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ALMON was first successfully canned on the Sacramento River in California
in 1864 and the first canner introduced his product by peddling it from door
to dcor. Today 60.8% of the families of the United States use canned
salmon and consume annually 14.4 pounds per family or one and three
quarters pounds of salmon for every man, woman and child in the nation.
Exhaustive tests have been made to determine the food value of this product as
compared with other commonly used foods, with the result that it was found that the
average pound can of salmon contains more calories than does a pound of sirloin
steak, eggs, baked beans, boiled rice, chicken or mashed potato, and nearly three
times as much nutriment as a pound of whole milk.
The market for Alaska’s salmon has been developed at great expenditure of both
money and effort and has only recently attained the stability which assures a ready
sale for the pack.
To build this market it was necessary to educate the nation as to the food value of
the product and the numerous delightful dishes which might be prepared from it.
It was also essential that the public be assured of the wholesome nature of the
product and to this end the cannerymen have maintained an extensive inspection
cysiem ana laboratory under the supervision of the National Canners Association to
insure a sanitary pack and proper living conditions for employees. Desiring to>
further safeguard the industry and the public they offered to assume an estimated
annual expense of $80,000.00 and turn this inspection work over to government
agencies. This has not yet been accomplished but something may be worked out to
enable the can of salmon to carry the stamp of government inspection and approval.
Today the Alaska canned salmon is universally recognized as a wholesome, nutritious
and desirable food and the market readily absorbs every can that is packed. This
market represents the results of years of effort and an enormous investment and
should be guarded as a valuable asset of Alaska.
Without a market both fish and cannery become valueless.
The Canning Industry of Alaska
KANSAS SENATOR, 6FT. 7,
PROBABLY TALLEST LEGIS.
EMPORIA, Jan. 31—Kansas, noted
for its tall corn and sunflowers, also
lias produced the tallest legislator in
the United States. He is W. H.
Behrens, Senator-elect of Osage coun
ty and stands six feet seven inches,
and, although a Democrat in a Repub
lican district, he defeated his oppon
ent by a fair-sized majority. Behrens
ELLIS BALL
CHILI MILL
The mill that takes the pros
pector off the labor market.
Cheaper than an trastra, more
efficient than a stamp mill.
MADE IN SIZES FROM
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
Investigate the Ellis Mill First
NELS HAGEN
ALASKA AGENT*;
Write for information to
P. O. Box 1105
SEWARD, ALASKA
campaigned as “The Tal! Man” and
voters who met him, never forgot
him.
Behrens is a farmer and a success
ful hog raiser. He has earned enough
from hogs on his 80-acre farm near
Lyndon to build a new seven-room
house, electrically lighted with a fine
water system and other convenienc
es.
The Senator’s explanation of his
exceptional height is a good argu
ment for those who eat yeast. When
I was a boy living in a Western Kan
sas sod house my mother made her
own yeast,” Behrens explained. “She
put it in a sack and hung it near the
chimney to dry. I often nibbled on
it, causing it to disappear too rap
idly for her liking. The result was
I did not have a balanced ration in
my early years, but ate too much of
the yeast and simply ‘raised up.’ ”
SEATTLE MAN, BEATTEN
24 TIMES AT THE POLLS
APPOINTED TO OFFICE
SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—August Toell
ner, of Seattle, after being defeated
twenty-four times since 1901 in elec
tions, was unanimously named re
cently by three county commissioners
to serve as justice of the peace for
Duwamisli precinct. Fourteen con
secutive times Toellner was a candi
date for waterway commissioner. In
November, Toellner’s name was on
the ballot for congress on the inde
pendent ticket. The independent
ticket was on the primary ballots but
was ruled out in the general elec
tions.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—
President Coolidge expects that the
recommendations of the agricultural
committee will be so good that they
will obtain sufficient support from
congress to be enacted into law be
fore March 4, thus obviating the ex
tra session.
ELECTRIC BOOTBLACK
MAY COST JOBS OF
MANY IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 29.—The possibility
of many Greeks, Italians, and negroes
being out of employment in the near
future is seen in the announcement
of the invention of an automatic elec
tric bootblack here.
Guaranteed to clean and polish nine
ty pairs of shoes an hour, the mach
ine is said to be infallible, except
that it will not clean black and
brown shoes at the same time.
The shoes are placed in line on a
kind of flat chute; the operator
presses a switch, and the shoes begin
to move along the chute into an
opening where each shoe in turn
is cocked up on end, sent into the
internal parts, and emerges in about
forty-five seconds at the other side
spick and span.
AUTO AND ELK MEET;
CAR BADLY DAMAGED
SEDRO WOOLLEY, Jan. 31—Jess
Carey, a prominent pioneer resident
of the Upper Skagit country, had the
unusual experience of running in to
a wild elk Wednesday evening of last
week, while returning to his home
near Hamilton in his automobile. The
elk blocked the auto’s path near the
Davis place, between Hamilton and
Lyman. The animal escaped, as did
Mr. Carey, but his automobile was
badly damaged in the melee.
