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LOCAL NOTES
IN BRIEF
The Northwestern is due to leave
Seattle today.
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Oscar (dll. mail carrier from Seward
toSusitna, is on the trad and is ex
pected in Seward tomorrow.
Colonel Kevelle is expected at any ;
time now with mail from Hope and j
Sunrise.
Fred Bunce and Dunk Little left for;
mile this morning with two dog1
teams. Fach had a full load of freight
to he dictrihuted at tlie differ* nt camps
near Roosevelt.
After considering the matter care
fully I have ducided that it is needless
to take a trip outside, as the Alaska
girls can't he beat Herbert Tozser.
A MILD ROAST
IS HANDLD US!
Seward, Alaska, Dec. -dth. ltd**.
Kditor, Date way;
You make me sick, i have seen j
a lot of editors in my life, and 1 have!
seen some that had >em enouyh to
attend their own limitless, and it i j
can think of one i wil! have him write
to you ard u'1 you th:it some of tin
dutU's t»t m itv i* ai» h* kiny r
his own a?Ta » r s anti no- :* 1 * * he ’ inn
hut:iny in on • hinys that don’t concern
him.
At the time of the last masquerade.
I made a cosrume to he worn on that
occasion, anti you spoi ed tin* effect hy
com iny out in your paper ard ?**dii y
everv no iv what 1 was in tend! hy to ,
wear, and spui in_: • he party fur tut*. 1
thouyht that y• »t* would know better I
this time as u were the means o!
keep.ny me away horn that party.
This lime I sen lu Seattle for a suit-i
»h e costume, and ayain you yet in and
tell everybody whal 1 am yoiny to
w eur.
I have a yood notion me to yo at all
now" and it it was'nt for the fact that
th.'COtniny tuuspuerade is joit y lo he
such a uamty dance. I wo«do no yo.
I have yiven the co>tume that I in*'
tended weariny to another yirl ard am
yoiny to wear oj «* of my ow n desiyn
a: 1 if you say a word about it in your
o n paper, I never s^eak t » yon as lony
a> l live, and 1 »votit even read your
old pa tier.
Now please try and have a tittle
sense and mind your own business at
least until utter this ma-q era ie hall
on New \ears Kve. Ijelieviuy that a
sold to the w i>e Is, am- >hon«d he sutli
eient. and h* piny that the rule will
work in your case although l have1
y.v doubts, l am.
You is in patient t nis’,
(I. K. <>.
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Washington, L>* •. *Ju. President
Wilson yesterday > c?«»*d Hie Hetch
Hetchy nill, and PuMfornians are
highly jubilant. San Francisco will
obtain its water supply from the
Hetch-Hetchy.
Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that last forever at $7.
Commerce Cafe
Lone distance telephone booth at the
Branch.
Fre»h Lake Trout at the Commerce
<*afe.
t>Ojkf harness at J. L. tiraef *s.
frleet me at tlie Branch
WILL CELEBRATE
ON CHRISTMAS
Tom Allison and William Collins, of
Hone, arrived in Seward last night.
They report the trnil as being very
soft and disagreeable in places, making
it difficult in getting over. They re
port that the citizen* of Hope are pre
paring for a hy yu Christmas festival,
to conclude with a grand ball, and the
purpose of their trip to Seward is to
procure a supply of good things to eat
and drink upon that occasion. They
"ill return tomorrow.
MINING MAN ON
WAY OUTSIDE
C. S. Anderson, a mining man from
the Willow creek district, arrived ia
town last night on his way outside,
where he "ill spend the next two
months. Mr. An person is very en
thusiastic concerning the future of his
district. He says that JucR Dalton,
with a large force of men, is building
stations along the Matanuska trail to
the coal !iold>. and that the tirst coal
would he brought out about t hrist
mas.
Seattle, Dec. IP. Hiram Coll, ox
mu\or (*{ tiii-- ci?\, is ^tronglv con
Nidering runnii *g t< r M e ma\« raiity
again th:* * *ing. He is no ula.*
among a **erta’n c!">s here, an ’ units-*
;i spoil;. iandu ate ift brought fot
waiai, C i 1 i wilt " in.
HA Of
Washington, I), t'., Dec. 2d. -'I hl*ee
million, eiii'ht hundred and tortx ttiuus
a; (i dollars represents tin* earniniis of
the U. S. posiollice department thus
far for U»W. The administration is
favoring the taking over of the tele
phone and telegraph service under
government oxvnership.
MELON IS CUT
IN TWO WAYS
Chicago, l )ec. 20. Ihe Deerini? es
t rie, amount inj? to over t \vel ve millions
of dollars, xvill hi* divided between the
children arid grandchildren.
NO ASSESSMENT
FOR THIS YEAR
Washington, D. t\, Doc. 20. —The
senate lias passed a bill excusing Alas
kon miners from doing annual assess
ment work this year on account of the
recent flood which swept over Nome.
