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Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
RESOURCES $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
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Fresh Fruits
& Vegetables
Received on Every Boat
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES
No Order too Large or too Small. Prompt and
Pleasing Service Guaranteed. Mail
Orders Quickly Filled.
SEWARD TRADING CO
Wholesale and Retail
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
TRY IX NEXT!
Howard-Jesson Coal
IS AN ALASKA PRODUCT
NOW ON THE LOCAL MARKET
Phone Alaska Transfer, Local Agents
Alaska-Matamiska Coal Co.
Moose Creek, Alaska
A Satisfied Customer
is always a customer. We guarantee our meats,
butters and eggs to be strictly fresh. That is
i bt reason we are never idle.
SATISFACTION AND SERVICE AT
1ARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
E. KURTZ, Mgr.
i dware, Stoves and Ranges,
l \ywrier—Caps—Fuse—Miners’ Supplies
Ship Chandlery and Ship Linoleum
Anchorage, Rope, Oil and Twine
Halibut Lines and Hooks
t Metal—Plumbing Shop—Gun Repair
J. L. GRAEF
Paints and Brushes
REWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
LERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALER8
JUNEAU CHAMBER
ENCOURAGES USE
ALASKA TIMBER
LETTER ADDRESSED TO SEWARD
CHAMBER URGES COOPERA
TION IN INDUSTRY
GOOD MARKET IN SEWARD
Enormous Quantity of Material Used
In Making Barrels and Boxes
The Juueau Chamber of Commerce
is attempting to encourage the use
of Alaska timber and is taking up
with various corporations, doing bus
iness in the Territory, the advisabil
itl of utilizing Alaska lumber wher
ever possible. The chamber believes
this to be a step forward in the de
velopment of one of Alaska’s natural
resources and wish the cooperation of
other chambers. They accordingly
sent the following letter to the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce. The let
ter is a copy of one mailed to a con
cern in the States which carries on an
extensive industry in Alaska.
The letter follows:
, January 23, 192G.
Pacific American Fisheries,
Bellingham, Wash.,
Gentlemen:
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce
has recently been giving some study
to the lumber industry of Alaska with
the thought that ways might be found
to encourage its further cfevelopment.
This industry is now making sub
stantial progress in Southeastern Al
aska but we believe an even more
rapid development is justified in view
of our timber wealth.
One of the striking facts connected
with our lumber industry is that an
immense quantity of lumber and other
•timber products is shipped into Alas
ka from the States which the local
mills are fully capable of producing.
For example, almost 3,000,000 sets of
salmon case shoeks were brought from
the States in 1924, while we have ex
cellent box material in our spruce j
and hemlock forests, and a number of
our mills, which have been recently J
enlarged and improved and are well
equipped for box manufacture, are!
closed down a large part of the year
for lack of orders. Here apparently |
is an excellent opportunity for Alas- \
kan concerns to assist another local
industry and thus contribute further
to the general development of the Ter
ritory.
There is another angle in this con
nection to which we desire to call
your attention. One of the stock ar
guments made by an element in Alas
ka that is continually on the war-path
against “outside” interests and par
ticularly antagonistic to the salmon
packers is that these “outside” inter
ests are taking out of the Terriory
supplier—raw material—without giv
ing anything in return except the tax
es levied against them. This is the
method taken in boosting taxes or
passing memorials and resolutions de
signed to embarass packers and oth
ers. It has occurred to us that from
your own standpoint it might be de
sirable to put into effect a policy cal
culated to offset such arguments in
sofar as it could be done under local
conditions. We realize that most of
your supplies must be purchased in
the markets of the larger cities in the
States, and that much of your labor
must be brought from the “outside,”
but where it is possible to purchase
supplies in the Territory at a cost rel
atively on a basis comparative with
that of the “outside” prices, we are
I confident it would aid in bringing
about a more sympathetic attitude in
. Alaska toward foreign owners of local
enterprises. This instance of box
i shooks offers, we believe, such an op
i portunity. It will undoubtedly add
i materially to the prosperity of local
| enterprises engaged in their manufac
i ture, promote the welfare of the towns
j and districts in which they are locat
i ed and give employment to both skill
i ed and unskilled workers.
| We are not asking that you pay Al
i askan manufacturers a premium for
J their products. We are assured by
, them that they are willing to take
i care of this business on a competitive
J scale, and that they can give you an
i article that compares favorably in ev
J ery way with that you have been us
| ing in the past.
i With the above in mind may we
J respectfully request that as a large
i user of salmon boxes with the Terri
i tory a special effort be made to place
J your box orders in Southeastern Al
i aska for such of your canneries as can
J be served from this section?
Thi? chamber and Alaskans gener
- ally will certainly appreciate anything
you may do to further our local lum
ber industry through a more extensive
use of Alaska timber products within
the Territory.
Very truly yours,
JUNEAU C. OF C.,
The letter was read at yesterday’s
weekly business meeting and lunch
eon of the local chamber and incited
much comment. The communication
will be brought up for action at next
week’s meeting.
Egyptian dancing girl at the Liber
ty Theater.
Special attention given to cleaning
and pressing of women’s clothes.
Jimy Ratliff’s Shop. tf.
Large assortment or fine box sta
tionary—Alaska, Shop. tf
Fine men’s purses and key coses
—Alaska Shop. tf
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop. tf.
| Owing to the large stock of Suits, Dress
| Pants and O’Coats that came from our
| Anchorage store, we are offering this
I High Grade Merchandise to the Public at
| a Discount of
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OVERCOATS
DRESS PANTS
MIGHTY GIANTS
HUMBLESPEEDY
SEN ATOR NINE
The Giants beat the Senators Mon
day night at the gym, score 24 to
9. The final reckoning was more or
less lop-sided, but with the exception
of the fifth inning, which was a come
dy drama of errors as far as the Sen
ators were concerned. The infield
looked awfully ragged behind Yalade
who hurled his usual steady game.
Gus Manthey caught Valade in a
creditable manner. Bud Dyer was on
the firing line for the Giants, backed
up by Chubby Tinkler. Dyer, ably
supported by his teammates, had the
situation ■well in hand at all periods
of the game afrd was never in danger.
The two leading sluggers of the even
ing were Painter and Swetmann, each
of whom knocked homeruns. Two and j
three baseclouts were also uncorked
at intervals.
The new ground ruling, as publish
ed in The aGteway Saturday were in
force but seemed to have little effect
on the squabbling between the op
posing teams, and the umpires. It
was apparent last night the many ar
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GASOLINE AND
WARM STORAGE
EXPERT MECHANICS
Phone Mad. 66.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED TO BUY—Clean cotton
rags; will pay five cents a pound.
Gateway office.
FOR SALE—Lang furnace for $25
cash; see Fred Miller. tf
FOR RENT—Phonographs by the
month. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop, tf
?uments are beginning to have a bad
moral effect on not only the players
jut on the spectators as well. Every
conceivable thing has been taken into
consideration to prevent hot discus
sions on the diamond, umps have been
switched about, rules changed, but
still the battle of tongues wag.
The game was proceeding affably
until the fatal fifth. Naturally one
side beginning to howl brought forth
a, response from the opposition, and
so from that point on a continual up
roar was heard.
Lien wore the umps uniform behind
the bat while Barnett solemnly gave
the base decisions. A fair size crowd
was in attendance. No other games
will be played until next Monday, ow
ing to the coming basketball series.
There may be a game played off next
Sunday though, at that!
Photo Albums, $1 to $9—Alaska
Shop. tt
Fine leather writing companions at
$2.50 and up—Alaska Shop. tff.
Manicure sets, $3.30 to $15—Alas
ka Shop. tf.
Hoffman Sanitary Presser and Va
cuum Dry Cleaner, Seward Tailor
Shop. tf
Smokers’ sets and fine merschaum
pipes with genuine amber stems—
$8 and up—Alaska Shop. tf.
Pyralin ivory .by piece or set—Al
aska Shop. tf.
Send the Gateway to friends.
ARTHUR WEBB TO
BE TRIED IN THE
ALASKA COURTS
CORDOVA, Feb. 16.—Arthur E.
Webb, who figured in forgery charges
in Cordova about seven years ago was
yesterday bound over to the grand
jury in Valdez, according to a message
received here from District Attorney
F. H. Foster. He was held under
§2,000 bail to answer a charge of vio
lating the territorial narcotic law
while representing himself to be Dr.
R. E. McKibben and practicing medi
cine in Kodiak.
Webb was recently taken in cus
tody at Kodiak on a warrant from
Sheriff Starwich of Seattle. He was
alleged to have written checks on the
account of Dr. McKibben, whom he
met while serving a term at McNeil
Island, and to have taken possession
of Dr. McKibben’s medical equipment,
which he transported to Kodiak on
the steamer Starr last fall.
In 1919 Webb made his appearance
in Cordova posing as Robert Cullen
Johnstone and fraternizing with local
Masons. He had stolen lodge cred
entials of a bona fide Johnstone liv
ing in British Columbia and on the
strength of these endorsed stolen
checks and wrote several on his own
account, which were cashed by the
Bank of Alaska. He left here after
having secured §3,000 in this manner.
Webb was later apprehended in Utah
and brought back for trial.
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The Drug Store
A complete and up to date stock of Drugs,
Patent Medicines, Toilet Requisites, Box
Stationery, Candies, Cameras and Films,
Phonographs and Records, Tablets and
School Supplies, Cigars and Tobaccos