CONSIDER THE VALUE
OF YOUR POSSESSIONS
if* fire or thieves should come tonight
what would become of your prized
possessions.
Of course you could replace some lost
articles, but others of particular value
to you can never be replaced.
Put your valuable papers—especially
your will and your insurance policies,
and jewelry which you do not use
('very day, in a HANK OF SHWARl)
safe-deposit box, where they will be
safe and convenient to get at.
Boxes Rent for $5.60
and up yearly.
Notice to Public
Sc-ward, Alaska, Feb. 18, 1924.
COMMENCING on September 1, 1924, the
SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
will distribute electric current through meters
only. The rate for lighting, and all other uses
where the unit demand is one electrical horse
power or less will be fifteen cents per kilowatt
hour payable monthly. Current for motors
and other current consuming devices whose
unit demand exceeds one electrical horse-power
will be supplied at the rate of ten cents per kilo
watt hour, payable monthly, through separate
meters, but the right to regulate the hours for
such use is reserved to the Company.
The minimum charge for lighting, and other
uses where the unit demand is one electrical
horse-power or less, will be fifty cents for each
ampere of meter’s rated capacity per month.
The minimum charge for motors or other cur
rent consuming devices whose unit demand ex
ceeds one electrical horse-power will be at the
rate of three dollars per month for each con
nected horse-power or fraction thereof.
Deposits to the value of meters will be re
quired at the time of installation. They will be
repaid to depositor or order upon return of
l meter in good condition, less a ten per cent ser
vice charge, provided all sums then due the
Company shall have been paid. Meters will be
j installed in the order of the applications there
for.
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S. M. GRAFF, Manager.
H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
Has Coal to Burn
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! HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN
j BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
i EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANIMO RANGE COAL, SACK OR BULK
WOOD, ICE HAY AND GRAIN
AUTO SERVICE STORAGE
TRANSFERRING AND FORWARDING
Telephone Main 81
I Tossed Coin to Decide
Who’d Fire First Shot
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CHICAGO, Mar. 26—A wager by
■ which the toss of a coin determined
j which took the first shot at the other
with a pistol was related to a coroners
jury yesterday by Mrs. Belle Gaertner
[pretty divorcee, and resulted in the!
! jury recommending that she be held j
j on a charge of murder in connection :
I with the death of Walter R. Law, an
: automobile salesman. Mrs. B. Gaert
ner admitted being intoxicated at the
time.
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FIRPO WILL QUIT FIGHTING
| BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 26.—Luis !
Firpo announced today that he would !
retire from the prize ring after meet-1
ing Reich here April 5.
Tax Scandal Now Looms
In Congressional Offing
WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.—Charges
that c fficias ot the Revenue Bureau re- '
i ceived instructions not to assess taxes
against tin Standard Steel Company o*‘ |
[ Butler, Pa., companies in which Secre- j
j tary Mellon is interested as a heavy j
I stockholder, were made this afternoon I
! by Senator Couzeus democrat, of
| Michigan.
Federal Confiscation of
British Steamer Demanded
NE WYORK, Mar. 26—Government
confiscation of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company’s passenger ship Or
duna was demanded today in a libel
suit filed in federal court here by the
United tSates district attorney’s staff
as a result of the narcotic and liquor
raid aboard the vessel.
The action includes charges that the
Orduna had, since January 16, 1920,
the date of national prohibition en
forcement, smuggled into this country
intoxicating liquors and narcotics ex
ceeding .$100,000 in value.
RED PLANS ARE UPSET
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SOVIET RUSSIA DEMANDS SAY
IN MEMAL SETTLEMENT
MOSCOW, Mar .26—On the eve of
the league of nations attempt through
Norman H. Davis and his commission
to settle the dispute between Poland
and Lithuania over Memel, the soviet
government has made the official dec
laration that it will not consent to the
disposition of territory in Northern
Europe without its participation in the
i setlement.
Foreign Miniser Tchitcherin, in a
note to all the members of the league,
protests against the possibility of solv
ing the Memel question by means of
“one-sided reservations and advantag
es to a third party,” and against any
discussion of fixing the Polish-Lith
unian border without soviet partici
pation.
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 29
The primary election will be held
April 29. Delegates to the National
conventions, National Committeemen;
primary choice for Governor, Attor
ney General, Delegate to Congress,
Territorial Senators and Representa
tives, will be voted on,
EMPLOYMENT WANTED
1 TWO LADIES—At present employes
of insurance company, desire work
for summer in Seward. Stenogrphic
and clerical experience.
LADY, 27 years old, 10 years book
keeping experience, can operate
PBX board, desires permanent work.
! LADY, 30 years old, many years ex
perience as cigar and news counter
i manager, and hotel clerk, has experi
ence as telephone operator; desires
permanent employment.
YOUNG LADY, experienced as clerk
or waiter; desires work for summer.
ASSISTANT MANAGER large lumber
mill, 14 years experience as mill
foreman and cost distribution desires
employment some kind as he wishes
to locate in Seward; married and has
two children.
; MACHINISTS and Welder; three ma
chinists with families, and one ace
tylene welder desires work in Alaska
or opportunity to open machine and
welding shop.
TWO MEN. at present employes of
Western Electric Co. as telephone
installers, desire work of any kind in
Alaska.
IRON MOULDER: Many many years’
experience iron foundry business,
desires to locate in this section if he
can secure employment.
YOUNG MAN, at present residing in
Texas, plans to come to Seward in
early spring; desires work of any kind
high school graduate.
