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SEWARD, VLASK v. 1 KID FEBRl ARY 25* 19HL_
Two day* ago the Gateway contained stories to the effect that the Lon
Angeles Chamber of Commerce had sent a request to congress through
Senator Phelan for the establishment of a wireless here and also for the
fortification of three points on the Alaska roast. I he l.os Angtlo papers
did not give the story'and then- is now very good reason to believe that there
was a mistake about the wireless. The Gateway him been reminded that
nothing was said about the wireless by the I os Angeles body. The story
about the wireless should be that the Marconi company intends to erect a
station in Seward. They have been thinking about this for some time. But
what ought to be remembered about the question of fortifying tne terri
tory is that it is almost as old as the history of Alaska since it came into
possession of the I’nitcd States. All oldtimers know that it has been agitat
id for years and years by every man. body and newspaper hero and outside,
it is also known that the government long ago took the preliminary steps in
the matter, but no credit should be witheld from any body which renew* the
agitation, whether in l-os Angeles or Seward.
The city council of Nome lets a contract every winter for the clearing
cf the snow from the principal greets ami the snow is kept down to the
level of the sidewalks with an extwmse which all the taxpayers are willing
to undergo. The result is most pleasant for everyone. Some wasted money
of Seward might be used to letter advantage in that manner.
Within a short period from thi- time forward we shall be constantly
agitated bv political meeting- and conventions and elections. First comes
the election to choose the manner of electing city otlkials and then comes
the election of a city council, between the two are the Democratic and Re
publican primaries. Later comes the Republican convention here and then
we are in the midst of the delegate election and the new legislature. It is
quite possible after all that the actual work on the Alaska Northern will
not occupy so much of our thoughts as we expected.
“THE KEY”
The Key is yours. Use it.
WaterfiU & Frazier whiskey at
“The Branch.”
Smoke the Key special. Always
good. Sold only ** the Key.
Our three for $1.00 “Bargain Sox”
are the best in town for the money.
White and gray. Brown & Hawkins,
“Quality First.”
Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Boots,
Packs, Underwear. Anything you
need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
ELEVEN GERMAN
PRINCES KILLED
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LONDON, Feb. 8.—Newspaper
records in London show that war
mortality among German princes is
assuming alarming proportions.
Prince Maximilian of Hesse, the
Kaiser’s nephew, is the eleventh ami
latest member of German royal fam
ilies to be killed. The others killed
since the war began are: Princes
Frederick Wilhelm of Lippe, Ernest
of Lippe, Henry XLVI of Reuss,
Frederick of Saxe-Mioningen and his
son. Ernest; Victor Walrad of Wald
eck, William of Frugges, Frederick of
Reehteren-Limpourg, Charles of
$olms~Braunfels and William of Car
olath-Beuthen.
KANSAS WOMAN CAMPAIGNS
FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 10.—Declar
ing for national good roads, river im
provements, old age pensions, rural
credits and nation wide prohibition,
Dr. Eva Harding of Topeka, is out
for the democratic nomination for
congress in the first district: Dr.
Harding holds that men and women
working together can turn out bet
ter laws than one sex legislates for
both. In her announcement, Dr.
Harding declared against the “grow
ing spirit of militarism in this coun
j try.”
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OHIO GAS BOOM DYING
AND INVESTORS LOSE CASH
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CLEVELAND, Feb. 10.—The gas
boom in this vicinity is over. Too
many persons wanted to get rich
| quick, anti as a result investors have
! lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I Experts today placed the gas flow in
j Cuyahoga county fields at 35,000,000
l cubic feet per day. A year ago it
| was 100,000,000, and the field was
rated as the most active in the world.
I Hundreds of wells, driven at a cost of
' $6,000 each, are being pulled, and the
piping sold for $600. Most of the
gas being used here is piped from
j West Virginia.
Percolators, Electric ami Common,
Casseroles, El Grillo-Toasters. Make
^bnsible presents. Buy of SEWARD
COMMERCIAL CO.
You Business Men
A becoming presence is essential in the present day
scheme of things. Those around you, judge you largely
bv the impression you create. Your every request, your
every command finds a response the more quickly if you
look the part. You are cordially invited to visit head
quarters for
Schoenbrun a:as Tailoring
Say “Shayne-Brun”
You are sure to find here the most advanced in tailor
ing, courteous treatment and complete clothes satisfaction.
There’s no other way of dressing so effectively.
Make your selection today and be measured
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 **Don*t Forget the parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
DEFENSE SOCIETIES TO
UNITE WITH ONE HEAD
ROBERT BACON AT
PLATTS8URG TRAINING
(Si. CNMP
Steps to co-ordinate the work of the furi
ous organizations sreklng greater arma
nient for the United States were Indorsed
at the meeting In Washington of the
National Security league, and It was
said that definite plans had been made
for a general consolidation of such or
ganizations In a defense league, with
Robert Bacon, former secretary of state,
as president. Besides the National Se
curity league, societies expected to enter
the new organization Include the Navy
league, the Army league, the American
Defense society, the Aero Club of Amer
ica and many others which have Joined
In the movement for preparedness. The
picture shows Mr. Bacon as he appeared
at the Plattsburg training camp last
summer.]
Ripe olives. Thirty-five cents per j
pint. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
See the ready made skirts and
waists at Butt’s.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch. j
Boy’s slicker coats. URBACH’S.
HENRY FORD.
Henry Ford has been called a jack
ass and a clown because he hired a
ship and sailed across the sea to
stop the most frightful slaughter the
world has ever known. The big thing
in his action is not the question
whether he will or will not stop the
war, but the fact that he is willing to
I try! It was by trying that he got
where he is. But still he keeps on
trying.
In the face of overwhelming odds,
in spite of a world-wide criticism, he
j is willing to undertake the greatest
job that ever fell to the lot of a
human being in the world’s history.
He brushes aside the thousands of
columns of newspaper criticisms, he
ignores the public utterance of so
called statesmen, he sets his face to
ward the most glorious goal that any
man ever hoped to achieve—and goes
| on his way Trying.
So far, he is the only person who
las taken a definite step toward end
ing the war. True it may not be the
: right step, you get that by trying.
: The men who sit in swivel chairs and
i sneer and make funny jokes about
' that man Ford are not taking steps of
! any kind to end the war. The job
looks too big and too hopeless to
I them. It looks big to Ford and may
be it looks hopeless to him. Cut he’s
got the nerve to try and spends his
own money. Asking aid of no man.
What a nation this would be, if each
industry could be headed by a Ford
who was willing to try, what chance
would any other nation under the sun
have with us. What if more of us
were willing to try and less of us
were slaves of convention and
creatures of habit. There is a word
in the dictionary called can’t, leave it
there. Never use it. Well we’ve been
“Henry Fording” it for the past
twelve years, and expect to keep right
at it, until the Powers that be, and
the Engineers that direct it, awaken
to the fact that Seward is the Begin
ning and Final jumping off place of
construction of Government railroads
vn Alaska. In the meantime, we have
plenty time and help to serve you.
Best treatment, best price, and sure
ly the Best Goods.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
GERALD’S CAFE
Clarence J. Gerald, Proprietor
824 First avenue
Seattle, Wn.
Seattle's Best
Eating House
Everything Fresh from the
Famous Gerald Ranch
L u o' s'! Edinburgh.
I*. F I*. & Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN, M. D., C. M.
OVER OATEWAY
Office Hours, I to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M.
Fohmkiu.y or Nome.
M. 8. GOBLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
OVERLAND HOTEL
PHONE MAIN 120
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
OFFICE THIRD AVENUE
Phone Main 48
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
OnTce Over Flarriman National Hank.
Hours 9 a m! to ."> l\ M.
JAMES McCOY
Mines and Investments
Fourth Avenue
SEW A HD, ALASKA
F, a. Stkvkns 0. J Van 1’ki.i j
STEVENS & VAN PELT
Attorneys at Law
SEW A HD, — ALASKA
LEANDER L. JAMES, JR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ovar Bank of Seward
SEWARD, - ALASKA
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Daggett Block, Seward, Alaska
ROMIG & ROMIG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Rent, Bents Collected,
Titles Examined, Lots for Sale.
