Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
Published Dally except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered In the post office at Seward, Alaska, as second-class matter
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proj>rietors
E. F. Jessen Editor and Manager
Otto G. Sandbeck. Associate Editor Bdwin A. Sandbecx, City Editor
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HOWELLIAN SOCIALISM
“Public utilities should be run for blood.”—Senator
Howell of Nebraska.
In other words, Senator Howell cannot distinguish
between government, service as a service medium, and
government as a tradesman. If we are to accept his eco
nomic thesis, every department of the government should
be able to show earnings over and above operating expens
es.
In the case of the Alaska Railroad, he asks that the
people of the Territory be taxed to the extent of balancing
the receipts and disbursements of the railroad and any ex
cess funds be turned into the federal treasury to be utiliz
ed for the benefit of states desiring services logically fall- i
ing on the public treasury. He overlooks the cardinal
principle of political economy that excess funds in the
treasury are for the purpose of supplying governmental
services, ever and above cost of salaries, etc.
It would be as reasonable to ask the postoffice depart
ment to show a balance above expenditures by cutting off
all mail services which did not return profit. It is natural
here to ask what method of disposal of this surplus the
Senator has in view aside from creating more government
jobs for the faithful.
The values created by the Alaska Railroad cannot
be considered in terms of receipts. As pointed out by an
eminent economist, they are ‘scrapped’ values and cannot
be collected at their source. Thus the learned gentleman
from Nebraska overlooks the values accruing to the nation
thru the $31,000,000 annual purchases in the States, and
the $8,000,000 in gold annually turned into the marts of
trade and in support of the gold standard, plus the $60,
000,000 derived from fisheries which in turn exerts an
economical effect upon the nation at large, not to mention
the fact that thru the railroad’s ability to place coal in the
Interior at a price permitting its employment in industry,
millions of dollars were paid to owners of placer ground
and a $10,000,000 expenditure was carried out which de
veloped $400,000,000 in gold reserves which will take a life
time to extract, and the end is not yet.
The outstanding results of the increased rates on the
railroad have been: (1)—It has failed to make the railroad
revenues and expenditures balance; (2)—It has burdened
the Interior points of transportation with costs more ex
cessive than previous to the railroad’s coming; (3)—It has
generated a competition which may conceivably perman
ently injure the railroad’s earning power, even if the old
rates are resumed; (4)—It is increasing the cost of com
modities to a point where development is being effectual
ly discouraged.
As a remedy for this condition a policy is offered
suggesting wherever possible there shall be destruction of
competition. Thus the Richardson Highway is to be al
lowed to deteriorate, and an economic waste of $5,000,000
is caused.
Despite what criticism might be directed to personnel
of the Alaska Road Commission, its record far exceeds
that of the Interior Department in point of bestowal of
permanent benefits to the Territory. It has built 1,000
miles of automobile roads, constructed 70 airfields, thous
ands of miles of winter trails, and conceived the idea of the
International Highway. Now it would appear that in
order to make these permanent needs revenue producing,
the major portion of them will be scrapped thru lack of
funds for maintenance, and toll roads made of those re
maining.
It is inconceivable that this muddle is the product of
ignorance of economics on the part of Senator Howell and
his followers. There is something more sinister behind it.
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM—STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
JOHN e.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Seward
General Hospital
Seward, Alaska
THE SEIM HOTS
RECENT LOU TRIM
The heroism of three local boys
in the accident which occurred at
Lake Harriman Wednesday when
Arlow Hagen lost his life, has just
been revealed- The boys are Allen
Guest, Lee Ray and Leonard John
ston.
Arlow, a beginner in swimming,
previous to the tragedy, had been
swimming from the shore to the
raft several times and on one of
these occassions he became tired.
It is then said that Arlow made an
exclamation which drew the at
tention of the other bathers and
that when they observed him, he
was threshing furiously in the wat
er and evidently had turned back
toward shore.
Seeing Arlow in distress, Allen
Guest, who with Lee Ray was on
the raft, jumped into the water
and went to struggling Arlow’s
aid; Lee confined himself to an ef
fort of moving the paddieless raft
to a point where Arlow or Allen
could reach it.
Arlow, a youth considerably lar
ger than Allen, and fighting in
sheer desperation, overpowered Al
len and forced him under water
i when Allen attempted to get Ar
low toward shore. It was only thru
the utmost exertion that Allen was
freed from Arlow’s grip.
By this time Lee Ray had given
up his attempt to maneuver the
raft where Allen or Arlow could
reach it and he also dived into the
water. Both Allen and Lee attempt
ed to get him toward shore but Ar
low disappeared from their sight
in the murky waters and they were
powerless to locate him.
Leonard Johnson, meanwhile,
ran to get aid and secured R. C.
Ingram, who hastened to the lake
and when he arrived there waded
out to the spot where Arlow van
ished. Mr. Ingram touched the in
ert form with his feet and once
located he was hastily taken from
the water. Dr. A. D. Haverstock and
his assistant, Harold Sogn, .were
then present and did everything
possible to resuscitate Arlow but
to no avail.
The heroism and cool-headed
ness of the three local youths is
to be commended. The impression
that the raft was the cause of the
youth’s drowning is wrong as in
this case it nearly took on the pro
portions of a lifebat.
