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VOL 8. .
PROPERTY TO BE
CONFISCATED
Mexico < *iP . Dec. *J-» Huerta's cab
inet plans to confiscate tin* property of
all who are unfriend: y to the dictator.
As a result heav y i;;! ^ are being made
on the banks and it is n question bow
Jong they will he aide to stand the
strain.
POSTAL JOGS
IN BIG NOMBERS
Washington* Dec. -•». Kight thou*
and extra railway mail jobs have been
created on account of the parcels post
and postal savings banks established.
$60,000 FOR AIDS
TO NAVIGATION
Washington, Doc.- Senator Jones
of Washington has introduced :t h»ll
for an appropriation of siinpnn ;op aids
to n:»'**a throuehmP Alaska.
F’*esi»t», t a , I Ka*. - •
Bearhe\, the ;;v at, r. d rlnsr at exhi
bition here \, ~ « i a , ot »p*-d t he mop
h ur tinn - »t tna>;t.*j a ties.*' nf anti
rode \\ iih his neae r.evvn for a distance
of etifht miles, making a new ivco d m
ax iat ion.
JUVENILE JUDGE
TAKES A BRIDE
Chicago, Deo. -15 Jude * Umlvn* of
Denver was mart* ed to Henrietta Bro
voert in this on\ «*n the h inst.
WhMernU. B. 1.. Bee. IB. tiorace
\’(jv, who Ii:'h presentt tl !:■** in*t-M
dents, since the Grant adn»i*'•*’; a}: i:,
with t lie it* t in* sttnas ti rU»*\>, i- n
thi* city Saturiia> 1 t*l.
KILLS HIS WIFE
AND PARAMOUR
Grant/., Germauy, Bee. -•>. Believ
ing tha* there wcit* illicit relations ex
isting between his wife and nephew,
Count Dakowav Nokia/, murdered
the.ni both and hits surrendered to the
authorities, ‘Hie incident ha* caused
a great sensation.
WATCHES! WATCHES!
Prices cut in two. Hie very best n
the market. Solid gold aud gold filled
George the .Jeweler.
TOYS.
A full line a: ButtV.
Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that laat forever at $7.
Commerce Cafe
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch.
Prash Lake Trout at the Coiumarce
tafe.
TO BURN OIL UN
BATTLESHIPS
Washington, I>ec. t’orrespond
< nee I'.arh abandonment o! coal as
tut I lot* tlu* battleships o! t he Ameri
can navy and the substitution of oil is
foreshadowed in the annual report ot
Kear Admiral R. S. Gridin, chief of
the bureau ol steam engineering, made
public today, lie declared that the
construction of oil engines for the
Maumee tit the New \ t»rk navy yard,
and the elimination of coal from the
designs of new butt ieships and destroy
ers are steps in this direction.
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In order to Hire’ the future needs of
the navy for fueloil, Admiral Gridin
recommends that the navy department
immeiiiatelN should undertake the pro
ducing and reiiuin^ of its own oil. He
points out that the sale of by-products
in the form of gasoline and illuminat
ing oils will no far towards coveiinj;
the expense of production and at the
same time furnish the ships with suita
ble fuel at a cost considerably below
the present eost.
So efficient have the machinery di
vision" of the various navy yards be
come hi recent years, d» dared Ad
tniral Gridin. that tin* machinery of
the whole th et with its enormous a^r
CTeifrte »»t 2.000,000 horsepower, has
lit.) n rirpt it, » xcehent condii ion durin*
th»* last fiscal yea*, flits odieiene\
was considerably stimulated, lie
b\ nee riit if compel it ions i* cent I \
iiKUiifurat **d
M.-xicu 4 *ii \, l»« c*. :’.i It is rep • !"d
tli-l < a ran/a. t f e i« ei !'• u:»t. has
b p,n.i »tl, bul tin* report ii is nut
been verified.
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I \u*L. I>« i* *j;». 1 >r. Leva bit i Haims
that tu ha^ discovered a cure lor par
alysis __
i*h1 volunteer firemen •» ball is caus
ing ;• gi» at deal of commotion. I he
hill post!*l* ha> be* h at the .1. L. Grttef
hardware >tore and put up a let of his
hi! ' ii tie* windows and exchuhsthe
ra\s of the sun, and .J. L. is compelled
•
to burn electric lights ail day. I he
attraction is >o git at it has the people
a cumin# and a going, and a great
many people think ’.t is a 10c vaude
vide'.huw. St ine peope are slightly
disappointed upon learning’ that they
are only inside i»f a hardware store,
but mist people are glad because they
can buy a great many thngs for .">c.
This is not ail about tiie store. 1 here
is a tin shop in connection, VVe fix
t;n dish pans that leak with big rivets
and then solder them, and if the cus
tomer finds that it Hues not hold water,
they can buy a new pan for the old one
to set into. *
Koenig's candy in plain and fancy
ooxes at W . \Y. Butts’.
Sourdoughs and chechakos, you
are invited to the Commerce Cafe.
Service every hour in 24.
You cannot help but find something
for Xmas at George the Jeweler’s.
Three meals for One Dollar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Ise eieeM1'* * **• i«rt skates at J. L
•raef's.
Oscar Christiansen, who has h*»en
laid no wuh rheumatism almost over
since liis return Irom the Shushnna
stampede, arrived m irom Moo-e i'.r*s
Iasi night and will depart on the !ir>t I
boat lor Warm Sp: ings near Sit ka t*»
take the baths.
William Kairman. ol the !;rm oi
Kairman tV Madsen, arrived in Seward
last night fro in Mile UP. Mr. 1-airman
lias it cent I \ soltl out his interests in
Moose I ’ass to I'rolessor llei*sht*i I ar
ker and li -lmure Drown, of Ml. Me*
Kiniey fame, and will take a trip down
to .human and a lew weeks at tin* Ilot
Springs a! Iloonah, and then return
planning on going' in to the Nelehina
in tin* spring.
Kmm. t* Shields, who has mining in
terests in the Moose ) ’ass countr\, is
in tow n.
Mr. Kinsinger, who is employed at
the Skeen-Leehner mine, is in Seward
to spend Christmas with his wile and
'child, w Im ace living at the Overland’
PROGRESS ON
KtNAIAIASKA
,Iame> Drennan, in charge of ti e
contract for the driving of the raise
that will connect the two lower h*v«*l*
at tin* Kenri-A tska (»o!d pioperty, re
ports that the work is jroinif a Ion if in
j^ood shape and that the contract "id
j he finished in yood tine*. i i»" raise
is uow up about tlb feet and yuo-i "■ e
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j S. r. Silverman is lii»urinirona H.vinir
(trip into th** Nelchina to have a look
iatthe placer possibilities in the new
•camp. Mr. Silverman is very favora
hlv impressed with the reports that
' have come out so far, and wants to see .
for himself, and if tin* Nelchina N as
L’ood as report* claim, will eme-avor to
-et hold of some of the i?iuunh.
K. I.. Crawford, a formci well known
Sewardite, is now located at l>*nfs, a
suburb of I'on land. Oregon, and
writes friends that while the ou’side
i> nice for a change, ho finds himself
thinking of t In north nltuos daily. .and
think.'* that spring will find him mosey
ing this way.
PETE WILL BE
BN THE GRBUND
I Peter M. Ogle, second in command
at the Alaska Transfer Co., received
word to the effect that owing to a lack
of assessment work, some property that
he is interested in at Hope on Turna
gin Arm is in danger of being jumped
by one Julius Sehalk, well known in
Seward. Mr Ogle immediately grab
bed a fast dog team and left for the
scene of trouble, prepared to stay until
after the tirst of the year.
Col. Revelle will leave for Hope and
Sunrise with the U. S. mail Decern-j
her 2t>.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns j
at J. L. Graef’s. J
New silver goods received on last j
mail. George the Jeweler.
Field glasses at J. L. tfratf ’s.
[ OUTE E
Scan le. !)»*i*. 21. I bd.iyed in ' ran
mission The .-learner Northwestern
sailed from Seattle Saiurday niulit lor
Seward and way pert-, with *•»!
low ing’ iis> of pas-erg*-? s lor Sew aril;
(' <Liraiill >. Miss ^ N d-nu. . S
j\»t<i and i *arl Sia- dord.
The Noi'tliiVt stei n -11«#i»I«1 arrive
next Sunday.
SNAKES AS THEY FEED.
When They $t*rt Swallowing They
Never Know When to Stop.
The swallowing pro ess is a serious
mutter for uny serpent, which must
draw itself painfully ever its prey by
hitching its jaws, armed with back
ward curving teeth forward, on one
side and then the other and by si mi
lar movements of the neck, ribs and
skin, until the who mass has finally
reached tin* prolonged stomach I he
snake's jaws are attached to the skull,
and the bones of the head and neck
are connected by elastic ligaments
which may be so stretched that an ol>
ject considerably larger than the head
itself may be swallowed if rightly seiz
ed, hence prey is usually I timed about
after killing it until its nose is fore
most. when the undertaking begins A
copious Mow of saliva assists degulti
t ion
Once stalled, a snake never knows
when to stop. has little ability to do
so, itided and the prey rarely kicks
loose ll lias happened frequently in
zoological < olleetions that a large snake
has swallowed a smaller oik* median
ieally. as i! were, when each lias seized
tin* same food animal Bofh -wallowed
?*t it until tin* larger rcc bed the hose*
of (he -niioiei duel ami then kept
right on as 'eng a- rhere was anything
in its mouth, uu.ess the victim of this
discourtesy man; red quickly to lot go
of tin* fare and < s* ape
Bartlett tell- Ms. in Itis hook on the
ear* .>! ;:t:qoa!s in the Lotahm zoo. of
one .iso nir in ft b«»a constrict »t* de
voured a cage mate t;h »* feet long who
did not feel disposed to lot go of his
half of a pigeon Next morning thi>
hoa could not curl up. but had to lie
straight out for several days, and a
month was spent in the digestion of
this inhospitable meal. Snakes will
keep pushing their jaws over a string
of frogs or mice tied together until
they have got outside the whole chain
Those animals have little, if any. sense
of taste and when they get their teeth
into anything soft try to cat it
BULLET PHOTOGRAPHY.
Curious Effect of Shooting Through a
Thin Stick of Wood.
Moving pictures have In en made at
i the rate <>t loo.ooo a second in contrast
' with the rale ot fifteen or twenty a
second, which is enough when repro
duced on a screen to give the eye the
impression of a continuous picture
The only thing that moves fast enough
to make such tremendous speed worth
using is a hullet. and some extraordi
nary pictures ot bullets have been ta
! ken at this rate, seventy-two pictures
, being taken of a revolver bullet as it
moved ten incites from the muzzle
Pictures of a bullet passing through
a stick of wood showed a ipieer condi
tion The bullet passed completely
through the thin stick and was well on
i Its way beyond before the wood gave
| any sign of distress Then some tiny
splinters started out, following the bul
let; the stick began to split, and after
the bullet had proceeded some distance
I the stick suddenly fell to pieces. No
camera shutters are fast enough to
I take pictures at anything like this
I speed, so no shutter was used.
Instead, a series of electric sparks
was Hashed, the sparks following one
| another at the rate of 100,IKK) a second,
each spark making a picture. The
tilm was mounted on a wheel about
three feet in circumference, and the
wheel was revolved at the rate of 0.000
revolutions a minute. When all was
ready the hullet was shot, the spark
Hashed and the wheel revolved, the
actual exposure being limited to a frac
tion of a second so as not to pile up
pictures one over the other.—Saturday
Evening Post
Sleds for boys and girls; sleds for
!»•■. At J. L. €3raef’$. *
©og harness at J. L. Graef *s.
Meet iue at the Branch *
Several miner- and or ~ ecior- '"Dili
Moose J ‘ass are in *» ' ai > o -;•• m.l fin*
holiday-. A moire ‘rose whole f he
(i •»11 • w «a y man met were .1. *t • i i oat -
rick, il. I’. Saii-imry ami i*ert il’S'
e ins. Mr. (ii ipat i ek -ay** that the
weal hep out at Aho-* l\a-s ha- no’
been !»ad and that Is below zero i- tin*
colde-t if ha-he#*:i in:- wilder. \h. n
four feel at -now ha- ha "it, but tiie
recent warm weather has r» duced it
to about t w o ft et.
The prn-pects around that -*cuonot
tie* com.tr> a»e very promi-injf and
there i- no qm-tion hut that it wmi
become a prom mo t miniiiif eei ’ *t
before !onif. Mr. (Jilpatp'ck .-ay - i.p*
if real trouble is that "the business men
of Seward do not know what :: if real
country we have out there, tor tin*
reason that none ol them ever take
the trouble to jjo out and -• e for them
selves.’*
The hoys will probaii v rmnan in
Seward until after lip* holidays.
LOCAL NOTES
OF INTEREST
To in ami Jen .o' x'i.i b. ripe \\ eel -
i esday.
Sidney Anderson, of toe Bank of
S-.*ward, is hiifh man witi; a score et
•Jllut the Northen booling ailexs.
There is a fit «* prize lmt .■ u» for the
hi j h score n-aUi before Christina
ni^lit.
(It- or i/e (I. t i >! ? t r Isa- ".(*'< t t * ' • a | >*
sit ion with the Skcen-Kech: er /.lining
Co. and expect- to no bu.-x at thtu
property until Huerta decide- to ot
o',m>u and then it- hack to tin* banana
b«*lt for (Jeorile.
I toheft MichaeUor. the well known
Mill- t 'reek minim: n an. ha- op* ned a
roadhouse er tin* .V oi m Ik -- trail that
i> a IvM'ii to tuu.-hers on tie* -•* to Sun
rise trail.
Frank K. Youngs, who ha* been
spending a few werk* in Seattle get
ting next t<* th*‘ follie* and frai'ties of
th*1 fair sex, wires friends that he i*
hurrying back in ord *r to get to Sew
ard in tinu1 for the Firemen’s big
ma*i|uera(ie on New Y*ar* Lve.
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THE BIG FEED
The annual dinner givt n by the
Northern will occur tomorrow night,
to which all are invited. Come and
bring your appetites witji you. 1
Augustine & Kyer’s famous candies
at VV. VV. Butts’. t
Imperial candies, the finest ever. A
full line at VV. VV. Butts’. J
See tin* large and beuutijul selection
of dolls at Butts1 store. t
Bread for sale -1 Oc a loaf or 12 for
51. At Commerce Cafe
For reliable informal on write Can
non. Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
Meet meat the Branch.
Xmas presents for the old, young,
and little ones at Butts’. Come in
and let us please you.
PabsU blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. *
Budweiser beer at the Branch. *