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CIGARS! CIGARS! CIGARS!
The following standard brands we have in 25 packing,
highly appropriate for “he who smokes.”
Optimo Standards, box of 25
Optimo Senators, box of 25 - «.50
Robert Burns, Invincible foil for 25-3.50
Robert Burns Perfectos, box of 25- 3.00
Van Dyke Bankers, box of 25- 3.00
Juan de Fuca Commodores, box of 26— 3.50
Also a full line of Cigarettes, Pipes, Cigarette Cases, etc.
SEWARD DRUG CO.
BOY BABIES PREDOMINATE
WITH MOTHERS OF RIPER
YEARS, STATISTICS SHOW
DRESDEN, Germany, Dec. 30.—
That the age of the mother has an
important relation to the sex of the
child is asserted by Doctor Fetscher
of this city, who has made this topic
the subject of special studies. He
lou’ u that mothers up to 25 a is
gave birth to just as man} boys as
girls. With the mothers be.ween 25
and 30 years, the ratio of boys to
girls was 111 to 100, while mothers
of 35 and more gave bnvh to 124
rThe exact cause of the phenome
non of the sodden increase ot boys
turn as eompa: . to vi*'K in the
yea's after th- vr.r hac n •• > been
ascertained.
MINISTERS’ SONS ARE
REALLY NOT SO BAD
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 30.—If your
father was a minister your chances
of gaining eminence are 2,400 to 1
better than those of the laborer’s
son. The time-worn tradition that
the clergyman’s son was more fre
quently the inmate of prison than
a successful man has been knocked
in the head.
This was the assertion of Frank
E. Hand, supreme vice chief ranger
the Independent Order of For
esters, in an address here before a
child welfare conference.
“A recent questionnaire issued by
the editors of Who’s Who,” said Mr.
Hand, “showed that 2,695 persons
in the 1923 edition, or 11.1 per cent',
were children of preachers.”
Ladles’ and Gents' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
STARR DUE TOMORROW
The steamship Starr, Capt. O. A.
Johansen, will reach port tomorrow
some time. Deespite all rumors the
Starr has been in no trouble and is
making good time considering the ex
tremely heeavy gales.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
SANTA CLAUS
IS STILL
AT OUR STORE
SHELVES OF GOOD
GROCERIES
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SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
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Frye-Brjhn Company
W. A. WECKWERTH, Manager
Johnny Hines Will
Entertain Film Fans
“Conductor 1492” scheduled to ap
pear at the Liberty theatre tonight
and tomorrow night is a typical John
ny Hines picture. This means that
everybody who sees this comedy
should be prepared to laugh boister
ously, frequently and long. This
comedian of shadowland is credited
with possession an assortment of pep
and laugh-provoking antics at once
the delight 6f his audiences and the
envy of his rivals.
It is a story of a young Irishman,
Terry O’Toole, who leaves his native
country to make his fortune in Amer
ica. Arriving in the land of the free,
he goes to Loteda, Ohio, where his
father had spent a few years when
in this country.
Before long he dons the uniform of
a motorman of the Loteda Traction
Company. His job also includes that
of conductor, and his number is 1492
hence “Conductor 1492.”
Terry does not find the work tire
some, for what with beating up such
passengers that offer resistance to
his demands, flirting with the ladies
and various other pleasantries, time
passes quickly. But one day he per
forms an act of great bravery in sav
ing the life of the son of the presi
dent of the traction company, which
brings Terry into the limelight. He
meets the president’s daughter and
then things take on a different out
look.
The supporting cast includes such
favorites as Doris May, Dorothy Burns,
Michael Dark, Ruth Renick, Robert
Cain, Dan Mason, Fred Esmellon and
Byron Sage.
At the Liberty tonight and tomor
row night. Also a Pathe News.
PALESTINE ATTRACTIONS
DRAW YOUNG SETTLERS
JERUSALEM, Dec. 30.—The policy
of the government seems to be to
open wider the door of the country
to .desirable immigrants, and as a
result during the month of August
about 2,000 were admitted. These
were mostly Jews from southeastern
Europe, Poland, Russia, Roumania,
and Checkoslavakia. Of this num
ber 850 were people of independent
means and 463 had a prospect of
definite employment.
These immigrants are mostly
young people, well set-up, and will
doubtless be a great asset to the
economic -welfare of the country.
DID HE BLUSH?
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—
When he handed to her a lost pocket
boofc containing $671, Detective Alli
good, although only the medium of the
restoration, received a fervent em
brace and kiss from Mrs. Hester A.
Wyman, 70 years old, at police head
quarters. Dropped upon a street car
the money turned up a headquarters
in the hands of an honest finder with
in two hours.
ENGLISHMEN WRITE HOME
FOR COUPLE OF MAIDENS
BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 30.
—Girls of this city are puzzled to
know just what kind of “Janes” live
in their namesake city of Birming
ham, Alabama.
Several years ago two young men
emigrated from here to America
and on arrival immediately boarded
the “midnight choo-choo for good
ole Alabam.” In Alabama they
found work, but no girls to their
liking. Recently, therefore, they sent
an appeal to the mayor of this city,
asking him to send them two mar
riageable brunnettes with good fig
ures, good health, and an age of not
more than thirty.
If any Alabama girls wish to organ
ize a lynching bee they may begin
searching for two men who describe
themselves as follows: “We are both
good-looking Englishmen and hold
good positions in Birmingham. One
of us weighs 13?' and the other 1^0
p« ui.ds.”
Base Magnates Want
Muffler On Ban Johnson
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—American
baseball has taken its strife to Chi
cago with a committee of three carry
ing a peace pennant.
On Wednesday the joint meeting of
the American and National leagues
will assemble with Commissioner K.
M. Landis in the chair, and then it
SCHALLERERS
We thank you for past
Valued Patronage,
and hope your Christmas
was a Merry one
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ALASKA SHOP
is expected a pledge of future silence
and faith in existing agreements will
jbe demanded of Byron Bancroft John
son, president of the younger organ
ization and former czar of the game,
Col. Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees,
Thomas Shibe of the Athletics, and
EL S. Barnard of the Cleveland In
dians carry the American league’s
plea for harmony and baseball men
are disagreed in regard to their abil
ity to check the impending clash be
tween the commissioner and Presi
dent Harry Williams of the Pacific
coast league on the one side and Ban
Johnson on the other.
With the atmosphere somewhat
cleared, the commissioner adequately
defended by resolutions of all the ma
jor and minor league circuits in the
land and Johnson remaining silent
regarding the shot aimed at him by
his own associates, the Coast league
head yesterday renewed hostilities
with the statement that he would see
the fight through to the finish and
would call upon Landis to bring John
son’s charges of gambling in the coast
organization into the open.
It was reported that the commis
sioner also would demand a showdown
and repeat his threat of a year ago
to quit his post unless all charges
made by the American League head
regarding his administration are swept
away and future peace assured by
guarantees that the agreement under
which he became the head of baseball
shall not be broken.
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