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v««Ffc*lNG OPERATION ENGAGING
*7X. Attention of whole world
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec.. 2— The
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* '‘next great flying operation to engage
- attention of the whole world is the
-'Wusaiog of the Pacific Ocean, accord
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ing't©'Air Service News Letter, a war
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^'Vttpartment publication of the inf or
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nation group of the army air service,
IS#u«<Mp k$eP_ th? personal of the air
^£pj)isgug&ing.the project, the Air Ser
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j^tftatvLoofced, at from any point of view,
A .it will be the most difficult, feat at
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J tHnpted by aircraft, apd the man who
f iw£yCceedi in the undertaking will have
* won the highest place in the annals of
aeronautics.
.^“As early as March 1920, the Manu
v* fact&rers Aircraft Association an
K, ^jioUhced that the United States Navy
had in preparation two boats of trip
K.y\ple engine power designed especially
'^•'fOrtrSnsPapiflc flying. •
“Of the two routes proposed for
.f*-'croKjiJhg the great expanse of water,
^f-*oor*stw&hes. fromSan Francisco to
^‘^^Vf^ong.^Uhihaf. a ’distance of 7,616
imuftcaTSttiles. Stops could be made at
to Wake Island to Guam,
l$20jniles; Guam to Manila, 1320
Tittler'Mafcila To Hongkong, 675, miles.
^4:^.Jhe shorten route possible, howev
♦ er, would .follow somewhat closely the
. .,v.QieuV.Ciijc^ steamship route, and
^..jOBlicut the distance to approximate
ly. Iy, or 3,700 nautical miles, Sup
*. posing'the flier to hop off from Vic
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^ tori:u ftis’iir.st jump would bring him
to Sitka, tKehce next to Unimak Pass
^r... in the. Aleutians, and so on to Yoko
Av Kama. * »% *
“While the more northerly route
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offers* the advantage in point of- dis
5 ”* tancb/sO long as we are in the pres
ent experimental stage of knowledge
as regards * aeronautics, other ques
Am tions suggest themselves that must be
■ .. taken into consideration before a
, .ju dKoice could be determined. The fog>
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... .familiar to the Great Circle rout*
.would add to the airman's difficult
~.‘t; ies provided they extend to a ver>
• great altitude into the air lanes. It ii
* —-probable, however, that fairly goo<'
- would extend, say to 20,001
i, ifcli'^eoH^pjye sealeavel from December to
r Febspary,. during which period the
fOfiMLf£.J&* apparent.
Ji; ~ v-SJg:J^us region, also high winds.
^ another factor to.be reckoned with in
- $ the 'airman** calculation, coipe, broad
;ly- ^peakibg from f two main sou ires
s t?apd opmaaVy jn- two different direc
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titans. A strong, souther arind from
Southern Japan sweeps up across the
'vi;. Pacific to1 ther Aleutians, while from
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•V4 Sooth.Apoerica a gale sweeps up the .
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coast in a north-westeHy direction.
“While plans are being considered
- - • • on this side for the trans-Pacific flight
fvbirf "Fiji and comes the announce- i
" Uaent that an airplane is being built j
from Sidney,, Australia, I
tQfcSfe* Francisco. Frofn Sidney to the i
. SKftlsUutd thajlmp would be 1,748; to |
Analgia ^^Aence to Sin Francis- j
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t v, . .“hi anticipation of this* event and
~'*^.,.of itsrdogical results, a schedule of |
• :tnura-*oenanxc flights might be made |
„ . aA ridalinr somewhat as follows:—
:: * BlUiftgt toyIreland in two days; New
-' 'Tfbifc'to Liverpool, two ahd a half days
Francisco to Sidney, three days;
VHmover to Yokohama, three and a
Hd the world in twenty
- >frht dayMpowing for stops of tqro
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“It is reasonably safe to predict
that the plane that performs the trans
* Pacific flight will be larger- perhaps,
twice as large, as any of the N C
class, which crossed the Atlantic.”
WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 33 Snowing Calm.
Anchorage 10 Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 22 Clear Calm.
Chickalomi 2 Cloudy Calm.
Wasilla 18 Clear Calm.
Talkectna 12 Clear Calm.
(•old Creek 20 Cloudy Calm.
Hurricane 20 Cloudy Calm.
Summit 20 Cloudy Calm.
Healy 22 Cloudy Calm.
Me nan a b Clear Calm.
Fairbanks 8 Clear Calm. *
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SHOES
AT URBACH’ S
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WATCHES
AT SEWARD DRUG CO.
Old Winter is commencing to look
like the real thing. Ever since the big j
shiver the other night the blanket of j
snow has been getting heavier. It J
snowed last nighfand is continuing to (
snow/today. There is praet&lfy noj
wind and the thermometer is ju9t a ]
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few points under freezing.
POOR POLICY
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Seattle, Dec., 2— Reduction by one
half in the number of ships engaged
in the Seattle-transpacific service,
suggested by officers of the operating
division of the United States Shipping
Board, would have a disastrous effect
upon the efforts to build up the Am
erican Merchant Murine on the Paci
fic, according to A. F. Haines, vice
presidont and general manager of the
Pacific Steamship Company in an in
terview.
In face of the efforts now being put
forth by British, Japanese and other
foreign lines to capture and hold the
Pacific trade, present American ser
vices must be maintained at any cost,
is the purport of his analysis of the
proposal to reduce service.
“Success of the effort to build up
the business of the American mer
* chant marine depends upon regular
and adequate service,” says Mr. Hain
es. Shippers must have such service
and their patronage of the service de
pends largely upon their confidence
in its regularity. Reductions in service
■ disappointment and inconvenience
.shippei-s and destroy their confidence
in the line. Loss of business to com
peting lines is the inevitable result.
“Admiral Benson, chairman of the
board, fully realizes the importance of
maintaining regular service and, when
regular sendee were established out of
Portland and Seattle, assured us that
these services would be maintained in
face of all obstacles; that if one of the
ships should be sold, she would be re
placed immediately by another ship.
Regular sendees *Would be maintained
whether the ships had full cargoes,
’half cargoes or no cargoes. Admiral
Benson realized that the ships would
have to travel with light cargoes jjn
til they had developed a freight move
ment.
I 44Such*a policy is absolutely eesent
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ial to the success of the American
merchant marine, in competition with
'the British, Japanese, French, Italian
i and other foreign carriers.
“The proposal to reduce service
arises from the recent slump in trans
pacific trade. The slump is only temp
orary. It will be over by spring, at the
worst. This fact, together with the ne
cessity of maintain adequate^service,
is recognized by the British and Jap
anese who, in the face of the slump,
are strengtheningtheir Seattle- Trans
pacific services. For the United States
shipping board to adopt the opposite
policy would be suicidal in this critical
stage of competition. It would be no
less than a tragedy in the life of our
merchant marine.”
FIRST AND UNIVERSITY STS. SEATTLE
ARLINGTON HOTEL
I The Home oi* the Pioneer.
ThisHotel is not nrd never has been •*•:•*! o»* controlled by Japanese
$1.00 ONE DOLLAR ROOMS $1.00 '
BUSS MEETS ALL TRAINS.
J. J RYAN. Prop. ROUT. KELLY. Mjrr.
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^ “Glacier
Breezes ”
PERT PARAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY “THE HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
We often wonder just why it is the
children and the teachers in and of our
school, can’t gather together enough ,
interest to compile a few notes about j
the school doings every week. The
Gateway is the only paper in Alaska
that fails to print a regular column of
school note*'. A copy of the Gateway
gov-i to the* • ffice of every other news
paper pTmfc J in Alaska and to a great
many that are printed in the states.
The i d tors of these papers after they
lead the Gateway naturally think that
the children in our school are all too
i
I young to write. One litle, wee, tiny,
column of school notes every week.
Wot a hard task. What do you teachers
and high school children think about
it?
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The S. S. Alameda will carry south
several well known Seward people who
will spend the Christmas Holidays
with relatives and friends in the
states. Several years have elapsed
since the last time these people jour
neyed out. Comes a hankering in the
soul of both man and woman aftei
they have resided a few years in God’s
country, for the glitter of the White
way of the big metropolitan cities and
when the hankering reaches a certain
stage they usually satisfy it by buying
a ticket. As a rule most of them re
turn long before the time elapses of
1 their planned stay. It is only by taking
J a trip to the outside occasionally that
the men and women of Alaska learn
to appreciate the real things that they
have in this Big Out Dbors. Most of us
like to hit the back trail on which are
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: the milestones that mark the Red let
i ter days of our lives. Thus it will al
! ways be as long as the Human Ani
' mal has the gift or curs* (which ever
! jt may be) of memory.
The contribution boxes for the Com
| munity Christmas Tree are commenc
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, ing to attract the dimes and quarters
of the meu and women of Seward and
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interior points. It won’t be long before
the desired quota is obtained. If more
; is given every single penny of the
amount should be utilised right here
I in Seward. Our Kiddies cannot be giv
| en too much real Christmas cheer. Hie
committee in change should make it a
special point to see that they are giv#
en a Community Tree that wilL never
be erased from their memory. All of
us way down deep in our hearts be
lieve in a real or a mythical Santa
Claus who remembers us on Christmas
Day. Don’t let ua stint the occasion in
any way. Don’t let us figure or plan
on having any surplus amount Let us
use every penny in a wise frugal way
for the Kiddies of Seward.
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C. A. Glasscock, Master. \
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ADMIRAL LINE BUILDING
Wayne Blue, Agent •_Seward Alaska.- j
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ALASKA ^ ®
A SAILING SCHEDULE B
Sail I rom
SEATTLE
Dec. 5
Dec. 15
Dec. 26
Jan. 5
Due
STEAMER SEWARD
Northwestern Dec. 11
ALAMEDA Dec. 21
Northwestern Jan. 1
ALAMEDA Jan. 11
Due Lv Seward
Southbound
Dec. 11
Dec. 21
Jan. 1
Jan. 11
A. H. McDONALD, Agent
WINNIPEG, Man., Dec., 2— The
northern muskrats are looking to a
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Undisturbed rest in their winter houses
this year. The muskrat, when his hide
was worth $5, led a very precarious
existence, but now that it is down to
•fifty cents he will be more or less ig
nored.
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EDMONTON, Alta., Dec., 2— The
establishment of an aerial route from
Edmonton to the oil fields of Fort
Norman on the MacKenzfc river is the
latest talked of development in connec
tion with the pressing transportation
problem existing as a result of the
Fort Norman point being so far re
moved from the businessc enters of
Alberta. ,
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Edmonton aviators ate entering in
to negotiations for such a’service with
a zest indicating that as little time as
possible will be wasted in the prelim
inary arrangements. \
me proposals can ior me esuu>
lishment of landing stages at intervals
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along the route and the transportation
in the first instance, before flying, of
^ gasoline And other essentials for the
1 successful operation of ^flying ma
chines. The distance to Fort Norman
from here is about 900 miles as the
crow flies. Three or four days at the
! most would be sufficient to accomplish
1 the distance when once a relay service
1 of planes are established.
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Pullman, Wash., Dec., 9— Accord
ing to information received at Wash
ington State college here from the
country Agricultural office of Colum
bia county a sheep company of that
county is. bury filling an Argentine or*
* der for 200 Rambouillet rams. Traris
i portation chargee on the rams will
s amount to $10jD00, it Is edited.
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HELENA, Mont., Dec., 2— Helena
has no longer a need for a police
court room and that place will be used
as a different kind of court, a handuou
court for the firemen, it has been de
cided by the city commissioners. Of
fenders against the municipality have
become so few that it was decided to
use the office of the chief of police
for such trials as may be necessary. f
The next step is to transform the old
courtroom into a handball court
THE PAS, Man., Dec., 2*- With the.
advent of cold weather the Hudson
Bay . dog derby is again the topic of
discussion in the north country and
many suggestions for the betterment
of the 1921 derby are being brought
forward. The race, which will likely
be held early in March, will be for a
purse of $2,500 if a suggestion to in*
crease it to this sum is approved at
the annual meeting of the members of
the derby to be held shortly.
^ This purse is not considered^too
high in view of the heavy expense in*
curred in maintaining and preparing
a dog team for racing. The dogs are
very expensive , last spring pups sell*,
ing at $200 for f;v?t and loll grown
and it au.ed antma1* from $75 to $100
each.
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HELENA, Mont, Dec., 2— The
Great Northern Hallway company, ac
cording to official advices to the Mon- •
tana railroad commission, la making
strenuous efforts to move coal in thie
state.
. About fifteen coal empties dsUy ere
being delivered, ah Laurel in the at*
tempt to move fuel out of the Bear
Creek fields.
MOSCOW, Idaho,. Dae*, 2— Dr. R
L. Taylor, a graduate of tho Kansas
state sgricultural ooOege has arrived
In MoifliSHnhrtami farntnictorinvet
eriaary ^kdenoe in tha Univcnity of ^
ceod^ri^O. 0. WSllWM*