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SEWARD. ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1913.
The fact that a woman with Indian blood is about to occupy the leading
woman’s place in the United States is one that suggests to the mind un
usual thought.. There is a romantic significance about the circumstance
which is really extraordinary in this prosaic existence of ours. It almost
surpasses in it*, poetic suggestion and humanly unreal “atmosphere’ the
creations of the transcendant genius that produced the Arabian Nights.
The very fact that the chief citizen of a mighty nation, with all the
prejudices of Mood, race and color of the haughtiest whites, considers that
the possession of a strain of aboriginal brown is no reason against the
closest inti mat > and family ties goes to show that the nation over which
he presides holds in the respect o: equals the first inhabitants of America
whom our ancestors of the immediately preceding generation were accustom
ed to call savages, it would be impossible for the president to marry this
lady if Indian Mood were not regarded by all the people as worthy to mingle
with their own.
As a matter of fact the lady has every reason to be proud of her
•Native" descent, as we are told she is. and if we could only sec all peoples
placet! where equal opportunities were available we should probably find
that all human beings are about the same. “Though patriots flatter, still
shall wisdom find and equal portion dealt to all mankind.’
Whom the God» would destroy they tirst drive mad, and the Go<ls are
evidently out gunning for Genera! Villa.
One cable yesterday told of the death of Blanche Walsh, ami the other
told that Gaby Deslys had eatings on her dog as she walked in the streets
of New York with him. The former was a lady and an actress of ability,
the latter is the antithesis of a lady and a “bad actor,” in every sense. Miss
Walsh is of th type that brings honor to the stage, and Gaby is the type of
the one that tobs it of honor- Miss Walsh gained some fame by cleverness
and hard work ami Gaby gains ill-fame by the exalted genius that reaches
its zenith in the decoration of dogs. This is the way with all professions,
and the faker is often the most successful. Miss Walsh never captured the
affections of i king, hut Mademoiselle nearly made a crowned donkey her
husband and treated a canine like a sister, and perhaps with the clearest
conception of the fitness of things.
It is always a dangerous custom to make comments about any ease* be
fore a court or that may possibly appear before a court at any time in any
phase of its proceedings. The danger comes in the possibility of confusing
the issues and creating prejudices. A newspaper is no place in which to try
lawsuits and rows papers which attempt such a task usually display the
ignorance of ill i>cop!e who pass be\on«i the borders of their own province.
But it may be permissible to say that there is no one in Seward who was
rot glad to hear the decision of the court yesterday so far as it affected one
lady and one gentleman of this city.
-NEWSPAPERSMAGAZINES
KODftKS STATIONERY CI6ARS CONFECTIONERY
EVERYTHING NEW EVERYTHING COOD
_THE HOUSE OF HETTEL’S, 4tk Aienue, SEWARD _
ANCHORAGE TO
HAVE DOG RACES
SEWARD ASKED FOR CO-OPERA
TION IN PLANS WHICH
ARE NEARLY PERFECTED
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 2.—The
plans are about perfected for the
formation cf a kennel club here for
! the purpose of inaugurating dog rac
ing and the co-operation of Seward
is eagerly looked for. In addition to
! Seward the co-operation of other
i places will also be asked so that races
for big purses may be brought oft
during the winter season. It will
i probably be the plan to have inter
I city races, that is , from one city to
another, and later to have champion
ship events in which the various
towns and localities will be pitted
against each other.
FAILED TO ELECT A
(TTY NIGHTWATCHMAN
The city council failed last night
to elect a nightwatchman as the
votes for two men in the final ballot
were equal and the matter was post
poned. The candidates were C. S.
Patten, Hannegan, Jim Walters, W.
W. Alderman, Charles Johnson and
i G. Cantwell. These names are jot
ted down from memory and the ini
tials or spelling may not be right,
but in the first ballot Cantwell got
two votes and Alderman got 2. J
Neither Patten nor Hannegan got
any vote, and the other two got one
each. In the final ballot Cantwell
and Aldreman got three votes each. ‘
MEMBER OF BON NEY-WATSON
COMPANY, SEATTLE. DEAD
SEATTLE, Nov. 2.—Harry Wat
son, one of the partners in the
Bonney-Watson Undertaking house
in this city, diet! last night of heart
trouble. He was forty-four years of
age.
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Rub-Less. The best polish ever
manufactured. Brown & Hawkim
has it. “Quality First.”
♦
See the ready made skirts and
' waists at Butt’s.
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Long distance telephone booth at
rhe Branch.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Sunday: Masses at 8:30 and 10:30
a. m. Sunday school after Muss.
