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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921.
HAZELET FOR GOVERNOR
Cleaving its way through the
political storm clouds hovering ove:
Alaska since the November electioi
results were known, the first raj
of definite light came when J. C. Me
Bride, Republican National Commit
teeman for the Territory, issued i
statement unreservedly endorsing th
candidacy of George C. Haxelet, o
Cordova, for appointment as Govei
nor of Alaska. Mr. McBride also stat
that he would do everything in hi
power to help Mr. Haxelet secure th.
appointment.
The National Committeeman’:
announcement is marked for iU
brevity and its unqualified endorse
raent of the Cordova man’s candi
dacy. He said: ‘‘Since the aspir
ants have been in the field I havv
been pressed by wires from all sec
tions of the Territory and by pei
»onal calls from many prominen
Republicans to make a definite en
dorsement l have delayed some
what in making an endorsement
not because I felt any hesitancy
personally, but I realized that thi
Republican success in the Territory
at the late election was in a ver>
gieat measure due to the whole or
ganization, and, therefore, felt it to
be incumbent on me to acquaint
myself with the desires of the or-;
ganization leaders.
“Since the election I have l»eer.
giving the matter due consideration
and have consulted with various
divisional chairman who are a unit
with myself in endorsing Mr. Haze
let's candidacy. I have also con !
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suited other Republican leaders re
garding the matter.
“I have a very high personal re
gard for Mr. Hazelet and feel tha-.
Alaska is very fortunate to have at
thus time a man of his calibei
available for its Governor. 1 an.
glad indeed to give him any en
dorsement and 1 know that he is
in every way qualified to discharge
the duties of the iiigh office ol
Governor of Alaska."
Mr. McBride said that he ex
pects the appointment for Govemoi
to be the first to be made by Presi
dent Harding after he assumes of
fice , probably coming early in his
administration, for the reason that
Gov. Thomas Riggs will hand in his
resignation upon the change of ad
ministration, according to an an
nouncement made sometime ago by
Gov. Riggs.
George C. Hazelet landed on the
chores of Prince William Sound in
the early days before there was any
town at Valdez. He went into the
Interior— from near where Valdez
now stands and for many years was
a miner and prospector. He was one
of the first men to go into the Nisina
River district and is known to prac
tically all of the oldtimers as a good
t>ail companion, a square shooter
and a good partner. It is said of
him that no man ever hit the trail
with him once that did not want
to so again.
He has made his home in the
towns along Prince William Sound
for many years and is now and has
long been one of Alaska's most
prom nent citizens. A consistent Re
publican, he has seldom sought polit
ical favor. . He was elected Delegate
from Alaska to the last Republican
National Convention at Chicago, be
ing high man on tike list of candi
dates for the honor. Mr. Hazelet
has beta epdorart for the Governor
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ship since the announcement of his
candidacy by rtiny local Republi
can dubs and a number of promin
ent Republicans. According to a
statement made by Mr* Mc&ride after
a trip the latter made to Seward a
few weeks ago, the Westward por
tion of Alaska is solidly for the
appointment of Mr. Haselet and he
has a strong personal following in
brth the First .and Fourth Division.
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Primrose Mine, Jan. 14, 1921.
The Editor, The Seward Gateway,
Seward, Alaska.
Dear Sir;
I have noted your timely com
ments about the <<Gouger,, in Alaska
your admonitions to Alaskans and par
ticularly Sewardites, to get together
A’ork together, for the best interests
if all concerned, and numerous othei
subjects of vital interest to all Alask- j
ms, with much gratification, and an.,
noved to write' you, expressing my ap
proval of your policy.
The wife of an Alaskan pioneer, a
noneer myself, I have given consid
erable thought to Alaska affairs gen
rally, and have rather well-definec
•iews on many of the pressing ques
ions of the day. I am familiar witl
he many Alaska problems that arc
creaming for immediate solution, an<_
believe that wholesome publicity wii
io much toward solving these pro
ilems and bringing back to Alaska it.
•Id-time prosperity.
A few hints to some of our loca.
itizens — many of whom are loyal
veil- meaning Alaskans — along the
;ne of constructive thinking, unity o.
purpose and concentrated effort, would
io no harm. Apropos of this, I en
lose for publication, an article entiti
d; “Why Not Gold?”
Respectfully yours, •
Ora B. Hubbard,
WHY NOT GOLD? _
The suggestion by an Alaska news
aperman, in a recent issue of The
Gateway, that Seward take a micro
jope and look about it in search o±
jme “natural resources nearby wor
ny of consideration” that may be “the
ey to prosperity,” reminds one of the
lan who was owner of a small, luc
;rative business; enjoyed perfect
.ealth; was blessed with‘a loyal, lov
' ng wife and five normal, husky child
ren, yet grumbled because he “had
aothing.” The dream of this man's life
was to ride around in a six cylinder
rar togged out in a high silk hat, long
jiack coat, stripped trousers and gray
gloves, with an expensive cigar tiltea
.t right angles betweei^his lips and an
I’ve- got- the- money- no- matter
jow- I get-it” look on his countenance.
Je wasted his life crystal-gazing, re
gaining blind to the really worth
while things with which he was sur
ounded. True, the author of the ar
ticle referred to, states that he lacked
Jull information and was guided by
verbal reports. However, * it would
seem that no Alaska newspaperman
jould be ignorant qf or so far forget
the good old yellow metal, (that has
done more toward the development
and advertising of Alaska than any
other resource or industry) as to leave
it off his list of “resources worthy of
consideration.” It is the business of
die journalist to make his own obser
vations and draw his own conclusions;
to do this, he must use his head and
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eyes as well as his ears.
Those persons in and about Sew
ard who are numbing .their brains
with an excess of meditation and con
centration, in an effort to discover
some resource or resources in their vi
cinity, that may be developed into big,
paying industries - result wholly pr*
blematical — are quite like the pro*
verbial Ox; and they would do well tq
look with more favorable eyes upon
their own “green fields”, be satisfied
with Che good, things the Gods have be*
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stowed upon them?- and stop blowing
bubbles. v /*
We are forever.being admonished,
“never to look backward,” but “dK
ways to look forward.” To look back
ward with brooding and regret may be
a mistake and a hindrance to progress;
but to* dwell upon the past in retro- j
spection, not to brood over our mis-'
takes but to profit by them, is not on
ly logical, but wise.
Apropos of the foregoing, I ask the
i*eader to go back with me a few years
i
— say ten — and tell me what natur
al resources, what industry was Sew
ard's greatest hope. Was it natural
gas, halibut banks, codfish or timber ?
It was not It was GOLD: The re
source that primarily put Alaska on.
the map. Seward lies in a well-defined
mineral belt — principally gold. With
in a radius of fifty miles, are approx
imately two hundred potential gold
prespects. Many of these arp of . un
questionable merit and value, the ores'
running $25.00 and upward a ton, with
some averaging well over $100.00 a
-on. Several of the^ properties have
been developed to a considerable ex
-ent, and equipped with mining ma
chinery at a cost of thousands of dol
.ars to the owners. That most of these
properties were closed down and the
owners went ‘‘broke” or into bank
ruptcy, is true, but that fact is in
no way a reflection on the merits of
-he properties themselves, as anyone
may learn, who will investigate the
causes of their failures far enough to
find out how and why they failed. The
public have not done this. With a sup
erficial knowledge of the true condi
tions, or with none at all, they have
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