NEWS NOTES
C. E. Pierce had a birthday last
Tuesday and entertained some
friends. He took his guests to the
Empress Theatre in the evening and
later entertained them to lunch at his
residence. Those present in addition
to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce were Dr. am:
Mrs. Komig, Miss Margaret and Miss
Elizabeth Komig and Roy Ashland.
W. S. Perkins is an arrival from
Anchorage.
Mr .and Mrs. A. J. Adams arrived
on the Evans. . *
Messrs. F. B. and H. B. Stites and
Miss Stites compose the members of
a family which arrived in Seward
yesterday and which intends to make
Seward its home. Mr. Stites, Sr., is a
business man and was looking up a
house for a residence this morning.
Sam SoupeofT has succeeded in find
ing one of the prettiest Arctic iox
skins ever brought to Seward. He is
said to have paid an almost unbeliev
able price for it and he is now look-j
ing for two more to make a set.
Tho meeting called last evening for
the purpose of discussing the propos
ed dog race under the auspices of the
Anchorage Kennel Club was not large,
enough to decide on anything definite, j
Jack Kissel, the representative of j
M. A. Gunst & Company of Seattle,
is the latest arrival of the traveling
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Neustadter Bros, and ix>men ants
Hanford.
James Galen and W. W. GeKhed
left for Moose Pass this morning to j
look o\er some mining prop* r.y, Mr.
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capital in the d. strict. He G an ex
pert quartz man.
FOUND
A purse; Apply at Gateway.
DOG TEAM TRAVELS
30 MILES AN HOUR
The fastest time ever recorded for
dogs is given by the Toronto Globe in
speaking of the recent race at An
chorage. According to the Globe the
dogs of Frank Dixon made about
thirty miles an hour. Here is tint
Globe story:
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 21.—Tak
ing the leader’s place in the harness
when the dog collapsed, Frank Dixon
dragged his dog team three blocks to j
the finish line last night and won the
254-mile dog sled race from Anchor
age to Old Knik and return. His time]
was eight hours and fourteen minutes.
Walter Howard, the favorite, was a
close second.
HEATING PLANT SITKA
PIONEER HOME DESTROYED
SITKA. Feb. 2.—The heating plant
building of the Pioneers* Home took
lire at i o’clock this morning. The
building is a total loss but the ma
chinery seems to be undamaged with
the exception of the smoke stack, it
is estimated it will cost $4f»0 to put
the plant in shape for operation
again,—Fx.
Mrs. SeitTert and her young son
John left for Valdez on the Evans to
pay a visit to Mrs. Davidson, wife of
Captain Davidson, the new member
of the Alaska Hoad Commission.
Mrs. Davidson was formerly Mrs.
Fred Hanks of Nome and Captain
Davidson was once stationed at Fort
Davis near that city. Mr. SeitTert is
coining from Seattle on the Farragut
and will meet Mrs. SeitTert at Valdez.
Our three for $1.00 “Bargain Sox”
are the best in town for the money.
White and gray. Drown & Hawkins,
“Quality First.”
Dry goods at Butts.
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Feb. 10, 8:45 Sharp
The Impress Circuit Presents the Paramount feature
IN FIVE ACTS
The World'-* Foremost Motion Picture Star'
MARY PICKFORD
in a Novel and Tvpieal Characterization
“The Eagle's Mate"
A drama of splendid emotions and heroic act ion —■ a story palpitant
v\ ?h Primal Passions and the.loy of Life^ __ ____
Wh*~n Tin> •• . int feature you know y**u are seethtf the best They
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Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
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You can be prepared by merely opening a
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during 1916 by check.
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Established 1905
GOULDS BEGIN
FIGHTFOR R. R.
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 2.—The Gould j
interests today began their battle to!
retain control of the Texas & Pacific
railroad. The receivership asked by
B. F. Bush, receiver for the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad, is
expected to be one of the most hotly
contested legal fights in corporation
annals. The petition was filed Dec.
27 and the hearing is to begin today
before Federal Judge Meek. The pc- j
tition, nctered by the Bankers’ Trust
company of New York, alleges that
the interest on $25,000,000 in second
mortgage bonds, issued in 1888, has
been in default since 1007. The total
interest and principal in defualt is
said to amount to $14,000,000. The
petitioner asks an accounting of the
earnings and property of the railroad,
applicable to the payment of the
bonds. The complaint alleges that
for a number of years the income
from operation, instead of being ap
plied to payment of interest on the
bonds, was used for improvements,
betterments and other purposes. The
petition also includes the New Orleans
Railway company, a Texas & Pacific
property in Louisiana. The Iron
Mountain is the owner, subject to
pledge, of more than $23,000,000 of
the $25,000,000 bonds issued under the
mortgage. The business war between
the Goulds and .certain antagonistic
interests are said already to have
been responsible for the International
& Great Northern and the Missouri
Pacific receiverships. An agreement
as to the Texas & Pacific property
failed. George J. Gould is president
of the Texas & Pacific, which has
been controlled by the Gould family
since the days of Jay' Gould. It
operates under a federal charter
granted March 3, 1871. The company
was reorganized without foreclosure
in 1888. Recent figures show the
Missouri Pacific, also in the hands of
a receiver, and allied lines, owned
$6,555,000 of the Texas & Pacific’s
outstanding shares.
TO EXTEND MANN
ACT TO ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The ex
tension of'the Mann act, better known
as the White Slave act, to Alaska, the
Panama canal zone and all of the in
sular possessions of the United
States, is proposed in a bill which was
introduced this afternoon by Senator
Overman of North Carolina.—Kx.
DEATH OF FORMER OFFICIAL
Advices have been received in Ju
neau of the death in Albany, Oregon,
yesterday of Orville Porter, who was
the federal marshal and surveyor
general for Alaska, during President
Taft’s administration. Mr. Porter
was 79 years of age.—Ex.
“Wright’s” Union Suits give satis
faction.—URBACH'S.
FOR SALE: English Setter bird
dog pup at $25 each. The best of
breeding. Eligible for registration.
Write M. D. Snodgrass, Kodiak.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
See the ready made skirts and
waists at Butt’s.
Howard and Hamilton
Watches!
George the Jeweler
PRESIDENT WILSON'S GRANDDAUGHTER
FACES CAMERA WITHOUT FLINCHING
(The little lnd\ In (lie picture resting contentedly In her mother's hip and gazing
at the photographer is Miss Ellen Wilson McAdoo. granddaughter of President
Wilson and daughter of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. Mrs. McAdoo. who
was MIsa Eleanor Randolph Wilson, was married to Mr. McAdoo. who was a
widower, on Muv 7 I9H I.lttle Miss McAdoo is six months old.]
Star Naptha Washing powder
makes washing easy. Twenty cents
per pkg. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
Black Diamond, second mined run
coal. $10 per ton delivered from
dock. Alaska Transfer Co. 2-1014
—
Diamond “W” and Magnolia brands
stool-cut coiToc.—URBACH’S.
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Ripe olives. Thirty-five cents per
pint. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
CAPITOL CAFE RE-OPENED
The well known Capitol Cafe, Mrs.
Ayres, proprietor, is open again for
business. Beat of cooking anil ser
vice, and a big bill of fare to choose
from. tf
Watcrfill & Frazier vhwkey at
“The Branch.”
Percolators, Electric and Common,
Casseroles, El Grillo-Toasters. Make
sensible presents. Buy of SEWARD
COMMERCIAL CO.
Smoke the Key special. Always
pood. Sold only at the Key.
All kinds of tools and builders’
hardware at Brown & Hawkins
“Quality First.”
Best cigarc ana rerreshments at
Terminal Bar. See ad. 11-1—tf
“THE KEY”
Seward-made candles. Johnston
Chocolates fresh from the factory.
Also fruits. 12-16—tf
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
Medlicott Scotch Wool Underwear
for men—URBACH’S. #
Good Eating!
Every Day Something Good at
the COMMERCE CAFE.
Everybody Knows Ernie Levin, Prop.
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I AMERICA’S FOREMOST FILM
ACTRESS MARY PICK FORI)
AT THE EMPRESS I
(Contributed)
“The Eagle's Mate," a vitally grip-!
ping drama of the mountain country,!
abounding in honest, exquisite and
poignant thrills, written by Anna
Alice Crapin. Mary Pickford, the
j fascinating, young actress, portrays
the delightfully fascinating character
of little Anemone, a dainty slip of
beauty, adorably girlish, tanlalizingly
wilful, gloriously feminine. From her
peaceful little valley heme, Anemone
rises to great heights, and in the
stress of that mounting, realizes the
earnest self sacrifice for love, that
later results in the full accomplish
! ment of her womanhood.
—
| Adams Holes, a brother of Mrs.
j Andrew Halsct, of this city, and two
of their cousins, were killed in a train
; wreck near Fort William, Ontario, on
December 20, according to word re-;
reived here—Fairbanks ex.
DRISCOLL REPORTS ON*
TOLOVANA TO ALDRICH
Senator Frank Aldrich has received
a letter from Dan Driscoll, in which
the latter sums up the situation in
the Tolovana country. He states that
lots of prospecting is going on and
pay has been found on Hess, Moose
and other creeks, but the prospectors
have not yet reached bedrock and will
not before March 15th. At that time
the worth of the camp will bo dem
onstrated. Livengood creek is the
best. Three outfits are working and
taking out pay, one having taken out
$30,000 with a small outfit. About
500 men are there and they are a!
prospecting.—Empire.
ARTICLES FILED
JUNEAU.—The Old Channel Min
ing Company, of Seattle, today filed
articles of incorporation for $500,000
and R. W. Martin, S. M. Gaylord of
Seattle and Wm. A. Gilmore of Non:**
are the incorporators. George Grigs
by, of Nome is to be appointed the
Alaska agent.—Ex.
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The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Pool Hall In Sewurd
Ranges, heating and camp stoves
at Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
If you want to get your breakfast
on time get a cord of Worth’s Dry
Wood. Phone Madison 132
HARDWARE _FURNITURE
BROWN & HAWKINS
“Quality First”
A Strenuous
Objection—
If your coal*dealer de
livered only three-quar
ters of a ton of coal
and charged you for a
full ton, you would ob
ject—and refuse i:o pay
the bill. The same
principle applies in
the fuel consumption
of a heater—why use a
heater that wastes one
quarter of your
fuel?
Great Western Oak.
consumes all carbon and cjases-none es
capes up chimney. Scientific flue System
discharges heated air through slotted open
ings ri^ht over firej and through mica door
you can clearly see the shooting flames —
representing tne burning ^ases. In actual
use. you.can feeJ the increased heat ——
and decreased amount of coal used Be
convinced by an inspection.
•Soid'Jiy
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“Quality First”
Anchorage SEWARD Knik
CLOTHING GROCERIES
“ PALACE JINGLES ”
The Outside Bunch are milling:
Like flies around a lamp
Because we’ve got $2,000,000,
And it’s bound to make a camp.
Hard times are soon forgotten
Now let every fellow try
To paint a rosy future
With a drop of Sherwood Rye.
THE PALAGE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
1 JOE MORRIS
Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection
BILL DEVINE
“PALACE JINGLES"
There’s a welcome at the Palace
That makes good with the Bunch.
So call and join the booster’s Club,
When next you got a hunch,
Come try our Scotch or Sherwood,
Or smoke a good cigar.
And then youll boost for Sherwood,
And The Famous Palace Bar.