Owing to weather conditions the dredge at Anihoragt
is unable to operate until the summer of 1918 7
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
Anchorge. 20 Mow—Temperature—Seward, 18 above.
If you can't keep warm, remember we have the larg
est lines of Men's and Women's Furnishing*. Beddings, etc.,
in Seward.
We are not selling anything at cost.
We aim to make some profit on everything ue 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.
Remember, 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
j I 1 * **r<>Prl*t<»r
Open Day and Night
Phone A«i|iu4 ID*
Service Cleanliness
Private H» lor *'r Purt*****
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SKWAKtV ALASKA
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
H**f. Pork. Veal. Mutton. Poultrf.
Lard. Hama and Baron.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
THEKEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PIIONE MATHISON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
HARRY K A WARE, Prop.
Beat of Work—-Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
Kirst-ciaaa merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
FREE
' Instructions on crocheting caps
and other articles, Fridays from
2 to 3 o'clock of each week
I , at
Ellsworth’s
Scratch pada—for itfiool, for your
ie& for the eouuUfc Ur the work
room—10c at The Gateway.
PROFESSIONAL
J. H. ROM1G, M. I).
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D., C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 68
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FRATERNAL
L. O. O. M, So. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
invited.
Bl A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. BIGFORD, Secretary.
1 ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E. Blullin
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 Hall
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KING SENDS PHOTO
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — Herbert
Hoover la in receipt of an autograph
ed photograph of King Albert of Bel
gium inscribed with renewed expres
sions of appreciation for the work of
the Belgian Relief Commission under
Hoover's direction in the first part of
the war.
Just Received
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Ladies, Children’s and Men’s Felt
Slippers
High Grade Ladies Shoes $3.75 and up
Pure Silk Ribbons Put up 10 yards
in price 15, 20, and 25c per bolt.
Fine Line of Fancy Ribbon 35c per yd
Ladies* Dress Silk in Latest Shades
Fresh Candies, High Grade Choco
lates in all flavors, also fancy Xmas
boxes.
Now Is the time to select your Xmas
gifts and toys. Take your pick, a
large assortment on band.
Special Sale for Ten Days
on all Finaroeled Ware, Glassware,
China, Crockery; and all Kitchen
Utensils
THE BAZAAR
SILVER COINS
NOT WANTED *
BY ITALIANS
ROME, Dec. 6. — A scramble to
get rid of silver coin has resulted
from the recent decree to the effect
that it shall not be accepted as le
gal tender after January 1 and that]
persons possessing it may bo fined or]
imprisoned. As the decree stated
that beginning with November 21 not
only banks but postofllces and other
public places should issue new paper
bills of one and two francs for silver,
many persons interpreted the decree'
meant that after November 21 silver
coins could not be circulated, and
therefore the hurry to unload small
coins. Travellers, who were general-,
ly prov.ded with ten fifty or one-hi^n
dred ;ranc bills were, in getting them j
changed, suddenly found themselves
in possession of a pound or so of sil
ver coins adroitly passed by store
koepei s.
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ASKS EXEMPTION OF
288 BASEBALL STABS
CHICAGO, Dec. 6. — Ban Johnson,
president of the American League,
has claimed exemption for 288 base
ball players in accordance with the
new draft classification rulings. This
will make eighteen men from each of
tho sixteen major league aggrega
tions and thoit* release fix>m military
obligations will be asked on the
ground that indiscriminate drafting
would destroy tho high standard of
would destroy the high standard of
the great American sport set in the
big leagues.
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. C.—Nine bombs
have been found concealed beneath
the water in a corner of the Stock
holm harbor. No clue to their own
ership has yet been obtained.
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The weather forecast for the next
24 hours in Seward is just snow.
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Steamer Alameda is expected in
Seward late Saturday or early Sun
day.
The Seward Women's Club will
meet tomorrow afternoon in the Van
Gilder building. There will be a busi- j
ness meeting, no program ami the
members are requested to take their
knitting.
Harry Whittemore and wife re
turned from Anchorage last night
and are at the Overland.
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Ole Pederson, who has been in the
hospital suffering from pneumonia,
has recovered and is stopping at the)
Sexton.
Mrs. Flynn, of~Mile 20; H. P. Sal- j
isbury, of Moose Pass and Victor
Gumbard of Kenai Lake, all guests I
at the Sexton, left for their homes I
on the train this morning.
N. P. Nelson, I. Swanson, A. Kdin
and Falix Holn are registered at the
Sexton on their way to the states,
haviug arrived from Anchorage ast
night.
Thirty men went out to the wood
camp this forenoon to commence work
for the winter.
J. A. Heath and^wife came in from j
Mile 11 last night and are at the
Sexton.
Arthur Frame, well known attor-l
ney of Anchorage, is registered at the
Overland on his wray to Seattle and
Portland. Air. Frame will return to
the north in February.
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L. N. Lowell, old timer, lately
mining on Willow Creek, arrived i
from the interior last night. Mr.
Lowell is registered at the Overland
w’hile waiting for a steamer south.
Weather for Seward yesterday was
as follow’s: maximum 30, mnimum 24,
current 25; cloudy with north wind.
