Valet Auto Strop Razor
free with every purchase of
10 blades.
Brown & Hawkins Corp.
OSBO’S ELECTRIC
SHOP
Seward, Alaska
For service call Madison 123
House wiring, boat wiring an
repairing. We stock up.to-date
light fixtures
TABLE AND FLOOR LAMPS
Electrical appliances wiring
materials, radio batteries, tubes |j|
and supplies
EDISON MAZDA LAMPS
Any size and voltage
Mail orders promptly attended
MR. MRS. LACK HERE
Norman M. Lack, who has resigned
his position as assistant to Genera1
Manager Noel W. Smith, of the Alas
ka Railroad, and who departs fo
the South Sunday, arrived in Seward
last evening from Anchorage accom
panied by Mrs. Lack.
The Coast Gun’-d Cutter Mnohoni
ish has been aSo’gned ’.o nhioi t e
r.'ute of* the C. ’dtjl-to-Ca:«i y irht
race fiom O-yirpia to Juneau, June
26 to July -1th.
Nearly a thousand eases of salmon,
the first to be shipped out from the
Anchorage canneries this season, went
South on the S. S. Yukon.
BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPH AN
RECORDS. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Builders* Supplies
IC.M.B.
Coffee Satisfaction
JUDGE your coffee by die number of cups of sac
tsfactkm per pound and not die price per pound.
With a uniform Savor and strength that meets
every requirement of the mo6t critical taste —
gOlD SHiei|>
quality is real economy in the highest form.
Ford Sales and Services
1 1 -»
The KOHLER
Automatic POWER
and LIGHT Plant
—requires no storage batteries
for power and light
—produces standard 110 volt
electricity
-—has a capacity of 1500 watts or
two electrical horsepower
.—operates simply at the touch
of any button anywhere on
the circuit
Write for illustrated literature.
Come in and see the plant in
operation
SEWARD
MACHINE SHOP
Electric and acetylene weld,
ing, plumbing, heating, sheet
metal work, general machine
work, and boat repairs.
Agents for Fairbanks Morse
stationary and marine en
gines. Firestone tires and
tubes.
Chas. Lechner, Prop.
Seward Machine Shop
RUSSIAN PRIEST !
REV. LAVBISCHEFF
KEEN ON FARMING
REVEREND ASTONISHED AND
PLEASED WITH INTERIOR
DISTRICTS
Rev. Tikhon I. Lavriseheff, member
of the Alaska Ecclesiastical Consis
i
tory, in charge of the Ellamar par
ish, gives the following Ruminating
interview of impressions gained while
on his visit here and to Interior re
gions. Reverend Lavriseheff, honor
guest on Tuesday at the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon, at which time he
described his work in the Territory,
departed yesterday for Ellamar, a
passenger on the S. S. Yukon.
“This was my first trip to this sec
| tion of Alaska. The last four years
j I have spent in a coast region of the
Prince William Sound. It is impos
sible, living on a coast, to have the
correct ideas about Alaska.
“Moving Nrthward, I was surprised
to find more warmth and more of the
sunshine. Indeed, the Interior of Al
aska has a very agreeable climate.
From the standpoint of health the
climate along the Alaska Railrad is
exceptionally favorable. The sweet
breezes sweep over the snow-covered
mountains, or virgin forests, and the
air is pure and bracing.
“Some of the Russians, living in
California at present, expressed a de
sire to know imore about the farming
(possibilities in Alaska. Keeping In
mind the inquiries and questions of
my friends from sunny California I
tried to do my best in collecting the,
facts about the agricultural conditions
here.
“I stopped at the Matanuska Ex
perimental station and there I found
the agricultural capabilities of con
siderable range. Mean annual tem
iperature is 33 F. Average annual pre.
! cipitation is 13-14 inches^. Average
annual snowfall 39-40 inches.
“The growth of grasses is ndt so
luxuriant as on the coast region, but
here is the possibility to save the
grains after it has matured, as it is
very rare that the fall rains interfere
with the saving of the crops.
DIFFERENT IN RUSSIA
“Matanuska Valley has the best
soils for grain growing and for gen
eral farming. The soils of Alaska dif
fer greatly from the fertile soils of
Central Russia. There is no steppe
here such as characterize the Dniepr,
Don, or Volga; basins. Alaska is a hilly
country and only the gentler slopes
are aerable. Practically every foot of
soil has to be cleared before ifc can be
put under cultivation. The principal
timber is the spruce and the hillsides
birch. Oh, how delighted I was to see
the birch, this most admirable of trees
of Russia, where hundreds of songs
and poems are dedicated to the birch
tree!
“The soils represent material which
evidently has undergone attrition by
water or glacial action or both, mix
ed, especially in the surface portion,
with varying quantities of volcanic
matters. The clearing of the land re
quires much work though: the trees
are prevailingly shallow rooted and
soft, therefore easy to cut and uproot.
SOIL RESPONDS QUICKLY
“In many wet places there are deep
accumulations of peaty material, con
sisting mostly of moss, which has
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REMINGTON PORTABLE TYPE
WRITERS $60 AND $75: TER-MS
Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
SUMNER SMITH, JUNEAU
With the intention of spending
the summer in the vicinity of Ju.o
mtu looking over mining properties
md prospects, Sumner S. Smith,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives during the last Territor
ial legislature, arrived at Juneiu
last week.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Station Barometer
Ft. Yukon 30.34
Eagle 29.42
Bethel 30.48
Tanana 30.42
Nome 30.34
Temperature
58
52
52
54
42
EASTMAN CINE KODAKS $10
AND UP. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop
John O’Malley who \va3 *.ken un
der observation ioilowing v distur
bance in the mill in Cordova last
week, was adjudged insane by a
Jury. He will be sent Outside tor
treatment.
NEW ID SECONB-HANB
CIS FOR SALE
at
OGLE’S GARAGE
Oils and Gasoline, General t
Repairs
Storage
Pete Ogle, Prop. Phone Madison 60
65 MARION STREET VIADUCT
SALES
EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR
1928 SALES OATES
June 27, July 25, August 22, September 19,
October 24, November 21, December 12.
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON REQUE8T OF SHIP
PERS. ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS WHEN
REQUESTED
BY THE SACK OR CARLOAD
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
H. V. Hoben. A. F. Davis
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