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Harry V. Hoben. President Frank L. Ballaine, Sec.
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
.. aarenri-daaa matter September !. 1916. at the Poet OIBc. at Seward. Marita.
un<i«*r Act of March 3. Ibi9.
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BUSINESS WILL ADJUST ITSELF
Some believe that Alaska is now going to the eternal
bow wows, on account of the liquor business being sus
pended. Nothing is so ridiculous as this assumption.
The State of Washington is today in better financial con
dition than ever before: Seattle and Tacoma have exper
ienced such a prosperous era that there is no comparison
with the present and past and Seward is going to be bet
ter off than ever. Nine places of liquor selling closed
the doors at midnight Monday in Seward. One immed
iately changed into a soft drink emporium and pool room,
and another place closed temporarily for repairs. Two
other locations will l>e occupied perhaps within a couple
of weeks and men engaged in the liquor business who are
leaving Seward will be supplanted by an equal number
coming here to engage in new businesses. Seward is sol
situated that nine businesses going out will only tempor
arily be felt. The ore is still in the ground; the fish are
in the sea. Other industries have not been changed the
least whit. All people must live as formerly. Money
that has been spent over bars will be turned into other
channels t>eeause there is just as much money here as be
fore the liquor houses closed. It is true that part of the
license money will be missed but other money will be forth
coming to make up the deficiency.
No—instead of Alaska going backwards, watch and
notwithstanding the war, Alaska is going forward and
Seward especially. Everything will adjust itself within
a few days and January, 1918, will be a better year than
January 1917 or January 1916.
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Watch and see and also help make it so.
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WILL THE SALOON COME BACK?
Now that Alaska has gone dry will liquor establish
ments ever again come back? Liquor men in Seward are
divided in opinion but it is almost safe to predict that the
day of the saloon has gone for good. As one prominent
liquor man said last Monday. “If liquor comes back the
production will l>e sold over a counter, not a bar. Liq
uor will be sold the same as any commodity in other busi
ness. Thep roduct will be in bottles and sold but the day
of the individual drink has gone. If the liquor business
is reestablished the government will exercise its control
exclusively.”
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The logic sounds good and may be correct.
The Prussian junkers are quite willing to treat with
the Russian Bolsheviki—and later on, but for quite differ
ent reasons, they may be willing to sit at the council table
with the Bolsheviki at home.
“Small potato” is beginning to lose its force as a term
of reproach. It has now come to symbolize something
which is being employed to the utmost of its modest and
unassuming capacity.
An optimist is one who reflects that, under the day
light saving system, the disadvantage of early rising is
more than offset by the chance to get off an hour earlier
in the afternoon.
Did you make any resolutions, and if so how many
have you kept?
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Pity the women—when hubby comes home now she
will not pass that old gag along after a sniff at the afore
said husband’s breath with: “Oh, drinking again.”
Have you learned to write it “1918?”
No arrests, no fights, a pretty good record marking
the end of the liquor traffic in Seward.
Another thing, when hubby is late wifey must accept
the excuse that he was detained on business.
REPORT SHOWS !
ALASKA HAS A
SWEET TOOTH
Co-operation by Alaskans in the!
no inconsiderable part in the final re
sults obtained through food conserva-!
tion ,especially those commodities,
matter of food conservation is to play
nost needed by our allies at the pres
ent time.
During tin fiscal year ended June
‘.0. 1916, two hundred and thirty-six
, thousand four hundred and fifty-eight,
pounds of canned beef, valued at $47,
:;S0; 3,974,M«> pounds of fresh beef,|
valued at $472,243; pickled and cured
beef, 224.210 pounds, valued at $23,
:’24; 1.078, 425 pounds of bacon, va
lued at £243,687; 1,211,114 pounds of
ham, valued al $233, 519; 683,088 Ibs.
v»i lard valued at $133,868; 736,858 ibs.
mutton valued at $97,055; othei meat
products valued at $227,193; butter
<1,712,300 valued at $524,547; canned'
milk, 5,708,770 lbs., valued at $381,
169; sugar, 81,529; 1,055,169 pounds!
of pork canned, fresh and pickled, val
• teu at $227,103; butter, 1,712,309, val
ued at $524,347; canned milk, 5,708,
::0 lbs., valued at $581,168; sugar. 6,
,5,4,861 pounds valued at $452,140;
wheat flour, 6S,728 barrels, valued at
<388,984 were shipped front the State**
»o the Terri tor yof Alaska.
During the fiscal year ended June
:’0, 1917, 369,321 pounds of canned
beef; 4,622,294 pounds of fresh beef,
295,518 pounds of pickled and cured
beef; 1.112,256 pounds of bacon; l,-,
162,962 pounds of ham; 929,807 Ibs.
of lard; 1,229,461 pounds of canned
pork, fresh and pickled; 760,956 lbs.
of mutton; *307,858 worth of other
meat products; 1.797,752 pounds of
butter, 6.830,166 pounds of canned*
milk; 8,619,972 pounds of refined su
*/ar; 78,872 barrels of wheat flour and
$127,194 woith of confections, were
shipped into the Territory from th«*|
States.
During tin* fiscal year ended June!
30, 10!7, t!u'»e was also shipped Dorn
countries to the Territory a consider
able anmunt of meat, sugar, wheat j
hogs ana cattle, approximately $132,- j
000 worth.
Now, with these enormous amounts j
of wheat, meat, sugar coming iido the1
Territory, whose aggregate population
today is not in excess of 60,000, it
may readily be seen what a great sav
ing can be accomplished by Alaskans!
*f economy is practiced and wheat and;
meat eliminated from certain meals.
The figures aie astounding.
Think of 8,619,972 pounds of sugar,
coming into the Territory during the
twelve months ended June 30, 1917—
an average of over 143 pounds per)
week. How easily we can cut down
on our sugar allowance and thus make;
it possible to send our allies what
they need. We must do this as we1
have promised to grubstake this war.
In like proportion can we save on
the meat and wheat. Alaska is indeed)
to ho an important factor in aiding!
the world’s food stuffs, as nearly all
commodities along the food lines are
hipped into the Territory' from the|
outside.
The above figures of importations
into the Territory were furnished the
Federal Food administrate, by ‘.he
Juneau customs office. Judge Royal
A. Gunnison, recently appointed food i
administrator for Alaska is compi ine
data relating to foods consumed in
\lasku, quantities, shipments, prices,!
storage and other data which will be'
of assistance to tne National food ad*
ninistrator in his work of regulation
of ihc world’s food supply during the
war.
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SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
AND SOME OF THE WORDS
INCLUDED IN THE LIST
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 2. — Simpli-i
lied spelling for 27 words has boon i
adopted as official for the schools of
Montana, in a list mailed to teachers
by Miss May Trumper, state superin->
tendent of public instruction. The!
list is compiled after suggestions had I
been received from teachers of the
state.
The new spelling will be accepted)
as correct, along with the usual man
ner of spelling, the following: Alfa
bet, altho, anemic, catalog, coquet.!
dialog, fantom, fulfil, furlo, enuf, ma-|
ma, paragraf, program, quartet, re-;
alize, prolog, rime, stedfast, sulfur,,
telephone, telegraf, tho, thoro, thru,
thot and brot.
STRENGTHEN
IMMIGRATION
REGULATIONS
WASHINGTON, l). C., Jan.
A ti^ht to strcngthero the imnugia
tion laws and restrict still furthe** the
entry of immigrants is probable.
The general feeling in the house Is
one of dissatisfaction with the loyal
ty of large masses of immigrants—es
pecially from Russia. The prevalence
of traitorious pacifism in these groups
and their attempt to bring about the
desertion of the allies by Russia has
strengthened this feeling. The I. W.
W. depredations made many western
members favor rigid exclusion laws.
There is strong support for the ex
clusion of all Germans who served in
the army. It is argued felons arc
prohibited from entering the country,
but that authors of German army
uutrocities may gain entrance. It is
also argued it is unfair to exclude the
petty thief of peace times and admit
tiie murderer and violator of women
sifter a wav.
