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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
H.rrr V. Hobcn. Prenidcnt Frank ^ Ba,laine> Sfc<
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
i . c.„t.nis-r 9 l<llu at the l*o«t Office at Seward. Alaaka.
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and also the local ne*s published herein. \
CAN’T DO IT, MR. HEGNER.
The Editor of the Gateway is in receipt of a communi
cation from K E. Hegner.of Seldovia, who signs himself
“acting Secretary of the Socialist Party in Alaska. Mr.
Heffner asks that the communication he printed as it re
levs to a recent (about three months ago) court decision
in Michigan. Mr. Heffner states that the primary func
tion of a newspaper is to print the news and the Editor of
the Gateway admits this but there are all kinds of news
and “some news” is better unprinted. Mr. Hegner’s com
munication is one that comes under the latter’s head. The
Gateway will not allow the use of its columns for “isms
that may hamper the government in any way in its war
program. This is no time for unwarlike discussions and
the sooner the public understands this, the better. Se
ditious talks and seditious matter is not tolerated by the
government and no matter what one’s opinions are, he or
she or they should forget evervhing but that they are in
America, have been allowed much freedom and should
now get immediately into the spirit of patriotism and
sen e this country. There are various opinions regarding
the conscription issue but the one uppermost is that it has
come and it is going to be enforced. The United States
is going to see that the laws are enforced and conscription
is one of them. The Socialist Party may lie all right in its
fundamental principles, but party ism should now be for
gotten and there should only be'one great party, and to all
right-minded Americans, there is only one, and that is the
American, first and right to the finish.
GIVES A DEC IDEDLY WRONG IMPRESSION
W. K. Martin, formerly representative of a certain
brewing interest located in the South, reached Seattle sev
eral days ago, and in an interview in the Post-Intelligen
cer directlv stated that hundreds along the coast were
waiting for steamers to take them out of the north as the
territory “will be dry after the first of the year.” The
Steamship companies have sold out their reservations
months in advance.”
Mr. Martin you are dead wrong. Hundreds are not
going out of Alaska and the steamship reservations are
not sold out months in advance.For years, Mr. Martin you
have secured business fro mthe northern merchants, liq
uor dealers, and this business kept you in Alaska, for if
you had not secured your part of the business your com
pany would not have had you for a representative and if
the company had not secured any business, there would
have been no agent in Alaska. No, don’t you think, that
in view of the fact that you and your company did secure
business here, that it is extremely bad taste to make a
statement that because the north has gone dry, something
everybody knew about over a year ago , “hundreds are
leaving.”
If hundreds are leaving, as you claim, the great ma
jority are going to the states to enlist, to fight for their
country. Why did you not say this much instead of giv
ing a wrong impression? Was it a spite talk, a spiteful
way of taking revenge? The Editor of the Gateway
knows you personally and does not believe that yau are
that kind of a man, but in the future, do pot leave the
wrong impression when being interviewed.
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1 MINING IMPORTANT TO WAR
The United States under dire stress of world war, is
awakening to new commercial possibilities in the way of
new industries that will buy their raw materials in this
country instead of importing them as in the past, adding
thousands of men to the payrolls and keeping millions of
dollars here, according to the annual report of Van H.
Manning, director of the Bureau of Mines, Department of
<he Interior. The report discloses the extent the military
authorities have to depend in modern warfare upon the
mineral industry and indicates in a cautious way the part
being taken by the Bureau of Mines in obtaining a suffi
| cient supply of mineral essentials from American mines
and American metallurgical plants.
Experts from the Bureau have searched the country
far and wide for the metals that would add strength to the
military arm of Uncle Sam and have reported in most in
i stances not only an abundance of these materials but have
i added that these same metals, employed also in peaceful
industry, can be used to build up permanent industries in
the United States, perhaps destroying for all time the de
pendence of the United States upon foreign countries for
necessary raw materials. These new industries have al
' ready shown such growth as to add materially to the
American output and to bring about a diminishing impor
tation of raw materials. This condition, according to Bu
reau of Mines officials, is equivalent to the production of
■new tonnage for the use of the United States, as many
vessels now bringing in raw materials from foreign coun
tries can be used for more pressing war purposes.—(Ju
neau Empire). .
TO THE RED PENCIL MAN
'fhe Editor has received a marked copy of a recent
issue of the Gateway, marked with a red pencil. Yes, we
admit that credit was not given; it was a mere “typo” er
ror. Nobody that the Editor has met yet is perfect an.
mistakes are bound to occur in all professions and that
was one of them.
SO SHORT, YET SO LONG
Just think, a week ago tonight was the farewell to old
John Barleycorn. Seven days—but to many perhaps it
has seemed like months. But the world has moved just
the same, a few have gone but others have taken their
places. This “dry” proposition adjusted itself much
speedier than many imagined. All things adjust them
selves and generally to the satisfaction of the majority.
HIRAM GILLIIS
TO RUN AGAIN
FOR MAYORSHIP
SEATTLE, Jan. 7. — Mayor Hiram
Oill said today that he will iuu for
re ^lei-lion next spring despite the
lisbarmont proceedings fileo against
aim yo^Urday. He says he expects to
be elected, and that he will take the
stump and tell a few things which he
hitherto has kept to himself.
According te the late papers from
Seattle three others have already filed
for the mayorship contest.
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LONDON COAL PRICES
LONDON, Jan. 7. — Coal for do
mestic purposes in London has been
rationed out and prices fixed, ranging
from $10.25 a ion for the best grade
down to $8.75 foi the poorer grades.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR and NOTICE
TO CREDITORS.
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,N THE PROBATE COURT, TERRI
! TORY OE ALASKA, THIRD DIVI
SION. KENAI PRECINCT.
In the Matter of the Estate of CHAR
LES H. WILEY, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
• the undersigned that he has been ap
j pointed administrator of the estate of
•Chailos H. Wiley, deceased.
All persons having claims against
! the said deceased are hereby notified
:o exhibit and present such claims,
! with the necessary vouchers, within
dx ((>) months from the date of this
Notice, and the first publication there
of, to the undersigned, L. L. James,
Jr., said administrator, at his office in
the Bank of Seward Building, Seward,
Alaska, which said office the nnder
! signed selects as his place of business
in all matters connected with said es
' tate of CHARLES H. WILEY, de
ceased.
Dated: Seward, Alaska, December 5th
L. L. JAMES, JR.,
Administrator of the Estate
of Charles H. Wiley, De
ceased.
Dates of Publication, Dec. 22, 20, Jan.
5, 12, 10.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Of
PARTNERSHIP
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned, under the
name and style of the Newman and
Powers—has this day boor dissolved.
Dated: January 2nd, 1018.
T. G. NEWMAN.
F. W. POWERS.
' Jan. 10—Daily and Sunday.
NURSES ARE
NEEDED FOR
ARMY CORPS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — Esti
mates based on 1,500,000 men are that
57,500 nurses will be needed in the
nursing corps. This means that the
enrollment will increase nearly a
thousand per cent, over the present
membership of 5,M>0. Some of the en
rollment requirements are being waiv
ed.
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Sometimes a self-made man looks
like he put on the finishing touches
i with his eyes shut.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
•December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1916, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
, ana improvements upon tno social
• Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
f laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the
t said George it. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
1 thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as 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
j ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required forjeach of raid
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after ihe
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
I King, tne sum ot $iiz.inf, Demg your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as sfore
| said; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said lepresen
. tation for the years ending as afore-;
i .'aid, your interest in said claim will
be 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
Co-Owner. I
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
Seward Light &
Power Company
Main 153
Ml M ry IX M STEAMSHIP M«1»
ALASKA com°any
Sailings from Soattle
\ Alaska, Doc. 8th; Victoria, Doc. Kith; Alameda,
Doc. 27tli. Alaska, Jan. 1st. Northwestern, Jan. 8th; Alameda, Jan. 10th;
Alaska, Jan. 24th.
Sailing of Alaska Doc. 8th, connects with Dora to tho westward
^Sailing of Victoria Doc. 16th, is via tho outside passage.
A. H. MCDONALD, Agent.
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
booksellers. Newsdealers and Stationers
rftS- q igTEAMSHjg-;—
Seward, Alaska Phone: Main 81
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SAILINGS \ A*"I™I Evans .Jan. 10th
FROM SEATTLE: ( captain c. a. gumm*.
Through Tickets to Eastern Points at Reduced Rates.
For full information on sailings from Seattle to San Francisco, ad
dress Wayne blue, Agent, Sewa rd, Alaska.
I MARGULEsi MGR. 7
6
Bowling, Drinks
■ and Billiards.
Closed
for
Repairs
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RUBBER BELTING
Door# umi Window*
IXL Parlor Heater*
Air Tight Heater*
Aluminum Ware
P. & II. Pai»er
Malthoid Rooting
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Gr* Engine Oil
Lacqueret Paint
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Weather Strip*
Blacksmith's Goal
Wheel Barrow*
Fishing Tackle
Alcohol Stove*
Seine Twine
Granite Ware
(Uwk Stoves
Gamp Stove*
Oil Stove*
Spark I’lu<r*
Jump Coll*
Batteries
Atheatn*
Tar Papet
Valve Oil
Floor Oil
Linaeed Oil
Cup (irtaM
Paint*
Ammunition
Bench Forgo
Bruihea
Varulahea
Turpentine
Japan
«'oaI Tar
Lamp*
Lantern*
Tent*
Shot Gun*
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Merc ary
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Boys Regulation Tan Army Shoes.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First."
City Express. Phone Main 122.
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Rayo Table Lamps with shades at
Graef’s. 015tf.
Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers for Seward
Bakery Bread.
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Pearl Oil $1.75 a can at Graafa tf
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Imported Swiss cheese can now be
had at Brown & Hawkins.
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For sleds and ice skates see Graef.
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Andy's Express, phone Madison 143L
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