The elk, several carloads of which
were brought to this county a few
years ago and turned loose in the
Upper Skagit, have become so tame
and increased in number so that they
are a source of annoyance to the res
idents who live in the wooded dis
tricts. It is estimated that their ori
ginal number has doubled.
When word of Mr. Carey’s accident
was received here a searching party
left to look for the elk, which, Mr.
Carey believes was injured.
I
MRS STORES ASKS
COURT CHARGES
BE DROPPED
her mother, the death of her father,
and the subsequent impairment of her
own health, led Mrs. Helen Elwood
Stokes, of Denver, to ask that the
charges against her husband, W. E.
D. Stokes, millionaire hotelman of
New York be dropped.
The case was set for trial last Mon
day but a continuance was asked for
and granted.
“I do not want to seem ungrateful
or indifferent to the friends who have
stood by me in my case, but there is
a limit to my endurance and I' feel
that I have reached that limit,” she
is said to have written.
By British Explorer
LONDON, Jan. 31.—Haunted ruins,
singing stands, and fish that live in
hot water have been discovered by
British explorers in the Arabian des
erts of Jafura and Jabrin.
Major R. E. Cheesman, who has
just returned from an Arabian tour,
claims to have been the first Euro
pean traveler to tread this waterless
area. With a party of assistants,
and camels, he joined the A1 Murra,,
and Ikhwau tribe that roams the des
erts.
Reporting his discoveries to the
Royal Geographic Society, Major R.
E. Cheesman said Jabrin, which has
long been veiled in mystery, was a
depression with date palms and ruin
ed castles reputed to be haunted by |
spirits. The desert was encroaching j
on all sides and the oasis wells were
drying up.
Major Chessman mapped out the
Jafura desert, a vast tract of mov
ing sand dunes, along its western
side. He brought back with him
specimens of fish caught in a hot
spring at Hufuf, the temperature of
the water of which was 101 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Among his other exhibits were sev
eral photographs of a ruined town
which he discovered on the coast of
Ogair, supposed to be the site of the
ancient Phonecian port of Gerra.
It was near this place that he en
countered the phenomenon of singing
sands, on a beach where each foot
step brought forth a mysterious pip
ing whistle.
Major Chessman’s object was to
obtain a collection of desert animals
and birds from Central Arabia and he
found nine species and eight sub-spe
cies which are said to be new to
science. During his trip he was the
guest of Ibn Saud, the Wahabi Sul
tan of Najd.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—The illness of
Tales Told
DAILY DOZEN SAID TO
HAVE PRESERVED CAT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 29.—
“Bum,” maiden feline, celebrated her
twenty-five birthday recently, thanks
to cautious living.
“Bum’s” longevity is not attributed
to cloister and sheltered life. Char
lie Scheer, 8, claims some credit.
For five years he has put her thru
a “daily dozen” that made her the
cat she is today. “Bum” was brot
to San Antonio from Houston, 20
year ago.
On the death of her mistress, Mrs.
Joe Kohr, Bum found a home with
the R. A. Scheer family. She was
a wise cat and began living a more
sheltered life. Back fence quarters
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 22.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE SELDOVIA PRECINCT 3RD
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF AL
ASKA, AT SELDOVIA.
In the matter of the estate of James
E. Hill, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been appointed
and has qualified Executrix of the
estate of James E. Hill, deceased. In
accordance with an order duly made
therefor, Notice is hereby given to the
creditors of and all persons having
claimms against said deceased, to ex*
hibit such claims, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months from the
date of this notice to the said Execu
trix at her place of residence at Sel
dovia, Alaska.
Dated at Seldovia, Alaska, this 1st
day of January, 1925.
MINNIE LOUIS HILL,
Executrix of Estate of James E.
Hill, Deceased.
Published,, Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb.7.
were unenticing. She disdained
them for a nap indoors. She was a
sober minded feline.
Eighteen months ago her eyesight
became dim. She became nervous
and stayed inside instead of pro
menading about the yard. She be
came rheumatic from lack of ex
ercise and thert Young Charlie took
a hand. He’d keep her “fit,” he
acclaimed.
Charlie stretched Bum’s limbs and
taught muscle to relax. She respond
ed amazingly. With one good tooth
she resumed a carniverous diet. In
digestion developed. Then she was
placed on ordinary milk and cream
diet, Bum again became a spry kit
ten.
And now, unless she meets cala
mitous death, she’ll probably live sev
eral years. That, anyway, is Char
lie’s claim, all because of the “daily
dozen.”
Mrs. Mary A. Lund, of Litchfield, N.
II., was born and lived for 100 years
in the house where she recently died.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
Stated communications first
;0Xand third Wednesdays of each
month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Cha3. Lechner, Secretary. _
AMERICAN LEGION, SEWARD
POST NO. FIVE
Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
at Fisher’s Cafe. Visiting
members are always wel
come. J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
_ some; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mr-s. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
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CREAM AND ALL
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“The Best”
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