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STRONG STUFF
(Prom the Portland Orgonlan, Jan. 11, 1931)
The people of these United States have had some
pretty acrimonious discussions of prohibition. But
everything that has been said by Clarence True Wil
sons on the one side and by Clarence Darrow on the
other is weak as turnip soup compared with the way
they treat the subject up in Alaska, somewhat isolated
from “the states,” but still under the flag and the Vol
stead act. The best that the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment puts out—and samples reach
us by nearly every mail—is a paen of praise alongside
an editorial in the Seward Daily Gateway. Says the
Gateway editor in wanning up:
“Those holier—than—thou fanatics would mould us all in the
fashion of their narrow form and would deny us our inalienable
freedom of thought and action. They would take the cup from
us, even though it had been a source of great comfort and cheer
and free from harm. They would throw us into rotten jails, policed
by bribed officers. In seeking our conviction vile truths are exposed
of corruption reaching to our highest, most sacred courts—and all
in the name of prohibition.
It isn’t so much conditions in Seward that bother the
Gateway daily. If there is cause for complaint at home,
it is ignored out of consideration for distant localities.
Now that he is fully aroused to the possibilities of his
theme the writer continues:
■'In a grand round-up, during which government agents, stool
pigeons and “under-cover” skunks worked like rats in a teeming
granary, they have just "pinched” 73 victims of Uncle Sam’s snoop
mgs and sneakings at Grays harbor, down in Washington. Looks like
they are afraid their powers will soon be stripped from them and
they must get in as much of their dirty work as possible before the
big blowoff comes.
Liberty has not disappeared from the face of the
earth. All’s well with the world or soon will be:
The handwriting is on the wall. It will not be long now before
America will have shaken off this miasmic threat of misguided mis
anthropy and returned to a sane conception of what liberty really
means.
Who said that the days of strong men who liked
their liquor raw had ended in Alaska?
THE SEWARD DAIRY
The proprietors of the Seward Dairy, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Lierer, will no doubt be somewhat sur
prised to see mention of their establishment in the
editorial column but it suddenly occurred—people are
so apt to take everything for granted—to us Seward
is particularly fortunate in possessing such a modern
dairy; a dairy which for the past few years has pass
ed the highest tests in sanitation and pure milk.
Thoughts come to us for the encouragement of a
greater use of milk which would be of more benefit to
the public.
In a recent statement 0. E. Reed of the Depart
ment of Agriculture pointed out that tfie per capita
consumption of milk in the United States is much low
er than in several other nations. Althong much valua
ble work has been done by health authorities, home
demonstration agents and parent-teachers associations
in the direction of educating the public to the nutri
tive value of milk and milk products, we still consume
far less milk than would be good for us. This applies
to adults and children alike.
By drinking an extra half-pint of milk a day near
ly everyone might enjoy personal benfits unknown to
them now. Doctors will heartily endorse that statement.
Claims of aggrieved ladies suing for alimony run
into the millions. And Alaskans think they are gold
The great Aleutian chain and
Alaska Peninsula volcanos appear
to be on the warpath, according
to a report . submitted by Capt.
C. E. Anderson, of the SS Starr,
who has just returned from a |
voyage to the far Westward.
There is a very noticable in- :
crease in activity and especiaily j
so, Mt. Shushalton which is now |
j emitting fiery sheets of * flame
| an dense pillars of smoke, with j
i clock-like regularity—about every
five minutes.
Qn the Island of Four Moun- j
tains, Mt. Cleveland, never be- j
fore known only as a name, is i
smoking like a furnace.
Both of these reports confirm j
j the report of Fr. Hubbard, Santa j
Clara University professor of'
j geology, who explored portions
; of the peninsula last summer, I
in which he forecast increasing
(volcanic activities in that area.
| McGeike and Martin volcanos
| were reported to have subsided
1 somewhat in their activity from
1 that of 1930. Kukok has also ap
iparently died down as no smoke
I was discernible.
USD JUNEAU HIS BIG
YIELD IJEGEMBEH
A new December record was
established by the Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining Co., for pro- !
duction at its Jurieau mine last j
month when it showed a net j
operating surplus of $149,100,
one of the largest it has ever j
had, states the Empire of recentj
I date.
The monthly statement of es
1 timated results was issued by J.
i W. Crosby, secretary, at San
■ Francisco.
During the * month 325.990 tons !
| of ore were mined and trammed
{to the mill. The average recov
ery value was 99.08 cents in gold
iaiTfl Sliver per ion.
Seldovia, Alaska, Jan. 23, 1931:
; Editor Seward Gateway:
A FAIR SAMPLE
; In the U. S. jail at Seldovia—
j On the date above there are
! three prisoners doing over six
! months each for violations of the
j dry law.
CASE NO. 1.
A married man who underwent
I a major operation for stomach
I ulcers last year. Has not been
able to do a days work for over
I two years; is broke, in debt to
| the government hospital and his
family is in need.
CASE NO. 2.
An old crippled man who
hasn't a tooth in his head, walks
with difficulty on account of
rheumatism, and a hard tumor
on an ankle.
CASE NO. 3.
A crippled native hunchback
boy who, altho 29 years of age,
is only about four feet tall and
weighs less than 100 pounds. He
has a common school education
and is highly intelligent.
This is a fair sample of the
class of people being prosecuted
here while alleged able-bodied
bachelor bootleggers who are
alleged to have sold liquor and |
| are alleged to have kept num- |
bers of native women and girls
drinking around them for years,
are still not prosecuted.
Signed Communication
WHILE THEY LAST *
Closing out remaining sizes
of good work shoes at prices
from $3.25 to $4.75. Remember
old packs can be re-bottomed
with either crepe or eleated bot
toms.
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