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(By Mail)
Telegrams received )>>
Thomas Uiffus Jr., bring from
(Jruth on the upper kuskokx ini .
the story »* !.”** it d? >* ovo' s ot
oh gold < marts on \!t«* Fork, i e
♦ jo i t mi . •
ami big tom re i> aid to h »
fo" a d.:lt' o! ill' •
and a <p .vt rr.
lions of dollars • tl: of F
I>.» si* >»'.•< .o 'o outside wall ’la
ovn'nsr er *av . lion v. vt. lune.
Work w f <"7* ■ d vint ' V
thos* :,i i * C * » : >k * pi t;1
. ovei
the A!:id;an mt u . iivl’lding ' t
kon. Wa'sh. Whjden, P a * on.
j.alt. K»> ki .iti < ' and others.
The tetegram from *VC:
i»nv *v th i d *t A k< tt d'eAo*
on Candle * re, k. Ao a t ibnT.\»y o
the K'iskokivim. o..,h, ' eve? > • o
t)()n in p’a, er • ok last s * * v >! *
it on'v k:Cf* ca^a* ;P 1 is e: p**
♦’git it i ill take out a hu’’* m '• ■'
•uxt year. The dredge worked »i»
hue hi the >* ason.
Tele gram to Cox. I*
(Jov. Ripe < h;»< received th ‘ I1’ •*;,
in;* telegram from 111*, Vv. K. Ci '
IA« ted State* ' -on m i uoi - at
i '.:nth:
“The (kindle or -A dredg,- or< ’ -‘1
s.eoo.noe. wo*kit U jfnir rapacity.
- • *• ^ ^ * • * - ••••
c a r t
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Rrct*nt \ lliu.(»u^hlv Konotated.
"\V|f H ANDLE ONLY FIRS'I Cl V ^
GOODS”
• \\ K I NDURST \ND HOW TO
PREPARE THEM”
Cleanlim -« ami Courtv>y
IS Ol K MOTTO.
PRIVATE DINING LOOM
FOR LADIES
< II \KLKS t VMELON. PROP.
GRILL
JOHN'S PLACE
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•• ukcn on Nixon Fork is clown 63 ,
vt with crosscut 2' feet. Tim gold
<v r *a ng with depth. It is now
52 U00 to the ton. They will
'0 tons <»f high grade ore
Mm*. Steam hoists and com
•. wi!! he working Decernhc*
**\\ .i n, on-* mile southwest from
\ ,M v ill ship 200 tons of the same |
»re.
* -?on. between the two* i.a*^
me ore fo»* the length of a full
!:i: *: ai*. 1 a half.
*Y . *) t. located northeast of Ait
on. s d nvn 15 feet.
•r tonnage is in sight now for
ve of a mile and a quarter."
•* men who are developing th*
., m placer and quartz field
**h *oomrs.’” f\ *ey are all ol
} ier ; who have been snccor.s
<n the Tditnrod. Fairbanks am
mvthorn gohlfields. and * *e*
.»•**"d *i*r with their own nr i M*
*. have been quietly but persist**.!'.
*v’ >ping the region, which i
; • ><- the divide From the Idi:
•n ! :v*«! northeast of that dist.rie
>r >.*ve»*;d years, spending me’*
■ousand-; annualiv of the output <
c'" p oduc ng properties in the LI *
t ' : *» dm wo-’* Aitkee and W 1*1
* r or*;*’ thn rYhest men tnad»- b
* *iod goldfield*. Al AVa's*
os h m the lendir." individual •
*-or on Fkit «Tpgh for year? v\ Ti-^
.. cmp’ovs from •"*(> to men on \ ■
» property. Tom Aitken v it
hem : is associated In the fr ts
okw *n country, mad** a fortune on,
* .iry fv,..Fairbanks district, in
x*‘ it'on with Frank Monkey, Ken
v RiVv '\! 'l others hefor he \v*‘Ot
|*l t;»ro«l, \vhe»-e ho secured v^lT
; o, j ...%T , sold them to the
’ .1. >n Go’1 (Corporation, usually re I
* , • • * • (', * -r nheims.
r n v hove been fol’owiniy *oe {
*io* :ition • ’’ these practical mm j
i ii< r* *»n t' •* lififht of the word v-;
iv< d f• o»> 'K,(i|,uth by Gov. Ixictr*', ^
| | r one i i' the richest of Alaskas
•old (!* ts will b* developed in
i-,. r -o-i^n about McGrath on the Km
cokwim.
Tom Aitken. Tom Kirkpatrick and J
»fhors who are interested in tke u>
’;okwim country. have a’so made vt ry
#
>mi i t art* dl scoveries n *ar
h a h • f the Kantisp .
hich s oc »‘s the divide from T*e
‘v*’s’:ol: ■ 1 ' •’ ( lopments. They took
i i:.rfr,» onantity of supplies into fcbo
Kantishna d’strct from Fairbanks i
’ote in the season, carrvinr them :t> i
near their p operties as river stoui :- j
* s could tr.’c them. They wiiy><* haul • r
s’ f -om t■'< -minus to their proper
ties during the winter. i
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FOR TAKING Of
COMING CENSUS
WASHINGTON. Dec., 23— The
following proclamation by President
Wilson regarding the fourteenth ar
cenninl census which is to be taken'
beginning January 2 was made pub!;**.,
today by th** Census Bureau:—
Whereas, by the Act of Congress '
approved Match 3, 1919, the Fourteen
th Decennial Census of the United j
State; is to l*o taken beginning on the,
second day of January, 1920; and
Whereas, it is of the utmost im
portance to the interest < of all tlm
pi-op1 * of the United States that tei*
Census should Is- a complete and u-u
rate report of the population and i e- !
sources of the Nation;
Now, therefore, 1. Wood »>w V, i! - »u. !
President of the United*States of Am-;
«*rica , do hereby declare pud make.I
known that, under th • law al’orvmi |
it is the duty of every person to an- i j
wer all questions on the census I
duied applying to him and the Jam !>
tOkWhich he belongs, and to the fa m
oc^pied by him or hts family, and .
X M A S
SUGGESTIONS *
l*\ It VIJN i\ OK Y
MOCCASINS
STATIONERY
CANDY
TOYS
KOI> \KS A SI PPL1ES
HOOKS
TOUT: l ARTICLES
CHINA-*'* ARE
(u; \rs etc., etc..
U !, MAKE ACCEPT A RLE
(HITS anil CAN RE II U> AT
SlOWARi) DRUG CO.
•■in-: ki'wm. sroifK
h’ ji 'i c ^ oil IJuJ.i
\ 1,111' *111- Ju „<•( Help b» v-Pinu tu pktun'i and
”■3. <n| i:i our Cmihi'IpW * i'liakUC lo «• Homr-'HUldf j
vhm t ilunri, iiiitii'iU', i'oluiui *t*iri hlUib 3H« .fiui. |
l.ir \-i . lend at > mii lod®) R A'»
Ijt Av. v. Sc.nlr “Betc<*T taillwoclc. Sh.iI: ni*i
t>uw<
Vrec • \
dial an\ pe< sou refusing to bo -o is
subject to penalty.
The sole purpose of the Cea- n i
$0 s *eure general statisi’cn! interim
tion regarding the population an«t r-* 1
30urc*’> of tin'»ountry and replies :*♦» |
required from individuals only to * •*
Md ti. ee.: dilution of Mich g *nor.t!
•taUstio*. No person can no Ii vn *o
n any way by furnishing the inf or- j
mation required. The (Census ha > noli • i
ng to <!o with taxation, with nvii* iry •
ii jury service, with the <*onipul*ior» |
>f school att'Uidance, with the reg* tr. ;
.ion oi imnvgiation or with the *»nfor- 1
•cment of any national , state or local
a v or ordinance. T here need l>e •
fear that any disclosure will bo n> mi* .
im any individual person »• V I
affairs. Koi the due protection or liie
rights and interests of the persons
furnishing information every em
ployee of the Census IJuvean is pro
hibited, under heavy penalty, %r v* ’
diselo"i' y; : ; information which ,vayi
thus come to h*s knowledge. ,
I tliei »fi» earnestly urge unon a’’
persons to answer promptly; complete*
!y and aceu’atelv all inquiries address
ed to tile in by the enumerators or oth
er employees of the Census Ihi cvu
and thereby to contribute their -hut«
toward making this great and neces
sary public undertaking a success.
