What the Chamber
is Doing for YOU
The Seward Chamber of Commerce is a live-wire
organization, working at all times for the bet
terment of Seward and the district served by
the Alaska Railroad. The Chamber is ready at
all times to assist intending settlers to a more
definite understanding of the Territory and its
resources. The program of the Seward Cham'
her of Commerce at the present time includes
the following:
CABLE HEADQUARTERS—
Preparing statistics showing Seward to be the
logical location for the cable terminal and cable
headquarters.
MINING—
Endeavoring to interest capital in the possibili
ties of the large returns available from opera
tion of the many quartz properties now sur
rounding Seward.
INDUSTRIES—
i hrough the City Council and Publicity Bureau
making advances to industries to locate at Sew
ard with tax five, deep water sites, and in close
proximity to the coal fields.
SAFETY HARBOR—
Plans being formulated for the construction or
creation of a safety harbor for small boats, dur
ing severe storms.
MARINE WAYS—
Assisting in securing the immediate erection of
marine ways of sufficient size to handle vessels
ot one hundred tons or over.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS—
Committees appointed and final action pressed
for abolishing the flood menace of the Glacier
stream.
FISHING—
Data compiled and interest awakened to the
possibilities of Seward as a fishing center for
fishermen and halibut buying companies.
TOURISTS—
Correspondence being answered and data gath
ered for tourists. Literature showing nearness
01 Seward to V alley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
ml McKinley National Park, and the big game
district of Kena! Peninsula being prepared for
publication.
THE GREAT WESTWARD—
the chamber is in possession of reliable data
showing the value of the district to the west
ward to hunting parties, tourists, stock growers,
and fishermen. Statistics gathered for business
concerns desiring to locate there.
ROADS AND TRAILS—
We have furnished information and assisted ji
the construction of roads and trails for prospec
tors, farmers, hunters and tourists. Our pro
gram calls for an auto road connecting Kenai,
Cook's Inet, and Anchorage with Seward.
MARKETS—
The advertising of Seward as a supply center
and distributing point for all of Western and
Interior Alaska. The building up of a market
for Alaska produce.
COAL BUNKERS—
The construction of adequate coal bunkers at
Seward for the shipment of Alaska coal to out
side markets and to westward points.
PUBLICITY—
The Chamber with the expected assistance of
the City Council, have contracted for the serv
ices of a Secretary who will devote his entire
time to public welfare, community advertising
and informing correspondents of the desirabil
ity of Seward as a home town of great possibil
ities for the future.
SEWARD—
Seward is the salt water terminus of the Alaska
railroad; is located on beautiful Resurrection
Bay, called by the late President Harding, “A
beautiful jewel in a wonderful setting.” Seward
is a modern town with light and power, good
sewer system, fine water system, telephone and
cables, bank deposits of over a quarter of a mil
lion, a low tax rate, equable climate and a fine
citizenry. Churches, schools and a fine library
make for ideal educational facilities.
PARTIES DESIROUS OF KNOWING MORE OF
THIS WONDERFUL GATEWAY TO THE
INTERIOR SHOULD WRITE rJ0 THE SEC
RETARY,
Seward Chamber of
Commerce
This Adv donated by the Chamber of Commerce
SITKA IN CONVICTED
Of STEALING LIVE FOXES
After being out for four hours, a
Juneau jury brought in a verdict of
guilty against L. B. McCoy of Sitka,
charged with larceny for alleged set
ting of iraps on the fox ranch of C.
B. Zimmerman, at Brothers islands,
and found the value of the animals
trapped to be $100. McCoy was re
leased on $2000 bond.
McCoy is alleged to have put out
several box traps on Zimmerman’s
fox ranch, in two of which were live
blue foxes. Zimmerman reached the
traps before they could be removed.
McCoy operates an island near Sitka.
Considerable raiding had been re
ported by ranchers, and a watch was
kept and McCoy found with traps in
his boat similar to those on the isl
ands.
JOE ULLMER LEAVES CM LONG
TRIP DOWN KOBUK RIVER
Bound on a reconnaissance trip for
the Alaska Road Commission which
will take him over on the Arctic slope
Joseph Ullmer left Fan-banks Satur
day morning with a dog team, by way
of the Alatna. He will travel up that
stream thirty miles and then cross to
the Kobuk and follow it down to its
mouth. The trip is made with the
view to determine conditions in that
region with the object of future road
building and construction ct trails.
Mr. Ullmer, who is past grand pres
ident of the Pioneers of Alaska, is fa
miliar with the vast interii.:- stretches,
and looks forward to the long and sol
itary trip as a pleasant outing. Of re
cent years he has been in business at
Ketchikan as mining engineer.
E. M. Ball of the Fisheries Bureau,
with headquarters at Juneau, has left
for the outside recently, and will be
In Washington all winter. During his
absence the office will be looked after
by E. L. Hunter.
