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j5n Open letter
To The People of Seward and Vicinity
RECONSTRUCTION
We Understand its Full Meaning
We have reduced. We will continue
to reduce. The situation confronting
the people of the country in the cloth
ing and every other industry demands
that radical price reductions be made
immediately. The Urbach Store for
Men and Boys, in spite of the fact that
our prices were already the lowest in
Seward, has taken one big step fur
ther and has made reductions that will
bring Urbach's prices to a basis where
you can say, *T can get what 1 *neee
at Urbach'9 at a price that I can af
ford to pay.”
It is an actual fact that will bear
the closest investigation that we are
taking a very big loss to do this, but
you can be quite sure that our quality
standard has not suffered, even if our
profits must We are simply anticipat
ing the future and doing ahead 01
time what we would certainly be forc
ed to do later.
Our prices ale identical with those
quoted by the big merchants in tht
States. We have marked every article
of merchandise down on which there
has been a decline. Lot* of our custo
mers ask us evrv day “When will
clothing prices drop to the old pre-wai
prices”? Clothing has dropped about
2* per cent from the highest peak
prices, and is now about double pre
war prices. Our answer to the question
regarding any further decline is as
follows:
CLOTHING and all other merchan
dise will sell at pre-war prices
When you can buy a bushel of wheal
at Toe to $1.00:
When you can get the Seward Gate
way one year for a dollar.
W hen you can get a good meal for a
quarter.
When \ou can get labor at $2.00 pel
lily.
When the banks loan money at six
per cent.
When you can aee a good picture show
for 5c.
When R. R. fares are cents per
When a dentist will pull your tooth
forSOe.
When bread sells at 5c per loaf.
When coal is five dollars per ton.
When you can get shaved for a dime.
When gasoline sells at ten cents per
|fp
When you can buy a Buick for $1,00#.
When all these things come to pass
you can buy clotirfag and other n
chartdise at pre-war prices. Until they
do you can buy. Winter Suits and Ov
ercoats, Fur Coats, Fur Gloves, Sheep
Lined Coats, Leather eVsts, Flannel
Shirts, Sweaters, Mackinaws, Under
. wear. Shoes, Overcoats and Furnish
ings at Urbachs' at the “Keeping
Pace- with- Wholesale- Reduction
Prices.
Sincerly,
Leon Urbach.
Owner and manager of Urbach's
(Paid Advertisement)
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The 0—UfOmu Tm i» f
ing to boa big smecees.
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The merchants of Sewart
are not blind They can all
see the hand writing on the
wall and what they read is
this. “-Prices will gradually
decline until they reach a
sane basis. Keep pace with
the decline even if it is nec
essary for you to sacrifice
all profits and in some cases
to sell at a loss.” When you
read the advertisements ol
Seward merch-ants in the
Gateway you can feel cer
tain that the things they ad
vertise are worth buying
and the prices they adver
tise are rock bottom. Patron
ize the merchants who offei
you “Normalcy” priced
goods. Read their ads in the
Gateway. Investigate then
merchandise and you will die
cover that the things adver
tised are worth while. The
quality and price is right
Keep your money at home.
Spend your dollar or dollar,
with the merchants who of
fer you worth while mer
chandise a$ prices consistent
with the declines in the
, wholesale markets.
HUNGRY CHILDREN
PARIS, Dec., 17— The misery of
'Austria’s hungry children is told by
Pierre Hamp, writing in a Paris week
*y. He watched the bradlines before
die soup kitchens where American re
\ief agencies are feeding all those un
* lei* 14 years of age.
At the door each child must show a
.•aid and when they leave they are
searched, says M. Hamp.
Because there is not enough for all
the hungry to be fed, the children may
not earn' away food. Yet the keen in
telligence of the young sometimes^out
wits the watchfulness of their elders.
“To be sure,” one of the managers
told him,” We should have to undress
the children. One little girl put her
slices of bread in her stockings. The
next week she came with a rag over
her cheek, saying she had the tooth
ache. Under the cloth she had a lump
of bread.”
Pointing to two little girls, she
aid “Often I must force them to eat.
Grief at the thought that their mother
has nothing kills their appetite. Un
less 1 watch them the bread they leave
bn the table is taken by others.”
Another little girl, wearing men's
shoes in which her feet were lost tried
rto crowd in ahead of her turn. Sent
rhack in line, she cried. Asked why, the
child explained she was wearing the
only shoes in the family. She wanted
to hurry back so her brother might
have the shoes and come,, in his turn,
while there still was food.
"They are people,” said fhe manag
er, "whose pride is not yet dead. They
would not let their children be seen in
the street barefoot”
As the-children pass in line and
have their bowls filled with cocoa they
begin at once to drink and to eat the
white bread. They are too hungry to
wait until seated.
Sometimes, as the children leave,
they are compelled to rajse their arms
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PERT PARAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND ,
LOCAL. CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY “THE HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
We get in this world exact
ly what we most desire. Too
frequently we think we de
sire most that which we de
sire least.
Public opinion sways the
world and the only way pub*
lie opinion can be organized
is through the avenue of the
newspaper.
Was crossing the upper
jtfain Street last evening
about six o’clock when my
attention was attractecPby a
splas-h, followed by the dam
dest bunch of swear words
that I have ever heard used
in Seward. The splash was
caused by one of our well
known citizens and the
swearing • came from the
same person. He had at-1
tempted to leap or jump j
from a hillock of wet snow to
the edge of the side walk to
keep from wading throughj
about a foot of slush and wa
ter. He failed in the attempt
by about three feet and land*
ed square in the middle of
the slush and water. He
landed in a sitting position
which was the cause of the
profane language. Couldn’t
blame him a particle’cause it
sure was some bath.
for some hold hidden bread, in their
armpits; and sometimes they are
searched for many would, if they
could, conceal food for the hunrrey
mother at home.
BREEZES
i The Old Chinook staid
“with us all last night and is
bn the job stronger than ev
er this morning. Thesnow is
going fast About a week of
the present weather and
"there won't be no such thing
as the “Beautiful" in Sew
ard. Humph' and there are
some poor mortals who live
in the States who think that
we have 27 feet of'snow ev
ery year and that the weath
er gets so cold it will freeze
your shadow.
Lessons in Railroading
Picking her way daintily
through the locomotive
plant, a young woman visit
or viewed the huge opera
tions with aWe. Finally she
fumed to the young man
who was showing her
throifgh and asked; “What
is that big thing overthere. V
“That’s a locomotive-boiler,
he replied.” She puckered
her brows. “And what do
they boil locomotives for?” i
“To make the locomotive
tender,” and the young man
from the office never smiled.
Only seven more days to
do your Chri-stmas shop
ping . Have you done
yours yet? If not get busy.
Just one week. Don’t wait
until tiie last minute.
One little girl told us that
her father got the Ketchi
kan Chronicle regularly and
that she always read the
school notes and that she
didn’t see why we didn’t
print Seward School Notes
in the Gateway. She said
there was oodles of little
things happening all the
time in the school that were
just like some of the -things
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GOOD GROCERIES
AT BORGEN’S
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THE BROADWAY TAILOR SHOP
Telephone Madison 114.
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We CALL FOR and DELIVER all GARMENTS :
A TRIAL WILL CON VWCE YOU THAT WE
KNOW OUR BUSINESS.
THE BROADWAY TAILOR SHOP
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TRAPPERS TRADERS
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW wc
DEALER IN
RAW —FURS
NEW YORK — Ilf W. 17th St
SEATTLE - Alaska Building.
NOTICE — A Word To You
At our Seattle office we have opened a taping department for the
benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations de
siring closer connection for taping and selling. The service rendered
it direct; we, at every step, excreta doee supervision ever ail tranoao
tiens, thus assuring accurate and prmap* attention.
We are READY, WILLING AND ABLE te buy right, to ship right,
to inspre right— to attend to all matters ee poor personal agent Your
enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and meet courteous
attention.
WRITE US—there is no obligation. We tie just the business cun
naction that the Alaska Trade has hoed looking for in the taping of
srining, cannery and fishing supplies, drygoods, groceries, rigors ond
tobacco, drags, rubber goods, furniture, household sundries, electrical
goods, goo engines—in fact, anything‘that grows or is msnmfaetursd.
We are also willing and anxious la develop n market for all Alaskan
products. Get In touch with us, giving full particulars, and your goods !
> wiii ho sold righ t ,_ : i
WILLIAM A. HBSSE>
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
BEDFORD MeNEILL CODE
Cordova, Alaska.
Dont forget the Community Christ*
mas Tree.
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DO YOU RBAD THE PAPA
WITH HASH ESPECIALLY
ATNHMITt
TEE CHILDREN'S BYES
ARB ALL IMPORTANT. DO
NOT NEOLHCT THEIR CARE
SEE ME NOW.
BEULAH B* WILSON. 0*6. D.
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The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
THE BROADWAY SHOP
CHRISTMAS GIFTS DE-LUXE
AT “NORMALCY" PRICES.
OPEN........ 9 A. M._To_6 P. M.
EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR SPECIAL
f ANNOUNCEMENTS.
J. CASEY McDANNEL.
SEWARD and ANCHORAGE
BUFFET CAR CONTRACTOR ON THE
ALASKAN RAILROAD
INFORMATION FURNISHED TO ANY
PERSON REGARDING ANY DISTRICT
IN ALASKA.
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Safety Court say Service 8pee4 ]
_ Sailing of the Admiral Watson on December 14th |
" ‘cancelled. Next sailing from Seattle, S. S. Spokane :
Dec, 20th. 9 d. m. She will go as far west as Seldo
via and Halibut Cove. Will leave Seward south
bound about Dec. 28. &
company reserves, right ts chiage nhedils withsst mUsa
Office in Admiral Building.
Wayne Blue, Agent •-Seward Alaska.
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ALASKA
a SAILING SCHEDULE |
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: Sailing from Seattle Leave Seward
Northwestern Dec, 5th via Inside Passage Dec. 11th.
Victoria Dec, 17th via Outside Passage Dec, 22nd.
Northwestern Dec 30th via Inside Passage Jan, 4th. ;
Victoria Jan, 10th via Outside Passage Jan, 15th.
. NOTE— The S. S. Victoria sailing of the 17th will be
the Xmas Trip. She does notgo the Inside Passage.
A. H. McDONALD, Agent
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Prices $25.00 to $110.00 j
Also Sold on Easy Terms*. j
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Christmas”? j
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