Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1901
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HOSPITAL FINANCIAL REPORT?
While it may be-hazarded whom the members of the
Hospital Board will be yet, prior to the special election
next month on the question of a hospital lease, and as The ;
Gateway has previously suggested, a complete financial
report of the hospital should be made public. This has
been omitted todate with the exception of verbal announce.1
ments by members of the council.
THE SAME OLD STORY
Just another illustration why coast guard cutters
should be stationed in these waters in winter, is seen in
the recent dispatch giving details of the abandonment of
the Japanese freighter SS Tamaho Maru, following a 60-,
hour fight against heavy seas, 150 miles south of the Aleu
tian Islands. Such sea disasters are common off the Alas
ka coast in winter yet not one large government vessel is j
stationed up here to serve the purpose for which they
were conceived. * \
Winter time in the Northland is the time for Alaskans I
to join the malamute chorus.
WASHINGTON DOUBLE-CROSSERS
Another instance of the sincerity of our visiting of
ficials from Washington and the administration toward
development of Alaska is seen in the report of abandon
ment of all experiment stations in the Territory. The
federal government is content to cut every appropriation
out for Alaska; they do not want Alaska to develop! This
is as plain as the paper on the wall.
Every year congressmen come to Alaska for a vaca
tion,play us for a bunch of suckers then, when they get
back home, cut our throats.
Sitka, Anchorage and Fairbanks will be the ones to
suffer the most from this latest move of the Czars at
Washington who with one hand pay out millions for any
fool thing, and with the other hand, make a gesture of
saving a few thousands and adding more men to the ranks
of the unemployed. The farce now going on at Washing
ton, to our mind, is one of the most absurd since the na- !
tion was conceived.
But this comment was begun with one thought, the j
same thought the Gateway has expressed innumerable
times, that if Alaska is to progress at all, the residents of
Alaska must perform that task, not the federal govern
men. Like the state of North Carolina recently has done,
the Territory should follow; pare imports down to the
bone and produce everything possible in Alaska fo as
ka consumption. When Alaskans do that, we’ll be? m to
advance and not before.
The Russian novelist, Feodor Sologub, didn’t help
matters much when he chose as his pen name, “Kazmich
Tet iikov.”
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RESIDENT
DIED HERE YESTERDAY
William Neilsen, aged 54, well
known resident of Kogiung for
many years and a pioneer of the
Territory, succumbed early last j
evening from the ravages of the j
white plague—tuberculosis.
Little can be learned of Mr. Neil |
sen excepting that he was a mem- j
ber of Seward Igloo No. 9, Pioneers !
of Alaska, but even members of the j
lodge seemed to know little of his !
antecedents.
Mr. Neilsen, according to the j
hospital report, was born in Den- j
mark. A severe hemorrhage was
suffered a few days ago and to
this last is attributed the final col
lapse. Mrs. Neilsen was with her
husband at the time of death.
Funeral arrangements will prob
ably be announced tomorrow and
will undoubtedly be held under the
auspices of the local Pioneers of ;
Alaska lodge.
I
bum met IN
LUKE THE REGION
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4, (£>)—
A violent blizzard is raging over
i the Lake Tahoe region and moun- j
tain roads are blocked by snow in j
at least a dozen places.
Airplane service, north and east,
was tied up. A new storm “low”
600 miles offshore, was headed to
wards the coast and storm warn- ■
ings were up from Monterey to '
Puget Sound; the entire coast line «
was deluged with rainfall.
Yosemite Valley is white with
snow. Seven feet of snow packs the
ground at Norden and there is four
and one-half feet at Cascade; at
Soda Springs there is five feet of
snow.
DEMO CHIEF REFUSES
TELL HUT BIG FEE
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, (/P)—W. H. j (
Hicken, president of the National
Democratic Club and prominent at-! ,
torney and leader in the ranks of <
Tammany, refused to sign a waiv
er when called as a witness in the
Hofstader committee inquiry and ,
as a result missed a chance to put
on record what verbal explanation
he may have had of the $50,000 fee
he received from the North Ger- '
man Lloyd Line for his aid in ob
taining pier lease for it.
Previous witnesses had said that (
oart of the fee was to be passed
on to another person who was un
named.
VIGILANT SAILS VICTORY
TATOOSH ISLAND. Jan. 5. (/P)—
The five-masted sailing schooner
Vigilant, believed to be a certain
loser two weeks ago in the sailing !
ship race from Honolulu, sailed bv -
this island into the strait at 10:34
Monday morning, to victorv over its
rival, the four-masted sailing shin
Commodore, which is only 15 to 20
miles behind the Vigilant.
WANTS TO SELL JEWELS
LONDON, Jan. 5. (JP)—The former !
Queen of Spain has begun negotia
tions for the sale of her famous
collection of jewelry, according to
published reports here. The gems
ordinarily would be worth $2,500,000 j
and include diamonds inherited !
from the Empress Eugenie who was
the Queen’s godmother.
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Petit and grand jury panels have
been drawn for the winter term:
of court of the U. S. district court!
■H Ketchikan which will be con
vpnArt t^pre on January 12, says
the Empire.
A nose hangar for Alaskan Air- j
ways planes has been completed
at Nome, reports the Nugget.
The Petersburg Commercial Club
offered a prize of $5 for the best j
decorated individual tree in that
at Xmas time, reports the
Press.
ONE OF THE SCREEN’S GREAT ACTORS
GEORGE BANCROFT
Supported by a Fine Cast' Including—
CLIVE BROOK — KAY FRANCIS
LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD
In the Fine Drama—
“Scandal Sheet”
An Exciting Tale of Big City Newspaper Life. One of Those
Interesting Stories of the High Pressure
News Gathering Business
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WITH IT WE WILL SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE POPULAR
FABLE SCREEN SONGS AND A NEWS REEL
SPECIAL—We are showing with this program an official
Red Cross reel, showing the wonderful activities of this
great organization. Wrar scenes never shown before are
included. A very interesting reel that everyone should see.
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