| DIGEST OF |
I TRADE CONDITIONS j
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I First National Bank of Seattle I
ji| SEATTLE, WASHINGTON |
I FEBRUARY EETEER: |
STOCK Salt's on the New York Exchange totaled 14 million 0
shares in Otsemher compared with £
m millions in 2
millions in Oecemher. 1911. Ihe average pcice of 62 «l««^ »»«•>• 5
is 104 compared with 81 a year ago and the “ " 5
road bonds near the close of December was 87 against 83 a yiar $
VTt MONEY in Circulation on January 1 totaled 3.909 “,ll^n ^U"® £
com Da ted with 3.513 million dollars a year ago. the per capita cir V
rulaDon made a new h.gh point of $38.18. which rampares with $33.50 X
M December BVILDIMJ OPERATIONS at 160 cities ag*regat«d X
over 68 million dollars compared with 12 millmndollars'n .-cen.tHr J
.ail an increase of 26 million dollars or slightly better than <>- per O
cent Wr the entire year 1913. building in 157 prior.pal cities reached g
tottl of 822 million dollars comparing with <S.> millions in 1914. Q
while building permits issued in 1913 numbered 278 thousand against 9
267 thousand the previous year. „ 9
Domestic Consumption of COTTON in December amounted to 55o X
thousand bales compared with 131 thousand bales in Derember. 914. 8
December exports of cotton were 338 thousand bales aga.ns 1..0. 9
thousand a vear ago. Active cotton spindles numbered 31,4-1 thou- £
land compart with 30.439 thousand a year ago. 2.629 thousand tons 8
of Cottonseed were crushed from the crop of t9t.> prior to January 8
last, compared with 3,338 thousand tons to the same date last year, fl
The wool. CLIP in the t'nited States in 1913 amounted to 289 g
million pounds compared with >90 million pounds in 1914 and12% C
million pounds in 1913. The number of fleece taken was 36,589 thou- X
sand compared with 36.581 thousand a year ago and the average C
weight per fleece was 6.80 pounds compared with b.7b pounds in «9U. £
The winter wheat area is reported at 37 million acres, a decline $
of 14 per cent or nearly five million acres front a year ago. I he j
condition at last report was a fraction of a point Mow a year age. £
rhe area sown to r>e is 3,058 thousand acres a decline of 3 per cent. >
or 95 thousand acres from a year ago. The condition of rye at last £
X report was two points below a year ago. The preliminary report on >
O the total production of t'otton for 19l.» indicates a crop, not including £
a linters. of 11,161 thousand bales compared with 16,13o thousand bales £
X a year ago and a five year average of 13,033 thousand bales. £
j£ During the past month a tremendous number of wage increases 5
O have been made. We have before us reports of eighty wage increases £
g affecting 600 thousand employees, the total of the increases approxi- jj
X mating fifty million dollars annually. £
X Indications are that business will be unusually active for some >
8 weeks and. although the lull which precedes a Presidential election £
5 will probably he in evidence, it will be much less marked than usual. >
O While it is probable that business for the first half of the year will be £
5 larger than for the latter half, that the TOTALS for the year will £
X still be unusual!v large is assured by the business alreadv on the jjj
0 books of the majority of concerns in the principal lines of trade.
X Compiled January 22, 1916. j
| we are in a Position to Take Care j
i of Vour Business j
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|t “TWO WOMEN" |
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JUDGE BROWN AFTER
JENNINGS TO HOLD COURT
J U N EAU.—J udge Fred M. Brown
of the Third Judical Division while
in the city yesterday on his way home
on the Alameda, accompanied by his
family, paid a visit to Judge Robert
Jennings and asked the latter to
come to the westward and try some
cases.
It is understood that Judge Jen
nings was willing to comply if Judge
Brown would return the courtesy by
coming here at the same time and
trying some cases.
Among the cases to come up at the
next term of court to the westward
is the one in which District Attorney
Spence has charged the Tillicum club
and its members, including some of
the most prominent business men,
with selling liquor without a license.
Since Judge Brown had been a mem
ber of the club in question he prefer
red to have some other judge try the
case.—Dispatch.
NOTICE
I. J. LINDLEY GREEN, announce
my candidacy for election to the of
fice of City Attorney at the coming
: City Election.
1 I was City Attorney for the Town
; of Seward during the year ending in
April, 1915. While City Attorney I
gave written opinions on all import
ant legal questions involving the
rights of the city. I gave a written
■ opinion in regard to every important
feature of all proposed franchises
stating the legal effect of every point
involved in such proposed franchise,
These written opinions were filed with
the Municiual Clerk and became pub
lic documents open to the inspection
of the public, thereby enabling both
the Council and the Public to know
j where they were.
During my term the question of
electric lights for our Public Schools
became an acute issue, and the lights
j were furnished, and a flood of light
streamed forth from our Public
! Schools and across the placid waters
of Resurrection Bay, proclaiming to
the world that Seward possessed an
; institution of learning. These lights
were furnished at a reasonable rate.
This year our public schools are
! shrouded in darkness through the
short dark days of winter. I say,
“Let there be light.”
I stand squarely on my record made
| while in the office of City Attorney.
I am an independent candidate.
Most Respectfully
J. LINDLEY GREEN.
| Paid ad.
Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111.
Tray service receives prompt at
tention. 10-6—tf.
A BIG YEAR FOR ALASKA <
_ •:
The increase in the output of the <
Alaska-Gastineau mine from approxi- ♦:
mately 12,000 tons of gold ore is •;
merely an illustration of the tremend
ous expansion that is certain to occur
in Alaska during 1916.
Tho Treadwell was the first of the
great low-grade oro properties to be
developed in this “Witwatersrand of ^
America," It has producod more than
$50,000,000 in gold—about seven
times the cost of the entire territory.
Alaska-Gastineau is the second. Al
aska-Juneau, which began laying the
foundation for another big plant last
Monday, will be the third.
While these three projects are of
primary importance because of the »
extent of their operations, they are
in number insignificant as compared
with the total development projects .
now on foot in the northern territory. ,
Of these smaller propositions, sever
al will commence producing during
1916 and millions will be spent on the
others with a view' to taking out ore
in the near future.
The development of the Juneau
mineral deposits is of particular in
terest to the territory and to Seattle
because sixty per cent of the aggre
gate yield is expended on labor alone.
The ore bodies, while of low' grade,
are of enormous extent and engineers
estimate that they will bo in operation
several decades hence.
The year 1916 opens, for Alaska,
under peculiarly auspicious circum
stances and there is no reason to
doubt the prediction that it will usher
in the great period of development of
which residents of the territory long
have dreamed.— Seattle Times.
ANOTHER BANK CASE STARTED
FAIRBANKS.—Word received here
from the outside on the last mail is to
the effect that F. G. Noyes, receiver
of the Washington-Alaska bank, has
filed a new bank suit in the Washing
ton courts The complaint reads that
Mr. Noyes, as receiver of tho bank, is
the plaintiff, while W. H. Parsons and
wife, Falcon Joslin and wife, John
Schram and wife, PL L. Wesbstcr and
wife, J. W. Clise and wife, F. E. Bar
bour and wife and the Washington
Securities company, a corporation,
are named as defendants. In the
complaint the wives of the men are
named “Jane Doe.”
The complaint asks judgment in I
the sum of $1,822,651.51 and attor
ney’s fees, costs of suit and other dis
bursements of $50,000. It alleges
that the defendants were guilty of
violating the Sherman anti-trust law
in consolidating the banking interests
of Fairbanks in 1905.—Citizen.
Dry goo<u at Butts.
LATEST DISPATCH ]
The one Big Event coming to
Seward this year is the A. B.
MINSTRELS. March 17, 1916.
Tickets on Sale at the Alaska
Pharmacy*
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_... ■ — ' - - -; “THE KEY"
Seward-made candies. Johnston
Chocolates fresh from the factory.
I | y j l i Also fruits. 12-16—tf
Howard and Hamilton *«««.. ^ -
•The Branch.”
_ _ _ Meet me at The Branch.
W atches I protect
YOUR PLACE
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George the jeweler = S
Agent
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► All ladies calling at Brown & <•;
• Hawkins after March 1, will re- ♦
► ceive a souvenir plate. * ,r
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land for sale t<
Have 6H acres of bottom land in -
dncoln County, Wash. Has been In
lfalfa. No incumbrance. Will trade
or Seward property or business. J.
i\ Lavarne, over Brown & Hawkins.
!-29—6t.
Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Boots,
’aeks, Underwear. Anything you
iced. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Best cigars ana refreshments at
terminal Bar. See ad. li-1—tf
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FOR SALE: On 4th Avenue. One .
md one-half lots. Bargain for cash.
Ypply Box 62. 3-1—tf.
See the reaay made skirts and
waists at Butt's.
DON'T FORGET:—“The Key" is .
:he original place. Always try “The
Key" first.
For Rent: Fourteen room house on
h’ifth Ave. Just remodeled.—See
dooper. 2-29—tf.
CAPITOL CAFE RE-OPENED
The well known Capitol Cafe, Mrs. j
Ayres, proprietor, is open again for j
business. Best of cooking and ser- ^
vice, and a big bill of faro to choose j
from. tf <
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Childrens' rubbers, shoe pacs and j
rubber boots. URBACH’S.
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Try our peaches—three cans for |
fifty cents. Brown & Hawkins, J
“Quality First." 11
MASON’S NOTICE Percolators, Electric and Common,
_ Casseroles, El Grillo-Toastcrs. Make
There will be an important meet- sensible presents. Buy of SEWARD
ig of the Seward Masonic Club Fri- COMMERCIAL CO.
ay night, March 3rd at the new A.-—
. hall. All members are requested j “THE KEY”
> attend. Leslie Cramer, president, j _
•29—2t. j The Key is yours. Use it.
ALL WELCOME
- at
THE SEWARD CLUB
HOPKINS & TORREY, Props.
Billiards, Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies
and Fruits
The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Pool Hall in Seward
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CASH OR COMMISSION
Second-Hand Goods Bought ^ Sold
MATT BUTTON, 4th and Railroad Ave.
The Seward News Company
BOOKSELLERS, NEWSDEALERS AND STATIONERS
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HI HARDWARE__FURNITURE
I BROWN & HAWKINS
“Quality First”
A Strenuous
Objection—
If your coal dealer de
livered only three-quar
ters of a ton of coal ^
and charged you for a
full ton, you would ob
ject—and refuse "to pay ,
the bill. The same
principle applies in
the fuel consumption
of a heater—why use a
heater that wastes one
quarter of your
fuel ?
Great Western Oak. |
consumes all carbon and dases-none es- |,
capes up chimney. Scientific flue system
discharges heated air through slotted open
ings ri^ht over firei and through mica door
you can clearly see the shooting flames —
representing tne burning ^ases. In actual
use. you can feel the increased heat —
and decreased amount of coal used Be
convinced by an inspection.
<SoM%y
Brown &> Hawkins
“ PALACE JINGLES "
The Outside Bunch are milling Hard times are soon forgotten
Like flies around a lamp Now let every fellow try
Because we’ve got $2,000,000, To paint a rosy future
And it’s bound to make a camp. With a drop of Sherwood Rye.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS | Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection"! BILL DEVINE
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“ PALACE JINGLES "
There's a welcome at the Palace Come try our Scotch or Sherwood,
That makes good with the Bunch. Or smoke a good cigar.
So call and join the booster's Club, And then you'll boost for Sherwood,
When next you get a hunch, And The Famous Palace Bar.