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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoben. President Frank L. Baltaine, Sec.
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
K^iteresl u ^cond-claae matter September 2. 1915. at the !\>»t Office at Seward. Alaska.
under Act of March 3. 1*79.
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FEDERAL RAILROAD CONTROL
\\'e mav ask seriouslv: Have we reached the begin
ning of the end of our sinfully wasteful and inefficient
competitive service as far as railroad traffic is concerned?
The announcement yesterday by President Wilson that
the United States government would at noon today take
over or rather commandeer the railo-d systems of the
nation seem to answer the question. We seem now to
be entering on an era of intelligent, regulated monopoly
which will eliminate costly duplication of service, merge,
what has been unmerged, substitute centralization, make
the highest efficiency supplant the inefficiency, and estab
lish economy of operation and put our transportation sys
tem on a permanently sound financial basis.
For the past two months the country has faced this
question of government control of the railroads. Presi
dent Wilson first stated that he would not make any state
ment until he had made a speech to congress. The situa
tion must have suddenly changed for the announcement
of federal control came unannounced.
Several weeks ago Chairman Adamson, of the house
commerce committee, said: "President Wilson will have
to take over the railroads during the war and hold them
after the war. until congress can provide some plan for
proper management and efficient operation in peace and
in war." Mr. Adamson was not speaking idly when he \
coupled peace terms with war times. He knew what he j
was talking about and today’s elimination of systems into
system the competitive elements which legislation has torn
apart during the past two decades?
Government ownership may never be necessary but
government control always. fter the war we shall need
more railroad mileage into new territory and great effic
iency. more so than ever before. Will we be able to get
them more readily, if at all, through the old competitive
system or through government control? Unification of
of railroads as a war measure will be certain to teach us
what we do not know now, and the experiment, forced up
on us by the war, and which must continue for some time
after the war. will guide the nation in its permanent policy
of dealing with future railroad problems.
ABOVE ANALYSIS
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore
not because they are pretty or good, or well bred, or grace
ful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. All
analysis seems to them to imply a loss of consideration, a j
subordination of their personality to something which
dominates and measures it. They will have none of it;
and their instinct is just. As soon as we can give a reason
for a feeling we are no longer under the spell of it; we
weigh, we appreciate, we are free at least in principle.
Low »v-st a ways remain a fascination i wiichery. if
empire of woman is to endure. Love must always seem to
us indivisible, insoluble, superior to all analysis, if it is to
preserve that appearance of infinity, of something super
natural and miraculous which makes its chief beautv.—
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Amiel.
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The editor has received a communication, or rather a j
query from a Seward man saying: “Whatdaya mean;
'burn Matanuska coal’ that you carry on your first page i
every day near your title?” Sh—it is too near after
Christmas to answer riddles.
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The New York World thinks that Trotsky has an itch
ing palm. His name indicates that he is a hot-foot after
the dollar, all right.
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It looks as if the Russian censor is suppressing the
Kerensky postoffice address.
One good gigantic hanging bee or the lining up
of a bunch of men, eyes blind-folded, against a wall, and
shot, would suppress many of these plots in the United
States*. We are at war and sooner or later the I. W. W., i
and the pro-German must understand that they had bet
ter shut up or get out while the “gitting” is good.
NEW RAINIER
PRODUCT GOING '
ON THE MARKET
In ihc clays of old, Rainier was a
famous beveiage, ’round all the rim |
• 1 the Rueilie. Now times have
changed, blit Rainier is still here, ro
• otroduc *d *-o Hie people of Alaska in
tlu* form of Rainier, a cereal bever
age, and Rainier Special, a rich, mel
low drink.
Roth these new drinks ire product?
i*f the plant that made Rainier beer
o wid'd) known. This plant grew to'
in* one of the greatest brewing con
, »rns mi America, under the opoin'ior
• i the Seattle R rewing & Malting
company. Ownership 0 entitely the J
ame, h t the operating company
now is the Rainiei Products company,
vhieh is building up a bigger busi
ness with non-alcoholic beverages and
>tber products than existed before. .
When Washington, Oregon and oth
r stafes of the west went “dry,” the :
kies were dark for the nig Rainier j;
institution but Mr. Louis HemWch, j
he president, and other oflicials of ,
Im new Rainier Products company it
coon realized that they could soon \
urn their works into an important j
ndustrial plant with a number of .
staple products. .«
This Rainier plant was practically j j
he first in the United States to m
iroduce the scientifically advanced
i) roc ess **f manufacturing pure grain
dcohol, with non-alcoholic beverages
»s auxiliary product-'. The plant row j
ruvns oul large quantities of alcohol,
»ow used so extensively in munitions I
and war materials*.
Now Rainier and ttamier Special j c
are going in car-load lots by rail and •»
big shipments by water to practical- j |
ly all the extended territory origin-1 [
ally reached by Rainier. The new .
beverage? are proving more popular, i
if possible, than their earlier name- !
sake. ,|.
Mr. Heinrich is vastly pleased with j [
he success of his plans, and soon will. c
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
HARRY KAWABE. I’rop.
Best of Work—Quickest Deliv
er?. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwright ing
SHWAKI> ALASKA
1m* ready to introduce Syro, a syrup
made from rice, a new stock food, end
other products.
In Seward the new products will
be handled by the distributor in this
district, I<eo Margulos at the North
ern/ See the big “ad” in Sunday's
paper. *
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Many a fellow goes about his work
with an air of resignation long before
the boss asks for it.
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It isn’t wholly because of a chilly
reception that some people are alt
wrapped up in themselves.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT < d
OWNERS
To GEORGE K. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, aie hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 81, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1918, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, thej
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in laboi
and improvements upon the Social!
