m CHES
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gruvn
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
(D
C. E. ORLANDER
srCl’RSSOR TO!
GEORGE THE JEWELER
1,000 1.000 1.000
Pipes Pipes Pipes
AT THE KEY
With every 7.V pipe sold we
give can or box of tobacco free.
A Large Assortment
Real Valin s
THE KEY
PHONE MATHISON 11S
Stationery
PAPER IN BOXES
Tablets Envelopes
Pens Pencils
Ink Mucilage
Library Paste Paper Clips
Memo Books Paper Files
In fact everything in the Sta
tionery line, also a big line
ol School Supplies
SEWARD DRUG CO.
PROFESSIONAL
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DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 68
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J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave«
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh i
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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Charley the Tailor
Next to Alaska S. S. Co.
CLEANING
PRESSING
REPAIRING
Work Called for and Delivered
Suits Made to Order
Telephone—Adams 66
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NOTICE TO CITIZENS
% . i
The ordinance prohibiting the dump
ing of ashes into alleys will be strict
ly enforced. A^hes must be placed in
garbage cans or barrels. Flit
Our observation is that one of the
things that worry a man when he is
sick in bed is what has become of his
ti ousei s.
MISS DRUMGOOLE
| gnjr^ngH
Miss Will Allen Drumgoole of Nash
ville. Tenn., is the only woman who
wears the uniform of an officer in the
United States navy. Widely known in
the South as a writer and a speaker,
she has been assisting the navy in ob
taining recruits.
The Independent
Wood Company
delivers finest second growth
spruce wood cut any length and
split to suit you for $6.50 per
two rick cord. Guaranteed full
measurement. Orders taken at
Taylor’s City Express office.
Phone Main 122.
I
Clearing Out Sale
IRISH LINEN' WRITING
TABLETS. 15c and 20c
SCHOOL TABLETS
2 tor 15c
THE BAZAAR
! ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices* prompt service.
I CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SEWARD ALASKA
FRATERNAL
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L. 0. 0. M„ No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
I F. R. BIG FORD, Secretary.
I-S
ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
P. H. Pederson John Noon
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. jo., Pioneer Hall
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The Garstens Packing Go.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hama and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVR. SEWARD
Seward
• | | Geo. A. Mitchell
I I Proprietor
Open Day and Night
Phone Adams 119
Service—Cleanliness
Prime Boxe* for Ladle* or Parties
COPPER TRADE
IS PLACED ON
! A NEW OASIS
| _ •
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. — The entire
complexion of the copper industry un
derwent a radical change last year.
From a highly speculative market,
with violent fluctuations from day to
i day when much of the trading was
i carried on by dealers and jobber
I through the medium of brokers, who
. made their profits out of the prices
paid by the ultimate consumers, it be
j came one of the most ordinary rou
tine, in which no one figures but the
producer, the jobber and the consum
er; the price has become fixed and all
speculative buying therein eliminated.
‘ In the course of this remarkable
revolution, even the right of the job
ber to trade in copper for a time im
• pugned, until the protests of the small
I consumer, drew attention to the fact
that to them he was a necessity.
Troubles of the Consumer
When a large consumer of copper
first intimated that he was ready to
buy, the fact spread from phone to
i phone with remarkable celerity, and
each party interested in the prospec
tive purchase began at once to jockey
for position. The market price for
spot copper might be then «‘>0 cents,
and it was astonishing how short that
spot supply might suddenly become.
Usually the requirements of otheri
large consumers, although they might
be extended over three or four months
delivery included a certain amount for
immediate or prompt shipment. He
would be told by a broker or a specu
lator that while there was no spot
copper offered in the open market, he,
(the broker or speculator) might man
age to secure some resale metal. The
copper, the consumer would be in
formed, was held by some one who
had bought more than he needed at
the moment; he would be sufficiently
obliging, however, to part with some
of it at the price he paid for it, which
was invariably above the current mar-j
ket. The consumer was supposed to
accept the proposition with grateful
thanks, and very often he did, be
cause there was nothing else to do,
though it is doubtful that the thanks |
were always sinceiv.
I
Juggling of the copper markot in
war time, when demand for national;
purposes was enormous, had been
: stopped in England by the establish
ment of a fixed price, but the year
was more than half gone before any j
attempt was made at price fixing in
this country. Not until electrolytic
copper was selling at 30 cents a pound
and promised to go higher did the
United States government take a
hand in its regulation.
The allied nations had been taking
large quantities of copper, for which
they paid 25 cents a pound. The spot
price at the end of March, or just pre
vious to the entrance of the United
States in the war, was 35 cents a(
pound. I^ater the market began to
weaken somewhat and by July was
down to a range of between 26 V2 and
30 J£ cents.
First Government Purchase
Meanwhile the United States gov
ernment, having become a belligerent
was intent upon a preparedness pro
gram which included, among other
things, at the outside 49,000,000 lbs.
of copper. It had no intention of pay
ing the market price and the produc
ers were appealed to on the score of,
patriotism to make a fair price. A |
great deal of quiet dickering follow- \
cd between Washington and New |
York and a cost investigation was in-1
stituted, which established the fact j
that copper costs something between j
8 and 12 cents a pound, according to,
the producer. On the strength of this
assumption an agreement was finally
reached whereby this 49,000,000 lbs.
was sold to the government at 16.67
cents a pound.
