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Published Daily, Except Sundays and Holidays
Harry Y. Hoben* Owner-F. B. Camp, Editor.
Entered as Second -Class Matter September 2nd, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, Under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Editorial and Business Office — Telephone Main 71.
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of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this papei
and also the local news published ht'ein.
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Seward Daily Gateway, per month, in advance —.-- •••---1 ^
Seward Daily Gateway, six months, in advance----- 8*00
Seward Daily Gateway, per year, in advance---- 12.00
THE IG NORN ANT KICKER
Last night a fellow called us up on the phone and
proceeded to call us down good and plenty because he had
not received a copy ol the uateway tor two nights. First
he wanted to Know why he Had been neglected. Second, he
said he was waiting tor tne tune to come when Sewaru
would have a neitepaper tnut was up to the minute, one
that he would not Oe ashamed to send outside. Third, lie
said he supposed we woulu ciufrge lum for the papers
which he iailed to get. Fourui-but why enumerate tne
many things he honered his nead off about, tie was one or
the many who tailed to receive a copy of the paper Iasi
night. The reason tor the non-delivery or we snould say
reasons, were many. The chief and most important reason
was because our emergency engine reiuseu to emergence.
It quit at a critical- moment, it it had not chosen to quit at
the time it did the paper wouid have been printed out n
would not have been delivered by our delivery guts simply
because we would not have lei them go out on tne Kind 01 a
dark windy night, such as last night was.- This fellow wno
hollered so loud about his paper or the lack of it was Inc
only person in Seward last ingilt who expected the girls to
deliver. The fact was that more than fifty of our Sub
scribers were kind enough to call up and tell us not to send
the girls out with the paper. Fifty more wouid have pro
bably called up too if there had been a phone in the house
This fellow who hollered so loud abouWiaving a newspaper
that he would not be ashamed to send out must be all fired
particular and at the same tone all fired ignorant. Ignor
ant because he evidently does not know that the people of
Seward have the best paper in Alaska or anywhere else for
that matter where a paper is printed under the same con
ditions which exist here. For the size of the town and the
actual support accorded the Gateway the Daily Gateway is
sixty percent better than any paper we know of which ex
ists as we do.
Recently a business man of Seward who derives his
living from the people ana tilings in and of Seward was
heard to remark “Tnat it wouldn't be long before Sewaru
had a real newspaper.” This same business man has given
darn little support to any newspaper that has ever been
published in Seward. He seldom advertises. He is one oi
the kind who is continually looking for something for
nothing. We are not pinning any medals on ouraeives as
prizes won for conducting a real newspaper. We are -not
advertising the fact that we are supermen in the news
paper business, neither are v;i* throwing boquets at our
selves. We are sawing wood and doing the best that we
can do under existing eircuni. unices. Every member of tlu
Gateway staff is- working and. working damn hard .at all
times to give the people of Seward a paper the}' will ap
preciate. We think we have succeeded. There is only one
man who is ashamed to mail his paper outside. Only one
merchant who is looking for a metropolitan paper before
he starts an intensive advertising campaign. People kick
in a general way. We want them to kick. We like to hear
them kicking in a natural way particularly so when they
have a genuine reason for kicking. When they kick and
kick in unision about something we have done we feel that
we may be possibly wrong and we immediately take steps
to remedy the wrong or the mistake. We will continue to
give the people of Seward a newspaper as long as we are
here. We believe that we have improved the paper a wee,
tiny bit during the past ninety days. We believe that the
paper can stand a whole lot more improvement and we will
continue to do our best to help improve. We like to be crit
icized by intelligent people because we believe that there is
room for criticism, but we draw the line when an ignor
amus attempts *o criticize, because we feel that our time
is being wasted by somebody who don’t know enough to
give us some * aluable information. Brother newspaper
men who are t Jiting papers throughout Alaska have
written articles like the following which appeared in a re
oent issue of the Skagway paper the Daily Alauxan:
“The Daily paper published at Sewaed— and it is a
good one — is finding the increased cost'bf j&per, help and
all things which go to making of a first class paper, a
compelling argument to a distinct change in the Get up of
the Seward Gateway. On December 1st they started out on
new plans with a progressive and forward looking cam
paign for disseminating the news to the people of Seward
and vicinity. Such a course; taken in the face of many dis
couragements deserves the highest commendation and the
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hearty support of all the constituency. No other medium
contributes more to the development and progress and ad
vertising of Alaska than her newspapers. They go to the
states and are seen in places where tourists travel very
little.”
That's all. We want to apologize to our subscribers
or our failure to deliver a paper last night and thenight
before. When circumstances over which- rehave no con
trol arise we are helpless. Whehr they fail to hmterialize
you will all get your paper. Nuff said. :
MONTANA’S NEW BOXING BILL
HELENA, Mont., Jan., 4-r- Montana’s new boxing
hill, adopted by the voters of the state at the November
elections and proclaimed a law, permits boxing matches in
any country in which a commission has been appointed.
Appointment lies in the hands- <|f the district judge or
judges of the judicial district in which the country lies.
There is no state boxing commission.
