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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 19U4
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DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC
Of the influences affecting daily life that of music,
both instrumental and vocal plays an important in its
general effect upon character building while at the same
time affording an avenue through which it may be ex
pressed in terms of pleasure.
Our earliest vocal music dates from the cradle song
crooned by the little cave mother when the shades of even
ing gathered about the humble little abode high up in
the cliffs. It came as soothing balm to the ears of the
fretful child. And thus it has come on down through
the ages as the first solace of man. The cradle song con
jures up a composite picture, first of the saintly mother,
then the happy days of childhood with all the joys of home
and their influences throughout life. In later years the
same agency gave man opportunity for expression of
something within for which mere spoken and inharmon
ious words seemed inadequate.
Thus we have associated: mother, love, childhood joys
and beautiful harmony, all of which are sustaining quali
ties amid the hurly-burly of workaday life. One turns to
song to express happiness, and again as a means of un
burdening the heart when sorrows startle; to commune
in meditation with the beauties of nature and drive away
tedium of mundane affairs.
Too much importance cannot be attached to the de
velopment of music in youth. It answers many problems
for which laws have proved inadequate. A nature re
fined by music cannot go far off the beaten track of moral
perfection and its mere force when brought to bear upon
the unmusical exerts a powerful influence for good.
It is a happy thought to develop the musical talents of
Seward and the efforts of those who are laboring to this
end should receive every encouragement and assistance.
WASHINGTON AND RELIGION
Despite recent efforts on the part of popular winters
to paint George Washington in the light of a boisterous,
free and easy going character, and lacking in the element
of piety, the records fail to sustain this assault upon the
Father of His Country.
In his admonition to those who were to take up the
work where he left! off Washington propounded these car
dinal truths, which apply today as they applied when in
terwoven in the fabric of the nation: “Of all the disposi
tions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion
and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would
that man claim the tributes of patriotism, who should le
bor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness,
these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The
mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to re
spect and cherish them. And let us with caution indulge
the supposition that morality can be maintained without
religion.”
Now that the pulpwood interests have tied up some
five or ten billion feet of Alaskan pulpwood timber with
five years in wdiich to make surveys and decide if they
wish to go through with the deal and the chance for exten
sions after that date, with the privilege of other exten
sions, the menace of competition in the paper industry of
the States has been removed.
SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Horne”
John Nelson, Mgr. Wayne Blue, Agent
Office, Arcade Building. Phone Main 17
PALATIAL TRAIN IS
PRESIDENT CALLES GETS CREA
TION COSTING GOVERNMENT
$350,000
CHICAGO, May 4. (JP)—The most
palatial train ever built by the Pull
man company has been turned over to
Arturo Elias for delivery to President
Calles of Mexico to replace the old
presidential train which has been in
service since 1897.
The new creation cost $357,000 and
consists of four coaches with the en
gine and tender. It will be christen
ed on its 3,000-mile trip to Mexico,
from Chicago, taking four days for the
run. An additional coach, built for
the Mexican Secretary of War, will be
attached to the train for delivery at
the same time.
SON IRISH MINISTER
JAILED SMUGGLING
VIOLATED TARIFF ACT BY SMUG
GLING 43 BOTTLES OF WHIS
KEY INTO U. S.
DETROIT, May 4. (/P)—Charged
wi,th violating the tariff act by smug
gling 43 bottles of whiskey from Can
ada, Sarsfried P. Smiddy, 21 years old,
and claiming to bethe son of T. A.
Smiddy, Minister to the United States
of the Irish Free State, was remanded
to the county jail yesterday in default
of $1,500 bail, after arraignment be
fore J. Stanley Hurd, U. S. Commis
sioner.
(Continued from Page Three.)
Back in 1892, 1,280 reindeer were
imported into Alaska from Siberia.
Since htat time, the number has in
creased to over 600,000. The depart
ment of the Interior estimates there
are grazing 'lands in Alaska for
about 4,000,000 reindeer. One big
phase of the McCord development
plan is to shift the reindeer herds
over into tile moss ranges near the
upper end of the Alaska Railroad.
This will provide additional business
for the government’s $60,000,000 rail
road. Shipments will be made into
Seward and thence out by steamer
to the world markets.
In Southwestern Alaska, including
the Aleutian Islands, the Senate com
mittee on public lands and surveys
reported “there are thousands of
acres suitable for the grazing of cat
tle and sheep. This region is capa
ble of supplying year-round range
for the grazing of livestock. At pres
ent. these lands are not generally
used for grazing.”
The wash of the Japanese current
keeps the temperature in this section
above the winter point the year
'around.
The legislation which Mr. McCord
got through Congress for Alaskan
development included a fur farming
bill which allows and individual to
lease up to 640 acres on the main
land or up to 30 square miles on an
j island for the raising of fur-bearing
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Seattle Tee Cream at Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop.
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i mother a gift box of
1 Ardelle or Pig’n Whis
tle candy on Mother’s day,
May 8, as a symbol of your
love. Candy Cottage.
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
HERE THEY ARE:
CHARLIE MURRAY-GEORGE SIDNEY
VERA GORDON-KATE PRICE
in that wondeerful eight-reel comedy
‘The Cohens and Kellys’
One of the Big Hits of the Year
1,000 LAUGHS
Come and Grow Young
Something you can’t afford to miss
The comical mixup of an Irish family and a Jewish
family over the love affair of their children and an
inheritance of $100,000.
Also PATHE NEWS AND A FABLE
COMINGT! ThTgreatsupeF-feature SOON!!
THE VOLGA BOtTMIll"
Vegetables
AUR Vegetables are always fresh and
” choice. They are shipped to us direct
—and we always price them low enough to
dispose of them quickly. This assures
freshess.
Seward Trading Co.
Inc.
For courteous service phone Main 135, day or night.
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AN ACCURATE check is kept on ex
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ment of bills—and an invaluable aid for
keeping a budget Start an account
now. ,
Bank of Seward
Resources $450,000
ESTABLISHED 1905
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