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BERNARD M. STONE, President.
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In thinking about the government railroad question many things pre
sent themselves to the minds of all of us. If a business man intended to buy
a railroad, for instance, he would hardly say that he desired the railroad.
It would be his policy, according to all accepted rules to say that he didn’t
give a hang whether he got the railroad or not. How, then, are we going to
reconcile the statement of Secretary Lane about the Cordova road with com
mon business sense? Could it be that Mr. Lane wants to put some other road
off the scent?
Another thought which probably occurs to most of us is that the govern
ment will not give away the full story as to where the terminal is likely to be
until it has to do so. It has always been the custom of governments and
private capital to keep private such facts. It may be that the administration
will first secure the money necessary and later, we may be assured, the
government will try to get whichever road they want, or roads, as cheaply
as possible. But. certainly, it sounds unusual to hear Mr. Lane say the
government wanted the Cordova road. If they wanted it very badly he would
never have said so.
The railroad question has now reached what might be called the
diplomatic stage. From this time forward we shall hear more and more
stories about it and all we can do is to keep our eyes open and read between
the lines.
The thought of Vlaskan Indians contributing to the Belgian relief fund
seem to suggest sentimentality carried too far. In the first place those poor
natives haven't the slightest idea about Belgium. .The chances are good that
when they hear about the sufferings of the people of Belgium they come to
the conclusion that the Belgian salmon run has been a poor one or that there is I
an epidemic kilting off Belgian muskrats, for well do those' poor wretches
know what it is to lack a dinner of dried fish or the price of a pipeful of
tobacco.
Leaving all rotten sentimentality out of the question isn’t it a positive
fact that the wreched natives of \laska ar»* in far greater need of help than
any people in Furope?
We are accustomed to look on war as an unalloyed curse but it has
many compensations. We hear so often about the stoppage of industry, the
ruin of manufacturers, the lack of employment and so many other mis
fortunes following war that we take it for granted that it is all for the mat
erial injury of the people engaged. But. war is for one thing a mighty fine
leveller. W hat if some manufacturers are runied or if their money making is
iiueirupieu. i> 11 not thnt in tkc roorgantTntian following, some
of the poorer people will be able to start from a footing of equality and
give themselves a chance at the fleshpots? Besides all this when a whole
people are reduced financially their comparative positions are not altered and
wealth is a comparative blessing. If the richest man in a country had only
fifty thousand dollars and if all the other Inhabitants were comparatively
poor he would stiI have as exalted a place as if he had a million dollars and
all the others were comparatively rich. In an Alaska stampede no one minds
living in a tent or a cabin because the others around him are no better off.
The really rotting influence of money is only felt in times of peace when
money is alone the goal. In time of war the thoughts of true men are in
finitely more exalted.
Nrum from AU
Parts of the
! ft Nnrtljlauii u
JUNEAU, Dec. 29.—A final receipt
for patent was issued by the local land
office today to the Gold Bluff Mining
Company, of Valdez, Alfred B. lies,
president, for three lode mining claims
situated on Shoup bay, in the vicinity
of the famous Cliff mine, discovered
I and located by “Red” Ellis, some
| years ago and which has been produc
ing steadily for some time.
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j The Empire says:
“The news of Charles E. Bunnell’s
I appointment to be U. S. District Judge)
I for the Fourth Judicial Division of Al
aska, has been received by Juneau
Democrats with universal satisfaction.
Democrat National Committeeman
Z. R. Cheney declared that he is very
much pleased over the appointment.
“Mr. Bunnell.” he said, “is a clean,
good man, and a capable lawyer and.
will make a good judge. I believe
that he will give good satisfaction.
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 19.—The ex
press company received during the;
past year $3,100, 000 worth of gold j
dust, a falling off of $1,500,000 worth j
of gold from the year 1913. The
claims are being worked out and each
year the number of claims not worked
grows larger.
Spruce creek, in the Atlin district j
hits taken on a new lease of life, and
is busier now than ever before, as
there are more men working and more
development work being done this
winter than for many years. Ground
that has been abandoned has been
taken up and new ground is being
opened up all along the creek.
