SEWARD PEOPLE j
MAKING HOMES
SEVERAL HAVE LEASED THE
GROUND NEAR RAILROAD
AROl’SD THE LAKE.
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Under the new regulations which
were explained in the Gateway oi
several months ago quite a few local
people have taken leases on govern
ment property around Kenai Lake
and along the railroad near the lake.
It is not generally known, however,
that the forestry authorities last
summer went over the ground and
surveyed off the holdings of the peo
ple who had taken up ground under
leases in the forest reserve. After
this survey some of the people who
had taken five acres, the amount al
lowed by the law. have had their
holdings cut down. A1 Roberts, for
instance, who had live acres where
the creek crosses the railroad on its
way to the lake near Mile 211 has had
his holding cut from five acres to a
tract which is only one hundred feet
by two hundred feet. A few* others
in the same neighborhood also had
the size of their tracts cut down and
W. A. McNeilley *was the first man
to get the full five acres. The others
were eut dow n because they had
.aken up ground on the creek and too
close to the railroad, it is said. Mr.
McNeilley*s five acres is seven hun
dred feet deep with three hundred
, feet on the railroad. On the lake the
forest people also reserved the usual
sixty feet along the water front.
Harney Flaherty, who had quite a big
.-act, ha»l most of it taken from him.
even his garden which he had culti
ated, because he had failed to file on
• t before the district was reserved.
He had taken it up before the new
regulations giving leases of five acres
had gone into etTeet. Some Seward
j people who have taken up tracts are
Wayne Blue, Helenius, who had the
contract to clear the Terminal tract,
EMPRESS THEATRE
NEW A. B. HALL
Tuesday, Nov. 23 rd
8:15 P. M._
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT
Will Show the Following Program:
Putin* \\ eeklv News
SEES M I 'SHOWS ALL
SPEC! \L EE M l RE
“THE ONLY SON”
\\ im’ht‘11 Smith's
Great Heart Story in Modern Pictures
5 PARTS—200 SCENES
\ Masterpiece No Advance in Price
Seward Pictorial Review
Select Music
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
A Good. Big. Glean, Interesting Program
SPECIAL PRICES
ON WATCHES
All Makes Until Nov. 15th, 1915
GEORGE The Jeweler
A1 Taylor, Ben Labarce, Charles
Martin. There are several others and
it is bel oved that the neighborhood
will become a regular si^mrban dis
trict of villa homes. The surprise is
that more people have not taken ad
vantage of the regulations and taken
up tracts. Get busy.
“THE ONLY SON” IS
TONIGHT’S FEATURE
The masterpiece moving picture
film. “The Only Son”, will be shown
at the Empress Theatre tonight as
, the leading part in the show. “The
i Only Son” was the feature used by
the Liberty Theatre, Seattle’s great
! est moving picture emporium, tor its
! opening night. Besides this mastcr
| piece the Bathe Weekly and the Sew
ard Pictorial Review will be shown.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE^
RESUMED AGAIN
Telegraphic communications be
tween this city and Anchorage were
resumed again last night about 5:30
o’clock. C. D. Moyer and Charles
! Sheldon, who went out the line to re
pair the telegraph wire after the
heavy snowfall of last Friday, report
the line in good condition now. They
J returned on the train last night.
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| HOSPITAL COMMITTEE
TURNS OVER THE FUNDS
The committee having charge of
the subscription list for the new hos
pital has turned over the list and
funds to the sisters and is now ready
to secure more subscribers and make
further collections.
ALL IN READINESS
FOR BENEFIT DANCE
Everything is now in readiness for
the big benefit ball which will be pull
ed off in the A. B. Hall tomorrow
evening under the auspices of the
Pioneers. The committee who have
the matter in charge, report a very
healthy sale of tickets and point with
satisfaction at the story of one
gentleman who bought five of the
tickets and tore them up on the spot.
The ladies of Seward have completed
their arrangements for the refresh
ments for the evening.
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“Jersey Cream Kisses,” VANILLA
FLAVOR. A pure food candy, made
in Seward Alaska. For sale at the
Key.
Seward Commercial Co.
