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SEWARD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915.
The Gateway take* pleasure in wishing all the people of Seward a Merry
Christmas.
Christmas is a peculiar time of the year. There is something in the very
atmosphere surrounding it which exercises a strange influence on all Christ
ians, some for one reason and some for another. Associated with the word
in the mind are thoughts of the past in which each Yufetide is a milestone
marking the progress of life.
The Christmas days of the long-gone-by stand out for most people like
stars in a dimmed sky. As the star lighted the way to I he stable so do the
stars of the Yulotides gone guide us to pleasant memories of the past. We
judge the past by the most vivid incidents and as Christmas is the most vivid
incident of youth that youth comes back to our thoughts gilt with the joy
and happiness of the grand old day.
The very universality and depth of the Christmas feeling serves as a
proof *of the spirituality of the human race anti of the supernatural fact on
which Christmas is l ased. It could not have been the product of human
thought or human achievement for it could not have thus survived through
the centuries and have remained the one great period in the year ot the
civilized world. “Its very look ami bearing is the evidence of its ro>al origin.”
Christmas this year comes while the land in which the occurrence that
created Christmas took place is threatened with being the scene of bloody
death. Such a fact is one of those that come to try our faith, but such things
have been happening for nearly twenty centuries. Millions have died,
butchered by their brothers, in the time since the first Christmas and yet
Christmas exists and proves the eternal quality of the fact that created it.
Why British
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Labor Objects
By ED. L. KEEN
(United Press Staff Correspondent )
LONDON, Dec. 20.—To support his
charge that capital has exploited
labor during this war the British
workingman cites the employer’s own
books show ;ng, he says, excessive pro
fits from war business. He cites for
example:
Spiller, flour millers of Cardiff, last
year declared a profit of $1,8.15,000,
an increase of $1,125,000 over the
average of the la."t three years. I he
Powell Duffryn Colliery Co., profit
$2,110,000, increase $650,000: Ebb
Vale Coal & Iron Co., profit $710,000.
increase $225,000; Lanchet Brothers,
profit $780,000, increase $280,000
Practically nothing was done by the
government to control the gradually
soaring retail price-s of foodstuffs.
Employers refused to increase wages
sufficiently to meet the new condi
tions. In November, 1914, the Journ
al of Commerce said:
“The opportunities now open to
British shipping are obvious. Ger
man ships swept otF the sea, we have
no serious competitors in the carrying
trade of the world.” Just after this
some freight rates from Argentine to
Great Britain increased 500 per cent.
It was the business as usual policy
that aroused the workingmen. They
began demonstrations. At first there
was no suggestion of striking. But
demonstrations and resolutions
brought no results. REAL wagesj
steadily declined. Except in muni
tions trades where overtime was paid,
NOMINAL wages were stationary.
To date, to offset the 40 per cent in
crease in living cost, wages in organ
ized trades have increased only 10 per
cent, and in unorganized trades hard
ly at all. Of nearly ten million work
ers not more than three millions have
received increases. Only the threat
of concerted industrial action induc
ed employers to concede this much
mainly in war bonuses, labor says.
Moreover, the war was being con
ducted in silence. The government
wouldn’t tell what was happening.
There was no incentive for the work
ingman to show’ interest in the war’s
progress; there was every incentive
for him to show increased interest in
his own welfare.
SO the industrial truce, declared at
the beginning, was broken. DespitT
this there have been only .'10 strikes
since August, 1914 involving more
than 250 workers each.
INTRODUCING THE RAINBOW
UNFIORM. IT’S OUT OF SIGHT !
LONDON. Dec. 20.—(Special)—
Khaki, field grey and German green
as invisible colors for armies are dis
mal failures. Sixteen months of
war in the field has proved that the
most invisible army of all would be
one whose soldiers were clad in
models of Joseph’s coat.
Such at least is the verdict of a
high British officer, who in months
at the front has made a study of the
invisibility of colors.
In clothing an army, the highest
point of invisibility he says would be
obtained by garbing each man in a
different color; one in green, the next j
in blue, another in grey, one in red
and so on alternately, according to the
color expert’s scheme. If this proved
impracticable each man should be
dressed in a combination of soft ton- j
ed colors. Either scheme, says the
officer, would enable an entire army
corps to merge inconspicuously into
any background.
Like the Scottish kilts, the obve-,
drab khaki of the British army to-!
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day is based on custom, not science,
he declared. Khaki originated in the
British Indian army and later got t)
England. The European war has (
shown that it is far more satisfactory ,
on the Indian plains or the African
veldt than limned aaignst the land
scape of France or Belgium.
Observers unanimously have re
ported that against the snows of
| winter or the green foliage of spring
or summer, the khaki-clad Tommy is (
a conspicuous target. The same is ^
declared to be true of the greyish
green of the German uniforms.
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Home made Mince Meat from the
I Bally Green Farm. Brown & Hawk
j ins, “Quality First.”
Hohners’ accordians and harmoni
cas at Urbachs. 12-20—5t.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
Phone your orders for Xmas cakes,
puddings and bakery goods to Adams
115, the Home Bakery. 12-l^tf
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AND RELATIVES GET JUST WHAT THEY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
Get an Order from Cotter Any Amount that You Name
Tho finest lino of Christmas novelties and useful presents in Seward to select from.
