Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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THE MORNING AFTER THE BAY BEFORE
We now have any number of good mayorality can
didates They have the necessary “bay window” and the
vest doesn’t' button at the top or bottom. If we can’t use
them for mayors all we have to do is to put a set of whis
kers on them and run them for Santa Claus. They look
cheerful and doubtless will be until turkey hash runs
out.
NO WORDS FOR SOS
Many arguments have been indulged in as to the
words for which the distress signal SOS stands. Some
have thought they stood for “Save Our Ship,” ‘Save
Our Souls,” or other similar sentences.
According to the Navy department the letters are
not abbreviations at all, being merely an arbitrary sig
nal selected because of the simplicity of making and
* understanding it in dot-and-dash code.
STthis code S is made by three dots, 0 by three
dashes, so the signals S 0 S is expressed by three dots,
three dashes and another three dots.
Prior to 1912 the radio distress signal was C Q D,
which some said stood for “Come Quick; Distress.
Whether this supposition is correct or not, that’s the
idea it sought to convey.
THIS CHRISTMAS BUYING
Its a good idea to do your Christmas shopping now
because if you don’t the pick of the purchases will have
escaped you.
But don’t go like the convict led to the chair. Go
with the spirit of Christmas in your heart. If you only
have $3.50 in your pocket pick out little things for Mary
John and Janice. They will appreciate the fact that you
remembered them. Don’t be ashamed of the meagerness
of your offering. It is the thought that counts.
If you’ve got $250 buy John a nice warm dressing
gown and Janice a pair of silk stepins. Mary can always
use silk stockings. If you can’t do any of these things
fill your pockets full of bread crumbs and give the pig
eons a feed and smile when you do it.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, the woman of many men,
offers this piece of advice free of charge: “If husbands
were clever they would never let us see them in morn
ing, because that is the time a woman thinks.”
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Many autoists seem to think warning signs at
railroad crossings are intended for the locomotive en
gineer.
To have in old age one friend interested in your
troubles and your symptons is precious above all other
possessions.—Arthur Brisbane.
Just in time for a Thanks- j
giving dinner at the Seward 11
Grill, Capt. Heinie Berger brot j
his craft, the M. S. Discoverer, ! \
back t-o port yesterday afternoon j J
from Kenai and Kusilof, and , ]
with a load of turken-bent pas- i
sengers, to wit: Conrad Houct, i
Mrs. A. Hardy, G. C. ‘Scott, A. N. j
Nilsen and Wm. Murphy.
Mrs. Hardy is enroute to An- j t
chorage; Hauct has just com- i i
pleted construction of a brand j
new jail at Kenai and is on his j
way to Anchorage; Nilsen, from - j
Port'ock. goes to the States, and i
Murphy, also from Portlock. is, J
enroute to Anchorage. '
The name of G. C. Scott was j
omitted in the above list. Mr. i
Scott, salesman, has been calling 11
on the trade at Cook Inlet ports. \ J
Captain Berger renorts Iliam- I j
na Bay filled with ice. s
NOT K PUBLISHED i
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To Subscriber who sent, com- !
munication to The Gateway in
which they, in forcible language,
expressed their approval of city
council’s storm-door attitude at
j recent session but who, sad to re
late, overlooked the important
item of signing his name to
his “brain-child,’' there isn’t a
chance for it to be published in
| these columns unless they affix
their “John Hancock;’’ sign
your name, then all will be told.
This is not a Gateway ruling
but is part and parcel of the
Fourth Estate law. Newspapers
as a whole are In hot water en
ough without taking up some
| unknown's battle regardless of
i the fact the paper may be in
| perfect accord with the subject,
or against it.
GOOD QUARTERS
C. M. Hausk. said to one of the ,
best carpenters in Alaska, is so- i
journing in Seward from Kenai. j
where he has just completed a j
new jail and headquarters of ices
| for the U. S. Officials of that vie- j
| inity. He is stopping at the Se •
I ward Hotel
FROM NUKA BAY
Capain Pete Sather of the Nukn
Bay Transportation Co., came in
to harbor today. He is after sup
plies, including wire netting for
the mill equippment of the Dow
ney & Babcock high grade mine.
They are busy putting up bunk
ers and a tramway. Another clean
up is expected from the property
at an early date. It is possible that
Tom Babcock will bring it in when
he comes to Seward about Dec.
15.
DELAY GETTING JURY
The jury in the trial of Karl
Armstrong had not been selected
at Anchorage before Judge E. Coke
Hill yesterday afternoon. The at
torneys for the defense are ques
tioning everyone very carefully, it
is said.
“Diamond Dick” Rhodes will
conduct a roadhouse on the East
Fork of the Kuskokwim, it is
announced in the Kusko Times
of Takotna.
Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daugh
ter of the late John B. and Mrs.
Marshall of Juneau, was recently
united in matrimony to Clifford
Mason.
Amanda’s Hand Laundry now
open for business
A-l meat anu nothing else fn
the Frye-Brubn Meat Market.
When you think of Bakery
Goods, there is just one place
vou should try, the Electric Bak
ery.
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LIBERTY THEATER
8 O’CLOCK
ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
THIS GREAT CAST:—
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LI RDCOUE - III PIOL
SUS HUB JB. - JOSEPHINE
In an original story for the screen
A very true picture of up-to-date girls. Are they? Or
are they not? Too free with their love. Men have had
the privilege of wild oats sowing for a long time—should
it be given to girls now? A very absorbing and interest
ing drama, with actors picked for their parts.
And we will give you an uproarious
Charley Chase comedy
“IMAGINE MY EMBARRASSMENT
AND THERE WILL BE AN INTERESTING NEWS REEL
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IF YOUR MEAL IS BUILT
around a FRYE BRUHN product—it’s the
best MEAL IN TOWN
Try our FRYE’S DELICIOUS Brand Hams, Bacon and
Lard. Fresh Meat, Eggs, Butter and Poultry received on
every boat.
Place your order now for Xmas
and New Year’s Turkey, Duck,
Goose or Chicken.
Frye-Bruhn Company
Phone Main 94
JOHN G.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
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