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 of business in the United States
over the previous year. 1916 promises to be a banner year
lor the whole country.
Business in all lines held up well tor Seward and
vicinity, bank deposits during 1915 reached a total of
tv\ ice 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 equipped than we have ever been to serve the finan
cial needs of our customers.
AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING
1916 is opening with 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; many of 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 for the con
struction of the Government Railroad. Almost !yl,000,
000.00 will be spent by the Government on railroad work
this year in Seward and country tributary to this place.
Much outside capital wifreome 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 lew ot which are
yet among the producing properties, where there 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 >
Established 1905
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Thursday, Feb. 3, 8:15 p. m.
JESSE L. LASKY
Presents the Popular Romantic Actor
Mr. Robert Edeson
in the Thrilling North Wood Story
“The Call of the North"
By Geo. Broadhurst
From the novel, “The Conjuror's House,”
By Stuart Edward White. Five Parts, 317 Scenes
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
Percolators, Electric and Common
Casseroles, El Grillo-Toasters. Mak<
sensible presents. Buy of SEWARI
COMMERCIAL CO.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at th<
Branch.
Brazilian Mate is a healthful an<
nutritous tea exquisite flavor, sixt;
five cents per pound.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.'
FOR SALE: English Setter bin
dog pup at $25 each. The best o:
breeding. Eligible for registration
Write M. D. Snodgrass, Kodiak.
Dry goods at Butts.
Howard and Hamilton
Watches!
George the Jeweler
!CALLS DES MOINES
1>LAN A FAILURE■
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 31.—'The
so-called Des Moines plan of city
government, one of the first forma of
Commission government, which at
tracted much favorable attention the
country over when it was adopted
seven years ago, is branded a failure
by Councilman W. F. Mitchell and a
considerable percentage of the citi
zens. Mitchell was put into office to
see if he couldn’t reorganize affairs
and make the plan successful. His
resignation is tendered today, effect
ive this spring. Mitchell says the
City Manager plan should be adopted j
by Des Moines. The bonded and |
floating indebtedness of Des Moines
has increased nearly $1,000,000 since
the plan was put in force seven years
ago. The plan was heralded as one
that would eliminate partisan polities
from all municipal elections, place the
responsibility for the success of fail
ure of the city government upon the
heads of the individual commissioners
and generally make for economy and
efficiency. Mitchell says politics has
not been eliminated and that financi
ally the plan has accomplished no
good. Mitchell favors electing
councilmcn by districts rather than at
large, paying them for one meeting ai
week. He believes all municipal ex
ecutive control should be vested in
the City Manager, together with
power to enforce all laws and or
dinances and to control all city work.
Mitchell believes this would, kill the
j political phase he believes has made
1 the old Dos Moines plan useless.
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ST. PETER’S CHURCH
Rev. Edawrd H. Molony, Rector.
Sunday services:
11 A. M. Morning Prayer and ser«
mon.
Holy Communion first Sunday in
month.
Sunday school at 12:15, immediate
ly after morning service.
8 P. M. Evening Prayer and ser
mon.
Friday evenings, study class 7:30 j
o’clock.
Vistors Cordially Welcome.
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THE S. 0. S. CALLS sent out by
us the past month, seemed to have
attracted little or no attention. We
hope the ones that Seward and a
i greater part of Alaska are sending
to the Finance Committee in Wash
j ington, to get a move on them with
i that “Emergency Appropriation” will j
! be heard by Tuesday the 18th
I 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 j
trouble to wait on you, lots of time
to take iiAentory after waiting on our
trade.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
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Rubber foot-wear at Urbach's.
“THE KEY”
*
Seward-made cand.es. Johnston
Chocolates fresh from the factory.
* Also fruits. 12-16—tf
r .
Special price on all wall paper,
4
’ twenty percent off for this week only.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
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New consignment of Chinese
noodles, twenty-live cents per poijnd.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality FhrJt”
See the ready made skirts and
waists at Butt's.
Anything you want if it’s good at
Urbach's.
Good Eating!
Every Day Something Good at
the COMMERCE CAFE.
I
Everybody Knows Ernie Levin, Prop,
PROTECT
YOUR PLACE
WITH •
Pyrene
M.A. HORNER
Agent
PROHIBITION FIGHT
IN NEBRASKA!
