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The Alaska Weekly Post 1
Published Daily, Except Sundays and Holidays
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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
F. §. CAMP, EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER,
Harry V. Hoben, President. Frank L. Ballaine, Sec.
BANE OF SEWARD, Trustee.
KMitid m M<*<id-clkM uitn fltpuikn 2, 1919, »t 9m Peel Office it Sewerd, A leek a.
Mder Act ef Merck 2. 1979. .
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MEMBEKS OE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ^publication
of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also tae load news published herein.
John Moon went to the states from
Seward. First, last and all of the
lime he must boost for Seward. Sew
ard first and Alaska second. Not vis;,
versa. Seward is destined to .. *
the best little old towns in the Terri
tory in the very near future and it
be hooves John Noon to speed up the
destiny. He is in the states during a
time when it is mighty hard to inter
e.-t any person in things foreign t©
the presidential election. The average
person in the United States today is
a hundred times more interested in j
trying to figure out whether there is;
going to be a change in the adminis
tration of the government, than he is;
that there are wonderful opportunities
in Alaska, and being a hundred times
more interested it will require a hun- j
died times more persuasion on tht j
part of John Noon if he is successful
in putting any thing beneficial to Al
aska across. The election of a Repub
lican president, which according to all
authentic reports received from relia
ble sources seems practically assured,
John Noon’s task will become both
easier and harder to perform * Eas-;
h r because certain big interests who
belong on the Republican' side have
pei 'ected plans for the expenditure ol
erermous sums of money in different
.-.et lions of Alaska and harder because
a crange in the administration will
>emove from office in Alaska some
real men who have the interests of
the Ter*;tory at heart. Which ever
way the pendelum swings, friend John
will be obliged to swing with it, if he
is since!ely interested in getting help
ler Alaska. He must be non-partiuar.
for it matters not whether the help
corner from the Democratic or th»
Republican administrations, just so
long as it comes and comes soon. He;
must play no favorites. He must for
get politics. He must make friends
with all the interests that can in an>
way help Seward and Alaska. He has
the chance, a splendid chance, but he
must always remember that he was
sent to the states in the interests oi
all of the people who live in the Terri
tory and that he lpust absolutely for
get to either boost or knock any one
particular individual and that he must
absolutely remember that he must
boost Alaska and every town in Alas
ka. The only lapse in this program
that we will be able to forgive is the
one where he might boost for Seward
a little more than some other town,
it will be only natural ii he does and
unnatural if he does not. *
He has choosen a hard time to get
audiences with the powers that «>
if he proves that he is capable of put
ting things across and bringing home
the bacon, he will have clearly demon
strated his ability as a sincere boost
er for Alaska and every unbiased man
and women in the territory will be
thankful to hitn. Keep up the good
Work John, but if you find the sledding
feo hard and the obstacles too numer
ous at the present time take a vaca
tion and eocne home and later on we
will send you again to complete what
you have sdecesafully started. All we
ask of you is to de the best you know
how and by so doing we feel that you
will have accomplished much. Adver
tising of the proper* and sane kind al
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VICTORY MEDALS
Victory Medals are being applied for
so slowly by ex-service men that Maj
or General P. C. Harris, The Adjutant
General of the Army, has* notified the
officers in charge of the distribution
to make the utmost effort to reach all
who deserve it. It is estimated that 3,
757,624 men who served in the Army
are entitled to the medaL but to date
only 370,214, or about toil per cent
of the number, have applied. Applica
tions are coining in at the rate of only
6,800 a day, which is far below the
capacity for ft sue of tlio working
crew in the Philadelphia General Sup
ply Depot. The Quartermaster has put
on a large force, and these men are
being held at much expense to tlie
Government.
“It is no more difficult to make
out a form for the Victory Modal.” an
nounces General Hams, “then it is
to fill out a money order blank.
This form vertifies the recipient’s
service and his present whereabouts, j
It will prevent the medals from fall- '
l
ing into the wrong hands. The Go*’- |
irnment’s gift is a work of art, not a
iauble, and has intrinsic as well as
sentimental value. It cannot be se it
out to unverified addresses, any more
than Liberty Bonds or war insurance
checks, many of which have been lost
before reaching the addressee, in spile
of all possible care.
“The ex-service man has only to
apply at the nearest Army Post or
recruiting officer in his home town,
or through any patriotic society, such
as the American Legion or the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars. Here he will be
shown how to fill out his blank, and
if his discharge papers*are correct,
the applicants have given wrong ad
dresses, and many medals are returned
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daily by the past office because the
men cannot be located.”
For service in the United States
117,194 medals have been issued to
date, and 79.092 for service in foreign
countries. There have been 56,005 me
dals with three hattleclasps issued,
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and 58,510 with two battle-clasps. |
These are the largest numbers of all I
with battleclasps, which range from ]
one to eleven. There have been 52 med- j
als issued with nine clasps, nine med- j
als with ten clasps, and two with elev
en clasps.
The American Legion makes no dis
%
ti net ion between members and non
members in the Victory Medal distri-'
bution. There are also special blanks
for the next of kin, in order that the
relatives may obtain the decorations
for tho>se who were killed in action, or'
j who died in line of duty. .
-—ETOR WDWBuSTNESS
NEW YORK, Oct., 27— Vessels of
the United States Shipping Board car
ried 13,379,234 tons of export mer
chandise and 7,236,168 tons of imports
during the fiscal year ended June 30
last, according to a statement of Ship
ping Board activities made public here
today. The cargo carried, the report
states, consisted 30 percent of the
country's export business and 27 per
cent of the imports, the percentages
being fixed on the return of the^total
foreign commerce of the United States
for the fiscal year.
The business of the Shipping Board
was handled through 49 American
ports, New York ranking first with 23.
2 percent of the exports and 36.6 per
cent of the imports, or 27.9 percent
of the total business. Baltimore and
Philadelphia ranked second, each with
10 percent, and New Orleans third
with 74> percent.
The north Atlantic district, includ
ing 11 ports from Baltimore north,
handled nearly 48 percent of the ex
ports and 26.6 percent of the imports,
or 27.1) percent of the total business.
Baltimore and Philadelphia ranked
second, each with 10 percent, and Neu
Orleans third with 7.6 percent.
The north Atlantic district, includ 1
ing 11 ports from Baltimore north,
handled nearly 48 percent of the ex
port business and 58 percent of thi ,
imports ; the south Atlantic district
handl«*d 11) percent of the combined
exports and imports and the gulf dis -
trict 16.7 percent. The Pacific division
handled 11 percent. ,
Exports were forwarded to- 20 for
eign trade regions, 11) of which re- *
turned imports, Iceland being the ex •;
ception. Included among the import.'-.!
handled were 1,720,722 tons of crud<
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: petroleum, constituting 24 percent o' .
the total import business.
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' PLATINUM CONTINUED SCARCE
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The United States is still dependent
on foreign countries for its supply o
platinum. The small output of crude*
platinum from domestic mines increas
ed from 647 ounces in 1918 to 82 ’
ounces in 1919, but the total quantit;.
j of refined platinum and allied metal
I recovered from foreign and domesti
ores by domestic refiners decrease*!
! fiom 59,753 ounces in 1918 to 45,109
ounces in 1919. Only 11,759 ounces o<
refined platinum was derived from do- j
j mestic ores in 1919. On the other hanr |
the imports of platinum ,and alli(M.
metals increased from 56,753 ounces in
1918 to 68,054 ounces in 1919, nearly
i half of which came from Columbia
)
: The estimated world’s production in
creased from 62.283 ounces in l91o
| the lowest recorded output, to 67,18
! ounces in 1919, but was still far belo>\
Ie
that of preceding years.
During the war 83 per cent of th
platinum metals consumed in thi.
j country was used in essential indust
ries (cehmical, electrical, and dental)
I but in 1919 only 40 per cent was se
nsed, and the quantity used for jewel
ry increased "from 12 to 56 per cent,
i The remaining small percentage was
divided among several minor uses.
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Breezes
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PERT PAR AGRA PBS
OF SENSE AND NONSENSE
CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY
; « THE HUMAN TOOTHPICK H
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Don’t tell everything you know or
you won’t be able to come back for
the encore, i
Much of our earthly happiness is
due to bur ibility to forget things.
Heard one of the Doughnut Brig
ade kickin’ this morning ’cause the
doughnuts were cold. Yejwerday morn
ing 1 e kicked cause the coffee was too
hot. Day before yesterday he waa
kicking cause it was raining. Day be-|
fore that he was kicking about some
thing else. Say people this fellow will
kick himself to death some time. If
| there is anything to -the reincarnation
I of souls this perpetual kicker will be <
an army mule in his next life. He in
i dulges in kicking as a setting up ex
emse. He has made a habit out of it. j
He is harmless, just simply has to
kick as some guys have to gu....
in his blood.
