DECEMBER IS
STAR GAZING
MONTH OF YEAR
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STUDENTS OF ASTRONOMY WILL
HAVE SOLAR REGIONS RE.
VEALED THIS MONTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9. (JP)
—'Winter is the best time far star
gazing, syas the American Nature
Association describing the beauties
of the heavens during December.
Five stars of the first magnitude
•will be visible in the eastern sky
during the last month of the year,
and Venus will appear at her best.
“We will find in the east Tauras,
n he Bull,” says the Association, “with
dts well known groups of the Plei
ades and Hyades ajid the ruddy Al.
debaran, thatrepresents the Eye of
the Bull, and there is the magnifi
cent Orion with its many stars of
first and second magnitude.
‘To then ortih of Orion will be the
brilliat Capnella, The Goat, with her
small kids or Hoedi close by forming
a small triangular group that makes
it easy for us to identify this bril
liant star. Castor and Pollux the
Twins, in Gemini, will be well in
view in the northeast.
“Venus will be a magnificent ob
ject in the southwest for about three
hours after sunset. All during De
cember Venus will parade a bril
liance that reaches a maximum Jan
uary 2.
“Mercury passes from east to
west of thes un on Dec. 11 Jand af
ter that will be in the morning sky
and may possibly be seen in the
southwest before sunrise the last
few days of the month when it will
be at its greatest distance west of
the sun. Saturn and Mars will be
in conjunction on December 13. In
the north, Cassiopeia is passing to
the west of the meridian and the
Big Dipper is swinging over to the
east of the .meridian though it is
still close to the northern horizon
to advantage. The Great Square
in Pegasus covers a large space in
the western sky and will' be found
about halfway between the horizon
and the zenith.”
Army moleskine parkas, Urbach’s, tf
Jacquelne Rogers of New York,
aged 23, s under arrest, charged
with stealing 40 automobiles during
the past eight months.
Flash, a Los Angeles prize dog,
has had a gold tooth fitted to re
place one knocked out by a base
ball.
After a nap in a box of hardening
•concrete, J. B. Taylor oif Atlanta had
ito be extricated with a chisel.
The three children of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles D. Johnson of Port
Townsend, Wash., all have birthdays
on May 6, having been born on that
date in 1920, 1923 and 1925, respec
tively.
Smokers’ sets and fine merschaum
pipes with genuine amber stems—
$8 and up—Alaska Shop. tf.
Boys’ Winter Caps, Urbach’s. 323
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WARFARE REPT;
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EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEMICAL
WARFARE NOW RECOGNIZ
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WiAiS HI NOT ON, D. C., Dec. 9. (/P)
—‘Neglect of proper preparation fo£
the employment of or the defense
against an efficient, war weapon,1
“borders on national suicide,” Major
General AmoS Fries, Chief Of the
Chemical Warfare Service, declared
in his annual report to Secretary of
War Davis made public today. The
report declared that “a speedy and
sure victory” in any war can be as
sured to the United States only by
adequate use of the unique super
iority the country enjoys as to chem
ical resources.
“This position as to chemical re
sources of the United States,” Gen.
Fries said, “will give it superiority
over any other nation or group of
nations which will mean success ' in
any future war, but a state of chem
ical preparedness will never result
if we slacken or neglect our military
development and training in chemi
cal warfare. It must be recogniz
ed that there is absolutely nothing
inherent in chemical warfare to pre
vent its consideration as a logical
and perfectly justifiable means of
waging war.”
General Fries noted with particular
interest “the recent chemical war
fare developments in Russia, where
that portion of the national defense
has launched on a large scale, backed
by great public enthusiasm.” He
said that despite “many disadvant
ages,” the morals of the American
chemical warfare service was excel
lent, but added:
“Nevertheless, without a drastic
increase in appropriations, we will
soon be the weakest among the half
dozen most powerful nations in chem
ical warfare.”
Supply stocks for the service left
over from the war had been reduc
ed “practically to nothing,” General
Fries asserted, adding that annual
appropriations were not sufficient to
replace this loss or “to maintain the
war reserve for foreign projects.”
On the question of defensive meas
ures against gas attack, General
Fries said that masks for use in
continental United States “are non
existent” and that the supply in
overseas garrisons was diffident in
number and in proper sizes.
“Effectiveness is the criterion by
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'which weapons or methods of war
fare stand or fall. The modern con
ception of chemical warfare is well
known to ail the great armies of
the world. It has stood the test
of a great war and its effective
ness is recognized,”
Fresh Haas and Johnson’s fine
boxed chocolates—Alaska Shop. _tf.
