KIPS TAKE VP THAT
FAMOUS LIGHT FRANCHISE
The Civics class in the Seward
public schools has obtained a copy of
the farnchisc given recently to the
Seward Light & Power Company by
the city council, and have been dis
cussing tho various clauses in their
daily recitations, for the past two
weeks.
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COLD AT ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 19.—A cold
snap is prevailing here today.
(From another source it has been
learned that the temperature is about:
ten degrees below, but that is not
certain.)
CODFISH FOR NOME
Charley Madsen who is now her*
is on his way to Bering Sea to pick
up a beat and fish for codfish tor the
Nome market. He took twenty thou
sand fish to Nome hist year. Mr.
Madsen is also a special officer for
work amongst the natives, etc.
CAPITOL CAFE RE-OPENED
The well known Capitol Cafe, *irs.
Ayres, proprietor, is open again for
business. Best of cooking and ser
vice, and a big bill of fare to choose
from. *1
A. B.’a HOLD LOW
JINX TONIGHT
The Arctic Brotherhood will hold
their Low Jinx at the hall tonight,
commencing at 8 o’clock. All mem
bers are invited to attend and bring a
friend. The affair will be a get to
gether meeting and a general good
time is assured.
IDITAROD MAIL
COMING TODAY
Col. Revel and Tom Finnegan will
arrive this evening with the Iditarod
mail. They made it from Bird creek
to Mile 34 yesterday, traveling the
last 37 miles after live o’clock.
METHODIST CHURCH
TRUSTEES TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
trustees of the Methodist church to
night 8 p. m. at the home of Judge
Hildreth, and preliminary arrange
ments will be made for selection of
the new church site, etc. The trustees
of the church are; Judge Hildreth.
Frank L. Ballaine, J. T. Harvey and
J. H. Romig. M. D.
Toy drums at low prices. Urbachs.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
^EMPRESSTHEATRE§
* Tuesday. Dec. 21. 8:15 p. m. JJ
\h •• Broncho Billv and the Greaser 5J
yl tYaiurintf <1. M. Anderson
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^ *• \\ lien the West Was doling to
xj* -The Fable of the Bush-League $
\l Lover W ho Failed to Quality “ jjj
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V* Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
CHRISTMAS WILL SOON BE HERE!
anil that nicely decorated Cake for the center of your Xmas
Dining ’Pablo is waiting at the
HOME BAKERY PHONE ADAMS 115
OUT-OF-TOWN
PEOPLE
when in Seward are invited to make
this institution thmr headquarters—it
is conveniently located in the center
of the business section. They are also
invited to avail themselves of our com
plete facilities for the transaction of
their financial affairs.
BANK OF SEWARD
Territorial Depository
Alaska Point Bluff Coal
NEXT SHIPMENT ARRIVING DEC. 24
$11.00 PER TOM DELIVERED
ORDER EARLY! A. G. de SHERBININ
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FROM POINT POSSESSION
Norm Brook, who has been cutting
tics for the Engineering Commission
near Point Posession, arrived in town
last Saturday on the train after a
hard mush over the trails. Coming
over, he was subjected to considerable
coldness and dampness and is laid up
with the grippe now. He, with his
partner C. O. Sutherland, who arrived
on one of the last boats will probably
leave for Anchorage Wednesday
morning and will do some timber
| work for the Commission in the
1 Matanuska country. Fifteen of his
men are now at Anchorage where
! they will join him. Three men re
mained with the outfit near Point
Posession.
COME TO TAKE BOAT
UP TO ANCHORAGE
Henry S. SchatTer, captain of the
gas boat Onward, and F. L. Neph
| came over from Anchorage last Sat
urday and will leave on the Admiral
Evans for Seldovia where they will
take the boat Onward and make the
■ trip to Anchorage. They have been
studying the conditions on the Inlet
for the past few weeks and report
that there has been open water in
! front of Anchorage every day. They
have no doubt that they can land
| at Anchorage without any trouble.
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TURKEY RAFFLE
COOKED turkeys, with all the
trimmings, ready Christinas morning.
25c a chance. We have thirty of the
pick of the last shipment of turkeys
which we will raffle this week at 25
cents a chance. Put your name on a
ticket now.
THE SEWARD GRILL.
12-20—5t.
THE KEY
Seward-made candies. Johnston
Chocolates fresh from the factory.
Also fruits. 12-16—tf
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Sweater vests for men. Urbachs.
