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THURSDAY, SEPT. 6. 1917.
8:00 P. M.
PARAMOUNT PICTOGRAPH
No. 2029
Pathe Gold Rooster presents
FLORENCE REED, supported
by Favia Marinotf. Forrest Wi
nant, John Mittern and Jessie
Ralph, in
“New York”
a splendid Gold Rooster five
part feature.
Also a 1-reel Ford Weekly.
EXTRA GOOD PROGRAM
10c and 2oc
i $650.00 i •
i Stock of
UTZ & DUNN’S
SHOES
Just In [
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Ellsworth's j
WANTED — Place to care for fur
nished rooms or roadhouse; can
qualify as first or second cook. P.,
0. Box 1497. S10:
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
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Tanglefoot flv paper at Graefs. tf. i
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Old papers, seventy-five for 10c, at
The Gateway.
Waterfill and Frarrer whiskey at
the Branch.
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FIRE INSURANCE
JOE CAMPBELL
Successor to
ENNIS & CAMPBELL
SEWARD ALASKA
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“ THE PLACE WHERE MEN OUTFIT"
HIP BOOTS, KNEE BOOTS, SHOE PACS
Moleskin Shirts and Pants, Mosquito Nets, Dress Shoes, Working
Shoes, Hats, Raincoats, Underwear, Flannel Shirts, Dress Shirts,
Stein-Bloch Suits
COTTER’S
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$20,000 Worth
Ladies Crosset Shoes
Men’s Crosset Shoes
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
NEED AMERICAN COAL MINERS j
TO WORK COAL FIELDS OF FRANCE!
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Aug. 11, (By Mail.)—
Sooner or later Lens, capital of
France’s “Black Country” or coal belt,
will fall before the ever-tightening
pressure put upon it by Sir Douglas
Haig. When this day comes America
can render France and her allies no
greater service than to send immedi
ately to this region the experts neces
sary to put the coal mines in order
in the shortest possible time.
For three years France has been de
prived of the richest coal deposits she
possesses. In the Loire, Burgundy Ni
vernais, Hard, Blanzy, d’Aubin Deca
zeville and Carmaux, it is true there
are coal mines, but these are not to
be compared with those in the north
ern part of the country around Lens.
This deposit runs from east to west
from Belgium and Flechinelle in
France and since the German occupa
tion it is only the extreme western
end of it which the French have been
able to work. And this is the hardest
to work, being deep below the sur
face. Whereas in Belgium the coal
is practically on top of the ground,
at Anzin it is 120 feet deep and deep
er the further west it runs. At Dou
ai it is 480 feet deep, at Flechinville
about 1800 feet. The vein of coal from
the Belgian frontier to Flechinelle is
about 65 miles long by 10 miles wide.
Prior to the war, of the thirty-nine
millions of tons extracted from French
soil, three-fifths came from here, or
about 25,000,000 tons. Even with this
France has always been compelled to
buy from the outside almost as much
coal again as she produced, half of
which came from Belgium—from the
country around Mons, Charleroi and
Liege, seized by Germany as her very
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first act of war.
It is this country around Lens and
behind Lens to the east, which the
Prussian war lords are defending re
gardless of the cost in German lives.
And here it is that British pressure
is growing ever stronger. Every blow
struck this summer has yielded a net
gain in the direction of these coal
fields and a retirement anywhere from
Arras to the sea would be more in
jurious to Germany from an economi
cal point of view than at any other
part of the western front. Fighting |
in this country is extremely difficult.
On the sea, where British Tommies!
have recently made their appearance j
there are sand dunes which make i
trenches almost impossible. Fighting
there is like fighting in the heart of j
the Sahara desert. Further south
along the line is water, water every
where, spread out over the flat coun
try. Everybody knows what the coun- j
try about Ypres is like, and around
Messines ridge, while below that
comes Labasse and Lens, with their
mountains of slag and cinders, called
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FISH PRICES
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Prices at noon August 29, at ,i
♦ Seattle, as reported by the Bu
i reau ofJFisheries, are:
} Halibut, 18 2-5c.
Sable Fish, 4c.
Red Snapper, 2Mic.
Pickled Sable Fish, $14 per
| bbl.
Pickled Herring, first grade, jj
| $16 per bbl.
Pickled Salmon, pink, $14.50 h
l per bbl. \\
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STETSON HATS
URBACH’S
BROADWAY |
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“Crassiers,” rising nearly 200 feet
over the level country around about;
and the “fosses,” or mines, with min
ing buildings cluttered about them, al!
affording the best possible obstacles
from the defender’s viewpoint, hiding
field guns, howitzers and especially
machine guns.
Such is the country over which the
British are now fighting. If the Ger
mans are beaten back out of the coal t
country they will do as they have
done already at Lens: Destroy the
mines by blowing them up or flooding
them or both. But American miners
are said to be the best to be had an
certainly the United States can do no
better than to send hundreds of them
over here to reclaim the ruins, for
even if the Prussians do their work so
completely as to render the mines
useless for the remainder of the war,
reconstruction of France and Belgium
will depend largely on fuel supply.
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[SEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
C. L. Soiling, of Susitna, is a guest
at The Overland.
Thos. H. Martin, of Camp 8.°», on
the railroad, was in town on Labor
Day.
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J. A. Kissell, well known angel of
commerce, is here showing the local
dealers a line of merchandise with
which we may later be garbed.
The Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
will not meet this week, owing to the
fact that a number of the ladies are
busy with Civic Fair work.
Rehearsal for the Civic Fair pageant
at Pioneer Hall will be held at 7:.‘>0 to
night and everyone taking part is
urged to report promptly.
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H. H. Mitchell, en route on the S. S.
Northwestern, is not the capitalist of
that name from Los Angeles, but is
a brother of George Mitchell of the
Seward Grill.
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Members of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce attended the merchants’
luncheon yesterday, which has become
a regular Tuesday event at the Sew
ard Grill.
J. R. McDonald, of the Kenai Placer
Peninsula Mines corporation, returned
to his property at Moose Pass this
morning, after being here on business
several days.
The Seward tailor shop is installed
in new quarters on the south side of
Broadway just north of The Key, the
move being necessitated by the pro
posed construction of a building be
tween J. L. Graef’s and Ellsworth’s
store.
High tides of this month almost
chased the employees of Daniel Gut
leben out of theii* camp near the ra
dio station. The contractors expect
to have the work completed next
month and hope to be out of the camp
before the extreme high tides of No-i
vember and December.
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Mrs. Anna Bubb, who is interested
in Cache Creek placer properties, will
return to Anchorage on the North
western to meet two experts who have
come to examine her holdings. Mrs.
Bubb came here on the Mariposa to
meet these men but missed them, they
going ahead on the Admiral Farragut.
A deal of importance involving this'
rich ground in the interior camp is
said to be pending.
NOTICE
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A Stated Communication of Sew
ard Lodge No. 219, F. & A. M., will
be held this evening, Wednesday, Sep
tember 5th, 1917, at eight o’clock.
J. M. SLOAN, Master.
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COURT OF APPEALS DECIDES
FAIRBANKS BANK CASE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. — The
United States Court of Appeals today,
denied the appeal of F. G. Noyes, re
ceiver for the Washington-Alaska
Bank at Fairbanks, for $1,868,000 ex
emplary and*compensatory damages
as the result of an alleged combination
of the Washington-Alaska bank and
the First National Bank of Fairbanks
and the Fairbanks Banking company.
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Andy’s Express, phone Mfcdison 14**1
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WANTED — First-class tinsmith. In
quire Gateway. 6t •
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Long distance telepnone booth at
The Branch.
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talk’s goin’ on j
about thar not bein’ r,
enough money in
cirkalation. The real trouble
is, when it gets to some folks,
it stops cirkalatin’.
City Express. Phone Main ^22.
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WaterfiU & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
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Certain-teed Koofing. Guaranteed
7, 10 and 15 years. J. I.. Graef’s. tf
Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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We carry Symphony Lawn Station
ery. Seward Drug Company.
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City Express meets all boats anil
trains. Phone Maine 122.
| ANCHORAGE VIA RAIL AND WATER ROUTE j
The fast power-schooner, “Kumback,” running between Kern Creek «
♦ and Anchorage and way points, meets all Seward trains at Kern Creek. J
• A chance to see the new road on your way to Anchorage.
CHARLES NUTTER, Manager. E. J. MOORE, Master.
Chas. E. Brown, President
Sidney Anderson, Vice Pres. H. S. Balderston, Cashier
Kobt. If. Koinig, Assistant Cashier j
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