SEWARD’S POPULAR XMAS GIFT SHOP
Everything for men. women und children.
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KODAKS
Make a splendid present
We have them from
$8.50 to $125.50
CANDIES
By the pound or box
Just received on the steamer
Northwestern a large
variety of the famous
HA VS’ CANDIES
We also have other popular
makes in sweetmeais
CIGARS
By the box
Tobacco of all kinds s
CHRISTMAS CARDS
The finest kind of
* stationery
Pictures — Album'.
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BUENOS AIRES, Dec., 20—A
conn itt v t» the Chamber of Deputies
lu.s discovered after move than a
r*s investigation that Argentina is
afflict* \ with ‘ trusts0. Wine, Hour,
lime, potatoes, meat, and oil and nap
t!;a ate des .*ribed in a roc mt r^eort e»
the committee as und r the control Oi
trusts v h Si have been able to Hoy -
ish and mamtain high prices chiefiv
b cause of h gh protective tariffs or
*‘ ‘voiab’e railroad rates, it is charge*!.
The committee ' inds that tne most
read trust in Argentina, the world
t ust is put ip quotation ma
throughout the report is the “vvmc
t st° in tho great grape-growing
j ovince of Mendoza on the slopes of
t - And 'S. It is chaig< *1 that this com
Electric Serins; Machine motors it
Graefs.
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National Water Motor Washer*
at J. L. Graefs.
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Klaine Eocene and Pearl Oil at
Graefs. * •
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Ice Creepers and Skates— Griefs
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Fishermen s Supplies at Graefs.
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FLASH LIGHTS ami batteries a:
J. L. Graefs.
PLUMBING AND
HEATING
Sheet Metal Works
CHAS. LECHNER
Tel. Madsn 146
let us do
YOLK WASHING
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SewaristeamTauiiilri1
Phone Main 157 I
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JOB PRINTING
AT THE
GATEWAY
binntion of win'* producers is an “of*'
f»Val trust o’ganized by the lav.* of
;h*. p.wince” which is able to pay the
co ;t of the greater part of its nmin*
. • -.ton out of “the local privilege
crated by the monop^y of wine.*1
1> -t n of grapes and wine, ox
ne-ta»:on of wine at a low pr:ce n d
maintidnanco of a high price in A»
g it»n:i are alleged. The “trust" is
.,i » to ovkt. th * reeovt says bv v,v
too of b'gb customs duties which d;s
,>■ the importn.tmn of ordumr
\y ncv; p nd bv the n;d of the national
S;.»d:s. Reft»?m in the admimstrathm
of the bnuks ard in the tariff law.* i
demanded.
*ri,0 committee names the Standard
0M Comoanr. of the TTn;t"d State**, a
t»-n t which r^t o’s kerosene and
tmntha in Argertma. The report s*'*-,
fo«th tbnt t’>:s trust no»t Tmmicnno
o<» -erfmI snhs;d*ary companv, divided
n its legal aspect Into one section v-'
production, another of marketing and
tra n.snort.
“The commercial nrr.et*ees ef th‘s
... ,, . t>'e report, “are those of
a * nonopoly which wishes to extend
n< •> r*.('*-•' -.«d consolidate. Theve is
no proof that the trust has determined
.i• m in -r-a.s'ng the nricrt of K'wo* n '
ai' I naptha ;n the country, but it is
G EN TLEMEN! •
We have just the thing she wants. .
Will he glad to help you select yonv
" ts and wrap them with tissue paper
ard tie with ribbon, etc., if you will
ju *t give us a chance.
ELLS W 0 R T H *S
COTTER’S
WE HAVE
earned the
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complete confidence
of men who recognize,
appreciate and demand
the best in
M E N * S
W EARING
A P P A R E L
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DISTILLATE $3.30 |> r case at Graefti
THE BELMONT
Workingmen’s Home
ROOMS 50 and 75 cts.
Now Under New
Management
of
MRS. Wm. FAIRMAN
all RIGHT! LET’S GO
MALAMUTE STAGE LINE
Now Carrying PASSENGERS & EXPRESS Between
Talkeetna, Broad Pass, Nenana and
ALL INTERIOR POINTS
Arrangements can be made by letter, telephone
or wire.
J. A. STEWART,
Talkeetna, Alaska.
■ Rooms
Hot .and Cold Water
Steam Heat ,
VANGILDEIt BUILDING
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curtain t>mt its prices represent a re-1
lup’vij increase, that is to say, witn
relation to the cost of production.’
Argentina’s defense against “thi.<
int M-national and almost world-w ide
monopoly’" the committee says, con-1
sists of encouraging commerce in an 1
production of all other materials ett- |
phhfo of producing light and heat ana
(W (doping the production of imtrr’
on \‘as a gove’Timcnt enterprise “sin
ce ••very private enterprise will he nn
ni Intod or absorbed bv the trust.”
Dealing with meat, the report says
that the exportation of this commo
d» v ‘s in the hands of great compan
ion which are subsidiary to still more
pmvrvful fotmgn companies tom :r>g
to-yard capitalistic monopoly. The
* o'imd* »' reoommerds that Argent*
na organize its own meat industry
\v»‘h municipal and regional cold sto* •
*ig * pi arts' anM enter into direct mda
th groat foreign market* of
cousumption.
Fading that a milling trust ex: ts
th » /^mmittee declares that laws
r*o v’nst extortionate capita1 is ts com
bi at?nns are necessary and that “we
sh mM educate ourselves economically
an 1 nnh’t'cn’lv Tor the socialization o'
th s industry.**
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!»• )\FH? OK V '• R \\E*T H \S
CELEBRATED 99th BIRTH DA'.
WKWATCHEE, Wash.. Doc.. *20
pi(rv»pv of the fa’
west, recently celebrated, at his hone
» v lir. '> h:s !** h,r,birthday. He is a
co-sin of David Livingston, the farr
W an oxrdorej\ prnndson of one
of N'npoloon’s officers and a veteran of
tho Mexican war.
n -*)rt * o p " haps because of, h'F
seventy years spent in the hardshlj
q;* the now \\\ st, Livingstone is de
c1 ed to be in possession of all h‘
fa *iilt;cs« with an accuracy of eye and
a tiength of arm that enables him at
tv »tve. feet to throw a boWie' knif
t1, >ugh an inch boflird.
LI ’>gston • v.cirt to California bt'
way of the Isthmus of Panama in l$.*j
4!*. He-knew Granin McClellan, Shcr
rv ) and Pickett when tliby were sub
o’ {inate officers in the frontier army.
M ses, Mukiltcrk, fSeattle, ICamialfin.
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Tonasket, Joseph and other famous In
dian chiefs of the northwest were his
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acquaintances.
In the long years lie has lived in
the west he has been hunter, trader,
trapper, sailor, scout, prospector, gold
miner, horse breeder, marksman and
athlete.
INDIAN MAIDEN HAS
CHRISTENED A SHIP
DUILT IN CALI FORM \
.ONG BEACH, Cal., Dec., 20— For
the first time, it was said, an Anie
can Indian maiden christened a *1 :
owned by the United States who 1 Ihe
Vinita, an 8800 ton Emergency Fleet
vessel, named for an Oklahoma city.
,vrs launched here recently.
The christening was done by Mis
Toyce Hawkins, a Cherokee girl,
/inita, Okla., which also was repre
sented by a number of other citizens
The Vinita, which wS% he ready
’( livery in five or six weeks, will ro
>r *scnt a total expenditure of $1,800,
J00.
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J'NTCCKY (TTY IS TO
BUILD MODEL IIOMT*
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec., 20— The
• Tting aside of a million dollars b*
T • city for erection of model cottage,
o be sold to workingman at resonnbl
•at \s, is be:r>g consalercd by the Lout a
;il!e Board of Trade. The board re
•ently received a report from a ‘Om
ni ttee which investigated the plan
idopted in St. Louis to relieve th«
liouso shortage.
;AYS AVIATOR ROOSEVELT
LOST IIIS WAY IX CLOl D
WASHINGTON, Dec., 20— Cap
v.'ri Rickenbackcr and Major M ds.
the famous* aviators, testifying
t the aviation hearing hcrcjFesterda *
' * tied the reports that Quentin Roo-;»*
e t was killed after having been <k
yerted by his comrades.
• The witnesses testified that \ rung
Vtosevelt lost his way in a cloia
>ank and became confused and joint* 1
a German squadron.
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Inspect our Ref . iterators.
Assure Yourself of Cleanliness
and Sanitary Conditions.
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H. V. HOULiN, Manaoeb ;
Coal, Wood and ice
General Transfer • • I’hones, Main 17 und Hi
HOTEL OVERLAND
Whittemoi e & Macules — Proprietors
SEWAKD ALASKA
EXCLUSIVE
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OF
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MAKETIIE-NORTEERN YOUR
HEADQUARTERS WHERE IN SEWARD.
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JOHN A. Nr LSO . IV.anag r
Office Adi i. *'.1 • ding
Wayne i- ue, Agent. j
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ilHAlD ALASK. j
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Ydhen it comes to the hard
“knot c* down - drag - oat ”
service that a fisherman
give ;!• lots, ordinary rubber
can’t f and up.
ButCoodricb “ 1 li-^res:’’ Rubber Boots and
SI o'v* aren't ordinary. They’re made in a
beder way—Ti t ^ )LIi3 ITECvia—and
they can’t leak or peel.
< )i)o j a;r will out i kst a v* i o!e
sea* on of hard service ait
u ::r two or three ordir iry
pairs.
Put your money on Good ich
“ i Ii-Prc" s” and \ on II n< ver
he satisfied with anything
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else.
Said by 45,000 Dealers
The B. F. Goodrich Bubbcr Coy
The Citv of Cioodrieli—Akron, ( ioy
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113*15 Kintf Street
Seattle