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Charles Felch and his son are at the Van Gilder hotel. Mr. Felch represents Fisher Bros., of Seattle, and has been working the Territory for many years. MOTORSHIP DISCOVERER Leaves Seward for llliamna and way ports on the 8th and 23rd of each month. Leaves llliamna for Sew ard on the 10th and 25th of each month. Naku Bay, Portlock, llliama Special through rate to Bristol Bay via llliamna; $70; includes all ex penses. Three times monthly to Nuka Bay FOR HIRE OR CHARTER Comfortable accommoda tions for Twenty For further information address CAPT. HEIN IE BERGER, Seward. Alaska ‘HOTEL SEWARD’ Hot and Cold Water in in All Rooms Rooms With or Without Baths OSCAR DAHL, Prop. Orlander j Jeweler i i i Dealer in Watches | and Clocks, Nugget ! Jewelry, Old Ivory, Curios, and a full line ! of goods usually car ried in a first class Jewelry store. i Watches Repaired on Short Notice VERDU1 iron CUES LEGION RUN OF CITI — VERDUN. France, Aug. 27. (/P) ; Members of the American Legioi I who visit Verden next Septembe: will have the freedom of the city Mayor Schleiter said. “Let them pass, anywhere, every j where, any and all times,” will be th( |order of the day, he announced. Tin mayor has just decorated Genera Pershing with the Verdun Commemo rative Medal and he announced that every member of the Legion visiting I Verdun would be similarly honored I “Not only will they have the medal ;Of the city but they will enjoy the 'freedom of the city,” he added. “Pass, American Legion, and be welcomed”, said the mayor. During i the war Verdun’s motto was: “They shall not pass”. It referred to the enemies. Anton Eide is doing fine work on the aviation field and when it is completed it will rank one of the best in the Territory. Captain Woolverton, U. S. Signal Corps, who just returned from a trip of inspection to Interior radio sta tions, says that the new Kimball organ installed in the Fairbanks theatre is one of the finest he has ever heard. The McIntoshs’ have moved into apartments in the Blue Building. Reverand Kent, Episcopal minister, will hold church services tomorrow. 'EM ORDERS 1 SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Meets the second and! fourth Mondays of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting members always wel ^ come; Mrs. J. P. Han j non, W. M.; W. C. Erwin, Secretary. j SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6 A., I. O. O. F. Meets the first and third Mondays of each month in Odd Fellows’Hall at 8:00 p. m. Visiting mem- 1 bers are al-ways wel- < come. Jennie raul , 1 son, N. G., Marie Osbo, Sec’y. RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7, I. O. O. F. Meets every Thurday at ; 8.00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’ I Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. William Anrig, N. G.; Ludvig Lars- 1 son, Secretary. SEWARD LODGE NO. 219, F. & A. M. Stated communications first and third Wednesdays of each month. Visiting brethern wel come. Carl E. Orlander, W. M.; J. H. Flickinger, Secretary. SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M. Avieeus every nrsL - ^ and third Tues- f day each month c at 8 p. m., at r Odd Fellows’ Hall. All visit* r i n g members I welcome. I PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator. M. A. HORNER, Secretary. t IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OF ALASKA 0 Meets every Second and Fourth Fri day nights in Odd Fellows* Hall; F. B. r Moore, President; C. M. Brosius, Sec- ^ retary. E a vfiiiiiiiimmiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMMiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii SUNTRANA HEALY RIVER COAL The satisfaction obtained in the use of Healy River Coal for Domestic pur poses in the Homes has earned for it the designation “The Housewife’s Delight” Low in Ash—No soot and at a price that fits the pocket book. Order a ton today. HEALY RIVER COAL CORP. n C C s c Q ti E \v tl ai C tc s: C£ C< T b£ is di tj ti Axel Anderson, miner and former resident of Juneau, was killed in a! mine accident near Wassilla, accord 1 ing to telegraph information. • ♦ * Crops around Takotna are looking j fairly good. Mike Hochriter is mak ing an interesting experiment in rais ing strawberries, watermelons and ’ i cantaloupe. * * * Oscar E. Hillman, former Anchor . age business man and well known resident in this section, died August 10 at the cancer institute at Centra lia, Wash., where he had been for svereal weeks undergoing treatment. ! * * * The Sixth Annual Southeastern ! i Alaska Fair will be held this year in ! ! the biggest Fair building north of j | Seattle, and