Owing to weather conditions tly? dredge at Anchorage
is unable to operate until the summer of 1918
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
If you can’t keyp warm, remember we have the hug
est lines of Men's anti Women's Furnishings Bedding. ctc*»
in Seward.
We are not selling: anything: at cost.
We aim to make some profit on everything: we sell.
These are War Times anti war prices prevail in the
States and they must here.
We will jjive you the best prices possible under exist
ing; conditions.
Remember, we are fourteen years in Seward and hope
to continue until we tfet Matanuskn Coal, if it takes 14
years more.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Seward
Geo A Mitchell
Proprietor
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Service CleanlintS'
IVivute !l* tv>r Ii*-- *t l*:»r
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing ^hwflwrighting
SKVVAKIV ALASKA
The Carstens Packing Co,
Wholesale and Retail
Beef. Pork. Veal. Mutton, Poultry,
Lard. Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Egg*
Order* from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
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THE KEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PHONE MATHISON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 15/
HAKRY RAW A BE, Prop.
Best of Work—Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
| ANTON JOHANSEN
Scldovia, Alaska
First-class 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
AT
Ellsworth’s
Scratch pads—for e^noo^, for your
deek. for the counter; for the work
room—iOc at The Gateway.
PROFESSIONAL ;
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J. H. RO.M1G, M. I).
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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1 L. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
! f,. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. l>„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. -66
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FRATERNAL
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L. O. O. M, No. 1423
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Half. Visiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. BIGFORD, Secretary.
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ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E* Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. in., Pioneer Hall j
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GOVERNMENT CONTROL ~
IS ONLY RELIEF FOR
HIGH PRICE OF SHOES
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. — Government
control is the only possible remedy in
affording relief from the present high
price of shoes, is the opinion of mem
bers of the National Tanners’ Asso
ciation.
Just Received
Ladies. Children’s and Men's Felt
Slippers
High Grade Ladies Shoes $3.75 and up
Pure Silk Ribbons Put up in 10 yd
pieces 15, 20, and 23c per bolt
Fine Line of Fancy Ribbon 85c 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 hand.
Special Sale for Ten Days
on all Enameled Ware, Glassware,
China, Crockery, and all Kitchen
Utensils
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THE BAZAAR
ISEWAM SNAPSHOTS
D. S. Robe, of LaTouche, came over
to Seward on the Alameda and will
probably remain in the city this win
ter. He is a guest at the Sexton.
The weather report for Seward for
yesterday follows: maximum SO, mini
mum If), and current 17 above; clear
with a north wind.
George Adams, who has been a
guest at the Seward, left for Anchor
age this morning.
Councilman John Dubreil returned
from a short busines strip to Valdez
on the Alameda.
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P. J. Murphy and wife reached
Seward on the Alameda yesterday en
route to Anchorage. They are reg
istered at the Overland. Mr. Mur
phy is a brother of the editor of the
Anchorage Weekly Democrat, who
was recently named assistant U. S.
district attorney.
J*V,'d G. Jarrelt, registered at the
Overland, is enroute to Chickaloon.
Mr. Javvtt arrived from Seattle yes
terda: <An the Alameda.
Mrs. A. Schoenback and Mrs. J. D.
Dougherty, wives of Anchorage busi
ness men, are registered at the Over
land. having arrived from the outside
on the Alameda enroute home.
Alvah Karnes, Post olhee inspector,1
with headquarters at Cordova, came!
to Seward yesterday on the Alameda.!
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City Attorney Green says that the
council can elect a mayor from pres
ent councilmcn, then follow this with
an election to fill the vacancy. None
of the councilmcn are saying any
thing about the mayorship and it is
probable that a man not in the coun
cil will be elected.
Seven undesirables left on the Ala
meda last night for other ports in
Alaska, as Seward was unhealthy for
them.
A ladies’ glove, almost new, has
been found and left at the Gateway
office for identification as to owner
ship.
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The Delicatessen shop, next door to
the Seward Grill will open for busi
ness next Tuesday noon. All kinds of
cooked foods ready to carry home. DIO
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is fair with fresh
winds.
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John Cook, lately connected with
the store department of the A. E. C.,
has been appointed mail clerk by
Postmaster Hoot. Mr. Cook is the
son of 1*. M. Cook, veteran operator
now connected with the A. E. C., in
the local office, and is a hustler.
One thousand pounds of mail were
dispatched this morning for Anchor
age and Flat.
Two Iditarod mails, those leaving
Flat City, Nov. 5th and 12th., reached
Seward last Saturday night. “White
Dog’’ Smith and Henry Martella, two
well known men, were the carriers
from the interior to the first relay
station.
Twenty-five passengers from Kem
Creek are expected in on tonight’s
train.
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M. J. O’Connell, booked for Sew
ard on the Alameda, left the steamer
at Cordova. He has recently pur
chased the Cordova Light and Power
company.
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Attorney Clifford Mooers, secretary
of the Seward Chamber of Commerce
has passed the examination for the
aviation corps and has gone to an
aviation school, according to word re
ceived from Seattle on the Alameda.
Dan Skyatis left for Seattle on the
Alameda last night for a two month’s
visit below. Eleven years ago he
landed at Skagway and this is his
first trip to the outside.
The remainder of the stock of the
Hal let & Scott store was boxed aud
shipped south on the Alameda last
night.
C. L. Patton, one of the locomotive
drivers on the railroad, left for the
states last night on the Alameda. Mr.
Patton took an oath, much to the sat
isfaction of the regular guests of the
Seward hotel, not to engage in any
disputes about the war while he was
in the states.
