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SITiSFY BELGIUM'S Li
BRUSSELS, Feb. 21. (/P)—Two
criminal fugitives, an Italian and
a Greek, were beheaded symbolic
ally here “in absentia.”
Belgium abolished the death pen
alty many years ago but the old
legal forms for public executions
persist and must be satisfied.
*' So two mounted gendarmes rode
into a public square where the
death sentences of the two men
iiad been posted, drew their swords
remained at attention for an hour,
then rode away.
! Hardware
5 Stoves and
■ House Furnishings
S TINNING and PLUMBING
^ J. L. GRAEF, Seward, Alaska
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERATIONS
* C. Henning’s
TAILOR SHOP
Osbo’s Electric Shop ;
House Wiring, Boat Wiring i
and Repairing. We stock up- i
to-date Light Fixtures *
Radios and Rjadio Sut_.ies. j
For Service Call
Adams 82 «
FOE EXPERT
BARBERING
GO TO
Miller’s Barber Shop
Shower Baths
The Stock Market
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NEW YORK, Feb. 21, —The maj
ority of stocks dropped one to four
points yesterday with the excep
tion of mining stocks which held
their own and, in some instances,
showed fractional gains.
The American Can Co., annual
$4 dividend is to be cut, it was an
nounced.
The day’s turnover totaled 160,
000 shares.
The Canadian dollar was quoted
i as unchanged at .83 1-16. English
pound sterling at $3.43 7-8.
Wheat closed unstelled at Chi
cago; corn, oats and provisions
were up a fraction.
Extra eggs 17 cents per dz.; med
iums 15 cents, and smalls, 13 cents
a dozen.
A SUM REWARD
SEATTLE, eb. 20, —Jim Brown
found a diamond ring on a street.
He turned it into police headquar
ters where it was ascertained to
be part of the loot stolen from a
jewelrv store. The jeweler reward
ed Brown by paying for his break
fast.
RULES FINNISH SCREEN
HELSINGFORS, Feb. 20,
Imports of American films to Fin
land last year exceeded those
from all other countries combined,
390 of the 515 foreign films com
ing from the United States. The
censor reported 31 Finnish films
shown.
SPECIAL!
SUNFREZE BRICK ICE CREAM
in assorted flavors. “Free-zee” in
our new frigid a ire—Alaska Shop.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr, A. D. Haverstock
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Seward, Alaska _
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Curtis R. Morford
AGENT
Deeds, Mortgage* and Contract*
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW NOTARY PUBLIC
n>- A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Phone Madison 108—Tecklenberg Bldg.
Paulsteiner’s Market
Armour’s Quality Meats—Blue Ribbon Poultry
Butter and Eggs—Black Hawk Hams and Bacon
Fish and Oysters—We ship and deliver—Phone Adams 56
MID-WINTER CLEANUP SALE!
Prices Reduced JO per cent to 30 per cen*
The Blue Shop
Seward 1 >tel
MODEP
REASONS ,E
Rooms with or w! it bate
SPECIAL RAT' BY
WEEK OR MO ' TH
Seward, Alaska.
Mrs. D. J. Mc» ie, Pro.
Coal
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FI
US BY THE
SACK OR IN CARLOAD U
EVAN JONES, Lump, Pea, Nut and mine ■ 1.
PREMIER Coal, HE ALT Lump or Ni
WOOD, COAL, ICE. HAT, GRAIN, and TRAT 1
Alaska Transf
Office in Aicade Building
H. V. HOBFN
Phone
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BACHELORS DIM
WAS "RED LETTER
DAT." TOWN HOPE
.. BIGGEST AND BEST SOCIAL
AFFAIR MINING- CAMP
THIS WINTER
The day of February 11, 1933,
will go down in the history of
Hope as a red letter one, for it was
the-momentous occasion of the
Bachelor’s Dinner. The honors
for the biggest and best event of
the social season easily go to the.
bachelors, and how!
The housewives of the commu
nity certainly appreciated the re
spite from planning and cooking
that day’s dinner, and had plenty
of leisure to enjoy and note the
unusual activity and buzzing em
anating from the bachelors’ quar
ters. From early morning until
the hour set for the dinner in the
late afternoon, the male folks
of the town (the unmarried ones
; only), could be seen darting in
and out of their cabins, carrying
huge kettles, pots and pans, with
their mysterious contents, over to
the town hall. As there is no cook
ing equipment in the hall, it is
nothing short of a marvelous feat
of jugglery to transfer the hot
dishes from private kitchens to
the tables in the hall before the
food becomes chilled, but this
trick of magic was accomplished
perfectly. At the appointed hour
all was in readiness—the long table
set, white tablecloths, napkins and
everything—the chief steward,
Earl Clark, in person, dolled up in
regulation uniform, cap, apron and
all, ladled out the hot foods, which
were quickly transferred to the ta
ble by nimble and willing young
men serving as waiters.
