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WARD, ALASKA, W KPN EDA Y, APRIL 28, 1915.
The income of the town of Seward for the last fiscal year was just able
to cover the expenses. The income was something like eighteen or twenty
thousand dollars. It will probably be more this year, even without increas
ing the taxes, owing to the coming in of new business people and the building
of new residences but it i> hardly wise to depend upon a probable increase
of income for the positive increase of expenditures.
The salaries of the city olticials were raised Monday night to an extent
that adds about five thousand dollars a year to the city’s expenses. That
item alone means that an income twenty-five per cent greater than the in
come of last year will have to be secured. It is most likely that this increase
of income will be secured and everyone hopes that a far greater increase will
be obtained, but ihe question i*. whether the increase will meet the increase of
expenditure now promised. The purchase of two lots for six thousand dol
lars is another item ot importance. It means, in addition to the increase of
salaries, that more than half the normal income of the city has already been
practically spent. The expense of running schools last year was something
like twenty-six hundred dollars. The three items amount to a sum that is
onlv four or live thousand dollars below the total income, and, remember,
this does not inciu > the salaries paid last year. It only takes in the rise of
salaries o e i ; - oi i.i-t year, the purchase of the city hall lots and the
support of the schools as they are.
Now. if the city spent some eighteen thousand dollars last year without
the eleven thousand dollars for lots and rise in salaries it would mean that
the expenditure of thi*. year, without any further extraordinary expenditures,
would be nearly thirty thousand dollars. Added to this will be an increase
in the school expenses with an increase in the pupils, and added also will be
the expense oi the street improvements which have already been decided
upon. It may be said that in the increase of salaries is included the salary
of an engineer and whether two thirds of this increase will be met by the
property owners on the improved streets or not is something which has not
been ascertained.
The remarkable thing about city finances is that unexpected expenses
are always cropping up. particularly in a city which is enjoying a boom or
is promised a boom, which is a totally different matter.
It would be totally wrong to say that the city councilmen were actuated
by any but the most worthy motives in increasing the salaries. Good salaries
are always commendable when they can be afforded and there would un
doubtedly be no justice in sajing that some of the councilmen asked for an
increase of salaries to fulfill political obligations or to play for popularity.
They, no doubt, are perfectly honest in their desire to do what is right but it
is well for Seward to have its attention drawn to what might possibly lead
to embarrassment in the future. —
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE NORTHLAND
SAX FRANCISCO, April 24.—A
false report started in this city to
the effect that the local department
of the government employment bu
reau were hiring men for work on the
railroad in Alaska resulted in a mob
of hungry native sons storming the
office of the bureau. They were
driven away by the police.
FAIRBANKS. March 1.—'That
Mike Susan, formerly a member of
the Union Mining company, operating
several years ago on No. 17 Gold
stream, is a victim of the European
war. is the wojni received in a letter
| received here a few days ago by Peter
Zerniech, from Mrs. John Susan.
FAIR AX KS, April 24.—Delegate
James Wickersham is expected here
tomorrow, having been delayed on the
trip from Chitina to this city by
reason of the soft trail.
There is now lying at Sulzer, Al
aska, awaiting a freight boat, the first
shipment of bariumite ore ever matte
from the territory. This new ore is
used to mix with white lead in the
making of paint and is found in only
one place in the United States. The
mine is at Limestone Point, about ten
miles from Sulzer. The ledge is forty
feet wide and it is estimated that
there is enough ore to furnish the
paint mills with all they can use for
years.
Ladies, come and see the latest
styles in hair dress. Received direct
ly from the East. Muscott Beauty
Parlors. 4-27—5-2
New stock of White Rubber Shoe
Pacs and Hip Boots the best wearing
rubber goods on the market. Brown
& Hawkins. “Quality First.”
Mrs. Haugen has opened a home
cooking boarding house located close
to the Electric Light plant. Meals
115 cents. Good Eats. Quick
Service. _ 6t.
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
Try our Tomato Sauce, Hot Span
ish Style. Preferred stock. Twenty
live cents per can. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First.”
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
New Spring Coats
Just Arrived
Latest Cuts and Styles
New Silks and Wool Dress
Goods
of all kinds at
ELLSWORTH’S
Everything that Ladie* Wear
P. A. Cl'MINGMAW E.W.RtNER
Pres. Man’tfr
Cunningham & Co.
General Contractors
ManufacturersCeroent Brick and Blocks
and Flue Lining.
Residence Phone Main 30
Offices with B. R. taberce & Co.
FRANK L. TORREY
Daggett Bldg
House Painting
Paper Hanging
Decorating
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
George
the
Jeweler
THE MINER’S STORE
“P E P”
That’s what some people call
it. Others call it ginger —
dash—snap. But whatever
name you give it, it's the pleasing,
tailorish lines that make
SCHOENBRUN
• •7 “SH A YNE-BRUN"
TAILORING
so popular with the fashionable
young dresser. If you know a
Schoenbrun wearer, ask him. If
not, look at the fashion plates.
Exclusive Local Dealer Phone Adams'131
The Place Where Men Outfit
Everything that the man in the hills or the man in the Town needs
to wear, ami everything the best that money can buy.
Raincoats and slickers. New shipment, just in. Rubber Boots and
Shoe Pacs, New Hipress stock Tents, Tarps, Pack Sacks, Knap Sacks,
Blankets and Quilts.
Leather Gloves and Canvas Gloves.
Felder and Chippewa Finnish Top Pacs.
Doughtery Red D Logging Shoes.
Filson Cruiser Shirts in all kinds.
Ask to see the new One r.iade of Cravaretted Forrestry Cloth. The
best in the world.
