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New Floral Beads, all colors, 50c
Sewing Machine Needles
Spool Silk, all colors, a spool 15c
Infants Brush and Comb Sets, 50c
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Dainty Boudoir Caps, $1.50 up
Lawrence flat knit garments.
Wash Satin Camisoles, $2.75
Telaphone Adams 114
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LATEST PATHE NEWS. |
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In asking money to prop
erly chaQt Alaskan Waters
the United States Geodetic
survey showed that from 1S
67 to 1919 a total of $26,000,
000 in property, had been lost
in vessels wrecked, and the
list was not by any means1
complete. This contention is j
emphasized by the loss of j
boats recently, in Alaskan i
waters and on the Alaskan
run.
These include the total loss'
af the gasboat Grubstake
near HiggingS' on Campo
Point; the loss of the Robin
near Killisnoo, estimated at
$2,000; the loss of the Mable
A, a large halibut boat at
Craig, worth several thous
and dollars, and the sinking
of the “Alaska” at Tenakee,
which was however towed to
the beach at low tide.
Two small gasboats were
wrecked about two months
ago in Suicide Harbor, on Ta
ku Inlet- •
The Pulitzer, the mail boat;
boat on the run between Ko- j
liak and Unalaska, is believ-1
id to have been lost, and a re
piest for a revenue cutter to!
make a search has been j
made by the governor.
The Standard oil tanker
Atlas went ashore at Snov
Pass and was towed into Ke.
ihikan with a loss of $90,000
The Prince Rupert, a boat
ivell known in Alaskan wat
ers, some time ago sunk and
ias been recently raised and
;owed into Prince Rupert.
The Dora formerly mail
steamer on the westward
run, was recently wrecked
on tiie north end of Vancou
ver Island, while on her way
uortiL
Up to 1919 the geological
survey estimated that ap
proximately 468 vessels had
oeen lost in Alaska waters,
with a loss of nearly 1,000
lives. It was admitted that
the record was far from com
plete. During the past yeai
some large vessels were
wrecked, besides the usual
number of small boats.
The government itself has
lost vess-els worth nearly $2,
<>00,000 more maney than is
appropriated for charting
and surveying waters in Al
aska.
Send Free Message
PARIS, Jan. 29—In turn
ing over informally the nev
Lafayette wireless station to
the French government a
few days ago, the American
government has proposed
that the station receive and
send official messages, both
French and American, grat
uitously for an indefinite
time.
These would include, first,
messages from the depart
ments of the American gov
ernment, particularly War,
Navy, State and Commerce,
to their representatives and I
bureaus in France; second,
official messages from the
American government to the
French government, Third,
despatches t-o the United
States govfcmment wireless
stations from its represents
tives in France. -
In return the United Stat
es promises that the Anna
polis station will perform
the same service for the
French government, free Of
charge. This large amount
of business is now being
handled by the private cable
and commercial wireless
companies.
This suggested innovation,,
which originated with' the!
Navy department, is being
seriously considered by the
French government al
though it believes it would
carry by far the larger load,
and although it had planned
to leave the station entirely
free during peacetime to
handle only commercial busi
ness. The wireless stations
of the French government
are used by the Ministry of
Posts and Telegraphs during
peace-time and by the Min-!
istry of War during time of
war.
The Lafayette station,
which is 20 miles from Bor
deaux, is now actually being
operated by the French Min
istry of Posts, and sent to
North and South America
most of the press reports o*
the meeting of the League
of Nations Assembly at Gen
eva.
The station was started
during the war by the Amer
ican Navy Department and
at the armistice the French
government arranged with
the navy to finish it, agree
ing to pay the entire cost of
construction. It can reach
any point on the globe.
Alaskan Surveys in Arrears
Last year’s work by the
United States Geological
Survey, Department of the
interior, in Alaska included
geologic surveys of twenty
seven hundred square miles,
and a continuation.. of
stream- gaging work . in
southeastern Alaska in co
operation with the Forest
Service, with special refer
once to the possible use of
water power. This last-nam-,
od work should be of benefit
not only to mining but to the
wood-pulp and other indust
ries. Owing to the decrease
of the Geological Survey’s
appropriation for work in
Alaska during the war fror
$100,000 to $75,000 and to
:he large increase in costs,
the field work done since 19
18 has announced to only
about 50 per cent of tha
done in preceding years, ac
cording to the annual report
of the Director of the Geolo
gical Survey, just made pub
ic. Investigations in Alaska
are therefore much in ar
rears, at a time when the
large expenditures for Gov
ernment railroad construe
tion demand that every ef
fort should be made , to en
courage the mining industry
through surveys and investi
gations that will increase the
cnowledge of the distribu
tion and occurrence of the
mineral resources of th$ Ter
ritory. In the work, done
special emphasis has been
placed on the surveys of re
gions tributary to the Gov
ernment railroad, but it may
also be point|clout that all
advances in mining in any
ptert of the Territory will di
rectly or indirectly benefit
and be benifited by the rail
road;
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This is a time far taring alaa
faith and work.
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If yoa’re got a job or a bariaesn or a piece of predictive
land, bo glad —* for thcasindi haven't
This is a# time for despair #r dacoartgeatent Far we are
riding oar coarse over the breakers to tbt clear calm too of
fconteatmmU ahead.
Economic cenditioni mo changing to tht litfhal; faith and
work, not theories, will speed the new era hit pfrssporlty.
The Bank af Seward it aHre to the pregnant poaeiWHtiee of
of the present, and haopaaks Its hearty otipigNiHan to pro
duce firmer, mere stable cendtt tone. Oar bait advice to yen
* is to keep yoar feet ea the groand, year held steady and
yoar finance in good shape hy baiidiag ap carefally yoar
bank balance. Temporary esadltlsna cnaast. then, hart yea.
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Bank of Seward
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The Home of Good Groceries
Prices of staple commodi
ties are gradually reach
ing normal.
Eggs, Butter, Lard, Haiti, and Bacon
prices are going down. W* are
keeping pace with declining
prices. Our grocery stock
is complete. Fresh fruit
in season at
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