Massachusetts, who visited Sew
ard last summer expressed the pleas
ure he had derived from his stay
here and his enthusiasm for the cour
tesies extended to him. He found
in Mayor L. V. Ray and Joe Badger,
former citizens of his own state and
a further relationship with the ma
yor from the fact that both had pre
sided over the Senate of their re
spective State and Territory.
Congressman Treadway is one of
the senior members of the import
ant Ways and Means Committee
which will have the task of re-writ
ing the Revenue Act whereby Presi
dent Coolidge’s recommendation for
a reduction in taxation of approxi
mately $400,000,000 per annum will
be written into law.
Mr. Treadway resides in Stock
bridge in Western Massachusetts,
only sixty miles from the home of
President Coolidge, who was Mr.
Treadway’s successor in the State
Senate. They have been political
and personal friends for many years.
His trip to Alaska was both for plea
sure and a desire to secure first
hand information upon the problems
of the Territory.
Millions Shipped To
Seattle from Alaska
Last year the exports to Alaska
from Seattle reached the huge sum
of $27,689,364, according to a com
pilation made by the Seattle Times.
This was an increase of $1,159,366.
The figures further reveal that the
exports reached 214,592 tons and the
tonnage imports were 158,789 tons.
Ten miles of caterpillar road from
Wide Bay to Hubble Dome was con
structed last summer.
THE HOTEL SEWARD
Oscar Dahl, Proprietor
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Strictly Modern in Every Respect
Steam Heat, Hot and Cold Water and a
Cozy Reception Room
THE HOTEL SEWARD has been completely renovated and overhauled and now offers
to the public the comforts and privacy of home with all modern conveniences. Its
rates are reasonable by the day, week or month. It is the only Hotel in Seward when
comfort is considered. We meet all boats and trains. Try us once and be convinced.
When You think of Seward, you will think of the Hotel Seward