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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
Publisned daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Entered in the yosioffice at Seward Alaska as
second-class mail matter.
~ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors
E F. Jessen, Editor and Manager
ALASKA’S GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
Over in Cordova they have a chap to whom The
Gateway would publicly doff the “lid" in acknowledge
ment of the wonderful single-handle publicity work he is
doing; not only for Cordova, but for the entire Territory
of Alaska. The gentleman referred to is F. J. “Babe”
Hayes.
Not a boat or a train arrives at Cordova, regardless
of what time of the day or night it may be, but what
Mr. Hayes is down there getting acquainted ;next in or
comes the pleasure of showing them the points of inter-;
est about town; making them acquainter with other;
people, visitors or townsfolk, who may happen to be from
the same State or city from whence they came. Suffice to
say here that when it is time to leave those he has come
into personal contact with remember him for as testimo
nials of such courtesies he has shown, he is in receipt of
hundreds of letters attesting happy recollections of visits
to Alaska; and with “Babe” Hayes.
It may not be amiss to say that among the friendships
thus formed Mr. Hayes has been extended many oppor
tunities to accept splendid positions in the States for;
many of thos he has had the pleasure of entertaining
have been some of the most outstanding business men,
financial wizards, and politicians in the United States.
But “Babe” would not exchange his position with the
best of them for it is not only a pleasure for him to go out
of his way to meet visitors but IT IS HIS HOBBY.
H can talk to you by the hour giving accurate informa
tion about every region and town in Alaska; recall the
names, addresses, business engaged in, etc., of everyone
he has met in the years gone by. He knows just about
where hte greater portion of Alaska’s most prominent
citizens come from and therefore when bidding adieu to
friends he calls their attention to so and so, residing at
so and so, etc. He makes the stranger feel at home.
As revealed to The Gateway, during his recent visit
here with the Democratic Party, he has a sleevefull of
publicity stunts for the Territory, which are truly amaz
ing. He gets an awful “kick” out of the game. He is, what
might be termed, Alaska’s unofficial greeter and public
ity man, and as such has a lone field.
The Territorial Legislature, when if next convenes,
could pass no finer bill than appropriating—say $10,000—
for publicity purposes and appointing “Babe” Hayes as
Alaska’s official publicity man. Tie no strings to him;!
turn the appropriation over to him and watch him go.
For two-weeks now The Gateway has been running
“Alaska Scrap Book Exerps.” They are just the beginning
of hundredes of letters of appreciation Mr. Hayes has re
ceived. We have page after page of them yet to be pub-,
lished with additional ones arriving on every boat. As
has been stated, the names are more or less familiar. |
The Gateway urges the Territorial legislature to take
cognizance of the splendid work this man is accomplish
ing; create a publicity office for him. We would also sug
gest the many Alaska Chamber of Commerce’s take due
recognition of him for he stands alone in his chosen field,
and hobby, as Alaska’s Good-Will Ambassador. #
genuine superior roasts and fowls, backed by
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quality, and sold at reasonable prices.
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A. C. GRAUNSTADT, MANAGER
We deliver in a hurry at anytime
FRYE BRUHN & CO.
PARK SUPERINTENDENT
ENROUTE CONVENTION
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Enroute to San Francisco to attend
the annual conference of National
park superintendents, Henry P. Kar |
siera, superintendent of McKinley j
National Park, arrived in Seward
yesterday. While awaiting steamer j
connections Mr. Kars tens is a guest!
at the Sexton hotel.
It was the intention of Mr. Kar. j
stems to have left on the last steam- I
ci' bur the slide on the railroad mad 1
it impossible. He has been awaiting
reopening of the line at Anchorage.
ODUNA DUE TOMORROW
The S. S. Oduna, of the Alaska
steamship company, will arrive in
pert tomorrow from Seattle The big j
vessel has approximately 120 tons of J
box shooks- and powder for Sewa-xl. 1
HOMECOMING COLLEGE
TEAM UNDEFEATED IS
SIGNAL FDD REJOICING
A cheering student b£>dy, flares,
bonfires and home-coming dinner
greeted the victorious varsity basket
ball squad upon return to the College
Campus Saturday evening January 28.
On their trip along the coast of Alas
ka they played 16 games without a :
single defeat. This involved games j
with 13 different teams on strange J
floors and with the scant chance for !
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rest between games. They have met 1
the best teams in Alaska and their '
string of victories completes a won- J
derful season.
The boys are tired out from their
long trip and are anxious to get back j1
to work and forget basketball until
next year.
They report a^hospitable and sports
man-like reception in all of the Alas
kan towns and encountered the stiff
est of competition in many of the
games played. j
At Seward the boys were joined by
the College girl’s team and the Varsi
ty Quartette. The quartette enter
| tained between halves of the games
| at Seward and Anchorage and appear
j-ed at a high school assembly at An
: chorage. They were delayed a day j
1 at Seward on account of a snowslide {
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on the railroad between Seward and
i Anchorage, so basketball was forgot-'
ten for a dav while they* took over
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the Seward theatre and staged an im
promptu College Night show featur
ing singing and dancing skits.
These trips do much to introduce
the Alaska College to the people of
the Territory and to give them visual
evidence of the character of young
men and women who make up the
student body of the Farthest North
College.
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B. W. Clousen.'well known Den
ver dentist who arrived the past
week, is leaving for the South on the
next steamer instead of continuing
on to the Interior, owing to the re
cent slide. He is on a vacation trip.
Clarke Andresen, manager of the
hardware and household furnishings
department, Brown & Hawkins, un
derwent a minor nose operation yes
terday at the Seward General Hospi
tal.
You read it in The Gateway first.
Frye-Bruhn’s Baby Beef is unex*
celled.
.. School supplies. Schaller
er’s Alaska Shop.
I LIBERTY I
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TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
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The big special production
With the two great stars
LILLIAN GISH - JOHN GILBERT
Heading the cast of prominent actors, which in
clude RENEE ADOREE, KARL DANE, ROY
. D’ARCY, EDWARD HORTON
Taken from the famous opera of the same name
ONE OF THE FINEST PICTURES
OF THE YEAR
Laid in the student-art quarters of Paris.
The story and acting are magnificent
Miss Gish does the greatest work of her career
In this play. This is a 9-reel super-feature that
everyone should see. No story, or opera ever
written has been loved more than this one, as
the gripping interest holds you all the way thru.
Higher admission was charged for this feature both in Anchor
age and Fairbanks, and the play is worth it, but owing to not hav
ing to pay extra for this program we are going to let it go at the
regular prices in the hope everyone will come to see it.
AND A PATHE NEWS
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