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LEGAL NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BIDS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE. Bureau of
Public Roads. Juneau, Alaska, Sept.
6, 1927. SEALED BIDS, subject to
the conditions contained herein, will
be received until 9 o’clock a. m., Sept
ember 30, 1927, and then pul*Licly
opened, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work for
reconstruction and improving the
Kenai Lake Highway, Reconstruction
Bridges Section, National Forest Road
project located within or partly with
in the’ Chugach National Forest, Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division.
The length of the project to be recon
structed and improved is approximate
ly 4.76 miles and the principal items
of work are approximately as follows.
Unclassified Excavation; 6,800 cu. yds.
Structure Excavation; 40 cu. yds.
Clearing and Grubbing; Lump amount.
Overhaul; 10,000 sta yds. Untreated
Timber Trestles; 84 M. ft. B. M.
102’ Span Tiihber Trusses; 2 spans.
Treated Timber Piling; 4,100 Lin. ft.
Hand-laid Rock Embankment; 35 cu.
yds. The contract form and the plans,
specifications, special provisions, and
estimate of quantities may be examin
ed by the prospective bidders at the
following addresses; U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, 409 Goldstein Bldg.,
Juneau, Alaska. U. S. Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, Federal Bldg., Seward Alas
ka. Associated General Contractors,
Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore. As
sociated General Contractors, Spokane
Hot#l, Spokane, Wash. Associated
General Contractors, Arcade Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash. Where copies of plans
are requested, a deposit of $10.00 will
be required to insure their return. If
within 15 days after opening of bids,
plans are not returned, the deposit
will be forfeited to the Government.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows; Five (5) per cent of
the amount of the bid. Performance
bond will be required as follows: In
amount of fifty (50) per cent of total
contract price. Performance shall be
gin within 10 calendar days after date
of receipt of notice to proceed and
shall be completed within 180 calendar
days from the date of receipt of said
notice. Liquidated damages for delay
will be the amount stated in “Special
Provisions” for each calendar day of
delay until the work is completed or
accepted. Partial payments will be
made as the work progresses on work
and material delivered, if such work*
and material meets with the approval
of the contracting officer. Article on
patents will be made a part of the con
tract. Bids must be submitted upon
the Standard Government Form of
Bid and the successful bidder will be
required to execute the Standard Gov
ernment Form of Contract for Con
struction. The right is reserved, as
the interest of the Government may
require, to reject any and all bids, to
waive any informality in bids received
and to accept or reject any items of
any bid, unless such bid is qualified by
specific limitation. Envelopes contain
ing bids must be sealed, marked and
addressed* as follows: Bid for Road
Improvement, Kenai Lake Highway,
Rrfcn (ruction Bridges, 409 Goldstein
Bldg. Juneau, Alaska. To be opened
September 30, 1927 at 9 o’clock a. m.
M. D. WILLIAMS, Actihg District
Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads. NOTE—See Standard Govern
ment Instructions; to Bidders and copy
SHANGHAI, Sept. 12. (JP)_The bill
for the "week's washing has been in
creased in China, original (home of the
laundiyman and the undecipherable
j laundry ticket.
The Guild of Shanghai Laundrymen,
made up of Shanghai’s thousands of
washermen, has issued notice to cus
tomers that, due to increase costs of
living, piece rates have been raised a
half cent, gold, and contract prices 30
per cent.
Shanghai’s host of foreign residents,
faced already with higher living ex
penses in other directions, have no re
course but to pay the washermen the
wages they demand.
^WARDED TIE ORDERS
It is reported that a lumber con
cern in Juneau was recently awarded
a contract from the Alaska Railroad,
calling for 20,000 ties, and that anoth
er company in Ketchikan received one
for 15,000 ties.
Myrtle Morton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Morton, former residents
of Seward, was among the arrivals
Saturday on the S. S. Yukon from
Junean where she has been spending
the summer with her grandmother.
Myrtle has left for her new home.
Mrs. Edward F. Bittner, wife of the
popular railroader, in the train ser
vice of the Alaska Railroad, was a
returning passenger Saturday on -the
S. S. Yukon from a few months spent
m the States.
NEW NAME FOR CHEESE
NEW YORK, Sept. 12. (JP)_Swiss
cheese made in Switzerland will here
after be known as Switzerland cheese,
to distinguish it from the Swiss type
of cheese imported from other Europ
ean countries, according to ithe Con
sulate General of Switzerland in New
York.
Mrs. R. R. Guthrie, wife of Captain
Guthrie, U. S. Signal Corps, returned
home on ithe !j>. S. Yukon following an
enjoyable visit in the States.
Vanilla and fresh Rasp
berry ice cream. Scha!lerer,
Alaska Shop.
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Latest Brunswick phonographs and
records. Schallerer's Alaska Shopff
_
of the Standard Government Form of
Contract, Bid Bond, and Performance
Bond, which may be obtained upon
application.
&
I AUXILIARY OFFICERS
I ELECTED IT CORDOVA
Mrs. Belle Simpson of Juneau was
elected department president of the
American Legion Auxiliary of Alaska
at the fifth annual convention held in
Cordova last week. The new depart
ment president succeeds Elaine Hunt
Talbot of Ketchikan.
Other department officers elected
were Mrs. Mary Peterson of Fair
banks, 1st vice-president; Mrs. Bes
sie Ninnis o.f Juneau, secretary-treas
urer; Louise Hansen of Sitka, histor
ian; Mrs. Maurice Brunelle of Cordo
va, Chaplain.
The department executive commit
tee of women at large consists of
Mrs. Edna Polley of Juneau and Mrs.
Mildred Clark of Juneau. The nation
al executive committee woman is
Mrs. Bessie Ninnis of Juneau, with
Mrs. George Livingston of Fairbanks
as first alternate and Mrs. Edward
Dillon of Ketchikan as second alter
nate.
Out-of-town delegates to the con
vention included Mrs. Claudia Sexton
of Seward, Mrs. Bessie Ninnis fronv
Juneau and Mrs. George Livingston
from Fairbanks. Mrs. Sexton return
ed to Seward Saturday on the S. S.Yu
kon. Mrs. Livingston also arrived on
the same steamer continuing on into
the Interior today.
DISCOVERER IN PORT
The M. S’. Discoveror, Capt. H. Ber
ger, returned last night from Iliamna
Bay and way-ports, excellent weather
and a fine voyage marking the entire
round- trip.
Incoming arrivals included Dr.W.
E. Mullhollun from Bristol bay, Mr.
Nelson, storekeeper at Port Chat
ham; Frank Case, Tom Babcock, C.
Goyne and Bob Hatcher, all from Nu
ka bay.
MEXICANS ARE KILLED
CHICAGO, Sept. 12. . (£>)—Police
shot and killed one unidentified Mexi
can who brandished a knife in the
street. The fullisade of bullets wound
ed three of the bystanders.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
stens Packing Company.
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A DEPENDABLE RAILWAY
Mrs. Leopold David, widow of the
late mayor and attorney of Anchor
age, accompanied by her. slater, Miss
Fannie Karasek, and children, re
turned from the States- Saturday con
tinuing on to their home.
Jack and William Corson, who ar
rived in Seward a few months ago,
departed for Seattle on the S. S.
Yukon.
The Best m tne "Belt”—Gateway.
Eastman s Films. Schallerer's Alaska
Shop.
Mrs. A. V. Hardy, beauty expert
who has been engaged by the Arcade
Shop, was among the arrivals on the
steamer Yukon. Miss Hardy, imme
diately following her arrival, assumed
charge of the ladies department in
the establishment.
Mrs. Winfield Ervin, who returned
Saturday from the States, accompa
nied by Mr. Ervin who came over
from Anchorage Friday, have left
for their home.
J. E. Fitzgerald, postal inspector,
arrived in Seward Saturday from the
South.
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SHAMPOOING, MANACURING AND
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Arcade Barber And
Beauty Shop
Jess Lander, Prop.
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