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Entered as second-class matter September. 1.1915. at the postofflce at Seward. Alaska
under act of March 1. 1879.
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NEAR THE PACIFIC ROOF
The wreck of the Kotohira Maru at
Amchacta island recently and the
near-loss of the Seattle-built liner Key
West, which hit a reef near Unimak
Pass while on the northern route from
the Orient, is full proof of how close
to Alaska are the liners who ply from
side to side of the northern ocean.
This is. as it were, the roof of the
Pacific under whose eves the trans
pacific liners surge along, and one of
these days the skippers will shift the
course a little and come right into the
attic to take on a cargo from the tre
mendous supply of good things stored
there for a waiting world, not the least
of which is coal.
HEED THE RUMBLE
Constant reminders to save, that we
may win the w’ar, have effect, but on
some, the pleas slip off like rain from
a tin roof—greased.
Some folks have not the slightest
conception of what the word means.
If they have by dint of good fortune
a hundred dollars, it at once burns a
hole in their purse—a trip, clothes,
hootch, cards, porterhouse steaks* all
make a beckoning noise and away rolls
the hundred.
There is an orgy of spending going
on these days among the new-rich in
munition circles, and it is reflected in
the efforts of the weak to mimic the
spenders.
But there is no use preaching about
it, for the blind have eyes bat they
see not, and the deaf have ears but
they hear not. It was so in the be
ginning and it will be so at the fin
ish.
Only, let’s you and I have a little
horse-sense and disregard Omar’s in
junction to “take the cash and let the
credit go, nor heed the rumble of a
distant drum.”
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WHAT “BOCHE” MEANS
The term “boche,” as applied to the
German soldiers, isn’t a complimen
tary one, nor anything new. It is an
old term in France, and means “thick
headed.” It is about equivalent to
our American term of “bonehead.”
In fact, the word comes from the
Italian “boccia,” and means “a round
ball of exceptionally hard wood used
in playing ten pins.” But just how
it came to be applied to the German
soldiers we do not know.
As a general rule, nicknames given
to soldiers are not unkindly. The
French soldier is called “poilu,” which
means hairy, because in the early
French wars the soldiers had no op
portunity to shave, or have their hair
cut, and when they returned from the
army they had a rough, hairy, un
couth appearance. But there was
nothing unkindly in calling them
“poilu.”
But now we have the German sol
diers generally called “boches,” or
“boneheads,” and certainly not as a
term of endearment. The appellation
“Hun,” which one sees in print fre
quently, also is a term of reproach,
and means that the German’s present
warfare and tactics savor of the bar
barity of the Huns, who, under At
tila, came near overrunning Europe
and destroying civilization. There are
many of the Huns left in the region
that has since become Germany, but
the German people, as a people, are
not descendants of the Huns.—Ex.
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“PROFITEERING”
It is interesting to note that the
common stock of the Steel Trust was
, selling for $38 a share at the open
ing of the war and that in June, 1917,
it was selling for $134 a share. The
reason:
Reinforcing rods—Sept., 1914, $1,
37; January, 1917, $4.78.
“I” beams—Sept., 1914, $1.45; Jan
uary, 1917, $4.78.
Castings advanced 100 per cent in
six months.
Builders* hardware advanced 75 per
cent to 95 per cent in one year on top
of previous advances.
Galvanized sheet steel was $5.25 in
September, 1916, and now it is $11.25.
Sheet steel has gone from $3.85 to
$9.20 in the same time.
This stock shot up $20 a share when
a newspaper story appeared telling of
the government’s intention to build
a fleet of steel ships and it went down
$4 a share in one day when an inti
mation went out from Washington
that President Wilson would not toler
ate “blood profits.”
If this war is to be fought to a suc
cessful conclusion, these highwaymen
must be restrained. In their endeavor
to pile up profits they are doing more
damage to the nation than is being in
1 flicted by the Kaiser’s submarines.
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Kerensky, Alexander J., Premier of
the Russian republic, recently said
that there were two kinds of democ
racy, “One that the people want and
the other that the people get.” There’s
a local item to chew on.
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Russian women soldiers when they
go into battle carry a ration of poi
son to swallow if they are captured.
If the Russian troops who desert in
the face of the foe are not ashamed
into patriotism by the example of
these devoted women, can any argu
ment persuade them?—(New York
World.)
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Women of Troy who gave their hair
for bow strings were not more useful
in war than American women who get
cans outside of garden truck this
summer. — (Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.)
The Chesterfield blend
in it the highest-grade
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy—
and yet they’re MILD.
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SUCH A TOUGH, UNCOUTH PERSON!
and TO THINK Vie
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—Ding in New York Tribune.
SHORTAGE IN
SALMON PACK
ON THE COAST
Reports from All Centers in Salmon
Industry Show Run to be
Small
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15, (By
Mail).—Latest Alaskan advices are to
the effect that the pack as a whole
will be a short one, especially on the
lower end of the Alaskan peninsula in
cluding the Port Moller section, where
the pack is almost a failure. The can
neries in this district have always been
considered among the best and most
productive of the territory, while the
output for this year will probably not
exceed 10 per cent of that of 1916.
The pack promises to be an average
one in the Bristol Bay section. Ex
ceedingly stormy weather prevented
the usual fishing operations in Cook
Inlet, Central Alaska, and all reports
indicate that the output of the num
erous canneries in this locality will be
less than one-third of an average
pack.
