Classified Advertising
FOR SALE
LOP-EARED MALAMUTE DOG,
15 MONTHS OLD, WEIGHT 108 lbs.
PRICE K. O. B. SEWARD, $75. 4t
Ail eight horsepower Pelton watei
wheel, never been used. Just the
thing for a small mining plant or
• electric generator. Inquire at the
F oat.
WANTED—Young man, 26 years
of age, wishes position as bookkeep
er and accountant. Experienced mine
accountant. Can furnish best railroad
ami mining references. B. C. Fitts,
1024 James St., Seattle, Wash. 2-o-3t
FOR RENT
For rent two-room furnished house
$15 per month. See Dougherty
Stewart.
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment.
See Mrs. Cooper. Fifth avenue.
Small house, cheap rent. Madison 44.
Mail your letters at The Key.
Stamps for sale at The Key.
PROFESSIONAL
J. H. ROMIG, M. I).
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Residence,
Adams 48.
L. R. C. I’. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh.
L. F. P. & S, Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN, M. D., C. M.
OVER GATEWAY
Office Hours, I to i and 7 to 8 P.
Fokmkhi.y or Nomk.
I)R. O. J. KEATING
DENTIST
Office over Hours:
Bank of Seward 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
Phone: Office. Mad. 7t>; Res., Mad. 5S
I)K. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENT LL OFF!:ES
Stull Building
Office Phone Residence Phone
Adams Ul Madison 44
LEON C. BOOKER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Bank of Seward Building
Phone Madison Ht
ROBERT SIMPSON
Juneau. Alaska
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
The Broadway Barbershop
For Courtesy and
Sanitation
Clean steam towel for
each customer.
S. L. COLWELL'
WINTER WEAR FOR MEN
New Location
Brosiust & Noon Building.
Washington Street
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DOUGHERTY & ROM IG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Rent Renta Collected
Lots for Sale Large Listing
Phone Red 147 Seward. Alaska
Seward Steam Laundry
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Fifth Aienue Phone Main 157
Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
Rough Dry 10c a pound with flat
work finish.
Cleaning and Pressing
KATALLA ASKS
U. S. LINE TO |
COAL FIELDS
Residents Petition for 50
Mile Railroad, Oil is
Mentioned
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KATALLA, (Special)—At a meet
ing of the citizens of Katalla and vi
cinity, held Jan. 24th, a petition was
unanimously adopted and is being
signed by every resident of this sec
tion, asking that 'the government
build a railroad to the Bering river
cial fields. *
The memorial to President Wilson!
and congress follows:
We, the undersigned citizens of Ka- j
talla, Alaska, respectfully pray that
a small portion of the appropriation!
of 000,000, made by congress for j
the construction of 1,000 miles of.
government railroad in Alaska, be1
! used in constructing a line of road
through the Katalla and Mirror
Slough oil fields to the Bering river!
coal fields, a distance of about fifty j
miles.
In support of this prayer we re
spectfully submit:
First: That the Alaska engineer
ing commission, appointed by the'
president in conformity with the Al
aska railroad act. is now engaged in
constructing a line of railroad from
Seward, Alaska, to Fairbanks. Alas
ka. a distance of about 700 miles.
Second: That the road now under;
construction will provide transporta-1
tion for the Matanuska and Nenana j
| coal fields and the country tributary!
thereto, but will in no way provide
transportation for the Bering river
coal, nor the oil of the Katalla and
Mirrror Slough fields.
Third: That an estimate of the
I cost of construction and equipment of
the road now being built from Seward
to Fairbanks by the Alaskan engi
neering commission, is $27,000,00, t
leaving 8,000.000 of the $25,000,000 J
appropriated still to be used.
Fourth: That the line of road
herein prayed for has been surveyed
by private parties and careful esti
mates of the cost of construction and
equipment made and that said amount
does not exceed $2,000,000.
Fifth: That the geological reports
of the government show the coal of
the Bering river fields to be equal in
quality and quantity to that of any
other coal in Alaska.
Sixth: That the Katalla and Mir
ror Slough fields are the only fields}
producing commercial oil in the ter-,
I ritorv.
Seventh: That under the present
policy of the government in construe
ting all naval vessels for the use of j
oil, the oil of these fields is of vital
importance to the government.
Eighth: That the coal of the Ber
ing river field and the products of the
oil are absolutely necessary to the re- j
duction of the vast deposits of copper
and other ores of the Copper river
, valley.
Ninth: That without this coal and
oil, development of this section must
cease.
Tenth: That owing to all coal and
oil lands in the territory having been
withdrawn from private entry, pri
vate capital cannot be found to fur
nish transportation for the coal and j
oil. The past ten years are sufficient
l to emphasize this fact. Different par
ties have undertaken to construct dif- \
ferent roads and all have failed with:
conseqeunt disaster to this com
munity.
Eleventh: That under the present |
policy of leasing all coal and oil lands
the government alone can sucoesrfully
engage in transportation.
Therefore, we most earnestly pray
that $3,000,000 of the $35,000,000 ap
propriated by congress for the con-1
i struction of railroads in Alaska, be
set aside and that the same be applied
; to the construction of a road from
! the Bering river coal field through the
Katalla and Mirror Slough oil fields to
a point on the Copper River & North
western railway, where these pro
ducts can reach a market and harbor
already established; and further that
the president instruct one of the three
members of the present engineering
commission to at once begin the con
struction of said line, and to this end
your petitioners will ever pray.
CAFE ROOMS THE PA I APF Sherman Ha>fnes
Pool and Billiards | _ ZlL/lVL _Pf0|>rlct0r
Best Liquors and Cigars
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Gold and silver production in the
United States in 1916 fell below that
of the year before by $8,719,300 for
gold and by 2,077,275 ounces for sil
ver. The director of the mint an
nounced recently that the total gold
production for the past year was $92,
316,400 and the silver production 72,
883,800 line ounces.
California led the Union in the pro
duction of gold with 1,069,586 ounces,
valued at $22,110,300; Colorado was
second, with 919,565 ounces, worth,
$19,009,100, and Alaska third with'
758,721 ounces, worth $16,242,300.,
The other chief gold producing states;
are given as Nevada with an output j
valued at $8,428,200; South Dakota, j
$7,512,200; Montana, $4,575,400, and
Utah, $3,593,400.
Montana led in silver production
with 14,751,000 ounces.
A report from Tolstoi states that ,
Peter Munier has bought from Geer
and McNulty for $34,000 cash, a 400
foot fraction between discovery and
No. 1 above as well as a lay on lioob.
After hanging on to his claims lor
four years Ransom Alguire is report
ed to have struck high grade ore on
the Sandon copper claim, lying be
tween the Pueblo and War Eagle
mines in the Whitehorse district.
On Flat cr»*ek, in the Iditarod coun
try, the big dredge of the Yukon Gold
company put in a busy season last
year and is reported to have handled
more dirt than in any season since it
comenced operations. In the closing
days of the season it is said to have,
been in exceptionally rich ground.
Recent reports from the Alaska
Gold Hill mine, on the west side of
the bay, have been more than en-1
coin aging to the owners of that prop
erty. The development work now in
progress on the Comstock- vein on
these claims has more than fulfilled
expectations, both in regard to the ex
tent of the vein anti *he value of its
contents.
IT ALWAYS
MAKESGOOD
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
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Trusted and tested
by the trial of years,
is regarded by thousands
as the standard leavener.
Ask your grocer—1 lb. 25c
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, \Nn.
Special Reduced
Prices on all
Goods
GEORGE
B JEWELER
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SEWARD, ALASKA
! LOYAL ORDER of MOOSE
Meets every Friday night at 8 o’clock
in A. B. Hall
! M. A. HORNER, Dictator
F. R.' BIGFORD, Secretary
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I D. C. B R Y A N T
Taxidermist - Tanner - Rugmaker
25 years practical experience
Animals, Heads, Birds, Fish set up
naturally and artistically
2132 Westlake Ave. Seattle
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A. H. Kuettner, interested in the
Alaska Fish Salting and By Products
Company at Kilisnoo, has been ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner at that
place.
Mrs. M. S. Love, the post mistress
at Nenana, has been authorized by
the post office department to engage
another clerk, the business at that of
fice being much greater than was an
ticipated.
Word has been received at Juneau
of the death at Denver of John R.
Mitchell, formerly superintendent of;
the Perseverance mine and one of the
best known mining men of South
eastern Alaska.
Fox farming promises to be one of
the leading industries along the Val-|
dez-Fairbanks trail. Many ranchers!
have turned their attention to this |
lucrative business and are meeting
with great success.
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
will hold an examination at Ketchikan
on February 10 to establish a register
from which to select a second officer
for the lighthouse tender Kukui.
Salary $1,020 per annum.
The Alaska Packing & Navigation
company will build a two-line salmon |
cannery at Chatham Strait, about 100 J
miles south of Juneau.
The records of the office of the sec
retary of the territory of early Rus-;
sian history in Alaska, for the last
century are being translated by the;
Rev. Father Kashevaroff. The rec
ords appear complete from the year
1816. Mirny interesting events ure
shown, one of the first being the mar
riage of Governor Yanofsky to a half
breed daughter of Governor Baranoff.
COL. SQUIER IS
NOW CHIEF U. S.
SIGNAL OFFICER
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VALDEZ.—(Special)—Advices by ^
Captain Robert M. Nolan, officer u.
charge of this division of the Alaska
Military Cable and Telegraph system,
states that Brigadier General George
p. Sc riven, Chief Signal officer of the
U. S. army, has been retired, after a
service of 42 years in the army, at
the age of 62 years. The order ef-;
, feeling the retirement becoming ef
fective recently. He is succeeded by
Col. Geo. 0. Squier the ranking Colon
el of the Signal Corps. While hold
ing the rank of captain he commanded
the cableship Burnside when that
vessel laid the Philippine cable, in:
1900 to 1902. He was appointed mili
tary attache at the United Mates em-j
massy at London in 1912, from which
place he was recently recalled. Col. j
Squier who is an inventor, is now |
engaged in perfecting an apparatus j
permitting the use of the Morse code
and sound instruments on cable lines;
instead of the present tape recording
instruments.
Long distance leietfnone oooth a1
I The Branch.
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Seward
*** 1 1 Geo. A. Mitchell
1 XX A Proprietor
Open Day and Night
Phone Adams 111*
Service- Cleanliness
Private Boxes for Ladies or Parties
HENRY FATHERS
KXor.usrvK
; Paint and Wall Paper Store
Picture Framing. Painting. Tinting
and Paperhanging
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOC’TY
of the United States
B. A. GRIER. Rkprkskntativk
Seward. Alaska j
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!| BRICK LAYING
Flastering and Cement Work
Fire box lining, Machinery bases
HARRY LEYTON
1 " ' 7
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i| MILE 40 ROADHOUSE
G. W. ADAMS, Proprietor
Dog Mushers Made Comfortable
All freight and express forwarded
from end of steel.
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I ANTON JOHANSEN i
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea- I
sonable prices, prompt service.
C.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:
WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY’S FLOURS
AND A FULL LINE OF
HARDWARE
Stoves, Hay and Feed
No Better (ioods Can Be Bought At Any Price
G. W. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA
The Coleman Hotel
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office- Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD
TOCO CAFE
Commerce Cafe Bldg.
JACK U. TOGO
Proprietor
Open Day and Niffht
Tray Order Quick Service
Private Boxes
for ladies or parties.
Phone Adams 52 i
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HOT and COLD
DRINKS
4* THE
j PHONE MATHISON 115 J
AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
A fresh supplv arrived on last boat, also a big shipment of
EL FIRMA CIGARS
Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phone orders.
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
Successors to The Alaska Pharmacy
Open
Day
and
Night
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