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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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URGENT NEEDS OF NAVIGATION
DEFORE any permanent policy with respect to Coast
Guard cutters and light house tenders is decided upon
due consideration should be given to the question of the
question of economy and navigation hazards in the vari
ous districts of Alaska.
While it is natural that all points of settlement are
desirous of securing the material aid contributed by Coast
Guard and other government vessels stationed in Alaskan
waters, all claims should be based upon the exigencies of
the situation. In this respect Seward has the strongest
claim for recognition because of its centrally located posi
tion in a district most in need of aid for shipping. There
are approximately 200 halibut boats operating annually
banks off the Central Western Alaskan coast, with
a greater number of like craft as well as large liners op
erating further westward. These vessels are constantly
facing hazard because the aids to navigation supplied to
the southeastern coast, and which are ample, such as
light houses, radio stations and other markings and essen
tials to safety, have not been extended to the waters of
the western district. All calls for aid from Coast Guard
vessels come from these western waters. A difference of
two or three hundred miles, which a cutter would be com
pelled to travel if called upon for aid in these waters,
will defeat the very purpose for which these craft are sup
plied.
Aside from large liners plying to Nome in summer,
all navigation to Alaska is through land-locked waters
until the Gulf of Alaska is reached. There Is no material
number of small craft operating in the gulf. The small
fleets which are compelled to operate in open waters are
to be found west of the gulf with the major portion work
ing from Seward westward. Thus any claim for cutters
to be stationed on what is practically the extreme east
ern edge of the danger zone has no merit to recommend
it. On the contrary, Western Alaska is sorely in need
of this protection if development of a great and prolific
section is to be considered. Each year this need for aids
to navigation becomes more urgent. This year sees ef
forts being directed to the propagation of- sheep and cat
tle on the islands of the Aleutian chain. Until this busi
ness increases to a point where large liners are required
all travel must be by small craft plying the most danger
ous waters of the world, where lighthouses, buoys, etc.,
are few and where at any moment life and property may
be jeopardized.
Seward has a fine harbor for large vessels; once the
shelter harbor is constructed for the halibut fleet there
will be even larger fleets operating in Western Alaskan
waters. Seward has a fuel station and every facility for
serving the needs of large and small craft. It is the dis
tributing point for a large volume of business to the West
ward, which is rapidly developing into a rich district. This
development will increase as aids to navigation increase.
Indications are that the Kennecitt Copper Corporation
will shortly begin exploration of big copper deposits on
the Alaska Peninsula, which will serve to increase the lit
toral of western waters, including the plying of big liners.
To safeguard this shipping a Coast Guard cutter should
have its base at Seward, the distributing point of the Sig
nal Service and terminus of the cable system; it should
have a lighti house tender and many material essentials to
making navigation of these waters safe. Its claims are
based solely upon these facts, and we believe that when
Washington considers them it will not be hard to arrive
at a decision.
HOTEL
OVERLAND
MEL A. HORNER
Manager
SEWARD ALASKA
On the Main Street
The substance of a telegram receiv
ed at Cordova last week from Dele
gate Dan Sutherland in response to
the Cordova Chamber of Commerce
petition to the Alaska representative
to Congress asking him to use his in
fluence in having Cordova designated
as the home port for one of the Alaska
revenue cutters, is that Cordova may
possibly be made headquarters. One
of the cutters now under construction,
when completed, will be placed on pa
trol duty between Cape St. Elias and
Kodiak for the purpose of aiding ships
in distress during the stormy seasons
in the spring, fall and winter.
NEW STUDY PREDICTED
l SEATTLE, July 8. (/P)—The pro
gress of civilization through the
study of geography was predicted by
Ernest E. Holmes, of the State Nor
mal School at Lewiston, Idaho, in an
address today before the National
Council of Geography Teachers of
the National Education Association.
VETERANS BUREAU WORK
UNDER ALASKAN POSTS
Representatives of the U. S. Vet
erans Bureau will be designated
throughout the Territory in accord
with the request made by the last
Alaska Legislature. It is expected
that this work will be carried on
through American Legion posts in
Alaska. An officer of the Seattle
district has been authorized to make
a trip to the Territory to study the
situation for the purpose of making
contacts with and to instruct examin
ers, . to inspect, local medical facili
ties in the various communities, and
to make special investigatons on in
dividual cases in which the Veterans
Bureau may render aid. Funds for
this purpose are now available.
“Golf clubs and balls; just re
ceivel. The course is open, see
Urbach.”
DANCE
TOMORROW
Admission Charge: Men :
75c; Ladies 25c i
MUSIC BY
THE JOLLY THREE
ODD FELLOWS
HALL
I
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
The Intense Drama
“Little Irish Girl”
with
DOLORES COSTELLO and JOHN HARRON
in the leads
A great play of grafters beaten at their own game
Exciting and full of action—Something you are
bound to enjoy
Full of comical situations
And with it there will be a great juvenile two-reel
Comedy
“BACHELORS’ BABIES’’
A laugh from end to end
THE K. & M. STORE
3 K. & M. STORE has bought the entire stock of
Felix Brown of Anchorage.
This line of goods includes all brands of Chippewa
and Hornbill Shoes
Patrick’s Duluth Wood Shirts and Blazers—the
best on the market
Shirts.
WE ARE SLASHING THE PRICES ON THESE
GOODS, SO AS TO HAVE ROOM FOR OUR
NEW STOCK
YOU CAN SAVE FROM
25 TO! PEI CENT
ON THIS WONDERFUL LINE — TAKE NOTE
OF OUR REGULAR ADD TODAY
HEW CUTTER NORTHLAND
SAILS FROM BALBOA
SEATTLE, July 8. (£*)—'The new
iteel Coast Guard vessel Northland,
vhich will make an Arctic cruise this
summer, replacing the Bear, is re
)orted as sailing from Balboa June
!0 for San Francisco. This is expect
ed to place the Northland in San Fran
:isco July 12 and at Seattle July 17.
She: “Do you still run around with
hat good looking blonde?”
"He: “Why, you know she’s mar
led now.”
She: “Answer my question.”
IN FLYING INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, July 8. (^P)—A list
of municipal army and navy airports
shows that New York ranks very low
in the flying industry. The State of
California, with more than a hundred
air fields, leads the United States.
Chicago, with six municipal air ports,
is high in the list of cities.
Frye Bruhn handles nothing but
the VERY BEST.
Ask for the film In the yell w box.
Eastman’s Films. Schallerer’s Alaska
Shop.