The natives of Auk village, in
Southeastern Alaska, became inter-1
e‘ted in the Belgian relief fund and
raised $18.75, which was forwarded to
the treasurer in Juneau. The natives;
are hit hardest by the European war, ’
as the prices of furs have dropped to
a very low figure.
Attracted by the promising devel
opment of the past few seasons in
the Kuskokwim district, the E. J.
Dodge Steamship Company, operators
uf A bif? fleet of roasters. will innu- j
gurate the first regular steamship
service to this vast but isolated sec
tion of the North in May, 1015, with
Seattle as its operating headquarters.
Sitka subordinate lodge of the Al
aska Brotherhood raised a fund of
$90 for the relief of the war bidden
Belgians. A draft for this was sent
to Gov. J. F. A. Strong which he re
ceived yesterday.
THE MINER’S STORE
The Place Where Men Outfit
There is a pleasure in selling, either to an old custom
er or to a stranger, an article of known merit: To know
and feel that the article is going to give satisfaction and
service and to feel when you make the sale, that the mem
ory of the quality will stay with the customer long after
the price paid has been forgotten.
That is the kind of merchandise that we carry, the
kind where the memory of the quality of goods lingers.—
Dependable merchandise. When we sell a man a Stein
Block Suit, we know that he is buying Style, Fit, Quality,
and Satisfaction. It is the same with a Kenyon Coat,
Dougherty Shoes, Guiterman Shirts, Duxbak Clothing,
Guiterman Mackinaw Coats and riding pants, Filson Stag
or Cruiser Shirts, Chippewa Shoes or Hipress Pacs.
It is this kind of merchandise, sold at prices that ap
peal to the trade, that has made it possible for us to build
up in the past four years, from a most modest beginning
to our present standing, and it is the memory of the
quality of the goods that we have handled that has sent
the customers back to us and enabled us to hold their
trade year after year
There is not one article in this store that we know
now where we could get a better one to take its place. If
we should find a better one, we would immediately order
the line. We want the best and we want you to feel and to
know that when you buy an article in THE MINER
STORE, you are buying the best that can be purchased
by us.
When you want a suit of clothes, a hat, a pair of shoes
or even a pair of socks, don’t you like to buy from a store
that is making an earnest effort to give you the highest
grade and the best value possible to give for your money,
to buy from a store that stands behind every article that
is sold in the store?
THE MINERS STORE]
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 ”Don’t Forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
WIPE BRAVES DANGERS
TO MEET HUSBAND.
King of the Belgians Aids Couple
to Meet Each Other.
(By The Associated Press.)
GENEVA, Jan. 12.-The Lausanne
Gazette tells the story of how a young
Parisian woman, recently married to
a French artillery officer, won her
way to her husband’s side at the front
in Flanders. She first tried to obtain
a pass of the French authorities, hail
ing in this she travelled in a peasant s
country' cart for several day’s to the
Belgian headquarters. She met with
a polite reception and a polite refusal.
A tall officer looked up from a map
he was studying and intervened.
“Madame,” he said, “a Frenchwo
man could not have undertaken such
a voyage for nothing.” He took up
the telephone, and after conversing
a moment over the wire said ” Your
husband will be here soon.” He or
dered that lodgings be found for the
young woman, who thanked the tall
kind officer” and warmly shook both
his hands.
Two hours later her husband, puz
zled at his recall from the trenches,
was astonished to find himself in the
embrace of his young wife. Both were
further surprise to learn that it was
the King of the Belgians who had ar
ranged the meeting.
The Gateway can do any sort of
printing done in the states. Do not
forget that.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
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' PETROGRAD WATER
SUPPLY CUT SHORT.
lot* Stopped Conduits and a Million
People Went Dry.
(By The Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD, Jan. 12.—The city’s
recent experience in doing without
water, as a result of the blocking of
| tSie Neva conduits by ice, has renewed
agitation for the aqueduct system of
pure water from Ladoga Lake. The
Prince of Oldenburg has been appoint
ed chairman of a commission to ex
amine into the whole question.
The present system is the cleansing
of the river water by means of an
ozonizing process, which was recom
mended and installed by German ex
pert , and has several times been con
demned as inadequate and unsafe b^ ^
British engineers. The latter hold
the water responsible for a long series
of epidemics.
