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PUBLISHED DAILY. KXl'KPT SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
fjury v. HoWn. P Prank L. Ballalne. Sec. Krirh Lncaa, Treas.
Kntered as eecond-claaa matter September. 2.1916. at the postofflce at Seward. Alaska.
under act of March 3. 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
ONE YEAR. In advance.110.00 PER MONT, delivered.. .$1.00
THE ALASKA WEEKLY POST by mall 8.00 1 ADVERTISING RATES on application.
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YOUR ACE
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Never in the history of this country lias this question;
been of such vital interest to so many people as it is now.
Never before has the United States government been
so deeply interested in knowing the exact ages of the
young men of the land.
So that never before has the public mind been so
ready to grasp the great importance to complete birth
registration.
When the storv is told of the American attested in
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London as a German spy, unable to obtain a birth certifi
cate because his birth had never been recorded and be
cause the doctor had died, but finally saved by the discov
ery of an old letter which told his birth, the people grasp
the point and agree that births should be registered; but
as tlie story relates to somebodv far a wav, somebody un
known, and probably never heard of before, the point is
soon forgotten and no wave of strong public opinion is
ever really started. So too the statements that birth rec
W
ords are needed to prove men of voting age, to establish
old age pensions and pensions for the children of soldiers,
to establish rights of inheritance, to determine how effi
ciently the states are protecting the health of the chil
dren, and to determine who is entitled to the protection of
OUR FLAG—these statements are apt to be treated as
old axioms which call for no immediate reform.
And today this war call for the registration of our
young men brings home the need of birth records to every
community and to almost every family in the United
States.
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Can you prove that you are under 21 or over 31, or
must you forever be suspected of having falsified your
age? ;
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THE SPIRIT OF 1917
The spirit of 1917 is a spirit of service—a spirit
through which each of us does our share.
We will serve in the ranks in our armies, it in that
way we can best help our country.
We will serve in the factories, if in that way we can
best help our country.
We will serve on the farms, if in that way we can best
help our country.
Somewhere, somehow, we will serve.
Only in that way and in that spirit can we win victory
for the immortal principles of liberty that America has
stood for since the beginning of the great republic.
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HARVEST TIME HAS BEGUN
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Down in Texas the reaper has begun its northward
hum. Near Fort Worth the first wheat raised this year
in the United States was cut the other day, and daily the
harvest zone is widening. Soon the army of harvest
hands will he “called out" in Oklahoma and Arkansas, then
in Kansas. Iowa, Nebraska, and lastly in the Dakotas,
Minnesota and Montana. Then America’s bread crop will
have been harvested.
What a great country this is, wherein some farmers
sow wheat at the time others are reaping it!
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THE MONEY GETTER
As I approach the end I am more than a little puzzled
to account for the instances I have seen of business suc
cess—money getting. It comes from a rather low instinct.
Certainly, so fa ras my observation goes, it is rarely met
with in connection with the finer or more interesting
traits of character. I have known, and known tolerably
well, a good many “successful men”—“big” financially—
PUSHING A GOOD THING ALONG.
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— Evana in Baltimore American.
men famous during the last half century; and a less in-,
teresting crowd I do not care to encounter. Not one that
I have ever known would I care to meet again, either in
this wftrld or the next; nor in one of them associated in
i,iv mind with the idea of humor, thought or refinement.
A set of mere money getters and traders, they were es
entially unattractive and uninteresting—Charles Fran
cis Adams.
MUST SHOW PEP
If Seward expects to make a respectable showing
against the Cordova aggregation its ball tossers will have
to mobilize more efficiently and show more pep than has
been shown to date. The Cordovians invited Valdez over
recently and served them with humble pie which they
were forced to accept by a score of 14 to 1.
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. FIRST ON THE ROLL
Before another six months have rolled by Seward will
have its own little roll of honor containing the names of
young men fighting in France that freedom and this na
tion. together with those of our allies, perish not at the
hands of Prussian militarism.
“Crit Tolman” is the first name inscribed in the roll,
Grit being our representative in America’s army of the
air. Others have applied for various service and await
the word.
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Alaska .June 7 Alameda.Juno 25
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selling mainly to manufacturers,
bankers and municipalities.
They are our biggest customers.
Hut—no order too small; we
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Sewa :d
The Gateway of
Alaska
I The Place Where Sails Meet Rails
I TERMINUS U. S. GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
Best Harbor on the Alaska Coast
Big Game Paradise of all Alaska
Future Fishing Center of Alaska
Gateway and Distributing Point for Central Alaska
Completely endowed and equipped with Public
School, Hospital and Churches
If You Are Looking for a Place
to Locate Remember
These Facts:
SEWARD is .the inevitable metropolis of Alaska; has a first class
Public School System; is the principal city on the Kenai Penin
sula; the outfitting point for all big game parties; the natural
Gateway to all of Interior Alaska; has the finest harbor on the
coast—bar none; the most advantageously located townsite in
Alaska; a fishing industry that alone will make a wealthy town;
a modern and complete cold storage plant and cannery; will have
one of the finest Radio Stations in the North Pacific.
SEWARD has a first-class gravity water system, modern electric
light and power plant, has twosolid financial institutions and is
the selected site for the North Coast Government Coaling Station,
the SALT WATER TERMINUS of the Government-built railroad,
the nearest port to the GREATEST HALIBUT BANKS in Alaska
and is tributary to the great mining districts of Alaska.
For further information regard Seward, Alaska, or
your own particular business, address I ,,
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