Seward Daily Gateway
Of Seward, Alaska. Established August 19,1904 |
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The GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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as second-class matter under the Act of
March 8. 1879.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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-A subscriber w r i t e s to ask :
“What are these opportunities you!
speak of! We have no money, etc.”|
Opportunities must be consider-1
ed both in the present, and future.
i
The ]>resent, reduced to its low
est term and dealing with the man
who has no money, resolves itself!
into a ease of food, shelter and!
clothing
The future deals with the ques-i,
lion of having- those things and a
surplus even unto wealth sufficient j
4o enjoy all of the good things— 1
and many <>!' the bad—of life.
Just suppose tomorrow some,j
great ealaclysm should strike the
'nation, leaving Alaska isolated and ,
ts people compelled to find sus- <
tenanee as all pioneers have been (
compelled to find it-—from nature^
with every man on his own to *
survive or perish !
What would be the first step to |
guarantee survival.' j
Just suppose it came to pass
"hat money no longer had a value,
and that a quarter of moose, a
sack of potatoes, a sack of flour
and a few other necessities were
of more value than a ton of gold.
simply because the former would it
sustain life and hte latter could <
cot be eaten !
Now would each one eat? t
One might say he would take,i
from the man who had a surplus. <
f force was necessary. it
That would no do. for the timejc
-would arrive when there would not
not be sufficient to go around. j1
It would be necessary tor each . i
one to east about him to find the;s
vitalities of life- *
They are in the soil, the hills jl
and the waters—-vegetables, meatji
and fish. The land supplies trees jl
for building homes and wood for j 1
maintaining warmth. jl
Skins of animals could be madeji
into outer clothing, tanned into jt
footwear. \<
This was done by many of the ■ 1
pioneers who first penetrated In-!£
terior Alaska, by the early llus- j t
sians who first pitched their shacks ji
in the timber skirting Insurrec
tion Bay, and by the vanguard!(
of the pioneers who settled then
prairie West.
Unless a man was an outlaw
preying upon his more thrifty and
industrious fellows every man was
compelled to wrest from nature
that which went to sustain life.
Many of these were compelled
to scratch the ground with a hoe <
,or stick for the first garden; many
[did not know the luxury of bread
’for a year or more, unless they
crushed their wheat and corn be
tween stones.
Many did not own a horse until
it was captured from the wild
herds and broken
There were no roads and trails
save of their making; no bridges,
and boats were often made of hides
lashed to frames made by the
same process for lack of nails..
Many lived like animals in sod
houses or lean-tos until a cabin
could be erected. It was but a step
above the Cro-Magnon age when
men lived in caves and hunted
with flint spears and arrows.
Yet upon the foundation thus
• laid a great civilization arose,' the
| pride and envy of the world
It was only after the connecting
up of the wilderness with older
;centers where money could pass as
| an exchange between commodities
that its value was recognized.
Transactions by barter were the
rule as they are today in the “Pen
l.niless Republic'’ of Seatlte and men
and women survived while wea
jthering a financial storm.
We are not back to that age in
'Alaska, nor liable to slip back that
far—unless we, like a vast number
of the unfortunates of the United
States, cast aside our individuality
and become dependent upon some
one else to give us employment and
food
We are past the point where J
money lacked value, but not past!
that where any able-bodied man |
can fend for himself, have food. I
clothing, warmth and shelter.
We are not past that pointi
where men may take a pack of food j
on his back and travel a few miles,!
or draw -a hand-sled loaded with
a few necessities of life, and with1
axe and saw erect a comfortable,
cabin, stow it with moose, and!
fish and with shovel and sluice-1
box lake out a few dollars per day >
from placer gravels—even secure
a few grains or ounces of gold In
crushing quartz with a hammer on
a rock and panning out the prec
ious metal.
A dollar is a dollar, whether it
is handed out by another for per- i
tormanee of some task or won by
one s efforts from nature.
lew <i| the cabins strung along
the roads and trails were built by,'
men with money They were acts!
of self-preservation when earning!
capacity waned or poverty en-i
croaehed
There is not a mine in Alaska
which was no discovered by a
man who alternately packed his
supplies or freighted t li e m on a
sled or boat made from ripsawed
lumber. Had they possessed money .
in quantities they never would
have risked the adventure. Had
they not disjovered the mines
there would have been none save
natives and a few trappers. Had
they not. through this expression
of individualism, revealed what the
land contained between Seward I
and the Tanana Valley there
would have been no Alaska Rail
road.
Being hard up is a mental pro
cess. Xo man is hard up who has
exerted his best efforts to help
himself- He has the mental riches
of knowing that his failure is not
due to his own shortsightedness,
or improvidence. These men are!
usually singled out by those whoj
have and have little difficulty in j
securing credit and aid. If nothing!
else he has patted his egotism on !
the back b y inwardly declaring
that lie has not been compelled to
(lean on any ran, but is the arehi
'tect, of his own fortunes.
