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Doing Our Part
The growth, prosperity and advance
ment of any community, village or city, de
pends largely upon the enterprise and co
operation of its citizens.
This bank realizes its duty in this re
spect and its resources and experience are
available at all times for the promotion and
welfare of legitimate enterprises.
RESOURCES $400,000.00
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
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Fresh Fruits
& Vegetables
Received on Every Boat
FANCY AND STAPLE
GROCERIES
No Order too Large or too Small. Prompt and
Pleasing Service Guaranteed. Mail
Orders Quickly Filled.
Wholesale and Retail
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
TRY IX NEXT!
Howard-Jesson Coal
IS AN ALASKA PRODUCT
NOW ON THE LOCAL MARKET
Phone Alaska Transfer, Local Agents
Alaska-Matanuska Coal Co.
Moose Creek, Alaska
A Satisfied Customer
is always a customer. We guarantee our meats,
butters and eggs to be strictly fresh. That is
the reason we are never idle.
SATISFACTION AND SERVICE AT
CARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
E. KURTZ, Mgr.
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges,
Powder—Ca ps—Fuse—Miners’ Supplies
Ship Chandlery and Ship Linoleum
Anchorage, Rope, Oil and Twine
Halibut Lines and Hooks
i'Ticet Metal—Plumbing Shop—Gun Repair
j. L. GRAEF
Paints and Brushes
mWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS. Proprietor
-LERS ST * T'f'NF r<S NEWS DEALERS
Personal Paragraphs
Mrs. Pete Ogle, wife of the local bus
iness man, departed for the States Sat
urday night on the S.S. Northwestern.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
will meet in regular weekly session
tomorrow at noon at the Grill.
Dulsey Groves, cable operator, ar
I rived in Seward Saturday from Seat
tle, to join the staff of the local gov- ;
eminent office.
James S. Bogart, is putting the fin
ishing touches on the Jesse Lee Home.
The work will take about six weeks,
it is stated.
_
H. B. Selby, who has been in Anch
orage on business since last Thursday, [
is expected to return to Seward on
this evening’s freight train.
J. E. Holmes, yard foreman of the
railroad yards at Anchorage, passed
thru Seward Saturday en route to the
States on a two-months’ vacation.
Until the heavy snowfall came down
Saturday Harriman lake has been cov- j
ered with a fine strip of glare ice and
numbers of local folk enjoyed them
selves skating.
Henry Lucas and George B. Nel
son, big game hunters and profession
al guides, arrived in Seward Saturday
from their homestead at Skilak lake,
Kenai Peninsula. They are guests at
the Sexton Hotel.
Corporal Rust, cable operator, who
was relieved Saturday by Hulsey
Groves, departed for Seattle on the
S.S. Northwestern. Corp. Rust will
be discharged in April, and, according
to his present plans does not expect
to re-enlist.
, N. Kitzmiller, Anchorage business;
man, was among those coming over on
Saturday's train ;Jnd departing for
the south on the steamer Northwest
ern. Mr. Kitzmiller is on his way to
Juneau on matters of personal busi
ness.
J. L. Waller, assistant U. S. district j
attorney for this division, is a busi-,
ness visitor in Seward having arrived
Saturday from his Anchorage office.
Attorney Waller left this morning for
Woodrow but is returning to town this
evening. He is a guest at the Hotel
Van Gilder.
Carl Orlander and Lou Bates put
on their hiking clothes this morning,
shouldered pump guns and snow shoes
and set out for high points on Mara
thon where they expected to bag a
few ptarmigan. They went to the top
of the mountain last week and had
fair luck.
No new snow has fallen from Di-1
vide north since Saturday, Seward ar
rivals report. At Divide there was
then but nine inches covering the
ground. At Mile 23, the ground is bare
in many places. The recent snowfall
aparently was confined to a few miles
around the town of Seward. Reports
from the Interior also say no new snow
has fallen.
S.S. STARR SEWARD BOUND
If weather conditions to the west
ward continue as good as they have
been during the past week the steam
er Starr, Capt. O. A. Johansen, will
probably arrive in port next Saturday.
A wireless message received from the
vessel today announced its arrival at
Unalaska Saturday. The Starr was
scheduled to leave Unalaska at noon
today, bound for Seward.
Special attention given to cleaning
and pressing of women’s clothes.
Jimy Ratliff’s Shop. tf.
Large assortment or fine box sta
tionary—Alaska Shop. tf
Fine men’s purses and key cases
—Alaska Shop. tf
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop. tf.
Photo Albums, $1 to $9—Alaska
Shop. tt
Fine leather writing companions at
$2.50 and up—Alaska Shop. tff.
Manicure sets, $3.30 to $15—Alas
ka Shop. tf.
' Hoffman Sanitary Presser and Va
. cuum Dry Cleaner, Seward Tailor
Shop. tf
Smokers’ sets and fine merschaum
pipes with genuine amber stems—
$8 and up—Alaska Shop. tf.
Pyralin ivory by piece or set—Al
aska Shop. , tf.
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| Owing to the large stock of Suits, Dress
| Pants and O’Coats that came from our
| Anchorage store, we are offering this
| High Grade Merchandise to the Public at
1 a Discount of
20%
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SUITS
OVERCOATS
DRESS PANTS
^jmnLESALS ^-retail mercha
QUALITY first
Grocery dept. Main 1.
Office, Madison 80. Hardware dept. Adams 80
AT THE HOTELS
Seward—B. Oger, Geo. Tanaka, P.
F. Franchi, Dan Franchi, Mrs. Buch
raine, Fairbanks; Betty Kruger, Paul
Kruger, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.F Kruger,
Paul Palfy, H. C. Smith, J. Gillis, J.
Stanley, Latouche; D. W. Dwyer, of
Fairbanks; Earl Thatcher, Gus Ros
enholm, Joe Laughron, B. Ogen.
Sexton—Henry Lucas, G. B. Nelson,
Skilak Lake; Andy Simons, Kenai
Lake.
Overland—Alfred Anderson, C. John
son, G. W. Foss, J. P. Davis.
Van Gilder—John 6. Brady, Anch
orage; John W. Jones, Ketchikan; J.
L. Waller, J. Boyer, C. W. Eckmann,
A. D. Haverstock, Elizabeth Romig,
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Abercrombie, An
chorage; W. B. Lawing, Lawing; Sam
Shucklin, Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Shonbeck, Anchorage; Wm. Sargent,
Fairbanks; L. M. Carrigan, Juneau;
Nils Johnson, Seattle; Mrs. D. Fodal,
Ketchikan; Carl B. Eileson, N. Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Krogh, aMtanuska;
C. Geddes, Juneau; Ollie Gray, Mrs.
C. M. Eckmann, Anchorage.
OGLE’S GARAGE
GASOLINE AND
WARM STORAGE
EXPERT MECHANICS
Phone Mad. 66.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED TO BUY—Clean cotton
rags; will pay five cents a pound,
Gateway office.
FOR SALE—Lang furnace for $25
cash; see Fred Miller. tf
FOR RENT—Phonographs by the
month. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop, tl
FOR SALE—Power boat, 26 feet long,
five h. p. engine, almost new, in
quire J. R. Malutin. tf.
Vaudeville Performance
At Liberty Wednesday
For the purpose of raising funds to
assist in the financing of the trip to
Seward, this week, of the Anchorage
K. S. girls basketball team which will
play a three-game series with the .Se
ward girls H. S. team, a vaudeville
will be presented at the Liberty thea
ter on Wednesday evening. Manager
Brownell offered the team the use of
the theater for the evening, at a re
markably low figure which offer was
gratefully accepted.
““Much new local talent nas been pro
cured and for the past two weeks has
been quietly rehearsing. The perfor
mance promises to be very good. The
program will probably be published in
tomorrow’s issue of The Gateway.
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REBEKAH INITIATION TONIGHT
The Seward Order of Rebekahs will
meet this evening at Odd Fellows hall,
during which time initiation of mem
bers will take place. Following the
business session, during the social
hour, a luncheon will be served.
Halibut Fishing Season
Under Way Again Today
The opening of the halibut fishing
industry, which starts today, Febru
ary 15, begins under ideal weather
conditions according to a wire
less message received today from the
Westward. Fifty boats left Seattle
last week for the banks and it is esti
mated at least an equal number are
on the grounds from southeastern Al
aska. A number of local boats are also
on the job.
The cutter Unalga has been patrol
ling the halibut fishing area for the
past two weeks, enforcing the closed
season, but is expected to proceed to
Juneau tomorrow.
Fire Drill Yesterday;
Members Do Their Stuff
The Seward volunteer members of
| the fire department held their first
- meeting yesterday morning under
Chief Frost. Men are being assigned
to permanent positions and being
taught the proper method in handling
the apparatus. Ladder drills were
briefly gone over at the fire hall, then
a run was made to the outskirts of the
town where the chemical equipment
was tested out.
Chief Frost plans to hold these drills
regularly in order that the members
may become familiar with all the
equipment The members, themsel
ves,' appreciated the knowledge gain
ed in yesterday’s brief work-out. Ow
ing to the snow conditions, no hose
drill was* held . This will take place
at the next practice
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature, 30 above.
Cloudy, more snow.
NOTICE
All dogs must be kept off the streets
otherwise the town ordinance covering
“dogs running at large,” will be strict
ly enforced.
(Signed) Wm. Fairman,
3t. Chief of Police.
Seward Drug Co.
<The ^C^CdSJL Drug Store
A complete and up to date stock of Drugs,
Patent Medicines, Toilet Requisites, Box
Stationery, Candies, Cameras and Films,
Phonographs and Records, Tablets and
School Supplies, Cigars and Tobaccos