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SEWARD GATEWAY PURCHASED
BY NEWSPAPER MEN
R a SUri, editor and proprietor
of the Cordova Times and H. B. Selby
editor and proprietor of the Valdes
9)fcer, last week consnmatod the pur
chase of the Seward Gateway, and
are plaaafcMr to give the Gateway City
a Uve, up-to-date paper. Hup sscroasl
mouths Ike deal has hose enter way
hut the prepeoed sale of the paper by
the trustee hold up toe purchase until
title could bs cleared.
Those goBttosMut believe that Saw
aid is eso of the coming cities of too
Third division, and toe purchase of
tbd Gateway will greatly clear the
ammpaper Yield in the division en
ahb* fes tfwn to oocure a cbaopar
uud batter sender and enliminating
much of the friction which canoed
the railroad commission to abandon
the only logical site for its operations.
Mr. Elliott Stewart, at one time con
nected with toe Gateway, later inter
eetod in the pwhHMHig bustasss to
^sldn, and one of the bast known
printers to the Territory is in sewmrd |
to look over toe outfit with aview of
placing it to shape for better work and
will bo an important factor in too de
usloprasathtt*™1— Possession will be
given todJtear wwnera some tone in
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HOLT MORNING FIRS
Swetman aboard, emerged ftw the
fire station on high and headed for die
bay. The fire waa in E* big Efre
hoose on the dock. Smoke could be
seen pouring out through the big
front doors. The hoee waa connected
in record time, the water turned on,
and the fire extinguished before the
majority of people had learned where
the fire was. The fire was caused by
the W| stove becoming Ted hot and ig
niting the pbnk« on which it stood.
Thn damage done was slight, being
tnoeEy caused by water. Seward has a
file ehief who knows his business and
it is largely due to him that the fire
yesterday morning was speedily put
out
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AT THE HOTELS
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The following people are stopping
at the Overland, Mrs. P. A. Cook, Ri
na Bates, Dan Arson, James Xeuras,
Chas Fox and Carl Mortensea.
At the Seward Hotel Antone An
derson mad H. V. Ashley are register
ed from Mile 52.
The guests of the Sexton Hotel are
J. O. Preston, Best Denny, F. O. Ny
berg and Find Waekwits.
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The light sprinkle of snow which
*<feU yesterday kid the alippery spot*
so thoroughly Hint many people come
into contact with tike sidewalk or the
streets while peacofaPy strolling. If
Pnasy Foot Johnson Ad been spend
ing Christmas ia Seward and had not
iced the people slipping and falling he
would Base immediately concluded
that they had bqm imbibing too well
of the forbidden jukes. Twas only
the km Well roach for that This is a
bona dry town and ginger ale and fcc
amps da not effect the legs or tha
head. Bvea Pony fsot weald ham
coma to grief on some of thesmooti
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DENY ENTRANCE TO FOREIGN SHIPS
WASHINGTON. Dec.. 27—Senator Jones last Pri
dav introduced in the senate a bill denying the entrance®
foreign ships to American ports as a come back aganMt
the conditions set up fortbfe Merchant marine of the Umt
ed States. The House passed the pension Bill afterwro
hours of debate and the Senate fired its first volley
st the Emergency Tarriff Bill when Senators Pat Harnr
son Milftftn objected to the usual custom dispensing
r-^ the rradiiif of the bill, which action delayed the send*
1 _ _ders practically agreed on a pro
gram for the enactment of the Emergency Tariff mesuro
which serves as an embargo on the importation of wheat,
cotton, wool, aftd provisions to aid the farmers.
DELAYED TELEGRAPH FLASHES
ASKED TO SEARCH *
TORONTO, Dec^ 27— The Navy Department last
Friday the Canadian government to assist in the
search for the American Naval Baloon which has been lost
since the 13th of December.
OFFICIAL COUNT
WASHINGTON, Dec., 27— The population of the
United States on January 1st 192-0 wos 105,708,07LThe8e
figures were announced by the Census Bureau last Friday.
The figures will be used as a basis for the reappontomem.
program in the House of Representatives.
HIGH PRICED BOOZE
EL PASO. TEXAS, Dec., 27— W. E. Carpenter. Col
lector of Customs at this place announced Fndav that tiu
Juarez bootleggers were getting thirty dollars a case for
Mexican whiskey delivered in £1 Paso.
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SPOKANE ARRIVES
AFTER GOOD VOYAGE
Despite a conspiracy between Neptune and Boreas tr
upset the equilibrium of diver sand sundry Sto-mach?
1 the S. S. Sposane, and rob the passengers of the
iovs of Christmas turkey, cranberry sauce 'n everything
Captain Glasscock added another distingushed service
bar to his honors, he held the Spokane at Yakutat until
he passengers had lined their bilges with everything frorr
soup to nuts, wadded it down with enough plum duff to
keep their stomachs on an even keel and get it well settled
before this especial ocean greyhound began doing a shim
nv and tobogganing down the aouaous mountains west of
East Cape. : -1 b.
SHOP CLOSED INDEFINITELY
December 27— The New York Central shops were
dosed indefinitely last Friday throwing several hundred
men out of work.
COUNTERFIET PLANT SEIZED
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec.. 27— The police arrested
three mm last week and seized unfinished counterfeit cur
rency- to tits amount of $15,000.
GANGSTERS STILL WORKING
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 27— Despite the increased
police vigilance due to the recent attacks of gangsters,
thirteen residences were robbed last Friday and two at
tempted burglaries reported to the police.
if 01 SION KILLS
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vESTOL. _«£aa, Dec., 27— One man was killed
iosion of oilon the barge Balikan, at the South
c Terminal last Frdav and later the fire spread
1 es^lpreacFto'the conveyor and the. elevator.
