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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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DAVID BELASCO
No life has been more truly devoted to the advance
ment of the American theatre than that of David Bel
asco, dean among theatrical producers, who died yes
terday in New York City.
Mr. Belasco’s prediliction for the theatre asserted
itself when he was only 14 years old. He turned a coal
bin into a studio and soon after obtained his first thea
trical job-call boy at the Baldwin Theatre, San Fran
cisco. He eventually became stage manager at that
theatre and later held siminlar positions at the Grand
Opera House and the Metropolitan Theatre in San Fran
cisco. His play “La Belle Russe,” written in 1879, gained
recognition for him in New York. Shortly thereafter his
real climb /ame began.
One of hia early success was “May Blossom;” oth
ers were “Lord Chumley ” <fThe Heart of Maryland,”
“Zaza,” “Madame Butterfly,” “The Darling of the Gods,”
“The Music Master,” “Andrea,” “The Girl of the Golden
West-” “Rose of the Rancho,” “The Grand Army Man,”
and “The Return of Peter Grimm.”
It was not until 1902 that Mr, Belasco acquired a
theatre of his own. Later he acquired interests in thea
tres in many of the principal cities.
While meticulous about the plays he presented*, Mr.
Belasco was anxious to give the public what it wanted
and this he usually found a simple problem.
One of the possessions which Mr. Belasco held
sacred and which none but himself ever saw was his
“violet book,” containing many of these little flowers ;
pressed between its leaves. One of the earliest recollec
tions of his mother was gathering wood, violets when
he was a child in California. He, himself, used to pick
them for Cecilia Loverish when he was courting her. j
In after years, whenever things were not going smoothly j
with him* his wife or his mother would send a bunch of !
the violets to his New York studio. From each bouquet!
a flower was saved and put into the book. The first j
flower there came from his wife’s bridal bouquet.
After his wife followed his mother in death, Mr.
Belasco in his lonely moments derived much consola
tion by peering through the leaves of his book, each
with its little pressed violet.
Hard times seems to be encouraging more pros
pectors to go into the hills and valleys for gold. By
this token Alaska sees good times ahead. We have the
gold but not the men.
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We hope no one takes our Alaska-Japanese story,
in this issue- too seriously. Makes a good yam, anyway,
we think.
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Now that school days are over in Seward and the
kiddoes may forget endeavors in ascertaining the num
ber of bones in the caudal appendages of the ichthyo
saurus, or determining just when the paleozoic gave
place to the meozoic, they can help the old folks to fig
ure out what became of last year’s wages.
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A government medical official says that gas is an
aid in the cure of insanity. Then why do so many poli
ticians act like that?
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Americanism: Appropriating half a billion to dis
pose of surplus farm products and another half billion
to irrigate more farm land.
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What Alaska needs is merely a return to the simple
freedom of individual opportunity which peopled and
prospered the United States.
National Editorial Association
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“CHEECHACO” FILM WILL BE j
REMADE, SAYS GEO. EDW. j
LEWIS !
Geo. Edw. Lewis of Hollywood,
founder and associated producer of
j the Alaskan epic, “The Cheechacos,”
i is in Seward on his way to Anch
! orage and points North. Mr. Lewis
| and his associates have purchased
i the negative film of the “Cheecha
cos” and are planning on remaking
it into a sound and all-talking pic
ture.
The picture will be remade by
the Alaska.Yukon Pictures Corp- ;
oration, with offices at Ketchikan, j
composed of eight Alaskan direc
tors and three California directors.
Mr. Lewis is meeting with all stock
holders in the old Alaska Moving
Pictures Corporation, which corp
oration originally produced the pic
ture. His plans are being generally
accepted which will make possible j
the new production. Several of the
directors originally chosen for local!
representation in the various towns
of Alaska are directors in the new
Alaskan corporation.
Mr. Lewis is not a stranger in
Seward, as he had a moving pic.
ture operator and outfit in this city
20 years ago. no &so made the ex
teriors of two Alaska dramas us
ing Seward as the base of his op
erations. He lives in Hollywood,
close to the activities of the cin
ema world, and is recognized in
the ranks of out door moving pic.
ture producers. Documents he car
ries bear out his statements that
this is a most opportune time to
remake the picture, the backgrojnd
of which for its spectatcular dis
play, miracles of nature, frontier
thrills, and photographic beauty
has never been equaled.
Never before and probably never j
again will Alaska be photographed;
as did the producers of Uic origin- j
i al production. It was a great sen- j
sation everywhere it was exhibited, I
even though the story was flimsy, I
direction poor and acting amateur- <
ish. The mighty and magnetic j
backgrounds held satisfied spec-1
tators spell-bound.
The officers of the A\a.ska Mcv- !
I ing Pictures Corporation had a
| wonderful spell of good weather and i
j enjoyed the hearty cooperation of
Governor Scott- C. Bono, Major j
Hitchcock, The Alaska Steams’,in
Company, Government and railroad
officials, merchants and newspa
pers and all men in general all over
Alaska, which enabled them to se
cure the production of a picture
which showed to the world;
the wonders of the North. And now j
to again rerun it in sound and dia- I
logue form, will commad attention
and naturally induce tourists and
others to pay a visit to this land.
Mr. Lewis is confident, after nine
months of preparation, that the or
iginal investment which was a loss
to the Alaskan people, can be fully
recovered by the remaking and the
release of the new version.
Walter Cleghorn, crack Seldovia
pugilist, who has been in the
game in the States for the last
six years, is now displaying his
wares in California.
MASONS!
Seward Masons will meet Sat
urday afternoon at 1:30; work in
the Third degree. Visiting mem
bers invited.
Practical and beautiful bridge gifts at
the Alaska Shop. _
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LIBERTY_T_H EATER
Sunday - One Show - 7:30 Sharp
Showing Tonight
THE GREAT 8-REEL THRILLER
“THE GREENE MURDER CASE”
A speelbinding detective play from the famous book that
has been translated into seven languages. If you want an
interesting evening at the theater, come tonight.
WILLIAM POWELL
makes a tremendous hit in the star part of this play and
is ably supported by a special cast.
We wiU also show you “LOVE SHY” and a News Reel
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INCOMING YUKON LISTING
The incoming listing of passen
gers on the S. S. Yukon, other than
the listing leaving Seattle published
previously was: From Ketchikan—
W. H. Brewster, From Juneau, M. J.
Anderson, R. E. Lawrence, Geo. Edw.
Lewis, Mrs. N. Pepin, Carl John
son, Sam Shucklin, Major Malcolm
Elliott. From Cordova—W. T. Bax
ter, H. C. Dunlop, J. F. Keegan, D.
A. Chauncey, J.. Morgan, J. C. Free
man. From Valdez—T. K. Foss, G.
Delongchay, L. A. Huff and Alex
Juloff.
NAMES SUCCESSOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.
(JP) — President Hoover appointed
George A. Hastings, of New York,
to succeed French Strother, who
resigned effective July 1, as ad
ministrative assistant to the pres
ident.
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FAIRBANKS BUSINESS
MAN, IN ILL HEALTH,
ARRIVES BT PLANE
Bearing Robert Lavery, promi
nent Fairbanks and Interior bus
iness man who is very ill, Pilot
Joe Crosson, crack flyer of the
Alaska Airways, dropped upon
the waters of Resurrection Bay
at noon in an amphibian plane,
having flown from Anchorage in
one hour and 20 minutes. Yester
day, he reached Anchorage in one
hop from Fairbanks. Mr. Lavery
appeared to have stood the air
voyage well and was tenderly
lifted from the plane Jiere to an
auto, and taken to the Seward
General Hospital. He will be taken
to Seattle on the SS Yukon leav
ing this evening. Mrs. Lavery is
accompanying her husband; Dr.
Rex F. Swartz of Fairbanks also
accompanied Mr. Lavery.