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.
BE ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, and have
the advantage of the kind of a bank you
would like to deal with.
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SEWARD, ALASKA
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iimimimu
1 Entire Eskimo Villages
Make Trek To Nome
NOME: The Eskimos who inhabit
King Island during the winter months,
packed up their belongings and arriv
1 ed in Nome recently. The village,
number about 170 Eskimos journey an
nually to Nome to dispose of ivory,
furs, skins and other supplies, which
amounts to several thousand dollars.
On a bleak and barren rock in the
middle of Bering Sea, they go each
fall with a winter's supply of provi
jc sions, mostly staples, the balance of
their food being gained from the ocean
and ice pack.
Their homes are rudely constructed
high among the rock with apparently
little to support them from falling
into the sea below. They are how
ever a happy lot and their igloos con
tain many phonographs with the lat
j? est jazz records.
This year marks a new epoch in
the matter of navigation, their boats
formerly being huge affairs called
omiaks, constructed of a frame cov
ered with walrus hide. They are big
I enough to transport several families,
| the chief method of propulsion being
1 by paddle for the men, and the worn
• en and children using smaller paddles.
Now however things have changed.
| The men are learning to use machin
i ery to carve their ivory, and now one
^ family has a small outboard motor and
with native ingenuity has fitted it to
his skin boat. With it he made from
King’s Island to Nome in one sleep
(24 hours), beating all other boats
propelled the old way by from one and
a half to two days.
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NOATAK MAKES LONG TRIP
The gas schooner Noatak, Capt. Wal
ters in charge, sailed from Nome for
Kotzebue and way points recently. On
board the vessel were Messrs. Kline,
Christensen, Fred Stoker, Carl Lo
men, and R. S. Oglesby for Kotzebue.
Mrs. Purkepile and E. J. Mathews via
Keewalik for Candle; Bert McCarty
for York, Harvey Grant for Teller,
and Mrs. Magids for Deering.
Mining Activities Start
Along the Kobuk River
KOTZEBUE, Via Nome, July 2 —
Ferguson Bros, of Shanknuk, on the
Kobuk river, arrived in Kotzebue last
week with their gas boat, bringing as
passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, gov
ernment teachers from Riley camp;
U. S. Commissioner J. W. Southward,
and Clarence Haukins of Kiana; Mrs.
Stevens of Norvik hospital, Mr. and
Mrs. Nichols of Keew'alik, and Mrs.
John Herbert of Candle, who has been
at the Norvik hospital. A lot of na
tives also arrived on the boat.
The Fergusons report everybody
mining at Shunknak and Fred John
son is running his hydraulicking out
fit on Dahl creek. The Fergusons are
working a big crew of men on their
California creek property.
Communication North
Helped By New Cable
Communication with Alaska from
Seattle was greatly enlarged and also
speeded up by laying the new cable
between Seattle and Seward, with
branch lines to Sitka, Wrangell, Ju
neau, Skagway, and Valdez. Alaska
has 15 main radio stations and during
the summers forty more are operated
by salmon cannery interests. There
are nine telephone companies and
1169 miles of land wire in the Terri
tory.
U. S. Marshal Gilbert Stevens and
an insane prisoner are expected to ar
rive in Seward tomorrow from Fair
banks.
Gerhard Johnson and force of plas
terers will start on the big buildings
at the Jesse Lee Home it is reported.
Work on th ebuildings is progressing
rapidly, the studding be up on the sec
oud building.
Cal M. Brosius is manufacturer of
one of the classiest knock-down houses
ever seen in these parts, one of which
was recently sent to Iniskin bay for
Jack McCord and associates. This
building is all complete with modern
convenience^ and Cal furnishes every,
thing but the cook.
Julia Spence, aged 6, saved her 4
year-old brother from drowning in
Lake Michigan, at the risk of her life.
FORTY DOLLARS IN CASH
FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES IN JUNE
DRAWING UNCLAIMED
Coupon No 9581 and No. 7066, entitled to
$25.00 and $15.00 respectively under the
June Drawing Contest held by Brown &
Hawkins Corporation, are not returned. In
accordance with the contest rules the prizes
were forfeited after 30 days from date of
drawing, and the money has been paid to
charity as follows:
Methodist Episcopal Church, Seward - $10.00
Saint Peter’s Church, Seward - - $10.00
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace- Seward - $10.00
The Am. Nat’l Red Cross, Seward Chapter $10.00
$40.00
RESULT OF JULY CASH PRIZE DRAWING
HELD JULY 31,1925
First Prize, No. 10704, Mrs. Hugh Dougherty $10.00
Second Prize- No. 15294 .$10.00
Third Prize, No. 16935, Frank Roycroft - $10.00
Fourth Prize, No. 18486 .$10.00
Fifth Prize- No. 17507 Mrs. L. V. Ray - - $10.00
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Chicago 5, Philadelphia 1.
Pittsburgh 10, Brooklyn 9.
Cincinnati 2, New York 1.
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Washington 0, St. Louis 3.
Boston 0, Chicago 2.
New York 1, Detroit 3.
Philadelphia 4-2, Cleveland 10-0.
Coast
San Francisco 5, Sacramento 2.
Portland 2, Vernon 4.
Seattle 7, Oakland 4.
Los Angeles 3, Salt Lake 6.
Early-Day Residents of
Anchorage Going Out
Mr. and Mrs. E. Botts, residents of
Anchorage since the tent days, will be
arrivals on this evenings train from
the Inlet, en route to Seattle on the
steamer Yukon. Mr. and Mrs. Botts
have been conducting the Northern
Hotel in the Inlet town for a number
of years. Mr. Botts has also been em
ployed by the Alaska railroad. They
intend to locate permanently in the
States.
I
Rumor Has It 60 Men
Laid Off In the Interior
It is reported locally that due to
a controversy between a claim holder
and the big dredging company, work
on the big ditch project has been tem
porarily halted at Fairbanks. The re
port further stated that 60 men have
been laid off as a result.
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ALL that’s good and whole
some, prepared correct
ly and appetizingly will be
found daily on oar menu.
REGULAR DINNER SERVED, SHORT ORDERS
Extra Special Dinners Served on Sundays.