A serviceable, useful gift for i
little girl is a “Redicut” dress patten
All the material required for a dress
; All that is needed is to sew it up
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First.’
| Percolators, Electric and Common
Casseroles, El Grillo-Toasters. Make
1 sensible presents. Buy of SEWARE
; COMMERCIAL CO.
Dolls at low prices at Urbachs.
Ladies’ and childrens' furnishings
• at Butt’s.
Furnished Houses for rent. bee
Dougherty & Stewart.
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Your Christmas dinner solved. Get
a cooked turkey at the Seward Grill’s
Raffle this week. The turkeys cooked
with all trimmings, ready for you
Christmas morning. 12-20—£
O-Cedar Mops and Oils. Brown &
Hawkins. “Quality First."
Best cigars and refreshments at
Terminal Bar. See ad. 11-1—tf
Phone your orders for Xmas cakes,
puddings and bakery goods to Adams
115, the Home Bakery. 12-13tf
Kxtra fancy canned goods, Urbachs.
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
“The Branch."
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
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NEWS NOTES
The first tryout of the play
“Christmas in Finnegans Flats” was
pulled ofT on the A. B. Hall stage 1
yesterday afternoon, as well as the
other parts of the program. The
whole thing was very successful and
points to a very entertaining evening
that the Sunday school will give
Christmas Eve.
Otto Delcbar left this morning to
mush over to Knik. He is interested
in some mining claims up the Knik
river and expects to stay there till
next fall.
E. H. Brewster left for his camp
near Mile 34, w’here he has a fine
piece of mining property.
Tom Neely, the freighter, left Mile
34 after the arrival of the train this :
morning with a load of freight and
Christmas parcels.
I
Mrs. Leahy is a passenger with the
mail team this trip for Anchorage,
leaving from Mile 34.
The mail for Anchorage left Mile 34
today in charge of Martin Lanning,
Jack Lean and Oscar Christensen.
They are taking a large amount of ex
press besides the mail, including all
the Christmas express and parcel post!
for Anchorage. They expect to make
Anchorage by Wednesday evening,
traveling some of the way at night.
W. W. Getchell came in Saturday
from Moose Pass.
It is reported that Anchorage is
trying to get the steamer Corwin to
come up there in the near future with
a cargo of freight.
i Abcut 300 person turned out last
night to see the special feature, “The
Squaw Man,” at the Empress Theatre, j
Joe Wilson, Jr., arrived last Friday
j evening with his dog team after hav
ing made a trip over in the Sunrise
country with Game Warden Baugh
man. Mr. Wilson will remain in town
a few days while his dogs recuperate
when he will likely make a trip to An
chorage with freight.
Rudolph Petersen and A. H. Tutt
came in Saturday from Mile 21, when
they have been doing some assess
ment work.
Jack Sutherland, the Seward-An
chorage expressman, arrived at Mile
84 last night and fearing that he
would not be able to make Anchorage
by Xmas unless he started today he
left his express there and sent it in
by train today, while he called up the
various business houses and had them
send out his freight to Mile 84 on the
train this morning, so that he could
start for Anchorage today.
Bob Graham, the freighter between
Seward and Anchorage and Mata
nuska, left this morning with a load
of express and parcels.
George Laughlin came in today
from his ranch at Mile Seven with a
load of lake trout.
M. A. Martin and Louis De Saus
sure spent the week end at Mile seven
and Bear lake.
Eighty-eight persons attended the
Methodist Sunday school yesterday.
Next Sunday will be the day usually
designated as “the White Gifts for
the King.”
Dr. J. A. Baughman returned Sat
urday from a trip over to Sunrise
and vicinity on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stagneth came
up today from their home down the
i bav for a visit in town.
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The Engineering Commission has
| placed a heater in the warehouse on
I the dock to keep freight from freez
, ing.
guild to meet
The St. Peter’s Guild will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the i
home of Mrs. H. S. Balderston.
Home made Mince Meat from the
Bally Green Farm. Brown & Hawk
: ins, “Quality First.”
All mushers are invited to meet at
the Commerce Cafe. Open night and
day.
Don’t forget the Gateway is estab
lished at Seward, Alaska.
Hohners’ accordians and harmoni
cas at Urbachs. 12-20 5t.
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KING AND VENIZELOS, ONCE FRIENDS,
NOW OPPOSE EACH OTHER ON WAR.
