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Business Twenty Years
THE MANAGEMENT of this institution
is in full accord with modern ideas.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN as the
bank that renders its customers the kind of
service required for their best interests.
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SEWARD, ALASKA
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New Items in
Men’s Wear
CAPS -
OXFORDS
SHOES
SUITS -
SHIRTS
$2.25 to $3.50
$6.50 to $10.00
$6.50 to $10.00
- $25 to $50
$1.95 to $8.50
NEW STYLES—NEW
MATERIALS
Urbach’s
“BUY CHEAPER FOR CASH”
COLD BAY OIL MAN
RETURNS TO CLAIM
p. B. Reed, superintendent of the
Standard Oil Company operations at
Cold Bay, returned to Seward the first
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of the week with the repaired crank
shaft, departing for Kanatak on the
steamer Starr Tuesday. Drilling is
continuing, Mr. Reed said. In No. 1
well, they are down to a depth of 3,
700 feet. On the McNally claim they
are down 60 feet.
FRESH VEGETABLES
received on every boat
Fancy and Staple
GROCERIES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
No orders too large or too small
Mail orders promptly attended to
BEST STOCKS IN ALASKA
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FORESTRY MAN
CHANGES MIND
ABOUT ALASKA
WASHINGTON OFFICIAL IMPRESS
ED WITH AGRICULTURAL POS
SIBILITIES OF JVIATANUSKA VAL
LEY.
SEWARD LAND IS SOUR
Summer Forage Sufficient for Build
ing of Tremendous Stock
raising Business.
“I am thoroughly charmed with the
country, especially between Moose
Pass and Hope,” said C. H. Squires,
inspector for the forestry service,
Washington, D. €., during his recent
visit in Seward. “We did not expect
to find such natural beauty in Alaska
for, somehow, we had gained the
idea that the topography of this dis
trict was dull and uninteresting. This
is not true.”
Mr. Squire is connected with land
work, such as classifications of lands
for the forestry department, and in
boundaries. In agriculture he is keen
ly interested. So while in the Inlet
district, Mr. Squire made a trip to
the Matanuska Experimental Farm,
which is in charge of M. D. Snodgrass.
The agricultural possibilities of that
district astounded him, he said, and
it was with much gratification he not
ed the splendid success the farmers
are having in the Matanuska valley.
“There is absolutely no question, from
what Mr. Headley and myself saw',
that agricultural crops can and are
being produced,” Mr. Squire stated.
“Supt. Snodgrass is very confident
that it is only a question of time when
a good size agricultural community
will be settled in the valley. There
are many there now' and have been
for years, the great trouble thus far
though has been the marketing of
the home grow'n products, including
the dairy and livestock. With refer
ence to the dairy products the district
seems to be particularly adaptable
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“The cost of clearing the laud is ra
ther heavy, on an average much high
er than found in other agricultural
districts. I was informed that the av
erage cost of clearing land in the
Matanuska district was $150 an acre.
Coming towards Seward the cost of
clearing runs much higher, in fact,
$400 to $500 an acre seems to be the
cost in this district. This is very
high. Between Seward and Anchor
age, the agricultural possibilities are
almost nill. The soil is sour and the
farmer has to use too much fertilizer,
such as limes, etc., to make the land
produce. Splendid small gardens are
found at various points in this re
gion, but it requires a great deal of
effort to cultivate even these small
bits of ground.
“When I look about me and see the
wonderful summer forage going to
waste I can imagine what a stock
man in the states would say if any
one of them could see the tremendous
natural growth abundant on the hills
and in the lowlands. There is suffi- j
cient of summer forage to support a j
huge stock industry in this district.
Someday, I suppose you folks will
have an industry here.”
Mr. Squire was paticularly impress
ed with the large quantities of food
products which are shipped into Alas
ka, which could be raised here. He
gave as his reason for this as the
practice, since the early days, of pur
chasing supplies in the States had nev
er been done away with, people having
acquired the habit, never giving it
much thought. “What a wonderful
thing it would be to the Teritory, if
these products which could be grown
in the Territory, would be purchased
by Alaskans,” Mr. Squire exclaimed.
“Such a huge industry could be de
veloped from this alone, reflecting
much prosperity to every Alaskan
town and community.”
Mr. Squire and Mr. Headley, are
both from the Washington, D. C. of
fice of the forestry depatment, and
in company with M. L. Merritt, as
sistant distict forester, Juneau head
quartes, and W. J. McDonald, forest
supervisor of the Chugach National
Forest, Cordova headquarters, made
a trip of inspection thru this district,
the past two weeks. The officials
departed for Juneau on the North
western, last Sunday.
