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The Alaska Weekly Poat
Published Daily, Except Sundays and Holdiays
By
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Ine.)
ELMER A. FRIEND. EDITOR \M> GENERAL MANAGER
Harry V. Hnhen, President trank L. Ballaine, Sec
Catered •• aacond-elaM matter Septea»bcr ?, 1915. at the F'Wt Oftlca at Seward. Alatka.
under Act of Marck 1. lk?9.
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The Associated Press is exclusive!} entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited ul it or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the h>cjl news published herein. _
.It S o’clock, for the purpose of hear
ng complaints as to local prices which
citizen/ may care to make and also to
acquire such information as the pub
lic may have in its possession which
!»(>;,!.> upon the subject in hand.
All complaints should be accom
panied by evidence in the shape oi ie
ceiptod bills, etc.
'Pile appointing of this and similar
committees all over the country marks
lhe first step in a sincere eftort of the
government to lower the high cost of
living. The local committees cannot
semi jn a full and authentic report of.
oeal con lit ions without the coopera
non oi all citizens.
Therefore it is the public duty of
»ach one t»> submit such evidence
they have in ortlci that any local evils,
f the.v exijt. may be corrected.
Information is desired on prices
•harged in Sown id during the past
year on all necessary commodities
such as lead, fuel and clothing.
(VI ia Kobb Lucas,
Secretary.
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pirates to shoot him and by. religious
fnnatacism, Carl Mcldahl, watchman
oil one of the traps of the George T.
Myers company on Tonakce inlet,
evaded men who were watching him :
and ran into the woods near the com
pany’s cannery at Sitkoh bay nearly
two weeks ago, according to wo d
brought to Juneau by searching part
ies which scoured the surrounding
country w Te unable t<» find any trace
of him.
Meldahl was first thought to he out
of his mind v hen he was found walk
ing up and down the beach neai the
i.ap he was watching, saying that the
pirates were going to get him. 1!
was taken in charge and taken to
the cannery at Sitkoh bay. Later, a
they wen* about to leave in order to
give Meldahl medical attention, lie
was left alone for about five miruit* ■«
and during .that time escaped into the
woods. The man was a religious fan
atic and believed that his end had
com * and that nothing could save him.
Mehlehl is survived by a wife and
five grown children.
I'he employes at the Kennecott cop
pt i mines have been jfiven an incroas *
in \vaji‘°s of Si per day. I'he ( opper
River O'- Northwestern railway ha*
thanked t<> an eijjht-hour day, and al
so followed the Kennecott increased
pay.
Russell Hermann, a member of th »
firm comprising: the Valdez Drugf Co.,
received a telegram from Governor
Rijfgrs asking if ho would accept an
appointment on tin* Territorial Rliar*
pia**> Hoard. Mr. Hermann replied
that he would accept if appointed. j
Caught on a halibut hook by fish- ’
crmon on*the launch Olga, plying out ■
of Juneau, the body of a man believed
to be a Princess Sophia Victim, \vn>
recovered and taken into Juneau rc
r ntly. The body was found about 20''
yards from Vanderbilt leef.
J. I). Rrodino. who has horn on
gaged in mining in the Tanana-Hot
Springs district for several years, and
Mrs. Brodino recently left for tfie
South to purchase a farm. They are
pioneers of Interior Alaska.
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SCBSCIMBK FOR THE GATEWAY
TilK LOCAL LOOM SITI’ATION
I'hose who are protesting auaite*' ,
the high cost ol food shou'd assist t*v
local lair price committee.
The idea of purchasing front jv*
eminent n* the states and having
the com * t *.li»:es shipped to Seward is
all right in one sense of the word, hut
•he local merchants should rec*»w
some consideration.
The local merchant is the one who
assists the individual "hen aid i
needed.
The local merchant is the one "ho
helps to build up the city and the local
merchants are ready no" to show that
they are not getting rich on their sales
as perhaps it is the wholesaler who is
doing the hold-up.
The government extends neith r
credit nor aid "hen the individual
wants it. that must he remembered.
The money sent to the outside >
iust that much gone out of the city.
If money can In* accumulated to
>end in a large sum to the* outside for
commodities «* shows that the local
merchant can go on a cash basis, the
same as the government demands
from those "ho are purchasing from
it
|»\ going on a cash basis the mh*;ii
merchant can eliminate much of his
.
THE
Reveal h Thoroughly Renovated.
•*\N l 11 \m>i EONL\ FIRS! CLIS8
GOODS**
"WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO
PEEP VRE THEM’*
C leanliness and Courtesy
• IS OCR MOTTO
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
TOR LADIES
Charles Cameron — John C. Gaffney
EAT KISH AND OTHER
SEA PRODUCTS.
1 know how to cook them and can
prepare fish as yon
want it served.
BRANCH
GRILL
JOHN’S PLACE
DIAMOND DICK’S
OVERLAND
CAEE
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Our Bill of fare consists of
All the Market Affords.
HOME MADE BREAD and PASTR1
BOARD BY THE MONTH
R. RHODES, Proprietor.
clerical help.
The government does not deliver
goods either, and the local merchant
could, besides going on a cash hash,
also eliminate the delivery service, the
same as the government, and demand
cash and the carry system.
There are always two sides to every
t|iiost ion.
\gain, the government is not going
to Ho the same Kind of business that
the local merchant is doing.
The government is not going to sell
you 2." cents worth of sugar when you
want it: the government is not going
to se'l you a small box of pepper, ;»
package of s«it. in fact the govern
ment is not going into the parcel sett
ing hut vvill sell only in hulk.
The government is not doing a gen
eral merchandising business hut only
celling certain commodities, in case
lots. etc.
If everybody should attem t>
trade from the government, the mer
chant would he justified in closing his
store. »hen where would the general
public he at.
It is wise to think of hath sides, and
to think seriously for there are many
anghs to consider to the question.
One knows th.it talk is cheap. Man.
are saying this and llv.H about th '
profits made hv the local merchant*.
There may In* and there may not h
some cause. Stop talking and get dow*
to business— the fair price committe •
is a legal organization with leder
authority and can sift all matters t>>
the bottom and make a report and if
there has been any criintna? profiteer
ing, the committee will find it out.
There are charges of this and that
floating around Seward— then make
good iod plaee the matters before the
fair ’'rice committee and ston chewing
the rag. VII have a chance to male
their charges good, hut the charges
must he hacked up by evidence, not by
word of mouth, or by ”i am told this”
or “so and so savs this.” It is direct
evidence that is wanted and the fair
price committee wants it, nothing
more.
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Not ice i.' hereby gvcn that the
t*<>mrritti'o pvontly appointed to in
vestigate the prices of commodities »n
S» ward will hold a meeting in the
•own hall. Tuesday evening. Sept. 2nd,
In tli's, a many of us have reason
o know . Turkey is not alone, nor is
ler sou’ more seared in this .espe .
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men. IVo f om’inp is a comrneir’al s a
in w!‘e!i the laborer and the poor uu
oi*uuate suffer the worst. Mr. Kllis,
:n r • Medicate ••♦•tides from th« i’a*’
Kast, t !ls us that while A mona
starvnl. a small band in Constant in«*•
pie hoard'’1 the food stocks. Ai d it 1;
on > >ime the occupation of Constant!
arm* by Allied Troops tlud these hi 1*
d»*n sonni es have been discovered.
Tlii.- condition made it very difficult,
d nre- the \vai war waj in proprc*
fie tin A 'inenian 'Relief Committee to
pjNH'l • COtJ t«* feed the flispossoq .UIM
harassed refugees, except at oxhorh:*
. rhat thoj did well n suv
it g ,lu* lives of thousands m 4hos'*
t ying years and will over reflect
v wy around the name of America.
y» K!li.*» in a recent letter affirm.*
t’git America stands so high i?i the
(* imation of the oppressed peonies oP
t:. > I*:*>t that all we have done or can
do, would be small recompense for
mk h e\a:'ed opinion.
The kro Ambassador White has r<**
ccntly written that of ah foreign im
m»grar*s, ('♦her than the Kngl’>l*
speaking, the Armenians are tiu* most
desirable Because °f their industrial
progress and ambition. Turkey se‘
about to exterminate thum. But Tui
kcy’sdofta* iu War frustrated lm
plans; and to lay there rom.mV' -f
lea ‘ two million people of these op
press* 1 to form the necleus of n now
nation. To .sustain them for the pres*
ent, and virtually to rehabiliate them
in the work of the Armenian Belief
Fund.
Thomas Jenkins.
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.11 M 'I MAN BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD IN THE WOODS
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thought, by the throats made by ti- 1
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