H. Wing and wife, with son Leslie,
left on the Alameda for Seattle.
Mrs. Nellie Heath and son Joe, left
on the Alameda last night for the
winter months.
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Fresh doughnuts, home made cake,
pies, bread and coffee cake at the
Delicatessen.
MINER KILLED
IN A DISPUTE |
WITH PARTNER
Mail advices received from the Idit
a rod, reaching here last Saturday
night, give the first information of a
fatal shooting affair on the Kusko
kwim, near Aniak.
During a scuffle between two part
ners, Alois (Ixjuie) Huber and Ma
thias Schernthaner, an automatic pis
tol was discharged, fatally wounding
the latter.
W. J. Cribbee, who owns the ad
joining claims to those being mined
by the partners, was visiting at their
cabin, and was the only eye witness
to the tragedy.
At the commencement of the fight
ing the table and the lighted lamp
were overturned, and Mr. Cribbee
gave immediate attention to the
burning lamp, taking it out, and as
he returned saw Schernthaner hold
ing Huber down on his bunk and
fighting him, and heard a sound so
muffled that he did not identify it at
the time.
Schernthaner came toward Cribbee
and exclaimed, “I am hit,” and went
on out of the cabin and through a
shed. Cribbee noticing that he stag
gered.
After securing the pistol, Cribbee
went in search of Schernthaner, and
found him about eight feet from the
shed door, where he had fallen face
down. He felt for his pulse, but
could not detect any.
After covering the body, Cribbee
and Huber stalled immediately for
Commisioner D. E. Stubbs, to whom
Huber gave himself up.
The shooting occurred at Huber’s
cabin on Mary creek, a tributary of
New York creek, which empties into;
the Kuskokwim river about three j
miles above Napamute. Mary creek j
is about one and a half miles from1
the Kuskokwim.
After summoning a coroner's jury j
Commissioner Stubbs went to the;
scene and investigated the affair. Af-!
ter examining the body, premises,'
and one witness, the jury returned thei
following verdict:
In the matter of the inquest upon i
the body of Mathias Schernthaner,
deceased: We, the undersigned jury
in the above entitled matter, duly im
paneled and sworn, find that the name
of the deceased was Mathias Schern-'
thanor, and that he came to his death
by a pistol shot wound inflicted by *
Alois Huber in self defense.
(Signed) VoNEY McDONALI)
EZRA RABIDOU,
FRED TITTEL,
GEORGE HOFFMAN, l
JOHN BERNARD.
PETE LARSEN
Huber was placed under arrest and
gave bail in the sum of $5,000 for his
appearance before the district court.
Huber and Schernthaner had been
mining partners for the past three -
years on a lay on Huber’s ground.;
Considerable friction had developed
at different time^ concerning the man
ner of working, and finally Schern
thner made the claim that the lay
gave him a half interest in the
ground.* The lay papers were shown
to Cribbee; a heated argument arose;
Matt called Huber a liar, and Huber
ordered him to leave the cabin.
Schernthaner rushed at Huber and
commenced fighting and finally bore!
him back on his bunk, where he
choked him and striking him in the
body with his knee and fist. Huber
got hold of a .32-caliber automatic
pistol he owned, and while lie has no
1 recollection of trying to fire it, the
weapon was discharged, the ball en
tering th» right breast between the
fourth and fifth ribs, and passed thru j
the body, perforating the right lung,
narrowly missing the heart.
Mathias Schernthaner was aged 29
years and was born at Saalsfelden,
Austria, where it is said, he leaves a
father, mother, and two brothers. He
' came to the Kuskokwim from the out
side in 1911 with an outfit to work on
Bear creek, where he worked a year
or two, and then signed up the three
; years' lay on Mary Creek.
The body was taken down river to j
Kolmakoff and burial made on the;
plot where Duncan McDonell was i
buried last winter.
i GRAZING FEES ARE
! NOT TO BE RAISED j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Secretary i
Houston announced today that de- j
spite his conviction that the govern
ment fees charged this year fori
grazing privileges on the national;
! forests, are below the real value of
the forage, there will be no further*
advance in those fees for the present, j
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Hot meat loaf and Saratoga chips
at tho Delicatessen. tf.
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HOTEL OVERLANI
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
H. v. Hours a. P. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
If. V. HOP»EN, MaNAGKK
Coal, Wood and See
General Transfe-*: Phones, Main IT ard 81
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CAFE ROOMS Iff;; f' 4 I Hi | Sherman Haynes
Pool and Billiards | _ | /« V/L Proprietor
Best of Brinks and Ciyacs
a ■
lunch Counter in Connection
-GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A NELSON Manager
Office—Bink of Reward Building
SEWARD ALASKA
WEATHER OX R. R.
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WHY WEAK DIRTY
{ Clothes, when we will do your J
[ family wash, rough dry? We t
I call for and deliver laundry.
DEE SING LAUNDRY
Phone Madison 111
I Cor. Washington & Adams St. j
The temperature at various places
along the government railroad took a
decided slump from Saturday, ac
cording to the weather report receiv
ed at seven o’clock this morning. Tin*
following is the report:
Anchorage, 18 below, clear, north.
Indian Creek, 6 below, clear, north.
Girdwood, 10 below, clear, N. W.
Potter Creek, 7 below, clear, N. E.
Matanuska, f> below, clar, S. W.
Talkeetna, 2 below, clear, east.
Th’ man that starts out
with a candle to find
a leak in th gas,
gets quick re
sults, but they
ain’t satisfac
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