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‘SEWARD DAY”
From the ever-interesting columns of an esteemed
contemporary we learn that the time will arrive when
‘ Seward Dav" will be a national holiday in the four north
< rn states which once constituted the territory of Alaska,
and that this prognostication may be accepted as a true
fact.
W'e hail the intelligence with joy and cheerfully string
our money on the general accuracy of the prediction;
how be, as we have at present no legal national holiday of
any kind applicable to all the states, we find ourselves
:-ome perplexed to figure just how one might apply to only
four.
Likewise, as to the precise nature of a "true fact” we
ave uo special kno\ ledge excepting as once derived from
the tearful report of a dear friend’s interview with his
managing editor after using that term in the painfully lit
t rary and fastidiously hypercritical New York Evening
Post.
BARBARISM j
The Red Cross organization in New York reports the ;
discovery of ground glass in bandages prepared for use I
in the hospitals of the allies, and in Philadelphia supplies j
made hv the Red Cross workers have been tampered with (
by spies and bandages discovered that were soaked with j
poisonous chemicals.
Could deviltrv go further?
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Anent the suggestion of Representative Day that Al- i
; ska he divided, the first and third divisions to constitute !
>n? territory, and tl e second and fourth another, Brother
Rivard writes a piece in hir paper, The Progressive Miner,
Vom which we glean the following pearl: “If a division is;
"to he made, divorce the first division from the others.!
• It is true that the third is growing rapidly, but that is due
"to the co istruction of the government road, and the
"growth is only temporary, and will cease with the com
"oletion of the road. The third division can never expect
"to keep u;> with the first, and it would remain a drag to
“the first.” One familiar with Alaskan conditions gener
ally would naturally suppose that extract to be a sample
etTort at Ketchikan humor, hut as the context shows it
to have been writtin in all seriousness, we merely con
cede the loss of his belt by Ananias, the former champion,
and admit our inability to answer the matter adequately—
we couldn’t anyway and get the paper through the mails.;
Amid all tin* horrors of a world-wide saturnalia of
Mood an occasional bit of poetry or beauty or romance
crops out as if to relieve it1 some slight measure the de-j
pressing force of the ghastly drama. The story of the]
campaign about Bagdad, the capital of the Caliph Haroun
al Raschid, brought back to every mind delightful mo
ments with the tales of the Arabian Nights, and renewed
memories of heroes and kings and conquerers and poets
and philosophers and other great ones who lived when the
worid was young. The current civilization, with all its
supposed attractions and advantages and promises, has
not yet robbed of its glamour that period between Herodi-,
ins and Tacitus, in the midst of which appeared the
Mazarine, and during which the fame of Bagdad was co
extensive with the race.
Apostolous Panagiopis Triantafilopoulos was arrest
ed in Seattle, charged with perjury for falsely swearing
before United States naturalization officers that he had
not married an American woman. The officers say he did;
and while we are strong for the judgment of United
States officials as a rule, it’s our candid opinion that in
this case they’ve slipped a cog. At least we’ll string our
money on Triantafilopoulos’ winning out at the wire. No
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' WHY EUROPEAN NEUTRALS SIDESTEP WAR.
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—Hodge in Spokans Spokesman - Revisw.
American woman could marry a man with that name. As
old General Forrest used to say in considering minors
spread by his enemies for strategical effect, “No sich thing
ain't natural none.”
At the outbreak of the war Nicholas of Russia said he
was determined to win if it took the last mujik in Russia.
It is a long way to the last mujik, but Russia has already
sacrificed its last czar.—(P.-I.)
*
During his tenure of office as czar of Russia thirteen
different attempts were made to kill Nicholas. Recollec
tion of this fact is one of the things which should reconcile
him to a private station.—(P.-I.)
“My country—may it ever be right,.but, right or
wrong, my country” was a sentence worthy ofi Stephen
Decatur, who uttered it, and is not unworthy of the
worthiest American of us all.
CANCER DEATHS !
GREATER THAN
TUBERCULOSIS
LONDON.—For the first time, the
mortality from cancer in England has
overtaken that from tuberculosis. At
the present time, about 40,000 deaths
annually are ascribed to cancer.
The Cancer Society in its annual re-,
port, expresses the belief that a large
increase in cancer must be expecteo
as a result of the war. “It is a mat-1
ter of common “knowledge,” says the |
report, “that cancer frequently de
velops at the site of a former scar or
wound. Whatever the underlying
cause of the malady maye be, the la
mentable fact remains that as a re- j
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suit of the present unparalleled war- j
fare, we shall have to face in the neai
furture a most serious increase in
malignant growths in the men who
served their country in the field."
Andy'# Express, phone Madison 143.
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Oyster cocktails at the Branch.
NOTICK TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
KENAI PRECINCT, THIRD DIVI
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF
ALASKA, BEFORE THE HON.
FRANK ENNIS, U. S. COMMIS
SIONER AND EX-OFFICIO PRO
BATE JUDGE.
In the matter of the estate of ANNA
NIMMO, deceased.
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Notice is hereby given by the un
i dersigned, administrator of the estate
i of ANNA NIMMO, deceased, to the
; creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit such claims, with the neces
sary vouchers, within six months af
ter the first publication of this notice
to the said administrator, at the of
fice of the undersigned in the Bank of
Seward building, Seward, Alaska.
LEON C. BOOKER,
Administrator of the estate of Anna
Nimmo, deceased.
Dated and first published on this
18th day of April, 1917.
Apr. 18-25-May 2-9.
THE GATEWAY
CARRIES A
COMPLETE LINE OF
MINING BLANKS j
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KANSAS FARMERS
BUY 16,000 AUTOS
SINCE JANUARY 1
TOPEKA. Kan.—Kansas farmers
have no complaint against the last
legislature for extravagance. While
the legislature was appropriating;
$11,000,000 to run the state and ell
its institutions for the next two years,
the farmers were spending $12,800,
000 for automobiles.
Since January 1 the farmers have
bought over 1G,000 motor ears at an
average price of $800. The total reg
istration has reached over 120,000
cars so far during the license year.
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
Butterkist popcorn for sale at the
KEY. tf
Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the
KEY. tf
2 C. Kodak, Jr., Kodak $12.00—
Seward Drug Co.
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Waterfill and Frazier whiskey at
the Branch.
Spring Caps
Rain Coats
Rubber Coats
Shoe Pacs
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Union Pacific System
Through Cars
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Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Anaeles
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SEWARD. ALASKA
Rubber Boots, Pacs and Rain Coats
Shoes and Clothing for Men at
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FACTS!
We don’t do u lot of things but
the few we do are certainly
WELL DONE!
Paper Ruling, Loose Leaf and
Blank Book Making—we are
Specialists!
TRICK & MURRAY
Stationers and Printers
85 Columbia St Seattle
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Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Egga
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
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