Owing to weather conditions the dredge at An borage
is unable to operate until the summer of 101S
Talk About Your Summer Wages!
Anchorge, 20 below—'Temperature—Seward. IK above.
If you can’t keep warm, remember we have the larg
est lines of Men’s and Women’s Furnishings, Beddings, etc.,
in Seward.
We are not selling anything at cost.
We aim to make some profit on everything we sell.
These are War Times anti war prices prevail in the
States and they must here.
We 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, it it takes 14
years more.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Seward
• | | Gt*o A Mitchell
Proprietor
Open Hit) .inti Ni&rli*
1 'hone Adam* i IV*
Service Cleanliness
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horsosliot'iii g Wheel w ri gh t in g
srw \i;i> ai.aska
The Carslens Packing. Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Reef. Pork, Veal, Mutton. Poultry.
Lard. Hams and Baeon.
Butter and Egg*
Orders from the Westward and took
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
THE KEY
Ife Cream, Anytime
Any Quantity
THE KEY KIND
PHONE MATHISON 115
Seward Steam Laundry
Phone Main 157
HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
Beat of Work—Quickest IVliv
ery. Family Work. Hough
Dry 10c Per Pound.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia. Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices* prompt service.
DON’T
FAIL TO SEE OUR WINDOW
OF XMAS SUGGESTIONS.
AT
Ellsworth's
Scratch pads—for acnoo1, for your
desk, for the counter, for tho work
room—10c at The Gateway.
PROFESSIONAL
J. H. ROMIG, M. I).
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office, Adams 93; R^si
. dence, Adams 48.
L. R. C. P. 6 L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. & S.f Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. I).. C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. in.
Formerly of Nome.
DR. 0. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. ni.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Res., Mad. 58
FRATERNAL
L. 0. 0. M* No. 1425
Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
B. Hall. Viaiting Brothers
Invited.
M. A. HORNER, Dictator.
H. R. B1GF0RD, Secretary.
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. ra.t Pioneer Hall
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gruen
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
C. E. ORLANDER
SUCCESSOR TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
New Goods
Arrived
LADIES BATH ROBES
BOYS AND GIRLS WINTER
UNDERWEAR
THE BAZAAR
WANTED—Good boy to deliver pa
para. Inquire Gateway. tf
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
I
The next train to and from Kern
Creek will lx* on Monday.
The Home Guards will drill as usu-j
al tonight at the A, P*. Hall.
Richard Conway, from the Iditarod,
an arrival last night, is registered at,
the Sexton.
K. Pctcllin, of Kodiak, is stopping
at‘the Sexton 4\hile waiting for the
Alaska for the south.
Captain John Xewland and Purser
A. H. Garland of tin* Dora are regis
tered at the Sexton.
D. B. Redtield, who has boon at Xu-;
ka Bay for the past few weeks, is
registered at the Sexton.
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Max Nelson, captain of a fishing:
boat operated during the season out!
of Seldovia, is at the Overland.
Paul Schneider, government agon*,
is ai tin* Sexton, having arrived m
So\*a»u yesterdav on the Dora.
Bi*'de Whobney arrived last night
from \» h* rage on her way outside
and i. 1 gi tc ed at the Seward.
\\\ ,T. Riegel and wife, arrivals on
the Dora ami enroute to Allentown, j
Pa., are registered at the Seward.
Jerry Ford, of Iditarod, mining
man, came in over the railroad last
night and is registered at the Sexton.
The Ladies’ Bridge Cluo meets to-,
morrow afternoon with M s. W. K.
Root at her home on Second avenue.
Dan Yickovich, M. Bvich and Alex
Tomalin, all railroad men, came in
last night and are registered at tin !
Seward hotel. j
J. C. Dougherty, who has a ladies’
furnishing store at Anchorage, is reg
istered at the Overland having come
in on last night’s train.
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The following is the weather re
ported for Seward yesterday, maxi
mum, ill), minimum 28 and current 30; j
clear with north wind.
Tom Suttes, who has been operat
ing a gasboat for the government at
Kern Creek, is registered at the Over
land while waiting for the first steam
er to the states.
"
Steamer Alaska is due to sail from
Cordova this afternoon at 4 o’clock,
according to cable advices, and will he
duo to reach here about 4 o’clock to
morrow afternoon.
Charles A. Fletcher, jr., of Dnga,«
who is going to the states to enlist in
the aviation corps, is stopping at the
Seward. He will he a passenger out
on the Alaska.
-~*5»—
Jimmie Brannen, the hydraulic j
mining man of Lewis River, reached
Seward last night on the train. Mr.
Brannen is stopping at the Overland
on his way to the states.
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With the passengers from the Dora
in town and a large number coming
in on the train last night, the blotters
of the Seward, Sexton, Overland, j
Alaska and Fairbanks houses were j
well filled this morning.
Mae Doughty arrived on the Dora
enroute to Cordova to meet her hus
band. She registered at the Seward
hotel while waiting for the Alaska.
Mr. Doughty came in last night from
the Radio station, where he is tem
porarily employed and surprised his
wife by his presence here.
ALASKA EIGHT
HOUR LAW FOR
FIRST OF YEAR
There have been many inquiries at
the Gateway office for copies of the
eight hour law, which goes into effect .
on January 1st. next. In order that:
all may familiarize themselves with [
the act passed by the last legislature, I
regulating the hours of employment
for all wage and salary earners in
Alaska, it is herewith published in
full:
Section 1. That a period of em-i
ployment for all wage earners and j
salary earners in the territory of
Alaska shall not exceed eight (8)
hours within any one calendar day ex- j
cept in cases when life or property ist
in imminent danger. Employment as j
herein used shall be construed as the '
performance of labor or service, for'
any individual, partnership, associa- J
tion or corporation, whether the per-|
son performing such labor or service
be a member of such partnership or
association or stockholder or officer of;
such corporation or not.
Section 2. Any person, poisons, as
sociation or corporation who shall vio
late or cause to be violated any of the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon i
conviction thereof shall be punished
by a tine of not less than one hundred'
dollars ($100.00), nor more than five!
hundred dollars ($f>00.00), or by im-;
prisonment in the federal jail not less,
than sixty (00) days nor more tharij
six (0) months or by both such fine
ind imprisonment. Every day’s vio-i
lation of the provisions of this act
dial I constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. The governor of the ter
ritory is hereby given the power to
suspend or modify restrictions con
tained in this law when such be re
quested by the council of national de
fense or the secretary of the interior,
and such modification or suspension
when made shall continue for a speci
fied period and not longer than tin
duration of the present war, or during
the continuation of any future war ;
with a foreign power.
Section 4. This act shall take effect j
and he in force from and after Janu
ary 1, 191S.
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The weather forecast for the next
24 hours in Seward is clearing, high
winds and a cool wave.
*
No maii from Anchorage arrived on
the train last night. Passcngcis com
ing over claimed thai the dog team
could not make the trail.
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The gasboat Altana cleared early
this morning with Captain Iverson,
and crew and Capt. Sheffler, the sec
ond party to search for Ben Sweasy
and Bill Weaver, missing for ever a
month.
-A
WEATHER ON U. R.
The following is the weather report
of points on the railroad up to 7
o’clock this morning, the figures show
ing the average temperature:
Anchorage, 22, snowing, calm.
Girdwood, 18, cloudy, s» ow.
Potter Creek, cloudy, cam; one
half an inch of new snow.
Matanuska, 12, cloudy, calm.
King, 12, cloudy, calm.
Dead Horse, 12, cloudy, cain .
Talkcetna, 10, cloudy, calm.
NOTICE — ORDER YOUR WHIP
PING CREAM FOR THANKS
GIVING EARLY. SEWARD
DAIRY. N.22;
GO EAST via
Union Pat ijic System
Through Sleeping'Cars Scilttlc~ CsIliCQ^O via Portland,
the famous C 'olumbia River, Salt Lake and Denver.
Automatic protection. Trains comfortable
and hrst'dass in every detail.
Information upon application to
II. L. HUDSON, A. G. F. k P. A.
716 Second Avenue
SEATTLE, WASH.
HOTEL OVERLANI
E. L. WHITTEMOKE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
H. V. Horf.n A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
II. V. HOBKK, Managkr
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transfe- Phones, Main 17 ard 81
CAFE-ROOMS r* \ | «§ Sherman Haynes
Pool and Billiards jl ____ I | f \ ^ 1 Proprietor
%
Best of Drinks and Cigars
■ ■
lunch Counter in Connection
THE
HOTEL
I _I v_
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
■■■HnPMViiinaraMnMnMxinriaisu^w.
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
I JOHN A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Bank of Sevt/ard Building
SLWARI) ALASKA
WIIY WEAR DIRTY
Clothes, when we will do your
family wash, rough dry? We
call for and deliver laundry.
DEE SING LAUNDRY
Phone Madison 111
Cor. Washington & Adams St.
PROMINENT AUSTRIAN
DENOUNCES U-BOATS
ZURICH, Nov. 22.—'There is at least
one prominent Austrian who does not
agree with Germany’s policy of ruth
lessness. Professor Joseph Redlich, at
a meeting of the German Labor Asso
ciation in Vienna, vehemently con
demned Germany’s policy of unre
stricted submarine warfare and her
air arids on England and strongly
urged the necessity of a peace by
agreement.
FOLKS say you
can’t buy fren’
8hip. Shucks, a fel
ler kin buy a pipe
an’ he kin * buy a
dog—an’ I reckon they re
about the best fren’s any
man ever had.