Rotary, Instruction and Benediction,
7:30 p. m. Weekdays: Mass at 8
a. m.
yyE also carry a complete line of Men’s Ready
- Made Overcoats and the prices are well with
in your reach. We ask you to inspect our
lines and we guarantee the goods will speak for
themselves in both price and quality.
When it comes to outfitting the working man
we stand in a class by ourselves.
Just a moment
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Why not decide right now on
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Say “Shayne^Brun”
Tailoring
4f Your garments will be hand
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else. The quality is high grade and it’s guaran
teed. That’s why we wear Shayne-Brun Clothes
ourselves and that’s why we recommend them
to you. Be measured today
The MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Prop.
SEWARD ALASKA
CITY COUNCIL HAS A
LIVELY LITTLE MEETING
Some Eentertaininent Provided lor a
Dull Night by the Muni
cipal Rulers.
I
For the first time since it came
into office the city council last night
3emed to feel anxious about its
financial future. It was reported
that the sum of $27,000 odd has al
ready been spent and that the total
expenditures for the whole year
would leave about $5,000 il no eAtra
ordinary expenses came up. Ihei
total income of the city for the year
is over $50,000. One of the first acts
of retrenchment came in the shape of
a resolution to abolish the office of
city engineer. This office cost nearly
three hundred dollars last month.
Another resolution in favor of keep
ing the engineer at work for another
week so that property holders might
visit his office and have explained to
them the profiles, grades, etc., was
carried. Mr. Whitfield then stated
that it was immaterial to nun;
whether he held the job or not and he (
showed that he had established monu
ments and performed other work for
a much smaller amount that he had
been accustomed to receive outside, j
Mr. Winstadt, with commendable
esprit de corps—by the way, one of.
the councilmcn called the corps of the;
city engineer a corpse—and it prob-,
ably will be in a week — well, Mr. j
Winstadt in some of those fluent;
periods of his- told the council that'
it lavished money on less worthy ob- j
1 jects than the city engineer, although
he has previously said the opposite,
j One of the couneilmen hit back at
i him savagely by saying he ought to
run for the next council if he thought
> he could do better. The most thril
] ling question brought up last night
was that the chimney of one of the
school rooms was smoking, as though
a chimney could do anything else,
during business hours. Mr. Chamb
erlin repudiated the foul calumny and]
produced unimpeachable evidence to j
I
i prove that the chimney no more
smoked than a Sunday school girl, \
j For a moment a violent eruption
threatened but Chamberlin had the
goods and showed that he had in- j
vestigated every phase of the chim
ney with the most satisfactory re
! suits.
Mr. Chamberlin previously deliver
1 ed a Phillippic against the granting]
i of the light franchise during his ab
' sence. A communication was read
! l'rom the Seward Electric Company
] last night asking this time for a
! telephone franchise and the matter
was referred, if memory serves right,
to the proper committee.
The school board asked for an ad
ditional $4,000 and Councilman Bor-1
gen said the council should insist on
a statement from the board. The
election of night watchmen was lat
er proceeded with but that is another
story.
I See Hutton’s ad. Tuesdays and Fri
days. Second hand goods, cash or
commission. 9-28-tf
FOR GOOD “EATS” sec Jack &
Jones. PALACE GRILL.
IN PROBATE COURT FOR KENAI
PRECINCT OF THE THIRD DIVI
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF i
ALASKA.
j IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF No-....
JOHN A. MATHISON,
DECEASED.
_
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PROOF
OF WILL AND ISSUANCE OF
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.
Notice is hereby given that Tues
day, the ninth day of November, 1915,
at two o’clock P. AI. of said day, and
, the court room of the above Court in
the office of the U. S. Commissioner
for the Kenai Precinct, Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska, at Seward,
i Alaska, have been appointed as the
I time and place for proving the will of
the said John A. Mathison, deceased,
and for hearing the application of
Charics S. Mathison for the issuance I
to him of Letters Testamentary with
the will annexed, heretofore filed and
made in this court
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, M. J.
Conroy, United States Commissioner j
t for the Kenai Precinct of the Third !
' Division of the Territory of Alaska
and Ex officio Probate Judge for said
Precinct, has hereunto set his hand !
and affixed the seal of said court at
Seward, Alaska, within said precinct,
this 1st day of October, A. D., 1915.
(Seal) M. J. CONROY,
United States Commissioner and
Ex officio Probate Judge.
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Stories of Discoveries in Alaska
The Discovery of Chisana
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Alaska Gold Mines
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Rise and Fall of Alaska’s Home Railroad
Alaska at the Panama Exposition
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