THE KEY
1‘HONE MATH1SON 116
Not much for style hut
H for service
lnsnermen’s To*tie Nook Sweaters
made by 0!>.ajw*. kn»..mg Mills, all
wool. Brown & Hawkins, "Quality
First- tf
50.000
JOBS AT SEA
The Kexall D. ug Stores
tii «.ugiu»ut the country have
Imh*h designated by the Covem
nu'ii; ;*s Km oiling Stations for
tiie l. S. Shipping Hoard. There
are 8.000 .Kexall Stores, of
which nearly 7.000 are in the
U' ited States. At these stores,
ligiu in their own home towns,
young men may now “sign on”
tor faining and subsequent sea
duty in the t . S. Merchant
Mali ne.
This use of the stores and the
expense of this advertisement
are a contribution bv the Kexall
Stores to the Cause of Liberty.
KN’RO! L AT
SEWARD DRl’C CO.
THE REVAl.I. STORE
I WATCHES
Howard
j Hamilton
i Verithin Graea
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Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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C. E. ORLANDER
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sitc'k&sok to!
GEORGE THE JEWELER
Seward
Edward Wild
Proprietor
(l>ay and Niirlit
I'Iioiu* Adams I lw
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Service Cleanliness
| Private Hox**% for l.a«h»*x»r t‘artto*
FRATERNAL !
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L. O. O. M, Nn. 1425 •
Meets ever) 'ruesday 8 P.M., st
k. B. Hall. Visitinf Brothers
Invited.
J. M. Sloan. Dictator
K E. RUDOLPH. Secretary.
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IGLOO NO. •
1 a**u on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each m«nth, 8 !>• a.. INonw Ha'll
READ
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First-class merchandise at mn
sonah'e pries*, prompt service
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Mail!
founded 1901
As close to you as your mail box
Our method of doing business by mail makes
the opening of an account with us just as safe
and convenient os if you were in Seattle
Our funds invested onlf in first mortgages on improved real
estate, and in c«*j>. state, and V. S. Government Bonds
Tor over 17 years rrf *** «*'nunt
we have never if) U/j on savings
paid less than w / left with us
RESOURCES OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS
PUGET SOUND SAVINGS &' LOAN ASSOCIATION
Third S' Pike St. * * * * Seattle, Wash.
TEN PER C ENT. TAX
PLAN IS EAVOREl)
IN EXCISE DRAFT.
Lowering of .'.mounts to be Exempt
\Im> Discussed, but No Definite
Action Is Taken.
Washington, Aug.!— A 10 per cent,
minimum income lax for inoicidua s
and corporations in lieu of the present
1 per cent, for individuals and <» per
cent, for corporations, was favored at
an executive session ot the house M
ways and means committee, which is
drafting the new war revenue bill. No
conclusion was reach* d, however. Low
•ering of the fixed amounts exempt
from taxation also was discussed, b it
sentiment largely was in opposition.
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\VH \T r.S. SOLDIER DOES
V, ITII HIS MONTHIA WAC.KS
ALEXANDRA, LA. Aug. 1 Th
question‘of what an enlisted man in
the American army does with all hi*
money ha* been answered here by a
disclosure ol the financial affairs of
one member of a machine gun comp
any at Camp Rail regard. The soldier
receives a month. Of this $15 is
sent to his mother, $5 is paid on u
Liberty Rond and $6.50 is deducted
for inswajice, leaving a balance of $6
50 or approximately twenty-one cents
a day. As Uncle Sam provides hin
yvith everything he desires and the
twenty one cents is idle yvealth he has
decidi*d to open a savings account.
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SOX NOT 1.0 AUTHOR
MAKES A RECORD
IN THE FIGHTING
WITH THE AMERICANS, Aug. 1
Lieut. Victor Hugo, the third gi'eat
gi an Ison of the author of that name,
attached to the American Army as in
structor, distinguished himself in the
capture of Cantigny recently.
