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OF SEWARD, ALASKA *— Established Aujrust J9, 1904
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COGITATIONS
Now that we have read most of the famous Alas
ka Railroad report submitted to Congress by the spe
cial Senate committee who vacationed last summer in
Alaska, we are again struck with the remarkable men
ial perception displayed by the numerous solons who
each year visit us, shout to the skies what they are go
ing to do (do, is probably correct) then return East
with the vaults of their brains fairly dripping with
the “real facts about Alaska” which they, in a few
hectic days in the Northland, have absorbed to the sat
uration point.
They warm us up by telling us they, themselves,
are men of the grand and glorious West; that they
are in full sympathy with Alaska; they wish to help,
then proceed to throw cold water over everything.
The whole report can be summed up briefly; the
committee has taken the suggestion of Cunningham,
the Alaska Railroad transportation superintendent,
whom Alaskans can thank for the raise in passenger
and freight rates.
We wonder if those who read the report noticed
the qualifying remarks after each statement.
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The pity of it is so many people in the States will
read the report and believe every line is the gospel
truth.
The only practical thoughts embraced in the en
tire report, were those contained in the auditor’s find
ings.
Nothing, apparently, in Alaska, is any good, is the
impression left with one after reading the report. We
finished it with a sour taste in our mouth.
Like the Wiekersham report, not one suggestion
toward betterment is seen in the report; the mountain
labored and gave forth a mouse.
With reference to decrease or slow growth in pop
ulation, we know that in the State of Missouri'alone,
in which there are 114 counties, 83 decreased in popu
lation between 1920 and 1930.. There’s just one Alaska
so we refer to but one State. Then they howl about
Alaska’s growth.
Here we are in the middle of winter, 30 and 40
above zero while yesterday’s press dispatches tell of
zero weather throughout the Atlantic seaboard and in
Florida, temperatures but little higher-than Seward.
How can the committee reconcile these truths with
their alleged authorative statement of terrible winter
weather—heavy snows on the southern division? Not
once this winter has a passenger train been delayed
on the Alaska Railroad on account of wTinter; can the
committee give the States’ railroads such a clean bill
of health? Not by a jug full!
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- . Wonder why they don’t select Alaskans to com
prise committees of investigations in Eastern States?
If they want to solve Alaska’s problem, which is not
*o bad after all, the easiest and simplest way would be
to appoint of committee of common, ordinary citizens,
bonafide residents of the Territory; not an official of
anykind. The type of Alaskan citizenry who is an
Alaskan at heart to the extent he has backed it with
every cent he possesses. There are many able Alaskans
of this character and their combined judgement is far
superior than the best “brains” ever sent here from
the effete East. We know our country best!
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One thing is certain, if it hadn’t been this report
there would have been something else wrong with Alas
ka for this is open-season; that time of the year when
the alleged “wise guys,” the “brains of the ‘ country,”
discuss Alaska’s maladies with the argumentative en
thusiasm of professional politicians.
Three men set forth seeking fortune. And the one
found gold; another came on good land, and he tilled
it. But the third saw sunlight making jewels of the
dew. All three went by the same road. Each one
thought himself the richer. —Tsiang sandup.
BE Bill THE SCHICK
TEST: PREVENTATIVE
Dr. A. D. Haverstock and his j
i assistant, Harold Sogn, spent!
! a large portion of the day out at'
! the Jesse Lee Home giving the1
144 children the Schick diptheria •
| test, purely, a health measure. 5
; Forty-eight hours will determine j
: if one is immune from dipther-1
;ia, it is said.
| In four months all the chil- j
; dren will all be immune. The:
Schick test, as previously men-1
tioned in these columns, is uni-j
verrally known as the most ae- i
: curate test for this disease. It is j
| made by a tiny puncture in the!
; skin with a very small needle, j
\ Next week, with the consent
j of parents, Seward school chil-'
dren will be given the test; pro- j
viding also, sufficient anti-toxin;
, is on hand; if not, the remainder
will be tested at a later date.
| It is Dr. Haverstock’s ambition
to test every man, woman and
I child in the city for future ref
erence. Names of those tested
will be filed in the hospital re
cords from which it can be as
certained those who have taken
the test and immune, and those,
otherwise.
At The Hotels
Seward—John Salit, Frank Ba
ilovich.
Gilliland—Louis Bell, W. A.
j Horner, James Stryker, John
! Dryer.
Haas Candy—Fresh shipment
on every boat. The Alaska Shop.
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NOTICE
| Under the Act of Congress of |
! April 12, 1928 entitled Private i
I No. 67, 70th Congress, author-J
jUing the sale of certain, lands
I near Seward, Alaska, to the;
■ Woman’s Home Missionary So-!
"h tv of the Methodist Episcopal j
Church for the use of the Jesse I
I Lee Home, a home for orphan!
| children, said Missionary Society
has this day January 30. 1931
| made application in the United 5
i States Land Office to purchase
: said tract for $1.25 per acre, ac
cording to the provisions of the
Act.
!
I The above mentioned tract is i
| further described as approxi- ]
imately the West 21.86 chains of
| United States survey No. 242,
Alaska and within the surveyed
section 34, T. 1. N., R. 1. W., con
taining aproximately 82 acres,
Seward Meridian and fully des-1
eribed by plat of survey of said |
tract which is on file in the
United States Land Office.
Adverse claimants are hereby j
required to give notice of their i
claims on or before 30 days sub
sequent to the date of this first
publication which is January
29. 1931.
Woman’s Home Misionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
i Church, by Chas. T. Hatten, Sup
erintendent. Jesse Lee Home.
Pub. dates: Jan. 29; Feb. 5, 12,
! 19, 26, 1931.
NOTICE
The Belmont Trading Company
wTill shortly open for business as
trader’s in all kinds of merchan
dise, new and second-hand, at
the old log house on Fifth Ave.
Joe Hof man
jrauisieiner s \
SEA FOOD MARKET
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
Fresh, Frozen, Salt Fish
Ship Anywhere
John Faulsteiner, Prop.
Market Open at
10 a. m. to 1 p. m.-3-6 p. m.
Phones—
Adams 56 and Adams 14
LIBERTY THEATER
8 O'CLOCK
one show
8 O'CLOCK
last showing of this fine program
"STAIRS OF SAND”
•Sunday
One Show
7::i0 Sharp
AGAIN We HAVE THAT INTENSE ACTRESS*
POLA NEGRI
SUPPORTED BY TIIE GREAT SWEDISH ACTOR
NILS A S T H E R
as the stars in the (treat play by Ernst Vajda
“LOVES OF AN ACTRESS”
A great 8-reel drama of French life in gay Paris. The
semi-true tale of a little girl street urchin who became
I he greatest actress of her day. An intensely dramatic
account of the ups and downs, and the ugly spots, the
beautiful aims, and clever exploitation of a girl who
went through every experience to satisfy her ambition.
He will also show you a good 2-reel comedy with an
AH Starr Cast, entitled ‘Thundering Toupees’
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