fenmri) iftUtj
OP SEWAJRD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered in the postoffice at Seward, Alaska as
second-class mail matter.
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN. Proprietors
E. F. Jessen, Editor and Manager
Alaska Egan, Foreman. —•— Roy Lee, Chief Operator.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Daily, by carrier, per month -----$
Daily, by mail, per month .-.
Daily, by mail, per year .— — - 1U.U0
ADVERTISING RATES
Per single column, one to six issues, per inch ....? *50
Per single column inch, per month - SO
Legal Notices, per line per issue -----
Classified Advertisements, per line, per issue ----10
Notice of Pinal Proof Notices ----- 12.00
Notice to Creditors Notices --- 15.00
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise in this paper and also
the local news published herein.
All rights for republication of special dispatches herein are reserved.
ABANDONMENT OF AIR SURVEY
The announcement that the Navy Department has
decided to discontinue mapping of Alaska from the air
comes with regret in view of the importance of this work
at the present time, when Alaska is pioneering in aviation.
Aside from providing the most expeditious means of
mapping the Territory, the planes used by the Navy De
partment assist materially in spying out landings, and
demonstrating the practicability of using air transporta
tion, both along the coast and the interior.
All other nations are developing an air service thru
the application of those in training to valuable tasks,
with the result that the United States is about at the tail
end of the procession when it comes to the development
of the airplane from a utilitarian standpoint and for de
fense purposes. *
No better field offers than Alaska for the training of
men in the air service, and it would be far better to com
plete much needed work here than maintaining aviation
fields in populous centres which, aside from the initiatory
instruction, contribute little in return for the funds ex
pended.
When passengers on an Alaskan liner complained to
the captain that the phonograph was playing jazz all
night, they discovered it was only the winches unloading
salmon cans and several crates of live porkers.
The great trouble with our long-winded congress
men who affect the Demosthenes style is that they get the
great orator’s forensic history mixed with his long dis
tance running record.
H. Foster Bain, former chief of the Bureau of Mines,
says he did not wish Doheny to get into trouble. Neither
did Doheny or Fall, but they Did.
Eighteen automobiles are frozen in the ice of Lake
Michigan, which means that 18 Chicago pedestrians have
a chance to die a natural death.
This is the year they said rabbits were all going to
die off, in Alaska but they are thicker than fleas in
Egypt.
Fashion’s decree is for shorter waists. So long.as
they are not too large to reach around there is no kick
coming.
MADE AND BAKED
IN A CLEAN h
SUNLIT 0AK6&V/J
Seward Bakery
Seward,Alaska
Dairy Lunches from early morn
to late at night
SEWARD BAKERY
GEORGE SCHMITT, Prop.
PHONE MADISON 82
DAMPNESS NOT COLD IS
ALASKA FRUIT PROBLEM
SITS FARM DIRECTOR
SEATTLE, Dec. 3. (/P)—From the
standpoint of Alaska fruit growers,
the old saw reads: “It isn’t the cold,
it’s the dampness.
That is the conclusion of H. W. Al
berts, director of demonstration farms
for Alaska.
“The only thing standing in the
way of successful apple growing,” he
says, securing a region where the
moisture conditions will permit the
trees to harden. The cold is no bar
rier, but owing to the rapid growth
during the long summer days, the
wood does not have opportunity to
harden, and, absorbing an excess of
moisture, is subject to freezing.
“We expect to overcome this by a
new stock and make apples and cher
ries part of Alaska’s products.” Al
aska grown vegetables, which attain
great size and are especially free from
parasites, have a wide sale on the
Pacific Coast.
PEASANT'S AT UNCOVERS
CREST FULL OF COLD
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 3. (£>)—A
peasant’s ax brought an unheard of
wealth to a poor lumberjack while
digging up roots of trees he had fel
led. He struck a stone slab with
Turkish writing on it and prying it
up found a chest containing old
gold coins valued at $450,000.
AMERICAN SILK WORMS
MUST WORK YEAR ROUND
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3. (^—South
western United States some day will
become one of the greatest sources of
supply for raw materials for the silk
industry but American methods will
extend the operations to a year ’round
basis. This is the opinion of Mary G.
Ingersoll, University of Southern Cal
ifornia instructor.
ODD FELLOWS
HALL
MUSIC BY
THE JOLLY THR
LIBERTY
THEATER
I
Owing to a sudden change in plans, due to the
arrival of Mr. Sigurd Wallsdet, District Supreme
Dictator, Loyal Order of Moose, “Emblems of Love”
the dramatic, astounding and beautiful seven reel
photo play, featuring Jane Jennings, will be exhibit
ed at the Liberty theater this evening instead of, as
was advertised, next Wednesday night.
Here is a vivid picture which will ever live in
your thoughts, a picture which the leading men of
the United States have endorsed with their stamp
of approval as being one of the most outstanding
pictures of the age.
By all means do not fail to view “Emblems of
Love” tonight, the first and last showing in Seward.
I
k
<
Presented under the auspices of
Seward Lodge No. 1425, L. 0. 0. M.
ADMISSION 50c
CHILDREN 15c
Character
The standing of a financial institution is re
flected in the character of those with whom it
does business.
We are proud to number among our corres
pondents the leading banks and trust companies
both here and abroad.
In choosing a Bank choose strength, service
—and character.
Bank of Seward
Established 1905
RESOURCES $400,000.00
J
*
lOMINIdS TO BUILD
TOMB, HONOR UMBOS
SANTO DOMINGO, Dec. S. (S3)—'The
ingress of Santo Domingo has re
:ently appropriated $300,000 for the
mrpose of erecting a monument to
Christopher Columbus. It will take
he form of a massive tomb capped
>y a powerful light facing toward the
>pen Caribbean so that ships in the
iVest Indian trade may lay their
:ourses by “Columbus Light.”
BEEP WATER ASSURED
HARBOR Sill FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. (£>)—San
Francisco’s harbor is at last to come
into its own. Deep water of not loss
than 40 feet at low tide was made
possibly by the removal of all rocks
and shoals with the exception of Al
catraz island to Brock.
FOR SALE—Bandies of old papers,
&c per bundle; Gateway office.
0. K. BARBER SHOP 1
LADIES HAIRCUTTING
AND SHAMPOOING. »
CLEAN SANITARY BATHS {
Jess Lander, Prop,
THE PALACE
John Mattfch, Prop.
POOL, 'SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
GAS BOAT
ROLFE NO. 1
Pete Sather, Captain
Two scheduled trips each
month to Nuka Bay and Way
Points. Leaving Seward on the
15th and 30th.
—ux-TUj—ij—u~>j->_ri_ww