[CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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HELP WANTED
FOR SALE
HOMESTEAD and codfish station
near Sand Point, 160 acres land and
more available. House, stable, chick
en house, 2 cows, 60 chickens, geese.
Plenty wood and water. Will accept
any reasonable offer. Inquire owner,
Carl Ovcrson, Sand Point, Alaska.
No. 10 Remington typewriter, good
condition; bargain if sold at once.
Inquire Gateway. M
Victrola and records, good selection.
Inquire Gateway. If
For sale Hotel Crist at a sacrifice on
account of illness. Fourth and K.,
Anchorage, Alaska.
An eight horse-power Pelton water
wheel, never been used. Just the
thing for a small mining plant or
electric generator. Inquire at the
Gateway. **
FOR RENT
For rent two-room furnished house
$12.50 per month. See Dougherty A
Stewart.
miscellaneous
Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
Meet me at The Branch.
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J. H. ROMIG, M. I>.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams ld3; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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I L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
' L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 58
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
Dental Offices
. Stull Building
Office Phone, Adams 111
Residence Phone, Madison 44
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LEON C. BOOKER
Attorney at Law
Phone Madison 84
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ROBERT SIMPSON
Jnneau, Alaska
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
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FRATERNAL
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L. 0. 0. M. 1425
Regular meeting every Friday
night at 8 o’clock in A. B. Hall.
Visiting brothers invited.
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ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Henry Fathers Leon C. Booker
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. *
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. in., Pioneer Hal
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OH, READ THIS!
SUNNY DALE FARM TRACTS
fc>R SALE
Mr. Gaston W, Smalley, owing t<
disability
OFFERS
Sunny Dale Farm Tracts on easj
terms.
Four miles from town.
Good farm land.
Ob the Government Road.
One acre to larger tracts as request
ed by purchaser. tf
U. S. RAILROAD RECORD
YpJ j All the news of the line from Seward to Fairbanks. No. 13
BUILDING PHONE
LINE THROUGH
TO FAIRBANKS
J. E. Frost, of the telephone and
telegraph department for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission is now at
! work on the permanent line to con
nect Seward with Fairbanks by tele
{ phone.
Frost was in charge of construction
! work on the extension of the line from
the head of Cook inlet to Talkeetna
and the present project is merely the
further extension of the same line on
over the mountains to Nenana, which
place is already connected with Fair
banks.
In all probability, as soon at; the
line is completed it will be the line
that will carry all news to Fairbanks
and other interior points from the
coast, and in that event Seward, an.i
not Valdez will he the big cable sta
tion.
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! CONTRACTORS BUSY
ON NORTHERN END
FAIRBANKS.—(By mail.) — with
the intention of completing the con
tract he secured last summer from
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
to do grubbing and stripping work
| along the route of the Alaska rail
road near Happy creek, Herb Wilson,
| the young railroad contractor, com
menced work May 1. He is sending
out a number of men with teams and
cnmp equipment today, and expects
that the work will be going full blast
within the next two or three days.
Wilson has a section thirty feet wide
rnd ten miles long to strip, one
month s time being allowed him in
wh en to do the work. As a conse
quence, in order that the work may be
completed within the allotted time, he
is in the market for all of the men
and teams that he can get. Ho ex
j pects to employ no less than ten or
twelve teams with plows in doing the
stripping and approximately fifty men
if they are available.
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James E. Manning arrived from Se
attle on the transport Crook to as
sume the position of agent at King,
relieving H. R. Birch, transferred to
Birchwood as agent and pumpman.
BRIDGES HOLD
ON WAGON ROAD
ON MATANUSKA
The wagon road north of the Little
Susitna river is rapidly nearing com
pletion. Within a few days it will be
possible to haul light loads from Camp
174 to Camp 195. At the close of the
week the snow had practically disap
peared. All the streams in the sec
tion of Matanuska were very high,
but no bridges had been washed out.
Gianninni & Co. were awarded a
contract for grading between Stations
D6436 and D6475 and have moved
their outfit to that section.
Many of the stationmen who have
been engaged on road building have
resumed work on their contracts and
their places have been filled by com
mission gangs.
Track was laid from Station 5574
plus 60 to Station 5670, and a side
track wjis laid from Station 5642 plus
04 to Station 5665 plus 81. The en
j tire gang worked two days surfacing
and full-tieing the track previously i
laid.
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R. R. Cole has entered the service
of the commission as third trick train
dispatcher at Mile 114.
Walter Todd has been promoted
from instrumentman, Turnagain arm
district, to resident engineer, Talkeet
na district.
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William H. Shafer arrived from Se
attle on the transport Crook to accept
a position as third trick operator at
Matanuska.
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The total disbursements of the of
fice on the central division for the
period May 1 to May 7, 1917, were
$60,108.81. The payment of salaries
and wages amounted to $46,045.95; for
local purchases $351.59; to construe-,
tion contractors $13,248.87; other ex
penditures $462.40.