AGENTS
Ohio AMD St. Clair
RANGES
SEWARD. ALASKA
CORDOVA TIMES ROASTS
POOR JOHN E. BALLAINE
In its issue of November 17 the
Cordova Times takes a whack at our j
dear old friend Major John E. Bal
laine. It hints that John has subsi- j
dized a newspaper, or something, and j
that he has been able to publish
articles about a conspiracy hatched
by the Guggs and others. The Cor
dova paper says a certain article,
“which emanated from John E. Hal-j
laine and the veriest kind of rot.”
The Times finishes up by declaring
that ninety per cent of the Cordova
'people do not want the government
to buy the Copper River Railroad.
All they want, it says, is that the
government open up the resources
back of Cordova.
'John Rallaine, of Seward, has again
burst forth in print to air an imagi
nary plot to a great scheme afoot to
discredit the work of the Alaska En
gineering Commission and the further
construction of a government railroad
from the westward. John has these
“pipe dreams” periodically and he is
not taken very seriously by those who
know him well.—Cordova Times.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO
ASSIST PIONEER>
The Woman’s Club of Seward held
a special meeting at the Pioneer Hall
yesterday afternoon and decided to
assist the Pioneer lodge in making
the benefit dance of tomorrow night
a grand success. They will serve ice
cream, cake and coffee for two bits
>n special tables at the upper end of
the hall. They planned also on serv
ing fruit punch at ten cents a glass.
The following ladies will serve re
freshments from i) o’clock to 11 p. m.:
Mrs. H. S. Balderston, chairman;
Mesdames, Baughman, Blue, Cramer,
Chambers, Davidson, De Line, do
Sherbinin, Ellis and Green. After 11
1 o’clock the following ladies will serve:
Mesdames Lucas, Martin, McDonald,
Root, Sexton, Schaleben, Sauers,
1 Sawyer, Sloan and Whitehead.
Mrs. Lena M. Lewis talked to the
ladies about the Woman’s Club of Ju
neau.
BAND MEETING
There will be a meeting of the per
: M>ns interested in becoming members
! of the local band at the fire hall this
evening at 8 o’clock. C. E. Sinclair
was appointed band leader at the or
ganization meeting held last Satur
day evening.
LIVE Tt’RKEY SHOOTING MATCH
An old fashioned live turkey shoot
ing match for Thanksgiving turkeys
will be held Thanksgiving morning at
the head of the bay from 10 to 12
a. m. There will a special match for
ladies. Particular’s in tomorrow’s
paper.
WILLOW DISTRICT LOOKS GOOD,
J. R. Farrell, the mining man from
Peter’s creek, in the Willow river dis
trict, was an outgoing passenger in
t.he Northwestern. He says that the
prospects all through that section of
the country are very bright. The
last two months Mr. Farrell spent
hunting with Frank Saunders and
Mac Foster in the Susitna district.
The hunt was very successful and
they got several fine samples of
mountain sheep and moose. One of
the moose heads had a spread or 70
inches.
Furnished Houses for rent. See
Dougherty & Stewart.
Second hand goods bought and sold
for cash or on commission. See But
ton’s ad. Tuesdays and Fridays. 28-tf
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Ladies’ and childrens’ furnishings
at Butt’s.
Meet me at The Branch.
Mme, Frede Russell
Beauty Doctor
Combings Made Up
Ladies Attended at Their
Own Home
NEWS NOTES,
J. I). Johnston came in yesterday
on the train from Mile Seven to at
tend to some business matters, re
turning this afternoon.
J. A. McLaughlin arrived on the
train last night from Anchorage and
is one of the first to make the trip
overland. He says the trial is in
pretty fair condition considering that
it is early in the season.
The Alliance unloaded about (550
tons of merchandise and freight
destined to the firm of Brown &
Hawkins at Anchorage, which will be
used by the local consumers this
winter.
Charley Nutter who has again
come to the city says their sawmill
is now going fine since they installed
the big engine? They are cutting
lumber right along.
Joe Wilson has been sick in bed at
his cabin for the past few days.
Moll Yates has rebuilt and furnish
ed a fine little cabin on the beach near
the Pioneer Hall. Mr. Yates recent
ly arrived here from Panama and will
make Seward his home.
A crowd of about seventy aitended
thi lecture .of Mrs. L. M. Lewis at
the Pioneer Hall last night,
i Byron Whitfield, son of Engineer
Whitfield, leaves on the Alliance for
Portland, Oregon, where he will spend
the winter. He docs not know
whether he will return to Seward in
the spring or not.
L. C. Bates went out to the head
of the bay this morning and shot
three mallards and three ptarmigan.
The Independent steamship Al
liance leaves today with the following
passengers: B. D. Whitfield, R. 0.
Foote* John 0. Parker and three
steerage.
FAItRAGUT HELPS
C ITY OF SEATTLE
On the way up this trip the A<i- ]
miral Farragut, Capt. Jensen, put in- ,
to Prince Rupert to take off the pas
sengers and freight of the City of,
Seattle, which went ashore near J
there. The City of Seattle is now in
the dry dock at Prince Rupert under- j
going repairs.
Four good dogs and complete out
lit for sale. Inquire Gateway.ll-18-6t
Fox's Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
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WANTED—A pair of high resist- 1
ance phones for wireless receiving
set. Inquire Gateway office. 11-20-tf
FIRST MAIL FOR
ANCHORAGE LEAVES 29TH
The first overland mail for An
chorage, by the winter mail service,
will leave Seward next Monday morn
ing, November the 29th. It was to
haye commenced November 15th but
owing to the fact that steamers were
able to carry the mail by water it was
postponed two weeks. The contract
with Col. Revfdl calls for the delivery
of 800 pounds of mail per week at
Anchorage from the close ol navi
gation this fall to the opening of
same next spring.
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❖ TOD SLOAN FIRED *
❖ OUT OF ENGLAND *
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LONDON, Nov. 2:L—Tod Sloan,
the world famous jockey, winner oi
the Derby, has been deported from
England on being found guilty of con
ducting a gambling house. A French
woman who was in partnership with
him has been deported to Franco.
FOR SALE -I May dr piano, first
class condition. Fine selection nui.de
rolls. Apply red log cabin near A. 15.
Hall._11 -2‘« —fit
SERVICE WHICH WILL PLEASE YOU:
The accommodating, personal service which this
bank extends to every person who enters its
banking rooms is just the kind of attention
that will please and satisfy you.
We not only handle carefully and efficiently
all the business you entrust to us, but we do
everything possible to make you feel the in
terest and friendliness which we have in the
people of this community.
We invite your business.
BANK OF SEWARD
Established 190S
SAVE YOUR CIGAR BANDS
TO THE SMOKING PUBLIC:
Whoever presents the greatest number of W. It. KIN<i ci?ar hands t
our office on Christinas Eve. will receive a tine Turkey.
Whoever presen is the greatest number of Ql’EEN t)E SEWAKD ci^ai
hands at our office on Christmas Eve. will receive a box of tif'y C>ueen of
Seward Cigars. SAVE THE BANDS IT WILL PAY YOU!
ALASKA CIGAR MANUFACTURERS, SEWARD, ALASKA
Second-Hand Goods Bought and Sold
If you have anythin*/ to Scdi and we cannot ai/ocmi pr»c»\ have
your *5001 Is on sale wi’h me. Mate your price,and I "i c l cr_f*' you
5 PER CENT COM .MISSION WHEN SOU)
BUTTON’S SECOND-HAND STORE
New sroods of many kinds always on sale. Fom i n anic Faii. ».h> \vt
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THE ALASKA SHOE & HARNESS SHOP
JACOB PHILE, Prop.
Shoes, Boots and Harness Repairing
WASHINGTON ST. SIWARD, ALASKA
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Lane,
Whitehead
&
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Hayden
Seward,
Alaska
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“ PALACE JINGLES ”
The summers slipping away again,
And winter’s almost here;
The boys are coming from the hills
In search of warmth and cheer.
Come; all you lads from Anchorage
When you crave a glass of beer.
You’re welcome as the flowers in May,
And no one is siwashed here.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS j Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection | BILL DEVINE
“ PALACE JINGLES "
They meet down at the Palace
For a glass of Sherwood Rye,
And to tell about the finds they've
made,
As the winter passes by.
t Bring on that faat Interior bunch,
And from every camp afar,
For we join you in goodfellowohip
At the famous Palace Bar.