THE spirit of service which exists in the
operation of The Alaska Railroad, has
made our patrons our friends, and the safe
guarding and transportation of their ship
ments to stations on o.ur line, to their entire
satisfaction is our ambition.
During the month of May the season of
river navigation will augment our rail serv
ice, and freight and passenger travel will
receive the benefit of our experience.
Trains will connect with all sailings on
the Tanana and Yukon Rivers.
Timetables, descriptive literature, etc.,
will be gladly furnished on request.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt- McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage
Alaska
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
FOR THE WESTWARD OCTOBER 3
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD, ALASKA
4 ■
WHEN YOU THINK ALASKA THINK
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Sails From Seattle Every Saturday at 9 o’clock
VESSEL
Lv Seattle
Northbound
Alaska ---— Sept. 10.
Aleutian _
Yukon _
Alaska _
Aleutian _
Yukon .
Alaska _
Aleutian -
Yukon —.—
Alaska -
-. Sept. 17.
_ Sept. 24.
.. Oct. 1.
.. Oct. 8.
. Oct. 15.
.— Oct. 22
- Oct. 29.
._ Nov. 5.
.- Nor. 12.
Lv. Seward
Southbound
Sept. 17.._
Sept. 24..
Oct. 1_
Oct. 8_
\
Oct. 15..
Midnlte
Oct. 22___
Oct. 29__
Nov. 5_
Nov. 12__
Nov. 19___
Making all ports of call as business warrants.
Freighter Oduna is scheduled to sail from Seattle about Sept. 20
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
Tel. Main 126 J. H. FLICKINuER, Agent. Res. Madison 149
VESSEL
Leave
•Arrive
South from
Seattle Seward Seward
Farragut. Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 15
Watson .. Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 19
Evans . Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept.2fi
Watson .....' Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 10
Admiral Watson Sept. 7th calls at Yakutat.
Admiral Evans Sept. 14th calls at Valdez.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Residence Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise service
^ADMIRAL LINE
iSS^3sEE3»H.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT^^iS^SSvS
NORTHERN LIGHTS
School opened last week in Cor
dova with an enrollment of 145 ,ia
the grades and 18 in the high school.
It is expected that the enrollment
will increase in both the upper
grades and the high school as son;'
as the cannery season closes.
* • •
S. E. “Smoky” Mills, driver for
the Alaska Road Commission, suf
fered slight injuries last week when
the truck which he was driving turn
ed over near the Eighteen-Mile road
! house. He was soon able to resume
| his work.
* * *
A silver black fox, valued at moro
than $300, which escaped from th°
Brookdale Fur Farm, on the Lak3
Spenard road, is running at large in
that vicinity, the owners J. N. Mc
Cain and W. S. Van Woorhis, not
having been successful in their ef
forts to recapture the animal.
• S •.
Roy and Elmer Boedeker, veteran
hard rock men, who have been work
ing in McKinley park during the last
season with an Alaska Road Commis
sion road crew, are going to trap in
the Portage creek district during the
coming winter. They will prospect
next summer.
• • •
Mrs. James Boland, a resident of
the North since 1903, died at St. Jo
seph’s hospital in Fairbanks recently,
after an illness of several months.
The cause of the death was cancer.
Mrs. Boland, whose maiden name
was Annie Diglin, was born in South
Dakota, beinb 44 years of age at the
time of her death. She has resided
in Fairbanks continously since the
early days of the district, having
come here from Dawson.
* * *
Development work which has been
in progress during the sumer on the
| Gold Cord property, in the Willow
| creek district, by Dean Bartholf and
|g. Johnson, has been suspended for
the season, according to reports from
I that section. Considerable ore is re
; ported to have been taken out dur
ing the season, some of it being
i milled at the Mabel mill and some
I shipped to the states for smelting.
The ore has shown good returns so
far, and things look favorable.
* * *
Mrs. Joseph McClure, wife of a
| pioneer placer mining operator in
'this district, died at St. Joseph’3 hos
pital last week. She leaves an in
; fant daughter, born a week prior to
'her death. Mrs. McClure for sever
al years prior to her marriage here
a year ago, was a nurse at the St.
Joseph’s hospital, and during, her
service with the institution gained a
devoted circle of friends among those
who had been patients under her
care. Her maiden name was Cath
i me Caroline Hagen. She was born
in Victoria, B. C., on October 7, 1892,
and saw active fetid service as an
army nurse during the world war.
MR. AND MRS. HORN HERE
Mr. Horn, Westward cannery man,
accompanied by Mrs. Horn and baby
June, arrived in Seward last evening
on the S. S. Redondo. Little June was
born in Seward a little better than a
year ago and is certainly a fine little
girl. Mr. and Mrs. Horn leave for
Seattle on the S. S. Alaska.
GETS STATE BIRD
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Sept. 17 .(£>)—
The mocking bird will no longer be
“mocked” in Florida. Instead it will
have a new prestige. Tte Legislature
has just passed a law making at the
Stats bird after 200.000 of the 289,000
school children of the State expressed
their preference for this songster.
Join Urbach’s circulating library.
Fifteen cents to read a late book.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
stens Packing Company.
Oar Grocery
Department
Carries A
Full Line Of
Good Foods
Seward Trading Co. Inc.
Call Main 135
Your Weekly Opportunity
To Save We Offer
IMPORTED FRENCH STRING BEANS
A tender stringless variety 2 cans for..65
ASSORTED COOKIES
Many delightful varieties, per pound.45
ENGINEER & FIREMAN SOCKS , 4 pairs.$1.00
AGENT FOR DUPONT POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE
SINGER SEWING MACHINES
ECONOMY VALUE*' IN
RELIANCE CANNED FRUITS
It Will Pay You to Investigate
P.C.McMullen
Telephone Main 34
THE
PICTURE
TELLS
OUR
STORY
HOTEL ANCHORAGE
Anchorage, Alaska.F. I. REED, Prop.
See The Totals Grow
THE truest criterion of your finan
* cial condition is the question, “Are
your savigs increasing ?” A man
whose deposits continually exceed his
withdrawals cannot “go broke.” De
posit regularly and SEE THE TO
TALS GROW.
Bank of Seward