In Witness Whereof 1 have here- i
unto set my hand and caused the <n ■
of the United States to he afffxev
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WE HAVE
A large selection of choice
candies. In bulk or boxes,
also a large variety of the
leading brands of cigars. A
pipe or a box of cigars tor
husband. A box of candy
■
for your wife.
Cider made fresh f tod. y.
Apples— Johnathan, Sp;(z,
Delicious and apples.
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Done in tin* District of, Columbia
this tenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand run.*
hundred and nineteen, and of the mi*
«Impendence of the United States the
one hundred and forty-fourth.
• WOODROW WILSON,
(Seal)
t I»y the President:
William Phillips,
Acting Secretary of State.
VNOTHKR TEST TO
DETERMINE WHEN
A MAN IS DR UN A
LONDON, Dec., 2-T - Here is one
London police surgeon’s tests to de
termine the oft disputed question ,
‘0 whether a person is drunk:
Walk a straight line, heel and ti>*
%
vithout swaying.
Pick up a piece of paper from the
floor while standing on one foot.
Say the words tonsilitis, artillery.
British (Constitution, and pussyfoot,
vithoul a r'H'urrence of the “sh" sound
as in slush.
-The prisoner did those* lh;n~*:
>mt not satisfactory," explained tin
iirgonn after recounting his tests he
foro a court trying a man on a chnru •
>f drunkenness.
“1 doubt, whether I could pass D*r |
•xamination," commenting the jud; '■*. I
BRITISH (;UN PIERCES
THIC KEST SHIP \RMOP
LONDON, Dec., 22— Sir Robert
Had field announces that the largest
'ndihre of armor- piercing shell I -*
been driven in recent tests eler
through the thickest of modern a- j
nor plate. This feat in gunnery, re
;nvs. will render the British big gu.n«. (
unsurpassed in naval engagements in
the future.
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m Year’s Eve
,
Given by ;
THE SEWARI) VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT !
Special prikes ...GOOD MUSIC |
DIGGER and BETTER than ever. i
TICKETS $1. j
A retie Brotherhood Hall.
HUGH DOUGHERTY
Real Estate and Insurance
FURNISHED HOUSES
FOR RENT
1 tt’AlX I* \PKR , SIGNS
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I FREDERICK BROADWELL
DECORATOR
Samples and Prices on request.. Special attention to mail
/ orders.
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Seward Light &
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Power Company
• ■ Main 0
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Kooksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
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I SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE '[
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j STEAMER ADMIRAL WATSON
1 ABOUT DECEMBER 2tith.
Company reserves right to change schedule without notice.
ADMIRAL LINE BUILDING
Way ne Blue, Agent.. Seward Alaska.
ALASKA S '
I* SA1LLMC SCHEDULE
i ySail From
SEATTLE
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Dec 20
' Dec. 30
Jan. 10
Jan. 20
Jan. 30
STEAM HK
ALASK A
NOK'I H WEST 1.1
ALASKA
ALAMEDA
ALASKA
Due
si;\\ \ui>
I h e. 27
t\ Jan 7
Jan. 17
Jan. 27
Feb. (>
Put* L\ Seward
Southbound
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Jar 17
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1 i • A. li. McDonald, Agent.
fPROFESSIONAL
DR. H. A. MATH
Dentist
I’HONE— Mad.. Ill
Office In Bank
Of Seward Building.
OFFICE HOUKS
la a. M. — To — :> p. M.
6 1>. M. — To — 8:30 I\ M.
111 — r uTrMWi—nwiii'i ratg* ii‘
J. U. ROMIG, M. I). I’
Office in R. R. Bldg.
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office. Madison 130;
Residence Adams 48.
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L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN, M. L)., C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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! FRATERNAL I
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L. O. O. Mn No. 1426
Meet* every Tuesday 8 PJSd., at
A. B. Hail. Visiting Brothers
invited.
Peter N. Anderson Dictator.
C. A. Estes, Secretary
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PIONEERS Or ALASKA
IGLOO NO. f
eroeto on 2nd and 4th Saturday
J each monrh, 8 p. )«., Pioneer Hall
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>VOOD UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Licensed Embalmers
Funeral Directors
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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