CHRISTMAS
Gins
AT
SEWARD
COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Every Dollar Purchase En
titles You to a Chance
in an Electric Train
CHIilSTMAS BOXES
Stickers, cards, cord and ribbons, fancy silk hose,
handkerchiefs, underwear, Winsor ties, gloves,
neckwear, hair ornaments, waists, pocket books,
Corsage boquets, lunch sets, bath sets, towels, cro
chet baby jackets, caps yokes, fancy bags, woolen
and silk dress goods. Munsing Underwear and Gos
san! Corsets.
A Christmas Gift for Everyone at
HALLETT & SCOTT'S
Toys, X-Mas Cards
and CANDIES
Call and see our Line Before
Making Your Selection
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
SITCKSSORS TO THE ALASKA PHARMACY
SI 1IKD ALASKA
Do You Know!
That MILLION’S OK DOI.I ARS go out of circulation yearly
through accidental destruction?
Why ri>k your earnings by carrying your money and checks on •
your person or leaving them in your homes?
\our Hank is Your Safeguard
from loss hy theft or tire.
Your benefit is twofold, for added to your security is the ef
ficient service that we are in a position to give you.
Do not wait until loss overtakes you but bank your money or
checks with us today, and feel secure.
THE SANK OF SEWARD
“THE BANK THAT HELPS YOU PROSPER.”
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY CITY DEPOSITORY
ESTABLISHED 1903
NEWS NOTES
L. V. Ray will return from Anchor
age this evening. This became known
when Patsy came with the informa
tion this morning that she had “some
news to put in the paper.”
In the last mail from the interior
a large shipment of gold was received
in the local post office.
Miss Code arrived on the Alameda
and will go west to her home on the
Dora.
Judge Whittlesey arrived from Val
dez this morning on the Alameda.
A Juneau oculist will arrive here
on the next boat.
A cable message from Seward to
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says
that the wheels of the train on the
Alaska Northern recently froze to the
tracks.
This morning’s mail brought a let
ter from no less a person than our
own Patrick J. Donohue, architect,
formerly of Seward. Pat is still in
Seattle and hopes to “get within the
money" as he says.
Old papers for sale at the “Gate
way.”
Children’s sleds.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Waterfill & Frazier wTT.HKey a’
‘The Branch.”
FOR RENT
Steam heated furnished room. Use
of bath, $ 16.00 per month. Apply
Dougherty & Romig. 12-14—6t.
Flashlights and Batteries.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
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FOR RENT
“ room house, furnished. — Apply
Gateway office. tf.
R. R. Construction During 1916
In the spring of 1916 active work
on the rebuilding of the Alasku
Northern Railway was continued. TRe
work consists of rebuilding bridges,
elimination of high trestles by tills,
improvement in the alignment and
some slight reduction in the grades.;
Seventy-live thousand new ties have
been laid and it is contemplated that
before the work of rejuvenation is
finally completed to mile 71, over
200,000 ties will have been laid. A
machine shop has been built at Sew
ard to replace the one burned during
the summer of 1915, and repairs ure
now being made in that shop.
The construction work from An-,
ehorage under Mr. Mears is proceed
ing as rapidly as funds will permit.
The wt^rk is divided into four separate
districts, all of which report to the
head office at Anchorage. These are:
The Terminal District at Anchor
age, which has charge of the laying
of all new track, the ballasting and
maintenance of the constructed line,
as well as the operation of trains and
the construction and maintenance of
terminal facilities ut Anchorage, such
as machine shops, round houses, wa
ter supply, material yards, electric
light and telephone, employees’
quarters and ollice buildings;
The Matanuska District, with head
quarters at Matanuska, which has
charge of the construction of the line
from Matanuska to Chickaloon on
the Matanuska Branch (38 miles),
and from Matanuska, Mile 148, to
Sheep creek, Mile 200, on the main
line;
The Turnagain Arm District, with
headquarters at Potter Creek, which
has charge of construction from An
chorage, Mile 114, south to Glacier
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Suuday, Dec. 17—One Show
Km press Circuit presents
"CIVILIZATION”
In It parts
Admission $1.00 Children 50c
ONK SHOW S o’clock
BROADWAY CAFE
THE PLACE OF GOOD EATS
FOK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Everything in season and service the very best
PRIVATE BOXES FOR LADIES AND PARTIES
H. J. MURPHY, PROPR.
LUMBER! ;
Alaska Lumber Marie bv Alaska labor
DIMENSION LIMBER
in Any Quantity Now
DRESSED LIMBER
in Any Quantity Soon
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SEWARD SAWMILL CO.
