A. L. POST MEETING
The regular meeting of th
American Legion, Seward Post N<
5. wiil be held in the rooms ove
the Bank of Seward on Monda
i'veiling February 25th. All mem
hers are urged to attend. Time
tv m. Business of importance.
O. V. STUART. Adjutant
Eaton Crane <sr Pike Stationary
SCHALLEHER'S ALASKA SliOP.
| [HE PALACE
i John Mattlch, Prop.
| POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished fioum*
Phone Mein bb
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CITY EXPRESS
Agent for
The American Express Co.
Sample Room in Connection
Baggage Stored
Connection made with all steamer*,
trains and hotels.
"We never sleep" Phone Main 122
llaroid Painter, Prop.
Successor to Biily Patterson
SEWARD’S
POPULAR
EATING PLACE
Short orders and
regular dinners
ALSO A LA CARTE ORDERS
SEWARD GRILL
Me! Holben. Prop.
Mo tor ship
Discoverer
For Hire or Charter
t A special trip to Iliamna will
( be made from Seward on
J March 10, The following voy
j age from Seward to Iliamna
Bay is scheduled for April
3. Fur buyers attending the
Seversen & Bailey fur sale
at Iliamna Bay will be brot
back to Seward immediately
following the completion of
this fur sale.
Captain Heinie Berger
Seward, Alaska
( Continued rrnm case 1'
' When Governmental overhead ca
joe kept down to four cents on tb
'dollar the administrative battin
nverag® must be unusually higl
: Pew business concerns, whethe
: private or corporate, can show bet
j ter grounds for claiming efficienc;
ij Two voars ago, Territorial Govern
I nentel costs of administratio:
i were rut at six cents on the rtolia;
h And this was acclaimed as a re
!!markable achievement. The pas
[ 'wo years has seen it lowered b
[ two cents, or 33 1-3 percent whici
■I annot be termed a mean perform
I ance.
COST OF SCHOOLS
Educational expenditures, whici
reached almost 50 percent of ti*
entire cost, lacking but one percent
aggregated $1,106.387.64. There wen
.'four main Hems under this head
jpg. For support of its pubiii
school system, including the con
struction of four buildings ranginj
--
Irmn S3.500 to $20,000 and a num
ber of sma'!ed structures each cost
?ng less than $2 500, the Territoij
j« upended in the calendar years
j^ivered the sum of $819,114.54.
; The administrative co'ts of the
j schools were but $25,305.02 and that
I sum includes all salaries paid to of
S jficia.is and employees of the De
partment of Education.
I The Alaska Agricultural College
u I Sc School of Mines expender $275,
ej 538.47. Of this the Federal Govern
gi-ment provided $140,958.57, and the
!. | remainder came from the Territor
i i 'l Treasury.
The Alaska Historical Library
and Museum co't, for the biennium
- $15,079.61 which includes salaries,
1 purchase of specimens, subscvip
. Mens to newspapers, etc., and build
- png maintenance.
DLVFrOPMENT OF TERRITORY
j | Uno'°r the heading "Development
I of Torvitorv” there is an expendi
ture <rt up of $516,109.61. This is
: .arge’y for road ana trail construc
j |’ion which cost $193,124.12 includ
, ing c-ection of shelter cabins, $25,
;000 bv rehabilitation of telephone
5 ones or Seward Peninsula, $2,523 52
I and airplane mail subsidy, $3,000
: j i’erriitrial subsidies to mail boat.
• cost $22,835.49 all of which went tr
; t>ie Second Division, except a sma
■ sum of $i76- expended on connec
; lion with the Cook Inlet route
vvhich never got into operation.
■! SOCIAL WELFARE WORK
j Under the caption “Public Insti
tutions, Health and Charities”, the
: eport gives the figures for expen
ditures made by tha Territory lo
social wea: - :.-:d r-’:ef work. The
total for this chapter of are Gov
ernment’s activities is $371,142.27.
In it are contained the Pioneers'
Home at Sitka, Pioneers’ Pensions,
Relief of Destitution, Health and
Sanitation, Vita! Statistics, Live
stock Inspection, and a few miscel
laneous items.
> o operate tne noneers Home
in the biennium ii cost S112.Si9.53, j
winch was about S3.500 less than j
the opera tins cos t of the same in- I
situation for the proceeding two- j
year period.