The guests were all on time, and
upon entering the “diggings” made
at once for the “sluice box,” which
unmistakably promised such a
marvelous yield. The ' geologist,
Mr. Carl Blakely, had the fore
thought to go over the “ground”
and classify the minerals, and la
bel them so that even the most
amateur prospector could locate a
claim that would yield a good
clean-up.
The following proved this fact:
Float (Roast Meat)
Cement (Corn Bread) Lead (White
Bread) Pay Streak (Butter)
Resurrection Nuggets (Brown
Beans) Mercury (Cream)
Sand (Sugar) Cakes (Bed Rock)
Rim Rock and Glacier Deposit)
Riffle Blocks (Doughnuts)
Clean-up (Rice Pudding)
To say that the bachelors of
Hope can and do cook marvelously
is putting it most too mild. The
women heartily agree that the
boys win “hands dowm,” and pre
dict a spring influx of unattached
females wrho wrill descend upon this
camp and stake and claim there
“husbandly” prospects.
Digging operations temporarily
ceased, and the guests danced,
played cards, and enjoyed an en
tertainment of hilarity and good
fun that surpassed anything up to
this date. The married folks came
in for a lot of good-natured chaf
fing, and the bliss and content
ment of a bachelor’s lot were high
ly featured. The impromptu acts
were original and funny to the
extreme. Mr. M. Connolly, the
versatile entertainer from Sunrise,
! was given, a big share of the spot
light, for each time he was called
upon he cheerfully responded and
put on a different act. His appro
priate songs, jig dancing and Vio
i lin playing, were all hits of the
S evening.
Little Billy Jean Shields sprung
another surprise by singing one of
the latest hits in a most modern
and up-to-date “crooner” style.
Mr. D. Wolfe responded to a re
quest for one of his old-time solos.,
Mr. R. B. Heaston tendered a
vote of thanks on behalf of the
married men, and wound up his
speech with a set of limericks,
each one directed in a special
manner at the women present
(who enjoyed it as much as any
one else did). The nature of these
original bits of poetry can be as
certained by a reading of the ti
tle: “A Married Man’s Lament,” or
“When a Man Comes Home Late
at Night, How I Wish I Were Sin
gle Again.”
Mr. Charles Shields sang con
vincingly to the bachelors about
“The Poor Married Man.”
Mr. Charles Davis made a sincere
speech of thanks on behalf of the
women, and Mr. H. P. Gallagher
contributed his share of entertain
ment by an eloquent rendition
from Shakespeare
There is no curfew in Hope, and
the whole town was at the Bach
elors’ Dinner, and the guests were
unanimous in proclaiming it one of
the best evenings in the towns’
history, since the old boom days.
They were all reluctant to see the
evening come to a close, and af
ter “tailings” (sandwiches, cake,
etc.), were brought in and served,
the lights were finally extinquish
ed and there remains now the
pleasurable anticipation of the
“Married 'Men’s Treat,” which
event is scheduled for the evening
of March 11.
Mickey Goldstein, fur buyer, ar
rived at Valdez with a plane and
Pilot Norris on the SS Alaska
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TREADS WRONG TOES
EMPOLI, Italy, Feb. 20, —A man
who terrorised pedestrians for
weeks by appearing in down town
crowds and stamping on people’s
feet met his Waterloo when he
tramped on a detective’s toes. Sev
eral of the victims had to be treat
ed in hospitals.
DECORATE DESERT MAN
EDINBURGH, Feb. 20, (A5)—Bert
ram Thomas, because he made the
first recorded crossing of the Rub
A1 Khali desert in Arabia, has been
given the Livingstone medal,
highest award of the Royal Scot
tish Geographical Society.
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TAX DEMONSTRATION
PARIS, Feb. 20, —Thousands
of French businessmen demon
strated against proposed tax in
creases. Stores were closed i n
many cities. Three thousand Par
is dealers in foodstuffs held a
tumultuous mass meeting, attack
ing waste in government.
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
“You have complained that your
books are in the red,” said the
business doctor.
“Yes,” answered the manager.
“We’ll fix that in a jiffy.”
“How?”
“Throw away your red ink and
use purple.”—Washington Star.
Does your hair feel and look
dull and uninteresting? Then have
Pearl Henry give you a DUART
permanent. Phone Adams 92 and
for $7.50 your hair will be given
a shampoo, permanent and dis
tinctive finger-wave.
Seward Fraternal Orders
SEWARL CHAPTER NO. 10
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth
Monday’s of each month
in McMnlien’s Building, at
3 n. m. Visiting members
always welcome. Mrs. Bessie
Malloy, W. M.; Mrs. Joso
phine Sheldon, Sec.
Seward Lodge No 1425
L. O.
. M.
Meets on every ,
first and third Fri
day of each month
at 8 p. m. at I.
O. O. P. Hall. AD
welcome. Peter N.
