Where are they?
Can you tell right at this moment where to find your
bonds, stock certificates, insurance policies and other valu
able papers, often needed in a hurry? Perhaps they are
in your desk drawer—or they may be in your office safe
—or possibly lying carelessly around the house.
If your valuable papers are in any of these places there
is a risk of loss as well as uncertainty of quickly finding
them when needed. But if they are in one of our safety
deposit boxes you are aways certain of their location. j
They are accessible to you instantly, and to you alone and
they are safe from fire, theft and carelessness.
SUITABLE SIZE BOXES $5 YEARLY
Bank of Seward
Depositary for Territorial Funds
Redondo Sailed Sunday
For Westward Points
The steamship Redondo, plying be
tween Seward and Anchorage, via
Kodiak, sailed from Seward yesterday
morning. She carried freight and
passengers for way points.
Among those taking passage for
westward points were:
For Seldovia, G. Burgie.
For Kodiak, Chas. Hartman.
For Tutlca Bay, Julius Carlson,
Pete Maranich, John Olson, Mrs. J.
Carlson, Martin Johnson, Olav Bjorn,
and Mrs. S. Cole.
For Days Harbor, L. H. Vogl, Wra.
Bryan, Tom O’Hara, Geo. Gibson,
Carl Everson, John Hubschmidt, Jas.
Mathathall, B. Law Ion and D. Dun
bar.
L. V. Ray, who returned on the
\ ukon Saturday, left on today’s train
for Anchorage, to administer the af
fairs of his law partner, the late
Judge David.
COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT
The common council will hold its
regular meeting tonight, at which
time improtant business matters will
come up. Mayor L. V. Ray will be
absent, he being in Anchorage.
The regular weekly luncheon of the
Seward Chamber of Commerce will
be held tomorrow noon. Within the
next \?eek or so nomination of offi
cers will be held. Considerable in
terest has been manifested at the
last few meetings and it is hoped
the membership will turn out tomor
row.
The soft weather which has been
prevailing along the railroad causing
mud slides has ceased since the last
few days’ cold spell# Trains are ru%
ning as per usual.
Oldtimers arriving in Anchorage on
the last train report that the rivers
of the interior, that usually have a
crust, of ice on by this time suffi
cient to travel on are still running
water.
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A chance to
save money
SOME MORE WONDERFUL
BARGAINS FOR THIS WEEK
Reliance Brand Bartlett Pears;
TWO CANS FOR ' ).
Reliance Brand Apricots,
PER CAN .
Reliance Brand Peaches
PER CAN .
Reliance Brand Royal Anne Cherries;
TWO CANS FOR .
Reliance Brand Strawberries
PER CAN ........
Reliance Brand Blackberries
TWO CANS FOR
Reliance Brand Pineapples,
PER CAN ........
Reliance Brand RaspberPes,
PER CAN .. . -
A No. 1 Sugar Corn,
THREE CANS FOR.
Swift’s Premium Bacon
PER POUND.
Brookfield Butter,
PER POUND -.
Brookfield Eggs,
PER DOZEN.- * - *
.35
,85
.35
.55
.35
.35
.50
.45
Swift’s Premium Ham,
PER POUND ....
9 Money Refunded If Not Satisfactory
CHAS. TECKLENBURG
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Fancy and Staple Groceries
9 PHONE, MAIN 135.
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.50
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SEWARD TRADING CO.
K?
BANK CASHIER
KILLS OFFICERS
BY MISTAKE
KILLS ONE OFFICER, WOUNDS
ANOTHER BEFORE THEY
REVEAL IDENTITY
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 1_Hugh A.
Stewart, a bank cashier of this city
fired on four men whom he believed
were about to kidnap his wife today.
During the affair, the bank cashier
killed one and wounded two others
before he learned they were city de
tectives. Stewart was returning home
with his wife when the offciers com
manded him to throw up his hands.
William D. Perren was the officer
killed. Stewart is under arrest.
Whale Chases Herring
Into Small Lagoon
The recent depredations committed
by a whale in the lagoon at Kache
mak bay, Seldovia, have furnished
more excitement for the herring fish
ermen than anything that has occur
red there in years. The fishermen,
aided by Fish Commissioner Wm.
P. Studdert, spent most of their time
gunning for the huge mammal, and it
is estimated the whale is carrying
more than one hundred bullets in its
hide as a result of its experience.
The lagoon, where the excitement
occurred, is a body of water about
four miles long and two miles wide
connected to Kachemak bay by a nar
row, shallow channel. The lagoon is
recognized as one of the finest herr.
ing banks on Cook Inlet, and is a
mass of nets during the season. The
whale evidently was chasing a school
of herring, and followed them in
to the lagoon. After negotiating the
channel at high tide the whale be
came enmeshed in the nets and could
not find a way out. The first day
there it destroyed twelve nets, and
during the three weeks that followed
nets were demolished every day.