Pensions were disbursed in the j
amount of $142,279.43. which was j
practically $40,000 more «,.n. the
r'evi. is biennial *.&ure. ah
a ii< 'Pt that th° expenditur - : i
t! v- work art con cantay & > ,>.u
fn fact the Board of Trustees es
timate::, on the basis of existing
pension allowances, it will cost for
029-30 about $195 000 for pensions.
For relief of destitution, which
includes care of dependent child
’’en, relief of destitute, relief of in
digent and needv, rescue and r he?
of krt persons, payments for pa
tient,,. In the Seattle Orthopedic
So?p; .a!, and minor relief bills, the
Territory paid $83,503 65.
The Health Department, ir.clud
•ng salaries to the Commissioner-1
and hi- deputies in the other three ;
Divisors, quarantine expenses
Dental Medical, and Pharmacy
Hoards of Examiners, and office
rent, costs $12,552.06. Vital statis
tics added another $3,274.90, Live
stock Inspection $7,121.91 and mis
cellaneous items the sum of $3,470.
30.
INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENT
For industrial improvements tht
Territory paid a total of $343,324.48.
Fish propagation and protection
cost $17,795.89 which was $63,742.25
less than the two previous years.
I This decrease was t he result oi
i.egic'ation passed in 1927 which
wiped cut the Territorial Fish Com
mission and shut down its hateher
le. Out of the more than $17,000
expended, in excess of $7,000 went
I to management salaries, the rmort
said.
j Mire inspection and assistance to
| prospectors cost $25,897.39 of which
$17,304.26 went to aid prospectors
in sec;eh of minerals in new fields.
The remainder was spent in clerk
nlre, office exnenses and field
‘ rips
The Territory’s bounty bill war.
the largest, on record, $60,047.7b
oeing naid to hunters and trappers
for that purpose. On wolves alon*'
the T’. easury disbursed $37,848.50 in
the form of bounty money; $11,954
on eagles; and on hair seals $10,
i 245.
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FRESII HALIBUT AT CARSTUN
[ MEAT MARKET.
I County fairs at, Juneau, Anchor
|ase and Fairbanks received $12,000
•’’ch rrotting $4,000.
Miscellaneous items accounted
lor $26,503.45. Predatory animal
Control work cost $9,679.95, and
educational work by an expert vet
erinarian among the fur farmers
ret the Treasury back $7,452.12. An
other item was the Territory’s
game stocking program which cost
I $7,371.08.
administrative expenses
Costs of administration were di
vided as follows: Governor’s office,
jSlO,143.16; Secretary’s office, £17,
953.12; Treasurer’s office, $42,677.
NOTICE
All accounts due Dr. J. a. Baugh
man please pay to the Bank of
deward.
Signed, Dr. J. A. Baughman
FRYE-BRUHN’S BABY BEEF i
unexcelled.
A STANDARD 05 L PRODUCT
Cal M. Brosius
Seward Alaska
Construction Lumber
Builders’ Supplies
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — I5USSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
TUBES AND BATTERIES
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
L Bevel siding
“ Fir Finish
Mouldings
» Doors
Windows
Cement
Lime
Plaster
Lath
Plaster Board
Chimney brick
Fire brick
Fire clay
Plate and Window glass Beaver Board
C. IVL B.
Seward Alaska
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A GUIDE THROUGH j
THE FINANCIAL
FOREST
CONSCIENTIOUS COUNSEL AND
CAPABLE CO-OPERATION WILL j
LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FIN
ANCIAL FOREST ON THE PATH
TO SUCCESS.
BANK OF SEWARD
18; Attorney General’s office, $17,
769.99; and Legislative expenses,
9309. Additional expenses under
the same heading included: Prim
ary election expenses, $8,588.70 and
miscellaneous items, $2,930.63.
GERHART
JOHNSEN
CONTRACTOR
PLASTERING
&
STUCCO WORK
P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa.
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Magazines
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TOMORROW’S TIDES
High water 2:28 p. m. 8.7 ft. ■
Law water 8:36 p. m. 0.3 ft. J
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Lew water 8:41 a. m. 0.5 ft. J
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SEWARD WATER
SUPPLY
SEWARD. ALASKA
“<I nod Wafer a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson, Mgr Wavne Blue. Agent
Office, Arcade Building. Phone Main 81
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Premier
and mine run coal—Try it
Healy Lump
Nut or mine run
Evan Jones
Lump or mine run
Nanimo
Range coal in sack or bulk
Alaska Transfer
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN
Telephone Main 81, Arcade Building
a. V. aooen. A. F. Davis