Billie the Horse
Dying Near Knik
Famous Alaskan too Proud to lake
Aid Lies in His Cabin.
William Klliott. better known all
over Alaska as “Billie the Horse** is
now lying very dangerously sick in
a cabin near knik and is expected to
die, and yet he refuses to take aid as
he would rather die alone than suffer
what he thinks would be the humilia
tion of accepting charity, lorn Fin
negan, who arrived with the mail last
evening, says that men went out to
the cabin to bring him in where he
could got good treatment but that he
refused point blank to accept the ot
fer and he still remains in the cabin
in what is thought a very serious con
dition. Billie has been in almost all
the camps of the territory ami is very
well known.
CAPITOL CAFE RE-OPENED
The well known Capitol Cafe. Mrs.
Ayres, proprietor, is open again tor
business. Best of cooking and ser
vice. and a big bill of fare to choose
from. “
Mince meat, fruit cakes, plum and
fig pudding.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality F'irst."
See the ready made skirts and
waists at Butt’s.
Meet me at The Branch
Coffees and teas at CRBACH’S.
SEWARD AND THE
WAR IN EUROPE
The littleness of this old world of
ours and the vastness of the European
conflict are proven by the close con
nection which some people in Seward
have with the great war. One young
Seward lady was made a widow by
the war. The brother of Seward’?
chief of police was amongst the
wounded and then amongst the “miss
ing” in the Dardanelles. Another
man well known here is in a Boston
hospital with a broken back sustained
by a fall from his aeropalne whi e
acting as aviator with the French
army. Several citizens of this town
have relatives in the trenches on all
sides and. to cap it all. a member of
Henry Ford’s peace mission wrote a
special article in hist month s All
Alaska Review about the proposed
Alaska university.
NOME VS. ANCHORAGE
As to how the ice in Cook Inlet
would compare with that of Bering
Sea near Nome Captain Frank John
son. of the boat Wilhelmina. who ar
rived this morning, could not say.
Ca: ♦. .n Johnson has been for years
engaged in the coastwise trade near
Nome ami has recently been engaged
in the Anchorage region. He says the
chief difference is that the Nome iee
is solid anil that the high tides at An
chorage drive the ice back and forth.
He has docked his boat at Seldovia
for the winter.
Everyone interested in Alaska
reads the Gateway.
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Thurs.. Dec. 9, 8:15 Sharp!
BIG FEATURE!
Daniel Frohman presents
The Scales ol Justice”
Five Vets with 200 Superb Scenes
Select Music_
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
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 vou.
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 1005
Alaska Point Bluff Coal
0*11 T*-*« Cleaner and
*P 11 i 01 I Oil Better Than Ever
A. C. de SHERBININ Phone Main 65
EXPECT EVERY CITY TO
USE NEW ELECTION PLAN
ASHTABULA, 0., Dec. 8.—Under
Ashtabula’s new government by
Proportional Representation every
faction of voters totaling more than
one-eight of the votes cast, gets one
representative in the city council.
The change was made Nov. 2.
Ashtabula with 20,000 population is
the first American city to adopt the
plan. It is said to be truly represent
ative of all the citizens. The plan’s
advocates predict that it will be gen
erally adopted. They claim it is bas
j ed on principle while others are bas
ed on patronage. The citizens are
said to be pleased with it.
Party control, an objection to the
j City Manager plan, has been obviated
by the Ashtabula principle, it is said.
It is asserted that by having the best
man of any group of voters seek a
council place on his group’s principles,
ward politics is abolished.
There were 14 candidates for 7
places, each nominated by a 2 per cent
j voters’ petition on non-partisan bal
I lots. Each candidate's faction was
i stated after his name. Each voter put
, the figure 1 after his first choice.
His vote counted for but 1 candidate
but he could make as many secondary
choices as there were names. The
I councilmen were chosen at large.
Elections to office were determined
by dividing the total vote by 8 giv
ing, in Ashtabula, a quotient of 372
on the basis of 2,972 valid votes. Any
i candidates with 372 first choice votes,
j were elected. If he had aver 372 they
were given to the next highest man
not already elected. Low candidates
were dropped and their votes added to
the next highest choice on the ballot.
When the ballots were counted the
business faction hail 3, the Irish,
Swede and Italian l each and the
Socialist; (the only party mentioned)
one.
WANTS TRAIL TO
KERN CREEK FIXED
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 0. — The
Chamber of Commerce has passed a
resolution urging the Road Commis- J
sion to spend immediately twenty
five hundred dollars for repair work
on the trail from Kern creek to Bird j
; creek. A committee consisting of;
Lathrop, Roy Larsen, and Cotter, are ,
leaving today for Seward to urge the ;
Seward Commercial Club to take
similar action. Others leaving for
Seward today are Revell, George
Fowler and Tracy.
