IKON DOOR MINE
The famous Escalante mine,
hidden in the fastness of the San
to Catalina mountains, in South
ern Arizona for more than two :
centuries, is reported to have1
been relocated by three Phoenix
prospectors. This rich gold mine
is more popularly known as the
"mine with the iron door.”
•THE PALACE!
FURNISHED ROOMS |j
" POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND i j
CIGARS I
John Mattich. Proo. |
Phone Main 55 »
FOR EXPERT
BARBERING i
GO TO i
Miller’s Barber Shop ;!
Shower Baths
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5 ♦ Drink Milk for Health j|
H? |
PURE BRED STOCK !
PRODUCES ALL OF j{
MILK and CREAM |!
, Seward j
Dairy j
Picture Fiamine and Enlargements. Developing and I rinting
Seattle Ice Cream, Candies. Tobaccos. Flowers Made To Order
Paulsteiner’s Market
Armour's Quality Meats—Blue Ribbon Poultry
Butter and Eggs—Black Hawk Hams and Bacon
Fish and Oysters—We ship and deliver—Phone Adams 56
MID-WINTER CLEANUP SALE!
Prices Reduced 10 per cent to 30 per cent
The Blue Shop
Seward Hotel
MODERN
REASONABLE
Rooms with or without bath
SPECIAL RATES BY
WEEK OR MONTH
Seward, Alaska.
Mrs. D. J. McKenzie, Pro.
Coal
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FROM
US BY THE
SACK OR IN CARLOAD LOTS
EVAN JONES, Lump, Pea, Nut and mine run coaL
PREMIER Coal, HEALY Lump or Nut
WOOD, COAL, ICE, HAY, GRAIN, and TRANSFERING
Alaska Transfer
Office in Aicade Building Phone Main 81
H. V. HOBrN A. F. DAVIS
I
THE P8ST YEAR
EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS IN
1932 BY $19,873,674—GOLD
IS ACTIVE
Thee total commerce of Alaska
for the year 1932, as disclosed in
the annual report of J. C. McBride,
Collector of Customs, made public,
was $60,894,150, as compared to
$70,125,410 for 1931. a decrease of'
slightly more than 20 percent. j
“The main causes of the sharp |
decline in 1932 were in the near
collapse of the copper industry,
for a long time a major industry
of the Territory and the unusually |
low value of the products of the i
fisheriees industry,” says the Col-!
lector.
TRADE BALANCE HEALTHY
The aggregate value of outborne
shipments for the year was $40,
383.912. The inbound commerce
totaled $20,510,238. The balance of
trade in Alaska’s favor was $19,
873.074. j
The year’s business total was the
smallest experienced in almost two j
decades. Collector McBride pointed j
out. The decline, however, except;
as to copper ore, was one of values
rather than volume. The fisheries
lost little if anything in quantity
of products. Gold showed a good
gain, increasing from $8,928,795 in
1931 to $9,261,488 last year. Fisher
ies declined slightly more than
$10,000,000, dropping from $36,168,
799 to $26,075,038.
TOTAL GOLD LARGE
Commenting on last year’s trade
movements, the reports said:
“Of Alaskan industries, mining
stood almost alone in showing an
upward trend. Domestic gold and •
silver shipped from the Territory
this year amounted to $9,328,879,
as against $9,018,378 for 1931. or an
increase of $310,501. This main
| tains the record of annual increas
es for the past four years. An en
couraging feature also in connec
! tion with the gold mining indus
! try was the renewed interest in
prospecting. The 1932 production
| of gold, with the output of former
I years, brings the total vaule of
t the gold produced in the Territory '
to more than $408,360,000, accord- |
ing to statistics of the Alaska
Branch, U. S. Geological Survey.
“The low value of copper and
lead offered no incentive to speed
up production in the copper mines,
but on the contrary there was a
tendency to curtail production and
operation as much as possible.
Copper mines of the Territory, I
which produced 22,055.271 pounds j
of copper ore, valued at $2,080,338;
! in 1931, yielded only 10.806,614!
pounds of ore in 1932, valued at
$723,225.
"No serious condition as to pro
duction was shown in the fisher- j
! ies industry, but prices for its
commodities reached a distressing -.
ly low point. The price condition
caused a drop in the aggregate of
all its products from $36,322,861 in
1931, to $26,177,938 this year. Thej
loss was mainly in canned salmon.
The total pounds shipped to the
United Sltates and Canada this
i year declined, but 8,126.520 pounds
j from the 1931 shipments of 267,
298.021 pounds but the declared
value dropped from $31,161,504 to
$22,145,235 this year.
