COMMISSION WILL MAKE A
STUDY OF FEASIBILITY
SUCH HIGHWAY
WASHINGTN, Jan. 10. (/P)—
A special commission represent
ing the Interior Agriculture De
partment and the Agriculture
Department, also Alaska Road
Commissioners, will confer with
Canadian government representa
tives for study and construction
of a highway between the Paci
fic Northwest and Alaska.
This action is provided in the
bill introduced by the Alaska j
delegate. The Alaska commission j
would confer with the Canadians
to study the feasibility of such
a route.
Anchorage prisoners have been!
assisting in preparing the I. O. O.
F. hall, in that city, for the ex- j
pected court term next week. The
former court house building has
been thrown into the discard as
it is said to be unfit for court
use. i
A headline in Thursday’s is
sue, referring to the “Mile-wide
Tunnel”, was not so bad. We
have heard of worse cracks than
that.
FIRST IN 850 YEARS
ANDORRA, Jan. 11 (^)—This lit
tle republic in the Pyrenees on the
Franco-Spanish border is to have
the first postage stamp issue it has
put out in its 850 years of life. The
stamps will be printed in six de
nominations.
The fellow who doesn’t advertise
may know his business—but nobody
else does.
Seattle Ice Cream and Fresh
Candies at Sylvia’s. *
DAYS OF YORE
A September 9, 1904 issue of
the Gateway, recently sent to
this office, carried some inter
esting items and among them
was one in which it said “after
a detailed examination of Resur
rection Bay, that it would not be
long now before the harbor would
be fortified.”
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Another item: “The coal fields
of central Alaska are destined
to become the greatest west of
Pennsylvania.”
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Another story describes the
health of Alaska’s inhabitants;
and still another article reported
there were no toughs or bums
in the Territory.
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One of the editorials describes
the original purpose of the Alaska
Central ,that of opening the
country to prospectors.
It was also planned by the
company to place a good size
steamer on Lake Kenai
The Healy River Coal Corpora
tion held open-house in the Sun
trana district over the holidays.
About 100 persons attended the
frolics.
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OHM GETS
A1QTHE1 GREAT i
SPOUTING WELL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan.,
11, -(/P)—Indian Territory Illumi
nating Oil Company and Foster
Petroleum Corporation added their
third producer on the Trosper
community lease in the south
west 13-ll-3w, the South Oklaho-|
! ma City field, when theif No. 31
| well blew in and was estimated
■ good for 15,000 barrels of oil and
50,000,000 feet of gas. The to
tal depth was 6,500 feet in the
lime horizon and is shallower
than the T. B. Slick No. 1 Glid
; den, and east offset.
The flow was turned into tanks
after the well had cleaned itself
of mud and water.
TELLING THE WORLD
Having made a few vacation
trips to Southeastern Alaska in
the past few years, Stewart Ed
| ward White, author, is writing
! a series of yarns for the Satur
day Evening Post setting forth
his ideas as to what is the mat
ter with Alaska. He writes ex
c llent fiction.
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Seward Light
and Power
Company
■ .I
J Light, Power and Telephone Service
■
Contractors and Dealers in
Electrical Supplies and Appliances
CALL MAIN O
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ANCHORAGE LODGE
NO 1534
LOYAL ORDER OF
MOOSE
SEWARD FIREMEN
TWO GAMES ONLY
MONDAY TUESDAY
JAN. 13. JAN. 14.
ADMISSION
ONLY 50c
Preliminary games at 8:00 P. M.
Send the Gateway to friends.
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MILLER’S
LARDER
SHOP
Shower Baths
| Seward’s Pioneer j
and Expert Barber
Fred C. Miller, Prop. |
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1 Next scheduled trip to the
1 Cook Inlet ports of Portlock |
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Bay, February 5 |
Captain Hehiie Berger
Seward, Alaska
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TRY A FRESH RASPBERRY
(grown in Hope) SUNDAE WITH
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CONTRACTOR
PLASTERING
&
STUCCO WORK
i P. O. Box 473 — Seward, Aaa.
COMMERCE
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CIGAR ;
; STORE !
j TOBACCO. CANDY, SOFT
DRINKS,’ CARDS, POOL
j I Across the street from the '
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STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
Next Sailing of Steamer Starr out of Seward
JANUARY 11
. Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
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Go East via
California and
the Panama Ca
nal thru ser
vice via the
Panama Pacific
Line. Ask for
ietails.
SERVING ALASKA
Regular and Dependably
Vessel Sails Arrives South
from in from
Seattle Seward Seward
Rogers Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 27
Rogers Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 24
The Rogers connects with train
for Seward southbound as above.
Passenger accommodations on all
Admiral Lina vessels have be^n eons
lletely and materially improved. Yon
will find them very attractive and
comfortable.
vVayne Blue, Seward Agent