ehr S’rutarii (Satrutay
Published Dally Except Sunday by The Seward Gateway Publishing Ce.
BERNARD M. STONE, President.
Subscription Rates:
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Readers, 10c per line first insertion, 6c per line each additional insertion.
Legal notices. 60c per line.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AKil ST !), Dili.
Newspapers that attack business people should al
ways be treated with suspicion. Whenever you see a
newspaper insinuating questionable practises against a
business house you might look over that paper’s advertis
ing columns to see if the business house in question car
ries advertisements therein. You will usually find that it
does not.
To attack a business man or his house because he does
not advertise is a practise that is known by a very nasty
name—blackmailing. This practise has done more to low
er newspapers in the estimation of the public than any
other. It is a crime from the moral and legal standpoint,
and a most cowardly kind of crime because it is done in a
manner invented to escape punishment. The town which
has a blackmailing newspaper has a criminal entering its
homes every time that paper is printed.
Seward hardly seems to realize, after all, the great
improvements in the means of transportation which have
been effected here in the last few months. We have so
many big things in view that we have rather ignored the
splendid wagon road and the fine railroad bed built for
miles out of the city this summer. The wagon road which
has now been completed to a distance of five miles from
the town would be called a boulevard in any other Alaskan
city and the railroad bed as far as it has gone would be
worthy of any place on earth. How few of the i>eople
have even seen the fine new bridges across Resurrection
river and other streams, both on the wagon road and the
railroad. Of course. Seward may have expected greater
things l)efore this and the delay is not pleasant but it
would be well to let people outside know that even the
comparatively Mnall amount we nave got is greater than
any other town in Alaska has got this year, with one ex
V I
ception. It must be said again that we might have got
infinitely more, but let us show outsiders what we have
got and keep praying for the rest.
The report of the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
from March, 1914, to December, 1915, has l>een issued and
throws a light on the opinion of the commission regard
ing the relative merits of Seward and Anchorage. To
some of this report Seward people might well offer objec
tion but it is hardly a matter to go into without careful
consideration. For instance, in giving the population of
Seward it goes back to 1910 and says the population was
o34. In speaking of Anchorage conditions are given in
rather a roseate manner. For instance, it savs: “Thes
evidence on this point (ice conditions) is rather conflict
ing, some witnesses claiming that there are periods during
every month in the year when the harbor can be entered
with safety." There is a lot more of this, but later obser
vations may cause alterations in the report next year.
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST
-AFFORDS-—_
SUPERIOR SERVICE
between SEA I'T LK and the* chief cities of the
EAST AND SOUTH
LI MIXED THAI NS MEAL and SLEEPING AClX>MMODATIONS
SK(X)NL> TON'ON K TH ROUGH CARS UNDER AUTOMATIC
ELECTRIC •SAFETY SIGNAL PROTECTION all the way to
CHICAGO. DENVER AND KANSAS CITY
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES SEATTLE TO CHICAGO, NEW YORK
anil main points of th<* Fast
in effect until September 30
PLAN YOUR TRIP NOW Jt ^
Ask Alaska S. S. Co. or 1* A. N ag.-nts. SKWAIJD, H \ t T ^ 1
ALASKA tor fo'.d-rs ot
H. A. LAWRENCE A
TRAVELING FREIGHT AND PASSENGER AG ENT.f
P O Bn 108 119 ' • is \ ^B t%
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Schoenbrun Fall Samples Are Here
The snappiest line of up-to-the-minute, all-wool Fall Suitings
that we have ever had the pleasure of showing in Sew ard. Five
hundred samples to select from and every one a gem. The fall
styles are good, too, nothing startling in the way of changes,
but all good, clean looking snappy ideas.
CALL TODAY AND HAVE A LOOK
Let us take your order today and vour suit will be here wait
ing for you when you want it. REME/TBER, We absolutely
fyfff"*? “faction in FIT, FABRIC, WORKMANSHIP and
QUALITY. (Jet in now w hile all is fresh and new
COTTER’S
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Uiv a Home in Woodrow
The Beautiful Suburb
Of Seward
WOODROW is located 6% miles from Seward.
The Govt. Railroad runs through this beautiful tract.
Woodrow lies near Bear Lake the famous fishing
ground of Seward.
Woodrow' may be said to be in the warm belt as the
hills are 30 situated as to shelter this tract from the winter
winds.
Woodrow is situated just this side of the Bungalow
and plotted on the most desirable portion ol the Johnson
Homestead.
A tract in Woodrow is equivalent to more than 12 lots
in Seward.
