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BURY NAVY TRAGEDY
While discussions and investigations continue rela
tive to the latest naval disaster, the sinking of the S-4,
plans are being made, according to a recent dispatch, to
bury the reminders of a former tragedy of the sea, in
which American ships were the victims.
Since the night of September 8, 1923, when they
crashed upon the California reef, the wrecks of seven
destroyers have lain with their decaying hulks protrud
ing above the surface, gruesome reminders of one of the
worst navigational blunders" of all time. Each passing
ship and thousands of spectators on shore have since
viewed these wrecks, and the Navy Department desires
to have them destroyed and buried beneath the waves,
instead of permitting them to remain as monuments to
that blunder.
These ships were proceeding from San Francisco to
San Diego, when an error in navigation by the leading
vessel, which apparently was not detected by those fol
lowing, caused all seven to hit a reef while going full
speed, resulting in the loss of 23 lives and about $13,000,
000 worth of ships.
While naval regulations require each vessel to check
its navigation, it appears that in this instance all blindly
followed the leader, with the disasterous result described.
It is well that the visual evidence of such negligence
should be destroyed, perhaps, yet it might be a good thing
if every young naval offiicer could have a look at it, as a
% warning against taking things for granted, particularly
at sea.
A recent poet sings of the “rhomboid trombonal om
nivorous Me.” His omnivourness has evidently led him
to eat something that doesn’t agree with him.
It took a jury at Morrison, 111., 12 hours to acquit a
man who drove over a chicken, rfhe jurymen must have
been waiting for tamperers.
An economist declares that the copper industry is on
a sound basis. Brass appears to be producing it usual
dividends also.
Winter is ovei^ in Seward if one can judge the Ground
Hog knows his stuff. He failed to see his shadow which
means winter is over and spring is here. Hurrah! Hurrah!
Apropos Lindbergh, America’s daily exclamation is,
“Where on earth is that boy now!” Lindy is like a chame
leon in one respect: he can change his location, his adapta
tion to any place, country or people, and come up smiling.
If anybody ever gets to the moon or Mars,# it’ll be Lindy.
We like these Presidential campaigns. Considering
some of the candidates in the field they remind us that
though many of us never have a chance, a whole pack of
us have enough sense to become President.
Hickman rehearses daily his insanity act, and we
hope when the big show is over the villian will have had
his finish.
Neither do feminine gold-diggers’ plans always pan
out.
Christmas cigars, if any left, are getting pretty brit
tle now.
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PUTIN! STRIKE SOUNDS
BETTER FROM DISTANCE
With reference to the reported
platinum strike at Goodnews Bay, ar
rivals in Seward from the Westward,
bring word that they beard a good
deal more of the strike from a dis
tance of 500 miles than when they
were in the region.
At the present time everything is
more or less in the prospecting-stage
and does not warrant a stampede.
There are several good oldtimers
working ground there at this time
and by next fall they will probably ,
know the extent of the ore.
From another source The Gateway
is informed that many conflicting **e- J
ports come from Red mountain, in !
the Goodnews region. One is to the 1
effect all activety has been confined
*0 prospecting and staking.
R is said all of the prospectors
there are well pleased with the pan
ning. Reported pans averaged 50
cents to $2.00 but there seems to be
some doubt as to the authenticity of
these. Some of the prospectors dis
play bottles' with a number of ounces
of platinum and some say they have
sent out samples which assayed $55
to the ounce. The oldtimers in the
district appear to be highly phased
with the showing.
SCOUT NOTICE
Instead of the regular scout meet
ing Friday night, there will be a
luncheon and meeting at the Seward
Grill, 12 o’clock Saturday. A collec
tion will be taken up to defray the ex
penses.
MACPHERSON
To Clifton Hayes goes the reward
of 1.000 kopecks for finding the step
plate on Urie’s Rolls Royce. Urie
had a delightful evening's rest for
bis super-active mind is now at rest.
Miss Louise Parker, secretary to
Federal Judge Cecil Clegg, Fourth
Division, was among the arrivals in
Seward yesterday from the States.
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lities but on the other hand it’s assets
today are equivalent to a sum said to
| be almost five times of the original
I capital. The initial cost of the coastal
| service is e.#imated in the neighbor
hoovi of SS0,000. Seward’s proportion
to this sum should be at least $10,000.
Mr. Bennett plans to return to Seward
within a month at which time he will
take the matter up writh local business
•people and citizens.
In conclusion he said; “Seward is
the logical headquarters for such a
service being what might be termed
‘the hub of the wheel.’ The advan
tage of being the revolving point for
an endeavor of this sort should not be
necessary for me to explain. However,
it can be considered in the light of an
industry of the ‘first water’ and a
real financial acquisition to the marts
of trade. We have considered the_in
stallation of such a service for the
•past two years. I trust the people of
Seward will give us their support
when the time for action conies.”
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Frye-Bruhn’s Baby Beef is unex
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