SS ALASKA BRINGING
FAIR TONNAGE FOR MIL
Seward freight on the SS. Alas
ka, now enroute to this port, in
cludes 50 tons of varied freight
and 13 tons of feed. There are
eight tons of freight on the SS
Alaska to be unloaded here for
transfer to the SS. Starr foi
Westward delivery.
Railroad tonnage totals 24£
tons. Included in this cargo foi
trans-shipment on the railroad if
17 tons of. cold storage cargo, a
carload of canned milk for Anch
orage, 11 tons of apples for Fair
banks and 55 tons of other mis
cellaneous freight for various rail
road points.
FILE SUIT
Alleging that 184 mink taker
from M. B. Pointer, Petersburg
rancher, on a writ of execution o:
judgment were not in fact Point
er’s property but were owned bj
' him, James H. Wheeler, Peters
burg druggist, has filed suil
' against U. S. Marshal and hu
deputy C- V. Brown, to recovei
damages in the sum of $1,840 anc
asks $300 additional for attorney’^
fees. Papers in the case were fil
ed in Juneau by S. Hellenthal
counsel for Mr. Wheeler, says th<
Cordova Times.
MOON LIFT NOT MOD
M LIKE ALBERT FALL'S
BERLIN, Oct., 7, o=P)—Secret
Prisoner No. 6991, in the Stati
Penitentiary here, and bette:
known as Albert B. Fall, of Threi
Rivers, has a staff of trusty pils
oners to care for his needs, on
being an expert masseur wh<
massages the aged former Secre
tary of the Interior, daily- Tbl
was learned thru unofficial bu
reliable source.
One trusty brings him hii
meals, another keeps his hospita
room clean, a third cares for hi;
general needs, stated men wh<
know the true conditions. He ha.
a regular haircut, wears his ofn
clothes and eats special meal
paid for by his family.
He was sentenced to a year an<
a day for accepting a bribe whili
a member of the Harding Cabinet
BE IN SEATTLE
Ernest Walker Sawyer, of th<
Department of Interior, and s
member of the American contin
gent of the International Join
Commission of the Pacific-Yukoi
Highway, who is doing a grea
deal in the focusing of attentioi
on Alaska and furthering Alaska’
interests in the States, will be h
Seattle- next week and will g<
from there to San Francisco t
aid in, making the proposed ex
cursion of the San Francisc*
Chamber of Commerce to Alaskj
a reality
CREDIT INSTITUTE FORMING
WASHINGTON, Oct., 8, (&)
President Hoover was informed b;
Governor Harrison of the Federa
Reserve Bank of New York, tha
tlie proposed $500,000,000 credi
corporation is expcted to be incor
corporated within the next 41
hours. He said rapid steps ar<
being made in setting up this in
stitution.
One hundred and 70 letter men
an average of 17 of each institu
tion, will be back to try for place;
on Pacific Coast conference foot
ball teams this fall.
Sixteen grid veterans were or
hand for Wallace Wade’s firs
workout at Duke University.
Large assortment of fine sta
tionery at ALASKA SHOP.
WALL PAPER
Aron Ericson
Painter and Decorntor
IT THE HOTELS
VAN GILDER—Harlan H. Gub
ser.
SEWARD—Dcrohty Docloun, F.
W. Shellhorn, Mrs Harry Peter
son.
OVERLAND—John Pertie.
GILLILAND—D. J. Fisher
Boats in port today include the
Redwing, Marion, Roy, Flattery,
Joan, T-3048, Bavaria and the
Helldiver.
Harlan H. Gubser, of the U- S.
Biological Survey, in charge of
the cooperative work between the
j Territory and the biological sur
ivey for the control of predatory
I animals in Alaska, is a visitor in
j Seward. He is registered at the
| Van Gilder hotel.
When the electric light plant is
\ finished and street and road worfc
; completed, Craig will be greatly
I improved, according to word brot
' | to Ketchikan, reports the Chroni
cle
10 COAL CARS
The SS Denali sailed on October
3 from Seattle enroute to Seward
with 69 tons of gasoline and oil
for the Seward Standard Oil; 16
| tons of dynamite for the Suntra
'■ na coal mine; one tone of dyna
i mite and 400 pounds of blasting
caps for Anchorage. Ten steel
coal cars are aboard the vessel
and will be unloadled here. The
cars each have a capacity of 110,
000 pounds.
§15,000 OFFERED
; Fifteen thousand dollars was
i the high bid for the Arctic pro
iperty in Juneau at the public auc
I tion of realty belonging to the
j estate of the late Emory Valen
jtine. At this price, the lot and
■ its two-story frame building were
'sold to Steve Johnson, subject to
: confirmation by the U- S. District
Court. Three other parcels of
realty of the Valentine estate
were considerably below appraised
vaulations with the result that
none of the property was declared
sold, reports the Empire.
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PUBLIC CONFIDENCE . . .
We have enjoyed the confidence of Seward
and Alaska people since the opening of this
banking institution—for oyer 25 years.
Travelers’ Checks
Resources, $600,000
Bank of Seward
Seward . . . ......... Alaska
We pay 4 per cent interest compound semi
annually on all savings accounts.
J^am to Mount Birds
ir Learn at hem* to mount fclrtt, Mi-:
mart, game heads; «iwt hir«. mail* run I
anti robot. Complete >. Kaafiy and qa'elsly -
learned by men. boy* and women. »
«n ■.* Write for Fro* Taxidermy z
i< Kr.gj.Booll. Telia *11 aiiout it ;
Every eportuman, trapper I
and Nature loror should know this womfer- s
. fal fascinating urt. 8a»# yonr trophic*. Illw 1
I profit;. Soccers guaranteed. 100,000 11 rad t
koatae. State AGE. Write for Free Bock. ;
CATHERS, George. Former Pvt.
1st. Cl- 12 Co. 154th D. B., enlist
ed June 7, 1917, discharged Feb.
21, 1921. Hazel eyes; dark brown
hair, slightly bald in front; ruddy
complexion; five feet 10 inches
weighed 155 pounds—service con
i’
I nection for psychoneurosis and
j hysteria—not drawing compensa
I tion at time of disappearance on
May 25, 1929. Any information ob
tained should immediately be sent
to the Regional Manager, Cleve
land, O., and Mrs- Inez M. Pugh,
U. S. Veterans' Bureau, Washing
ton, D. C.
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