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The Alaska Shop.
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DEDICATED TO ALASKANS
Aleutian History
J. N. Cannon
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
i tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
| print.
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BELIEFS
I “Kodiakians believed in im
| mortality; that dead men come
•to life, but where and how was
; unknown. A vague belief was held
! of a Creator (Auguk), but this
; was indefinite and naive. Sacrifices
i were made to an unseen spirit,
; at some nearby cliff or hill near
j their habitations. Usual sacrifices
I consisted of loon’s feathers or the
bright colored feathers of a
screetch owl (tail feathers). In
variably such sacrifices were
made by males anywhere, but
mostly wandering enroute. Pray
!ers were offered to Auguk for
| success in war, to avenge ene
I mies, according to their needs.”
CREATION
i “The following was the Kai
jdiakan conception of creation.
jOnce upon a time, there lived a
;Kashshahiluk (wise man, Aleut).
| At that time there was neither
; day or night. He began blowing
I into a straw7 in water; wherefore,
'land arose out of' water, wdiich
| imperceptibly grew larger, roun
der and wider; then he, still
blowing harder, the sky opened
up, sun appeared, stars arose,
then lo! the moon arose! Then
he ceased blowing, and to the
joy of everyone, they saw ani
mals and many people.”
MAY BE FLAT!
“That the earth is round was
concluded from the following cir
cumstances:—their ancestors sent
I out tw7o bidarcas, manned for
the voyage by young men; they
returned to Alaska after many, |
many years of wandering and!
still, they had not reached the!
end of the earth; wherefore, they
surmised: “if there is no end to
it, it must be round.” Logic.
TRADITION
“According to tradition, among
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BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND 13 WHC
MavE A »IRTHDAY ,N THE MONTH OF
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CALL AT THE ALASKA SHOP.
Seward Fraternal Orders
REWARD CHAPTER NO. 1«
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
the older people, Kaidiakans carru
from the Alaska mainland, neai
the “Big River Kvignak*. (Eithei
the Kvichak or Naknek rivers
more likely the Kvichak river.)”
(Continued tomorrow)
j “Looks darn good to me,*’ re
i marked Sourdough Bill, Gateway
j sage, as he surveyed the break
I water. “Couldn’t have done better
i had I and my gang tackled it.
| These A. A. C. lads know their
i calories.” Upon which wise cracks,
I he knocked the heel out of his
i meerscham and rowed back to
! shore.
I
Wolves have become so numerous
in northwestern Missouri that
farmers recently organized several
hunts.
Watch for the new Easter display window
at the Alaska Shopa
Amanda’s Hand Laundry
We give service, Reasonably
Call for and Deliver
Phone Madison 126
:■
By the sack or carload
—NANIMO—
Nut or mine run
Range coal in sack or bulk
—EVAN JONES—
Lump or mine run
—PREMIER—
and mine run coal—Try it
-HEALY LUMP
WOOD—ICE—HAY—GRAIN
Alaska-Transfer
—Telephone MAin 81, Arcade Building—
—H. V. Hoben A. F. Davis—
Write for additional information
HAY — GRAIN — MEATS — HIDES — LUMBER
LOGS — COAL — WOOL — PULP — FURS
SALT FISH— KELP — BEAR GALL
Samples and price of Alaskan products want
ed by the undersigned for export
Kawabe Investment Co.
Harry Sotaro Kawabe, President and Manager
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS
Seward, Alaska
P. O. BOX 132
Branch Office in Connection:
UNION TRADING COMPANY, Osaka, Japan.
PACIFIC TRADING COMPANY, Tokyo, Japan.
802 American Bank Building, Seattle, Wash.
Meets the second and fourth I
Monday's of each monti
in McMullen’s Building, ai '
8 p. k. Visiting members I
alway welcome. Mrs. Jose
phene Sheldon. W. M.; Mrs.
Miriam Painter, Secre
KIUNEERS OP ALASKA—IGLOO NO
Cal M. Broaini. Secretary and Treasurer I
Seward Lodge No. 1425
L. O. 0. M.
• n every
firit and third Fri
day* of each month
at 8 P. m. at 1
O. O. F. Hall. All
welcome Peter N
Anderson, Director.
M. A. Horner, Sec
retary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE
No. 6-A. I. O. O. F
Meets the first and
third Mondays of each
month in I. o. O. F.
Hal! at 8 p. m. Visit
ing members are alwa>s
welcome. Maude E.
Larsson, N. G.; Ludvig
Larsson, Secretary.
Resurrection Lodge No A-7
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at 8 p
m. in Odd Felows’ Hall. Visi*'
brothers welcome. Walter
. r C°r*>8,» N. G. ; Ludvig Larsson, Secretary.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Seward Post No 5
Meets first and third Wed
nesday at 8 p. m. in the
' Harriman Bank Building
Post Commander Leonard
Hopkins; Adjutant L. J.
Chilberg.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications first
and third T u e s d ays each
month. Visiting brethern wel
come. Chas. Sheldon, W. A1
Harold Painter, Sec.
PORT OF m IN
The First National Bank of An
chorage has received a request
from the First National Bank of
San Jose, Calif., to assist that
institution in finding Tom Jep
sen who, it is thought, came to
Anchorage several years ago from
the states. Any information re
garding the present whereabouts
of the missing man will be appre
ciated by Winfield Ervin, Sr., of
the Anchorage bank.
“Mr. Jepsen is supposed to have
some mining claims ‘somewhere
in Alaska,’ ” the letter states,
“but lie is believed to have had
or to have now his headquarters
in your city.”
Appointment of Warren S.
Harding, veteran peace officer
and for many years a Juneau
| resident, as Deputy United States
; Marshal at Hyder to succeed Don
»aid Martin, recently ordered
| transferred to Juneau, was an
nounced in the Empire.
NOT MANY MORE DAYS UNTIL MO
THER’S DAY. COME IN AND SEE OUE
BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF MOTHER'S
DAY CARDS. ALASKA SHOP.
i
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
BATES—Fifteen rente per line first inser
1 .* tion. Seven and one half rente per line
for subsequent insertions. Count six av
erage words to a line. Minimum charge SO
rents.
i FOR SALE—Portable sawmill, with tractor
[ and plow. Wheland mill, with two saw?,
capacity about three thousand daily. Two
thirty-aix inch saws, one inserted and one
| solid tooth, both new. Mill has cut only
thirty thousand feet. Tractor has pulley,
aqd is latest McCormick Deering mode!.
Has plowed but two acres and operated
mill. A very efficient outfit. Just barely
broken in. Two bottom gang plow; 14
1 inch bottoms. The mill is just the thing
for ties. Price: Entire outfit *1200.00 cash.
Inquire at Gateway for full information
“THE MAN OF MYSTERY”
The Mystery Man is in your city.
I will tell your your troubles be
fore you asked a question. Prof.
A. C. Wardle, Gilliland Hotel.
Room 7. Investigate this!
i __
FOR SALE or long lease. Dreamland Halil
j Inquire Gateway.
WANTED TO BUY
Hundreds have sent us discarded jewelry, ol.i
gold, false teeth, bridgs, crowns, silver,
platinum, diamonds, antiques. Mall yours
today. Money mailed promptly. Goods re
I turned if offer refused Uhler Sta.. 15. Brook
! lyn, N\ Y.
LEGAL NOTICE
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION. Wash
IF C In compliance with’ Section
t (d) of the Federal water power act (11
Stat. 108.'?), notice is hereby given that S.
M. Graff, of Seward. Alaska, has made
application for a license for a construct
ed power project involving a diversion dam ;
intake structure in Lowell Creek; a pipe
line and power house on the shore of Re
surrection Bay, partly on the public do
main, at Seward, in the Third Judicial Divi
sion, Alaska. Any objection to such applica
tion or request for a hearing thereon, to
gether with any briefs, reportes or other
| data for which consideration is desired,
1 should he submitted to the Chairman, Fed
eral Power Commission. Washington, D C.
Publish: Mar. 30, April 8, 13, 20," 27,
May 4, 11. 18, all of 1931.
THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS
LADIES KEDS 2.50, NOW .„. $1.95
LADIES KEDS 1.95, NOW . $1.15
Ladies Trimshu Canvas Oxfords, any size . $1.50
CHILDREN'S KEDS $1.95 and $1.75
Gordon's
A
. VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
Steam Heat
J. S. BADGEK J»rOp.
Advanced Refrigeration
Continually working for the ad
vancement of domestic electric re
frigeration, engineers of Frigidaire
Corporation have made it possible
for this Genera) Motors subsidiary
this year to present a household
refrigerator with many refinements
and improvements, according to an
announcement by the local repre
sentative. Economy, efficiency and
beauty have been the guiding stars
of these engineers and as a result
the Frigidaire of today operates at
much lower cost, freezes more ice
cubes faster, has an interior and
exterior finish of durable white
porcelain-on-steel and provides
more shelf space than before.
1
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Chas. Lechner — Seward Agent
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