PYRALINE TOILETWARE
You can either buy the complete set or just
a few essential pieces which can be added to
from time to time. As all designs are stand
ard, perfect matching is guaranteed. The
Pyralin name-stamp on every article is your
guarantee of lasting satisfaction. Step in and
see our display while there is a wide assort
ment from which to choose.
Seward Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
American Films Voted
Best Produced Anywhere
BERLIN, Feb. 27.—American films
made the strongest impression thru
out the world during the year 1924,
in the opinion of men and women re
garded as authorities on the question
of the film by Her Deutsche, a local
daily.
This journal addressed an inquiry
to ministers of education, movie stars
and critics, asking them which of
the 1921 films impressed them most.
Ranged according to the countries
of their origin, the verdict was as
follows: The first place was award
ed to 174 American, 124 German, 35
French, 27 Swedish, 14 Russian and 4
Italian films.
American'or English films referred
to by title and recurring frequently
as favorites included “Down to the
Sea in Ships,” “Broken Blossoms,”
and “The Thief of Bagdad.”
Mary Pickford and Alla Nazimova
Phoenix Hose
H & W BRASS1ERS
P N PRACTICAL
FRONT CORSETS
BANBURY & OGLE
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
GUS ANDERSON
ED ERICKSON
FIFTEEN
NEW DRESSES
AND NEW ARRIVALS IN
MILLINERY
ELLSWORTH'S
both voted first place to “The Sal
vation Hunters.” Charlie Chaplin
agreed with Conan Doyle in believ
ing “Down to the Sea in Ships,” to
have been the strongest movie for
the year.
PEDAGOGUES WILL
SOW WILD FLOWERS
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.—More
than 1500 high school teachers will
assemble in Vermont canyon at Grif
fith Park here on February 21, for an
elaborate flower planting service
during which thousands fo seeds will
be scattered on the hillsides as a part
of their annual program to aid in
beautifying the city.
The program will extend through
I out the afternoon with instrumental
and vocal music numbers, terminat
ing with a campfire in the evening.
Dr.' Charles Smith is charged with
cell to cell delivery of liquor to the
prisoners at San Pedro, Cal.
ELLIS BALL
CHILI MILL
The mill that takes the pros
pector off the labor market.
Cheaper than an trastra, more
efficient than a stamp mill.
MADE IN SIZES FROM
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
Investigate the Ellis Mill First
NELS HAGEN
ALASKA AGENT:*
P. O. Box 1105
SEWARD, ALASKA
S.& w.
Baking Pears
A REAL TREAT
Try them baked or Saute and serve
with Chocolate Sauce
p. c. McMullen
Purveyor of Pure Foods
Telephone Main 34
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crane of Fair
banks, arrived on Wednesday’s train
and are registered at the Hotel Van
Gilder awaiting the arrival of the Yu
kon, on which they will leave for Ju
neau. Mr. Crane is assistant district
attorney for the Fourth Division.
Robert Wakelin, well known com
mercial traveler, is a guest of the
Van Gilder.
Julien Hurley, district attorney for
the Fourth division, will arrive on to
morrow night’s train on his way to
Juneau, where he will conduct the
prosecution of the Romeo Hoyt case.
Henry Lucas, Skilak guide and big
game hunter, is a guest of the Hotel
Sexton. Mr. Lucas reports that the
young moose which was tamed last
season, appeared on the scene when
they returned to the lake a few weeks
ago, and eagerly ran toward them for
his rations.
Christ Larsen has opened a soft
drink parlor in the building next to
the Liberty Theatre, and is greeting
his old friends at his new place of
business.
George Jestel, a Fairbanks resident,
is a guest of the Hotel Seward.
Several witnesses in the Romeo
Hoyt case arrived from Fairbanks on
Wednesday’s train on their way to
Juneau.
The motorship Admiral Perry, of
the Pacific Steamship Company, will
leave Seattle March 27, with freight
and explosives. Orders should be
sent in soon.
i John “Red” Campbell, popular clerk
i at the Pioneer Club, has taken rooms
I over Graef’s hardware store.
The steamship Yukon will reach
I port some time Monday.
—
Queenie Russell, well known inte
j riorite, and employe of the Alaska
railroad, is £fn incoming passenger on
the Yukon.
Mrs. Anna E. Ashton, former Sew
ard merchant, is a passenger on the
Yukon arriving here Monday.
