Owing to weather conditions the dredge at Anchorage
is unable to operate until the summer of 1918
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
If you can’t keep warm ^remember we have the hug
est lines of Men’s and Women’s Furnishings, Beddings, etc.,
in Seward.
\v> are not selling anything at cost.
\\V aim to make some profit on everything we sell.
These are War Times and war prices prevail in the
States and they must here.
Wo will give you the best prices possible under exist
ing conditions.
Remember, we are fourteen years in Seward and hope
to continue until we get Matanuska Coal, if it takes 14
years more.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
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Seward
% | | Geo. A Mitchell
Vjrrill Pro|,rl',or
t f>:i\ nn«l Night
Phone Attains lit*
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Service Cleanliness
l*t It all* M« \<**» fo* La ■.1**1 or
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CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
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Horseshoeing Wheels righting
SFAVaRD ALASKA
The Carstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Ketail
Beef. Pork, Veal. Mutton. Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Fgg*
Orders from the Westward ami t'ook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
THE KEY
Ice Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PHONE MATHISON 115
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Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 1 5;
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Beat of Work—Quickest Deliv
ery. Family Work. Rough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable pricea, prompt service.
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SPECIAL THIS WEEK
| Large Assortment of laces at
5c a yard.
|! Wide flowered ribbon 25c yard
| Special assortment of toys, 5,
10, 15, and 25c
AT
: Ellsworth's
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Scratch pads—for Mfrooh for your
deak« tor the counter, for the work
rvom— 10c at The Gateway.
FRATERNAL
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L. O. O. M* No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Half. Visiting Brothers
invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. B1GF0RD, Secretary.
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ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. :n., Pioneer Hal!
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PROFESSIONAL
A_A
DR. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Rank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Rea., Mad. 68
¥-*
Graduate Nurse
MISS ALBRECHT
Swedish Masseuse
Medical Gymnast
Member incorporated Society
trained Masseuses, London
Phone Main 117
J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; Resi
dence, Adams 48.
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i L. R. C. I*. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D., C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Formerly of Nome.
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WEATHER ON K. R.
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The weather report from points
along the lailroad received at 7 o’clock
this morning" was as follows:
Anchorage, 19 below, clear, N. E.
Girdwood, 10 below, clear, calm.
Matanuska, 24 below, cloudy, high
j S. W.
King, 4 above, clear, S. W.
Talkeetna, 10 above, clear, N. E.
Dead Horse Hill, missing.
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j WHY WEAR DIRTY
I Clothes, when we will do your j
i j family wash, rough dry? We
\ call for and deliver laundry.
DEE SING LAUNDRY
Phone Madison 111
i Cor. Washington & Adams St. ||
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY BY
BUYING YOUR XMAS PRESENTS
AND TOYS AT THE
THE BAZAAR
ALASKAN PEDDLES
A STRANGE STORY
ABOUT WAR NEWS
BUTTE, MONT., Dec. 15.—Joseph Sandle has just
learned that the world is at war. For four years
while the most momentous events in history have been
transpiring, he has been out of touch with civilization, on
a prospecting expedition in the Artie.
He has just returned, and stopped here enroute to
bis former home in Arizona. A gold strike in Alaska
which he was forced to abandon 20 years ago on account
of failing health has proven to be of little value, he said.
Sandle said he left Seattle in the spring of 1913, secur
ed supplies and ammunition enough to last him about two
years, and made his way to his old shack in the interior
which he had left in 1897.
“Everything was just as I had left it,” he said. “Not
a tli ii ;' had been disturbed. Even the same grease was
still in the frying pan in which I had cooked my last break
fast there in 1897, and I was surprised to find a liberal
quantity of supplies on hand, still in a good state of pres
ervation.
lie spent the summer months in killing and preserv
ing a supply of game for the winter, he said, and thus he
spent five winters and four summers there. He made
four trips south and traded gold and furs to the Indians
for more supplies. He met a band of white men in 1915,
but htey were going “out” and knew less than he did
about the outside world.
“When I left for the north, the papers were discuss
ing world wide peace,” he said. “It did not seem possible
that I would ever again hear of a war of any importance.
I learned of the war in Seattle a week ago.”
He has purchased a large quantity of literature on the
war and is busying himself poring over back newspaper
endeavoring to inform himself.
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LThe strange part of the above article is how Sandle
first learned about the war in Seattle. The second part
of the story is where on earth could he have !)een that he
did not hear of the war before. He must have traveled
to some city on the coast and no matter where he would
have taken a steamer newspapers or passengers on the
steamer would have informed him of the war—long be
fore reaching Seattle. Hut it is a good story at that, be
sides, truth is sometimes stranger han fiction, and the
substance of the story my !>e true..—Editor.!
{SEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
E. R. Ebert, mining man of the in
terior, and M. L. Woodward will be
passengers on the Alaska for their
homes at Juneau.
Holly Ashby, Mile 52, will leave for
Valdez on the Alaska, stopping there
for a few days then proceeding south, i
Mrs. W. W. But* ^ loaves on the
Alaska for Seattle.
Dr. R. C. Mathis and wife go to
the states on the Alaska. Dr. Mathis
is a dentist of Anchorage. ;
C. W. Veach, business man of An
chorage, stopping at the Sexton, will
be a passenger to Seattle on the
Alaska.
J. and A. Walsh, operators of the
Iditarod, guests at the Seward, leave,
for the south on the Alaska.
Clifford Egtvet, the Matanuska
rancher leaves for the states on the
Alaska.
Mayor J. G. Watts, of Anchorage,
has secured a reservation on the
Alaska for Seattle.
The Christian Scientists will hold
their regular services tomorrow fore
noon at 11 o’clock.
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STODDARD LEAVES HOSPITAL
W. W. Stoddard, recently injured in
the railroad yards, have recovered
satisfactorily and expects to leave
the hospital during the day for his
apartments at the Seward hotel.
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WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for Seward
for tonight and tomorrow is fair and
cooler with high winds.
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Furthermore, we feel safe in as
serting that if the men had to knit
for the soldiers all the soldiers woulo
get cold feet.
HUN COMMERCE
DESTROYER OFF
AFRICAN COAST
BOSTON, Dec. 15. — That a Ger
man raider disguised as a merchant
vessel is operating olT the Cape of
Good Hope in track of shipping com
ing to the United States from India,
Ceylon and South African ports, was
reported by the officers of the Dutch
steamship Deli, which arrived here
today.
The steamship was on the way from
Calcutta and Colombo with gunnies,
tea, shellac and other merchandise
valued at nearly $1,500,000, when she
sighted the raider within fifty miles
of Cape Town. The bark had a bat
tery' of guns masked on the forward
and after decks.
The steamship’s captain swung his
vessel’s stern to the raider and start
ed under forced speed for Cape Town.
The raider followed for some distance
but the steamer drew away so rapid
ly that the bark finally hauled off* on
another tack.
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TRAIN IN TONIGHT
A special train went out this morn
ing with railroad supplies and will
connect with the train which left Kern
Creek this forenoon. There are 35
passengers aboard the train from
Kern due tonight.
SEXTON AND
THWAITES
Sodas, Ice Cream, Candy
Cigars and
Commercial Photography
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HOTEL OVEREAN I
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - * ALASKA
H. V. HoitKN A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBF.N, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice*
General TransfO’**' - , Phonos, Mum IT and 81
CAFE ROOMS I |£g f 4 \ l\ g j Sherman Haynes g
Pool and Billiard* | _ | Proprietor
REASONABLE CHRISTMAS GOODS g
Ap ricot and Peach Brandy . . . 75c per bottle fj
California Benedictine .... 90c per bottlee 5
Claret and Sherry Wine . . 25c or 5 for $1.00 ^
Reisling’s Wine.35(c or 3 for a si.OOg
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French and Italian Vermouth . . . 75c per bot. g
California Brandy.$1.00 a bottle f
All cordials wav below wholesale price.
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THE
HOTEL
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER ani POWER COMPANY
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Offioa- B*nk of SaWardSBuildin*
StWARU *USK'
man can be pretty well
broke and still
have one faithful
friend left to draw
on—his pipe
Even the newest addition to your pipe tuck bwh
takes on the good fellowship of an old familiar
friend, when it gets seasoned by the aged-in-the
wood mellowness of V EL VET, The Smoothest
Smoking Tobacco. VELVET has all the slow burn
ing, satisfying qualities of Kentucky Bur fey de
Luxe witn a smoothness that is VELVET’S owu.
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