A. f. RASMISSIN. Prop. Phone Kenai 2
LEON C. BOOKER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Bank of Seward Building
Phone Madison 84
Fire and Accident Insurance
SEWARD BAKERY
Home Made Mince
Meat Pics
Christmas Cakes Made toOrder
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| Seward Steam Laundry
HARRY KAWABR, Prop.
Fifth Avenue Phone Main 157
I Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Cleaning and Pressing
Flannels and Silks
Washed by Hand
PRICES REASONABLE
- SAFETY FIRST! -
RUHSTALLER’S
Gilt Edge
BEER
Sacramento, Calif.
SERVED AT ALL' CAFES
creek, Mile 75, a point four mile*s
from the northern terminus of the
Alaska Northern Railway;
The Talkeetna District, with head
quarters at Mile 245, which has
charge of the construction of the
main line from Sheep Creek, Mile
200, to Broad Pass, Mile 312.
Seventy-two and one-half miles ol
track have been laid in the Anchorage
Division, which includes thirty-eight
miles of main line north of Anchor
age; ten and one-half miles south to
ward Turnagain Arm and twenty
four miles on the Matanuska Branch.
The right of way has been cleared on
the main line from Matanuska, Mile
148, to Mile 183, within a mile and a
half of Willow Creek. The grading
on this same section will be practical
ly complete from Matanuska, Mile!
148, to the Little Susitna River, j
Mile 174, by December first.
In the Talkeetna District sixty-two!
miles of right of way have been
cleared and twenty-three miles of (
roadbed graded. The grading in this
district will continue next spring and
it is possible that the entire roadbed
from Sheep Creek, Mile 200, to the
Susitna Crossing at the mouth of In
dian River, Mile 262, may be ready
for the steel by next fall, and that all
the right of way in this district will
be cleared next year. This will com
plete the clearing of the entire right
of way in the Anchorage Division,
from Kern Creek to Broad Pass, in
cluding the Matanuska Branch, a dis
tance of aproximately 280 miles.—Al
aska R. R. Record.
The Seward Commercial Co. is giv
ing away with every dollar purchase
a chance on an Ives Electric train
with motor attached. The train is
now on exhibition in the toy window
and will be running every evening be
tween the hours of 7 and 7:30.
MANY DEPART FOR TOLSTOI
AND PLANS ARE FORMED
FOR MUCH PROSPECTING
Iditarod Pioneer, Nov. 18: — The
heavy fall of snow in the early part
of the present weeli, with its promise
of splendid trails when it becomes
| packed, has started the expected
movement toward the Tolstoi district,
and as the mining season comes to a
< lose in the Iditarod district with the
closing down of the dredges, it may
be expected that the travel to and
from the new district will be lively.
Nearly all of the prospectors who
went to the Tolstoi district last
spring were men of limited means,
who took in small outfits and after
staking claims and doing location and
assessment work returned to Iditarod
to spend the summer in another grub
«lake. Most of these will return, and
during the coming winter it is more
than likely that it will be demon
strated whether or not a populous
and thriving community will be built
up, or whether it will be one of the
numerous camps which furnish luc
rative employment to a limited
number of men each season.
Oyster Cocktails at -The Bra^h/'
—
Saturday will be
Children's Day at
ELLSWORTH’S
Shoes, Rubbers,Un
derwear and
TOYS
at your own price
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MILE 40 ROADHOUSE
G. W. ADAMS, Proprietor
Dog Mushers Made Comfortable
All freight and express forwarded
from end of steel.
O. K. BATHS
Broadway Seward
A Neat Haircut and Easy Shave
Our Specialty
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC CO.
