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months and asserted that, notwith
standing the statements to contrary,
Alaska was being rapidly developed.
“And I say.” he continued, “that
‘•10 United States is proud that it has
'^Alaska. “1 hope that some day it may
become a State of this Union, a place
to which it aspires and a place which
in time it will deserve because its
resources are limited. Further, 1 am ;
not going to be frightened by the fact i
that a group of American business
men went in there and bought a piece
'A property, expended eight or ten mil-1
Aon dollars on it and are using the i
railroad in development of the land j
they bought. • !
1 am not going to discourage those I
people. 1 prefer to encourage the de-!
I
velopment of the land they bought, j
Alaska should not be permitted to lie i
dormant as though an outcast of this
nation.”
INSPECTED BRIDGES
Ivan Winsor, office engineer with
the Bureau of Public Roads, Juneau
headquarters office, left for the South
Saturday on the S. S. Alameda. Mr.
Winsor arrived in Seward on the S. S.
Admiral Watson for the purpose of
making an inspection of bridges under i
construction on the Seward-Kenai
lake highway.
Carl Weiss, member of the stores
department, Alaska Railroad, left for
Anchorage Saturday.
John Helm, well known local res
ident who has been visiting the East,
via the Panama Canal, is back having '
returned on the S. S. Alameda.
Regular $1.00 Boy Scout
Book special .35 c. three for
$1.00. Schallerer’s Alaska
Shop.
Try our steaks and roasts. They
unexcelled. Carstens.
PARKER PENS
W e have a complete line of these popular selling
nationally advertised fountain pens
Each DUE FOLD carries an unlimited guaran
tee and will give good service.
Sold in Seward at the marked price by
The Seward Drug Company
The Ifencs&JL Store
Elwyn Swetmann
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Order Now For Easter
Hart Shaffner & Marx Suits
Urbach’s
LENT BEGAN
FEBRUARY 22
OUR FISH
STOCK IS
COMPLETE
SEE OUR p|§J| WINDOW IT WILL MAKE Y0U
HUNGRY. LENT WILL NOT BE
HARD FOR YOU TO KEEP IF YOU MAKE US
YOUR HEADQUARTERS.
GROCERY DEPT
Main 1
SEWARD, ALASKA QUALITY, FIRST
George Miller, foreman miner with
the U. S. Bureau of Mines, departed
for Anchorage Saturday,
A freight train from the Interior ar
rived in Seward last evening at 10:15
o’clock.
Joe Hofman, Alaska Railroad tie
inspector, returned to his local head
quarters last night from a brief in
spection up the line.
At Grandview the snow is report
ed to be 10 1-2 feet deep on the level.
Tunnel reports six and one-half feet
of sno>v on the level
There is still lots of snow around
Girdwood and Kern Creek but the
railroad tracks are as clear as a bell.
Though General Manager Noel W.
Smith’s name did not appear in the
passenger list of the S. S. Aleutian,
it is quite certain he is on board.
Mild weather has marked the past
week in the Inlet district.
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The S. S. Denali, of the Alaska S. S.
Co., sails from Seattle for Seward on
March 3, carrying a general cargo and
explosives.
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The freighter Oduna, of the A. S. S.
Co., sailed from Seattle on Wednes
day for the port of Seward. The Odu
na has approximately 500 tons for
Seward and rail ports.
Get your fresh -killed
chickens at Brown & Haw
kins Corporation.
Cleanliness and the best of meats
our motto. Frye-Bruhn.
PURCHASE HOME
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On Saturday a real estate transac
tion was completed when Mr. and Mrs. j
i Wm. Abbott purchased the Clinton
residence on Third avenue. The house
is one of the four government houses
in that locality and is next door to
that of Mr. Sweek.
“WELCOME TO OUR CITY."’
Ken Ackley, in charge of the supply j
car, Alaska Railroad, came into town j
yesterday from the Interior in his j
private car. Mr. Ackley may appear
on the Amateur night% program, this
evening, in baritone solos. He is a sin- ‘
ger of renown as well s a star athlete j
de luxo.
Seattle ice cream at Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND
CIHS FOR SALE
at
OGLE’S GARAGE
Oils and Gasoline, General
Repairs
Storage
Pete Ogle, Prop. Phone Madison 60
THE BEST PLACE FOR
CLEANING—PRESSING
AND ALTERATIONS
At
C. Henning’s
TAILOR SHOP
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TIE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains Leave
7:30 a.m. Monday and Thursday;
Trains Arrive—
7:00 p.m. Wednesday and Satur
day.
STOP AT
HOTEL SEATTLE i
when in Anohorage, Alaska ■
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HOT AND COLD WATER/J
«N ALL ROOMS
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. MciSAAC, Prop.
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