Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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MUCH IN COMMON
California has its San Bernardino Sierra Range,
the Los Angeles National Forest, Big Bear and Arrow
head Lakes and San Gorgonio Summit; deserts, giant
pines and redwoods, Joshua palms on the Mojave, cacti
blending with the sand in hot Death Valley; orange
blossoms and groves of grapefruit merged with the ava
cado. The climate of this Southland State attracts visit
ors from all corner of the earth.
California's climate and variety of scenics are the
pride and joy of the citizens of the Golden State. Neverj
has the world seen such a collective bunch of boosters
for the home hearth than those native sons.
So it is with considerable pride that Alaska wel- j
comes the present Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
excursion party; glad they are here to see what we have
to offer in comparison. Time does not permit the party
to visit even a small portion of this enormous Territory;!
the visitors are only touching the beaten track but, nev
ertheless, the vistas opening up before them while on
train and steamer, should bring to them visions of the
real Alaska beyond
There is the rugged Alaska Range, cloud-piercing
and world-renowned Mt. McKinley and the McKinley
National Park; the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
not so far from Seward; the Alaska Peninsula and the
mysterious Aleutian Islands which in the vague past, I
was the land connection between the North American j
continent and Asia. Great Alaska forests; familiar gold;
mining scenes will open before them and the roadways!
will astonish. Fur farms, sheep ranches, farms and j
fields of ripening grain. Busy fisheries, coal mining, to
tem poles and ancient Kodiak and Sitka. Broad valleys,
sparkling streams ateem with fish and throughout all,
wild game of every conceivable variety. In fact, so many |
things of interest are to be seen in Alaska, lack of space
prohibits mentioning even a small iota.
But while skimming the fringe of the Territory, we,
feel our visitors will take home with them a new con- j
ception of Alaska. Similar to Californians, Alaskans j
are immensely proud of the Territory and could wish for;
nothing better than big injections of Los Angeles!
“booster pep."
FAMILIAR PROVINCIALISM
The entire village turned out to honor the memory
and achievements of Ottmar Mergenthaler and place a
beautiful tablet on the house in which he was born in
Hatchel, Germany.
As a struggling young inventor, his home town failed
to recognize ins mechanical genius, so he emigrated to
America and gave to the world the linotype, which re
volutionized the printing industry and stands as one of
the epochal inventions of all time.
The little German town is no different from the
average small town the world over. Seldom are local
folks appreciated to their fullest extent until it is too
late; talents are recognized first by those not in daily
contact with the budding genius but often there comes
the time, as in Mergenthaleris case, when the home-town
folks remark in pride: “Sure, I knew him when he—.”
The economic ideas propounded by many of our al
leged experts is beyond the comprehension of 999 out of
each 1,000 of us ordinary fellows. Their parabolical par
adoxes and supernatural syllogisms remind one of those
amorphous monsters which a high priest of Bacchus
can sometimes see with his eyes shut.Outside of that,
Okeh!
National Editorial Association
AT TIE NATIONAL
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William Roberts, who has 320
acres of good homestead land
| across the Matanuska river, and
! 160 acres close to Palmer, feels
j that he is getting pretty aged and
| wants his nephew, William T.
i Hughes, to come over from Wales
| and help him to care for the prop
! erty. But when the young man
| applied for a passport at Liverpool
j he was refused because of failure !
to give substantiated evidence of <.
jhis intention. The matter was re- j
i ferred to the Delegate, who took j
I it up with the State Department, j
I and it is expected that soon Bill 1
| will be crossing the Atlantic.
Complaint has been made by
some of the shipbuilding companies
: in Southeastern Alaska that con
i struction of government vessels
j frequently goes to Seattle, which
i makes it difficult to maintain the
'several marine ways in the north,
1 which are so badly needed in cases
I of emergency. The particular in
stance cited was' the recent bids
; for furnishing two 24-foot launch
es for use at isolated light stations,
and for which the successful bid
j der in Seattle was less than $200
! under the next lowest bid, from
Alaska. G. R. Putnam, Commis
ioner of Lighthouses, explains that
there is no legal authority for ac
ceptance of other than the lowest
bid meeting the requirements of
; the specifications, which in the
instance referred to stipulated
that delivery of the launches
should be at Ketchikan. Section
3707, of the Revised Statutes of
the U. S., has frequently been held
by accounting officers as giving
all industries equal rights to com
pete for government business, and
at the same time secure to the
government the benefits which
flow from competition.
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The Juneau Guides of South
eastern Alaska writes a letter op
posing the suggestion of Stewart j
Edward White that Chichagof Is- j
land, north of Sitka, be declared j
a National Park and Game Re- j
serve. It is contended that Chi- !
chagof is not only a splendid 1
brown bear section but is highly ;
mineralized with producing mines, j
has numerous canneries and sites, j
great lumber possibilities, and j
that the residents of Southeastern I
Alaska, sportsmen and business
men, do not want to see it turned
into a reservation, particularly as I
there is Glacier bay National Mon
ument about 20 miles from Chi
chagof Island. I
RADIO PHONE SERVICE
Two or three cmpanies are will
ing to consider the installation of
a radio telephone system in Ket
chikan, according to the Tribune.
Colonel Olmstead, chief of the
| Signal Corps of the United States
army, signified his interest in see
ing such a service inaugurated
by an American company, but
[stated that he would frown upon
| such service being instituted by a
| Canadian organization.
Real sport was afforded a Ket
chikan troller who landed a 61
pound king salmon recently, says
the Chronicle.
NOTICE
Not responsible for any bills
j contracted by my wife, Fanny
[Fure, on or after this date, June
116, 1931.
Signed—Roj Fure.
4th OF JULY PRIZES
Brown & Hawkins will give the j
| following prizes to winners of the j
! Annual Fourth of July Marathon j
Mountain race: 1st prize—One |
pair of Florsheim Shoes; 2nd prize- J
One Hardeman Hat; 3rd prize—
One $2.00 Cheney Necktie.
PHOTO FINISHING—ENLARGING
Ten hour service. Rolls of filmj
brought in before 10 a. m. out at
8 p. m. same day. ALASKA SHOP, j
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All Talking Pictures Theatre
Show tonight—8:00 o’clock
We have for tonight’s feature one of the al
ways interesting plays
NEWSPAPER
DETECTIVE
RUM RUNNER
made doubly exciting and entertaining by ail the talk and
noise. The title is
'Roadhouse Nights'
and the star is the product that the talkies have brot out
CHARLES RUGGLES
supported by a special cast
The two-reel section of the program is a very
BEAUTIFUL ALL-COLOR TALKIE
picture of wonderfully trained child vaudeville
stars—something exceptionally fine
There will also be a one-reel Educational, and a Cartoon
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