These are the men we see smil
ing and contented even tho they
are dusting the flour bin for the
last loaf of bread.
This is what we call individ
ualism, in which each man has
opportunity to carve for himself
independent of his fellows as far
as material substance is concerned.
Riches on the frontier come to
him who has something of value)
when the more timid follow in his j
wake and wish to buy. It may be
land, timber, a town lot, or a gold
; prospect
i The greatest opportunities for
the man without capital is the ac
i ((liisition of a gold prospect, placer
or quartz, at a time when it is
his for tin; taking, and which costs
him merely the physical labor of
staking and keeping alive by as
sessment work.
Everyone cannot ha^.e a rich
mine overnight and by the process
retire in opulence, but everyone
has a chance.
The Alaska Juneau was but a
mere prospeet a decade ago. Its
shares are now listed on the New
York Stock Exchange and are sell
ing well above $10 each
The famous ITomestake was the
result of two men’s courage; who
lived in a dugout and packed their
grub on their backs for 100 miles
Its shares are selling for $160, and
have paid $60,000,000 in dividends.
The men who opened Fairbanks
lived in winter on what they could
kill in iht' form of game. Rabbits
were legal tender, one going for
a shave and two for a haircut. j
The Matanuska farmere were ri-}
divided by day laborers and some
business men when they first built
their little cabins. Some are earn
ing $.").000 annually on their pro
duce.
There is not a fishing boat on
the coast of Alaska that was not ,
tin1 product of the individulistic
urge and determination to fend f |
one s self.
The quarter million dollars!
worth of gold brought from Ca£he
t reek this season Avas extracted by
men who formerly trapped and
prospected- One. we might men
tion. was $7,000 in debt t-Avo years
'go. paid it out of one season and i
■ -merges this season to loll in ;■ |
hotel elmir. enjoy every luxury at !
hand.
Progressive men are laboring to
attract investing capital to fhp
mines. Who knows but Avhat hi
might be the one having the pro
spect desired and emerge with a
fortune!
As big fortunes have been made
by men pooling their energies as
by those pooling their money.
No able-bodied man in Alaska
should want for the primary nec
essities of life, and no switch of
fortune in the States should af
fect him in this regard.
It may call for a complete read
justment of one’s viewpoint and
a change of activities.
The most dangeoiis element is
waiting for somebody else to start
something in the hope of winning
job.
The real pioneer is too much of
snob to work for another man.
And herein lies his right to snob
bery.
Healy River Coal
ECONOMICAL - DEPENDABLE
SAFE
Fret; 110m Soot—Graded to suit every need
Priced to suit every purse
Healy River Coal Corp.
Home office at Anchorage, Alaska
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wanted can be obtained for $7-50
from PEARL HENRY. Her DUART
permanents give the fastidious ap
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appointment; any kind of beauty
work done which you desire.
Paulsteiner’s Market
Armour’s Quality Meats
Blue Ribbon Poultry
Hams, Bacon
Fish and Oysters
Fresh Eggs and Butter
PHONE ADAMS 56
LIBERTY HALL
Talking Motion Pictures Every Night But Monday
Show Tonight at 8 o’clock
America’s most famous actor
JOHN BARRYMORE
The tragedienne who has never
made a failure—The man who has
the brains, the physique, the per
sonality, to keep him at the head
for a score of years.
In this play
The Bill of Divorcement
Foremost in the assisting cast is
Billie Burke and Katherine Hepburn
With it we have three very inter
esting reels.
A Howe Hodge Podge—A one reel
comedy and a musical Novelty.
SPLENDID PROGRAM
FOR SUNDAY
Show starts at 7:30 o.m.
Cal M. Brosius
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
EVERY ITEM IN THE BUILDER’S LINE
AGENT FOR ROYCROFT MOOSE PASS MILL
Mine Supplies, Rails, Rail Bolts, Rail Spikes,
Wheelbarrows, Drill Steel, Blacksmith Coal
Seward, Alaska
CMB
Phone Mad. 52
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
TRAINS ARRIVE P.M. TRAINS DEPART A.M.
Thursday and Friday 6:00 Friday 9:00 Saturday 7:30
Mixed Train Arrives . Wednesday p. m.
Mixed IXain Departs . Saturday not earlier than 10 a. m.
Round trip tickets on sale between all stations at 1 1-3 of one
way fare. Passengers from Seward leave on Friday or Satur
day; return the following Thursday or Friday. Passengers for
Seward from stations Curry South leave on Thursday and Fri
day. Consult ticket agent for further particulars and rates.
Motorship Discoverer
REGULAR SAILINGS FROM SEWARD TO KENAI, KASILOF,
NINILCHIK, SELDOVIA AND WAY PORTS
Captain Heinie Berger, Master
CLARK ANDRESEN, Agent
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Next Sailing—about September 10
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
Alaska Steamship Co