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A CARLOAD
OR A SACK
C-O-A-L
HEALY LUMP, NUT UR MINE RUN,
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EYAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANAIMO RANGE COAL
IN SACK OR BULK
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN,
TRANSFERRING AND TEAMING
TEL MAIN 17
H. V HOBEN
ARCADE BLDG.
A F. DAVIS
CHRIS’ PLACE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone •'* Madison 54
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
ANDY'S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
GAS BOAT LOST ON A REEF
The gasboat Vis, in charge of Ar
thur Wadhams, was wrecked near
Ketchikan last week when it struck
a reef near Long Island in Kasaan
Bay. There were four men aboard
the vessel at the time, all escaping
safely. The Vis was a 50-foot seine
boat, and had been tending a pile dri
ver. The vessel lies in about 30 feel
of water.
CHILD BORN TO MOSSMAN’S
Miss Pauline, a baby girl, was bo> 'i
to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mossmau
at Wichita, Kansas, last week. Mr
Mossman was formerly deputy mar
shal at Anchorage, under F. E. Bren
neman, marshal.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Frees
Keep Us Busy,
HARRY BOWERS, Manager
I
R. F. Tillman
Plumbing -- Steamfitting
Next to Crawford’s Shop
aronericson
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
THE SURROUNDINGS
Service and Food are the best at
FISHERS’ CAFE
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
ANCHORAGE TERM COURT
CONVENED LAST TUESDAY
The special Anchorage term of dis
trict court convened Tuesday.
Nancy Hedberg was granted a di
vorce from John Hedberg.
An order was made by the court
directing that a venire of 48 names
be drawn for a jury panel.
Pat Murray, D. J. McKenzie, George
Matzivich, Hannah L. Jarvey, Frank
Churchill, Tom Sugra and Hilda P.
Korhonen were admitted to citizen
ship.
YOUNG GETS JAIL SENTENCE
Frank Young of Fairbanks was giv
en four months in jail at Fairbanks
this week. His case was appealed to
the district court and he was releas
ed on $750 bail.
SHAFT SUNK AT KLAG BAY
Two shafts are being sunk at the
present time at the Klag Bay Mining
company’s property. One is now 200
feet in depth and the other SO feet. A
crew of 20 men is employed.
Dr. L. von Zesch, a former dentist
of Anchorage, is now located in Oak
land, California.
DRILLING AT CHILKAT
Drillers for the Chilkat Oil Com
panv are progressing steadily at Ka
talla. The water has been shut ofl
with a 12-inch casing to a depth be
tween 100 and 200 feet in the new
well. The drillers are going ahead
with a 10-inch casing from that point
LEAVE FOR SLATE CREEK
Eight men left Cordova this weel
for the Slate creek district. Amon*
the party are J. M. Elmer, manage]
j of the Slate Creek Mining company
1 J. E. Fitzpatrick, and W. J. Gould, jr.
the latter two from New York. Foui
employes were in the party. The par
tv will have an 88-mile walk fron
I Gulkana. Others in the party an
two sons of Elmer. Fred Lutsenhise:
of Seattle and E. E. Bussey. The lat
ter has been in the Mayo section th<
past year.
PROHIBITION MEN ACTIVE
During the month of April prohibi
tion officers in Ketchikan secured 1’
convictions, jail sentences amounting
to 990 days and fines to $4,075. Nin<
places were abated and closed up am
one gas boat was seized. One con
vietion for narcotics was had and on<
narcotic addict given a blue ticket.
Considerable alarm was occasionet
recently at the Federal jail in Cor
dova, while Arshin Omar, a Greel
insane patient brought in from Me
Carthy, spent a few hour3 then
awaiting the arrival of the boat
Omar became violent and bit hii
fingers so badly a doctor had to b<
called in. He was taken to Morn
ingside Sanitarium in company witl
two other patients from the westward
They were in charge of Deputy Alar
shal H. M. Conrad of Latouche an<
William Schmidt of Valdez.
Hear Dr. McQueen at the Methodis
church Sunday night.
