WATCHES'
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gruen
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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j GEORGE THE JEWELER
1,000 1.000 1.000
Pipes Pipes Pipc>
AT THE key
With every 75c pire sold we
jjive can or box of tobacco free.
A La rcro Assortment I
Real Yalut s
THE KEY
PHONE I1ATH1SON 115
| Stationery |
I paper in boxes
§ Tablets Envelopes |
| pens Pencils E
| Ink Mucilage |
= Library Paste Paper Clips =
1 Memo Books Paper Files =|
E in fact everything in the >ta- E
tionery line, also a big line
E of School Supplies E
| SEWARD DRUG CO. |
| Charley the Tailor;
Next to Alaska S. S. Co.
CLEANING
'! PRESSING
repairing
0 I
![ Work Called for and Delivered
Suits Made to Order
% 11 Telephone—Adams 66
<1
| The Independent
Wood Company jj
1 delivers finest second growth 11
i spruce wood cut any length and
split to suit you for $6.50 per jj
1 two rick cord. Guaranteed full n
measurement. Orders taken at n
jj Taylor’s City Express office, j
Phone Main 122.
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Seward
% e * Geo. A. Mitchell
Proprietor
Open Day and Niarht
Phone Adams lid
, Service-Cleanliness
Private Boxee for Indies or Parnes
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| ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
* First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices* prompt service
• ALEX FRAZER.
Meat m* at the Branch. tf.
WORKMEN ARE
CAUTIONED NOT
TO QUIT JOBS
Ir order to obviate necessity of men |
who have qualifications for jobs in the
shipbuilding yards, or having to write
to Washington Lb W. K. Hail, ni
rectur l?. S. l*ublic Serviie Reserve,
Washington, Lb upon recommen
dation of C.ov. Strong has appointed
R. E. Robertson of Juneau, to act ns
Federal Director for Alaska of that
Public Service Reserve. Mr. Robert
son has appointed the various local
chairmen of the Four Minute Men |
throughout the territory as lonl en
rolling agents, so that men who wish
to make applications for jobs can
write a letter stating their qualifica
tions and address it either to Mr.
Robertson at Juneau, or to the local
chairmen of the Four Minute Men in
their own town.
The following is a list ot the local
chairmen of the Four Minute Men
who have been appointed as local En
rolling Agents of the l'. S. Public Re
vive:
A. E. Gurr, Dougins.
Homer I Junta, Haines.
F. J. Vandewall, Skagway.
T. S. Flsemore, Petersburg.
VV. H. Warren, Wrangell.
C. M. Van Alarter, Ketchikan.
A. G. Shoup. Sitka.
T. S. Scott, Cordova.
K. E. Ritchie, Valdez.
L. V. Ray. Seward.
A. E. Lath rep. Anchorage.
R. V. Watkins, Kennecott.
J. A. Clark, Fairbanks.
G. .1 Lomen, Nome.
Clearing Out Salej
IRISH LINEN WRITING
TABLETS. 15c and 20c
SCHOOL TABLETS
2 tor 15c
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CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SEWARD. ALASKA
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DR. 0. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 68
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J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Are.
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. 1
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome. ’
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FRATERNAL |
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L. 0. 0. M, No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
Invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
F. R. B1GF0RD, Secretary.
I
ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
P. H. Pederson John Noon
i Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9 I
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. Pioneer Hall
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The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Ghen Careful Attention.
BROA0WAT AVSL SEWARD
0. W. Pennington, Nennna.
H. L. Twaddle, Tunana.
K. Coke Hill, Ruby.
Kalpli E. Robertson has received an
official bulletin from Washington show
ing the need of mechanics and other
workmen for assisting the war pro
gram and ..he need of sending in ap
plications.
In a letter to the press, Mr. Rob-1
ertson says:
“This bulletin is the authorized pub
c it'on of the government. le g’ving
this matter publicity, kindly impress
upon your readers that workers'
should NOT QUIT their present jobs,
even though they have the necessary |
qualifications for a job in the ship-,
building yards. They should commun
icate with William E. Hall, Director
United States Public Service Reservo,
1712 I Street, Washington, D. C.,
stating their qualifications. They
should then wait until they hoar from
the government a.> to whether or not j
their application has been accepted
before quitting their job and going to ,
the shipbuilding yaids. An applica
• ion for a job is not binding either on
tie* government or the applicant, bill
it tr.'es the government a large list
from wl om it may select competent
work -n. oSG.000 skilled workers are
needed for this purpose daring the
next 7 M onths. Everything :s depen
dent on our ships—drive that fact
home ”
Among other thing** #na bulletin
says:
And m order U ,,?ui ev ry last man
in the country and appeal to him to
answer freedom’s most urgent call,
oar National Department of Labor
establishing employment exchanges
in all great centers and organizing a
great reserve called the U. S. Public
Service Reserve, with a director in
every state, so that all who hear his
voice can have a definite place to
answer and be immediately enrolled.
