Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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THE LURE OF ROMANCE
The sum of $80,000 is being raised in Vancouver, B.1
C., for the purpose of digging for buried treasure on Co
cos Island, off the west coast of Panama.
The prize sought is estimated at between ninety and
100 millions of dollars.
Since the day when piracy was recognized as a gen-1
tlemaivs game buried treasure has held the imagination
of the adventurer and his more timorous brother. The
same thrill evoked by tales of sailing the Spanish main,
pieces of eight, dubloons and chests of jewels, echoes in j
the stories of the argonauts, who garnered fabulous for
tunes from California’s placers in ‘49, and their proto
types who wrested the horde of shining nuggets from the
Klondike.
Let us suppose that this $80,000 was expended in j
Alaska in search for such promised returns. One would!
only have to stop at the famous Treadwell or the Kenne-j
eott to find this sum. Then suppose the men struck pay in
the Klondike and other camps had been represented as a
pool with $80,000 behind them, and their finds had been
divided between 80 men tvho put up the money. This
would have given each $4,375,000!
As long as there are musty maps pretending to show
the location of buried treasure, there will be m e n who;
will risk life and fortune to find it.
In the meantime there are many hundred square
miles of Alaska as yet not prospected. The regions may;
be reached in comfort by rail, water, airplane or dogteam. j
One aggregation of treasure hunters discovered]
$400,000,000 buried in the gravels of the Fairbanks dis- j
trict, after many millions had been dug out. There may j
be an equal amount at any one of a dozen places in which j
prospecting has shown merely the presence of gold near j
the surface. There are hundreds of lodes showing p a y|
values at grassroots. And all awaiting the treasure hun- \
ter who would penetrate to the buried treasure chest.
Why go to Cocos Island?
A book good enough for any library is that received j
by The Gateway from the Department of the Interior,'
“Conservation in the Department of the Interior.” The
book was compiled by Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur and
William Atherton Du Puy, executive assistant. It is an
interesting chapter of Alaska’s growth and history.
It seems that the best thing which could happen now
is another war; since the peace treaty, practically all na
tions have been probing in the dark. Strange as it may j
seem, the governments will find billions for war but little :
for peacetime relief of the distressed.
The Gateway extends welcome to Robert W. Bender, j
new member of Alaska’s Fourth Estate who recently pur
chased an interest in the Juneau Empire. New blood, new I
energy and new ideas are needed in the Territory and we
are confident Bob will be a great asset, not only to the
Empire, but to the Territory as a whole.
The King of Siam has recognized several worthy per
sons by conferring upon them the grand cross of the Or
der of the White Elephant. The same honor might be bes
towed on Muscle Shoals and lots of other things which we
are too polite to record in print.
Its about that time of the year when some one ought
to find another strange, unclassified, prehistoric Alaska
animal or reptile.
Winners in the race for better business keep ahead
by going after business aggressively all the time; they I
never take resting periods. No business can stop adver
tising and prosper. Look about you.
The chief proof of a man’s real greatness lies in his
perception of his own smallness; the power of compari
son and of appreciation, which is in itself a proof of no
bility. , . . riff'S II.
ALUMNI CASE TEAM
TAKES EAST GAME FROM
HI SCHOOL CLOSE SCORE
The Ponies were trotting along
in nice shape last evening until the
third count when their feet slipped
and the Dobbins trampled them
31 to 28.
The Seward High School basket
ball squad- looked like a different
team for three quarters, but alas
and alack, and a couple more, be
cause Andy Peterson, ill, was not
in the lineup; in the third quarter
the Alumni shot their carcasses j
full of holes, quartered them, then |
hung their hides on the wall.
But listen, gentle or wild reader, \
it was a real game and worth “four |
bits” of anybody’s money. Edwin j
Sandbeck captured high honors |
from his team-mates by his excep- :
tionally good floor work and ac- !
curate ball tossing.
For the Alumni, the invincible
Ray Manthey again proved sure
“death” to any ball near the goal.
The claret began to flow from
Benny Eenson’s nose when some
“stiff” took his head for the ball,
but Ben just let loose a resounding
war-whoop which made the rafters j
quiver like a jazz baby’s “fanny” ;
and dug in for more. As the game ;
progressed various lads “kissed” the
floor but no one was killed or!
wounded.
Arbiter Roger Paul made the
squads hustle, called ’em close but
not too close, especially when some |
stalwart began polishing the floor j
with rear-end action, as it were.
Not a squabble over the decisions
was heard from the players and
not even a murmer from the spec
tators.
Here is why the Ponies should
have harnessed the game. The first
quarter ended in their favor, 8-2;
and in the second quarter, 12-6.
The fatal third saw the Alumni tie
’em, then pass them, ending with
the score 25-16 in favor of the
Alumni. Then up jumped the last
quarter. Taking the bit in their
teeth, the Ponies ran their score
up to 28 but the Dobbins, canter
ing at an easy gait, put in six more
points for a total of 31.
Point getters for the Alumni were
Jack Rosness, 2; Ray Manthey, 14;
Don Shellhorn, 3; Otto Sandbeck,
3, and Guy Manthey, 10. For the
Ponies: Ed Manthey, 8; Benny
Benson, 9; Nick Heidel, 5; Edwin
Sandbeck, 4, and Adolphus Rod-!
gers, Esq., zero.
Credit should be given Otto Sand- j
beck for his guard work; to Nick I
Heidel who was in there fighting
every minute; to Benson for his
clever floor and basket work; to
Eddie Manthey who is improving j
wonderfully each game, and to Mr.!
Rodgers, “The Rock of Ages.”
The Blue and White banner car
riers, in their games in Fairbanks
next week, will give a good account
of themselves, never fear.
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