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BANK OF SEWARD, Trustee,
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onder Act of Merck I, lt?9.
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Ex-tiovernor Francis. of Missouri,
a most admirable and able gentleman,
has a kindly word for the smaller
newspapers of the country. What he
says is true, the only fault that we
can find with it being that he doesn’t
say enough. This is the article:
“Each year the local editor gives
fiom $f>00 to $1,000 in free lines to
the community in which he is located.
No other agency can or will do this.
The editor. in proportion to his
means, does more for his own town
than any ten other men, and in lair
ness he ought to be supported— not
because you like him or admire his,
writings, but because the local paperj
is the best investment a community
i*an make. It may not be brilliantly
edit' d or crowded with thought, but
financially it is of more benefit to the
i < mm unity than the preacher or the
teacher. Understand me. 1 do not
r-can mentally, and yet on moral
euestions you will find most of the
papers on the right aide. Today the
editor of the local paper does the
most for the least money than any
j or.« n on earth.” •;
Admirably stated, but the governor
might have added that the country
press is more truly representative ol
the community than is the metropoli
tan press, no matter how many page's
of alleged “funny matter” the latter
may contain or how ably prepared
may be the editorial matter. The
editor of a great city paper very am
bitiously attempts to mould public
opinion, while the editor (uni he may
be compositor, proof reader, press
man and “devil” besides) reflects the
views of his constituency. It is not
that he is a “poll parrot.” but that
mingling with his readers a-s. he does,
lie absorbs iheir ideas and they ab
sorb his, so that the paper really rep
resents the community. More power
to the country press.
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The records of th<‘ Weather Bureau
in Alaska show that the average win
ter temperature of the ports of Prince
William Sound. 30 degrees above zero,;
is the same as that of New York and j
Boston, and that of Nome zero is sim- j
ilar to that of Manitoba and Monlteal.
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION... j
REPORT.. OF.. TilE FINANCIAL
CONDITION of The BANK OF SEW
ARD, located at Seward, Territory of
Alaska, at the close of business on the
4th day of October, 1920.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .. . 127,967.29
Overdrafts. NONE
LIBERTY BONDS . 21.388.59
Bonds, Warrants and othei
securities .. 16,000.00
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures. . 17,100 00
Other real estate owned . . 15,545.26
Due from Banks . 52.994.61
Cbeb ob other bonks sad
Other cash items . 2,949.00
Cash on hand . 44.237.38
Total . *298.182.13
LIABILITIES
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Capital stock paid in . i 25,000.00 j
Surplus fund . 5.000.00
Undivided Profits less
Expenses paid .... . 142.23
Due to Bank deposits- 2.555.97 ;
Individual and Savings
Deposits .. 248,52:5.06
Demand and time certificates
of deposit .— 11,342.87
Cashier's and certified
checks . 5,616.00 ;
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Total .. $298,182.13 j
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UNITED STATES OK AMERICA,
TERRITORY OF ALASKA THIRD
JUDICIAL DIVISION, ss.
I, H. S. Balderston, Cashier of the :
above named bank, do solemnly swear |
iWt the foregoing statement is true to
the tost of my knowledge and belief.!
H. S. BALDERSTON, Cashier
Correct attest: Sidney Anderson,
J. M. Sloan.
• DIRECTORS.
Subscribed and awora to before me
this 11th day of October, 1920.
(Seal) J. L. McNally
Natal Pablk i* for
to TtoiJter of Atoka, (Mr
Commission expires October 19, 1922.
Eimrmkt- the Straw Vote Contort*
GROWING FAST
According to Lloyds Register of
Shipping for 1920. 21 just issued, the
seagoing tonnage of the United States
■•.ppart from the Great Lakes shipping,
ha.-' increased since J914 by over 500
percent and now stands at 12,406,000
tons. Thus the United States comes
second only to the United Kingdom
.vhi**h has LS,111,000 tons.
