KENAI COUNTRY
SPORT PARADISE
SAYS HUNTLEY
SECRETARY OF NEWLY FORMED
ANCHORAGE COMPANY IS
GUEST SEATTLE CHAMBER
ALASKA TO ADVERTISE CHARMS
Extensive Plans to Attract Wealthy
Nimrods Is Recited by Seattle
Publication
Hoow enterprising citizens of An
chorage are organizing to advertise
and exploit the big game hunting and
splendid trout fishing of the Kenai
peninsula and other adjacent sections
of Alaska with the purpose of making
its the mecca of America’s sportsmen
was told| the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce last week by Robert Huntley,
secretary of the recently formed
Alaska Glacier Tours’ Association.
Mr. Huntley came down from the
North to interest chambers of com
merce, commercial clubs and tourists
of the Pacific Coast cities in the new
association’s) plans and will visit Port
land and the California cities and pos
sibly some of the southwestern states
befre he returns to Anchorage.
Opportunities Neglected
“Because tourist agencies in the
states have neither the necessary fund
of information nor the facilities to
give the sportsman what he is looking
for in Alaska, the tourist business up
to the present time has been conducted
on a “tripper” or sightseeing basis,
and Alaska has not profited by it as
she should,” declared Mr. Huntley.
“Our assiciation, backed by prominent
Alaska business men, will w'ork to
entertain tourists by arranging hunt
ing and fishing trips, dog team rides,
horseback tours and other outdoor
amusements for them.
“We are planning, beginning this
winter, to book selected parties of 20
to 30 persons to leave Seattle every
week during the summer to visit ,
Alaska and spend at least two weeks
of the month. The round trip will
take in what is really worth seeing
and will show Alaska as the greatest
sportsman’s country now on the map.
To Establish Camps
“We are completing arrangements
to establish a number of fine summer
camps, cooperating with the Alaska
railroad and the other transportation
companies, one at the end of Meadow
lake trail out of Curry and another at
Tustumena or Kasilof lake on the
Kenai peninsula, in the heart of a re
gion famous for big game and fishing.
Ultimately we will establish a com
plete chain of camps, chalets and
summer hotels.
“We shall furnish guides and equip
ment for camping and hiking and try
to attract to Alaska some of the weal
thy sportsmen who now are going into
the big woods of Canada every sum
mer. All of which will benefit Alaska
by bringing in the kind of men who
are needed to furnish capital for the
development of her natural resources
and also help bring desirable tourist
travel to Seattle and the other Pacific
Coast cities.”
A Seattle bureau will be established
by his associates Mr. Huntley said,
as soon as conditions warrant the
step.
Mr. Huntley formerly was general
storekeeper for the Alaska railroad
at Anchorage and resigned to take
the secretaryship of the Glacier Tours
Association. He left Seward for the
south last month.
Local School Closed
Thursday and Friday
The Seward primary grade school
and the high school classes will en
joy two extra days of holiday, be
ginning Thursday, Thanksgiving Day,
school resuming next Monday morning
at the usual hour.
This week the grade classes have
been taking their examinations, cov
ering the past six weeks of study.
The high school classes began today
taking their tests.
Five soldiers from Fort Lawton ar
rived in Seward last Saturday, de
parting yesterday morning for the
Anchorage army post They were
Sherman C. Fraser, Leon B. Wood,
George Edwards, Cecil Kirk and Hu
bert Little.
Fresh ctmuies, at Alaska Shop, tl
CHINESE LEADERS RALLY TO
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XSy8TON».VieW.CO,NIJ«CJrOW6
General Wu Pei Fu, former Chihli
leader, who has declared his opposi
tion to Peking and to Chang Tso Lin
and around whom strong forces are
rallying in the Yangtze Valley. He
das left Yochow for Hankow, accom
panied by two warships. Gen. Siao
Yoa Nan, Military Governor of Tupeh
Province, in which Hankow is locat
ed, was one of the first to side with
dim having driven out the staff of the
Yanyang Arsenal, the most important
arselal in China, and replaced it with
supporters of Gen. Wu.
Among the returning jurors from
the Valdez court term, who arriv
ed in Seward last Saturday were Har
ry Smith, Sandy Wilson, J. W. Tink
ler, and J. W. Downey. All are resi
dents of Anchorage, for which town
they left for yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wann and son
E. L., jr„ w'ere outbound passengers
o nthe Yukon, en route to their for
mer home in Oregon. Mr Wann has
been resident engineer in charge of
the Bureau of Public Roads, Seward
Kenai cut-off road.
Brick ice cream at the Alaska Shop.
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Address
21 COLMAN DOCK
Seattle, Wash.
HOTEL ST. CHARLES
When in Seattle, make the
Hotel St. Charles your head
quarters.
Strictly Modern and
Fireproof
And Managed by an old
Alaskan
J. A. FARNHAM.
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Show Cards,
Posters,
Movie Slides,
Cartoons,
Advertising,
Publicity.
E. F. JESSEN,
SEWARD, ALASKA
GUIDE SIGNS ON
PACIFIC COAST
FOR AVIATORS
SEWARD STATION TO CONFORM
WITH PLAN—SIGN FOR AL
ASKAN PLANES
UP AND DOWN PACIFIC COAST
Distributing plants Offer a Conspicu
ous Landmark for Fliers.
To assist in the development of
aviation, and to increase safety and
certainty of air travel, the Standard
Oil Company (California), following
a suggestion from the office of the
Chief of Air Service, War Depart
ment, will establish a widespread
system of guide-signs for aviators
along the airways of the Pacific Coast
States, giving the Pacific Coast its
only marked airways and the first of
the kind in the country. These signs
will take the form of names of towns
painted on the roofs of the Compa
ny’s buildings. The Army Air Ser
vice will also offer cooperation to the
Naval Air Service, the Air Mail Ser
vice and commercial fliers.
At first the effort will be clearly
to mark the present airways and
towns adjacent to flying and landing
fields. There are now established
airways from San Diego to Seattle
and from San Francisco to Reno.
Along theseroutes the Company has
distributing plants at frequent inter
vals. The towns on these airways
which should be marked are now be
ing selected and the signs will be
painted at once. As other airways
are developed and necessity requires,
additional signs will be set up.
The Company has stations at most
ports on the Pacific Coast and at
these will establish signs for the
guidance and assistance of seaplanes.
The Standard Oil Company (Calif
ornia) has more than 650 distribut
ing plants in California, Washing
ton, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Ida
ho and Utah. Each of these plants
has a warehouse and it is upon the
roofs of warehouses that fche guide
signs will be places. In addition,
there are many other buildings suit
able to the purpose in the oil fields
of the iSan Joaquin Valley and South
ern California, at pump stations on
pipe lines, and at refineries.
The roofs available for signs range
from 530 square feet in small towns
to several thousand square feet in
the large cities, giving in all cases
ample room for appropriate signs.
Thesigns, consisting of the names
of towns, or possibly, in some cases,
abbreviations thereof, will be in large
white block letters on a dark back
ground, giving a high degree of visi
bility. Owing to the .fact that the
storage tanks are painted white, the
Company’s distributing plants afford
a conspicuous landmark from the
air and are considered especially suit
able for the purpose at hand. They
are also all located on railways,
which present airways usually fol
low.
Fairbanks Resident, E. H.
Mack, on Way To States
for Medical Treatment
E. H. Mack, head of the E. H. Mack
Co., Fairbanks, real estate and insur
ance man, passed thru Seward Sat
urday en route to the States for med
ical treatment. Mr. Mack is one of
the best oldtimers known in the Fair
banks district. “Tell your troubles
to Mack,” is the slogan famous and
known thruout the Interior country.
Mr. Mack was taken ill some months
ago and is confident he will return
to Alaska soon in good (health.
C. A. Frank, from Nuka Bay, arriv
ed in Seward Saturday and, follow
ing a few days spent in Seward on
business, will depart for the Inte
rior, en route to Tolovana. He ex
pects to return within the month.
While in Seward Mr. Frank is &
guest at the Hotle Sexton.
Captain Smith, of the gasboat Cla
ra, arrived in port Sunday from
Nuka Bay.
Eastman KoaaK Agency, The Alas
ka Shop. tf.
Gas Launch
KENA1
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will j
be sold this season. If youj
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska
If You Are Doing Business
With Mail Order Concerns
If you are sending your cash out of town—doing business
with mail order concerns—keep mum about the growth—the indus
tries—the advantages or beauty of the town. You have no boast coming. It
is a good town not because of you, but in spite of you,
If you are net a lkm Trader You
the Best
are a
of the Town
r
This community is made up of individuals. Its prosperity
depends on individual effort. If you send your money away for goods
that can be purchased here, you injure the town—and yourself
When you buy from a mail order concern—your money is
gone for good. Not one red cent of it ever comes back. None of
it pays for taxes. None of it pays store rent, clerk hire—or does a blessed
one of the dozens of things accomplished by home-spent money.
Suppose everyone in this city sent away for their mer
chandise. The town would go to rack and ruin. You wouldn’t be
able to give property away. There would be little employment for labor.
Schools—churches—everything of a public nature would be stripped to poor
house poverty. There’s no reason why anyone should deal with mail order
concerns. Your home town merchant carries the best grades of merchandise
on the market They are goods of recognized merit. They are sold at
practically one price the world over. You know you are getting full value in
quality. The biggest manufacturers in the country insure that with their
trademarks. Your purchases are protected. There is no buying dissatisfaction
—long waits—long distance return costs—-or delivery charges.
Your dealer appreciates your patronage. He puts forth
every effort to kola your trade. He becomes intimately acquainted
with your likes and dislikes—consequently can serve you in the most satisfac
tory manner. And to top off all of these important advantages—your local
merchant can save you money. \
By all means talk up your town—but first win the right to
speak by spending your money at home. It is the solid worth of home*
spent money —not words that establishes the public wealth and welfare
cl the community.
Donato to the good of the toum by trading IN town—and get the greatest value for your dollars.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
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