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SEWARD, ALASKA
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FIRE ON THE KENAI LAKE ROAD
This summer, we will see the Sew
ard Kenai Lake road completed. The
natural beauty and scenic wonders of
this unusal highway are not equaled
by many driveways of the world. The
distant timber skirted and snow capp
ed hills, the river and creeks winding
through tree lined banks and over
flower covered bars into crystal lakes,
the roadway lined and overhung with
the silent sentinels of the forest; a
combination that only nature provides
and she has worked one of her won
ders for us. The impression is that
nature provided a right-of-way and all
we had to do was build the road tread.
There is no rawness one expects with
new construction.
We, each of us, enjoy this avenue of
pleasure and we have given our bit
for its construction. It is in our keep
ing and trust. Shall we preserve it in
its original glory? We must.
To insure its lasting for ever we
must be continually on guard and pre
vent fire from blasting Seward’s nat
ural treasure.
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PETRIFIED FORESTS AND THE
ALASKAN COAL
Paul Bunyan never smoked cigar
ettes, but he was very fond of his
pipe. One day he sat on the top of
the San Francisco Peaks looking for
fires, smoking his pipe the while. The
wind blew out several of his matches, i
which he carefully broke in many piec
es and tossed down onto the plains
where there was nothing to burn.
These old matches of Paul’s are now j
being exhibited to the unsuspecting
tourists at the Petrified Forest .
Later on that day Paul spied a j
smoke in the northwest. He immedi
ately set out to extinguish the blaze.
Stepping down off the Peaks, he tap
ped his pipe on Mt. McKinley, careful
ly covering the charred tobacco with
earth. A chap named Uncle Sam dis
covered these remains anil claimed
them as coal fields.
DO YOU KNOW
Do you know that the annual con
sumption of wood in the United States
is two fifths of that of the whole
world, that in 1920 the total bill for
timber freight was $250,000,000, that
our forests are being cut four times
as fast as they grow but under in
tensive consumption, what the present
status of forestry is in the United
States and what measures are neces
sary? If you do not know, and are in
terested in these and many other facts
send for Bulletin 886, entitled “Tim
ber, Mine or Crop.”
What rotten carelessness! We took
our eye off that rebellion in Mexico,
and now the darned thing is lost.
A free country is one in which
; everybody is at liberty to shout in j
I glee over the discomfiture of his bet
1 r
ters.
OTTO MEYER TO FARM AT
SPRINGS DURING SUMMER
Otto Meyer, new proprietor of the
j Chena Hot springs, intends to devote
the coming summer to intensive farm
ing, reports Louis Golden, merchant,
returning from a sojourn at the Hot
Springs. Mr. Meyer will raise every- j
thing in a vegetable line that will j
grow in this favored spot, and will fill
his storehouses next fall in prepara
tion for a busy winter.
It is also reported by Mr. Golden
that the Springs proprietor will clear
a field 300 feet by 1,000 feet in dimen
sion as a landing field for airplanes.
H. H. BROWN CAR FOREMAN
A bulletin over the signature of R.
H. Hale announces the appointment of
II .H. Brown to be general car fore
man from Seward to Fairbanks. The
appointment became effective March
24.
Barn dance at A. B. hall Saturday
night.
CLEAN, SANITARY BATHS,
EXPERT BARBERS AND
REASONABLE PRICES KEEP
US EU3Y.
LADIES HAIR EXPERTS
R?y 0. Lewis, Propr.
PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
E. E. CHAMBERLIN
Candidate for Territorial Senator on the Republican
Ticket, Primaries April 29, 1924
Senator Chamberlin is a lifelong Republican, was mayor of Seward
lor two terms, has been a member of the Seward Council, and owns
property here. He served in the Territorial Senate at the last
two sessions. At the last session he supported the literacy test
for voters, the woman’s jury bill, the Soldier bonus bill, the pioneer
pension bill and the memorial protesting against fisheries reserves.
A RESIDENT OF ALASKA FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS
TONIGHT ONLY
8:00 O’Clock ONE SHOW 8:00 O’clock
Adults, 40 c ADMISSION Children, 15c
Liberty Theatre
First National presents Constance Talmadge in
“Woman’s Place”
“Darning Sox or the Ballot Box”
A Comedy of Electioneering and
Affedioneering
Also a tuio-reel Comedy and a Vodovil
T().M()i;ROW AND FR11)AY
Richard Barthelmcss in “Sonny”
Barn Dance A. B. Hall Saturday Night
Federal Judge Says
Too Many Laws Passed!
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19.—Gradual
curtailment of the rights of individ
uals by a multiplicity of criminal
laws is a danger sign to wnirh i:
would be well for thoughtful citi
zens to give consideration, it was '
stated here by Federal Judge J. C.
Pollock, of Kansas City, Kan., a
former justice of the Supreme Court
of Kansas.
