m CUES
Howard
Hamilton
Writhin Gruon
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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C. E. ORLANDER
StHH’KSSOR TO'
j GEORGE THE JEWELER
1,000
Pipes
AT
1,000
1*1 pcs
THE
1,000
Pipe.*
KEY
With every 75c pipe sold we
jr|v(* cun or box of tobacco free.
A Lanjc Assortment
Real Values
THE KEY
PHONE MATHISON 115
Stationery
PAPER IN BOXES
Tablets
Pen9
Ink
Library Pa*te
Memo Books
Envelope's
Pencils
Mucilage
Paper Clips
Paper Files
In fact everything in the Sta
tionery line, also a big line
of School Supplies
SEWARD DRUG CO.
Charley the Tailor
Next to Alaska S. S. Co.
CLEANING
PRESSING
REPAIRING
Work Called for and Delivered
Suits Made to Order
Telephone—Adams 66
Sunrise Cafe
HARRY K. H AN DA
Noodles and Chop Suey, Short
Order House—Phone Adams 52
Seward
| t Geo. A Mitchell
^ || Proprietor
Open Day and Nitfht
Phone Adams 119
Service—Cleanliness
Private Hoxea for Ladies or Partiwt
> 1
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Reef. Pork. Veal Mutton, Poultry.
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Ext*
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
AXEX FRAZER.
Meet »e at the Rvanck
NENANA COAL
FIELDS READY
TO BE LEASED
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Acting under the Alaskan coal lead
ing lav , the interior department is en
deavoring as rapidly as possible to
! develop the coal resources of this j
I country, with the idea that whatever |
production is obtained soon will be not
! only of’ valuable aid to Alaska, but
will also be a factor in winning the*
war.
V/ith a production of 50,000 tons in
1917 f.-oin tbe Matanuska field and the
prospect that this outpat will he j
doubled this year. Secretary of the j
Interior Franklin K. Lane has an* |
i oounced that TO,000 acres of coal land i
in the \enana rield are now ready foi |
lease under the provisions of the leas- i
inir law.
Accessible I'art of Held
The coal lands, which constitute the
most accessible part ot the surveyed
lands of the Xenana field, extend fv>m
| the Xenana river up the valley of Lig
i »ute i reek for twelve miles. '1 he
| ino .it h of the creek is on the approved j
survey route of the government rail i
I »nad under construction between Fair
banks and Seward.
The Alaskan Engineering eommis-!
>ion contemplates the completion of
the road from the Tanana river to
these lards during the next summer
and in this way transportation will he |
furnisher! for coal for barge sirpment i
to Fairbanks and other river towns.
Road to Lignite C reek.
The -ommission also will build a ‘
brunch road up Lignite creek to bring!
the coal from the mines.
The coal occurs in several thick j
beds, is easily mined, and is a lignite (
coal of fair grade. It is probable that j
it will be used chiefly for railroad, j
river-boat and domestic luel.
These coal lands are divided into
twenty-three leaning blocks from 160
to 166*1 acres in size. Applications to
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PICTORIAL PATTERN’S
and
PICTORIAL REVIEW
AT
. Ellsworth’s
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SEWARD. ALASKA
I ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
PROFESSIONAL j
«—-♦
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Rea., Mad. 68
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r
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
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„ G M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: I to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
FRATERNAL
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L. O. O. No. 1425
Meet* every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Viaiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
F. R. BIG FORD, Secretary.
I
ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
P. H. Pederson John Noon
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. i«u Pioneer Hall
b * _.•___J
lease may be filed with the commis
sioner of the general land office, at
Washington, L). C., for a period end
ing April 3. Applications may lie til
ed for a single block, or for two or
more contiguous blocks, the total area
in a single lease not to be over 2,560
acres.
soldierFare
BURNED ALIVE
BY MEXICANS
VERA CRUZ, March 20. — Fifty
seven government soldiers killed or
burned alive after being wounded is
the latest exploit of the bandits in this
region. An exploring train which pro
ceeded a passenger tram from this
city enroute to Mexico City was blown
up by rebels under the leadership, it
is asserted, of Higinio Aguilar near
Rota del Monte.
Surrounded by the outlaws, the es
cort put up a brave tight, but many
\vete killed and wounded. When the
*irc from the cars slackened, the ban
dits poured coal oil on the wieckage,
and burned to death the wounded,
-hooting down those soldiers who fled
‘rom th • flames. Aguilar is said to
ha\e led this attack after being driven
by federal troops from the nearby
town of Paso del Mache, where his
followers are alleged to have committ
ed the usual excesses upon the de
tenseloss inhabitants during their j
. hoit occupation of the place.
Aguilar, who, for a long time pro
fessed allegiance to Felix Dia?, is said
to have broken with the former dicta
tor’s nephew some time ago, forcing
Diaz to flee from the vicinity of Jal
isco.
