THREE AND TWO ROOM APART
MENTS FOR RENT AT J. L. GRAEF’S.
Hm Candy—Fresh shipment on every boat.
The Alaska Shop
Pure Bred Stock
Produces all of
Seward Dairy
Milk
Seward
Dairy
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Hot and cold water in
All Rooms
Rooms with or without
Baths
Oscar Dahl
DEDICATED TO ALASKANS
Aleutian History
L
J. N. Cannon
The following is practically a literal translation
from the Russian taken from the manuscript of Fr.
Gedeon, priest-monk of the Alexandro-Nevsky Cathe
dral, Moscow, Russia, and was written in Kodiak be
tween 1804 and 1807. It has never before appeared in
print.
• Continued from yesterday
At maternity, women were taken
to a separate zimnick (hut), near
their homes, the babushka (mid
wife) was summoned. After de
livery, the babushka tied the um
bilical cord with sinew, washed the
child in cold water and rubbed it
with seal or cod liver oil. Female
infants were named after mor
thers, grandmothers; male infants
after fathers, grandfathers or bos
om friends—for no matter who you
are, you are some mother’s ehild.
Five days after child-birth in
older women or ten days after
ward in younger women, the ban
ya (bath) was heated with hot
rocks and mothers and infants
were bathed and returned to their
homes. While the mothers are in
their huts, none of the men are al
lowed to enter their huts. ‘‘Re
garding the isolation of mothers
! and care of infants, I gave neces
isary instructions to toyons in the
event of winter or extreme cold
weather.”—Gedeon.
SPARE THE ROD
The rearing of children consists
mainly in not allowing children
to cry, even one of 7 years old;
as a consequence, it may be as
sumed that parents loved their
children tenderly. They never
gave corporal punishment, either
to the young or half-grown, but
merely admonished them; when
ever this didn’t produce a change,
it was given before elders. Should |
the latter means prove ineffect
ive. the child was considered a
fool or a savage.
At present, fathers and mothers
teach the young to greet people
and pray to God. The girls com
mence to work at six years, make
thread, weave ingenious mats and
observe cleanliness. During pas
time boys make arrows, small bi
darahs, bidarcas, paddles, throw i
arrows on the beach, and in gen
eral, accustom themselves to fut
ure occupations. They assist on
the rivers in preparing food sup
plies; at 14, they are taught to
ride in bidarcas, fish in calm wea
ther and spear birds; at 16, they
are taken by fathers or relatives
on sea otter hunts.
Continued Monday
Colonel Ohlson states that his ef
forts to promote the reindeer in
dustry as a means of providing ad
ditional tonnage for the railroad,
have been given considerable en
couragement by the General Poods
corporation, which controls the
Birdseye quick freezing process, ac
cording to the Anchorage Times.
The General Foods corporation,
is displaying real interest in the
project and has agreed to send ex
perts to Alaska this year to make
a study of the situation. The plan,
if carried out by that concern, is to
do its slaughtering at Cantwell and
freezing at Seward, the coast town
having been selected so that fresh
fish, as well as reindeer meat, can
be handled.
Amanda’s Hand Laundry
We give service, Reasonably
Call for and Deliver
Phone Madison 126
By (he sack or carload
—NANIMO—
Nut or mine run
Range coal in sack or bulk
-EVAN JONES—
Lump or mine run
—PREMIER—
and mine run coal—Try it
-HEALY LUMP
WOOD—ICE—HAY—GRAIN
Alaska-Transfer
—Telephone MAin 81, Arcade Building—
—H. V. Hoben A. F. Davis—
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Write for additional information
HAY — GRAIN — MEATS — HIDES — LUMBER
LOGS — COAL — WOOL — PULP — FURS
SALT PISH— KELP — BEAR GALL
Samples and price of Alaskan products want
ed by the undersigned for export
Kawabe Investment Co
Harry Sotaro Kawabe, President and Manager
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS
Seward, Alaska
P. O. BOX 132
Branch Office in Connection:
UNION TRADING COMPANY, Osaka, Japan,
PACIFIC TRADING COMPANY, Tokyo; Japan.
802 American Bank Building, Seattle, Wash.
ORE CRUSHING
The earliest crushing machine
used in mining and milling was the
arrastra, being introduced at the
same time as the patio process in
1557.
Seattle lee Cream and Fresh Candies at
Sytria’a.
I LEGAL NQTICE
PROBATE COURT, TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION,
BRISTOL BAY ‘ PRECINCT, Es
tate of J. C. Lowe, deceased;
NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that
hearing of objections to the fin
I ai account of the undersigned
j and the settlement thereof will
be held on May 19, 1931.
... Dated March 19, 1931.
Margueritte Lowe, executrix,
First pub. Mar. 20, 1931, last
| publication April 20, 1931.
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The Panhandle
Tobaccos
Candies
Cards
Soft Drinks
Larsen — Ed Mahle
Proprietors j
LOOKING BACK HR
MB'S HALF TERM
March 4, 1929—Inaugurated as
president.
June, 1929—Signed farm relief
bill.
July, 1929—Kellogg-Briand peace
pact declared in effect.
October, 1929—Met Premier Mac
Donald and planned London na
val conference.
November, 1929—Conferred with
leaders of industry and finance
on stabilization of business.
December, 1929—Signed French
war debt agreement.
February, 1930—Named Charles
E. Hughes chief justice.
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May, 1930 — Parker nomination
for supreme court rejected by
senate.
May, 1930—Vetoed Spanish war
pension bill, later repassed over
veto by congress.
June, 1930 — Signed Hawley
Smoot tariff.
July, 1930—Signed London naval
treaty.
February, 1931—Signed drought
relief bill.
February, 1931—Vetoed veterans
bonus bill.
March 4, 1931—Halfway point of
administration.
To remove surplus moisture from
cotton before it is ginned, a drier
of the blower type is now being
produced.
“I Surrender Dear,’* beanttfal new Bruns
wick. record now at the Alaska Shop.
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New Arrivals
The Very Latest in
PRINTED CHIFFON DRESSES
Just in time for the Purple Bubble Ball
We are featuring these with in your purse
SPECIAL $16.75
ALSO A FULL NEW LINE OF LADIES AND CHILDRENS
SPRING COATS
VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
Steam Heat
i. S. BADGEK Prop.
Advanced Refrigeration
Continually working tor the ad
vancement of domestic electric re
frigeration, engineers of Frigidaire
Corporation have made it possible
for this General Motors subsidiary
this year,;to present a household
refrigerator with many refinements
and improvements, according to an
announcement by the local repre
sentative. Economy, efficiency and
beauty have been the guiding stars
of these engineers and as a result
the Frigidaire of today operates at
much lower cost, freezes more ice
cubes faster, has an interior and
exterior finish of durable white
porcelain-on-steel and provides
more shelf space than before.
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP
Ch?s. Lechner — Seward Agent