POSTMASTERS !
HADTO QUIT
THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT,
VACANCIES IN ALASKA
IS POLITICAL.
The Seward postmaster, the Cor
dova postmaster and about four or
five other postmasters of Republican
politics in Alaska hail to quit office, j
That is the whole truth and the whole
sum and substance of the story ot the,
vacancies which are now being caused
in Seward, Cordova and Skagway and
which will be caused soon in Juneau.
Valdez and Nome. The Gateway has
been aware for some time of this in- {
tention but it rather doubted that the
matter would come to a head so soon
and it refrained from mentioning it
until a Cordova paper did so and there
was no use in further trying to hide a
fact that might have been disagree
able to some friendly people. The
Gateway, however, published the fact
when the Cordova Times did s > and
thus told the people of Seward of the
impending change.
Weeks ago the following dispatch
from Washington came to hand in
directly and in the light of events now
happening it seems to have been cor
rect after all:
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. — Six
postotfiees, throughout the territory
of Alaska are now ready for demo
cratic appointees at the hands of
President Wilson.
The offices, with the present in
cumbents to be affected by the ap
pointments are as follows: Cordova,
Harry G. Steel; Juneau, Earle L.
Hunter; Nome, Severin J. Bakke;
Seward, Phillip J. Hickey. Jr.; Skag
way, A. E. Kindell; Valdez, Jesse C.
Jefferson. No names have been men
tioned officially for the appointments,
and as there are no vacancies yet, it is
not 1’kely that the appointments will
be mentioned until congress is in ses
sion.
ALASKAN TIMBER
From the Chicago Journal: The
commission which is to build the
government railroad in Alaska will
cut 85,000.000 feet of timer in the
Chugach national forest for use in
constructing the line. This is a good
deal of wood. Yet it is barelv more
than 10 per cent of the estimated an
nual growth of timber in the public
domain of Alaska.
The forest service estimates that
800,000,000 ft. of lumber could be cut
ever}' year forever in Alaska national
forests without decreasing the supply
At $10 per 1,000 feet—a low valuation
K1H3 GEORGE Y
KING GEORGE WELL VS EVER |
LONDON, Dei*. -.—In spite of the1
anxiety felt that the injuries sus- j
tained by King George when he fell
from his horse might be permanent
it was announced by Sir Frederick
Treves today that his majesty has re
covered completely and no ill effects
have been left.
—the forests of Alaska would yield
each year $800,000 more than Secre-;
tary Seward paid for the whole ter- j
ritory.
The greatest national bargain in all j
history was tho Louisiana purchase; i
and one of Jefferson’s chief titles to
fame is that he had the wit and cour-1
age to throw his theories of govern- i
ment overboard and seize this unique.,
incomparable opportunity. W ith that ,
exception Alaska is about the best in-:
vestment of $7,200 000 that any coun- ]
try ever made.
—
Best cigars and refreshments at
Terminal Bur. See ad. 11-1—tf '
Mens and boys shirts, shoes, gloves,
caps, stockings and mackinaws at
URBACH’S.
Mince meat, fruit cakes, plum and
fig pudding.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
EMPRESSTHEATRE
NEW A. B. HALL __
Thursday, Dec. 2, 8:15 p. m.
"The Divine Appeal”
Or the Lion Tamer's Revenge
A 3-Act Drama by the Famous Players of France.
"The Mysterious Lodger
Comedy
Select Music
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
“Mush” J. F. McGovern of the
Frye-Bruhn company arrived last
evening from Anchorage with Frank
Knnis. They say the lowest it went
at Anchorage was twenty below zero.
They are authorities for the state
ment that it is much colder down near
the railroad tracks than on the
plateau where the city is situated.
FIR SALE BREAKS
ALL RECORDS
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 23.—All previous
records for prices brought by govern
ment furs were broken at a govern
ment auction sale held there Thurs
day. The usual London sale being
prevented by the European war, for
eign buyers bought heavily.
Tonight H. M. Smith, United States
commissioner of fisheries, wired a re
port to Washington, which showed
that the government’s 513 blue foxes
had brought an average of $114.47 as
compared with the $42.21 average of
the last sale held two years ago.
Sixty-five white fox skins brought an
average of $24.55, as compared with
$14.77 two years ago. Seventy beav
ers brought $12.75 each on an aver
age.
The record price at a sale by priv
ate dealers immediately after the auc
tion was $2,610 for a pair of silver
foxes. One hundred and thirty-five
others brought from $400 to $000 the
pair. A sea otter was sold for $o80.
Today’s sales aggregated about
$150,000. The auction will be con
tinued tomorrow. The government
furs came from Pribilof Isle, the gov
ernment farm of Alaska.—Ex.
Commerce Cafe established 1005.
Meals 25 cents up. E. Levin, pro
prietor.
Boys ribbed cashmere and fleece
lined stockings, shoe pacs and high
top leather shoes.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.” ■
Coffees and teas at URBACH’S.
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
When Jack Ronan slipped down the
mountain last Friday he had strap
ped on his back fifteen pounds of
dynamite, twenty-five pounds of coal
a coil of fuse and two boxes of caps.
Considering these facts he is rather
surprised he didn’t go up instead of
down.
The officials of the Government En
gineering commission nearly had a fit
Unlay when they learned that a native
boy was selling some overalls which
had all the appearance of being the
nether garments of Uncle Sam him
self. A box of the unmentionables
fell from a ship sling into the bay
some days ago and floaU'd towards
the west shore where the Native boy
salved them. Ho started to sell them
to beach people and the officials got
wind of it, so the boy was hailed up at
their command by the chief of police.
The overalls were all wet and ruined
but the boy was ordered to bring back
what was left.
Charles Brown is due to arrive here
from Anchorage about the 22nd.
Robert Romig had a slight touch of
appendicitis but is now improving
rapidly.
The Northwestern is scheduled to
leave Seattle tomorrow.
Operator Moyer has gone out to
work on getting the Seward-Anchor
age wires in working order.
WANTED
Smart boy to learn the printing
trade.—Apply Gateway.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION, KENA1 PRE
CINCT, AT SEWARD.
In the Matter of the Estate
of
Walter II. Dickernian, Deceased.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT AND PETITION
FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Notice is hereby given: That Curtis
R. Morford, the administrator of the
estate of Walter H. Dickenran, de
ceased, has presented to and filed in
said court his final account and his
petition for final distribution to the
parties entitled thereto, of all the
residue of said estate, and that Sat
urday, the 22nd day of January, 191G,
at 11 o’clock in the forenoon of said
day, at the court-room of said court,
in said Precinct, have been fixed and
appointed by the court as the time j
and place for the hearing of said peti
tion, and for the settlement of said ac
count, when and where any person in- j
terestcd iu said estate may appear
and tile his exceptions, in writing, to
the said petition, and to said account,
and contest the same.
Notice is further given: That said
estate is ready for distribution, and
on the approval of said account and
the granting of said petition, distri
bution of said estate will be im
mediately had.
Dated this 19th day of November,
1915.
(SEAL) M. J. CONROY
U. S. Commissioner and ex-oflicio
Probate Judge, Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Precinct.
First publication Nov. 20, 1915.
Last publication Dec. F8, 1915.
Seward Commercial Co.
AGENTS
Ohio and St. Clair
RANGES
SEWARD. ALASKA
THIS KIND OF
A SUIT IS ALWAYS
GOOD TASTE.
ft SM/9RT RESULT
[Finest quality of battleship Kray ser*© U
used for this Kood looking suit, cut on
such plain lines. The skirt hanss fui’
and short, the hack of the coat and tht
patch pockets are embroidered with
little disks, and bands of Hudson seal
finish the bottom of the coat, cuffs and
collar )
STILL LOOKING FOR DOG
RACES WITH SEWARD
Anchorage people are still working
on the plan to secure the co-operation
of Seward for the purpose of starting
the dog racing game, according to R.
W. Graham, who arrived yesterday
from that place. Some time ago the
people of Anchorage sent word that
they were looking for this co-opera
tion but Seward has done nothing in
the matter.
Meet me at The Rrancn.
Lane,
Whitehead
&
Hayden
Seward,
Alaska
WHAT IS STEFFANSON
IS HE FAKER OR NOT?
Newspapers outside are now ap
parently wondering whether StefTan
son is a faker or not. One paper
quotes someone as saying that out
side papers as well as the Seward
Gateway are sceptical, to say the
least, about him and one of the first
questions asked Captain Ixiuis Lane
by an interviewer of the Seattle
Times was: “Is StefTanson really a
faker or a great explorer? Louis
Lane has gained a big reputation by
finding StefTanson and one can hardly
blame “Louie” for upholding the man
he owes his name to, but, really,
Lane apparently did as much explor
ing as the other.
All mushers are invited to meet at
the Commerce Cafe. Open night and
day.
_
Waterfill & Frazier whwkey at
“The Branch.”
Extra fancy canned goods, Urbach’s.
Mens’, womens’ and childrens’
arctics and rubbers at URBACH’S.
Dry goods at Butts.
No advertiser can afford to omit
the Seward Gateway.
A great many people outside and
inaido Alaska arc now anxious to get
any mows 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^er.
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SLID 500 FEET
Jack Ronan slid down about five
hundred feet of a mountain last Fri
day at Moose Pass. When he started
to roll he was on snow and the snow
continued about three hundred feet
down, then giving way to rocks. The
former candidate for congress had
gained a fine momentum and the
rocks failed to stop him until he had
negotiated about two hundred feet
more. All this time he had a pack
saddle on his back and this saved
him from severe injury. As it is he
has several cuts all over his body.
Mr. Ronan intends to leave for a trip
to the outside about the middle or
the month.
Ladies’ and childrens’ furnishings
at Butt’s.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
Grapes, Celery, Winter Cream Mel
lon, Casabas, Squash, Pumpkins and
Cranberries.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First ”
Second hand goods bought and sold
for cash or on commission. See But
ton’s ad. Tuesdays and Fridays. 28-tf
Everyone interested in Alaska
roads the Gateway
Wanted: to rent, a piano. Gateway.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty l • done by the Gateway jttflt as
well as outside.
No reader can afford to omit the
Seward Gateway.
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 commun.ty.
We invite your business.
BANK OF SEWARD
Estahlialied 1905
HTOZitW I
“ PALACE JINGLES ”
The summer’s dipping 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 goodfellowship
At the famous Palace Bar.