S. M. (1RAFF
President and General Manager
SEE
BILL HENRY
THE LIVE REAL ESTATE MAN
For the Best Real Estate
Deal in Seward
Office 4th & Adams.
PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL
ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW
The following is the program for
ihe tine school entertainment which
will be given this evening:
1. Song: Three Little Heads in a
Row; Swing Song; 4rd, 4th and
5th grades.
2. Recitations: The Thankful
Worm; Sunbonnet Rubies; The
Hungry Pussy Cat; 1st, and 2nd
grades.
3. Songs: 1st and 2nd grades.
4. Quaker Song: 3rd and 4th
grades.
5. Little Playmate Dance With Me:
1st and 2nd grades.
6. Folk Dances: 3rd, 4th and 5th
grades.
7. Scarf Drill: Upper Grades.
8. Songs: 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.
9. Comedietta, Fast Friends: Mar
garet Romig; Reverly Hallett. .
10. Song: Joe Rradshaw; Robert
Mullin.
11. Illustrated Song, Spanish Cava
lier, Sung by Miss Aldoren Carl
son;
Cavalier, George Martin, Senor
ita, Elizabeth Romig.
12. Vocal Solo: Florence van Gilder.
13. Fnk Dances: 3rd, 4th and 5t'i
arades
13. Vocal Solo: Mr. Otto Moses.
14. Hiawatha’s Wooing: Arrow
maker, John Sauers; Minnehaha,
Elizabeth Romig; Hiawatha.
John Sullivan.
15. Finale, Carmen School.
Dancers: Ida Revel 1, Mary Mc
Connell, Maxine McDonald, Fli
zaocth Torroy
New shipment of Filson’s Water
proof Mackinaw staff shirts.—$7.00.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
LOST
Pair fflasses and case. Please
leave at Gateway office. tf
FOR RENT
Two partly furnished housekeepinff
rooms with bath. Good for two men.
Gateway.
WANTED
Waitress.—Apply Capitol Cafe.
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Now is the time to
buy X-Mas Gifts
UrbacH
has a fine assort
ment of
fancy Neckwear
Charmant Mufflers
Gloves, fur Caps
Mackinaw Coats
A Beautiful Picture Free
with each Dollar purchase
of Toys
THE SEWARD
GENERAL HOSPITAL
desires to acquaint the general hospi
tal interests of this country with the
facilities of this institution for giving
the latest devised methods of nursing
care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention
given to patients requiring gyne
cological treatment. Hydrotherapeu
tic treatments carefully followed.
This building, just complete, electric
lighted, steam heated, hot and cold
water. Physicians placing patients in
our care will receive every ethical at
tention. Prompt readiness for acci
dents, obstretrics and emergencies,
day or night. I''or further particular*
1 address,
SISTER SUPKRIOR.
DON’T LOSE MONEY
Get your Holiday gifts and candy at
the store where you can get the test
quality and the most for your money.
CHRISTMAS CARDS—VRT VIEWS
HIGHTEST GRADE CIGARS, TO
BACCO AND CIGARETTES, PIPES.
CANDY CANDY CANDY
A thousand gifts, each one a fitting
remembrance and each one well with
in the range of your purse.
COME IN AND SHOP A BIT
The Home of The Kodak
H E T T E L S
Phone Madison 119
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION, KEN A l PRE
CINCT.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Elizabeth D. Gray, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Administrator of the Estate
of Elizabeth D. Gray, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against, the said deceased to
exhibit them with necessary vouchers,
within six months after the first pub
lication of this notice, to the said Ad
ministrator, at his office, Bank of
Seward Bulding, the same being the
place for transaction of the business
of said estate, in the Town of Sew
ard, Kenai Precinct, Territory of Al
aska.
Dated this 8th day of December,
1916.
FRANK L. BALLAINE,
Administrator.
Date of first publication, December 9,
1916.
Date of last publication, January 13,
1917.
SEWARD GRILL
GEO. A. MITCHELL, Proprietor
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Phone Adams 119
SERVICE CLEANLINESS
Private Boxes for Ladies or Parties
C.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:
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WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY’S FLOURS
And a full line of
HARDWARE, STOVES, HAY AND FEED
No Better Goods Can Be Bought At Any Price
G. W. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA