NOTICE
Our Collector beins absent, we re
quest that customers of the Seward
Water & Power Company and the Al
aska Transfer will call at our office.
3-t ALASKA TRANSFER.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
FOR RENT—Furnished house, si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Doug!
rety. tf
What is a
BANK?
A modern bank is more than a deposi
tory for money; more than a place upon
which to issue checks.
A modern bank is an institution of help
fulness to its depositors and clients. It
is interested in seeing that the^ are
prosperous and successful in the'r fi
nancial ventures.
Depositors who let us help them with
advice born of long experience, can tes
tify to the value of our service.
LET US SERVE YOU
Bank of Seward
Whenever your work or
play takes you into deep
water, you need a pair
of high-top “ Ball-Band”
Rubber Boots.
In the quality of mate
rial, in the grade of work
manship, in the design
of the boot, no pains and
no cost are spared to give
you a good fit, real
comfort, and More Days
Wear.
For Sport
or
Work
The Red Ball Trade Mark appears on the rubber
footwear we carry. Whether it’s a low rubber, a
high arctic, a short boot, an all - rubber arctic,
or anything else, we find that our customers like
best the “Ball-Band” kind
HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
H. V. Hoben
SEWARD
A. F. Davis
THE
ALASKA TRANSFER
Want YOU
to try the
Baxter
COAL.
The coal showing a greater content of heat units
per ton than any coal being mined in Alaska
Delivered to You at $11 Der ton
ALSO HEALY LUMP, NUT, OR MINE RUN,
NANAIMO COAL IN SACKS OR BULK
Auto Service
OUR AUTOS MEET All BOATS and TRAINS
Telephone Orders to Main 81
After 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. Telephone Madison 24
T
The ball given by the Odd Fellows
tonight will be one of the best for
some time, special music having been
engaged for the occasion.
Highland Linen Stationery, Schall
erer’s. tf
Mrs. Gust Peterson and daughter re
turned on the Alaska after spending
| several months visiting in the States
with relatives and friends.
Among the traveling men who ar
rived on the Alaska are Richard
Wakelin, C. W. Sharp of the Schwa
j bacher Hardware Co., of Seattle; G.
W. Ganger, of the U. S. Rubber Com
pany and H. B. Madlaud of Anchor
j age.
Remington Portable Typewriter, at
$60 —Schallerer’s. tf
J. M. Davidson, builder of the Myo
cene ditch at Nome, is registered at
the Van Gilder. Mr. Davidson is on
his way to Fairbanks.
Stanley Herning, a Wasilla merch
ant was taken ill with measles while
i traveling on the Alaska, and was
placed in quarantine at the Skagway
House upon his arrival in Seward.
!
i Judge E. E. Ritchie of Valdez ar
i rived on the Alaska on his way to
j Anchorage to hold a short term of !
i court. He is accompanied by Deputy 1
Clerk Selma Scott.
1 Mrs. J. A. Magill, wife of the An
chorage cannery operator, will arrive
on tonight's train on her way to the
States where she will visit until some
time in April.
Bruno Agostine, a popular Latouche
resident, is a guest of the Van Gilder.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coghill and
! son, of Nenana, are Seward visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C.' Murphy, of San j
Francisco, are recent arrivals on the
boat, on their way to the Interior.
Mr. Murphy is a well known mining
man.
Miss Marie Smith, proprietor of the
Anchorage Rose Beauty Parlors, ar
rived on the Alaska.
—
E. E. Tillman, a Cordova resident,
is in town on his way north.
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Miss Beatrice Baughman, a daugh
ter of Seward’s popular physician,
sailed today on the Alameda for this
place, to make her home with her
father. She has been attending schoo
in Seattle.
W. D. Elliott, of Seattle, is regis
, lered at the Hotel Sexton.
FOR SALE—1 Axminster rug, 9x12,
$30; 1 Art square 9x12^ $18; 1 bath
cabinet with lamp, $15. Phone Main
3.
WANTED
Copies of the Seward Gateway of
May 9, July 13, August 20, 21, 22,
25, October 11, 1923 to complete our
files in the National Library at Wash
ington. Ten cents per copy will be
paid i'or any ox these numbers.
The steamship Alaska brought one
passenger to Valdez, Robert Kelsey,
steamship agent at Valdez.
Hotel Arrivals
At the Overland:
Tim Royl, C. H. Jansen, Seattle;
Mrs. Mike Murphy and son, Seattle;
Mrs. M. A. Gillman, Silvana Wash.;
D. R. Adams, Anchorage; D. E. Hew
itt and wife, Anchorage, and A. J. Di
mond of Valdez.
At the Van Gilder:
Richard Wakilin, J. M. Davidson,
C. W. Sharpe, G. W. Langer, J. A
Gustafson, D. R. Gustafson, W. H
Pines, Talkeetna, Fred Sanders, Fair
banks, W. M. McGrath, Fairbanks, J
E. Rasmussen, Anchorage, H. B. Mad
land, Anchorage, Paul Poison, Fair
banks, Bruno Agostine, Latouche, Mr
and Mrs. W. A. Coghill and son ot
Nenana, Lee Gordon, Seattle, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Murray, San Francisco, R
R. Mauer, Seattle, R. F. Snyder anc
1 wife, Mrs. George Stub, of Seattle, E
E. Tillman, Cordova, Fred Hamberg
Seattle, Marie Smith, Anchorage, Miss
S. N. Scott, Valdez,
At the Seward:
H. G. Marsh, Anchorage, Roy Aus
tin Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Ole L. Hjelvl
F. O’Shea and Mrs. O’Shea of Ancb
orage.
At the Sexton:
C. W. Elliott and E. E. Ritchie.
“Quality First"
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, SPECIALS
3 Cans Libby’s S. P. Tomatoes, 2 l-2s.50c
? Cans Sauer Kraut, 2 l-2s.50c
3 Cans Peerless Corn, 2 l-2s.50c
Fancy and Staple Groceries Shelf and Heavy Hardware
Exclusive Lines of Servicable Clothing
PHONE—Grocery, Main 1. Clothing, Madison 80.
Hardware, Adams 80.
SEWARD— ALASKA —ANCHORAGE
QUALITY FIRST
STEAMSHIP ALASKA IN
PORT WITH BIG CARGO
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port at an early hour this morning
with about 350 tons of freight mostly
for the interior and the following pas
sengers .
A. J. Dimond, Fred Sanderson, J. M.
Davidson J. G. Murray and wife, G.
S. Herning, G. C. Henderson and wife,
Mrs. A1 Williamson Miss M. Smithy
Fred Hamberg, Ida oJhnson, J. Rass
mussen, Lee Gordon, D. E. Hewith,
and wife, M. Welch Paul Holson, Jas.
Murphy, Roy Austin, J. C. Hutton, W.
D. Eiliott, Robert Holden, N. Burke.
J. A. Gustafson, M. A. Coghill, and
wife, Mrs. M. Curtis, Chas. Jansen.
Mrs. M. IX Murphy, It. F. Snyder and
wife, Mrs. M. A. Gillman, Frank Shea
and wife, Mrs. P. Holden Mrs. G. A.
Peterson, Alvah Peterson, D. R. Gus
tafson, IX R. Adams, H. Ritchie, Mrs.
Selma Scott Mrs. Dalia Chase.
The Alaska will sail south after the
arrival of the train tonight.
WANTED—I’en thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Barber Shop. tt
fUAttorney A. J. Dimond of Valdez, ar-;
rived on the Alaska, and will appear
before the Council, Monday night as
counsel for the Seward Light and Po
wer company. Mr. Dimond is one of j
the most prominent of the division s
attorneys and is Senator from this
: division.
Suits maae to measure, see Urbach.
Officers and crew on the Alaska
report a fine trip up the weather be
ing fine most of ‘he way.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Alaska
Shop. tf.
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| 8 SATURDAY c. \/ ENING, 8
8 EVERYBODY INVITED 8
I 8 GENTS, ADMISSION, $1.00 8
8 LADIES FREE 8
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! MAIL CONTRACTS
ARE AWARDED
Seattle, Jan. 29.—James A. Fehse,
I who was chief clerk of the Railway
! Mail Service at Nome from 1913 to
1917, is now clerk of the executive
| section of the U. S. Railway Mail Ser
vice in Seattle and is in direct charge
of the Alaska desk.
Mr. Fehse says that service has
been authorized for the continuance
j of mail contracts under former con
I tractor for the coming season, in
j Northwestern Alaska. The service
from St. Miehael via Unalaskeet and
■ Golovin to Nome and return, once a
i week, In connection wiht the Yukon
1 river mail steamers, has been award
ed. The service start June 1 and ends
October 31. All mail offered will be
- carried. This is intended as a direct
: connection between Seattle via Ne
- nana and St. Michael to Nome. Cap
tain Alexander, the contractor, intends
to use either the gas boat Donaldson
or Keyes.
I
Service will be continued between
Holy Cross and Iditarod, in connec
tion with mails arriving at Holy Cross
from Nenana, by the Yukon river
route. The service will begin about
May 23 and continue until October
15, carrying all mail matter offered.
The service comprtehends one round
trip in May, four round trips in June,
July and August and September, and ±
one round trip in October. This con
tract has been awarded to the Ira
I Wood Transportation Company, of l
! ditarod, the former contractor.