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PUBLISIIKD DAILY. KXOKPT SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry ▼. Hobta. P Frank L. Batlalne. Sac. Crlcb Utraa, It»u.
Entered ae eeeood-claea matter September. 2.1916, at the poctofflce at Seward, Alaaaa
under act of March S. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
ONE YEAR. In ad*ane«.$10.00
THE ALASKA WEEKLY POST by mall 3.00
PER MONT, delivered.|1.00
ADVERTISING RATES on application.
FOR A MINERAL EXHIBIT
One of the beneficial moves toward the Seward civic
fair for this year would be for those engaged in the min
eral development of the country to provide a mineral ex
hibit.
Exhibits could be provided from all mines and pros
pects in the district, the iron and sulphur deposits to west
ward and other places tributary to the Terminal City.
Let this suggestion sink in and send a nice sample with a
description as to location of mine, width of seam, and so
forth, to the Seward Civic Fair.
COME ON AND CAMOUFLAGE
Will the local experts tie camouflage please enroll for
service?
What? You don’t get it? Well, old Noah Webster
and you are not in the same class. Noah was hep alright,
but he kept it to himself as you can find out by referring
to his lexicography—ouch.
Camouflage must be some relation to chameleon
which gives you a hint, for the lizard of that name pos
sesses the power to change color to become inconspicu
ous by hiding in the scenery.
There you have it. The camouflage division helps
change things to look like scenery. An expert de camou
flage can make a field gun look like part of the desert or a
piece of forest and likewise can make a sumbarine or a
torpedo boat destroyer look like a section of the deep blue
sea, a reef or flock of seagulls.
The United States government has called to the de
fense of the country the best landscape artists obtain
able. They’ve been called to the colors in more than one
sense. It is a proof that the nation’s leaders are going
about the war in a businesslike fashion. The Western di
vision of American Camouflage at San Francisco is design
ed to take in a" the artists in this part of the country who
wish to help win the war.
Reports from the battlefront in France indicate that
the French have devloped the art to a degree nearer per
fection than other waning nations. We hear of road
ways painted on canvas under which troops are moving,
screened from view to the aviators flying overhead. We
hear of airplanes being painted in broad splashes of light
and shade in order to be almost invisible against a back
ground of cloud. “Low visibility’’for naval vessels already
is a familiar term to everybody who reads the war news.
Doubtless our artists will arise to the occasion and pro
duce the perfectly invisible engine of war with which we
shall smite the enmy hip and thigh. Presumably it will
have the magic powers of invisibility ascribed to* the Cap
of Darkness in the well-known fairy tale.
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THE ALASKA COAL FIELDS
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Leases on the Matanuska coal field are not being tak
en very quickly, but there is a reason. The coal mines
cannot be opened until the railroad is built. The first neces
sity for opening a coal mine is to have machinery on the
spot and just at the present machinery cannot be shipped
to Matanuska.
A few leases have been taken but with the exception
of the Eska creek mine none other has been opened for
commercial mining since the government started to build
the railroad, and the government itself has taken over the
Eska creek property.
The great question to be solved is the placing of Alas
ka coal in the great markets at a price no greater than
the price of the eastern coal, and some people seem to
doubt that this can be done. But, the big advantage of
having a railroad to the Matanuska just at present is that
the United States government can hold the fact like a
sword of Damocles over the head of the coal operators of
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DAWN.
—Fitzpatrick in St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Virginia and elsewhere.
The government for its need on the Pacific alone re
ouires about four hundred thousand tons of coal annually.
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With the war going on and with no coal of its own the gov
ernment might have to pay an enormous price. Here is
where the railroad comes in. It has actually paid for it
self right now, if not in actual cash, by showing the coal
barons that Uncle Sam, the consumer, can also be pro
ducer if the barons cannot see their way clear to make a
reasonable price.—Juneau Dispatch.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
POST PUBLISHING CO.
Notice is hereby given of a special
meeting of stockholders of the Post
Publishing company to be held in the
office of L. V. Ray in the Harriman
Bank Building, at eight o’clock in the
evening of August 2,1917, for the pur
pose of devising means of payment of
remaining liabilities of said corpor
ation.
E. 0. SAWYER, JR., President.
First Pub. July IS.
Last Pub. Aug 2.
ACREAGE
Having for sale at a most reason
able price some of the choicest land in
Resurrection Valley I therefore invite
inquiries from those that contem
plate the purchase of any number of
acres. The success with w’hich all of
those who have already bought
acreage in the Ole Martin homestead
are meeting in cultivating these lands
is the best evidence you can secure of
what the soil can do.
J. A. Stewart
Phone: Madison 147.
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for such items in FURNI
TURE slid DRY GOODS as cannot be readily sup
plied by the merchants in your community.
All such orders received by FREDERICK
& NELSON receive the prompt, personal
attention of an expert shopper and Parcel
Post shipments are sent POSTAGE PAID
to any point in Alaska.
NOTE: Inquiries for information relative to the New Spring Lines
of Dry Goods, Apparel and Accessories Will Be Given Prompt
Attention.
The Seward General
Hospital
desires to acquaint the general hospital inter
ests of this country with the facilities of this
institution for giving the latest devised methods
of nursing care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention given to
patients requiring gynecological treatments.
Hydrotherapeutic treatments carefully follow
ed. This building, just complete, electric light
ed, steam heated, hot and cold water. Physi
cians placing patients in our care will receive
every ethical attention. Prompt readiness for
acoidents, obstretrics and emergencies, day or
night. For further particulars address,
SISTER SUPERIOR.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
SAFETY
SERVICE
SPEED
Sailings from Seattle:
4 Northwestern....July 12
Alameda.July 18
Alaska.July 23
Mariposa.Aug. 1
Northwestern Aug. 4
Alameda.Aug. 10
All ships go through to Anchorage.
All passenger ships will touch at Skagway northbound. The Alameda
and Mariposa will be the only ships to call at Skagway southbound.
For further particulars of service, rates, apply to Agent.
A. H. MCDONALD, Agent.
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General and Seward in Particular an
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INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
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WJ CUES
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Grucn
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
C. E. ORLANDER
SUCCESSOR TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
WE PAY—
8 l-2c pound for lead.
$2.75 a hundred for rags.
$33 ton for cast iron.
27 l-2c pound for copper.
5c pound for rope.
18c pound for brass.
7 l-2c pound for rubber.
27c doz. for beer bottles.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1013 R. R. Ave. So., Seattle.
Proof of labor blanks at the Gate
1 way.
Old papers for sale in bundles of
100 for ten cents. Apply at Gateway.
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheelwrighting
SKWARI), ALASKA
PRIDE
of accomplishment, superior
skill, best materials, lon^ exper
ience and—
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