Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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SUPER-THRILLS FOR TOURISTS
Possibly the most insinuating lure to be offered sightseeking tourists
on the American continent is the announcement of direct regular air
plane service between Seward, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,
Katmai. Aniakchak, Shislialden and Pavloff volcanoes.
The Alaskan Airways, Inc., are the initiators of this remark
able service.
Leading the Alaskan Airways service are the pioneer aces of Alas
ka airservice, Matt A. Nieminen and Harry Blunt, both of whose names
are synonymous with the highest skill in the service.
Thus Alaska should be the mecca for those who seek enjoyment
coupled with thrills, the marvel of which cannot be duplicated any
where on earth.
If the tourist chooses, he may be set down at historical Kodiak Is
land; at any point in the near Aleutians; soar over majestic mountain
ranges, viewing the brobdenagian playground of Vulcan in the mar
velous volcanic chain of the Alaska Peninsula. Pie may see the halibut
fleets out in the farflung Pacific, like toys riding the crest of the waves,
follow a whaling ship and witness from the air the battle with monster
leviathans as they are harpooned- Then out over the Seward Penin
sula. with its quaint Eskimo villages, herds of reindeer, and on to Si
beria, back to Nome, up the mighty Yukon, via Dawson, to be set down
where a palatial ocean liner awaits them.
This indicates the remarkable strides that have been made in Al
askan aviation, and the service enjoys the distinction of having been
developed by the men who pioneered the North by air and have con
quered.
TRANSFERENCE OF ROAD ACTIVITIES
While several incidents have occurred within recent months to, in
a measure encourage belief that the proposed transferrence of the ac
tivities of the Alaska Road Commission from the War Department to
the Interior Department, is the result of competition with the Alaska
Railroad over the Richardson Highr ay, the proposed change is nothing
new. It was broached in 1922 in Anchorage, when engineers of the
Alaska Engineering Commission brought pressure to bear on Washing
ton to have these activities transferred to the Alaska Engineering Com
mission. The argument presented at the time was the unnecessary dup
lication of activities which could be more efficiently handled by the En
gineering Commission. And again, that the primary program of read
building was directed to providing feeders for the railroad- In fact,
during Colonel J. G. Steese's incumbency, road building was always
spoken of as ultimate feeders to the railroad.
Without going into the matter of efficiency or lack of it under War
Department direction, and considering the matters solely as it relates to
economy, it cannot be denied that the abolition of this duplication of
activities would be in line with the avowed policy of the Administration
at Washington, to pare down expenses of governmental operations by
eliminating all unneccessary bureaus. Thus it cannot be said that the
movement is directed solely to Alaska.
Then there is the question or ultimate results. As announced re
cently. there will be no road construction by the Alaska Road Commission
during the present fiscal year. The eight hundred odd thousand dol
lars will be expended for maintenance. Thus the only immediate effect
visible is the shuffling of the personnel of the Alaska Road Commission
and transferring a portion of it to the Interior Department. How this
will effect the Commission with respect to numbers cannot be compu
tated at the present time.
Assuming that the primary desire for roads, it seems logical that if
a saving may be gained by consolidation of the activities of the twTo de
partments. it should result also in getting more roads than can be built
at present with appropriations too small to allow of new construction.
It is also reasonable to believe that the proposed change has to do
with the railroad and its success- If by this consolidation it will be pos
sible to improve and extend road facilities to regions calculated to supply
freight business to the railroad, it will come as a stimulus to the zone
under the influence of the railroad. If primary direction is under the
control of the railroad bureau, it is reasonable to believe that this step
looking to connecting mining regions with the railroad and thus making
it possible to develop the lodes and placers will be the first taken.
It is known that many roads building under set programs covering a
number of years, and based upon the distribution of annual appropri
ations, cannot hope to be completed and made serviceable for many
years to come.
Science announces that it is only the female mosquito which bites
It is singular that the announcement comes simultaneously with Wall
Street sugar daddies side-stepping their Tootsie Wootsie.
