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SEWARD^ ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1915.
When we speak about a holy war most of us seem to think that all the
Mohammedan people of the world are united and have as their dearest desire
the slaughtering of Christians. The tact is, however, that the Mohammedans
ore no more united than the Christians themselves, there are sects amongst
the Mohammedans who have as holy a hate for each other as the mutual
hatred amongst Christian sects. Amongst the Mohammedans are two or three
sects particularly who are inspired hy the same godly love for one another
as, let us say, the A. I*, A‘s have for what they call Homans.
It is really a fact that some sorts of Christians hate each other more
than either of them hates a Mohammedan and the chances are that the Mo
hammedan sects each thinks the other sect is a million times worst* than the
most Christian Christian that ever drew the breath of life.
This is all because the Mohammedans keep far away from Christians
and Christians return the compliment. Wherever Mohammedans and C hrts
tians come together the chances are that they hate each other as a good
Christian Holy Holler hates a good C hristian Dukhobor. To get up a real
Christian or Mohammedan hate it is necessary to get the two together. To get
up any kind of a decent hate propinquity is necessary.
isn’t it a positive fact that one sort of a Christian hates another sort of
a Christian more than he hates a man who isn’t a Christian at all?
In the same way a Mohammedan hates another sort oi a Mohammedan
more than he hates a Christian.
Right now where the Turkish hosts are gathering for the invasion of
Egypt is the most sacred spot in Christendom. It is an indisputable t.ut
that in that region the Turkish government is compelled to keep the peace
between the different sects of Christians who claim prior rights in the Holy
I,and. The Mohammedan Turks must know that Christians of different sects
have lost no love on each other. Let us imagine conditions reversed. Let us
suppose that the C hristians were in control of Mecca and were forced to use
strong measures to keep the different Mohammedan sects from flying at each
others’ throats. What would we think of Mohammedanism as a religion?
But. Mohammedans are just the same sort of human beings that we are and
it is just as hard to get them to agree on any one subject at it is to get us
to agree. Lach Mohammedan sect thinks that the other will he surely cast
into eternal tires or something else as horrible. Kach of them is absolutely
sure that if the other fellow doesn’t think as he thinks he is ot no earthly use
and ought to be dead and damned. One of them says that Mahomet meant
one thing when he said so and so, and the other thinks Mahomet meant some
thing else altogether. The chances are that one sect of Mohammedans has a
secret organization to keep the other sect from getting political jobs. It is
also likely that one sect calls the other superstitious and idolatrous. It is
even possible that some Mohammedans say that no other sort of a Mohamme
dan “need apply.” And yet they all believe that “there is no god but god and
Mahomet is his prophet.” How can that be when there are so many kinds of
different followers of that one god and one prophet? Isn’t that Mohamme
danism ridiculous? But they art* just the same as Christians. Were all chips
of the one blink in this respect, at least.
NEWS NOTES
About a hundred people are now
wintering in the neighborhood of
Kenai river instead of living in the
town.
Fire Chief Mel Horner says that
there certainly is an ordinance pro
viding that all firement are special
polieement during a fire. They have
the power to arrest in case they deem
an arrest advisable.
Sheet, bar iron and drill steel at
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality first.”
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE NORTHLAND
CORDOVA ALASKAN, Jan. 0.—
The circulation medium of Cordova
is several hundred dollars less today
than it was yesterday, due to the fact
that a smooth confidence operator de
parted on the Alameda with the punga
obtained in amounts ranging from $5
to $150 from people who listened too
intently and willingly to his different
stories. In several business houses
where he was unable to obtain cash,
he purchased bills of goods ranging
as high as $50 which were to be paid
for on arrival of his $300 pension
“coming on the next boat.” Millinery
goods valued at $42, to be sent as a
birthday present to his “niece,” were
obtained from one establishment;
from another store he obtained cloth
ing to the value of $50, on the same
representation.
In the cash transactions, he “opened
the game” with $50 to $100, and if
I that proved too much for the intended
I victim, the amount would be lowered
to suit convenience.
