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SUNDAY CLOSING
The more one thinks of th»t so-called Sunday closing law and the more
one thinks of how it is administered in this territory the more does he feel
l.ke using strong language. In Cordova. Valdex. Juneau and other cities in
Alaska the moving picture shows keep open on Sundays just the same as
ever and Seward would prohahly have the same privilege today were it not
tor the unfortunate visitation of a district attorney who came to this city as
an Kastern mogul might travel into the wilds of some pagan country and in
Hict punishment on his slavish subjects.
Alaska should assert its rights in this and other matters if its rights are
not recognized by its would-be mighty masters. Let us suppose that any
place of amusement or pastime defied the authorities and remained open in
spite of the ukase of some travelling job holders. Let us suppose that any of
those people were arrested for their defiance. What would the result be?
Does anyone think for a moment that a jury of Alaskans would bring in a
verdict of guilty?
The Gateway is not by any means suggesting that anyone should break
just laws but it will say that many unjust and oppressive laws have been re
moved from the statute books only when the people arose and asserted their
power as sovereign people.
There is nothing more galling to any man of the least independence or
spirit than the knowledge that his liberties can be curtailed by any other
man or body of men and particularly by any man or body of men who should
be the people’s servants and not their masters.
When any man or body of men appropriate to themselves the power of
interfering with the absolute freedom of an American citizen he places those
citizens in the position of slaves under the heel of an autocracy worse and
more galling than the slavery under a pagan monarchy because the American
citizen has been raised in the atmosphere of freedom and has been taught
to claim freedom as his own.
The matter of closing shows or anything else in Alaska might appear
to be trivial in itself but it is an encroachment on our liberties which we
should be the last to tolerate. It is a thought of really sickening intensity
that a petty official has the power to tell us how we are to spend Sundays or
how we are not. If any clergyman of any church dared to tell us that we were
to spend the sabbath in a manner dictated by him we should mighty quickly
tell him to mind his own business, but when a body of Pecksniffian laymen
or one Pecksniffian layman tells us, in a country which guarantees liberty
of conscience, that we cannot look at a picture on Sundays or play a game
of pool if we damn well want to it makes a man think that we are governed
either by fools or political knaves
Just think of some wire-pulling politician back in Washington introduc
ing a bill to close moving picture shows in Alaska on Sundays!
Just think of that Pharasaical job seeker holding the power of a czar
over a lot of people whose boots he isn't fit to shine!
Just think that because we haven’t a vote in the real elections that we
must be treated like a lot of outlaws—siwashed like a lot of helpless drunks!
How long are the people of the territory going to stand for it? How
long will it be before the matter is brought into the courts and a jury of our
citizens asked to give a verdict as to whether they and their fellow citizens
are to be free and independent or to be subject to the whims of a lot of petty
politicians and officials who have been taken up so much with their own crawl
ing for power that they have never given themslves time to study what the
word liberty means?
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Nrum from AU
$Jarts of the
U Nortl|lanh tt
In a recent dispatch to Fairbanks, it
was stated that the naval authorities
at Annapolis, Maryland, would make a
thorough test of Alaska coal within
j the next two weeks. Twenty tons of
j Alaska coal reached the East a few
days ago, and preparations are being
made now to make the tests. The ship
ment of coal sent East was a consign
! ment of Matanuska feul, which was
taken out last winter. Fart of the
Matanuska coal is to be tested on the
Pacific coast, and the small shipment
sent to Annapolis was for a more
scientific examination.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 2.—President Ole
Dickeson, of the White Pass and Yu
kon railroad, has resigned his p^ition
as head of the system of transporta
tion from Skagway to Dawson and
Fairbanks. The resignation is to take
effect on January 1.
JUNEAU.—Clayton H. Packard,
formerly of the Gray’s Harbor Wash
ington, passed through Juneau aboard
the Alameda enroute to Cordova to
take charge of the Cordova Alaskan.
Mr. Packard is one of the oldest news
papermen in the country. In early
Puget Sound days he founded and
edited the Snohomish Eye, conducted
it successfully for many years. Dur
ing the Klondike excitement Mr. Pack
ard caught the Alaska fever and com
ing North followed the prospecting
game from Dawson to Nome.
RUBY, Sept. 26.—Kenneth McLeod
and Ed. Fernald arrived in Ruby last
Thursday from the upper Porcupine
river and said they had heard of the
outbreak of hostilities only a few days
ago. Further, they said there are num
erous persons in the Far North of
Alaska at the present time who are
entirely ignorant of the conditions
prevailing in Europe.
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0. L. Dickeson, who recently resign- i
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ed as president of the White Pass &
Yukon Railroad to take effect the first
of the year, has been named president
in new articles of incorporation filed
with Secretary Davidson for the
American Yukon Navigation company,
with a capital stock of $125,OCO.
A miner of Iditarod has patented a
drill which is proving a big success as
it works on the same system as a hand .
drill but is operated by a gasoline en
gine. Several of the drills will be tak
en to Ruby to prospect the placers in
that district.
E. B. Hanley, of Medford Ore., has
finished a big cannery building at Mile
55 on the Copper river and will open
in the spring.
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SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425
&tnrif0 of tlir War
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Assoriatcii Press
LONDON, Nov. 6.—Five shillings a
week to the soldier’s wife who has lost
her husband in fighting his country’s
battles!
With this exclamation one of the
leading London papers attacks editori
ally the government’s pension system
which it says is due to the old tradit
ion summed up in Wellington’s asser
tion fhat his troops in the Spanish
campaign, were only “the scum of the
earth.” The War Office, according to
the writer, fails to realize that times
are different now and the vast majori
ty of volunteers are men who in civil
life earned good wages in factory,
field, office and shop.
Indignation has also been expressed
in parliament, so that it is not unlike
ly sdme reform in pensions may
follow.
In the British army the pay of of
ficers and men is dependent on the re
giment. There is no standard scale of
pay as in America. Commissioned of
ficers, as a rule, receive a sum im
possible to live on—about a mon
th. They must have independent
means, and in the crack regiments,
such as the Scots’ Greys or the Grena
dier Guards they must be wealthy,
with polo ponies, valets and expensive
uniforms. But in certain o^the colon
ial troops doing police duty in lands
bordered by savages, they get as good
pay as American officers and do not
have to keep up expensive establish
ments.
The ordinary infantrymen in the
new volunteer army of a million men,
pledged to foreign service, are started
off at $1.65 a week, clear of expenses.
Married men are allowed in addition
separation pay for their families at
the rate of $1.00 a week for the wife
and two pence a day—or 28 cents a
week—for each child. In the county
of London they are given a further
sum of 80 e^nts a week, owing to the
higho*- cost of living.
All married soldiers serving abroad
are obliged to allot at least 85 cents a
week to their families out of their
own pay. Worked out on this scale,
the lowest sum a soldier’s wife with
out children can receive is 2‘i shillings
a week in the case of a warrant officer,
22 for a regimental quartermaster
sergeant, 16 shillings six pence for
corporal or private. If the wife has
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Citizens
of Seward
To make
money on their
real estate
holdings
List it with us
We have a habit oi
selling everything
we get our hands on
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folir children to support, she will re
: ceive, on the same scale, a sum rang
ing from 34 to 22 shillings.
Widows of those who die on active
service receive from five to ten shil
lings a week, according to the rank
and pay of the husband. But the mass
! of them will not get over five shill
ings. An extra allowance varying
from forty to fifty cents a week for
each child is given, however.
While there are no government
homes for old soldiers in Great Brit
ain, as in the United States, there are
certain homes maintained by private
charity. Of these, the largest and
most famous is in Chelsea, I^ondon.
The garden party given at the Chelsea
home for its benefit is one of the big
social events of Ix>ndon’s spring seas
on. v %
Much suffering was caused by the
government deferring the the pay
ment'of seperation allowance, to sold
diers’ wives during the first two
months of the war. Not until October
1 was this money put into the hands
of the destitute women. War office
red tape also held up pay allotments.
The name “Gamble's’' is a trade
mark and wherever seen is a guaran
tee of wholesomeness and cleanliness.
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Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
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You get local Ranch Eggs with your
Ham and Bacon at Gamble’s Res
taurant.
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at Ihe
Branch.
“Brands” International A 1 sauce
the original thick sauce for all meats.
“Quality first.”
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA THIRD
JUDICIAL DIVISION
George E. Nichols,
and J. P. Stotko,
Plaintiffs.
vs.
F. W. Isham, Trustee, and
Seward Alaska Gold Mining
Company, a corporation.
Defendants.
The President of the United States of Amer
ica, Greeting:
To the above named defendant, F. W. Isham.
Trustee.
You are hereby required and directed to ap
lH>ar in the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Judicial Division, within thirty
days after the completion of the publication
ot this summons upon you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 22 duy of December A. D.
1914, and answer the complaint of the plaint
iffs on tile herein. Failing to do so, judge
ment will be taken against you for the relief
prayed for in said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court for the foreclosure of a certain
mortgage described in said complaint, execut
ed by said F. W. Isham, Trustee, on the 19th
day of January A. D. 1912, to secure the pay
ment of two promissory notes of even date
there with, in the sum of 17.600.00. described
therein; that the premises conveyed by said
mortgage, to-wit: six mining claims, the same
being those certain quarts mining claims
known as Utica, Fraction, Sunrise, Texas,
Stewart and Oro, being six full mining claims,
contiguous, each six hundred (600) leet wide
by fifteen hundred (1600) feet long, located on
the western shore of \Kesurrection Ray and
about six hundred (600) feet west of Seward
Dock of the Town orSeward, Alaska, in Kenai
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, may be sold, and
the proceeds may be applied to the payment
j of said notes, and in case such proceeds are
not sufficient to pay the same, then to obtain
an execution against the said F. W. isham.
Trustee, for the balance remaining due, and
also that the said defendants, and all persons
claiming by, through or under them may be
barred and foreclosed of all right and title,
claim, lien, equity of redemption, and interest
in and to said mortgaged premises, and for
such other relief us may be equitable.
| Date of order for publication 16th day of
October, A. D. 1914.
Witness the Honorable tred M. Brown,
judge of the above entitled court, this 16th
day or October A. D. 1914.
ARTHUR LANG.
% Clerk of said Court.
By K. L. MONAHAN,
Deputy.
S. O. MORFORD,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
First publication Nov. 10, 1914.
Last publication Dec. 26, 1914.
T. & M. APPLICATION NO. 01676
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Juneau. Alaska, September 3, 1014.
Notice is hereby glvon that the Port Helden
Packing Company of Portland, Oregon, a cor
poration organised under the laws of the State
of Washington, has made application in this
office under the provisions of the Acts of Con
gress of March 3, 1891, and May 14, 1898,
amended by the Act of March 3, 1903, for the
lands embraced In U. S. Survey No. 481 as
a trade and manufacturing site, said lands be
ing located on the east shore of Port Helden,
Bering Sea, Alaska, in latitude 66 deg. 62
min. N. and longitude 168 deg. 44 min. W.
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, W. C. Cor. due
E. 1.06 chs., on line of ordinary high tide of
Port Helden, thence due E. 26. chs., to Cor. '
No. 2, thence due N. 30 chs., to Cor. No. 3,
thence due W. 13.88 chs.. to Cor. No. 4, on
line or ordinary high tide Port Helden, whence
low point at east entrance bears N. 17 deg.
30 min. W.. thence meandering along the
shore of said Port Helden, (1) N. 16 deg. 46
min. W. 16.66 chs., (2) S. 26 deg. 07 min. W.
16.61 chs., to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin
ning, containing an area of 26.69 acres, Mag.
Var. 21 deg. 24 min. E.
Any and all persons claiming any portion of
said lands, or desiring to protest said applica
tion or entry, are required to ills their said
adverse claims or protests under oath within
the period of the statute or thereafter they
will be barred.
C. B. WALKER.
Register.
Date of First Publication, Sept. 17, 1914.
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Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump (’oils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malthoid Roofing
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
(jus Kn trine Oil
Niurine Knjfine Oil
Valve Oil
Klaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Asphaltmn Paint
Brushes
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PACIFIC ALASKA
NAVIGATION COMPANY
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S- CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers leave Seattle every ten days each month on the
5th, 15th, 25th,
ADMIRAL WATSON AND ADMIRAL EVANS
via the INSIDE PASSAGE, for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat.
Katalla, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez, Latouche, Seward,
Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak Island.
PUGET SOUND-CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Seattle to San Francisco, connecting with steamers /ale and Har
vard for Southern California Points.
Right reserved tc change steamers and sailing dates without notice.
B F. WATSON, General Agent. WAYNE BLUE, Local Agent.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. S
Steamers Alameda and Mariposa sail from Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S. Dirlgo leaves Seward 15th of each month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch Harbor.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
d®" Right reserved to change this schedule without notice's-#
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUPFILL, Agent
Hotel Seward
W. A. M'NEILEY, P«o».
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
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The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and Taney Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
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