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SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3,1917
Let us try to figure a little more closely about that,
co-operative insurance scheme. There will be no attempt
here to try to lix definite figures. Such an attempt would
be nothing short of presumption without careful thought.
Maybe, talking about the subject will get others who are
directly and deeply interested to get to work.
Let us take the following figuring as a basis to start a
discussion:
Let us suppose that all the people who pay taxes on
personal property, on all kinds of property that could be
acst b\ tire, would pay again twenty-five thousand dollars
which is aoout tlu amount of taxes levied annually here
by the luiinieioalitv itself. Anyhow let us fix on that sum
% 4 % % #
to no paid annuals oy the owners of all buildings, funn
uu e, su cks, etc. x hen let us supopse that a great tire oc
curred in the ven first year ami what would the people
suosci bang to tile fund loseAot a cent 1 They would be
panl oack even cent tne\ paid in. Let us then suppose
mat the payments went on for lour years and if no fires
occuned it would leave a hundred thousand dollars of a
fund to meet the losses. If Seward were lucky and the
fund went on lor ten years it would amount to a quarter
oi a million. Of course, some fires would occur but it is
not aw all impossible that the interest on the fund money
would meet all tlu losses after a year or two. At the end
oi a few years the fund ought to bring interest enough to
render iurther payments entirely unecessary. And all
this time the subscribers would have their own money in
their own possession, it is within the bounds of possibi
lity that with a little care that money would be making
money for them and their properties would be secured
fully and perfectly.
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At the present time a man cannot have his property
fully insured and premiums paid equal in a few years—
a dozen or so, is it not?—the total amount of insurance,
if every man in amn were required even to double those
payments annuahy to a co-operative fund he would be
paying to himseT money tiiat would remain his, not pay
ing it to companies from winch it will never return. If it
did not remain nis it would be only because the town was
unlucky in the beginning and the fund would go to the
losers. The amount lost, however, would be small in the
first years. It would be in direct proportion to the dam
:• *o done bv lire and the length of time the fund had been
i umuiating. if the whole fund were exhausted in the
l t vear the loss would hardly be more than a man would
% % _ #
he willing to donate to a tire sufferer. The longer the
i . ul would be act umulating the more general the disaster
vculd have to be to threaten it and the greater would be
the benefits to the sufferers.
A space like this is not sufficient to go into this sub
ject thoroughly. By carefully examining the above flaws
will, no doubt, b< discovered in the plan but it is written
down merely as a suggestion that might get people think
ing. One fact stands unassailable and that is that the in
surance companies are not losing by their insuring of
Alaska property, if they were they would stop very sud
denly and \ery cold-bloodedly.
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the “MILWAUKEE"
On your next trip to the East
Electrification of its main lint* over the backbone of file
Continent !ii> riiniinated all soot, smoke ami cinders
permitting an unobstructed view of the magnificent
panoramas through tin* Ritter Roots and Rockies.
Wayne Blue, i\ A. N\, A. H. McDonald, Alaska Steamship C'o.,
Seward or
A. E. Harris, Traveling P:tss. Agent, Juneau, Alaska
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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the PALACE BAR
SHERMAN HAYNES, PROPR.
Service Best Liquors
Cigars
Pool and Billiards'
•
Cafe and Lunch Counter in
Connection
MIDWINTER
CLEARANCE SALE!
These prices Rood until January 10th, 1917
ALL OVER COATS IN STOCK one-third OFF
ALL MACKINAW COATS IN STOCK one-third OFF
ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS IN STOCK one-half OFF
ALL CORDUROY PANTS IN STOCK one-third OFF
ALL RAIN COATS IN STOCK one-third OFF
All prices marked in plain figures. Figure your own dis
counts. All seasonable goods and standard prices.
THE MINER’S STORE
• FRANK J. COTTER
I K c. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh. !
C E. P. & S., Glasgow.
J. M. SIOVN, M. I>., C. M.
OVER GATEWAY
Of Hit* Hours. I to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M*
FoKMICHI.Y OK Ni»MK. j
DR. O. J. KEATING i
Dentist
Phones:
Office: Madison 76
Res. Madison 58
Office over Hank of Seward
HOURS: 9 A. M. TO 5 P. M.
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J. li. R0M1G, M. D.
OFFICE FOUNT! 1 AVENUE
Phones:
Office Adanu 93
Residence Adams 18
Hours: 10 to 12 a.m. 2 to 4 p.m.
DOUGHERTY & ROMIG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Kent
Lots for Sale
Phone Red 147
Kents Collected
Large Listing
Seward, Alaska
Broadway Barber Shop
Shower Baths
Ladies Shampooing
Hot and Cold Baths Always Beady
Anderson & Nelson
THE
TERMINAL
RAINIER BEER
BIST BRANDS Of CIGARS
Try Us Once, then You be the Judge
OLD CROW
OLD HERMITAGE
OLD WINES
Blue Ribbon Beer
Rainier Beer
ONL\ MINERAL CABINET
WHERE? AT
JACK’S
J. P. Stotko - Proprietor
ATLAS JUNK CO. j
Wholesale and retail deal er* in
ALL KINDS OKJPNK
Havers of Metal, Rubber, Ma ni la Hope j
Sacks, Machinery, Pipe, Hides,
Furs and Hot ties
1043 R. R. Am. So and Serowls. SEATTLE, WASH. .
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THE “KEY”
We have just received a stock of
Gauze and other Masques---many
different caricatures.
Have a few choice boxes of Orange Blossom
candy left.
THE KEY, EVERYBODY'S STORE
Phone Mathison 115
MODERN OFFICES FOR RENT
New Van Gilder Block
Electric Light, Steam Heat, Hot and Cold
Water Lavatory in Every Suite.
MORFORD & FINNEGAN
Rooms 20-21-22-23 Van Gilder Bldg.
H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
-Dealers in
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
GENERAL TRANSFERRING Phones, Main 17 and 11
PACIFIC STEAMSHIPCOMPANY
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings from Seattle to Seward
and way ports I Oth, 20th and
30t li of each month.
Steamers
Admiral Watson Dec. 20
Spokane January 2
Sailings from Seattle to Califor
nia Mondays, Fridays and Satur
days - Steamers President, Gov
ernor, Queen, Admiral Schley,
Admiral Dewey,
Southern California Route—San Francisco to Los Angeles daily
except Sunday. San Francisco to San Diego Mondays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. Steamers Harvard, Vale, President, Governor, Admiral
Scl>lev, Admiral Dewey. For full particulers address
* WAVNK HLUK, Agent, Seward, Alaska
Notwithstanding all the hard luck we have experienced
with tires since our arrival in Seward, we are still deter
mined to stay with the city and give the people of Seward
the best on the market in the way of
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, Etc.
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ARE NOW IN OUR NEW HOME
In the Ashland Block, corner of Broadway and Railroad
Avenue,
THE RAINIER BUFFET
THE HOUSE OF GOOD SERVICE.
QUALITY GOODS OUR MOTTO
RINGS
No matter whether you are going to buy an engagement
ring, wedding ring, or merely a birthday ring, you want
to get full value for the price you pay.
When you come to our store you can be sure of getting
honest merchandise. We permit no misrepresentations.
And we stand back of every guarantee we make.
Get our prices.
George the Jeweler
HOTEL OVERLAN I
E. L. WHITT EMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
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'ALASKA ■SST S
SEATTLE SAILINGS
HAPIPOSA Dec. 16 ALAMEDA, Dec. 24
Thereafter Mariposa and Alameda will alternate on
sailings front Seattle of tlie 1st, Hth, Kith and 21th of
each month. They will touch at Ketchikan, Thane. Juneau and I Vince
William Sound ports. Dora sails westward after arrival of steamer
leaving Seattle on the 8th of the month.
t^Right reserved to change this schedule without notice"***
F. B. TRACY, General Agent A. H. McDONALI), Agent
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER CO.
Incorporated November 1905 under the Laws of the Territory of Alaska
S. M. GRAFF, President and General Manager
Contractors and dealers in Electric Supplies and Apparatus
Office: At the Station. TELEPHONE MAIN 123
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MNFR'S AND (SOLD MINFK’S SUPPIIFS
Doors &. Windows
Lang’s Ranges
1 XL 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
Malthoitl Rooting
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Marine 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
PIIONt VUDISO* 87
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition
Fishing Tack If
Giant Powder
Caps
Fuse
Bench Forges
Blacksmith's Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
J. L. GRAEF
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TOYS «T
fhe BAZAAR 2r£ Variety Store
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Knik
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Large General Lobby
Private Lobby for Ladies
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REDUCED RATES VIA THE
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Are made from SEWARD to many Eastern Cities
To get benefit of reduction tickets must be purchased with
Steamship Ticket
Full information and tickets from A. H. McDonald, Alaska
Steamship Co., Wayne Blue, Admiral Line
A. S. DAUTRICK, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent,
Room 18, Valentine Building, Juneau.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agt., Second and Columbia, Seattle.