CUTBANK, Mont., Jan., 4— Otto Hintz, rancher of
fhe Headlight district cle-ared one thousand dollars re
cently when he toqk a.day off hunting. He bagged eight
limber wolves, which bring a bounty from the state of
S125 each.
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PERT PAKAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
I.OCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FL7 BY “T^E HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
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The old saying “That it never rains
j but it pours,” held good during the
| past two days in the Gateway plant.
On Monday the Li neo-type machine
j absolutely refused to cast a line of
; typo. One of the most intricate parts
j broke. To n pair it required just three
j ttours. Just about the time it started
.0 work as it should the electric power
j was shut off. This necessitated the
• use of the emergency as engine. This
; particular engine might be aptly term*
I * d ‘‘a donkey” because of the various
! 'kings it has not done. It seemed de
| tennined not to go. The belt broke, tin;
| c onnecting wires became disconnected,
j the pully wheel fell apart. Something
| happened or didn’t happen (mostly
didn’t) all day Monday. Yesterday it
* ontinued to happen. Thus the reason
for the midnight edition and the
a •
j morning edition of the Gateway.
We wish to apoligizc to our sub
scribers for the' non-delivery of the
i (la to way on Monday and Tuesday
uights. The above explanation will en
able you all to understand that we did
our best. We sincerely hope to have
the engine under control today and by
: m> doing to have your Gateway deliv
I ored at a reasonable hour.
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Tile time is right now. The place is
j i ight here. Take that old grouch and
that pessimistic feeling and throw
them out of your system. Get that old,
: Is That Cold and,
‘Cough Hanging On?
1 Get right after it with Dr*
King's New Discovery. For
50 years The Standard
YOU will be convinced that Dr.
Kind’s New Discovery does just
what it is meant to do—soothes cough
raw throats, congestion-tormented
chests, loosens the phlegm pack and
breaks the obstinate cold and grippe
attack.
Right away you will notice
ohange for the better. Has a
vincing, healing taste that
appreciate. Buy a bottle
druggists on the way home
60 cents, $1.20 a bottle.
JFfor colds (umL coul
Dtgtogg
kedale?
bem up to
i. Gentle,
i not habit
a you by
L bowel ana
b, 25 cento. :
t Gripe j
Pis
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“How much I can gouge,” feeling in a
place where you can kill it absolutely.
The future of Seward is assured.
The steady growth of the town during
the next two years will surprise you.
The uew road program for Alaska
makes Fairbanks the headquarters for
all interior points and from Fairbanks
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the people .will come to Seward and
from Seward they will go to Fair
banks Just try being optomistic for a
J ew months. You’ll soon get the habit
Quit your growling and cussing and
try speaking a pleasant word and
singing a cheerful song. Reajust your
selves so that you will be able to wel
come the new arrivals in Seward dur
ing the year 1921 with the spirit of,
“Glad to aee you. Hope you decide to
stay” and not the spirit of, “Well you
did come. Watch me frisk you» and
make you torry you ever arrived.”
Wake up and see things as they are
not as you want them to be for your
own particular selfish interests. Do
it now. Today.
We are still waiting for that column
of Rail Road news. It was promised
several weeks ago. It has not arrived. |
Possibly it has been mailed and we
have never received it Maybe we will
get last years news some time next
1 month. Fellow out the rail road who
subscribes for the Gateway says that
his paper failed to arrive on six con
secutive trains. Finally after he had
given up all hope of ever reeiving the
copies, five or six packages were
dumped off on the same day. The mail
clerk says he Is not to blame, the
Post Master says he is not to blame,
wo say that we are not to blame. We
don't know the answer. We want to
know the anawer. We will give a six
months subscription free to the man
or woman who ean teQ us Just how our
subscribers on the Baflrood ean get
tfcMr papas when they should get
them.
COMB SO
FOR
A FRAMED PICTURE
NEW YEAR CARRS.
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CANDY
PHOTOGRAPHS
INDIAN CURIOS
OUR ICE CREAM IS
UNEXCELLED.
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The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS I
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Alaska — Washington — California ALA8KA ROuta
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* Safety Courtesy Sorrioe Speed j
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Leaves Seattle Leaves ftiwafi
Steamer SPOKANE January 10th JnuarylVth
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Coapany reserves right to change schsdnls withes' nstUh.<
Office in Admiral Building. • f
Wayne Blue, Agent.• —_Seward Alaska.
ALASKA— &
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. SAILING SCHEDULE 4
Sailing from Seattle Leave Seward
Northwestern Dec 30th via Inside Passage Jan* 4th.
Victoria Jan., 10th via Outside Passage Jan, 15th.
A. H. McDONALD, Agent
p----gu $g*gtt Sarn*-—
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Seward Drug C< ipany
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We have completed our Inventory.
Our Stock of Goods Is Complete in All Linos.
Our A. P. Toilet Waters and Perfumes are a Revelation.
Our Stationery Stock is the most complete in Alaska.
Our Candy is the Finest Obtainable and is Alway Fresh.
Our New Victor Records arrive regularly on every boat# r •
Our Drugs are the Purest. . p ^
Our Prescriptions filled by an Expert Pharmacol
- New Year Resolution the same as it has always been;
PROMPT SERVCE — COURTEOUS TREATMENT —
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS.
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