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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoben. President Frank L- Ba,,al"e- Sec.
Elmer A. Friend. Editor
Enured u eeeond-clM. nutter September 2, 1916. »t the Poet Office »t Sewnrd. Alneka
under Act of March 3. 1879. —
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Preos is exclusively entitled to the use for repubhcation
of all news dispatches credited ot it or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published herein.
AN APPEAL FROM SECRETARY McADOO
Twenty-five million postcards are now going through
the mails from Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo
urging all jtersons in the United States to purchase sav
ings stamps. Secretary McAdoo’s message is as follows:
I write to ask you to help your country.
You can do so and also help yourself in a very simple
manner.
Many of us can not fight, hut every one of us can help
by saving. Every dollar saved and not sjtent on unneces
sary things releases that amount of labor and material to
make articles for our Army and Navy. When a dollar
that is saved is loaned to the Government it is doubly ef
fective.
To that end Congress has authorized the sale of war
savings stamps and United States Thrift Stamps in de
nominations of So and of 2~> cents, respectively. Each
war-savings stamp you buy is a loan to the United States
Government, is a direct help to every soldier and sailor
who is risking his life in the war, and is a safe and simple
wav to invest vour savings.
The United States Government pledges its entire re
sources and credit to repay this loan on January 1. 1923,
with 4 per cent interest.
War-savings stamps are a savings investment which
can not decline in value, and are guaranteed by the United
States Government to go up in value as the interest is add
ed.
Should you want vour monev hack before January 1,
v v v v
1923, any money-order post-office will, after 10 days’
W ritten notice, refund to you the amount you paid for war
savings stamps plus an added amount for each month you
have held them after January, 1918.
Will you not give this matter vour earnest considera
tion and speak to the members of your family in regard to
it? 1 suggest that you make up an order on the attached
post card for their combined requirements of war-savings
stamps and thrift stamps. Drop the card in a mail box
and the letter carrier will deliver your stamps to you.
Then as you save will you not buy regularly?
I assure you that such action on your part will be of
great assistance to your country in the present war, and I
reccommend it as a splendid savings plan.
THE GOVERNOR IS CAUTIOUS.
It is evident that Governor Strong has been requested
with urgency to suspend the operation of the obnoxious
eight-hour law entirely..
Long before the law became effective, it was gener
ally believed that due to increasing shortage of labor, the
law would be suspended, during the war at least. But it
wasn’t, and therefore when it became effective, it disor
ganized industrial forces all over the territory. Later,
the Governor, at the request of Secretary Lane and others
the operation of the law was suspended so far as it affect
ed the canneries, leaving out of the suspension order hali
but, cod, clams and other food fishes. This was soon dis
covered to be very objectionable. To remedy this defect,
another proclamation was issued including any and all
products of the sea. Meanwhile, the transportation com
panies, sawmills, logging and other industries were left
high and dry as it were—stranded, gasping for breath.
They in turn have apparently protested, now comes the
governor with an invitation to go to Juneau and listen to
a lot of arguments pro and con, and when the meeting is
over, another proclamation may follow.
Governor Strong is getting mighty cautious. He was
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not quite so cautious when he disregarded the law in order [
to give “Wick” his election certificate. But . of course
time changes. If there is a man in the whole of Alaska
who knows that the eight-hour law, with the present short
; age of labor and increased demand for fish and other pro
bluets, is impracticable, that man is Governor Strong.]
Then why does he hesitate? Is he feeling his way into |
popularity for future events? This is no time for experi
mentation, especially with laws tending to harass the in
dustries of the territory. We have enough trouble out
side of the country without adding to it. In our opinion, |
that law should have been thrown into the waste bask,
in the first place; but why it was done, the Governor alone
I knows.—(Ketchikan Progressive-Miner.)
What a spectacle the Senators are making of them
selves in spouting about the inefficiency of the War De
partment. It is only a political scheme but the majority j
1 of the people, political as well as the non-political, easily
discern the motives.
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■ So von Hindenburg says he will be in Paris in April.
'Veil, if he does he will be in irons and confined in a nar
row place with steel bars around it, a prisoner of war.
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The Arctic Brotherhood is beginning to realize the
importance of the saying of all newspapermen of the old
school: “If you want to interest the public, then interest
1 he women.” The Arctic Brotherhood is planning dances
and now a card party for the wives and sweethearts of the
members is to be the function next Monday night after j
the regular session. Interest the women in the lodge and
the men will be at the regular sessions.
With two porkless days a week every citizen in Sew
ard will begin to realize the shortage of pork. If they
have room enough for a pen and believe that the pen is
mightier than the sword this patriotic appeal will be felt.:
“Raise a pig.”
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A reader of the Gateway says the reporter made a
mistake by. saying the Farallon was wrecked on Kodiak
island and it should have been Illiamia or something like {
that. All right—but she was wrecked, wasn’t she?
Russia is sustaining her reputation by furnishing un
expected news almost every twenty- four hours.
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t I II.l t IKS COMMISSION
M i l MOOT ANY POWER
SUPREME COURT SAYS
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HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 7. — The!
public utilities commission of Hawaii
is without jurisdiction to regulate the
rates and charges of the Inter-Island]
Steam Navigation company, accord- j
ing to a decision handed down by the!
territorial supreme court.
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1*1 <>(>!> TRANSFUSION
GROWS IN IMPORT AN UK
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LONDON, Feb. 7. — The prac is <
of blood transfusion in the cases of
ImUly wounded men in the army, is
growing in importance. Out of thir
ty five wounded men who could not
have survived otherwise, twenty two
wore saved by this process.
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GEN. YENG-CHANG
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When the army of 300,000 men that
China intends to send to the western
front in France starts on its way to j
the battle lines, General Yeng-Chang
is almost certain to go as its com
mander. At present he is command
ing the troops around Peking, and is
one of the most prominent men in
China. General Yeng is chief general
adjutant to the president of China.
Formerly he was minister of war, and
at ono time was minister to Germany.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE K. KiNG and DAVE
DA UMAX, and to their, and each
of tlieir heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,!
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917, the
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
laska mining district, district of Alas- i
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Dauman claim an 1
undivided one sixteenth (1-10) inter
est, as shown by notice of location i
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing oilice of the aforesaid mining dis-;
trict. The said labor was performed
us 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 the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (00) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own-1
ers, to wit: You, the said George R. ;
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen-1
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Rau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said ^presen
tation for the years ending as afore-,
*aid, your interest in said claim will:
he forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT I
Co-Owner, i
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
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