OVERLAND
HOTEL
On the Main Street
MEL A. HORNER
Manager
SEWARD ALA8KA
| REAL SERVICE
J That is one feature that must be offer
1 ed by any enterprise that is genuinely in
l terested in the growth and development of a
community; and it is the constant aim of
The Alaska Railroad to at airtimes render
j such service as will aid most materially in
; the healthy growth and consistent develop
• ment of the Territory.
! The Alaska Railroad operates year
l ‘round freight and passenger service be
tween Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks
* and over the Chickaloon and Chatanika
l Branches. For time tables, descriptive liter
J ature, etc., write
S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
AncK$rage
Alaska
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
FEBRUARY 13
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
MIMING & PAUIC CO.
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD. ALASKA
WHEN YOU THINK ALASKA THINK
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Steamer
ALAMEDA Thursday
ALASKA Saturday
YUKON
ALAMEDA
VICTORIA or Aleutian
YUKON
Lv. Seattle
Northbound
Jan. 26th
Feb. 4th
Feb. 11th
Feb. 18th
Feb. 25th
Mar. 3rd
Lv. Seward
Southbound v
Midnight
Feb. 1st
Feb. 11th
Feb. 18th
Feb. 25th
Mar. 3rd
Mar. 10th
Freighter Oduna scheduled sail January 20th carrying coal, lum
ber, oil and explosives. *
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
Res. Madison 149 J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent. Tel. Main 125
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S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Saris from
Seattle
Jan. 18.
Feb. 15
March 14
The Admiral
Wednesday’s
9 p. m.
Arrives
Seward
Jan. 25
Feb. 22
March 21
South from
Seward
Feb. 1
Feb. 29
March 28
Watson Southbound connects with
train on dates shown, sailing at
Wayne Blue,
Agent Seward,
Pacific Coastwise Service
j ^admiral line
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FREE USE TIMBER
AUSKA'RAILRDAD
IS DISCONTINUED
FOREST SERVICE PLACES TIE
CUTTING BUSINESS ON COM
MERCIAL STATUS
In accordance with an agreement j
reached recently between the For- J
ester and the General Manager of the
Alaska Railroad, the free use of tim
ber for The Alaska Railroad has been
discontinued, announces Forest Ran
ger Chas. H. Forward, in charge of
this area of the Chugach National
Forest and who returned to Seward I
j
Saturday from a two months vacation j
in Oregon, visiting his parents.
For some time past, he said, the
railroad has been purchasing ties in j
the open market rather than enter
into contracts for the cutting of mat
erial upon certain designated free
use areas within the forest.
This procedure places such trans
actions upon practically a straight
commercial basis, and involves a
heavier administrative cost t<? the
Forest Service.
Beginning on January 16 all timber
cut within the Chugach National For
est for the use of The Alaska Rail
road will be charged for at the pre- j
vailing stumpage prices. Free use of
timber will be allowed in all exist
ing sales where applied for by The j
Alaska Railroad. When such sales j
have been completed the usual re- j
funds will be made and the cases i
closed.
Continuing, Mr. Forward said, that
for some time past it has been found
impossible to grant free use of tim
ber to The Alaska Railroad from the
Tongass National Forest in south
eastern Alaska, due to the fact that
the material has been purchased
from sawmills which in turn pur
chase their logs on the open market.
It is impossible to determine from
whom any individual logs were se
cured, and the railroad w*as in no
way benefited by the granting of
free use of timber. The same diffi
culty has been encountered on the
Chugach National Forest at differ
ent times.
In this district, Mr. Forward re
marked, during the past few years,
free use has been granted to the
railroad, and through them to the in
dividuals cutting ties from the forest.
The railroad has not been doing the
cutting themselves or directly con
tracting for the cutting, and have
been buying the ties on the open mar
ket from the tie cutters for some
time. This places the cutters in the
same status as the loggers in south
eastern Alaska, and coupled with the
excessive administrative costs of
hanndling free use areas in contract
with the costs of straight commer
cial sales, has caused the free use of
timber, to the railroad to be discon
tinued, placing all tie sales under a
commercial sales basis. #
All timber sales agreements enter
ed into before January 16, 1928, as
has been mentioned previously, will
be allowed free use of timber which
is furnished to The Alaska Railroad,
and when such agreements are com
pleted the usual refund of deposit
will be made and the cases closed.
'All commercial and new sales on
and after January 16, will be on a
commercial basis and a minimum
stumpage price of five cents per tie
will be charged by the Forest Service.
This year is perhaps the last year
in which the railroad will be having
large tie requirements, and for the
next few years 20,000 ties will per
haps be the maximum amount cut
locally, Mr. Forward added. Contract
ed with the 55,000 which have been
cut each year between Seward and
Anchorage it can easily be seen that
the winter payroll from the woods
will be greatly decreased.
Paul Bloedhorn, Cordova jeweler,
who has spent the last few weeks in
Seward with the idea of entering in
to business locally, left for Cordova
on the S. S. Alaska. His plans are not
known.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
LONGS RANCH, AT FRYE BRUHN.
Chocolate and vanilla ice
cream. Schallerer’s Alaska
SCHOOL SUPPLIES. SCHALLER
ER'S ALASKA SHOP
Latest Brunswick phonographs and
records. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
*
Free on Saturday, Janu
ary 21. A box of Haas
fresh candy is free with cash
purchase of $1.00 or more at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
ELLIS BALL-CHILI MIT
XZ/_
EUL15 EALL' CHILI flltl
MADE IN SIZES FROM
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
Investigate the Ellis Mill First
NELS HAGEN
ALASKA AGENT
SEWARD
ALASKA
SCRIP ROOK EXERPS
NEW YORK, Mr. Robert M. Pat
terson, (formerly th/e Vicejpresidemt
of the Nat4onal Cash Register Co., has
given many lectures on Alaska and
is likewise much enthused with the
great Northland. He says; “The more
people know about our great Territory
in the northwest, the easier it will
be for you to get these things which
will help your people.”
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
FRIEDA ROMANOFF
Harriman Building Annex
In the offices of Jack McCord
All work treated in confidence
Rates Reasonable
— - £££ *
CURTIS R. MORFORD
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
D0N0H0E & DMOND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
DR. A. R. ROBERTS
DENTIST
Dental and Generali X-Ray Work
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
SEWARD GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Open to the public under the per
sonal supervision of DRS. R. J.
and C. E. ALCORN.
Seward, Alaska. Mftin 141.
Mercury Couldn’t Give Quicker Service
When it comes to Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service, we be
lieve we have reasons for boasting. Certainly we know we hole
the town’s high regard for the quality of our service.
So there’s a combination for you that you’ll appreciate. Your
clothes don’t go for long—and they^ome back like hew—and be
sides, the charges are moderate. If you phone Main 148 there’ll
be a driver at your door.
Seward Steam Laundry
MCMULLENS GROCERY
IS OFFERING:
CRESCENT VACUUM PACKED COFFEE AT per pound
3 CANS RELIANCE PEACHES IN 2 1-2 TINS
3 CANS RELIANCE APRICOTS IN 2 1-2 TINS
3 CANS RELIANCE PEARS IN 2 1-2 TINS
. .50c
-$l.
-$1.
-tl.
3 CANS RELIANCE PINEAPPLES IN 2 1-2 TINS-- $1.
This is not a special offer but our regular price
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