Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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SOMEBODY HAS BLUNDERED
The law creating the office of Auditor of the Terri
tory says:
“The Auditor shall audit and allow all claims or demands
which are just and true and a legal charge against the Territory
and for the payment of which appropriations have been made
oy the Legislature.”
When the Juneau School Board, having advertised!
and received three bids for. transporting children toj
school, accepted the lowest and then, without advertising \
for new bids, ordered and allowed the lowest bidder to'
increase his bid, Auditor Cash Cole questioned the trans- j
action, thereby bringing down the wrath of the School
Board, the Governor, the Treasurer and the Attorney]
General upon his head.
Since the law makes it mandatory for the Auditor to
pay out only money “which (is) a just and true and legal
charge against the Territory,1” it would appear that it was
the intent of the Legislature that he should have a meas
ure of authority in saying when a claim was just. This is j
further indicated by the demanding of a bond of $25,000
as a protection to the Territory against improper or er
roneous payment of moneys from the Treasury, and a!
penalty against hi malone of a fine of $10,000 and two j
pears in the penitentiary.
Interpreting the action of the Governor, Treasurer
and Attorney General as indicating that this authority is
not reposed in the Auditor, one naturally winders what
would be the situation in the event of these officers ap
proving a claim against the Territory and it should be
found to be erroneous or not just. Would each and every
one of them be subject to penalty, or should the Auditor
be the “goat?”
On the contrary, it seems, Auditor Cole has sought
to take a safe course, by endeavoring to ascertain from
bis associates priority of claims. To this the Attorney
General replies that the question is “purely academic,”
and thus passes the matter back.
The records disclose that the Auditor sought to so
arrange certain what might be termed “fixed” demands
upon the Treasury as to safeguard them against default
owing to shortage of funds, and to place demands that |
were not urgent aside until the volume of l-evenue for the j
pear wras determined by receipts. These matters affected i
the Pioneers pension funds, and the school refund funds. I
Thus wre have the spectacle of the Auditor endeavor- j_
mg to safeguard himself against improper payment and
at the same time injecting a human element into the sit
uation.
If the Auditor was not accorded the authority to say
when a claim was proper—a power accorded the Control
ler of the U. S. Treasury—why was he singled out for ,
penalties alone?
As matters now stand, what was believed to have been j1
the agency of home rule, as conceived by those who drewT ;
the Board of Control bill, has developed into a situation i,
where, under what apparently appeal's to be pressure by 1
the Governor, the full intent of the law has been nullified.:
It was the Governor who, after affixing his signa
ture to school warrants, ordered them returned to him L
for cancellation of his signature. j;
It is apparent that the situation has developed into |
i vindictive internecine battle, where cool judgment '
should prevail.
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FUR SALES DATES 1932
JANUARY . 20
FEBRUARY 24
MARCH .23
APRIL .27
MAY .25
JUNE .29
JULY .27
AUGUST 31
SEPTEMBER 28
OCTOBER.26
NOVEMBER 30
DECEMBER 28
WEST COAST RJR SALES,INC.
TAtOM A. WASH IN CTON
SERVING THE ALASKA FUN SHIPPER SINCE 1902
Hi, ENTHUSIASTIC
ALASKAN YOUTHS TO BE
AIRPLANE PILOTS SOON
Young sourdoughs are taking to
Alaska skies and will soon be wing
ing their way across snowT-filled
valleys and mountain slopes or
summer greens.
Wm. A. Egan is one of the young
members of the well known Valdez
family, two of whom have been
Seward residents, Ethel and Alaska,
the latter a member of The Gate
way staff for many years up to
five years ago. At that time, Al
aska, with one ear to the ground,
obeyed that impulse to see what
made the people in the States click
so, at the ripe old age of 23, made
his first trip to the States. Alaska
was born in Alaska; he is still in
the southland.
When Bill, now a student avia
tor, secures his pilot’s license, he
promises to fly to Seward once in
awhile, with his side-kick, Harold
Starkel, also a student flier, and
take his friends here for an aerial
jaunt.
Both are imbued with the mag
nificent spirit of enthusiasm for
their chosen work. These are the
type of youth who will soon take
pver the reins from the Oldtimers
and see what kind of a country
they can make out this—their
homeland. The lads leave tonight
Dn the SS Northwestern for Valdez,
RIDE TO SCHOOL
Many mothers of Seward school
:liildren have probably been sur- j
prised at the ease with which kids
are aroused from their slumbers
these cold mornings to go to school,
rhe reason for the readiness of the i
children to get a hustle on them- j
>elves is explained by the fact that
the Peter M. Ogle Garage is offer
ing them a warm, comfortable ride
to the school house, free of charge,
while the present spell of weather
bolds out. Auto-loads of the child
ren were taken out today again.
Work on construction of the
Seward hangar has been temporar
ily halted because of the cold wea
ther today and for the last several
days. When workmen have gone
to the building site it has not taken
them long to decide that the place
for everyone but polar bears is
next to a warm fire.
The local I. O. O. F. lodge will
bold installation of their officers-1
?lecfc for 1932 tonight at 8 o'clock!
in the Odd Fellows hall. A light
lunch is to be served after the in
stallation to the lodgemen present.
CLOSE DOWN SOON
From Cordova comes the report j
:hat the Copper River & North
western Railway last train on the :
ine for the winter arrives at Cor- !
lova in a few days. The line will j
reopen about April 15. A train i
mew will be stationed at Cordova
md Kennecott. About 90 men are
m the railroad payroll and ap
proximately 220 employed in opera
ion of the Kennecott mines.
anchorage fire i
Word reaching Seward this morn
ng tells of an Anchorage fire
which burned the A. A. Shonbeck
warehouse to the ground. The
warehouse was located in the Al
aska Railroad yards of that city.
According to the report it appears
;he firemen were successful in
teeping the flames from the oil j
✓anks located nearby. The fire oc- j
uirred at an early hour this mom- ;
ng and it was said to have been
practically under control by 9!
)’clock this morning.
TOUGH ROLLING OUT
Not since 1663 when the snow,
was five squaws deep, has such a !
;old snap visited the environs o f j
>eward, reports Chilliashell, well;
mown local human broadcaster, j
rhe temperature dropped to eight j
>elow yesterday and this morning!
he thermometer read Six below.
CALI. FOR BIDS TO FURNISH TIES
Sealed bids will be received by The Alaska !
laitroad up to 3:00 P. M. on the Third Mon- 1
lay in each month, for furnishing Standard j
rlountain Hemlock Cross Ties in lots of 10,090 j
>r leas. Specifications and other particular* j
nay be obtained from D. VV. Metzdorf Gen
J
Richard Arlen
, Fay Wray
Claude Gillingwater
Ian MacLaren
AND MANY MORE
In the Fine Cattle Country Feature Based on the Story—
“NORTH OF 36”
by Emerson Hough
The Famous Author of Thrilling and Authentic Tales of
the West- The Name of This Picture is
The Conpering Horde
A Fast Action Play That Will Keep You
Guessing Every Minute
WITH IT WE WILL SHOW YOU A TWO-REEL
COMEDY STARRING—
Edward Everet Horton
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ACT III—The same as Act II.
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