will run for four days, r I from September 28 to October 1, in- ! [elusive. * * * There will be a normal output ol' j gold in the Kuslcokwim section. Min. j ers in that district have been affect- i ed somewhat by the general shortage of water throughout the Interior but cleanups have in general been satis factory. * * * A. X. Grant, veteran Alaskan pub- j lisher who is now owner and editor 1 of the Kusko Times, arrived in Fair banks a few days ago. Mr. Grant has been in ill health for several months and he entered the hospital soon after he arrived in a plane. He will remain several days before proceeding to Chena Hot Springs. * * * The North Pacific Trading & Pack ing Co., represented by H. L. Faulk ner, of Juneau, pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of the United States Fisheries Law, which provides a weekly closing period, in the Unit- j ed States District Court and was fin- j ed $1,000 and costs by Judge T. M. Reed. * * * 'Mrs. Matt Halm, who died at St. \nn’s hospital in Juneau attar a lin gering illness, was buried from the Hat ho lie church after Requiems Mass, rlev. Father Hayes conducting the exercises. Deceased was well known )n Gastineau Channel, having* lived several years at Douglas before coni ng to Juneau. • * * The seizure of the seineboat Viv an June, of Wrangell, Capt. L. C. ^ewis, was reported to the local of ice of the Bureau of Fisheries by .Varden John MoLoughlin. The boat vas alleged to have been fishing in l restricter area at the time of the eizure. * * • Harry Widell, age 63, a native of inland, died at the Anchorage hos lital a few days ago of bright’s esease, with which he had been suf ering for several years. He was an Id time Alaskan, having been in the old rushes to Dawson, Nome, Idita od, and other places in the Interior, le had also been to Siberia. For the ! >ast three years he has been unable a work. fit Having received information to be n the lookout for the gasboat Neb iska, United States 'Marshal Albert ^hite, aboard the Marshal’s boat [elmar, apprehended the Nebraska t the entrance to Gastineau Chan el and placed the crew of three, apt. Olaf Hanson, IvesStolpe, and I lark Michaels under arrest. A -arch of the boat revealed nine ises of canned salmon and a small aantity of whiskey. The boat was tken to Thane and turned over to epu»ty Marshal William ‘Garster, ho brought it to Juneau an dplaced te defendents in jail. A represent ive from the Olaska Consolidated annery at Pibus Bay was ■ expected arrive in Juneau to identify the ilmon, which officials from the mnery allege was stolen from the 'mpany’s warehouse. GETTYSBURG NOT FORGOTTEN GETTYSBURG, Pa., Aug. 27. (/P)— he h of tourists to World War tt‘I nds has not stopped tour ts lium visiting American batte ds. About 30,000 persons were con icted through the battlefield at Get sbrg in the first three months of e tourist season this year by near STARR OUT SEPTEMBER 5 The S. S. Starr, Capt. O. A. Johan, sen, departs on its next and last trip o.f the season to Bristpl Bay on September 5. Upon the return of the steamer from that trip it is expected the vessel will leave for Seattle to undergo its semi-annual inspection. THE PANHANDLE Soft Drinks and Candies Cigars and Tobaccos CARD TABLES J. A. Eamon Proprietor Phone Madison 54 Next Door to Liberty Theater At Your Service SEWARD HOTEL TAXI Jacx Dineen-Oscar Dahl Phone Madison 117 LUNG'S TOURIST CAMP i AND SUMMER RESORT lyiWENTY-THREE miles from Sew ard on Beautiful Lake Kenia. Fine fishing and hunting in season; mountain climbing. Russian River, the Fishermen’s Paradise, reached easily from here by a 24-mile boat trip down the lake and a s^ven mile hike. Connection made with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lean’s road > house at Cooper’s Landing. Par ties met at end of Seward highway by speedy motorboat and whisked across to the comfortable resort in a jiffy. See Nellie Neal’s famous /ariety of game trophies. Reached ay rail, motor and water. " | RATES $5.00 PER DAY SPEND YOUR VACATION HERE i . 1 Our herds and mod ern dairy were recent ly pronounced 100 per cent perfect. DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH Seward Dairy |IDE GEM CIGAR STORE! Cigars, Candy Soft Drinks ! Stationery ! Magazines ; |j “CURLY” j Proprietor STEP-IN GARBER SHOP HARRY BOWERS, Proprietor Beauty Parlor in Connec tion, conducted by Mrs. Bowers Permanent*Waving, Mar celling, Water Wave, Shampoo THE BEST PLACE FOR CLEANING—PRESSING AND ALTERATIONS At C. Henning’s TAILOR SHOP ONE SLICE CALLS FOR ANOTHER THERE ARE NO BETTER MEATS THAN \ " THOSE FOUND AT Carstens Packing Co. CLIFF RUSCHER, Mgr. PHONE MAIN 130