Anderson, Director,
M. A. Horner, Sec
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6-A
L ©. O. F.
Meets the first and third
Monday’s of each month
in I. O. O. F. Hall at
8 p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always welcome.
Grace Neville, N. G.
Ludvig Larsaon, Sec’y
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at 8 p.
*■- in Odd Fellow’s Hall. Visit
^ ing brothers welcome. Gustave
B. Man they, N. G. ? Ludvig Larson, Secretary.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Seward Post No. 5
Meet the first and third Wed
nesday at 8 p. m. fat the
Harrimoa Bank Building.
Past Commander, L. J.
Chill berg; Adjutant C. E.
Cramer.
A
REWARD LODGE NO. 219
F. & A. M.
Rt-ited communications first and
■ <i Tiesdnys of each month
• 1 • them welcome.
or *V M
e. ’d. Secretary
Drink Milk for Health
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PRODUCES ALL O F
MILK and CREAM
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LONE 01 SOLDIER IN
0. S. ARID DWELLS
WESTWARD ALASKA
Way out on the Shumagin Isl
ands lies a little island called
Wossnessenski Isle, which is the
home of the only girl soldier of
the army.
It isn’t quite so bad as it sounds,
as the girl, Miss Lily Osterback,
merely is a member of the army
radio net, a branch of the Signal
Corps, U. S. army.
Miss Osterback, who owns and
operates a powerful little station
which she built herself in order to
keep in touch with the outside
world for herself and family re
cently signed up in the army am
ateur net after she had received
special permission from Washing
ton, D. C. to join.
The station itself is a very re
liable one and is able to communi
cate with all parts of the world,
with 100 watts power, and operates
on 40 meters. The power for the
station comes from a generator
driven by a small gas engine,
which also furnished power for
lights.
Miss Osterback lives on the isl
three sisters and three brothers
and with her mother, father, three
sisters, three brothers and a small
baby. Eleanor, one of the sisters,
is also an operator, and when
Lily is not at the key Eleanor is.
The amateur operators every
where are always ready to talk to
Lily, and all agree that she is
much better than most men oper
ators when it comes to copying a
messagee. You just can’t snow her
under.
The island has a large blue fox
farm, and Lily, who is 23, goes out
with her brothers on the trap line
while Eleanor, 19, stays at home
handling the numerous radio
schedules. Miss Osterback has a
daily schedule each afternoon
with Art Herren at Anchorage, who
when not playing on KFQD op
erates radio station K7BFO and is
district net control station for the
army amateur net, and is Lily’s
immediate commanding officer.
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Try Grandma’s Pound, Layer,
Fruit, Macaroon Cakes. Just arriv
ed on this boat at COOPERS.
EARLY BLOOMS ARE
INDICATED AT TANANA,
WRITES SUBSCRIBER
From a Tanana subscriber to
The Gateway word comes that
the recent 65 and 68 below zero
temperatures worked little hard
ship on the populace and had
they not looked at the thermome
ter, a guess would have placed the
temperature around 30 or 40 be
low.
Splendid weather has been en
joyed this month with 10 to 20 de
grees above zero being the aver
age temperature, with an occa
sional fog.
“Are the flowers blooming in
Seward yet?” subscriber asks.
Indications of early blooms are
visible at Tanana, he said, quali
fying by adding traders are begin
ning to display vegetable and flow
ed seeds.
PHOTOGRAPHING POLAR BEAR
NOME, Feb. 20.—The Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer unit will leave for
Cape Lisburn today to photograph
polar bears. The company is now
in Nome working and waiting for
weather conditions.
CANDY HEARTS, fresh from
Haas Tor VALENTINE’S DAY, Feb.
14th, at the Alaska Shop.
THE PALACE
FURNISHED ROOMS
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
John Mattich, Proo.
Phone Main 55
Overland
Hotel
On the Main Stre«
Seward, Alaska
Mel A. Horner, Mjr
STOP AT THE
FRYE HOTEL
WHEN IN SEATTLE
NEW LOW RATES NOW IN EFFECT
Rooms with bath as low as $1.50; others at $2.00, $2.50, $3.00
Excellent Coffee Shop in connection
When Next You Visit Seattle Try the Frye
31en C. Bartlett, Mgr. (Former Mgr. Gastineau Hotel, Juneau)
Picture Flaming and Enlargements. Developing and Printin'
Seattle Ice Cream, Candies, Tobaccos, Flowers Made To Orde>
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE
Seward Meat Market
FEBRUARY 18 IN THE JOHANSEN BUILDING
Modern in every particular and with a complete line of
Swift's Meats and Products
Gus Manthey, Prop.
Phone MAIN f
Hjealy River Coal
ECONOMICAL-DEPENDABLE
SAFE
Free from Soot—Graded to suit every need
Priced to suit every purse
Healy River Coal Corp.
Home office at Anchorage, Alaska
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