The price is so low that no one can complain.
You can buy a tract of about one third the size of a
block in Seward for $125. — Some fractional tracts are
selling as low as $25—$50 and $75.
The title is clear—A warranty deed, first handed.
Woodrow is plotted in tracts situated each on a street
and corner on an alley. Each plot is easy to access.
Woodrow is a beautifully wooded tract and a. veri
table park.
ROMIG & ROMIG are handling this property and
will be pleased to interest you in the best offer for a suber
ban home ever made in Seward.
ADDRESS:—
Fourth Avenue,
Seward, Alaska.
PHONE ADAMS 48
PHONE ADAMS 93
ASKED KITCHENER
TO ABANDON LINE
OTTAWA. — General Sir Sam
Hughes has made public the fallow
ing letter which he wrote to Lord
Kitchener, suggesting the unwisdom
of attempting to hold the line at
Ypres, where the Canadians recently
suffered so severely:
Kitz Hotel, London, March ‘J4, HHO
Dear i»
Since leaving you 1 have met a
number of Canadian officers, who
have been discussing the Ypres sa
lient, which our Canadian boys are
now going to hold. They have been
drawing plans of it for me and show
that it is practically new territory.
There are no proper trenches or pro
tections, a complete new defect line
will have to be made. They maintain
also that they will be under lire
practically on two sides, or, in fact,
three sides most of the time, :uul that
as the town of Ypres is no longer fit
for habitation the new line should be
straightened, the British locating
them from new positions taking in
Ypres, leaving the enemy the worst
possible ground. They point out, too,
that in building their new trenches,
if the present lines are followed, it
must be done practically in the open
and under fire and will entail great
and unnecessary sacrifice.
I do not know whether or not your
j attention has been drawn to this fact,
but there can be no harm in making a
suggestion. 1 presume, however, the
whole matter rests with our mutuhl
friend, Sir Douglas Haig.
Hoping you will kindly give this
matter consideration, or submit it to
Sir Douglas Haig for consideration,
Faithfully,
SAM HUGHES,
Oyster Cocktails at “The Branch.”
Distance between Seattle and Seward and Kodiak, Alaska
Knots Hrs. Min.
Seattle to Active Pass . 1)0 8 30
Active Pass to Seymour Narrows .112 i) 30
Seymour Narrows to Alert Bay. 75 6 —
Alert Bay to Queen Charlotte Sound . 40 3 30
Queen Charlotte Sound to Bella Bella. 79 6 30
Bella Bella to Mill Bank Sound . 14 1 30
Mill Bank Sound to Dixons Entrance.194 16 —
Dixons Entrance to Ketchikan . 42 3 30
Ketchikan to Wrangel Narrows. 1)8 8 —
Wrangel Narrows to Petersburg .* , 18 1 30
Petersburg to Juneau .108 9 —
Juneau to Douglas . 3 15
Juneau to Cape Spencer.108 9 —
Cape Spencer to Yakutat .131) n —
Yakutat to Cape St. Elias.149 12 15
Cape St. Elias to Katalla. 25 2 —
Katalla to Cordova.117 9 30
Cordova to Valdez . 77 6 30
Cordova to Ellamar. 53 4 15
Valdez to Ft. Liscum . 3 15
Valdez to Ellamar . 25 2 —
Valdez to Latouche . 84 7 —
Ellamar to Latouche . 65 5 15
Latouche to Seward.62 5 —•
Seward to Pt. Graham .138 11 30
Pt. Graham to Seldovia. 15 1 30
Pt. Graham to Kodiak .106 8 30
Kodiak to Seward.175 14 30
Seldovia to Iliamna . 60 5 —
Seldovia to Kenai . 76 6 —
Kenai to Anchorage . 62 5 —
Anchorage to Goose Bay . 9 — 45
Anchorage to Kodiak ..255 21 —
GLACIERS AND POINTS OF INTEREST EN ROUTE
Between Petersburg and Juneau.Patterson & Sumdum Glaciers
Between Juneau and Cape Spencer.Mendenhall and Brady Glaciers
Between Cape Spencer and Yakutat.La Parouse and Yakutat Glaciers
Between Yakutat and Cape St. Elias.Malaspina Glacier
Between Cordova and Valdez.Columbia and Shoup Glaciers
Between Latouche and Seward .Excelsior Glacier
Between Seward and Pt. Graham.Bear Glacier
Seal Rocks .36 Knots from Seward
Between Seldovia and Anchorage.Iliamna Volcano
H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
-Dealers In-——
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phone*, Main 17 and 41
j DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
1’hones: Office Madison 93
Kes. Madison f>S
Oflice Over Harriman National Hank,
floras 9 A AI. to 5 I’. M.
L I.. JAM KM, Jit. J. K WOOI.I.KY
JAMES & WOOLLEY
Attorneys and Counsellors at law
Over Bank of Seward
SEWARD. - ALASKA
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DOUGHERTY & ROM IG
HEAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Bent, Kents Collected,
Lots for Sale. Large Listing,
Phone Red 147 Seward. Alaska.
L, U. S. s ^’lburvta.
L. F. 1*. S.. CJlusirow.
J. M. SLOAN, M. I)., C. IN.
OVER GATEWAY
Office flours, I to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M.
Foit&iKiti.r or Nomk.
Myers’Bakery
Next to Overland Hotel
LEON C. BOOKER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Bank of Seward Building
Phone Madison 81
Fire and Accident Insurance
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
OFFICE FOURTH AVENUE
Phones: Residence Adams 48
Office Adams V3
Hours: 10 to 12 a.m. 2 to 4 p.m.
HOTEL SEWARD
511 THIRD AVE.
Arctic Club Bldg. SEATTLE. WASH.
ZBINDEN BROS.. Props.
'vuh'uathVftO Special Weekly Rales
THE ALASKA HOUSE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Warm Rooms First-Class
Rates Reasonable
BILLY PETERSON & D. TURCATTE, Props.
Miller’s Barber Shop
Shower Baths
Ladies’ Shampooing
Hot and Cold BATHS Always Ready
HOTEL OVERLAND
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - ' - ALASKA
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Rainier Buffet
THE BEST IN EVERYTHING
WINES LIQUORS CIGARS
LOUVRE BLDG. QPP. A. B. HAl L
A I AQK fl STEAMSHIP *«y»
J*\ L- q i\ H conPANV spi t o
Steamer* Alameda. Northwcntein. Mar»|io*a and A!:i*«
^ from S< attle at 9 a. m. the »th loth 15th St -
each month for Ketchikan. Juneau. Cordova. Va’.d* /, ** *
and Anchorage. Mariposa and Alameda ^o to Ska. "a
DOHA leaves Seward about the 18th of August (or Lnalaska and Sushagak
and way ports
Kor dales of freighter service from Seattle consult siu’ent
WKitfht reserved to change this schedule without notice^
I F. B. TRACY, General A«ent A. 11. McDONAlJ), Az»r'
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THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER CO.
Incorporated November 1905 under the laws of the Territory of Alaska
S. M. GRAFF. President and General Manager
Contractors and dealers in Electric Supplies and Apparatus.
Office At the Station. TELEPHONE MAIN 12i
L. _
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MINER'S AND COLD MIACR'S SLPPI If S
Doors & Windows
Lang’s Ranges
I X L Parlor Heaters I
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malthoid itooting
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
(las Knjfine Oil
Marine Kngine Oil
Valve Oil
Klaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Faints
Lacqueret Faint
Asphaltum Faint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PIIOML MUtlSON 87
Rifles
Shot Guns
A tnmunit ion
Fishing Tacklr
Giant Powder
('ups
Fuse
Bench Forges
Blacksmith’s Goa’
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement **
(j lass
Hope
Mercury
Seinb Twine
J. L. GRAEF
AO ELMAN & GUILTY MILK & CREAM '
SfWAHII MIRV Why Hot Try Out Buttermilk?
MILK STATIONS AT BOTH BUTCHER SHOPS
I OPENED JAN.Isr 1913
I“5K« HOTEL thau BEST
In oil the WEST"
STOP at the
OUTSIDE ROOMS
150 WITH BATH
W.2N0 ST.,NEAR HILL
NORTHERN HOTEL CO.. PROP.
rRANK L CRAMPTON. MGR.
RATES *■ 00 PER DAY*«oUP
I Eastern Trips by Western People
ARE MtDE WITH THE GREATEST COMfORI
-- VIA THE-~~
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
Jo St. Paul, Chicago and the Oast.
To Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and the South.
THROUGH STANDARD AND TOURIST SLEEPERS, DINING
AND COMPARTMENT OBSERVATION CARS
To Portland and California by Rail and Ocean
Steamships "Great Northern” and “Northern Pacific"
Complete Information from Local Steamship Agents, or
A S. DAUTRICK, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent,
Room 18, Valentine Building, Juneau.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agt., Second and Columbia, Seattle.