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THE OVERLAND HOTEL
GORDON SHEA, Proprietor
RUBBER HEELS
can be put on any kind of shoe.
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Seward Leather
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ELLSWORTH’S
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Novelties arriving on
every boat
ELLSWORTH’S
COMMERCE
CAFE
Reopened under new
management
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PHONE ADAMS 54
PROMINENT WRITER
VISITS IN SEWARD
Hal G. Evarts, prominent writer
| of wild life, and fictionist, whose
work has been appearing in the Sat
urday Evening Post for the past 8
years, is a Seward visitor, a guest
at the Van Gilder, Mr. Evarts is
contemplating another trip to the
Westward. Accompanied by Earl F.
Crouch, a friend, of Cody, Wyoming,
Mr. Evarts spent a number of weeks
on Kodiak Island in May, this year
Mr. Crouch returned to Seward with
Mr. Evarts, on the steamer North
western, departing this morning for
Anchorage and the Interior.
Woman Beaten to Death
Husband Wanders In Daze
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash., July 6
(JP)—Mrs. Nellie O’Neill, 63, a cripple,
was found beaten to death in her home
today, her body being wrapped in
blood-spattered blankets and a heavy
cane lying nearby. William, her hus
band, is being held for the crime.
Neighbors found the body after no
ticing the peculiar actions of O’Neill
|j who was arrested when found wan
| dering in a daze in the streets with
i a package containing liquor and a tin
j can of beef stew under his arms.
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PRINCE WOULD IMPROVE STROKE
BULWAYO, South Africa, July 6—
! The Prince of Wales in his ever grow
ing enthusiasm for golf has inaugu
rated a new scheme for improvement
of his game. He has ordered a pho
tographer to make several special
| pictures of his stroke before and after
j the shot.
For your kitchen
Just unpacking a large shipment of
ALUMINUM AND GRANITE WARE
for your inspection
p. c. McMullen
Telephone Main 34
“COOK INLET KID”
KNOCKS OUT EGNER
IN SEVENTH ROUND
The “Cook Inlet Kid,” reputed
champion in his class in the Terri
tory, decisively defeated Alex Agner
of McCarthy, when he knocked him
cold in the seventh round of a sched
uled ten-round main event bout at
the Elks Hall, Anchorage, Saturday
night. Egner hit the floor several
times during the event it is reported.
“Soldier” Bortz, of the Anchorage
post, received a sleep potion from
McCloskey of Juneau, in the sixth
and last round of the semi-final. Por
ter doled out a K. O. to Enright, in
the third round of the special prelim.
Anchorage Ball Game
Marked By Fighting
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The married men of Anchorage de
feated the single men of the town
in the 4th of July game, played on
the Anchorage field, by the score of
7 to 3, it is reported by Seward ar
rivals who witnessed the game. It
is stated the game was of exception
al interest to the spectators owing to
the fisticuffs expedition put on, by
a number of the players who got
hot under the collar.
SPOKANE MINING MEN
ARRIVE AND DEPART
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Jerome Drumheller and Martin
Woldson, mining men of Spokane,
were Seward arrivals Saturday from
f their mine, located in the Wasilla
district, the Fern Gold mine. Mr.
Drumheller, departed for the Interi
or yesterday morning and Mr. Wold
son took passage south last even
ing on the steamer Northwestern.
Both were guests at the Hotel Van
Gilder.
Officer Killed On
Border By Bandits
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 6
(JP)—Policeman Paul McAllister, Dep
uty Constable R. R. Bledsoe, and Con
stable C. M. Bisbee were killed and
two men wounded in a gunfight in the
outskirts of this city last night.
Amundsen and Fellow
Explorers Back At Oslo
OSLO, Norway, July 6 (JP)—Raold
Amundsen and his companion explo
rer, Ellsworth, with others of the ex
pedition returned to Oslo Sunday in
| seaplane N-25, which they saved from
the polar ice, landing in Oslo amid
| scenes of the wildest enthusiam, com
parable only with the return of the
great explorer, Fritjof Nansen, in 1906.
MANY DROWN IN CRACOW
BERLIN, July 6 (^>)—Tw'enty-five
persons are dead and 15 villages near
Cracow are submerged in the w'orst
flood in Poland since 1902, according
to Warsaw' dispatches.
