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 ARCADE BLDG.
H. V HOBEN A- F. DAVIS
CHRIS’ PLACE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone *'• 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
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
ANDY’S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
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THE SURROUNDINGS
Service and Food are the best at
FISHERS’ CAFE
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
Meat Buying
Made a Pleasure
OUR MEAT remains at its us
ual high standards. The only
thing cut about it is the price
—and that’s so interestingly
done that you’ll surely come
here.
CARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
E. KURTZ, Mgr.
THIN SPOTS IN SKIN
OF EARTH CAUSE
TROPICAL CLIMATE
Are there places in Alaska hitherto
undiscovered, which owing to thin
spots in the earth’s skin, are blessed
with a tropical climate, with flora
and fauna found only in the equato
rial belt? Such would appear to be
a fact, if the assertions of Hank Rus
sell, a well known sea otter hunter
of early days, and an explorer of note,
are to be taken seriously. Mr. Rus
sell and a companion last year trav
eled over a large part of the Seward
peninsula hitherto untrod by the foot
of white man, and report finding a
broad valley many miles from the
coast, where the temperature was so
moderate in the dead of winter, that
green grass, singing birds and large
timber ,was found.
Mr. Russell and partner climbed
R. F. Tilbnan
| Plumbing -• Steamfitting
Next to Crawford’s Shop
ARON ERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
a high peak one morning, and notic
ing a verdant spot in the midst of
snow covered peaks, determined to
investigate. They traveled for hours
over the steep range, hunting a Avay
to descend the walls of the emerald
jewel with an ermine setting, and
finally following up a narrow canyon
came out into a valley several miles
broad and circular in form, in which
green grass stood shoulder high and
trees two to three feet in diameter
were to be found. They stated that
the valley apparently had been the
bed of an extinct volcano, which had
filled up with water as the fires died
away, and bursting out a side wall,
formed a river flowing into Bering
Sea. Entrance to the valley was thru
a narrow portal, alongside the crystal
waters of the small stream.
Entering the valley it was stated
that the first thing noted was green
grass shoulder high with many vari
hued flowTers on the slopes of the
towering hills. Birds by the thou
sands were seen, principally warblers,
with a few robins. On a small lake
about a mile long and a half mile
across were flocks of geese and ducks.
Broad game trails were worn in the
soil, and great herds of caribou and
other animals gazed curiously at the
invaders. The climate was unpleas
antly warm to the two men coming
from a zero temperature, and parkas
and furs were speedily laid aside, the
men basking in the heat. Numerous
brown and black bears were seen at
the edge of the valley, near where the
snow line came down from the high
hills, and steam jets and fumeroles
spurted up in many spots nearby.
Mr. Russell declared that while they
remained in the valley their meals
were cooked over a fumerole, and that
it was so warm that their sleeping
bags were discarded and piles of the
green grass cut for their beds.
In looking over the valley the two
men found the tracks of several ani
mals, the species with which they
were unacquainted. These tracks
were too large for bears, being some
18 inches in diameter and perfectly
round with three depressions in the
front of the tracks resembling toes.
Had they been living in a prehistoric
age, Mr. Russel declared he would be
lieve the tracks to have been made
by mastodon or mammoth, but as they
became extinct before the glacial pe
riod, they could not determine their
origin. They also saw bear tracks
of enormous size, and in places the
bushes were! torn up for several yards
branches being broken many feet
from the ground.
A close search of the valley reveal
ed no animal large enough to make
tracks anyw’here near this size, and
unless the creature lived in the warm
waters of the lake they were unable
to account for its whereabouts.
Mr. Russel believes that the phe
nomenon encountered is caused by
volcanic fires existing close to the
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep U« Busy.
HARRY BOWERS, Manager
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Seward Real
Estate Co.
REAL ESTATE AND
RENTALS
General Agents for
CLIMAX OIL BURNERS
—at—
Valdez, Latouche, Ancho
rage, Seward, Seldovia,
Kodiak and Kanatak.
All sizes Heater8, Ranges,
Furnaces and Boilers
FRANK M. KEMPFER
PROPRIETOR
Box. 1094 Tel. Mad. 114
Seward, 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
_HUSSEY & BOLAM, Mechanics
surface of the earth. He stated that
the earth was uncomfortably warm
to their moccasins, and in many
spots steam jets spouted many feet
into the air, causing a dense fog in
their vicinity.
The walls around the old crater
are about 1500 feet in height and very
precipitous, the only entrance being
along the banks of the river, through
the canyon. Mr. Russel and his com
panion were several days making
their way from the spot to a point
with which they were familiar. They
believe the valley is very old, as large
trees were found where the country
should have been bare of vegetation.
The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes in the heart of the Katmai
district, has thousands of these fu
meroles which are so hot that cook
ing may be done over them, and many
of them melting lead and tin, so great
is the heat. By scraping away the
OLD CLOTHES MADE
NEW
By Dry Cleaning Them, j
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and for quick service
, this machine
Presses your Clothes in
from 15 to 20 minutes
Sanitary Hoffman Presser Does It
Jordan’s Valet Service
PHONE MADISON 103
SEWARD, ALASKA
LOOK UP
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Cameron’s Cafe
WHEN YOU ARE IN
ANCHORAGE
Good Coffee, Good Food
Good Service
CHAS. CAMERON
PROPRIETOR
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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
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PAINTS AND BRUSHES
BECK & WHITE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
soil a few inches, the ground is found
to be a veritable furnace.
The two men have signified their
intention of exploring the new dis
covery this year, and may spend the
coming winter there trapping and
hunting.
The large fishing schooner Kana
tak of Ketchikan, arrived in port yes
terday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
Stated . communications first
taVand third Wednesdays of eaoh
/\r\month; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meet8 every Thursday at
8:00 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^
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall, Secretary. _
ALASKA
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
:ome; 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, !T. O.
HOTEL OVERLAND
GORDON SHEA, Propr.
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH
New Heating Plant Just Installed
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PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS