FRATERNAL ORDERS
CEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second ana
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows'
Hali at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Mrs. J. P. Han
non, W. M.; W. C. Erwin, secretary.
SEWARD RE8EKAH 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. Jennie Paul
son, N. G., Sigrid E. Merritt, Sec’y.:
IGLOO rxO. 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.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
t and third Tues
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Odd Fellows
Hall. All visit- i
i n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER. Secretary.
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communlcatlona first
third Wednesdays of each
/\r\month>; visiting brethren wel
come. Carl E. Orlander, W. M.; J. H.
Flickinger, Secretary.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting brothers welcome.
Peter S. Lalios, N. G., Ludvig Lars
son, secretary.
THE PANHANDLE
Soft Drinks and Candies
Cigars and Tobaccos
CARD TABLES
James Stewart — John Lofgren
Proprietors
Phone Madison 54
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
U. S. BUNKER COIL
TAXED IN CANADA
MUST HEREAFTER PAY DUTY OF
FIFTY CENTS TON .WHEN
LOADED IN THE EASAT
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. (/P)—Bunker
coal of American origin must hereaf
ter pay a duty of 50 cents a ton when
taken on at Montreal and ports oast.
The new ruling went into effect
January 1. The privileged position of
bunker coal on the Pacific continues
unchanged.
The new regulation gives Canadian
mines protection on bunker coal in
eastern Canadian ports, the duty-free
privilege remaining force west of
Montreal. Bituminous coal is regu
larly dutiable at 50 cents per ton, but
duty free entry of bunker coal has
heretofore been permitted at Cana
dian ports.
J. B. Gottstein, Anchorage whole
sale grocer, was among the arrivals
on the S. S. Admiral Watson from
Cordova.
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the law firm of Hoyt and Stephens,
they announced Thursday.
Young Ratliff, who has been in the
city a little more than a week,
Thursday revealed a story as amaz
ing as any fiction written about the
famous Klondike country. In their
investigation of the details, the at
torneys announced that “everything
possible to check in so sliort a time,
has been found to tally with the
boy’s - story.”
Fled From School
Ratliff is 23 years old. With his
fraction of Chickasaw Indian blood
urging him to adventure, he ran a\vay
from school when he was 17 years
old, going to Alaska.
There, in the space of six years, he
found what he sought; was elected
president of a $30,000,000 ruby silver
mine in which he became a majority
stockholder; was made financial
agent; came back to the middle-west
for financial backing, and was stab
bed, waylaid and threatened with a
sentence to the penitentiary until he
“signed some papers.”
Experiences of a lifetime have been
crowded into that six years for Rat
liff—a period in which he saw for
tunes won and lost in the mining
game—a period in which his own
small capital was turned into a po
tential fortune, only to wind up in a
bitter fight for millions.
Boyhood Wish Realized
“I wanted to go to Alaska ever
since I was a bay,” the youngster
stated gravely. “My first job up there
was as a time keeper on the railroad,
but it included dumping work, and
counting ties, and that sort of thing.
“I met a mighty fine old gentleman,
Harry Wertz. But I met lots of folks
and didn’t realize what a friend Wer
tz was until he began acting like a
father to me. I knew he had some
mine property, but I didn’t pay much
attention to that. In 1923 I came
home to Purcell, bought a filling sta
tion, and lived there for nearly two
years.”
It was in this interval that Ratliff’s
father -was killed when a maniac ran
amuck on the streets of Purcell.
“My stepmother and I were left, and
I went back to Alaska,” he said.
He arrived in Seward, “gateway to
Alaska,” late in 1925, leased the Over
land hotel, and began to make a
“stake.” One day a man by the name
of W. B. Deaner, an oldtimer, came to
the hotel, and began negotiating with
Wertz for his mining property at
Chulitna, Ratliff said.
“Mr. Wertz was scared of corpora
tions, and Deaner represented some
Eastern firm. Wertz wouldn’t sell
and because everybody knows every
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Try our Seattle ice cream.
Sylvia’s.
Picture Framing. Schallerer’s Alas
ka Shop.
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
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SPECIAL MERCHANTS LUNCH 50c
11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
FISHERS’ CAFE
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
LOOKING AHEAD
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of
the Northland, and justifies all Alaskans in holding to their firm
faith in the Territory’s possibilities and worth. By aiming high and
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with Al
askan progress can accomplish much. “Looking Ahead’’ to still great
er things, and planning and working accordingly, is the one way that
a high purpose can be realized. *
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pain
stakingly striding towards a great goal—the .greater development of
Alaska; and that the future is bright and promising is attested by
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi
ties. The Alaska Railroad is “Looking Ahead.”
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaska
BiNEW MODEL NO. 32 ATWATER
KENT SEVEN-TUBE RADIO RE
■ CEIVING SET $145, WITHOUT
Builders’ Supplies | BATTERIES
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
FOR THE WESTWARD FEB. 7
G. C. Hendcfrsoiv Agent
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD, ALASKA
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Vessel Lv Seattle Lv. Seward
Northbound Southbound
Victoria _-Jan. 22-Jan. 29 Midnite
Alaska .—-Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Midnite
Freighter Tanana_Feb. 2
Reduced Southbound round trip fares now in effect.
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent.
Regularly and J)ependab/y
S.S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Leaves
Seattle
Jan. 19
Feb. 16
Mar. 16
Arrives
Seward
Jan. 26
Feb. 23
Sails South
from Seward
Feb. 2*
Mar. 2*
Mar. 23 Mar. 30
(*) Connecting with train
Reduced round trip fares in effect from Nov. 1st to
Feb. 28th. Final return limit passenger must leave
Seattle on or before March 25th. Fare Seward to
Seattle and return $125.00.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Residence Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
IH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT