OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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WHY THIS DISCRIMINATION?
From the appearance of extensive and colored
articles in a number of current magazines ciiculating
in Alaska dealing with the construction of the Hudson
Bay railroad from La Pas, Man., to Fort Churchill, it
is apparent that the same general ignorance with res
pect to Alaska which besets the average man in the
States has reached the editorial desk of many of these
magazines.
“Farthest North Railroad,” “A railroad penetrating
the great Kewatin Shield with its vast hoard of miner
al riches,1” “A revolution in Railroad construction/’ and
kindred high-light titles adorn these articles.
Compared to the Alaska Railroad, the Hudson Bay
project is like the Chickaloon coal spur. Compared to
the riches along The Alaska Railroad, the great muskeg
country stretching from La Pas to Churchill is but a
weird speculation.
What is described as “the strangest, weirdest rail
road construction ever undertaken” will require other
descriptive articles later on. Like the Edmonton Great
Waterways, the roadbed is constructed by filling mus
keg with brush and muck, allowing it to freeze and lay
ing rails upon it.
Which recalls what happened when the summer suns
got busy with the E. G. W. some 10 years ago, thawed
out the roadbed and caused a provincial parliamentary
investigation at Edmonton.
But we are not muckraking a governmental scan
dal. We are making an effort to enlighten the editors of
American Magazines who have turned down illustrated
ai tides on The Alaska Railroad, “because, despite the
excellent manner in which they were written, they were
not prepared to handle such matter.” The correspondents
who labored gratis for Uncle Sam in boosting his real
railroad, asked the magazines to pay for the matter. No
man living by his pen can be a philanthropist. And Un
cle Sam has never seen his way clear to establish a Nat
ural Resources Department for the railroad and put a
good press agent to work telling the world what he had
to barter to the investor and the settler. Rather Wash
°Iu anV<r12a*:e(* ^at, simply because the government
-UheU’ef r°pneU in a11 ^ings Alaskan, includ
the heaviest investor as expressed in the 495 miles
It wafthm^WnT fi,C0Stlng some $57,000,000 to date.
. 'vas thought that the masses would rallv to its aid in
vindicating governmental ownership. '
Like The Alaska Railroad, the Hudson Bav enter
prise is goyernmentally owned. But unlike The* Alaska
9itJzen oi Canada in making the thing a success even
a fpj” be necessai-y to dig the track out of the moss
a lew months hence and leery trains across muskljT
. ^Ut rather disconcerting to pick up a ma?a
zine currently circulated in Alaska and see paL after
page containing extravagant boosts for a for£n en
AE'-M^ad^riJiS. "U"h ^ merit in The
Some correspondents discovered that you could
see the sun at Churchill all but an hour and a half dur
ing each 24 in summer. A man may travel by Pullman
mftLnUb f rom Seward t0 Fairbanks over a road per
ride'onf- I frunk:lne , spf\ take a little automobile
the sun fj 24 h S •? [he brow of a hill, and watch
rrmUi! foar’s lf he Is m such a mood to. En
oute he will behold scenery that beggars Switzerland,
the Canadian Rockies, Glacier National Park, the Sier
' fS’ Apalachian chain and other reputed scenic
l^Sa I/°neimt0 one- Instead °f log shacks across a
land as forbidding as the tundra wastes of the Arctic
with’bath t fmd steam-heated apartments or suites
hehniw/t a”tom°bile service to points of interest, and
b hold the soui dough stop scaling fish to doff his
overalls and don his “soup and fish” clothes and pre
side as toastmaster at a banquent for the President of
tho United States or a foreign potentate. He may dis
cuss literature or poetry wth the lady “dealing off
the arm” in a restaurant, and discover that she is a
school teacher between times. He can meet Porcupine
‘ Pete/’ or “Shorty” in real life, Dan McGrew and the
parson of the highest church. Maybe Dan is now sing
ing in the choir. .
In a measure we cannot blame the magazines. It
we have a good advertiser it is customary to accord
him much free news space in boosting. Johnny Corteau
believes in smearing printer's ink over the landscape.
It would appear about time for Uncle Sam to' take
a page from the Hudson Bay excitement and give the
General Manager of the Alaska Railroad discretionary
powers, along with funds, and tell him to put this por
tion of Alaska on the n ap through the same methods.
Two Eastern newspaper men were jailed because
they published the fact that a judge had been duped by
a racetrack gang. Maybe the judge knew he had been
stung, but resented having somebody rub it in.
England wishes peipetual peace with the United
States. Easy enough—let her hang her bagpipers and
Uncle Sam declare e;:::: season on jazz-mongers.
T
TRIP OUT 31 YESRS
Mayor and Mrs. H. A. Bahlke
of Nome passed through Sew
ard yesterday on their way to
the States. This is Mayor Bahl
ke’s first trip Outside in 31 years
and 25 years since Mrs. Bahlke
has been out.
They remained a week in Fair
banks where their son is at
tending the Alaska College, and
also stopped off at Wasilla where
they purchased 10 pairs of mink
which they are taking out with
them.
During their brief visit here
the Nome couple met a number
of old friends. They plan to re
turn home next moifth.
iianian
.
NEXT SAILING AUG. 12
The S. S. Starr, of the San l
Juan Fishing & Packing Co., de
parted yesterday evening at 9
o'clock from Unalaska for Bris
tol Bay, according to a radio |
message received by Manager j
Jansen from Captain Anderson. ‘
The next sailing Westward out
of Seward by the Starr will be
August 12, Mr. Jansen advises.
F
MUNICIPAL PROPERTY SALE j
Seward, Alaska.
Lots 4-5-6-7-34-35-36-37 all in j
Block 12 of the original Townsite
of Seward, Alaska, together with i
improvement thereon, which im
provement is the grade school
building of said Seward, is offered
for sale to the highest and best
bidder.
Sealed bids addressed to Muni
cipal Clerk, Seward, Alaska, will
be received up to and including
Saturday August 3, 1929.
The Common Council reserves
the right to reject and (or) sub- j
mit to modification all bids re- j
ceived.
TERMS:
(a) Entire Purchase Price in
Cash.
(b) A portion of purchase
price in cash, remainder in
yearly installments, bearing
interest, secured by purchase
mortgage back
It is the intention of the Com
mon Council to use the money
received from the sale of the for
mer school building and premises
toward construction and equip
ment of a gymnasium in con
nection with the William H. Se
ward school, recently erected.
For further details consult
Councilman Orlander and Coun- -
cilman Horner, members of the t
•School Committee of the Council. J
A. D. Balderston,
Municipal Clerk
Publish July 22 to Aug. 3,1929. J
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ders taken within the next week
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BEBE DANIELS
z lovingly daubed throughout the world with
“Boo’ful Bebe.” She is the one girl star who
have her plays boasted, and this
the pet name
never needs to
one
is one of her typical plays, full of fast action and lots of
laughs. She is supported by Gertrude Ederle and William
Austin. A tip-top entertainment. With the feature we will
show the popular BOBBY YERNON in one of his best two
reel comedies. There will also be a good PATHE REVIEW.
And make your purchases where only the best in steaks,
chops, roasts, poultry and other meats are procurable.
Phone Main 130
Delivery made anywhere at anytime
Carstens Packing Co.
Gus Manthey, Manager
MERCHANTS LUNCH
Served from 11:30 to 1:30
FIFTY CENTS
Quality foods and service
Private Booths
UNION CAFE
Seward, Alaska Phone, Madison 111
George Nichols, Manager
ZINC OUTPUT OF
UFJIOILD GROWS
The world production of zinc for
the 127 years since the beginning
of the nineteenth century was 37,
223,000 tons, nearly one-third of
which has been produced in the
United States, according to an
economic study conducted by the
United States Bureau of Mines.
This was a remarkable showing
for a metal so little known at the
beginning of the period and com
pares favorably with a copper pro
duction of 40,498,000 tons during
the same years, even though cop
per was being produced at a rate
30 times greater than zinc at the
beginning of the period.
IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED FRYE
BRUHN’S BABY BEEF, you are
certainly missing something.