MAN, 10 years’ experience in account
ing and storekeeping; a tpresent lo
cated in Alaska; wishes to locate in
this section. Will take any kind of
work. Age 32.
MAN, married, wishes to come to Sew
ard or locate in vicinity; will accept
and kind of work.
YOUNG MAN, married, bookkeeper,
college education, at present em
ployed as bookkeeper in a bank; has
had railroad and mine experience; de
sires position in Alaska.
Address
Seward Chamber Commerce
When in need of work of any kind
Good Show On at the
Liberty Theatre Tonight
A packed house greeted the manage
ment of the Liberty Theatre last night,
.vhen the popular showhouse was re
opened alter having been shut down a
night to allow some necessary im
provements. The Vod-a-Vil and Patlie
News were unusually good, and the
lilm starred by Alma Rubens and
Lew Cody, “The Valley of Silent Men”
a Curwood story, was unusually inter
esting.
Mr. Burns announces that but one
show will be given tonight, a repeti
iion of last night’s program. If you
did not see it last night, it will pay you
to attend tonight.
Tomorrow night Enid Bennett, in
“Your Friend and Mine,” will be the
feature.
The music was a treat to theat re-1
goers, Mrs. Win. Schmitt handling the j
violin, with Miss Leslie at the piano
t;nd Miss Ellsworth at the drums.
Coastwise Steamship
Rates Are Protested
SEATTLE Mar. 26—Protest of ship
pers in this vicinity against coastwise
steamship freight rates effective Mar.
1, were presented at a conference with
epresentatives of transportation com
panies here today.
R. J. K’nggold, of San Francisco, the
traffic manager of the Pacific Steam
ship company, declared that the in
creases were necessary and that effort
had been made to prevent discrimina
tion. He offered to remedy proved
discrimination.
REGISTER!
You have to register sometime if
you are to vote at either the city or
primary election. The books will
close soon and you will be out of luck, j
Up to today less than half the voters
in Seward have registered.
Russians Threaten to
Blind Edsal Ford’s Children
DETROIT, Mar. 26— A plot to force
Edsel Ford to pay a million dollars In
cash under threat of blinding his chil
dren, was uncovered tonight with the
arrest of two Russian Jews.
FOR RENT—Furnished hou-e. si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rety.
NOTARY PUBLIC—Always on the j
job from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., D. H. I
Tyer, at the Gateway office. tf j
WANTED—Experienced camp cook
desires situation. Address Charles
Ruzsas, Hotel Overland. 3t-kTh.
FOR SALE—52 foot V-boilom gas
boat, 12 feet beam; draws four feet;
heavy duty 50 h. p. engine. Box 1721
Anchorage. lt'
FOR SALE—At a sacrifice, six
rooms and bath; see Dougherty, tf
New Spring Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wili be a candidate for re-election
to the office of clerk of the school
board, and solicit the support of the
voters at the April election,
tf. CURTIS R. MORFORD.
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Ladies’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
Highland Linen Stationary, Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Suits maae to measure, see Urbach. '
Brunswick Phonographs and records
at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
Light Weight Raincoats. Urbach’s.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Alaska
Shop. tf.
FOR RENT—Three room house. See
Chas. Cooper. tf.
WANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Barber Shop. tf j
M’KINLEY PARK LUNCH STORE
It’s a long way to Mt. McKinley,!
where good eats are very rare; so
fill up your lunch bags with fresh
fruits, boiled ham, and dry sausage
that’s made from a polar bear; and
when you return from the Yukon and
the big ship’s waiting for you, just
go to your berth with a lunch bag, it
will be a life-saver to you. And when
your long voyage is ended and the
Harding Gateway you’ve gone thru,
with all the good eats and fine scen
ery, you’ll be a bear.
M’KINLEY PARK LUNCH STORE
Seward, Alaska
W. H. DRYOEN, Propr.
Phone Madison 88
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LEON URBACH I
Everything that men wear.
LOGGER’S SHOES
a specialty
LEON URBACH |
NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
With a full and new stock of
Fresh and Salt Meats
Poultry and Oysters
Butter and Eggs
SPECIAL PRICE TO LOGGING CAMPS,
MINES, FISHING BOATS AND
HUNTING PARTIES
GET OUR NEW PRICES
CARSTENS PACKING CO.
E. E. KLTRTZ, Manager
PHONE MAIN 130
P. G. McMullen
S. 0. s.
Keep your aluminum, graniteware
and tinware bright and shining with the
new cleanser.
Six convenient pads in each box.
S. 0. S.
Telephone Main 34
DUNN FOUNTAIN PENS
Holds nearly three times more ink than and rubber sac pen of
the same size.
Transparent barrel shows ink supply at a glance.
Every pen sold with an iron clad guarantee.
PRICES RANGE $2.50 AND UP.
Try one on approval.
Seward Drug Go.
Headquarters for Dunn “Camel” Pens.
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
Doors and Windows.
Lang Ranges
Coal Stoves
Air Tight Stoves
Oil Stoves
Gas Engine Supplies
Evinrude Engines
Iron Roofing
Roofing Paper
Building Paper
Gasoline and Oils
Paints and Varnishes
Canvas and Tents
Lamps and Lanterns
Window Glass
Crockery & Glassware
Rugs and Linoleum
Ship Chandelry
Anchors
Rope and Twine
Hay and Oats
Chop Feed
Chick Feed
Egg Mash
Bran and Midlings
Fire Arms
Ammunition
J. L. GRAEF
TELEPHONE MADISON 87