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fUrry V. Hobao. P Frank L. Ballalna. Sac. F.rloh Fur as. Traaa.
Kntarad u aacond-olaea mattar Saptembar. 1. 1915. at tha potto (Tice at Seward. Alaska.
under act of March 3. 1879.
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EXIT POLITICS, ENTER EFFICIENCY
One of the blessings expected to accompany military
conscription and the formation of a new army within the
United States is the removal of politics from within its
ranks.
Politics is the bane of any organization, where results
must depend upon efficiency and more so in an army than
elsewhere.
The failure of our national guard was foredoomed by
the provision which provided for the election of officers
without respect to their ability and efficiency. Where one
officer was selected for ability three were chosen because
they were good fellows, mixers or had money to pay off
the company debts incurred by dances and other social
functions.
Officers for the new army are being chosen on a basis
of fitness and ability.
To this end it is highly desirable that any national
guard organization in Alaska be based on similar rules. A
good start has been made in appointing Major Davidson,
an efficient officer of the regular army, as instructor-in
spector, with the understanding that he will later be ad
jutant general.
In this regard Seward is to be congratulated on the
efficiency of its military unit, and the officers chosen for
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that unit. Although elected by popular vote, there was no
politics because the members realized that the nation is at
war with the nation which has reduced efficiency to the
last degree, and our only hope lies in matching efficiency
with efficiency and ability. Young men, who may soon
see active service, were selected as officers, while the old
er men, many of whom have drilld before, are content with
places in the ranks that their experience may help those
never before under military discipline. As the result, un-1
tier efficient instruction, the Seward unit has made re- i
markable strides.
It is the aim of those interested to have the unit as
well drilled as possible by the time the organization of the
Alaska National Guard shall have been achieved so that
it can enter intact, a well drilled company, worthy of the
uniforms and equipment each man will receive. There are
enough young men in town to bring the quota up to 100,
and every man not now a member should give the matter
serious thought and be out for drill Wednesday night.
OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVITY HERE
An expensive dredge has been purchased by the Alas
kan Engineering Commission and will l>e put at work
dredging a slip at the head of Cook inlet for local use of
that section. The results will be watched with interest.
In view of the desire of the navy that development for ‘
handling coal and general traffic be commenced here, it
might be a good plan for the commission to start work on
facilities to handle coal for naval purposes here at an early
Hate.
The scarcity of shipping has caused a shortage of coal
at California points already, which will be more acute next
winter.
Coal men do not like to build a double tonnage of col
liers for the purpose of hauling fuel in the summer only, j
nor do they like to store up great piles of it, the interest
on the money thus tied up eating considerable out of their
profits.
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The Gateway of
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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
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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 townaite in
Alaska; a fishing industry that alone will make a wealthy town;
a modern and complete cold storage plant and cannery; will ha>e
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.
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