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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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VISIT OF YOUNG AMBASSADORS
The coming of the Fairbanks Agricultural college
basketball team to Seward marks something more than a
mere intercity sporting event. It rather reflects an era
of progress not only in the line of clean, amateur sports,
such as are enjoyed by the older States, but in an ambas
sadorial sense will go far to draw the youth of the cities
into closer bonds and acquaintances which will re
flect themselves in the future of the Territory.
The young men of today are destined to be the guar
dians of the future greatness of Alaska. There are no
more lasting and sincere friendships than those contract
ed in school days. These acquaintances and friendships
prove of inestimable value when men are being selected
for positions of honor or responsibility, for characteris
tics displayed in budding maphood form an index to what
may be expected in the future.
The sporting spirit enters prominently into big and
little affairs, and where it is developed along proper lines
in youth engenders a desire for fair play in all things.
Seward is happy to welcome the visiting collegians—
the young ambassadors of the Northland—and assure
them of our deep personal esteem and pride in that their
careers are being formulated in one of our own great in
stitutions. :
^ ^ WELL-INTENTIONED BUSYBOPIES
The most remarkable feature in connection with agi
tations by various societies for the conservation of this
and that in Alaska, is that these well-intentioned busy
bodies prefer to do their work at long range instead of
directing it on the ground.
Now comes the Audobon society with its periodical
agitation against killing Alaskan eagles, setting up in de
fense of the; birds that they do not prey upon small game.
It might be interesting to the Easterners to know
that the ravages of the eagles in some parts of Alaska
have almost depleted it of ptarmigan, rabbits and grouse.
The havoc they raise with fox is a tremendous annual
loss to the fox farmer.
The best way to cure these societies of the habit of
interfering in affairs that are purely Alaskan is to set
them down on salt* pork and beans for a season. They
would begin to eat the eagles along with the remnants of
ptarmigan and rabbits left by the “glorious bird of prey.”
After watching Captain Westerholm for one hour
and a half handling the S. S. Alameda during the gale last
night, finally bringing the big vessel in safely to the dock,
all that we can say is he must be THE VETERAN among
Alaskan veterans. A finer example of skillful seaman
ship we have never seen.
Within the short space of twenty-four hours Seward
has experienced quite a change in climate. First came a
deluge of rain followed a few hours later with six inches
of snow, then along came a young blizzard and now, to
day, glorious sunshine.
She’s the best little town in the world!
Lieut. Com. Byrd says within 40 years coal will be
hauled from the North Pole by airplane. Which shows
that he is yet too young to know anything about conser
vation.
A Seattle newspaper complains that the city lacks a
romantic figure to love and make a hero. The police must
have chased all of the bandits out of town.
Mellon says the U. S. should make its own whiskey.
Gosh, they have been doing that since prohibition went
into effect.
Yep, we expected it. The hour has- at last arrived
when the ardent advocates of the present prohibition fai
lure hear a wee sma’ voice whisper: “Tell it to the
Marines.”
FOR FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11. (/P)—
President Coolidge took a slam at the
“wets” by asking Congress to appro
priate thirty million dollars for the
further enforcement of the prohibition
laws. The budget which was read to
both houses also planned for a five
year building program.
lOIS SUITES REPOST
BUMPER TOURIST CROP
ST. PAUL. Dec. 11. (/F)—'The an
nual summer tourist crop of the north
ern out-of-doors was a bumper one
this year. Eight million visitors in
the three states of Minnesota, Wiscon
sin and Michigan, yielded a gross in
come to the three of some 3400,000,000.
SENATOR WALSH CHARGES
GOULD, GUILTY BRIBERY
WASHINGTON, Dec, 11. (^—Con
gress met and immediately adjourn
ed last Monday, out of respect for
members who have passed away since
the last adjournment. Tuesday the
house adjourned for the day in mem
ory of “Uncle Joe” Cannon. Senator
Walsh threw a bombshell into the sen
ate by charging that; Senator Gould of
Maine was guilty of bribery and tried
to block his efforts as a senator.
RECORD ESTABLISHED
IK COIL FRODUCTION
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 11. (ff)~
Production sof bituminous coal during
the week |m|ed November 13, broke
all previous records, ii£ spite of a par
tial observance of Armistice Day, the
Bureau of Mines, of the Department
of Commerce, announced on Novem
ber 20. The total output is estimated
at 13,756,080 tons.
Production of anthracite during the
week ended November 135 is estimated
at 1,792,0$? net tohs, a gain of 227,000
net tons as compared with the pre
ceding week.
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DANCE TONIGHT
ODD FELLOWS
HALL
MUSIC BY
THE JOLLY THREE
TONIGHT—TWO SHOWS 7 AND 9
A GREAT DOUBLE HEADER
“Bright Lights”
Here is a combination small town and big city
story that exactly fits the ability of—
Charles Ray
The bashful country boy among the case-hard
ened chorus girls and what they did to him.
It sure is good, and this star has never done
better work.
It’s a beautifully staged play, lovely country
scenes and sparkling city life.
AND AN EQUAL ATTRACTION IS
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Will Rogers
in one of his best 2 reel comedies
‘Going to Congress’
SOME PROGRAM!
SUNDAY ONLY—TWO SHOWS, 7 AND 9
“THE WIFE WHO WASN’T WANTED!”
A FINE CRIME DRAMA
A beautiful Pathe Review and reel of jokes
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