CORDOVA WANTS TO JOIN
FIRST DIVISION IN NEW STATE
JUNEAU: Chairman K. E. Robert
son of the Divisional convention re
cently received telegraphic advices
from Cordova saying that the business
men of that town were unanimouslj
in favor of unting the Prince Willian
Sound and Copper River country wit!
i Southeastern Alaska in the formatior
of a separate Territory.
It was explpained that Cordova be
lieves she will be more benefited 01
account of the promise of early state
; hood.
HEAVY SNOWS AT DAWSON
Heavy snows at Dawson causec
j wire trouble, the lineman being kep
busy in repairs. Four feet of we
snow fell in one night south of Tele
graph creek Sunday. The linemer
found seven breaks in the wire in g
12-mile stretch.
Eagle—Calm; snowing; 29 above.
Circle—Calm, snowing, 14 above.
Fort Yukon—Calm, snowing, 2(
above zero.
BISHOP ROWE IN ALASKA
Rt. Rev. Bishop P. T. Rowe, Bishoj
of Alaska, is in Juneau this week look
ing after church matters, and later
will visit the towns in southwestern
Alaska, making a trip through the In
j terior in January.
STEEN BE TAKEN BACK TO
PORTLAND STAND TRIAL
Walter J. Hamon, alias Steen, alias
J. Lewis, who was arrested in Juneau
last week on an alleged forgery
charge will be taken back to Portland
to stand trial. Steen cashed a num
ber of checks in Juneau drawn against
a Portland bank, and it is probable
that the issuers are losers.
TIDAL WAVE AT SKAGWAY
Skagway was the scene of a destruc
tive tidal wave last week, much dam
age being done. Transformers blew
out and the town was in darkness for
several days.
JOHN B. MARSHALL IN DETROIT
John B. Marshall, formerly of Ju
neau, Is representing the Federal gov
ernment at Detroit, as a special pros
ecuting attorney attached to the pro
hibition enforcement office. Mr. Mar
shall is securing a lot of publicity
through Detroit papers.
Assisting him is Assistant District
Attorne> Delos G. Smith of Detroit.
STASER WITHDRAWS OFFER
Deputy Marshal Staser, who some
time ago offered any child of s^hoo*
age in Anchorage, $5 to report the ex
istence of moonshine stills in the
city, has withdrawn the oTer r>t h
insistence of the Woman’s Auxiliary
of the American Legion.
U. M. C., Winchester and U. S.
Ammunition at Graef’s. tf
Eastman Kodaks and Films. Seward
Drug Co. tf
BABY BOY BORN TO WIFE
OF CONVICTED MURDERER
VALDEZ, Nov. 24.—On the eve of
the sentencing of her husband, Robert
Edwards, for the murder last August
of George Edwards, Mrs. Robert S.
Edwards, the girl wife of the prison
er, gave birth to a son. Mrs. Edwards
who was a high school girl, was mar
ried secretly to Edwards in the States,
and when he was arrested, came north
to be at his side. She has awakened
considerable admiration for her devo
tion, among Valdezans.
CONTRACT LET FOR NEW
BREAKWATER AT WRANGELL
The Wrangell Commercial Club has
received word that the contract for
the construction of the Wrangell
Breakwater has been let to the Sims
& Carlson Company of Spokane and
Seattle. The firm has until March 1
to begin work, but it Is probable they
will begin work as soon as their bond
is approved.
DAWSON, Nov. 23.—James McAl
lister, a noted pioneer of the Klondike
died yesterday. He was born in Scot
land 77 years ago. McAllister was
once very wealthy.
YUKON STILL OPEN
DAWSON, Y. T., Nov. 26—The Yu
kon river was still open today, with
all records for a late freezup broken.
The weather continues mild with con
siderable slush ice in the rivers and
streams.
Lynn C. Denny, who used to be in
the newspaper business at Nome, is
| now living in Los Angeles.
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JUNEAU HAS FIRST SNOWFALl!
Juneau had her first snowfall last
week, 18 days later than last year.
On November 2 of last year a trace
of snow was recorded.
Seward has its first fall of snow
Sunday, November 25.
Mrs. John W. Troy, wil’o >*r John
W. Troy, editor and pub’isho- of the
; Juneau Empire, who for the pas: two
j r.’onths has been laid up with a badly
! fractured lower limb, is stili ».n
t rutches in San Francisco.
—
| Max Smith, a Fairbanks pioneer, i.;
'j now in the tire business at Bremer
ton, Wash.
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Richard Flem
ing. reputed chief of the first voiun-i
teer lire department in Skagway, is
dead here.
J. W. LENAHAN RESIGNS
AS COURT STENOGRAPHER
J. W. Lenahan, who has been court
stenographper at Valdez for the past
two years, has resigned, and Mrs. De
lia B. Chace has arrived to take his
place. Mrs. Chase lived at Nome for
many years, then went to Juneau as
secretary to George B. Grigsby. She
remained with J. C. Murphy until she
became court stenographer at Nome,
with Judge Holzheimer. She was as
sistant secretary of the senate in the
legislature of 1921 and 1923.
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Juneau: Declaring that he was shot
“unintentionally” by a man named
Pete Nelson, Harry Taggart, 26, is in
St. Ann hospital with bullet wounds
in the head and chest, in a critical
condition. No trace has been found
of the man named Nelson, and officers
believe him to be a myth and that
Taggart shot himself.
Taggart was found in an uncon
scious condition in an auto just off
Glacier Highway a short distance
beyond the Juneau Dairy. He had
borrowed a 22 automatic rifle from a
boy friend, the gun standing beside
the auto at the time the injured man
was found. Taggart was wanted by
the police for passing worthless
checks.
He formerly worked for the Stand
ard Oil company.
Harry Shutts, formerly with the
Signal Corps at Valdez, has quit the
service ai.d is employed ai the S uih
end garage in Seattle.
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Remington Portable Typewriters $60
Underwood Portable Typewriters $50
SEWARD DRUG CO.
VALDEZ PIONEER LEAVING
TO LOCATE IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. and Mrs. H. Cockerille of Val
dez, will leave on the Victoria lor Cal
ifornia where they will make their
home, and where the Doctor will en
gage in the real estate business. Dr.
Cockerille has been in the dental bus
iness in Valdez for many years, and
was one of the best known practition
ers in the North. He will be greatly
miss by those who have benefited by
his practice.
KARL THEIL IN TOWN
Karl Theil, Surveyor General, of
Juneau, arrived on the Northwestern,
and left on today’s train for Fair
banks, Iditarod, and th& Kuskkwtm
Valley, returning by way of Cold Bay,
in about six weeks, or more. Mr.
Theile reports that the case of the
City of Juneau vs. the Juneau Light
and Power Company, which was car
ried to the Appellate Court at San
Francisco, was decided in favor of the
city last week, and that the company
has taken an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
MALONEY IN ’FRISCO
Wm. Maloney, pioneer mining man
of Nome, former territorial mine in
spector under Gov. Stroog, is now en
gaged in mining in Northern Califor
ma. Mr. Maloney has married again.
Ben Horler, who in the early days
had a water wagon at Fairbanks, is
located in Seattle. He recentiy return
ed from Mayo Bros., where he was
operated on for cataract of the eye.
Kenneth Marr, Nome pioneer who
i accompanied Scotty Ailsn to France
| with his Alaska dogs and who later
became an ace, is now in San Fran*1!fr
ee, at the Hotel Manx.
Allison Bruner, a former well known
r.Uorney at Nome is now practicing
lew at San Leandro, Cal.
REINDEER QUEEN GOES TO
COPPER CENTER TO TEACH
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Miss Ruth Reat, known as the
; Reindeer Queen, has taken over an
l Indian School at Copper Center and A
will teach this winter. Miss Reat won
her title by bringing one of the first
herds of deer to the Broad Pass dis
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I/* THE
METHOD OF
MAIL ORDER
MERCHANDIZING
Mail order concerns de
mand cash in advance. They won’t
take a chance. They won’t trust you.
They are the “fair weather friends” of
merchandising.
If a local dealer treated you in the
same manner you would be madder than
a wet hen. But he doesn’t. If you desire
credit and are worthy of it, he will extend it
gladly. Then why not
Favor Dealers Who Will Favor You
Spot cash trading is of course the best
policy of purchasing. There are, however, times when
even those well heeled financially must resort to “credit”
buying. You may see the time when it will not be convenient for
you to “come across” with the cash. And when that time comes
the local merchant is the only one who will “accommodate” you. The mail
order house would turn you aown cold. They want your business only when
they have your money in hand.
Unless you trade with home dealers when you have the
ready cash—don't ask for a “credit lift” in a pinch. It’s not just. It’s
net even common decency to expect your home town dealer to bear
the burden of your bills—when you refuse to do business with him when you
can do it on a spot cash basis.
By every reason of right your local merchants are entitled
to your patronage—every penny of it. They cater to your best inter
ests with the best brands of merchandise. Their quality standards are the
highest. Their lines are fresh—clean—right up to date in every particular.
Their prices mark the extreme limit of economical buying. They deal fairly.
Every dollar you spend with them buys actual value. None of it goes for ex
orbitant mail order expenses—costly catalogues—high salaried office workers. They don’t
attempt to lead you on with merchandising “lures”—with low prices on one or a few articles—
then high prices on all other goods.
They want your business. They will do everything within
their means to earn your patronage. They must handle your account
with care. They can’t stand to lose trade—because their field is limited.
Even if they were inclined (which they are not) to employ underhanded methods, they couldn’t
afford to—because it would kill them commercially.
Turn trade to the dealer who in turn will treat you right. Put your con
fidence in merchants who have confidence in you.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
THIS ADVERTISING DONATED BY THE SEWARD CHAMBER • COMMERCE
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