Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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PHILOSOPHICAL COGITATIONS
Westward ho! What a wealth of eloquence in those
two brief words. In the first place one must remember
that the amoeba of civilization was originally hatched,
nurtured and developed in the far East and that as the
seed of Life began growing the gradual tendency of
progress was toward the West. From the Orient to the
Occident is a short span of living progress when one
considers the length of time required for the transmi
gration of the lowly forms of life to what we now con
sider the high forms of existence.
And yet Time is but a mere fleeting reflection of
the passage of spacial existence that in the end means
no more to the human than it means to the marauding
Jay bird, wiio in the natural display of his inherited
tendencies, rapes the waiting nest of the tender swal
low and with one avidious gulp swallows the offspring
that, if allowed to grow and mature, would perpetuate
the swrallow life. Such is life.
And as this is Life so must we reflect seriously
upon the tenet of moral and intellectual progress that
the Westward is the sleeping grounds of all aspirations
that tend to increase the moral and spiritual wealth of
the human family. Persons tire of every day happen
ings and surroundings; they grow weary with monot
onous regularity and cast their eyes upon fields that
are pregnant with possibilities of personal advance
ment! they see the same persons in every day business
and professional life; they come home to their same
workaday surroundings and their souls instead of
soaring into the cerulean heights are cast down before
the alters of Balia 1 and they absorb only a feeling of de
pression, gloom and remorse. Life is empty and devoid
°f interest. The past is as interesting as the prospects
of the future.
The East is old, the West is new and there is no
part of the Great West than is newer than Westward
Alaska. We envision the hundreds of islands out there.
We cast our mental and moral eye back across the
bridges of the past and we wonder how our ancestors
sn regarded Life as not to see a great future for the
Westward country generally, instead of continuing
t<> migrate southward.
Individually, there are less names on this year's
delinquent tax roll than for many years past but the
apparent relinquishment of one group's holdings em
bracing a number of hunderds of lots, brought the
total, up to the length it appears in this issue. Aside
from the Harriman group, it will be noticed the names
of individuals are not many. It is unfortunate people
living outside of Seward—in the States—do not under
stand local conditions better. One thing is certain, the
properties listed will be disposed of quickly at the tax
sale unless redeemed by present holders.
There should not be much fear felt by Arctic ex
plorers, providing scientists are right, who claim more
members of Arctic explorations have died from over
eating and overheating than of starvation and cold.
From the looks of things they are going to run
the Alaska Railroad long enough, anyway, for next
summer’s Congressmen to come up and take a ride.
For the family cook book: You can go out quicker
than a light-headed chorus girl by drinking a cocktail
made of champaigne, gin and orange juice.
We'll bet the lads down at Juneau today were as
busy as a cat on a tin roof, what with the legislature
convening and what not.
The last gang of Congressmen came to Alaska on
destroyers and almost destroyed us. If this next crowd
comes up on cruisers, GOOD NIGHT!
mum MESSAGE
(Continued from Pane One)
al projects, roads, and rivers and
harbors improvements” from Fed
eral funds. Fisheries are expected
to absorb most of the surplus labor
this summer.
Concluding his general survey,
the Governor said: “I see no rea
son why, if we are prudent in our
j expenditures for the next two
j years, we should not emerge from
j this period of adverse conditions
! in excellent shape and without
! having experienced unnecessary
j suffering or placed added burdens
i on industry or individuals.”
Suggests Building Program
Although he recommended sus
pension of all public building con
struction temporarily, the Gover
nor urged the “necessity for a pub
lic building program”, saying:
"The time is not far distant when
institutions will be an absolute
necessity, to meet the demands for
taking care of the ‘aged and unfor
tunate and incorrigibles’ As fin ■
ancial resources are limited it wiii
be essential for the aodption of a
continuing program, setting aside
funds each biennium in advance
of needs so that money will be
available for construction when
time is ripe. By careful planning
j and a distribution of costs over a
period of years, probably 10, the
Territory will be able to handle the
situation”, he said.
He urged the Highway Engineer
be given authority "to prepare and
; approve plans for all buildings and
he should supervise the construc
tion.”
Taxes Sufficiently High
l Territorial taxes, which are
based on "the uncertain and ex
ceedingly variable production of
our principal industries”, instead
of a "more or less stable property
valuation”, are already sufficiently
! burdensome on industry, Governor
! Parks told the legislators. Since
tax receipts in periods of declining
production are below normal ex
penditures, the surplus that ac
I cures in favorable years must be
; set aside for the low-receipt years
in order to avoid deficits,
j Revenues last year were less
than expected and present Indica
tions are that this year will "wit
ness a further decline in revenues
because of market conditions”. He
asked for a change in the law to
make it compulsory for operators
of floating canneries or leased
shore property to post bonds large
enough to cover all taxes, and that
transportation companies be pro
hibited from moving packs from
such plants until notified that the
bonds had been furnished.
Would Suspend Non-Essentials
Differentiating between appro
• priations for “essential purposes"
and "desirable” activities, the
Governor urged a suspension of
i the latter for the biennium. Under
I the essential functions he listed
| education, relief of destitution,
j care of dependent children, con
i struction of roads and trails and
i administrative office e xpenses,
| and as “desirable”, bounties on
predatory animals, stocking public
j kinds with game and fur-bearing
animals, publicity and similar un -
derta kings.
“It is not true economy to reduce
appropriations for the first to a
point which will render them in
efficient, In our capacity
as public officers we are trustees
of public moneys and, therefore,
we should exercise the same care
in authorizing their expenditures
as we would our personal funds.”
Reviews Past Biennium
He then launched into a review
of the activities carried on by the
Territory during the past two
years. The control of predatory
animals, bounty system, fur farm
ing, dependent children, health
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the great crook play
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