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RECORDS. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Pure Bred Stock
Produces all of
Seward Dairy
Milk
That rich, creamy taste of
milk is due to the fact that
nothing but pure bred, tested
cows produce it under the
most ideal conditions of feed*
ing and sanitation.
Seward
Dairy
Great Planes To
Be Used Flights
Up And Down Coast
&AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (JP) —
Marking another forward stride ir.
commercial aviation on the Pacific
coast, an announcement was made
that giant four-motored plants carry
ing 35 passengers soon will be in
service between Vancouver B. C. and
San Francisco. The announcement
came from H. Clay Bernard, San Fnan.
co capitalist, who was given the
position of Executive Vice-President
iof the Union Air Lines, Inc. He will
[assume active management at once
of one of the greatest passenger car.
lying aviation units in the world.
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The Harper brothers at Hope have
been engaged most of the season in
making preparations for hydraulic
operations and are just now ready *o
begin mining.
Men’s dress shoes $2.50 to $4.00;
Men’s rubber pacs $3.50 to $4.00.
SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
CAPT. ALBERT BARRON
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
SEPTEMBER 10
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
PHONE MADISON 138
SEWARD, ALASKA
Of more than passing intetest, says
the Seattle Star, to science is the
discovery of the Alaskan ‘fisher rats ’
just reported by that dean of arctic
skippers and explorers Captain Dan
McNeal, upon his return to Seattle
from the Aleutian chain. It will be
remembered that it was ths doughty
McNeal who discovered the ra^e
"goni bird” in the northern wastes—
the bird who lays square eggs and
flies backward.
It is near Amchitka, the farthest
south point in Alaska, that the str
an^a and phenomenal breed of "fish
er rats” have their habitat, Captair
McNeal reports. Originally they came
from ships which were blown of
their course on the great circle route
and wrecked on the barren isles.
Multiplying rapidly, and marooned
on islands devoid of vtagetation ex
cept grass, they were faced with
starvation, until nesessity drove them
to fish for a living.
Prom his scientific studies, Capt
McNeal say he found that the ani
mals ware accustomed to pick out a
lock near the shore, on which they
would sit and dangle their tails in
the water. Tins sea abounds wi*h
small crabs, who occasionally would
nip the rats’ tails in their pincers. A
quick flip of the tail and the rat, ir
dexterous, spun the crab onto the
shore.
TAILS GROW TO FOUR FEET
Thru the strange process of nat
ure, McNeil insists, the rats' tails
gnaw longer and longer, enabling
them to fish deeper and deeper, until
now it i. no uncommon sight to o’’
sens rats running around with tails I
three or four feet long. The longe
the tail, the mote prestige the owner !
iias in the rat colony. At first the j
rats tails were cruelly tortured by
tlie crabs, but now, nature has come
to their assistance, and each rat is
born with a hard bulb on the end of
Ids tail.
From his observations, McNeil ha^
come to tins conclusion that the rats
frequently hold a fishing carnival,
with contests to test their skill. He
has wacthed them, lined up on the
shore, squeaking encouragement to
their champions seated on the rocks,
as tlie contestants hurled crabs
shoreward with their tails.
CONTESTS FOR DISTANCE
AND ACCURACY
One of the biggest events, he says,
is the distance contest, in which the
11at who throws his crab farthest
wins. Another contest is for accuracy
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DEVELOPING PRINTING AND
ENLARGING FOR THE BEST RE.
SULTS AT Schallerer’s Alaska Shop
in casting.
Frequently, he says, the poor fish
erman finds that upon casting his
crab ashore, he must fight several
“loafer” rats, who are too lazy to
catch their own, and often he is com
pelled to catch enough for the crowd
before he g'ets one for himself.
At any rate, he maintains, “there
is one advantage in this method of
fishing. Tho fisherman is never in
doubt as to whether he has had a
"bite or a nibble.” If anyone doubts
his yarn, Capt. McNeil says they are
at liberty to do so, but he is sticking
to his story.
ONE STAMP QUARTZ MILL FOR
SALE at J. L. Graef.
THE NEW HESSON PIPES ARE
HERE. THEY CANNOT CbLLECT
“GOO” OR GET STRONG. $4.00 AND
$7.50 EACH. GUARANTEED. SCHAL.
LERER’S ALASKA SHOP.
Seattle ice cream and fresh
candies at Sylvia’s.
JUST RECEIVED NEW STOCK
OF ALASKA FAT HERRING.
SEWARD TRADING CO.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
SEE
CURTIS R. MORFORD
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
DR. J. A. BAUGHUJAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madlaon 90. Seward, Alaska
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
DR. A. R. ROBERTS
DENTIST
Dental and General! X-Ray Work
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 ... Seward, Alaska
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POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 65
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WHAT PART DO YOU TAKE
IN THE NATION’S BUSINESS
The field of commercial activity has
two kinds of workers; those who are
content to labor all their lives for
others , and those who, when the time
is ripe, launch out into projects of their
own. It is this latter type which con
trols the destinies of the giant factor
ies and vast railroad systems that feed
the nation. Consult with us regarding
your contemplated undertaking. We
can aid you.
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The Fordor Sedan is the de lux car of the new Ford pas.
senger car line and has many features that are new and exclu.
sive in low priced cars.
Seward Machine
Shop
Chas. Lechner
Ford Aoent