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GIVES WRONG IMPRESSION.
Si ward has able doctors, a splendid hospital and can
attend to the injured and sick in the most capable manner.
But the following article would give the impression that
Seward affords no medical treatment except the inost
primitive. The article was sent n -rth in a letter re^eiveo.
on the Alaska clipped from a newspaper in San Francisco.
Here is the article under the caption "First Aid in
Alaska:"
"The wife of the local innkeeper at Seward was gener
ally known in that vicinity as "The Doctor.” This title
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was given her from an occurrence one winter when she
was left alone in the roadhouse and a man was brought to
her door with a seriously dislocated shoulder. Eighteen
hours previously, one of the splendid “malamutes” in his
dog team had fallen over a cliff and. in trying to effect a
rescue, the man had slipped, falk n and dislocated his shoul
der. After a night and half a day of misery, he was brot
to the roadhouse door, with no doctor within a radius of
many miles, nor .anyone skilled in medicine. " i'he Doc
tor" had. however, seen a "picture hook" as she called it,
in a camp five miles from there and her attention had been
drafvn to a picture of just such an injury, with the accom
panying directions of how to remedy it. So she sent the
only man who was in camp assisting her across the unhrok
en trail, to this camp and when he returned a few hours
laterhe had with him this precious volume.
‘The Doctor’s” first attempt, after reading the in
structions, resulted only in a scream of agony from her
patient, which they declare could have been heard clear to
the Yukon. The second attempt was more successful, the
shoulder slipped back in place and after a few days' care,
the man was again able to take the trail.
This little book which had so happily wandered into
. that remote territory, appeared to be nothing more than
the First \id instruction book from which thousands of
Red Cross people are now learning the essentials for the
conservation of their lives and health.
In the Red Cross Magazine for .Januarv also received
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on the Alaska is a long article by Robert Scott, recently
here in the interest of The American Red Cross. The
above clipping was taken from the Red Cross Magazine
and is about the only reference to Seward Mr. Scott's
write-up gives and this is used by another periodical in a
way that gives a most decided opposite impression as to
real conditions in this city. To the people reading the San
Francisco newspaper, Seward is most backward especially
in the medical way. Nothing is further from the truth as
alj citizens and those who have visited here will avow.
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ANCHORAGE SHOULD BE SHOWN
In the January issue of the Red Cross Magazine, Rob
ert Scott has contributed a map of Alaska. This map does
not show Anchorage, which should have been. Seward,
Valdez and Cordova are shown and other cities in the
First Division. Wrong impressions can be gained by such
a map and perhaps the location of Anchorage was over
looked, but in reading the article by Mr. Scott, special men
tion is made of Anchorage and the name should be shown
on the map regardless of sentiment which some might
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NEWS VIA RED CROSS
"The decision of the government to discontinue the
construction of the railroad between Anchorage and Fair
banks may affect the prosperity of the town (Anchor
age).” This is a sentence in the January number of the
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Bed Cross Magazine. Both Anchorage and Seward have
been scooped—railroad work has been ordered discontin
ued between Anchorage and Fairbanks. But no one
knows about it here. No “Andy” can’t work off his peeve
on Seward by raising the mischief with the publisher of
the magazine. And the Times can’t blame this to the
Gateway either, nor to the Seward people.
A WHEAT FOR ALASKA
Any grain grown in the United States can be raised in
the interior of Alaska, according to Professor C. C.
I Georgeson, agronomist in charge of the United States ag
ricultural experiment station at Fairbanks, Sitka, Ram
part, Kodiak, and Matanuska.
The federal expert cited the development of hybrid
wheat, hybrid barley and a hybrid strawberry, all of which
flourish in this territory, as illustrations of the developing
farming opportunities in the Northland. The hybrid
i wheat, he said, will mature and produce a large yield,
while the hybrid berry has a large fruit, grown profusely
and does not freeze although not protected in winter.
The future of Alaska is contingent upon the success
! attending fanning operations there. Great as are the
mineral, fur, fish and other resources of the vast nor
thern empire, these alone never would support a great
population. The territory must raise quantities of food
products and immense quantities of meat products if it is
to develop as its friends expect it will be developed.
The fact that there, is skepticism now in some quar
I tors concerning the fruitfulness of the country’s acres is
1 immaterial. There was similar skepticism, at one time,
concerning the great prairie country and the Pacific
Northwest. The wiseacres of earlier years were only too
willing to believe that the Middle West never would be set
i 'led on because unsuited to agriculture^
In Alaska’s case it seems to be merely a case of finding
the grain, the vegetable, and the berries that will flourish
in that environment. Dr. Georgeson’s statements indicate
! {hat this probleifi has been partially solved. It remains
now only to find the men for the farms. Possibly they
will come from the ranks of the citizens now under arms,
if the government acts favorably on the suggestion that
i lands be tendered veterans who desire to be
j come pioneers in the agricultural development of the terri
| tory.—(Seattle Times).
