A Full Line of
Birthday and Greeting
CARDS
Ice Cream Made Daily
High Grade Candies
FRAMED PICTURES. CURIOS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS
SYLVIAS
Phone Adams 128
ARON ERICSON
Signs Wall Paper
PAINTER & DECORATOR
CITY EXPRESS
Bill]; Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
SHORTLEY’S
ROOMING HOUSE
The only house in Seldo
via having hot and cold
water and bath.
Seldovia, Alaska.
STOP AT
HOTEL SEATTLE
when in Andhorage, Alaska
HOT AND COLD WATER
IN ALL ROOMS
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. MclSAAC, Prop.
Hofman’s Rooming
House
THE BELMONT
FOR LABORING MEN
Call Adams 126 for Labor
SEWARD, ALASKA
Orlander
Jeweler
Dealer in Watches
and Clocks, Nugget
Jewelry, Old Ivory,
Curios, and a full line
of goods usually car
ried in a first class
Jewelry store.
Watches Repaired on
Short Notice
After taking two drinks of bootleg
whiskey, James Darham of Chicago
thought he was a fish and was arrest
ed for trying to swim in the streets.
Australia is planning to encourage
scientific goat farming on a large
scale.
Dunhill Pipes, ?I0 each—Schauller
er’s Alaska Shop. *
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows Hall; F. B.
Moore, President; C. M. Brosius, Sec
retary.
CEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeeta the second and
fourth Mondays of each
i month in Odd Fellows’
I Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Dorothy Urbach,
W. M.; E. Ld. «weeK, secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A.
I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Hilma Peter
son, in. u., sigria m. Merritt, sec y.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Tues
r day each month
t at 8 p. m., at
1 Odd Fellow®
Hall. All visit
i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER. Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
Stated communications first
fey and third Wednesdays of each
fSr\months visiting brethren wel
come, H. V. Hoben, W. M.; Elwyn
Swetmann, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
Meets every Thursday at
^**“^*0 8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows'
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visltlhg
brothers welcome. Ludvig Larsson,
N. G.. Charles Lechner. secretary.
Picture rraming—Scnallerer’s Alas
ka Shop.
I. O. O. F,
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
GIVES INTERESTING
TALK NOME REGION
R. W. J. REED, INFORMS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE MEMBERS OF
GENERAL ACTIVITIES; RESI
DENT OF NOME FOR THE LAST
27 YEARS
In an informative talk at the Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon at Fisher’s
cafe last Tuesday, R. W. J. Reed, dep
uty U. S. customs official, related gen
eral activities in the Nome district,
a country which he is thoroughly con
versant, no doubt much better than
the majority for he spent 27 winters
there. And he went there to stay but
a year.
He spoke instructively on the diffi
culties which confronted the Nome
Chamber of Commerce until two years
ago when the solid cooperation of
everyone was procured. As a result
he said ample funds are always on
the right side of the ledger for almost
any undertaking within reason.
He had heard much about Alaska
coal while residing in Nome but had
never burned any until he arrived in
SewaVd last week. He finds it every
bit as good as the coal imported at
Nome, mostly a British Columbia pro
duct. Over 100,000 tons a year is
shipped to Nome and he has seen it
sell, at a retail price of $15.00 a ton
and at one time he recalled the coal
brought $125.00 a ton. At the present
time it is selling at from $30.00 to
$32.00 a ton. Nome business people
contemplated bringing down the Yu
kon a barge load of Alaska coal, ap
proximately 500 tons, but due to the
ocean haul, the idea was abandoned.
They have a very good grade of coal
at Cape Lisburn but, as he pointed
out, the cost of operating, due to the
stormy, bleak coast, is practically
! prohibitive. A shelter harbor must
be constructed before it can be hoped
i
to produce coal from that field.
Conditions in the Nome district,
even tho there was a shortage of wa
ter until late in the Fall, were healthy
and altogether a good year was en
joyed by the operators and business
people. Mr. Reed estimated $1,500,
000 in gold would be the output of
the region this year.
Then they have the herring indus- j
try, on a small scale, but nevertheless
recognized as the best herring in the
world. Herring from that district has |
always commanded the highest price
on the market, he added.
The reindeer industry is thriving
and this year at least 750,000 pounds j
will have been sold. Due to freight j
rates it is the purpose of owners of |
herds to attempt to drive the deer
closer to transportation, segregate the
male an female and quarter them in
stead of shipping the carcass with the
hide on. Leaving the hide on the ani
mal and with the natural animal heat
in the carcass, has the tendency of
making the meat turn sour. This, it
is believed, will be entirely eliminated
under the new plan, just stated.
The Siberian trade has been en
tirely shut off for the last two years,
but in 1927 every indications points
to the fact this business source will
once more be established.
Fine Leatner Purses and Hand Bags
—Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Seward Weekly Gateway 12 pages.
Gateway.
IF YOU ARE PARTICULAR
about your food, telephone your order to us
(Seward Trading Company, Inc.) Our clerks are
m our employ Decause
they know how to fol
low instructions. I f
you prefer your fruit or
vegetables ripe instead
of half green, ask for
them well-ripened and
you will get them. We
offer you all the ad
vantages oi personal choice in shopping without
disadvantage of spending so much time in the choice
SEWARD TRADING CO. Inc.
Phone MAIN 135 for Courteous Service.
JOE STANTON, Mgr.
Agents for Dupont Powder, Caps and Fuses
■ajtfcrfmS&a.
! SIMPLY
DELICIOUS
Other breads have come
and gone BUT—
Mother’s Bread
When mother tells the
children to get bread
i they know she means
■ MOTHER’S BREAD.
\ Popularity is greater
i than ever.
There is no more mod
ern plant in Alaska than
the—
SEWARD
BAKERY
i ■ _
Dairy Lunches from
‘ i early morn to late at
night.
GEORGE SCHMITT, Prop.
1 PHONE MADISON 82
1 SUNTRANA I
1 HEALY RIVER COAL f
j | The satisfaction obtained in the use of
| Healy River Coal for Domestic pur
= poses in the Homes has earned for it |
§ the designation |
(“The Housewife’s Delight” I
Low in Ash—No soot and at a price 1
that fits the pocket book. Order a ton 1
today.
j HEALY RIVER COAL CORP. I
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