CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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FOR SALE
FOK SALE—5-room modern house,
and lot), completely furnished; now
renting for $25 per month, t. w. lmo
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Three-room furnished
flat—Inquire Chas. Cooper. tf
FOR RENT—Furnished bed room with
hot and cold water. Apply at The
Key . _^ !
WANTED, Miscellaneous
WANTED AT ONCE—Men for track-1
laying. Alaska Anthracite Railroad;
Co., Katalla. Alaska. Wages, $5.00,
per day. Board, $1. 8. i to 21
FOUND
FOUND—Bunch of keys. Loser call
at The Gateway and pay for this
adv. _ tf‘
FOR RENT — Furnished house; two
rooms and bath. See Dougherty, tf .
2 C. Kodak. Jr., Kodak $12.»H>~
Seward Drug Co. j
Old papers, seventy-five for 10c, at
The Gateway.
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BARGE LOAD OF
SUPPLIES ARRIVED
Barge No. 38, in tow of the tug
Daniel Kern, has arrived from Seat
tle with over 006 tons of miscellaneous
freight and 279,643 feet of lumber for
the Commission. Included in the car
go were 549 railroad ties. 336 steel
rails, and four refrigerator cars, com
plete. __
PROFESSIONAL
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J. H. ROM1G, M. l>.
Office on Broadway
Residence Third A\e.
Phones: Office, Adams Resi
dence, Adams 48.
\t. R. C. P. & L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
L. F. P. A S., Glasgow.
J M. SLOAN, M. D„ C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hour*: 1 to 8 and 7 to S p. ni.
Formerly of Nome.
OK. O. J. KEATING
Dentist
Office over Bank of Seward
flours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phones:
Office, Mad. 76 Rea., Mad^GS
ROBERT SIMPSON
Juneau, Alaska
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
FRATERNAL
L. O. O. M. 1425
Regular meeting every Friday
night at 8 o’clock in A. B. Hall.
Visiting brothers invited.
ODD FELLOWS
Resurrection Lodge No. 7
Meets 8 P. M. every Thursday
Visitors Welcome
Charles Lechner C. E. Mullin
Noble Grand Secretary
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
meets on 2nd and 4th Saturday
each month, 8 p. in., Pioneer Hall
m CHES
Howard
Hamilton
Verithin Gmen
Full Line of Nugget
Goods
Special Order Work
Promptly Executed
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C. E. ORLANDER
SUCCESSOR TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
U. S. RAILROAD RECORD
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Vol I, All the news of the line from Seward to Fairbanks. No. 93
PROGRESS ON
TALKEETNA END
The following report covers the con
dition and progress of work within
the district for the first half of the
month of August:
Sufficient cars and track were re
ceived during the period to meet im
mediate necessities and alleviate the
inconveniences and delays caused by
the previous shortage of this equip
ment. As a consequence the station
men between Sheep Creek and Tal
keetna are making satisfactory prog
ress. The weather has also been fav
orable for construction work all along
the line.
The two piledrivers at work below
Talkeetna are making good headway,
and a third piledriver, recently placed
in service, has about 50 per cent of J
the protection piling placed around|
the wharf in front of the warehouses
at Talkeetna. It is proposed to con
nect these warehouses with the main
line as soon as track reaches Tal
keetna.
At Headquarters Camp, Dead Horse
Hill, construction of the permanent
buildings is going forward rapidly.
During the period enough building
material was received to complete the
District Office and dormitory for bach
elors, and to make alterations and ad
ditions to other buildings.
At Indian River, Camp 263, the
clearing for the camp site has been
completed, and the contractors, ('has.
Johnson & Co., are now engaged in
getting out timber for warehouse
foundations at that place. The instal
lation of these foundations will be
commenced within a few days. Plans
for the permanent camp buildings
have been completed, ami include,
bunk houses, a mess house, office,
ham, ha\ and oats cache and quarters
for the timekeeper and storekeener
The sawmill at Indian River is now
turning out a satisfactory amount of
suitable lumber for camp construction,
including the material for the ware
houses to be constructed at that point.
The health of the force has been
good during the period and only acci-i
dents of a minor character have been
sustained.
There were 541 employees on the
payrolls of Talkeetna District on Aug
ust 11. divided as follows: General su
pervision 5; engineering 29; office and
clerical 16; foremen and suforemen 7;
mechanics and laborers. 112; team
sters, packers and corral help 18; mess
house help 27; stationmen 275; sta-,
tionmen’s laborers 50; miscellaneous
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TRAINMASTER GOES
OFT TO CALIFORNIA
Among the outgoing passengers on
the transport Crook were Clyde Wat
son and family, who are on their way
to California. Watson has been con
nected with the Commission during
the past two years, entering service on 1
August 21, 1315, as yard foreman.
On September 1 he was promoted to
conductor, and on April 1, 1916, to
yardmaster. Since November 1, 1916, |
he was trainmaster of Central Divi
sion. resigning on August 8.
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Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
5, 10 and 15 years. J. L. Graef’s. tf.
EXPERIMENTAL
FARM WORK
The Matanuska Experimental Sta
tion, which is located about one mile
north of the town of Matanuska, was
made possible through the appropri
ation by Congress on March 4 last of
$10,000 for the purpose of “locating,
equipping and maintaining an agri
cultural station in the Matanuska Fal
ley.”
Early this summer Mr. Frederick E.
Rader, of the States Relation Ser
vice of the Department of Agricult
ure, came to Alaska and assumed
charge of the work of establishing the
station. Most of the activity this sea
son has been of a preliminary nature.
