Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, AI,ASK*\ — Established Autrust 19, 1904
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THE HORSE BEFORE THE COAL CART
Perhaps the coal business will be the cause of many
headaches in the Alaska Railroad offices, but the one
fact remains, we will get good coal at reasonable fig
ures and if the rest of Alaska would notice the quoted
prices, much tonnage would be shipped over Seward
docks to our neighboring cities.
Perhaps the railroad manager will strive to build
co; i bunkers here, making handling of the product an
economical one instead of the present antiquated meth
od. Until bunkers are constructed in Seward, this in
dustry will remain as is. Before a grocer can sell gro
ceries he must fill up his store with food-stuffs. Neither
can wagons be driven with teams harnessed to the rear.
But that’s about the way Alaska coal export business
is beimr handled today.
A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
How can advocates of the dry laws reconcile them
selves to the corruption resultant throughout the Unit
ed States as reported to the Senate from extracts tak
en from the Wickersham findings?
Can they believe 93 per cent of all criminal cases
in New York State, all originating from liquor viola
tions, an indication that prohibition is a success?
Do they really believe the past 11 years of increas
ed crimes, horrible murders, the birth of racketeering,
the staggering growth of dope fiends, are but natural
growths of a young nation?
Prohibition is directly responsible for the present
chaotic condition in these United States. It has now
reached the point where a great part of the national
v eaith is in the hands or controlled by the so-called low
(r class, the law violator and ignorant, whereas before
the law-abiding, middle-class—the rank and file—were
in the ascendancy; as was rightly theirs.
Billions are now at the beck and call of the crook,
whose every lust and desire is being gratified. Mam
mon has ever controlled the destinies of nations but
this power in the hands of law-breakers, spells catas
trophy in the end.
Where ever the prohibition serpent has touched,
there will be found a poisoned citizenry enmeshed in
the coils of the deadly snake from which there can be no
succor unless the reptile itself is exterminated
Unpredjudiced, temperant Americans, are awaiting
a strong man to arise and throttle this menace which
is daily growing beyond control of law and order.
Alaskans returning from the States on the SS
Northwestern are convinced the proposed raise in rates
over the Alaska Railroad is going to go into effect
They figure it is just another stab in the back to re
tard the development of the Territory, which time alone
will heal. That Alaskans will absorb it as they have
other injuries of the past. And the rank and file will
be the goat; they’ll be the ones who will take on that
extra 50 per cent raise, and pay it.
If the Democratic party is to remain undecisive on
the liquor question in the 1932 campaign, they might
as well concede to the Republicans another administra
tion. Booze may make a fellow’s head go round and it
will do likewise for the present economic and unemploy
ment situation—make them go around a corner. If
every other citizen in the United States was a “snoop
hound” there would still be ample liquor for all. The
Demos had better look at their hole card again before
opening the pot.
Now that the Airport of Seward has been stamped
with approval by an authority, perhaps it is time to de
vise ways and means to construct a municipal hangar.
Keep the head up; Spring is near.
MRS.f JOHNSON OF 1
SUil !S GALLED:
Mrs. Hattie Johnson of Seldo
via, who was brought to the Sew
j ard General Hospital last week
;in a very critical condition, fail
! ed to respond to treatment and
i passed away last night. Every
! thing that could possible be
! done for her was tenderly given,
. but her illness was too far ad
' vanced.
| Her daughter, Mrs. Leo Has
kins of Anchorage who has been
| with her mother almost day and
night, will take the remains of
her parent to the Seldovia home,
! on the SS Starr, which leaves on
i Monday, where interment will be
j made. Mrs. Haskins has been the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs- Joe
I
’ Richards.
Mrs. Johnson, a resident of i
Seidovia for a considerable per- ,
iod, was 42 years of age. Besides
Mrs. Haskins another daughter,1
Mrs. Hattie Fox, survives her, re- j
1 siding at Seldovia. The Seward
Funeral Parlor is preparing the \
remains for shipment.
Harold Peterson, Gerhard John
son. Charles Jones and Oiaf Arnt
zen, of the San Juan Fishing &
Packing Co., were arrivals from i
the south aboard the SS North- j
western. They are enroute to
Uganik.
i
I
j. This evening will be the last |
I opportunity to see “Forgotten 1
; Faces,” the crook drama that made 1
! such a tremendous hit with those I
j who saw it Wednesday and yester- 1
day. Although rated to be a first 1
; uass production this feature we b_
j live to be exceptional, both in plot
j and presentation, it is a crook play
highly praised by everyone who has
seen it.
ForSunday'sprogramthere
i For Sunday’s program there is
billed a Richard Dix drama with
the action mostly in India. The pro
grain includes a two reel, Billy
j Dooley comedy and a News.
CREW MEMBERS ILL
Paul Moe. member oi the stew
ard department staff, SS North
; western, contracted influenza on
j the voyage up from Seattle and
upon arriving in Seward, was
placed in the Seward General
Hospital, a branch of the Public 1
Health department. Pete Oliver,
j another member of the crew, left
j the vessel at Ketchikan, suffer
1 ing from the same malady, for
! treatment in the Ketchikan Hos
pital.
D- Thomas, member of the
Alaska Road Commission staff,
who is convalescing in the Sew
ard General Hospital from a
head injury, expects to leave the
famous medical institution today
or Monday, planning to go home
to Valdez on the SS Yukon.
happy newlyweds
Fatter, beaming with happi
ness and with a bride on his
arm, Capt. Heinie Berger, own
er and master of the MS Dis
coverer, returned Friday from
the south a passenger on the SS
Northwestern. The former Mrs
A. Hardy and “Cap” were married
last month in Seattle and have
been honeymooning ever since.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fernan
des, and son, arrivals from Seat
tle Friday, have taken an apart
ment in the Blue Building. Mr.
Fernandes is a new member of
the local Signal Corps staff.
OPENING SULPHUR MINE
Paul Buckley, an arrival from
Seattle on the SS Northwestern,
| is enroute to Akutan to reopen
| the long dormant sulphur prop
] perties there, it is reported.
The halibut schooner Excell
cleared today for the banks.
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8 O’CLOCK
ONE SHOW — 8 O'CLOCK
THIS GREAT CAST—
— CLIVE BROOK — MARY BRIAN —
- WILLIAM POWELL - BACLANOVA -
and many others give you a wonderful performance in
the great crook play
[ “Forgotten Faces”
* We wi|l make you laugh with a Bobby Vernon
two-reel comedy
“HOT SPARKS”
And also with Krazy Kat in “Beaches and Screams”
Sunday
One Show
7:30 Sharp
RICHARD DIX
Supported by—
ARTHUR HOYT — MYRTLE STEADMAN
I HER RALSTON — Nigel de Brulier, etc.
in the fine Paramount drama
“THE WHEEL OF LIFE”
A thrilling: romance full of adventure and action
STAGED IN INDIA
The country of mystery and dark fascination
Tlie comedy for the evening is a two-reeler by that great
laugh getter, Billy Dooley in
“HAPPY HEELS”
And there will be a News Reel
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