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A. L. POST MEETING The regular meeting of th< American Legion, Seward Post No i. will be held in the rooms ovei tjhe Bank of Seward on Monday vvenirg February 25th. All mem hers are urged to attend. Time ' n m. Business ol importance. C. V. STUART, Adjutant. Eaton Crane & Pike Stationary. SCISM EEKER’S ALASKA SHOP. j ftiE PALACE I John Mattlch, Prop. | POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND CIGARS Furnished Reams Phone Main 65 I ! CITY EXPRESS Agent for The American Express Co. 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 SEWARD’S POPULAR EATING PLACE Short orders and regular dinners ALSO A LA CARTE ORDERS SEWARD GRILL Mel HoJben, Prop. Motorship Discoverer For Hire or Charter A special trip to Iliamna will be made from Seward on March 19. The following voy age from Seward to Iliamna Bay is scheduled for April 3. Fur buyers attending the Seversen & Bailey fur sale at Iliamna Bay will be brot back to Seward immediately following the completion of this fur sale. Captain Heinie Berger Seward, Alaska OVER CRilTE MINE PORT WELLS BISTRIC1 ■\rtirles of incorporation of th< Tort Wells-Granite Co., a State d •Washington n .rung company, wen tiled at Juneau. J. L. Reed, attor | ley of Valdez, was named as resi dent agent of the corporation. ; It is capitalized at $100,000 hav ;ng an authorized stock issue oi ' .000 shares valued at $100 each. Directors of the company are: G W. Duncan, Percy P. Brush, N. O. Cruven, Fiances C. Duncan. Taco ma, and L. A. Levensaler, Seattle. The first three named are the in corporators. It is understood the company has aken over the old Granite Mine in the Fort Wells district and will re isume development and operations rhere this year. When proposals are next sub mitted for a franchise for the pub lic utilities of Fairbanks, the An chorage Light & Power company, in all probabilities, will be one of the bidders. FRYE-BRUHM’S BABY BEEF is unexcelled. tfie ZEUOfLENE the modern oi! A STANDARD OIL PRODUCT Cal M. Brosius Seward Alaska Construction Lumber ) Builders’Supplies <f Boat Lumber Mill Work RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR ' f JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC. TUBES AND BATTERIES Flooring Ceiling Rustic i Bevel siding * Fir Finish Mouldings i Doors Windows Cement Lime Plaster Lath Plaster Board Chimney brick Fire brick Fire clay Plate and Window glass Beaver Board C. M. B. ^ Seward TEXANS OFFER mm for 1 TEIITM V/. H HOLMES, FORMER NOME MAN IS ENDORSED FOR BERTH In the person of W. H. (Doc Holmes, former Alaskan, Texas Re I publicans have a candidate io povernor of .Alaska, according • i information reaching Juneau. Th ! Republican organization of th l' °!ie Star Stall' is said to be sun I porting him for the berth, savs tbi | Empire i Holmes was one of the earlv com jRrs to Nome and was employee there by the Butler Drug Co., pre decessor to the Butler Mauro Co jLater he went to the Interior where l be engaged in mining. He wa; brought to the coast by the dele gate -vhen the .'alter was U. S. Mu shal of the Third Division anc nadc a deputy, being stationed a' ikagway. He is said to have lei < Alaska about 1909 In recent years. Holmes is report ed to have iiiacie a fortune in on opera*ions in western Texas. He resides at Tmarillo where he is as sociated with “Tex” Mcliroy and other former Alaskans. The following account of Holmes aspirations appeared recently in an Amarillo newspaper: “Republicans iof Texas have ,'1unrr>od a campaign to have W. H. Holmes of Amarillo appointed Governor of Alaska, which is one of 'he pirte plums to bo handed down by the Hoover administration. “Announcement to this effect '"as made bv Hivrh Exum, upon his return from Houston, where a meeting of the Texas Republican organization was held “The Party lenders of the State unanimously indorsed Mr. Holmes "or the Alaskan appointment, and started their plans for carrying theii request before President-elect Hoover at an early date. R. B. Crea ger cf Brownsville, National Com mitteeman from Texas, will make ;he formal request of Mr. Hoover, in Washington in the near future, Mr. Exum reported. "Mr Holmes was the Republican candidate for Governor of Texas art fall, and was the Party’s nomi nee for Lieutenant-Governor in '926. He has been active in Party affairs for years, and has bee i credited by Republican leaders witn much of the gains the Party h^s made hi Texas in recent years. Mi. Exum who attended the Houston CURTIS R^MORFGRD FOR FIRE INSURANCE D0N0H0E & DIMOND ATTORNEYS AT LAW Offices: VALDEZ and CORDOVA DR. A. R. ROBERTS OENTI8T Dental and General X-Ray Work Phone Mad. 108 - - - 8eward, Alaska New Tecklentoerg Bldg. DR H W HYATT Physician Surgeon Offices in Tecklenberg Bldg. Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 o’clock 2 p. m. to 4 p. m.; 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Phones: Main 136 Residence. Madison 90 ttninoiiiiiiiiniiMHiiuiiHfiaiHniiitMiiutaiuiMawuiiHiimw THE 8E8T PLACE FOR CLEANING—PRE88ING AND ALTERATIONS At C. Henning’s TAILOR 8HOP amunuiBiiiianuinHiiKxiiiuiuiuaiiiMiiiiiiDuuiiiiiuiaiiiiuS PICTURES EXHIBITED The Annual Good Roads Shorn and Machinery Exposition helc recently at Cleveland, Ohio, re sulted in considerable publicity of an educational nature for / Alaska. A display of Alaskan pic [ tures were placed on exhibition. . Jack Kearney has resigned as J j assistant wharfinger at Juneau to accept a position in the Juneau of fice of the Admiral Line. i meeting, is State Executive Com . | mittceman from Amarillo. • | “In addition to the support of the riexas organization, Mr. Holmes has leaders of the Republican Party for ; the backing of some of the national the Alaskan honor. Mr. Exum stat ' ed.” Candied Cherries mo r’ineapple. m HAILEUER’S ALASKA SHGi A GUIDE THROUGH THE FINANCIAL FOREST CONSCIENTIOUS COUNSEL AND CAPABLE CO-OPERATION WILL j LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FIN ANCIAL FOREST ON THE PATH TO SUCCESS. BANK OF SEWARD j I Death summoned Mike DeCorsey at Fairbanks last week. He was well known throughout the rail road belt. FRESH HALIBUT AT CARSTEN I MEAT MARKET. GERHART JOHNSEN CONTRACTOR PLASTERING & STUCCO WORK P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa. ❖ ❖ •> •> ❖ •> ♦> •> .>.> .> .j. |THE GEM CIGAR SM Cigars, Candy | Soft Drinks Stationery Magazines “C URL Y” Proprietor ■ <• •> ❖ ❖ <• •> *:• .> <• <. .> ^ TOMORROW’S TIDES High water 2:58 p. m. 8.5 ft. Low water 9:18 p. m. 0.5 It. High water 3:24 a. m. 7.0 ft Low water 9:13 a. m. 1.4 ft. •>3!lt!IIIIIIIIC3IIIMIIIIillE3IMII!l!IIIIC3millll«IHr3lllillllllllC3H(«iMitUiOi<i<Mili-<iC3lll!iMIII!ir3tt1lllllll|IC3l<l(HllflllC3IIIIIINIi;»C22ll»*‘2lilllC|l« SEWARD WATER SUPPLY SEW A HI1 ALASKA “flood WhIhv m M«, < in FNerv Home” John Nelson. Men Wovno RIuh Agent Office, Arcade Building Phone Main 81 ill[]iiiHimMi[]iiiiii!iimniimimiiit!imiimmn!miiimur]iiiiiiiiiiii[]!Mmiiimnminmmtiimiiiiimr]mmmiiir]iiiiii<iimniimniinir«> C'litniininoimiiLiiinniimirainaniiimmiiiiniiuiimniM 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 WOOD. ICE, HAY AND GRAIN Telephone Main 81, Arcade Building kL V. nuueu. A. F. Davis