CONSIDER THE VALUE
OF YOUR POSSESSIONS
it tire or thieves should conic tonight
what would become of your prized
possessions.
Of course you could replace some lost
articles, but others of particular value
to you can never be replaced.
Put your valuable papers—especially
your will and your insurance policies,
and jewelry which you do not use
every day, in a BANK OF SEWARD
safe-deposit box, where they will be
safe and convenient to get at.
Boxes Rent for $5.00
and up yearly.
1 Bank of Seward
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Notice to Public
Seward, Alaska, Feb. 18, 1924.
COMMENCING on September 1, 1924, the
SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
will distribute electric current through meters
only. The rate for lighting, and all other uses
where the unit demand is one electrical horse
power or less will be fifteen cents per kilowatt
hour payable monthly. Current for motors
and other current consuming devices whose
unit demand exceeds one electrical horse-power
will be supplied at the rate of ten cents per kilo
watt hour, payable monthly, through separate
meters, but the right to regulate the hours for
such use is reserved to the Company.
The minimum charge for lighting, and other
uses where the unit demand is one electrical
horse-power or less, will be fifty cents for each
ampere of meter’s rated capacity per month.
The minimum charge for motors or other cur
rent consuming devices whose unit demand ex
ceeds one electrical horse-power will be at the
rate of three dollars per month for each con
nected horse-power or fraction thereof.
Deposits to the value of meters will be re
quired at the time of installation. They will be
repaid to depositor or order upon return of
meter in good condition, less a ten per cent ser
vice charge, provided all sums then due the
Company shall have been paid. Meters will be
installed in the order of the applications there
for.
S. M. GRAFF, Manager.
H. V. KOBEN A. F. DAVIS
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
Has Coal to Burn
HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANIMO RANGE COAL, SACK OR BULK
WOOD, ICE HAY AND GRAIN
jTO SERYICE STORAGE
TRANSFERRING AND FORWARDING
Telephone Main 81
Funds now available
rUft AMittUiUs w urtii,
Lrtrti/u oivi,j rLrtiiu
(Anchorage xiiuskanj
Tiie luik.es oi uio .niasivu Raiiroau
j win be douoieu immediately a.iu the
; wage scaie for labor win ionium as u
>• Uo Idol UOOUiilij_g LO a oIUlo
1 merit made yesterday by Colonel Lee
H. Landis, general manager of the rail
road, in an interview with a represen
tative of The Daily Alaskan.
1 lie sum o uas ueeu author
ized to be expended in improvements
to the government dock in Anchorage.
The appropriation for the Alaska
Railroad, amounting to over a million
dollars, which was recently authoriz
ed by Congress is now available.
Bona fide miners and prospectors
will be given the preference in em
ployment on the railroad during the
winter months.
T aimers and homesteaders located
along the railroad belt will have the
opportunity of disposing' of certain ties
made from timber on their lands, thru
the regular channels.
In stating that the personnel of the
railroad will bo doubled, this means
that at least 900 more men will be em
ployed and acording to Colonel Lan
dis, the hiring of men for the rehabi
litating of the Alaska railroad started
two days ago, locally and in the states.
Two crews of men for the Interior riv
er transportation service left Seattle-!
yesterday on the steamer Northwest- j
ern.
' Nineteen men are included in this i
j party but this number will be augu- j
mented here by an additional force,
to assist in rec fnditioning the river
j steamers and to operate them the com
i ing season.
j Steel for three bridges, the Eagle
river bridge, at Mile 137, the Noyes
Slough bridge at Fairbanks and the
Placer River bridge at Mile 54, is in
the local railroad yards and work is
actually under way.
Faster ami increased passenger ser
vice will be made possible within the
next few weeks upon the arrival from
the Outside of two railway coaches, a
diner and two pullman sleepers. En
gines are being rebuilt and overhauled
j in the local shops but the Mikado lo
1 comotives will not arrive this summer,
according to Colonel Landis. Specifica
tions! of the Mikado locomotives are
now being gone over by the railroad |
engineers and when approved the huge
engines will no doubt be available next
xau.
The sum of $2,000 authorized to be
; expended on the local government dock
; will be used for the purpose of improv
! ing the piling and general condition of
i the ocean terminal. The work on the
| dock will start at once.
; The policy of hiring miners and pros
pectors on the Alaska Railroad will be
continued wherever possible, Colonel
Landis stated, particularly during the
winter, when the prospector comes in
from a season spent in the hills and
needs work to enable him to get to- :
gether a grubstake for the following ,
summer. Colonel Landis said: “We are;
not running a pension bureau or any
thing like that but if we are putting ;,
on men on the road and we know that
a prospector has made application for
| the work, we will at all times give him
the preference.”
j There will be no immediate change |
in the wage scale for common labor on |
the railroad and it is not anticipated
that there will be in the near future. _
There can be no change in the pres- '
I ent policy in force of purchasing ties j
j from individuals along the railroad
belt, the Colonel stated, for, acording 1
j to Government regulations, ties must ]
i be bought by bid. However, farmers, .
I homesteaders or others who devote
i part of their time to getting out good
; ties, with the exception of ties made !
I
from spruce, and who bring them to
the right of way, can be assured that
they will be puichased in time through
ihe regular channels, providing they
pass the railroad inspection. At the
present time over 100,000 ties are
stacked in the yards of the railroad
n order that they may become sea
soned. It is stated that byr seasoning
them in this manner, for fully a year’s
, :me, the life of the tie, is increased 30
ner cent. Spruce ties do not come up
to specifications .therefore they will
not be purchased in the future.
