The Seward gateway., December 10, 1915, Image 4

About The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917

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DUPONT CITY I
NOW BURNED
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BOOM TOWN CREATED BY Ml NT-1
TIONS ORDERS ENTIRE
LY DESTROYED.
PETERSBURG, Ya.. Dec. 10.—The
Dupont Powder Company’s boom
town of Hopewell was entirely
destroyed by tire last night, lhe tire
was started bv an upturned oil stove
from which the blaze spread with|
amazing quickness. 1 here is no j
doubt about the orign of the blaze j
and this fact removes all suspicion
that the pro-German elements were
responsible. It is the third l:re
recorded in relation to this company
within a month. lhe town had j
twenty-five thousand inhabitants and j
hail sprung up in a few months be- j
cause of the immense number of men j
employed in the work of making am- j
munition of tre allied nations. It was
composed almost entirely ot frame
buildings and the fire ran through it
almost like a prarie fire, no time hav
ing been given since the establishment
of the town to prepare fire lighitng
apparatus. The powder plant itself,
which was situated at the outskirts of
the city, was unharmed.
\ SMAKl HAT
WITH A NEW
BUILT-IN VEIL
FTpof'ULAX HdV£LTY\
(Or a trim chestnut brown velvet turban
with • band of groagraln ribbon this
bvtatif I v« i! »'f hexagonal mesh, richly
e:nh d-red with a grapevine pattern.
ba> been Substantially. If Jauntily, sewed
Tl t . e novelties come in ah modish, be- ;
comma colors and are very picturesque.]
Furffished apartment for rent. Ap
ply Wayne Blue. 12-10—3t
Everyone interested in Alaska
reads the Gateway.
EMPRESSTHEATRE
Sunday: Dec. 12 ™°.g,-°ws
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS
Showing Minnehaha atire. Views of powder
ship ablaze a? sea. Pat he cartoon, etc.
“THE MAN IN THE STREET'
^ 3'act Drama and a _footi one, featuring t»t rti udt Vv.C» ■
[nan McDermott and Duncan Me Kao.______
SELECT MUSIC__
Admission 25 cents Children 10 cents
SERVICE WHICH WILE PLEASE YOU:
The accommodating, personal service which this
bank extends to every person who enters its
banking rooms is just the kind of attention
that will please and satisfy vou.
We not only handle carefully and efficiently
all the business vou entrust to us, but we do
everything possible to make you teel the in
terest and friendliness which we have in the
people of this community.
We invite your business.
BANK OF SEWARD
EstaMished 1^05
Second-Hand Goods Bought and Sold
If vou have anvthinjf to sell and we cannot atfreeop price, leave
your ifoods on sale wi*h n»e. state your price,aitd I will charge you
5 PER CENT COM MISSION WHEN SOLD
BUTTON'S SECOND-HAND STORE
New uoods of many kinds always on sale. Fourth AND Railroad Avk.
Alaska Point Bluff Coal
$11 Per Ton Better Than Ever
A. C. de SHERBININ Phone Main 65
THE UP-TO-DATE JEWELRY STORE
You can find something that will
please you all for CHRISTMAS
at George the Jeweler
As good a selection of goods as you will
find in Alaska. PRICES ARE RIGHT
and goods are of the BEST MAKES,
Guaranteed by the manufacturers and
GEORGE A. MIRLAGH
NEWS NOTES
T. M. Secrest, of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, came over
from Anchorage yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Anderson came
in yesterday afternoon on the train
from Canyon and Lynx Creeks, where
Mr. Anderson is interested in some
mining properties. They will leave on
the Northwestern for a trip to the
States, spending a couple of movths
outside, mostly in California.
There will be no meeting or the Tili
kum Dancing Club tonight. There
has been no regular dance of that club
for several weeks now and the next
one to be pulled off will be after the
holidays.
L. C. Bates reports that there are
a few mallards at the head of the bay
yet. He shot three yesterday and
four ptarmigan besides.
Otto Bergstrom came in this morn
| ing from his homestead near Mile
Three. Mr. Bergstrom and Isaac
Hergard started doing assessment
work on the Mile Four Mining Com
pany claims near the Bergstrom
homestead.
John Bern will spend several weeks
i trapping and hunting at Porcupine
Bay.
J. A. McLaughlin arrived yesterday
on the Evans from the liffet. He will
try to obtain a couple of good dog
teams to be used for general freight
ing anti express work between Seward
and Anchorage.
A medium sized lathe came on the
last Admiral Evans for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and has
been installed in the new machine
: shop and roundhouse.
The Ladies Bridge Whist Club of
Seward "ill meet tomorrow afternoon
in regular session with Miss Sylvia
Sexton.
Hoy Ashland has been appointed by
Supt. H. H. Hildreth as the man in
charge of the decoratings of the A. B.
Hall for the Christmas play and ex
ercises ot the Methodist Sunday
J school.
Otto Moses is now with the Sewaru
; Commercial Company.
Brown & Hawkins continue with
their improvements. This time it is
a large display case in the Clothing
j department.
Between two and three hundred
| people turned out last night to see the
i special feature at the Empress, “The
| Scales of Justice.” By special request
i the issue of the Bathe Weekly shown
J last week was reproduced. Its fea
ture was the entrance of the Allied
tleet into the Daradnelles, showing
some wonderful scenes.
Mrs. Mabel DeHotT, daughter ol
Mrs. Cooper, is expected to return to
Seward on one of the next boats.
Mrs. Ashcroft who recently suffered
a broken arm is progressing nicely.
Included in the Anchorage freight
left off here by the Seward is a couple
of hundred post office boxes for th‘*
Anchorage B. 0.
The freighter Seward calls at I.a
touche. Ellamar, Valdez and Cordova
otvher way V> Seattle.
Ward James came in yesterday
! from a few days trip out the line
stopping at several of the roadhouses.
He says that there is much travel
over the trails ami that all the road
houses are filled to capacity with
mushers.
Emil Swanson and his crew of
fourteen men arrived yesterday from
Anchorage, making the last lap with
a couple of A1 Robert’s dog teams
from Roosevelt yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Swanson is one of the first con
tractors to have been awarded station
I
work by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission from Anchorage and is
one of the last contractors to quit
work this fall. Me made a 700 foot
cut at Eagle river. Mr. Swanson and
most, if not all, of his crew will leave!
for the States on the next boat and
will return early in the spring ami do
more work for the government. Mr.
Swanson is an old time hand at the
railroad business, having had some
experience in that line in Canada.
Ole Martin decided he would come
to town to “look over the situation”
today from his Mile Three and a half
ranch.
GOING TO SEARCH
FOR NATE WHITE
Traveller Being Launched as Boat is
Seen Which May be That
of Missing Man.
ANCHORAGE, Pec. 10. —The
launch Traveller is being launched
this afernoon to go to the rescue of a:
launch which is believed to be the
Brighton and which has been seen
drifting about near Fire Island. It
is reported that Nate White and two
others are aboard. Captain Cramer
says he can make it to the helpless
craft. The government commission is
financing the expedition. Nate White
has been absent since the time that
Fred Tracy and his companions took
to the launch and some anxiety has
been felt for him. Cramer is thought
to be taking some serious chances in
I making the attempt.
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❖ HOW ANCHORAGE *
WAS JOHBEI) *
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Readers of the Gateway will re
member a story to the effect that
someone played a joke on the C ook
Inlet Pioneer by telling it that Sew
ard had a man taking moving pictures
of the ice conditions over there. Of
course, it was a silly joke and the
Pioneer is not to blame. The fol
lowing is the story which the Pioneer
wrote about the alleged event:
“SEWARD MAN TAKES PHOTOS
OF HARBOR AT ANCHORAGE
The enterprising (?) town of Sew
ard has gone to the trouble to send
a moving picture man, with his ma
chine, to take a view of the so-called
ice conditions around Sihp creek.
The result of this insane jealousy
on the part of Seward for the neigh
boring town of Anchorage will serve
no useful purpose. If it will have any
effect at all, it will tend to harass the
Alaskan Engineering Commission and
to give ammunition to those mem
bers of the congress who have always
opposed the Alaska railway project.
This, the town of Seward can ill af
ford to do.
If Seward will exercise a little pa
tience, the railway will eventually
reach that point. In fact, if the eight
million dollar appropriation is pass
ed by congress during the coming ses
sion, there is no doubt whatever but
that work will be commenced on the
Seward end of the line.
It is incomprehensible that citizens
of that town should adopt such a
short-sighted policy. The interests of
this town ami that of Seward are in
separably connected with the building
of the great Alaska railway project.
Should work on this project cease,
both towns are up against it strong.
Our interests, therefore, are mutual.
This should be apparent to Seward.
The Pioneer has faith in the com
mon sense and far-sightedness of the
majority of the residents of the Res
urrection bay town, to believe that any
effort on the part of some overen
thusiastic individuals will not reflect
public sentiment as a whole, and that
Seward will do nothing to befoul its
own nest to use the figure of speech.”
Swellest assortment Holiday goods
»n Seward. Seward Commercial Co.
“Jersey Cream Kisses,” VANILLA
FLAVOR. A pure food candy, made
in Seward Alaska. For sale at the
Key.
Fox’s Oyster Cocktails at the
Branch.
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❖ STRAWBERRIES ♦
❖ AT MATANUSKA ❖
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A Mr. Wise raises strawberries in
Matanuska and Mrs. Rose Johnson,
who recently came to the city from
that place with her son Charley for a
rhort visit, says the Matanuska valley
is easily the finest farming ground in
Alaska, and she knows the whole ter
ritory'. In addition to conducting the
roadhouse at the end of the telephone
line Mrs. Johnson has a homestead
where she, like her neighboring
ranchers, grow farm products with
wonderful success. Her place is at
Matanuska landing. Mrs. Johnson ex
pects that A1 Church will be post
master. She also say's that the Com- j
mission employes are now driving
piles across the rivers and sloughs ]
that the railroad will bridge and the j
work will be carried on during the
winter.
RECEPTION THIS EVENING
The reception in honor of Rev. Mr. I
Molony and Mrs. Molony will take .
place this evening from 8:20 to 10;
o’clock at St. Peter’s church.
WANTED
Smart boy to learn the printing
trade.—Apply Guteway.
Boys ribbed cashmere and fleece,
lined stockings, shoe pars and high
top leather shoes.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111.
Tray service receives prompt at
tention. 10-5—tf.
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Commerce Cafe established 1905.
Meals 25 cents up. E. Levin, pro
prietor.
Coffees and teas at URBACH’S.
CAPITOL CAFE RE-OPENED
The well known Capitol Cafe, Mrs.
Ayres, proprietor, is open again for
business. Best of cooking and ser
vice, and a big bill of fare to choose
from. tf
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Mince meat, fruit cakes, plum and
fig pudding.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Ladies’ and childrens' furnishings
at Butt’s.
Grapes, Celery, Winter Cream Mel
lon, Casubas, Squash, Pumpkins and
Cranberries.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at
“The Branch.”
Second hand goods bought and sold
for cish or on commission. See But
ton's ad. Tuesdays and Fridays. 28-tf
Beginning Monday, Dec. fith special
sale on laces and ribbons, ”•”» and a
third per cent. olT. One week only.
Seward Commercial Co.
All mushers are invited to meet at
the Commerce Cafe. Open night and
day.
Mens’, womens’ and childrens’
arctics and rubbers at URBAC H’S.
\ .
I Dry goods at Butts.
There's one rubber boot
that has “made good"
in Alaska, and that's the
Goodrich
“HZPRESS
* White Boot
“With the Red-Line ’round the Top”
You know that when a hoot comes in and
simply sweeps the whole country like
“IMPRESS” has done, it's GOT to be
SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
White Goodrich “HIPRF.SS** Boots actually wear
longer than iron or steel! You don t havetohalt
sole them with leather—they far outwear hob
ahead of the old.
Made of the same tough rubber that goes into Goodrich Auto 1 ires—welded
together under enormous pressure INTO ONE SOI.II) PIECE!
Nothing to e</mc apart —they can’t leak, peel, crack or split! 1 hey re comfort
able, too—shaped to the foot while it’s working. We promise that once you start
wearing White "IMPRESS'* you’ll never be satisfied with anything else. And
remember—it has a Red-Line round the Top,
DEALERS—Writ* at once for samples and prices.
The B. F. Goodrich Company
„ . . .. n.. SEATTLE BRANCH:
Factories: Akron. Oh.o The B p GooHrich Rubber Company
Branches and Dealers Everywhere 113-15 King Street
CLOTHING FURNITURE
SHOES HARDWARE
“Quality First"
From the Biggest and Best Stock of Groceries
ever carried in Seward we quote the following
prices. Look 'em over. Every item is a money
saver.
Sugar - ... $ 7.00 per hundred
Potatoes . . . 1-75
Patent Excellent Flower 6.75 per bbl.
Libby’s Milk . . 3.50 per case
Mt. Vernon Milk . 3.50 “
Darimade Brand . 3.50
Carnation . . 3.75
Extra Fancy Apples 2.50 per box
Tomatoes, Special Solid Pack, No 3 tins,
worth $5.00 . 4.00 per case
Tomatoes, Puree . 2.75 “
Assorted Fruits . 5.00
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New consignment of Evaporated Fruits, including
Logan Berries in packages —something new
Irown & Hawkins
Anchorage SEWARD K n i k
TELEPHONE MAIN 1
“ PALACE JINGLES ”
The summer’s slipping away again,
And winter’s almost here;
The boys are coming from the hills
In search of w’armth and cheer.
Come; all you lads from Anchorage
When you crave a glass of beer.
You’re welcome as the flowers In May,
And no one is siwashed here.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men •
JOE MORRIS and Lunch Counter in Connection^ BILL DEVINE I
“ PALACE JINGLES "
They meet down at the Palace
For a glass of Sherwood Rye,
And to tell about the finds they've
made,
As the winter passes by.
r Bring on that fast Interior bunch,
And from every camp afar,
For we join you in goodfello<v®hip
At the famous Palace