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These Sock Bargains
MEN’S COTTON AND WOOL SOCKS,
new shipment, - - - 35c, 3 pr. for $1.00
MEN’S MERCERIZED LISLE SOCKS,
black, brown and gray, 3 pairs for - - $1.00
MEN’S WHITE ALL WOOL SOCKS,
heavy, 75c; 3 pairs for ----- $2.00
MEN’S HEAVY WOOL SOCKS,
made of pure sweater yarn, per pair - $1.00
NOTICE—Ticket No. 9581, calling for the
first prize of $25.00, and Ticket No. 7066,
entitling the bearer to the $15.00 prize have
not yet been presented. If not presented be
fore August 1, the money will be turned over
to some worthy charitable organization.
BROWN & HAWKINS
CORPORATION
“QUALITY FIRST’’
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FOREST TRAILS
!
A BIG FACTOR
TO PROSPECTOR
“The construction of roads and
trails within the Chugach National
Forest, is a big factor in assisting the
development of this region,” Roy
Treadway and C. H. Squire, forest of
ficials from Washington, D. C. "who
recently made a trip of inspection of
this district, stated to the Seward
Gateway, prior to their'departure for
the Juneau district last Sunday.
“Mr. McDonald and Mr. Merritt, of
the Alaska offices, are confining most
of their efforts along that line now.
it was stated, and are now construct
ing in the forest roads and trails
which will be the most useful and
practical in connection with the fight
ing of fires and also, which is of the
utmost importance, for the purpose of
making easier egress for the miner
and prospector, to those remote dis
tricts, which otherwise, would be al
most inexcessible owing to the high
cost of transportation.
B. D. Steward, head of the Alaska
Bureau of Mines department, who has
been in the Inlet and Interior dis
trict for the last month, also agrees
with the forestry officials that the
construction of roads and trails into
regions of the forest are most prom
ising from a mineral standpoint, is
very important and will serve a long
| felt want in assisting the prospector.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
BEGINS IN FEW DAYS
IN NUKA BAY REGION
Pete Sather, is due to arrive in Sew
ard tomorrow from Nuka Bay to take
aboard in this port, the Alaska Road
Commission crew of mno who will
begin next week, the construction of
the two-mile road in the district. It
is expected Supt. Hawley Sterling will
accompany the crew on the initial
trip. Two tons of material and equip
ment will be taken to the bay by Cap
tain Sather.
NEW ENGINEER
STEAMER STARR
Relieving Frank Hunt as first as
sistant engineer on the steamer Starr,
Verne Bassford, arrived from Seat
tle on the steamer Northwestern, and
upon his arrival in port, took over his
new duties on the Starr. Engineer
Bassford has been operating on the
Pacific coast and to the Orient for
many years. Engineer Hunt departed
from Seward for Seattle on the S.S.
Northwestern.
BASEBALL
Americans.
Detroit, 5-8, Boston 0-2.
Cleveland 14-5, Philadelphia 3-7.
Chicago 2, Washington 10.
St. Louis 4, New York 6.
Nationals
Philadelphia-Cincinnati rain.
New York-Pittsburgh rain.
Boston-Chicago rain.
Boston 4, St. Louis 5.
Coast.
Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 7.
Portland 4, Salt Lake 5.
Oakland 4, Vernon 5.
Seattle 7, Sacramento 7.
COLLEGE YOUTH SPEND SUMMER
WITH yiS PARENTS AT KODIAK
To spend the summer with his par
ents, E. Brooker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Brooker, restaurant people of Kodiak,
departed for home on the steamer
Starr. Young Brooker has been at
tending the Stanford University of
California, and will remain with his
parents until September when he will
reenter the college.
Miss Seigrid Tjernstrom, an aunt
from Cleveland, Ohio, went to Kodiak
with him, and will visit with her sis
ter until August. Before returning
to the States, Miss Seigfrid contem
plates making a trip to the Interior.
LARGEST SHIPMENT
0 FPLASTER BOARD
BILLED TO BROSIUS
The largest single {shipment Of
plaster board which has ever arrived
in Seward, came in on the steamer
Northwestern last week, billed to Cal
M. Brosius, dealer wholesale, retail
lumber and general building material.
The plaster board is in about twelve
sizes, some of the cases weighing 900
pounds. Six men have been on the
job for the last two days hauling the
plaster board over from the dock to
one of the lumber warehouses. A
quantity of the board is being taken
directly from the dock to various
buildings in Seward now in process
of erection.
•A second carload of building mate
rial was also shipped to him on the
vessel, consisting of everything in
this line. In view of the building op
erations now under way, and others
which will soon begin, a great number
of window sashes and doors is com
prised in this shipment. Mr. Brosius,
proprietor of the local concern, reput
ed to be the largest business of its
kind in the Territory, points out that
much activity in the building line is
anticipated this season, according to
present indications.
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