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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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A PETTY BUSINESS
It has been said that Uncle Sam is ai poor man. Most
of his excursions into business of magnitude have result
ed rather disastrously for the" tax payers who have to pay
his losses.
Possibly that is why he, engages in the business of
printing envelopes in competition with private citizens.
In such petty business he appears to shine. He might
be a great success in running a chain of government-oper
ated peanut stands. There would be about as much ex
cuse for one activity as the other.
Private printers must pay taxes, licenses and other
overhead charges, besides they must make some profit
if they are to continue to exist. Unfcle Sam hag none of
these conditions to meet The money lost by the post of
fice department is made up by further taxation, drawn in
part from the very citizens who are injured by this uncall
ed for competition.
Bills are before Congress whose object is to end this
unfair and utterly indefensible practice of printing enve
lopes by the government. The small-town printers who
are greatly handicapped by the practice—mostly publish
ers of community weekly newspapers^-are asking for
relief from this injustice.
Other business men, who stand for the principle of
private instead of public control of business, should rally
to the support of the printers in their eminently just de
mand that this rotten practice be stopped.
No Senator or Congressman possessed of even an
elementary sense of fair dealing should fail to see why it
should be stopped, or fail to vote to stop it.
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TOM JONES ELECTED
MMIICEIINENINI ICE
S1EPSTMES1920
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With a view to shattering all re-,
cords, the Nenana Ice Pool sweep-:
stakes for the year 1928 was launched
in Nenana last week with the election
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of a manager and committee, reports,
the Fairbanks News-Miner. The pool:
^ill close at midnight of April 14, j
some days earlier thann previously, j
in order to avoid confusion in listing
tickets in the event of an early break
up.
An initial printing of 40,000 ticketts I
has been authorized, and plans have
been made for an early distribution
throughout the participating districts.
Reports received by the sweepstakes
organization indicate that interest in
the classic pool will be greater this
year than last, when a peak mark was
reached.
COMMITTEEMEN EXPERIENCED
Tom Jones, proprietor of the Nena
na» Gardens, has been elected manager
of the .pool for 1928. Named to serve
on the committee are Harry Davis,
business man and member of the sev
eral committees since the inception
of the pool; Floyd Stone, Alaska Rail
road agent; Ed Lund, prominent mem
ber of the Pioneers; Harry Carr, ac
tive in the Nenana Pioneer Igloo;
William Thomas, member of all com
mittees since the pool was originated;
John if. (Dixie) Hall, member of the
N. C. Co., staff and former committee
man; Henry Kaiser, Nenana city elec
trician, who will have charge of the
electrical devices of the pool as he
has during the past several years.
Techhically the pool will not differ
from that of last year. Tickets will
be listed as previously, the money
will be placed, in! trust .as received and
recording devices will be handled with
the same scrupulous care. Only com
mittee members as a representative
group will have access to the chrono
meter and other. .devices.
ELECTION BY TOWN MEETING
Election of manager and committee
are held each year in a general meet
ing of the town people of Nenana.
The organization functions only after
receiving the approval of the munici
pal government.
Sales of tickets will be made thru
representatives in the various towns.
Representatives and places of sale
will be' announced within the next
few days, when the pool will be active
ly launched.
Aladdin Lamps; $6.00. J. L. Graef.
School supplies. Schaller
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Chocolate and vanilla ice
cream. Schallerer’s Alaska
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celled.
CHOICE
ALASKA FOX
ANOTHER GREAT WESTERN FEATURE
“The Last Frontier”
A stirring tale of the early Vest when “Buffalo
Bill’s” fame was growing. When “Wild Bill”
killed his second dozen bad men. When the In*
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dian “Pawnee Killer” was leading the attacks on
the white men. When the buffalo furnished
meat and bedding. When emigration was by
covered wagon only. When to shoot a revolver
quick and straight was the most valuable asset
WILLIAM BOYD
AND
— MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE
Head the cast which includes a number of spec
ially selected men to protray many famous day
characters.
A STORY BRISTLING WITH ADVENTURE
AND EXCITEMENT
This feature was staged at “Gap”, Arizona, 170
miles from the railway, the loneliest spot left
A big 8 reel feature that will keep everyone
holding their breath for interest.
And there will be a Pathe News
EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR
February 21, March 21, April 25,
May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 19,
October 24, November 21, December 12.
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