The Seward Daily Gateway
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SEWARD. ALASKA. MAY 5. 1914_
THE time lias come for Seward residents to show their faith
in their home city. Let this faith he examined in private and
public improvements and investments. There is no reason why
Seward should not become a city of larger
NOW THE TIME population, a greater commercial center, a
FOR ACTION. better trailing point lor the tributary count! >
and a city of still more splendid business
houses and more comfortable homes.
The location of the terminal of the government railroad at
Steward, or at some point within a rad iis i>t mil«s which will
make Seward a place of importance, is assured.
The coming of the Alaska Engineering commissioners here
will mean that hundreds of new comers. nc uding homebuilders,
merchants, farmers and manufacturer- w:'. ex c to this country
to invest. Land values are already inciv vig and will, go still
higher.
If the people of Seward are equal to the emergency of the
hour their future is assured: if they i'M* icrs to grasp the op
portunities at hand they will have no ov o rebuke but them
selves. This is a time tor action.
WITH the approval of Secret iry Lai 1 '’ill Inis been offered
in congress providing for an Alaskan development board which!
shall administer the land laws and interior affairs now handled by
bureau** u the national capital.
DEVELOPMENT BOARD T e proposes a board of tive
FOR ALASKA members, of which the Governor
and tlie s 'rveyor General shall
be members. The throe additional members are required to bo
residents of Alaska
The adoption ol such a pian would h*:u a wonderful impetus
to the development of Alaska, which lias h»M*n hampered h\ ied
tape and bureaucratic incoinpetency for many years. A board
with authority to dispose of land, tu »er and mining claims, with
out having to wait for year** for act e > the authorities at Wash
ington is sadly needed in Alaska.
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The difference between pride and vanity depons upon wheth
er we have it or it is possessed by som»* <>m- else.
This conmunity is ready to say a good word for the man who
is ready to say a good word for SKW AKD.
A man can sometimes avoid a good deal of trouble by not fol
lowing his own judgment too far.
It is just as easy to make enemies a^ to make friends, but
they generally cost more.
Don’t sit on a man unless you are reasonably sure he will
stand for it.
Some men waste lots of time asking question they don’t want
answered.
Reform, like the rabies, needs a muzzle.
The door of adversity is always ajar.
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Hotel Seward
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HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
HOTEL OVERLANT
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Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
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FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. GEO. SEXTON, PROP.
Electric Lights Electric Bell
Kates Reason able
Modern Kalb Room
FOURTH AVENUE SEWARD, ALASKA
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OLYMPIA DRAFT BEER BLUE RIBBON BOTTLED BEER
BEST LIQUORS
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CIGARS
Elegantly Furnished and Steam Heated
_ Rooms in Connection
$ [WARD N NS COMPANY
Dealers in Fine Stationery, Imperial Confectionery,
Standard Brands of Cigars and Tobaccos. All the
Best Magazines and Periodicals. Seattle, San Fran
cisco and Eastern Newspapers. Popular Copy
rights. School Books and School Supplies
MAIL ORDERS FROM THE WESTWARD AND INTERIOR
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO_
j THE BORGEN GROCERY
I Now Open for Business |
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| With a full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries k<
i GUS BORGEN, Proprietor. Clayson Building, Seward |
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT
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SEWARD
Has the most beautiful townsile in
Alaska t
SEWARD ;■
Is located on Resurrection ba). the
finest harbor in Alaska
SEWARD
Is the supply point for rich producing
gold mines on Kenai peninsula
SEWARD
Is the outfitting point for big game
hunters seeking trophies on Kenai
peninsnla
SEWARD i
Is recommended by President Taft and
Secretary of the Interior f isher as the
coast terminus of the federal railway
I SEWARD I
Is the coast terminus of the Alaska
Northern Railway system, buildinq a
line to tap the Matanuska coal fields
and the rich Susitna valley
H
SEWARD I
Has the best prospects of any town in
the whole of Alaska: it is now a solid,
substantial community, because it is
the trade center of a mineral region,
composed of high-grade gold veins
and placer deposits of known value.
SEWARD
In brief, is surely destined to be the
most important city in Alaska. Its
ideal location: its fine harborage
facilities; its natural advantages as <
the gateway to the great interior of
Alaska: its logical railway route to
the biggest aud best coal fields of
Alask—all combine to insure and aid
toward the buildinq of a big city
II ASHA'S BBT HARBOR I
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