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A CARLOAD
OR A SACK
_C-O-A-L
HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN,
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANAIMO RANGE COAL
IN SACK OR BULK
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN,
TRANSFERRING AND TEAMING
TEL MAIN 17
H. V HOBEN
ARCADE BLDG.
A- F, DAVIS
CHRIS’ PLACE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone -i* ■!* Madison 54
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
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AMY’S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
The Alaska Shop
When you have any work in
Plumbing or Steam
Fitting
NEW OR REPAIRS, AND
SHEET METAL WORK
R. F. TILLMAN.
Back of Brown & Hawkins
PHONE ADAMS 80
ARONERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
1 -
Good Quick
Eats Service
Alaska Cafe
Private Dining Rooms
F. J. FINN, Prop.
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Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
THE SURROUNDINGS
Service and Food are the best at
FISHERS’ CAFE
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
ELKS TAKE PRIZE IN BIG
PARADE AT PORTLAND, OR.
Anchorage Lodge No. 1351, Benevo
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
carried off the first prize in the big
parade at Portland last week, accord
ing to telegraphic advices received by
Secretary F. A. Martin from Past Ex
alted Ruler H. H. McCutcheon official
representative of the local lodg'e at the
annual convention. Miss Lois Price
with her reindeer made a big hit.
William Hawley Atwell of Dallas,
Texas, was elected grand exalted ru
ler for the ensuing year. He suc
ceeds J. G. Price of Columbus, Ohio.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m.t at
Odd Follows
Hall. All visit
i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
2L Stated communications first
^Sy’and third Wednesdays of each
/lr\month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
„—Meets every Thursday at
<P*=^J8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows'
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martinides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri-1
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary.
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SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows'
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
I.
O. O. F.
Meets* the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, 'r. G.
CHINA LUMBER COMPANY MAY
LOCATE IN PORT KETCHIKAN
The China Import and Export Lum
ber Company of Shanghai, China, may
within the immediate future com
mence the erection of a large lumber
mill in Ketchikan or the immediate
vicinity, according to a statement
made by J. H. Free, a representative
of the company who has spent three
weeks in that vicinity investigating
timber and mill sites.
WELL KNOWN VALDEZ WOMAN
CALLED BY DEATH LAST WEEK
Mrs. H. L. Rider, a resident of An
chorage, and well known in Valdez,
where she resided with her family for
many years, died in the Inlet City
July 16, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. McCain, following an illness of
many months. Mrs. Rider went to
Anchorage from Matanuska, where she
and her husband son have a home
stead. She began sinking rapidly and
passed peacefully away Thursday.
Mr. Rider and son Bruce came to
Anchorage to attend the funeral.
EGG TAKING UNDER WAY
AT CORDOVA HATCHERY
Cordova Times: Seven men are now
at work at the territorial fish hatch
ery engaged in taking salmon eggs.
A 1400 foot lead has been put in the
lake to aid in seining the fish and to
keep them out of Power Creek. Hith
erto they have been permitted to en
ter that stream while the work was
going on. The crew went on July 6
and thus far have taken three million
eggs out of ten million expected.
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska
OGLES GARAGE & FILLING STATION
Phone Madison 66
GASOLINE OILS GREASES VULCANIZING
Agent for Overland and Willys-Knights
Machine Shop in Connection
DAY AND NIGHT TAXI SERVICE
HUDSON AND STUDEBAKER CARS
Nattschei & Bolam, Machinists
Hardware --Stoves-Ranges
POWDER—CAPS—FUSE—MINERS’ SUPPLIES
SHIP CHANDLERY AND SHIP LINOLEUM
ANCHORS, ROPE AND TWINE
HALIBUT LINES AND HOOKS
Sheet Metal — Plumbing Shop — Gun Repair
J. L. GRAEF
PAINTS AND BRUSHES
BECK & WHITE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
JULY SHIPMENTS
SHOW LOSS FROM
THOSE FOR 1924
DROP IN SALMON AND COPPER
ORE NOTED FROM SAME
COMMODITIES LAST YEAR
Alaskan commodities shipped to
the States during July were worth
$2,010,811, according to the month
ly statement, of commerce issued by
Collector of Customs John C. Mc
Bride. The commodity value was
$476,182 less than for July last year.
The decrease was the result of
losses for the month in copper ore
and canned salmon shipments. The
former was $55,361 and the latter
ill 7,250 less than the same month
last year.
Copper shipments led in value
last month, aggregating 5,694,8*10
pounds having a declared valuation
of $825,951. Canned salmon wms
second wTith a value of $341,579.
The list of exports and values
for the month, as shown by the Col
lector’s statement, follows:
Animals ._.-.i
Curios .
Fish.
Fresh and frozen (ex
cept shell fish:
Halibut ..
Salmon ....
All other .
Canned (except shell
fish) :
Salmon ...
Cured or preserved (ex
cept shell-fish):
Cod .....
Herring ..
Salmon ... 250,970
Shell-fish:
Clams . 118,102
Crabs .
Shrimps ......
Other fish products:
Meal ....
Oil ...
Furs and fur skins:
Silver or black fox .
Seal skins .
All other .
Ivory ...
Ore, matte, and regulas:
Copper . 825.951
Lead ..-..
Tin ore and concen
trates __...
Trophies, specimens, etc.
Wood, timber and lumber.
♦All other articles ..
510
902
59.1S2
27,645
1,793
341,579
1,130
59,972
4,616
28,821
24,641
49,840
825
1.410
27,056
1,692
0,014
3,500
275
43,775
23,091
Total value of products
of Alaska . $1,906,292
Products of United States
returned . 96,907
Total value of foreign
products . 7,612
Total value of shipments
of merchandise...$2,010,811
*—Items included in “All other
articles”:
Wool ....$ S5
Hairseal skins . 50
Manufactured furs . 925
Palladium . 22,031
Total ..$23,091
TARIFF EXPERTS TO STUDY
COSTS OF PRODUCTION
To investigate the costs of the pro
duction of halibut, a public hearing
will be held by the United States Ta
riff Commission at Seattle on August
10, in the Federal building there, ac
cording to official notices received
here. All interested parties are in
vited to attend and will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
The investigation will cover all con
ditions affecting the halibut industry
having any relation to the cost of pro
duction of the fish, fresh, frozen or
packed in ice. The Commission will
use the evidence secured and facts
produced in determining what tariff,
if any to impose on halibut originat
ing in* foreign countries and shipped
into the United States. The present
rate on foreign shipments is two cents
per pound—Ketchikan Chronicle.
TWENTY THOUSAND IN FURS
TAKEN FROM THE DIOMEDES
The trading schooner Nanook, Capt.
Pederson, well known Siberian trader
arrived in Nome recently with a car
go of furs valued at $20,000 taken at
Diomede Island by the natives. Capt.
Pedersen billed the shipment to the
States on the Victoria.
Read the Gateway advertiseents.