Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — EitablUhed Aujrurt 19. 1904
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1 WANT TO BUY—WHAT HAVE YOU?
This is the cry of the gold merchant. He is the man
who has successfully mined and marketed gold. His stock
of raw material is being exhausted in the more populous
centers.
Alaska has the gold—placer and quartz. But the
owners of these deposits do not happen to have the money
for its harvesting. • Neither have they the agencies thru
which tc form a liason with the man with the money.
A wise merchant studies his market and stocks his
store with an idea of attracting buyers. He advertises
his wares and endeavors to show the customer that he has
an article he wants.
What is needed most in this portion of Alaska is a
good gold salesman—somebody to go out after customers
who will buy the prospect or finance its development. It
should be a combined selfish and alttruistic effort; selfish
because it will bring prosperity to ah lines of business and
employ labor at good wages; altruistic because it is a com
munity problem. When community problems are solved
they generally rebound to the benefit of everyone.
Ernest Walker Sawyer is just now telling the people
of the States that Alaska is a treasurehouse of wealth. It
is up to each community to give specific details as to what
it has to offer the mine investor.
First a survey of available mineral deposits. Then
an organized movement for telling the mine investor what
awaits him. Don’t let us wait for the Federal govern
. ment to perform a service that is of purely local concern.
A group of live wires, operating along accepted lines,
can attract a large volume of capital to the mineral re
sources surrounding Seward.
The world wants gold. Let’s get busy and ride a re
ceptive market to success.
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Former President Menocal pf Cuba is to have another
term—this time in jail.
PRISON SENTENCES
There is much in the new theory of indeterminate
prison sentences for criminals to commend its wider adop
tion, at least as an experimental measure for the protec
tion of society. The idea is that when convicted of a ser
ious crime the offender should be restrained until he gives
evidence of a genuine intention to be good.
As We understand it, under this plan the criminal
is treated somewhat as an insane person is treated. An
insane person is not sent to an asylum for a definite per
iod, but is supposed to be kept there until his condition
improves sufficiently to make his release safe. If his
condition cannot be so improved, he stays for life.
There is a similarity between the lunatic and the
criminal in that both are sick. One is mentally sick; the
other is morally sick. Both can often be cured by proper
treatment. The condition of each should be determined
by experts before turning him loose. At least that is the
theory of the indeterminate sentence—and it seems sen
sible.
A jumbled headline in a Charleston paper said:
“Three Million Rats Killed; Banquet Season Opens.”
The country may not be going “red,” but there is an
increasing demand for red ink.
Some farmers seem to get a measure of relief by cuss
ing the Federal Farm Board.
It seems logical that a peeved aviator should get hop
ping mad and go up in the air.
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BULLETIN OF 1LASKII 1
; EXPERIMENT STMS
I H. W. Alberts, director of the
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I Alaska Agricultural Experiment
j stations with offices at Juneau, has
| sent The Gateway a copy of Bul
letin No. 9. “The Potato in Alaska.”
The bulletin contains much infor
! mation relative to potato growing
j in Alaska and says that the potato
i is the most important agricultural
j crop in Alaska. It has grown main- j
! ly for home use in gardens along
j the south Alaskan coast, and pri
| marily for market in the Tanana
' and Matanuska Valleys in the In
terior. The crop is produced as far
north as Wiseman, about 70 miles j
I within the Arctic Circle, and as ■
j far west as Bethel, on the Kuskok- ]
!wim River.
j The potato found its way into j!
, Alaska at about the close of the j
18th century, when it was brought i
in by the Russians who occupied i
the Territory at that time. Dtfring J
the century following its introduc- j
tion the crop was grown along the i
southern* coast only# This region j
j is too wet and the topography too j
j rough for successful cultivation of ■
| the potato on an extensive scale I
j for the market. ]
| With the “gold rush” to the re- J
gion of Fairbanks in 1903 and 1904, i
j potato growing became an import- !
j ant agricultural enterprise in that j
region. Following the construction ■
of the Alaska Railroad in 1922 the '
crop has been grown in the Mata- *
nuska Valley for the market. I
Much more information relative |
I experiments conducted in the rais- J
ing of the potato such as the im- i
portance of early maturing vari- i
eties and the use of sprouted seed, |
etc., are contained in the bulletin. ■
The bulletin will be sent free upon ■
request to any resident in Alaska. |
Requests should be addressed to: *
U. S. Agricultural Experiment Sta- i
tions, Juneau, Alaska. j
Read our ad for special cleaning s
, and pressing announcement. Sew- i
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To beguile the rainy evenings—
The Canary Murder Case; The
| Green Murder Case—By Van
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