Large Listing.
Phone Main 48 Seward, Alaska.
Igloo No. 9,
Order of Pioneers
Moots the First and Third Tuesday Nights
of each Month at the Pioneer Hull.
LEANDER L. JAMES, Jr. ISAAC EVANS,
President. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood
Camp Seward No. 21
Meets every Monday at $ p. tn. at their
Hail, Cor. Washington and 5th Ave.
PERCEY PlllEN. F. 0. ENSIS.
Arctic Chief. Arctic Recorder.
Loyal Order of Moose
Meets every Friday nijjht at
8 o’clock, A. B. Hall.
M. J. CONROY, f. R. BIOfORD,
Dictator. Secretary.
Millers Barber Shop
We make a specialty of
removing warts, etc.
Hot and Cold BATHS Always Read)
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Sll THIRD AVE.
Arctic Club flldic. SEATTLE. WASH.
ZBINDEN BROS.. Prop*.
W°ith Bath $1.50 Special Weekly Rales
THE ALASKA HOUSE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Warm Rooms First-Class
Rates Reasonable
BILLY PETERSON & D. TURCATTE, Props.'
Good Eating!
Every Day Something Good at
the COMMERCE CAFE.
Everybody Knows Ernie Levin, Prop.
HARVEY & CO.
Contractors and Builders
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Near Primary School, Second Ave., Seward
ALL-AROUND
MESSENGER
ALEXIS BENJ. WOCHE
MADISON 132
Seward W ater
and
Power Company
John A. Nelson, Manager
Office-Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD, - ALASKA
ASHCROFT HOME BAKERY
Bread, Rolls, Doughnuts, Cakes, Pies, Pastry
Only Unbleached Flour Used, which Insures Bread without any
Chemical Impurities.
PHONE YOUR ORDER PHONE ADAMS 115
HOTEL OVERLAN >
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H. L. WMITTEMORK, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - * ALASKA
Pioneer I
Hotel
F. 8. CANNON, Prop.
Knik
Alaska
KNIK’S LEADING HOTEL
NO BAR
Accommodations for Ninety Guests
Large General Lobby
Private Lobby for Ladies
Best Rates : : Best Tukatmknt
Best A ccom m o d a t ions
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ADELMAN & QUILTY—SEWARD DAIRY
MILK CREAM
Cottage Cheese and Butter
MILK STATIONS AT BOTH BUTCHER SHOPS
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER CO.
Incorporated November 1905 under the Law* of the Territory of Alaska
S. M. GRAFF, President and Genera! Manager
Controctors and dealers In Electric Supplies and Apparatus
Office At the Station. TELEPHONE MAIM 2J
H. V. HOBEN
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
-——Dealers In
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phone*, Main 17 and 41
A I AQK A steamship
I— o conPANY spud
Steamers Alameda and Northwestern sail from
Seattle at 9 p. m. thelOth, 20th and 30th of each
month tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Cordov a.
Valdez and Seward.
DORA leaves Seward about the 17th of each month for lnalaska, and in
May, June, July and August she goes through to *ushagak.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, 1 hane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, hllarnar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
( S. S. Seward carries Explosives
Right reserved to change this schedule without notice*^
F. B. TRACY, General Agent_A, H. Mel>< A :■
ORE TREATED
H. E. ELLSWORTH, Assayer and Chemist
A Complete Equipment for Mining SP/WATfl* AlflSkfl
and Technical Determinations OLmUIU ri *
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MINER'S AND COLD MINCH’S SUPPLIES
Doors & Windows
Lang’s Ranges
I XL Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malthoid Hoofing
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Marine Engine Oil
Valre Oil
Elaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cap Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Aaphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PHONE MADISON 87
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition
Fishing Tackle
Giant Powder
Caps
Fuse
Bench Forpes
Blacksmith’s Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
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I I
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Bear, Marten and otber fur bearers collected ia your section
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