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OF SEWARD. AI. ASK A — Established August 19. 1904
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TO SUCH DEPTHS WE HAVE FALLEN
Involved in the awarding of the contract for sup
plying ties to the Alaska Railroad are a number of ele
ments which ge show to what length the nation has
descended in the general wolfishness of business and pol
itics.
If one could hue probe sufficiently deep they would
doubtless discover that what appears to be an insignifi
cant event to tiie man set down in the midst of gigantic
business, but which is so vital to men on the frontier
laboring to feed and clothe themselves, wives and babies,
Is a political pawn which reckons not of the damage, but
only of the money involved.
The best brains of Congress have demanded that in
all steps seeking to lay out Federal revenues for relieving
distress, due consideration should be given each com
munity’s ability -o supply labor and materials. This prin
ciple was endorsed by the President and his adminis
tration.
Alaska is not, like millions in the States, standing
with outstretched hand asking a dole from public funds.
It is capable of going on its own if unshackled from those
forces which have brought the nation to the verge
of revolution and set economist, statesmen and the pul
pit to demanding justice.
The malign forces are just such as have been reveal
ed in the nation ri the action of those on high pedestals
taking away from the people of Alaska an opportunity
for keeping $150,000 in the Territory by the simple pro
cess of returning dollar for dollar for every cent expend
ed in supplying cross ties to the Alaska Railroad.
Every dollar thus taken from the Territory reduces
the revenue of the people and that of a governmental in
stitution which cost the nation $73,000,000 to build; it re
duces the taxable volume of the Territory and defeats
every economic principle. The hundreds of men who in
vested their all in setting up tie camps and building
roads for rheiv operations, have been double-crossed!
Facts coming to light respecting the tie contract dis
close that instead of securing a better product at a lower
price, the railroad has been called upon to pay a higher
price for an inferior article. Thus business judgement
cannot be pleaded in extenuation of this, what amounts
to a crime, against the people of the Railroad Zone.
We wonder if it is true that the big lumber interests
of the State of Washington and the Province of British
Columbia were riven Alaska Railroad tie contracts for
contributions to Republican campaign funds?
It is customary foi big business to arrange gentle
men's agreements vespeeting competative territory. Some
of these are common-sense and to the best interests of all
concerned, but not so in Seattle whose business men
shout: ‘‘Go after Alaska trade,’’ and in the next whisper:
‘‘Steal its revenues.”
If the Secretary of the Interior has been imposed
upon by someone lie can vindicate himself by rebuking
them in cancelling the tie contract and returning it to
those to whom it belongs and restoring the confidence
of the people m American institutions by disciplining
those who misled him.
In firing a bouquet of princes and thereby saving
$20,000,000. King Whosis of Siam must have got his eyes
opened in Congress instead of by a Washington specialist.
A Harvard pi ofessor has developed hot ic-e. If he’ll
set up his shack cn the divide near the head of Turnagain
Arm and give Alaskans a demonstration, we’ll believe it. |
LONZO IS “YOUNG AND PEPPY”
CHICAGO. Jan. 14 — Amos Alon
zo St-agg returned to his home to
ponder 8 coaching offers received
during his illness in New York and
to look over his mail for new bids
for his services. The 70-year-old
veteran, who has been the only
football coach the University of
Chicago has ever had. said he
felt “young and peppy” despite his
recent attack of influenza.
WILSON DAUGHTER STRICKEN
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Jan. 14.—
Mrs. Jesse Woodrow Sayre, daugh
ter of Piesident Wilson, was ad
mitted to Cambridge Hospital for
an appendectomy. Her husband,
Francis D. Sayre, a Harvard pro
fessor. said her condition was not
acute.
PROPOSAL APPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 14.—
A powerful non-partisan House
group moved to force through Con
gress a drastic currency inflation
plan which may eventually mean
th? issuance of 53,000.000.000 in
new currency. The proposal was
approved Thursday night- in a se-j
ere: meeting of the so-called sub
committee of the inflation bloc.
MONTANA IS FIRST STATE
TO APPROVE AMENDMENT
LEAGALIZING GOOD BEER
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 14.—The
; lower house of the Montana Leg
| islature passed Senate Joint Reso
I lution No. 1 ratifying the “lame
j duck" beer amendment to the
; United Sattes Constitution. The
j upper house had already passed
I the resolution.
GLADEWATER, Tex., Jan. 14.—
I More than 30 persons were injured,
i two of them seriously, when the
! ’Texan.” fast Texas and Pacific
i railroad train, was derailed near
| here and six cars rolled frem the
! tracks. Those most seriously hurt
vtere Mrs. Alexander K Robinson
of Waco, and Henry Gilvran of
Galveston. Officials said a broken
rail caused the wreck.
COMMERCE FROM
OUSKA DROPPED
TO LOW FIGURE
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shrimp tumbled. The aggregate of
I all species, however, was small and
did not materially affect the total.
Clams jumped from $311,000 in 1931
to $406,000; crabs from $39,000 to
$84,000, and shrimps dropped from
$199,000 to $121,000.
Fish oil suffered a serious de
cline. The production last year
was worth but S22.00 as compared
to $380,000 ^n 1931. Meal more
: nearly held its own, declining but
! a few thousand dollars. $345,000 to
; $308,000.
| Whale oil again was shown on
| the expert list, after a lapse of a j
| year. There was none produced in j
; 1931. and the total for 1932 was
i $115,000.
FURS SLUMP HEAVILY
The fur industry was almost as
j hard hit as fisheries. The total
| value of all furs shipped out of
| Alaska last year was just short of
! $550,000. In 1931 it was $880,000.
- These figures, however, do not in- j
I elude the value of fur shipments {
; made bv mail and the year’s take
i of sealskins in the government op- j
j erations at the Pribilof Islands
: Live animal shipments suffered
correspondingly. But two live blue j
; foxes worth $100 were sent to the j
I States last year as compared to j
| 144, valued at $1,575, in 1931. All
j other live animals shipped last !
| year numbered 122, worth $4,700
| as compared to 613, with a valua- i
: tion of $21,800 in 1931.
OTHER INDUSTRIES HIT
The timber industry had its
hardest export year, and its pro
| ducts leaving Alaska were worth i
but $20,000.
The reindeer industry of Seward
Peninsula declined 75 per cent. Its!
; volume was cut from 1.015.0001
pounds to 246,900 pounds, and the j
j value from $100,000 to less than !
! $25,000.
Stone and marble perked up a
bit. gaining about S55.000. Its pro
| duction in 1931 was placed at $87.- !
000 and in 1932 at $141,000.
Miscellaneous exports last year
were worth about $70,000. They :
included such items as paintings, ■
beaver castors, ivory, edible and
inedible reindeer offal, reindeer 1
hides, blueberries, whalebone, whale
meal, whale fertilizer, walrus hides,
wool and hairseal skins.
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Haas Candy always an appro
priate gift. Alaska Shop.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
SEATTLE, Jan. 14, —The SS Ad
| miral Evans, of the Pacific Steam
I ship Company, sailed from Seattle
I today for Alaska with the follow
j ing Seward reservations: K. W.
Neese and J. S. Peterson.
The MS Rolph, Capt. Pete Sath- i
er, of the Nuka Bay Transporta- I
tion Company, is due to arrive!
from the new quartz camp next
week on his ‘regular schedule, un
less a special trip here is made in
advance of the 20th.
THE STOCK MARKETj
Wheat prices flopped again Fri
day from one-half to one cent per
bushel. Corn was down one-half a j
cent and oats one-quarter. Provis
ions declined 20 cents.
Am. Smelt. 13%. Am. Tel. & Tel. :
107. Am. Tobac. 61%, Auburn 52%, I
Baldwin 5%, B & O 18%, Beth.
Steel 15%, Cal. Pack. 10%, Can
Pack. 10%, Can. Pac. 13%, Case
47, Chrysler 16, Cons. Gas 62, Du- |
pont 40%, Eastman 58%, Gen.;
Elec. 15%, Gen. Food 26V2, Gen.
Mots. 14%, Goodrich 5%, Goodyear
17%, Int. Tel. 7%, Loews 18, Mont.
Ward 14%, Dairy Pro. 17%, Pac.
Gas 30%, Penn. RR 17%, Pullman
22, Radio 5%, Radio Keith 3, Sim
mons 7%. So. Pac. 18%. Std. Calif.
25, Un. Carbide 27%, U. Oil Calif.
11, U. Pac. 75%, Steel, pfd. 64%,
W. U. Tel. 28%, Westinghouse 29%,
Wooiworth 35%, Wor. Pump 35%,
English sterling 3.35%.
Extra large eggs, 29 cents a doz
en, mediums 27 c. small eggs 25c
per dozen. Butter 17 1-2 cents per
pound and cheese 10 cents a lb.
Try our fresh Seattle lee Cream—
ALASKA SHOP.
A Masters Work
Jonas Bros, offer you a com
plete Fur, Taxidermy and
Tanning Service — unexcelled
anywhere.
Game heads, fur rugs, birds,
;tc., mounted true to nature.
Yo-ur raw fur skins dressed
and made into coats and
chokers.
Write for free catalogue.
JONAS BROS.
10.10 Broadway. Denver, CV'O.
Paulsteiner’s Market
Armour s Quality Meats—Blue Ribbon Poultry
Butter and Eggs—Black Hawk Hams and Bacon
Fish and oysters—We ship and deliver—Phone Madison 56
MID-WINTER CLEANUP SALE!
Prices Reduced 10 per cent to 30 per cent
The Blue Shop
Pacific Alaska Airways Inc.
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Rates: Seward to Anchorage $15; Seward to Fairbanks
S j5. Ten per cent less on round trip fares.
(Joy hops 3 passengers, $5 each, 30 minutes flying)
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LIBERTY THEATRE
-SSJSF.feL--^.clock _ CP.M.) Sunday 7:30 I
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SYLVIA SYDNEY j
and a special cost in one of the most highly dramatic under' *
world plays seen here. "
‘Ladies of the Big House’ \
A very tense and gripping detective story showing what may !
result iron* circumstantial evidence. A play that everyone who
has served on a jury should see. A powerful feature with high- ■
class acting. There is very interesting attraction in a reel of j
very old rnov»e ineluding a picture of President Theodore j
Roosevelt taking his first airplane ride, and Charlie ♦
Chaplin in one of his first comedies. s
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ALSO A TWO REEL COMEDY {
“BULLMANIA” «
Seward General !
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Seward, Alaska
The Alaska Railroad
(mt. McKinley *ark route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Saturday 0:30 p. m. Each Sunday 7:30 a- m.
Mixed train between Anchorage and Seward.
SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND
Each Thursday Each Sunday
Mixed train for Anchorage and intermediate points
leaves not earlier than 10:00 a. m. each Sunday.
?.Iixed train carries a coach and passengers.
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
NEXT SAILING FEBRUARY 5
* SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
ADMIRAL LINS SAILINGS
5 A?
SEATTLE
AN FRANCISCO
LOS AN SELES
SAN DSEGO •
NEW YORK
Leaves Seattle North
I VANS .Jan. 14
EVANS .Feb. 4
EVANS .Feb. 25
EVANS .Mar. 18
Leave Seward South
EVANS .Jan. 25
EVANS .Feb. 15
EVANS .Mar. 8
EVANS .Mar. 29
tVayne Blue, Agent.
The Admiral Evans
will call at Yakutat
north and southbound.
LARCEST AV
FLEET v
^ V
Northwestern
Alaska
Northwestern
Yukon
Northwestern
Yukon
Jan. 7
Jan. 21
Jan.28
Feb. 11
Feb. 18
Mar. 4
Northwestern Mar. 11
Jan.15
Jan. 29
Feb. 5
Feb. 19
Feb. 23
Mar. 12
Mar. 19
Ports of call: Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg,
Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, and
Latouche, North and South, except SS. North
western does not call Latouche either direction.
Sailings from Seattle at 9 a.m. on
dates shown.