The Mol'lison sisters, said to be
the first women hotel proprietors in
Canada, operate several resort ho
tels in the western part of the Do
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice Is Hereby Given, That on
Saturday, January 9, 1926, there will
be held in the City of Seward a spe
cial election for the purpose of ex
cluding certain territory from the City
of Seward in compliance with an or
der piade and entered in the District
Court for. the Territory of Alaska,
Third Diision, on the 24th day of No
vember, 1925. The territory sought to
be excluded from the City of Seward
•is described as follows:
“Beginning at a point 266 feet
east of the N. W. corner of the town
site at a point where the center line
of Harold Ave., Bay View Addition
intersects with the northern boun
dary of the Town of Seward, thence
270 feet in a southerly direction
along said center line of Harold
Ave., thence 668 feet east along the
line separating Lots 15 and 16 and
Lots 10 and 9, Block 4, Bay View
Addition, thence 270 feet to the
northern boundary of the Town of
Seward, thence west along said
northern boundary 668 feet to place
of beginning.”
'The electors will cast their ballots
for or against the exclusion of the
above described territory from the
City of Seward.
The polls for said elections will be
in the City Hall and in. the parlor of
the Boys’ Building of the Jesse Lee
Home. All electors residing or own
ing substantial property interests in
the area sought to be excluded from
the City of Seward will cast their
ballots at polls in the said building
of the Jesse Lee Home. The polls
will be open frem 8 o’clock A. M. Sat
urday, January 9, 1926, until 7 o’clock
p. m. of the same day.
The judges and clerks for the polls
at the City Hall wUl'be:’'
For Electrical Work
CALL TOM OSBO
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Residence—Madison 123
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Sanitary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prices
Keep Us Busy.
LANDERS & SWANSON
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
When you have any work in
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Plumbing or Steam
Fitting
NEW OR REPAIRS, AND
SHEET METAL WORK
R. F. TILLMAN.
Back of Brown & Hawkins
PHONE ADAMS 80
Judges—A1 Peel, Wm. Whittlesey,
George Long.
Clerks—Mrs. Grace Corson, Mrs.
Ressie Malloy.
; The judges for the polls in the Ter
ritory sought to be excluded will bS:
R. V. B. Dunlap, Harriet May Dunlap,
and Pauline F. Collihs. '
Dated at Seward, Alaska, Decem
ber 8th, 1925.
By Order of the Common Council.
J. P. HANNON,
Municipal Clerk, City of Seward.
Publish Dec. 8, 15, 22, 29, 1925 and
Jan. 5, 192,6. 5t
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF
Notice is hereby given that Andrew
O. Aasland, together with his witness
es, Frederick, Lloyd Winslow, and John
Redis Crittenden, all of Homer, Alas
ka, has submitted final proof on his
homestead entry, Serial 06051, for
lands described as follows:
Southeast h^lf of southeast quarter,
Section 15, Lot 2, Sec. 15, Lots 1 and
2, Sec. 22, T. 6 S. R. 14 W. S. M.
and is now on file in the local land of
fice, at Anchorage, Alaska If no pro
test is filed in the local land office on
or before November 15, 1925, said
final proof will be accepted and final
certificate issued
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register
First publication Dec. 8, 1925.
Last publication January 15, 1926.
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF
Notice is hereby given that Edward
Slavin, together with his witnesses,.
Jack Deitz and John William Palmer,,
all, of Homer, Alaska, has submitted,
final proof on his homestead entry,
Serial(.05413, for lands embracing the
south half of the southwest quarter,,
Section’ 10, .north half northwest quar
ter, Section 15, T. 6 s. R. 13 ty. S.
M. and is now on file in the local land
office at Anchorage, Alaska, and if no
protest is filed in the local land office
Anchorage, Alaska, on or before De
cember 15, 1925, said final proof will
be accepted and .final certificate is
sued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
. ' i Register.
First publication Dfec. 8, .1925.
Last publication Jan. 15, 1926.
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500 assorted 1 1-2 and 2 1-2 steel four bolt flanges, elbows,
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ducing companion flanges, flange unions, globe and
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The piping and fittings are in first class condition7 ready
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at Portlock, Port Chatham, Alaska.
Our price will be based up Walworth Manufacturing Com
pany's factory catalog price F. O. B. Boston, Mass.,
thereby allowing the purchaser the cost of the freight
from the Aatlantic Coast to Alaska.
Will sell all or part of above piping and fittings and fur
nish list of quantity of different sizes on hand, upon
request.
Alaska Consolidated Fisheries, Inc.
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