NOTICE F. & A. M.
All Free and Accepted Masons are
urged to attend a meeting to be held
at the Pioneer Hall Thursday evening,
December 9th. A discussion regard
ing the formation of a lodge here and
the election of officers for the year
are the important items to be attend
ed to.
SIDNEY ANDERSON, pres.
Boys ribbed cashmere and fleece
lined stockings, shoe pacs and high
top leather shoes.
Brown & Hawkins, "Quality I* irst.
Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111.
Tray service receives prompt at
tention. —tf.
Commerce Cafe established 1905.
Meals 25 cents up. E. Levin, pro
i prietor.
Best cigars and refreshments at
J Terminal Bar. See ad. 11*1 tf
THE UP-TO-DATE JEWELRY STORE
You can find something that will
please you all for CHRISTMAS
at George the Jeweler
As good a selection of goods as you will
find in Alaska. PRICES ARE RIGHT
and goods are of the BEST MAKES,
Guaranteed by the manufacturers and
GEORGE A. MIRLACH
NEWS NOTES
George* Wilkins and “Banjo Bill”
are thinking of pulling olT a minstrel
show in the near future, featuring
music with boxing and sleight of hand
as a side issue.
A copy of the Spokane Spokesman
Review just to hand contains a long
obituary notice of the late Mr. Wil
liam Lewis Calhoun, the father of
Mrs. James Walker of this city. The
late Mr. Calhoun was a veteran of the
civil war and reached the rank of
lieutenant. He was also a successful
business man and, judging by the
/mper, he was a most highly respected
resident of Spokane.
Frank Burley is an outgoing pas
senger on the Evans for Juneau,
where he will spend the winter. Fred
V. Camm and Jake Westby also leave
on the Evans for Juneau.
Max Herman of the Alaska Cigar
Factory, is making a business trip to
Cordova on the Admiral Evans.
Attorney J. J. Finnegan left on the
Evans for Valdez on a business trip.
He will return on the next boat.
A large amount of freight and
supplies left for out the line on the
train today.
Mayor Myers shovelled a beautilul
avenue ail the way from the Gateway
office to his store this morning and j
when asked what he was doing it for
he said he wanted “to divert some of,
the traffic.”
Max Poehlman returned to his
headquarters at Mile Twelve on the
train today.
W. P. Heath and William Greer
tarted out together today to go to
Anchorage on foot. Mr. Heath has
extensive mining interests which he
will tend to about 100 miles up the
Susitna River from Susitna, and ex
pects to return to Seward in about
three months. Mr. Greer is going to
Anchorage for the first time to look
j over the country.
Captain 0. S. Gill of the govern
ment boat Alaska arived from Cook
j Inlet on the Evans.
I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bunce left on
the train today for their home at
I Roosevelt.
J. Marrion, while stringing timbers
from the freighter Seward night be
fore last, fell and threw his whole
weight on the right thumb, breaking
it above the second joint.
A. G. de Sherbinin received a ship
ment of 50 tons of coal on the Ad
miral Evans today from the J. A.
Herbert coal mines at Seldovia.
w. L. Lodge left for his homestead
near Mile 18 on the train this morn-i
ing. He and H. L. Long, who have,
been hunting together, came in last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Hen Howard is a passenger on
the Evans for Seattle where she will
visit with friends over the holidays.
Jack Cummings is passenger on the
Evans for Juneau where he will con
sult an eye specialist and spend a
couple of weeks at the lenakee Hot
Springs.
Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Hoots,
Packs, Underwear. Anything you
need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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Furnished Houses for rent. See
Dougherty & Stewart.
Mens and boys shirts, shoes, gloves,
caps, stockings and mackinaws at
URBACH'S.
Percolators, Electric and Common,
Casseroles, El Grillo-Toasters. Make
sensible presents. Buy of SEWARD
COMMERCIAL CO.
Big new shipment of Flannel
Shirts, all prices and every number
a bargain.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First."
See Button’s ad. Tuesdays and Fri
days. Second hand goods, cash or
commission. 9-28-tf
The Key, sole agent for Lloyds
“Specialty Candy." Absolutely Pure,
made in Seward, Alaska.
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Wanted: to rent, a piano. Gateway.
OUTGOING PASSENGERS
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The passengers leaving on the Ad
miral Evans are: For Valdez; Geo.
A. Parks, Mrs. Guy McConnell, John
Lahour and J. J. Finnegan. For La
' touche; E. Gaupholm and J. Floyd.
For Cordova; Max Herman, M. Ikid
rich and William Maloney. For Ju
fneau; F. B. Camm, Jack Cummings,
R. Buttler, Jake Westby and Frank
Burley. For Seattle; Mrs. R. I).
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schneider,
Peter Monahan, C. H. Sickels, Mrs.
Ben Howard, Ed. Erickson, Knute
Bradlund, Roy Fairbanks, N. Tyle, N.
Graner, W. J. Russel, Julian Reed,
W. A. Murray, Mrs. Ade Dennis, Mrs.
0. Jacobson, Mrs. Anne Young, Ed
ward J. Uhl, Miss Rose Cahalan, J. L.
Schofield, I/)uis Knaflich, William
Fitzpatrick, G. A. Lester and George
Bevier.
Judge S. O. Morford intended to go
outside on the Evans but important
business matters came up at the last
moment which compelled him to post
pone his leaving until the North
western.
Lt. C. A. Dougherty, of the U. S.
Army Signal Corps, who has been in
Seward for the past few weeks on a
vacation and hunt out Kenai Lake, is
a returning passenger to Valdez, his
headquarters.
Mrs. Guy McConnel left on the Ad
miral Evans for Valdez, where she
will join her husband.
A great many people outside and
inside Alaska are now anxious to get
any nows they can of the place where
the government railroad will be. To
save writing letters you could send
the Gateway, either your own read
copy or get ano^ier.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty is done by the Gateway juBt as
well is outside.
TON OF GOLD COMING
Anchorage, Dec. 9.—Over a ton
of gold is coming out from the Idita
rod in charge of Bob Griffis and is ex
pected in Knik in three days. Four
dog teams are employed to haul it.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Sunday: Masses at 8:30 and 10:30
a. ra. Sunday school after Mass.
Rotary, Instruction and Benediction,
7:30 p. m. Weekdays: Mass at 8
a. m. **
NOTICE
All members Knight of Pythias
communicate with Mr. C. A. Myers by
j phone or call.
Watcrfill & Frazier whwkey at
“The Branch."
Second hand goods bought and sold
for cash or on commission. See But
ton’s ad. Tuesdays and Fridays. 28-tf
Beginning Monday, Dec. v. special
sale on laces and ribbons, 33 and a
third per cent. off. One week only.
Seward Commercial Co.
All mushers are invited to meet at
the Commerce Cafe. Open night and
day.
Mens’, womens’ and childrens’
arctics and rubbers at URBA( H S.
Dry goods at Butts.
There’s one rubber boot
that hits “made good’*
in Alaska, and that’s the
Goodrich
“HIPRESS
White Boot
“With the Red-Line ’round the Top”
i
You know that when a hoot comes in and
simply sweeps the whole country like
“HIPRESS” has done, it’s GOT to be
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
White Goodrich “HIPRKSS" Boots actually wear
longer than iron or steel! You don t have to halt
sole them with leather—they far outwear hob
nailed leather soles. The reason tor this unusual service is that
“HIPRESS” are constructed by an entirely new process—fifty years
ahead of the old.
Made of the same tough rubber that goes into Goodrich Auto 1 ires—welded
together under enormous pressure INTO ONE SOLID l’IL( L!
Nothing to come apart—they*can’t leak, peel, crack or split! They’re comfort
able, too—shaped to the foot while it’s working. We promise that once you start
wearing White “HIPRESS” you’ll never be satisfied with anything else. And
remember—it has a Red-Line ’round the Top.
DEALERS — Write at once for samples and pri
The B. F. Goodrich Company
c . • a. SEATTLE BRANCH:
Factoncc Akron. Ohio xhe g p Goto<|nch Rubber Company
Branches and Denier* Everywhere 113*15 Kim* Street
CLOTHING FURNITURE
SHOES HARDWARE
“Quality First**
From the Biggest and Best Stock of Groceries
ever carried in Seward we quote the following prices.
Look 'em over. Every item is a money saver.
Sugar ... $ 7.00 per hundred
Potatoes . . . L75
Patent Excellent Flower 6.75 per bbl.
Libby’s Milk . . 3.50 per case
Mt. Vernon Milk . 3.50 “
Darimade Brand . 3.50
Carnation . . 3.75 “
Extra Fancy Apples 2.50 per box
Tomatoes, Special Solid Pack, No 3 tins,
worth $5.00 . 4.00 per case
Tomatoes, Puree . 2.75 “
Assorted Fruits . 5.00
New consignment of Evaporated Fruits, including
Logan Berries in packages--something new
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frown & Hawkins
Anchorage SEWARD Knik
TELEPHONE MAIN 1
“ PALACE JINGLES "
The summer’s 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 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.
Bring on that fast Interior bunch,
And from every camp afar,
For we join you in goodfellowahip
At the famous Palace Bar.