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| NATIONAL BANK
OF ALASKA
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UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Safe Deposit Boxes
—FOR RENT— '
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EMPRESS THEATER
Sunday. Dec. 2.—7:"0 & 9 p. m.
LATEST HEARST PATHS
NEWS NO. 72
Charlotte Greenwood. supported
by Sydney Grant, and Myrtle.
Stedman, in Charles Frohman's
Rapid Fire Comedy
“Jane”
It is the best bet of the esason.
You cannot lose. We guarantee
“JANE" to produce a laugh at
every foot, live thousand in all.
Extra Good Program—1 •’» dOc
SENDING GOLD TO CHILE
NEW YORK. Nov. 28.—Gold bars!I
am*-i mm. to $2,200,000 are being:
shivp. ' • *ie National City Rank of,
Chib*. The shipment, which is likely j
to bi* followed by others, was ar-;
Skating!
IS GOOD AT SECOND LAKE.
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
OK SKATING OUTFITS, IN
CLUDING ALL KINDS OK
SOATES AT
URBACH’S
PROOF OF LABOR BLANKS AT THE GATEWAY^.
FIRE INSURANCE
JOE CAMPBELL
Successor to
ENNIS 4 CAMPBELL
SEWARD ALASKA j
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PUT YOUR PAA IN j
\OUK BANK BOOK I
The best way to save money.
Keep a little out of the pay •envel
ope for pocket money then put the
rest in this bank and pay your bills
by check.
Money in the bank is not easily
* spent for unnecessaries and remains
until a time of need comes to you.
Checks are gfiven you free. It costs
you nothing: to have your money kept
safe for you.
V BANK ACCOUNT MAKES A
MAN INDEPENDENT AND
HAPPY
The Bank of Seward j
; Established 1905
® ;
Resources $315,000.00 j
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent—4 Per
Ont Paid on Savings Account* j
United States Depository For Postal Savings
STAMP TAX GOES
INTO EFFECT ON
THINGS TOMORROW
The war stamp tax goes into effect
tomorrow and many classes of busi
ness men and citizens are interested.
Sends, debentures, or certificates of
ndebtedness issued, on each $11,
here is a stamp tax of * cents. This
ncludes many transactions known by
he government as Schedule A and
he full requirements of the law is
»osted in Commissioner Whittlesey’s
>ll\ce. Drafts or checks payable ther
vise than at sight or on demand,
>romissory notes, except bank notes,
:or sums not exceeding $100, the
damp tax is 2 cents. There is a stamp
tax for conveyances, proxies for vot-,
ing and parcel post packages while
the postage* amounts to 25 cents or
more.
Deeds issued to cover a gift of
property from husband to wife, where
in the consideration named is “natur
al lover and affection and $1.00,” etc.,
are* not taxable. Leases, oil leases,
leases of mining property, long term
mining leases, which in themselves
convey no title to or interest in real i
property, are also exempt from the
stampt tax.
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VHY BRITISH FLEET CAN
NOT DISLODGE GERMAN
IS GIVEN STATEMENT
LONDON, Nov. 30. — Sir Eric
Campbell Geddes, lirst lord of Brit
ish Admiralty, replying to critics who
had asked why the British fleet had
not been sent into the Baltic, says:
‘Before the Germans attempted
operations in the Gulf of Riga, they
Confidence
Is the foundation of all business
and unless the customer has
confidence in tli£ merchant from
whom ho purchases, there is no
satisfaction.
High (Jrade Merchandise—One
Price To All Breeds
Confidence
There is out* thing that we have
always tried to deserve, ami
that is the confidence of our
customers.
The man living out in the
hills knows that he can send to
COTTER’S for anything that he
may need and that he will get
it on the first transportation,
just what he orders and at the
same price that he would have
to pay were he here to person
ally select his order
That Breeds Confidence
Remember this that it don’t
make any difference where you
may be, write in, Phone in, Send
word in—and we will get you
the goods on the first transpor
tation and you will get just the
same prices and treatment that
you woubl^ get if you were here
yourself.
TRY IT
COTTER’S
Broadway Seward
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deemed it necessary to occupy the isl- •
ands commanding the entrance to the!
gulf. Islands, which command the
entrance to the Baltic, belong to Den
mark. Would it not be an act of mad
ness for the British fleet to pass thru
into the Baltic with the certainty thut j
the Germans would occupy and foil-1
fy those islands in our rear? If we;
did pas through, should we find the |
German fleet there on our arrival ? j
The operation of passing thru would!
occupy considerable time as, putting
aside the question of Denmark’s neu
trality there are extensive mine fields,
1 to be cleaied.”
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CUSTOM IS UPSET
BUFFALO, X. V., Xov. 30.—After
holding their convention for thirty
five years always in the month of No
vember, the American Federation o1'
Labor today decided to meet hereaf
! ter in June.
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ANTE RAISED
ST. PAUL, Nov. 30.—Local promo
ters have made a new olTor of $45,000
(to Jess Willard to meet Fred Fulton
here, a substantial share of the net
receipts to go to the Rod Cross. Hi-*
former otter was $30,000.
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SEAL HERD INCREASES
12 PER CENT IN YEAR
UNDER U. S. CONTROL
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — A 12
p<*r cent increase in the size of a fur
seal herd at Probilofif Island, Alaska,
this year, as compared with 1010, is
, announced by the Department of
Commerce. The herd contains 408,*
01)2 animals.
The fur seal results in Alaska, ac
cording to the department, are in har
mony with the gratifying increases in
the size of the herd shown annually
since the suppression of pelagic scal
ing, with prospect of meeting the le
gitimate demand for fur and at the
same time producing an increased
revenue for the government.
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BORGEN’S GROCERY
THE FAMILY STORE
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My prices are uniform as near as pos
sible. I don’t advertise specials to sell at
no profit. If I did, I would have to add the
cost to other goods.
I do not ask 50 per cent profit to other
. |
goods to sell some at cost m order to make
the public believe that I am giving them liar
gains. The size of the package or can will
speak for itself.
Consei'vation means “Quantity and
Quality.”
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BORGEN’S GROCERY
PATRONIZE HOME GROWN G000S
HOTEL, SEWARD
A
FORTY ROOMS-OUT OF FIRE ZONE
J. 0. PATTON, Prop. Rates by Day or Month
Modern Conveniences Well Lighted and Heated
The Final Drive
To clean up what is left in our Stock we are
going to make a last cut
BEGINNING DECEMBER FIRST everything ,
then in stock is going to be thrown upon tne mar
ket at 2"> per cent DISCOl NT below cost.
That means that you can buy a pair of shoes, a
coat, a suit of underwear or anything in our stock
for JUST THREE QUARTERS ACTUAL COST.
The women of Seward have shown by their pat
ronage that they appreciate bargains and this is
their opportunity.
REMEMBER ONE-FOURTH OFF.
HALLETT & SCOTT
FROM WHICH YOU MAY SELECT YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR REGULAR SU AUAi
DINNER WITH THE POSITIVE ASSURANCE THAT WHATEVER YOU GET IS THE BUST
THE MARKET AFFORDS.
Among the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are:
GRAPES ORANGES BANANAS APPLES PEAS CRANBERRIES CELERY
TOMATOES LETTUCE GREEN PEPPERS STRING BEANS PUMPKIN
ARTICHOKES CAULIFLOWER .. AND. SWEET POTATOES
We also have a large and complete line of FANCIES, including CRESCA FRUIT CAKES, DATES
FIGS “TURKISH DELIGHT”, (a dainty confection)MINCE MEAT, HEINZ CRANBERRY SAUCE,
MIXED PEELS, BOILED CIDER, PLUM AND FIPUDDINGS, MIXE DNUTS and Cheese of all kinds