Frank Doner and P. O. Wranstedt
of Fairbanks, are on their way to Ju
neau as witnesses in the Romeo Hoyt
case.
G. G. Lemons, English mining pro
moter who has been actively inter
ested in the Fairb^jiks district, is re
turning on the Yukon, and will leave
for the Interior to start his season’s
work.
Chas. Kraemer, one of the pioneers
of Valdez and for a number of years
in charge of the Miller properties on
Slate creek, has been appointed man- j
ager of the Andrus property on Chiti
tu creek, succeeding S. H. Palmer.
Mr. Kraemer who is now in New York
consulting with the owners,, will come
North within a short time.
Mrs. J. Cleveland, who has been as
sociated with Sylvester Howell in
mining operations in the Interior dis
trict, and who resides at Nenana, is
an incoming passenger on the steam
ship Yukon.
Claude Shea returned to Anchrage
on yesterday’s train.
FREE SPENDERS FROM
U. S. LEAVE GREAT SUMS
HAMBURG, Feb. 27.—More than
200,000 Americans visited Europe
during the year 1924, it is estimated
by the Hotel Proprietory’ Federation
and each traveler spent on an aver
age, the sum of $2,000. This means
that a golden trail of some $400,000,
000 wras left behind by these visitors
Irom across the Atlantic, and mostly
in England, Switzerland and Italy.
Swiss tourist business around the
Lake of the Four Cantons, has al
most reached pre-war dimensions, ac
cording to a circular issued by the
Lucerne Cantonal Bank. There was
an increase of 22 per cent in 1924
over the number of guests registered
in 1923. The bulk of the business
was furnished by tourists from Eng
land.
Subscribe for the Seward Gateway
DOUBLE HEADER
DRAWS CROWD
The double header basketball games
at A. B. hall drew out a large crowd
of fans last night, the games being
exciting and fast enough for anyone.
The Cable Office squad defeated the
American Legion team, in a fast,
clean game by the score of 14 to 8.
The Legion boys outplayed their op
ponents in the first half but slowed
up in the second half, the pace being
to hot for them. Thos. Selby, Rucker
and Roberts were the outstanding
Stars for the Legion team, and Robi
son and Harry Selby for the cable of
fice, with Snyder taking consolation
prize.
The second half of the double
header was won by the City team over
the High School boys, the score being
31 plus to 21. The game, while fast,
was very rough. The stars on the
city team were Johnson and Dyer,
while Francis Leslie starred for the
High school.
The school team will tackle their
adversaries in another game next
week, and provided they are assured
police protection, promise to clean
up their rivals.
Arctic Club Asks for
Receiver for Degueldre
SEATTLE, Feb. 27 (API—The Arc
tic Club has asked for a receiver lor
Captain Harry Degueldre, who disap
peared from his rooms in the club
January 1. The Club has put in a bill
of SI GO for board and room rent. It
has been learned that Degueldre gave
unimportant articles to friends in the
club, prior to his disappearance.
He was a well known Alaskan mari
ner and fisheries man.
Long’.vorth and Madden
Both Want Speakership
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27 (AP)
Eoth camps professed confidence, but
the followers of Nicholas Longworth
and Martin Madden, for the coming
contest for speaker of the House, held
a caucus tonight and Republican con
gressmen-elect did not relax their ef
forts to align arriving members.
How would you like to have
happy feet all the time?
Weak arches develop into flat
Feet unless they are corrected in
time. If you have SHOE or
FOOT troubles this is the place
for TRAINED service and ad
vice.
Seuiard Leather
Works.
GALES RAGE ON
ENGLISH COAST
HULL, England, Feb. 27 <AP)—
Eighty-four persons are believed to b»
lost by raging gales which whipped
the English coast and Icelandic fish
ing grounds during the past four days
Fourteen men went down on the Hul
| steam trawler, Scapa Flow; and six
Hull fishermen and 24 Icelanders were
| lost when the steamer Field Marsha
i Roberts foundered.
i
The Icelandic steamship Leiferhe
par is reported lost with 40 hands.
! Ordered to “stick ’em up,” \Y. L
Martin of Pasadena put. up his only
arm and the bandits let him go will,
out robbing him.
Stray dogs will in the future b
electrocuted on an electric plate at
Sacramento, as a humane method
execution.
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