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Within a month we may have thousands of new people in Seward. Let
us suppose that this will he >o and what a big difference will come in the hie
of our beloved burg, today we all Know a little too much about each othei
as people in small towns always do. Our little disagreaments look mighty
big to alt of u> and the pecadillos ot our neighbors assume the proportions
of mortal sins.
Won’t we have a tine old time sizing up the newcomers? Like many
m-w arrivals in every town they will expect the city to take them at theii
i*vv n appreciation of themselves ami their own appreciation ot themselves
will Mirelv he none too modest according to all precedent previously laid
dow n.
Hut. there i" a very good chance that Seward as we know it is about to
givt* up the ghost, swamped by an inundation that will make the present popu
lation look like thirty cents in a pocket full of nickels. Let them come. We
were here first.
Juneau ha> invited President Wilson to extend ids tour to Maska when he
roines west m spiing and all the other coast towns are invited to do likewise.
Now, it would tie a mighty good idea to follow the example of the people of
the capital. Kveii though the chances of getting Mr. Wilson to come are poor
it would he a well deserved compliment and it would at least give him
a chance to see how we appreciate the work he has done for the territory.j
The city council of Juneau took the initiative in the matter and it the city
council of Seward meets tonight a resolution to ask the President to come
would he a very graceful proceeding. Ibis resolution could he made the ot -
casion of expressing in a preamble to it the sense of the people of the magni
ficent help which Mr. Wilson has givn to us. Mid this invitation and this
expression of appreciation ought to he done today and not tomoriow. I oi
manv it should he done NOW. other towns not a million miles away
will most likely get busy at once.
The chief intention of the government, without a doubt, will he lor the
present to open the Matamiska coal tields. It is hardly likely that i! such
is the case the* administi it ion will decide to run a railroad a greater distant e
than is absolutely necessary. Seward is nearer the coal Helds by a consider
able way than any of the other towns along the coast that aspire to In* the
terminal. The only really strung claim as the "hipping point for the coal
fields can be put forward by only one other place, and that is Ship cieck.
Hut Ship creek a^ the terminal for a road opening the coal fields would mean,
because of closed seasons, greater water distance to the states and other
reasons, that it would be never more than a halt way house with Seward as
the real ocean terminal.
Atnmi from All
JJarts nf tlir
u A'urthLmi) U
Sumner S. Smith, Federal inspector
of mines for Alaska, uho is just re
turned from the Hast, was called by
the Secretary of the Interior to Pitts
burg for the purpose of conferring
with C. II. Dutton, attorney for the
t\ S. Bureau of Mines, who had the
task of drawing the leases for Alaska
coal lamb that will be available up
♦ :« r the leasing law recently passed
by Congress. Mr. Smith's presence
u as desired in order to provide for
mine inspection and safety of the,
miners who may be employed under
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As an instance of what may be done
in the way of farming in Alaska, (Jov
♦ rnoi Strong told the Seattle chamber
of commerce of a man near Fairbanks
who cultivated sixty acres and cleared
$15,000. Considering the popular no
tion that Alaska is all a land of snow
and iee, this is calculated to make the
Kastern farmer sit up and take notice.
A sad story comes from Skugway
of how one, Wilbur Story, fell on a
dance floor on New Year’s Kve and
broke the bottle which he carried in
his hip pocket, cutting a four inch
gash in his afterparts. Douglas News:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. A detailed
report of the recent test of Matanus
ka coal on the U. S. S. Maryland,
shows that the Alaskan product to be
4*pS per cent efficient,” proving nearly
as good in a 10 knot speed run for!
a period of 4S hours, as the fuel from
the famous Pocahontas fields.
A telegram of congratulation was
received by Judge Bunnell from Judge*
James Wickersham. delegate to Con
gress from Alaska. It said: “\ou
wore confirmed yesterday. 1 congrat
ulate you.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. US.—The
wife of Captain Frederick Dodge, com
mander of tin* revenue cutter Mann*
ing, today requested the California
senators to investigate the imprison
ment of her husband at the maiine
hospital in this city. Mrs. Dodge as- *
sorts that her husband is held a pris
oner by the I re usury Depaitmont «d*
though not charged with any crime
and that he is forced to remain in the
hospital building and that she has,
been denjed tie* privilege of s emg
him.
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JUNEAU.—The Hogan Flats, from
the begine.ig ot this new year, i »,
have a new owner in the person ot
Judge C. D. Mu nine. Tin* ne**essar>
papers have been signed and the new
proprietor is now in possession. 1 he
property will be renovated and im
proved in the most modern style.
Judge Muranc " ill be obliged to re
turn to Seattle where he will try sev
eral cases in the King county court,
in about ten days. After he has closed
up his affairs outside, which will occu
py his time till about the first of Feb
ruary. the judge will return to Jun
eau and permanently locate here.
