The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entereo as Sec'Jr,,J C-iass Matter Sep
tember 2nd, 1S15, «it the Post Office ct
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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Seward, Alaska.
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WHY KLONDIKE SMILES
(From Dawson News)
From field and mine the Klondike
is reaping an abundant harvest this
memorable year of 1923.
The gods have smiled on Klondike.
The continued mild weather of the
autumn is money in the pockets of the
many. Every day the hydraulics ana
dredge operations continue means j
thousands added to the season’s yield
in gold.
The season is already prolonged be-i
yond the average and still it is as
mild as spring. The prospect is that
all dredges now working will be run
ning well into November, and the hy
draulics may have several days, it not
weeks of work ahead. It all counts.
The margin on a prolonged season
like this, often marks the differenee
between a moderate or extraordinary
return for the year. This year the
conditions are of the best. It keeps
many men at work much longer than
would have been the case, and pro
longs and adds to the volume of the
Klondike's golden harvest.
Good weather Is an asset to Klon-j
dike not to be underestimated. In
more ways than one has it been an ad-;
vantage. The farmers have had
splendid crops in Yukon this season,
and the autumn has been so favorable
that everything produced has been
harvested and is safely put away for
the winter. Now with the mining con
tinuing and the Yukon river wide
open, and the sun beaming graciously,
and the water still singing in the
sluice boxes, and the mighty giants
tearing down the golden gravels, and
the dredges turning up a similar
golden wealth, the conditions are in
deed in every way propitious.
The pokes will be fuller this year
with which to face the winter than
lor many a year. Let every Klondi
ker smile and rejoice and cherish in
his heart a carol of thanksgiving.
5TEESE LEAVES GOOD NEWS
{Ketchikan Chronicle)
Colonel Steese left good news in
Ketchikan yesterday when he passed
through en route to Juneau from the
National Capital where he waged a
successful campaign to have increased
appropriations for Alaska railroad,
highway and trail work kept in the re
port of the budget bureau. Of course
the budget report has yet to run thej
gamut of the House and Senate com
mittees, but the fight to retain the ap
propriations in the budget will be a
defensive one rather than offensive,
and having convinced the budget of
their necessity, Colonel Steese, who
knows Alaska’s needs for rail and trail
communication better than any other
man in the Territory, will be in a
strong position to make a fight for
their retention in the appropriation
bills. Undoubtedly next year will see
great strides made in Alaska road
work. And Ketchikan should be alive
to the necessity of getting an ample
apportionment for work in this vicin-1
ity. With the 22,500,000 pulp project
at Shrimp Bay practically assured, the
suggestion from J. B. Warraek of the
feasibility of a highway from this city(
to the site of the big project should
no go by without some action.
Ranchers in the vicinity of Seward
have had an unusually good season,
the long dry spell in September giving
them a chance to garner their crops
and house them safely. Potatoes and
other tubers yielded prolificallv, and
a large acreage was planted. Many
new homesteads are springing up on
the Kenai lake road, with appropriate
clearings. In a few years the district;
from the town limits on will be solid
with truck farms. Alaskans buy many
things Outside that can be raised bet
ter at home.
Property owners in Seward take
better care of their houses than do
the householders in most towns in the;
Territory. More concrete structures
are to be found in Seward than in any)
other town in Alaska, and it is a cer-i
lainty that several others will be1
constructed in the Spring. The con
struction of the splendid new Arcade
apartments and office building last
fall was the starting impetus needed
to have other concrete and stucco
their buildings. A city of nice homes,
a city well laid out, and a contented
city is Seward.
Cordova is talking of bonding the
city for $100,000 to be used in erect
ing a modern school building. Money
invested in this way is drawing big
interest for the youngsters ot the fu
ture, and adds to the solidarity of the
town. Going in debt is a good thing
if one gets the worth of his money.
While our neighboring town of An
chorage is shoveling snow and skat
ing Seward is enjoying fine sunshiny
weather with no snow and cold. It
can be said that when this town has
bad weather others have worse.
EITHER PARTY CAN WIN WITH
HENRY FORD ON TICKET
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—If Henry Ford
is nominated by either party he will
be elected politicians here declared
tonight. The only trouble is that
while Mr. Ford is willing, he has not
stated to which party he belongs. The
republican party will not nominate
him unless he comes out as a repub
lican, and the democratic party will
have nothing to do with him unless he
declares himself to be a democrat.
Both parties would like to have Mr.
Ford head their ticket, but there is
no likelihood that he will ever do so.
He is a man without a party.
DAWSON SUFFERS HEAVY GALE
DAWSON: Dawson had a heavy
gale recently which took down the
long lumbmer sheds of the Klondike
lummber company and prostrated the
telephone and telegraph wires.
Parties not receiving the paper at a
reasonable time should phone in to
the office. The papers leave here at
about l-30 and should be deliveied by
6 o’clock.
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ALASKA AVIATOR INJURED
WHILE FLYING AT NIGHT
I -
j Clarence O. Prest, the aviator who
' made the flight as far as Dawson, aj
year ago last summer, and who was
i lorced to light about 30 miles west of
Eagle, abandoning his plane, writes
i from San Bernardino, Calif., to a Daw7
son friend that he was severely injur
i ed recently while night flying, and is
just out of the hospital. Prest an
nounces that he will repair his plane, [
now' in storage at Eagle, and continue!
this flight to Nome next summer.
PORTUGUESE WILL NOT LET
BRITISH LAND THEIR CABLE
LONDON, Nov. 15.—The British for
eign office stated today that Portugal
! would not allow7 the landing of the
t New York to Rome cable on anv of
j the Azores. British diplomats decline!
j to admit that Britain brought pressure
to prevent the landing of the cable.
They did say, however, that the in
cident was similar to what occurred
at Miami, Florida, when the United |
States government interfered to pre
vent a British cable company from
landing at that point.
WENATCHEE SCHOLARS HELP
GATHER HUGE APPLE CROP
WENATCHEE, Nov. 15.—Scholars
in the Wenatchee schools who quit re
cently to help save several thousand
carloads of apples from loss, have re
turned to school after a two w’eeks
absence. Every man, woman and
child turned out and helped gather
the crop.
Thanksgiving Cards. Seward Drug
Co. tf
Tl
H. V. Hoben
SEWARD
A. F. Davis
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
Want YOU
to try tine
*H| v
£3L Mm
The coal showing a greater content of heat units
per ton than any coal being mined in Alaska
Delivered to You at $11 per ton
ALSO HEALY LUMP, NUT, OR MINE RUN,
NANAIMO COAL IN SACKS OR BULK
Auto Service
OUR AUTOS MEET All BOATS and TRAINS
Telephone Orders to Main 81
After 5 p. m. until 8 a. m. Telephone Madison 24
LIBERTY THEATRE
tonight
AFTER A LONG ABSENCE, ANITA
STEWART IN A FASCINATING PLAY,
‘Harriet and
The Piper’
A story of New York’s Fashionable District
and the Bohemian Quarters
And also we have with us, after a lontr
absence, we have a BEN TURPIN comedy
that will make your sides ache.
“Homemade Movies”
PARAMOUNT MAGAZINE
SYLVIA’S
FRAMED PICTURES
ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
CANDY
PHOTOGRAPHS.
CURIOS
PHONE ADAMS 128
18 NEW DRESSES
Silk and Velvet, $15 Up|
18 New Sport Skirts
$5.00 Up
These 36 garments will be
shown for one week only, then
returned.
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTU-I
NITY
Ellsworth’s
BANBURY
OGLE
Dry Goods
&
Millinery
ORDER YOUR
WHIPPING
CREAM
FOR THANKSGIVING NOW
Seward Dairy
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSEN
Card Tables, Candles,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
GATEWAY CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
! FOR RENT—Furnished apartment,1
see Mrs. Paulson. k!2-l
! FOR SALE—Well stocked, going'
chicken ranch, large new four-room
house, new chicken houses and out
houses, large tract of garden land,
cheap to the right party. Appply to
YYm Fairman. 12 1
FOR SALE—Gas boat, 52 feet long;
draws 5% feet of water; 50 horse
power engine; for particulars and
terms address Box 1724, Anchorage.
Tacky Dance given by the Red
Cross at Odd Fellows hall Sat. night.
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
weaves
Seattle
Nov. '21st
Dec. 19th
Arrives
Seward
Nov. 28th
Dec. 26th
South frn
Seward
Dec. 3rd
Dec. 31st
Making all regular Southeasiern and South
western ports including Seldovia and Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA SERVICE
Sailings from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and San Diego.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone, Main 81 Residence, Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jervsee
ADMIRAL LINE
iH.F. ALEXANDER.
wm
STEAMSHIP STARR
Will Sail for the Westward
about Nov. 17
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
ocwMnu,
ALASKA
I
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive d*i'tributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone. Mrm 55
BARBER SHOP
BATHS
F. C. Miller, Prop.
DR. 0. A. BRAAFLADT
Dentist
Office Hours 9 A. M. 5Ato P. M. I
Office open Evenings by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office, Adams 111 Res., Adams 21
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
. SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
’PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 136
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
Seward Grill
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
Seward Chapter No. ia
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
CLARA PERtfY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHEttTY, Sec.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and Srd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
' i.A
\mkf
'V/\
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
W. O. PERRY, W. M.
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
Seward Lodge
No. 1425.
L. O. O. M.
Will meet every
Tuesday night at
8 o’clock. Visiting
Brothers welcome
CHAS KREFTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
I. o. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome. ANDY NOVAK,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
CAL M. BROSITJS, Pres.
EARL DURGIN, Sec.
SEWARD PLST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays,
ELWYN SWETMANN. Com.
A. E. RUCKER, Adj.