August Smith, a longshoreman em
ployed on the inlet, died at 3 p. m.
May 12. The cause of death was pneu
monia. The deceased was 45 years of
age, a native of Denmark, and is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Smith,
of No. 533 Hobard St., Oakland, Cal.
STATION MEN
PLACED NORTH
OF SHEEP CREEK
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Arrangements made prior to May
5th plan to cover all unfinished grad
ing work between Sheep creek and
Talkeetna with stationmen as soon as
river navigation opens.
All logging within a reasonable dis
tance of the sawmill at Camp 245 has
been finished and the logs run through
the mill. About 150,000 feet of lum
ber are stacked in the yards, 17,000
feet of which is spruce.
The Susitna river is open for a
short distance at Talkeetna, and the
Talkeetna river is entirely free from
ice. The channel in front of the crib
work at Mile 221 is open. Precautions
will be taken to safeguard this con
struction from damage by heavy ice
which is expected as soon as the
weather moderates.
At the close of the week 2h4 em
ployes were at work in the Talkeetna
district, distributed as follows: Gen
eral supervision 3, engineering 25, of
fice and clerical 7, foremen and sub
foremen 5, mechanics and laborers
107, teamsters and corral help 12,
mess house 17, stationmen 108.
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Colon Sublimes and Invincibles and
Mozart coronas and perfectos specials
at The Key. tf
Seward Contracting
Company
We Bid on Anything
Buildings Complete
Plans Furnished
Office and Shop
N. E. Cor. Broadway and Adams
B. R. VAN DEUSEN, Mgr.
Phone Madison 149
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
Beat of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
No Charge for Mending Clothes
Rough Dry 10c Pound
Cleaning and Pressing
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
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No more rough dry work will Ik*
taken at the Dee Sing Laundry, tf
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Waterfill and Frazier whiskey at
the Branch.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
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2 C. Kodak, Jr., Kodak $12.00—
Seward Drug Co.
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City Express meets all boats and
trains. Phone Maine 122.
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We carry Symphony Lawn Station
ary the Seward Drug Company.
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A. Mclver, licensed undertaker.
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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City Express. Phone Main 122.
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JUST TO REMIND YOU
-of
Union Pacific System
I Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
I San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections for all
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
—all the time—by Automatic
Electric “Safety Signals.
H. L. HUDSQN.A.G.F.&P.A.
SEATTLE
MACK TRUCKS
For heavy, nagged use stand any strain
you care to put upon them. For heavy
constnaction and haulage; for all-round
utility; for satisfactory service from
every angle.
Seven thousand MACK Trucks in daily service
testify to MACK quality. I have sold over $.,>.000
worth of MACK Trucks in the Pacific Northwest
since January 1—everyone of them earning money for;
the owner every day.
There’s a MACK Truck for every purpose. All
sir.es from i to 7 1-2 urns. While vou are about it get
a truck that is a RKAL TRUCK. Write, for our in
terftgtinfif literature.
‘PERFORMANCE COUNTS’
T. G. YOUNG
Distributor for MACK Trucks
100 Pike Street SJEATTLE
C. W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:
WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY’S FLOURS
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AND A FULL LINE OF
HARDWARE
Stoves, Hay and Feed
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No Better Goods Can Be Bought At Any Price
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G. YV. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA
THE
COLEMAN
HOTEL
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
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Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
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Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
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RUBBER BELTING
COAL MINERS’ and COLD MINERS’ SUPPLIES
Doors and Windows Gasoline Stoves Oil Stoves Ammunition Gasoline
IXL Parlor Heaters Deadening Felt Spark Plugs Bench Forges Bellows
Air Tight Heaters Weather Strips Jump Coils Brushes Cutlery
Aluminum Ware Blacksmith's Coal Batteries Varnishes Fire Clay
P & B Paper Wheel Barrows Asbestos Turpentine Rifles
Malt hold Roofing Fishing Tackle Tar Paper Japan Fire Brick
Marine Engine Oil Alcohol Stoves Valve Oil Coal Tar Ume
Gas Engine Oil Seine Twine Floor Oil Lamps Cement
Lacqueret Paint Granite Ware Linseed Oil Lanterns Glass
Denatured Alcohol Cook Stoves Sup Grease Tents Rope
ling's Ranges Camp Stoves Paints Shot Guns Mercury
Phone Main 8/ J. L. GRAEF Seward, Alaska j
SEWARO WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office-Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD ALASKA
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DOUGHERTY & ROM IG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Bouses for Rent Rents Collected
Lots for Sale Large Listing
Phone Red 147 Seward. Alaska
SEWARD BAKERY
Phone Madison 82
Excels in good Bakery Goods
Give Them a Trial
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ALASKA WEEKLY POST
Oft the press Saturday. Order now. Ten cents per
copy. Better than letters.
Open
m Day
S and
u Night