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.
Bank of Seward
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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
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
Prompt Delivery
BRITISH CAPITAL
INTERESTED IN
SEWARD REGION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GUEST
IMPARTS INFORMATION OF
STARTLING VALUE.
HARBOR BE SURVEYED
Matter of School for Jesse Lee Home
Turned Over To Special Com
mittee Selected at Meet.
A full attendance marked yester
day’s business meeting and luncheon
of the Seward Chamber of Commerce
which was short, snappy and to the
point, under the direction of Pres.
C. C. Hinde, who after an absence
of a month, presided at the meeting.
Leon Urbach, Seward business man
who has just returned from a lengthy
visit to the States attended and,
when called upon, spoke briefly of
his trip. P. J. Lynch, a guest of
H. E. Ellsworth, gave the members
certain information which may mean
a tremendous thing, in a business
way for Seward.
Mr. Lynch, a member of the Seat
tle firm of diamond drillers, Lynch
Brothers, made the startling an
nouncement that British capital was
very much interested in mining pro
perty in this district, which is the
reason he is ih Seward at the pres
ent time. Providing plans material
ize, he said, Seward in particular,
would benefit immensely from a bus
iness standpoint.
Under the head of communica
tions, Secretary Hannon notified
those in attendance that he had been
named Regional Representative for
this region of the Western Alaska
Fair Association, which will be held
at Anchorage. The appointment was
made by the Board of Directors of
the Fair Association, according to
the letter received from D. H. Will
iams, manager.
From Colonel Jas. G. Steese, dis
trict engineer, U. S. Engineer Office,
Juneau, the following letter was
read:
Seward C. of C.,
Dear Sir:
The river and harbor act approv
ed March 3, 1925, authorized a pre
liminary examination or survey of
the following localities with a view
to their improvement in the inter
est of navigation:
Hyder Harbor, Alaska.
Ketchikan Creek, Alaska.
Saxman Harbor, Tongass Narrows.
Wrangell Harbor, with view to the
extension of the breakwater.
Port Alexander, Alaska.
Resurrection Bay breakwater or
harbor of refuge, Alaska.
Yukon River at Ft. Yukon, Alaska.
Yukon River at Holy Cross, Aaa.
This office has been charged with
the responsibility of making these
examinaiions and submitting the re
sulting reports.
In order that all pertinent facts
may be considered and placed be
fore Congress for consideration when
the question of authorizing any of
these improvements may be decided,
it is requested that you transmit to
this office by letter any information
you may have as to present and
prospective business involved, dan
gers, damages, or other handicaps
suffered, improvements proposed, any
special benefits expected to result,
probable cost, possibility of local co
operation, number of vessels and peo
ple concerned, etc.
No actual improvements may be
initiated until specifically authorized
by Congress after considering re
ports now being prepared.
It is requested that a separate
letter be written for each project
reported upon.
Very truly yours,
JAS. G. STEESE,
$ist. Engineer.
From Camp New York, Inc., a mo
tor tourists’ camp, 50 minutes from
Times Square, a booklet was receiv
ed which fully, describes the big New
York “Touists' Paradise,’ and which
likewise is a guide of the Metropo
lis. In return, Henry Mondell, sec
retary of the incorporation asks that
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What is your favorite brand of
COFFEE?
IF IN DOUBT TRY A CAN OF
George Washington Soluble Coffee
A highly concentrated, instantaneous
Coffee, retaining all the fine qualities
of high grade bean Coffee. Made in the
cup at the table.
ask for a trial can the next time
YOU BUY COFFEE
NOTICE—Ticket No. 9581, calling for the
first prize of $25.00, and Ticket No. 7066,
entitling the bearer to the $15.00 prize have
not yet been presented. If not presented be
fore August 1, the money will be turned over
to some worthy charitable organization.
BROWN & HAWKINS
CORPORATION
“QUALITY FIRST”
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literature pertaining to tourist camps
in this vicinity be forwarded to their
Information Bureau for distribution.
O. C. Roach, secretary of the Am
erican Manufacturers’ Export Associ
ation of New York, writes a mem
ber of his association, a manufac
turer of painting and roofing speci
alties, desires to sell his products
in Alaska sold to industrial plants,
mines and lumbering camps. The
manufacturer is ready to offer an at
tractive proposition to the individ
ual who will act as his commission
agent and will stock his products
at a point on the coast near Alas
ka.
