Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
Published Daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered In the cost office at Seward, Alaska, as second-class matter
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors
E. F. Jessen Editor and Manager
Otto G. Sandbeck, Associate Editor Bdwin A. Sandbeck, City Editor
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GATEWAY AGREES WITH WILBUR
For years Alaskans have been howling to the heav
ens above for more population. Secretary Wilbur de
cides to take a hand and issued an announcement advis
ing unemployed in the states to go West and North.
But the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and the do
cile Anchorage Times don’t want that; they want a
bunch of suckers to come to Alaska with well-lined pock
ets. There are too many unemployed and “broke” men
now in the Territory, they exclaim. A solon in South
eastern Alaska also takes Wilbur to task for his utter
ance.
Two months ago The Gateway led in advocating
that unemployment in the States come to Alaska; we said
it would be easier to starve up here than out there. That
if 50,000 came to Alaska tomorrow, in a year the Terri
tory would swallow them up; they would be just as hap
py and contented as the average Alaskan today; that
they would be doing the identical things we are doing
and undoubtedly would mean a new lease of life for
Alaska. The Juneau chamber and the Times would turn
starving folk away from their door! If they can pay«|
their way, coiue in!
To cut a long story short, how many Alaskan citi- j
zens here today came to Alaska with the filthy coin of j
the realm in pocket? D—few, brother, D— few! We alii
came North to seek our fortunes; we got by and are j
still getting by as well as the average and we fail to see
what right, or by what reasoning, the Juneau civic body
andand what Editor C. J. Lincke terms as the “Hinook
er” of Anchorage (whatever that means) arrive at the
decision only people with money can come to Alaska.
The Gateway agrees with Secretary Wilbur 100 per
cent that young men in the States should turn their
faces toward Alaska. We could wash nothing better than
the arrival of 50,000 to a million immediately.
THE INDIAN PROBLEM
There has been an Indian problem in the United
States ever since its earliest settlement, but that prob
lem is being solved by the gradual absorption of the
Red Man into our general population, according to Sec-!
retarv Wilbur of the Department of the Interior.
We have about 350,000 persons of Indian blood in i
the entire country- of whom about one-third are in Ok- j
lahoma. The rest are widely scattered among 26 states
and Alaska, but even the reservation Indians are inter
marrying with the white population and are rapidly as
suming the white man's manner of living. A notable ex
ception to this general trend is seen among the Nava
jos of Arizona, who have a reservation as large as the
state of New Jersey and still hold aloof from the pale
face.
It is the policy of the government to encourage the
remaining Indians to obtain education and training
with a view to their giving up reservation life and tak
ing their places among the independent citizenship of
the country.
There are maintained 203 day and boarding schools
for Indian pupils, where instruction, food, lodging and
clothing are furnished free by Uncle Sam. These are
privileges granted to no other element of our population.
Secretary Wilbur declares that it has become ob
vious that the Red Man eventually must lose his iden
tity and become as the rest of us» and adds: “From a
sentimental standpoint there is much to regret in this
fact, but it is none the less inevitable.”
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New York 0, Detroit 2.
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 0.
Boston 12, Chcago 8.
i Washington 8, St. Louis 5.
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Pittsburgh 3, New York 2; ten
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Chicago 4, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 10-7, Philadelphia 5-5.
St. Louis at Boston, rain.
COAST
Seattle 4, Missions 5; eleven in
nings.
San Francisco 0, Sacramento 1.
Hollywood 10, Oakland 4.
Portland 9, Los Angeles 10, six
teen innings.
General Manager Ohlson of the
Alaska Railroad and Superintend
i ent Holmes .were due to arrive in
| Seward today at about 11 a. m.
| from Anchorage headquarters.
10 a. m. Sunday School. The
children should remember that
the Sunday School does not close
but continues on during the sum
mer vacation without interupton.
We want to keep up the fine at
tendance also during the summer.
11 a. m. Morning Service. Theme:
“Buried Treasures.”
The Evening Service will be
omitted next Sunday evening. The
Pastor will speak at the Bac
calaureate Service at Jesse Lee
Home next Sunday evening. All
are invited to attend this service
in the chapel of the Home.
Mike Deegan, Nuka Bay mining
man and railroader, left on to
day’s freight for Anchorage.
Grant Reed, station agent for
the Alaska Railroad at Anchor
age, was an overnight visitor in
the city, seeing Mrs. Reed off on
the steamer for Valdez.
W. T. Baxter, one time an em
ployee of the COpper River &
Northwestern Railway, left today
for Fairbanks.
Vessels in port today included i
the Roy, Bill, B. F. M., Joan, Ma- ;
rian, Bavaria and the Majestic.
Otto Glatz, lower Kenai River
mining man. after a few days in
town on business and pleasure,
left for home today.
The schooner Majestic, Capt.!
Oral, arrived from the banks with j
12,000 pounds of halibut.
INVITATION FOR BIDS ON
COMPLETING DORMITORY
AT EKLUTNA, ALASKA
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs, Anchorage, Alaska,
until 2 o’clock p. m. Saturday
May 23, 1931, and then publicly
opened, for completion of con
struction of Girls’ Dormitory at
Eklutna, Alaska requiring con
crete work, erection of brick
chimney, painting, plumbing,
heating plant and laundry boilers.
The entire work will be in
cluded in one contract. Bids on
items only will not be accepted.
Copies of specifications and
prescribed form of contract may
be obtained and plans of the
building may be inspected on
application to the undersigned.
Bids should be forwarded in
sealed envelope addressed to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anchor
age, Alaska, and marked “Bid on
Completing Dormitory, Eklutna.”
The right is reserved, as the
the interest of the government
all bids and to waive any infor
mality in the bids received.
Arthur H. Miller, Acting Dis
trict Sup’t. of Schools.
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THE GREENE MURDER CASE”
A spellbinding detective play from the famous book that
has been translated into seven languages. If you want an
interesting evening at the theater, come tonight.
WILLIAM POWELL
makes a tremendous hit in the star part of this play and
is ably supported by a special cast.
We will also show you “LOVE SHY’' and a News Reel
Sunday - One Show - 7:30 Sharp
N-o-t-i-c-e
Tomorrow may be your last opportunity
to see silent movnig pictures of a full play,
so we are going to show
A DETECTIVE PLAY
because that type of entertainment has always
been the most popular. Hie title is
“WOMAN TRAP”
A thrilling feature showing the eternal struggle be
tween the crooks and police. Don’t miss this program to
morrow night as we will NOT show it again Monday.
For a last laugh in silent comedies we will give
you the one and only Billy Dooley in
“CAMPUS CUTIES”
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