GENERAL REPAIRING and ACETYLENE WELDING
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP
Wm. B AXANT.
MACHINIST.
SPECIALTY - GAS ENGINES.
FKYE — IIRUIIN COMPANY
JiM roooix oil no a mild sugar ou rod
PICNIC H A M S
2m* per lb.
Try one — A real Uargain.
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JUST RECEIVED
The Rest Line ol
Working Shoes
That Ever l ame
To Alaska.
Also a Complete
Line ol Summer
Underwear, in the
Union Suits
The Place Where
Men Out»It.
COTTER’S
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• WILLIAM A. 11KSSK.
• U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
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• BKOIOUO McNKlI.I. COOK
• I’ordova. Alaska.
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“BKTTIM1 M \ir l LAIM
LONDON*. Aug.. Some tie*
London newspapers lament that Eng
Lsh women and giiis have gone
“betting mail’ and that it is a com
mon thing for girls in offices, on the
otage. married women and even
school girls to lay wagers varying
from six pence to a pound.
“Why shouldn’t we gamble.*" on*
pretty office girl asked. “Now that
the war is over wo must have som*
harmless excitement, mustn’t we?
“Some of us hot on tennis and golf,
on engagements to marry, anil ev**n
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DKIWKTMKNT OF TI1K IN.TKUIOrt
Alaskan engineering Commission
'Plains leave ami arrive at Seward as
foiows:—
c-('‘j A. M. Wednesday and Saturday
2*oi Uoosevelt, Tunnel, (iirdwcni
Anchorage. A rive 4:do 1*. M. Mon
day ami Thursday.
Connections at Anchorage on Monday
and Friday at 6:dO A. M. foi
Matanuska, Wasiila, Hou»tou, Pal
keetna, and on Wednesday at »S:MO
A. M. lor Matanuska, Kska and
i h.ckaoon.
KRKAKFAST. l.l NCHFON and
Dinner ser.ed on the reward - An
chorage train in trie buffet car. Mt>.
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PLUMBING AM)
HEATING •
Sheet Metat Works
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* Tel. Madsn l it*
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on the word people will open conver
sations with.”
A business man complained that
his office girls “chatter more about
their bets than their work" and an
other declared his cook seemed more
co *! ned about odds than ovens.’
“She has even incited my wife to
making bets,” he added.
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VMKKK \N MADK ADDING
M V( HINK (T H ING IN ON
PKOITTS OK TDK GKKMANS
KKKI.IX. Aug.. 2— Go'man manu
facturers of adding machines aw ap
pealing to the government for assist
ance in their fight to prevent the im
BEULAH B. WILSON, Oph. I). *
iluve your EVES tested and
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GLASSES properly fitted.
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* ELLSWORTH BUILDING
Seward, Alaska.
pollution of American made machines
which they claim now are suporflous,
as tin* German industry is capable <>l
supplying the home demand.
Action has boon precipitated by tilt*
application of a well-known American
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fii i through its lierlin branch for
* •••mission to import 1.700 add’vg ma
chines to meet the German demand
until the American firms has com
pleted its local branch factory.
The German manufacturers have
uldressed a joint appeal to the min
ritry of economics demanding inforce
mn i < f the existing import embargo
and requesting that wholesale impor
tation should he prohibited.
The Vorwaerts declares that, while
tin German working man does not
desire t<» he placed under tin* dom
:nati» n of American capital the pres
ent action by the German makeis is
undignified and not in keeping with
the German efficiency which has al
ways been able to assert itsell in tin*
onpetitive markets oven when pitted
;:-4 .inst American enterprise.
(>l |) HIGH- COST Gl\ r.s
M ABAC A SC \K GO-BY
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug., 2 - High
co t of living lias novor hit Madagas
car, Kendall K. Kay, former Califor
nia newspaperman, has written to
friends hero. Best prime beef sells for
* cents and rice for P-s cents, he
sr I. Pineapples can he had for half
a cent each and big lobsters for 2
; cents.