The elt'ect was electrical upon the |
market. The large consumers of cop-1
per in the United States objected
strenuously to pay 30 cents for what
could be sold without loss at less than
t7 cents. There was little use to ar
gue that this was a veiy special price!
and that it was made solely for mo
tives patriotic. The consumers failed
to see it in the same light and the
market began to weaken until a 25
cent level for spot copper was reached.
Supplying the Small Customer
One difficulty arose ir. respect to the
plan. It was to supply the small con
sumer, who usually bought his cop
per in less than carload lots. The main
motive for the establishment of the j
Copper Pioducers’ Committee was the'
elimination of all speculative buying,
and one of the provinces of the com
mittee is to see that all the copper
I sold passes into the hands of manu- (
j facturing consumers. For a time, it
declined to recognize the jobber at all,
but, as it was not in a position to fur
nish ton lots to consumers, and as the
latter had to be provided for in some
WILL ASSIST
SOLDIERS IN
AMUSEMENTS
The following self-explanatory slate
ment is being mailed to Alaskans:
Knights of Columbus, Archbishop
Seghers Council, No. 17(50, Juneau,
Alaska,
Dear Sir:
Archbishop Seghers Council Knights
of Columbus is now engaged in col
lecting money from the general pub
lic of Juneau and vicinity for the
Knights of Columbus War Fund, and
if you would care to contribute any
I amount to that cause, the sume will
be deeply appreciated by us.
The object of this fund is to pro
! vide places of amusement at the var
: ious army contonments, both in this
; country and France, to which all sol
diers regardless of creed, will be in-j
vited and made welcome.
It is estimated that $10,000,000 will
I be required to carry out the work as
planned which not only has the ap
proval of the War Department, but
the details of which have been work-1
ed out by that department. It is a
! huge sum, and because it will be used
for the benefit of all soldiers, we have
been directed by the committee in
; charge to ask for contributions from I
' all the people of our vicinity.
We are alive to the fact that the
people of this vicinity have already
been heavily drawn upon for the var
ioius war activities and for that rea
son we are not making a personal can
vass for this cause. If you feel that
you can contribute any amount, it will
be thankfully received, and we can as
sure you that it will be well spent.
If you feel that you can help us in
this matter, you will kindly make
check payable to Maurice Casey, fi
nancial secretary, and mail it to him.
Anticipating your kindly assistance,
: and thanking you for same, we are
j yours ve**y tioily, R. T. Lynch, Mau
rice Casey, B. A. Rosselle, Harley J.
j Turner, Hector McLean, F. A. Boyle,
Committee; F. W. Hebert, Grand
Knight.
radkTman in
ALASKA GIVEN
A PROMOTION
Gunner H. A. Crowell, United States
navy officer in charge of the radio
stations at Cordova, has received or
ders from Washington, D. C., placing
him as district communication super
intendent of radio in Alaska, accord
ing to advices received in Seward. The
navy stations now under his chaigc in
clude th^e at Ketchikan, Juneau, Sit
ka, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, St. Taul,;
Seward, St. George and two at Cor-|
dova. Mr. Crowell will have his head- I
quarters at the %*adio station at Milo i
Seven, along the Copper River $ I
Northwestern railway, where the dis
trict superintendent’s headquarter*,
have been constructed.
HAWKINS GIVES
MILITARY UNIT
A RARE TREAT
_ i
The Seward Home Guards were giv
en a special treat at the drill Satur
day night, a treat that was certainly
appreciated. A buffet luncheon and
cigaifi were served t > ihe boys of the
military unit, T. W. Hawkins being,
the sponsor for the “feed.” Although
Mr. Hawkins h aboard the Victoria
bound for Denver, he left word that
he was only too glad to recognize the
work of the boys and the importance
of the unit. The members of the ur.it
had no inkling of the affair so the e*
tra large attendance was not on ac
count of the spread.
way, an arrangement was perfected,
with the sanction of the government
whereby jobbers approved of by the
committee were allowed to purchase
copper by the carload at the estab
lished price of 23 Vz cents, and distri
bute it among their customers at a
gross profit of 5 per cent., which made
the price to the smaller consumers
24.07^ cents a pound.
In some way those dealers who held
contracts for copper at prices above
23 Vi cents, and who could not dispose
of it at the so-called legal price with
out a serious loss managed to get rid
of it quietly though without direct
permission, so that as the year closed,
the market was undisturbed by fric
tion or irregularities of any kind.
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HOTEL 0 REAND
HARRY WHITTEMORE, Leasee and Manager.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, • • - ALASKA
H. V. Hobkn A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe-'' Phones, Main 17 and 81
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JOHN A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD ALASKA
Attention Mushers!
THE GLACIER BAR, at Girdwood
. is a Restaurant and Pool Hall. Meals are to be
had from 5 a. m., until 10:00 p. m. Good
Spring Beds—Horse and Dog Stables
Hitchcock & Hachcy, Props.
I’D ruther meet a vis h’us
dawg than a grouchy
man. You c’n
muzzle the dawg.
Some smokin’ to
bacco needs muz
zlin’. But not
VELVET. It never
bites.
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobacco, is bitcless
because it is Kentucky Burley it Luxe (the smoothest pipe
tobacco) mellowed by more than two years' ageing.