If You Are Doing Business
With Maii Order Concerns
If you are sending your cash out of town—doing business
with mail order concerns—keep mum about the growth—the indus
tries—the advantages or beauty of the town. You have no boast coming. It
is a good town not because ofyou, but in spite of you,
If you are not a Home Trader You are a /
Traitor to the Best Interests of the Town
This community is made up of individuals. Its prosperity
depends on individual effort. Ii you send your money away for goods
that can be purchased here, you injure the town—and yourself.
When you buy from a mail order concern—your money is
gone for good. Not one red cent of it ever comes back. None of
it pays for taxes. None of it pays store rent, clerk hire—or does a blessed
one of the dozens of things accomplished by home-spent money.
Suppose everyone in this city sent away for their mer
chandise. The town would go to rack and ruin. You wouldn’t be
able to give property away. There would be little employment for labor.
Schools—churches—everything of a public nature would be stripped to poor
house poverty. There’s no reason why anyone should deal witn mail order
concerns. Your home town merchant carries the best grades of merchandise
on the market. They are goods of recognized merit. They are sold at
practically one price the world over. You know you are getting full value in
quality. The biggest manufacturers in the country insure that with their
trademarks. Your purchases are protected. There is no buying dissatisfaction
—■long waits—long distance return costs—or delivery charges.
Your dealer appreciates your patronage. He puts forth
eveiy effort to hold your trade. "He becomes intimately acquainted
with your likes and dislikes—consequently can serve you in the most satisfac
tory manner. And to top off all of these important advantages—your local
merchant can save you money.
By all means talk up your town—but first win the right to
speak by spending your money at home. It is the solid worth of home
spent money —not ivords that establishes the public wealth and welfare
of the community.
Donate to the good of the town by trading IN town—and get the greatest value for your dollars.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article*
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TWO AUTOS GO NORTH
ON THIS MORNING’S TRAIN
The passenger train going north
today had two freight cars sand
wiched between the engine and bag
gage car which had on deck two
automobiles destined for the Inte
rior. There was also a quantity of
building material headed for Fair
banks.
No information has thus far been
given out relative to a freight train
leaving Seward for the Interior.
Jack Dempsey has got married,
consequently he will continue to bat
tle.
HIFS AND CORSETS COMING
BACK, SAYS STYLE EXPERT
LOS ANGELES, March 5—Where
are the hips of yesteryear?
This lament is voiced from Holly
wood and with it comes the impas
sioned plea for the return of woman
kind’s erstwhile reliance, the corset,
Not only a plea, but a prediction.
Howard Greer, creator of fashions
has been watching the radical change
in women’s figures for years. And
he says the pendulum has swung too
far.
You may consider it a wild predic
tion,” he said today, “but I'm willing
to stake my professional reputation
that corsets will be universally worn
by women within from two to five
years. They’ve got to come to it
whether they like it or not. The ab
sence of corsets and the wearing oi
straight line clothes is ruining the
figures of women.”
And when Greek speaks, it is witl
authority. His predictions on the
changing modes have become almosl
gospel with those who have followed
his career as a fashion c; Mor.
“The rc n the corset is coming
back is because men are going to de
mand it,” he said. The chief pride
of a woman is her figure. And it
must be feminine. Men admire a fem
inine figure and what the men admire
the women will come to, eventually.
“The figure of tomorrow will not be
extreme. It will be a compromise
between the mannish figure of today
and the wasp waist of the days of An
na Held.”
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Pacific Coastwise Service
^admiral line
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
March 4 March 12 March 14
March 24 March 31 April 7
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports In eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
MOTORSHIP ADMIRAL PEARY
March 27, with gasoline, oils and explosives, for
space reservations telephone or wire agent at
Seward.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING OF STR. STARR WEST, APRIL 5
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADI80N 13*. I WARD, ALASKA
Mule’s Untimely Death
Laid to Higher Learning
20 TO 50 PER CENT OF PUPILS
ALSO HOME BECAUSE OF EPI
DEMIC-CHANGEABLE WEATH
ER IS CAUSE
LONDON, Mar. 4.—E ngland’s
changeable weather—and it is very
changeable now—is held responsi
ble for a wave of influenza which
is sweeping over the country.
While not so malignant as the
last epidemic, it has been sufficient
ly severe to put about 60 per cent
of London’s school teachers on the
rest list, and, in consequence, an
appeal has been sent out by the
London County Council for tempo
rary help. The pupils also are
catching the complaint in large
numbers and from 20 to 50 per
cent of them have been ordered to
stay at home. Medical men advise
the people to get as much fresh air
as possible and to avoid crowded
places, especially Central London.
! They also say sunlight is the best
disinfectant, but Londoners remark,
with grim humor, that this disin
fectant is rarely obtainable here.
Fanatical religionists, who predict
ed the end of the world a fewf days
ago caused much mental suffering and
financial loss to their foolish follow
ers. People should be free to believe
whatever they choose, but when they
injure others by their idiotic propa
ganda, they should be suppressed.
Eaton, Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Let Morrison Fix it for you
Next to Crawford’s Shop
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Alameda
Northwestern
ALASKA
Yukon
Northwestern
Steamers in the
in Southeastern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 2S
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4th
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
above schedule will make all
and Southwestern Alaska.
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11th.
regular ports of call
Freighter Cordova scheduled to leave Seattle, March 7. Merchants,
wire your orders.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
mckinley park route
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices
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ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION
OPENS BRANCH IN MANILA
MANILA, T. H„ Mar. 3.—A branch
of the English Speaking Union, an
organization with societies in many
parts of the world to promote friend
ly relations between 'English speak
ing peoples, has been formed in Ma
nila. The organization here, which is
to be known as a branch of the New
York society, was formed under the
initiative of Bishop Gouverneur F.
Mosher of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Governor General Leonard Wood
was named honorary president; Brig
adier General Frank R. McCoy, pres
ident; Thomas Harrington, British
consul general at Manila, vice-presi
dent, and Eugene A. Gilmore, vice
governor of the Philippine Islands,
second vice-president.
Picture Framing at the Alaska
Shop. tf
CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE O. K .BARBER
SHOP.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KEN,4/
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
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