Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
Resourses $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
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DIVER TO EXAMINE
WRECKED PORTLOCK
An examination or the big fish
ing schooner Portlock, wrecked on
Couverden Island early this month
will be made by S. Jacobsen, diver,
the first part of the week to deter
mine whether its condition justifies
its being raised and salvaged and
possibly repaired, Captain J. V. Da
vis, surveyor for the Marine Under
writers, said recently to the Juneau
Empire.
Advices have been received from
Jacobsen that he will bring his scow
in from Security Bay, arriving in
Juneau, and the party will probably
leave the next day on the America
First, Capt. Tom Smith, accompanied
by Mr. Davis.
Should Jacobsen's examination of
the Portlock show it to be in good
shape it will be towed from where
it now lies off Couverden Island to
a suitable beach and raised, Capt.
Davis said.
ALAMEDA PASSENGER LIST
Wim. Anrig, T. D. Estes, Mrs. R.
Grosvold, Sam Larson, Tom Skulstad,
Arthur Skulstad, \V. R. Shenwin, J.
C. Wingfield.
Valdezans arriving home were: Lt.
C. W. Clarke, Mbs. C. W. Clarke and
W. A. Dolan.
A number of girls at Columbia
University have adopted small tur
tles as pets, since dogis and cats have
been barred from the institution.
The most universal delusion is the
belie! in our ability to write poetry.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, of course, because it will not
lie.
Blessed is the telephone girl who
never expects the subscribers to be
polite.
Silence helps a lot when one is try
ing to get by with an inferior set of
brains.
An anonymous donation to charity
usually gets the most publicity in the
long run.
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HAINES INDIAN GIVEN
A $5000 VERICT, JUNEAU
After several hours deliberation,*
the jury in the Dan Katzeek dam
age suit aginst the Ailaska Si3. Com
pany, returned a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff. It awarded Katzeek
$5,000 damages for injuries suffered
in May, 1923, while a boiler was be
ing unloaded from the freighter Cor
dova at the Haines Packing Co.’s
'plant near Haines.
Katzeek, who was an employe of
the cannery company, claimed he was
permanently injured by being caught
in a broken tackle and hurled against
tfne side of the freighter. He suit
for $30,000.
In the District Court this morn
ing, H. E. Morton argued his motion
for a plea in bar against the in
dictment charging T. A. Jones with
assault and battery on Fred Magill.
The plea claims that Jones had
been arrested and taken before the
U. S. Commissioner on the same
charge and has asked for trial but
that the case was dismissed by the
Commissioned on motion of the U.S.
Attorney for lack of prosecution.
The indictment was returned by the
grand jury later.
After hearing the arguments this
morning, Judge Reed took the mat
ter under advisement.—Juneau Em
pire.
All agree that the details of the
Rhinelander case were nauseating
Still, some would probably get a thrill
out of being seasick.
As proof that Florida real estate
is sold on the level, it may be point
ed out that there are few hills of con
sequence in that state.
Running down one’s neighbors is
a bad practice, but allowing your
automobile to do it is even worse.
A Georgia woman declares that
four robbers have .been into her
refrigerator recently, not counting the
ice man.
When the heart takes a hotfon to
fall in love it seldom calls the brain,
into* conference^
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Monday-Four trainmen were killed
and two injured when a switch en
gine backing east collided with a
westbound freight train on the Fort
| Worth & Denver Railway. The acci
dent occured near Wichita Falls.
Fire of unknown origin demolished
•the Davis-Phillips Grocery store and
the Dimond Nick oil off general mer
chandise store. It is stated the loss
entailed amounted to $40,000 which
was partly covered by insurance.
Robert Mayoko, an Eskimo just
arrived in New York, remarked he
wished he had brought his heavy
clothing with him from the North.
He is en route to the Hudson’s Bay
district with a herd of reindeer.
Chicago was the scene of a mil
lion dollar fire in which nine deaths
■were reported. Two buildings were
destroyed, one a business block and
the other an apartment.
Alameda sails north from Seattle
with 54 passengers for Alaska.
S.S. Alaska departed .from Seward
for Seattle with a fair listing of pas
sengers.
The World’s champion dog derby
to the “top of the World” will start
for the first time Feb. 5 to 11, the
course being laid from Calgary to
the Great Divide and back to Banff. :
The course will exceed all past der- !
tbies by 23 miles.
Wm. Sergent, an oldtimer from
•the Interior, leaves Seward for the
States, on his first trip out in 33 '
years.
Tuesday—General Pershing will re
turn to the United States from Ari
ca, within the month on account of
his health.
Blankets of snow cover the Rio
Grande.
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Charles Johnson and Robert M. ;
Carr arrested in Seward charged j
with robbing cigar store of Christ i
Larsen. Men draw one year each. j
Noel Wien, Interior aviator plans 1
to fly to Barrow next summer.
R. H. Merrill, Seward aviator, is :
now in Frisco meeting wth a num- j
ber of Alaska cannery men. Indica- ]
tions point that a regular sendee j
will be installed from Seward to the t
westward points next spring. \
Wednesday—Prices on general food j
commodities are slightly higher last ]
year, says Chicago report. t /
Senator Wheeler of Montana scores 1
tax reduction calling it one of the j
worst attempts at class legislation tj
that has been offered since the pas- 9
sage of the Fordney-McCumber tar- 1
iff Bill. |
Herschell Parker, former Alaskan, e
files petition in bankruptcy at Seat- J
tie I S
Jbour banks close in Montana. The
State Bank of Nassau, the First Na
tional Bank of Malta, the Valley
County State Bank at Hinsdale and
the Glasgow National Bank.
Admiral Watson arrives in port
from Seattle with few passengers on
board. Departs for the westward.
Report from Anchorage is to the
effect Mt. McKinley is erupting. In
terior arrivals in Seward say it is
but-a fog bank.
Thursday—Floods creating great
damage in various portions of Ger
many.
Charged with forging the name otf
Dr. E. M. McKibben, a former Seat
tle physician, whose naime he is said
to have used in obtaining the ap
pointment as United States Com
missioner for Kodiak, E. M. Webb,
is held under $3000 bail at Kodiak.
Peter Larsen of San Francisco,
sues Jack McCord, Seward man, for
one fourth of the profits McCord real
ized on Alaska oil claims. Larsen
alleges he advanced McCord $250
as a grubstake in 1920.
Lomen Brothers of Nome will pro
vide Polar flight explorers with fur
clothing.
Supt. Henry Karstens of the Mc
Kinley National Park states alleged
disturbances of mountain investigat
ed and found untrue.
Friday—New Year’s Day. No paper.
An Oklahoma editor, in writing up
a home talent play, commended a
neighbor for his “clever impersona
tion of a gentleman.”
Just abaout the time we got people
educated against inhaling gas they
began stepping on it.
Ponzi has gone to Florida and like
ly as not sb&reone will be mean
enough to suggest something about
“birds of a feather.”
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND
PATRONS
We express our sincere thanks and
hearty appreciation, for the splendid
support given us during the year about
to pass
We hope you enjoyed a Merry Xmas
and wish that the NEW YEAR bring
forth abundance
OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
TO ALL
QUALITY FIRST
May the NEW YEAR
Bring To You
It’s Fullest Measure
of Prosperity.
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Wishing all our friends
and costomers a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
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