THE SEWARD GATEWAY
Published Dally, Bxocpt 8undaym.
Entered as Sscond-Cluse Matter 8epten
ber 2nd, 19H. at theJPostoffloe at
Seward. Alaska, Under the
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26.
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Dear Subscriber,
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and want to impose on that
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or in person just how you
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you a few questions. Do you
read our editorials? Do you
like them? If so, why? If not
why? Are they too long?
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neighborhood news? Such as i
Anchorage or Juneau? Or
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way our railroad news and
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is one of the most important
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community and the town of
Seward. When we do you
wilj notice the difference We
will notice the difference,
every merchant in Seward
will notice th§ difference
be a united town with one
single purpose and that pur
post will be the welfare of all
of the citizens of Seward at
all t’mes.
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CM BE CMl
1 IEMM0M
That big king salmon
banks tributary to Juneau
will provide fishing the year
round was given a practica.
demonstration Saturday af
ternoon by a cargo of king
salmon unloaded at the plai t
of the Juneau Cold Storage
Company by the power boat
Anne.
The big fish averaged IS
pounds each. They were ex
ceptionally fat. In fact sev
eral of the fishermen whc
gathered in a small crowd tc
witness the unsual event of
king salmon being unloaded
during the winter months dt
dared they never saw king
i sah.spn in finer condition.
Old time fishermen have
asserted more than once th?t
the largest banks in the
•world exist on the outer
coast between Sitka and
Cape Spencer, a distance of
90 miles but no attempt has
been made heretofore to fish,
these in the winter time.
It is believed that with the
establishment of additional
cold storage facilities in Ju
neau, the king salmon banks
will prove another great
source of wealth to Alaska,
and provide employment th<
whole season for power
boats and fishermen.—Alas
ka Daily Capital
UK FORESTS
BE mi FROM
HR IS REPOSTED
It is reported that the new j
National Forest District for j
Alaska is to be mapped in
the near future by means of j
hydroplanes or airplanes. It J
was mainly because c/ their;
increasing importance as a
source of pulp wood that the!
Alaska National Forests
were recently created into* a
separate district Much of
the Alaska forest areas have
never been mapped, and
there are doubtless hundreds
of lakes that are wholy un
known.
Whether the airplane or
seaplane would be best adap
ted for use in Southeastern
Alaska is something for the
Air Service to determine.
The weather reports show
that while there are periods
of the year that are very fav
orftble to aerial navigation.
There are also periods per
iods of low hanging fog
which would render aerial
navigation difficult Anoth
er point to be considered is
that aeroplane landings in
the mountains are rare and
in thickly forested regions a
forced landing would be dan
gerous. In Southeastern Al
aska it would be necessar y
for the aviator to do most of'
his flying at a high altitude,
but this would enable him to
scrutinize the terrain minute
ly. The airship pilot likes
densly forested country to
sail over since the boiling of
' t
and that difference will
the air is nil. Around moun
tains he can generally te'l
what the air is doing. The
wind currents flowing to
ward the mountain will al
ways carry the airship up
ward. Small clouds, smoke
etc., tell nearly all that is
needed about the local cur
rents.
! TO LOCATE IN SOUTH
OLD TIME DOCTOR
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Dr. J. M. Sioan, who has
been in Alaska, for the past
20 years, was a passenger on
'the Northwestern for Cah
fornia, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, Margar
et. Dr. Sloan intends remain
ing in California for at least
one year and if he succeeds
I in making a desirable loca
tion will remain indefinitely
in the States.
Dr. Sloan joined in the
rush to Nome the first vear
of the stampede and remain
ed there until five years ago
when he migrated to Seward
where he has bee'"1
since then. Dr. Sloan has
been so long in the North
! that he knows practically
every former l'esident of the
Seward peninsula. He can
j tell truthful tales of mushing
i out 200 miles, over the trail
1 to render medical assistance
| of cutting off limbs of those
who had met with various
accidents on the trails am.'
a'so of the early intrigues
ir politic.^ on Seward Penin
sula
Sir/e being a resident of i
Seward Dr. Sloan was for a I
l umber of years the eil>
health officer and at all time
a United States Government
physician.—Juneau Empire.
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Seward Drug Co ipany
SPECIAL FOR ONE WEEK
All candy manufacturers have advised us that
CANDY PRICES are rapidly returning to Normal.
The new quotations are based on 8 cent per pound
sugar.
To conform with the new scale of lower prices
and give you the benefit of the decline we will sell for
ONE WEEK ONLY our entire stock of BOX CHOC
COLATES AT $1,00 per pound
This price is actually below original cost WE
STAND THE LOSS.
All our chocolates are standard brands and we
GUARANTEE their FRESHNESS and PURITY.
Our Japanese, hand painted Box Candies will
be sold at 50 cents on the dollar.
Other specials for one week are:—Hand carved
Swing Frames at one-half paice; popular novels
at 50 eents per volume._
THERE is NO ECONOMY In cartyind a cold §
lunch and eatind it on the train between I
SEWARD and ANCHORAGE. The eendce In I
the buffet car Is ex --. I
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