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The Most Centrally Located of any Hotel
in the Town of Seward
THE OVERLAND HOTEL
GORDON SHEA, Proprietor
RUBBER HEELS
can be put on any kind of shoe.
KEEP THEM STRAIGHT
MEN’S 75c. LADIES’ 65c.
Soles and Heels Reburnished
Twenty-five Cents
Seward Leather
Works.
ELLSWORTH’S
New and Up-to-Date
Novelties arriving on
every boat
ELLSWORTH’S
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CAFE
Reopened under new
management
Chop Suey and Noodles
a Specialty
OPEN ALL HOURS
PHONE ADAMS 54
J. T. Clay worth, an oldtimer from
Cleary creek, returned to Seward on
the Northwestern, checking out yes
terday morning from the Hotel Over
land for Fairbanks. The well known
operator is going to Circle City this
season. Mr. Clayworth is reputed as
having taken out two or three for
] tunes from Interior diggings.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gibson, resi
dents of Salt Lake City are touring
Alaska to “see what they can see.”
They left Seward for the Interior yes
terday.
Mrs. A. T. Laoff is a recent arrival
in Seward, registered at the Van Gil
der hotel. She is going to the west
ward to join her husband.
Sibyl Jacobsen of Seattle left Sew
ard yesterday for Anchorage. Mrs.
Jacobsen is a sister to Mrs. Frank
Reed of the Anchorage Hotel. She
plans spending a number of weeks
in Anchorage.
Jack Bailey, chef of the popular
Fisher’s Cafe, received his Oldsmo
bile coupe on the steamer Northwest
ern. He is taking his many friends
along with him viewing the town and
along the highways.
1 Capt. Heine Berger of the good ship
' Arcturus, arrived in port Sunday from
j a business trip to Cordova.
Wm. Welty, carpenter, went to work
on the Jesse Lee home buildings this
morning.
Bert (Beans) Wennerstrom, an old
employe of the Alaska Railroad, pass
ed through Seward Sunday en route
to Knights Island.
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For your kitchen
Just unpacking a large shipment of
ALUMINUM AND GRANITE WARE
for your inspection
p. c. McMullen
Telephone Main 34
SILVER WEDDING
IS CELEBRATED
IN SEWARD TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher were
the recipients today of the congratu
lations of many friends, the occasion
beipg their silver wedding anniversary
the couple being married in Dawson
25 years ago on June 7, 1900.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher met on a trans
Atlantic liner, while coming to Amer
ica from England. Another case of
love at first sight, for the romance
| which began on the vessel, later cul
minated in Dawson, shortly after the
arrival of Mrs. Fisher from Seattle,
Mr. Fisher already being in Dawson.
Mrs. Fisher, prior to the voyage to
America, had been in the service of
Lady Albers of London, serving her
for many years as lady’s maid. Mr.
Fisher had just come from Mandalay,
India, where he had been engaged in
the service of Lord Strathcona as
chef and valet.
They are perhaps among the best
known couples in the Territory, hav
ing resided in Alaska permanently
since the early days, or since their ar
j rival. They have been in the bakery
and catering business in practically
every district in Alaska, coming to
Seward about one year ago from the
Ruby district, and starting Fisher’s
Cafe in Seward.
“LONG LIVE THE KING”
IS JACKIE COOGAN’S BEST
Jackie Coogan’s first Metro picture,
“Long Live the King,” will be shown
tonight at the Liberty Theatre. This
unusually beautiful picture plus Jack
ie’s wonderful acting lives up to all
the advance praise made for it all
during the six months of its production
in Hollywood.
Suffice it to say that in “Long Live
the King,” Jackie does some of the
greatest work of his short career. For
the first time a radical departure has
been made in the type of role he por
trays. In “Long Live the King”
Jackie is a royal princeling and he is
constantly surrounded by royal splen
dor,
Beautiful sets abound in this pro
duction—sets said to have been built
at great cost. These and Jackie and
the story and tjhe cast round out a
great and thrilling picture which none
should miss.
Much Oil Shipped
To the Interior
During the past week the local
Standard Oil plant has shipped ten
cars of oil to Interior points. Six
cars went to Fairbanks last week and
a few days later one car was shipped
to Anchorage. Three more left for
Fairbanks a day or so ago.
Selma Marquardt and Chloe Comp
ton, school teachers, of Omaha, Neb.,
were Seward arrivals last week, de
parting yesterday for Fairbanks. Upon
their arrival in the Interior town they
will hent a cabin for the summer and
absorb lots of Alaska lore.
WORK WANTED.
A young man of good habits and
ability wants work of any kind. A
late arrival in the city and must have
a job. Address The Gateway. Can
do anything in the line of day labor
or carpentering.
Anyone having bills against the
Fourth of July committee are request
ed to turn them in at once to general
chairman E. Swetmann at the Seward
Drug store.
The Admiral Evans of the Pacific
Steamship Company departed from
Valdez for Sewrard this morning at 5
o'clock, according to the local office.
Miss Catherine Smith of Belling
ham, Wash., won ’the national contest
for violinists, held in Chicago. She
is 21.
H. W. Duncan of Atlanta has ask
ed for an injunction restraining Mrs.
J. F. Thompkins from calling him on
the telephone or otherwise annoying
him, as her husband has threatened
vengeance and his employers threat
en discharge.
VA beauty parlor for women pa
tients has been opened at the state
insane hospital at Kankakee, 111.
Owing to the close proximity of
Unalaska to the Japanese current the
community enjoys almost a semi-trop
ical climate, it is reported by tecent
arrivals in Seward on the steamer
Starr. Quite frequently grass grows
the entire year around.
L. E. Larson, a resident of Fair
banks, arrived in Seward a few days
ago from Seattle, departing yesterday
for the Interior.
Mary Ferry, a sister to Mrs. A. M.
Caldwell, wife of Lieut. Caldwell of
the Anchorage army post, arrived in
Seward on the Northwestern leaving
yesterday for the Inlet town.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Crawford resi
dents of Anchorage, departed for home
yesterday morning. Mrs. Crawford
arrived in Seward Saturday from a
visit to the States.
Sol Silverman, an old member of
the stores department of the Alaska
Railroad, spent the week end in Sew
ard, returning home on yesterday’s
train.
F. H. Pinska, a brother to Martin I
Pinska, Interior clothing merchant,
arrived in Seward Saturday on the
steamship Northwestern and departed
yesterday morning for Fairbanks. Mr.
Pinska is from St. Paul and proposes
to spend the summer visiting with his
brother.
Thor Peterson, a recent arrival in
Seward from Valdez, and a former
resident of Anchorage, has decided to
locate permanently here.
Edward W. Allen, Seattle attorney,
and H. B. Friele. manager of the A.
& P. Products Company of Seattle,
were southbound passengers out of
Seward, on the steamer Northwestern.
Mr. Allen and Mr. Friele have been
making' a trip of inspection to the
company’s new cannery at Bristol
Bay.
Floor joists are being placed on one
of the Jesse Lee Home buildings.
From this period on the carpenters
will swarm over the buildings until
their completion.
Mr. Stewart, proprietor of the Nov
elty Wood Works at Anchorage, after
a visit of several days in Seward, re
turned yesterday to his Inlet home
and place of business.
SERVICE! SPEED!
SATISFACTION
Those are the three essential re
quirements in modern business today.
The Frye-Bruhn Company, packers
and provisioners of fresh and cured
meats, operates a strictly modern
wholesale and retail shop here at
Seward. Well stocked with the best
steer beef, lambs and pork, butter,
eggs and cheese on the market. Our
system of volume, quick turnover and
small profits guarantees our custo
mers big or small, the same rates as
they can buy merchandise on the out
side. Special rates and attention giv
en to merchants, cannerymen and
fishboats with satisfaction to know
that you can get what you want
when you want it. Founders of Deli
cious Hams and Bacons, Wild Rose
Lard and Mayflower Butter.
FRYE-BRUHN COMPANY
H. L. McGhie, Mgr. Phone Main 94
The firm of Babcock & Downey are
departing from Seward in a few days
for Nuka Bay where they will con
tinue their assessment work. They
will spend about a month on their
property. The partners will take in
their outfit on the gas boat, Puddle
Jumper.
Mrs. A. Gregory of San Francisco,
an old friend of Mrs. Charles Kreft
ing, local resident, was a Seward ar
rival on the steamer Northwestern.
Mrs. Gregory may remain visiting in
Seward for a month.
C. W. Thrift, representing Fuller &
Company of Seattle, is a guest at the
Hotel Overland.
E. G. Wickstrom came to Seward
on the steamer Northwestern, remain
ing in town until yesterday, when he
departed for the Interior. Mr. Wick
strom is heading for Tolovana where
his uncle is operating a placer mine.
He plans remaining with his relative
all summer.
The gas boat Emma arrived in port
a few days ago from Seldovia.
A pig born with eight legs, three
ears and two tails, near Carievale,
Sask., Canada, lived two hours.
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