Japan, which in 1914 took sixth
place, is now third, with 2,996,000 tons
closely followed by Fiance, with 2,
>6-1.000 tons.
Including sailing ships, now own
’d by the United States 24 percent of
the world's tonnage, as against 4.7
percent six years ago, the Register
states.
The figures shown for the formerly
belligerent countries include a con
siderable amount of enemy tonnage
provisionally all alloted to those coun
tries. Germany which in 1914 occupied,
after the United Kingdom, the first
position with over 5,000.000 tons of
shipping, now only owns 419,000 tons.
The steam tonnage owned by the
principal maritime countries in June,
i.920, totalled 53,905.000, an increase
of S,501,000 tons as compared with
June 1914; but it is computed that the
world's net loss in shipping through
the war, taking into account the su
spension in normal shipbuilding activ
ities, amounts to 3,516,000 tons.
There is a reduction in sailing ton
nage since pre-war days of 614.000
tons, a much smaller decrease than in
any previous six year period and
doubtless accounted for. says the Re
gister, by the shortage of other ton
nage having given new life to the con
struction of sailing vessels. The
United States, the only country which
has increased sailing tonnage since
1914, now- owns over 43 percent of
the worlds’ sailing tonnage.
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Want' d one complete oil drilling outfit
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“ Glacier
Breezes ”
PERT PARAGRAPHS
OF SENSE AND NONSENSE
CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY
“ THE HUMAN TOOTHPICK ”
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BREEZES
Casey McUannel, the mogul of the
Buffet car attached to the Gateway
Flyer was hack in Seward again yes
terday. Casey and his rolling cafe have
been detached from the service for
more than a week owing to the fact
that the car was undergoing a com
plete overhauling.
Speaking of Casey reminds me of!
a fellow on the train one day, who
aid that some days Casey had real
pie and other days imitation pie. 1
wondered just what he meant until 1
discovered that it was true. This is
die reason Casey purchases the real
pies from our Seward bakery and the
others fiom the Anchorage Bakery
and the Seward pies are of such a fine
quality that any one who once oats
them naturally thinks that ail others
are imitations.
The weather yesterday was of the
finest brand. Clear and just cool
enough to make you swing along with
pep in your stride. The peaks sur
rounding th<* town are covered with
new snow which glistened all day in
the bright sunshine. The kiddies wore
out playing and most of the grown
ips were out of town, fishing, hwi
ng and climbing around on the hills.
Some weather we have here in Sew
ard. Milder than Montana, healthier
than any town in Alaska and varied
j enough to suit the most fastidous.
A few headlines clipped at ram
dom.
Sixteen moonshine stills captured
ami dcstioycd in one day on Manhat
tan Island. Raisins, corn meal and
brown sugar seem to work better to- j
get her than any other combination of j
food we know about. The Early Worm .
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soaks the Biid. and, 1». B raster, brews j
home brew. Not a word about Seldovia !
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or Halibut Cove or the Suburbs of
Anchorage.
Then: is a fellow in Seward who
uses a five cent piece every Sunday I
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night to determine whether he will
go to church or the movie. He is novel
.-•bsent on Sunday night from the Mov
ie then f v e tie must use the sure
method of * '\ads 1 win, tails you lose.
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BREEZES
There; is a little candy store on •
Lexington Avenue in Cleveland, just j
opp< sit* the League Park, the proprie- |
tor of which believes in “safety first.” ?
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i.vury urm: the New York Ameri- |
ran- conn? to lown the proprietor of
: the st re puts up heavy screens in ;
! front of his windows. “Babe” Ruth !
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has broken three windows and one •
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i window’ frame. When the New York ;
series ends down come the screens. (
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The films shown at the Liberty ;
Theatre last night were really worth |
while. Both instructive and amusing.;
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i The spontaneous burst of applause
that occured when Senator Harding’s i
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picture flashed upon the screen was 1
an echo from the outside voicing the j
peoples idea of who is going to be the !
next president. Friend Murphy and
Hon. Grigsby appeared and disap -
pearod and the silence was supreme.
Some say silence is golden. Eh.
Some people are making strong ef
forts to introduce more “animal”
danpes, such as the fox trot, the “cat
i step” the “camel walk” and the “fish
! wiggle” into the Pacific northwest and
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I Alaska. They do not mention the gull
; float, or the moose gallop.
Roost Seward but Never Knock.
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ALASKA NEWS
For the second time in a week the
stork visited Nome recently. The his
toric bird perched upon the family
roof trees of Messrs. James J. Bogan
and Alfred J. Lomen, with the result
that Mr. and Mrs. Bogan are the pos
sessors of a brand new baby boy,
their first born, and Mr. and Mrs. Lo
•nen are rejoicing over the wee bit oi
d'mpled femininty. Dr. Welch re
ports the newcomers and their moth
| *rs as progressing nicely.
Work on the construction of a large
cold storage plant has been started
it Scow buy, four miles from Peters
burg, by the Alaska Fish company,
and it is expected to have the plant
in working order within thirty days if
j labor can be secured. The plant when
finished will have a storage capacity
of over 1,500,000 pounds of fish and
1,000 tons of ice, says the Petersburg
Report.
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KOBE APPOINTED SURVEYOR
Lucicn S. Robe, well known Alaska,
dining engineer, now working at
•<\:nte: Bay for the Alaska Admiralty
.Ion! Mining company, bus been ap
»o«nted United States mineral survey-:
•i according to an announcement
recently from the office of Sur
veyor General R. J. Somers.
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LAWSON, —A recent .n rival from
Kort/mile camp, boastin' about the
icalthy air in his locaiitv and the
. itcdity of the people, suwported his
•tatenients with the following rather!
omarkable facts:
In the upper Fortymile country,
Jie narrator said, “there are 101)
men, and 60 of those men are over
>0 years of age. Of those 60, five
are over 70 years old; and one ha*
ived on Franklin creek for U.*> years,
md has not seen the Yukon river
or over 20 years. The following an
lie names and ages of some of these
tardy veterans of the North:
“George Mock, 78; Franklin creek,
id years on one creek; K. Cowan 78,
i ianklin creek; George Pitz, 74, Jack
Wade creek; Pat Carr, 74, Jack Wade
•reek; John Milendt, 67, Jack Dade
creek; J. N. Spaulding, close to 70,
/ranklin creek. And then there is old
nan John Eldon, the storeman at
doose creek, who is close to SO years
>f age/'— News.
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ALASKA NEWS
Alaska is about one-fifth the size
>f the United State.
The Behm Canal imber unit, on the
Tongass Forrest, south casern Alaska,
•sas a stand of approximately one bill
on feet board measure, of which 88
percent is spruce and hemlock timber,
nil suitable for pulp wood.
Alaska is not all snow and ice. Po
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toes, turnips, beets, sugar beets,
carrots, parsnips, celery, rhubarb, ra-1
dishes, onions , cabbage, cucumbers j
and peas arc grown in Alaska.
Pulpwood will be sold from the
Alaskan National Forests with such
provisions for future supply as will
assure the premanence of the industry.
According to Government estimates
it is believed that a complete explor
ation of the National Forests in south- j
< hi Alaska will show that there is a
i.|tiartor of a million horse power of J
undeveloped water power possibilities.
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It is of interest to note in connect
ion with possible pulp plants in south
east Alaska that labor in Alaska is ;
accustomed to work on a piece basis
rather than on a time basis, and this |
would probably be reflected in the i
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employment of labor for logging op- \
orations' of pulp timbers.
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When Jack Dempsey and Billy
Miskc stepped into the ring for their
heavyweight championship, contest at
Benton Harbor, Mich., Labor Day,
it meant a baseball, a catcher's mitt
and a football for every country school
in Michigan.
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