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OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
There is much street talk about the effect the chain
stores will have upon local mercantile business.
No one need get excited and expect any radical
change in the current methods of doing business, nor
anticipate that well-established and reputable stores
are destined to suffer. It all depends upon the volume
of business to be divided. Let us illustrate:
Small communities differ with the metropolis in
that they are knit together by a community of interests.
John Doe may be in the mercantile business and Rich
ard Roe is a workman. If anyone has cause for com
plaint with respect to what he considers overcharge it
is Richard Roe, for he cannot pass along his profit-tak
ing save in standing out for a high. wage. Like the mer
chant’ he may find competition forcing him to drop his
price a few notches. It will remain on a level with the
scale set by the average workman.
But Richard is not always steadily employed. There
are idle periods, or other circumstances may arise
whereby he finds himself short of cash. It is traditional
in Alaska that no man who plays the game square and
meets his bills when able need want for the necessities
of life. Many men have discovered this to their advan
tage. It is only the dead-beat who may complain of re
fusal in his hour of stress.
If John Doe, the merchant, is a keen business man,
he keeps abreast of local conditions, and knows his cus
tomers—who is a good risk and who is not. Thus we have
an interlocking condition that compels one to lean upon
the other.
It is not likely that Richard will forget the man
who has steadily extended him credit in his lean days
and turn to a strictly cash business house, when he
emerges with a little cash in his pocket. He may feel,
and even know, that he is paying a higher price for his
commodities, but he will also recall that the credit price
he paid when broke was no higher than the cash price
his merchant is charging him. If he has the rudiments
of business knowledge, he will recall that the local mer
chant pays interest upon his own accomodation at the
bank, and that the slightly higher price, if charged, is
but a division of that interest spread over the entire
year- and not tacked on to a charge account, until the
account runs to excessive length.
Thus, the chain store, that may be a cardinal suc
cess in the big city, where the dealer has little intimate
knowledge of his customers, and may rely upon a float
ing clientelle as important as his own responsible
charge accounts. But there is the element of community
interest as shown above that will guarantee to the local
business man his full share of business.
A man would have to be lacking in all of the essen
tials to fair play and gratitude who would turn to his
local merchant in the hour of need, receive the necessi
ties of life, and then desert him for the lure of a few
cents saved on mass-distributed necessities of life, when
his fortunes are better.
If the local merchant was forced into bankruptcy
on the arrival of the chain store, then Richard Roe may
find himself facing 40 cents instead of 75 cents per
hour for his labor upon the arrival of an influx of for
eign labor.
Sometimes natural laws of co-operative interest
serve better to solve a problem than ultra astute bus
iness acumen.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
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POPULAR SEIi
GIRL BECOMES BRIDE !
OF JOHN 11. NOBLE!
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With her many friends as guests,
Miss Sigrid Helene Rosness became
the bride of John W. Noble last
evening at 8 o’clock at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Rosness.
Judge Curtis R. Morford officiat
ed at the ceremony which united
the popular young Seward girl and
her fiancee, and acting as best man |
and brides-maid were Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Hannum.
The guest list comprised: Misses
Wilma Harrison, Sylvia Sandbeck,
Alva Peterson,Dalorne Balch, Marie.
jTalbom, Ernestine Jessen; Mes- |
'dames John Rosness, R. T. Han
jnum,W. Griffin, R. H. Stevenson, H.
Thoday, O. Sandbeck, T. Osbo, R. J.
McKanna Mrs. Stanton, Inez Math
ison, C. A. Thatcher, A. Rosness,
John Talbom; Messers John Ros
ness, R. J. Hannum, W. Griffin, R.
II. Stevenson, H. Thoday, O. Sand- !
beck, T. Osbo, R. J. McKanna, C A. :
Thatcher. T Neville, A. Rosness, :
John Rosness and Master Henry'
i Rosness.
Aicer the ceremony, which,
i hough short and simple, was the j
happy culmination of this youthful j
romance, congratulations werej
showered upon the lucky pair and :
the proud parents of the bride, and |
'then the many beautiful and use- ;
ful gifts presented to the newly- |
weds were unwrapped and display
ed. Trays of delicious refreshments: j
fruit salad, sandwiches, coffee and ;
cakes followed soon afterward and
the guests certainly did justice to
.the efforts of the cooks.
| Mrs. Noble is a real Alaskan, for
; Seward has been her home nearly
all her life, with the exception of
visits to the states and to relatives
in Norway. During the past year
she also attended the Bellingham:
State Normal at Bellingham, Wash., j
having graduated in 1928 from the :
local high school. Her long resi- j
dence in Seward has endeared her
to those who have known her from j
childhood, and her many friends
are proud to wish the couple all the
happiness possible.
The bride-groom, a local resident
of but a few months, has in that
time already become known as a j
fine, upstanding and popular j
young man. He is a native of
sunny California and is employed
in the local cable office. The young j
couple will make their home in the j
Paulson apartments.
It is believed that positively the 1
“noisiest” charivari the young i
ones of Seward have ever presented
is that which greeted the newly
weds at the conclusion of the cere
mony last night.
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HOME-GROWN Potatoes and
Cabbage from Hope, at Brown &
Hawkins Corp.
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SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER OF
EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth
Mondays of each month in
Odd Fellows’ Hall at 8 p.m
Visiting members always wel
come: Miriam Painteri W.
M.; Martine Johansen, act
ing Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425. L. O. O. M.
Meets every first and
third Fridays each
'month at 8 p.m. at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
All welcome. Peter
N. Anderson, Direc
tor. M. A. Horner,
Secretary.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO NO. 9
C. M. Brosius, Secretary-Treasurer
NO. 6-A.
REBEKAH LODGE
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of each
me nth in Odd Fellows’
Hal! at 8 p.m.. Visiting
members are a Iways
welcome. Mrs. Marie
Osbo, N. G., Ludwig
Larsson, Secretary.
HESS ERECTION LODGE VO. A-7, I.O.O.F. j
Meets every Thursday at 8:00 j
p.m. in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Vis
iting brothers welcome
Galloway, N. G., Ludwig Larsson, I
Dow I
secretary.
LODGE NO. 219. F. *- A. M. {
Stated communications '"'-t and
third Tuesdays each mo.. Vis
iting brethern welcome. J. M.
Flickinger, W. M., Martin Ban
bury, Secret:'y.
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SPECIAL
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SPECIAL
Once again we have a play from the pen of
the famous
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JA CK LONDON |
whose stories are always full of vigor and
fire. This time it is §
BURNING DAYLIGHT f
Shown in beautiful pictures. It is of added in
terest to us because the story is of the =
KLONDIKE AND ALASKA |
and many Alaskans know the characters of | ^
the story, personally. No better person could
have been selected to take the star part than
MILTON SILLS |
The screens most vigorous and he-man actor.
All Alaskans should see this play as it has |
much historical value besides intense interest. E
And we will give you a fine 2-reel comedy 1
starring =
STAN LAUREL and OLIVER HARDY 1
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