Nels Hagen, manager of the Sew
ard Fisheries, and father of Arlow,
the youth who lost his life in Har
riman lake, left Seattle today on
the SS Yukon enroute to Seward.
i
HONOLULU, July 30, —Ernest W. I
Green, member of the police com- |
mission, resigned accepting a post i
on the board of education.
Green’s resignation was believed j
to be another step in the reorgani
zation of the Honolulu police de
partment, precipitated by the sen
sational Thalia Massie attack case.
It was announced that William
A. Gabrielson had been appointed
as chief of police, succeeding Chas.
Weeber, who was drafted as head
of the department while the reor
ganization was under way.
SOVIETS TRY TO MELT HAIL
LENINGRAD, July 28, (JP)—So
viet meteorologists are experi
menting with rockets in an at
tempt to melt hail into rain or
snow before the icy pellets can
damage crops. Missiles two feet
long are shot up 3,500 feet to blast
! apart the air currents that cause
! moisture to congeal.
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SHOOTS 200 YARD “ACE”
SALT LAKE CITY, July 28, (/P)—
The first hole-in-one ever made
on the fourth hole at the Nibley
golf course has been made by Ward
Thorp, who used a No. 8 iron to
drive the ball 200 yards into the
cup.
MALONE, N. Y., July 30, —The
grand jury considering the cause
of disorders growing out of prohi
bition raids at Alexandria Bay, has
reported and returned no indict
ments.
The report “forcibly condemned
the action on the part of certain
citizens of Alexandria Bay for their
i flagrant interference with Feder
al officers in the execution of their
duty.”
The jury concluded taking tes
timony a few days ago regarding a
near riot two weeks ago when pro
hibition agents raided several es
tablishmets in the fashionable
Thousand Islands colony.
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Morning service.
You are welcome to these ser
vices.
The pastor in Seward will con
1 duct the evening service at Jesse
j Lee Home at 7:30 p. m. The people
I of Seward are welcome to attend.
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Alaskan
Airways
Serve all of Interior Alaska
Weekly schedules from Anchorage with U. S. Mail
For rates, information, etc., see
Elwyn Swetmann, Seward Representative
Clark Bassett, Manager Anchorage Base
K. K. Kate, Seattle agent, 16 Ray Street
McGee Airways
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Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks Air Service
AT YOUR SERVICE ANYTIME
Rates: Seward to Anchorage $15; Seward to Fairbanks
$65. Tejn per cent less on round trip fares.
(Joy hops, 3 passengers, $5 each, 30 minutes flying)
FAST
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Airplane service to all parts of Alaska
COMFORTABLE CABIN PLANES
LIBERTY THEATRE
Saturday 8 o’clock (P.M.) Sunday 7:30
'Blonde Crazy'
an 8-reel feature with a misleading name—Not q|
story of sex, but a very clever one showing
— SWINDLERS — SWINDLING — SWINDLERS —
Something not seen before. Full of laughs and tense
situations. A brilliant production, both in tricks
and schemes and acting.
With it we have also an unusual two-reel comedy
“RELATIVES AND RELATIVITY”
Also an interesting News reel
MOTORSHIP DISCOVERER
Next Sailing out of Seward on August 9
Sails from S e w a r d every two weeks for
' Anchorage and Cook Inlet ports. Phone 111,
Anchorage, for schedules and rates.
Capt. Heinie Berger, Master
The Alaska Railroad
(mt. mckinley park route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Thursday 6:30 p. m. Each Friday 9:00 a. m,
Each Friday 6:30 p. m. Each Saturday 7:30 a. m.
Mixed train from Anchorage and intermediate points
arrives each Wednesday p. m. Mixed train for An
chorage and intermediate points leaves not earlier
than 10:00 a. m. each Saturday. The Friday morn
ing train connects with the gas car at Anchorage,
making no stops between Anchorage and Fairbanks
and arrives at Fairbanks at 5 a. m. Saturday carrying
passengers, express, mail and perishables.
Mixed train carries a coach and handles passengers
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
Sailing for Nushagak and way-ports Aug. 8
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
ADMIRAL LINE SAILINGS
SEATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
NEW YORK
Leaves Seattle
Watson .
Evans .
Watson .
Evans .
Watson.
Leave Seward
Watson .
.Evans .
Watson.
Evans .
Watson .
North
July 20
Aug. 3
Aug. 10
Aug. 24
. Aug. 31
South
. Aug. 1
Aug. 15
. Aug. 22
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Wayne Blue, Agent.
Phones
Main 81, Madison 40
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
Leave
Seattle
Leave
Seward
steamer—
#YUKON.JULY 30 AUG. 5
ALEUTIAN.AUG. 6 AUG. 12
YUKON.AUG. 13 AUG. 19
ALEUTIAN.AUG. 20 AUG. 26
ALASKA .— SEPT. 3 SEPT. 9
♦YUKON .AUG. 27 SEPT- 2
YUKON.SEPT. 10. SEPT. 16
ALASKA.. SEPT. 17 SEPT- 24
YUKON .SEPT. 24 OCT. I
Sailings marked (*) connect with steamer Starr
at Seward. All Sailings from Seattle at 9 a. m.
on dates shown.
J. H. FLICKINGER. Agent
Alaska Steamship Co