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce
in a letter addressed to Secretary
Hannon writes that with reference
to a recent letter received from the
Seward chamber advising them that
the local chamber had taken the ini
tiative in the matter of requesting
Congress to restore the full amount
of $150,000 formerly allowed the Geo
logical Survey in Alaska, that at a
recent meeting of the Juneau. Cham
ber the action of the Seward cham
ber was heartily endorsed. In con
elusion, Secretary M. S. Whittier of
the Juneau organization said his
chamber was writing Washington,
urging this increased appropriation.
Mr. Urbach in his talk before the
chamber stated that he had taken out
with him, when he left Seward four
months ago, a number of the cham
ber booklets which he distributed in
various cities along the Pacific slope.
He ran short of them, however, ow
ing to the many requests for them
but promised to mail them out upon
his return. The Seward Chamber
of Commerce appears to be quite
well known Outside as a live wire
organization, he said. It seems to
be the common information in the
cities he visited that at Seward a
Jesse Lee Home was under construc
tion, and many compliments were
heard reflecting much credit for Sew
ard’s enterprise in having the home
established at this point. “I do not
believe the citizens of Seward real
ize what an asset the acquiring of
this home means,” Mr. Urbach stat
ed, “for it truly is a great asset to
the community, and, especially from
the standpoint of publicity. The
chamber of commerce committee,
upon w’hose shoulders the matter of
securing the home rested, is deserv
ing of congratulations from all of
us.”
While on his way to the States,
Mr. Urbach said he had talked to
Dr. Chase of Cordova with reference
to the appointment of a game WM*
den for the Seward district. Dr.
Chase Informed him such an appoint
ment would no doubt be made about
September 1.
It appears that the matter of se
curing a Federal school for the Jesse
Lee Home is in doubt, according to
information imparted at the meeting
yesterday. A committee of three, L.
V. Ray, Mr. Dougherty and Mr. Me
Mullen were appointed by Pres. C. C.
Hinde to investigate the matter im
mediately. It was stated there w'ould
be at least 125 children of school
age at the home and that if a Fed
eral school could not be obtained
an effort should be made to obtain
a Territorial school. Secretary Han
non was instructed to communicate
with Mr. Wagner in Seattle, head of
the Alaska division of the Bureau of
Education, in regard to the local
situation.
BUREAU MINES ,
ENGINEER WILL
VISIT NUKA BAY
DR. PHILLIP S. SMITH, CHIEF OF
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ON
WAY TO SEWARD.
It is the intention of B. D. Stew
art, head of the Alaska Bureau of
Mines activities in Alaska, who de
parted from Seward Sunday for his
Juneau office, to send one of his en
gineers to the Nuka Bay region with
in the next few weeks, to make a
mineral survey of the region, accord
ing to information imparted to the
Seward Gateway representative by
Mr. Stewart. He stated he was
much interested in the reports pub
lished locally, emanating from the
district and believes it worthy of his
department’s attention. Mr. Stew
art sought such information as could
! be procured, during his few hours’
• visit in Seward, while waiting for
the steamer’s departure, with respect
to transportation to the Bay. He
was informed there were approxi
mately 50 men in the field at the
present time and that the transpor
tation facilities to the bay were very
good, three gas boats operating regu
larly and that the 70-mile trip from
Seward was made on an average of
about 12 hours.
Mr. Stewart also informed the
Gateway that Dr. Phillip S. Smith,
who succeeded the late Dr. Brooks,
as head of the United States Geolo
gical Survey, would arrive in Alas
ka from Washington, within the next
ten days. Accompanied by Mr. Stew
art, Dr. Smith will make a visit to
this district early next month. Dr.
Smith was a visitor in Seward two
years ago at which time he headed
the Arctic exploration of the Naval
oil reserves in the Colville section.
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“Special Merchants’ Plate Lunch/’
choice of two kinds of meat and one
kind of fish served from 11:30 to 1:30
for 50c. Starting Wednesday, July
8th, 1925. We invite the laboring men
especially.
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