The effect of the total failure of the
1 water supply of a city of over a mil
lion people, can hardly be described.
' For several days during the blocking
of the conduits, inhabitants of all
classes and conditions, with every
^ species of vase, jug, and pail, \\ei<*
seen trooping down to the rivers and
1 canals to get enough water for the
preparation of their meals.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
Yost water motor wash machines
at Brown & Hawkins. “Quality first.”
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
j Branch. __
KNAPP-FELT HATS
'T'llESF. KNAPP-FELT HATS are
1 for men who want the very
best. Our stock of botli soft and
stiff shapes offers you a becoming
hat in the right proportions.
Two prices, $1 and $6
The St hat is worth S5. The $6
hat is the finest hat made.
Get our catalogue, ^ou can or
der by mail.
719 Second Avenue, Near Columbia
C°rFor Menare‘ Klllg Bl*OS. Co. ^SH/
IT PAYS^o°metthI
STANDARD riRNITIRC CO.
SEATTLE- "It’s Belter and Costs Less”
FULL SIZE, STRONG STEEL BED
HEAVY GOLD BRONZED
Full size steel bed. Exactly like picture.
Heavily gold bronzed. Attractive new
style scroll design. Extra heavy pillars
and rod. Head end 58 inches high.
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Write for our new Catalog of Heaters
and Ranges. Also for Pictures of Home Furnishings you need, •
and you are assured of the lowest price for good reliable mer
chandise.
| Second Ave. at Pine St. SEATTLE
AVIATORS IN DANGER
OVER A MILE HIGH.
Germans Time Artillery For Air
ships at 6,000 Feet.
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Jan. 12.—In a letter de
scriptive of his experiences in the air,
Lieut. Jose Orta, a French aviator,
writes to his parents in London, that
while rifle fire is little feared “the
shrapnel shells, with their vertical
range of 10,000 feet, are villainous
viators.
“You would not believe the number
that have have been aimed at me, “he
writes, “but all exploded either too
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low or too high. The noise of the
motor i« so loud, by the way, we can
not hear them explode unless .about
fifty feet distant. Then we have to
dodge. The most dangerous altitude
is about 6,000 feet, as the German
aeroplane artillery is timed for this
range. Either a thousand feet higher
or lower is safer than 6,000. We
have to be very careful, in any case.”
“Colonel Skinner’s Chutney, estab
lished 1841. Especially fine for meats.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality first.”
The finest kind of job work as well
as the plainest is done by the Gate
way.
1915, January Filth, Our TENTH
Anniversary ol Business in Seward
_
WK wish to thank the public in general for their liberal
patronage in the past and trust our business meth
ods have been such as to merit their greater con
fidence in the future. We are most optimistic for Sew aid
in the year 1015. We predict a wonderful improvement
in a business way. We predict the selection of Ressur
rection Hay as tin? Ocean Terminus of the Government
Railway by President Wilson, not later than February 1<>.
that actual construction work will begin not later than
April 1st; that Seward will have a population of 5000
people by December 50th; that real estate in Seward will
advance fully 500 per cent by September 1st, and that our
business will increase accordingly.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
[FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
1 COAL MIMFR’S AND GOLD MM’S Slffl ICS |
Doors &. Windows
Lang’s Ranges
1 X L Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Aluminum Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malthoic) Rooting
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Niarine Engine Oil
Valve Oil
Elaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Asphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
.Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PHONE BLACK 4 1
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition
Fishing Tackle
Giant Powder
Caps
F use
Bench Forges
Blacksmith’s Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay •'
Fire Brick £
Lime f:
Cement p
Glass
Hope £
Mercury ^
Seine Twine
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ««
Steamers Alameda and Mariposa sail from Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S. DORA leaves'Seward 15th of each month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch Harbor.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Sew ard
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without notice%5
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUPTILL, Agent
Hotel Seward
W. A. M’NEILEY. Prop.
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
f The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor .
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward
Pioneer!
i Hotel
F. B. CANNON, Prop.
Knik
Alaska !
KNIK’S LEADING HOTEL
NO BAR
Accommodations for Ninety Guests
Large General Lobby
Private Lobby for Ladies
Best Rates : : Best Treatment
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