SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
Published Dailv Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.;
Selby & Hoben, Proprietors
H. B. Selby, Editor
Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879.
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A FAST VANISHING RACE
One by one the pioneers are drop
ping out of the Territory with a one
way ticket to that bourne from which
no traveler returns. Many of the
men who arrived in Alaska thirty or
forty years ago in the prime of life,
are now in their seventies and eigh
ties, and cannot hope to weather the
gales of many more years. When
these hardy argonauts arrived in
Alaska over a quarter of a century
ago, red-blooded and virile, pioneer
ing was not the pink-tea function of j
today. The hardy gold-seeker landed
on a desolate beach, snow-bound and
inhospitable; he necked in his grub,
and whipsawed his flumes and sluice
boxes out of the primitive forests. He
lived in cabins little better than a
kennel, with no light and less venti- '
lation, and his food was sow-bosom,
and sourdough pancakes, eked out by
game killed in his few leisure mo
ments. He had no luxuries, few com
forts, and his days were full of toil. J
Tired, wet, cold, and hungry, the
spirit of adventure flamed brightly
in his breast, and the lure of the yel-',
low metal, like the Fata Morgana,1
often led to his destruction. He hunt
ed gold for the love of the'game, and
not for the physical comforts it
brought him. The proceeds of one
strike were spent in the ground of
ten thousand hills and gulches. From
the timber-clad hills of the First divi
sion to the barrens of the Arctics he
roved and worked and died. The
creeks and pups of the Northland
are dotted with his graves, and the
hills and mountainsides have been
sprinkled with his sweat and blood, i
From the hardy pioneer of thirty
years ago to the rheumatic-haunted,
stoop-shouldered man of today is a
far cry. But the spirit flares as1
brightly as in ’97, and age apparently
is no bar to ambition, as many of
the old timers may be found scattered
through the hills washing out a mea
gre living from the pay streak.
Without the prospector and pioneer
Alaska would yet be undeveloped, un
explored and unknown. To his efforts
THE SEATTLE HOUSE
Under New Management
STEAM HEATED ROOMS BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. FA1RMAN, Propr. SEWARD, ALASKA
Over the Liberty Theater
WHEN YOU HAVE REPAIRING TO DO GIVE ME A CALL
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND GAS ENGINES
We Repair Washing Machines and Clean Sewing Machines, and
Repair Guns. Nothing too large or too small
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford's Shop
A TTRACTIVE Printing does not ne
* ^ cessarily mean elaborate Printing
but it does mean that advertising, when
printed in one color must be so arranged
that it pleases the eye. Such Printing re
quires skilled craftsmen.
A ivord to the wise
is sufficient
GATEWAY PUBLISHING
COMPANY
The Man with the "little black book” will call
nearly a billion dollars have been add
ed to the wealth of the United States.
Where his scanty fire sent its smoke
plume into the air may^now be found
homes and hamlets and towns. Farms
and small ranches follow in his foot
steps. The gee-pole and laboring dog
team has been superseded by the
locomotive. The canoe by the palatial
steamship.
We have a half score of National
holidays commemorating some epo
chal event in the history of America.
Why not ask the Territorial legisla
tuie to set a day apart as “Pioneer
Day,” a day when coming genera
tions can give the men who found
Alaska their mede of praise?
Five years ago yesterday the pa
triotic citizens of the United States
were horrified over the assassination
of four world-war veterans, during an
Armistice Day pai'ade at Centralia,
Wash. Yesterday a monument was j
unveiled by citizens of Centralia to ]
the men who escaped an enemy’s bul
lets to fall by the hands of their un
patriotic countrymen. The lesson
was apparently unheeded by the na
tion, as smug politicians still trade
on disloyalty and the country seeths
with sedition and disloyalty.
A prominent New York paper asks
“Should a white man marry a half
breed” ? After losing considerable
sleep over the subject we have ar
rived at the conclusion that if he did
it would be hard on the half-breed,
who would probably have to build
the fires, take care of the children,
police up the yai'd, shovel the snow,
and keep young and attractive.
Monarch Mailable Ranges at Graefs.
Ladies House Dresses
$1.50 & UP
Ladies Silk and Wool
Hose
$1.50
Children’s Wool
Sweaters
$1.50
Children’s Ribbed
Cotton Hose
25c
BANBURY & OGLE
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
Rough Lumber or
Shiplap
Please Ask for Prices
C. LAROCHELLE, Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1161
If the savage tribes in Africa pay j
no taxes the mystery is what makes
them savage.—Exchange.
If a person is judged by the clothes
they wear we ask you are we to
judge the present day woman who
wears no clothes to speak of.
Health Hints: Do not go in swim
ming when you have to break the ice.
What nas oecome of the old fash
ioned boy that slicked h.is hair with
bar’s grease and rubbed tallow on his
shoes? He’s probably gone with the
girl who used to get breakfast for her
mother.
Father is about as useful around
the house nowadays as an overdrawn
deposit in a grange bank.