Aschenberg which is loading grain is also be
danger. _ v
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- rum laND, Ore., Dec.. 27— The Oregon nnd Wash
ASfrmlL R. has ordered fifty shop laborers laid offwithin
hvelavs. ft was announced that tne roau must cut expen
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i, MANY KIM.F.D AND HOMELESS
— Forty two people were
as a result of a recent
itiicu xnd small iiuiiiuCi.
ly populated cuntry. Five
me American xteu cross
eople.
Dec., 27— A terrific earthquake as reported
the Kansu province, xne earthquake toon
sixteenth ox December. Two thousauu'casuai
it was at first reported that this earti.:
bed of the Pacific Ocean. >
FOREIGN CAPITAL NEEDED
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M MILITARY RAID VILLAGE
CORK,* Dec., 27— The military raided the village o'
Clondulane in Countv Cork and arrested twenty four per
;ons. Thev were taken to Fermov barracks.
The Evening Standard announces -that a relief
' rom America is enroute with supplies and goods for the
•ufferers from the recent fire disorders. Ameren
lathizers are sending large sum* of money and the Eftg
•sh- American Quarters are sending aid. ^
TO INVESTIGATE CULT
DENVER, CoL, Dec.. 27— The chief of nolice has ask
?d the District Attorney to investigate Joshua Skves the
head of a cult of six hundred people in this place known as
“Jehova”. Charging flagrant immorality and advocating
free love. Svkes is known in Oakland where a crow-d of
citizens became incensed because of reports of his teach
mgs. tore down the American flag burned his tent ant
hrew him into the Bantiist Fount which was part of his
cabernackle. He then claimed he had a vision and advised
his followers to- go to Denver with him.
LARGE INVESTMENTS IN PULP MILLS . i
OTTAWA Dec., 27— The investments of the. Pulp
and Paper industry in Canada total $264,000. There arc
ninety nine plants. 6
HALIFAX, Dec., 27— Fire last Friday caused $500,
300 damage in the business section.
SEWARD’S NEW BOWLING ALLEY
NOT YET Birr SOON
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 25 Cloady Netth .
Anchorage 16 Cloudy Strong North.
Matanuska 20 Cloady East Gala.
Wasilla 14 Cloudy StrongEast
. Talkeetna 20 Pt Clogdy Calm.
Gold Creek 4 Clear East
' Hurricane 6 below Clear North*
: Summit 18 JBelow Clear North.
1 Healy 4 dear East
; Nenana 6 below Clear North .
! Fairbanks 8 Below dear North.
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FAIRBANKS, Dec, 27—Winfield
Oler, who in the stampede days of It
discovered claim No. 22 on Eldorado
Creek, one of the richest strikes mads
in the Dawson country, left here re
cently for the Alseka Pioneer's Hosm
Sitka, Alaska, broken In health and
jjing helped by friends.
; Soon after his discovery, Oler, not
guessing the value of hls elate, set!
r to a man named ChnriioAnderson.
Jler believed he was getting the best
•jf Anderson on the deaL' Anteueu
nought so, too, and tried blit fbtied^to *
jet his money back from Otar after
.he deal was closed. Later Atfderson
look a fortune from the datafev
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‘ TACOMA, Dec, 27— A;f«Mna
iospital, in order to prevent ij(l*-up
if babies, new taken tbn.mothefVfto
ier prints aad the chad's feet print*.
Records of the lines «f the feet, which
..e nnid not to change dunk* life, of
Jer a permanent laiiena ntHentHIrs •
VICTORIA, B. CvDee, *7— The
iritish flag has been raised under
aost unusual circumstance#^ in the
ast, but probably the conditions were
ever straqger thin those of the re
ent ceremony, held at Swanson Bay,
v >hen two divers, nearly 100 -feet be-.
6w the surface of the sea, hoisted the
ship's ensign on'the flagstaff of the
Ainken Prince Rupert, Which ic now
h proceM'flf being cchmgcd . -
1 Whilo going around the stern of the
sesael one diver had foonih t bon -
it the foot of the flagstaff the ships*
/nsign. Signalling to his partner he
xx>k the emblem from the box, bent it
m the halyards, and slowly hoisted it
Standing at attention, his, hand raised
v# salute, his mate sang the National
Anthem, through the telephone con
nection on his helmet to his tender on
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the surface.
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KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dee., 27—
Jfore>tha& 800 application* for oil ^and
dealing permits in various : parts ef
Alaska hate been filed since die oil
land leasing measure became a law
last February, < according1 to figure*
made public , by die United States «ad
office here. The total of. the dahas
covered by the applications is 690288
acres* ;■ ‘
Government officials whohave made
an analysis of the rush to thetU fields
sey that it is heaviest la the AMm
Peninsular district, sad it Is fddktsd
dmt many prospectors who have bemi
operating in other fieUb vritt next
Spring move to the rimrs country west
of Cask Inlet More than half if the
total number of appUcadoaafQediave '
been for permits hi the lufjhtfchui
of Gold Bay, opposite KodtakPdaad.
Roeaa&y arrtola ftoii Odd >afc.;
report an axtanaiaa of ft* mo
to fho-dlaMat wwt of Uk» Bnckaraf.' '
toward Briatol Bay. vUd i fpi ti'lt
nwnjr •• p * ■*
aunerimr. te the eeeetel eseaai
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