One hundred and 11 arrived on the
train last night from the interior,
Korn Creek and W'av stations.
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George Ross, transfer man of An
chorage, is stopping at the Overland
on his way outside for the holidays.
Georye E. Potter, with the commis
sion at Anchorage, is registered at
the Overland on his way to the states.
He will leave on the Alameda.
W. J. Beaver and T. W. Jackson,
tw'o well known operators from Ale-,
Grath, are registered at the Seward
having arrived last night. They are
accompanied by their wives and are
on their way to the tastes.
HUN INTRIGUE
IS SUSPECTED
AT FT.SEWARD
JUNEAU, Dec. 6. — Sensational
disclosures as a result of the court
martialing of a corporal and several
privates by Capt. Stone, commander
at Fort William H. Seward, have been
made, indicating the the 1. W. W.
element had worked into the Fort
Seward command and that govern
ment rifles and ammunition were be
ing cached in the vicinity of Haines.
Also a part of a shipment of explo
sives from Juneuu was included in the
loot.
Some days ago the United States
marshal's oillce at Juneau investiga
ed the local gun stores. At one pia^e
in Juneau an army revolver and sev
eral rounds of ammunition were
found. The dealer very promptly
gave the officials all the data neces
sary to trace the sale to a corporal
from Fort Seward then in Juneau.
The commanding officer was immed
iately advised By wire, and an inves
tigation disclosed an inner circle of
I. W. W. workers in the army bai
racks.
It is believed in Juneau that part
of the explosives shipped from this
city have not been located, and that
there was a plot on the part of the
/. W. W.’s to desert and blow up im
portant mills or other buildings in
this vicinity. It is also intimated
that sufficient evidence "has been se
cured to warrant the assertion that
German influence was also behind the
culprits at Fort Seward.
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EXPLOSIVES
A DANGEROUS
POSSESSION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Any per
son in the United States found with
explosives in his possession now’, anti
who does not have a license showing
the purpose fvr which the explosives
are to be used, will at once be arrest
t*d and lined up to $5000 or sent to
prison for one year. If the circum
stances W’arrant the person may be
fined $5000 and in addition given one
year in prison.
Persons apprehended In plots to
blow up fact ores and bridges w.ll be
turned owe to the authorises for
prosecution under Federal or State
laws.
The recently enacted law provide*
that everyone who handles explosives
must have a license. The manufac
turer, the importer and the exporter
must have licenses issued Ly liio bu
reau of mines in Washington. The.
seller of explosives and the purchaser
of explosives must also have licenses,
these to be :ssued generally by coun
ty clerks, or other local officers who
are authorized to administer oaths.
Only citizens of the United Slates
or of the countries friendly to the j
United Sta:e* and the Allio may so]
obtain licenses
Contractors, mining companies,;
quarrymen and others using large
quantities of explosives, wh'ch are
handled by employes, may issue ex
plosives to their employes only thru
those employes holding a licence, call-;
ed a foreman’s license.
The puicha^r of dynamiU, in ob
taining a liMUise, must state definite
ly what the explosive is to be used
for and will be held accountable f>r
its use as stated and the re! urn of
any explosives that may be ieft.
With the strict enforcement of this j
law, the i’ede.a’ authorities hope to
prevent evp'osives falling »nto the
hands of ev‘I1y-disposed persons and
to put a to all further nynamite
plots.
GERMAN RANCHER HELD
AS DANGEROUS ALIEN
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 6. — Carl
Lees, a rancher of Nolin, was placed
under arrest here by William Mc
Swain, of Seattle, representing the
United States government. Lees is
charged with making threats against
the president. In the Lees home the
officer found a small arsenal. It is
understood Lees is a German by birth
and unnaturalized. He has been in
this section for several years and is
well known.
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AN ARTIST DIES
DUBLIN, Dec. 6. — Tne death of
Nathaniel Hone, 86 years old, a well
known artist and a native of Dublin
has occurred here.
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HOTEL OVERLANI
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - * • ALASKA
H. v. Hoben a. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. KORKN*, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Tninsfo” +* Phones, Main 17 and til
CAFE -ROOMS I ||[ | A 8 Afc Sherman Haynes
Pool and Billiards | | Proprietor
Best of Drinks and Cigars
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lunch Cmmter in Connection
THE
HOTEL
SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
MoJern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
; JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office-Bank of Seward Bdilding
SEWARD ' ALASKA
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WHY WEAR DIRTY j
Clothes, when we will do your j
family wash, rough dry? We h
rail for and deliver laundry.
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DEE SING LAUNDRY
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Phone Madison 111
Cor. Washington & Adams St,
WEATHER ON' R. R.
The following is the repor-t on the
weather along the railroad to seven
o'clock this morning:
Anchorage, 11, cloudy calm.
Summit Rdh, 24, cloudy, N. wind.
Girdwood, 2 cloudy, calm.
Potter Creek, 10, cloudy, calm.
Matanuska, 12, cloudy, calm, three
inches of new snow.
King, 14, cloudy, N. W. wind; two
inches of new snow.
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The Chesterfield blend
has in it the highest-grade
Turkish tobacco tha«.
grows. They Satisfy—
and yet they’re MILD.
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