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THE DOER.
(Dawson Daily News.)
Make the best of the worst of things,
is the attitude of he who woud be wise.
The optimist insists on cheerfulness.
He needs it mentally as the system
needs oxygen. A fake optimist is a
bubble, bright and brilliant in sun
shine, but when touched with rough
stuff bursts. The real hard-rock opti
mist is a tonic and jewel. He is an
erpander. The world is too small for
him. incidentally, he is the man with
the pick and shovel who starts the
movement to new locations. The \u
koners knew him well. Many a time
they have seen him strike out for the
hills with his pack and dog and gun,
an independent fellow, earnest a bit
of fatalist, adapting himself readily to
circumstances. He will tackle a rag
ing river on a few logs bound together
with willows. If he goes under, no one
may ever know the how or when of it.
If he wins, thinking nothing of it, he
follows his course. If he is out for
placer gold, he has an eye for rimrock
aud gravel banks in creeks and gul
ches; if a quartz man, he looks for
••float” along the bars and fringes of
the waterway. Patiently he will dog a
likely prospect to its lair in the virgin
ruck. When the float is increasing he
knows that he is drawing nearer the
source.
He may find no more than a small
piece or two in a whole day’s tramp,
but he is experienced as well as hope
ful. A change in the water course, an
♦Hilly, a current, has its effect. He
studies nature instinctively. The good
prospector is a born naturalist and
observer. He knows hiS rock as thor
oughly as Faber does his spidor or the
blind wood boer. When the “float”
ends abruptly, there the prospector
camps. The glow of his fire lights the
darkness, the crackle of burning logs
break the stillness. A bit of canvas a
couple of poles, a blanket spread on
spruce boughs, a piece of bacon in the
pan, a biscuit, a pot of tea, a pipe, and
your optimist feels like a lord. If he
has luck, a Keno Hill or Mayo boom
may result.
And what follows ? Look over the
history of mining throughout the
world. In the glow of his camp-fire on
river or mountain did the prospector
see towns, cities? Hear the hammer of
the worker, feel the throb of indust
ry? No, likely not. But he made all
these things.
His name may never be known out
side his own small circle of cronies,
but his works ring around the earth.
Excavations show that beavers have
been building their dams on the same
sights for thousands of years. Investi
gation shows that some people have
lived in a rut all of their lives, even
I though they could see better things,
j for them, on either side of the rut.
: What is the answer?
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Oct., 6— Halibut is
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quoted today at 21 cents chicken at 10
cents, sable fish 6 cents and red and
ling coil 2 cents.
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OK SENSE AND NONSENSE
CAUGHT ON THE ELY BY
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The town .should take an option on j
the nunature park tha has been laid]
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out and designed by one of its citiz- j
ens. Dan Corcoran, has spent many i
hours of liaitl, consistent work per- !
fee ting this little spot and if he ever j
decided to move away ..from Seward,'
which event we sincerely hope he will j
never put into effect, the city should
have the first opportunity to buy the
place. It. would be an ideal location for
a Chamber of Commerce building.
In tiu\5o days when the liberation
of Alaska fiom the bonds and shackles
of red tape that bind her hand artTt
loot is the paramount issue the man
who is tlying to work out a solution
as to the problem meets, from many
ouicos a violent resistance. Every
evil turn of speed* tha'„ some people
have learned to use with a venom and
a cantankerousness of action is hurled
at him. People doubt, and sneer and
continue to play solitaire in the game
called “Opening up Alaska”. It would
be amusing if it were not pitiful.
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The Ketchikan 'aerie of Eagles is
limy meeting in its new hall which
cost several thousand dollars to errect.
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with the Red Line \Hound the Top
There’s all the difference in
the world between ordinary
fishermen’s boots and (Jocdmh
the kind thr;t wont leak or pezl.
and which wear far bayvj id
your expectation.^
And al! this additional comfort
ami pieater economy is yours if
you’ll merely Le careful to look '
for the ~'RcdLine round the <#p
when you buy.
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SEWARD
is the busiest
CITY in
ALASKA
THE KEY
is the busiest I
place in
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Saw a man today with an ivory,
cigarette holder and a watch fob made
of ivory and a pair of ivory cuff but
tons in his shirt and when his wife
asked him to buy her a string of ivory
beads he almost had a fit.
The United States is the largest
wood using country in the world bu«.
notwithstanding this fact the wood of
Alaska is being reserved and because
it is there is a serious shortage 01
some of the woods needed. How long?
When some people secure “prior
rights'1 to anything they immediately
jegm to abuse the rights and forget
the prior part was not given for the
,o»o purpose oi “piying” those who uo
not enjoy the same priveleges.
as wen as some people. There is u
oniony for everything, and the rem
:iiy applied m some communities to
some people and some corpoiation..
who noiU prior rights is both drastic
and elTective.
Our giris whq carry papers every
.u ici noon to Inc homes anil business
Oi our subscribers are all bright
...gvni children. When they tell us
1 licit they deliver their papers we bo
,iieve tiiem nnpiicity. let there aie
some among our subscribers who oc
casionally complaine tliat they did not
receive their paper and these people
usually blame the carrier. The real
reason in almost every caSe is because
their paper has been begged borrowed
or stolen by a person who does not
subscribe for it. Please place the
blame where it belongs.
Classifieds
FOR SALE— Gas boat, Eagle U.
27, 32 feet long, 8 feet four inch beam,
24 H.'P., Gray engine; 1 speed wheel,
1 towing wheel, 1 skiff, 1 anchor, 100
feet chain, sails and stove, Price $750
Apply City Express. S7tf.
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Wanted— Miners, muckers and
yardmen. See Paulson at “The Key.”
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60, 40 and 20 per cent giant powder,
inquire at GraeFs. 021.
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FOR SALE— One silver fox. One
year old, good condition, price reason
able. Address R. E. SM Gateway. Oltf.
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FRUIT CANNING season is here.
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Jet your Kerr pint and quart jars at
i. L. Graefs. Jy26tf.
FOR RENT Furnished houses and
cabins. See Dougherty.
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Make your own batteries-See Graef.
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linoleum and Congoleum rugs at
Graefs.
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Tocket flashlights at Graefs
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j Anchors, large and small, at Graefs.
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National - Water Motor Washers'
at J. L. Graefs.
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Two and three ply roofing at
Graefs. ^
Aluminum waif at Graefs.
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Fishermen’s Supphes siGraefu.
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SAILS SOUTHBOUND
STEAMER ADMIRAL EVANS 1
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Steamer Admiral Evans will lave Seattle an next trip an Oct. 21st.
Company reserves right to change schedule without notice.
ADMIRAL LINE BUILDING
Wayne Blue, Agent..... • •.Seward Alaska.
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ALASKA company
SAILING SCHEDULE
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Sail ; rom
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Sept. 30
Oetv 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 25
Nov. 5
Nov. 15
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STEAMER SEWARD
Northwestern Oct. 6
Alaska Oct. 13
• Aiamcda Oct. 20
Northwestern Oct. ol
Alameda Nov. 11
Northwestern Nov. 21
Due Lv Seward
Southbound
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
Oct. 22
Oct. 31
Xov. 11
Xov. 21
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A* H. McDONALiD, Agent.
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I FRATERNAL
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Meets every Tuesday 8 P.M., at
A. B. Hall. Visiting Brothers
invited.
Chaa. K ref ting, Dictator.
A. H. L. Meyer, Secretary.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLO NO. 9
Meets on 2nd and ith Friday
each month, 8 p. m„ Pioneer Hall
WOOD UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Licensed Embalmers
Funeral Directors
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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DEALERS IN RAW FURS '
Seattle, . New York,
Alaska Building. 127 W. 27th Street.
NOTICE
A WORD TO YOU:
At our Seattle Office we have opened a buying department for the
benefit of the Alaska Trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations desir
ing closer connections for buying and selling. The service-rendered is direct;
we, At every stem exorcise dose supervision over all transactions, thus assur
ing accurate and prompt attention.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship right, to
insure right — to attend to all matters as your personal agent. Your inquiries
and wants will receive our immediate and most courteous attention.
WRITE US — there is no obligation. We are just the business con
nection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the baying of mining,
Cannery and fishing supplies, drygoods, groceries, dgars and tobacco, drags,
rubber goods, furniture, household sundries, electrical goods, gas engines —
in fact, anything that grows or is manufactured.
' v We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all Alaskan
product* Get in touch with us, giving fall particulars, arid year goods will be
boM right.
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