Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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TERRITORIAL REVENUES
According to reports from Juneau, at the rate drafts j
are being made upon the Treasury in the regular order;
of business, the three hundred odd thousand dollars now j
held will be exhausted before the next session of the Leg- j
islature. . .
The outlook is for a mad scramble to secure addition-;
al revenues for the next biennium, which will naturally j
embrace the question of increased taxation. ;
Among the resources mooted is a sales tax, which is
right now engrossing the attention of the nation, and;
which has its proponents and opponents, each with a mass
of sound argument.
In the case of Alaska, it has been the custom to select
the most shining light for the tax target, which is urban ;
business and big industries. No one seems ever to have
considered a more equitable distribution of the burden
and its possible effect upon increased revenues. There
are thousands of men morally obligated to contribute who |
never pay one cent, yet who receive every benefit derivedi
from public expenditure and every protection accorded]
by organized government.
If this new field could be surveyed and each person
called upon to contribute a just share, it is safe to predict
that there would be no need for increase in rates.
Every year thousands of men come into the Terri
tory, enjoy its revenue and depart without even paying
poll tax. Again there are an equal number who, located
outside the towns, and having assessable property coming
well within the scope of fair taxation, who do not contrib
. ute. If these sources could be reached, the burden would
be softened for business and nobody would be hurt.
In the meantime, what would be wrong about creat
ing a “conscience fund” whereby every man who appre
ciated his obligation to government would, if overlooked
by the tax gatherer, appraise his property and volun
tarily contribute his mite to the Treasury?
Alaskans, being vitally concerned in road building
throughout the Territory, can partly thank a Scotchman
for his contribution to good roads. In 1800, the Scotch
man McAdarn experimented with crushed stone for a sur
face, and the success of his work made the greatest ad
vance in rural communication until the Ford car.
America leads the world in airlines, with nearly 50,
000 miles out of a total of 172,000 in regular commercial
operation in the world.
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Capital is essential to civilization and so it is with
Alaska: If the Territory is to progress, capital must be
attracted. j v
Li Chingyun of Shanghai, China, says that he is 251
years old, has been married 14 times and has 180 descend
ants.
Brides of the Bugis tribe on the Celebes Island are
drugged three days before their marriage to keep them
from looking at any males other than their intended hus
bands.
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There is a job for a clever detective in Peabody,
Mass., where, according to a press report, police have
failed to catch thieves who stole an 86-foot brick chimney.
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An average of $40 for every man, woman and child
in the United States was expended for recreational trav
el in 1930.
Police are now stationed about-the stockyards in East
Buffalo, N. Y., to prevent nearby residents from milking
the cows.
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NORTHWESTERN GAME
IN PORT LIST EVENING
WITH I GOOD LISTING
The SS Northwestern, Capt. J.
Ramsauer, commander, of the Al
aska Steamship Company, came in
to port at an early hour last eve
ning from the South bringing a i
number of passengers and a cargo
of general merchandise.
Passengers who boarded the
Northwestern at Seattle, included
George W. James, Mrs. E. C. Olm
stead, Alice Grant, Mrs. H. H. Ross,
W. Haahti, Mrs. Pearl Henry, Mary
Jane Henry, G. C. Stewart, Mrs. P.
Crane, A. E. Frodenberg, James P.
Farnham, F. Warren Oakes, and
W. J. Barrows.
Local arrivals from Alaska ports
other than those who boarded the
vessel at Seattle included E. P.
Harwood, I. C. Beeman, O. J. Dahl,
Mrs. O. J. Dahl, R. L. Rupp, C. Nel
son, G. Gullufsen, G. Markuss,
Kathryn Galen, K. K. Katz.
N0RTHWESTE11 TAKES 1
FAIR LIST PASSENGERS i
ITS ON VOYAGE SOOTH
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The SS Northwestern left for the j
South today bearing a number of
Alaskans who are going to spend
the holidays in the States. Pes
sengers who boarded the vessel at
Seward were:
For Seattle—Mrs. B. Logan, Ar
thur Lappi, L. Mi Rodrigue, Dora
La Chance, Pietro Vigla, F. W.
Bewley, Alice Dias, A. Condon, Geo.
Edw. Lewis, Wilfred La Chance, H.
N. Hennpacker, Miss L. Whitten,
Claude Ellis, L. B. Rideout, R.
Gleason, Clinton H. Tracy, Curis
Anderson, W. Haasti, Chris Ander
son, L. B. Redmond, Jack. Jennings,
F. R. Lambert, Oscar Wickman, W.
H. S. McFarland, _ Edith Hanley,
Evelyn Greenway, Mrs. Emil Wick
strom, Emil Wickstrom, Leo Bul
lock, S. L. Godfrey, August Peter
son, F. B. Cunningham, J. C. Wad
man, Arthur D. Gardner, Glenn W.
Neil, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wadleigh,
Wm. Schumer, Joseph Johnson.
For Cordova—W. K. Keller, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. H. Miller, J. L. Galen,
J. E. Meyers, V. Johnson, Mrs. Jack
Kaski.
| For Juneau—M. A. Tenney, Clyde
j Burkett, Chas. Peterson, Phil Mc
Donald.
For Ketchikan—R. Ward.
For La touche—L. Christiansen.
For Port Benny—Mr. and Mrs. O.
J. Dahl.
J. L. Galen, head of the McKin
; ley Park Transportation Company,
j returned to Seward from the Inter
ior last night and today continued
on to his Cordova headquarters.
... Fifty per cent off on all clean
ing and pressing work (not rusb
work) received on Monday. Sew
. ard Steam Laundry.
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