Owing to weather conditions the dredge at Anchorage
is unable to operate until the summer of
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
Anchor**, 20 below—Tomp*r«ture—Seward. 18 above.
If you can't keep warm, remember we have the larg
est lines of Men's and Women's Furnishings. Beddings, etc.,
in Seward.
Wo are not selling anything at cost.
We aim to make some profit on everything we sell.
These 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.
Kemember, 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
Proprietor
Open Day and Night
Phone Adams IP*
Service Cleanliness
Pii\ ite for Laities or Parti*"*
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Whfelwrifhting
StfVVAKt* VI.ASK A
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Her?. Pork. Veal. Mutton. Poultry.
Lard. Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Kgga
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVK. SEWARD
the'key
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PHONE MATHISON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Best of Work—Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable pricea* prompt service.
HEAVY ALL WOOL
COATINGS
JUST RECEIVED
AT
Ellsworth’s
Scratch pads—for ecfioo*, for your
deak* for the oouatac, for the work
room— 10c at The Gateway.
PROFESSIONAL
y-♦
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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1 L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. IX, C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: t to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 58
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I 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.
H. R. BIGFORD, Secretary.
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ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. B. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. m., Pioneer Hal!
WATCHES
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gruen
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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C. E. OREAHDER
SrOCBSSOK TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
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LARGE ASSORTMENT
h
| Toys and Holiday Goods
Just Received
Have your selection now. Don’t
■ i delay. A small deposit will se
cure your choice.
THE BAZAAR
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! WANTED—Good boy to deliver pa
pore. Inquire Gateway. t
SHIPMENT OF GOLD
ON TRAIL COMING
FROM THE INTERIOR
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A gold shipment amounting to over
$700,000 is expected to arrive in Sew
ard any day from the interior. The
gold team is in the personal charge
of the veteran Bob Griffiths. There
are said to be live teams besides
Griffiths’ and all are said to be loaded
to capacity with dust from the in
terior.
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The shipment comes from the Mer- (
chants* and Miners bank, of Iditarod,
and from the Guggenheim properties.
The shipment represented the annual
one of gold to the outside.
Last year Griffiths came through,
with four teams loaded with the dust
from the lditarod and many pictures
were taken here.
One thousand pounds of mail for
Anchor? ge, Matanuska and Wasilla
was dispatched on the train this
i morning.
Th * i'ost Office will remain closed
i all d. y tomoirew unless a steamer
arrives with mail.
William liobcrtson is in the city
from Anchorage and will spend the
winter here.
Albert L. Norris, who hash em
ployed all summer in the district of
tiee of the A. E. C. at Talkeetna, has
been transferred to Seward and is
• now in tho office of Mr. Harr.
Thanksgiving services will be hold
at the Methodist church tomorrow
forenoon at 10:30 o’clock. Kev. J. J.
Patton will read the President's pro
clamation and make a short address.
Arrivals over the trail from the in
terior report excellent traveling but
snow was needed in several places.
The weather forecast in Seward for
the next 24 hours is just stormy.
At four o’clock yesterday afternoon
i the temperature was. 10 above; at six
1 o’clock, 7 above; at midnight, G above
and at nine o’clock this forenoon was
• eight above and going up. The north
, wind is still with us.
, C. G. Alexander, 0. R. Adams, W.
E. Reilly, L. G. Straughan and H. J.
Murphy, all from the Radio Station,
are registered at the Overland.
The work room of the Red Cross
: i
in the Railroad building will remain
closed afternoons for the remainder
of the week.
Those who attended the Empress
last night were decidedly impressed
| with that part of the picture, “The
Fall of liaupaume,” which showed the |
tanks in action. Great, seemingly :
unwieldy things, slow but sure, they |
work over the battlefields belching;
forth their missives of death.
Scores of dinner parties are all ar- j
ranged for tomorrow. In the evening
there are several house dancing
parties planned.
The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid of Sev»r- j
aid will meet next Friday atternoon
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Losncss. Members and friends are
cordially invited to the meeting.
The usual weekly meeting of the
Seward Women’s club will be post
poned this week.
All public oflices in Seward and
business houses will be closed tomor- .
row owing to the holiday. The cable
otlice will be open one hour in the
* forenoon and one hour in the after
noon, observing holiday hours.
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[OFFICIAL PUBLICATION]
No. 10Y05
1 UNDER CALL OF. THE COMPTROLLER°f™E CURRENCY
REPORT OF THE CONDITION of The HAKRiMAN NAllONAL BANK 01
1 ALASKA at Seward, in the Territory of Alaska, at the dose ot business
November 20, 1917
KKSOl itV iiS .... ^«
i Loans and discounts .^ ^ * * 11
: Liberty Loan Bonds, unpledged .." 'A' ' 1,9UU.UU
Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure u. b.
t > deposits ... 10,000.00
Securities other than U. S. bends (not including
stocks) owned unpledged . 1'uo~l unn?is
Total bonds, securities, etc.•••.. ii,uo-.i
Stock of Federal Reserve. Bank (50 per cent of sub- ^
scription) .•. *
Furniture and fixtures . 5,5J1,23
, Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank .... 13,038.28
Cash in vault and net amounts due from national.
banks . 143,3/2.UJ)
Net amounts due from banks and bankers. ^oo’or
Checks on other banks in the same city.
Outside checks and other cash items.
Total .-.$251,832.28 j
><**.»* *.*.-U.A“U"EB_ . •«—!
. Undivided profits . *.§lbfiT3.29
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid.... 6,9/7.«4 695.55 j
Net amounts due to National banks. 94?* if
Net amounts due to hanks and bankers.. iro'JnSr
Individual deposits subject to check . It or '•
Certified checks .
Cashier’s checks outstanding .—.24o.uuj
Total demand deposits subject to Reserve. 163,485.6
United.States deposits, including deposits of U. S. M
disbursing officers .... 26,44 i.w
Other bonds borrowed without furnishing collat- nAftn
eral security for same . 1Q,UUU.UU
' Total .$251,832.28
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, ss.
I, Erich Lucas, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemn.y swear that
the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
ERICH LUCAS, Cashier.
Correct—Attest: Gaston Hardy, Hugh Dougherty, Gustaf W. Borgen,
Directors. , * r»
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of Noveuber, A. u.
(SEAL) L. V. RAY,
Notary Public for Territory of Alaska.
(My Commission Expires April 24, 1918)
K r»te but for over 16 Mcmberahip or Withdrawal Fo*a
HOTEL OVERLANI
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
H. V. Hobkn A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe- Phones, Mam 17 mi d Ml
CAFE-ROOMS 1118 | A I A I I Sherrnan Haynes
Pool and Billiards j ... /| | / | ^ / | Proprietor
Best of Drinks and Cigars
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Lunch Counter in Connection
THE
HOTEL
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
1 Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
“JOHN A. NELSON. Manager
Office —Bank of Seufard Building
SEWARD ALASKA
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| WHY WEAR DIRTY
Clothes, when we will do your
|| family wash, rough dry? We
n call for and deliver laundry.
DEE SING LAUNDRY
i Phone Madison 111 I
ii Cor. Washington & Adams St. ]
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ITALIAN PREMIER HAS
FOUR SONS IN THE WAR
ROME, Nov. 28.—Vittorio Orlando,
new Italian Premier, has three sons
at the front. One was on the Bain
sizza Plateau from which the Italians
were expelled at the beginning of the
Aust 1*0-German offensive, and it is
not knowrn w’hat has become of him.
A fourth son of the Premier, who was
in training for machine gun service,
started for the front on the day the
offensive was launched.
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OBACCO, like fren’ship
and so forth, is
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the better for bein
mellowed by age.
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VELVET Smoking Tobacco owes its ‘ ‘aged in the
wood’ ’ smoothness to more than two years curing.