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UNCORK THE PEP
Preliminary steps, which were taken the other clay to
strengthen the Seward Chamber of Commerce and make
it a virile and active force in tins community should not
be allowed to lag.
Seward must be up and doing these days for there
are many projects which need all the attention possible, I
to insure speedy action.
Of great importance to the future of Seward is the,
petition presented by the residents of Tokotna, Ophir and'
the Kuskokwim-Innoko country for schools, roads and1
means of communication, especially for a road connecting
western Alaska with the Seward-Fairbanks railroad.
This petition is strongly endorsed here, but the indorse
ment must be continually reiterated until action is forth
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coming.
Preliminary steps to establishing fortifications here!
have been discussed at Washington and plans drawn, hut
the matter needs more attention.
Other fishing concerns have their eye this way, and a
hearty invitation would help. How handling the cod-fish?
There are billions of them just outside the bay, you know.
Uncork a little pep!
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NOT SURPRISING
Senator Lane’s portrayal of the ideas upheld by the
minority, to-wit, the dirty dozen filibustered, who under
took at the close of the 64th Congress, to make the Unit- ■
ed States a contemptible nation, are not surprising.
His contention that this country should Surrender its
right to sail the high seas in pursuit of peaceful business!
at the order of the kaiser, compares favorably with the
contention of certain people, living inthe north, back in|
1861, who declared that Lincoln should withdraw his sold-j
iers from the southern states and allow them to carry out
their plan to break up the Union and cecede.
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I)II) YOU HAVE WOOD FOR DINNER?
Shades of war rations and food dictators! Listen to
this:
They are making sausage casings out of wood, these
days in these United States, the sawdust diet w'e have
with us in reality!
So when you spear the juicy wienie, or ab the succul
ent bratwuist, and stow it in your mouth without remov
ing the sausage skin, you’re dining on wood—W, double
0. D. wood—the stuff that trees are made of.
And the chances are that, while dining on wood,
you’re touching wood, even if you’re eating at an oilcloth
table in a tile palace. That is, if you wear silk socks.
For many of the silk socks now on the market are
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made of wood fiber. So are silk neckties.
They’re also making a disinfectant, to prevent spread
of contagious diseases, out of wood.
Yep, this is the wooden age.—(Seattle Star.)
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• THE MOANING FIELD
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From everywhere—the exact place could not be de-j
lined — a groan, unbroken, wonderfully calm in its!
breadth, was borne upon us. We had heard many cries
and groans, but this resembled none of those heard before.
We came upon the bodies oftener and oftener. We
examined them rapidly and threw them off the rails-those
indifferent, calm, limp bodies. At first we counted them, j
but soon got muddled and ceased. The groans grew more j
distinct, sharper, and we cold almost see the distorted!
mouths from which those terrible sounds were issuing.;
Suddenly, almost at our feet beside the rails, somebody
gave a loud, crying groan. We found him instantly, that
wounded man, whose face seemed to consist only of two!
eyes, so big they appeared when the light of the lantern'
fell on his face. j
Several steps farther we met another man wounded
slightly, who was walking alone. He strode, his head
thrown back, straight toward us. I believe he did not
see us, for he went on past the train and disappeared in
the darkness.
These were the first we found and they horrified us.
But later we came upon them oftener and the whole field,
lit up by the motionless red flare of the conflagrations, be
gan stirring as if it were alive, breaking out into loud
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—Hodge in Spokane Spokesman - Review.
cries, wails, curses and groans. All those dark mounds
stirred and crawled about like half dead lobsters let out
of a basket, scarcely resembling men in their broken, un
scious movements.
I was beginning to get exhausted and went a little
way off to smoke and rest a bit. And while I sat there an
ambulance student came up. He stood gazing at the mute,
spreading glow and the back of his head with its curly
hair was youthful. When I looked at him, I do not know
why, I kept picturing to myself a delicate woman's hand
nassimr through that hair.
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“There are many madmen out there,” lie said. Then
he stooped toward men and, shaking his finger, continued
in the same dry and calm way “I will tell you—I will tell
you * * *” And still looking at me in the same severe
way, he shook his finger once more, then took out his re
volver and shot himself in the temple. And this did not
terrify or surprise me in the least. Putting by cigarette
in my left hand, I felt his wound and then went back to
the train.—(From Leonida Andreief’s story of a Russian
battlefield.) __ _
SPECIAL SALE
WEEK ENDING MARCH 17
From 25 Per Cent to 50 Per Cent Off
UeffinninK Saturday, March 17, we will conduct a Children’s
Day Sale—Anything we carry in Children’s Wear
School Supplies, Etc
At Discounts that will
Surely Tempt You
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
--SfWARD. AlASKA
ALASKA SssSsL *SB
Seattle Sailings
Alaska . March ')
Northwestern . March HI
Alameda . March 22
Alaska . March 20
Dora sails westward after arrival of S. S. Alaska, due hero about
March 0.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
l»a> been established in connection with thU paper, and all tho>e debit
ing information as to the value of real estate and busines* opportuni
ties are requested to address their communications to
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
The Carstens Packing Go.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,;
Lard, Hama and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet (liven Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD j
THAT SATISFY
If you are in doubt as to just what you will need on the trail call here and
we will tel! you just what you need, why you need it and supply you with
WHAT YOU WANT AND A PRICE THAT MAKES
YOU WANT TO BUY
SNOW SHOES STAG SHIRTS
SHOE PACS UNDERWEAR
MUKLUKS BLANKETS
PARKAS TOQUES
WOOLEN SOCKS INSOLES
MACKINAWS CAPS
WOOLEN MITTS
The most carefully selected stock in Seward to choose Irom
JUST RECEIVED
Spring line of Hardeman Hats
New styles, new shapes and shades
All the good ones
Army shoes
The famous Buckingham and Heeht
line in black und tan
WASHINGTON SHOES
Insist on seeing that famous DRY-SOX shoe, it’s a hear for wet weather,
absolutely water proof, good sole and a snappy shape.
MEDUCOTT UNDERWEAR
Full line and all sizes in this “hard to get” line.
Coopers and Wrights Union Suits
Stanfields, and Superior brands
GET THAT SPRING SUIT NOW
It’s not hard to sell that Schoenbrun line in Seward. Scarcely a day goes by,
but we hear a compliment for the line, and we are convinced that it is tm*
only line that has or embodies all there is to put into * *n °
CUT, STYLE, FIT, FABRIC, WORKMANSHIP, HONEST WEAR.
WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
Remember, we are not pleased unless you are and if you order a suit
and are not “tickled pink” with it, we wouldn't let you have it under any
conditions.
500 SAMPLES TO CHOOSE FROM
GIVE THEM A LOOK
The MINERS S
FRANK J. COTTER, Prop.
TEE PLACE WHERE MEN OUTFIT f ;
JUST TO REMIND YOU j
-of-—
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections for all
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
—all the time by Automatic
Electric “Safety” Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A.G.F.&P.A.
SEATTLE
Charles Crawford
General Blacksmith
Horseshoeing
YVheelwrighting
Corner Sixth Avenue and
Railway Avenue
SEWARD. ALASKA
JOE RENO
MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWOOD
Everything for Dog Muehers
and Travelers
Best Roadhouse on the lioe {
Green Hands
are all thumbs when they
attempt Blank Book Making
Blank Book and Loose Leaf
work are not for the novice. It
took us a ong time to attain
our present high eificiency.
TRICK & MURRAY
Blank Book Makers
85 Columbia St.—Seattle.
Anderson & Kelson
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