Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established Autrurt 19, 1904
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BLAME TIIE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Owners of radio sets who have lifted up their voices and blasphem
ed much; albeit expressed a desire to get at the windpipe of the
individual who Is cluttering up the works, may now have their revenge.
It remained for J. P. Hannon, Alaska’s premier radio expert and
. .nnouncer of station KFQD, Anchorage, to discover and fix the iden
tity of the offender.
!».• is the Northern Lights!
Now if there is anyone thirsting for revenge, the matter is sim
plicity itself. Turn off the Northern Lights.
For some months “J. P.” has been gumshoeing the ether, interview
ing short and long wave lengths, holding dissertations with static and
•conducting arguments with electrons, ions and other gentry of the ra
dio clan.
Ns.body would “snitch.” It was a case of “keep your nose clean.”
But even in the best of rackets there is always a weak sister willing
to tell all she knows. Taking the tip, “J. P.” began “tailing” the North
ern Lights and keeping cases upon their antics. He observed that every
time lhe Aurora, once believed to be the headlight of Queen Isis of the
Egyptians, set up his pitch and began ballyhooing the beauties of his
subdivision three leagues removed from the North Pole, there was h—
to pay with radio reception.
As yet “J. P.” the “Voice of the Goldetn North,” has not discovered
a method muscling in on the terrestrial fireworks, but has hopes.
In the intime if anyone can find a method for placing the Au
rora Forea on the spot, we can get something more on the Sino
Japanese than a bunch of firecrackers and the chimes telling us
a bedtime story will follow.
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WHY THE SQUAWK?
1
James Harbord, chairman of the board, Radio Corporation of
America, succinctly epitomizes government by bureaus and commis
sions as follij vs:
The buitAiucrats “wish to see an end to state sovereignty and all
powers of government, police and otherwise, centralized in the federal
authority. And to this authority they wish to add a greaL army of conj
missioners, members of boards, prohibition agents, employees of bur
eaus and other numerous beneficiaries of such activities.
“Against them are those who believe in the Constitution adopted
by the fathers, with all its systems and checks and balances preserved,
and federal and state governments each sovereign in its own consti
tutional sphere. They resent the multitude of extra-constitutional
agencies such as boards and commissions.”
Since Stroller’s Weekly takes another rap at The Gateway for crit
icising a bureau the question naturally arises; to which side does he
adhere, and what job is he looking for? Or what has reformed a bom
secessionist?
The Japanese troops are again planning a great movement in the
Shanghai area. It was not stated whether this meant forward or back
ward.
According to the dispatches, the Japanese captured a Chinese ceme
tery. At least, they found someone they could lick.
Of course, one can draw their own conclusion, but we think the
Japs showed good judgment by centering their activities around a
Baptist hospital.
It is said the Japanese general, Ki-Ichi, heartily believes in dis
armament—disarmament of the Chinese.
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—BY MAIL—
SERIOUS FIRE THIS
MORNING AVERTED
A flooded oil-burner furnace in
the basement of the Seward Grill
building, emitting great volumes of
smoke, called the Volunteer Fire
Department out this morning at
8 o’clock. There was little fire dam
age but the black smoke seeped
thru the building, causing consider
able damage.
Had the gas in the heavy smoke
ignited, there is no question but
what a serious fire and probable
loss of lives would have occurred,
it is said, for the black smoke per
meated practically every room
in the building, as well as ad
joining business houses and rooms.
Mrs. May Prater is declared by
many as being a heroine, not be- ;
! cause of her being the first to de- j
I tect smoke issuing but because of
I her rousing up Buelah and Melvin,
Jr., daughter and son of Melvin E.
Holben, asleep on the second floor.
Their faces, as well as others in the
building, were blackened by the
smoke fumes.
As usual, the fire department re
j spended promptly to the alarm and
had lines laid on both Fourth Ave
nue and in the alley, at the rear of
the building, for the entire length
of the block. Chemicals were used
in preference to water owing to the
nature of the blaze. The fire, it
self, was confined to the furnace
area.
Wilbur Irving, of Cordova, has
purchased a plane in Los Angeles
and secured a pilot’s license, says
the Cordova Times. He expects to
come up to Cordova in the spring.
The seineing vessel Port Tongass.
valued at $8,000, was recently de
stroyed by fire in Southeastern Al
aska, reports the Ketchikan Chron
icle.
AN EARLY START
ST, PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. 1
—“Babe” Ruth cracked out his first
homerun of the year yesterday in
a practice game.
Our trouble is the scarcity of
' gold and the cheapness of silver.—
Thomas W. Lamont
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WALL PAPER
Capt. Axel Olsen, of the Ruth C,
departed Sunday for Seattle. There,
he will purchase new machinery
for packing clams. Last summer
he prospected for clams beds, find
ing two which he can alternate in
working in case of storms.
JH, CHI DELEGATES
ACCEPT LEAGUE PRGP05JI
GENEVA, Mar. 1. (/P)—Represen
tatives of Japan and China accept
ed the League of Nations proposal
for an armistice conference of
principal powers to restore peace.
The United States, Great Britain
and other neutral powers are also
to Join.
Sir John Simmon, British foreign
secretary, said he had been author
ized to pledge cooperation with the
United States.
EUST TEXAS OIL WELLS
SHOW NICE INCREASE
AUSTIN, Tex., Mar. 1. — Three j
hundred and 76 oil wells were brot
in in the East Texas oil field dur
ing January, according to the re
port of the oil and gas division of
the railway commission.
Producers for the entire state to
taled 487.
Gregg county led with 206 pro
ducers, Rusk county had 133, Smith
county had 23 and Upshur county
14. Rusk county reported 11 dry
holes and Smith and Upshur two
each.
FISH CLOG RIVER
CUXHAVEN, Germany, Mar. 1.
(/P)—Fishermen returning from the
annual herring harvest in the
North Sea report the Elbe estuary
clogged at times by huge schools
of the fish. The boats were loaded
to the gunwales and herring sold
for a cent apiepe.
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