The downfall of every democracy
and republic in history has been due
to legislative invasion of individual |
rights he declared.
To show how rapidly the tendency j
toward excessive legislation was de
veloping he pointed out that over 75
per cent of the laws on our statute
books today have been enacted with
in the last ten years.
“I have the highest regard for the
Constitution” he said, “and I believe
the men who framed that document
possessed greater knowledge of the
science of government than any of
their successors.
“Of late yeais, however, many re
formers have come forward with sug
getions of constitutional improve
ment. Probably these persons mean
well enough but they fail to com
prehend the fundamental principles
on which our government is based—
individual liberty.
“A revolution is not impossible in
this country. We can have one as
easily as they did in Russia.”
ASHES OF ISLAM) CAPTAIN
BE SCATTERED AT SEA
According to advices from Seattle,
the ashes of Captain John Backman,
of Orcas, San Juan Islands, who died
February 24, 1924, in a Seattle hos
pital, twenty years after his retire
ment from the sea ,are to be scattered
on the ocean by the master of one of
the Cary Davis Tug and Barge com
pany’s tugs. An urn containing the
ashes has been received by George R.
Cary, president of the company, and
they will be scattered far out at sea,
in accordance with his last request.
Captain Backman will be recalled by
old-timers as the master of the lumber
schooner J. M. Weatherwax, which
made many long voyages on the Pacif
ic when he was pacing its decks. He
retired from the sea about twenty-one
years ago and settled at Orcas.
Harry Raymond has purchased the
Bell Island Hot Springs property and
will make extensive developments
there this season. It is the intention
of Raymond and his associates to
make the Springs a tourist resort as
well as a hospitable place for all who
want recreation. These Springs are
known to possess great medicinal qual
ities and for the last 20 years have
been a resort for the rheumatic and
dispectic unfortunates.
NOTICE
J. B. Burford & Co. of Juneau are
offering for a very limited time, large
allowances for second-hand typewri
ters on the purchase of a new L. C.
Smith & Bros, machines. Send us
the serial and model numbers also
the make of your machine and we
will make you a most attractive of
fer. Write today as this offer will be
withdrawn in a short time. It will
pay you. 92-k96
WANTED—Housework by experienced
woman; good cook; would take full
charge of motherless home; age 47.
Mrs. Tabitha Stank, Box 237, Juneau
Suits maae to measure, see Urbach.
FOR RENT—Furmsned house, si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rety. tf
Parker’s Fountain Pens, Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop, tf.
For Sale Cheap
Lot 26, block 10. with two-room
furnished house; price $1,000.
Lot 31 and south half of lot 32,
two five-room furnished houses, at
$5,000; basement and heating plants
in each.
Lot 10 and north half of lot 9, block
12; 4 room furnished house, $2,000.
And other lots from $100 to $500
each.
All houses have baths.
P. M. OGLE
OWNER
Trains leave Seward northbound 8 a
m.t Mondays and Thursdays, for
Anchorage, Curry, Nenana and Fair
banks.
Trains arrive Seward 7:45 p. m. on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from
the North.
All baggage must be checked 15;
minutes prior to departure of trains
DEL MONTE CLUB
ERIC NELSON, Propr.
SOFT DRINKS,
CIGARS, TOBACCOS,
Candies, Fresh Fruits
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEWARD ALASKA
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
Andy’s Express
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
s. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from
Seattle
April 22
May 6th
Arrives
Seward
April 29
Seward
South fm
May 5th
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
May 13th May 19th
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Anchorage and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee %
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STEAMSHIP STARR
Next Sailing about May 11th, connecting
with steamship Northwestern
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADISON <3*_ SEWARD, ALASKA
FINEST BILLIARD & POOL HALL IN ALASKA
Exclusive Distributors of Budweiser, Bevo, and Monopole Cigars.
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
Wall Paper
Fainting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG. ADAMS 145
THF PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Mam 55
CHOP SUEY
Noodles
Harry Yago
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
KAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
’hone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
famished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 136
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. fi-A,
>• O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
MRS. A. H. THODAY N. G.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. A A. M.
J/ i3L:\ stated communication*
VsSa- 1st and 3rd Wednes
V days of each month.
come.
„ —-Uiouvu,
visiting Brethern wei
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
'• o. o. F.
Resurrection Lodge
x, No. A-7
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m Visiting
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerguist,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, See
IGt-OO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’* Halt
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Sec’y.
SEWARD Pw87, NO *(VE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday*
ELWYN SWETMANN. Com.
i. P. HANNON, Adjutant
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
VVM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
D. U. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EfvIBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When in need of my services call
Brown A HawkJn*
FRED J. SPACH
GENERAL SURVEYING AND
mapping
Certified Member A. A. E.
Licensed C. E. State of Idaho
Phone 113-R
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA