Owing to weather conditions the dredge at Anchorage
is unable to operate until the summer of 1918
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
Anrhorge, 20 below—Temperature-Seward, 18 above.
If you can’t keep warm, remember we have the larj;
<vt lines of Men's and Women’s Furnishinffs, Heddinprs, etc.,
in Seward.
We are not selling anything at cost.
We aim to make some profit on everything we sell.
These are War Times and war prices prevail in the
States and they must here.
We will give you the best, prices possible under'exist
ing conditions.
Remember, we are fourteen years in Seward and hope
to continue until we got Matanuska Coal, it it takes 11
years more.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Seward
Geo A Mitt he 11
Proprietor
Phone Attains It?1
Service Cleanliness
Private Hone* tor «»r hirl***'
ft
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheel" righting
TheCarstens Packing. Go.
Wholesale and Heta»l
Beef. Pork. Veal, Mutton. Poultry.
Lard. Hams and Bacon.
Hu*ter and E^ga
Orders from the Westward and l*oek
Inlet (liven Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AY K. SKWAKD
at i
THE KEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
l'HONE MATBISON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Best of Work—Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
| ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia. Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable priced, prompt service.
| FREE
J Instructions on crocheting caps
) and other articles, Fridays from
2 to 3 o'clock of each week
! AT
Ellsworth's
Scratch pads—for acnoo’, for your
dealt, for the counter, for the work
room—10c at The Gateway.
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’ PROFESSIONAL |
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J. H. ROMICt, M. P.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Axe.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
lience, Adams 48.
' L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
[ l,. F. P. & S.. Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. I).. C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. in. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office. Mad. 78 Res., Mad. 58
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FRATERNAL
L. 0. 0. M„ No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. BIGFORD, Secretary.
B «
ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
C harles Lechner C. E. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. n., Pioneer Hall
a-s:
MEN WHO WILL NOT
FIGHT CANNOT VOI F.
LONDON, Dec. 7. — The House of
Commons has decided to amend the
election franchise bill so as to com
pletely disenfranchise all conscien
tious objectors.
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Just Received
Ladies. Children’s and Men’s Felt
Slippers
High Grade Indies Shoes $3.73 and up
Pure Silk Ribbons Put up in 10 yd
pieces 13, 20, and 23c per bolt
Fine Line of Fancy Ribbon 33c per yd
Ladies' Dress Silk in Latest Shades
Fresh Candies, High Grade Choco
lates in all flavors, also fancy Xmas
boxes.
Now is the time to select your Xmas
gifts and toys. Take your pick, a
large assortment on hand.
Special Sale for Ten Days
on all Enameled Ware, Glassware,
China, Crockery, and all Kitchen
Utensils
THE BAZAAR
MEAT CUTTERS ,
IN SEATTLE GO i
OUT ON STRIKE
SEATTLE, Dec. 6. — About one'
thousand employees of packing houses;
and retail butchers struck at 6 o’clock
this morning to enforce their de
mands for the closed shop. Few ot
11;.' shops were closed by the strike,
cho pioprietors and extra men not in;
the union attending to customers.
T.vo largo packing houses are crippl
ed. but deliveries are being made.
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Eighteen passengers came in on the I
train last night. Nearly ail are bound
for the outside and will get away on'
the Alameda Sunday.
Tee weather forecast fo? Seward
tei tie n«*xi 24 hours is rain, follow
ed h\ iair weather.
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Fia».L Nickerson an l hij mother
will have on the Alameda for the
states. Mr. Nickerson will return to
Seward about the first of Man-h.
George and Alec Matin Ison hc
registered at the Overland. They aic
on their way to the scans and will
icav« or. the Alameda.
(A \V. Jackson, registered at «he
S wud, from Flat Creek, 7. on Ids
way to the states and will v.sit Cn>
pe \ Wyo., during the corr.e ot ti.e
winter.
Five inches of -now fell in Scwu'd
jest unlay.
7i;e weather in Seward yesterday!
\\u- as follows: maximum CO, mini
mum 20. current 29; snow, north
wind*
- . 4P.
Oscar Xyel and w.fe came in on the
train last night and during their
s.;.\ ir, Seward are I’cgi.-amM a:* the
Sex.on.
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j. Wales, mining mao from the in
termr. is registered at tin S»*w??id on
Ins way to the states for the winter.
He ha.* a number of mining friends
here and is well known throughout
1 hr interior.
J. F McKinnon is »n Sewerd, hav
ing made the trip out frw. Uuby c.vrr
the trail in eleven days. Mr McKin
non reports the trail in excellent con
dition and travel good.
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Chailes Belanger oi Ruby, m visit
ing Seward on his way to Hie out
side lor the winter.
Carl Reiman, of Sus'rru, recently
arrested in Seattle, charged with ger
nu.nism, is known In the Cache creek
d; trict as the “Flying Dutch? ran.”
Rcinutn is the owner of srtve *al bencli
c'aimr. on Nugget Cre^k.
SUPPLIES FROM
RED CROSS ARE
SHIPPED SOOTH
•
More knitted supplies for the sol
diers in the trenches have been sent
by the local chapter of the Red Cross
On the Victoria two days ago there
was a box containing ten pair of
socks, seven scarfs and three pair of
wristlets. This was the wor^c of bul
a few days.
One special feature is connected
with the seven scarfs. One was knit
ted by a well known Seward man
whose name is something like that of
the animal which can go eight days
without a drink. When the scarf was
handed in at the Red Cross headquar
ters, many of the ladies looked upon
it with envy as it was a splendid
piece of knitting.
RAILROAD GANG
WORKING ON THE
SEWARD WHARF
A large gang of men is now at
work on the Seward dock putting in
fender piles and otherwise strength
ening the dock after the heavy busi
ness of the past season. Splendid
piles are being shipped and they are
being placed along the face of the
dock and under the girders. The work
will be speedily finished.
Trains Go Out
Tomorrow morning at 7 o’clock and
also Monday morning at the same
hour trains will be dispatched from
Seward for Kern Creek. There will
be a train in tomorrow night from
the north end of the division.
Moving The Shovels
The steam shovel Bucyrus was
brought in last night from Mile 17
and the Marion shovel will be moved
to Kern Creek tomorrow on the re
gular train.
The Ladies Bridge Club will be en
tertained by Mrs. William Sauers to
morrow afternoon at her apartments
on Broadway.
The fust aid class will meet tonight
at eight o’clock at the Bed Cross
headquarters in the Railroad build
ing.
The home guards will meet tonight
and a large turnout is requested.
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CLERKS OF EXEMPTION
BOARD GO ON STRIKE
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 7.
All clerks in the employ of the Mon
tana exemption board district No. r>
quit work on the board today, giving
as reasons that the pay was insmli
eient.
^MORE MONEYS
Sl ip Yoiar FCJBS To
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than a third of a century," a long successful record cl sending ,
K ji* Shippers prompt. SATISFACTORY AND PROFITABLE t
returns. Writ., for * iilfr tMjubrrt bipppr*:.*' the only reliable,
accurate mu:ket report and price list of its kind published.
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Through Sleeping-cars Scottfc~C*tl1 CO £0 via Portland,
the,famous Columbia Kiver, Sait L ike and Denver.
Automatic protection. I rains comfortable
and first-class in every detail.
Information upon application to
H. I.. HUDSON, A. (>. T. ,v P. A.
716 Second Avenue
SKATTLR, WASH.
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HOTEL OVERLAND
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
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ALASKA TRANSFER
II. V. (lOBRN, Man'aukr
Coal, Wood and ice
General Transfer *, '* I'hones, Main IT and 81
CAFE-ROOMS S §fcj 9 4 1 $ I I Sherman HaVnes
Pool and Billiards 8 _ 8 S li 8^ Proprietor
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Best of Drinks and Cigars
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lunch Counter in Connection
THE
HOTEL
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable I
Hotel in the City |
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I Local and Long Distance Phones |
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
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; JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office* Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD ALASKA
WHY wj:ar dirty
Clothes, when we will do your
family wash, rough dry? We
call for and deliver laundry.
DEE SING LAUNDRY
Phone Madison 111
Cor. Washington & Adams St.
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NAVY NEEDS MEN FOR
GUARDS ON TRANSPORTS
WASHINGTON, Doc. 7. — More
men are needed for the navy to fur
nish naval guards for American trans
ports carrying soldiers to France and
for protection ol merchant vessels.
In making this announcement last
night the Navy Department said the
men to be so employed need not have
previous sea experience or knowledge
of trade.
The Chesterfield blend
has in it the highest-grade
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy
and yet they're MILD.