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21 COLMAN DOCK
Seattle, Wash.
HOTEL ST. CHARLES
When In Seattle, make the
Hotel 8t. Charles your head
quarters.
Striedy Modern and
Fireproof
And Managed by an old
Alaskan
J. A. FARNHAM.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O,M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Odd Fellows
Hall. All visit
ing members
^.welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER. Seoretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
&
come,
Stated communications first
and third Wednesdays of each
month; visiting brethren wel
J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.,\ Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hail; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
k fourth Mondays of each
\ month in Odd Fellows’
' Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays ol
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:0C
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wei
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, '!■ G.
Soldier of 1867 Saw
U. S. Flag Raised
At Sitka, Alaska
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec 31. (/P)~
Druco W- Stone, "who sddierrd fur
Uncle Sam sixty years ago, is one
of the iew if not the on y American
still living who witness*! the flag
e *; ex • y inaugurating A m - • a. > d
minio ovr Alaska.
This military rite took place on the
Sitka parade ground on a plateau
reached by a flight of 300 steps cut
into a rougn cliff overlooking the
Pacific Ocean.
“I remember the occasion clearly,”
said the veteran, now 85 years old.
•‘i vv.'.s a member of the army quar
ivjriKR'u* i departure i. .. 1 was lin
ed up with the other soldiers for the
ceremony. We numbered about 250
and in rigid, formal line faced an
equal number of Russian soldiers.
Between us was the flag pole atop of
which flew the Russian standard.
“In silence the Czar’s banner was
lowered and ours quickly ran up. As
the Stars and Stripes took the breeze
the gunboats in the hailbor began to
boom the salute to the flag and the
transfer of this great northern em
pire’s political allegiance from St.
Petersburg to Washington was ac
complished.”
Mrs. Rhoda King of Weymouth, En
gland, aged 101, was nominated for
a city office but declined to run.
Ferdinand Pinton was drowned in
New Orleans when a sudden gust oi
wind blew him into the river.
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* SEWARD, ALASKA
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity i» Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
SEWARD'S HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLDTIMER8
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HOT AND COLD WATER*IN EVERY ROOM
STEAM HEAT
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' OSCAR DAHL, Proprietor
HOMEY, COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Depot and Dock
CLOSED SEASON
ON HERRING TO
START JAN. 1
RESURRECTION BAY AREA CLOS
ED PERIOD EXTENDS TO
JUNE 24TH.
Fisheries regulations for 1926, re
cently approved iby Secretary Hoov
er of the Department of Commerce,
lengthens the dose season of com
mercial fishing for herring in all
areas,-. it was announced 'by E. L.
Hunter, assistant agent of the Bu
reau of Fisheries, in charge of the
Juneau office. Except for the ex
tension of the time in which the
fish are protected, there was no
other changes in the regulations
governing the herring industry.
The new regulations provide for
a four-month close season in South
eastern Alaska, extending from
January 1 to April 30, during which
commercial herring fishing is pro
hibited except in the following in
stances: March 15 to April 15, in vi
cinity of Sitka within a line drawn
from Halibut Point to Cape Bur
unof; January 1 to January 15,
Seward Passage, Ernest Sound; Jan
uary 1 to February 15, Clarence
Strait within a radius of three
miles of Hadley, Tongass Narrows,
Cholmondeley Sound and Behm
Canal and its tributary waters west
of Bell Island to a line from Caam
ano Point to Point Higgins. Boats
1 taking less than 60 barrels of her
ring in any calendar week are not
considered as commercial fishermen,
This provision is made in order to
permit halibut fishermen to secure
herring needed for bait.
In the Kodiak area, the closed
| season starts January 3, and ends
j July 14, and a fall close season
j begins October 15 and ends Decern
i j (ber 31. Cook Inlet has similar pro
i tected seasons.
j In the Resurrection Bay area the
[ close season begins on January ]
i and lasts until June 24, and fron
| November 16 to December 31. Th(
| same regulations apply to Princ<
i William Sound.
i j In addition to these closed sea
51 sons, herring fishing during tht
[ (open season is prohibited in area:
i which are closed to commercia
i fishing for salmon.
K O H L Kft
AUTOMATIC
no VOLT
'Power & Light
Capable, economical
“city” electrical
power and light
No Storage Batteries
Uses 110 volt, standard
“city” appliances.
Let us demonstrate it—
you’ll say it is the best
lighting and power system
for rural homes in existence.
Price $595
including 55-gallon gasoline
storage tank. Easy pay
ments can be arranged.
Telephone us (number).
CARLE
ORLANDER
AGENT
SEWARD, ALASKA
Call for Bids for Operation of Vessel
Along the Southwestern Coast of
Alaska from Bristol Bay to Norton
Sound, Season 1926.
Telegraphic or written bids or of
fers for subsidy provided by Seventh
Alaska Legislature will be received at
the office of the Governor of Alaska
at Juneau, up to noon, February 15,
1926, for the operation of a vessel,
American registry, of not less than
sixty (60) feet in length, not less
than forty (40) tons underdeck, and a
passenger carrying capacity of not
less than twenty (20) persons, loaded
draft not to exceed nine (9) feet and
maximum speed of not less than eight
(8) miles per hour. Passenger ac
commodations shall be reasonable and
commensurate to the size of such ship
or vessel.
Such ship or vessel to make not less
than six (6) regular stated trips and
return calling at each of the way ports
named both going and returning, not
less than once each month during the
season when navigation is open in
the waters mentioned during the sea
son of 1926.