FRESH FISH SUFFER
“Market conditions affecting the
| fresh fish industry were reflected
in the drop in both production
and value. The total shipments to
the United States and Canada this
year aggregated 18,404.386 pounds
at a declared value of $1,315,534
Try Grandma's Pound, Layer,
Fruit, Macaroon Cakes. Just arriv
ed on this boat at COOPERS.
as compared with 24,331,357
pounds and $2,470,219 in 1931.
“Shipments of cured or pre
served herring showed an increase i
in both pounds and value this
year over 1931, amounting to 14,
422,224 pounds, valued at $761,115
as against 8,554,175 pounds and
$549,502 in value ’in 1931.
“The whaling industry was again !
revived this year after a year of
idleness and 767,262 gallons of oil!
were shipped from the Territoryj
at a value of $115,747.
“Shipments of furs and live ani
mals during this year suffered a
value loss of $1,120,474, due pri
marily to drops in market values
rather than take of furs.”
The body of Andrew Grosvold
was taken to Sanak on the 12th
of February for burial. It was
brought out as far as Sand Point
on the SS. Starr and taken off
there and taken to Sanak on the
M. S. Blue Fox. Shortly after un
loading the body in Sanak the Blue
Fox went over to Pauloff Harbor
and returned with people from
there for the funeral. The serv
ices W’ere conducted by Ernest Bai
ley of Sanak. The Blue Fox did
not leave Sanak for Sand Point
until Monday.
The famous KFQD Serenaders
may possibly visit Seward again
March 11 and present a local
dance, according to arrivals from
Anchorage.
Why pay more for the cheaper
grade when you can buy hams at
COOPER’S for 19 cents a pound.
BERING SEA SAILINGS
During the 1933 summer season,
the SS Victoria is scheduled to
sail from Seattle at 10 a. m. June
2, July 6, September 6 and October
6, for Nome. Also calls at St.
Michael except on October trip.
Seward Fraternal Orders
SfcWARL CHAPTER NO. 10
ORDER OP EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth
Monday's of each month
in McMullen'a Building, at
3 o. m. Visiting members ,
always welcome. Mrs. Bessie i
Malloy, W. M.: Mrs. Joso
phine Sheldon, Sec.
Seward Lodge No 1425
L. O. O. M.
Meets on every I
first and third Kri- '
day of each month !
at 8 p. m. at 1.
O. O. F. Hall. AH
welcome. Peter N.
Anderson, Director,
M. A. Horner, Sec- j
St WARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6-A
L O. O. F.
Meets the first end third
Monday’s of each month
in I. O. O. F. HaH at
8 p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always welcome.
•Grace Neville, N. G.
Ludvig Larsson, Sec’y
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7 i
I. O. O. F.
Meet* every Thursday at 8 p.
ra in Odd Fellow’* HaH. Visit
^ ^ inr brothers welcome. Gustave
R. Man they. N. G.; Ludvig Larson, Saeretary.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Seward Past No. 5
Me** the first and third Wed
nesday at 8 p. m. In the
Harrimon Bank Building.
Post Commander, L. J.
Chill here; Adjutant C. E.
Cramer.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 219
F. & A. M. 1
Stated communication* first and '
third Tueadaya of each month.
Viaiting bretherm w cl com*.
Charlea Lechner, W. M.
E. P. Harwood, Secretary
NOTICE
KATHRYN L. GALEN, TRAVEL
ING REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY THROUGHOUT ALAS
KA, WISHES TO ADVISE HER
FRIENDS SHE WILL BE IN SEW
ARD MARCH 4 AND WILL BE
GLAD TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
NEEDS AT THAT TIME.
SPECIAL!
SUNFREZE BRICK ICE CREAM
in assorted flavors. “Free-zee” in
oar new frigidaire—Alaska Shop.
Osbo’s Electric Shop
i House Wiring, Boat Wiring
j and Repairing. We stock up
j J to-date Light Fixtures
!» Radios and Radio Supplies.
11 For Service Call
S Adams 82
i , CLEANING
PRESSING
! ALTERATIONS
11
: C. Henning’s
TAILOR SHOP
I-..
Hardware
Stoves and
House Furnishings
TINNING and PLUMBING
J. L. GRAEF, Seward, Alaska
Good style
is never extreme. If
you look around at
the people who dress
in good taste, you’ll
see that there’s never
anything ’flashy”
about what they wear.
dome to think
of it...
it’s very much the same with
cigarettes.
No cigarette should ever
be "strong.” That means that
they should never be too rich
or over-seasoned—not harsh
or "bitey.”
The taste of a Chesterfield
is just as near right as we
know how to make it.
Not tasteless or flat, not
too highly flavored for steady
smoking, but with just the
right kinds of tobaccos
blended the one right way
to satisfy.
Chesterfields are mild. They
taste better.
l/ic ciyare/fe t/iatb milder
casaretfe <t/uzt tastes better
© 193}. Lkgett * Mnu Tomcoo O.