In Southeastern Alaska the canner
ies north of Wrangel Narrows will
probably pack the usual quantity but
the canneries south of this point, as
well as in the adjoining districts of
Northern British Columbia, will turn
out less than one-half of the quantity
packed in 1916.
Contrary to expectation, the antici
pated big run of sockeye salmon in
the Fraser River and Puget Sound has
not developed and the canning compa
nies operating in the districts where
sockeye and humpbacks are usually
packed in very large quantities are
facing a serious situation, as the heavy
run of sockeye occurs only once in
every four years. As a result the
large portion of the canning material
provided for this season’s pack will
have to be carried over.
Columbia river reports are to the
effect that fishing has been very slack
and the output of canned fish to date
is estimated fully 25 percent less than
last year at a corresponding date. It
is believed that this season’s pack on
the Columbia will be one of the light
est in the history of salmon canning
on this river. '
The results as a whole promise to
be far short of the anticipated early,
pack and this fact, coupled with the i
heavy inquiries for and actual export
sales, indicate a shortage in the sup
ply for the domestic trade.
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Waterfill and Frarrer whiskey at
the Branch.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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SWISS MINER LOSES
HIS LIFE AT ELLAMAR
VALDEZ.—Albert Spycher, a Swiss
miner in the employ of the Ellamar
Mining Company at Ellamar, was;
caught by a cave-in while at work in!
the 400 drift Sunday afternoon and
instantly killed. The deceased had
only been employed at the mine a
short time, and was on his fourth shift,
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when the accident occurred. He was
inexperienced in mining and had failed
to bar-down before going to work. A
small quantity of rock fell on him and
killed him instantly, his body being
badly smashed. Spycher was born in
Switzerland, and has a brother living
at Oberbaum, Berne, Switzerland. His
remains will be brought to Valdez for
internment.—Prospector.
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Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
SAFETY
SFRVICE
SPEED
Sailings from Seattle:
Mariposa.Aug. 23 Alameda.Sept. 2
Northwestern... Aug. 27 Alaska.Sept. 7
Santa Ana will sail westward after the arrival of the S. o. Aias ,
which left Seattle August 18th. „
S. S. Ketchikan will leave Seattle August 21st with oils and ex
plosives.
All ships go through to Anchorage.
For further particulars of service, rates.apply to Agent.
A. H. McDonald, Agent.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
has been established in connection with this paper, and all those desir
ing information as to the value of real estate and business opportuni
ties are requested to address their communications to
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
KEY WEST HIT
ALASKAN REEF
Seattle-Built Ship Hits in the Same
Vicinity As Kotohira Maru
Struck—Is Safe
SEATTLE, Aug. 14, (By Mail).—
According to a report reaching Se
attle last night, but which was not
confirmed in detail, the Seattle-built
steamship Key West, en route here
from the Orient, via the Northern
route, struck a reef near Unimak pass
and damaged several of her plates.
The extent of the damage is not known
but the fact that the vessel is proceed
ing under her own power is taken as
an indication that her injury is not
serious. The Key West is a steel
freighter, built for Norwegian inter
ests by the Seattle Construction & Dry
Dock company.
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The Bank of Alaska has opened for
business in the Borden building at
Cordova, with Vice-President W. K.
Hillery in charge, and Miss Mildred
McVean as assistant cashier.
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Scratch pads—for scrioo1, for your
desk, for the counter, for the work
room—10c at The Gateway.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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SCRIPPS—GRAY—DOMAN
GAS ENGINES
If you will write for our
prices and descriptions on any
thing in the line of gasoline en
gines, propellers. reverse
gears, and the hundred other
fittings and accessories used on
gas engines and boats, you will
find that we have only first
class goods, that we charge
no more than other firms
charge for inferior goods, and
that we handle orders with in
telligence and promptness..
S. V. B. MILLER
72 Marion St., Seattle
Established 10 Years
C. M. PETTiBONE CO.
Packers’ Direct Si lling Agrent
SALT SALMON, HERRING, COD
CANNED SALMON
If Service Counts Our Interests are Mutual
OFFICES: L. C. SMITH BUILDING SEATTLE, U. S. A.
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FREDERICf&NELSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for such items in FURNI
TURE and DRY GOODS as cannot be readily sup
plied by the merchants in your community.
All such orders received by FREDERICK
& NELSON receive the prompt, personal
attention of an expert shopper and Parcel
Post shipments are sent .POSTAGE PAID
to any point in Alaska.
NOTE: Inquiries for information relative to the New Spring Lines
of Dry Goods, Apparel and Accessories Will Be Given Prompt
Attention.
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Steamship Agent will,
sell you a through
ticket via this line
To Portland, Spokane, St. Paul, Chicago, Kansas City and East and
South
Through Trains—Good Meals—Quick Time—Fine Service
Try it on Your Next Trip
REMEMBER, YOU SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR TICKET
HERE
A. S. DAUTRICK, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent
Room 18, Valentine Bldg. Juneau Alaska
ANCHORAGE VIA RAIL AND WATER ROUTE
The fast power-schooner, “Kumback,” running between Kern Creek
and Anchorage and way poirtts, meets all Seward trains at Kern Creek.
A chance to see the new road on your way to Anchorage.
CHARLES NUTTER, Manager. E. J. MOORE, Master.
JUST TO REMIND YOU
-of
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections forell
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
—all the time -by Automatic
Electric •'Safety" Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A.G.F.&P.A.
SEATTLE
The Carstens PackingCo.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
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