OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August id, 1904
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THE DELEGATE VS. CASTOR FIBRE
Scientists, and even the layman,, accords the beaver
(Castor fibre) one of nature’s cleverest engineers, and
along with it possessed of an uncanny faculty oftentimes
exceeding that of his Darwinan brother, man. Many of
his tricks, such as anchoring wood to the bottom of a
running stream and making it float whenever he desires
new building material, has not been solved by man. To!
go into his many and devious devices essential to his
safety and comfort would require a treatise on the an
imal and many surprises for the uninitiated.
Yet the Alaska delegate claims to know more about
wThat a beaver needs that Mr- Castor Fibre himself. The
delegate, so it is reported from Washington, objects to :
a prospective beaver farmer fencing in a beaver colony
as the nucleus of his industry. He agrees with the pre- !
sent regulation which says that a beaver must be taken i
from the place he has selected for his home and trans
planted to a site selected by a realtor, and possibly in
cluding billboards, containing descriptive matter and
testimonials from movie actresses on the advantages of «
living in the new environment. 1
Which creates cause for wonder whether Mr. Cas- '
tor Fibre or Mr. delegate is the cleverest.
In this instance one naturally gravitates toward Mr.
Castors side of the argument. He at least has behind\
him some valuable traditions, not the least of which is !
being the original engineer. It was only recently that a
French engineer announced to the world that he had
discovered a new engineering idea with respect to dams.
By building a second dam below a main structure, fill
ing the space with water, he would provide a cushion
support for the latter. Had he studied Mr. Castor Fibre’s
engineering plans along about the time when Darwin
claims we emerged from the tadpole stage, he would
have discovered that principle No. 2 of‘the first engin
eer’s plans calls for just such a dam, which he always
builds to protect the pond containing his house.
As Mr. Castor Fibre has stuck to his original physi
cal structure and the environment, Nature has created
for and directed him to, instead of leaving it for some-1:
thing he is apparantly not fitted for, it would seem that j
he has another strong point in his favor
And Mr. delegate struts the stage shouting stem;
torian anathema at bureaus and their inelasticity, just
for votes, brother and sisters, just for votes.
Correct this sentence: “He was a shiftless loafer
before marriage, but now is an industrious and thrifty
husband.”
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SUCCESS SECRETS
Recent wild speculation in stocks and Varying
fortunes of the speculators bring to mind the career
of Thomas W. Lawson, who died a few years ago, at
the age of 67.
Lawson made $40,000 in a pool of railroaid stock*
before he was 17. He lost this, but more than made it i
back ‘before he was 20. In his career as banker and
broker it is estimated that he made more than fifty
million dollars at various times
He was quite an author. In 1888 he wrote a book
called “Secrets of Success” and for several years it
appeared that no one was more capable of explaining
these secretes than he. But finally his luck changed
and he died in poverty.
We do not know much about the secrets of success,
but we do know that the secret of Lawson’s ultimate
failure. He was a gambler. He gambled for big stakes
and while he often made tremendous winnings through
his stock manipulations, he finally lost—as all gamblers
do if they play , long enough
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Some are so determined to let their lights shine
before men that they never use dimmers.
An up-to-date Pittsburgh mausoleum is. provided
with a fire-escape.
CRAFT. FOR H YORK
Plying the American and Ger
man colors and carring a mes
sage from C. E. Orlander, mayor
pro tern of Seward to Mayor
James Walker of New York; also
a letter of introduction from
the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, Albert Voight of Los An
geles, in the face of a choppy
sea, set sail last evening on a
projected sea voyage in a 16
foot collapsible walrus-skin boat,
with his destination New York
City via the Panama Canal
As Voight paddled away from
the dock, and with his handker
chief sail flying, about 200 hun
dred citizens of the city and pas
sengers from the S. S. Yukon,
cheered the plucky German who
waved his hand in response as
he headed over Resurrection Bay
toward Harding Entrance, the
Gateway to the board expance of
the North Pacific.
Stored in the narrow confines
were a single blanket, one tea
pot, a can opener, a dozen add
hns of foodstuffs, a box f crack
ers, six gallons of water and no
navigating instruments. Voight
expects to reach New York, in
5ix months.
Two hours after leaving the
?leam of his double-paddle was
'effected back from far down
;he bay.
PARIS HEAT WAVE
PARIS, June 8. (/P)—The cit was
;truck by the heat of mid-summer
vith the temperature rising to 90
iegrees at noon. There was a slight
irop in the early evening but 100,
)00 persons lingered in the suburbs
ff the city until late at night.
QUARREL, SLAYS
BUNKER HILL, June 8. (IP)—
\n argument over 45c cost the,
ife of Mrs. Mary Williams, 53. She
vas shot by her husband, Fred
Williams, 47, after they had quar
reled because he was short 45c
vhich he was supposed to have 1
obtained from the sale of three
coxes of strawberries.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Allan H. Samp
son, former residents of Seward,
now of Seattle, were arrivals on
the S. S. Yukon called North as
government witnesses before a
case to be heard before the pre
sent court term.
tATES—Fifteen cents per line first
insertion, V/z cents per line for
subset)uent insertion. Ccunt six
average words to the line. Mini- !
mum charge 50 cents.
YARNS” of Pure Wool for Hand
and Machine Knitting-also Rug
yarns. Orders sent C. O. D.
Postage Paid. Write for free
samples. Concord Worsted Mills, j
West Concord, N. H. Dept. C j
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FOR SALE—Three room house and ■
bath; reasonable terms. Also
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Admiral building. Enquire Room
22 Seward Hotel or R. J. Mc
Kanna, Seward Trading Co.
'OR SALE—White electric sew- !
ing machine; A-l condition. En- i
quire at Gateway
FOR SALE—Dreamland hall; a
$11,000 building for $5,000. See
Fred C. Miller.
VANTED—Position as cook by ex
pert Japanese chef; in or out of
town. Inquire Gateway.
FOR SALE—First class 1928 Chev
rolet coach, cheap. Ogle’s Garage
WANTED—Work by hour or day, |
house cleaning, window washing, ,
o? gardening. Phone Madison 19
for Sam, Japanese boy.
LIBERTY THEATER
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AGAIN WE HAVE THAT GREAT COMEDIAN
SYD CHAPLIN
in a fine movie of the great stage play “A Little Bit of
Fluff.” A drama enlarged and renamed
“SKIRTS’
A very comical play of two married men who “step out’’
when their wives are away. The entire story is
STAGED IN LONDON
and as a joyous entertainment is rated the equal of
“Charlie’s Aunt.” The laughable predicaments, the hen
pecked husband gets into, will shake your sides. Come
and see it proved that “The Female of the Species Is
More Deadlier Than the Male” as Kipling wrote.
And to start the mirth right we will give you the cham
pion funny-man Billy Dooley in a rip-roaring 2-reeler
“WILD WALLOPS”
in which the ‘‘Goofy Sailor” gets his foot in wrong again.
ALSO A BEAUTIFUL PATHE REVIEW
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SUNDAY ONLY
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RICHARD HARDING DAVIS’
Famous newspaper story
LET ER GO, GALLEGHER
made into a fine movie. It is a stirring and thrilling
drama of newspaper life, and and contains a tense de
tective plot that will hold your attention.
There will also be a two-reel comedy
“RUN BUSTER”
AND AN INTERESTING FOX NEWS
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