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una*
la ka mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, tin
said George It. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth* (1-^) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-1C>) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the years as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the United
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was tin* amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years. (
Ti e amount required for each of /aid'
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after thej
last publication of this notice you j
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore-J
aid; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25,. being youi
proportionate share of said i '‘presen
tation for the years ending as afore
. aid, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co-i
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
ib » nrmnnm* nrovided bv law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, thi>'
fifteenth day of December, 19*
FRANK MEERWAI.r.T
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
CHOP SUEY
AND NOODLES
Specialties at the
MOON
RESTAURANT
W ash. St., Between
Broadway & 3rd Ave
things to remember and some to forget
Forget the idea that we are to burn Matanuska coal for at lo.i.'t
two years. Forget that the Engineering Commission expect to do
the right thing by Sewaru and the Alaska Northern on this $7,31.>,000
appropriation. Remember what they have done in the past. Jtojwt
that President Wilson made the mistake of his life in the selection
of Seward as the One and only Terminal of the Government Railway
in Alaska. Remember thatthis wonderful constructive aggregation
have willed it to Anchorage! The government Experimental Station,
with its 14 miles of ice in winter and 14 miles of jjjud in’summer,
with its three million dollar townsite and its $22,000,000 Kail no ad
starting at its local bunkers and ending in the tall timbera of lal
k,VtSurelv this World War should have a tendency to awaken Wash
ington to the fact that this present “Bunch are NOT making good.
Forget about that $4,000,000 Emergency Appropriation of August
for the immediate connection of Seward with the Matanuska Coal
Fields and the opening up of Unit 12 in the Chtckaloon Coal Helds.
How much of that was used in and about Anchorage.
Forget that statement by Chairman Edes in Washington on De
cember 1915, that Seward wouldbe connected up with steel by Nov
ember 1910 Hero we have Christmas 1917, and no railroad in sight,
Forget that history gives Capt. Cook the honor of discovering
Cook Inlet country, accoiding to recent statistics, certain members ap
pointed bv the President claim this distinction. Surely they are en
titled to anything in the way of Townsiies, Pam Sites, Dredges, cm?ti,
to the inevitable Tin Can in the Finis.
How much have thev fiddled away on the ione dredge costing them
one quarter million dollars, and now lying useless m the grass. Re
member they are asking for $7,315,000 for 1918. Add up the funds,
allotted to the various sections and you will find only $4,212,000.
What, do thev expect to do with $.3,103,000? Why on earth don t
thev come out with it. Still “Pussy footing" while we are waiting
for’ coal. Freezing for the lack of Coal. Still compelled to Burn
British Columbia Coal at $19.00 per Short Ton.
Why even the Commission themselves are using thousands of tons
on the Seward Division. Really, it's a joke, this Alaska Coal. But
the Alaska Railroad is a joker. Three years of construction, $22,
(100,000 spent anil less than 140 miles of Railroad built. Surely our
Government is Liberal, and the jieople of Seward should be, as this
is Holiday time. Remember the Red Cross and its work. Remember
that anything in the way of Holiday Gifts are carried by the Seward
Commercial Co.
Don't put otr your Christmas shopping as if it was Government
work. Get a move on vou. Do it now, and let us wait on you.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
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ALASKA company ««««
Sailings from Soattl**
\ Alaska, Dec. 8th; Victoria, Doc. IGth; Alameda,
Dec. 27th. Alaska, Jan. 1st. Northwestern, Jan. 8th; Alameda, Jan. IGth;
Alaska, Jan. 24th.
Sailing of Alaska Dec. 8th, connects with Dora to the westward
•Sailing of Victoria Doc. 16th, is via the outside passage.
A. H. McDONALD, Agent.
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GEORGE PHELPS
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Night
Bowling, Drinks
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HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
RUBBER BELTING
Uoora nn«J Window*
IXL Parlor Heater*
Air Tight Iieater*
Aluminum Ware
P. & B. Paper
Maltfaoid Roofing
Marine Engine Oil
Gas Engine Oil
Lacquerst Paint
Denatured Alcohol
Dang’s Ranges
Gasoline Stoves
Deadening Felt
Weather Strips
Blacksmith's Coal
Wheel Barrows
Fishing Tackle
Alcohol Stoves
Seine Twine
Granite Ware
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Oil Stove*
Spark Plug*
Jump Coll*
Matter!**
Aabeato*
Tar Papei
Valve Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Great*
Paint*
Ammunition
Ben oh Forge#
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
foal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tent#
Shot Guns
Giuollna
Believe
Cutlery
Fire Q ay
Rifle#
Fire Brick
Lime
Gement
CAbju
Flap#
Mercury
Phone Madison 87 J. L. GRAEF Seward, Alaska
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Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
10 and 15 years. J. L. Graefs. tf.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
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Waterfill and Fraxrer whiskey at
the Branch.
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MEN—Read Cotter's Ad today.
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Taylor’s Express meets all boats
and trains. Phone Main 122.
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Subscribe for The Gateway.
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Waterfill & Frasier whiskey at
The Branch.
See exhibition drill at Seward Mili
tary Unit Pall Saturday night. Tick
ets, $1.00. P22
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Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers for Seward
Bakery Bread.
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For your Xmas dinner Cresca fruit
cake, Heinz* plum or fig pudding, tho
best ever. Brown & Hawkins.
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Pearl Oil $1.75 a can at GraeTa. tf
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
The Chesterfield blend
ha* in it the higho*t
grade Turki*h tobacco
that grow*.
They satisfy—
and yet they’re MILD. /
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