THE STORE OF 10,000 SMOKES
CIGARS! CIGARS! CIGARS!
The following standard brands we have in 25 packing,
highly appropriate for “he wrho smokes.”
Optimo Standards, box of 25.
Optimo Senators, box of 25 -. 3.60
Robert Burns, Invincible foil for 25- 3.50
Robert Burns Perfectos, box of 25—.- 3.00
Van Dyke Bankers, box of 25-300
Juan de Fuca Commodores, box of 25— 3.50
Also a full line of Cigarettes, Pipes, Cigarette Cases, etc.
SEWARD DRUG CO.
Billiard Tournament
Be Started Soon
So many three-cushion artists have
developed in Seward the past few
months that Messrs. White and Beck,
of the Northern, announce that short
ly after the first of the year a billiard
tournament will be started, a hand
some prize to be announced later
to be given the winner. For the
benefit of those who desire to enter
but fear their opponents’ skill it
might be well to say that Council
man Joe Hofman will be handicapped
Ironi five to fifteen, and that he will
play the greater part of the time
with a monocle. The contest pro
mises to be one of great interest and
already a score has signified their
intention of entering. Burr Snyder
has secured a rubber ball and is
practicing at«home.
* Beggar: Ah, ma’am, I wasn’t al
ways blind!
Lady: No, yesterday you were deaf
and dumb.
SELDOVIA GASBOAT IS STILL
MISSING, GRAVE FEAR FELT
SELDOVIA, Alas., Dec. 26—Ned
White’s boat, the Brighton, former
ly reported as not having returned
from a trip to Illaimna bay, is still
reported missing, and grave fears
are entertained locally as to the wel
fare of the five men reported aboard.
BIG FISH PLANT AT
SELDOVIA HAS CLOSED
SELDOVIA, Alas., Dec. 26—The
Mclver fishing interests ended their
season yesterday and will proceed
to Seattle. It is reported Mclver
had a very successful season, hav
ing shipped to the States 4,000 bar
rels of herring.
They are leaving on the Starr.
Stewart Morse, an Anchorage resi
dent, is spending Christmas in the
States.
LONDON, Dec. 24.—Ramsay Mac
Donald left for Kingston, Jamaica, to
day on a month’s vacation.
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SANTA CLAUS
IS STILL
AT OUR STORE
SHELVES OF GOOD
GROCERIES
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
1 Thanking the Public i
for Their Liberal Patronage the
Past Year We Wish Everyone §|
8 4 Merry Christmas and Jj
( A Happy New Year . jg
1 Frye-Bruhn Company |
W. A. WECKWERTH, Manager
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Seward Enjoys Best
Christmas In Years
Strafing with the Christmas Tree
Wednesday night and ending with a
dance last evening, Seward enjoyed
one of the best Christmas seasons in
years. A large crowd assembled at
A. B. Hall to attend the community
Christmas Tree exercises, and a gen
eral good time was enjoyed. The pro
gram started off with music, after
which the children of the school
staged an elaborate and interesting
program, interspersed with speeches,
songs, and concluding with a playlet,
which brought down the house. Fol
lowing this came the distribution of
the presents, Santa Claus appearing
in costume, and wonderful to relate,
knowing the names of every little
boy and girl in town. A dance was
given following the distribution of
presents.
The tree was one of the most beau
tifully decorated ever seen in Sew
ard, and excited universal admiration.
Christmas Day was a beautiful one
in Seward, the mercury standing at
32 degrees above zero and at times
the sun shining brightly. Our citi
zens were out bright and early and
many a scream “Merry Christmas”
passed back and forth.
Last night a ball was given at the
Odd Fellows hall by a local orchestra
and many citizens tripped the light
fantastic toe.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Weather Observer George Sexton
reports a temperature of 24 above this
morning, calm and cloudy.
Yesterday’s temperature was 32
above, calm, partly cloudy.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
The Rev. Burdette Landsdowne, of
Anchorage, notifies The Gateway that
he will arrive in Seward tomorrow
night, holding services in the Episco
pal church Sunday.
Claude Shea, accompanied by his
wife and young son, is spending the
Holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Shea.
VACATION AT COLLEGE
Christmas vacation began Saturday
afternoon at the Agricultural College
and School of Mines, at Fairbanks,
and will continue until January 5.
Bill Slierwin, a drill man for the
Fairbanks Exploration company left
on the last boat for the States to
spend the winter.
H. R. Miller, poet laureate and
agent for the Alaska railroad at Birch
wood, is spending the Holidays with
his daughter, Mrs. Walter Stuart, of
Valdez. He will leave on one of the
next boats for the States on a six
months leave of absence.
Joe Magill, who left on the Alame
da for the states is promoting a cold
storage plant for Anchorage. It is
believed that a considerable halibut
business can be built up in the Cook
Inlet port, and that the frozen fish
could be shipped at an advantageous
price to the states. If Mr. Magill
succeeds in securing the plant it will
mean considerable revenue for the
town.
LEGION NOTES
In the list of officers elected last
week to head the local post American
Legion, for the coming year, the
names of Carl Drager, historian, and
A. E. Rucker, past commander, were
omitted.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
AT THE HOTELS
Hotel Overland—N. E. Avorumoff,
Fairbanks; Spero Gost, Del Vari Cur
bi, W. H. Lynch.
Hotel Seward—Anna Fellbacher,
Seldovia; Frank DeLong, Frank Ham
let, Enrico Gregaris, Alfred Starr.
Hotel Van Gilder—Lillian B. Felts,
G. C. Dickens, Anchorage; John De
mor, Frank L. Knight.
Hotel Sexton—Frank Spadero, £d
•Culbertson, Enrico Meyri.
Ladles’ ana Gems' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
MILK WITH A KICK TO IT
Yes, a genuine Jersey Kick, the milk
that made the Durham’s jealous. Two
cans for 25c; fresh milk, a pint bot
tle for 20c. Don’t buy milk without a
kick or you lose and I lose. At the
Alaska Store. W. H. Dryden’s. tf
SCHALLERERS
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We thank you for past
Valued Patronage,
and hope your Christmas
was a Merry one
ALASKA SHOP
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
IS PUZZLING POLICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—Mrs. Ve
rat Bosshard, wife of Royal Bosshard,
assistant department manager for a
large insurance company here was
found murdered in her apartment in
an attack in which her throat was
slashed with a butcher knife. The
murder is puzzling the authorities.
ANCHORAGE MAN DEAD
George Vassis Popoff, 37, died in
Seattle last week of blood poisoning.
He was a Bulgarian by birth and had
been in the employ of the railroad
for several years.
Coldest Xmas In History
Celebrated By Seattle
SEATTLE, Dec. 26.—Seattle cele
brated the coldest Christmas in the
history of the local weather bureau
when the mercury yesterday dropped
down to 18 above. The ruling cold
spell has been the longest in the
i memory of the oldest pioneer. Five
! inches of snow covered Puget Sound
cities with a fleecy mantle, and a cold
wind blew off the mountains.
Miss Helma Johnson, a niece of
Mrs. Mellish, and formerly of Nenana,
died in Denver, Colorado, of tuber
culosis, November 20.
QUALITY COAL
NONE BETTER
Lump Mine Run Steam
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Give Us A Trial
EVAN JONES COAL CO.
Office Mines
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. JONESVILLE, Alaska
GET YOUR FRUIT CAKE
and Home Made Mince Pies for Christmas
from the
Seward Bakery
SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALERS
Plumbing, Steamfitting, Oxyacetaline Welding
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford’s Shop