Not A Butterfly
Money that has slipped through your
fingers in the last twelve months is
gone. You can't recapture it again
with a butterfly net, because someone
else now owns it and enjoys its use.
You can, however, determine to bank a
part of each dollar you will earn during
this year. That is the first step in
building up a growing bank account.
A growing bank account means more
than more money. It means less worry
and greater independence for you.
Bank of Seward
Notice to Public
Seward, Alaska, Feb. 18, 1924.
COMMENCING on September 1, 1924, the
SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
will distribute electric current through meters
only. The rate for lighting, and all other uses
where the unit demand is one electrical horse
power or less will be fifteen cents per kilowatt
hour payable monthly. Current for motors
and other current consuming devices whose
unit demand exceeds one electrical horse-power
will be supplied at the rate of ten cents per kilo
watt hour, payable monthly, through separate
meters, but the right to regulate the hours for
such use is reserved to the Company.
The minimum charge for lighting, and other
uses where the unit demand is one electrical
horse-power or less, will be fifty cents for each
ampere of meter’s rated capacity per month.
The minimum charge for motors or other cur
rent consuming devices whose unit demand ex
ceeds one electrical horse-power will be at the
rate of three dollars per month for each con
nected horse-power or fraction thereof.
Deposits to the value of meters will be re
quired at the time of installation. They will be
repaid to depositor or order upon return of
meter in good condition, less a ten per cent ser
vice charge, provided all sums then due the
Company shall have been paid. Meters will be
installed in the order of the applications there
for.
S. M. GRAFF, Manager.
H. V. HOBEN
A. F. DAVIS
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
Has Coal to Burn
v:
HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
1 NANIMO RANGE COAL, SACK OR BULK
WOOD, ICE HAY AND GRAIN
AUTO SERVICE STORAGE
TRANSFERRING AND FORWARDING
Telephone Main 81
FUR-BEARING FISH
FOUND IN NORTHLAND
Valuable Contribution to I’iscatology
is Made by Chilkoot Barracks
Scientist
! -
Wm. Hale Thompson, formerly 01
i Chicago, is outfitting an expedition to
journey to the South eSas for the pur
! pose of securing photographs of tree
I climbing tish. It is possible that, be
ing interested in fish, he can be in
duced to come to Alaska to secure sev
i eral specimens of fur-bearing salmon,
which according to the following arti
! cle in the Chilkoot Post by George T.
Masury, are described as follows:
The fur salmon are long-finned,
: short-bodied salmon, with tufted ears
! and short bobbed tail. They are to
be found throughout Alaska waters
from the Arctic to Dixon Entrance and
! are of two varieties, male and female.
'I he fur salmon is noted for its pec
toriai or side tins, which have claws
or rather claw-like protrudances for
climbing over the snow and up sandy
j beaches at the loot of glaciers, after
its fa\ orite food, the glacier worm. !
i
The male species is the most strik
ing and may be easily distinguished
S by the longer ear tufts and broader
! spreading pectoral fins, and as bene
fits a fish of the great Alaskan waters
1 it has a long coat of thick fur, vvhicn
j gives it a remarkably fluffy appear
; ance. Its fins in winter are heavily
! furred above and below and are so
! broad that they serve admirably for
I support in deep snow through which
; it would otherwise have to wade Labor
iously.
This fish, contrary to general be
| lief, does not attack humans. It feed.-. j
principally on glacier worms, snow;
bugs and ice beetles. On one occasion
Prof. M. T. Mekit states he watched!
a fur salmon stalking a lareg blue ice ;
beetle. It sprang upon the ice beetle I
from a near-by ledge and by repeated
ly biting it about the neck and shoul-'
ders put c ut the ice beetle’s eyes, thus
.educing ii to helplessness.
The female species has from nine to
ninety \oung, which are marked by
dusky spots and small circles, the lit-j
tie fellows usually remaining with the
mother until weaned.
Fur salmon are extraordinarily in
telligent and make interesting pets.
They are exceedingly vain and are eas
iiy captured by placing a mirror near
! their hunting grounds. Being attract
ed by their appearance in the mirror
they immediately become so interest
ed in combing their fur that they are
unconscious of the approach of the
hunter and make little attempt to es
cape when picked up.
They are mainly hunted for tbeir
fur ,the first skinning having a finer
pelage, the second skinning being a
trifle coarser and so on according to
the skinning.
The fur salmon is fast disappearing
due to being hur.ted extensively and to
the fact that its food is getting very
scarce, an epozootic disease having
killed most of the glacier worms, snow
bugs and ice beetles. The fur salmon
when it cannot obtain its regular diet,
resorts to eating its own body begin
ning at its tail. It does not stop un
til its whole physical structure has
been consumed, including the bones.
If snow bugs and ice beetles are still
unavailable, it then dies of starvation.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED
; TWO LADIES—At present employes
! of insurance company, desire work
for summer in Seward. Stenogrphic
and clerical experience.
LADY, 27 years old, 10 years book
keeping experience, can operate
PBX board, desires permanent work.
LADY, 30 years old, many years ex
perience as Cigar and news counter
manager, and hotel clerk, has experi
ence as telephone operator; desires
permanent employment.
YOUNG LADY, experienced as cleric
or waiter; desires work for summer.
ASSISTANT MANAGER large lumber
mill, 14 years experience as mill
foreman and cost distribution desires
employment some kind as he wishes
to locate in Seward; married and has
j two children.
MACHINISTS and Welder; three ma
chinists with families, and one ace
tylene welder desires work in Alaska
or opportunity to open machine and
welding shop.
TWO MEN, at present employes of
Western Electric Co. as telephone
installers, desire work of any kind in
Alaska.
IRON MOULDER: Many many years’
experience iron foundry business,
desires to locate in this section if he
can secure employment.
YOUNG MAN, at present residing in
Texas, plans to come to Seward in
early spring; desires work of any kind
high school graduate.
MAN, 10 years’ experience in account
ing and storekeeping; a tpresent lo
cated in Alaska; wishes to locate in
this section. Will take any kind of
work. Age 32.
MAN, married, wishes to come to Sew
ard or locate in vicinity; will accept
and kind of work.
YOUNG MAN, married, bookkeeper,
college education, at present em
ployed as bookkeeper in a bank; has
had railroad and mine experience; de
sires position in Alaska.
Address
Seward Chamber Commerce
When in need of work of any kind
Henry Paben, who has been visiting in
St. Louis, is supposed to be a passen
ger on the Northwestern for Seward.
Oscar Anderson, Anchorage finan
cier, is a returning passenger on the
Northwestern.
C. E. Nyburg, former tie inspector
on the Alaska Railway, is a returning
passenger from the States.
Mrs. E. DeHon, who left several
months ago for California, is return
ing on the Northwestern.
RADIO MEN ARRIVE
The fisheries boat Kittiwake, with
three radio men, arrived last night and
the local station will be opened today.
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 29
The primary election will be held |
April 29. Delegates to the National
conventions, National Committeemen;
primary choice for Governor, Attor
ney General, Delegate to Congress,
Territorial Senators and Representa- j
tives, will be voted On.
J. L. Graef presented the Gateway i
with a handsome new calendar show
ing the site of the proposed pulp mill
dam on Kenai river.
Herb Parker recently bought Spark
Plug of Barney Malloy, and will use
it this summer carrying fishing par
ties.
McMullen’s Grocery is sporting the j
finest delivery car in the city. The
body is paneled with glass doors, and
is painted Nile green .
NORTHWESTERN AT JUNEAU
The steamship Northwestern passed
Ketchikan at 2:30 p. m. yesterday af
ternoon and is due in Juneau this
evening.
Emil Huerja and Mrs. Huerja are
now living at No. 529 north, Cohuen
ga avenue, Hollywood. Mr. Huerja is,
a former Alaska newspaperman, and
Mrs. Huerja is the daughter of Mrs. j
Mary Anderson, formerly of Gold Run j
in the Klondike.
Remington Portable Typewriter, at
$60 —Schallerer’s. tf
SUITS MADE TO ORDER. At
URBACH’S. tf
FOR RENT—Furnished house, si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rely. M
NOTARY’ PUBLIC—Always on the
job from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., D. H.
Tver, at the Gateway office. tf
WANTED—Experienced camp cook
desires situation. Address Charles
Ruzsas, Hot£l Overland. 3t-kTh.
for SALE—52 foot V-boitom gas j
boat. 12 feet beam; draws four feet; j
heavy duty 50 h. p. engine. Box 1721 .
Anchorage. lt
FOR SALE—At a sacrifice, six
rooms and bath; see Dougherty, tt
New Spring Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I will be a candidate for re election
to the office of clerk of the school
board, and solicit the support of the
voters at the April election,
tf. CURTIS R. MORFORD.
Fresh Haas Candies—Alaska Shop.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
I ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
Highland Linen Stationary. Schal
Itrer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Suits made to measure. see Urbach.
Brunswick Phonographs and records
at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
Light Weight Raincoats. Urbach’s.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Alaska
Shop. tf.
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FOR RENT—Three room house. See
Chas. Cooper. tf.
WANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Bai’ber Shop. tf
M'KINLEY PARK LUNCH STORE
It’s a long way to Mt. McKinley,
where good eats are very rare; so!
fill up your lunch bags with fresh
fruits, boiled ham, and dry sausage
that’s made from a polar bear; and
when you return from the Yukon and
the big ship’s waiting for you, just
go to your berth with a lunch bag, it
will be a life-saver to you. And when
your long voyage is ended and the
Harding Gateway you’ve gone thru,
with all the good eats and fine scen
ery, you’ll be a bear.
M’KINLEY PARK LUNCH STORE
Seward, Alaska
W. H. DRYDEN, Propr.
Phone Madison 88
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LOGGER’S SHOES
a specialty
LEON URBACH s |
LEON URBACH I
Everything that men wear. ["
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NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
With a full and new stock of
Fresh and Salt Meats
Poultry and Oysters -J
Butter and Eggs
SPECIAL PRICE TO LOGGING CAMPS,
MINES, FISHING BOATS AND
HUNTING PARTIES
GET OUR NEW PRICES
CARSTENS PACKING CO. I
E. E. KURTZ, Manager
PHONE MAIN 130
P. G. McMullen
S. 0. s.
Keep your aluminum, graniteware
and tinware bright and shining with the
new cleanser.
Six convenient pads in each box.
S. 0. s.
Telephone Main 34
DUNN FOUNTAIN PENS
Holds nearly three times more ink than and rubber sac pen of
the same size.
>,Transparent barrel shows ink supply at a glance.
V : ' Every pen sold with an iron clad guarantee.
j > PRICES RANGE $2.50 AND UP.
Try one on approval. <►. . „
Seward Drug Co!
Headquarters for Dunn “Camel” Pens. ~ £
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
Doors and Windows.
Lang Ranges
Coal Stoves
Air Tight Stoves
Oil Stoves
Gas Engine Supplies
Evinrude Engines
Iron Roofing
Roofing Paper
Building Paper
Gasoline and Oils
Paints and Varnishes
Canvas and Tents
Lamps and Lanterns
Window Glass
Crockery & Glassware
Rugs and Linoleum
Ship Chandelry
Anchors
Rope and Twine
Hay and Oats
Chop Feed
Chick Feed
Egg Mash
Fran and Midlings
Fire Arms
Ammunition
J. L. GRAEF
TELEPHONE MADISON 87