WHAT IS TRUTH?
Truth is that which is—unchange
able .Men’s concepts change, but
the truth never.
JESSIE WILEY
Developing, printing, enlarging
and framing at SYLVIA’S.
Old papers at The Gateway.
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Is 2our
Comfort Worth
’eight cents
a month?
A Kantleek Hot Water Bot
tle, costing $2.00 is guaran
teed to give you unleaking
service for at least two years.
JSold only at Rexall Drug
Stores.
SEWARD DRUG CO.
Th<? ^fexedciL Store
ELWYN SWETMANN
PHONE MAIN 132
Sealed bids will be received at j
the Office of the Bureau of In- |
;diai\ Affairs, Anchorage, until 2;
o’clock p. m. Saturday, June 20, |
: 1931, and then publicly opened,1
j for completion of construction of j
| Girls’ Dormitory, at Eklutna, re
iquiring concrete work, erection of
(brick chimneys, painting, plumb
jing, heating plant and laundry
: boilers.
The entire work will be included
jin one contract. Bids on items
only will not be accepted.
The successful bidder must give
ibond in the amount of 50 per cent
| of the contract price,
j Copies of the specifications and
j prescribed form of contract may
be obtained and plans of the
building may be inspected on ap
plication to the undersigned, or
to the station agents at Seward
and Fairbanks.
Bids should be forwarded in
sealed envelope addressed to the
! Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sup’t.
| Office, Anchorage, and marked
| “Bid on completing Dormitory
I Eklutna.”
I The right is reserved, as the in
terest of the government may re
quire, to reject any and all bids
and to waive any informality in
the bids received.
The Seward Steam Laundry has
been in the hands of tarrers the
past few days, a flew coat being
laid on the roof.
Always something new for your
j bridge party—ALASKA SHOP.
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
THE SMART HOSTESS
Uses or Gives as Prizes
NEWEST PARTY ACCESSORIES
from
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Hart Shaffner
and
Narx Suits
FINEST QUALITY
Snappy Patterns
$30.00 to $45.00
MEN’S OXFORDS
Solid Leather
$5.00 and $6.00
Urbach & Valade
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Clothing and Shoes
I
CONGOLEUM and AXMINISTER RUGS
All sizes from l/2 feet x 3 feet up to 12 feet x 15 feet
and the best grades of
UNOLEUM in BATTLESHIP BROWN, STRAIGHT
LINE INLAIDS, PRINTED PATTERNS, RUG BOR
DERS, and RUBBER MATTING BY THE YARD.
Our stock of Window Shades is also complete; sizes
from 30 inches up to 72 inches-Colors, Cream, Olive Drab
Just to give you an idea of our Oil Cloth department
look at our window display.
We will be glad to get your business.
Our Prices, and Service Will Please You. That is the
B and H—O. K.
CELEBRATE THE 4th of JULY IN SEWARD
i
To start the ball rolling we offer the following Special Prizes for the
Annual Marathon Race Classic: 1st Prize—One pair of Florsheim
Shoes. 2nd Prize—One Hardeman Hat. 3rd Prize—One $2 Cheney Tie.
Brown & Hawkins Corp.
Phone I Fuel Dept. j Phone I Phone
Clo. Dept. Mad. 80 Phone Mad. 80 I Gro. Dept. Main 1 Hdwre. Dept. Adams 80
SEWARD-QUALITY FIRST-ALASKA
REPORT STEADY INCREASE
WASHINGTON, June 8, (/P)—
| A steady increase in the use of
! commercial airplanes in the U.
js. during 1930 was reported by
i the commerce department. Average
; fare decreased during the period
; from 12 to seven and three-eights
! cents per mile.
LESS THAN PRE-WAR
WASHINGTON. June 8, (/P.)—
j Government figures show that
American farmers are selling their
products at less than pre-war
i figures and are paying more than
! one third more for what they con
sume.
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FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, June 8, (IP)—
-With the five year aviation pro
! gram drawing to a close the output
I of naval aviators from the training
schools at Pensacola, Florida, by the
Bureau of Aeronautics department
| of the navy may be curtailed some
| what.
BIG BODY GUARD
NE WYORK, June 8, (/P)—The
Italian ambassador to the United
States when he walked down the
gangway of the liner Saxonia was
flanked by a dozen policemen de
tailed to protect him from any pos
sible demonstrations.
RADIO-OPERATED PLANE
HOUSTON, Tex., June 8, (IP)—
A crowd of 5,000 persons was thrill
ed by the operation of a monoplane
ostensibly by radio from another
plane at the municipal airport here.
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I OIL LOWEST IN HISTORY
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 8, (IP)
Prices for mid continent crude
oil were near the lowest level
in the history of the area as the
result of reductions operators at
tempted to overproduction in the
new fields.
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TRAIN DERAILED
FELTON, Penns.,. June 8, (/P)—
| Twenty cars in a freight train
were derailed and tore down about
’ a hundred telegraph poles. Traffic
i on the Baltimore and Ohio, be
tween Washington and New York
was stopped temporarily and tele
graph communication delayed. No
one was injured in the mishap.
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Old papers at The Gateway.
Phone for Horluck’s Danish Ice
Cream and we will deliver. Candy
Cottage.
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Have you tried the IVIelotone
records? Three for $1.00. ALASKA
SHOP.
— HARDWARE, STOVES, RANGES —
Paints, Oils, Furniture, Hardware, Linoleum, Glass
TINNING and PLUMBING
Mirakel Prism Binoculars—Field Glasses
Phone Madison 87
J. L. Craef
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PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ... .
We have enjoyed the confidence of Seward jv
and Alaska people since the opening of this
banking institution—for over 25 years.
Travelers’ Checks 1
Resources, $600,000
Bank of Seward
Seward . . ... . . . . Alaska
We pay 4 per cent interest compound semi
annually on all savings accounts.
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