OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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IT SERVES 'EM RIGHT
A few weeks ago a breezy young man, having all the
earmarks of a circus “grifter” and mannerisms indicative
of a consciousness that he was dealing with “come-ons”
and “hicks” arrived in Seward with a sample case filled
with printed matter and solicited printing from local
people.
Now listen to what the young gentleman has to say
of the country in a publication called “Greetings,” issued
by the Buzza company of Minnesota:
“Of course it isn’t frozen all tlie time but it just so happens that
when H. B. Lee, Buzza representative, penned his report from the Van
Gilder Hotel (headquarters for miners and hunters, according to the let
ter head) on March 20 that there was still plenty of snow in evidence.
Among other things, Mr. Lee says:
“ ‘Seward, Alaska, March 20, 1927—Here 1 am away up here in the
frozen North and, believe me, it is frozen! There is about four to six
feet of snow on tho level and it has snowed every day since I hit here.
‘“The total population of Alaska is only 50,000 and it is pretty widely
scattered. It is tough traveling because there is just one boat a week
and, with the cost of living as high as it is, it is out of the question to
stay over in most of these towns. At Cordova we arrived at 10 p. m.
I went up town and induced our customer to come down to the boat.
He was still with me when the boat pulled out at 3:30 a. m.
“ ‘The weather was so rough most of the way up that it was impos
sible for me to open the lines to make the selections. Many customers
simply advised me to send a certain number of cards and left the se
lections to me.
“ ‘There is never more than one sample room in a town and some
times not that. In Juneau I shared the only available one with a drug
salesman. It was located in a deserted store building.
“ ‘Ham and eggs are worth their weight in gold up in this country.
Almost everything comes out of cans. Mr. Buzza will find this an ideal
country for his proposed big game hunt in 1928.
“ ‘With best regards, H. B. LEE,’ ”
The above is illustrated with a photograph with the
caption: “Broadway, Seward, Alaska presents problems
for the merry motorist.” The photo was evidently taken
with the camera held close to the ground, so as to create
the optical illusion that the town was buried in snow.
When those who gave Mr. Lee orders for printed
matter receive it they will doubtless appreciate his effort
to display his contempt for their country.
RICHES AT HOME
The old saying that gold is where you find it, and
one can always find it right at home, is true according to
a chap who passed through Seward the other day after
hnakig” the Wepah strike. He left a good job to join
the stampede to Nevada and now wishes he had stuck to
his former task.
Moral—If you must go stampeding, stampede around
the Alaska hills. We need the prospectors’ stamina in
our hills and mountains.
“ACTIVITY HOUND”
That’s the new word coined recently at the Universi
ty of Washington and designates those people who are
always “very active” and “prominent in various activi
ties,” but seldom do any real work.
Anyway, the tying up of the printing money means
that much longer before the full agony of that legislative
session becomes known.
If that scientist who figured out that a kiss shortens
life by three minutes, is correct, an awful lot of folks in
Seward have one foot in the grave right now and don't
know it.
Maybe the objection by some husbands to the flapper
styles for friend wife is that they do not like to have it ad
vertised how badly they got stung in a sight-unseen matri
monial deal.
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CAPTAIN LUKENS PLAYS HOST
TO INTERESTED VISITORS TO
VESSEL SUNDAY P. M.
Many visitors accepted the invita
tion of Captain Lukens of the U. S. S.
Surveyor, which anchored in the har
bor over Sunday, the launch running
between the ship and the shore being
kept busy transporting all those who
desired to get an inside glimpse of
what the ship and its officers and crew
are doing to make navigation safe for
the “men who go down to the sea.”
Among the first thing they discov
ered was that the Surveyor is an in
stitution as much as a ship, and that
thoroughness characteristic of Uncle
Sam’s sea dogs of war permeates the
handsome craft from stem to stern.
Luxury there is, but it is hidden
away down aft where Captain Lukens
has a reception and lounging room
radiating cosiness and refined good
taste. Then there is Captain Luken’s
“boudoir.” A lady described it as
“just a dear,” with its pretty furnish
ings and completeness.
Rut it was not the esthetic atmos
phere of the ship Captain Lukens de
i sired to show so much as it was the
purely utilitarian virtues of the Sur
veyor. chief among which were the
many aparatus for discovering shoals
and reefs, all Greek to the landlubber
until explained, when their simplicity
was startling.
For instance there was an appa
ratus in the pilot house looking pretty
much like a radio set, with a large
dial and a hand which traveled the cir
cumference of its face like a clock.
Place the receivers on your ears,
press a button and the hand begins
to move rapidly. At the same time
a blade of light flashes at a point to
ward the lower right-hand side of the
dial. At the same instant, a little
gong sounds. Watch the hand trav
eling from left to right, and you will
find it passed 30 as the gong sounded.
This indicated that the ship was an
chored in 30 fathoms of water. The
gong-like sound was the return of the
echo from the bottom of the bay.
Moving or standing still, this ap
paratus will indicate the depth be
neath the ship, which is obtained by
computing the speed of sound leaving
the bottom of the ship and echoing
back from the bottom of the sea.
Submarine Kite Sounder
In addition to this apparatus there is
the submarine kite, attached to a reel
of wire wound upon a reel It is a lit
tle trough-like form with a trigger.
This is cast astern and -when the kite
strikes the bottom it loosens the trig
ger. The relief of pressure on the reel
causes a bell to ring and a dial to in
dicate the depth.
Then there is apparatus for taking
weight soundings, in addition to pow
er launches, three of them, for wire
I dragging and sounding.
One of these with two officers and 11
men is working in Nuka Bay. Anoth
er with two officers and nine men is'
surveying in Sawmill Bay, while the
third with two officers and seven men
is working in Drier Bay. In Drier Ba
preparations are being made for trian
t
(Continued on Page Five.)
i Take n the Liberty tonight.
Seattle Tee Cream at Schalterer’s
| Alaska Shop.
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Sunkist fresh fruit or
angeade and lemonade. See
it made at the Candy Cot
! tage.
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CHARLES MURRAY KATE PRICE
LLOYD HUGHES EVA NOVAK
GEORGE ARTHUR
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* The Comedy-Drama that is Worth Going 50 Miles
to See
Colleen as the Irish girl, Murray as the Irish father,
is a combination equal in fun to “Cohens’ and Kel
lys’ ” best. It’s rich from start to finish..
This is considered one of the very greatest comedy
achievements—something you mustn’t miss.
The most beautiful style show ever staged is shown
in this feature in natural colors....
A laughable tale of the mixups this lovable little
Irish colleen gets into.
And an interesting Pathe News
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