Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, AT, ASK A — Established August 19. 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PURI ASHING COMPANY
Entered in the post office at Seward, Alaska, as
second class maii matter
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN. Proprietors
E F. Jessen, Editor and Manage/
Otto G: Sandbeck, Associate Editor Edwin A: Sandbeck, City Editor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republicatlon of ah
mum* dispatcher credited to it or not otherwise In this paper and also the local new*
yublished herein.
AM rights for repnhlloation* of specinl dispatches herein are reserved.
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
This paper reserves the right to reject any advertisement it so desires.
MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGR APIIICAL UNION
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Dally by carrier, per month ..
Dally by mail, per month ....
•'aily by mall, per year
Weekly Gateway by mail, per year...
Foreign postage (Extra), daily, for 300 issues
ADVERTISING RATES
eer single column, one to six Issues, per inch ..
Per finule column inch, per month . .
Legal Notices, per line per issue . .
Classified Advertisements, per Sine, per Issue ..
Notice oi Final Proof Notices ..
Entice to Creditors Notices
WHY WE NEED A BREAKWATER
Why do we want a breakwater here in Resurrec
tion Bay? We want it as a shelter harbor for small
boats; the fishing fleet. There is no protection against
south winds. Everything else is uncomparable.
There is no use ‘‘chewing the fat” about this thing
to any length as The Gateway has “sounded off” every
angle ‘till we're blue in the face and got a “kink” in the
neck studying every angle of it for five long years.
Still, the government continues to built bigger and
better speed-boats to chase rum-runners who are, ap
parently, of more value than the lives of those who
adventure upon the high seas off the Alaska coast. One
or more coast guard cutters stationed in these waters,!
and the breakwater in Resurrection Bay, would at
once cut down the annual harvest of Davy Jones.
HE TOLD THEM AND HOW
Do you remember Brann’s Iconoclast down in Tex
as? Its good to read over once in a while, the words of
that out-spoken, whole-souled, militant crusader against
sham and artifice. Somebody had written a letter pro
testing against a grammatical error that he had made
in Lis paper. He exploded thusly:
‘ Great God, is it possible that people will give pre
cious ime to such trifling—with the mighty Universe
yet to ! e explored, the secret of man’s origin still en
shrouded in mystery, his destination a mere specula
tion. Let grammar-sharps say what they will, that
phrase ap caches nearest perfection which conveys
with most p rspicuity and least jaw-labor an idea from
mind to mind. Mortal man cannot afford to sit down
in “t e conflux of two eternities,” and split hairs. Life
is too real, too earnest, too valuable to be wasted on
the idle subtleties of word-mongers.”
THRU COLORED GLASSES
When you pick up your daily paper as the shades
of night are casting their declining shadows, what sort
of a kick do you get out of it? Do you wish to know
that Archibald Sn others l as fallen down and broken
his *vell-knovvn neck? Do you hope that the Lusitania
is sunk again? Do you look i\ r the ills of life, or do you
wish that your cock-eved paper would have some cheer
ful news in it; something nice about Mrs. Jones baby
girl that gained a pound yesterday?
The Gateway complaint department has just put
on another assistant. File your complaints early and
often. If you have anything good to say go out behind
the biggest fir tree you can find and whisper it to the
listening pines.
FILLING PUBLIC DEMAND
There are no more copies of The Gateway carry
ing the editorial about the Alaska Railroad '‘snooper.”
The demand was extraordinary, unprecedented in fact.
We would have run off several thousand if we had
known the popular appeal. There have been many fel
icitations but no new subscribers. If you like our paper,
subscribe to it; then you won’t miss anything.
Stop us if you have heard this one: Seeing a gaso
line engine apparently reasonably priced in a catalogue,
a prospective customer wrote, saying, "Send engine
No. 1336; if good will send check.” The firm replied,
“Send check; if good will send engine.”
Another paradox is that it may be clothed in
choice language and still remain the naked truth.
George Bernard Shaw says Einstein is one of the
eight greatest men in history" Now who are the six
other fellows?
Washington state has been
pouring her blessings upon Sew
1 arcTs Jesse Lee Home.
Both the towns of Yakima and
| Opportunity have sent a supply |
! of apples, and vegetables that
' have been keeping the home |
: truck burning tires ever since the ,
; last boat arrived even though j
the going was slippery at times, j
1 The Yakima Methodists got j
I together and sent 652 boxes of1
| apple:-: and 56 sacks of onions, i
Opportunity sent 16 sacks of j
vegetables of all kinds to their
Methodist brethren in the North j
who are carrying on the good
; work of educating youngsters
; The Northern Pacific Railroad j
! carried the offerings free from
Yakima and Opportunity to1
Seattle, according to Rev. C. T. !
Hatten, superintendent of the
, Jesse Lee Home.
Now the cooks at the institu
tion are debating about apple
souffle and onion pudding.
i
GREAT REPUBLIC
! IS “WDNOERHOUSE" !!
i BIGGER THAN AMERICA 1
RIO de JANEIRO. Dec.. 2, (/P>
—South America, vast continent
of contrasts, where governments
of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and i
now Brazil have toppled since
j June, is perhaps the last and the
i greatest of the world's wonder
j lands.
Like the downfall of the govern -
! ments of her smaller neighbors,
: the Sinai coup that overthrew
Brazil’s federal administration was
| brought about by the action of a
| handful of army and navy officers
i in the capital itself.
i
Fighting had been in progress j
j for three weeks in the north and j
south but the final blow was
struck swiftlv in Rio de Janeiro
!
far from the battlefront.
Brazil is more than 200,000
| square miles larger than the en
| t*re United States, embracing 3,
| 285,318 square miles in all, or about
three-sevenths of the South Am
erican continent.
Argentina is as big as all the
territory east of the Mississippi.
Rio de Janeiro is one of the
j world’s most beautiful cities.
The Plata and Parana river dis
| charge double the quantity of |
water of our great Mississippi
i Brazil’s diamond mines furnish
, ed one stone alone valued at $15,
| 000 000.
The Amazon and its tributaries
i consitute om of the largest river
systems on earth.
The forests of Chaco, Argentina,
are valued at 10 billion dollars.
Buenos Aires is the largest La
tin city in the world.
READY WITH AN ANSWER
Pat was hired in a lumber of
fice. The proprietor was a young 1
man and decided; (to have some
fun with the new hand, so Pat
was left in charge of the office,
with instructions to take all or
ders which might come in. Going
to a nearby store, the proprietor
tor called up the office:
“Hello! Is this the East Side
Lumber Company?”
“Yis Sorr.”
“Send me up one thousand knot
holes.”
“What’s that?” ,
“One thousand knot holes.”
“Well, now, an ain’t that a
( she me’ Ve are just out of them.
! Sold them all to the brewery.”
I “To the brewery? What do they
want with t ern?”
“They use them for bungholes
^ in barrels ”
__ljTe"rTy”"t’h eat’Ts
8 O’CLOCK — ONE: SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
SHOWING TONIGHT
cans GiiRso - - a™ _. gonrad nagel
assisted by a special cast in the intense drama
A fascinating play of a semi-triangle affair showing;
how difficult it is for a beautiful woman to keep from!
being involved in jeaiou.sies and suspicions and passions,
no matter how she might try,
— STORY LAID IN FRANCE —
A Very Clever Story
With it we will give you a Hal Roach laugh
getter, two-reel comedy
“GOING GA GA”
Also a Fable and interesting News
IF YOUR MEAL IS BUILT
around a FRYE-BRUHN product—it’s the
best MEAL IN TOWN
Try our FRYE’S DELICIOUS Brand Hams, Bacon and
Lard. Fresh Meat, Eggs, Butter and Poultry received on
every boat.
Place your order now for Xmas
and New Year’s Turkey, Duck,
Goose or Chicken.
Frye-Bruhn Company
Phone Main 94
JOHN e.
WHITE and CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
HOTEL GILLILAND
TAXI IN CONNECTION
COMFORTABLE LODGING AT
MODERATE RATES
Day or Night Madison 128
Seward, Alaska Chas- P. Gilliland
SOMETHING SPECIAL
Latest Styles in Evening Dresses
VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold Water in Every Boom
Steam Heat
J. S. BADGER Prop.
1
*