War Weapons Much
Better Than In War
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12—Major
General O. C. Williams, in a paper
read .recently to the Scientist Centen
ary Foundation of the Franklin In
stitute, declared that weapons now
in use are 50 per cent, more effec
tive than those used in the world
war. He said the semi-automatic
rifle being perfected for a shoulder
weapon and the 50-caliber machine
gun to replace the 30-caliber, des
cribed as the trench mortars, have
greater accuracy and higher speed
than those used during the war.
He said tanks are being built with
guns in turrets instead of the body
of the machine, using 75-millimeter
guns with a range of 15,000 yards
instead of smaller guns with a 90
000 yard range. He declared that pow
der is being developed that will be
invisible when the gun is fired, mak
ing less noise than the old so-called
smokeless powder. He said defense
guns, being made for the defense
of the Panama canal, to be operated
on a moving railway with its own
power, can sweep the sea for twen
ty-three miles with 16-inch shells. He
said the new aerial bombs have six
times the destructive force of those
which were used in the German Zep
pelin raids.
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Gateway? If not ,why not?
HEAVY RAINFALL AT JUNEAU
Thirteen inches of rain fell in Ju
neau the month of October, accord
ing to weather. During the month
in Seward, 2% inches fell.
Ladles’ ana Gents' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf. i
Electric Inspector Appointed.
At a meeting of the Town Coun
cil Monday night, J. P. Hannon was
appointed special electrical inspector
at a salary of $150 per month.
Fresh' cigars and tobaccos at Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
ARON ERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets Ail Boats and Trains
GOOD QUICK
EATS SERVICE
ALASKA CAFE
Private Dining Rooms
F. J. FINN, Prop.
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
Fine Watch Repairing
Ivory Curios
A communication was received by
the local chamber of commerce from
Gov. Bone stating that nothing could
be done on the Spruce creek trail at
the present time until appropriations
were made for the fiscal year.
Parties attending the big masque
ball of the Fire Department New
dear's Eve, should order their suits
on the next boat in order to have
them in time for the affair.
Brunswick Portable Phonographs,
and Records, Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Remington Portable Typewriters at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Classified Advertising
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Christmas for him or her. A cabi
net of personal stationery neatly
embossed with monogram and ad
dress. See our representative, and
get prices. Gateway Publishing Co.
FOR SALE—New Electric Sewing
Machine, $40, Ericson’s Paint Shop.
WANTED—A few more boarders by
the week or month, also steam
heated rooms, reasonable. Mrs.
Fairman. ^ 26t
LOST—By lady, Saturday afternoon
on Fourth avenue, between Graef’s
Hardware store and the postoffice,
$40 in currency, in $20 bills. Name
your own reward for being honest
and returning the money to Jack
Peterson, Seward Gateway.
Seward Chapter No. 10
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
A
SEWARD REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Mondays of Each Mo.
8:0 p. m. Visiting |
Members Welcome.
MRS. A. H. THODAY, N. G.
SEWARD LODGE NO.
219, F. & A. M.
Stated Communica
tions 1st and 3rd Wed
nesdays or each Mo.
Visiting Brethern Wel
come.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A-7.
I. O. O. F.
Meets Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. Vsit
ing Brothers Welcome.
FRANK LAGERQUIST, N. G.
CHAS. LECHNER, SEC.
SEWARD POST NO. FIVE
American Legion
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays
A. E. RUCKER, Commander.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE
Pioneers of Alaska
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
• Odd Fellows’ Hall.
F. B. MOORE, President.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Secretary
Fresh Milk, Cream,
and all Dairy
Products
Our Motto: “The Best”
SEWARD DAIRY
SEWARD GRILL
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Pleasant Surroundings
Courteous Treatment
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
ANDY’S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
/
LIBERTY THEATRE
Adults 40c —ADMISSION— Children, 15c
Tonight
First National Pictures
—pleading—pleading—
—for her son’s happiness niiiiminmiiiiBHiauM»iiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitj:iiiiii
—for her son’s wife’s happiness.
—for her own happiness.
—pleading that it Wouldn’t he a
duplication of the mistake that
she made 25 years before.
—Mary Tilden, old and gray, bro
ken and tired of it all—but with
renewed hope after having lo
cated her son.
—A drama of dishes and discontent
The cast includes Richard Headrick, Gaston Glass,
Grace Darmond and Georgia Woodthorp.
2-Reel—“SATURDAY MORNING”—Coinedv
THE SONG
OF LIFE
A JOHN M. STAHL
PRODUCTION
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Thursday and Friday
The All-Starr cast that played in Robin Hood in
“RICHARD THE LION HEARTED”
WATCH OUR AD FOR THE THANKSGIVING BALL
The dance and other attractions next Saturday night at
A. B. Hall will b efor the benefit of the Red Cross. There will
be tickets on sale at different business places. Tickets will be
$1.00 and Ladies, free.
i
New Fall Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
BOYS’
Corduroy Pants
$1.75
This Week Only
ELLSWORTH'S
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
- 8 A. M. ’
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
TAILORING
Come In and Get Measured for
a Suit. Guaranteed Fit.
• C. HENNING
Seward, Alaska
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
I
Gas Launch
KEN/U
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
SECK & WHITE
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FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA