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ARCADE BUILDING
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2nd Ave. So. 4: Jackson Street Seattle, Wash.
tranches in 27 Pacific Coast Cities
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PAINTS
VARNISHES
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7127
] Seattle chocolate ana vandla ice
cream. Schallerer’a Alaska Shop.
LIEU NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BIDS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE. Bureau of
Public Roads. Juneau, Alaska, Sept.
6, 1927. SEALED BIDS, subject to
the conditions contained herein, will
be received until 9 o’clock a. m.f Sept
ember 30, 1927, and then publicly
opened. for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work for
reconstruction and improving the
Kenai Lake Highway, Reconstruction
Bridges Section, National Forest Road
project located within or partly with
in the Chugach National Forest, Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Judicial Division.
The length of the project to be recon
structed and improved is approximate
ly 4.76 miles and the principal items
of work are approximately as follows.
Unclassified Excav tion; 6,800 cu. yds'.
Structure Excavation; 40 cu. yds.
Clearing and Grubbing; Lump amount.
Overhaul; 10,000 sta yds. Untreated
Timber Trestles; 84 M. ft. B. M.
102’ Span Timber Trusses; 2 spans.
Treated Timber Piling; 4,100 Lin. ft.
|Hand-laid Rock Embankment; 35 cu.
yds. The contract form and the plans,
specifications, special provisions, and
estimate of quantities may be examin
ed by the prospective bidders at the
(following addresses: U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, 409 Goldstein Bldg.,
Juneau, Alaska. U. S. Bureau of Pub
lic Roads, Federal Bldg., Seward Alas
ka. Associated General Contractors,
Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore. As
sociated General Contractors, Spokane
Hotel, Spokane, Wash. Associated
General Contractors, Arcade Bldg.,
Seattle, Wash. Where copies of plans
are requested, a deposit of $10.00 will
be required to insure their return. If
within 15 days after opening of bids,
plans are not returned, the deposit
will be forfeited to the Government.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Five (5) per cent of
the amount of the bid. Performance
bond will be required as follows: In
amount of fifty (50) per cent of total
contract price. Performance shall be
gin within 10 calendar days after date ;
of receipt of notice to proceed and .
shall be completed within 180 calendar '
days from the date of receipt of said j
notice. Liquidated damages for delay !
will be the amount stated in “Special
Provisions" for each calendar day of i
delay until the work is completed or
accepted. Partial payments will be |
made as the work progresses on work I
and material delivered, if such work
and material meets with the approval
of the contracting officer. Article on
patents will be made a part of the con
tract. Bids must be submitted upon
the Standard Government Form of
Bid and the suucce-ssful bidder will be
required to execute the Standard Gov
ernment Form of Contract for Con
struction. The right is reserved, as1
the interest of the Government may i
require, to reject any and all bids, to j
waive any informality in bids received
and to accept or reject any items of !
any bid, unless such bid is qualified by i
specific limitation. Envelopes contain- j
ing bids must be sealed, marked and I
addressed as follows: Bid for Road,
Improvement, Kenai Lake Highway,
Reconstruction Bridges, 409 Goldstein
Bldg. Juneau, Alaska. To be opened
September 30, 1927 at 9 o’clock a. m.
M. D. WILLIAMS, Acting District
Engineer. U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads. NOTE—See Standard Govern-;
ment Instructions to Bidders and copy (
of the Standard Government Form of |
Contract, Bid Bond, and Performance !
Bond, which may be obtained upon
application.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
SERIAL NO. 06180
July 9, 1927. !
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
the NEW ENGLAND FISH COMPA
! NY, a corporation organized under the j
;Laws of the State of Maine and author- j
ized to do business in the Territory of
Alaska, has filed application, Serial
06180, for patent under the provisions
of Sec. 2306, R. S., for a tract of land
| situated at Kodiak, Alaska, in Latitude
; 57 deg. 47 min. 22 sec. and Longitude
150 deg. 24 min. 47 sec., containing
an area of 5.16 acres, and included
within U. S. Survey No. 1534 and more
! particularly described as follows, to
i wit: * I
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 M. C. Jt
on the line of ordinary high tide
of St. Paul Harbor, whence U. S. ‘
C. & G. S. Sta. bears N. 69 deg. 13 .
min. 15 sec. E. 41.22 chs.; running
thence along the line of said high
tide of St. Paul Harbor (1) S. 60
deg. 51 min. W. 4.52 chs.; (2) S.
56 deg. 27 min. W. 4.51 chs.; (3)
S. 49 deg. 04 min. W. 2.40 chs.;
(4) S. 61 deg. 28 min. W. 3.00 chs.
to Cor. No. 2 M. C. on the line of
ordinary high tide of St. Paul
Harbor; thence N. 25 deg. 29 min.
W. 4.55 chs. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 64 deg. 31 min. E. 14.32 chs.
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 25 deg. 29
min. E. 2.83 chs. to Cor. No. 1
the place of beginning, containing
an area of 5.16 acres; magnetic
variation 24 deg. 20 min. E.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register U. S. Land Office.
First publication July 11, 1927.
Last publication Sept. 19, 1927.
WILL Cnr TO US
MESSAGE OF GOOD WILL
Abe Epp, of wliom was published a
few remarks in yesterday’s paper,
made the acquaintance of many of
the local business men, through being
a guest at the Chamber of Commerce
luncheon and business meeting held
in the Seward Grill. Mr. Epp was cal
led upon to address the members and
took the opportunity of expressing
liis pleasure in Jjeing invited to the
gathering. He also spoke of his keen
enjoyment of his three months trip
to this, the Westward and the Inter
ior district of the Territory and upon
his return home to Kansas will carry
a message of good will from the Ter
ritory to his people.
MONUMENT TO A COW
CHICAGO, Sept. 14. (/p)—Twenty
one stories of a 22-story office build
ing just completed in Chicago ex
tend ten feet farther than the ground
floor. The explanation is that the
property carried a deed providing
for a ten-foot runway along its west
end for the convenience of the form
er owner’s cow. Batteries of lawyers
have never been able to break *he
claus.
LINDY LANGUAGE
CHICAGO, Sept. 14. (^—Lindy
language is apearing in Chicago. An ,
Uptown restaurant advertises in gilt <
letters on its window “Our Service |
Is Lindyfied,” and a nearby drug- S
store tells the world it has “Lindy- I
like Service.”
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 14. (&)
—An effort to obtain the vice presi
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row Wilson, is being made by the
Democratic Womens auxiliary of this
city.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
stens Packing Company.
Unless you have tried FRYE’S BA
BY BEEF you have not tried the best.
"Golf clubs and bails; just re
ceiveU The course is open, see
Urbach.”
The Grebe
f<Color tone
hushes annoying sounds and al
lows notes of voice and instrument
to reach you in full natural tones
IT enables you to alter to your
taste the quality or timbre of
speech or music from high, thin
pitch to low, deep, round tones.
This receiver, unlike others, is
not at the mercy of the loud
speaker. The “Colortone” also
helps to subdue to a great degree,
the scratching, hissing, whistling
sounds that are usually the bane
of radio reception.
The "S’s” and the "H's” are plainly
audible; naturalness of sound replaces
the artificiality which has heretofore in
terfered with radio enjoyment.
Vo not truss a demonstration of this great
Grebe innovation.
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paratus iscov
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ents granted
and pending.
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base for batteries
CAL M. BROSIUS
Seward, Alaska
The local Order of the Eastern
Star held the first business meeting
since spring on Monday evening. A
large number of members were pre
sent. The first social of the winter
eason will be heldtwo weeks hence.
Mr. Kennedy has entered the em
ploy of the J. L. Graef hardware store.
Serve FRYE’S BABY BEEF and
be assured your guests will enjoy it.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
stens Packing Company.
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CURTIS R. MORFORD
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
DR. J. A BAUGHMAN ‘
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
CHRONIp DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
DR. A R. ROBERTS “
DENTIST
Dental and Generali X.Ray Work
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - Seward, Alaska
For any kind of
GENERAL REPAIRING
G. THORKELSON
Leave Call at The NORTHERN
Typewriters and sewing machines
made as good as new
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OGLE’S GARAGE
Oils and Gasoline, General
Repairs
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Storage {
Pete Ogle, Prop. Phone Madison 66
For Electrical Work j j
CALL TOM OSBO j j
Residence—Madison 123 i I
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Join Urbach’s circulating library*
Fifteen cents to read a late book.
STOP AT
HOTEL SEATTLE
when in Anchorage. Alaska
HOT AND COLD WATER
IN ALL ROOMS
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. MclSAAC, Prop.
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains Leave
7:30 a.m. Monday and Thursday;
10:00 a.m. Saturday.
Trains Arrive—
7:00 p.m. Wednesday and Satur
day.
9:45 p.m. Friday.
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CITY EXPRESS
Agent for
The American Express Go.
Sample Room In Connection
Baggage Stored
Connection made with all steamers,
trains and hotels.
“We never sleep” Phone Main 122
Harold Painter, Prop.
Successor to Billy Patterson
Ladies’ Haircutting
Shampooing, Massaging
Our Specialty
Tub and Shower Baths
Cleaning and Pressing
Ladies’ Work a Specialty
Phone Adams 120 Shoe Shining
WM. SLEDGE, Prop.
BOOM! BANC! BOOM!
IF YOU DON’T BRING HOME THE
BACON DROP INTO THE FRYESBRUHN
MEAT MARKET AND MAKE YOUR
SELECTION OF FRESH MEATS
Frye Bruhn & Co.
“WE DELIVER”PHONE MAIN 94 [7:1
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