Flannel Shirts Summer Shirts
Xeustadter Bros. Famous line of Seasonable effects.
Duxbak and Corduroy Pants and Coats. Largest line of mens woolen
pants in Seward.
Overalls Overalls Overalls Overalls Overalls Overalls.
Twenty-five dozen Overals in stripes and plain Blue denim. The best
made and a dollar a pair.
UNDERWEAR.
The Class of the Town in Underwear. All kinds from Cotton to Silk
Two Piece and Union Suits.
Hardeman and Stetson Hats.
New Models, Late Styles, Good Variety.
Fautless Night Shirts and Pajamas.
Summer Suits for Particular Men. Stein-Bloch and Schoenbrun made
to order. The classiest line of mens Suits in Seward today.
In fact there is nothing that a man might need to wear in Alaska
that we have not got, and you can always depend on the goods you get
here.
What we Sell, We Guarantee.
X'othing in the advertisement that is not in stock.
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER
MANAGER
* “ Don’t forget the Parcel Post! ”
Seward, Alaska
• PALACE OF SWEETS
ICE CREAM
Cigars Cigarettes Tobacco
Stationery Candy
D. M. BURLEY A. M. HICKE*
ROMIG & ROMIG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Rent, Rents Collected,
Titles Examined. Lots for Sale.
Large Listing.
Phone Red 1-6. Seward, Alatha.
HALL SAFES
NORRIS SAFE Si LOCK CO.
W. L. MOFFATT
Solo Agent, Seward, Alaska
Box 73
Seward Tailors
Rkak Moving Pictuhe Show
Phone/lain 112
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
Cleaning and Pressing
All Work Called for and Delivered
- ALASKA COflPANV 8 SPEED
Steamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern sail
from Seattle at 9 p. m• the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th,
30th of each month tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Thane, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
ALAMEDA and MARIPOSA oo to Knik Anchorage.
SANTA ANA leaves Seward 15th of each month for Unalaska, and in May, June, July
and August she goes through to Nushagak.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Settle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
<3TRight reserved to change this schedule without notice"!***
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUFflLL, Agent
The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast-Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered lo All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward
Bankers, Contractors, Doctors
farmers, engineers, Business Men
MON who do their own
__work well want a car
that does its work well.
They buy the Buick—
because it is sold on facts,
from the Valve-in-llead
motor on through.
They buy the Buick be
cause it does more than
was daimed—more than
expected. And these men
expect much.
Eleven years of build
ing valve-in-head motors
(in fact, the pioneer build
ers of valve-in-head mot
or cars) eleven years’ re
cord of long mileage per
car—eleven years of sat
isfying the most particu
lar users of motor cars—
eleven years of pulling
through the heaviest sand
and mud, of the steepest
hill climbing. No wonder
men buy the Buick.
The best place to learn Buick qualities is on
the road. Demonstration given on request.
Fours and Sixes—Price F. 0.6. Seattle
' $1010 Jo $1800
Northwest Buick Company
802 E. Pike St.
SEATTLE.
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY
SEATTLE, WASH.
We are the originators of the only guarantee that stands the test In the scales ol justice
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
uam "AST
BLACK DUCK JACKETS And OVERALLS, our one piece DENIM UNION SLUT, jacket and pants m
one. This suit is proving very popular with our customers ana our prices mean a big sa\ in« ° -v
Our line of WOOL WORK PANTS aro made for hard wear, and the big value and service they are giv
lDft w°o wuntTobo sure you havoour bljf, free CLOTHING SAMPLK HOOK. Send your name and addres.,
today.
Alaska Orders Given Special Attention
Our Large Catalog mailed free on request
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, SEATTLE, WASH.
Seward Gets the Terminus of Government Railway
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
“The Store with the Goods
When in need of anything
FOR THE HOME OR TRAIL
Just Remember we Have It!
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
flats and Caps,
Gents’ Furnishings,
Ladies’ Furnishings,
Rubbers, Boots and Shoes,
Rubber Coats, both ladies'
and gents’,
Slickers and Raincoats,
Socks and Hosiery,
Tents, Tarpaulins, Canvas,
Canvas and Buck Gloves,
Wool Mitts, W ool (iloves,
Victrolas, Victor Machines,
Big line Victor Records,
Crossett Shoes for Men,
Paints, Oils andTurpentine,
Chinaware and Dishes,
Hardware,
House furnishings,
Wall Paper, Dry Paste,
Best Stock in Seward,
Rugs, Linoleums,
Matting.
Our prices are right. Come in and be convinced, uhi:**
we have plenty time to wait on you. We expect to be
busy within 30 days that we will all be jumping sidewise.
Now is the time to paint-up and slick-up. •
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Lang’s (Fat,) Hot Blast Smokeburnmg
STOVES AND RANGES
Are GUARANTEED to burn but one-half as much
fuel as OLD STYLE RANGES.
Because they consume all gases and smoke in
fuel. All fuel Is burned from top.
The “ PACIFIC,M as shovn in cut. is our Stand
ard Family Range—made In three sires.
We Make Sto\es frcn: $1.C0 to $300
Write us for Catalogues,
F. S. LANG MANUFACTURING CO.,
2756 First Avenue, South, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAMS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
--Dealers In
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phone*, Main 17 and 41
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MINER’S AND GOLD MINER’S SUPPLIES
Doors & Windows
Lang’s Ranges
I XL Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Mallhoid Rooting
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Marine Engine Oil
Valve Oil
Elaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Lacquoret Paint
Asphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PHONE BLACK 4
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition
Fishing Tackle
Giant Powder
Caps
Fuse
Bench Forge9
Blacksmith's Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
J. L. GRAEF
Hotel Seward
W. A. M’NEILEY. Pnop.
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS