ALASKA’S BEST AND MOST POPULAR
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Merchant’s Lunch served from 11:30 to 1:30 p. m.
50c Plate
BANQUET ROOM AND PRIVATE BOXES
SEWARD GRILL
MEL HOLBEN, Proprietor__
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That is one feature that must be offer
ed by any enterprise that is genuinely in
terested in the growth and development of a
community; and it is the constant aim of
The Alaska Railroad to at all times render
such service as will aid most materially in
the healthy growth and consistent develop
ment of the Territory.
The Alaska Railroad operates year
‘round freight and passenger service be
tween Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks
and over the Chickaloon and Chatanika
Branches. For time tables, descriptive liter
ature, etc., write
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(ML McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaek*
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
FOR THE WESTWARD OCTOBER 3
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING GO.
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD. ALASKA
WHEN YOU THINK ALASKA THINK
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Sails From Seattle Every Saturday at 9 o'clock
VESSEL
Lv Seattle
Northbound
Yukon .. Sept. 24.
Alaska __ Oct. 1.
Aleutian __ Oct. 8.
Yukon ... Oct. 15.
Alaska ___ Oct. 22
Aleutian .. Oct. 29.
Yukon __._ Nov. 5.
Alaska _Nov. 12.
Lv. Seward
Southbound
Oct. 1___
Oct. 8_
Oct. 15_
Oct. 22_
Midnlte
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 SepL 20
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
Tel. Main 125 J* H. FLSCKINGER, Agent. Res. Madison 149
VESSEL Leave Arrive South from
Seattle Seward Seward
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
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Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL ONE
OBBHBSiH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT^^SS
Three hundred and ninety-seven !
beaver and 35 muskrat pelts were sold j
at public auction in the commission- (
er's courtroom in Fairbanks last week. ,
The skins auctioned were illegally !
caught and confiscated by Alaska
Game Commission game wardens.
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R. B. Hanscom, former head macha- !
nic of the Fairbanks Exploration com
pany’s garage, and Mrs. Hanscom are
planning to start a tour of Alaska in
a motorboat next summer,with the Yu
kon river as the starting point. Mr. |
Hanscom built the boat himself last
summer, which is 32 feet long, has a ,
good-sized cabin, and draws only five
to six inches of water. A Ford en- t
gine supplies the power.
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Louis Lund, 60, died at the govern
ment hospital last week in Anchorage,
the death being caused by cirrhosis
of the liver. The deceased was a re
sident of the Knik section, having a
homestead there. No relatives are
known off.
Grave fears are felt in the Rapids
roadhouse section, near Fairbanks, for
the safety of Mrs. Grace Morgridge 1
and Carl Engstrom, who went on a
bear hunt, and had not returned the
next day. They did not take any food
with them, expecting to return the
same day.
• • *
Six yearling Olympic elk, from the
state of Washington, were recently
taken to Kruzot Island, for the Alaska
Game Commision, where the elk
breeding experiment is being under
taken. Two elk were put on the is
land last year, and reports received
by the Commission said they were
thriving. A recent report said both !
animals were recently seen with a i
j baby elk, the first to be born in the j
i Territory.
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Clarence S. Brewer, of Juneau, and
Miss Harriett Ponsler of Bellingham,
Wash., were recently married in Ju- i
neau. Mr. Brewer is employed by the ;
j Mendenhall Dairy Company in the i
i
I capital city.
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Miss Gertrude Nelson, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. R. P. Nelson of Juneau,
was married recently in San Francisco
to George W. Naylor of Houston, Tex
as, according to word received by her
parents. The couple have gone to Del
Monte for their wedding trip.
The Inspiration Point Mining Com
pany, near Skagway, hopes to be able j
to build a one-way tram from the mine
to the right-of-way of the White Pass
& Yukon Route before the end of the j
present year or early next spring.The j
distance is 3400 feet. A large dump
of high-grade ore and two or three
| carloads of milling ore, are waying
to be transported. The shipping ore,'
| in assay tests, averages $50 to $80.
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KNOWN STEESE PLANS
No definite information has been re
ceived at the Juneau headquarters of
fice of the Alaska Roa4 Commission
regarding Col. Steese’s plans for the
future. He left Juneau several weeks
ago for an official visit to Washington
to present the Road Commission’s es
timates to the Wan Department. After
that he took a short vacation, but is
now back in Washington to appear
before the Bureau of Budget to defend
his estimates for next year’s appro
priations. Friends of Col. Steese be
lieve he is retiring from active service
to accept attractive private offers
known to have been made to him
Boys ail' wool school suits, long
pants. Urbach’s.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
LONGS RANCH, AT FRYE BRUHN.
School suits, at Outside prices.
Urbach’s. .
Latest Brunswick phonographs and
records. SchaUerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward Trading Co. Inc.
Call Main 135
AGENT FOR DUPONT POWDER, CAPS AND FUSE
SINGER SEWING MACHINES
SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK
EDGEMONT CHEESITS, package.25
Excellent with soup
BULK MACORONI .2 lbs. .25
A superior brand
DUNBAR SHRIMP.2 for .45
Unexcelled in salads
CHIPPEWA, MT. HOOD, NEUDSTADTER
ALL WOOL SHIRTS, REASONABLE PRICES
Delivery gladly
Prompt Service
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P.C.McMullen
Telephone Main 34
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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.”' t De
posit regularly and SEE THE TO
TALS GROW.
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