A. L. POST MEETING
The regular meeting of th<
American Legion, Seward Post No
i. will be held in the rooms ovei
tjhe Bank of Seward on Monday
vvenirg February 25th. All mem
hers are urged to attend. Time '
n m. Business ol importance.
C. V. STUART, Adjutant.
Eaton Crane & Pike Stationary.
SCISM EEKER’S ALASKA SHOP.
j ftiE PALACE
I John Mattlch, Prop.
| POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Reams
Phone Main 65
I
! CITY EXPRESS
Agent for
The American Express Co.
Sample Room In Connection
Baggage Stored
Connection made with all steamers,
trains and hotels.
"We never sleep” Phone Main 122
Harold Painter, Prop.
Successor to Billy Patterson
SEWARD’S
POPULAR
EATING PLACE
Short orders and
regular dinners
ALSO A LA CARTE ORDERS
SEWARD GRILL
Mel HoJben, Prop.
Motorship
Discoverer
For Hire or Charter
A special trip to Iliamna will
be made from Seward on
March 19. The following voy
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
OVER CRilTE MINE
PORT WELLS BISTRIC1
■\rtirles of incorporation of th<
Tort Wells-Granite Co., a State d
•Washington n .rung company, wen
tiled at Juneau. J. L. Reed, attor
| ley of Valdez, was named as resi
dent agent of the corporation.
; It is capitalized at $100,000 hav
;ng an authorized stock issue oi
' .000 shares valued at $100 each.
Directors of the company are: G
W. Duncan, Percy P. Brush, N. O.
Cruven, Fiances C. Duncan. Taco
ma, and L. A. Levensaler, Seattle.
The first three named are the in
corporators.
It is understood the company has
aken over the old Granite Mine in
the Fort Wells district and will re
isume development and operations
rhere this year.
When proposals are next sub
mitted for a franchise for the pub
lic utilities of Fairbanks, the An
chorage Light & Power company,
in all probabilities, will be one of
the bidders.
FRYE-BRUHM’S BABY BEEF is
unexcelled.
tfie
ZEUOfLENE
the modern
oi!
A STANDARD OIL PRODUCT
Cal M. Brosius
Seward Alaska
Construction Lumber )
Builders’Supplies <f
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR ' f
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
TUBES AND BATTERIES
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
i Bevel siding
* Fir Finish
Mouldings
i Doors
Windows
Cement
Lime
Plaster
Lath
Plaster Board
Chimney brick
Fire brick
Fire clay
Plate and Window glass Beaver Board
C. M. B.
^ Seward
TEXANS OFFER
mm for
1 TEIITM
V/. H HOLMES, FORMER NOME
MAN IS ENDORSED FOR
BERTH
In the person of W. H. (Doc
Holmes, former Alaskan, Texas Re
I publicans have a candidate io
povernor of .Alaska, according •
i information reaching Juneau. Th
! Republican organization of th
l' °!ie Star Stall' is said to be sun
I porting him for the berth, savs tbi
| Empire
i Holmes was one of the earlv com
jRrs to Nome and was employee
there by the Butler Drug Co., pre
decessor to the Butler Mauro Co
jLater he went to the Interior where
l be engaged in mining. He wa;
brought to the coast by the dele
gate -vhen the .'alter was U. S. Mu
shal of the Third Division anc
nadc a deputy, being stationed a'
ikagway. He is said to have lei <
Alaska about 1909
In recent years. Holmes is report
ed to have iiiacie a fortune in on
opera*ions in western Texas. He
resides at Tmarillo where he is as
sociated with “Tex” Mcliroy and
other former Alaskans.
The following account of Holmes
aspirations appeared recently in
an Amarillo newspaper:
“Republicans iof Texas have
,'1unrr>od a campaign to have W.
H. Holmes of Amarillo appointed
Governor of Alaska, which is one of
'he pirte plums to bo handed down
by the Hoover administration.
“Announcement to this effect
'"as made bv Hivrh Exum, upon his
return from Houston, where a
meeting of the Texas Republican
organization was held
“The Party lenders of the State
unanimously indorsed Mr. Holmes
"or the Alaskan appointment, and
started their plans for carrying
theii request before President-elect
Hoover at an early date. R. B. Crea
ger cf Brownsville, National Com
mitteeman from Texas, will make
;he formal request of Mr. Hoover,
in Washington in the near future,
Mr. Exum reported.
"Mr Holmes was the Republican
candidate for Governor of Texas
art fall, and was the Party’s nomi
nee for Lieutenant-Governor in
'926. He has been active in Party
affairs for years, and has bee i
credited by Republican leaders witn
much of the gains the Party h^s
made hi Texas in recent years. Mi.
Exum who attended the Houston
CURTIS R^MORFGRD
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
DR. A. R. ROBERTS
OENTI8T
Dental and General X-Ray Work
Phone Mad. 108 - - - 8eward, Alaska
New Tecklentoerg Bldg.
DR H W HYATT
Physician Surgeon
Offices in Tecklenberg Bldg.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 o’clock
2 p. m. to 4 p. m.; 6 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Phones: Main 136
Residence. Madison 90
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THE 8E8T PLACE FOR
CLEANING—PRE88ING
AND ALTERATIONS
At
C. Henning’s
TAILOR 8HOP
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PICTURES EXHIBITED
The Annual Good Roads Shorn
and Machinery Exposition helc
recently at Cleveland, Ohio, re
sulted in considerable publicity
of an educational nature for
/ Alaska. A display of Alaskan pic
[ tures were placed on exhibition.
. Jack Kearney has resigned as
J j assistant wharfinger at Juneau to
accept a position in the Juneau of
fice of the Admiral Line.
i meeting, is State Executive Com
. | mittceman from Amarillo.
• | “In addition to the support of the
riexas organization, Mr. Holmes has
leaders of the Republican Party for
; the backing of some of the national
the Alaskan honor. Mr. Exum stat
' ed.”
Candied Cherries mo r’ineapple.
m HAILEUER’S ALASKA SHGi
A GUIDE THROUGH
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 j
I Death summoned Mike DeCorsey
at Fairbanks last week. He was
well known throughout the rail
road belt.
FRESH HALIBUT AT CARSTEN
I MEAT MARKET.
GERHART
JOHNSEN
CONTRACTOR
PLASTERING
&
STUCCO WORK
P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa.
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Cigars, Candy
| Soft Drinks
Stationery
Magazines
“C URL Y”
Proprietor ■
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TOMORROW’S TIDES
High water 2:58 p. m. 8.5 ft.
Low water 9:18 p. m. 0.5 It.
High water 3:24 a. m. 7.0 ft
Low water 9:13 a. m. 1.4 ft.
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SUPPLY
SEW A HI1 ALASKA
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John Nelson. Men Wovno RIuh Agent
Office, Arcade Building Phone Main 81
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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
WOOD. ICE, HAY AND GRAIN
Telephone Main 81, Arcade Building
kL V. nuueu. A. F. Davis