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SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
EVEREST CLIMBERS
FOUND BUTTERFLIES
v AT GREAT ALTITUDE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Mar. 12.—The cannibal
spiders that live near the top of
Mt. Everest exist at higher altitudes
than any other animals known to
nan. They were described recently
to the Royal Geographical Society
by Major R. W. G. Hingston, natur
alist of the Mt. Everest expedition of
1924.
These spiders live ir islands of
broken rock surrounded by snow and
ice, and for food they eat one ano
ther. T'-ares of this permanent ani
mal existence were found far above
the Himalayan snow line, and some
4 000 ;eet above the lar-t vegetable
growth, llingsli-a o.v, > :ned.
Wild sheep and nuiauja lares
climb up the range#, aen Jr lit- bar
ren slopes at 17,000 feet. “There is
a little red-start which builds its
nest at the same inhospitable height,
and we found grasshoppers at 18,
, 000 feet, near the furthest limit of
vegetable growth,” Major Hingston
declared.
“There were bees, moths and even
i butterflies at 21,000 feet,” he said,
“and doughs, a kind of crow, at the
immense height of 27,000 feet.”
To contend with the scarcity of
food in those regions, some of the
birds had specially modified bills
for digging into frozen soil, so that
they might reach hibernating insects.
Burrowing and hibernating are the
means by which many animals es
cape the extreme cold and manage
to exist.
Some ’ birds formed communities
with mammals. Many little birds as
sociated with mouse-hares, and there
was perfect confidence and harmony
among them. At greater heights, on
the almost barren mountains, was
an association of doughs and wild
sheep. The dough sits on the sheep’s
back, and searches for insects in
the animals hair.
Famous Eater of London
Counts Ninety-two Years
i
I
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Mar. 12.—Francis Bourn
is a candidate for the Hall of Fame,
for he just completed a run of 72
annual helpings of the famous but
heavy meat puddings, the product of
the “Odle Cheshire Cheese” of Fleet
Street. The pudding is served free
at the hostelry to all customers at
the opening of the season each year.
Mr. Bourn is 92 years old and still
healthy. He has been a constant
customer at the Cheshire Cheese, he
1 says, since 1851.
The inagural ceremony is usually
| presided over by some noted figure,
! such as the premier, a cabinet min
ister or an ambassador, and a place
of honor is always reserved for the
person who can claim to be the old
est customer of the inn. Mr. Bourn
has received the first helping in this
sea of honor for the past 19 years
and has had his pudding served by
the late Ambassador, Walter Hines
Page; and Ambassadors Davis and
George Harvey.
The famous pudding is known to
contain rump steak, kidney, lark and
oysters.
Export duties on Canadian wheat
declared justified, because of alleg
ed unfair competition of American
millers, in a recent Canadian offi
cial report.
“Let’s Go to California”
EVERY DAY some tired, prosperous or otherwise
travel-inclined man says to his wife, “Let's go to
California/' And such is the power of advertising
that, although neither of them may ever have been
there before, they know just how to go, approxi
mately what it will cost and where they want to stay.
The same with anything you may need or want.
You already know about, by whom it is made, what
it costs, and where it is for sale. Advertising is a
modern form of an intelligence department. It keeps
you informed, advises you of new things, suggests
new uses for articles you already own, and prepares
you today for wise and useful purchases tomorrow.
It does all this for you, almost unconsciously, dur
ing the half-hour or so you spend each day with your
newspaper. Little by little—the best and surest
way to learn—advertising makes you informed of
what is going on in the world that is useful to you.
Read the Advertisements. Get Ready
for Tomorrow
ALASKA MARBLE
CO. EXPANDING
ITS OPERATIONS
SUPERINTENDENT AND 80 MEN
AT TOKEEN—TREBLE WORK
AT QUARRY
(Juneau Empire)
Thomas Burns, Superintendent of
lie Alaska Marble Company, and 80
men were brought North by the Ad
miral Rogers to Tokeen where active
svork will begin at once. Not only will
svork at Tokeen, where thirty men
aave been employed this winter, be
:rebled but a new quarry will be open
ad at Shakan.
This is Mr. Burns’ first visit to the
Territory for two years. He was
formerly superintendent there but
two years ago went back to the home
office at Proctor, Vermont, and Ches
ter C. Thomas was acting superin
tendent. Mr. Thomas now returns to
the home office.
Mr. Burns says while the market
for marble is dull in the east, there is
an active demand for it on the Pacific
coast.
For many years Mr. Burns was as
sistant superintendent at Tokeen un
der Frank E. Moore who severed his
connections with the company several
years ago and is now manager of the
Crystal River Marble Company of Col
orado.
Mrs. Burns and their little son Rob
ert, accompanied Mr. Burns to To
keen.
NEW AIRPLANE
FOR INTERIOR BE
SENT NORTH SOON
At the office of John A. Clark last
week an enthusiastic meeting of the
stockholders of the Fairbanks Air
plane Corporation was held, says the
News Miner, and a large Fokker, six
passenger cabin monoplane with a
flight capacity of nine hours and the
latest landing and navigating devices
was ordered purchased from the At
lantic Airplane Corporation, in New
Jersey.
Since the advent of the first air
plane in Fairbanks in 1923, it has been
realized that an airplane business
would be an important factor of trans
portation to Fairbanks and, after the
successful flights to McGrath last win
ter, and in the carrying of the mail
and the very successful season of Noel
Wein it was certain that Fairbanks
needed, in addition to the smaller air
ships, a large plane capable of car
rying a number of passengers, mail
and express.
When Nole Wein, the aviator for the
Rodebaugh Company, left Fairbanks,
he was requested to investigate all the
makes of flying machines that he con
sidered suitable for Fairbanks and, ac
cordingly after the first of the year,
Mr. Wein made a trip to New York
and other eastern points and investi
gated a great number of ships, but his
selection fell on the Fokker plane,
equipped with a BMW engine. This
plane is used almost exclusively for
commercial purposes in Europe. Its
engin is of Holland make and consid
ered by the Wright and Curtis Flying
people to be the finest engine on the
market today. The plane has a very
slow landing speed, which is an im
portant factor in this country on ac
count of the small landing fields* Mr,
Wein, at the present time, is famil
iarizing himself wiht the workings of
the ship and engine and will leave
New York in a week accompanying the
ship to Fairbanks. It is expected
that Mr. Wein’s brother, who is an air
plane mechanic of considerable abil
ity, will accompany his brother here.
The Corporation intends to main
tain regular schedules to Iditarod, Ru
by, Koyukuk, Livengood and other in
terior points in the Interior where a
demand for airplane service is found.
ODUNA SAILS MARCH 23
The freighter Oduna will sail from
Seattle for Seward and way ports
March 23.
There are about §00,000 produc
:ng oil wejls in the United States,
averar*ug about six and one-half
bai per day.
Read Frye-Bruhn’s adv in this issue.
Brunswick Radiolas, tne Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
Gateway wani-ads bring results.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—The Gateway is over
stocked with rag envelopes; in 500
lots at a low figure. tf
WANTED—Advertisers to use our
classified columns for results.
FOUND—Bunch of keys, inquire at
the Gateway office.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CALL FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received up t«
3 o’clock P. M., Mar. 16, 1925 and then
publicly opened, for all horses, wag
ons, harness, wagons and corral equip
ment, now located at the Government
Corral, at Anchorage, Alaska.
Included in the above are bob sleds,
horse shoes, ferrier’s tools, 12 head of
work horses and harness, etc.
Any and all of the above can be in
spected at anytime, by applying t®
the undersigned. Bids will be receiv
ed for all or any part of same.
The Alaska Railroad reserves the
right to reject anv or all bids.
W. P. MEALEY,
Storekeeper.
Dated Feb. 2, 1925, Anchorage, Alaska.
First Publication, March 5. 1925.
Last Publication, March 13, 1925.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 29, 1934.
Notice is hereby given that Axel A.
Johnson, together with his witnesses,
Gilbert M. Chambers, and Andrew An
derson, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 05589 for lands in
U. S. Survey No. 1406, and is now on
file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed in
the local land office, at Anchorage,
within the period of publication, or
thirty days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted, and final certificate
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
| First Pub. Feb. 24, 1925. A j
j Last Pub. Mar. 26, 1925.—Dly. ^ ^
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
I Department of the Interior, United
i States Land Office,
j Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 7, 1925.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
. Miller, together with his witnesses,
! Edward Slavin, and John Rodin Crit
i tenden, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
; submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 04056 for lands de
scribed as the SE 1-4 SE 1-4, Section
2, E 1-2 NE 1-4, and Lot 1, Section 11,
T. 6 S, R. 13 W. S. M. and is now on
file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed in
the local land office, at Anchorage,
within the period of publication, or
I thirty days thereafter, said final proof
| will be accepted, and final certificate
i issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
I First publication Feb. 17, 1925.
Last publication Mar. 24, 1025. Dly
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
NOTICE Is Hereby Given, that at
the hour of nine o’clock A. M., on the
second day of February, 1925, the reg
istration books of the Town of Sew
| ard, Alaska, will be open at the office
of the Municipal Clerk in the Seward
Bank Building for the purpose of reg
istering all qualified electors, twenty
one years of age or over, who are citi
zens of the United States and who
i have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska, and
six months next preceding the date of
the election within the corporate lim
its of the Town of Seward. All elec
tors must before voting register their
names and qualifications with the
Registration Officer.
Registration books will be open
every day except Sundays and holi
I days, beginning February 2, 1925, dur
ing the following hours: ^
Until the Friday hex£ preceding the
first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 o’clock P, M. to 5:09
P. M. ~ ^
On Friday and Saturday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
From 7:00 o’clock P. M. to 10:00
o’clock P. M.
That said Registration Books will
be closed for such election at 10:0#
o’clock P. M., Saturday, April 4, 1925.
That said election will be held oa
the first Tuesday in April for the pur
pose of electing Town Officers and
Member of the School Board of the
Seward School District.
The officers of the Town to be elect
ed are as follows:
Mayor.
Three Members of the Seward Com
Council.
e Member of the Seward School
bucvrd, a Chairman.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, February
2, 1925.
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
Gateway waat-a ring results.