OF SEW Ail D ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
Published daily except Sunday tty
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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E F. Jessen, Editor and Manager
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JOINING THE RANKS OF THE EXCLUSIVE
According to the wail that now goes up when new fam
** ilies arrive in Seward and fin'd they are unable to rent
or buy a home, we know we have entered those sacred
precincts of cities and towns who have been so busy pros
pering they have not had time to build homes for their
incoming citizens.
There is a housing shortage in Ketchikan and Juneau
and now we find the same condition existing here, which
has crept upon us unexpectedly, affording pleasureable
surprise but at the same time being no real compliment
to our forethought or business acumen.
For its size there is no town in Alaska that offers
better opportunity for work and upkeep of families than
Seward does right now, and the citizens should have re
alized it. There are not enough new houses, but it is also
a lamentable fact that some of the older houses have
been allowed to sink into disrepair to such an extent as
to be uninhabitable or no homes at all. This has been
plumb carelessness on the part of owners who have over
looked the future and not kept their ears to the ground.
With projected work already contracted for or about
to be, there will be employment for a number of men,
probably to be supplied by everyone already available
L—n n,1fi tiiaR . In the spring the breakwater will
come. There is still railroad and highway and sawmill
and fisheries work, and some of the mines adjacent to
Seward are getting on a production basis. Some men have
recently arrived with vision and knowing they are as
sured of work have negotiated for lots and are building
homes of their own. A home building campaign on a spec
ulative basis would not be a bad idea in Seward right now.
Too much wheat makes the price lower. Boll wevill
in cotton raises the price of the product. Not so in min
ing; bugs and draughts mean nothing to the precious
metal miner. There is no such thing as a glutted market.
If Tex Rickard wants to stage a real snappy event
he might arrange a political debate between Tunney and
Reverend Straton.
AIR MAIL INCREASES WITH RATE DECREASE
With the recent announcement of a cut in air mail
rates comes the reorganization of the service and an in
crease in post office facilities for transferring of enor
mous business expected with the new ruling. Photo shows
the Municipal Airport, Chicago, from where Uncle Sam’s
airplanes branch out their service for various parts of
the country is now preparing for this increase in business.
Builders' Supplies
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Eighty Percent
Of Salmon Pack
Already Marketed
SEATTLE, Sept., 10, (jP)—The
Alaska total salmon pack for the
3»ear is} approximately 5.5S3.270
cases 80 percent of which has been
okl by the packers and already in
The figures have just been cotm
the hands of the distributors,
pleted by the Bureau of Fisheries.
Up to August 31 they show a total of
1.845.000 in reds, 2,627,200 pinks,
865.000 chums, 56,000 kings, 189,500
cohoes.
The total Western Alaska pack
was given as 1,459,700 cases; Central
Alaska 1,445,000; Southeastern Alas,
ka 2,678,000 cases.
LEAVES MUCH OIL
Leaving; some 10,000 barrels of oil
here, the Standard Oil tanker Rich,
mond steamed into the Port of Sew.
ard Saturday, and affer discharging
cargo at the Standard Oil dock left
for San Pedro, Calif., last night. The
Richmond, which is one of the big. j
gest ships calling bare has made sev. j
eral trips to Seward before. On her j
way up from tlv.s California city she j
distributed oil supplies at various 1
Southeastern Alaska cities.
EQU1NES PERISH
LONDON, Sept., 10, (fP)—Six valua
ble race horses were burned to death
| in a fire at Goldsborough Hall, the
Yorkshire home of Princess Mary
and Viscount Lascelles.
TOO LUTE TO CLASSIFY
|FOR RENT—Large steam heated
room over Seward Laundry. En_
quire Harry Kawabe.
If you haven’t tried Prye.Bruhn's
Baby Beef you have missed some- j
thing, friends!
_ _
Excellent line of Columbia
records at Sylvia’s. Newest!
of hits.
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
i YURA LA PLANTE TOM MOORE
NAT CARR ARTHUR HOYT
BRYANT WASHBURN
JOCELYN LEE
in the absorbing story of New York
“ The Love Thrill ”
Not a sentimental story but a Farce Comedy
that will entertain you every minute. A young
woman insurance agent tries to sell policies to
some rich men and as a result gets mixed up
deeper and deeper in comical situations thai
will keep you laughing.
With it we will give you Max Davidson in the
spooky two-reel comedy
“CAME THE DAWN”
And an interesting Fox News
I Just As A Reminder
“THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
THAT SOME MAN CAN NOT MAKE A LITTLE
WORSE AND SELL A LITTLE CHEAPER, AND
THE PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER PRICE ONLY ARE
THIS MAN’S LAWFUL PREY.’ SOME PEOPLE
KNOW THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING AND THE
VALUE OF NOTHING.”
If we thought for a minute that most of the people in
this community considered price above everything else
we would be advertising cheap merchandising at prices
that would delight the most astute of price sharp shoot
ers; naturally, the matter of quality would therefore
be thrown to the four winds. But we believe otherwise.
We are certain that most of the people realize that cheap
merchandise is the most . expensive. We feel that while
they are naturally interested in the price, they are more
concerned about getting the most value for their money.
And because we are sure that we are giving our custom
ers the most for their money, it is a pleasure for us to ad
vertise through the .columns of this paper. Our men’s
furnishing department has ..only been in .operation for
four months. It therefore follows that our stock is of the
very latest style and is ALL NEW.
SEWARD TRADING CO. INC.
Agent for Dupont Powder Caps and Fuse
Call Main 135
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