Four acres, of land have been cleared
and two acres were planted with oats
on June 22. The oats are already two
feet high and are beginning to head.
This is considered a very satisfactory
showing, considering the lateness of
sowing the seed and the newness, of
the soil. No effort has been made this
year to plant a large variety of crops
but next season experiments on a wide
scale will be made with a view of de
termining the grain and vegetables
best adapted to this soil and climate.
A log barn, 2G by 27 feet, has been
built at the station to house the horses
and feed, and Mr. Rader and his as
sistants are now building a frame resi
dence for their own use.
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TI G RECENTLY IN
NORTH, GOING EAST
The tug Arctic, which towed the
barge Henry Villard, loaded with sup
plies for the Commission from Seat
tle to Anchorage recently, is reported
to have been sold to a New York con
cern and will be taken to Atlantic
waters at once.
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RAILROAD WORKS START
CLASS IN FRENCH
A class is being formed by the em
ployees of the Commission at Anchor
age for the study of the French lan
guage, under the direction of Mr. E.
A. de Vicq. It is proposed to meet two
evenings a week.
mendTSeTn
SPITHF FRITZ
Real Ability Shown by Men on Fan
ning Island Who Repaired
Damage
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LONDON, July 15, (By Mail.) —
How the cable staff at Fanning Island
patched up the cable which was cut
by the men of the German cruiser
Nurnberg, is told in the “Zodiac,” the
organ of the Eastern and Associated
Telegraph Company, which says:
“The resources of a coral island in
the Pacific are naturally slight, and
the Germans had thought to clinch
the matter by towing the severed ends
of the cable far apart. But they reck
TERRITORY TO
AID SCHOOLS
Provisions by Which Money Is Re
funded to Extent of 75
Per Cent
House Bill No. 4, passed by the
recent Territorial Legislature, provid
ing for the maintenance of public
schools and high schools in the Ter
ritory of Alaska is as follows:
Section 4. That seventy-five per
cent of the total amount expended for
the maintenance of public schools, in
cluding high schools, within the lim
its of any incorporated town, city or
incorporated school district, now ex
isting or hereafter established, in each
school year shall be refunded to the
school fund of said incorporated town
or incorporated school district from
the monies of the Territory of Alaska,
as hereinafter set forth. Provided,
however, that no expense incurred for
the construction of a new building,
purchasing building sites, or other real
i estate, shall be considered expense of
maintenance within the meaning of
this act, and not more than ten per
cent of the total amount of the ex
pense of maintenance shall consist of
expenses incurred for repairs, alter
ations, or other improvements on
buildings or other real estate. Provid
ed, further, that no incorporated town,
city or incorporated school district
shall receive more than $15,000 from
the Territory of Alaska under the
provisions of this act, during any one
I school year of nine months.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent an incorpor
ated town, city or incorporated school
district from expending an amount in
excess of ten per cent of the expense
of maintenance within the meaning of
this act for repairs, alterations or
other improvements of buildings or
other real estate. However, such ad
ditional expenses shall not be consid
| ered within the provisions of this act.”
| In other words, for every dollar
I spent in Seward from now on for
school purposes, 75 cents is returner!
by the Territory.
oned without their hosts. Hugh Craig,
a member of the Fanning Island stutF,
although entirely lacking experience
in handling or repairing cables, under
took the temporary repair of the Fan
ning-Suva cable.
“As there was no grapnel, he used
an ordinary pickaxe. By this means
and also by diving and working undef
the sea to secure the cable ends with
ropes he managed to raise them to the
j surface. But they were still far apart,
there was no possibility of bringing
them together and no spare cable was
available, to fill the gap.
“He improvised rafts made with
planks and ordinary barrels and with
the cable ends securely fastened to
these, made a connection between
them with ordinary covered wire. It
was across these rafts that Fanning
spoke again to Suva, transmitting the
urgently awaited inforamtion of her
requirements for complete repair.”
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Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
The Branch.
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__OVER FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND EMPLOVEESI
G. W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:
WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY'S FLOURS
AND A FULL LINE OF
HARDWARE
Stoves, Hay and Feed
No Better Goods Can Be Bought At Any Price
G. W. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA
THE
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SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
RUBBER BELTING
HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
Door* ami Window* Gasoline Stove* Oil Stove* Ammunition Gasoil n*
1X1. Parlor Heater* Deadening Felt Spark Plug* Bench Forge* Bellow*
Air Tight Heater* Weather Strip* Jump Colls Bru*he* Cutlery
Aluminum Ware Blacksmith'* Coal Batteries VarnUhe* Fire Clay
P & B. Paper Wheel Barrow* Asbesto* Turpentln* Rifle*
Malthoid Rooting Fishing Tackl* Tar Paper Japan Fir* Brick
Marine Engine Oil Alcohol Stove* Valve Oil Coal Tar Lim*
Can Engine Oil Seine Twine Floor Oil Lamp* Cement
Lacqueret Paint Granite Ware Linseed Oil lantern* Glass
Denatured Alcohol Cook Stove* Cup Grea** Tenta Rope
Lang * Range* Camp Stove* Paint* Shot Gan* Mercury
Phone Main 87 J. L. GRAEF Seward, Alaska
SEWARD WATER and POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office—Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD ALASKA
For Spring Cleanup Use KRESO Disinfectant
Lime Chloride and Sulphur
SEWARD DRUG CO.
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