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TONIGHT
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ADMISSION $1.00
LADIES FREE
Three Piece Orchestra
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Sept. 1930.
Effective this date our pas
senger train service will
j be cut to one round trip
! per week leaving Seward
on each Saturday arriving
Fairbanks Sunday. Leaving
Fairbanks Thursday arriv
ing Seward Friday.
I:I
“My name is Herbert (Rebel)
Banister and while I am recuper
ating from my near disastrous
ifall (while sober) aboard the "Dis
coverer” and with nothing else to
do I thot that I could write (?)
an account of my 6.000 mile trip to
| Alaska that might prove passing
interest to the readers of your
progressive paper.
i "As the crow flies, it is not that
far to my home in Atlanta, Ga., but
the route that I traveled included
fully that many miles.
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I ILIAMNA LAKE
| BOAT SERVICE
I | From Iliamna Village to 1
I i | any point on Bristol Bay |
j | $30. Special Charters to |
Nushagak |
| Lake and river service, |
| connects with arrivals at 5
, | Iliamna bay of the mail |
| boat M. S. Discoverer. . _ |
1 The Gasboat Iliamna |
| Harold and Sam Foss
1 owners
| ADDRESS:
II ILIAMNA, ALASKA
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When
YouYisfc ^
the Ofc*'
take the Aeir
Trunsmniinrnlni Train of Trains
Seattle—Taooma-Clileago
When business calls, when you revisit
friends and kinsfolk,choose the new roller
bearing Olympian, Queen of De Luxe
Trains. Enjoy the observation-ciub car,
ladies' lounge, radio. Bath, barber, valet,
maid service. No extra fare.
Only The Milwaukee Road provides 656
sootless, cinderless, electrified miles, and
meals by Rector of Broadway fame.
Low excursion fares East in effect daily
from Seattle and Tacoma.
Seattle Ticket Office
Whit* Building, Fourth Ave. and Union St.
£. M. Gulbranaen, City Paasenger Agent
R. £. Canon, General Agent
ILWAUKEE road
AMERICA'S LONGEST ELECTRIFIED RAILROAD
NO UNCERTAINTY
i'ou know what it is worth at any moment, for :ts value
l ever decreases. You know how much interest it v . bring
you. And you knowr you will get your money back in full and
on time when you deposit at the
Bank of Seward
Four per cent interest paid on all Savings Accounts
“At the time that I conceived
the “yen” to go to Alaska I was
working in Atlanta with the West
ern Union Telegraph Co, as a
route clerk and was making my
jhome with my married sister Mrs.
J. C. King on Courtland Street,
j “I was getting along fine, mak
ing good money when the wander
lust hit me and I developed the Al
aska “fever”
i "So I packed my trunk, shipping
it along ahead, and carrying an
Army pack (my father was an
Army major) I hit the long trail.
"I went by Pensacola, Fla., to see
a friend, covering the 410 miles in
.two days hitch-hiking and then
turned my face northward and
westward. I decided to go by
Chicago to see if the machine gun
ners were still active. (They were.)
Outside of Montgomery, Ala., I be
came extremely disgusted with slow
progress hitch-hiking grabbing
an armfull of boxcars. Soon, I
had passed Memphis. Tenn., Ful
ion, ivy., ere ana outsiae oi oemg
shot at by a railroad “bull”, being
thrown off a freight train going 45
miles per hour, and held up, and
robbed by a hobo bandit. I arrived
without incident in Chicago one
cold rainy day in April.
“After a day I entrained as
“special passenger” aboard a
Burlington freight for Omaha. I
was nearly caught at Galesburg,
111., but managed to outrun the
“bulls”. Eighteen hours after leav
ing Chicago, I honored Omaha with1
my presence.
“Being tired of dodging “cops” I
took the bus over to Lincoln, Neb.,
where my brother George worked.
I was nearly broke so decided to
work with my brother in the Lin
coln fbaby chick» Hatchery—sec
ond largest in the world. Due to
unwarranted extravagance I only
saved $25 and my brother $45 dur
ing the short w'hile I worked there.
“On June 24, George and I left
Fresh Haas canety. SCHALLER
£R’S ALASKA SHOP.
'for Alaska, arriving in Denver,
Colo., two days later, hitch-hiking
and freight riding. The next stop
was Salt Lake City, which we saw
about 60 hours later. We both
went to sleep on an oil tanker on a
fast freight and God only knows
how or why we weren’t killed
i “Leaving Salt Lake we pfassed
Pocatcello, Idaho, Baker, Ore., and
finally got to Portland, tired, dusty
and hungry—but happy.
“Seattle loomed ahead next so
on we went. *
“There we tried for three weeks
for a chance to work our way
aboard a ship for Alaska but of no
avail. Then suddenly fortune
smiled on us—George got a job on
the Admiral Watson and I receiv
ed a loan from Inspector Olmsted
of the Seattle Police Dept., and a
friend of Mrs. Lawing, enough to
pay my way here on the SS Yukon.
“I was here 20 hours when I go!:
a job as seaman on the “Discover -
!
rendering of
a 1 1 e s t
graciously
mpetent ly.
Coffee Shop
Modern Firenr—r
Building
£* _
i
er”. George got a job today v/itli
I the surveyor at Moose Pass—So
we’re both sitting pretty.
“I like Alaska fine and some day
hope to make my home here—
truly God’s country. Sincerely
Herbert (Rebel) Banister.”
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COOPER’S HAVE 100 BOXES
OF CANNING PEACHES AND
ARE SELLING THEM CHEAP.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Everything f**om a needle
to a plow for sale here.
. ;te us for information
S JOBERG
&
MENTZER
UNGA, ALASKA
flATENTS
''and TRADE-MARKS
C. A.SNOW & Co.
! Successful Practice since 1875.
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I of country. Write for book
j let telling how to obtain
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“CASH OR SYMPATHY”
Do not put off insuring your
valuables until it is too late
i —insure NOW!
Curtis Morford
VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold Water in Every Boom
Steam Heat
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