SERVICE MUCH
IMPROVED FOR
ALASKA PEOPLE'
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I
I WASHINGTON, March 20. — (Spe
cial to Gateway). — Delegate Charles
Sulzcr !*eccived word today fr'm
Assistant Postmaster General Otto
Praeger that the Post Office Depart
ment has directed the superintendent
: of the Railway Mail Service in Seattle
: to notify the postmasters at Fair
, banks, Tanana and Nome of the re
ceipt of mails from those places im
mediately upon their arrival at Seat
tle. This action is in compliance of a
request from Mr. Sulzer made in per
son and by letter to the Department
dated December 21st. This service is
to advice people who have sent let* rs
to the Outside of die tin e of their ar
rival, so tl.at th^ may make ealeu
lations on that information.
On account of the circumstance
that the wireless service connecting
Iditarad with the government tele
graph lines belonging to private par
ties and tolls would have to be paid
by the government if messages were
sent to that place, the postmaster at
Iditarod will not be notified.
The Post Office Department also at
the request of Mr. Sulzer, has ordered
that supplements to the Postal Guide,
•ssned from tine to time for the bene
fit of postmasters, shall be sent to
Alaska as first class mail, thus insur
ing more prompt delivery to the po-’t
offiv-es in^the interior.
AGED CLUBWOMAN DIES
CHICO, Cal., March 19. — Mrs.
Annie K. Bi dwell, prominent Califor
nia clubwoman and suffragist, died at
I her home here. She was 79 years t Id.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Vote For
JAMES L. GALEN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30 |
I
FLANDERS NOW
IS INDEPENDENT
FROMBELGIUM
LONDON, March 20. — A formal
announcement of the “complete inde
pendence of Flanders” from the rest
of Belgium was made in Brussels on
January 20, under German patronage,
and sham elections have been pro
ceeding throughout the Flemish dis
tricts, of a new “Council of Flanders,”
which is designed, under German
guidance, to undertake the civil ad
ministration of a district normally
containing 4,000,000 Flemish people,
according to information received
here.
The German newspapers, in reports
of the elections, declared that “great
enthusiasm” was manifest every
where. The Belgian newspapers in
Holland, however, declared that the
Geiman authorities had the greatest
difficulty in suppressing the opposition
to the new scheme, and predicted that
the elections would in the end serve to
unite rather than divide the Belgian
natien.
EMBARGO IS
REMOVED ON
MOLYBDENUM
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DAWSON, March 20. — Gold Com
missioner George Mackenzie uf Daw
son has been advised that Canada has
removed the embargo which has exist
ed for some time against the export
of tungsten and molybdenum from the
Dominion. 'I his will be good news in
the Yukon, as these ores are found
here, and there is a promise that they
will add materially to the Yukon ex
ports. Tungsten in particular is com
ing to the front here. Scheelite tung
sten is being mined to a considerable
extent on Duolin gulch, and wolfra
mite tungsten is obtained on other
streams. Some tungsten is held in
Dawson for shipment.
The Canadian government had a
limit of something like $13.50 per unit
placed on the price it allowed. The
price now being offered in the United
States is quoted at somewhere twice
the sum. An unit is the twentieth part
of a ton, and it is required by tlu>
buyers that the assays show at least;
60 per cent, tungstitic acid. The Dub
lin gulch assays show 65 per cent, or
moie. Licenses must be obtained for
export from Canada of tungsten or
molybdenum, and permits must be ob
tained from the United States govern
ment for taking the metals into that
country.
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ROME, March 20. — Senator Cug
liclmo Marconi has not yet decided
whether he will accept the leadership
of the Italian mission to the United
States. The senator declares he is not
willing to shoulder certain tinancial
scandals which have arisen. A
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Dvg harness ana sled-: st J. L.
i.*acf s. tf
JAMES E. WILSON
Democratic Candidate, Solicits
Your Vote for Road Commissioner
Primary Election, April 30th
I
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Vote For
HENRY A. SLATER
for
REPRESENTATIVE
on the
Republican Ticket
Primary Election, Tuesday, April 30.
—
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
Third Division
HARVEY SULLIVAN
of Valdez
Former U. S. Marshal
I have announced my candidacy for Road Com
missioner of the Third Division on the Republican
ticket subject to the Primaries on April 30, 1918
—Paid Adwtismeot.
HOTEL OVERLANI
HARRY WHITTEMORE, Leasee and Manager.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
H. V. Hobkn a. K. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBKN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe**" Phones, Main 17 and 81
Get “MOKE MONEY’'
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THE
HOTEL
SEXTON
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 —Bank of Seu/ard Building
SEWARD ALASKA
Attention Mushers!
THE GLACIER BAR, at Girdwood
. is a Restaurant and Pool Hall. Meals are to be
had from 5 a. m., until 10:00 p. m. Good
Spring Beds—Horse and Dog Stables
Hitchcock & Hachcy, Props.
THAR ain’t but
two perfect
comforts that I
knows of—a good i
wife an’ good to
bacco. An* even the best
wives git a little tryin’ at
times.