All you have to do is to decide on how much you wish to spend on remembering your friends,
then call at Cotter’s, get your order anti send it with Christmas greetings, and the recipient
can call at any time and select his gift.
•lust received on the S. S. Farragut, a beautiful assortment of T II E FA M O U S
C II E NY SI L K N E C K W E A K; all of the latest winter styles and shades.
Garter and Arm Band Sets Handkerchief and Tie Sets
Silk Hosiery Silk Suspenders
Sweaters and Sweater Vests Latest Style Hats
Bath Rohes Likely Hand Grips and Suit Cases
Overcoats Suits Rain Coats Dress Shoes and Slippers
Dress Shirts flannel Shirts fancy Mackinaws
Snow Shoes All Wool Blankets Hats and Caps
Tie Clasps Cuff Links Scarf Pins Collar Holders
Everything that a man could want and everything in the very best quality, and in the
latest style.
Now. do not delay and put otf your shopping until the last day and then expect to
have the opportunity of selecting from a fult and complete stock. Any selection may be
reserved and delivered at any time.
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Buy Your Christmas Order Now!
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t forget the Parcai Po«t” Seward, Alaska
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this piquant bonnet of blue pressed j
beaver, tied on with a heavy grosgrain ■
ribbon and beautified by three ripe ber
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string of ostrich tips on the crown of (
your hat.]
WOLFES IN JAIL
The following dispatch, which re
lates to two former Iditarod men, is
clipped from a San Francisco paper:
Sacramento, Sept. 17.—Maurice V. I
Wolfe and his son, Victor Wolfe, tail-'
ors, 515 K street, were arrested here
today on confession of an alleged ae-!
complice, who told a story of an arson
plot. They are charged with con-!
spiracy to commit arson.
In effect the confession of this man,
whose name is witheld by the police,,
charges that Wolfe and his son in
tended to set fire in the night to then
shop. The fire was to be fed with
quantities of oil, which would insure
the destruction of the building and the
probable death of thirty roomers
above.
In addition this accomplice says
that he found that he also was to be a
victim. That when the fire was ig
nited it was so arranged that a can of j
gasoline would explode and kill him.
Wolfe and his son, he declares, would
then collect a large amount of insur
ance.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 6th special *
sale on lacos and ribbons, 33 and a
third per cent. ofT. One week only.
Seward Commercial Co.
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SERIAL NO. 01788
DEPARTMENT OK THE INTERIOR
United States Laud Office, Juneau, Alaska.
June 22. 1915.
SOLDIER'S ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD
ENTRY BY ASSIGNEE.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER
' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
, NORTH ALASKA SALMON COMPANY, a
corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California, and whose
post office address is 110 Market Street, San
Francisco, California, us assignee of Joseph
R. llarrigan, administrator of the Estate of
Kyhran Horan, deceased, being entitled to the
benefits of section 2306 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States and amendments thereto,
has applied to muke entry of that tract of
land described as U. S. Survey No. 914, and
, situated on the West bank of Kvichak River,
approximately six miles above the mouth of
I the Alagnak River, District of Alaska, and in
Latitude 69 deg. l»6 min. 60 se-c. North and in
j Longitude 166 deg. 41 min. 44 sec. West, and
more particularly described as follows, to wit:
j Beginning at Corner No. 1 of said survey,
whence U. S. L. M. R. G. M. bears S. 40 deg.
07 min. W. 20.70 chs. distant, thence East,
var. 23 deg. 10 min. E.. 3.00 chs. to corner
No. 2. meander corner at line of mean high
water on Kvichak River, whence witness corn
er bears Wost 1.82 chs. distant; thence,
meandering along line of mean high water on
west shore of Kvichak River, var. 22 deg. E.,
N. 28 deg. 25 min. E. 7.20 chs. ; N. 29 dog. 64
min. E. 3.60 chs.; No. 30 deg. 29 min. E. 6.85
chs. to Corner No. 3, meander corner, whence
witness corner bears West 1.93 chs., distant;
Thence West. var. 26 deg. E. 11.69 chs. to
corner No. 4 ; thence South, V ar. 20 deg. K.
16.35 chs. to corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 11.14 acres;
As additional to Homestead Entry No. 1446
made August 26, 1865, by Kyhran Horan, at
Ionia, Michigan Land Office, for the S. % of
SE. % of Sec. 30, township 18 north, range
10 west, containing 80 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely said
tract of land, or any portion thereof, are
hereby notified that unless their adverse
claims are filed during the period of publica
tion and posting, or within 30 days thereafter.
, they will be barred by virtue of the statute
j and the regulations thereunder.
It is hereby ordered that this notice bo
published for the statutory period of 60 days
in the SEWARD GATEWAY, a newspaper of
* general circulation printed at Seward, Al
aska, published nearest the land applied for.
C. B. WALKER. Register j
First publication Nov. 11, 1915.
Last publication Jan. 26, 1916.
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