The Seward Daily Gateway
Published Daily, Kxeept Sunday
By the Seward P.atewuy Publishing Company
B. M. STONE. - - - LESSEE
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B. M. Stone, Pisiness Manager
K. O. Sawyer, Jk.. Editor
Entered as s econd cla.s matter at the P-Morttw. Sewanl. Alaska.
Advertising Kates mav be bad upon application.
SEWARD. ALASKA, MAY 11. 1914
TODAY the importance o: tlie American canal across the
isthmus of Panama is more cxident thanc\ei befoii. Anxiety is
expressed more than ever a> to win r. that wateivvay will hi >uf
ticiently completed for ships to pass in uai>iK
• It is not necessary to send a warship around Pape Horn from
the Atlantic to the Pacific at
PANAMA CANAL H AS NOT resent. " was deemed neees
BEGVN A NY TOO SOON. " iry vvi en the Oregon wras sent
a roll nd Cape Horn in Ihe Span* j
ish-American war, while all the cas* *n *■*'**e«l toi its safety, as
well as their own during its long passage.
Rut at any time now it may he d st hie to send a portion of
the fleet through the canal, and eve \ cilort is being hut foitli to
make the passage deep enough to dmit of vessels of heavy ■
draught.
It is possible now to send throng s l**r vessels diawing 18j
to 20 feet of water, vhich probably sutlice lot any navall
movements that exigency may require.
It is computed tl .g it will take mo: s yet to put tha canal in j
shape to admit of the passage oi > ’*!•" >• and in that time we
may have Mexico suing for peace.
Rut on the other hand * is *y no ■ cans certain that othei ,
complications and tre>:i aga ssions y not arise, prolonging]
the struggle, and vvh'mh will | ,,oA • to m’lie urgency’of speedy
completion.
According to Kuropean reports ’heq ntity of grapes, both
black and white, product-d this y " extremely* meagre, and |
there will not be more tl an Lheooj galloi sot wine, as compared
with 5,600,000 last ye r. Will this «•: ; *k ever cease?
There is sue ; *hing as bring too uisitive, as tiie short* |
sighted fellow scovered > a lamp post to reed
a notice that w is hanging therefrom, n ound that it read \vet|
Daint.”
We are all on the road to spri s>, .* most of us don t know
when to change ears.
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Blood is thicker than water, x»up is thicker than beer, and
some heads are thicker than ot er>.
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The man with a bee ip s .-p t 's more useful citizen than!
one with a wasp in his tongim.
Aviation is said to lx* e »<»d or tin Leer but not for the long,
liver.
A dead horse is worth more than a dead mad.
A good loser often has a winning smile.
Truth is a stranger to tietion.
HOWARD WATCHES
GEORGE, THE JEWELER
Watches and Jewelry Repaired
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
S. M. GRAFF, - President and General Manager
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John Bunny
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| Coming to the
SEWARD MOTION PICTURE SHOW
H Wednesday Night
Two Shows
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Hotel Seward
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MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
HOTEL OVERLAN if
H. I.. WHITTEMORE, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
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FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. GEO. SEXTON. PROP.
Electric Lights Electric Bell
Ha tes Rea son able
.Moilera Hath Room
FOURTH AVENUE SEWARD, ALASKA
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llensen & Teeklenburg, Proprietors.
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Dealers in Fine Stationery, Imperial Confectionery,
Standard Brands of Cigars and Tobaccos. All the
Best Magazines and Periodicals. Seattle, San Fran
cisco and Eastern Newspapers. Popular Copy
rights. School Books and School Supplies
MAIL ORDERS FROM THE WESTWARD AND INTERIOR
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO_
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8 THE BORGEN GROCERY I
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| With a full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries |
« GUS BORGEN, Proprietor. Clayson Building, Seward j|
assays
IMPORTANT FACTS ASOUT
| SEWARD! s
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j SEWARD 1
Has the most beautiful townsite in
Alaska
SEWARD
Is located on Resurrection bay. the
finest harbor in Alaska
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SEWARD
Is the supply point for rich producing
gold mines on Kenai peninsula
SEWARD
Is the outfitting point for big game
hunters seeking trophies on Kenai
peninsnla
| SEWARD
Is recommended by President Taft and
Secretary of the Interior fisher as the
1 coast terminus of the federal railway
SEWARD
Is the coast terminus of the Alaska
Northern Hailway system, building a
line to tap the Matanuska coal fields
and the rich Susitna valley
SEWARD
Has the best prospects of any town in
the whole of Alaska; it is now a solid,
substantial community, because it is
the trade center of a mineral region,
composed of high-grade gold veins
and placer deposits of known value.
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SEWARD
In brief, is surely destined to be the
most important city in Alaska. Its
ideal location; its fine harborage
facilities; its natural advantages as
the gateway to the great interior of
. Alaska; its logical railway route to
the biggest aud best coal fields of
Alask—all combine to insure and aid
toward the building of a big city
Al A,SKA'S BEST HARBOR
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