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Seriai No. 02417
UNTIED STATES.. LAND.. OFFICE
Juneau Lund District Juneau Alaska.
March 29 1918,
NOTICE IS HEKEDY GIVEN, That
U. S. Tibbey. a citizen of the United
States, a resident of the city of Seattle
in the State of Washington, has made,
application to the United States Land
Ulhco at Juneau, Alaska, pursuant to
the laws ot the United Stales to ora .e
I Soldier’s Additional Homestead Entry
of land embraced in U. £>. Xon-mineial
Survey No. 1022, situate in Lat. io
I dog. 12 min 39 sec. north and Long.
1 100 deg. 42 min. 12 sec. West, near
I Gravel Point on the southwestern!)'
sno'e of ilerciidten Day, an arm of
Pering Sea indenting the northerly
| shore of the Alaska Peninsula in tire
Third Judicial Division of the Terri
toiy of Alaska, more particularly Jos
: ci i bed as ollows:
, Beginning at 31. C. Corner No. 1
from whence U. S. L. 31. No. 1022
bears No th 1U dig. 18 win 12 sec.
West, 98.01 chains distant and from
said Corner No. 1, running South 1U.4S
chains to Coiner No. 2; thence running
trom said corner No. 2 East 6.85 chjun
to 31. C. Corner. No. 3; running thence
by meanders along the line of mean,
high tide
| North 18 deg. 07 min. East 1.68 chs.
North 7 deg. 51 min East 1.79 chs.
North 12 deg. 35 nun. West 0.80 chs.
North 54 deg. 31 min West 4.41 chs.
North 36 deg. 09 min. Weet ch
North 58 deg. 49 min West 2.39 chs
! to 31. C. Corner No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 5.36 acres. Mag.
> Car. 19 dog. 10 min. East.
Any and all persons claiming any
portion of the above described tract
' of land adverse to the applicant here
in jus aforesaid are hereby required
to file an adveise claim in aocoidanct
* ith the law with the Register and Re
eiv»'i of the United States l.and Office
i PROFESSIONAL
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OR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office Third A Adam*.
Hours: 9 a. n. to o p. m.
Pliono
Madison 58
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J. H. ROMIG, M. O.
Office on Broadway
R$*idonee 'third Av*.
Phone®. Office, Adama W enU
donee, Adam® 4f
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L. R. 0. P. & L. R. C. S. Fdinborgh
I,. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office bourn: 1 to $ and 7 to $ p. nr
Formerly of Nome.
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at Juneau, Alaska during the period
of the publication or before the expir
ation of 60 davs h ereafter.
C. B WA1 KFR
Register
Hate of First publication May
VMS.
Date of Last Publication August 2^
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WANTED— Clean hirs at the
Gateway. •”> cents per pound.
Serial 02602
NOTICE of application for
PATENT
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Juneau, Alaska. March JO, 101S.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Shunuigin Packing Company, a coi
po rut ion,as assignee of Haziah George,
being entitled to the benefits of Sec
tions 2200 and 2207 of the Revisec
bLitutos of the United States and thi
amendments thereto, has applied u
make entry of the lands embraced ii
U. S. Non-mineral survey No. 12J#
situate mi North shore of Bara!of o
Squaw Harbor, Unga Island, Shunuig
in isiands, Territory of Alaska, mort J
particularly described as follows: 1
Beg. cor. No. 1, shore of tfaraioii
Harbor at ordinary high tide from |
uhence South 4.81 chs to cor. ^io. 4,
thence meandering shore of Baralof oj
Squaw Harbor at ordinary high tide
.. .. - i n.i_-• _ C I ^1 ..Uo<
1.11 chs; (0) S. 77 deg. 4S min. E.
1.65 chs; (10) S. 73 deg. 02 min. E.
j 2.74 chs; (11) S. 56 deg. IS min. E.
i 1.44 chs; (12) S. 43 deg. 5S min. E.
j 1.4$ chs to cor. No. 1, place of beginn- |
I ing Area 7.76 acres. Yaration at alH
! corners IS deg. 45 min. E. Longitude j
; 160 <leg. 24 min W. latitude 55 deg.
I 14 min. X.
As additional to original homestead
j of H&ziah George, H. E. Xo. 6312,
made Feb. 23, 1S09 at Rooneville, Mo.
Any and all persons claiming adver
sely any portion of the above deacrib
1 ed tract of land are required to file
1 with the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office at Juneau,
| Alaska, their adverse claim thereto.
| under oath, during the period of pub
ic: tion o>’ within thirty days there
after. or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statute.
C. B. Walker,
Regisfer.
First Publication June 11, 101S.
1 nst Publication, Aug., 20, 101S.
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\\ AVHRrV— Oan rat> at the
(into"R>. 5 conts poi pound.
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CLASSIFIED ADS
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FOR SALE—Berry wood automatic
piano, cost $7oU. hirst class condi
tion for hand playing. Price $200.
Inquire Gateway. tf.
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V ANTED— Clean rags at the
Gateway. 5 tents pet pound.
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CABIN FOR RENT— See McIn
tosh at the Fail-banks tf
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FOR SALE — 2 room, house, fur
nished. Real bargain, enquire Broad
way I sundry. Jy 1
-1 BLY ANYTHING. What have
you? 1 sell anything, See Mclnto.n?
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OLD PAPERS, in bundles, f u sale
at the Gateway office. tf.
MEN WANTED — See black board
at Fairbanks Hotel, Free employment.
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FOR RENT—All newly furnish* ;,
rooms, heat in evcy room; reason; ole |
rates by day, week, or month; at the
Skagway, Broadway near Adam
rlerman Grimm, proprietor. tf.
i*'OK RENT —Two furnished ~ <
.ncnts.Inquire Brosius a. Noon.
WANTED— ( It an rag* al the ,
iilevH) cents pet pound.
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Julian Reed has severed his connec
ions with the Harriman Bank hut in
tend.* to remain in Seward.
M.W. Howard, of Moose Bass, is in
the city and is stopping at the Over
land.
S.O. Casler. deputy marshal, went
vO Anchorage on the Northwestern to
t>ring back two insane individuals to
he taken south with nine now in the
federal jail. . .ut. a
The North we.* tern sailed for Cook
inlet at 7:3b o’clock last night.
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Mrs. Thompson and daughter, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mr.*.
Harry Balderston, returned home to
Anchorage on the Northwestern.
J L. Davidson, wife and son. are ou*
to the Hawkin's bungalow to spew,
few weeks rusticating and fishing.
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Mrs. H.L. bout will leave for Se..t
Je on the steamer Alameda for St t o
month's visit.
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Mrs. A.F, Davis, son and hab\ gi* ,
returned from Seattle on the* steam u
Alameda.
Alavh Eames, jw.st office inspector
for this division, is a |*assenper on the
Alameda from Cordova to Anchorage
on business.
K.J. Weir, wtis a passenger on th<
Vorthwc tern to AVichorage last nigh
for a conference with Chairman Edes.
of the A.K.C., and William C. Ceng.
The weather at Girdwood is clour,
with a west wind. tern prat uro being
54.
ALASKA HERRiNG
ihDUSIMS IS TO
BE GIVEN BOOST
WASHINGTON’, Aug. 1—An ordo.
nas been issued by the post office de
partment that the star route operat
ing from Bethel to Holy v »oss shnl
supply Akiak both ways between
those two offices until October 31.
“The Possibilities of the Alaska
Herring Fishery” is the title of a> at
-nouncoment by , the govemmo
brought forth by a report on the
;pring heiTing fisheries o; >iorwa\.
