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Character
The standing of a financial institution is re
flected in the* character of those with whom it
does business.
We are proud to number among our corres
pondents the leading banks and trust companies
both here and abroad.
In choosing a Bank choose strength, service
—and character.
Bank of Seward
Established 1905
RESOURCES $400,000.00
DRILLERS ARE DAWN
210 FEET, 1IITIIGII
J. B. MILLER DESCRIBES TO COR
DOVA PAPER RECENT AC
TIVITIES IN FIELD
With his year’s clean-up of gold
packed in a “petrified egg” can, J.
B. Miller arrived at Cordova recently
from Yakataga Beach, where he has
been mining the garnet sands since
April. 1904. He comes back to civiliza
tion about once a year and deposits
the proceeds of his seasons toil in the
bank.
Oil drilling at Yakataga, Mr. Miller
said, was delayed recently when the
dry pipe collapsed. Material to replace
it arrived on a recent steamer. The
drillers for the General Petroleum
Company first struck gas, but have
since encountered salt water. They
are down 210 feet. Since equipment j
has been moved to the property, the
crew at work has been reduced to
about a dozen men. However, even
this number means a large increase
in the population. Where Mr. Miller
lives, 20 miles west of the oil claims,
there are only three settlers.
SPECIAL CLUB MEETING
To discuss the Near East Relief
work a meeting has been called by
Mrs. Ralph Reed, president of the
Seward Woman’s Club, to be held at
her home tomorrow (Saturday) after
noon at 2:30 o’clock. It is important
that all members attend and lend
their voice in this particular discus
sion.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Morning Prayer and Sermon at St.
Peter’s Episcopal Church Sunday at
11:30 o’clock a. m., Rt. Rev. P. T.
Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, officiating.
Special music will be rendered by the
Girls’ Choir from the Jesse Lee Home.
CATHOLIC SERVICE SUNDAY
Father Eline ‘of Fairbanks, will ar
from Anchorage and on Sunday will
rive in Seward tomorrow evening
hold services in Seward at 9 a. m.
Seattle Ice Cream at Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop. tf.
Developing, Printing and Enlarging
—Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Seward Steam Laundry
HAND LAUNDRY IN CONNECTION
Also Rough Dry and “H. K.”—Housekeeping Service
Send your laundry “H.K.” Housekeeping Service.
The rough dry-service has been abandoned. “H.K.”
is cheaper and more satisfactory.
Phone Main 148
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Approximately four billion feet of
timber was used last' year to
replace wood destroyed by decay.
USE SUPERIOR CEMENT AND
HAVE NO DECAY
C.M.B.
Builders’ Supplies
Goughs and Golds
To break up colds we have all the sorts
of remedies and for coughs all the standard
remedies. ,
Seward Drug Co.
(ELWYN SWETMANN)
BISHOP P.T. HOWE 1
ARRIVES SEWARD;
PREACHES SUNDAY;
HARDY BISHOP OF 70 YEARS i
STILL TREKS THROUGH THE
TERRITORY—HIS HOME
The vast territory of Alaska is
“home” and “workshop” to Peter
Trimble Rowe, who for thirty-one
years has extended a helping hand to
residents of the frozen north as mis
sionary bishop of Alaska. Bishop |
Rowe arrived in Seward late last ev
ening from Anchorage, accompanied
by Rev. W. A. Thomas. Sunday they
will hold confirmation services at the
Episcopal church. Bishop Rowe will
sail for Valdez on the S.S.. Northwest
ern and from there will go to visit
parishes in Southeastern Alaska. He [
has just completed a long visit to par-1
ishes in the Interior.
Today at seventy years of age, the ,
Episcopalian bishop looks forward to J
several more winters extending the j
outposts of civilization farther to the !
north, ministering to his flock. Then !
he says he will give way to a younger |
man imbued with ardor for a difficult |
mission. He describes his missionary i
district as the largest in the world.
Marched in the Gold Rush
Friend of the explorer, Indian and j
Eskimo, Bishop Rowe’s life is closely j
interwoven with the most interesting |
chapters in the history of Alaska. He
was on the march with the “boys” in
the gold rushes of the Yukon and j
Dawson and admits frankly his hope :
that there will be one more good find
of gold.
He recalls how some gazed in am
azement as they rushed along the trail
to Dawson seeking the yellow metal
when he told them his sole object in j
making the arduous journey was to
“look after them.”
He taught many tenderfoots, many
of them lured from the city, how to
fashion their own boats.
. Is Also A Carpenter
Aptitude for carpentry has served
the bishop many times in his varied
experiences. Various missions that dot
the horizon of the north country. Sev
eral were fashioned by his hands. It i
was in one of these missions that
Stefansson, the explorer was nursed
back to life, after being gripped by
pneumonia and typhoid fever.
Pilots Own Sledge
Bishop Rowe is proud of his record
in never losing a dog in the thousands
of miles he has traveled over the
broad expanse of the Alaskan terri
tory, much of it unknown to white .
man. For yea^s he has piloted his own ,
sledge in getting from mission to mis
sion, and ministering what he calls
“practical Christianity.” It is the kind
he says, that gains the interest of
men in the future of their soul, thru
satisfying and caring for their physi
cal and mental needs.
DANCE
TOMORROW
ODD FELLOWS ,
HALL
MUSIC BY
THE JOLLY THREE
Don’t Throw Away
Your
Coats
Drop in and Select an
Extra Pair of
Trousers
LIGHT AND DARK
PATTERNS
$4.50 TO $8.00
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CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges,
Powder—Caps—Fuse—Miners’ Supplies
Ship Chandlery and Ship linoleum
Anchors, Rope, Oil and Twine
Halibut Lines and Hooks
Sheet Metal—Plumbing Shop—Gun Repair
Seward Alaska.
J. L. GRAEF
* Phone Madison 87 Seward, Alaska