NO BUSINESS MAN
TOO BIG ATTEND
CHAMBER MEET
FORMER PRESIDENT NEW JER
SEY CHAMBER HEARD AT
LOCAL LUNCHEON.
Seward Typical Town
Easterners To Put In Good Word for
Territory To Their Own
. Cougressmen.
“It is my belief that there is no
merchant or business man in Sew
ard, or in any city, town or com
munity, who is too big to attend
Chamber of Commerce meetings,
and especially, at a meeting such
as I see here today,” stated John M.
Campbell, prominent business man of
Passaic, N. J., in an address before
the local chamber’s luncheon yes
terday noon, at the Seward Grill.
“It is gratifying to note the splen
did attendance at both of the local
•chamber meetings which I have had
the honor to be a guest,” Mr. Camp
bell resumed. “Meetings, such as
these, where the business men get
together for an hour or tw'o each
week, will accomplish a lot for your
community and district, and for the
entire Territory. Continuing this
kind of work will result in but one
thing and that is, good things will
return from your efforts, manifold.
Noon-day meetings have proven to
be a great deal more successful than
at other periods of the day. It has
been found that more results are
obtained from noon-hour meets.
“Seward seems to me to be more
of a typical city than other I have
visited in Alaska. Your streets are
splendid and you have fine stores,
conducted by live merchants. One of
the things we have done, with re
spect to the merchants of our city,
was to sponsor a $1.00-a -day move
ment. This,, each week, is broadly
advertised. This movement and the
weekly sale has grown to such a
magnitude in our city now that many
merchants, on the day of the sale
are forced to close down for the re
mainder of the day, owing to dis
posing of their sale articles to the
huge swarms of shoppers. Often it
is necessary to call in police re
serves to some of the stores to take
charge of the crowds. These sales,
naturally, are honest bargains with
good dependable merchandise offer
ed. It is a fine thing for the public
and also affords the merchant to dis
pose of much merchandise which oth
erwise might lay on the shelves or
remain in the stockrooms for an in
definite period. The $1.00-a-day idea
is rapidly taking a whole in. the ma
jority of the towns and cities thru
out the United States. If Seward
merchants have not tried this, it is
■worthy of the effort, not once but
consistent.
“My Eastern friends, Mr. J. V.
Smeaton and Mr. H. C. Whitehead,
who are also guests at your lunch
eon today, and myself, will be only
too glad to do what we can to assist
you and Alaska in offering a sugges
tion to our congressmen in the mat
ter of securing an increase Alaskan
appropriation. The congressmen of our
state are personal friends of ours
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and, in a small measure, a sugges
tion from us may help. We hope to
meet your delegate, Mr. Dan Suth
erland, if not during this present
trip, later in the East.”
VOICEOFALASKA
SELDOM HEARD
IN THE STATES
FORMER CHAMBER COMMERCE
OFFICIAL IN EAST COMMENDS
LOCAL ORGANIZATION
LAUDS ALASKAN PEOPLE
Is Leaving Alaska As 100 Per Cent
Booster—Enjoyed His Alaskan
Tour Immensely.
“Our Westward trip on the his
toric steamer Starr was an occasion
I will forever recall,” stated Mr. H.
C. Whitehead, influential citizen and
attorney of Passaic, N. J., at yes
terday’s meeting of the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce. “I am just a small
country lawyer and this is my first
trip to your wonderful country. Hav
ing spent so little time in Alaska,
I do not feel I can speak with any
degree of authenticity on your coun
try, but I certainly am intensely
interested with it, and it has cer
tainly been a pleasure to me to be
a guest at your luncheon today and
hear the interesting reports and ob
servations from your other guests
who preceded myself in addressing
the chamber members.
“I have been tremendously im-,
pressed with the people of Alaska,
especially with the fine men I have
met personally. I expect from such
men as Captain O. A. Johansen, mas
ter of the Starr, that the splendid,
upstanding and virile men of Alaska,
is perhaps reflected to a consider
able degree. Men big enough to pio
neer and make a land productive
are an unlimited asset to the coun
try, and, to me, it has certainly been
a great pleasure, to have as my
traveling companions, and to have
met, this class of men while on my
Alaska trip.
“It is not uncommon, at any meet
ings of various chambers in the
States, to find but a small attend
ance present. Your weekly meet
ings, here in Seward, reflect much
credit on the community. This com
mercial organization is one of the
strongest means of expression any
town or district could possibly have.
The spirit, as typified at both of
your meetings at which I have been
present, cannot but help to accom
plish much good. It is my earnest
hope that the Seward Chamber of
Commerce will continue to function,
and in this way, and help in what
manner you can in making the Ter
ritory better known to the States.
As I go out of Alaska, this thought
will be uppermost in my mind for
Alaska needs all the advertising
it can get Outside. It’s voice is
seldom heard.”
Edward Dorsen of St. Paul quoted
the Bible in his defense when arrest
ed for profanity, but was fined by the
court.
Without cash to contribute to a
church building fund, a member of
•Coalville, Eng., congregation present
ed Rev. J. A. Degen with a pet baboon.
George Devalle, of Montreal claims
to have killed three deer with one shot
while on a northern hunting trip.
George Andrews of Wilmette, 111.,
brought the body of a man to the sur
face while fishing with a hook and
line.
Frederick Wernham, 100, and Mrs.
Kate Allison, 103, celebrated their
birthday, by eating a sumptuous din
ner together at Chester, Eng.
When Mrs. Mary Tisdale of Saint
Louis, found her husband on the street
with another woman, she discovered
he was a bigamist.
SUITS! SUITS! SUITS!
JUST RECEIVED a shipment of high
class suits direct from New York.
I was able to purchase these suits
at very low pxdces which enables
me to offer them to you at a great
bargain.
JORDANS VALET SERVICE.
SURVEY OF BUILDING
IN U. S. SCHEDULED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30. (>P)
A study of the costs and methods
in building construction and in all
parts of the country will be started
next month by five groups of contrac
tors representing the Association of
General Contractors of America.
Each of the five groups will have a
separate itinerary, one going from Chi
cago to Denver and then to Salt Lake
City, Spokane, Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and El Paso.
Because of so many marriages of
girl clerks, a Philadelphia firm decid
ed to bar women under forty from its
employ.
James Thompson of Hesseville, Ind.
killed his stepfather for beating his
mother and was exonerated by the
jury.
Mrs. Harriet Culkins of Carthage,
Mo., killed a snake in her cellar, where
it had deposited many eggs.
Left in a baby buggy by her mother,
2-year-old Elsa Kernan of Desplaines,
111., rolled into the river with it and
was saved from drowning with diffL
culty.
A shark 13 feet long was caught in
a net on a London beach within 100
feet of a crowd of bathers.
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^ADMIRAL LINE
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from Arrives at South from
Seattle— Seward— Seward—
Oct. 1. Oct. 8. Oct. 14.
Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Schedule*!
Lv. Seattle
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct, 10.
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in the above schedule will not leave Seward earlier
than MIDNIGHT, sailing date.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers^ connects with
above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is
land points, subject to change without notice.
= J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
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Glass, Locks, Hinges, "
Stockholm Tar,
Hyd. Lime,
Plate Glass,
Colors,
Chimney Brick,
Varnish,
Corner Bead,
Mirrors,
Medusa,
White Atlas,
Keens,
Metal Lath,
Cedar, Oak, Maple,
Arch Brick,
Fire Clay,
Plaster Paris,
Hickory, Iron Bark,
Beaver Board,
Gal. Cor. Iron,
Pulleys,
Flooring,
Fir, Spruce, Maple,
Ceiling,
Rustic,
Roof Pitch,
BB1. Lime, Paints.
Glass Cutting,
Terps, Oils,
Fibered Plaster,
Stains, Putty,
Corner Lath,
Belting, Cement
Doors,
Windows,
Lumber,
Fir Lath,
Fire Brick,
Spruce Finish,
Mouldings,
Z-Lath,
Plaster Board,
Mahogany,
Roof Paper,
Building Paper,
Asbestos Paper,
Shingles,
Sash Rail,
Fir Finish,
LIBBY-OWENS WINDOW GLASS, Single and Double Strength,
Standard Oil Products, Rubber Matting, White Sand,
ASBESTOS STRIP SHINGLES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS,
METAL BASEMENT SASH AND FRAMES,
Sidewalk Coal Hole Corers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
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Builders' Supplies
When things Look
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Seward Steam Laundry
Telephone Main 148
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F, I. REED, Proprietor
Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
Strictly Modem Prices Reasonable
Steam Heat Good Service
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
Bus meets all trains and boats
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