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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
y. Hoben. P Frank L. BaUaine. Sec. Erich Lucae. Traee.
Bnt*r+1 ae ieeood-claae matter September. 1.1915. At the poetoffice at Seward. Alaska.
under act of March 3, 1879. ______
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THE HIGHEST AWARD
—
How they do boast down in the First division! For
genuine crust the following excerpt from an editorial,
anent moving the road commission, in a recent issue oF
the Juneau Dispatch is submitted as a prize winner:
“The capital city is, of coui-se, the proper place for the
headquarters of any work which has all Alaska for its
province, and the importance of Juneau in other senses
makes it the “logical" center.
“As a cold matter of fact, there is not the slightest
doubt that this district is the most promising in all the ter- j
ritory. The copper mines of the Copper river valley are
great, the country to be served by the government rail
road is rich and fertile and has a magnificent future, the
Tanana valley and the vast districts containing Ruby,
Iditarod, Tolstoi and the rest have only begun their
careers, the Kuskokwim is immense and untouched, Sew
ard peninsula will develop resources of great wealth in
years to come, but the First division of Alaska has all the
rest of Alaska beaten by several blocks. It has more quartz
than any of them, it is the chief point on the main route
to the rest of the territory, it is the capital, the seat of
government; it is the center and will be the Mecca of the
fishing and fishermen; it has the Juneau that began Alas
ka and the Juneau that will ever be the greatest town in
Alaska and the center of the greatest district, and finally
the Juneau that will grow as the heart of a man grows
with the rest of the body."
Yes, indeed, all of that except—
The part referring to the First division beating the
rest of Alaska bv several blocks,
Because—
The Third division paid over seventy per cent c/f the
taxes paid by the whole territory.
And, furthermore,
This little old territory is about 2000 miles from east
to west and 1100 from north to south and for the more or
less insignificant shoe string section lying south of Malis
pina glacier to set up such a claim smacks considerably of
the tail attempting to wag the dog.
However—
After declaring ourselves in favor of awarding a
medal to each division for the energetic development work
accomplished by its citizens in spite of government red
tape and the hardships natural in any new land,
We hasten to hand
The highest award
To the First division as possessing
The most collossal nerve.
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PROTECTION FOR OUR COAL
The announcement made recently that the govern
ment is planning to use Alaska coal for the navy, and that
in order to deliver this to the shi ps work will be rushed
from Seward to Turnagain arm with all possible speed by
the railroad commission, makes the protection of the
terminal points at which such delivery will be made a
necessity. It would be a foolish policy that provided for
the development of a vast region of supplies intended for
use by the navy and not make provision for its protection
at the same time. To develop the coast fie Ids and build
a carrier for the product and leave them .unprotected
would be to invite attack from our enemies.
The extent of the need of America for Alaska fuel is
commented on by the Juneau Dispatch as follows:
“Half the thousand ships to be built for the merchant
marine will be built on the Pacific coast, and all of them
will require coal immediately after construction. ' The
United States government before the war was thought
of required four hundred thousand tons of coal in the Pa
cific annually, and its requirements will be almost infinite
ly greater now with all its new vessels. The officials have
COPYING AN UNFINISHED SKETCH BY THE KAISER.
—DeMar in Philadelphia Record.
always been of the belief that Alaska coal could be mined
and shipped to the Pacific coast states cheaper than good
coal can be shipped from the east. 1 here is no steaming
coal in the west, and Alaska coal is equal to the best in
the east
“The fact suggested by all this is that the Alaska coal
mines must soon be opened on a large scale by the g >\ 01 la
ment, particularly now that the railroads of the co jntiy
are taxed to the utmost to meet the calls made upon them.
The government railroad will be entirely completed this
year to the Matanuska coal fields, and we may expect to
see Alaska coal shipped south by the hundreds of tho's
ands of tons.”—(Fairbanks Citizen.)
A - — - ...
THE WORTH-WHILE MAN
What is a worth-while man? Some college girls, it is
said, neither know nor care. Not so the coeds of the Uni-'
versitv of Cincinnati, who have taken pains to announce
their consensus of opinion. Credit tor standardizing the
worth-while man is mainly due to members of the liteiai.v
society. Several days ago they got together to decide.
Here is the result, embodying the best collective opinion of
the varsity coeds:
The worth-while man is vigorous and manly physical
ly, and careful of the details of his appearance.
He has a sense of humor.
He is courteous to every one.
He is thoughtful of other people.
He is tactful.
His education is sufficiently broad to enable .him to
appreciate the finer things of culture.
He enjoys sports.
He can eppreciates the fireside.
He is ambitious for worthwhile things.
He has an aim in life.
He has religious faith.
He has courage, strength of purpose and self-control.
—(Cincinnati Times-Star.) - _,
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