NOTICE
Our Collector being absent, we re
quest that customers of the Seward
Water & Power Company and the Al
aska Transfer will call at our office.
3J-t ALASKA TRANSFER.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
FOR RENT—Furnished house, si
l rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
; rety. tf
What is a
BANK?
A modern bank is more than a deposi
tory for money; more than a place upon
which to issue checks.
A modern bank is an institution of help
fulness to its depositors and clients. It
is interested in seeing that they are
prosperous and successful in the;r fi
nancial ventures.
Depositors who let us help them with
advice born of long experience, can tes
tify to the value of our service.
LET US SERVE YOU
Bank of Seward
Whenever your work or
play takes you into deep
water, you need a pair
of high-top “ Ball-Band”
Rubber Boots.
In the quality of mate
rial, in the grade of work
manship, in the design
of the boot, no pains and
no cost are spared to give
you a good fit, real
comfort, and More Days
Wear.
For Sport
or
Work
The Red Ball Trade Mark appears on the rubber
footwear we carry. Whether it's a low rubber, a
high arctic, a short boot, an all-rubber arctic,
or anything else, we find that our customers like
best the “Ball-Band” kind
HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
H. V. Hoben SEWARD A. F. Davis
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
Want YOU
to try the
COAL.
The coal showing a greater content of heat units
per ton than any coal being mined in Alaska
Delivered to You at $11 Der ton
ALSO HEALY LUMP, NUT, OR MINE RUN,
NANAIMO COAL IN SACKS OR BULK
Auto Service
OUR AUTOS MEET All BOATS and TRAINS
Telephone Orders to Main 81
After 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. Telephone Madison 24
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Giant Skeletons and Metals Strange
To America Seen in Ancient
Sepulchre
BLIND SNAKES ARE FOUND
Bottomless Pit Temporarily Halts All
Explorations—Be Resumed at
Later Date
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1—Recent
discoveries in widely separated local
ities of the hills of Southern Indiana
may be expected to add something to
the general store of knowledge of nat
ural history. The topography of In
diana is interesting from sand dunes
bordering Lake Michigan to the roll
ing hills which occupy the southern
part and in places are but little short
of srnal mountains.
In the hills, however, the geologist 1
has found most to interest him as has
more recently the archaeologist.
The state museum in Indianapolis is \
crowded with evidence of a prehistor- j
ic past, but with small resources it
cannot make the most of the oppor- |
tunity it might otherwise have of
tearing off the veil from long gone
ages.
The opening of an ancient sepulchre j
built by a race of men antedating the
American Indian and probably not re
lated to the mound builders, has ar
oused much curiosity. This occurred
in Jennings county, ten miles from
North Vernon, in a bend of a small
l creek where some excavatig was '
done in a mound built by human
hands and reaching 100 feet in height
; and about the same in diameter. Be
i fore digging was stopped to await the
arrival of more scientific help some
I interesting things were found.
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Protected by great stone slabs skel
etons of three men, the longest of
which measured much beyond that of
modern man, were found. They show
ed that infinite care had been taken
that the remains be preserved against
the ravages of the elements. Metals
not common in North America also
were found.
Although the locality has been set
tled more than 100 years, residents
near Folsomville in the extreme south
western part of the state did not
know until recently that a cave of
mammoth proportions existed close at
hand. The discovery was made by a
hunter who accidentally stumbled up
on the entrance. The cave reveal
ed some things which easily outdo the
author of “The Arabian Nights” and
have the added advantage of more
veracity perhaps.
The most interesting “find” was a
species of blind snakes which hiss so
loudly that the Stygian gloom of the
earth’s innennost recesses becomes
all the more hideous. Nester and some
friends succeeded in capturing two
specimens alive, and they were sent to
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington.
After Nester and his party had pro
ceeded a distance of 1,500 feet they
came upon a pit which apparently had
no bottom. it was sounded to a
depth of 2,500 feet. One compart
ment of the cave was warm and com
fortable and another extremely frig
id.
Nester the discoverer, said he be
lieved a race of prehistoric men knew
of the cave’s presence and made it
their home and added its size would
accommodate thousands as a dwelling
place. He found many things to indi
cate human habitation, including ar
row heads and stone implements.
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8 EVERYBODY INVITED 8
8 GENTS, ADMISSION, $1.00 8
8 LADIES FREE 8
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Suits macte to measure, see Urbach.
New shipment of Men's Overcoats
Urbach. tf
WANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Barber Shop. tf
LOST—Two sleds from the Hannisch
residence Wednesday, after school.
Parents please examine your chil
dren’s sleds for names Paul Han
nisch and Eddie Borgen. Return to
Mrs. Hannisch. 27-tf
FOR SALE—At a sacrifice, six
rooms and bath; see Dougherty, tf
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“Quality First"
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, SPECIALS
3 Cans Libby’s S. P. Tomatoes, 2 l-2s.50c
? Cans Sauer Kraut, 2 l-2s.50c
3 Cans Peerless Corn, 2 l-2s.50c
Fancy and Staple Groceries Shelf and Heavy Hardware
Exclusive Lines of Servicable Clothing
PHONE—Grocery, Main 1. Clothing, Madison 80.
Hardware, Adams 80,
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TEX* WILL COME
NORTH NEXT JUNE
LONE STAR STATE VISITORS ARE
PLANNING ITINERARY, RE
TURN TO SEWARD
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(Anchorage Times)
A party of one hundred residents of
Dallas, Tex., and vicinity will come
over the Alaska raiiiuad as a tourist
party next June and will spend a few
days in Mt. McKinley National park.
This was the assu;ance today of
Judge O. O. Touchstone, attorney
for the Texas Snort Line, au-.l Frank
Reedy, a Texas tourist agent, who re
turned this afternoon from the in
terior and continued south, to make
connections with the steamship Ad
miral Watson at Seward early this
week.
Judge Touchstone and Mr. Reedy,!
who were shown over “The McKinley
Park Route,’ ’by Alaska railroad of-,
ficials went as far as Healv, only, j
owing to their shortened schedule. j
They were accompanied here by Earle
Brackett, of the headquarters staff of
the railroad. E. Van Gundy, chief,
clerk and Robert H. Hale, master
mechanic, who made the trip north
with the officials, continued on to
Fairbanks and will return to the city
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Novak entertained
a few friends Wednesday evening,
complimentary to her daughter, Mrs.
Roy Southworth of Anchorage. Bridge
and dancing formed the evening’s di
versions. At a late hour a “Tamale’’
supper was served to Mrs. Roy South
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Paulstiner, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Flower, Oscar Hoag-1
land F. B. Moore, P. H. Peterson and
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Novak.
LATE PRESIDENT’S PICTURE
ADORNS SCHOOLROOM WALL
The 6th and 7th grade room at j
the Seward Public school has a new i
picture for its wralls. It is of the late |
President Harding copies of the same:
having been sent *for each school in I
i Alaska by a sister of our late beloved |
President; to be distributed through
Governor Scott C. Bone.
Through the courtesy of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary of Seward, the
picture has been beautifully framed.
Earlier in the season, another pic
ture of Warren G. Harding was fram
ed through the kindness of the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce, and now
hangs in the High School room.
HEN THIEF DROPS
$700 NEAR ROOST
SCHENECTDY, N. Y., Feb. 1.—John
Rifton, a farmer, living near Alplaus, '
sold his flock of 100 chickens to an t
unknown person for $7 a head and t
the sale was effected without the s
knowledge of either party. It happen- c
ed like this:
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P. G. McMullen
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
HILLS BROS. COFFEE
ONE POUND CANS FIVE POUND CANS
TWO POUND CANS TWENTY POUND CANS
S. and W. COFFEE
ONE POUND CANS ONLY
SHILLING’S COFFEE
ONE POUND CANS ONLY
TELEPHONE MAIN 34
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Seward Drug Go.
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HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Fishermen’s Supplies, Gasoline and Distillate
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Powder, Ammunition, Caps, Fuses,
Guns, Paints, Oils, Furniture Rugs, Linoleum and Congoleum
TOYS AND NOVELTIES
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SEWARD
LIGHT and POWER CO.
PHONE, MAIN 0.
SEWARD, ALASKA
Rifton rose early in the morning,
s was his usual custom, and visited
he henhouse. Every one of the fea
hered flock had been stolen. With
Inking heart he walked through the
oop looking for evidence.
Suddenly his gloom was turned into
joy, for on the floor was a wallet that
examination revealed contained $700
in first-class legal tender.
Rifton says that any chickthief who
has the habit of leaving fat pocket
books in the coops he visited will al
ways find a hearty Wellcome.