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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
Rupert Hughe's impressions of Washington stirred
up a little excitement, but he hasn't seemed to “get very
far ” Despite the sensationalism of modem books, George
Washington still stands out as the great leader of early
days in the history of America.
Suppose George Washington did tell a lie? Who
doesn't sometime stretch the truth if not flatly contradict
it? Suppose Washington did drink intoxicants. It was the
custom of the times. Liquor wasn't so much of a sin in
those days, much less the partaking of it a crime. Suppose
Washington was a little loose in his personal habits. One
does not need to justify his personal faults to respect
his greatness in the larger achievements.
There are quite a number of people who for various
reasons try to use whatever innuendo and intimation
they can muster to discredit men who have done things
that had never been done before. Whatever Hughes or
any other novelist may write or say, they can't quite put
Washington's fame out of business nor his leadership out
of memory. His faults only serve to intensify his virtues/
WE WERE EXPECTING THIS
We like this Editor Wilcox, of the Valdez Miner not
withstanding the various “cracks this paper and the Val
dez paper, occasionally heave at one another. In his last
issue Editor Wilcox takes a wallop at Seward which we
really have been expecting; it was too good an opportun
ity for him to pass up. Here she be!
Maybe it's kind of mean to mention it right at this
time but we can't help thinking that if the Alaska Rail
road had a terminus at Portage Bay, it would not be tied
up for two or three weeks by srtowslides in the “Loop”
district, as is the case at present.
That's fine Editor Wilcox but would you also be so
kind and enlighten us what you suggest doing about the
tie-up in the Interior districts which is responsible for the
present situation?
Move the railroad over to Valdez, we suppose, would
be about right, no doubt where, at the present time, the
snow is ten-feet deep on your main streets.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PUBLICITY
M. D. Williams, district engineer in Alaska for the U.
S. Bureau of Public Roads, who last month attended the
Cleveland convention of U. S. Road Builders, told the del
egates he was anxious to get away from Cleveland as he
feared the northern wind would sweep across the lakes
and make him shiver.
That is what we call putting over the right kind of
publicity for Alaska in a neat soothing way. It is>the sort
indirect advertising that will be remembered by all who
heard'him.
The paralyzing cold of fiction does not hold good
for all of Alaska, Mr. Williams also informed them, and he
pointed out that that in Juneau the temperature averages
five degrees higher than in Cleveland during the winter.
It isn’t difficult to know where all the colds go that
people get rid of.
Don’t help your town “out:” help it up and onward.
GRANDMA MURPHY HIS
WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY
To look at Tier no one would think j
it but to moo row marks the 87th birth ]
day nf Grandma Murphy, Seward’s i
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grand old lady, so lightly does she j
carry her years. So in honor oi' the j
event/an exceptionally tine par+v i
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was tendered her yesterday at which !
time she was the recepient of con- !
gratulations from scores of friends j
and acquaintances.
It was one of those kinds of par
ties which will ever be recalled such !
was the enjoyment and pleasure de- j
rO-ed. Delectable refreshments were j
served and evreyone was happy.
Cneats attending !reluded Mr. and
Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. A Horton, Mrs
O. Sandbeck, Mrs. T. Osbo, Mrs. I..
Larsson, Mrs. R. D. Sullivan, Mrs.
T. Yago, Mrs. H. Yago, Mrs. McIn
tosh, Mrs. Peterson, Sylvia Sandbeck,
Annie Horton and Doris Sullivan.
NEW SCHEDULE OFTIME
SEWARD ATUFETIC CLUB
The new schedule of hours drawn up !
for the S. A. C. calls for handball on j
Monday nights, handball from 5 to 7 j
on Tuesday nights, and from 7 on the j
W. A. C. has the gym. Handball will
have the floor on Wednesdays from I
5 to 8 and from 8 o’clock on volley I
ball will be played. Thursdays, hand- 1
bal may be played from 5 to 8 and 1
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8 o’clock baseball reigns. Friday nites I
handball has the floor from 5 to 7 I
and the Boy Scouts from 7 on Sat- \
urdays handball 5 to 7 and thereafter J
the hall is open. Sundays handball ,
may be played before 1 p. nr, and 1
and after 5. Baseball fills in between.
BASEBALL THURSDAY
Indoor baseball has taken ahold o '
local athletes like wild-fire, and from <
the dope sheet doped out, every week
on Thursdays and Sundays, king base ,
ball will reign supreme. *
A LONG WAYS FROM HOME
Roy Lee, ‘onntr linotype operator
on The Gateway who left last year
having as his objective a trip around
the world, is now in Winnipeg, Can
ada, according to a letter received
by Clark Andresen.
Two more slides came down yester
day, between Girdwood and Bird.
They were small and amounted to
littlt.
The schools will be closed tomor
row', George Washington’s birthday.
SCRIP BOOK EXERPS
E. H. Hughes, Hamilton, Ohio,—
“I sure want to take another trip to
Alaska as I would like to see the in
terior and do some fishing along the
aHto routes and along the railroad.
PORI OF MISSING MEN
Benjamin P. Reed, Corporal, Hospi
tal No. 3, Medical Corps. He enlisted
from Indianapolis, Ind. Any informa
tion as to his whereabouts should be 1
communicated to his sister, Miss Ger* c
trade Reed, 701 W. Oak Ave., Jones- 1
boro, Ark. :
Frye-Bruhn’s Baby Beef is unex* j
I celled. (
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Eastman Kodaks and flints. Schal- *
lerer’s Alaska Shop. f
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK
ONE: SHOW
— 8 O’CLOCK
NOTICE
We are sorry to announce we are short of film
again due to the railroad blockade and so there
will be no show tonight unless a train gets in
from Anchorage before 7 p. m.
For tomorrow night, Wednesday, the U. S. Sig
nal Corps men are making up a program to fill
in, and at the same time enable them to show
three reels of government movies taken in
France showing the activities of their branch
during the war. These are authentic pictures
and should be of interest to everyone though
somewhat technical. There will also be the band,
some solos, maybe a boxing match, dances, etc.
Admission will be around 25 c and part of the
proceeds will be used to buy music for the band.
AT 8 O’CLOCK, AS USUAL
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DANCE TOMORROW NITE
Tomorrow night promises to be a
>ig night in Seward for a big public
;ance will be held in Odd Fellows
tall. Being a holiday this announce*
aent assures a large crowd. The Jol
y Four orchestra, the best dance
nusicians above the 57 parallel, will
tispel the harmony. Manager Ander.
on is having the floor slicked up
ome slicker.
CLOSED WEDNESDAY
Following the custom of former
years many of th« local business
firms will be closed on George Wash
ington's birthday, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 22. Government offices, the
postoffice, schools, Bank of Seward,
and The Gateway, will be among„
those closed for the day.
FULLERTON NETS, J. L. QRAEF.