£nuarb (gatgwag_ Published Daily Except Sunday by The Seward Gateway Publishing Co. BERNARD M. STONE, President. _ Subscription Rates: Daily—One dollar per month Ten cents the copy. By mail, $10 per year. Weekly—Three dollars per year. (Payable strictly in advance). Advertising Rates; TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rate* on application. Readers, 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line each additional insertion. Legal notices, 60c per line. SEWARD, ALASKA* TUESDAY* NOVEMBER 23* 1315* The Anchorage Pioneer in one of its issues just to hunt! takes Seward to task for publishing false reports, or what it calls false reports, about conditions, in Cook Inlet, particularly ice conditions, but the Gateway does not remember saying that ice conditions were responsible for the loss of the Cordova’s anchor. It would be really childish tor Seward to exaggerate ice conditions up there and it would be equally childish for Seward and Anchor age to try to minimize the conditions. The government and the outside people will not be guided permanently by anything either town says and it really only exposes a desire to be a knocker on the one hand or a reckless booster on the other hand to say there is more ice than there is or that “there aint no sich ice,* like the man who saw the camel. Commissioner Mcar> has published a statement in the Anchorage paper showing that the ice conditions at the time the Cordova lost her anchor were not so bail as had been stated -in fact that there were no ice conditions— and no one :an blame the commission for saying the best possible about that city and it:* location, particularly when they are right as they undoubt edly were about the Cordova. The members of the commission have, indeed, very naturally shown an easily understood resentment when Anchorage has failed to receive anything but the most favorable notice in the papers of other places but it would be absurd for Anchorage or the commission to ex pect other towns to refrain from telling what is the truth, it they stick to the truth. Goodness knows Seward has had her own share of knocking and. let it be said in the most friendly manner possible. Anchorage herself has not displayed any very' angelic disposition towards humility or self-abnega tion in attempting to show her infinite superiority to Seward as a terminal for the government railroad. Seward has a perfect right to boost its own wares legitimately and it i.-* very often hard to do so without contrasting those wares w ith the opposition stock. It is difficult to sa\ wh\ any feeling ^ against Seward has been entertained and manifested by anyone connected with the government railroad unless the blame can be laid on one busybody who, the Gateway has very good reason to believe, has made himself obnoxi ous in Washington and who has created a desire on the part of certain peo ple connected with the construction of the railroad to prevent him as long as possible from reaping the fruits of his lot-cornering. Seward must continue, in spite of every opposition, to advertise the fact that par excellence it is the best .the only real, terminal for the government railroad and it would be weak and foolish if it went out of its way to hide the faults of other places that certainly are not slow to expose its own shortcomings when they think they have discovered some. FORMER ACASK\ CRAFT WITH TRAC E OF ROMANC E' The Railway & Marine News says: Apropos of the fact that the steam ships Mariposa and Alameda have again been brought into prominence as ships frequently used by the pop ular novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson, it may be of interest to note that at the present time there are two vessels tie*! up at Seattle’s water ffont inti The Miner’s Store l FRANK J. COTTER, Prop. The Joys and Clothes | of Yuletide 4 /CHRISTMAS without mistletoe and holly, ^ without songs and festivities, without house adornment and good looking clothes — would still be Christmas. The joys of Yuletide are of the spirit. Yet how much more keenly do we feel these joys because of the century-old Christ mas customs! And one of the best of these customs is that we be dressed well for the gather ings of Christmas time. Schoenbrun gist Tailoring Say uShayne-Brun** will appeal to you at this time because it’s tailoring that makes you look well in any gathering—so rich is it in variety of woolens, so modern in its fashions, so well fitting, so excellently tailored. For your Christmas clothes be measured by: SEWARD, ALASKA mately associated with the writer’s life in the South Seas. One of these is the Morning Star, owned by Frank Waterhouse & Co. and used as a packet for picking up local cargo ! around Puget Sound. Formerly it was a missionary boat in service in 1 the South Seas, in fact it was launch ed and )>uilt for that service and Stev j enson and his friends frequently made trips on the vessel. WICKERSHAM NOT OCT FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP According to the Valdez Prospector Delegate Wickersham has denied that he is a candidate for the governor ship of the Territory in the event of the Republicans electing a president. He stated this, the Prospector says, while he was iu Valdez recently. PIONEER DIES The Skagway Alaskan announces the death of Patrick McNicholl, pioneer, in that town. McNicholl was one of the oldtimers and in 1899 took out “good money” in the Atlin coun try on Spruce creek. A little incident, in his career in that camp illustrates' conditions: He once took a shot at i another party with whose ideas on ^ the possession of certain ground he, could not agree. The bullet went whistling by the other chap’s head! and McNicholl was brought to court.' He received a scolding and nothing j else! “Paddy” wsa known by several , Seward people. BUYS EMPIRE John Troy, editor of the Juneau Empire, has purchased all the out standing stock of the company and is now sole owner. B. M. Behrends is about to erect a new building which will house the Empire plant. REPUBLICAN POSTMASTERS ALL GETTING FIRED Exchanges from other places, par ticularly Juneau, indicate that the Democrats are now trying to have all Republican office holders fired and that changes in the postmasterships of Juneau, Skagway and Cordova will soon come as a result of the agita tion. The Key, sole agent for Lloyd’s “Specialty Candy.” Absolutely Pure, made in Seward, Alaska. KRAUSE WAS IN U. S. ARMY IN CHINESE WAR Still Fighting Denperately Against Being Taken Back to Ju neau for Trial. SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—Edward KrauBe, who is held on the charge of murdering William Christie, has been identified further as a former United States soldier who was with the army during the Chinese war and saw ser vice there. He deserted later. He is fighting still against extradition to Juneau but his fight is believed by all to be an absolutely hopeless one. Ole Moe, whom he is believed to have murdered, disappeared two years ago. t — TWO FISHERMEN ARE DROWNED FROM BOAT JUNEAU, Nov. 7.—The halibut fishing schooner “Yakutat” came in to port early yesterday morning with two members of its crew, Martin Sommerset and Alfred Storholm, missing. Sommerset and Storholm were drowned as the result of heavy «t seas washing over the schooner in Yakutat Bay Wednesday. Their bodies were not recovered. The own er and captain of the vessel, Ole Bjork, was also washed overboard during the storm and remained in the water twenty minutes. He was res cued by the crew. The “Yakutat” was manned by a crew of thirteen. It was engaged in halibut fishing in the waters of Yaku tat Bay, having left Ketchikan on the 31st ultimo. A terrific southeasterly storm cought the schooner in its throes. Martin Sommerset and Al* I fred Storholm, the men swept over board, were from Seattle, aged thirty five and twenty-six respectively. Both were married.—Dispatch. Don’t get daffy on the other fel low’s taffy. Best food and custom. Eat till you bust ’em. THE COM MERCE CAFE. She Seward Gateway, published y and weekly, is the only estab lished publication of this kind in the district included in government plans. -__ IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, KEN AI PRE CINCT, AT SEWARD. In the Matter of the Estate of Walter H. Dickerman, Deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION. Notice is hereby given: That Curtis It. Morford, the administrator of the estate of Walter H. Dickerman, de ceased, has presented to and filed in said court his final account and his petition for final distribution to the 1 parties entitled thereto, of all the ' residue of said estate, and that Sat urday, the ‘22nd day of January, 1916, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon of said 1 day, at the court-room of said court, ! I in said Precinct, have been fixed and appointed by the court as the time and place for the hearing of said peti tion, and for the settlement of said ac count, when and where any person in terested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions, in writing, to ! the said petition, and to said account, ' and contest the same. Notice is further given: That said estate is ready for distribution, and ^ on the approval of said account and the granting of said petition, distri bution of said estate will be im mediately had. Dated this 19th day of November, 1915. (SEAL) M. J. CONROY U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio Probate Judge, Territory of Alaska, Kenai Precinct First publication Nov. 20, 1915. Last publication Dec. 18, 1915. .. ■ ■ 111,11 " 1 ■ Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at “The Branch.0 Good size sailing boat for sale cheap. Inquire Gateway. ll-18-6t Sec the ready made skirts and waists at Butt's. ROMIG & ROMIG REAL ESTATE AGENTS Houses for Kent, Kents Collected, Titles Examined, Lots for Sale. Large Listing. Phone Red 1-6 Seward, Alaska. Miller’s Barber Shop We make a specialty, of removing warts, etc. Hot and Cold BATHS Always Ready --- PALACE OF 8WEET8 ICE CREAM Cigars Cigarettes Tobacco Stationery Candy Post Cards Seward Water and Power Company John A. Nelson, Manager Office- Bank of Seward Building SEWAHD. - ALASKA Woodrow Park SIX MILES EROM CITY Best Creek and Lake Fishing Most Beautiful of Playgrounds Perfect Accomodations for Visitors. i . j j Igloo No. Order of Pioneers Meets the First und Third Tuesday Nltfhis of each Month at the Pioneer Halli J. LINDLEY GREEN, ISAAC LVANS, President. Secretary. J. H. ROMIG, M. D. OFFICE THIRD AVENUE Phone Main 48 HOTEL SEWARD 5 11 THIRD AVE. Arctic Club lildtf. SEATTLE. WASH ZBINDEN BROS.. Prop*. With Bath $1.50 Special Weekly Rates GERALD’S CAFE Clarence.!.Gerald, Proprietor 824 First Avenue Seattle, Wn. Seattle's Best Eating House Everything Fresh from the Famous Gerald Hunch - SAFETY FIRST! - Ruhstaller’s Gilt Edge Beer Sacramento, Calif. SERVED AT ALL CAFES FRYE & RRUHN COMPANY SEWARD, - - ALASKA Choice Fresh Meats Hams, Bacon and Lard Butter and Eggs Brown & Hawkins Exclusive Distributors For Southwestern Alaska ORE TREATED H. E. ELLSWORTH, Assayer and Chemist A Complete Equipment for Mining SfiVVATlh AI3SK0 and Technical Determination*_QETTUI Us filming OEO. MITCHELL CHAD WILLIAMS The Seward Grill COOKING FOR THE CONNOISSEUR Alaska Game and Sea Food Sourdough Breakfast Merchants’ Lunch Society Dinners Open all nitfht, every nitfhfc. Fourth Avenue, Seward HOTEL OVERLAN I E. L. WMITTEMORE, PROP. Headquarters for Mining Men SEWARD, - - - ALASKA Pioneer Hotel F. B. CANNON. Prop. 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