Owing to weather conditions the dredge at Anchorage
is unable to operate until the summer of 1.
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
If you can’t keep warm, remember wo have tho larg
est lines ot Men’s and Women’s Furnishings, t’.eddings, etc.,
in Seward.
We are not selling anything at cost.
Wc aim to make some profit on everything we sell.
Those 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 get Matanuska Coal, if it takes 14
years more.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Seward
% | | Geo. A Mitchell
Y f f 1 f | Proprietor
\ men I ***n ami N i s£ 1»t
l'iione Adam* 11-4
Service Cleanliness
Private Itt'v*"* for L.>» ! '•or Pain* •*
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Homshoeing Wheelwrighting
SKW.\Kt» ALASK \
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Heef, Pork. Veal. Mutton, Poultry,!
Lard. Hams and Bacon.
Butter and
Orders from the W’eat ward ami Cook
Inlet GUen Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
THE KEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
IMION'E MATHISON 1>5
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 15/
HARRY K AW ABE, Prop.
Beet of Work—Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices* prompt service.
young boys
“OLD BOYS"
or
MARRIED BOYS
It Makes No Difference.
We have just what you want
and can make your Christmas
shopping easy.
Just Try Us and See
Ellsworth's
Scratch pad*—for acnoo?, for your
desk, for the counter, for the work
room— 10c at The Gateway.
; FRATERNAL
a-—-.*
L. O. O. BL, No. 1425
* Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brother*
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
F. It. BHIFORl>. JM'creiarv.
U ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
;
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. o., Pioneer Hall
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PROFESSIONAL ’
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Se*ard
Hours: 9 a. ro. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 5S
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Graduate Nurse
MISS ALBRECHT
Swedish Masseuse
Medical Gymnast
Member incorporated Society
trained Masseuses, London
Phone Main 117
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
lience, Adams 48.
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L. R. 0. P. & L. R. C. S. Ediuburgh
L. F. P. & S.f Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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BELL THIEVES LOOTING
CHURCHES IN N. DAK.
FARGO, N. D., Dec. 19. — An or
ganized band of church bell thieves is
working in this territory, and it is be
lieved they are making Fargo their
headquarters. Thousands of dollar's
worth of metal is involved in thefts
of bells already reported.
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Subscribe for The Gateway.
WHY WEAR DIRTY
Gothes, 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.
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY BY
BUYING YOUR XMAS PRESENTS
AND TOYS AT THE
THE BAZAAR
I
“1 Want a Present
For a Man!”
It' >ou’re looking for a Xmas
gift fcr a man, a trip to our
storo will solve your problem.
This is a man’s store, tull ol
things men like.
Here you will find many a
gift that a man will appreciate
for its usefulness as well as lor
the sentiment which prompted
the giving.
Why not make it a big, warm
Hart Schaftner & Marx ulster
or a greatcoat?
The following suggestions are
offered lor your convenience:
Sweaters, Gloves, Shirts, Half
Hose, Fur Caps, Underwear,
Cuff buttons, Traveling bags,
Suit cases, Jewelry, dress sets,
Suspenders, boxed, Leather
belt, Knitted silk reefers, Hath
robes, Pajamas, Waistcoats,
Handkerchiefs, Dressing gowns,
1 Smoking jackets.
URBACH’S
» The home ol Hart Schaftner &
Marx clothes •
(SEWARD SNAPSHOTS}
Mail from the Iditarod and Anchor
age arrived on the train last night.
The barge. Barracouta remains on
the beach north of Caine’s Head, the
Anyox being unable to pull her off
on the tecent high tides owing to the
north wind.
—Sk
i'll ore arc ten baby Moose in Sew
ard today, they having been taken in
to the browsing pasture last night,
following the iniation a buffet lun
cheon was served in the rooms over
the little A. B. hall, then a smoker
was later enjoyed in the largo hall,
the party breaking up at 2:30 this
morning.
Alex F azier, hotel man of Knik, is
registered at the Seward, having ar
rived on last night’s train.
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L. S. Gray, one of the railroad men
from Kern Creek, is registered at
the Overland, having arrived in the
city last night.
Yesterday’s weather in Seward fol
lows: maximum 9, i lini.num 4, cur
rent u; clear with noith wind.
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L. II. Lauritsen, old timer, is reg
istered at the Sexton having reached
here on the train last night.
Freighter LaTouche finished un
loading coal last night early and left
for the south.
-tt
A1 Davis came in last night on the
train from the north end of the divi
sion.
Tomorrow the train wifi leave for
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Kern Crook at 7 o’clock in the morn
ing.
Forty passengers came* in last night
on the train the majority being
bound for the outside and will takr
the first steamer south.
The high wind today pievails over
a wide urea und the temperature has
' dropped decidedly at all points in the
interior.
The Seward members of the Terri*
torial Council of the Defense will
meet tonight at 8 o’clock in the office
f of Attorney L. V. Kay in the Harri
! man Bank Building. A full atten
dance is requested.
Tonight the Home Guards will hold
their regular drill and this will prob
ably be the last night Corp. Williams
will attend, as he expects to return t<
his company at Anchorage, leaving
on the train tomorrow.
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The weather forecast for the next
24 hours is high winds and a cold
wave.
♦ *
Harry Kawaba is cussing in Japa
nese today as the pipes at the Sew
ard Steam Laundry froze up, the
boiler busted and there was no wash
ing done until this afternoon.
The Red Cross work room in the
Railroad building will be closed be
ginning tomorrow until January 2nd.
A shipment of knitted articles will |
be made on the next steamer and all |
those having garments are asked to1
turn them in. Those having article*
ready please notify Adams 44.
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Tickets are out today for the mili
I tary ball to be given by the Homo
j Guards at the A. R. Hall next Sat
urday night.
We are under state J
supervision and the I
law does not I
us to guarantee our
rate but for over 16 P
rears we have never |
paid less than— "|
No Membership or Withdrawal Fee*
We Employ No Solicitors
, THE LAW GUARDS YOUR MONEY
i WHEN YOU send them to this insti
. tution.
Every operation of this Association is
governed und directed by the laws of
the State of Washington—one of the
strictest savings and loan laws in the
United States.
This is a Mutual Savings Society
and all our earnings, less actual run
I ning expenses, are paid to those who
leave funds here, twice each year.
YOU CAN DO BUSINESS WITH US
BY MAIL.
We accept any sum from $1 to $5,000.
Booklet Mailed free.
PUGET SOUND SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
Established 1001.
Pike and Third Street* SEATTLE, WN.
HOTEL OVERLAP I
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
H. V. Uoukn A. F. Davis
.
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe- Phones, Main 17 and SI
| CAFE ROOMS
] Pool and Billiards
I
II PALACE
Sherman Haynes
Proprietor
VVea re selling these goods at a price that
makes sales:
Johnnie Walker Scotch.$2.50
Perfection Scotch ....;. $2.50
Draught Scotch.$1.00
Rock and Rye.75c
Apricot and Peach Brandy .75c
Hennesey’s Three Star Brandy .$2.75
California Brandy. $1.00
Old German Lager, Rlchstaller, Wieland’s and
Ranier bottled beers in pints and quarts, while
they last at $6.50 per case.
THE
HOTEL
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Offica-B >nk of Saward^Building
SEWARD ALASKA
EHE th’ Irishman sez: “One
man’s ez good ez another
an’ a durn sight better.”
Anyway, one man
can’t get no better
tobacco ’n another
ef they both get
VELVET,
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking: Tobacco, combines the
smoking qualities that gave Kentucky Burley its title of
“Nature’s Pipe Tobacco," with an exclusive VELVET
aged-in-the-wood mellowness.