The Alaska railroad river steame
General Jacobs, which was recentl;
converted from a wood burned ti
a coal burner by Ross H. Hale, su
perintendent of motive power an<
equipment, made a successful run t<
Ruby and return to Nenana unde
her new mode of power. The tri]
was made in seven and one-hal
days.
After being out for four houri
last evening the jury in Fairbank:
brought in a verdict in favor of Me
Connel in the civil suit of Gusta1
A. Vedin vs. G. A. McConnell. Johi
A. Clark represented the defendan
in the suit. The case went to th(
jury and within four hours the ver
diet was read. The suit concerned
title to property on Cleary Creek a
16 Below Discovery.
’’Guilty as charged” was the vei
diet brought in by a jury in An
chorage the other night in the cas
of Mrs. Thora Peterson, charged wit!
violation of the Alaska dry law, whei
last week D. W. Flannigan, federa
prohibition officer and Chief of Po
ice Powless, with members of th
marshal’s office raided her dress
making establishment on C. stree
and found a quantity of mule.
She got 6 months in jail and
$500 fine attached.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
OGLES GARAGE & FILLING STATION
Phone Madison 68
GASOLINE OILS GREASES VULCANIZING
Agent for Overland and Willys-Knights
Machine Shop in Connection
DAY AND NIGHT TAXI SERVICE
HUDSON AND STUDEBAKER CARS
HUSSEY & BOLAM, Mechanics_
ALASKA BANKS
REPORTED IN
GOOD CONDITION:
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The total resources of the banks in
Alaska, according to the annual report
of the Territorial Banking Board,
amounts to $11,338,S10, and the total
deposits subject to check, S5,896,374.
55. The total resources of each bank
are as follows:
The B. M. Behrends Bank, Juneau, |
$1,968,931.20.
Miners & Merchants Bank, Ketchi
kan, $1,538,077.57.
Miners & Merchants Bank. Nome,
$780,236.11.
Miners and Merchants Bank, Idita
rod, $109,087.17.
Salmon River Banking Co.. Hyder,
$109,872.47.
First Bank of Valdez, $205,503.94.
First Bank of Cordova. $997,904.06.
! Bank of Petersburg, $361,719.95.
Bank of Anchorage, $304,764.95. j
Bank of Seward, $343,039.46.
! Bank of Alaska. Skagway, $307,271.
In the resoufces of this bank are in
( eluded $75,000_ apportioned from its
, other branches, as Skagway is the
. parent bank’s headquarters.
Bank of Alaska, Wrangell. $239,
’ 799.07.
Bank of Alaska, Anchorage. $412.
066.24.
Bank of Alaska, Cordova. $366, 365.
First National Bank of Juneau,
.’ $1,203,464.03.
r First National of Fairbanks, $1,163,
’ 233.98.
I First National, Anchorage, $794,502.
First National, Ketchikan. $145,850.
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IRISH STANDARDIZE
PORTER BOTTLES!
DUBLIN, June 6.—(JP)—The Free
State government has made an order
, standardizing the size of perter bot
tles. Porter is largely sold by the
bottle and the quantity of the con
tents varied. Some traders got 16
and the more generous ones only
f 14 bottles out of a gallon.
Travelers boarding a train at night
- can find the sleeper by simply listen
1 ing.
Frank Moore, painter and paper
t hanger is busily engaged in renovat
ing and kalsomining the Harriman
building apartments.
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With only about ten men on the
job, the Tanana Valley Gold Fields
Ltd., is about to start things. In
the last News-Miner they were ad
vertising for bid for hauling 900 tons
)f freight from Gilmore to Fish
meek, so that they can construct
heir dredger, on which no work is
jeing done today, and get the gold
joat to working.
Subscribe for The Seward Gatewav.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
^Mfand third Wednesdays of each
/\r\month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Sail, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
tf. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.__
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
l month in Odd Fellows’
'Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
_ come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, 'r G.
HOTEL OVERLAND
GORDON SHEA, Propr.
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH
New Heating Plant Just Installed
88-8
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
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’ POWDER—CAPS—FUSE—MINERS’ SUPPLIES
SKIP CHANDLERY AND SHIP LINOLEUM
ANCHORS, ROPE AND TWINE
HALIBUT LINES AND HOOKS
Sheet Metal — Plumbing Shop — Gun Repair
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