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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V. Hoban. P Frank L. Ballalna, Sec. Erich I.ucm, Treat.
Entered at ttcond rlttt matter September. 2,1915. at the poitofflce at Seward. Alaska.
under act of March 3. 1879.
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EXEMPTION PROBLEMS
Members of the various exemption boards who will
consider the question of whether or not men drafted shall
be sent to war, face many problems. The question of how
vital is the work being done by the man drafted will be
the continual bone of contention. Then there will be the
question of dependent relatives. In the final analysis very
few men are entirely independent. Some must suffer hard
ship as the result of this war and the longer it continues
the more rigid must be the decision of the boards.
The proposition to exempt Alaskan fishermen, who
are adding materially to the food supply of the land has its
merits and it is probable that those engaged in catching
food fish the year round will not be taken.
FISHERMEN S EYES
Anglers are the same the world over—the fish they
catch is larger than it measures, heavier than it weighs
and withal more perfect than it appears to others. Sports
men who angle for the festive trout have no monopoly in
this for the husky hawler of the deep-sea set line also sees
double when it comes to measuring his catch.
With ali candor the men aboard a big fishing steamer
arriving in port recently numbered their catch, which had
not been weighed but merely cleaned and thrust into the
hold, at well above the seventy-five ton mark. Then along
came the man with the scales and calmly weighed the
catch; it totalled a little more than fortv-five.
And men who follow the game say this holds good for
the man who runs a dory or master of a sixteen-hand
schooner.
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AN EDITORIAL FOR EDITORS
Politics is quite a game when those playing it can keep
from getting the political viewpoint, that is, the following
viewpoint:
That the other fellow is so bad he really ought to be
locked up.
That your man is perfect.
That the really good work the other fellow does is
merely playing to the gallery.
That your man never makes a mistake.
That the supporters of your man’s opponent can recog
nize ability in your favorite without trying to crawl on the
bandwagon and shove you away from the perquisites.
That you are being given a raw deal if the man you
for doesn’t immediately apoint you to a fat job.
That the world really depends on politics to keep it
moving.
Just now the editorial friends of Wickersham tend to
forget the Golden Rule when they speak of Sulzer and Sul
zer’s cohorts of the pen and typewriter seem to figure that
Jim is under indictment. Why not act about like you would
want the other fellow to act if vou were either of the two
above mentioned?
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STOP WASTING
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Now that the planting season is nearly ended, the De
partment of Agriculture is turning its attention to dis
semination of information as to the preservation of food.
This is esential because while the Nation has been gen
erally awakened to the importance of big crops, there is
still a National habit of wastefulness and extravagance to
overcome. It does not seem to be appreciated as it ought to
be that the citizen who saves a bushel of wheat accom
plishe as much as the man who raises one.
“Do not keep perishable food in a hot place” is an ad
monition that ought not to be necssary, but the Depart
ment finds that it is. Attention is called also to the fact
that dust particles in the air carry mold spores and germs.
House flies are responsible for enormous waste, in the ag
THE “EAGLE” STEP.
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—Weed in Philadelphia Publlo Ledger.
gregate. Rats do still more damage, in the home and
storehouse and on the farm. The National garbage pail is
estimated to cost the people $700,000,000 a year.
This is a year in which no economy is mean or ignoble.
Saving, on the contrary, is essentially a patriotic duty.
Theer are plenty of things to do with the surplus, if there
should be one. It is not a question of how much money we
can afford to spend for food, but of having food enough,
at any price, to feed ourselves and our allies. Economy is
as much incumbent on the millionaire as upon the humblest
laborer.—Ex.
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SUCCESSOR TO
GEORGE THE JEWELER
Notice to Creditors of Charles James
Alexander, Deceased
The creditors of the state of Charles
James Alexander are hereby notified
that the undersigned, J. Lindley Green,
has been appointed administrator of
said estate and all creditors of said
estate are hereby notified to present
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Bank of Seward, in Seward, Alaska,
within six months from the date of the
first publication of this notice. Date
of first publication June 19, 1917.
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July 18 Administrator.
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