THE “DETROTTFTR" TAKING OFT AT TaIRRaVKS
SELBYS IN Fill
LONGING TO RETURN
DROVE OVERLAND FROM COAST;
HAL LOSING CELEBRATED
WAISTLINE.
WISHES FOR LOCAL GLACIER
Florida Ruined By the Boom and Will
Takes Years To Right Itself.
Writing from the land of magnolia
and palm. Hal B. Selby, former pub
lisher of The Gateway, finds many
changes since his residence there 30
years ago. In the last mail from the
southland, Mr. Selby addressed a let
Hofir.an's Rooming
House
THE BELMONT
FOR LABORING MEN
Call Adams 126 for Labor
SEWARD, ALASKA
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES.
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
STOP AT_
HOTEL SEATTLE
when in Anchorage, Alaska
Hot and Cold Water In
All Rooms.
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. McISAAC, Prop.
MILADY \
BEAUTY SHOPPE
MRS. J. L. REID
Open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Admiral Bldg.
Specializing In
Hairdressing, Shampooing, Eye
Brows Arched, Marcelling, Mani
curing, Facial Massage, Scalp
Treatment, Bleaching and Hair
Dyeing.
Phone for appointments.
MADISON 85
ter to The Gateway pan? of which
will he of interest to hi? many looa'.
friends and acquaintances
The town (Fort Myers, Florida*,
has been tom down, he -says, and re
built with magnificent edifices and
palaTial homes. The Terent boom
however, has put prices beyond the
pale of the average working man and
There has been a genera; erodes
north by those who cairn to make
their fortunes by easy means.
In part. Mr. Selby’s letTer is as
follows:
“It is hot today, ghastly. sticky hot.
and we are perspiring profusely. 1
am sitting near the ‘water' bottle
with my tongue hanging out. and Mrs
Selby is wiping sweat anc wishing tor
a chunk of the Seward glacier. Tom
is taking a nap and probably dream
ing of cooler climes. 1 have to use
lots of persuasion to prevent him
from returning to Alaska. 1 am taking
the climate in doses ad nauseum as t
'medicine for rheumatism and at the
rate my waist line is evaporating 1
will be willowy and waspish by the
time I return to Seward. Iffy rheu
matism is getting much better.—in
j fact have had no attacks since I left
Soap Lake. Will start to work on a
machine job next week if able, and
will try to hold it down until fall
Tom has landed on a morning paper
here and puts in his time working,
sleeping and cussing. He goes to work
at 6 and gets off at 2:30. Half hour
for lunch. The composing room has
: electric fans and an attempt is made
to cool it, but it lacks coolth by about
a d- and a half. How I wish 1
were back in the old Gateway office
at this time. Florida has been ruin
; ed by the boom and it will take some
time for conditions to right them
selves. We pay $50 per month for at
alleged furnished flat of five rooms
It has a bath and gas, and the wif<
| is luxuriating in cooking with gas
We will take a trip to Miami soot
and give it the once over. I spen
last week up the riveT about 50 mile:
with an old friend and ate grape frui
and oranges until the market ros<
from my efforts. Brought home a bij
sack of the finest and also a sack o
oranges. Very nice and sweet, I ge
[ : the paper thru my sister-in-law, bu
[ i wish you would send me a copy t
| the above address and also send m
\ a copy once in a while of the spier
• J did weekly you boys are putting ou
, I am proud of the papeT yon boys ar
» getting out and am glad you chanf
j ed back to the eight page. I got th
1 April 28th yesterday and was ver
J much interested in the primary r<
[ j turns. Hope to see you boys soo
2 j and when I get back never more wi
2 I roam from Alaska. While my rhei
2 ! matism is benefiting rapidly I hav
several swollen joints yet and hav
been unable to work. They are r
ducing, however, and I believe thi
three months of this unexpurgate
hell will cure me.
“We had a wonderful trip down :
the car and passed thru some fine c:
ies and some wonderful country. T1
the old Mississippi at Arkansas Cit.
road? a? a ^rbnle r?'< mw Crose**
and stopped and bat a bijt ®e*t a!
cau fi>i f^T bf nt m T^-t a:
Tkluhn? ant alsr 'b< <s,l®ai*T -
H3ississ:w. bad :bt tiwsi nnads ar*
encoun:e-ec. Tbf frit o! I^£4
frnn. Tulsa Ok la. toot'cs sevex days
and w»s: :b* fixe* a! C' STL f*r less
that nut rtilrnat Tara, ant Ft sroT*
7>f»c a: bmels ant t't a; xestairrax :s
nr the v®} 7 bar* a rnoC raxap^uc
outfit tr>* and cax rrta» :b< <■*«: by
Half xrnint hark
•ITf wfL drive hark u Puir: Snout
I hooch: t nev Bodp* tnorlnt oar ant
n has fr.*T-x or splendid sar.«®a«*oa
Wt drank about a ba'~*C rf 7»o? ot the
way oo’wx as vt tonic X re fpc xb*
rant vaT«r. 1: is bene. b?*r
etc Pop o-osts hu 4S -cents a >cass
so is dbesj *d~ixt:nr
‘ItecaTds if' aL *
Pioxorrapl albums axe. try corners
—Sri a US'*- r’s Alaska Shot
I Card ex seeds axe oxiox sets a:
Brr-wx A Kokins Corporation.
Send tbs Gattaray it triend*
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REF'NISH i: yourself'.
With handy varnish-stains
or enamel—easy to appb
—you can renew your fur
nirure or create deLghriu'.
new ejects. Look around
— ‘'leciothe*' the shabby
mem hers of your furniTure
Hamdy " rVeoret Enam
els and Varnish Status £~ne
you best results.
Also, ask ior rvokjet/'The
Art of Dfcoai*nng with
DecoretT free, and is
full of ideas on finishing
and refimshmg tumircre
and ornaments.
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W JL, Pams ancVaxsie sat
j~ar §upp;y your snsd&.
Brown &
Hswkins Corp.
W. P. FULLER 9 OO.
301 Mmsboe Sms: S» Fiaacaor
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FULLER
PAINTS l^j VARNISHES
p>»cmm£C*. wHrsc
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NOTHING IS LEFT TO CHANCE/
The i.iinil »WcHl delicious ftiror *«d
ot Camition Muk «t wot the
vmk of rfintt. Pmsisft*kin|; effort every
sser of the w*y from the cow to you; comttat
atrerrioss to even the wt»;*e« det*;>—these
**t the secrets of CnnxtK«'i fesncus
Csrnstkvr. constant V is be:.r«£ improved be*
caese the producer* of Carnation accept the
foT. tesporssihfitty of Carnation leadership.
Toe mt the besL the letter: to« wain Car
wrrior ctaBity to enrich wmc im&rrr «Q yotir
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