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A letter home, written on our fine stationery,
will help rduce the columns appearing
regularly in our Alaska newspapers
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The Most Centrally Located" of any Hotel
in the Town of Seward
THE OVERLAND HOTEL
GORDON SHEA, Proprietor
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MANSHI P AND
QUALITY ARE OF
THE BEST.
Seward Leather
Works.
CLEARANCE SALE
THIS WEEK ONLY
WONDERFUL BARGAINS
At
ELLSWORTHS
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COMMERCE
CAFE
Reopened under new
management
Chop Suey and Noodles
a Specialty
OPEN ALL HOURS
PHONE ADAMS 54
MINK AND MARTEN ARE
RAISED AT CHICKALOON
Dick Campbell. Chickaloon fur far
mer. is raising mink and marten on
his ranch and says he has exploded
; the idea that marten are hard to raise.
All that is necessary, he says, is to
| give the animals attention and the
right kind of food. He says they are
not big eaters, requiring less than
mink. Mr. Campbell has five marten
on his ranch at the present time and
says they are as playful as kittens.
There are ten minks on the Camp
bell fur farm, three bucks and seven
females, and they are all getting along
nicely. Two of the mother mink have
six pups each.
Reports from Pillar Bay, Red Bluff
Bay, Little and Big Port Walter and
Port Althorp in the Sitka district, say
that one of the largest runs of salmon
and herring experienced so early in
DANCE AT DREAMLAND
SATURDAY NIGHT BY
AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA
There will be a big dance at the
Dreamland Hall tomorrow night, be
ginning at 9:30 o’clock' The regular
orchestra has been augmented, it is
announced, making exceptionally good
music for lovers of terpsichore.
Dorothea Lynde Dix, philanthrop- ,
ist of the Civil War Period, has been
named for the New York University
Hall of Fame, being the only woman ,
included in the new list of 27 Amer- j
icans selected for that honor. The
total list now includes 63 names, 57
men and 6 women.
For your kitchen
Just unpacking a large shipment of
ALUMINUM AND GRANITE WARE
for your inspection
p. c. McMullen
Telephone Main 34
SALMON SHIPMENT
LARGE SIZE SENT
OUT ON S.S. ALASKA
During the last trip of the steamer
Alaska south from Seward 18,000 cases
of salmon and 1200 cases of clams
were shipped out on the big vessel.
Other freight consisted of 2100 tons
of copper ore from Cordova and 12
tons of gold and tin ores from idita
rod. At Juneau 61 tons of concen
trates were loaded on the vessel.
The salmon cargo from westward
canneries included the following ship
ments: 3500 cases from the Emil
Packing Company at Valdez; 4200
cases from Shepherd’s Point Packing
Company at Cordova; 3400 cases from
the Pioneer Packing Company at Cor
dova; 6900 cases from Port Althord,
and 1200 cases of clams from Cordova.
HIGH GRADE ORE BEING
TAKEN OUT AT MAYO
MAYO—The steamer Keno arrived
here June 16 with a big load of mail,
freight and passengers.
The Treadwell Yukon Company
which recently purchased the Yukon
Sawmill Company’s mill on Duncan
creek will soon start on its summer
contract cutting lumber.
The Treadwell Yukon is getting
great results at the 600-foot level of
high grade ore. Shipments of ore and
concentrates are arriving in Mayo al
most daily for forwarding to the
smelter. The company expects a
large incoming tonnage this season.
Quite a number of individual min
ers are operating here this summer
upon their own or leased ground.
Williams and Hargraves are work
ing on leased claims and the condi
tions are very favorable to their do
ing excellent.
There are six patients in the Mayo
hospital now, all convalescing.
Cedar In Harbor
Off Caine’s Head
The lighthouse tender Cedar arrived
in the harbor this morning and is at
work on the light off Caine’s head.
The vessel will probably tie up at the
Seward dock this afternoon or even
ing.
The Cedar is engaged in making
necessary adjustments and repairs of
the aids to navigation in Cook Inlet,
Prince William Sound and along the
coast to Unimak Pass, and Scotch
Cap lighthouse in the Bering Sea.
TREMOR FELT IN SEWARD
It is reported a slight earthquake
shock was felt in Seward at about 6
3’clock this morning. The local seis
mograph recorded the occurrence.
David W. Branch, prominent Alaska
canneryman, arrived in Seward last
evening from the Bristol Bay district.
Mr. Branch is a guest at the Hotel
Van Gilder.
JVIr. and Mrs. Walter Bean of Du
uth were violently thrown to the
pavement when one wheel of a truck
)n which they were riding came off.
—Another case of spilling the beans.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: “The
smaller the caliber' of mind, the
treater the bore of a perpetually
>pen mouth.” That’s puzzling, as
Tolmes died two years before the
amous “cross of gold” speech was
nade.
Mss Aileen Hughes took her pet
ion cub from Paris to London in an
lirplane.
Unskilled laborers in China earn
ibout 16 cents for a day’s work of
[0 hours.
In Buenos Aires a law requires
lien to wear collars and ties when
hey appear in public.
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
At Dreamland
Music by the
Dreamland Augmented Orchestra
Dancing Begins 9:30
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