Primrose Inn
MILE 18—End of Seward-Lake Kenai Highway
Chicken Dinner Dancing Refreshments Lunches
Ail the atmosphere of Alaska expressed in real Alaska
style. Enjoy your leisure here. Clean and pleasant.
PHONE 1-SHORT, 1 LONG. DORIS LEE, PROP.
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Thursday 6:30 p. m. Each Friday 9:00 a. m. Mc
Kinley Park and way points.
Each Friday 6:30 p. m. Each Saturday 7:30 a. m. Fair
banks 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.
Alaskan Airways Inc.
Fly With the Mail on Weekly Schedule
To All Interior Points
It is to your advantage to make arrangements for trip
after seeing our pilots:
JOE CROSSON MATT A. NIEMINEN
NOEL WEIN
Anchorage, Alaska
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
Next Westward Sailing July 11
SAN JAUN FISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
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1
Leaves
Travel by the
Dollar Steam
ship Line from
Pacific Coast
ports to New
Vessel Seattle
Evans July 1
Watson July 15
Arrives South
Sewrd Seward
July 8 July 13
July 22 July 27
York via Pana
ma Canal.
\ essela southbound connect with
trains on the dates shown.
Paaaenger aerommodationa an all
Admiral Line veaaela have be«a cam
p lately and materially Improved. Tan
j will find them vary attractive aad
j comfortable.
FINEST ’
STEAMERS
\wA-vw A
LARGEST
^FLEET
Steamer
Lvs. Seattle
Northbound
Lvs. Seward
Southbound
YUKON .July 4
ALEUTIAN .July 11
YUKON .July 18
ALEUTIAN .July 25
YUKON .Aug. 1
ALEUTIAN .Aug. 8
YUKON.Aug. 15
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
Aug.
Aug.
7
14
Aug. 21
Denali sails July 10
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9 p.m.
9 p. m.
9 p.m.
9 p. m.
9 p. m
9 p. m.
9 p. m.
R. A. Hall, Acting Agent
PHONE MAIN 125
I
Alaska Steamship Co.
Phone for Horluck’s Danish Ice
Cream and we will deliver. Candjr
Cottage.
The much discussed book—“The
Well of Lonliness” now available
at the Alaska Shop.
Editor, The Gateway.
Dear S'r:
Your editorial on the subject of
revenue derived from the sale of
the fur seal skins from the Prib
ilof Islands, in the issue of June
26. 1931, gives the general reader
a wrong impression, in that there
has been no revenue from the sale
of seal pelts since about 1925.
When Herb Hoover was Secre
tary of Commerce he so misman
aged the seal herds that there
has been a heavy annual loss, and
about which he issued grossly un
truthful statements to the public.
In 1925 Secretary Hoover sold
25,395 fur seal skins for $713,
276.28. But it cost the government
$718,225.29 to take and dispose of
these skins. Thus Mr. Hoover ac
tually cost the government $5„
000 in round numbers more than
he got for them.
Not only did the government
lose $719,000 in round numbers,
but about $5,000 additional. (See
page 178, Secretary’s report.)
Hoover’s juggling of figures in
his report as so much revenue de
rived for the public treasury ac
tually so fooled the new Governor
of Alaska, that in his first annual
report for 1925, makes the follow
ing absurd request:
“The revenue derived from the
sale of seal skins for 1925 was
more than $700,000; at least 50
per cent of this should be allotted
to the Territory.”
Little did George Parks know of
the truth in the report, and has
been trying hard ever since to for
get he made so foolish a request
for some of “Hoover’s seal skin
revenues.”
If Judge Wickersham wants to
tie into this he has his work cut
out. Will he also please remem
ber that the sea otter has been
a private graft of the Bureau of
Fisheries for a quarter of a cen
tury? The Eskimos tell me that
they have increased until they are
as thick as lice in Egypt now.
A READER.
BENNY GOT A DRAW
Benny Benson, Seward high
; school youth and designer of the
! Territorial flag, went to a draw
I with his opponent on the An
j chorage smoker card, July 3. Ben
gave a good account of himself
I and looks like good material for
: some manager.
Fred Fairman won his fight
i and Porter also won his bout.
TIE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, July 6. (A5;—Friday’s
j stock quotations:
I Alaska Juneau . 12%
| American Can .114
Bancorporation . 18
I Cities Service . 12%
j Consolidated Gas . 99%
! Zellerbach . 3
; Durant Motors . 1%
General Motors . 39 %
Goldman . 6%
International Telephone . 367/8
Kennecott Copper . 22%
Lehigh .No Sale
Radio . 21
Richfield . 1%
Standard Oil of N. J. 39 %
Carbide . 54 %
Union California . 18%
U. S. Steel .105
Standard Oil of Cal. 38%
Standard Oil of N. Y. 17%
The SS Admiral Watson, of the
P. S. S. Co., returned to port Sat
urday morning from Kodiak, con
tinuing on South Sunday evening.
NEW JULY HEAT RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. (A3)—
The mercury sored to 99 here Sat
urday setting a new heat record
for July in the bay district. It
| Was sultry directly after sunrise
and continued very hot and clear
until sundown.
CONTINUES OLD CUSTOM
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. (A3)—
Governor Rolph continued an old
custom out at his house on San
Jose Avenue Saturday night when
he gathered the children of his
neighborhood for the annual 4th
of July fireworks display.
PLANE HERE OVERNIGHT
A Washington-Alaska Airways
plane zoomed down upon Seward
Friday evening at about 10 p. m.,
leaving the next morning at 9
for it’s base at Cordova. Pilot
Gene Meyering was at the con
trols and Frank Wadman, mech
anic. Passengers were Jess Tay
lor, Wm. Nelson, Harry Suther
land and Wm. King. The plane
made Seward in one hour and 20
minutes from Cordova.
CARELESS MOTORISTS?
Complaint is made of speeding
autos far out on the Seward-Lake
Kenai Highway. Several places in
the road are rather narrow and
it is said some drivers do not take
the necessary precaution or use
of common road courtesy in pass
ing other cars.
Paul Buckley, who is interested
in sulphur deposits in the Un
alaska area, accompanied by Mrs.
Buckley, were arrivals on the SS
Starr.
Seattle Ice Cream at ALASKA
SHOP.
Don’t miss the “Talkies!”
HOTEL ATWOOD "
WHERE ALASKANS MEET
1st AVE. & PINE STREET
SEATTLE, WASH.
Rooms Without Bath
From $1.00 Per Day
Rooms With Private Bath
From $2.00 Per Day
Rates by Week or Month
Ted Taylor, Prop.
P. H. McCue, head of the North
western Fisheries of Alaska, pass
ed through Seward Friday en
route to Juneau.
J. M. Bovee, representative of
I the Burroughs Adding Machine,
‘arrived Friday from the Interior
continuing on South on the SS
Aleutian.
NOTICE!
Metaphysical books for sale,
Jessie Wiley, Room 3, over Seward
Grill. Evenings after 8:00 p. m,
Classes In Lessns in Truth Wednes
days 8:00 p. m.
To Russian River
and Return $10
Shoot the famous Schooner
Bend Rapids with two of the
most reliable river-men in
the country!
ANDY SIMON, JACK LEAN
Two of Alaska's best known
guides and big game hunters
Fast speed boats meet par
ties at Mile 18 or La wing.
Comfortable, safe and fast!
THE OUTING SUPERB!
TELEPHONE ANDY
SIMONS, LAKE KE
NAI ANYTIME, DAY
OR NIGHT
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
WINCHESTER FIFTY-FOUR
*$23.50
Here is the rifle bargain of
1931. The regular NRA type solid frame, bolt
action, 5-shot magazine. Tapered 24" bbl. of Winches
ter nickel steel. Gold bead front and two leaf folding rear
Sights. Selected walnut stock with finely checkered pistol grip
and forearm. Swivel eyes for sling strap. Calibre 30/30 only
Perfect for the new hi-speed ctg. Regular retail price $48. We
offer these new guns in original boxes with Win
chester guarantee, at less than half .
Same rifle equipped with Lyman 48 W. receiver sight $10.00
add’l. We ship C. O. D. examination for $5.00 M. O. For cash
in full with order, we pack fine jointed rod free.
BAKER & KIMBALL, INC.
32-A South St. Boston, Mass.
$23.50
ONE OF THE MOST MODERN SHOPS
IN THE TERRITORY!
PLUMBING
TINNING
STEAMFITTING
GENERAL MACHINE
WORK, REPAIRING
AUTO REPAIRING
ACETYLENE AND
ELECTRIC WELDING
FORD AGENT
Agent for The Kohler Automatic Power
and Light Plant
Oils, Greases and Gasoline
Agent and Installing Engineers for Fur
nace Oil Burners
Seward Machine Shop
ALL WORK GUARANTEED — MADISON 56