[ VENIZELOS ( Wt) RhD KING CON5 TON TINE J
Photo by American Press Association.
(In huppler days, before war devastated Europe and threatened to draw In <!re*»ce,
Premier Venizelos (now ex-premier) and King Constantine wore friends and In
accord In their views of the best Interests of their undent fatherland. It was
then that the accompanying picture was made. Now Venizelos wants Greece to
align herself actively on the side of the adit's, while the utmost that Constate*
tin® favors In that regard Is “benevolent neutrality. *J
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“Jersey Cream Kisses/' VANILLA NORTHWESTERN TUESDAY
FLAVOR. A pure food candy, made SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—-The steam -
in Seward Alaska. For sale at the ship Northwestern will sail for Al
Key. aska on Tuesday.
SEWARD MAN’S SISTER TO WED
J. W. Pritchett, of the Gateway
1 .
| force, received formal announcement
I of the marriage of his sister, M'ss
Kate Pritchett to Mr. Charles *'0
i lansbee of Wrangell on Wednesday
December 29th. Miss Pritchett form
I erly taught school at Wrangell, d">
jng which time she made the ac
quaintance of Mr. hollansbee.
P.OH GRIEEIS LEAVES
ANCHORAGE WITH GO! D
ANCHORAGE. Dec. 19.—Rob Grif
I li> passed through Anchorage today
enroute to Seward with the loan ol
!di;ar>d gold dust.
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I OK SALE
10 work dogs. 10 sots harness l
1 sled. All in primo condition. I'. O. B.
Cordova. Jos. Empcrly, Cordova,
1 Alaska. 12-15—tf.
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Candles, tree ornaments, etc.. .c
Urbachs. Prices right.
New patterns in China and Japan
floor mattings, rugs and linoleums.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
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The Key, sole agent for Lloyd'
j “Specialty Candy.” Absolutely Pure,
! made in Seward, Alaska.
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For rent: Neat lurmshed ea •
I near business center. $10 per month
Apply Gateway. 12-18—2t.
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Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, Boots.
| Packs, Underwear. Anything you
need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
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Try our Diamond S. Pickles. .Man?
mouth jar f»0c Bott. Brown & Hawk
ins, “Quality First.”
No advertiser can afford to omit
- the Seward Gateway.
I Groceries Clothing
hardware _ furniture
Christmas Announcement I
ImmiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiimiimiimiiimiiiiimiimimiimiiimiiimmiiiimiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiin
ITH our Large and Complete Assortment i
of High Grade Merchandise we offer you !
Ideal Facilities for Christmas Shopping. 1
We have Gifts Suitable for All!
Suggestions for Men: I
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats I
Nettleton & Walkover Shoes, felt Slippers
Pendleton Fleece Wool Bath Robes
Smoking Jackets
Fur-lined and Silk-lined Gloves
Sweaters, Sweater Coats and Fancy Vests
Collar and Handkerchief Boxes
Collar, Tie and Handkerchief Box Sets
Bill Folds, Pocket Books, Cigar Cases
Lapel Watch Fobs, Cuff Button Sets, Scarf Pins
A large assortment of Suspenders and Garter Sets
Handkerchiefs and Neckties
I Gifts Suitable for Women are:
UMBRELLAS, of which we have the Best and Largest Assortment ever
shown in Seward
Daniel Green Felt Slippers in a Large and Beautiful Array of Colorings
and Styles
Stationery, Table Linen and Napkins, Pendleton Fleece Wool Blankets
Percolators and Aluminum Mare, Rogers Bros’. 1847 Silverware
Carving Sets and Savoy Roasters
For Boys and Girls:
Mackinaw Coats and Shoes, Sleds and Skates
I Come in and look over our stock before making
your selections.
BROWN & HAWKINS
Anchorage SEWARD Knik
| "Quality First"
“ PALACE JINGLES " i
The summer’s slipping away again, Come; all you lads from Anchorage
And winter’s almost here; When you crave a glass of beer.
The boys are coming from the hills You’re welcome as the flowers In May,
1 In search of warmth and cheer. And no one is siwashed here.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS | Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connectionf BILL DEVINE
“ PALACE JINGLES "
They meet down at the Palace
For a glass of Sherwood Rye, , Bring on that fast Interior bunch,
And to tell about the finds they've *nd from every camp afar’
For we join you in goodfellowship
a mfu . . At the famous Palace Bar.
As the winter passes by.