NEW BASIC ELEMENT,
HAFNIUM, IS TURNED
INTO METALLIC FORM
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 26. (/P)—Two
ounces of the new basic element,
hafnium, have been produced in me
talie form, one ounce of which has
been sent to the United States. It
is understood that the new element
may be successfully used in the man
ufacture of audion lamps for radio.
Niels Bohr, discoverer of hafnium
and winner of the Nobel prize for
physics in 1922, was not able at first
to turn the new element into metal
lic form. He has now, however, ac
complished this, assisted by Poul Ber
glund, a civil engineer. Success was
attained by oxygenization of a sub
stance called alvit, found in Norway
and France, and containing six per
cent hafnium.
Coal Company Directors
Rule Spitzbergen Well
LONGYEAR CITY, Spitzbergen,
Aug. 26. (/P)—Europe has many dic
tators whose names are household
words all the world over, but Spitz
bergen has a few less known rulers
who understand the art of running a
community virtually single-handed to
perfection. They are Chief Engineer
Sigurd Westby at Advent Bay, Di
rector H. Dresselhuys at Green Har
bor and Director Knudsen at Kings
Bay. Each of these men, who are
in charge of the local interests of
different coal companies, wields prac
tically autocratic power, and wields it
wisely and justly, judging by results.
By the Treaty of Versailles, Spitz
bergen became Norweigian territory,
but King Haakon has not yet taken
official possession of the islands, and
pending the enforcement of the Sval
bard Law now before the Norwegian
parliament, there is no Norwegian
governor, law court, policeman, cus
toms officer or tax collector in all
Spitzbergen, and it is the coal com
panies’ writ that runs throughout
the archipelago or as much of it as
is inhabited.
Rules and regulations have to be
pretty strict in mining camps with
floating populations like those in
Spitzbergen. Unauthorized drink traf
fic is put down wiith a stern hand.
The companies’ understandings with
ship captains is that any clandestine
liquor trading by their subordinates
is not to be tolerated. Of course,
smuggling occurs once in a while
but detection entails very severe
penalties on guilty parties, who have
their credit on the companies’ books
docked by $25 for a first offense.
Subsequent infringements may entail
social ostracism and deportation from
the islands, but the extreme penalty
is seldom enforced.
DOGS OF BRESLAU YELP
PROTEST OVER HIGH TAXES
BRESLAU, Aug. 26 (/P)—Five thou
sand barking, yelping dogs of every
breed from Newfoundlands to Peking
ese created a tremendous din outside
of Bresleau Town Hall as a protest
against the yearly tax which the city
imposes upon dogs.
The owners marched through the
town with their dogs in leash and a
number of the animals bore sarcastic
placards. The procession halted out
side the Town Hall where the dogs,
as if by command, and to the delight
of the crowd, raised their voices in
unison and filled the air with com
plaints, which will be investigated by
the astonished city fathers.
Persia Would Grant Oil
Concession for U.S. Loan
BAGDAD, Aug. 26 (/P)—American
capital will be mobilized for the ex
ploitation of the oil resources of
Northern Persia if Dr. C. A. Mills
paugh, formerly of the United States
department, now financial adviser to
the Persian government, succeeds in
his mission to the United States.
Dr. Millspaugh is returning from
Teheran to the United States, where
he will confer with American oil in
terests about the granting of oil con
cessions in Persia. These concessions
it is stated, will depend on the con
cessionaires making the Persian gov
ernment a loan of $10,000,000. At one
time arrangements were practically
completed with the Sinclair Oil inter
ests to take over the concession on
this condition. This agreement fail
ed over some details and the conces
sion lapsed. Other American oil in
terests it is understood as well as
some foreign companies are now com
peting for the monopoly.
Persia is encouraging the invest
ucul ui nuici inm capital
building of railways, port facilities,
and other public works.
LONDON JUDGES
SNARE RABBITS
LONDON, Aug. 26. (JP)—Scorching
motorists are being frowned on by
London magistrates. During the first
three months of this year 2,573 were
prosecuted in the Metropolitan dis
trict for speeding, of whom ,2510
were convicted.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
Join the Chamber oi Commerce.
With Home Town Buying
You live here. You make use of the public benefits of this
city. Then help pay for them—and make it possible to increase
municipal improvements.
You can’t do it by sending your dollars out of town. Every
cent you send away to mail order concerns represents so much dead
loss to the community—and no gain whatever to you on good purchased.
Your dealer sells standard goods of the highest quality—
and sells them at honest prices. Merchandise of greater merit can
not be had for any amount of money—and certainly not for less
money. You can inspect the goods before purchasing—a big advantage
over mail order buying. You can see what you are getting. You can
buy in small quantities if you wish, or you can purchase in large lots
and obtain price concessions granted bulk buyers. The goods you buy are
delivered within a few minutes after purchase is made—right into your home—
and free of delivery costs.
If you are not satisfied with purchases—or desire to
. exchange goods for any reason whatever — you may do so quickly e
** and conveniently.
These are a few of the buying advantages to be had
right here at home that can not be offered by any mail order concern
in creation. You benefit yourself—then you benefit the dealer.
You enable him to continue in business. By giving him
bigger business you enable him to give you better bargains.
The profit he makes—a legitimate one—is spent right here
cfhome. Some of it is turned over to other dealers. Some of it goes
for rent. Some of it for clerks’ salaries. Some of it for taxes. It assists in
building up the entire town. It helps advance property values. It contributes
to the betterment of schools—which your children or your neighbors children
attend. It helps put down better side-walks—and put up better public build
ings. It pays you actual dividends in development of the town your town.
It makes the town in which you live a better town for you to live in.
It invites outsiders to settle here. It booms prosperity and you share in
that prosperity.
It is your plain duty — to yourself — your family—-your friends
—your town — to spend your dollars with local dealers. Do it.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company paid for the
preparation of this article.
Summer Conferences Keep
English Colleges Occupied
OXFORD, Eng., Aug. 26. (JP)—
Where do undergraduates go during
the long vacation, is a question often
asked by the uninitiated who imagine
the colleges and grounds to be de
serted for several weeks. Before
the war they were, but the confer
ence habit acquired during wartime
has stuck and developed, and for
only two weeks in the vacation is
there complete silence in the build
ings.
There is a constant inflow of
guests to industrial conferences, edu
cational courses and commercial con
ventions during which the conferees
are housed and fed on the lines of
a modern hotel. Students for these
conferences lead the lives of under
graduates, occupy their rooms, dine
in the big halls and by so doing as
sist the economical problems which
is urgent in the cases of some col
leges.
While on the special trip to Kana
tak the steamer Starr carried a full
cargo of barrels and salt from Saw
Mill bay to Uganik, where the San
Juan Fishing and Packing company
conduct a saltery.
Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Handy, Miss
Florence Taylor and brother, Sam
Taylor, returned to Seward this
morning on the Starr, following a
two months’ trip into the Valley of
Ten Thousand Smokes.
join the Chamber of Commerce.
A
CRY IN THE NIGHT
and some one in need of im
mediate help. If griping pains
in stomach or bowels, weaken
ing diarrhoea, nausea, whe
ther child or adult, there is
immediate relief from pain,
ease and comfort in
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REMEDY
Keep it always in yonr home.
Cal M. Brosius
Nails, fifty varieties, Automobile Glass,
Glass, Locks, Hinges,
Stockholm Tar, Roof Pitch,
Hyd. Lime, BB1. Lime, Paints.
Plate Glass, Glass Cutting,
Colors, Terps, OHs,
Chimney Brick, Fibered Plaster,
Varnish, Stains, Putty,
Corner Bead, Corner Lath,'
Mirrors, Belting, Cement
Medusa,
White Atlas,
Keens,
Metal Lath,
Cedar, Oak, Maple,
Arch Brick,
Fire Clay,
Plaster Paris,
Hickory, Iron Bark,
Beaver Board,
Gal. Cor. Iron,
Pulleys,
Flooring,
Fir, Spruce, Maple,
Ceiling,
Rustic,
Doors,
Windows,
Lumber,
Fir Lath,
Fire Brick,
Spruce Finish,
Mouldings,
Z-Lath,
Plaster Board,
Mahogany,
Roof Paper,
Building Paper,
Asbestos Paper,
Shingles,
Sash Rail,
Fir Finish,
LIBBY-OWENS WINDOW GLASS, Single and Double Strength,
Standard Oil Products, Rubber Matting, White Sand,
ASBESTOS STRIP SHINGLES, HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS,
METAL BASEMENT SASH AND FRAMES,
Sidewalk Coal Hole Covers Sidewalk Walk Lights, Etc.
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Builders’ Supplies
When things Look
BLACK Phone the
Seward Steam Laundry
Telephone Main 148
HOTEL ANCHORAGE
F. L REED, Proprietor
Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
Strictly Modem
Steam Heat
Prices Reasonable
Good Service
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
Bus meets all trains and boats
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA