Newcomers
If you arc a newcomer to Seward
the Bank of Seward offers you a
complete, convenient helpful bank
ing service.
Particularly do we deem it a privi
lege to serve the newcomer in
every possible way. Any officer of
our bank will be glad to give you
information regarding the city or
surrounding country, to discuss
business conditions with you or to
assist you in any way possible.
Won’t veu come in today?
Bank of Seward
v Ih positcn'H for Territorial Funds
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. HOBEN
A. F. DAVIS
THE'ALASKA TRANSFER
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Has Coal to Burn
HEA1Y 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
AUTO SERVICE STORAGE
TRANSFERRING AND FORWARDING
Telephone Main 81
LOCAL NEWS
! W. J .McDonald, head of the Chu
i gach forestry district, arrived on this
| morning’s boat.
Deputy Marshal S.O . Casler arriv
ed on the Watson from Valdez, and
will take tomorrow’s train for Anchor
age on court business.
New Sprrng Sun Samples now on
j display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$"u and up to $55; at Urbach's.
The Mason’s picnic Sunday will be
j one of the big events of the season. A
1 train has been chartered and will leave
i for Mile 23, where the La wing’s have
| the picnic grounds in good shape.
| There will be boats for those desiring
I to make a trip on the lake, fishing,
mountain climbing, and dancing. The
trip will be free. All children in Sew
are are invited to attend.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
held its usual weekly luncheon today.
Proceedings will be published in to
morrow’s paper.
I Tennis Shoes, Urbach’s tf.
George Sexton was >n Chicago on
his way home from the National con
j vention according to news received on
the Yukon by Mrs. Sexton. Mr. Sex
! ton has been in Washington, D. C., and
| many other eastern cities, following
i the convention.
i Remington Portable Typewriters at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Sidney Raynor, popular house man
ager and operator of the Empress in
Anchorage, accompanied by Mrs. Ray
nor, passed through Seward Sunday on
his way to Cordova to visit Mrs. Ray
nor’s mother, Mrs. C. H. Phillips.
Eaton Crane & Pike Stationery, at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
George Stanley, U. S. Commission- j
er for the Kiana recording district in
the Kotzebue district, passed away 1
suddenly June 12, according to advices
received in Nome. Stanley was a pio
; neer of Nome, later becoming concern
; ed in mining property farther north.
CAN U^E A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE O. K .BARBER
SHOP.
George D. Selby and wife and F.
M. Selby and wife, of San Francis
co and Oakland, arrived on last night’s
j boat and will make the trip to Fair
banks and return Sunday.
Brunswick Portable Phonographs,
and Records, Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
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Nona Petellin of Kodiak, was a pas
i senger on last night’s obat for her is
land home.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Schaller
| er’s Alaska Shop. tf.
L. Haggerty, canneryman of Ko
diak, passed through on last night’s
boat.
ARONERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 30
Signs
Wall Paper
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BACK FROM DIAMOND FIELDS
Wm. Hesse, an old timer of Alaska,
.eturned on the steamship Admiral
Watson from British Guiana, where |
he lias been prospecting for STJtne
inie in the diamond fields of tire
[.strict north of Georgetown. This
district is immensely rich and many
Americans are to be found in the
fields, but traveling is expensive and
tiie climate unhealthy.
NOTARY PUBLIC—Always on the
job from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., D. H.
Tyer, at the Gateway office. tf
The steamship Admiral Watson
will return to Seward Tuesday, sail
ing after the arrival of the train.
WHAT’S AT MILE V/z
The prettiest spftt in Alaska; a lake
and river and the best sand beach in
the NortVand; end best on tie map
for the sportsman. A camp meeting
ground and a dance floor, and the
music is always wound up. ice cold
lemonade, fruits and sandwiches al
ways on hand for the auto’st or fisher
man. Play Mile IV2 and don’t miss
it or you haven’t, seen Alaska if you
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Classified Advertising
FOR RENT—Furnished apartments,;
See Mrs. Paulson. -tf
FOR SALE—Dining table and chairs,
washing machine with water pow
er, wringer attached, and a few
small articles. Call W. O. Perry, tf
FOR RENT—Pleasant room in private
home for man and wife. Call Madi
son 45. tf.
WANTED—Clean cotton rags suit
able for wiping machinery at the
Gateway office. Ten cents per pound
paid tor large rage and 5 cents for
smaller pieces.
FOR SALE—Three room house with
bath at sacrifice. Mrs. Chas. Krefting.
GAS LAUNCH
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
LOUIS BELL, Owner
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
Rough Lumber or
Shiplap
Please Ask for Prices
C. LA ROCHELLE. Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1J6L
Seward Real
Estate Co.
Real Estate and Rentals
Phone Mad. 114 P. 0. Box 1542
The FLOWERS GROCERY
SWIFT'S
HAM and
BAGON
AMOCAT FRUITS
JOHN H. FLOWER
Phone Orders Promptly Attended To
Phone, Main 65
INTERWOVEN
JLieon Urbach
Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes
WHEEZES
An Old Fashioned Woman is one
who considers twin beds almost equiv
alent to a divorce.
We’ve found the prize stingy wo
man. When she wears out a paper of
pins, she has them re-sharpened.
Jack of all trades—the money your
bootlegger gets.
Poise is the quality that keeps a
small-town man serene the first time
he negotiates Main street with a walk
ing stick.
Fable: After winning the Beauty
Contest she was a great help to her
mother around the house.
No bathing suit is really naughty if
it contains something that looks ab
surd.
A recent news dispatch tells of a
man who was run over by a hearse.
He must have been slower than the
proverbial snail with broken arches.
A friend tells us he doesn’t go out
much. He stays at home every night
and listens to his wife or the radio, ^
whichever happens^o be’broadcasting.
Still, we have yet to hear of the hus
band who helped with the dishes and
was shot by his wife.
It isn’t always true, but usually the
canary pinch hits in a home the stork
has neglected.
Strife is costly. People can quarrel
while driving along ,but they stop the
engine when they make up.
If you can’t find the doctor’s house
in a small town, look for the one that
has been painted recently.
Suits made to measure, see Urbach.
P. G. McMullen
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Kitchen
Hardware, Fishermen’s Supplies
S. and W. CANNED GOODS
BROOKFIELD BUTTER AND EGGS
SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAMS AND
BACON
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” Peas.
FRESH ARRIVALS ON EVERY BOAT
Beef, Pork Mutton, Veal, Chickens and
all kinds of Smoked Fish.
Red rock cottage cheese. Meadow
brook Butter and Fresh Ranch Eggs.
Wholesale and Retail
Out of town orders given prompt attention
CARSTENS PACKING CO.
E. E. KURTZ, Manager
FREE DELIVERY PHONE MAIN 130
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