Route No. 1 beginning at False Pass
and continuing along northwesterly
coast of the Alaska Peninsula to Kog
giung, stopping at Port Moller, Port
Heiden, Naknek, Ugashik and Ege
gik, thence along the southern and
western coast of Alaska to St. Michael
and return, making calls both going
and returning at each of the follow
ing places, Nushagak, Dillingham,
Kolukak, Togiak, Goodnews Bay,
Quinhagak, Bethel, Akiak, Nunivak
Island, Tununok on Nelson Island,
Hooper Bay and Scammon Bay.
Mileage Table Route No. 1—From
False Pass to Port Moller 170 miles,
Port Moller to Port Heiden 110, Port
Heiden to Ugashik 75, Ugashik to
Egegik 50, Egegik to Koggiung 60,
Koggiung to Nushagak 90, Nushagak
to Dillingham 10, Dillingham to Ku
lukak 100, Kulukak to Togiak 50, To
giak to Goodnews Bay 125, Goodnews
i Bay to Quinhagak 60, Quinhagak to
| Bethel 120, Bethel to Akiak 40, Akiak
j to Nunivak Island 310, Nunivak Island
I to Tununok 50, Tunuouk to Hooper
! Bay 65, Hoope Bay to Scammon Bay
J 50, Scammon Bay to St. Michael 200,
1 Total Miles 1735.
Route No. 2 beginning at Koggiung
I along the southerly and westerly
! coast of Alaska to St. Michael and
return making calls both going and
; returning at each of the following
places, Nushagak, Dillingham, Kolu
| kak, Togiak:, Goodnews Bay, Quinha
I gak, Bethel, Akiak, Nunivak Island,
Tununok on Nelson Island, Hooper
: Bay and Scammon Bay. Mileage Ta
ble Route No. 2, Koggiung to Nush
agak 90 miles, Nushagak to Dilling
ham 10, Dillingham to Kolukal: 100,
, ; Kolukak to Togiak 50, Togiak to
, i Goodnews Bay 125, Goodnews Bay to
| I Quinhagak 60, Quinhagak to Bethel
! 1120, Bethel to Akiak 40, Akiak to
| Nunivak Island 310, Nunivak Island
. j to Tununok 50, Tununok to Hooper
, Bay 65, Hooper Bay to Scammon Bay
',50, Scammon Bay to St. Michael 200;
> i total 1270 miles.
I j The choice of either of these routes
shall be in the discretion of the Gov
ernor of Alaska.
The law appropriates the sum oi
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) tc
be expended under the direction ol
the Governor and specifies that nc
bid or offer in excess of fifty cents
(50c) per mile for each mile neces
sarily traveled over the route chosec
and designated, to be computed ac
cording to the official table of dis
tances, shall be accepted.
Successful bidders will be required
at the close of the season, to mak*
sworn statement, under oath, to th«
Treasurer of Alaska, showing tarif
of freight and passenger rates; tota
tonnage and total number of passen
gers carried; gross earnings fron
passenger, freight and mail < ser
vice rendered, segregating the sam<
according to the three classes, th<
gross expense and the gross earning!
of the ship or vessel during the pe
riod covered.
Contract will be entered into imme
diately upon the award to the sue
cessful bidder. The right to rejec
any and all bids is reserved.
KARL THEILE,
Acting Governor of Alaska.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Decembe
22, 1925.
Publish December 28, 29, 30, 1925.
Michael Reilly, an Irish soldier ha
recovered after the removal of a Get
man bullet which lodged in his hear
during the war.
Dye from potato tops is the prod
net of a Danish chemist.
For Electrical Work
CALL TOM 0SB0
Residence—Madison 123
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Sanitary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prices
Keep Us Busy.
JESS LANDER, Propr.
Advance Agents
Polar Expedition
In Seward Soon
As advance agents for the North
Polar Flight planned from Point Bar
row next March by the Detroit Avia
tion Society, A. Malcolm Smith, well
known oldtimer of the North, and
Earl Rossman, photographer, wiV
sail from Seattle for Seward January
9 or 16. Plans for the flight have
been perfected as far as possible in
the East and details are now being
worked out.
Rossman has spent considerable
•considerable time in Alaska which
included one winter in the Arctic
Captain George Wilkins, w,ho accom
panied Stefanssen on one of his
Arctic explorations and Lieut. Scott,
noted English explorer, on one of
the South Polar expeditions, will
navigate one of the planes.
From Seward Smith and Rossman
will go to the Interior where final
plans for the overland trip to Bar
row will be made.
Dellbert Sefervitch, young memDer
of the Sefervitch family, has join
ed the staff of Urbachs emporium.
Mr. Urbach announces the young
man nas as’J.iied ir.<• position as
manager of tne stare. Ed «.*• J Starr
is general sunerintendent.
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
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IVHEN YOU THING ABOUT IN
STALLING YOUR HEATING
PLANT CALL ME UP AND LET
ME GIVE.YOU THE CHEAP
EST AND BEST WAY TO IN
STALL IT.
R. F. TILLMAN.
Back of Brown & Hawkins
PHONE ADAMS 80
LAUNDRY DONE ON SHORT
NOTICE
l Special Care Taken of Silks and of all
woolens
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AMANDA’S LAUNDRY
Next Door to the Belmont Hotel.
PHONE MADISON 126.
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Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
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Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited’
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska