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New Year Calls
FOR NEW OFFICE SUPPLIES
Here they are!
JOURNALS. DAY BOORS, LEDGERS
We have School Supplies too,
at the right price
Seward Drug Co.
The Rexall Store
Mrs. John R. Malutin and son ar
rived in town Sunday from Day’s Har
bor, where Mr. Malutin is engaged in
tie cutting.
Having suffered a severe loss by
a recent fire in Anchorage, Mr. Tru
man Parish left on the Alameda for
Cordova to join his family. The fire
cleaned out his extensive auto repair
shop and he is undecided as to his
future plans.
Brunswick Radiolas, the Radiola de
Luxe at the Alaska Shop. tf
The staunch B. F. M. arrived in
town Saturday from the down-sound
tie camps, returning yesterday with
supplies, mail and passengers.
Picture Framing at the Alaska |
Shop. tf
Arthur Thompson, employed in the :
material yards on the A. R. R. at An
chorage, is making a ‘trip to Cordova. !
This is Mr. Thompson’s first trip
away from home in five years.
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Parker’s Duofold Fountain Pens, at
the Alaska Shop. tf
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Mr. George E. Markle was an over
Sunday visitor in Seward from An
chorage. Mark says the social dance
season is on and hitting on all orches
tras. Two public dances are being
held on Saturday evenings, the Elks
and the Odd Fellows. Both organi
zations have large luxurious dancing
pavillions and can easily handle 300
couple, with the S. R. O. sign kept out
of sight.
“The buying season is on for fair,’’
says Mr. H. C. Bennett, of the An
chorage Commercial Company. Mr.
Bennett is going to Portland and oth
er coast towns to do the annual buy
ing and says everything indicates a
busy season in their lines this year.
Are you a subscriber to the Daily
Gateway? If not ,why not?
F. E. Berg of Fairbanks, left on
the Alameda for the States where he
plans to spend the remainder of the
winter, returning in May.
Snow Shoes, $9.50 per pair, at
Graef’s. tf
Join the Chamber of commerce.
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IF IT GOES INTO YOUR PANTRY
WE HAVE IT
MULLEN'S GROCERY
PURVEYOR OF PURE FOOD
MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS
PROMPTLY FILLED
TELEPHONE MAIN 34
p. c. McMullen
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
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Frye-Bruhn Company
H. A. WECKWERTH, Manager
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NENANA THEATRE
SCENE OF BLAZE
NENANA, Jan. 14—The Coliseum
Theatre, one of the first buildings
erected in Nenana, and also one of
the town’s most imposing structures,
was practically destroyed by fire yes
terday morning. The fire started
about 10 o’clock and made consider
able headway before being discov
ered and it was not possible owing to
the extreme cold for the department
to save the building.
The theatre was owned chiefly by
A. D. Thompson, pioneer Nenana
druggist, and is thought to be folly
insured. Wm, Taylor, Nenana jeweler,
is said to have had an interest in
the building. Several years ago, when
the building was owned by Joe Burns,
now of Seward, it had a narrow es
cape from destruction by fire.
COLDEST WEATHER IN YEARS
HITS SEWARD LAST NIGHT
The coldest weather in many years
was experienced in Seward last night,
the mercury dropping to eight de
grees below zero, and continuing all
through the morning hours.
Seward has had more windy weath
er the past month than for years.
U. S. COMMISSIONER RAGER
IS TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
U. S. Commissioner Rager of An
chorage was taken suddenly ill while
on duty in his court chambers last
week, and was taken to the hospital,
where he is under care of Dr. Beeson.
It is reported that his condition has
improved somewhat in the past few'
days.
ANCHORAGE HAS BLAZE
A garage and Ford truck belonging
to Eli Briavocia of Anchorage, were
destroyed by fire last wreek. The loss
was $1,000 with no insurance.
An overheated stove due to cold
weather was the cause of the fire.
SECTION HOUSE AT CURRY
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Arrivals from Curry state that the
section house at that place wras de
stroyed by fire last week. A. K. Mou
ler, had $2,000 w’orth of bonds, $1000
in currency and a diamond stick pin
valued at $150 destroyed. Other oc
cupants lost heavily in personal be
longings.
L. V. Ray left on the Alameda for
Seattle and Portland, from where he
will go East on business connected
with the moving picture corporation.
Special rates w'ill be given on the
Alaska Railroad, beginning January
22. The return limit will be Jan. 24.
$9.15 is the price for a round trip
ticket between the above dates.
Martin Kilian, employed by the
Forestry service on the new trail at
Mile five this summer, and later en
gaged in road work near Cordova has
been spending the holidays in the
States. He returned to Cordova on a
recent boat.