The exemption of aliens from the
draft h:is sharpened the feeling for
more exclusion in many congresisonal
districts, and the conduct of many
aliens in hindering the draft has fan
ned the amendment in other localities.
In the labor gioup of congress there
has always been a decided leaning to
ward exclusion laws, and this is
t trong’thoned by the fear of a large in
flux of European or Asiatic workers
after the war. Many will seek to
leave the devastated war countries.
It is realized it will be hard to main
tain ihe war’s high wage standards
in any case, and shutting ok immigra
tion is a Ivocatcd hv some as the most
practical means.
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WILL BREAK THROUGH
THE ICE TO BERING SKA
SEATTLE, Jan. 2. — In an effort
to reach Goorinews Bay on the Bering
Sea with supplies to relieve a threat
ened food shortage, the power schoon
er, Bender Brothers, will leave here
March 20, 1918, long before the ice
is out of northern waters, Captain
Knaflich, master of the little boat, has
announced.
The boat is being sheathed in iron
this winter so that it can fight the
ice in the spring. Captain Knaflich
left the Goodnews country late last
fall. He sai<l three hundred men in
tended to spend the winter there work
ing on a new gold strike. Food was
scarce and prices were high, he added.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE R. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
and improvements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the years as aforesaid, ns
required by the laws of the United
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of raid
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-ov/n
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said ^presen
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
Seward Light &
Power Company
Main 153
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A LAo K A company *"«•
Sailings from Seattle
Alaska, Dec. Sth; Victoria, Dec. 1 Gth; Alameda,
Doc. 27th. Alaska, Jan. 1st. Northwestern, Jan. Sth; Alameda, Jan. 16th;
Alaska, Jan. 24th.
Sailing of Alaska Dec. Sth, connects with Dora to the westward
* Sailing ot Victoria Doc. 16th, is via the outside passage.
a. h. McDonald, Agent.
The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
Seward, Alaska Phone: Main 81
SAILINGS V Admiral Kvans . Jan. 10th
FROM SEATTLE: ( Captain C. A. Glasscock.
Through Tickets to Fastern Points at Reduced Kates.
For full information on sailings from Seattle to San Francisco, ad
t dress Wayne Blue, Agent, Sewa rd, Alaska.
HARDWARE, STOVES ANO RANGES
RUBBER BELTING
Doors and Windows
IXL Parlor Heaters
Air Tight Heaters
Aluminum Ware
P. Sc B. Paper
Mnlthoid Hoofing
Marine Engine Oil
Gas Engine Oil
Laequeret Paint
Denatured Alcohol
Lang's Ranges
Unsol Inc Stoves
Deadening Felt
Weather Strips
Hlncksmith’s Coal
Wheel Rarrows
Fishing Tackle
Alcohol Stoves
Seine Twine
Granite Ware
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Oil Stove*
Spark Plu£f
Jump Coll*
Batteries
Asbestos
Tar Papei
Valve Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Ammunition
Bench Forges
Brushes
V Amishes
Turpentine
Japan
Coal Tar
Lam pa
Lanterns
Tents
Shot Guns
GmoUu*
OOtlerr
Fin cW
Rtfin
Fin BiUk
L4tt«
Cement
Glnju
Eep*
M error*
Phone Madison 87 J. L. GRAEF Seward, Afeike
Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
10 and 15 years. J. L. Graef’s. tf.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
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Taylor’s Express meets all boats |
and trains. Phone Main 122.
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Subscribe for The Gateway.
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Boys Regulation Tan Army Shoes.
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First.”
City Express. Phone Main 122.
Rayo Table Lamps with shades at
Graefs. 015tf.
Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
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Ask your grocers Tor Seward
Bakery Bread.
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Pearl Oil $1-75 a can at Graefa. tf
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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Imported Swiss cheese can now be
had at Brown & Hawkins.
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For sleds and ice skates see Graef.
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Andy's Express, phone Madison 143.
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