NEWS NOTES
Captain Johnson will leave tomor
row to bring back a load of sand from
111} ak bay for the engines of the rail
road.
Dick Dawson came over from Crow
creek yesterday on business and re
ports everything going most satis
factorily in a mining way. It is
known that he brought some gold but
he prefers not to speak about it. His
health has not been very robust but
he will return to Crow creek tomor
row.
N’att Dinin was brought in to tin
Seward (teneral Hospital toda\ to be
treated for injuries to both legs sus
tained b\ being struck by a handcar
near Mile 10. Dr. Kotnig went out
the line this morning to attend to the
injured man.
1‘ete Johnson, one of the bosses for
the Crow Creek Mining company.
came for a short visit to the city last
evening.
F. D. Antrim is now dispatcher on
the railroad, the appointment having
been made on September 26. two days
ago.
Yukon Territory went wet by three
votes and four clergymen were absent
at the time. That certainly look.'* like
the irony of fate.
( t r OFF TKICCF.lt FINCF.lt
10 FSCXPF CONSCRIPTION
LONDON, Sept. 20. — Charles
Stockdale, a London blacksmith, has
just been sentenced by court martial
to a year in prison for cutting ofT his
trigger linger to escape conscription.
California Home Assorted Pickles,
fifteen cents per can.
PROXY N vY HAWKINS, “Quality
First.’*
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Thursday, Sept. 28,8:15 p.m.
The Runaway Box Car
Kuleui
IV\V||) liIlhilNS ii tin* famous Racine IMav
“His Last Dollar*"
An original race track stt>r\ in 4 parts
BLACK AND WHITE SNOWBALL
A eootl Vitajfrapli comedy
JUST ARRIVED AND UNPACKED
The New Kali Suiting* in Ku'diionahlo Kahrics
Novelty Plaids Hairline Serges
Ottoman Cloth Khiva Cloth
fden Cloth Devonshire Cloth
Just what uiilady has h-vn waiting for
PATENT LEATHER BELTS CROCHET HOOKS
ALL WOOL YARNS OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT GOWNS
TABLE RUNNERS SILKEN HOSIERY MUNSINGWEAR
HALLETT & SCOTT
THE SHOP OF EXCLUSIVE STYLES
: COMMISSIONER REVIEWS
PROHIBITION ELECTION
DAWSON, Sept. 8.—When asked
today a.*' 10 whut further proceedings
j could he taken in regard to the pro
hibition plebiscite the commissioner
stated that under the terms of the
plebiscite ordinance the returning of
1 ticers for the various districts, within
fourteen days after the day on which
the plebiscite was held, will sum up
the result of the returns of all the
deputy re.urn*i g officers and make a
return to the commissioner of the re
I suit of the plebiscite, and that after
receiving these returns a statement
of the result of the vote will be puv
lishel in one issue of tin* Official (la
zetto. Up to date returns have been
made by the returning officers for
North Dawson, Itonanza and Klondike.
Kef urns for South Daw son and White
horse are yet to lie made.
Tlu* commissioner states that un
der the terms of the ordinance it is
doubtful whether a recount can be
had. although this is a matter of opin
ion on the interpretation of the pleb
iscite ordinance and the election or
dinance. Kxcept for the purpose of
deciding bets, the commissioner says
that a recount would not seem to be
of much use, as public opinion is quite
apparently very evenly divided in Yu
kon on the question of prohibition,
with a slight majority against it. To
justify the government in making
such a sweeping change in the exist
ing state of affairs, he states, it
should have behind it a substantial
and decided majority of the people,
which, he adds, it would apparently
not have in Yukon.
Asked as to what he thought of the
t. the commissioner said that he I
was not surprised, as during the cam
paign he had judged public opinion to
be fairly evenly divided, that if Ik* had
been convinced of the correctness of
the assertions of the supportm-s of
prohibition that a vast nmjo'ity of
the electors were in iav>r of prohibi
tion le would have been greatly sur
prised at the result. They doubtless
were misled, he says, by the large
number who signed the petition in
favor of prohibition but who did not
vote that way. The assertion of some :
people that the council should have
memorialized the government for pro
hibition on the strength of the poti
I tion is shown by the result of the
vote, he states, to have been errone
, 0113, and that the council, in referring
the matter to the vote of the electors
took the correct and proper action.
The unreliability of petitions in Yu
kon, he adds, long has been a matter
of general knowledge, but lias been
more fully demonstrated in this in
! stance.—Ex.
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WETTEST TOWN IN DRY CAMP
The following confession from E.
W. Chalin, who once ran for president
on the Prohibition ticket, and “stump
ed*4 the country for the “drys” as a
member of the famous “Flying
Squadron,” was entirely unexpected.
It came in this dispatch from Do*
Moines to the Davenport Democratic
Leader:
“The wettest drv state in the
L .
union!
Thus dose E. W. Chalin, at one
' time candidate for president of the
United States, sum up the situation
I with relation to the suppression of
liquor sales in this state.
Iowa’s prohibition laws do not pro
hibit, declared the noted temperance
worker and reformer. Mr. Chalin
loft his home in Arizona several
months ago to stump Iowa in the in
terests of prohibition and woman’s
.suffrage. Ho has made more than .‘100
speeches in this state.
Chalin attacked the private con
sumption clause in the lmva liquor
statutes and urged Iowa prohibition
ists to eliminate this clause at the
next general assembly.
UrbacH
sells
ALWAYS RELIABLE
ALAMEDA COMING
The Alameda was reported this
morning to have left Valdez at 11 a.
m., but no word came as to whether
she is steaming here direct or not.
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It has arrived. See page 4. Brown
& Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Oyster Cocktails at “The Branch.”
VERY ATTRACTIVE INDEED
Is our display of fine candies. To a
judge of qualities in such merchandise j
the exhibit is a real treat. When to
this high class is added the added at*
traction of exceptionally low prices it
is not surprising that this store is so.
popular with the discriminating.
TOBACCO, CIGARS AND
CONFECTIONERY
HETTEL’S The Kodak Store,
Broadway, Seward
Agents tor Eastman Kodak Sup
plies and Ansco Cameras
Edison Talking Machines & Records
Columbia Phonographs & Records |
FOR RENT
First class boarding house and three
bedrooms, completely furnished. See
Cooper 9-28—tf.
LOST
Pair nose glasses, in case. Please
notify (lateway office. 9-2C—tf.
“Billy Bueter;" The best schoc
shoe on the market. High and lo\
tops, all sizes.
BROWN & HAWKINS, “Qualit
First."
Long distance teiepnone booth a
I'he Branch.
™ ti* Ban on Extravagance
Following the example set by some of the war
ring nations, a movement of some magnitude has been
inaugurated in the United States to instill a sense ol
economy in the people; it is a fact that we as a people
are the most extravagant in the world. If you are one
of the many Americans who have never experienced
the feeling of safety and satisfaction engendered bv
the possession of a savings account however modest,
JUST TRY IT. You can start it with a dollar, and the
start is the only difficult part of it. Surmount that
difficulty TODAY.
FOUR PER CENT PAID ON SAVINGS.
Interest computed January 1st and July 1st.
Resources $350,000
Territorial and City Depository.
ESTABLISHED 1905.
BANK OF SEWARD
Gruen
$40.00 <o
Watches
$300.00
George the Jeweler
GROCERIES
“Quality First”
CLOTHING
Announcing the Arrival of
THE RANGE WITH THE REPUTATION
’’Quality First”
As “Quality First” has always been our policy, we believe
that we have been very fortunate in securing the agency
for
The Great Majestic Range
We wish to extend to everyone a most cordial invitation
to visit our store, where the favor of your inspection is in
vited, and your order at your own convenience will be
greatly appreciated.
The best Line of High Grade
FURNITURE
and R u G S
in Alaska
1
SHOWN & HAWKINS
Large Outfitters—General Merchandise
SEWARD “QUALITY FIRST” ANCHORAGE '
THE
VERDICT
Once more (he Majestic Range has been awarded a world
verdict over all competitors. This time it comes in the
shape of the gold medal given by the Panama-Pacific ex
hibition.
Call and get description booklets.
A COOK BOOK FREE WITH
EVERY RANGE
MECHANICS’ TOOLS
of all kinds and a General Line of
HARDWARE
NOTE CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS:—Hardware Dept., Adams 80; Office, Madison 80; Grocery Dept,Main 1._