HOPE COUPLE WED
Mr. George Lindsay of Hope, Alas
ka, and Miss Bessie A. Westerfield,
also of Hope, were married the after
noon of January 17, by Commissioner
Curjis Mprford. Irris Mathison and
Jos. S. Badger were witnesses.
COL. RICHARDSON IMPROVING
According to word received in Se
ward on a recent boat, Colonel W.
P. Richardson, retired, of the U. S.
Army, and formerly stationed in Al
aska, has sufficiently improved so
as to be about once more. Colonel
Richardson is now living in Washing
ton, D. C., and will make a trip north
as son as his health permits.
Mr. S. L. Colwell, who has been
seriously ill at his home on Third
avenue, is reported to be slowly im
proving.
Thirty-six couples were married in
Anchorage last year, the number of
ceremonies ranging from one to six,
with every month represented on the
list.
A. A. Shonbeck, popular A.nchor
ageite and wife, returned to Anch
orage today.
Remington Portab..' Typewriters at
the Alaska Shop. t£
AT THE HOTELS
Hotel Sexton—M. H. Willis, An
chorage; Louis Kacer, E. T. Malone,
Anchorage, D. T. Tissenger.
Overland—Mr. and Mrs. R. Eng
strom, Mrs. Aleta Harrison, J. E. Bar
rack, Fairbanks; Pat Flanagan, Seat
tle; F. J. Smith, Nenana; Mrs. J. R.
Malutin and son, Days’ Harbor; Os
car Gray.
‘Seward—George E. Markle, Anchor
age; M. Abramshin, Ed Quinn, F. B.
Berg, A. Simmons, Wm. Malloy.
Van Gilder—T. H. Parish, G. C.
Dickens and wife, H. C. Bennett, Mrs.
H. W. Sterling, Hawley Sterling, A. J.
Hewitt, H. G. Iderton, Mrs. Charon
Baldwin, Mrs. A. H. McDonald, Mrs.
F. Simmons, A. H. Thompson, Frank
L. Knight, Bertha Faipoles, all from
Anchorage; Wm. Butler, Fred Cane,
J. J. Buckley, Lillian Felts, Knight’s
Island, E. A. Neile, Fairbanks; Mrs.
G. Roberts, Fairbanks; Wm. Mellish,
Nenana; K. A. Drager, Grouse Lake
Hatchery.
“It is an ill wind that blows no one
good,” quotes Art Hewitt, who was a
week-end visitor in Seward. Aside
from transacting show business for
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Mr. Hewitt is
looking after his local sales of Healy
[River Coal and has added another lo
cal transfer company to carry the in
creasingly popular brand.
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| Mrs. Charon Baldwin, conducting
Baldwin’s Grocery in Anchorage left
on the Alameda for Seattle on a com
bined business and pleasure trip.
Attorney A. E. Rucker left on the
Alameda on a business trip to Val
dez. He will return on Saturday’s
boat.
CaptairuA. D. Haverstock, of the U
S. Medical Corps, who is now at An
chorage, will leave for the States on
one of the next boats to take over a
temporary assignment at the Fitz
simmons General hospital at Denver,
where he will be stationed for several
months.
The members of the local chamber
of commerce will hold their regular
| weekly luncheon at the Grill tomor
row noon. President C. C. Hinde will
be with us again, and things will
move with their customary vigor. Mr.
I Hinde has been ill the past week
| with tonsilitis.
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Brunswick Pnonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
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Jaynes E. Fullerton, pioneer mer
chant of Iditarod, who went outside
recently for his health, died Wednes
day in the Seattle hospital. He was
on his way to Mayo’s.
Mrs. A. H. McDonald of Anchorage,
was an outgoing passenger on the Al
ameda to spend a few months in the
States.
Nick Nekeroff, who has been under
i going treatment at the Anchorage
hospital is reported to be improving.
He was taken over Thursday by spe
cial train.
Shell Wettack, a well known mer
chant of Ruby, was an outgoing pas
senger on the Alameda.
Ed Quinn, oldtime hardrock miner,
left for the States on a vacation trip.
He is a resident of Fairbanks.
Wm. Millish, storekeeper at Nenana
for the Alaska Railroad, arrived from
the Interior Saturday en route to the
States on a two months’ vacation trip.
He left on the Alameda for the south.
Norman Russell will have charge of
the Nenana store during the absence
of Mr. Mellish.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth left
on the Alameda for the States to be
gone several weeks on a buying trip.
While absent Mr. Ellsworth will look
over late models of Buick cars, and
contract for his 1925 supply, while
Mrs. Ellsworth does the buying for
her popular ladies’ furnishings house.
Two sisters of Mrs. Ellsworth, one
from California and the other from
Chicago, will meet her in Seattle.
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SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALERS
Plumbing, Steamfitting, Oxyacetaline Welding
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford’s Shop