Large assortment ol fine sta
tionery at ALASKA SHOP.
north pole
BAKERY
John J. Meyer, Prop.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
—LUNCHES—
Bread Shipped to All Points
on The Alaska Railroad
THE PALACE
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
John Mattich Pan! Svedeen
Proprietors ::
Phone Main 59
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Produces all of
Seward Dairy
Milk
Seward
Dairy
OWEST PRICES
— For the Highest
j^^)uality Tires
LATEST 193!
Goodyears!
All Sizes
Pathfinder
jl.50-21
(30x4.50)
'$5.69
All Types
All Prices
TRADE IN YOUR
OLD TIRES for the
NewGoodyear All
Weather Balloonsl
OGLE’S GARAGE
Buick and Chevrolet Dealer
ALASKA SHOP
Seward, Alaska
DEVELOPING, PRINTING, ENLARGING,
COLORING, COPYING, FRAMING
THE MOST COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE IN ALASKA
Covering Entire Field of Commercial Photography
THE FINEST COLLECTION OF ALASKA VIEWS IN EXISTENCE
Kodak Supplies of all kinds. Cameras, Tripods, Binoculars.
Cigars, Cigaretts, Tobaccos and Smokers’ Supplies
Stationary, Newspapers, Magazines, Latest Fiction
Fine Confectionary, Ice Cream Soft Drinks
Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Shaving Accessories
Ivory, Curios, Moccasins, Indian Baskets
U. S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY CHARTS
No order too small. No order too large.
Orders Filled Same Day Received. No Delay. No Disappointments
Let l s Serve 1 ou
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The KOHLER Automatic
produces 110-volt current
The Kohler Automatic Power and Light Plant produces
standard 110-volt electricity, and therefore allow* you to
use the same standard electric light bulbs and appliances
used in cities. These appliances are available everywhere
and cost less than those of lower voltage.
Coupled with this advantage of the Kohler Automatic is
the feature of “no storage batteries.” This does away with
the trouble and expense of maintaining a large bank of
glass-cell storage batteries. The only battery used with
the Kohler Automatic is a small, automobile-type, for
starting the engine.
Thus the Kohler Automatic gives you all the advantages
of city electricity with the same convenience—simply
turn any button on the circuit and you have electricity
for power or light. Send for illustrated booklet. Come in
and see the plant in operation. 9
No Storage Batteries •HO Volts Automatic 1500 Watte
Seward Machine Shop
FUR FARMING
(Continued from Fane 7»-o)
blue, and Chinchilla skins should
always be packed and shipped se
parately, whereas skins of all other
colors may be put together.
First are prime pelts of large
size, well shaped, and properly
stretched and dreid, having all
the hair underfur intact, and the
skin side free from dark spots,
streaks, or cuts of any kind. The
thicker and denser the underfur
on a pelt, the more valuable it is
and the better price it will bring.
Seconds are pelts with shorter
hair and less underfur than firsts,
I and, except in white pelts, the
; skin usually shows dark spots or
! streaks, and sometimes large black
splotches. The skin of a white
pelt is white, even though the fur
is poor.. Seconds also include pelts
that are improperly stretched and
dried, that have rubbed in ship
iment, or that show the poor spots
where the skin has been pierced
or the hair is short or missing.
Thirds are pelts with short hair
and thin underfur and those from
j animals taken too young or during
the molting season, when the hair
is missing in places and the qual
ity and texture are poor. Pelts
that are badly cut or otherwise
mutilated and poorly stretched
and dried also are classed as
thirds. Thirds are of no value
to the furrier and are used exclu
sively in the manufacture of felts
for hats.
MARKETING
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The raw-fur industry of Ameri- t
ca is centered in New York City. 1
Practically all the rabbit skins r
imported from foreign countries 1
or produced and sold in the Unit- I
ed States eventually reach this £
great marketing center. There is t
always a demand for good pelts, <
if they can be supplied in large
quantities; but, as the expense of
handling is almost as much for a
small as for a large number, raw
fur buyers do not care to purchase
pelts in small lots. Some buyers
will accept a few hundred pelts
at one time, but the majority pre
fer to purchase in lots of from
25.000 to 100,000. This fact has
made it difficult for most Ameri
can breeders who keep only a lim
ited number of animals, to market
their skins to advantage. They
have consequently been obliged
to sell in small quantities at al
most any price offered, or to j
hold skins until the necessary
large shipments can be accumulat- > I
j ed, a delay, which for lack of '
. ■proper facilities, is usually incon-;
! venient or impracticable.
Scattered over widely separated j
areas, and in most instances un-1
familiar with the demands of the |
fur trade, breeders have made j
little effort to sort and grade their
skins or to combine their ship
ments in order that larger quan
tities might be offered at one;
time and better returns realized, j
Some individual buyers or middle
men. however, have taken advan
tage of the situation by purchas
ing skins direct from breeders at
very low prices and selling them
in larger quantities at a good pro
fit to themselves.
1 Through the cooperative effort
‘ of rabbit breeders and raw-fur,
! buyers, a rabbit breeders’ ex- '
change was for a time operated
in New York for the benefit of i
producers throughout the country.;
j It would be desirable if similar
Seward Fraternal Orders
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth ;
Monday’s of each raontl '
in McMullen’s Building:, at i
8 p. m. Visiting members |
alway welcome Mrs. Jose- i
phene Sheldon, W. M.; Mrs.
Miriam Painter, Secre.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO NO i
Cal M. Brosius, Secretary and Treasurer
Seward Lodge No. 1425
L. O. O M.
Meet* on every
first and third Fri
days of each month
at 8 p. m. at I,
O. O F. Hall. A1I
welcome. Peter N.
Anderson, Director,
M. A. Horner, Sec
retary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE
No. 6-A. I. O. O. F
Meets the first and
third Mondays of each
month in I. O. O. F.
Hall at 8 p. m. Visit
ing members are always
welcome. Maude E.
Larsson, N. G.; Ludvig
Larsson, Secretary.
Resurrection Lodge No. A-7
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at 8
m. in Odd Felows’ Hall. Vis
ing brothers welcome. Walt
L. Corliss, N. G.l Ludvig Larsson. Secretai
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Seward Post No 5
Meets first and third Wed
nesday at 8 p. m. in the
Harriman Bank Building
Post Commander Leonard
Hopkins; Adjutant L. J.
Chilberg
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications first
and third T u e a d aya each
month. Visiting brethern wel
come. Chas. Sheldon, W. M
Harold Painter, Sec.
>operauve excnanges were esi/-1
alished in several of the large
ties in various parts of the
)untry. Here producers from all
jctions could ship skins in any j
umber and have them properly I
>rted and graded for quality, co
d', and size, and sold in quan
ties to raw-fur buyers or manu
icturers at greater profit to the
roducer. The skins should be
andled on a commission basis,
ie charges covering only the cost
f sorting, grading, and transpor
ition, and a small fee for sell
ig and handling. The advantages
f this method of selling would
e that the skins could be placed
i lots of uniform types, giving
hem higher values for manufac
ure.
PACKING AND SHIPPING
To avoid spoilage or damage in
ransit, great care should be ta
:en in packing skins for ship
nent. Never turn the skin. Always
eave the fur inside and so far as
>ossible keep the skins in the
ame shape as when removed from
he stretcher. Examine each one
:arefully and make sure that it
is properly anea. w iwk *«*»-*».
or ship a moist pelt or one that
has patches of oily fat on it.
Pelts that have been examined
and are ready for shipment should
be laid out flat, one overlapping
the other, and made up into bales.
Every two or three layers of skins,
as they are being packed to
gether, should be sprinkled with
flaked naphthalene or paradi
chlorobenzene to keep out the in
sects that often damage the pelts
in transit. When a bale has been
finished it should be wrapped in
paper and covered with burlap,
sewed with strong cord or bin
der twine, and properly marked.
Skins should never be shipped un
less well protected in this man
ner.
(Continued Next Week)
1 FOR SALE
; Old papers; 25c per bundle. At
The Gateway office. Write, phone
or call.
Have you tried our Seattle Ice
Cream? Dry ice-packed. Alaska
Shop.
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KODIAK, the Home of the World’s Largest Bear
World'* record bear was killed 5 miles from the town of Kodiak and measured
13 feet, 6 inches. THE GENUINE KODIAK BEAR (Ursus Middendorfii) ARE
ONLY FOUND ON KODIAK ISLAND. THE GREAT ALASKA BROWN BEAR
(Ursa* Goyas) ARE FOUND ON THE ADJACENT MAINLAND AND PARTS
Ot i ilL KI..NA1 PENINSULA.
World’s record moose, with
a spread of 78% inches, was
taken on the Kenai Pen
insula. SEWARI) is 0'
Gateway to the world
famous hunting grounds.
KODIAK GUIDES ASSOCIATION
Chit. Madsen, Field Mgr.——KODIAK. ALASKA
Telephone Main 34
M’Mullen’s Grocery
FOR PROMPT DELIVERY
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO
JOHN e.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL LN ALASKA
Samples and price of Alaskan products such as Hay, Furs,
Grain, Coal, Meats, Hides, Lumber, Wool, Pulp, Salt Fish,
Kelp, Bear Gall, Etc., wanted by the undersigned for ex
port from Alaska
Kawabe Investment Co.
Harry Sotaro Kawabe, President and Manager
IMPORTERS and EXPORTERS
Seward, Alaska
P. O. Box 132
Write for additional information
Branch office, in connection with the UNION TRADING CO.,
Osaka, Japan; PACIFIC TRADING CO., Tokyo, Japan, and
802 American Bank Building, Seattle, Washington.