Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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WAS IT MERELY A GESTURE?
Several months ago announcement was made to the
effect that the Coast Guard Service would be extended*
to the western waters of Alaska, winter and summer, I
with a cutter operating out of Seward to patrol the most
dangerous waters of the world — those between Prince
William Sound and the Alaska Peninsula.
Which sets one to \Vondering if the promise was sim- j
ply a gesture or if it will be confirmed this winter.
Sagas have been written of the Newfoundland and
New England fishermen and their heroism at sea- One
only needs to travel the waters of the North Pacific, gain
a close-up of the lives of the men who battle it in the har
vest of the sea food so necessary to the nation's well-being
to set aside the traditions of the East, hedged as they are
by multiple safeguards and close contact with ocean lanes,
traversed by many ships and guarded by cutters.
ALASKA AND THE PHILIPPINES
Alaska has a population of approximatley 59,000; the
the Philippines, 10,350,640!
Alaska’s area is 590,884 square miles; the Philippines,
114,400 square miles!
There are hundreds upon hundreds of islands in Al
aska but in the Philippines there are 7,083!
I n Alaska there are a couple of dozen different dia
lect-, but in the Philippines there are between 35 |to 51
spoken!
While there are millions of natives in the Philippines,
Asiatics in blood, color and inclinations, there are only a
few thousand whites, probably about the same percentage
as in Alaska.
Like Alaska, the Philippines wants the government
to extend every aid for development but unlike Alaska
frowns upon taxation. In other words our little brown
brothers want the whole d-works but are unwilling to
reciprocate. However, this attitude may have been in
jected by the politicians which over-run the islands in a
mad dance for powder and riches. They have trained the
Filipinos to clamor for independence and have made a
good job of it; this can be likened, to a great extent, in
training the Alaska Eskimo for independency; to set up
an independent government in northern Alaska.
The politicians, according to Author Harry L. Foster
of “A Beachcomber in the Orient/’ have led the natives to
believe independence means abolition of all taxes; the
islands are self-supporting but pay the United States gov
ernment no dividends. Our view of the Philippine situa
tion is that the United States should get rid of the islands;
there is nothing in common between Asiatic and Western
blood and certainly so with the Filipinos who have been
playing Uncle Sam for a “sap” these many years.
Alaska has been paying enormous dividends for many
years yet the development extended by the Federal gov
ernment has been pitifully small.
The evolutionists are still puzzled as to why man once
hopped about on all foul’s and had a prehensile tail. It
took all of these things to get through traffic when Pith
ecanthorpus drove dinosaurs.
Alaska coal shipped to Westward canneries during
the past summer met with much favor from the stand
point of quality and price. Where hundreds of tons were
sold last season thousands of tons of Alaska coal will un
doubtedly be purchased for next season’s fish packing in
dustry providing the coal operators are on their toes.
If the unemployment situation has had no other ef
fect it has answered the question: “How you going to keep
’em down on the farm?”
National Editorial Association
IMPRESSIVE RITES FOR
FATHER WOODLEY HELD
IN ANCHORAGE TUESDAV
Impressive rites for the late Fa
ther George H. Woodley were held
in the Holy Family church at An
chorage Tuesday at 9:30 o’clock,
after which the remains were
placed on the Alameda to begin the
long journey to Long Island where
interment will be made in the fam
ily plot in Calvary cemetery.
The rites consisted of Solemn
Requim High Mass, followed by
Solemn Blessing. Participating were
Father Francis Menager, S. J., cele
brant; Father A. S. Eline, S. J.,
deacon; ather G. J. Dane, S. J.,
subdeacon; Bro. Martial Lapeyre,
S. J., master of ceremonies; Brother
G. J. Feltes, S. J., censer bearer;
Eugene Pastro and Denny Kraft,
acolytes.
Arthur Woodley, brother of the
deceased, arrived on the train last
night with the body and will ac
company the remains to the place
of interment.
Major J. C. Breitling, commander
of Chilkoot Barracks, who left Sew
ard on October 21 for a moose hunt
in the lower Kenai Lake country,
returned to Seward from his hunt
yesterday. Major Breitling was suc
cessful in bagging a good size moose
and the horns were on display in
the McMullen’s store. Major Breit
ling departed on the SS Alameda
today.
W. A. Vinal, Commissioner of Sel
do via, was an arrival on the train
last night from Anchorage and
left on the Alameda today for the
States. Commissioner Vinal went
to Anchorage on the motorship
Princess Pat from Seldovia. Dur
ing Commissioner Vinal’s absence
Ralph Anderson will be acting com
missioner at Seldovia. '
Rev. Wm. McMillan, S. J., of St.
Joseph’s Church at Cordova, Alaska,
who has been in Seward for a num
ber of days, departed for the In
terior on today’s train. He will re
main in Anchorage and Fairbanks
for a couple of weeks and will then
return to Seward enroute to Cor
dova.
The regular passenger train left
this morning for the Interior.
Mrs. Harold Sogn left for An
chorage on this morning’s train.
She will visit with her parents who
reside in the Inlet city.
Murle Trevethan, who has been
with the Forestry service thruout
the summer, left on the SS Ala
meda for the states.
Charles Diamond, of Anchorage,
is a visitor in town, having arrived
in Seward on last night’s train. He
accompanied Arthur Woodley to
Seward with the repains of the
late Father Woodley.
REWARD
For information leading to the
arrest or conviction of anyone who
is scattering nails and tacks on the
city streets.
D. C- BROWNELL, Mayor.
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His Giggle and Funny Antics Are Shown to the
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