Sourdoughs and cheehakos, you
are invited to the Commerce Cafe.
Service every hour in 24.
You cannot help but And something
for Xmas at George the Jeweler’s.
Three meals for One Dollar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Field glasses at J. L. Gratf *s.
let erttptrs and ice skalts at J. L.
Gratis.
EMULATES IIS
GREAT FATHER
(\dumbus, i).« Dec. l!0 liohort I ah.
snn of Kx-lYesidrilt Taft. has !»»•( li ad*
milted to the practice of the law.
THE GHOST MUST
WALK THEY SAY
Mexico fity, Dec. 1:0.—The unpaid
federal soldiers have rebelled because
the»*e is no payday with them, and
the situation is more complicated than
ever.
MUST FINALLY
COME THROUGH:
New York, Dee. Jd. -'1 lie federal
| court of appeals has sustained tin*
$230,000 judgment of Lowe vs. The
United Hatters, for boycott. The case
has been in the courts for ten wears
and thirty defendants have died dur
ing t he life of tin* ease.
j
Merlin. Dec. 20.— \ maniac stripped
entirely naked jumped upon the stage
and attempted to direct the opera
Lohengrin in one of the principal
opera houses here last night. He was
seized by the police and tak< n to jail.
A panic was narro’.wiv averted.
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The liremen are making: grand prep
arations for the bali to he given on
New \ ear » eve. As it is an annual
j affair, it is the desire to make this
ball thd best yet. and the boys are
i leaving nothing undone to make it so.
RECORD SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
New York, Dec. 20 -A plat of
ground, 72x150 feet on Forty-second
avenue, this city, has been sold for
1 $750,000. This is said to be the ligh
test price ever paid for the same
amount of ground in this city.
Bread for sale— 10c a loaf or 12 for
$1. At Commerce Cafe
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For reliable informal on write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik. Alaska, t
NJewt meat the Brancn.
j Xmas presents for the old, young,
and little ones at Butts’. Come in
and let us please you.
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. _____ *
Buciweiser beer at the Branch.
OP
HahrenherLi and Hud. heavilv inter
ested in a hydraulic proposition on
I Ml la r creek in tin* < ache ercek dis
trict, hit lore ••riroute toiheir prop,
erey via Su-dma d.-dion. '! hi \ expect
to he bus) from now Until the water
flows in tie* .spring in tiei/hl inir their
ont tit c *nsist imr of a years food sup
plies and some additional machine! \
to their properly and ^‘ettin^ in shape
for moving a hi*f xardayv ihis cumin*?
season. Jims have one of the '»e>t
placer propositions in the* ache ei nek
district and the su.t recently won from
Anderson and Kverhardt at \ aide/
quiets the title to the same, and it is
well witii.n the ran^e of posibitities
that as soon as the company repre
sented h\ Janes Moans. wimm it is
rumored has taken over tue entire
holdings of ihe ( ache ( reek Mininjj
(Jo., will also take over the Kahivn
hurir and Hud holdings. Murray has
a 1 read) asked for an option on tiie
IT round for $100,000 in cash; hut owintf
to the suit that was pending at tin*,
t ime, the opt ion was not ^iven until
such time as the ownership »*f the
if round should he delinately settled.
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rieo* I) 1*1 * )*•'!])!> ;** bu ddh IT a sled
: ih;ti is tin* IVi.u di earn of i designer
and const flirt or, it will ivvobi! ioni/.e
the art of budding Sleds in Alaskr.
The sled iti fpmstion U an entirely new
model, ho !; 01 lines that lia* e r.evu
before been attempted in the North,
r o » to used in to*-! construe! sot
is native birch worked down by bme.
I oil linished and lempeied. Tim body
ol ttie sled is lilted with a limosme top.
merely as a concession to outMde idea-'
j in palatial runabouts, and in cou ple
inent to the Mercedes and Panhati
people. Among the now- ideas ex
pressed in the makeup is an a i torn at it*
, brake that throws itself automatically
when the forwadr end of the sled is
flipped, as in going down hill, thu- ad
ding the necessary drug wi:en it is
needed. Ihe how is lilted with a trail
tinder that also works automatically.
! being thrown into gear as soon as the
! sled attemps to leave the ttuii. A
1 hikeometer is concealed in the hoot
that operates a music box, placed jusi
above tin* braae that is set in motion
| as soon a> the sled is traveling live
miles per hour, and plays continuously
■ as long as ih<* team maintains this
gait or better, and stops as soon as the
pace falls below this speed. The bed
of the sled is a tireless cooker of the
latest improved model, and a light
oiled silk tarp forms a cover for the
'load in the daytime, and can be eon
, voried into a sleeping tent, a dining
’ room, or a boudoir in one minutes t ime
when night overtakes the driver on
the trail.
Patents have been applied for on all
the new ideas anti the “tout ensemble*’
is called a IMiuushbns.
The Drimushbus will be ready for a
trial spin as soon as the weather set
tles.
The cubleship Burnside left Sitka
for Valdez at 11 o’clock yesterday
morning, where she goes to repair the
broken cable.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Prices cut in two. i’lie very best in
the market. Solid jroldand >rold tilled.
George the Jeweler.
Twenty-tfau^e, 1913 model shot jfuns
<at J. L. Graef’s. X
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New silver gfoods received on last
mail. George,the Jeweler.
Sleds for bovs and <firls; sleds for;
* * '
uen. At J. L. Gract s.
New York, < • f*« !i*- n/.e, a
broiler of Augustus f’em/.e. and for
im r 1 \ a prominent ■ .i;! • r «d lh s city,
Iris hero (In*hired ;i bankrup1, with
IiuhiSif 'ts of i w o fi iU i«»ii dollars.
A!. T. Churc!i .Services.
The (‘hrisnnas lime Mas come and it
shotdh hr a lino* of jo\ to a I. < Mu
f houghts almufd l’O To I I nn who came
into tin* world to v*ve iniih-kiint.
Our gifts to loved ones will he the
best we ran give. Then iet us give
ibe best we can g've ill m who
merits all w. can .h •. He asks om
lives.
(Jf ristmas sermon*' bi.l.h •nine
and evening at tin* .V. 11. church to
which we would Ik* pleased to ita. e aU
come who can.
The Sunday school will give tlieii
t'hristmas entertan.meat Aednesdnj
evening at the church. Ph* li'tle
loiks have .been working haul and will
piease volt. VV e wb! plan to seat
more people than ever in the church
('ijiiic and enjoy tie* evening.
.lust at a lime wind tne citizens o!
Seward are anxious to p*i ail the new*
possible of t'ledoj J’S iii A ashillgton,
I lie cable springs a leak and lias lo he
reuiiten and the«»atewu\ is obliged to
depend on what hum » « us comes by
wireless, wnicb is not very satistac*
l H*V. Th(* e.lb w e I'USf , 'A i i i sO' u
be repaired aim communication with
the outside world m* restored agun.
I [a vi* you written to y*u:p friends in
congress aim as*t< d them lo iook o <■.
p >*• ; he lid* ! * • s t ■» i I Sew.itt. ouring i i i * ‘
debate on Sue /» ..' • r •* : • at* In i
Aimost ah 1 ’» * •' t •»* er e
friend in emigre*- w. . m ew nu
w hmi > on li v. >i ni '- * ’ • •• ■ ■ > . o
w.>uId be g ia11 t«» a m \»»u 11 : m ". w. I
in tavor of tin ». <**-il «• • • ■*■ hie* .
A,, ex mom• oi\ iruer 11 * i \ .* wou<d
ai>o au i I»‘*!!i w ,tv 11 1 i c »,• • * *4• \ *y• o _T
i his h; . and i* t In'* •ippt ■ j fiat o*. ;s
il »de \ < tUr i ■ vi u i. cm . . e s w il j ■- >
sib. v be at die in >«mm a. . to advise
with I 'resident Wii» n vv «-n it comes
nine to > t\ w ro e tliee * .* t 'rtni i t.
or t he roa » shou i “ •
The Old, Old Problem.
New times, new problems. Behold
how even the old world is smitten
with modernity and its horrors as re
vealed in "Servantgalistn; or, What’s
to Become of the Missuses?”
Servant Gal-Oh, if you please,
ma’am, there was one other thing l
should like to *ave settled
Lady- Yes t
Gal Where do you go to the seaside
in the summer? Because l couldn’t go
to a dull place or where the hair
wasn't very bracing.
For the enchanting picture that il
lustrates this consult Punch, volume
24. 1853.—New York Tribune.
Burning Up Gold.
Burning a small piece of gold leaf is
a custom observed by the Ghinese at
certain anniversary celebrations, and
it is estimated that gold to the value
of $10,000,000 is destroyed annually in
this way 'Phis estimate is based on
the assumption that each individual of
a total population of 1 Io.oou.inh) burn*
at each of two anniversaries a piece or
gold leaf weighing 30S grain, makitu*
a total of 271.un».O0O grains A tiv<
dollar gold piece weighs 1”0 grains
Quite Safe.
“So lie accepted a job like that, did
heV Wei!. I did not know that a man
of his standing would accept such du ty
money ”
**( )h. h»* washed his hands with an
antiseptic solution Indore In* took ’he
fee.” —Baltimore American
How It Happened.
“A letter nddn^ed to me and mark
ed 'Personal' came to my house yester
day. and my wife didn’t open It.”
“How do you account for it V”
“She was out of town attending the
wedding of one of her cousins."—-CL*
catro Record* Hera Id.
Ordered It.
She (in restaurant) I’m so hungry
I could eat a house! fie Then that’s
what we’ll have Waiter, a porter
house, large, for two! I>ondon Tele
graph
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