OVERLAND
HOTEL
On the Main 8treet
MEL A. HORNER
Manag***
SEWARD ALASKA
REAL SERVICE
That is one feature that must be offer
ed by any enterprise that is genuinely in
terested in the growth and development of a
community; and it is the constant aim of
The Alaska Railroad to at all tunes render
such service as will aid most materially, in
the healthy growth and consistent develop
ment of the Territory.
The Alaska Railroad operates year
‘round freight and passenger service be
tween Seward, Anchorage and Fhirbaaks
and over the Chickaloon and Chatanlka
Branches. For time taMes, descriptive liter
ature, etc., write
department op the interior •
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
Alaeka
Anchorage
STEAMSHIP STARR
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARI)
JANUARY 9
Chas. H. Jansen, Agent
m JUAN FISHING & PUS CO.
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD, ALASKA
WHEN YOU THINK ALASKA THINK
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Sails From Seattle Every Saturday at 9 o’clock
VESSEL
Lv Seattle
Northbound
ALASKA DEC. 3 DEC. 10
NORTHWESTERN DEC. 10 DEC. 17
ALAMEDA DEC. 17 DEC. 24
ALASKA DEC. 24 DEC. 3'
Lv. Seward
Southbound
midnight
S. S. Lakina sails from Seattle Nov. 23 for Seward
MakiDg all ports of call as business warrants.
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
Tel. Main 125 J. H. FLiCKINGER, Agent. Res. Madison 149
Saifs from
Seattle
Dec. 21st
Jan. 18
Feb. 15.
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Arrives
Seward
South from
Seward
Dec. 28th
Jan. 25.
Feb. 22.
Jan. 4th
Feb. 1.
Feb. 29.
♦The Admiral Watson will connect with Wednes
day’s train on dates shown above, Southbound,
^ sailing at 9 p. m.
Wayne Blue,
Agent Seward.
Pacific Coastwise Service
^admiral line
IH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!
GOOD SIZE LISTING ON
WATSON FOR THE SOUTH
Tli£ S. S. Admiral Watson, Captain
Charles Graham, of the P. S. S. Co.,
returned to port this morning from the
; Westward enroute South. The steam
er will depart for Seattle this evening
following the arrival of the train from
the Interior. A fair cargo of barreled
herring is aboard the Watson.
Included in the passenger list are
the following;
* Seward—J. Morrison, J. R. Van
Winkle, Pryor L. Neil, Mrs. Peter
Hatch and baby, Ralph Hatch, Allen
Peterson, Mr and Mrs. L. Kent, Geo.
Moe, Mrs. George Moe, Mr. and Mrs.
S. Feinson, Mrs. C. Stampe, Bernice
Feinson, John McMahon, N. C. Kelly.
Cordova—W. H. Straight,. Ben Nel
son, and one steerage.
Petersburg—Two steerage.
Seattle—-Miss Jennie Ponchane, J.
M. Blinn, Miss Minnie Peterson. C.
Abonen, Mr and Mrs. O. L. Grimes,
Albert Coel, A. Conrad, Mrs. R. C.
Morris and baby, C. H.Sharp, Mi|$
Gene Hasseberg, Miss Anna Peddr/
, --Vi i
son, Miss Lilly Banning, Mrs. N.
Nelson, Oliver Lanning, Mack Lierf,1
W P. Studdert.
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MORE ON SURVEY
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ographic engineer and four camp
men They landed at Trading Ba^,
on the west side of Cook Inlet, in
the middle of June and returned live'
middle of September seeing no
humans in the interim.
A large river, the Chankchatna,
was discovered whose drainage basin
covers 1,100 square miles. The
stream is a roaring-torrent unforda.
ble for horses flowing l5 miles an
hour and rises in Lake Chakacham
na, 23 miles lpng, which lies behind
the great glacier which is athwart of
the valley of the hightest peak ML
Spurr, 11,000 feet, and which is visi
i i
[ i ble from the coast.
They proved the old volcano is yet
active for in favorable weather a
plume of steam was diseernable ris
ing more than 1,000 feet.
Mount Spurr is -tlie most northerly
of a lone series of active volcanoes
i 1 occuring at intervals along the west
coast or Cook Inlet and extending j
westward into the Alaska peninsula |
.
and the Aleutian Islands.
i
The region was exceedingly diffi
cult for traveling clue to the swampy
lowlands, raging streams, and pre
cipitous mountains. Between the
coast, and the mountains is a swamp
impassable for horses during the
11 summer other places in the lowlknds
are covered with thickets, trail chop
ping progressed at the rate of a mile
a day. Building a horse trail across
the glacier, near Lake Chakachamna
requiled pick and shovel work on the
equivalent with one man working 20
days. Three glaciers were encoun
tered.
Seven new buildings have been
erected lately by Johanson and Skin
ner. building contractors, and they
are authority for the statement that
several more will be erected at an
early date.
NOTICE
No hemstitching after the 10th of
this month. Gordon’s.
THERE IS A BIG SAVING IN THE
COST OF SHOES BY HAVING THEM
REPAIRED. STRAIGHT HEELS ARE
4ECESSARY FOR LOOKS AND COM
FORT, SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
Twelve new Peggy O’Niel styles
have arrived.
CAP TELLS 'EM HOW
The Norwegian tramp vessel Cap.
tol came into Unalaska some days ago
with turbine trouble. The master of
the tramp had difficulty in making
port but through radio instrutions
sent byCaptain Johansen, of the S. S.
Starr, made port safely.
George Dunham, radioman from
Dutch Harbor arrived in Seward last
•night on the steamer Starr enroute
to Cordova.
1 r -
A Xmas box free with every pur
chase. URBACH'S
CREW ATTACHES TRAMP
The tramp freighter H. Lawrence,
enroute to the Orient and which put
into Unalaska for repairs, is still tied
up, according to reports brought in on
the Starr, and the crew have attached
c libel on the ship for wages due.
During fche absence of Chas. Lech
ner, proprietor of the Seward Ma
chine Shop, Jack Shea is in charge.
Following the close of business boors
Mr. Shea can be reached on the
phone by calling Madison 31.
Mrs. Chaa. Lechner
SEWARD WATER
i . SUPPLY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson,. Mgr. Wayne Blue, Agent
S Office, Arcade Building. ’ Phone Mam 17
J ■< •• • Wf •>
t*T<v?o vlffT 1 rf-riouHev> Oi*j ift.’v’’r^v’Oti
'*'■■*. ' ’ ’ T Ai *r”'” ::>
1st Anniversary
r.i..r ... fi? s-ihirb, r>.
fre wish to thank you for yourgener
ous patronage during the past
year at the — :H
BLUE SHOP
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JOHN C. WHITE
& CO.
High Grade Line of
Cigars, Tobaccos &
Candies
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
ALASKA’S BEST AND MOST POPULAR
CAFE
Merchant’s Lunch served from 11:30 to 130 p. m.
o0c Plate
BANQUET ROOM AND PRIVATE BOXES
SEWARD GRILL
MEL IIQLBEN, Proprietor
MCMULLENS GROCERY
IS OFFERING:
CRESCENT VACUUM PACKED COFFEE AT per pound ..50c
3 CANS RELIANCE PEACHES IN 2 1-2 TINS ___$1.
3 CANS RELIANCE APRICOTS IN 2 1-2 TINS _ $1.
3 CANS RELIANCE PEARS IN 2 1-2 TINS __- $1.
3 CANS RELIANCE PINEAPPLES IN 2 1-2 TINS _ $1.
This is not a special offer but our regular price
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