PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE
‘We find conditions different in
Alaska, where people are hale,
hearty and well-met and not ‘per
nickity’ or hard to please,” said Ed
win Thomas and E. J. Batton, pro
traiture photographers, who are in
■Seward, taking sittings at the Sew
ard hotel. These men, who are ex
perts in their line have been taking
portraits of prominent Alaskans all
the way up the coast and have been
in as far as Anchorage. They will
be here until October 17 and have
already filmed some of Seward's
hading ladies and men. Battoji
was for several years a staff photo
grapher for the Seattle Tmes hau
ling the society work chiefly. They
finish hteir work here so there will
be no delay.
Interest in the Charles Sinclair
case at Juneau was revived with
the arrest of young Jack Mit
chell on a charge of aiding and
abetting Sinclair’s escape from
jail last April.
A new and complete
stock of good
TOOTH
BRUSHES
Here are brushes with real
bristles in hard, medium and
soft. With bent handles and
also straight ones. All sizes,
styles and kinds and every
one of excellent quality
Prices 25c up
Eflwyn Swetmann
The Store
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MEL HORNER TELLS OF BEAUTI
FUL LAKES AND RIVERS AS
TOURIST ATTRACTION
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i “Some day it will be a wonder
land for tourists and a back coun
try of inestimable value to Seward,”
said Mel Horner, proprietor of the
Overland hotel, who has returned j
| from a two weeks’ hunting trip
down Kenai Lake, Kenai River, Ski
hik Lake and Russian River in com
p ny with C. A. McDougal and Tom
Clements.
“We spent most of our time at
Bishop’s, known as the Russian
River fox ranch,” said Horner, “and j
the hospitality of those people is j
wonderful and proverbial. We en
joyed mostly their home-grown
vegetables from the finest celery up ;
and down. It was so delightful j
there that we took it easy but at j
that the party bagged three sheep
end a black bear. Tom Clements
goff the record trout of the season, j
an eight-pound beauty out of Rus- !
sian River which put up a royal:
battle. He also got some fine mal
l-uds. The black bear have mostly
holed up as berries are practically
gone.
“One evening just at dusk we saw
mi enormous black bear feeding in
a berry patch when lie ran onto a
little black bear who had evidently |
encroached on his berry patch. The |
big fellow made a swipe at the lit- i
tie one which would have knocked
him for a whole row of post-holes
but the little fellow ducked in time
and then gathered his legs under
him and went away from there. I
guess he hit every peak in htat vi- j
cinity. Once in a while he would
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look back over his shoulder and
then light out again with renewed
speed. It was one of the funniest ■
incidents of the whole trip and 1 -
Lrom our calculations that little !a
bear is going yet. ,l
“The upper Kenai River is at low
stage and it is hard to negotiate it
.vith a power boat. The North slopes
jf the hills have considerable fresh
mow but the south slopes are gen
erally clear.”
‘The forestry service attempted a
.rail connection with Bishop’s old
.rail which leaves the Kenai Lake
mad at Mile 16 1-2 and it seems
.hey followed every steep ridge they
?ould find so that it looks more like
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tl e turns were so sharp you could
not get a sled around them without
’ turning over. We spent three days
'v dening out some of these turns
i and putting in culverts.
“The fox ranches in that vicinity
all seem to be making good with
very good increases. The Bishop’s
have 50 foxes in excellent condi
tion.
“At Snug Harbor, Louis Bell is
putting his boat on the ways and
Eill Lawing at Mile 23 is talking of
doing the same. The first snows
came earlier than usual, but the
late pleasant spell of good weather
S has made the fall better than aver
age. The scenery up there is mar
velous, the fishing is perfect and
I there is an abundance of all kinds
of game. The valleys are spotted
with numberless lakes and trout
'streams, and altogether it is a won
jderful country which should some
iday be the mecca for visitors from
all over the United States.”
Frank Towle brought the party in ■
with his speed boat from his home
at Cooper’s Landing at the lower
end of the Kenai Lake where he has
ja very beautiful establishment, ac
cording to Mr. Horner with con
crete walks, and urns and a profu- ;
sion of flowers everywhere.
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WAREHOUSE MOVES
Although the operation is a dif- j
ficult one and progress necessarily
slow, the big Brown & Hawkins
warehouse at the foot of Fifth Ave
nue on the South waterfront is now
slow'ly on its way to its new location
on Sixth and Broadway where it is
being moved to make room for the
depot that will be brought to a new
location on the South front.
OFFICIALS HERE
Assistant General Manager H.
Horn of the Alaska Railroad and C.
H. Holmes, superintendent of con
struction are in Seward looking
over the extensive work now going
forward in the Seward yards and
along the waterfront in connection
with track changes and moving of
the depot to its new site.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AT
TENDED. Schatlerer’s Alaska Shop,
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JOIN THE SEWARD
ATHLETIC CLUB
After seeing the splendid progress made by the Club of
ficials toward a successful season, we immediately wired
for a fine stock of clothing and footwear to meet all re
quirements.
KEDS
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
$1.00 to $4.50
SWEAT SHIRTS
ASSORTED COLORS
$1.50 to $3.00
SWEATERS
$3.50 to $10.00
ATHLETIC SOCKS
EXTRA GOOD WOOL
50c and 75c
Basketball Pants
Handballs and Mitts
Urbach &Valade
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17$
(Stretching dollars
FLORSHEIM
SHOES
Every dollar counts for more when
you wear FLORSHEIM Shoes perma
nently. .. Florsheim quality makes
each dollar do its utmost... there’s
longer wear, better appearance,
greater comfort in every pair. It’s
real economy to wear Florsheims.
YOUNG FILM MAGNATES OB
TAIN CONTROL THREE BIG
COMPANIES
NEW YORK, Oct., 10. VP)—A
$200,000,000 film merger through
which Warner Brothers Pictures,
: Inc., obtains control of the Vita
| phone Corporation, the Stanley
Company and First National Pic
, tures, is announced by II. M. War
I ner, president of Warner Eroth
i ers and Vitaplione, and Irving !
Rcssheim, president of the Stan- :
j iey Company and First National.
KETCHIKAN RACKETEERS
Ketchikan no longer is an old
fashioned town for it can now
be likened to Chicago, the city of
bombs and racketeers. A for-hire
car was recently chopped up with
an axe.
TOWNSITE ELIMINATED
By an Executive Order signed
August 30, by President Coolidge.,
the townsite of the Indian village
ox Klawak was eliminated from
Tongass National Forest boundar
ies.
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PER
FUMES AND TOILET ARTICLES.
SCHALLERER’S ALASKA SHOP.
REMINGTON PORTABLE TYPE
WRITERS $50 AND $7'5: TERMS
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
MGTORSHIP EL HURD
For Hire or Charter
Leaves Sand Point and Unga, each month right after the
arrival of Steamer Starr from Seward, for Hercdeen Bay
and all Shnmagin Island points, carrying U. S. mail and
freight. For further information address
ANDREW GROSVOLD
Sand Point, Alaska
HARDWARE STOVES RANGES
WINDOW GLASS
SHEET METAL WORK AND PLUMBING
Paints and Oils
Colman lamps and lanterns
Spruce Lumber
Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention
J. L. GRAEF
Phone Madison £7 Seward Alaska