Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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THE LUKE OF THE ROAD
One of the most fascinating tilings in all the world
is a winding road. It lures. It beckons. It promises new
and exciting scenes. In fact, it hurls a veritable chal
lenge to the man with an adventurous spirit to explore
its unknown course, up hill and down dale, to a glam
orous journey’s end. Few realize what completion of
the International Highway to Alaska from the States,
means to this great Territory. Alaska will begin to
reap its just reward when that road is built affording
easy ingress and egress and inexpensive transportation.
POLITICAL GESTURES
Widespread comment has been current for weeks
following the declaration by Democratic leaders that
they will not seek to obstruct the Hoover administra
tion in its efforts to solve the country’s present econ
mic problems, nor oppose other beneficial legislation,
The Democrats’ reluctance in endorsing the Pres
ident’s appropriation bill for the Cabinet committee,
in which millions are proposed to be spent for special
purpose is naturlal. They want to know precisely what
those millions are for. Upon being informed we feel
the bill will be passed.
That the Democrat leaders have signified theii
willingness to waive party advantage in the interest
of the common good is commendable enough. How
this idea will work out in practice remains to be seen,
Both parties have their eyes on the presidential
election of lh‘32, and it is hard to believe that eithei
will voluntarily relinquish any advantage which may
be taken by reason of the other’s mistakes.
Politics is politics, and real co-operation by op
posing parties is so rare that the average citizen is
justified in taking recent statements by both sides
with the proverbial grain of salt.
In the meantime. Congress is in full session,
and we trust they wall make lots of “medicine” quickly
for Alaska v/hich, selfishly, holds our main interest
We know- they can’t do us any harm but, will they do us
some good?
WHERE HONOR IS DUE
The Fairbanks News Miner claims to be the finest
paper in the North. Yes, we would say, very far North,
and that seems to make it unanimous as far as the
News Miner vote goes. But if there are any bouquets
to be handed around, we will cast our daisies in the
direction of the Juneau Empire. There is a regular pa
per and a credit to the Territory. There are many cit
ies Outside of greater population than Juneau that are
not served with half so creditable a sheet
LIGHTS AND SOUND NEEDED
Lights on Rugged Island at the entrance to Resur
rection Bay and a radio-bearing station there for the
direction of vessels in Westward Alaska is a decided
need for the Port of Seward. The lights will be welcom
ed by every ship traveling these waters. A big radic
station there would serve any ship in the Gulf of Alas
ka going any where.
The nearest station of that kind now is Cape Hin
chinbrook in Prince William Sound, but it is said that
its radius is, to some extent, limited. Oriental shipping
will more and more tend this way, it is declared by sea
faring men and the entrance*to Resurrection Bay
the terminal point of Uncle Sam’s railroad should be
both safeguarded with lights and provided with radic
facilities.
It is said that grasshoppers have ears on theii
legs. If politicians were built like that they could more
easily “keep their ears to the ground.”
Seven robbin redbreasts breez- ]
ed into the trees Friday morn- J
ing in front of the Hotel Sew
ard. They didn’t have much to
say, being intent on business.
‘Now what dy’e know about |
that?” demanded Oscar Dahl,j
| proprietor of the Seward, as he 1
j gazed out the window. “All last1
| winter there were two that came j
I every day, but they must have j
i heard about the railroad colon!- j
| zation scheme and brought their |
family along this time. I think
. that’s the old man sitting: out j
there on that limb- They maybe |
j new Alaskans or perhaps they're j
| a bunch of miners from the In
' side that didn’t make enough ■
to go out for the holidays.”
I It was suggested it might be I
| a good idea to set out some j
i bread or wheat.
“Nothing doing, the gulls and
the magpies would beat ’em to
it and give them the wrong im~ :
pression of the country. They
know there are no bread lines |
in Alaska and seem cheerful
enough without it.”
POOR MANAGEMENT
You can’t properly manage a
stock farm from 2,000 miles away,
even though you do raise fine mut
ton and wool, nor can you let
your sheep roam at will without
any care and attention, in the
opinion of sheep men who have
just come in from the Far West.
The Aleutian Livestock Company
has 4,000 head on Chernofsky, that
don’t have to be fed in the winter
and which raise a fine staple
of wool, yet the company is in
financial difficulties because of j
the long distance management,
they declare.
The SS Alameda arrived in
port this afternoon from the al
leged sunny south. She had a few
passengers and some freight for
Seward and Interior points. She
Sails at 11 a. m. Saturday for the
south.
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The fire department was call
j ed out Thursday afternoon to the ,
I home, of Win. Anrig where there
! was much smoke but little fire
-' It wras found that the bed mat
, ress had been smouldering.
The Alaska Game Commission
boat Seal pulled into the Port of
Seward today for a short stay.
The sun shown up and down
the thoroughfares and into the
tall pines today for the first time
in some days. At Grandview
they were in pleasant mood be
cause the snow was vanishing.
HOCKEY SCORES
Playing at Portland; Vancouver,
2, Portland 3.
Adrian E. Moorehead suffered
fractured ribs and Herman John
son was badly bruised about the
legs when a scaffolding collapsed
at the hangar construction of the
Pacific International Airways of
Alaska, says the Anchorage Times.
Several other carpenters received
minor injuries.
The
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Tobaccos
Candies
Cards
Soft Drinks
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Opposite Seward Grill
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HI GURBO - - and -. C0il NAGEL
assisted hv a special cast in the intense drama
A fascinating play oi a semi-triangle affair showing!
how difficult it is for a beautiful womaq to keejf fronu
being involved in jealousies and suspicions and passions,
no matter how she might try.
— STORY LAID IN FRANCE —
A Very Clever Story
With it we will give you a Hal Roach laugh
getter, two-reel comedy
“GOING GA GA”
Also a Fable and interesting News
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