SEATTLE. Dec. :?L—The Alaska
Steamship company today declared a
special dividend of 2 per cent, making
the total dividends of 1014 as high as
S per cent, which is the highest in the
history of the company.
The large quantities of supplies
used in mining near Juneau has been
a material factor in providing tonnage
for the company this past season.
NOME._ A telegram was received
today bv Grant Jackson from A. E.
Todd which conveys the welcome news
to his many friends in Nome that he ^
has been exhonorated by the giaud
jury which investigated the shooting
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THE MINER’S STORE
| The Place Where Men Outfit |
There is a pleasure in selling, either to an old custom
er or to a stranger, an article of known merit: To know
and feel that the article is going to give satisfaction and
service and to feel when you make the sale, that the mem
ory of the quality will stay with the customer long after
the price paid has been forgotten.
That is the kind of merchandise that we carry, the
kind where the memory of the quality ot goods lingers.
Dependable merchandise. When we sell a man a Stein
Block Suit, we know that he is buying Style, F it, Quality,
and Satisfaction. It is the same with a Kenyon ( oat,
Dougherty Shoes, Guiterman Shirts, Duxbak Clothing,
Guiterman Mackinaw ('oats and riding pants, Filson Stag
or Cruiser Shirts, Chippewa Shoes or Hipress Pacs.
It is this kind of merchandise, sold at prices that ap
peal to the trade, that has made it possible for us to build
up in the past four years, from a most modest beginning
to our present standing, and it is the memory of the
quality of the goods that we have handled that has sent
the customers back to us and enabled us to hold their
trade year after year
There is not one article in this store that we know
now where we could get a better one to take its place. If
we should find a better one, we would immediately order
the line. We want the best and we want you to feel and to
know that when you buy an article in THE MINER
STORE, you are buying the best that can be purchased
by us.
When you want a suit of clothes, a hat, a pair of shoes
or even a pair of socks, don't you like to buy from a store
that is making an earnest effort to give you the highest
grade and the best value possible to give for your money,
to buy from a store that stands behind every article that
is sold in the store?
THE MINER'S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER. Manager
Phone AduillS 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post ScWtll d, Alaskd
of officer Dean at McCatrhy. The tele
gram is as follows:
VALDEZ, Nov. 21, 1011.
(1. R. Jackson, Nome,
The grand jury reports no true hill
l am entirely exonerated. It was a
ease* of self defense.
A. E. TODD.
EGYPT PEELS WAR.
CAIRO. Egypt. Jan. Hi. The war
has made itself so felt in Egypt that
new sources of revenue must be found.
Alexandria, for instance, is going
to levy heavy taxes against all rates,
cafe-concerts, and moving picture
shows. Many cities will reinstate the
old octroi duties—custom duties on j
goods brought into the city, which
were abolished in Cairo and Alexand
ria in 1912.
LONDON (IKTS GOOD.
LONDON. Jan. H5. The diminution
in crime in London since tjie outbreak
of war is again testified to by the pol-j
joe records giving the total oi all ol
fenses for the past quarter. 1 he
weekly average is 25S, compared with
412 for the same period last year. 'Hie
most marked deeroa es are in eases
of burglary and housebreaking, which
have almost entirely ceased.
A great many people outside and
inside Alaska are now anxious to get
any news they can ot the place when'
the government railroad will be. *lo
save writing letters you could send
the Gateway, either your own read
copy or get another.
General household utensils at Drown
£ Hawkins. “Quality first”
french have a new
WAY TO BEAT WIRES.
(By The Associated Press.)
PARIS, .Ian. 15.—The French sold
iers are using a device something like
a cross-bow for throwing hooks with
lines attached over barbed wire en
tanglements and then tearing them
loose by drawing on the thin rope.
Those barbed wire entanglements are
constructed intricately and form belts
of interlacing wires 20 feet wide and
about feet high. Cutting them by
hand is such a difficult process that
about the only way they could be de
stroyed successfully is by hooking
them and tearing them free one by
one.
The hand grenade devised by the
French to throw into the enemy’s
trenches when they are within reach (
is about as large as a baseball. A
string tied to the wrist of the thrower
pulls out a plug from the ball after
it has left the hand. A spring is re
leased which sets the fuse for the ex
plosive charge going. This fuse
may be regulated from one second to
two or three seconds, or intermediate
fractions, and thus adjusted to explode
when it reaches the hostile trench.
Frame says that Wickersham says
that Valdez is to he the terminus of
the Alaska railroad. Major French
says, it is settled that Seward is the
place. We don’t recall who it is that
claims Cordova will be the terminus,
but it looks as if two of these towns
are doomed to a disappointment.
Juneau Post.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
GOOD
Clothes at
Moderate Prices
These Clothes wear, they fit
and they have the riffht style.
Note the prices at which vve
sell them and the next time you
are in Seattle, come in and see
them. If you are not satisfied
with the value you get. you can
have your money hack.
$20 to $40
719 Second Ave. Near Columbia
King Bros. Co.
Correct Apparel tor Men
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
IT PAYS tfSo°metth£
STANDARD FURNITURE CO.
SEATTLE- •" *s and Costs Less"
RADIANT
Empress Heater
$13.75 $15.75 $17.75 $21.50
A high-grade Colonial designed square oak
<(„ve fitted absolutely airtight. This heater
is built heavy and made to last.
Every precaution has been taken to prevent
fire cracking and with the proi>cr care this
jsttive will Iasi a lifetime.
The Steel body is made of heavy gauge non
rust steel. The ash door on this stove is disc
ground, making it absolutely airtight.
Nickel Curts: Urn base, nameplate, de
flector panel, foot rails, base, door handles,
(tanit cr and fancy urn.
No 712 has 13- in. firei>ot. 38 in. high: Sl3.y»
No. 711 t.as l.*»-in. fire pot, 40 in. high:
No. 710 has 17- in. tire pot 43 in. high ; $11
No. 718 ha* 19-in. fircpot. 45 in. high
PANSY
Empress Heater
$4.‘)5 $6.50 $8.50
Air Tight—Burns W ootl
A low-priced and very serviceable cast top
airtight heater; has swing top and cast swing
bottom door with nickel airtight screw draft.
This heater is made of heavy steel and full
steel lined. In three sizes:
No. IK .
No. 120... *6R0
No. 125 . *8-r’°
Write for our Heater and Range Catalog
Mailed Free on Request. |.
Standard] |imitareCo
Second Ave. at Pine St. SEATTLE
I 9 3 Jumiiirv IWlli. Our I \\> I II
Aimi\4kl*sai*\ ol Itlisinrss in Srwanl
W/T' wish to thank the public in general for their i
yy patronage in the past and trust oOr hi ''it
ods have been such as to merit their greater eon
lidenee in tin* future. AVe are most optimistic lor Sevan!
in the year HUm We predict a wonderful improvement
in a business way. Wo predict tin* selection ol Resvr
reel ion Hay as the Ocean terminus ol the (lovernment
Railway hy President. Wilson, not later than !• denary 1 '•
that actual construction work will begin not latei to..
April 1st: that Seward will leave a population e :.ih
people by IM-embor :#otb: that real estate in s< aid v.
advance fully iJOd per cent by September Nt. and tb ‘ *
business will increase accordingly.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
The Coleman
nnsr-CLAss hotel. geo. sexton, prop.
Kleetrie lij/ht ^ Kb etrie bell. Muileen bt»In • «• It..*"-, "l!‘
FOURTH AVENUE SEWARD, ALASKA
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
M. (iRAFF* - President and (ieneral AVtn; act
FURNITURE MB HARDWARE
coal minifies 'vimoiii mimics Sim ns
Doors & Windows
Lung's Uangc*
1 X L 1 \irlor floater*.
(*asoline Sto\ >■*
Look Stove*
i 'atrip Stove*
Air Tight i ieater*
(til Stov< *
Alcohol Stove*
Spark I'!).:*
Jump r oil*
Batteries
(Iranlie Ware
Aluminum Ware
Ashest o*
l» & B Paper
MalihoiO Booling
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather St rips
Gasoline
(Jit'S Katrine < Mi
Niiirim* Elicit.** * >
Valve Oil
Elaine < >ii
LinseeJ <>ii
Cup Orea*e
Pants
Laeijuer.u Paint
Asphaltum Paint
I inches
VarnUlies
Turpentine
Japan
Itenaturetl Aleohoi
Coal Tar
Lamp**
I ^interns
Tents
PNOM: BLACK 4
Rifles
>hot tain*
I'tench Korjit**
Hi*!low '
t ‘mlery
K iv lir v’k
L me
t 'enient
(51:i>*
Uope
Mt'ieurv
Seim Twine
J. L. GRAEF
ALASKA SirAMSIUl* CO.
Steamers Alameda and .Mariposa sail Irom Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S. D0R\ leaves Seward 13th of each month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch Harbor.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrange I, Juneau, Sheep Citck,
Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Rllamar,
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 carrie> Explosives)
C ,</*Right reserved to change thi> schedule without noticed
F. H. TRACV, General Agent C. B. GrPTILL, Age.:*
Hotel Seward
W. A. M'NEll.EY, Prop.
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER • BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
The Borgen Grocery
Staple and fancy Groceries
Handle* the Best Canned (Jood* from the Pacific ( oa*f i a**'
* Treatment to Everybody and Prices lli rht C, MM s
Helivefed to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward
Pioneer knik*s leading hotel
oAfrj NO l!Ali
A IU LVxl Accommodations for Ninety C.nests
f. b. cannon, Prop. Large (iencral IjObby
« | Private Lobby for Ladies
A f11 1 ^ Bkst Rates : : Bkst Tkkatmknt
Alaska Bkst Accommodations