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PERFIDY PERSONIFIED
Now it is plain why German merchantmen in Ameri
can ports were disabled, and why Americans are being
held as hostages by the kaiser.
His imperial German majesty had an intimation that
his plans had gone all to smash and probably knew, not
many hours after President \\ ilsoti had scanned Zimmer
man’s instructions to Bernstorlf that the jig was up.
He knew what would happen in Germany it such a
discovery was made concerning a foreign country to that
country’s people and diplomats who might happen to he
in Berlin—the Germans would just naturally have torn
them to pieces.
The arch perfidy of an ambassador, who while enjoy
ing liberty in the capital of a power after diplomatic re
lations are broken uses that liberty to continue a plot to
destroy the country on which he is entirely dependent to
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secure him a safe conduct through the lines of his enemies,
is beyond description.
This conspiracy proves beyond doubt the contention
that Germany in launching the war sought world domin
ion and that it is still her goal.
To the kaiser, the people of the earth are but pawns,
to shove here and there in a game to gain power. “Krieg
ist Krieg,’—Yes.
But he’s doomed to fail.
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ALASKA FARMING
Fanners who are pioneering Alaska agriculture along
the government railroad right-of-way and discovering
what crops may be best produced there are preparing to
show the world what the soil of the territory is capable of j
raising, this coming season. To this end commercial
bodies, land owners and agriculturists are co-operating to
get the idle lands in use.
There is not only need for advertising Alaska’s pos
sibilities by concrete evidence of what may be produced,
but there is a large home demand for the products. In
the Matanuska district the soil is particularly adapted to
the growing of potatoes, clover and timothy, and garden
vegetables yield abundantly. Thousands of men are!
working on railroad construction, and their commissary
demands are very heavy. Local merchants have agreed
to buy all the potatoes that can be produced, while hay is
in continuous demand and garden vegetables tind a ready
market. All the available cleared land is to be devoted
to some form of agricultural production.
The district is to be made a great outdoor exhibit of
Alaska agricultural possibilities, and the resulting publi
We Are Ready
To show you a Hue ot merchandise at prices that will encourage you
to buy froir. us when in need of clothing.
A BIG LINE
OF BALL BAND and ARROW SHOE PARS. These paks are the
best you can buy for comfort and durability.
Everything You Will Need
For the trail can be bought at SEWARD'S LEADING CLOTHING
STORE.
I The Miners"
Frank J. Cotter
HOTEL. SEWARD
FORTY ROOMS-OUT OF FIRE ZONE
J. 0. PATTON, Prop. Rates by Day or Month
Modern Conveniences Well Lighted and Heated
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
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THE FINAL ANSWER.
—Bradley in Chicago News.
city will mean much to the territory. Alaska as a fann
ing country is a new idea to most Americans. Ihe East
ern farmer who views the territorial crops will be in no
doubt as to what he may accomplish as a settler on gov
ernment land.—(Post-Intelligencer.)
WAR TALK AT NIGHT
It is a lovely night, high moon almost full, and a low
mist over the firing line, through which star-shells (othei
wise rockets) twinkle up occasionally. 1 he battery neai
here “brings” out a shell every ten minutes or so. It is
a noisy brute, but some naval guns over a mile away are
quite deafening, even at that distance. The expression
“tearing the atmosphere" really applies to the scream of
their shells as they pass overhead. They do sound like
tearing silk heard through a stethoscope. The prettiest
sound of the night is a machine gun a mile or so to our
right, firing short tap tap tap tap taps like an overgrown
woodpecker. Understand that these sounds are occasion
al, only the scattered rifle fire being anything like con
tinuous, and that is so scattered that it is a mere back
ground. “Bing!” from the near battery (five minutes
lapse); tap tap tap tap (another four or five minutes);
tap tap tap tap again—a slight increase in the rifle fire.
“Bahang, wheeee!” from the naval gun—ten minutes per
fect calm, but for the rifles, very faint and intermittent
tap tap tap tap—tap tap tap. This time from farther olf,
the woodpecker’s mate. Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh, a German shell;
coming to look for our battery. Sh, sh, sh, whap! Missed j
it by about half a mile—five or six minutes’ peace. Bing! j
from ours. Bing! again after a minute, and two more;
bings! rapid. Peace once more, the rifles a trifle fainter,]
one crack a trifle louder. Tap tap tap tap tap.—(HaroldI
Chapin, with the British army.)
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FUNDS FOR TERRITORIAL SCHOOLS
It is clear now that the territorial legislature at its
coining session must take up the question ot supplying
the funds for education. There can be no doubt that we
shall have no liquor license funds to draw from for the
purpose next year, and the schools must be maintained at
their full efficiency, wherever the money comes from. In
future the fisheries, the mines, the forests and the terri
torial Sources of revenue must provide for the territory’s
educational institutions, at least to some extent. At the
present time the schools of incorporated Alaska towns
cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and it is hardly
likely that the full amount can be taken from the terri
torial treasury. This means that the taxpayers of the
cities will have to dig a little more deeply. The law pro
hibiting a higher levy than 2 per cent must be repealed or
municipalities must raise the assessment of property.
But if the fisheries taxation money goes to the schools it
will look like the irony of fate that men who make their
living from water must pay instead of the men who make
their living from booze.—(Cordova Times.)
Courtesey Food Service
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
THE ADMIRAL LINE
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE:
Admiral Watson, Feb. 25th.
Admiral Evans, March 2nd.
Admiral Farrafrnt, March 9th.
SAILINGS FROM SEWARD:
Admiral Watson, March 5th.
Admiral Evans, March 9th.
Admiral Farragut, March 16th.
First Sailing for Anchorage: Admiral Watson, April 9th.
Admiral Watson, sailing from Seattle Feb. 25th goes to Kodiak.
Through Tickets to Eastern Points at Reduced Rates.
M>r full information on sailings from Seattle to San Francisco, ad
dress Wavne Blue, Agent, Seward, Alaska.
CAFE ROOMS PA AI | Sherman Haynes
Pool and Billiards | _ | /\Lfl v/L Proprietor
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Best Liquors and Cigars
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lunch Counter in Connection
You Want It—
We Have It!
SEWARO COMMERCIAL CO.
-SEWARD. ALASKA
8’^’Ajfoncy for VICTOR Records and Victrolas-^!
V.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Sailings from Seattle to all Alaska Ports.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
ha> been established in connection with this paper, and all those desir
ing information as to the value of real eslate and business oppori uni
ties are requested to address their communications to
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
HOTEL OVERLAN I
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - * - ALASKA
Seward Saw Hill Co
A. F. RASMUSSEN, Prop.
Good Rough Lumber of all
kinds $26.00 and up per
thousand, delivered.
Telephone Kenai 2
Tit e Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
PIONEER
HOTEL
F. B. CANNON, Prop.
Headquarters for the
Prospector, Miner and
Farmer
KNIK - ALASKA
HENRY FATHERS
EXCLUSIVE
Paint and Wail Paper Store
Picture Framing, Painting, .Tinting
and Paperhanging
The RAINIER BUFFET
Ashland Block, corner of
Broadway and Railroad Ave.
WINES, LIQUORS,
CIGARS, ETC.
The House of Good Service.
Quality Goods Our Motto
JUST TO REMIND YOU II
—-of-—
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections for all
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
— all the time by Automatic
Electric “Safety” Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A. G. F. & P. A.
SEATTLE
JOE RENO
MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWOOD
Everything for Dog Mushers
and Travelers
Best Roadhouse on the Line |
REASONS
are what bring customers back
to us for more lank Books,
Loose Leaf Work, etc., etc.
The main reason is that every
job we turn out proves perfect
ly satisfactory.
TRICK & MURRAY
Blank Book Makers
85 Columbia St.—Seattle.
Anlerson & Nelson
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(1ST BRANDS Of CIGARS
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