Honor, fair wages, and comfortable
i living are among the inducements
provided.
Two other things the government
has insisted me to emphasize.
Shipbuilding requires so many dif
ferent kinds of work that almost all
trades are represented.
Hardly a town in America is with
out a man who has at some time beer
connected with shipbudding or has
had experience in an allied trade. We
need him now for America’s welfare.
Surely he will not fail us in civiliza
i tion’s hour of need. This is his chance
to pay back what American insticu
rious have done for him. If you know
I leu, urge him to enroll wjth the State
Director (announcing name) so tMt
we can tell him when and where thero
is a place for him.
Also get it clearly in mind that
two-thirds of the occupations used in
shipbuilding are common to other in
dustries, like boiler making, ca»* bu M
ing. bi;«Ve building, carpen'eri *g and
ir.ach no shop work. In the rear as cou
go o-.t you will see a chart supplied
by th» government showing the Ira *es
! employed in civil industry which °an
be used in corresponding work in ship
bu** . ng with little or no special tr ,’n
ing.
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MEMBERS OF
LOWER HOUSE A
I LIVE QUESTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — Shall
the representatives be increased?
This question has arisen in connec
tion with preliminaries that are now
’•eintf made to take the fourte* nth cen
sus of the United States in 1920.
FOR ROAD COMMISSIONER
Third Division
JAMES E. WILSON
of Valdez
Present Incumbent
I have announced my candidacy for Road Com
missioner of the Third Division on the Democrat
ic ticket subject to the Primaries on Apr. 30,1918
c —Paid Advertisement
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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 Advertisement.
l no next census is certain to snow
an increase of many mill ons of peo
ple in the United States as compared
with the census of 1910. Therefore
one of two things must be done—the
unit of congressional re presen tat on
must be enlarged and each member of
the house must represent more folks
in congress or the total number of
members of the lower branch of con
gress must be largely increased.
Representative Harvey Helm of
Kentucky, chairman of the committee
on the census, in which all legislation
affecting the apportionment of repre
sentatives must originate, said:
“I am opposed —uncompromisingly
opposed—to any increase in the mem
bership of the house of representa
tives. It now has 435 members, and
that is too many. vVhen I realize the
difficulties in the way of bringing
about a reduction in the membership
of the house, which would be accom
piished only by legislating some of the
members out of office, 1 do feel thar
the house never should have been
made as large is it is today. It is too
large and unwieldy to transact the
public business satisfactorily. There
will be no increase in the house fol
lowing the next census except over
my most vigorous opposition.*’
Many members feel about it just as
Chairman Helm does, and yet it is
recognized that there will be a tor
; ‘ihle demand from n anv tates to :n
; crease their representation in the
house, on the theory that by so doing
: they will increase their prestige in the
1 halls of legislation.
There ’are certain possibilities of
; sectional controversy in the situation.
1 If the unit of representation remains
as it is now the increase of member
ship of the house will fall largely to
states of the North, and especially to
the industrial sections where the :n
crease of population has been the
greatest during the last ten years.
Very few Southern states would share
in the increase, and this would serve
to enhance the power of the North in
! congress.
Apportionment Since 1790
The first apportionment under the
United States constitution created a
house of representatives of 65 mem
bers, and the house has growm with
successive censuses as follows:
First census, 1790—106 members.
Second census, 1800—li? ^emhus.
Third census, 1810—186 members.
1 Fourth census, 1820—213 members.
Fifth census, 1830—242 members.
Sixth census, 1840—232 members. '
Seventh census, 1850— 237 members
Eighth census, 1860—243 member*. ,
Nin h ce-.sus, 1870 -293 members.
Tenth census, 1880—332 member*.
Eleventh census, 1890—358 mem- j
i bers.
Twelfth census, 1900—591 members.
Thirteenth census, 1910—135 mem-,
bers.
It will be observed that the growth
of membership has been steady since
the government was founded except
in 1840, when there was a setback.
Chairman Helms ol the census com
| mittee is now preparing the bills nec
essary to provide for taking the four
teenth decennial census—the most
mammoth census undertaking ever
j r ttempted in any country. He esti
: mates that it will cost $15,000,000 to
, t; ke th» forthcoming census, and that
I between 70,000 and 80,000 persons will
I be employed. A period of three yea»*s
will be allowed within which to do the ,
work, beginning July 1, 1919, and end
• ing July 1, 1922. An army of clerks
I will be required, but most of the cm
! ploves will be enumerators whose com '
| pensation will be based on the number
of persons enumerated by each. The
actual field work of taking *ho cen
sus will begin in January, 1920, in
stead of in April, as has been the
case in former census years.
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