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FAMOUS SINGER
ARRESTED AS
A GERMAN SPY
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 11. — Few
women ever have been so popular and
.;o beloved by the Argentine public as
Elena Theodorini, an opera singer fa
mous in this country, who was arrest
ed by officers of a French cruiser on a
charge that sin* was a spy in the em
ploy of Count Luxburg, the former
German minister here. Count Lux
burg received his passports from the
Argentine government for sending to
Germany a suggestion that Argentine
•diips be sunk without a trace:
La Theodorini, as she has always
been called in Argentine, took passage!
on board a steamer for Europe in
company with a group of theatrical
persons who were known to be friends
of Count Luxburg. The steamer was
halted off Montevideo by British cruis
ers and some of the others of the
theatrical group were placed under;
-nest, but Theodorini was not molest
ed until the steamer was over-hauled'
by a French cruiser off the Spanish
coast.
News that the cruiser had taken her;
from the passenger ship on charges
of espionage came as a surprise to
Theodorini ”s admirers in this city for
the general public did not know, as
did diplomatic circles, that she had
been in lccent yeais a great friend of
Count Luxburg and a member of a
circle of theatrical women who were
dined and wined at the residence of
the German diplomat.
La Theodorini came to Buenos Aires
in 1S84. Singing leading parts in well
known operas she soon achieved a
uide reputation and afterward be
came so attached to Argentine aud
iences that she made her home in this
city. Since then she has figured in
the musical and theatrical life of Ar
i gentina, although she had retired
from the operatic stage.
One of her acts which endeared her
to the Argentine public was her ap
plication for naturalization inasmuch
as she was the first woman of a for
eign country to take such a step. Last
year she paid a visit to New York,
where a festival was given in her
I honor by the Metropolitan Opera
, stars. She returned to Buenos Aires
in February last.
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The sugar shortage is especially ag
| gravating to the cynics who don’t be
lieve there is any‘sweetness fh a kiss.
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() YOr HOOVER
(The following poem is going the
rounds among the government em
ployees and can he changed to suit
the convenience of those in different
parts of the territory.)
My Tuesdays are meatless;
My Wednesdays are wheat less.
I am getting more eatless each day.
My home is heatless,
My bed it is sheet less,
They’re all sent to the Y. M. C. A.
The barrooms are treatless,
My coffee is sweetless
Each day I get poorer and wiser.
My stockings are feetless,
My trousers are seatless;
My! how I do hate the Kaiser.
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Read The Gateway.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1901), 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
and improvements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
faska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which myiing location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-10) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the yoars as aforesaid, ns
required by the laws of the United
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold'said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($1U0.UU).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of thjs notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George* R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Rau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said iepre$en
tation for the years ending as afore
.-aid, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
pate of publication Pec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918. *
Seward Light &
Power Company
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dress Wayne Blue, Agent, Sewa rd, Alaska.
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RUBBER BELTING
Doors and Windows
IXL Parlor Heat* i s
Air Tight Heaters
Aluminum Ware
Pj Sc II. Pnj>er
Malthoid Hoofing
Marine Engine Oil
Gas Engine Oil
Lacqueret Paint
Denatured Alcohol *
Lang's Ranges
Gasoline Stoves
Deadening Felt
Weather Strips
Blacksmith's Coal
Wheel Barrows
Fishing Tackle
Alcohol Stoves
Seine Twine
Granite Ware
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Oil Stoves
Spark Plutfs
Jump Colls
Batteries
Asbestos
Tar Papei
Valve Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
?uv Grease
Paints
Ammunition
Bench Forget
Bruahee
V ami the a
Turpentine
Japan
Toal Tar
I^Ainpt
Lanteroa
Tenta
Shot Aunt
Gasoline
Btflotra
Cutlery
Mrs War
Rides
Kirs Brisk
Lkue
Omani
Glass
Rage
Mercury
Phone Madison 87 J. L. GRAEF Seward. Alaska i
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Rubber ice creepers at J. L. Graef’s.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
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Taylor’s Express meets all boats
and trains. Phone Main 122.
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Perfection Oil Heaters and Cook
Stoves at Brown & Hawkins Hard
ware Department. “Quality First.”
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City Express. Phone Main 122.
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JRayo Table Lamps with shades at
Graef’s. ' OlStf.
Proof of labor blank* for sale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers Tor Seward
Bakery Bread.
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Pearl Oil $1.7b a can at Graefa. tf
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See the new skis at Brown & Haw
kins Hardware Department. “Qual
ity First.”
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For sleds and ice skates see Graef.
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Andy's Express, phone Madison 143.
They do what no
other cigarette
ever did before:
they Satisfy—
and yet they're
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