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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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SIGNS OF THE PRESENT
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With the annual report of the Governor of the Terri- ,
tory and that of the Interior Department as represented
by The Alaska Railroad, which has now become in actu- ,
ality a Bureau of the Interior Department, all showing .
increase in the commercial and industrial affairs of the
Territory, there is no room for pessimism as to the future. ,
In fact one may cease to speak in terms of “the future,”
which is a more or less hackneyed phrase, and deal with
the present. # j
Accustomed as the people are to nervous activity,
such as has characterized the life of pioneer communi- :
ties, slow, gradual progress is an unusual thing. Yet those
who have achieved the greatest success in Alaska have ,
not been those who amassed a fortune overnight and all
in one sum, but the men who began by laying the founda
tion for just such a condition as now obtains. These are
what the world characterizes as the “far-seeing men.”
The same process by which these successful men
have gained financial success has held them bound to
their communities, in that they have combined loyalty
with business acumen. To them there are no greener
fields in the distance, the verdure crops most prolific in
their own immediate environs, be it a small mining pros
pect or a budding city. The budding cities have been
made by these men, and not by the transient element, who
somehow cannot become anchored, but must fall as a prey
to each contrary breeze that wafts them from place to
place.
The best soldier is he who has a home and kiddies to
fight for. The best soldier in a commercial sense is the
man who glories in construction as well as financial suc
cess, and concentrates his energies for the general good
as well as his own selfish affairs.
ALASKA CABLE GIVES NET RETURN
When the Seattle-Seward cable was laid in 1905, it
was subject to attack by members of Congress who con
tended that the system would, like the postoffice depart
ment, be a perpetual deficit-bearing institution. The same
thing is being said about The Alaska Railroad by men
lacking in vision.
Now comes Major General C. McK. Saltzman, chief
signal officer of the army, with the statement that the Al
aska cable with 1,464 nautical miles, along with the radio
system and Signal Corps, has brought a net return to the
government this year.
In 1922 the government operated 470 miles .of land
wires and 2,669 miles of cable in Alaska, in addition to a
wireless service extending as far north as Nome, and to
many points throughout the Territory.
In commenting upon the work of the Signal Corps,
Major General Saltzman says in his annual report for
1926 that the signal corps has not only kept pace w7ith
commercial advances, but has led in many important
phases. Radio apparatus developed by the signal corps
sent a message with short wave lengths and high frequen
cy from the Philippines to Washington. The radio beacon,
which guides airships 200 miles away, has added to the
safety of aviation, and these and other advances have
been originated or materially aided by work of the signal
corps.
“The Corps has saved and turned back into the Treas
ury nearly a fifth of its appropriation for the year. It has
also saved considerable money, both to the Department
of War and to other departments, by the transmission of
Government messages over its radio net, which now cov
ers the country. The cable and radio system to Alaska
has been a sure means of communication with that terri
tory and has brought a net return to the Government”
The suggestion of Paris tonsorial experts that men
allow their hair to grow should be given serious consider
ation. There really should be some distinguishing marks
between the sterner and the weaker sexes.
Employers are searching for good men as earnestly
as good men are seeking for jobs.
ACTS IN REPORT
AMONG SUGGESTIONS IS INCREAS
ING NUMBER OF PLACER
CLAIMS
Among the recommendations made
by Governor Parks in his annual re
port to Washington are the following:
1. Investigation of the salmon fish
eries on the Yukon and Kuskokwim
rivers to determine whether or not
commercial fishing may be permitted
without jeopardizing the future sup
ply.
2. Enactment of a law authorizing
the Secretary of the Interior to lease
the public domain for grazing purpo
ses.
3. Repeal of the tax provisions of
the Alaska game law in so far as they
affect the residents of the Territory.
4. Provision should be made for a
government hospital for the insane in
Alaska.
5. Detention home for incorrigible
natives! in the Territory.
6. Industrial school, hospital ward
for tubercular natives at Tanana.
7. Wireless station at Kotlik for the
season of navigation and transfer of
station at Unalakleet during the win
ter months.
8. Repeal of the law restricting the
number of placer claims that may be
located by individuals.
9. Federal constabulary combining
all law enforcement agencies.
10. Continual of aerial mapping un
til the forested coastal regions of the
Territory have been photographed.
SECOND TRIP TO THE
STATES IN 20 YEARS
But one trip beyond the confines
of the Territory since he came to Al
aska about 20 years ago, and that one
to answer the call to the colors, Fred
Pauli, pioneer business man from the
Tolovana district, departed from Sew
ard Saturday, accompanied by Mrs.
Pauli, on his second trip Outside. Re
cently he disposed of his interests
Inside to W. Mahan but unlike many
others, having cashed in, does not
expect to remain in the States. When
he feels he has seen enough of what
the Outside has to offer, then will be
the time he will turn back north, he
said. Mr. Pauli is a brother to Mrs.
F. S. Gordon, wife of the well known
business man of Anchorage and Fair
banks.
A. S. S. LAKINA IN PORT
The freighter Lakina of the A. S.
S. Co., Captain Newland, arrived in
port today from the south bringing
a large cargo of oil supplies for the
local Standard Oil company station;
also a small tonnage for local rail
merchants. The vessel discharged
the oil cargo at the plant and later
moved over to the Seward dock.
Captain Newland expected to get
under way for the Westward early
this afternoon. From Kachemak bay
he proceeds direct to Seattle.
James McIntosh, pioneer mining
man of the Interor, came in on Sat
urday’s train from Livengood. Mr.
McIntosh left on the Alameda for
the States where he will visit his old
home in Wisconsin prior to returni
ng north in the spring.
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It's a beautifully staged play, lovely country
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AND AN EQUAL ATTRACTION IS
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