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DR. H. A. BLYTH
Dentist
PHONE— Mad.. Ill
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office HOCKS
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J. H. ROMIG, M. D.
Office in K. K. Bldg.
Residence Third Are.
Phones: Office, Madison 188#
Residence Adams «**.
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7* R. C. P. * L. R. C. S. Edinburgh
U F. P. & S.. Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN. M. D., C. M.
Van Gilder Building
Office hours: 1 to 8 and 7 to 8 p. n
Formerly of Nome.
FRATERNAL
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L. 0. O. M. Na. U25
Meets erery Tu~day 8 PJL, at
A. B. Rail Waiting Broth*.
Invited.
Peter N. Anderson Dictator.
Julian Reed, Secretary.
PIONEERS Or ALASKA
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meeta on 2nd and 4th 8ttoiffi|
each month, 8 p. 4^ Pioneer Hall
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Clinging
Invisible
WONDERFULLY
soft and fine, it
coheres so closely as to
caem to belong to the
ckin itself. Never gives
that caarse "make-up"
bok. And the exquisite
Janted fragrance ^akes
it a delight to ute. Have
• au tried it? Tiki a box
home today.
For Sale At
SEWARD DRUG CO.
WOOD UNDERTAKING COMPANY
Licensed Embalmers
Funeral Directors
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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LUMBER and BUILDERS; HARDWARE—
WINDOWS, DOORS, GLASS • and MILL-WORK.
Agents For— STANDARD MARINE ENGINES.
( Seward Alaska )
YANKEE ENTERPRISE HAS
SHOWN UP COMPETITORS
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| - LONDON, May 21— By A. P.—
Yankee enterprise triumphed when
; the city of Birmingham, planning to
replace its street car rails invited bids
for material. An American obtained
the contract, althongh two British
firms asked for it, and protests have
been so numerous that the municipal
government issued an official state
ment.
One of the British bidders, it was
explained, agreed to begin delivering
fifty tons a week in April but would
not consent to a penalty clause for
non-delivery; the other promised 1200
tons within twenty weeks. The firm in
the United States agreed to complete
delivery by the end of May and quot
ed a lower price than either of the
Rritish manufacturers. The price ami
the fact that the authorities were anx
ions to complete the work this year
wore the inflm ncing factors in favor
of the American bidder.
Sending American steel rails to
Birmingham is like carrying coals to
Newcastle with the possible exception
that the purchase by the city corpor
ation of street railway rails made in
the United States was because Bir
mingham thus got better rails than if
the British product had been used.
Councilman Lee, called upon in the
city council to explain the purchase,
said rails recently supplied by British
manufacturers had not been equal to
the committee’s standard, the life of
such rails being five years instead of
the normal life of fifteen years.
Alderman Bewly declared this state
ment reflected on the British steel
trade industry; and another member
recalled that a rule of the council for
bade the placing of an order with n
foreign concern when the value was
more than $5,000.
The controversy ended when a re
solution was adopted approving the
purchase of American rails but re
minding the committee of the exist
ance of the rule regarding foreign
goods and ordering its enforcement in
the future.
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ONLY 750,000 ARE NOT
WORKING IN BELGIUM
BRUSSELS, May 21— During the
German occupation a certain amount
was doled out by the Comite National
to the unemployed Belgians to keep
from starvation and incidently to pre
vent them from working for the Ger
mans. Since the armistice it has been
continued because there is no work
available.
Today a long parade formed near
the Place Rogier and proceeded up and
down the most important boulevards. |
They were some of the unemployed.
They were striking for more pay. It
has become a most expensive luxury to
be idle in Belguim and so this morning
there took place in Brussels a “strike
of the unemployed.r
There are seven hundred and fifty
thousand unemployed in Belgium.
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Whittemore & Margules — Proprietors
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD WATER anil POWER COMPANY
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
% Office Admiral Building
Wayne Blue, Agent.
SEWARD AlASKA
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FACTS ABOUT SEWARD
Seward is situated on Resurrection Bay, midway ot
the coast line of the Gulf of Alaska and 160 miles from
route of the Pacific steamers to the Orient.
The various trade routes of the North Pacific Ocean,
and all the roads and highways and trails and mountain
passes from the interior converge at this point much as if
nature had anticipated the need of a gateway through
which the trade and travel of -a great region might find
convenient passage.
The deep, perfectly protected harbor presents an ob
long surface embracing forty square miles, upon which
any ship that floats may sail in safety at any time, and
which in appearance suggests nothing so much as a beauti
ful inland lake.
The mainland and shores of Resurrection supply am
ple space and perfect topography for the building of a city
of whatever extent future needs may develop; and this cir
cumstance, added to its natural position as a gateway to
the interior, and the freedom from ice at all seasons of the
harbor and adjacent waters lead the government to select
this port as the ocean terminal for the railroad. The un
limited coal and oil and mineral resources of Alaska will
flow through this port to enter the commerce of the world,
and in return will come the supplies for distribution over
a territory greater in extent than many state combined,
thus making it the great port of the North Pacific or the
NEW YORK OF ALASKA.
For other facts about Seward and the great district
surrounding this city, write to the
SEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.