19 16
A FOREWORD
To the People of Seward and Vicinity
During 1915 there was a gradual and steady improve
ment in almost all lines ot* business in the United States
ever the previous year. 1916 promises to be a banner year
for the whole country.
Business in all lines held up well for Seward and
vicinity, bank deposits during 1915 reached a total of
twice as much as at any previous period.
The business of this bank for 1915 has been exception
ally satisfactory, and we are grateful to our customers
and the general public for the confidence and good will
that has been manifested toward us to such an unusual
degree. We enter the new year more resourceful and
better eejuipped than we have ever been to ser\e the finan
cial needs of our customers.
AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING
1916 is opening w ith a bright outlook for Seward and
the tributary country.
The ranchers who have taken up homesteads in this
part of Alaska will soon have transportation facilities and
an outlet for their products\ man\ ot the ranches will be
subdivided making room for more people and insuring
better and more intensive farming.
Many saw mills and logging camps will be busy and
employ many men supplying lumber and ties tor the con
struction of the Government Railroad. Almost $3,000,
000.00 w ill be spent by the Government on railroad work
this year in Seward and country tributary to this place.
Much outside capital will come here this year seeking in
vestments.
Alaska has passed thru its first period of mining
development. It is entering upon its real, important and
permanent expansion with the opening and the develop
ment of its great lode mines, only a very tew of which are
yet among the producing properties, where theic will in
time be thousands.
The outlook for Seward in 1916 is so bright that our
people should step into it with a spirit of enthusiasm and
with a feeling that things are coming our way.
BANK OF SEWAR I
Established 1905
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Thurs., Jan. 20th, 8:15 p. m.
SPECIAL ^ATTRACTION!_
WM. A. HESSE'S
Scenic and Wild Animal Pictures
OF
Alaska!
A Marvel of Animated Photography _
A LSO A ROARING COMEDY
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
Smoke the Key special. Always
good. Sold only at the Key.
Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111.
Tray service receives prompt at
tention. 10-5—tf.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
Brazilian Mate is a healthful and
nutritous tea exquisite flavor, sixty
five cents per pound.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First."
Visiting cards, invitationa, anything
pretty 1 • done by the Gateway juat as
well as outsldu
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Howard and Hamilton
Watches I
DOCK FIRE LOSS IS FORTY OR
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
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The government dock, recently pur
chased with the Alaska Northern iail
road, was destroyed last night by a
fire which broke out between ten and
eleven o’clock in the building on the
west end of the dock in which the
office was situated. The flames raged
in apite of the splendid exertions of
the (ire boys until it destroyed that
building and reached tho building to
the eastward of the approach, which
It also destroyed. In addition to the
loss of ihe dock the freight and sui>
plies for the steamer Dora, belonging
to the Alaska Steamsnip company,
were also destroyed. These supplies
amounted to about seveuty-five tons
and were valued at about ten thousand
dollars. Tho Engineering commission
officials estimate the total loss at be
tween thirty and forty thousand dol
lars but they are unable, like everyone
else, to assign any causo for the blaze.
It if assumed that, owing to the high
wind prevailing, the stove in the of
fice might have become overheated or
might have sent out sparks. The fire
department had just been called out
for another purpose when the flames
were seen issuing from the dock
building and they immediately rushed
down and got to work. Some explo
sions occurred which arc supposed to
be due to oil or cartridges and the
wind fanned the Haines so furiously
that the prevention of a spread was an
impossibility, hard as the men worked
in the frightful cold. Tne Engineering
commission) officials this morning ex
pressed the desire to be quoted as ex
pressing the highest appreciation of
the work of the tire boys and the atti
tude of the public generally.
“ Tell them,” said Engineer in
Charge Weir, “ that we shall try to
show that appreciation by getting the
wharf in shape as quickly as possible.”
The Commission was figuring this
morning on plans 10 accommodate
ships until the dock is rebuilt. It was
thought liKoly that a barge or barges
might be secured from Seldovia but
under favorable conditions ships can
possibly loan at the approaches to the
dock. For the benefit of strangers it
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF AC
COUNT. IN THE PROBATE
COURT FOR THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION
AT KODIAK.
IN the matter of the estate of )
Charles L. Boudry, deceased )
Notice of Settlement of Account.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
S. 0. Casler, the administrator of the
estate of Charles L. Boudry, deceased,
has rendered and presented for set
tlement, filed in said Court, his final
account of his Administration of said
estate; That Monday, the 20th day of
March, 1916, at Ten O’clock A. M., at
the court room of said Court, at
Kodiak, has been duly appointed by
the said Court, as the day for the set
tlement of said account, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate, may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to the said Court
and contest the same.
S. 0. CASLER,
. Administrator
New consignment of Chinese
noodles, twenty-five cents per pound.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Special price on all wall paper,
twenty percent off for this week only.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.*’
Mackinaws, Panto, Socks, Boots,
Packs, Underwear. Anything you
need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
“Jersey Cream Kisses,” VANILLA
FLAVOR. A pure food candy, made
ill Seward Alaska. For sale at the
Key.
FOR SALE: English Setter bird
dog pup at $25 each. The best of
breeding. Eligible for registration.
Write M. D. Snodgrass, Kodiak.
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may he said that nothin? is loft of t he
buildin? on the wharf and the dock
from the extreme west end to a point
east of the eastern buildin? has noth
in? left but the stnokin? and charred
tops of the piles.
1). J. McKenzie lost a trunk contain
in? $500 in valuables while J. II. Me
Phall lost $10,000 worth of securities
and notes in his trunk.
