tlie
NEW
the modern
oil
A STANDARD OBL PRI* * CT
CITY EXPRESS
Agents for
rHE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
Sample Room in Connection
Baggage Stored
Connection made with all
steamers, trains and hotels
“We hcver sleep”
Phone Main 122
Harold Painter, Prop.
Successor to Billy Paterson
URGE HIIS Ifll
AL1ISK1I REMAIN
LITTLE KNOWN
SKWENTNA COUNTRY IS DE
SCRIBED IN OFFICIAL BUL
LETIN JUST ISSUED
Although more than 60 years
has passed since Alaska, “Seward’s
Folly,” was purchased from Rus
sia, says the Geological Survey,
there are still large areas in that
northern territory about which li
tle more is known today than be
fore the transfer to the American
flag. However, it is to be remem
' bered that Alaska contains 586,400
square miles—nearly one-fifth the
area covered by the United States
itself. The task of mapping this
great wilderness has been in pro
gress since 1898 by the Geological
Survey, and although it is still far
from completed, each year shows
| progress in the inventory that Un
jcle Sam is making of his northern
| possessions.
i In a new, unexplored country,
A WEEKLY INSPECTION
A weekly inspection of shoes if
.i good habit.
Keeping the heels and soles lev
el helps one to continue their good
health.
The Seward Leather Works is
"quipped to keep them In repair
THE GEM
CIGAR STORE
Cigars, Candy
Soft Drinks
STATIONARY, MAGAZINES
XIJRL Y”
Proprietor.
SATISFACTION ALWAYS
OUR CLEANING AND PRESSING DEPARTMENT IS
SECOND TO NONE
Every Thursday the laundry is open visitors
THE MOST MODERN LAUNDRY IN THE TERRITORY
SFWMD STEAM LAUfiDfiY
HARKY KAWABE Prop. —.o.—* PHONE MAIN 148
THE BREAD WITH A REPUTATION
The kind of bread, c kes,
pies, cookies and pastries
they all like.
Staple bakery goods made from the very best
of ingredients.
I where streams are too swift foi
I boating and the only trails ar<
jthose of the wild animals, th<
.surveyor must still use the primi
! tive methods of transport—the
| slow but sure pack horse and the
; boat dragged by hand through wa
jter too swift for even a moderr
power boat. Both of these meth
jods were used by the Geological
Survey expedition that in 1926 un
jdertook to extend topographic and
i geologic surveys into the upper
(portion of the basin of Skwentna
1 river.
j The Skwentna is a large west
ern tributary of the Susitna river
and drains a hitherto unexplored
| area in the heart of the Alaska
j range south and east of Rainy
Pass. The party of four camp
;hands in addition to the topo
jgrapher and geologist, with 16
pack horses and two tons of sup
plies and equipment, was divided
i into two parts. The pack train,
| with four men, was carried by
launch and scow from Anchorage,
| on the Alaska railroad, to the west
shore of Cook Inlet, to travel over
1 a trailless country to the upper
basin of the Skwentna river. The
other men, with most of the sup
plies, provided with a shallow
draft boat and outboard motor,
| proceeded up the Susitna, Yent
jna, and Skwentna rivers, travel
ling by the use of the motor where
(that was possible, and wading and
j dragging the boat by hand through
the miles of rapids. At the point
where even this kind of boating
i was no longer possible the two
i parties joined and traveled south
jward up the Skwentna river into
jthe very heart of the great moun
tain range. No human being was
seen during a period of over two
months, and even the few signs
j of native camps indicated that
'they were 20 or 30 years old. In
September, when the approach of
winter put an end to the work,
the expedition retraced its own
route to the coast.
As a result of the season’s work
about 700 square miles of hitherto
unexplored territory was mapped
geologically and topographically,
and 350 square miles, previously
mapped in an exploratory way,
was remapped and corrected. This
work gave a clue to the position
and courses of the rivers that
drain many thousand square miles
of one of America’s great moun
tain ranges, and to routes of ap
proach to other unexplored areas.
The results of this exploration
nave just been issued by the U.
3. Geological Survey as Bulletin
797-B, by Stephen R. Capps, in
vhich the geography and geology
3f the Skwentna river country are j
described. The report is accom
panied by a map on a scale of 1
ibout 4 miles to the inch, on
vhieh the drainage and the dis
tribution of the rock formations i
ire shown. The report may be
purchased from the Superintend
ent of Documents at 15c a copy.
EASTMAN KOBaRS AND PHO
TOGRAPHIC SLPPJAES. Scliailer i
;r’s Alaska Shop
I FOR RENT. Apartment. See Mrs.
Paulson.
FOR SALE—Sewing machine, cheap
’Phone: Madison 27.
WORK WANTED— Plain sewing
and alternations. Madison 27.
WANTED — Steady year-around
work preferred by day or month.
Please, notify Peter Lalios or
leave information at Seward Drug
Store. 3x
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FOR SALE CHEAP. Buick auto in
good condition. Five passengers
car. Inquire Ogle’s Garage.
WANTED:—Work by hour or the
day, by two colored women. Call
Madison 144.
WANTED—Work by hour or clay,
house cleaning, window washing, I
or gardening. Phone Madison 19
for Sam, Japanese boy.
ERROR IN GRADUATES
I In an article telling of the pro
motion of the six eighth grade pu- j
ipils to high school, which appear
jed in yesterday’s issue of “Sew-1
ard’s Folly,” June Geyer’s name
was inadvertently omitted. It is j
an error which the staff of the
| “Folly” regrets. The mistake would
(have been rectified before the pa
per went to press, if it had been
possible.
High water 12:30 a. m.
! Low water 7:08 p. m.
High water 1:26 a. m.
(Low water 6:51 p. m.
9.5 ft.
1.0 ft.
7.7 ft.
2.0 ft.
I W. F. Mencenbach well known
mine operator ajacent to the rail
road, southern division, is paying
a visit in the city having arrived
last evening.
IF YOU HAVEN’T TRIED FRYE
BRUHN’S BABY BEEF, you are
certainly missing something.
PURE UNADULTERATED ICE
’REAM 50 c. PINT $1.00 A QUART.
Schalierer’s Alaska Shop.
OSBO’S ELECTRIC
SHOP
8eward, Alaska
For service cat! Madison 12.
House wiring, boat wiring an
repairing. We stock up-to-dat
light fixtures
TABLE AND FLOOR LAMP$
Electrical appliances wiring
materials, radio batteries, tube
and supplies
EDISON MAZDA LAMPS
Any size and voltage
Mail orders promptly attende
MADE A BRIEF TRIP
William,, Regan, United States
Commissioner at Iliamna, made £
trip to Iliamna village, recently,
from his home down the lake, on
business matters connected with
his office. Commissioner regan
has a brother, John Regan, who
is a member of the marshal’s staff
at Valdez.
Eaton Crane Ac Pike stationary.
SCHALLERER’S ALASKA SHOP.
GERHART
JOHNSEN
CONTRACTOR
PLASTERING
&
STUCCO WORK
P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa.
The best place for
CLEANING, PRESSING
AND ALTERATIONS
at
*■' Henning’s
TAILOR SHOP
THE
ALASKA
RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE—7:30 A. M.
Wednesdays and Saturdays
TRAINS ARRIVE—7: P. M.
Mondays and Fridays
SEWARD CASH & CARRY
GROCERY CO.
Five Pounds of New Potatoes . 45c
Tomatoes, per Pound.30c
Our HAM and BACON arrived on this boat
L. M. Douglas, Mgr. Phone Madison 93
NEW SHIPMENT
COSTUME JEWELRY
Latest Eastern Novelties
Extensive Showing of
WASH FROCKS
All Sizes
CARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
WHOLESALERS “ RETAILERS
of
Beef, Pork, Mutton and Poultry
-oof all kinds
Quality and Courtesy is Our Motto
HAMS, BACON, BUTTER AND EGGS
SOLD AT WHOLESALE PRICES
Phone Main 130
We deliver any where at any time
Gus Manthey, Manager