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CONFEDERATE MONEY
PASSED ON GERMANS
BERLIN. Aug.. 2— American Con
! fo orate currency has been discov
! oi *1 in circulation in large quanti
ti. > in Berlin and other parts of Ger
many. Outlawed paper money has
fo ind ready takers among the unsus
|)( ting who have rapidly exchanged it
The Toughest Rubber
That Was Ever Made
1 / A
AflOot Ulttl bots.’ loot wear is your most impor
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brand or one that vonatvn ^tsuiY* i * • ’ ‘dr\.i *»u( i e.-* ^
is y test When you hoy ( >odrich \« u get the
benefit of fifty years* rubber experience we kn» v l ow to
make the rubber toucher tl" 1 '; 'v d! "*'• • f’•
and keepyourlevtdry . n l comfort i!-le. P> *n t acce* • ”'.t.o
tions look tor the Rv d Line KoiioJ the Top
THEB. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY
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Akron, Omo
Seattle Branch. n> King Street
GO;#
Bi-Press
Rubber Footwear
FOUNDEO 1869
TRAQf MARK
ELLSWORTH’S AUTO FOR HIRE
Night and Day Service
Day Rhone— Adams 87.
Night Rhone— Madison 61.
BEAUT.Y
Here is a 2-panel
3-ply fir-veneer
door sold at a com
mon door price.
Send for our free
illustrated home
builders* 1920 cat
alogue.
"Hetur MilJvvri,
Sjih und Iktn”
R O V I G
2229 First Ave. S.
SEATTLE
or marks at current rates. One mer
chant is knowir to have given 28,
)0(> marks for a bundle of Confoder- J
ate bills, The American Chamber of
| Commerce here has issued a warning
irging Germans and all others to have
American money carefully inspected
by banks before accepting it.
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Herman Rudolph, of Tcslin Lake
was recently fined $50 and costs for
putting out poison for wolves.
-*5*
George Jilson, a resident of Sitka
was committed to Morningside asy
lum by a jury at Ketchikan last week.
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A man is rich according to whut he
is, not according to what he has.
ITBI.IC NOTICK |
SEALED PROPOSALS will he
eccivod until eleven o'clock A. M. on
the 5th Day of August, 1020, at the;
jfl'ice of the Territorial Hoard of Road
Commissioners for the Third Division
>i Alaska in Valdez, Alaska, at which
time and place they will be publicly
I opened for the furnishing, hauling and
liscrihution of approximately Eleven
Hundred (1100) yards of gravel (sub
let I to au increase or decrease of fif
,c( n (15) per cent) on the Territorial
Rond known as the Seward Branch
Road. Distribution to commence at be
ginning of said road and continue over
Hu* first two (2) miles of road as di
ected by tlu? Engineer in Charge.
Said proposals must be signed by
the bidder anti accompanied by cash or
a certified check payable to the 'Peni
al Rond Commission for five per cent
>f the amount bid, which amount shall
ic forfeited to the Territorial Board
>f Road Commissioners in case that
the bidder shall fail to enter into a
•ontract according to the specifica
tions of the said Commission for such
work, in the event of his being award
'll the contract for the above work.
Ph ‘ successful bidder will be required
o execute the general form of con
act of said Commission for such
cork within a period of ten days from
the acceptance of his bid by the said
Commission. The successful bidder
will also be required to oxtKmte a bond
payable to the Territory of Alaska for
fifty (50) per cent of the contract
price, said bond to be acceptable to
the ( ommission.
The above work must be performed
according to the standard specifica
tions and conditions on file at the of
fice of the Divisional Road Commis
sion at Valdez, Alaska, and at Seward,
Alaska, where a copy of same with
form of contract may bo seen, and
proposal* obtained.
Proposals must be signed by the
bidder, enclosed in a plain, sealed en
velope and addressed to the Territor
ial Board of Road Commissioners for
the Third Division, Valdez, Alaska,
and be plainly marked Proposals for
Graveling Seward Branch Road.
The l ight is hereby reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, this 20th of
July, 1020.
DIVISIONAL COMMISSION OF
THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF
ROAD COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
THIRD DIVISION, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
By JAS. E. WILSON,
Chairman of the Board.
7 Times Gateway
First Pub. July 27th.
T^ast Pub. Aug. 3rd.
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ALASKA TRANSFER
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Tranaferin* Phone*. Main 17 and 81
HOTEL OVERLAND
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
SEWARD ALASKA
’ SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager lt
Office Admiral Building
Wayne Blue, Agent.
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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for every
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MORE AND LARGER LOAVES
OF BETTER BREAD
FISHER’S BLEND FLOUR makes more
and larger loaves of better bread in propor
tion to its cost than other flours.
FISHER’S BLEND costs more per sack but
LESS PER LOAF. It costs more as flour but
gives more both in quality and quantity of
loaves. 3»&aUdl
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Manufactured in “America’s Finest Flouring
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