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TOMORROW’S TIDES
High water
Low water
High water
Low water
2:56 a. m. 7.1 ft.
8:09 a. m. 3.5 ft.
2:13 p. m. 9.0 ft.
9:10 r>. m. 0.8 ft.
WINTER IS THERE
j Below freezing weather in Fair
banks is what the Interiorites are
iUp against now, according to late
1 arrivals in Seward. A week ago
Sunday the Chena slough froze
up tight as a drum.
The Northern Lights, resembling
a green curtain hanging across
the sky and dripping fire, was
the extraordinary sight viewed
locally last night.
ONE STAMP QUART* MILL FOR
SALE at J. L. Graef.
Let the Worlds *
*
Largest
Store
Help
You
MARKET YOUR FURS
Our offer is to act as your agent in selling every marketable pelt you
send us at the highest price being paid the day it is received.
THIS SERVICE IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. ALL WE ASK IN
RETURN IS YOUR GOOD WILL.
Our Proven Service
Will Increase Your Income
During the three years we have marketed furs for customers, we have
always obtained higher prices for them than they could get by any other
means.^ You take no chances when you ask us to sell your furs. The assur
ance of 40 years of honesty and square dealing, which has made Sears,
Roebuck and Co. truly the World’s Largest Store, is behind this free
service just as much as it is behind every sale of merchandise we make.
We Flatly Guarantee You Highest Prices
Please understand we do not buy furs ourselves but simply sell them for
you. What we do is guarantee you highest prices, fair grading, immediate
returns. You receive every penny your furs bring, without delay.
Do not ask for price lists. The money saved by not issuing them is
added to your fur check. Experience shows that our customers have con
fidence in us and require no quotations.
Send us only legally taken furs. We will not knowingly market illegal
shipments. We cannot market tanned furs. Furs will be held separate
only if request to do so accompanies shipment —even then we will not
hold them if there is danger of spoilage. Remember, we make nothing
selling • -r furs. All the profit goes to you.
BEFORE SHIPPING
Write Sears, Roebuck and Co., Seattle, Wash., for shipping tags and free
illustrated “Tips to Trappers” book containing game laws, shipping instruc
tions, and details of our free fur service. By using our tags and following
instructions you will avoid delay and help prompt payment.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Raw Fur Department Seattle, Washington
BY THE SACK OR CARLOAD
Premier
and mine run coal—Try it
Healy Lump
Nut or mine run
Evan Jones
Lump or mine run
Nanimo
Range coal in sack or bulk
Alaska Transfer
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN
Telephone Main 81, Arcade Building
H. V. Hoben. A. F. Davis
OF GREDT WATERS
SALIORS FROM PORT HOBRON
TELL HOW CATCH FALLS
OFF EACH YEAR
When the calf whale is harpoon
ed. the mother will “stick around”
and herself falls victim to the dead
ly harpoon gun, but even in his
dving struggles the calf will try to
nuzzle up at his mother’s neck to
find out what all this terrible busi
ness is about. And furthermore the
seas will soon be swept clean of
whale if they go on harpooning
them at the present rate, because
the decrease in catch from year to
year is becoming so noticable that
whalermen are beginning to cast
about for some other occupation.
The Port Hobron fleet of three ves
sels took in 255 whales during the
season, which added to the 165 tak
en from the Akutan waters, brings
the total up to 420 whales taken
this year by the North American
Pacific Whaling Co., with its fleet
of seven boats.
These facts were learned from
sailors on the whaler Aberdeen,
Capt. Alfred Peterson, which made
a brief stay in the Port of Seward
Sunday at the Standard Oil dock
for re-fueling', and which gave way
for the Moran of the same fleet
which also came in for oil and then
departed Southward. The Tang
cnek of the Hobron fleet went out
direct from the whaling grounds.
The other four whaling schooners
from the Akutan station were in
here about a week ago.
The Aberdeen Look 99 whales, the
Moran got 80 and the Tanganek
caught 76.
Nobody knows how long the life j
span of a whale is, the sailors say, |
and unless a calf is at least 50 fec-t !
long they don’t like to shoot the j
harpoon into it. Of course, if the
calf is still stickling, the mother is
right there and if they harpoon the
mother the call sticks around in
bewilderment until they have to
take him in too, because he would
die anyway. Mother and calf still
keep company even if the calf has
been weened and is foraging for
himself.
Whales are sort of clannish and
maintain the traditions of their
various tribes, the sailors say. The
‘Humps” and the “Fin-backs” herd
by themselves as do the “Sperms”
and the “Rights” and “Blues”. For
Ine first time in the history of the
North, they say, they got a couple
*f California Grays.
Its not so bad being a “gunner”
on these whalers. For every Hump
or Fin-back and Sperm the gunner i
gets a bonus of $10 in addition to j
his regular wages and board. He ;
gets $30 if he harpoons a Blue and |
$45 if he fixes the line in a Right |
cecause a good, fat Right w'ill ren
der out 200 barrels of oil. The mem
bers of the crew' who draw down $65
. month and found get a bonus of
$2 for every Hump, Fin-back or
Sperm; $4 for a Blue and $6 for a
Right. The Sperm is the only mem
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FOR FIRE INSURANCE
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEQN
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. 8eward, Alaska
D0N0H0E & DIM0ND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
DR. A. R. ROBERTS
DENTIST
Dental and Generali X-Ray Work
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaeka
New Tecklenberg Bids.
ber of the family that nas teeth
some of which are as big as a five
gallon jug. They feed on the bot
tom of the ocean. The Right has i
a funny snoot and the experienced
whaler can tell just what kind of
whale he is after from the way he
conducts himself on the surface,
some of them chasing schools of
shrimp along the surface and oth
ers sounding and coming back to
blow. The California Greys hang
around Southern California and
very rafely invade Northern waters.
Assistant General Manager H.
Horn, Alaska Railroad, arrived in
the city last evening from the In
terior.
Kenneth C. Ackley, prominent
young Anchorage man, formerly
a resident of Seward, arrived from
Fairbanks last night.
Don’t overlook hearing j
the new “Okeh” records at;
Sylvia’s. You’ll be surprised.
THE MINI
Soft Drinks and Candies
Cigars and Tobaccos
CARD TABLES
J. A. Eamon
Proprietor
IPhone Madison 54
Next Door to Liberty Theater
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SALES
EVERY MONTH ~ IN THE YEAR
1928 SALES DATES
OCTOBER 24
NOVEMBER 21
DECEMBER 12
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON REQUEST OF SHIP.
PERS. ADVANCES MADE ON SHIPMENTS WHEN
REQUESTED