The “mysteriuos stranger” arrived
on the last trip of the Mariposa from
Seward and registered under the
i name of a prominent citizen of
Tacoma. Later he erased the name,
explaining that he did not want it to
be known he was in the city. The
name is that of a man who has taken
an active part in both state and nat
ional politics; but it isn’t the same
name he gave when booked for pas
sage on the Alameda. He is about 65
years of age, walks with crutch and
cane and claims to be a Civil War
veteran who draws a pension of $100
a month. He carried and exhibited a
pension blank, which coneyed a tone
of plausibility to those inclined to
listen to him,
SEATTLE, Jan. y.—H. F. Alex
ander, president of the Alaska-Pacific
Navigation Company, which operates
the Admiral line of *teamers, is ex
tremely optimistic over the recent
successful test of the Matanuska coal.
In an interview he says:
“Within two years the activity re
sulting from the opening of the Ala
ska coal fields, the settlement of the
vast valley of Alaska and the pro
jection of great mining propositions
will astonish the coast.
“The tests show that the Matanuska
coal fields possess a better coal than
now being used on the naval vessels
in the Pacific and the supply is so
abundant that there need never be any
scarcity. The department’s announce
ment means that good and cheap fuel
will be brought to Seattle and other
coast cities. It means that manufact
urers using coal will have a better and
cheaper fuel than at present.’
Finch’s Goiden Wedding Kye at The
Branch.
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Rent, Rents < ‘ollecied, i
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The makers of
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and cravets we
offer you have
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of the designs and
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dome ami see them when
in Seattle.
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StATTL!- fIt’s Better and Costs Less*’
EMPRESS COOKING STOVES
The
Famous
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Empress
M5.50
An extra heavy
and well made
cast iron cook
stove; guaran
teed a perfect
baker, 4 hole top
with 15 in. oven
$15.50;
with 16 in. oven
$ 18.50.
XMoetirU-O
The Beach
Empress
$8.75
A good, guaranteed cast
iron Cook Stove; top end
shelf; large front hearth.
Exactly like picture with
4 holes.
With 14-inrh oven
$8.75.
With 16>inch oven
$11.75.
Mail Orders promptly filled. Illustrated
catalog of Heaters, Stoves and Ranges
sent free on request.
StandarJ mitareCo
Second Ave. at Pine St. SEATTLE
IkVTK wish to thank the public in general for their liberal
W patronage in the j>ast and trust our business inetli*
•1 ods have been such as to merit their greater con*
1 tidence in the future. We are most optimistic for Seward K
I in the year 1015. We predict a wonderful improvement
1 in a business way. We predict tint selection of Ressur- p
rection Ray as tin* Ocean Terminus of the Government 1
y Railway by President Wilson, not later than February 10;
1 that actual Construction work will begin not later than
< April 1st; that Seward will have a population of 5000
I people by December 30th; that real estate in Seward wil!
*• advance fully 300 per cent by September 1st, and that our
I business will increase accordingly.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY |
The Coleman
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. GEO. SEXTON, PROP.
Electric lights. Electric bell. Modern bath rooms. Rates reasonab’e.
_SEWARD, ALASKA ^
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ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
S. M. GRAFF, - President and General Manager
Doors & Windows
Lang’s Ranges
I X L Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Makhoid Roofing
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Marine Engine Oil
Valve Oil
Klaine Oil
Floor t )il
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Asphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PHONE BLACK 4
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition H
Fishing Tackle v|
Giant Powder tr
Caps 6
Fuse _
Bench Forces I
Blacksmith’s Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery |
Fire Clay
Fire Brick |
Lime
Cement £
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ®i|
Steamers Alameda and Mariposa sail from Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S. DORA leaves'Seward 15th of each month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch.Harbor.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, l^atouche and Sew ard
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without noticed
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUPTILL, Age '
Hotel Seward
W. A. M’NEILEY, Pnoe.
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MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES SI.00 TO S2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATH9 ELECTF.C LIGHTS
The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacitic Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward
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