fewar&$ttUt)#atenmu
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entere(| in the postoffice at Seward, Alaska as
second-class mail matter.
" H. V. HOBEN and E F. JESSEN, Proprietors
E. F. Jessen, Editor and Manager
C. J. Lincke, Associate Editor
ADVERTISING RATES
Per single column, one to six issues, per inch -
Per single column inch, per month .-.
Legal Notices, per line per issue ......
Classified Advertisements, per line, per issue ..
Ndtice of Final Proof Notices ...
Notice to Creditors Notices .-.—
" _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Daily, by carrier, per month -----— $ 1.25 j
Daily, by mail, per month —--‘--- j
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise in this paper and also .
the local news published herein. \
All rights for republication of special dispatches herein are reserved.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT
The Anchorage Times of March 12, has this to say
about the disaster which befell the salmon hatchery near
Seward: -
The destruction of the Seward hatchery, which is reported to have
been burned to the ground this week, will save the Territory consider
able money during the next biennium. The experiment of producing
salmon by the hatchery method has cost the Territory a lot of money
during the years the several hatcheries have been in operation and it has
yet to be shown that the experiment has been worth while. There is suf
ficient doubt, at any rate, to encourage the belief that the Legislature
will be content to restrict further experimenting to the remaining plants
in the event that it is deemed advisable to carry on the work even on a
curtailed scale.
t ji _ _i _ m-__i_:__t __• 1 „ j
_$ .50
_ 3.50
_ .15
.. .10
_ 12.00
.. 15.00 1
in uuier wurus, me jumeo cmviaca me ucgioiatuxc nw
to rebuild the hatchery because it would cost money; and
not to operate it because it would cost more money. Of
course the Times has in view the question of economy in
Territorial expenditures. Let's see if it is consistent in
its position.
The delegation from the Third division have asked
the Legislature for about $60,000, the sum of $50,000 of
which will obligate the Treasury to eventually expend
$200,000, and every dollar of it for the immediate benefit
of Anchorage and nothing else The remaining $10,000,
for airplane landing fields, was asked under the plea that
it had been granted at the last session of the Legislature,
but as there were at that time no airplanes in Anchorage,
it was diverted to road and trail work. We know what
went with some $5,000 of that trail money—it was wasted.
In advising Territorial economies one should be cau
tious in the use of the smoke screen. Sometimes there is
a rift that permits of a scrutiny of the strategy lying be
hind. If anyone wishes to see through the Times' smoke
screen he only has to consider a few facts that sand out
glaringly.
The $50,000 appropriation mentioned is for the An
chorage-Matanuska automobile road. This route paral
lels the Alaska Railroad and traverses a country which is
for the most part served by means of communication as
far as there is any demand, which is principally in the
farming district extending some ten miles north of An
chorage, and which is served by the Eagle river road,
which has a loop some 14 miles long, affording a pleasure
drive for automobilists. Beyond this point northward
any need of the adjacent country is served by the rail
road. To extend this road from where the route would
debouch upon the Eklutna river, into Matanuska would
entail crossing it, the Knik and Matanuska rivers and
their changing gravel bars. It would only serve as a
pleasure road. The Matanuska farmers have a means of
communication by railroad, and whatever other roads
they require lie within that district north of the Matanus
ka river, where there are many unfinished pieces of road
way that the Alaska Road Commission is endeavoring to
consolidate.
mi m • r* i i i
/»_
J CC* i 1
1 _
±ne limes msi states as a xact tnat it lias yet tu ue
shown that the (hatchery) experiment has been worth
while.” It should be prepared to present figures to sub
stantiate its position, which it does not do. Thus no one
but the expert is prepared to say whether artificial hatch
ing of salmon is a success or not. The question is too in
tricate for the layman to grasp.
But laying aside the question of the merits or demer
its of the hatchery, why is the Times so solicitous lest the
Territory should decide to rebuild the hatchery? Why
has it not exercised this evidence for Legislative economy
before? It would appear to the observer that its present
atitude is actuated by selfishness and egotism in the
belief that the Third division is bounded by Turnagain
Arm on the south and Ship creek on the north.
Now that the screen has laid bare all of the sordid
aspects of the lives of the morons and sex-inebriates they
might give us a few glimpses of real American life.
A Philadelphia man must wed within 30 days or for
feit an inheritance of $100,000,000, which leads the cynic
to remark that there's always a catch somewhere.
Ml DIES ENTRY
ialls king an undesirable.
CHARGES HE MADE ACCUSA
TIONS, PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. March 24. (/P)—
n a note charging United States
Senator King with having made of
ensive and false statements concern
ng the President of Hayti, Camille
.eon, Haitian Minister of Foreign
Affairs notified the United States
hat his country would not allow the
Senator to land. The note arrived
ifter the Secretary of State’s office
lad closed Wednesday and has not
ret been presented.
Hayti’s action in barring Senator
King is considered as serious and is
i threat against the Senator’s pres
;ige. State Department Officials
xmld not say what attitude Secre
:ary Kellogg would take, but feared
:hat a serious precedent might be
jstablished. owing to the anger that
would be aroused in the Senate
jver the closing of the friendly door
to one of it’s members.
• The Foreign Minister’s cable said
that Senator King was ’persona non
?rata’ in Hayti and that his presence
In the country would arouse the
worst element of disorder in Haitian
politics and cause a general unrest
and consequent insecurity.
The Haitian Minister in Washing
ton said that Senator King, in 1926,
opposed further American interven
tion in Hayti and attacked President
Louis Borno.
FOREIGN DECORATIONS
TOOOOED BY 0, S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, March 24. (/P)—
Decorations of Foreign Governments
are tabooed for officers of the Unit
ed States Army, by Secretary of
War Davis, in a report made to Con
gress on a bill that would authorize
Colonel William Chadwick of the
Chemical Warfare Service Reserve
Corps to accept the Order of St.
Sava, from the King of the Serbs.
The halibut schooner Yukon, Capt.
Ed Ongstad, arrived in port last
night from the banks with 4,000
pounds of halibut.
Today’s sun light was the best
since the first of the year for taking
photographs, Otto Schallerer, of the
Alaska Shop remarked.
SIGNS OF SPRING
Kids are fighting,
Fleas are biting
Dogs along the spine;
Roosters crowing,
Cows are lowing,
Grandad’s feeling fine.
Snow is melting,
Hives are welting,
Woolens ’gin to itch;
Lovers lying,
Maidens sighing,
As they sit and stitch.
Fancy dingbats
For their spring hats,
Doodads, iks and sich.
Brooks, are splashing,
Sunlight’s flashing,
Birds beginl to sing;
Dad is wishing
For the fishing—
Bet your life it’s spring.
Just received fresh Aplets
in bulk and boxes. Delicious!
Candy Cottage.
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O'CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
HOUSE PETERS
in
A thrilling story of the Great Northwest
A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR PICTURE
WANDA HAWLEY IS THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL
And with it we will give
BEN TURPIN
in
“REEL VIRGINIAN”
A laugh-getting two-reel comedy
And a Reel of Jokes
»
OVERLAND GRILL
Next to the Overland Hotel
Open Day and Night
Private Boxes
Gabriel Santos Proprietor and Chef
Better Groceries
■^l^rE ONLY handle Groceries that are
better than usual—in fact ours are the ,
best you can buy. Wholesome food-stuffs pro
ductive of tasty, enjoyable meals—that’s
what you get here. Low prices are our usual
ones.
Seward Trading Co.
Inc.
Telephone Main 135 for Quality Goods
- ■■■ ;
Seattle Ice Cream
High Grade Candies
Framed Pictures, Curios arid Photographs
Sylvia’s
Phone Adams 128
>
Three sets of twins have been
bora to Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Rey
nolds of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in the
past five years.
Before trying the ease of Frank
Glendon of Chicago for picking pock
ets, Judge Bimey ordered that the
prisoner be given a bath.