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. and THE ALASKA EVENING POST.
Published Daily Except Sunday by The Gateway Publishing Company.
Published Daily Except on Sundays and Holidays.
Entered as second-^lasa matter September 2, 191F at the postoffice a*
Seward. Alaska, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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AWAKE AT WASHINGTON
Official confirmation that over/ 7,000 men, including
office employees, will be at work along the railroad be
tween Seward and Fairbanks during the coming season,
indicates the determination of the government to com
plete this project in the quickest possible time, regardless
of war’s alarm.
There is no doubt now that Washington is thoroughly
awakened to the value of the territory, which was acquir
ed in spite of protests a half century back, and relegat
ed to obscurity until its very richness forced attention.
PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS
Mexico’s border bandits are at it again as was to be
expected whe nthis government’s dip into the neighboring
Republic for Villa fizzled. The Mexican peon has not ad
vanced very far up the scale of civilization and past ex
periences having taught him that might is right; he has
not much respect for the Gringo president who is trying
to'coax him up into a higher plane of life, or his army
which tempered justice with mercy. He fears the quick
on- the-t rigger Texans, but not enough to refrain from
visiting sudden death on any he may be able to ambush.
Uncle Sam must realize that the government which
tries to travel the ideal path, seeking that perfection
promised this world during the millenium, is due for con
siderable trouble. ‘
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IT PAYS TO BOOST
There is probably no person in the world who does
not value the approbation of his fellowmen and does not;
desire their appreciation of his efforts. This is one of the
most necessary and valuable attributes of character, be
cause without it one of the greatest incentives to good
work, and which will be of benefit to mankind as a whole, j
would be gone. The desire for approbation is the founda
tion of fame, perhaps of honor, and of much effort. All
this being true, it follows that one should give approba
tion where it is due; and not only approve but express the,
approval. •
There is a story they tell of Big Mike Sullivan’s inter
view with President Roosevelt some years ago. Big Mike
visited the president with a prominent Alaskan, who inti'O;
duced Mike as being very familiar with the situation at
Nome. The president presently said, “How are you
pleased with the judge?” “Fine,” said Mike; “best judge
in the land.” “How do you like the marshal?” “Couldn’t!
be beat,” said Mike. “Are the other officials satisfact
ory?” “Surest thing you know," said Mike. “How are,
condiitons generally?” “Best ever,” from Mike. "Well,”
Why You Should Be '
Measured
You can buy a tailor made suit as cheaply as a ready
made.
You will have exclusive styles to select from.
You can make your choice from a greater assort
ment of patterns.
You will be guaranteed satisfaction.
THE NEW SAMPLES FOR SPRING AND
SUMMER ARE HERE.
Come in and let us take your measure NOW.
SCHOENBRUN tailor made clothing needs no in
troduction.
The Miners" Store
Frank J. Cotter
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HOT EL SEWARD
FORTY ROOMS-—OUT OF FIRE ZONE
J. 0. PATTON, Prop. Rates by Day or Month
Modem Conveniences Well Lighted and Heated
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The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
AS THE WAGE EARNER SEES IT._* j
fa**#'
.-Grpene in N«w York Evening T0legr»m.
said Mr. Roosevelt, “you are the first man from Alaska
who ever visited me that did not have a complaint of some
sort to make. How is is that?” “Mr. President,” said Mike,
“did you ever work in a gambling house? No, I nevei
lid” “Well Mr. President, I did, and there they pay
boosters seven dollars and a half a day, but a knockei onl\
gets the worst of it.”
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Like Mike, we believe it pays to uoost—nut w
without some foundation—not to boost indisci imniatcly,
but to boost heartily and sincerely where a boost is due.
failure may deserve a boost because of the intention to
try. A partial success frequently deserves a boost; but
there are a class of people who iook only for the faults and
discuss them. They criticise only from the point of view
of the pessimist. Such criticism is frequently heard of
our legislature and its acts. That our legislature has not
been perfect we freely admit. Its most enthusiastic mem
ber would not claim perfection for any of its laws; but on
the other hand, it has done many good things. It has been
absolutely untainted by a suspicion of graft. It has taken
; initiative in several matters that the subsequent vote ol
; the people of Alaska shows meet the approval of most of
| the people. It has not passed a single, act that does not
show an intention to improve the situation, and just at the
rn-esent time, when it is about to meet again, it seems fit
tino* tlicit the people of Alusku appreciate theii ettoits. bo
far as this paper is able to judge of the feelings of this
community, allowing for a certain amount of honest criti
! cism, the community is well pleased with its legislature,
nd we may reasonably expect even better things from it
in the future. Several of the laws have been passed upon
by the upper courts. Well defined ideas have been ex
pressed by the power that has the right of determination
as to the limitations that are contained in the enabling
act. Such decision as the late decision of Judge Bunnell
as to the eight hour law have pointed out possible defects,
and the legislators themselves have learned much of the
diverse needs of the different portions of Alaska—(Ruby
Record.) -•—
POSTAGE HYPOCRISY '
For frank hypocrisy nothing beats the proposition to
cut the first-class postage rate to a penny on the ground
that it will be a saving to the common people.
It would not be a saving of 4 cents a month to the com
mon people but would,- on the contrary, shift upon them
much of the postage expense of the big mailing houses,
especially the stock-jobbers. To meet the reduction in
revenue, the postoffice department would be empowered
to increase the rate on newspapers, magazines and other
publications and, the publishers, in these days of trust
prices for paper, would have to shift the increased cost
over upon the readers.—(Cleveland Press.)
DYING VILLAGES
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But it is the American village that most betrays the
impulse of our civilization, a civiliation that perpetually
overreaches itself, only to be obliged to surrender again
and again to nature everything it has gained. How many
thousands of villages, frost-bitten, palsied, full of morbid,
bloodless death-in-life, villages that have lost if they ever
possessed, the secret of self-preservation, lie scattered
across the continent! Even in California I used to find
them on long cross-country walks, villages often enough
not half a century old, but in a state of essential decay.
Communities that have come into being on the flood tide
of an enterprise too rapidly worked out, they all signify
some lost cause of a material kind that has left humanity
high and dry; like the neutral areas in an old painting|
where the color, incompletely mixed and of perishable j
quality, has evaporated with time.—(Seven Arts.) I
You Want It—
We Have It!
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SEATTLE SAILINGS
ALASKA sails Feb. 16
MARIPOSA will sail Feb. 8.
Seattle Sailing of 8th, connects with Dora to West
ward. x
Right reserved to change this schedule without
notice.
a. h. McDonald,
Agent.
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
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ing information as to the value of real eslate and business opport uni
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E. I.. WH1TTEMORE, Proprietor
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD, - - - ALASKA
Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
2 C. Kodak, Jr., Kodak $12.00.—
Seward Drug Co.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
FOR RENT
Two furnished rooms with hot and
:old water, VAN GILDER BUILD
ING. Apply Mr. van Gilder. 1-20-tf
Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
Seward Saw Mill Co
A. F. RASMUSSEN, Prop.
Good Hough Lumber of all
kinds $26.00 and up per * ‘
thousand, delivered.
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Telephone Kenai 2
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The Garstens Packing Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Hams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
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Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco, Los Angeles
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