NOTICE
Our family wash HK or rough
dry bundles must be 50 per cent
mixed with flat and hand-iron
work, otherwise a charge at the!
regular straight price will be made.
Seward Steam Laundry,
a
GREETINGS
Wishing: all of our friends a
prosperous and Happy New
Year 1933. Hardware, stove and
house furnishings. J. L. GRAEF.
Drink Milk for Health
PURE BRED STOCK
PRODUCES ALL O F
MILK and CREAM
Seward
Dairy
THE PALACE
FURNISHED ROOMS
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
John Mattich, Pron.
Phone Main 55
FOR EXPERT
BARBERING
GO TO
Miller $ Barber Shop
Shower Baths
NORTHERNL
Fur-bearers are said to be very
scarce in the upper Tanana river
district and as a consequence trap
pers are devoting their efforts to
hunting wolves and cayotes, there
being many in the district- Rab
bits are declared to be plentiful, as
are caribou.
* * * *
The motorship Tasmania, owned
by Anderson Brothers Marine
Ways, burned last week at Peters
burg. The engine made several
revolutions after the switch was
pulled, backfired and burst into
flames. A fire extinguisher had no !
effect on the flames, and an explo- j
sion followed which hurled An-,
derson against the galley stove.
The vessel was a total loss.
* * * *
The Petersburg City Council has
passed an ordinance reducing the
rate for city lights, which will
now be 10c instead of 12 cents
for lights, graduated down to 11-2
cents per k. w. hour. Cooking and
heating rates are cut from 4 cents
to 3 cents, down to 11-2 cents per
k. w. hour.
* * * *
Pelting is now underway at the
mink farm of the Yukon Fur
Farms, near the mouth of Peters
burg creek. Some fitch are also
being pelted.
* * * #
The cabin of August Rhyde of
Petersburg was destroyed by fire
and another blaze in the Sanitary
Market was extinguished with no
damage.
* * * *
To pay delinquent taxes of 1931
and 1932, totaling $200, on the hall
of the Young People’s Advance
ment Club at Ketchikan, 20 mem
bers of the organizaiton have of
fered to give three days’ labor
each to the city.
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, being the usual quarterly
dividend of 3 per cent on $5,000,
0C0 capitalization, has been de
clared by the Premier Gold Min
ing Company of Premier, B. C.
This brings the dividends for the
current year to $600,000, and makes
the grand total of dividends paid
by the company $15,549,603.
* * * *
Deputy Collector of Customs J
L. Abrams, who went to Seattle for
medical treatment, has returned
to his post at Hyder, and Deputy
Collector Leo P. Osterman, who
was substituting at Hyder, has re
j turned to his post at Ketchikan.
* * * ■*
J. D. Harlan, manager of the
j Hammond Consolidated Dredge
| Company at Fairbanks, denies that
j the company will move its dredg
j es from Nome to Fairbanks, as re
; ported from Nome- One Nome
j dredge has worked out the ground
j on which it was working, but the
other two will continue, said Mr.
Harlan.
* * * *
Little Joe Mosser of Cordova was
so severely burned that he had to
have several pieces of skin graft
ed on his arm. He is recovering.
* * * *
M. L. Stepp was re-elected pres- :
ident of the Ketchikan organiza
tion of federal employes. R. F.
Wyatt was chosen first vice-presi
dent; W. J. McDonald, second vice
president; Miss Florence Tabin,
third vice-president and Mrs. Mar
garet Duncan, secretary-treasurer.
Joseph Sumption, Sr., was pain- j
fully burned about the head and j
hands when an oil burner in the !
Reliance Shrimp cannery at Wran- j
gell backfired.
» * * *
Ketchikan camp of the Alaska j
Native Brotherhood has elected!
and installed Edward Ridley presi
dent; George Hamblet, secretary;
Robert Ridley, treasurer; Walter
Calvert and Walter McCall, ser
geants at arms. They were in
stalled by William L. Paul.
Mrs- Roy Ruttan, whose husband
is engaged in the fishing industry,
died at Wrangell of heart disease.
* * * *
Mrs. J. J. Curtis, 70, resident for
26 years of Ketchikan, died there
after an illness of two years.
* * * *
Anthony A. Lyden, aged 61,
rcadhouse and trading post opera
tor in the Lake Minto region, died
at Fairbanks. He was born in Wis
i consin and spent half his life in
the Northland.
Flowers made to order for all
occasions. SYLVIA’S
Extension of Zimovia Highway
from Shoemaker Bay to Pat’s
Lake, near Wrangell, will be given
consideration in next year’s pro
gram of the U. S. Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, according to a letter
from the bureau.
Does your hair feel and look
| dull and uninteresting? Then have
Pearl Henry give you a DITART
permanent. Phone Adams 92 and
for $7.50 your hair will be given
a shampoo, permanent and dis
tinctive finger-wave.
A public dance will be presented
tomorrow (Saturday) night by the
Seward Serenaders in Odd Fellows
hall.
Three cars of coal arrived from
Matanuska Thursday and will be
shipped to Cordova on the SS Alas
ka.
Haas Candy always an appro
priate gift. Alaska Shop.
Try our fresh candies—SYLVIA’S
Seward Fraternal Orders
SEW’ARD CHAPTER NO. 10
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth
Monday’s of each month
in McMullen’s Building, at
3 p. m. Visiting members
always welcome. Mrs. Bessie
Malloy, W. M.; Mrs. Joso
phine Sheldon, Sec.
Seward T^odge No 1425
L. O. O. M.
Meets on
first and third Fri
day of each month
at 8 p. m. at I.
O. O. F. Hall. All
welcome. Peter N.
Anderson, Director,
M. A. Horne^ Sec
retary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6-A
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and third
Monday’s of each month
in I. O. O. F. Hall at
8 p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always welcome.
Grace Neville, N. G.
Ludvig Larsson, Sec’y
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at 8 p.
m. in Odd Fellow’s Hall. Visit
ing brothers welcome. Gustavo
R. Manthey, N. G.; Ludvig Larson, Secretary.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Seward Post No. 5
Meet the first and third Wed- ;
nesday at 8 p. rn. in tho
Harrimon Bank Building.
Post Commander, L. J.
Chillberg; Adjutant C. E.
Cramer.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 219
F. & A. M.
Stated communications first and
third Tuesdays cf each month.
Visiting brethern welcome.
Charles Lechner, W. M.
E. P. Harwood, Secretary
WHERE ALASKANS MEET
HOTEL ATWOOD
1st AVE. & PINE STREET
SEATTLE, WASH.
Ted Taylor, Prop.
Rooms Without Bath
From $1.00 Per l>a»
Rooms With Private Bath
From $‘2.00 Pei Ra>
Rates by Week ?r Month
Seward Hotel
MODERN
REASONABLE
Rooms with or without bath
SPECIAL RATES BY
WEEK OR MONTH
Seward, Alaska.
Mrs. D. J. McKenzie, Pro.
Overland
Hotel
On the Main Street
Seward, Alaska
Mel A. Horner, Mgr,
Coal
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FROM
US BY THE
SACK OR IN CARLOAD LOTS
EVAN JONES, Lump, Pea, Nut and mine run coal.
PREMIER Coal, HEALY Lump or Nut
WOOD, COAL, ICE. HAY, GRAIN, and TRANSFERING
Alaska Transfer
*1' in Arcade Building Phone Main dl
HOBEN
\ ' DAVIS
! i Osbo’s Electric Shop j
:} House Wiring, Boat Wiring i
j and Repairing. We stock up- i
to-date Light Fixtures. |
i Radios and Radio Supplies. *
For Service Call
s Adams 84 i
Agnew PUD SALES
65 Marion St. Viaduct—Seattle, Washington
Cable Address: "FURSALES"
Manufacturing furriers, retailers and dealers
’'WANT FURS WHEN THEY WANT THEM”
tModern Methods of financial “nabiHly
of Merchandising
equally vital reasons. Owing to this state of the
raw fur market and the necessity of meeting the
"hand-to-mouth” buying which prevails and for
the further purpose of rendering efficient service
to buyer and shipper.—•
We will sell at private and
weekly floor sales!
The benefits of this”sUPERiOR system of SELLING”
are rapidly being recognized by successful merchants,
most of whom consider it the proper method of mar
keting furs. The advantages to TRADERS and rUR
SHIPPERS are certain to be evident in prices and prompt
returns. Fur fashions indicate raw furs reaching us will
find that ready sale and buying competition will be most
active, thus guaranteeing prompt action and best prices
to the shipper. FURTHER INFORMATION, DETAILS,
MARKET REPORTS, ETC., FURNISHED ON REQUEST.
AGNEW FUR SALES
BY:^. g. AgtlrxV
65 Marion St. Viaduct • SEATTLE • Phone Seneca 4490
Lower Fares
nlit the same
Lf l/ut/ • • • i i *r i
Uniformly
Superior
Service
featuring the
famous
<5\ew
North
Coast
Limited
Write, cable or call on Karl R.Katz, Alaska Representative
200 Smith Tower, Seattle AA.21
EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR
.1933 Auction Sale Dates
January 24 May 16 September 26
Februray 21 June 20 October 24
March 21 July 25 November 21
April 18 August 29 December 21
Special Sales Held
oil request of shippers
Advances will be made as usual when re
quested. Transferred by telegraph if de
sired.
The Seattle Fur Exchange
1008 Western Avenue Seattle, U. S. A.
The Seattie Fur Ex
change has always
demonstrated to the
satisfaction of all their
shippers that it can
and does sell furs in a
manner superior to
anyone else. Our
monthly auction sales
are recognized by buy
ers of raw furs as the
best source from which
to provide the world
markets with their
requirements of fine
Alaska furs.
Mink Furs
Wanted!
OPEN TO BUY
LARGE QUANTITIES OF
MINK
BOTH RANCH AND WILD
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID
N. SOBEL, Inc.
208 West 30th St., New York City
Contaci for Information and Shipping Tags f
H. J. YURMAN, Alaska Representative
Triangle Building, Juneau
• This Winter—
California!
Rail fares lowest in years
Think about it for a minute — warm
sunshine and rest. Palm trees. Fun in
fascinating San Francisco, Los Angeles,
San Diego. Days in the kindly desert
sun at Palm Springs. Gay days at Agua * j
Caliente.And new low fares, beginning
at $33.29 (one-way) from Vancouver,
B. C., to Los Angeles, $24 from Port
land, $27.50 from Seattle, good in
coaches or in tourist sleeping cars,
(plus berth). _____
For further information, write to
B. G TAYLOR, GENERAL AGENT
Southern Pacific
1405 FOURTH AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON