m CHES
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gruon
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
C. E. ORLANDER
srCTKSSOR w
GEORGE THE JEWELER
THEKEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PHONE MATHISON US
Stationery
PAPER IN BOXES
Tablet*
Pen*
Ink
Library Paste
Memo Books
Envelopes
Pencils
Mucilage
Paper Clips
Paper Files
In fact everything in the Sta
tionery line, aUo a big line
of School Supplies
SEWARD DRUG CO.
PROFESSIONAL
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DR. O. J. KEATING'
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Bourn: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Rea., Mad. 58
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J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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Seward
• 1 I Geo. A Mitchell
t* 1 11 Proprietor
Open Pay and Nitfht
Phone Adams 11W
Service—Cleanliness
Private Boxen for Ladies or Parties
The 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
Meet m* at the Branch. tf.
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4. Mclver, undertaker.
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
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The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. lT. will be held at the Methodist
parsonage Tuesday at ter noon at 2:o0
I o'clock.
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Beginning today the United States
i cable othce will be open for public
business from 9 o’clock in the morn
ing until S o’clock at night. On Sun
days and holidays the hours will lx
from 9 to 10 o’clock in the forenoon
and from 5 to f> o’clock in the evening.
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is increasing winds
with colder weather.
The large number in attendance at
the dance given t>y the Girl’s Hiking
club at the Arctic Brotherhood hall
1 Saturday, report an exceptional line
t vening's pleasure. The dance was
given as a benefit to the local ehaptei
of the Bed Cross.
At the meeting of the .no depart
ment yesterday at term Chid Streji
again showed the boys their positions
in case ot lire, ihe J-feparlineal, un
der the efficient direction of the Chief
is now fully organized and capably i
manned for any duty that the boys
may be called upon to perform.
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The Arctic Brotherhood will hoiu
their regular meeting tonight at
‘ o’clock.
Under the new food conservation
proclamation today was a wheat less
• and tomorrow will he meatless day.
J. 1\ Stoliza. who had charge of a
station gang on the railroad for sev
i oral yea s and who left Seward dur
I ing the latter part of October for the j
front, is now at Toulon, France, in a!
Servian training camp. Mr. Stoliza j
lias written to Loon Urbach and says
that he is “hungry*’ for news tVom
' Seward.
The city council will meet tonight at
o’clock. Among the passengers will
be a number of traveling men goinp
to Anchorage and othei interior
towns.
Attorney L. V. Kay was the four
minute speaker at the Empress last
night and he called attention to the)
fact that we are certainly at war, al
though many in Alaska do not seem
to realize »t on account of being so
far from the center of activities ano
general preparation.
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George Laughlin served a sour
dough dinner yesterday at the bun
galow at Mile 7 to the following
young people who made ine trip out
by dog team: Misses Robb, .McNally
and Rich, and Virgil Rich and Harry i
Mitchell. i
Steamer Victoria should reach Cor
dova sometime tomorrow. The steam
er is expected here on Thursday.
Gus Man!hoy has written that lie!
expects to remain at LaTouche for
the remainder of the winter and pos
sibly through the spring.
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The noonday luncheon of the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce will be
served at the Seward Grill tomorrow
as usual.
F. G. Statham, representing the
i American Paper company, accompan
ied by his wife, will leave tomorrow’
for Anchoiage on a business trip.
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A. B. MEETING
The regular w'eekly meeting of the;
Arctic Brotherhood will be held this!
! evening at 8 o’clock.
JOHN NOON,
F4 Arctic Chief I
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FRATERNAL
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L. 0. 0. M„ No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
Invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
F. K. BIG FORD, Secretary.
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ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
P. H. Pederson John Noon
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. *
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. m., Pioneer Hall
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ANTON JOHANSEN
ScldoTia. Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices* prompt service.
NORWAY RESI NTS
OF ALASKA MAY BE
EXEMPTED IN WAR
William E. Britt, Alaska vice consul for Norway, with
headquarters at Juneau, has issued the following, which is
self-explanatory:
NOTICE TO NORWEGIAN CITIZENS: All Nor
wegian citizens living in the First and Third Judicial Di
visions of Alaska, who should not wish to be drafted into
the United States Army should at once register at my of
fice in Juneau, Alaska, or send me the following informa
tion by mail, if they have not already registered at a Nor
wegian consulate:
When were you born?
Where were you born?
When did you come to the United States?
Where have you lived since your arrival in the United
States? (State how long a time in each place.)
What is your occupation?
Have you taken out your intention papers?
If answers to the above questions are sent by mail they
must be sworn to before a notary public.
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NENANA EIRE
SERIOUS LOSS 1
TO THE A. E. C.I
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Xeliana was visited by a disastrous!
tire which destroyed the Alaskan t»n
gineering commission roundhouse and
machine shop,'and slightly damaged
the railroad watoV tank, says the Ne-i
nana News. The fire was discovered!
by the watchman, Patrick Caraherd
hut the alarm was turned in by James;
J. Fallon, a watchman in another part
of the town. The Ncnana fire depart
ment made a quick turnout and fought
hard to save the roundhouse, but the;
fire could not be controlled. The de-i
part men c then centeied their work on:
saving the watei tank, and managed,
to save it after a hard light. The o» i* j
gin of the lire is uncertain, but it is
thought that it must have started
from the fires inside the roundhouse.}
There were three locomotives in the
house, two big engines, and a smaller
switch engine, and a fire was going
in each of these. The watchman made
his rounds, a short time before the;
rirc was discovered, and everything!
seemed all right at that time. The!
watchman then went to another parti
of the yard, and when he looked j
around the whole building was ablaze.;
He did not turn in the alarm at once,
but tried to raise’the nearby residents
and some time was lost in this man
ner. Under ordinary circumstances
the locomotives could have probably
been gotten out under their own
.steam, theic being banked files in
each, but when the department reach
ed the scene it was utterly impossible
to enter the building.
The loss has been figured at be
tween $75,000 and $100,000. The real
loss, however, will be in the time lost
on the railroad work. The three lo
comotives could not be examined un->
til later, when it was discovered that j
one of them could be fixed, and that,
the other two might possibly be re-j
paired after a long time. The one
engine, No. 270, will be on the run
again in a week, according to those
in charge. It was one of the larger
locomotives, and was full of water at
the time of the fire, which is the rea-j
son it was not damaged so much as
the others. One of the other locomo
tives had a little water in it, and this |
may be fixed up after a time, but both
engines arc in bad condition.
The loss of the locomotives is a
seven' blow to the railroad const ruc
tion work, as they are needed in car
lying supplies and material for the
work to the construction camps, and
cannot possibly be replaced before
spring, when the boats run. It is en-1
eouraging to hear that at least one
engine can be utilized, for otherwise
the construction work would probably
all be shut down. As it is, three gangs
were laid off for a time from Camp 151
and the steel and section gangs from
I Camp 21. More men may be laid off
within a few days if the work of re
pairing the locomotives goes on slow
er than (Estimated.
The roundhouse building and the!
machine shop did not amount to much
of a loss as buildings, being construc
! ed nearly entirely of corrugated iron,
and will be easily rebuilt.
The men in charge at Nenana arc
making a thorough investigation of
the causes of the fire, but at preserc
the theory that it started from a
spark or fire on the inside.
ADMIRAL LINE
CHANGES NAME
OF NORTHLAND
President H. F. Alexander of the
Pacific Steamship company has re
named the steamship Northland, and
the vessel is now known as the Ad
miral Nicholson in honor of Rear Ad
miral Reginald F. Nicholson, U. S. N.
This freighter will come to Sev'a’d
this summer.
The company purchased the North
land a few days ago from the Border
Line Transportation company. She
was built at Seattle in 1908 and is a
steel vessel with a freight carrying
capacity of about 1000 tons. The
steamship capsized in the harbor of
Kake, Kupreanof Islands, Alaska, on
June 25, 1910. On June 22, 1917, she
was laised and taken to Seattle, where
she is now undergoing repairs. She
will be placed on the southeastern
Alaska run in March.
Admiral Nicholson is well known on
the Pacific coast. He was retired on
account of age on Dec. 15, 1914, but
since the entry of the United States
into the war he has been returned to
active service. He was born in Wash
ington, I). C., De.c 15, 1852. Duiing
the civil war he was a captain’s clerk
on the U. S. S. State of Georgia. Af
terwards he entered Annapolis and
graduated in 1S/3. He w*as made
Rear Admiral in 1911.
Duiing the Spanish American wan
Adm iral Nicholson v as stationed onj
the battleship Oregon i.s a lieutenant,
and made the famous tiip around the!
ho;*n. In 1904 be was transferred I
from the bureau of navigation to Lhej
command of the cruisav 'lucoma. h‘c:
became commander of the Seattle
built Nebraska in 1907. In 1909 he
was appointed chief uf Hic bureau of j
navigation. From 191? to 1914 Ad-j
ml:a! Nicholson wa • the commander1
of the Asiatic fleet. In the latter year!
he became a member of the genera!
board of the navy detriment.
About the best praise that a man
can get is to come to the end of his
life and still be the man his wife is
glad that she married.
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Read The Gateway.
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Meet me at the Branch. tf.
Watch for the Brown & Hawkins
Weekly Economist Bulletin. tf
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SEWARD. ALASKA
Charley the Tailor
Next to Alaska S. S. Co.
CLEANING
PRESSING
REPAIRING
Work Called for and Delivered
Suita Made to Order
Telephone—Adams G6 ]
HOTEL OVERLANI
HARRY WHITTEMORE, loanee and Manager.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, • - - ALASKA
H. V. Hohkn A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
tt. V. HOBEN, Manaofj*
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfer- Phones, Main 17 and HI
SOFT DRINKS
Pool and Billiard*
li PALACE
I
JOHN MATICH j
Proprietor
A GENTLEMAN’S RESORT
Meet Your Friends at The Palace
BAR—POOL AND BILLIADS—CARD TABLES
THE
HOTEL
SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
■ ■ ■ i BBB i ■ BSSS
JOHN A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Bank of Seward .Building
SEWARD ALASKA
Attention Mushers!
THE GLACIER BAR, at Girdwood
. is a Restaurant and Pool Hall. Meals are to be
had from 5 a. m., until 10:00 p. m. Good
Spring Beds—Horse and Dog Stables
Hitchcock & Hachey, Props.
A PIPE o’ VELVET is a great
teacher. When a
man s smokin he am t
called on to talk so
much. He gets a
chance to listen some.
No tobacco surpasses VELVET as a promoter of reflec
tion and concentrated thinking. This Kentucky Burley
Je Luxe, with the aged-in-the-wood mellowness and with
out a trace of bite, truly deserves its name ‘ ‘The Smooth
est Smoking Tobacco/* Coupons of Value with VEL
VET.