This report shows that foi tbe p«>t
four seasons, including 101S, the cat
ch had an annual average value o
about $*>,70(1.000. About $0 pe cent
of the yield was salted and most °
the remainder canned or kippered.
; The Vnited states tyreau of fisheries
Stir’S the importance and va-e o« this
firben is on indication o e'neft n.«*;
he done, r\ ; denude pw+uirrm*
conrecement and b\ private onto
prise and address in this coun ry,
pni*ticularly in Alaska.
The herring resources o' Alaska
are probably not inferior o~ tbosr o
\oneway> and, considering the c* -"•Itif
extent of the coast tine, arx nosrih^
muck superior. yet the annual avrr^
age value of tbe cytek in that be'reK
ton for tbe four ending IV
j cumber Si, 10»7. was hm $215*2:,W.
Vto**, tbe buitetto *>* <***
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ALASKA TRANSFER
a. V. SORKN, Hava<*uc
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Coal, Wood and Ice
(reuerml Transf©-'- PSo®e*. IWi . *o4 SI
HOTEL OVERLAND
Whittemore & Margules — Proprietors
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
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JOHN A NtLSON
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Office- Bant c» Sewt'C Bu »d»n*
SIWARP AlAStA
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Head the Daily Gateway or the Weekly Post. The Gate
-wav is issued even- dav in the week except Sunday. arm
[he Post is issued every Saturday containing the Week’s
resume of the World’s telegraphic news and the local news
SOME men change their
tobacco brands as regular
as a woman changes her mind.
An' others smoke VELVET.
o i'Alaska fishermen have m«er: so fe
ri the exira<»rdn*ar\ .salmo
and ieh halibut fisheries that the
piv-ihililM*'* of the sot perrinc haw
nct'U largely ov«ri<*oked. To tk stria
, \tem, owing to the aetior. of the hu*
reau Oi fisheries in placing then e*
i»< ■!> m th< territo:^ to give assist
m|v c v psheitnen m .ai proving the r
methods of evnmr he r:nf and in <: -
in^ the attention of distributors to
the -vai lability or the supply* thr
value of the output rose to
nea* i\ double that of the piucHKug
year, ami about eight time> that o:
lf*14.
The p-omisine fortune of this com
parison is not the value of the pa<T
of IMlT. which v as hut h per cent o:
that of Norway in the same yen’, hut
the rapid increase in the pa** tou
years. It leads strength to the hope
that the enterprise of the. people o'
Alaska v/il> result in giving thf her- ,
ring fishery its propel place in the
eeonimy of the territory wo no only
to the great salmon fisheries, which it
if undoubtedly destined at some tone
to rival. -
In normal time< the imports of her
r.£ ir:e The I'rilei Stairs are heavy,
ll\ r*-x>Afi o! vii! renditions the* im
n >; v» arr row iTfiily nifUiim nil
:.no the*e ,s presented a **»oder
u. onporu.n t> io Alaska to p rma
neatly acquit* a larcv pa^ ef this
; ?, r« il an effe«\ is made to meet the
...•mxiM pmp«*: care he <•»enriann
to nstine hicT. quality h the pack
rCarh careless o? dishonest packet wiii
hr a menace the industrial pie|
~*v> of the territory. The hemna
p.trkoo under the bumiiiV instruction
and supervision last year n*a* the
tv st received in No* \ork, and the
> land an. as established should be
vnmu'oasly maintained
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1 \REv THKSF *0*EN TO
no work oi no hen.
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\i AWN ESTER. En*:., Awft.
VJawa^ers of t^-kow
t hat it requires throe w otoee. Roc®we
of rherr lighter oR*o<*we. tc «*o the
of trv wvn Ktioofwcf R^»
show* that it ts urmw to make a
>o«c workday for the voaw ami »®
tnopt of the <Re4l f adorns iw th»« 4i*
tnd the} Rut i® owl} enj-ht hours
*Rile twee elcwi aw^ a half aid
ir. *omr r'wt? twOve
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