As an evidence of a willingness to practice economy, Congressmen
have ceased, telling the newsboys to keep the change in buying a penny
paper.
Now that a controversy has arisen between the medical fraternity
over the fatal effects of radium water treatment we look for McBride,
Cannon & Wilson, Ltd., to file a protest against this method of get
ting “lit up.”
Healy River Coal
Economical Dependable
Safe
FREE FROM SOOT
GRADED TO SUIT EVERY NEED
PRICED TO SUIT EVERY PURSE
Mealy River Coal Corp.
HOME OFFICE: ANCHORAGE. ALASKA *
NORTH STAR COMING
HERE TO LOAD GOAL
The U. S. Bureau of Indian Af
fairs new $400,000 motorship North
Star, which was recently complet
ed in Seattle shipyards, is under
going test voyages to determine hei
fitness for cruises in the rigorous
waters of the Arctic.
The first sailing of the vessel
from Seattle will be on May 31, foi
Wrangell, Juneau and Seward. She
will come to Seward to load 1,00(
tons of Matanuska coal for deliv
ery in the Bristol Bay district. An
other trip will be made by the
North Star following her return tc
Seattle and the vessel will agair
call at Seward and load 600 tom
of Matanuska coal for Kodiak anc
Belkofsky.
The second sailing will be made
out of Seattle about August 1 anc
besides Kodiak and Belkofsky, the
vessel will visit Dutch Harbor, St
Lawrence Island, St. Michael, Nome
and Point Barrow. The vessel wil
return to Seattle about Decembe:
10 from the second voyage.
On this latter voyage, the Nortl
Star will take about 2.000 reindee:
carcasses to Seattle from Sewarc
Peninsula districts.
“BABE” WILL RETURN
ALASKA NEAR FUT1
; The genial “Babe” Hayes is stil
keeping up his batting average ir
boosting Alaska. He is in Seattle
much improved in health, but witl
the advent of spring weather hi
is feeling the impelling urge to re
turn to the Northland.
When you see “Babe” talkinj
to someone he is either visitinj
with a “sourdough” or boostini
Alaska to some prospective visito:
to the North. You will find him a
the dock when there is an arriving
or departing Alaska boat meetin!
old friends and making new ones
Each boat that leaves for th<
westward is weakening the resist'
ancje of Alaska’s renowned goo(
will ambassador, and in the clas
sical expression of the seafaring
man, it is thought that “Babe’
will “shove off” before long.
ONE DAY ONLY
Monday, May 16, will be a specia
day for anyone desiring to savi
money in the cleaning of tliei
clothing. On that day only, all or
ders will be accepted at one-hal
the regular rate.
SEWARD STEAM LAUNDR1
m lypTELs
SEWARD—Mike Deegan, Anchor
age; Frank Knight, Anchorage; W.
G. Culver, Anchorage; A. A. Lewis,
Anchorage; Augustine Bauer.
OVERLAND — Donald D. Davis;
Dan McMillan, Moose Pass; A. M.
Hunter; Gust Brisnell.
VAN GILDER—Mrs. H. O. White,
Matanuska; B. C. Elmes, Anchor
age.
Mrs. James Hawkins, wife of a
local Signal Corps member, and
! child were outgoing passengers on
the SS Yukon Friday. Mrs. Haw
kins is gonig to California where
she will visit with her mother.
i A Standard Oil tanker arrived in
> port Friday with a cargo for the
l local Standard Oil plant.
1 The Bureau of Fisheries boat
1 Kittiwake, which patrols the wa
! ters of the Prince William Sound
• district, arrived in Seward Friday
: afternoon. Captain Crawford is in
l command of the vessel.
Some of the material to be used
[ in the construction of the new
. Federal building at Fairbanks ar- j
j rived from the South on the SS |
I Yukon.
Because of inclement weather
last evening, the dance given in
the I. O. O. F. hall was rather poor
, ly attended.
SCRATCH PADS, various sizes;
good bond. Just the thing for busi
l ness houses, restaurants, students,
i and offices. 15c per pound. Call
, at The Gateway office.
i
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. A. D. Harerstock
> PHYSICIAN and SURGKON
r _Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
' ATTORNEY AT LAW
Seward. Alaiaa
k FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
1 Curtis R. Morford
j AGENT
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Attorney-at-Law Notary Public
1 Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
r Phone Madlgon 108—Tecklenherg Bldg.
r Donohue & Dimond
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
. OFFICES
VALDEZ AND CORDOVA
Alaskan Airways
Serve All Interior Alaska
Weekly Schedules from Anchorage with U. S. Mail
For Information, rates, etc., see—
Elwyn Swetmann
SEWARD REPRESENTATIVE PLANE BASED HERE
CLARK BASSETT
Manager
ANCHORAGE BASE
KARL K. KATZ
Seattle Representative
16 RAY STREET
FLY WITH
FRANK DORBANDT
(1,825 Flying Hours in Alaska)
OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY OUT OF SEWARD
FLYING THE FINEST OF EQUIPMENT
FAST
SAFE
Fly With the
NORTHERN AIR TRANSPORT, INC.
NOME AND FAIRBANKS
WRITE OR WIRE
Airplane Service to All Parts of Alaska
COMFORTABLE CABIN PLANES
john e.
WHITE and CO.
Hisfh Grade Line oi
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
LIBERTY THEATRE
SATURDAY 8 P. M.SUNDAY 7:30 P. M.
A SPECIAL CAST HEADED BY
PAUL LUKAS
IN THE FINE STORY OF CITY LIFE
‘The Vice Squad’
AN EIGHT-REEL FEATURE THAT IS FAR BETTER
THAN ITS NAME SIGNIFIES.
Not a Sex Story, But a Fine Drama. Wonderfully Acted.
An Intensely Interesting Play That Will Hold Your
Attention Every Minute. Something Extra
Good With a Start and Finish Unique.
*****
WITH IT THERE WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONALLY
INTERESTING PICTORIAL REEL.
A NEWS REEL AND A LOONEY TUNE
The Alaska Railroad
(Ml McKinley Park Route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Friday 6:30 p. m. Each Saturday 7:30 a. m.
Fairbanks and way points.
Mixed train from Anchorage and intermediate points ar
rives each Wednesday p. m
Mixed train for Anchorage and intermediate points leaves
not earlier than 10:00 a. m. each Saturday.
Mixed train carries a coach and handles passengers.
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
Sailing to Nushagak Wayports leaving Seward May 16
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
Seward, Alaska
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
Wayne Blue, Agent
Office in Arcade Building. Phone, Main 81
Dollar Steam
ship Line from
Vessel
Leaves Arrives Leaves
Seattle Seward Seward
Pacific Coast
ports to New
York via Pana
ma Canal.
_J
Evans .May 11
Watson ..May 18
Evans .June 1
May 18 May 23
May 25 May 30
June 8 June 13
June 15 June 20
Agent
Watson ..June 8
WAYNE BLUE,
iiiiiiiiiiiimimi
Passenger accommodations on all
Admiral Line vessels have been
* completely and materially improved.
' You will find them very attractive
and comfortable.
Steamer—
Leave
Seattle
Leave
Seward
ALASKA... May 14
YUKON.. May 21
ALASKA.. May 28
* YUKON. June 4
ALEUTIAN. June 10
YUKON... June 18
ALEUTIAN.. June 25
#YUKON.. July 2
ALEUTIAN... July 9
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
9 p.m.
9 pan.
9 p.m.
9p-m.
9 p.m.
9 pan.
9 pan.
Sailings marked (*) connect with steamer Starr
at Seward. All Sailings from Seattle at 9 a. m.
on dates shown.
J. H. FLICKINGER. Agent