—
lias Strange
Experience
In Wilderness
Dawson News : The story of a mys
terious shaking of cabins and strange
sounds like those of some great explo
sion is brought from the wilderness by
Bob Henderson, the first man who
found gold in the Klondyke watershed.
Bob has just returned from a point in
the Pelly river basin, where he has
been prospecting.
“It was the morning of December
the fourth,” says Ilennerson, “when
the strange occurrence took place. 1
was asleep in my cabin onCassio creek,
a tributary of the McMillan, which in
turn flows into the the Pelly. My
place was about eighty miles from
Selkirk. I was awakened between
and 4 o’clock by a peculiaf’ rocking or
shaking sensation. I immediately sat
up and took notice. All was dark, but
I listened for a moment. I heard a
loud explosion like the sound of a
heavy blast. I leaped from bed, not
frightened, but much interested, and
lit the lamp. The shaking of the cab'n
continued and I heard three more re
ports, each growing fainter. The
dishes and everything in the cabin
werejocked and shaken violently, and
even the walls were much a-tremble.”
GIVES MORE POWERS TO
ALASKA LEGISLATURE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — James
Wickersham, delegate from Alaska
has introduced in Congress a bill pro,
vlding for a “full territorial” form of
government for Alaska.
The bill asks |for {enlarged powers
for the legislature of Alaska, the ap*
propriation of $200,000 for completing
the road jrotn Kuby to Long creek in
the Kuby placer mining district of the
interior, the reservation of the Alaska
fisheries and giving additional power1
to the Alaska legislature to control
the fisheries of Alaska.
It is known that the fisheries bureau
under the department of commerce de
poses the last measure, desiring to
maintain control of the Alaska fishing
interests.
In fact, it is contended that several
prominent Democrats will fightthe bill
to give enlarged powers to the Alas
ka legislature, believing that condi
tions can best be controlled through
the different federal bureaus.—Ex.
JUROR 15 ARRESTED A5
ALSO IS THE BRIBE GIVER
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—Evidence of an
alleged attempt to bribe the jury
which acquitted Frost and associates
in the Frost Alaska coal cases, was
given to the federal grand jury yester
day.
It is reported that Archibald Fitz
gerald testified that he paid O. W.
Burke, a jtirt>r, >3,000. Both Burl e
and Fitzgerald have been arrested, al
though no formal charge has been tiled
against them.
Fro9t and associates were largely
interested in the coal claims iu the
MatanusKa fields, and were also re
sponsible for securing money from
Canadian bondholders to help finance
the Alaska Central railroad before it
was taken over by the government.
The government charged fraud in
the locations of coal land made by
Frost, and when i* came to an issue on
trial Frost was acquitted.
t FOUND.
Found hat, initials C.T.U., arid fur
cap on Fourth avenue after dock fire.
Owners may have same by calling at
the Gateway office.
Best cigarc ana refreshments at
Terminal Bar. See ad. 11-1—tf
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
THE S. O. S. CALLS sent out by
as the past month, seemed to have
attracted little or no attention. We
hope the ones that Seward and a
greater part of Alaska are sending
I to the Finance Committee in Wash
ington, to get a move on them with
that “J^jnergency Appropriation” will
be heard by Tuesday the 18th
Whatever the result the Seward Com
mercial Co. are getting in readiness
to meet the Big Rush that is bound
to follow' the Annual Appropriation
of $8,500,000 for construction. No
trouble t<\ wait on you, lots of time
to take inventory after waiting on our
trade.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
If you want to get your breakfast
on time get a cord of Worth’s Dry
Wood. Phone Madison 132
FURNITURE CLOTHING
HARDWARE SHOES
MID-WINTER
Clearance Sale of Groceries
PRICES NEVfl) BEFORE fQUAI LEP—EVERY ITEM A BARGAIOi
SALE PRICE:
Canned Beets, worth 25c, . v . 15c, 2 for 25c
Carrots, worth 25, . . 15c, 2 for 25c
Fancy Toilet Soap, 12 bars, worth 90c, 60c
Silver Shield Clams, worth 25c, . 20c
Preferred Stock Minced Clams,worth 15c, 15c, 2 for 25c
Canned Salmon, Fancy Red, worth 25c, 20c, 3 for 50c
Snider’s Catsup, worth 35c, . 25c
Patent Excellent Flour, worth $7, $6.75
Sugar, per 100 lbs., regular price $7.50, $7.00
Sugar, 14 lbs. lor $1.00, Ordinarily 12 lbs. for $1.00
Libby ’s Peaches, Plums & Apricots, 'IJJ?, 20c
Mrs. C’s Brown Bread, reg. price 25c, 15c
Mrs. C’s Fig Pudding, “ 40c, 25c
Milk, all kinds, .... 3 cans for 25c
1-2 gal. Golden Syrup, reg. price, 50c, 40c
Ripe Olives in Oil, “ 25c, 20c
Green “ “ “ 50c, 35c
Pearl Oil, . . . “ $3.50, $3.25 per case
Bring your container and get a gallon of
PURE CIDER VINEGAR for 40c; Ordinarily 50c
Best Potatoes in Town, . $1.75 per 100 pounds
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
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PHONE MAIN 1
" PALACE JINGLES " i
The summer’s slipping away again,
And winter’s almost here;
The hoys are coming from the hills
In search of warmth and cheer.
Come; all you lads from Anchorage
When you crave a glass of beer.
You're welcome as the flowers In May,
And no one is siwashed here.
THE PALACE BAR
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Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection | BILL DEVINE
, " PALACE JINGLES "
They meet down at the Palace
For a glass of Sherwood Rye,
And to tell about the fincto they've
made,
As the winter passes by.
Bring on that faat Interior bunch,
And from every camp afar,
For we join you in goodfellowihlp
At the famous Palace Bar.