This Bank Has been in
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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Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
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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
SEWARD TRADING COMPANY
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SMALL WHALER IS
INPORTPORTFROM
KODIAK STATION
CAPTAIN LOUIS LANE, NOTED
SKIPPER OF NORTH MAKE
CALL AT SEWARD.
HARPOON NINE BIG
WHALES TO DATE
J New Enterprise Making Headway—
Supplies Natural Fox Food to
Alaska Fox Farmers.
Nine whales have been killed thus
far by the crew of the whaleboat
Gunnar, Captain Louis Lane, Richard
Holbrook and Axel Hansen, all part
» ners in the new fox feed enterprise
. which has been carried on this sea
son in a manner quite pleasing to
the owners. Indications point that
the enterprise wall be a success fi
nancially and according to the own
ers, who arrived in port last night
: from Kodiak where they have been
hunting for the last two months, they
will return from the south next
season and operate in the same vi
cinities.
( The Gunnar, said to be the small
est independent unit whaler in the
world, first arrived in Seward from
Seattle the fore part of July, leav
: ing here shortly for Kodiak which
; point has been used as the craft’s
base during whaling operations. The
idea of hunting whales for fox feed
was conceived by Captain Lane, who
is probably one of the Territory’s
leading authority on fur. Whale
meat is considered the natural food
for the fox and due to its low cost,
which is lower than any other form
of feed, it is confidently believed a
good business will eventually be real
ized by the pioneers and originators
of the industry.
Whale Killing Uneventful.
The nine whales secured to date
were killed without any particular in
cident of importance in the way of
excitement. Good weather was mark
ed at all times. Fox ranchers who
have tanks use them for the stor
ing of the meat but others, to whom
whale meat has been delivered and
having no tanks or barrels, buried
the meat in order to preserve it. In
delivering a whale to the White &
Walker Fox Farm on Goose Island,
the whale went aground during the
night and the next morning the own
ers discovered six foxes gorging
themselves. In feeding blubber to
fox in peas it has been noticed that
after eating it the fox would come
close to * the feeder and lick their
hand in order to get every particle
of oil off. Foxes are simply crazy
over whale meat. And fox fed on
whale meat are said to produce a
much finer grade of fur.
The nine whales killed w'ere de
livered to the following fox people:
White & Walker, Goose Island; Mel
sing, Kalsen Island; Erskine, Long
Island; George Hogg, Dark Island;
a native at Seldovia; Bear Cove Fox
Farm, Katchemak Bay; Frank Cun
ningham, Wooded Island; Dr. W.
W. Council, Green Island.
Captain Lane proposed to leave
port tomorrow for the Prince Will
iam Sound whaling area where af
ter supplying a number of fox farm
ers, intends heading for the South.
LEAD MARKET ATTRACTS
ATTENTION OF MINING
WORLD, SAYS ENGINEER
NOW IN NUKA BAY QUARTZ DIS
TRICT EXAMINING PROSPECTS
FOR NEXT TEN DAYS.
Ice was forming on ponds in the
Interior last week, stated J. G. Shep
pard, U. S. geological survey official,
who arrived in Seward the first part
of the week, and who since, left for
|g the Nuka Bay quartz field. The sea
son is getting late and in the Broad
Pass district especially, is the ap
proach of winter more noticeable
than elsewhere, he said. He was a
passenger on the gasboat Rolph II,
Captain John Smith, which left port
yesterday morning, bound for Nuka
Bay and Kodiak where the craft has
been chartered to carry a hunting
party.
During the season, Mr. Sheppard
has been spending practie&ly all of
I his time along the Alaska Railroad,
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School Days are Near
MOTHERS, let us show you the wide selec
tion of Boys’ Clothing we are showing
this season:
Suits, two pants ----- $10 to $16.50
Shoes, solid leather.$4.50
Underwear, heavy ribbed.$1.50
Blouses, assorted patterns.$1.50
Corduroy Pants- double seat and knee - - $3.50
Stockings, heavy rib.40c and 50c
Sweaters.$1.50 to $7.00
BROWN & HAWKINS
CORPORATION
“QUALITY FIRST”
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examining prospects, which included
that area below the McKinley Na
tional park, the Willow Creek re
gion, and around Anchorage. It is
believed at the conclusion of his ex
amination at Nuka Bay which will
occupy at least a week of his time,
he will go south to the Juneau of
fice. Norman L. Wimmbler, also
connected with the department has
been detailed on the examination of
placer prospects in the Valdez dis
trict, where a stampede was re
cently under way, and to other plac
er fields in this part of the Terri
tory. Mr. Wimmbler is due to ar
rive in Seward probably in about
ten days, it was stated.
H. H. Townsend, another member
of the bureau and well known in
Seward, is shortly to visit the Moose
Pass country. He is at present in
the Anchorage region.
Of particular importance at this
time is the announcement made by
Mr. Sheppard, prior to his departure
yesterday, when he said the lead
market is attracting the attention
of the mining world and due to this
fact, in his opinion, galena prospects
should gain instant recognition.
“For sale, sport car, capacity 20
gal.” Must be a co-ed college town.
Urbach’s for Shoes.
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A HAPPY THOUGHT
An Englishman and an Irishman
lived in a coast town and both owned
boats. One day the Englishman de
cided to christen his craft, so painted
on its stern, “Henry the Eighth.”
The Irishman, not to be outdone,
seized his brush and inscribed, “March
the Seventeenth.”
The most interesting thing a wea
ther expert can broadcast is that good
old song, “It Ain’t Goin’ to Rain No
More.”
Bud Dyer, truck driver locally tor
the B. P. R. has been transferred to
Moose Pass where he will drive a
truck for the same outfit.
LUMBER
FOR SALE
All Kinds of
Rough and Dressed
SPRUCE LUMBER
Inquire
Camille LaRochelle
Mile Seven.
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Under New Management
The MARATHON CAFE
ALL that’s good and whole
some, prepared correct
ly and appetizingly will be
found daily on our menu.
REGULAR DINNER SERVED, SHORT ORDERS
Extra Special Dinners Served on Sundays.