Every firearm in the camp was
brought to bear on the whale, which
sported from one end of the lagoon to
the other, leaving wreck and ruin in
its wake, but unable to find the out
let. Finally, after net to the value
of about five thousand dollars had
been destroyed, it is stated the whale
followed a gasboat out of the lagoon
and headed for the deep sea.
The amount of lead carried away
by the leviathan of the ocean is esti
mated at vary amounts, but it is a
known fact that many “hits” were
registered by the amateur whalers.
It is said the winter herring run
is late this year, but is on in
earnest now, and the packers expect
to pack a large amount. before the
first of the j-ear.
YUKON CANOE ADDED
TO STATE COLLECTION
An Indian canoe, made in 1895
by Chief Alexander and his son,
of the tribe of Indians on Forty
Mile river, one of the tributaries of
the Yukon, has been given to the
State University Museum by A. L.
Brown, Washington alumnus.
The eighteen-foo.t paoioe is made
of three complete pieces of birch
bark and is sewn together with
roots of trees. It si still in good
condition except for a . few holes it
received at St. Michael where it
was put on the boat for shipment
to Seattle.
For the first year after its com
pletion the canoe was used by the
officers of the North American
Trading company as well as by the
chief and his son. The next year,
Mrs. Bridget Elward, first white
woman on the Yukon, and her hus
band paddled from Forty-Mile river
down the Yukon to St. Michael in
the canoe. This trip was made
across the widest part of Alaska.
Some samples of modern Indian
pottery have recently been received
from A. G. Colley, special collector
for the museum last fall. The pot
tery was sent from New Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones and
babies, of Anchorage, were registered
over Sunday at the Van Gilder.
FOE SALE—Oak Dining Room Set;
consisting of buffet, chairs, and ta
ble; call at Seward Grill. 12-1-tf
“NAUGHT CAN COMPARE WITH GIFTS TO WEAR”
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GIFTS
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Get Your Gifts
at The Clothing Store
You Will Be Surprised at the
Large Selection of
Silk Shirts
Luggage
Ties,
Underwear,
Slippers
Umbrellas,
Hosiery,
#' Handkerchiefs,
all kinds
Pajamas,
Hats and Caps
Belts,
Gloves,
Bath Robes,
Garters,
Sweaters,
Knit Vests,
Lea Purses,
Likly Luggage,
Gold Armbands
Indian Robes,
Silk and Wool
Mufflers
Steamer Rugs,
Wardrobe Trunks,
Smoking Jackets,
Kum-a-Part Cuff
Buttons,
A box of Van Huesen Collars makes a most -£
' acceptable gift
We will gladly lay aside any article chosen
URBACH’S
“If Men W eai' It We Have It
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John Dennis, an Indian residing in
Skagway and having done odd jobs
for the late Alaskan paper there was
drawn for jury duty to serve as a
petit juryman. It is known that
this man can neither read nor write,
nor has any concepiton of the Eng
lish language, but still he voted in
Skagway and was obviously drawn
for jury duty.
MARRIAGE IS GOOD
• INVESTMENT, SAYS
ONE CHICAGO OFFICIAL
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Marriage is
the best financial investment a man
can make, concludes Patrick J. Carr,
treasurer of Cook County (Chicago)
from a statistical survey of the aver
ages taken from 700,000 returns. “In
fact, a man can hardly afford not to
get married, if statictics mean any
thing,” Mr. Carr added.
The survey of the tax situation
here, made with a view of reaching
any scientific conclusions on economy
and money saving, shows that at 24
years of age the average husband has
about five per cent less property,
money in bank and taxable wealth
than the average bachelor of the same
age.
“But when both reach the age of 28.
the husband will be three per cent
ahead and will continue to distance
the bachelor each year,” said Mr.
Carr. “The cost of marriage put him
back in the first comparison.
“At 38 the married man will aver
age in proportion to numbers, 17 per
cent more taxable wealth and at 48
he will be twenty per cent ahead, de
spite the expense of larger homes,
children and heavier wardrobes and
living costs. The married man seems
to work harder, save more and is
more intensive in developing his busi
ness ability. There is a greater per
centage of shrinkage one year of a
bachelor than a husband."
Among the week-end visitors to
Seward was H. C. Benett, president
of the Anchorage Commercial Co.
Mr. Bennett with L. Hartley and Niel
Wanaaker, recently joined forces and
purchased the hardware stock of C.
W. Bolte. The company occupy a
bright spot in the commercial life
of Anchorage and is considered to
be the largest business of its kind in
Alaska. “If it goes into a house or
building we have it,” is the slogan
of the new firm.
O. W. Wahlgren, a brother-in-law to
the late Judge Leopold David arriv
ed on the Yukon and left on yester
day’s train for Anchorage.
Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
tomorrow.