Regarding the facilities for tourists
accommodations this season, Colonel
Landis said that at the McKinley Nat
onal Park station, two railway cars
will be detached and left in the park.
\t other points, providing the hotel
accommodations are not ample, the
overflow of tourists must be taken
care of in other ways, such as in resi
| lences. and special acommodations.
When asked what steps he was tak
I ing to advertise the natural resources
i 'f the Territory, Colonel Landis said
I that every government department is
functioning in that respect and thru
housands of individual inquiries which
are answered in detail, and through
the medium of circulars and other
forms, Alaska is receiving a tremen
dous amount of advertising through
out the Un;ted States.
“Inaugurating a new passenger
train schedule that will give three
trains a week each way this summer
between Seward and Fairbanks, mak
ing the run in twenty-four hours, will
do much in increasing the tourist trav
el,” said Colonel Landis, “and the ar
rangement we have made to run a
snecial Sunday’ train each way across
Kenai Peninsula between Seward and
Anchorage, should be of great bene
fit.”
MOVIE MAN WILL TAKE
WILD LIFE IN NORTH
J. Robertson, who for the past three j
years has been filming the natural >
wonders of the Territory, will spend 1
the summer taking pictures of wild !
game life in Alaska, it being his pur-1
pose to take pictures for an li ;eel
movie, which he is confident will be !
a ready seller. Mr. Robertson, who !
left for the interior Monday will go
down the Yukon and to Nome, thence j
to Cape Lisburne, Bering strait, East
Capt, Siberia, and then down to the
Pribilofs where he will take pictures
of the seal herds. From the Pribi
lors he will go to Kodiak island and j
the Alaska peninsula where he will |
attempt to film an Alaska brown bear 1
charging the camera, a most danger
alls proceeding. Following this he
will return to Seward, going to the
Kenai lake region for moose pictures.
Mr. Robertson is well acquainted
with Alaska, as for the past three j
rears in company with Mr. Young, he !
'.as taken thousands of scenes of j
he Territory including the Valley of i
Ten Thousand Smokes.
The steamship Northwestren is due
n port sometime early tomorrow |
norning.
Genuine Peterson imported pipes, at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf. j
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Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—0. K. Barber Shop. tf.
Ansco Cameras’, Schallerer’s Alaska
shop. tf. ;
NOTARY PUBLIC—Always on the j
iob from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., D. H.
fyer, at the Gateway office. tf
FOR SALE—52 foot V-bottom gas
joat, 12 feet beam; draws four feet;
leavy duty 50 h. p. engine. Box 1724,
Anchorage. tf
Developing, printing, enlarging, at j
schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Open for Business Tuesday next
with a full line of Staple and Fancy
Groceries, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,
Swifts Premium Hams and Bacons,,
and Hills’ Brothers Coffees
LADIES, COME AND GET ACQUAINTED
WITH MY WEE STORE. TEA WILL
. BE SERVED BETWEEN 2:00 AND 5:00
JOHN FLOWER
BEAN PEDDLER DE LUXE
PHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
C. B. Luckow was an outgoing pas- ^
senger for the Slates on a recenl
boat.
I. M. Fisher, who handles Selby
i shells left on the last boat for the
South. Mr. Fisher is an expert shot
and gives demonstrations of his skill
in towns having gun clubs.
Easter Cards and Candies, Schaller
er's Alaska Shop. tf.
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CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE 0. K. BARKER
SHOP.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER. At
URBACH’S. tf
Fresh Pig’n Whistle candy, Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Schallerer’s
■ Alaska Shop. tf.
New Spring Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
NOTICE
J. B. Burton! & Co. of Juneau are j
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
wiil make you a most attractive of
ler. Write today as this offer will be
withdrawn in a short time. It will
Pa.v >'°u. 92-k96 j
1 OK SALE—hour room furnished
house and bath, easy terms. Phone,
Madison 58. j i
P
,0R1G,NAl(
/JEFFERSON!
SHOE
All Leather
Shoes
HIGH QUALITY
LOW PRICE
URBACH
NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
W ith a full and new stock of
Fresh and Salt Meats
Poultry and Oysters
Butter and Eggs
SPECIAL PRICE TO LOGGING CAMPS,
MINES, FISHING BOATS AND
HUNTING PARTIES
I CARSTENS PACKING CO.
E. E. KURTZ, Manager
PHONE MAIN 130
P. G. McMullen
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Kitchen Hardwire Fishermen's Supplies
SPECIAL
SATURDAY ONLY
Libbys Milk
10c per can; $4.80 per case
Limit, one case to each customer
Telephone Main 34
DUNN FOUNTAIN PENS
Holds nearly three times more ink than and rubber sac pen of
the same size.
Transparent barrel shows ink supply at a glance.
Every pen sold with an iron clad guarantee.
PRICES RANGE $2.50 AND UP.
Try one on approval.
Seward Drug Go.
Headquarters for Dunn “Camel” Pens.
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
Doors and Windows.
Lang Ranges
Coal Stoves
Air Tight Stoves
Oil Stoves
Gas Engine Supplies
Evinrude Engines
Iron Roofing
Roofing Paper
Building Paper
Gasoline and Oils
Paints and Varnishes
Canvas and Tents
Lamps and Lanterns
Window Glass
Crockery & Glassware
Rugs and Linoleum
Ship Chandelry
Anchors
Rope and Twine
Hay and Oats
Chop Feed
Chick Feed
Egg Mash
Bran and Midlings
Fire Arms
Ammunition
J. L GRAEF
TELEPHONE MADISON 87