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Old papers at The Gateway. Science of Trapping, $1.50; Fo: Trapping, $1.50; Fur Buyer's Guide $2.50; Home Manufacture of Fur and Skins, $1.75; ALASKA SHOP. 1 FOR RELIEF OF COUGHS THAT GRIP YOUR THROAT When you have one of these coughs that are hard and dry, when the coughing is violent and yet you can’t seem to loosen up the phlegm, the syrup you need is Rexillana. This unusually pleasant tasting syrup quick ly reduces the congestion, and gently soothes and heals the irritation. SEWARD DRUG CO. Tho T^XClCIL Store ELWYN SWETMANN PHONE MAIN 132 The BEST place for (’LEANING PRESSING and ALTERATIONS AT C. Henning’s Tailor Shop Special Sunday Chicken Dinner and Trimmings $1.00 per plate • SEWARD GRILL Mel Holben, Proprietor Seward Light & Power Co. LIGHT POWER and TELEPHONE SERVICE Contractors and Dealers in Electrical Supplies and Appliances CALL MAIN 0 B_ -- HAVE A GOOD TIME IN A NEW HAT NEW CHIFFON OR VOILE DRESS FROM I Children Deserve Good Shoes I Proper root protection is a healthful asset. Growing feet need protection. Active feet demand sturdiness. Only sol id leather shoes give both. "Star Brand77 and Poll Parrot shoes, the kind we sell are solid leath er — always — reason ably priced, arid, oh, so good. ^__ Urbach & Yalade INCOMING LIST ON : THE IDMI8IL IftTSON S — Incoming and Westbound pas- J 1 sengers arriving in Seward today , from the South on the SS Admiral Watson, of the P. S. S. Co., includ ed the following: For Seward—V. H. DeBolt, Rob ert DeBolt. T. C. Feldman, Robert Scearce, Charles W. Hawthorne, E. Garrity, George M. Marchand, Phyllis Buchanan. For Seldovia—Mr. and Mrs. A. Lundestad, Elmer Lundestad. Ken neth Lundestad, Arthur Lundestad, Mrs. A*dam Lipke, Maxine Cleg horn. For Kodiak—Miss Betty Boyer, E. W. Hill. Mrs. D. W. May, Anita Ann White, Mrs W. T. White, Ed ward K. Holt, Mrs. Harry L. Holt, Eleanor Holt, Harry Holt, Marion Johnson, Mary E. Pullen, Bob Lee, Mrs. R. Stevens, Tennyson Jef ferson. TESTED MANY PLANES WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. (/P)— , Performance trials during the fis cal year of 1931 were conducted on 42 different types of naval air craft, a record number, says the 1 bureau of aeronautics. < Inquiry has been received con cerning the following person sup posed to be in Alaska: < WHITE, R. A.—Supposed to have 4 come to Alaska during the gold rush. Anyone having any information < - about the above person, please I communicate with the Governor’s Office, Juneau, Alaska. ! I PROGRESS SATISFACTORY After having spent most of the summer in Juneau watching de velopments in the Alaska Juneau’s | big new development program, P. R. Bradley, Consulting Engineer ’ for that company, left there for • San Francisco wTiere he makes his home. The Alaska Juneau’s exploratory operations on the Dora and Hallum groups on Mt. Juneau and the deep level explor I ations on its own ground con tinue to progress satisfactorily, Mr. Bradley said, according to ' the Empire. Hunting Season Now Open LET US DO OUR PART IN MAKING YOUR TRIP j A SUCCESS. WE HAVE A NEW SHIPMENT OF J WINCHESTER, REMINGTON, WESTERN i AND U. S, j SHOTGUN AND METALLIC SHELLS WITH STAND ARD AND PET LOADS, FROM A .22 SHORT UP TO A .40) ELEPHANT GUN. « SHOTGUNS AND ALL CALIBRES OF RIFLES AND PISTOLS IN STANDARD MAKES IS ANOTHER , ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT THE B&H CLAIM TO LEADERSHIP IS JUST ANOTHER SELLING ' GESTURE, FOR IT IS NOT WE HAVE THE GOODS AND OUR PRICES ARE I$IGHT ( Brown & Hawkins Corp. Phone Clo. Dept. Mad. 80 Phone Hdwre. Dept. Adams 80 i Fuel Dept. Phone Mad. 80 Phone Gro. Dept. Main k SEWARD-QUALITY FIRST —ALASKA TO HOLD EM11TI0N5 m asst, mm The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion announces a competitive ex amination to establish a list of eligibles from which appointments are to be made to the position of assistant lightkeepers in the 16th Lighthouse District, Alaska, as va-, cancies occur. Further information concerning the examination should be re quested at once and application blanks may be secured from the office of the Superintendent of Lighthouses, Ketchikan, Alaska, or the Manager, 11th Civil Service District, Postoffice Guilding, Seat tle, Wash. WORK MOVING AHEAD Construction of the naw bridge over Mendenhall River, in the Juneau region, is progressing sat isfactorily and in less than a month it is expected it will be completed and open Glacier High way’s main line for traffic that is now diverted around Aug Lake Loop. The bridge is being built by Alfred Dishaw and Son, Juneau contractors, says the Juneau Em pire. Miss Elsa Traub and Leland Moore were married in Fairbanks recently reports the News-Miner. Mr. Moore is with the Fairbanks Exploration Company. Don’t miss the “Talkies!” NUKA BAY TRANS PORTATION CO. MS ROLPH III Capt. Pete Sather For Charter or Hire Leaves Seward 15th and 30th of each month LAUNCH WORK With the opening of its camp at Thane, Seims-Spokane Com pany, contractors on the Thane road reconstruction project, in the Juneau vicinity, has launched work j actively and, if weather conditions I this winter are at all favorable, j will carry it to completion with- | out interruption. The work was j started on the Thane end and will; move northward, reports the Em- I pire. j The best ice cream yet! HOK LUCK’S Danish Ice Cream.Cahd> Cottage, sole Seward agent. The “Majestic,” last word in mo dern refrigeration, at Brown & Hawkins. M. & W. CLUB WARD & MITCHELL Where good fellows get together. SEWARD’S POPULAR CARD ROOM HARDWARE " STOVES - RANGES Paints, Oils, Furniture, Hardware, Linoleum, Glass TINNING and PLUMSING WALL PAPER AND PAINTS at— Phone Madison 87 J L. Craef • — I™ •" ■ ■ ■ PUBLIC CONFIDENCE We have enjoyed the confidence of Seward and Alaska people since the opening of this banking institution—for over 25 years. Travelers’ Checks Resources, $600,000 Bank of Seward Seward . . Alaska We pay 4 per cent interest compound semi annually on all savings accounts.