Former Convict Make
Poor Bank President
PARIS, Dec., 24, (Jp)—Exconvicts
have proved to be so unsatisfactory
as bankers that the Government
has introduced a bill to keep them
out of the money handling profes
sion.
For generations France has had
periodical explosions of indignation
over big-scale frauds by gentlemen
wearing silk hats but with prison
records who opened mahogany
fitted banks and carried off the de
posits.
HESSON PIPES WON’T LEAK,
WON’T DRIP, WON’T SMELL,
CANNOT GET STRONG. YOU CAN
MOKE IT EVERYDAY—YET IT
STAYS CLEAN ALWAYS $4.00 AND
$7.50. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Excellent line of Columbia
records at Sylvia’s. Newest
of hits.
PITCHER RELEASED
j oT. LOUIS. Dec., 24, (/P)—Flir
Rheirs. one of the pitching heroes
the St. Louis Cardinals in thei
jnennant season of 1926. has bee
waived out of the Mayor League
~,nd h-* bn"-n releaesd to the Mm
neapolis of the American Associa
tion.
13 ARRESTED
| Thirteen arrests for alleged vioia
jtions of the game and trappin
; regulations were made by Warden
;Frank Dufresne and H. W. Jewell o
jthe Alaska Game Commission, wh
I returned to Juneau last week on th
patrol boat Seal Capt. Roy Wheelei
I Sam Estes, police editor, left to
day for Moose Pass to spend Xma
with his folks.
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F rye-Brutin’s Baby Beet i« enei
celled.
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TRY AN ICE CREAM FIE. Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop.
Pacific Flight Plan
tails To Win Funds
TOKYO, Dec., 24, (£>)—Failure
of the ambitious plans of the Im
perial Aviation Society for a Japan
ese trans-Pacific flight has been
publicly acknowledged in the regis
tration of all the officers anddiree
tors of the societv except one.
This was Lieut Gen. Gaishi Nago- |
aka, one of the directors, who from j
the first had opposed the flight
plans and hence was not called on
to accept responsibility for the fail
ure. Baron Yoshira Sakatani, form
er Minister of Finance, chairman of
the society, was first to offer his
resignation.
| As ?.n invigorating- and thrilling
;'Vinter sport and also to serve a use
ful purpose the soldiers at the Chu
koot Barracks are gohig to take up
j-kiing this winter on an intensive
scale and are determined to master
[some or the finer points of the
'•port.
Trappers in the Wasilla district
are reported to be meeting with
encouraging results in their cam
paign against coyotes.
|
HE CARRY THE BEST BRANDS
OF CANDY MANUFACTURED IN
THE UNITED STATES BOTH IN
BULK AND BOX. The Candy Cot
tage.
1
SEIZE MACHINE GUNS
VIENNA, Dec.. 24, UP)—\ plot by
supporters of Archduke Albrecht to
seize the throne of Hungary was
seen in the seizure of a shipment of
machine gun parts on a Danube
River boat.
Fo< in) Kind of
GENEKAl he. pairing
(i* 1 iiUitiv£,LiOi\
Leave Call at The NORTHERN j
Typewriters and sewing machine*'
made as good as new H
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SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
Elwyn Svvetmann, Prop.
7/^ J^XClidL Sto™
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
8TEAM HEAT
J. S. BADGER
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TO THE RESIDENTS OF SEWARD
AND VICINITY
We thank you for your good will toward
us during the past year and express our appreci
ation of the pleasant relations which have grown
. between us.
Merry Christmas to you and to all those un
d# your roof.
May our good wishes bring you a happy
and Prosperous New Year.
URBACH & VALADE
mimm
WASHINGTON, Dec.,
The harvesting season
24, (JP)—
Of 1928
finds the nation with a full lar
der of agricultural products and
their purchasing power in terms
i of other commodities within 12
per cent of the 1904-14 pre-war
period. The total crop production
was 7.6 per cent above the average
of the last 10 years.
The independence of the United
States of all foreign producers of
notash seem? assured as a result of
the progress made in potash ex
plorations, it is stated in a recent
report of the Det>artinent of the
Interior.
Verteallv everv agricultural sta
ple product grown in the United
States has produced more than an
average yield this year.
Ha^urii from fire to w<\' h air
mail is suoiected is no greater than i
that attendant noon transportation j j
of mail by railroad and steamship (
savs Acting Postmaster General I.
Glover.
The United States consumes out)
half of the world’s annual produc
tion of tin.
n
“Tar HeeY’Farmers
Do Well With Bees
RALEIGH, N. D.( Dec., 24, (A5)—As
a farm industry in North Carolina,
bee-keepin gis a two and one-half
million dollar enterprise.
C> T. Sams, State Agricultura'
extension specialist, says the honey
alone is valued at that figure.
Twelve years ago it was worth only
$468,914.18.At that time there were
only 20 farmers who had 100 or
more colonies, and not a person in
the State devoted full time to the
industry. A total of 164,956 colonies
produced 4 262,856 pounds of honey.
REFFEL WHILE IN AIR
WASHINGTON, Dec., 24, (/P)—
Tv/o army air corps airplanes com
pleted refueling operations while
flvhig hign over rhe Virginia hill«
The gasoline was lowered thru a
hose suspended from the higher
Diane
A proposal to ling Fairbanks and (
the States by an i nternational t
highway which would extend thru ; .
Yukon Territory and British Col- ! '
umbia was advanced in Fairbanks j
last week. i,
F. S. Coast and Geodetic Survt> ! ’
Chart’ and Tide Tables. SCHAL S
LERLR S ALASKA SHOP. \
Plum and Fig Pudding at BROWN ^
& HAWKINS. t
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
s
No hemstiching after the 15th
'intil after Christmas. Gordon’s
WORK—bv the day or hour by ex
perienced colored woman. Adams
156.
OR SALE— Console victorola and
records like new $45. See Urbach, j
WANTED—Work by hour or day,
General housework except cook
ing- also garden work. Phon*
Madison 19 for Sam, Japanese
i boy
PIE
CAKES
BREAD
ROLLS
PASTRY
COOKIES
Place advance
As a grand and glorious cli
max to the tastiest dinner
in the history of your kit
chen, serve pastries from
the SEWARD BAKERY.
The freshest, the most del
icious Bakery products in
the city issue forth from our
ovens. No advance from our
regular moderate prices.
orders by telephoning Madison 82
FOR THE FAMILY FEAST
TELEPHONE MAIN 130
WE DELIVER
What ever courses precede
and what ever delicacies
may follow, the high mark
of expectancy—the pivotal
point of festive enjoyment
will be the roast whether it
be fowl or flesh. For cer—
tainty of success, choose it
here at moderate prices!
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20% Cash Discount!
TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS I
ENDING DECEMBER 25th, viz: j
LINOLEUM AND LENOLEUM RUGS I
PAINTS, FLOOR LAMPS AND FLASH
LAMPS. GLASS AND CHINA-WARE, CUT
LERY; DOLLS, TOYS AND NOVELTIES \
J. L. GRAEF |
' £
Maii Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention £
Phone Madison 87 Seward Alaska $