The famous sand dunes beween
i he Spanish peaks and the city of
Alamosa contain 52 cents in gold to
every cubic year, about the same as
sea water. This helps to prove that
the area was once a sea floor. Ei
forts are now going to be made to
recover this gold on a large scale.
TRY AN ICE CREAM PIE. Sclial
iercr’s Alaska Shop.
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Add to the joy of the
'jpen road —this pleasure
giving refreshment.
A sugar-coated gum that
affords double value. Pep
permint flavor in the sugar
coating andpeppermint
flavored gum :■*!
inside.
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SEMIPALATINSK, Kazakstan
Republic, Dec., 27, (/P)—1The Soviet
have taken drastic measures in an
j effort to wipe out the last rem
nants of large land ownership in
Central Asia.
Sixty “beys,” or wealthy Mos
lem nobles, who managed during
11 years of bolshevik rule to ignore
all communist doctrines and keep
i their vast herds of cattle and pro
perty intact, have been driven out
of their homes and deported to re
'inote Sir-Dariinsk regiones.
Excellent line of Columbia
records at Sylvia’s. Newest
«f hits.
For any kind of
GENERAL REPAIRING
Leave Gai! a! The NORTHERN
Tw w • iters and wwng machines
made as good as new
SEWARD Die con
Elwyn Swetniaiui, Prop.
T/io 3jC%GLUL store
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
STEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
New Year’s Eve December 31st
Be sure to attend the
FIREMEN’S 24th ANNUAL MASK BALL
LETS ALL GO !
Masks and Costumes at
Urbach & Valade
DEPARTMENT STORE
| CHINESE FARMS ENCOURAGEE
| KAIFENG, China, Dec.., 27, (/P)—
Seeking to encourage agriculture
General Feng Yu-hsiang, overlorc
ot three provinces, has ordered his
arsenal here to manufacture far:-]
j implements for distribution among
| he farmers.
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HIM 1 FIELD
HONOLULU, Dec., 27, (^—Im
provement of Wheeler Field, near
Schofield Barracks, on this island,
to make it one of the finest mil
itary airports in the United States,
is being planned by the Hawaiian
department of the United States
army.
The plans are being drawn up
with the view of starting the act
ual work at the commencement of
the next fiscal year, July 1.
PAPI5, Dec., 27. (TP)—France lias
put away in the state coffers $100,
000,00 more in taxes in the first
10 months of this year than in the
same period of 1927.
The total taxes collected up tc
November 1 was roughly $1,400,
000,000, including both direct anc
] indirect taxes. *
f • S. Coast and Geodetic Survc;,
jChart' and Tide Tables. SCHAT
iLERERS ALASKA SHOP.
Plum and Fig Pudding at RROW.N
j& HAWKINS.
No hemsticliing after the 15th
•inti! after Christmas. Gordon’s
WORK—by the day or hour by ex
perienced colored woman. Adams
156.
OR SALE— Console victorola and
records like new $45. See Urbach.
WANTED—Work by hour or day;
General housework except cook
ing' also garden work. Phone
Madison 19 for Sam, Japanese
boy
The electric plant
with the reach
Before you buy an elec trie phut
for your firm f r.J out h'jVjfu. •
its cun rut will cr.ny
This is a question of voltage.
With low-voltage current a few
hundred feet is the limit. But
with the Kohler Automatic’s
110-vo't, long-distance current,
almost any distance you might
name, on the largest farm, is
within easy reach.
You ought to see this great little
power plant—the one without
storage batteries. Our Kohler
Automatic is ready for a demon
stration any time you say, either
here or on your own premises.
t_ sward Machine Shop
Agents
KOHLER
AUTOMATIC
POWER6LIGHT
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 27.
W—Uncle Alec, the Jamaican ne
gro who served the late General
Leonard Wood as personal body
guard and general household fact
j otum, has won a big lottery prize
1 and will retire from active life,
j He bought a partnership in a
i hotel at Caimanera, nearest Cub
an port to the United States naval
station at Guantanamo. The est
ablishment will be run under his
name but Uncle Alec will have no
thing to do but sit in a comfort
able rocker on the sea-breeze swept
porch.
Luck smiled on Uncle Alec, whose
kinky hair grew gray in the ser
| vice of Leonard Wood.
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I IIESSON PIPES WON’T LEAK.
WON’T DRIP. WON’T SMELL,
CANNOT GET STRONG. YOU CAN
; MOKE IT EVERYDAY—YET IT
STAYS CLEAN ALWAYS S4.00 AND
I$7.50. Schallerer’s Alaska Snop.
Frye-Sruiin's Bab> beet Is i<n<Sx
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celied.
I MINES PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
Shareholders of the Consolidated
Virginia Mine of Nevada received
542,130,000 in dividends in five years
time; the California Mine also a
Comstock ’ode property paid divi
dends of 231 050,009 in three vears.
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A bull can make money and a
j bear can make money, but a 'nog
j never.
WE CARRY THE REST BRANDS
OF CANDY MANUFACTURED IN
THE UNITED STATES BOTH IN
BULK AND BOX. The Candy Cot
tage.
TRV A PURE WHITE ROCK ICE
CREAM SODA. Schalierer’s Alaska
Shop.
THE ALASKA HMLRH
TraiDs Leave
7: 30 a. m. Monday and Thurs
day: C,
Trains Arrive
7 p. m. Wednesday and Satur.
day;
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HEALTH, HARMONY, AND HAPPINESS,
IF OUR WISH COMES TRUE, 1929 WILL
BRING THEM ALL TO YOU AND YOURS.
BROWN & HAWKINS
CORP.
“Quality First”
Seward, Alaska.
1 FOR THE FAMILY ^AST
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WE DELIVER
uuai ever courses precede
and what ever delicacies
may follow, the high mark
of expectancy—the pivotal
point of festive enjoyment
will be the roast whether it
be fowl or flesh.
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