After a man is married he begins j
to put the big bills on t}ie inside of I
his roll.
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Papa’s Imagination
“Mamma”
“Yes, my child.”
“Will you tell me a fairy story?*’
“But it’s very late my son.”
“J know, but papa isn’t home yet”
“Well, wait until he comes home
dear; he’ll tell us both one.”
The man who doesn't amount to
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much is always the one who insists
upon letting you know it.
. Saw one of our well known citia
i
ens walking sedately along the alley
! in the rear of the Gateway the othei
morning all decked out in a black suit
! and a pair of snow white gloves. From
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Die far away look on his face I figur
ed out that some one had died and
tftat he was on his way to the funeral.
J.ater I learned that he was simply on
his way to feed a few' packages of
i>i< akfast food to a couple of prise
j o kers that he is fattening up for &
barbecue, which will be staged if Cox
is e'ected. Now I suppose some crepe
burger will take the joy nuUf life b*
spying, “There ain’t goin’ to be no
barbecue.” ,
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 38 Raining Calm.
Anchorage 34 Cloudy Calm.
Matanuska 42 Cloudy Calm.
Chickaloon 32 Pt Cloudy Calm.
Wasilla 40 Cloudy Calm.
Talkeetna 38 Raining Calm.
Goldcreek 36 Cloudy Calm.
Hurricane 32 Cloudy Calm.
Summit 20 Cloudy North.
Healy 32 Cloudy Calm.
Nenana 22 Cloudy Calm.
Fairbanks 20 Clear Calm. ^
Statement of the ownership, man- !
agement, circulation, etc., required
daily at Seward for the six month*
ending Oct., 1st. 1920. That Frank B •
Camp is General Manager and Editc
of the Seward Gateway, published bj
the Gateway Publishing Co. That tht
stock holders are Frank L. Ballainc
H. V. Hoben, Harriman National Bap)
of Alaska at Seward, Bank of Sewar*
and mortgagees represented by H. S
fhslderston, Trustee, in the sutn • * ,
000 that the average number of copie.1
of'Cach issue of this publication, soli
or distributed, through the mails o
’otherwise to paid subscribers during
the six months preceding April, 1st, i;
655.
Signed, FRANK B. CAMP, *
Genl Mgr. and Editor.
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Seward Light &
Power Company
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Main 0
The Seward News Company'
GEORGE PHELPS
Bookseller*, Newsdealers and Stationers
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
STEAMER ADMIRAL EVANS
( Capt M. M. Jensen )
OCTOBER 21st. i v j
LAST TRIP TO ANCHORAGE
Company reserve* right to change schedule without notice.
'ADMIRAL LINE BUILDING
Wayne Blue* Agent. -Seward Alaska.
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ALASKA Saar <»
‘ , SAILING SCHEDULE
• Sail From Due Due L? Seward
SEATTLE STEAMER SEWARD Southbound
Sept. 30 Northwestern Oct. 6 Oct. 0
Oct. 7 Alaska Oct. 13 OeL 13
Oct. 14 Alameda Oct. 20 Oct. 22
Oct. 25 Northwestern Oct. SI Oct 31
Nor. 5 Alameda Nor. 11 Nor. 11
Nor. 15# Northwestern Nor. 21 Nov. 21
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A WORD TO YOU:
At oar Seattle Office we hare opened a buying department for the
•enefit of theAloake Ttmde. . ,
* We solicit the secwunla of individuals, firms and corporstieaa desir*
mg eleeerconnections lot haying and wiling. The service rendered is direct)
«e, st every step, exerdW clow snpervisien over sll trsneoetimw, thuenwor.
u>g accurate and prwsptett rati w
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to bay right, to ship right, to
as ore right — to attend to oil matters as your personal agent. Yoorhujuiries
<nd wnnmmr receiveearimartdtete and must toorlww MMh*
WRITE US — there is no obligation. We are jnet fho btmtoew eon* •
udetien that the Alaska Trade hao been leaking for in the baying, of mining)
winery and fishing snpplW «*d tebnw^drnga,
Ulhher wodK-fnndtnre) Rnawhtdd mwdries; eteet: md* gaaeagines —
a fact; anything tbaf gtdWs or it manufactured.
Weweslw willing and onxletu to develop a maiNet fsrkH Attaku
pMdncts. Get hi tmteh -imh ok giving tall petticeUru, and ywur gaedavriW be
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