New Year Calls
FOR NEW OFFICE SUPPLIES
Here they are!
JOURNALS. DAY BOORS, LEDGERS
We have School Supplies too,
at the right price
Seward Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
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HIS HONOR, C. E. ORLANDER,
NOW IN CHARGE CITY AFFAIRS
C. E. Orlander is acting mayor dur
ing the absence of Mayor Ray in the
East. Mr. Orlander presided at last
night’s council meeting, and put the
business through in short order.
With Mr. Ray and Mr. Ellsworth
gone but five members are left on the
council, and in case one of these is
taken ill or is absent for any reason,
there will not be enough left for the
legal transaction of business'
SCHULTE AND PEEL IN LEAD
IN BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
Jos. Schulte and A1 Peel are in the
lead in the billiard tournament at the
present time, each man having lost
but one game in the series. However
many changes can occur before the
end of the match, and it is hard to
predict the winner. The consolation
prize will go to Selby or Hofman,
neither having won a game.
The American Legion will hold its
next regular meeting Tuesday, Janu
ary 27. The meeting place will be
announced later.
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Timbermen for Pulp
Mill Work on Sound
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Three representatives of the Sew
jard pulp mill are working this way
'from Prince William Sound, looking
over the pulp wood proposition and
planning boomyards and surveys. The
! men in the field will be met in Seward
j by engineers from the proposed plant
! some time this month or early in
February.
STARR AT SAND POINT
The steamship Starr is reported to
i have left Sand Point yesterday morn
ing on its way to Seward. Captain
Johansen reports good weather in that
section. If weather conditions keep
up the Starr should reach port Fri
day or Saturday morning.
j Dr. Baughman is kept busy of late
attending the usual colds and cases of
la grippe that clear weather brings to
i Alaska. Most of us are like ducks,—
; not healthy unless the weather is
I wet.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
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IF IT GOES INTO YOUR PANTRY
WE HAVE IT
MULLEN'S GROCERY
PURVEYOR OF PURE FOOD
* MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS
PROMPTLY FILLED
TELEPHONE MAIN 34
P. C. McMULLEN
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
"Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
AND BACON
Telephone Main 94
Frye-Bruhn Company jg
H. A. WECKWERTH, Manager ■
Special Election Cost
Town But Small Sum
Inquiries having been made as to
the cost of the late special election
on the proposed school bond issue, the
following shows the total cost, as au
thorized by the Common Council:
L. A. Peel, judge $10.00
Jennie Paulson, judge 10.00
Grace Corson, clerk . 10.00
Gateway, publishing notice ... 24.00
Gateway, printing ballots 11.00
Poll books __ .... .30
$65.30
INFORMATION WANTED
Inquiry has come to the Governor’s
office for information concerning
Alexander Stowe, known as Alex
Stowe, who served in the Spanish
American war in Manilla, came to
Dawson iuring the stampede in 1898,
to Nome in 1900, and from that time
has not been heard of. He was six
feet in height and of fair complexion.
His sister, Mrs. Abbie Hunt, Box 245,
Cambridge, Nebraska, would appreci
ate greatly any information in regard
to him.
APPROPRIATION SIGNED
FOR REPLACE OF BEAR
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 20.—Despatches to
the Times this morning said that
President Coolidge signed the bill al
lowing an appropriation of $925,000,
lor the construction of a coast guard
cutter to replace the superannuated
Bear.
KLONDIKE PIONEER DIES
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON, Y. T„ Jan. 20.—J. Mc
Mahon, pioneer miner in these parts,
died on Christmas in his log hut on
Chicken Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moultray, for
mer Seward residents, are now living
at 705 Woodland Court, 50th street
North, Seattle. Mr. Moultray who was
former manager of the local Standard
Oil plant, is an out-and-out Alaska
boosters, and invites all his old friends
to visit him at 802 Alaska Building.
Haas Fresh Candies at the Alaska
Shop. tf
Mrs. George Sexton writing from
Seattle, states that during the re
cent cold spell there she suffered
most intensely, and that the cold af
fected her worse than in Seward. She
may leave on her return north on one
the next boats.
Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
John Gilpatrick received a letter on
the last boat from Mrs. Isaac Evans,
wife of Seward’s former popular depu
ty marshal. Mrs. Evans mentions
meeting Mrs. Gilpatrick and Mrs. C.
E. Orlander, who at present are visit
ing in Seattle.
Eaton, Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
The temperature modified slightly
last night, and by tomorrow it is ex
pected the cold wave will be broken.
A few more days of this weather and
we’d all be willing to go to Morning
side, Outside or anywhere but Inside.
Fairbanks registered 68 below. Ne
nana 52, and other spots were in pro
portion.
Brunswick Radiolas, the Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCutcheon
will leave' on one of the next boats on
a trip to the States.
Picture Framing at the Alaska
Shop. tf
It is reported that it was 46 below
zero in Anchorage last evening.
Are you a subscriber to the Daily
Gateway? If not ,why not?
Governor Scott C. Bone is expected
to make a trip to Seward some time
within the next month.
CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE 0. K .BARBER
SHOP. '
Parker’s Duofold Fountain Pens, at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Remington Portable Typewriters at
the Alaska Shop. tf
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PRINCESS MARY OF ENGLAND AND HER FAMILY
The latest and first picture to reach this country of Princess Mary
| of England, with her husband, Lord Lascelles, and their children George
! Hubert and Gerald Davis.
• VIEW CO. NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. Dickens of Anchorage
are registered at the Overland Hotel, j
Mr. Dickens is connected with the
transportation department of the
Alaska railroad and is in Seward su
pervising the publication of a new
descriptive eight-page booklet that is
in the course of construction at the
Gateway. They will return home on
Thursday morning’s train.
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Sheaffer’s Life Time Pens, at the
Alaska Shop. tf
F. J. Porter from Talkeetna, w'ho
owns a number of horses in Nenana
and Anchorage is a Seward visitor on
; business connected with a tie eon
! tract.
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Snow Shoes, S9.50 per pair, at
Graef’s. tf
MADAM X
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EVAN JONES COAL CO.
Office Mines
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. JONESVILLE, Alaska
WHEN DOWN TOWN AT NOON OR AFTER
THE SHOW WHY NOT TRY ONE OF
THE APPETIZING LUNCHES AT THE
Seward Bakery
SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALERS
Plunging, Steamfitting, Oxyacetaline Welding
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford’s Shop