Icnwrii Pailt) Mfluaij
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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A REGRETTABLE ACCIDENT
There is little- one can say regarding the unfortunate
accident which befell Pilot Merill’s plane yesterday morn
ing on the local aviation field excepting a costly lesson
was learned—keep autos off the field. Mr. Merrill knows
how badly everyone felt; the enthusiasm of welcoming
him to Seward ov6r-ran ordinary good judgment. All
were so happy to see him and his plane that little thought
of the danger of the standing autos was even remotely
suggested.
We're sorry, Merrill old boy, awfully sorry!
CAUSE FOR GRATEFULLNESS
The editor of this paper could say much in appre
ciation to the Volunteer Fire Department members for
saving the family home Saturday afternoon. Their skill
ful handling of the blaze— which everyone admits was a
bad one—was not particularly spectacular from any other
fire which has occured in the city, and was fought with
the same fury as any other. And as the majority of the
citizens of the city know, it would be difficult to find a
more efficient organization, in a town of this size, than
what Seward can well boast of.
The siren blew and hardly before it’s echoes had died,
the engine and members were on the job. Spectators, and
there were many of them, believed the home was lost.
Flames were shooting thru the roof and smoke in billows
rolling skywards. In 15 minutes the department had the
fire out, and considering the extent of the blaze, with,
little damage apparantly, and that confined to one room
on the second floor.
But the message The Gateway would like to get over
is this; little fear should be felt by residents of Seward,
from fire, as long as we have an organization such as the
present one.
“I never dreamed I would attain such heights/’ remark
ed a local resident yesterday, after coming back to terra
firma fololwing a flight in Merrill’s “sky-scraper,”
If we had known there would have been such a back
fire from the Richardson editorial Saturday we never
would have written it. By back-fire we mean of course,
the fire at the editor’s home.
Rabbit fur is known by 75 different trade names. And
none of them is rabbit.
WtEJt
Buick for 1928 gets away in traffic like
an arrow from a bow! %
Watch the Buicks next time you drive
downtown. See how easily they step out%
in front when the signal changes. And
note how' they give other cars the slip
in the friendly rivalry of traffic.
You cannot say you know the full
meaning of “performance” until you’ve
driven a Buick for 1920.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICH.
Division of General Motors Corporation
SIND POINT LID SEES
HIS FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
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In this day and age it seems odd
that there are still some people in
this little old world who have not
yet seen a locomotive or train, yet
to the westward of Seward there are
a number of such folk, mostly chil
dren One of them is in Seward at
the present time; Emil Gunderson,
is the lad’s name and Saturday night,
the arrival of the passenger train
from the Interior, was an event he
will never forget. He did not know,
he savs, what it was at first. End!
is the son of E. Gundersen, Sand
Point fisherman, and was born and
raised out thete. He came to Sew
ard to have his tonsils removed by
Dr. Alcorn and is leaving for home
on the S. S, Starr. The arrival of
the plane did not startle him much
for he had previously glimpsed the
planes of the world-fliers as they
winged their way towards the Orient.
DELEGATES ELECTED
NEW YORK, Mar. 12. (^—Repub
lican state committee elected unani
mously Slate of Delegates at large j
to the coming national convention, j
which was ratified by county chair
men meeting, month and a half ago.
The owls were hooting again last
night, but instead of this meaning
cold weather The Gateway is in
formed it is a sign of milder weath
er, rain or snow.
Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Wilson ’ a *e j
among those awaiting in the city
the departure Westward of the S. S.
Starr. Dr. Wilson is from Seattle
and will disembark at Dnalask.i.
They are guests at the Van Gilder
hotel. - i
It is reported the piledriver, which j
the steamer Starr is towing to Tutka j
Bay, capsized the other day. .V, de- J
lay occured while it was righted, j
Wni. Patterson, local taxi man, re- j
turned Saturday !': n Southeastern
Alaska.
Chas, Goodall, Cordova lumber man j
who arrived in to ':. Saturday, de-j
parted for Anchorage today. He re-j
turns Saturday enroute to the srate
vray of the copper country.
TJie southbound list of reservations [
on the S. S. Yukon is omitted today
owing' to an oversight. It will he
published tomorrow. n
Gii;j Manthey, locnl resident, tie :
parted for Latouclie Saturday.
| A bridge crew is at present tear- j
| ing down girders and doing other j
j work on the bridges preparatory to!
; liking in during the coming spring,;
j
I near Seward.
| Wm. C. Cunningham, secretary and
treasurer of the Anchorage Air
Transportation, arrived in Seward J
Saturday from Anchorage and is re
maining over, assisting Pilot Merrill
repairing the plane.
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! R. H. Chadwick, famous elastic!
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j salesman for the U. S. Rubber Co., j
: bounced off the Interior train Satur-!
j day after a two-weeks record break- !
ing sale of commodities to merchants
all along the line. “Never had such.
a fine trip,” he snapped peppily, as
he rubbered out of the Van Gilder
lobby.
Frye-Bruhn’s Baby Beef i
celled.
unex>
BUYS MORE EQUIPMENT
A complete transmitting set was
j puichased in the States during the
! recent trip outside, by Adam Lipke,
om ner of the Seldovia wireless sta
tion, who, accompanied by his charm
ing wife, returned. Saturday on the
S S. Yukon. Mr. Lipke stated to
uted to be in direct com
munication with the Seward ' Army
radio station in May. During their
stay in the city they are registered
r.t the Van Gilder hotel.
1
The S. S. Alameda, which was an
nounced, at Seattle, would soon re
eflter the Southeastern and South
western Alaska run, following, com
pletion of overhauling, will run to
Southeastern Alaska and not to this
port this summer, announces the lo
cal steamship office.
Jack Tansy, fishery commissioner,
Cook Inlet,' returned Saturday from ^
Anchorage. He goes to Seldovia oh
the next sailing of the S. S. Starr.
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
Frank Lloyd, the director who made “The Sea Hawk,” has pro
duced another masterpiece of the old buccaneer days.
‘‘The Eagle of
The Sea ”
A stupendous eight-reel spectacle of the final raids of
CAPTAIN SAZARAC THE LAST FAMOUS
PIRATE TO OPERATE IN AMERICAN
WATERS
Historically correct both as to the great ship made for this
movie and to the incidents and equipment New Orleans and the
coast in 1820—Spanish galleons—American merchantmen—
Pirate ships—all form the setting for this thrilling picture.
RICARDO CORTEZ makes a wonderful pirate
Florence Vidor a fascinating heroine
The Pirate and his crew attend a masked ball in New Orleans
and are there discovered which starts a series of thrilling scenes
leading up to the great climax
H A story untold, H
p Of days of old,
% H When yellow gold,
And maidens sold,
1| Lured Pirates bold, P
To seize and hold,
Is, “The Eagle of tne Sea.” p
A smashing picture of the kind of story that makes you read
all night through
And an interesting Pathe News
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Gabriel Santos
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Open Day and Night
Private Boxes
Proprietor and Chef |
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Henry Coulliard
$2000
Worth $5,000
Moose Pass
20 acres cleared; 7 acres under cultivation
Includes horse and barn, cattle, three head of
horse, 200 chickens, impliments of all kinds; in
fact everything on the farm.
160 ACRES PATENTED IN 1927
Reason: 111 health necessitates this sale