EL PASO, Texas, July 6 (#>)—Ten
bodies of the Del Avuerta revolution
are believed to have crossed into the
United States at Columbus, N. M., yes
terday General Lopez, commandant
of the Jaurez garrison said.
NEW AIR MAIL SERVICE
INAUGURATED IN EAST
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., July 6—
Pilots of the Air Mail successfully
inaugurated a night service between
New York and Chicago. During the
night at 2 a. m. the first ship arrived
from Chicago two hours ahead of the
schedule.
Dawes Makes Speech
Chicago July Fourth
CHICAGO, July 4—“The true Amer
ican, however poor and weak he may
be himself, sees the flag of his gov
ernment only in the right, and will
work and hope for better days,” said
Vice-President Dawres in a radio ad
dress here last night. “It behooves
us,” he said, "as a people,, to cele
brate the anniversary of the Nation’s
birth with solemn thought as well as
happiness over the blessings w'e en
joy, and endeavor to realize how
much' depends on us for the preserva
tion of the world.”
IMPORTANT MEETING
'At tomorrow’s luncheon and busi
ness meeting of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce, Secretary Hannon will
bring to the attention of the mem
bers some important communications
with respect to the local airplane sit
uation and court house news.
TWO FIRE ALARMS
ON FOURTH OF JULY
Two fire alarms occurred here
yesterday, no material damage tak
ing place at either one. The first
blast from the siren popped off at
3:20 o’clock in the afternoon, the
firemen and truck making a quick
run to the house occupied by Stella
Brown, in the rear of the Alaska
Transfer warehouse, where a small
chimney fire had broken out in the
residence. The second alarm came
in at 5:20 o’clock last night, from
the ocean dock float. A piece of
waste in a gasboat ignited it is be
lieved from a cigarette thrown over
from the wharf approach, was re
sponsible for the blaze, which was ex
tinquished without damage to the
small craft.
SAYS MILLIONS OF
ENGLISH DOLLARS
COMING FOR ALASKA
W. N. Whitworth, who it was re
cently reported thru Associated Press
dispatches from Seattle, represent
ed himself as commissioned to re
port on opportunities to invest in
Alaska for English capitalists, arriv
ed in Seward Saturday on board
the steamer Northwestern. Mr. Whit
worth departed on yesterday morn
ing’s train for Fairbanks where he
will spend about three months tak
ing a survey of Interior districts.
Most of the time will be spent in the
Fairbanks district, he said.
Mr. Whiteworth declared that mil
lions of dollars for Alaska could be
sent to the district where develop
ment is contemplated.
Boris Unascheek has satisfied the
Latvia government that he is 125
years old and has been granted a
pension sufficient to live on.
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SERVICE! SPEED!
SATISFACTION
Those are the three essential re
quirements in modern business today.
The Frye-Bruhn Company, packers
and provisioners of fresh and cured
meats, operates a strictly modern
wholesale and retail shop here at
Seward. Well stocked with the best
steer beef, lambs and pork, butter,
eggs and cheese on the market. Our
system of volume, quick turnover and
small profits guarantees our custo
mers big or small, the same rates as
they can buy merchandise on the out
side. Special rates and attention giv
en to merchants, cannerymen and
fishboats with satisfaction to know
that you can get what you want,
when you wrant it. Founders of Deli
cious Hams and Bacons, Wild Rose
Lard and Mayflower Butter.
FRYE-BRUHN COMPANY
H. L. McGhie, Mgr. Phone Main 94
THANKS COMMITTEE MEN
To those who assisted so ma
terially in making the Seward j
4th of July the splendid suc
cess it was, thanks are hereby |
extended for their work and co- 1
operation. This includes all of :
the committee members, and to
the public who responded so j
liberally in every way in ren- j
dering service, financially and
; morally.
ELWYN S WET MAN,
General chairman,
4th of July Committees.
STEAMER STARR GOES TO
WESTWARD TOMORROW
The steamer Starr sails from Sew
ard for the Westward tomorrow eve
ning following the arrival of the
train from the Interior, according to
announcement today by Captain Jo
hansen. A full list of reservations
are booked for various points to the
Westward and an extra tonnage, ap
proximately 125 tons, is being load
ed aboard the vessel today. The
Starr will return to Seward about
July 24.
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