Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — ESTABLISHED Ausroet 19, 1904
Published Daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered ac Hhe Post Office at Seward, Alaska, as second-class matter
II. V. HOLiEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors
E. F JESSEN Editor and Manager Edwin A. Sandbeck, Associate Editor
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UNJUST ASPERATIONS
A cardinal fault with the major portion of humanity
is jumping at conclusions before scanning the record, or
taking the trouble of separating a fact from belief.
This fault bus made its appearance in reports to the
effect that the United States Signal Corps,. engaged m
their regular duties, have jammed the radio reception
with interfering noises.
It so happened that on two occasions, and just when
important news items were being received that interfer-;
ence was so great as to completely drown out reception. j
Then someone investigated and discovered that the,
interference came from an electric hair clipper. This was1
checked again Friday night and, yielding to the request j
of a lstener, the clipper was stilled.
That the Signal Corps is not interfering either thru
its regular dispatches or by intrusion of other interfer-,
ence is shown by the alacrity with which the personnel j
have responded in cooperation with radio listeners in ar-1
ranging their dispatching hours.
Radio transmitters are used in the evening between,
the following hours: 5:30 p. m. to 6 p. m.—when KNX!
news service begins—7:45 to 8 p. m.—when Richfield Re-1
porter takes the air—resuming again at 10:30 p. m. to1
10:45 p. m.
Only in rare instances where reception originates at j
other points and must be acknowledged in Seward, does;
the Signal Corps deviate from the hours, and then for
the brief period of acknowledging with a station letter.
Further investigation reveals that no amateur sta-!
tion in Seward is or has interfered with radio reception.
MAIL SUBSIDIES
The late President Woodrow Wilson w'as author of
the aphorism: “I* is not a question of how much money
we spend but how it is spent.”
This applies in a measure to government expendit- j
ures today. It has not been so much a matter of the ;
amount expended as it has the mal-distribution of these !
funds and the inequality of beneficiaries, coupled with |
an entirely false background as to incentive.
We read of the American shipping interests receiv
ing thousands of dollars in subsidies for carrying a hun
dred or more pounds of mail over routes already served
with mail facilities. While this is pleaded in support of en-1
couraging and fostering American shipping, the matter i
is involved in a false sense of pride and glorification,
rather than a matter of service.
It is something like building New York skyscrapers. |
One man reaches 200 feet with a spire, stands back and!
says: “Look what I have done.” A week later another!
emerges like Radio City, which dwarfs the original
structure.
This has been the policy accountable for the Post
office department indulging profligacy with mail subsi
dies. Yet when it comes to such question of developing
mail service and at the same time pioneering a distinc
tive transportation fielu, like air service in Alaska, it is
somecimes like pulling teeth to wheedle even a pittance
out of Congress.
We have so long been attuned to ballyhoo, exagger
ated ego and spectacular ism that we have overlooked
the primary ingredients of life, and been sailing along
on artificiality of false pride and self-glorification.
As yet we are but a half-baked people who see more
in a grandiloquent gesture than in practical procedure.
Alaskan airmen have developed service like all pio
neers who contest a field, yet they have received scant
consideration, although their pioneer work has estab
lished the first lire of national defense if attack comes.
While Mrs. Roosevelt might be up in the air there
are signs that friend husband still has his feet on the
ground and going strong.
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No wonder the American Federation of Labor kick
ed. President Roosevelt has the Congressmen raking
the lawn and spading the garden.
★ ★ ★
With Sing Sing prison paying a dividend of $43.41
annually to its inmates on the sale of go Is in competi-;
tion with free labor, no wonde' here is such a rush to
make the Pig House.
★ ★ ★
Copper is being produced in sneets so +hin that it is
possible to make clothing of it. This sho7 be suited to
policeman.
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It looks as if the old gag about tvr^ living as cheap
as one has actually been vindicated.
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To live, one must sip at the many wells of life.
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SMALL LISTING GOES
SOUTH ON SS YUKON
Reservations on board the SS.
Yukon, southbound out of Seward,
included the following:
For Seattle—Elizabeth Lindberg,
Mrs. H. A. Garrson, W. A. Moffett,
Jr., George Marchand, Carl L.
Carlsen, David Strandberg, D. O.
Morris, Mrs. R. E. Bergman, Jack
Bergman, Nels Hagen, C. W. Carl
son. Mrs. R. E. Bergman.
To Cordova—G. E. Austin.
To Valdez— Dr. A. R. Roberts.
To Juneau—Katheryn L. Galen,
George B. Phillips, N. A. Fisher,
Mrs. E. M. Jones, Mrs. Anna Tom
kins, Frank Bailey, William Tomp
kins.
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ADMIRAL EVANS ENROUTE
Late information to The Gate
way is to the effect that the SS
Admiral Evans, of the Pacific
Steamship Lines. Ltd., sailed from
Seattle last Tuesday for Seward.
Passengers included Otto Lakshas,
Oliver Jones, C. D. Greenstreet
and Miss J. Cotner.
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According to local market quo
tations beaver is averaging about j
$9.00 in the Pacific Coast mark-1
ets. Several hunters have return- j
ed with from eight to the limit of i
15. practically all of which are |
large pelts.
Nels Hagen, Seward salmon j
packer and head of the Seward \
Fisheries, departed for Seattle on
the SS Yukon.
Pilot E. Call of Anchorage will
be leaving for the States soon, it
is reported, where he intends to
locate.
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George Colwell and family, who
were in Seward over the weekend,
left Saturday for Anchorage.
Four tons of household goods ar
rived on the last freight train
from the Interior and transferred
here aboard the SS Starr for ship
ment Westward.
Jerome Elliott, 60 years of age,
died Saturday in the Anchorage
hospital. Mr. Elliott was an old
Iditarod miner and some years ago
bought a ranch in Matanuska
wh^re he resided until his illness.
The MS Discoverer, Capt. Heinie
Berger, arrived at Anchorage yes
terday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
Seward. The motor vessel is due to
return here this week.
At least 11 incoming arrivals
on the SS. Yukon wanted to fly to
Interior points from Seward.
Carl Carlson of Akiak left for
Seattle on the Steamer Yukon for
a short visit.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, Seward den
tist, left op the SS Yukon for Val
dez.
M. L. Adams, mining engineer,
is aboard the SS Alaska enroute
to Moose Pass.
Sunfreee brick ice cream in
Neopolitan and Princess flavors,
frozen just right in our new frigid
air. Alaska Shop.
THE STOCK MARKET
At Chicago May wheat closed
57 5-8, against 57 3- Thursday.4
Colgate.. Palmolive, Peet common
dividend has been omitted.
| Montreal funds w^ie quoted at
82.625. Higher stock prices were
looked for in a selective market.
A1 Chem 80 114, A1 Juneau 15 1-2,
Am Can 581-2, Am Smelt 17114,
Am Fone 91, Am Tob 611-4, Au
burn, 33 1-2, Baldwin 5, B & O 9,
Beth Steel 15 3-8, Cal Pack 12 7-8,
Can Pac 7 3-4, Case 45, Chrysler
10 3-4, Con Gas 40 1-2. upont 35 3-4,
Eastman 491-2, Gen Elec 131-2,
Gen Foods 26 3-4, Gen Mots 12 1-2,
Goodrich 5, Goodyear 16, Int Tel
6, Kroger 19 1-4, Loews 11 3-8, Mont
Ward 13 7-8, Nat Distil 25 1-2, Dai
ry Prod 13 5-8
Mr. and Mrs. George James, of
the Alaska Shop, left Saturday for
their wilderness home on the beau
tiful shores of Lake Kenai. Mrs.
James returns Wednesday.
Jessie Lander left Saturday for
Anchorage, her former home, for
a* brief visit with her parents.
ONE OR THE OTHER
E. E. Overent, oldtimer from For
tuna Ledge, was among those
leaving for the States aboard the
SS Yukon. Mr. Overent is better
known to Sourdoughs as ‘‘Shorty
Butts.” He is enroute to Long Isl
andr N. Y. A later report had it
that the oldtimer has just arrived
from the East and left for Nenana.
The MS. North Star, of the Bu
real of Indian Affairs, sails from
Seattle April 13, for Seward with
a cargo of 24,000 ties for the Alas
ka Railroad.
COMPLETES HOP
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J.
April 10,—Bernt Balchen landed
here from Kansas City completing
his cross-country flight with the
monoplane he plans to take on a
second trip to the South Pole. Bal
chen will join the Lincoln Ells
worth trans-Antarctic expedition.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Robert Seifert has returned to
his home at Cooper’s Landing af
ter very good results from his re
cent operation.
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Mrs. Anna Bowen went home on
the SS. Starr to Seldovia. Her con
dition was very slightly improved.
Sourdough Bill says: I got a
crik in my neck tryin’ to lie in bed
and read the Gateways which I
got on upside down when I pa
pered my shack.
EXPERT
BARBERING
Harry Bowers
NEW SHOP
Next To Orlander’s
Hub’s Taxi
(Successor to Bill Patterson)
AT THE SAME OLD STAND, THE NORTHERN
Day Call, Main 118 Night Call Madison 60
Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc.
SPEED- - -COMFORT- - -DEPENDABILITY
Running on Regular Schedule
AND
PLANES AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER
RADIO EQUIPPED PLANES
OFFICES
ANCHORAGE—FAIRBANKS—NOME—SEATTLE
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REEVE AIRWAYS
i R. C. REEVE, Pilot i
Based at Seward Airport
AIR SERVICE TO ANY PART OF ALASKA
FREIGHT, PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
AT REASONABLE RATES
Telegraph or write for information
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY, Seward, Alaska
Five-place Fairchild plane; Wright-Whirlwind motor
(Seward, the Gateway, coming and going)
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LIBERTY THEATRE
...........JSJSSJPJL Again Tuesday j
CLAUDETTE COLBERT—MELVYN DOUGLAS |
LYLYAN TASHMAN—WILLIAM BOYD »
. i In the absorbing play i
“The Wiser Sex” j
A poor name for a fine story of city Mfe. Being a thrilling S
DETECTIVE STORY j
that will make you forget every thing but what wou see and ■
hear on the screen. A fascinating trial scene—A society girl *
playing the par. of a mistress to get evidence—A reformer *
tricked by a clever “boss”—Great acting well staged- •
Then there is a funny automobile two-reel comedy •
and a good negro vaudeville music reel t
Seward General
Hospital
Seward, Alaska
The Alaska Railroad
(mt. mckinley park route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Friday 6:30 p. m. Each Saturday 7:30 a. m.
Mixed train between Anchorage and Seward.
SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND
Each Wednesday Each Saturday
Mixed train for Anchorage and intermediate points
leaves not earlier than 10:00 a. m. each Saturday
Mix^d train carries a coach and passengers.
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
NEXT SAILING MAY 27
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
ADMIRAL LINE SAILINGS
SEATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
NEW YORK
Leaves Seattle North
Hvans
Watson
EVANS
WATSON
EVANS
Apr. 6
Apr. 19
Apr. 26
May 10
May 17
Leave Seward South
Evans Apr. 17
WATSON Apr. 30
EVANS May 7
WATSON May 21
EVANS May 28
Wayne Blue, Agent.
The Admiral Evans
will call at Yakutat
north and southbound.
Pacific Steamship Lines
Steamer
Alaska
Yukon
Alaska
Yukon
Alaska
oYukon
Alaska
Yukon
Lv. Seattle
Lv. Seward
Apr. 8 Apr. 14 9 pm
Apr. 15 Apr. 21 9 pm
Apr. 22 Apr. 28 9 pm
Apr. 29 May 5 9 pm
May 6 May 12 9 p.m.
May 13 May 19 9 p. m
May 20 May 26 9 p.m.
May 27 . June 2 9 p. m.
Ports of call: Ketchika n, Wrangle, Juneau,
Cordova, Valdez, and Seward
Alaska will call at Lato uche up to, inc ng
May 20
Sailing* marked * connect with SS. Starr at Seward
Ssil'nga from Seattle at 9 a.m. on datec shown
J. H. Flickiaiger, Agent
Alaska SteamshipC*o.