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 17.—First
guns are booming in the wet and dry
fight in this, W. J. Bryan’s home
state. Bombardment of the public
with the heavy artillery of both fac
tions will culminate in a victorious
vote for the wets or the drys at the
November 7th voting throughout
Nebraska.
The moral issue is not stressed in
this prohibition campaign. The wets
are seeking in various ways to show
the people, particularly the farmers,
wherein dry territory is going to hurt
business and bring farm and other
products’ prices down.
The drys are seeking to show the
people where the liquor business
makes for false prosperity and really
accomplishes more physical and fin
ancial harm than good. The dry fight
is in charge of a democrat-republican- j
progressive, non-partisan federation
which expects to put a state and local
tickets in the field this fall.
According to the anti-saloon league,
Nebraska now' has 28 dry counties
with 153,653 population; 351 dry and
210 wet towns, 54 dry and 38 wet
county seat tow'ns and a total of 800
saloons in the state. Forty thousand
Nebraskans must ask that the prohi
bition question be submitted to a vote
before it will be placed on the ballot.
These petitions are being prepared byj
the drys now\
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DONT FORGET:—“The Key" is
the original place. Always try’ "The
Key" first.
Noodle Cafe. Rhone Main 111. j
Tray service receives prompt at* j
tention. 10-6—tf.
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Ladies' and childrens' furnishings
at Butt’s.
ROMAN PAWN SHOPS
PUT ON THE BUM
ROME, Italy, Jan. 15.—War, which
has boomed almost every industry in
the world, has put the Italian pawn- ^
shop not on the boom but on the bum.
The Italian women say this has hap
pened because their soldier husbands
are not at home to spend their money
for drink and the wives can use the
government pay to take care of the'
family instead of pawning everything
in sight. Hard times for the people
are supposed to make good times for
the pawnbroker, but whatever other
trials and miseries the war is inflict-1
ing upon Italian wives, mothers and
sweethearts, it has lessened rather1
than increased the financial worries.
Pawnbrokers n Rome alone rej ort a
slump of hundreds of thousand of
dollars in business. Most of these
are government controlled pawnshops
and before the war their portals were i
among the most frequented in all
Italy. The government allowance to
wives and families amount to only a j
few cents a day, but the Italian i
women have learned frugality in a
hard school and they know their les
son well. N’ot only are most of them
taking care of their families, but
many of them are scratching and
saving enough soldi to redeem some
of the pledged household articles.
•'Of course I can manage w hen every
thing doesn't go for wine," said the
wife of a workman. "A lire a day
from the government and the fifty
centimes a day I make from sewing
is a lire and a half more than I had
when my man was home. Dread and
. oup and a little cheese—what more
does one want. My children and 1
manage very well."
‘THE KEY"
The Key is yours. U*c it.
Athletic Jersey sweaters, assorted
colors with contrasting stripes; just
the thing for winter wear, $3.50 each.
Brown & Hawkins, "Quality First."
Smoke the Key special. Always
good. Sold only at the Key.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
ALL WELCOME
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THE SEWARD CLUB
HOPKINS & TORREY, Props.
Billiards, Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies
and Fruits
The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Pool Hall In Seward
If you want to get your breakfast
on time get a cord of Worth’s Dry
Wood. Phone Madison 132.
HARDWARE FURNITURE
BROWN & HAWKINS
“Quality First”
A 'Strenuous
Objection—
If your coal dealer de
livered only three-quar
ters of a ton of coal
and charged you for a
full ton, you would ob
ject—andrefusedo pay
the bill. The same
principle applies in /
the fuel consumption [
of a heater—why use a J
heater that wastes one
quarter of your
fuel ?
Great Western Oalc
consumes all carbon and <^ases—none es
capes up chimney. Scientific flue system
discharges heated air through slotted open
ings ri<fht over fre; and through mica door
you can clearly see the shooting flames —
representing tne burning ^ases In actual
use, you can feel the increased heat
and decreased amount of coal used Be
convinced by an inspection.
<5old jBy
Brown & Hawkins
‘‘Quality First”
Anchorage SEWARD Knik
CLOTHING GROCERIES
“ PALACE JINGLES " n
The summer’s slipping away again.
And winters almost here;
The boys 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
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection j BILL DEVINE
I PALAGE^JINGLES
They meet down at the Palace
For a glass of Sherwood Rye,
And to tell about the finds they’ve
made,
As the winter passes by.
Bnng on that fast Interior bunch,
And from every camp afar,
For we join you in goodfellowship
At the famous Palace Bar.