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ok SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
Publisned daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Eurered in the postoffice at Seward Alaska as
second-class mail matter.
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H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors
£ F. Jessen, Editor and Manager
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HE LIKES US STILL
The above caption heads an editorial in the Valdez
Miner answering one in a recent issue in The Gateway in
which this paper commented of the esteem the editor of
this paper holds for Editor Wilcox, of the Valdez paper.
Also, at that time, The Gateway took occasion to ask Edit
or Wilcox to enlighten us on the matter of how to pre
vent tie-ups on the Alaska Railroad, in Interior districts.
Like the majority of editors Mr. Wilcox is not backward
by any means and comes back with the following:
Brother Jessen has no edge on us in the matter of lik
ing. While we have never had the pleasure of meeting him
personally, which we hope to do one of these days, we
know him to be a bright, enterprising young man who
gets out a mighty good newspaper and boosts, as he
should, for his home town. You can’t help liking a man of
that kind.
If there is any criticism we might feel called upon to
make of Brother Jessen it would be in regard to his reck
lessness with figures. We have noticed this on several oc
casions, and while we do not believe in trimming too close
and spoiling a good story, we do stop occasionally and con
sider what effect the story is going to have on the other
fellow.
.We haven’t got ten feet of snow on the main streets
of Valdez. We have a good five feet; maybe six, and if you
had said seven that would have made a good story and we
would not have taken the trouble to deny it.
No, we don’t recommend moving the Alaska Railroad
over to Valdez. We never had. And in this connection, we
wish you would consider this statement calmly and dis
passionately: Valdez has never sought to prevent any ac
tivity, government or otherwise, from going to Seward,
nor has it sought to take away from Seward anything it
has. Can Seward say the same?
When Valdez advocates the opening of a line from
the head of Turnagain Arm to Portage Bay it does so be
cause it is as vitally interested in the development of the
coal fields along the railroad as Seward is, and the only
way those mines can be developed is by opening a route
to salt water that can handle the output at a lower cost
than is at present possible.
So far as Seward benefitting from the export of coal,
the town is no better off today, after several years of
railroad operation than if there was no coal along the
railroad. The shipment of coal from Seward to the States
and to other parts of Alaska, with the possible exception
of some shipments to the westward, could be counted on
the fingers of one hand. That situation will remain until
a cheaper method of reaching the coast is available.
Valdez has no desire to have the railroad taken away
from Seward, and when, eventually, a line is built to Por
tage bay, we don’t believe the Seward line will be abandon
ed, but that it will be maintained for the passenger and
and tourist traffic.
“1 could see St. Patrick and his harp heading Seward
ward,” remarked another of the local air crusaders, in
relating to a friend how it felt to be a sky-pilot.
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE CHEAP
$2000
Worth $5,000
Henry Coulliard Moose Pass
20 acres cleared; 7 acres under cultivation
Includes house and barn, cattle, three head of
horse, 200 chickens, impliments of all kinds; in
fact everything on the farm.
160 ACRES PATENTED IN 1927
Reason: 111 health necessitates this sale
GENERAL MOTORS IN
LEAD AS PRICES I
SOAR ON MARKET
NEW YORK, Mar. 14. (/P)— One of
the wildest buying orgies in the his
tory of stock exchange whirled the
entire list up from five to 17 points
and inflicted immense losses upon
trapped selling interests. Oeneral
Motors was shot up to a new height
of 159%, registering net gain of 9%
points which gave market value of its
stock additional $148,000,000. x\t pre
sent prices, issue is up $520,000,000
from its low point reached in January.
Trading was also spectacular from
the point of number of shares sold
and bought. The turnover was slight
ly in excess of 3,700,000 shares, sec
ond largest in the history of stock ex
change. Record was established on
March 3, 1926 when 3,837,400 shares
were negoiated in the huge selling
market that wiped out many brokers.
News of the excitement spread rap
idly to Wall Street and the gallery
was packed with visitors peering
down upon traders, who milled fran
tically around posts. Supported by
fact, brokerage loans had decreased
during the week indicating that large
blocks of stock had been removed
from the market, buyers went the
limit under the General Motors’ pro
the form of Liberty bonds found their
tection.
Among issues that made large gains
were: United States Steel, up 4 points
Radio Corporation, 9 1-2; Baldwin Lo
comotives, 12; Du Pont, 10; Ameri
can Can, 3 1-2; American Steel
Foundry, 2 3-4, and Green Copper
4 5-8.
DRAWING SATURDAY NITE
The land drawing for the James
McConnell acreage, near Woodrow, j
will be held at the Liberty theater:
Saturday night instead of Friday j
evening, as was mentioned yesterday.
The halibut schooner Electro, ar
rived in port today, with a broken
pump.
Nothing definite could be learned
today regarding the arrival in pert
of the S. S. Starr.
Victor Johnson, who broke a log
a few days ago when he slipped on
an icy walk, is getting along alright,
reports Dr. Alcorn, of the Seward
General Hospital.
There are still three individual i:i- j
come tax blanks at the post office
should anyone care to call for them.
That’s all there is, however, because
there isn’t any more.
Assistant General Manager II.!
Horn, Alaska Railroad, is in the In-!
tericr on one of his regular inspec- ]
tion trips.
The St. Patrick’s Ball tickets, now
on sale, were dated February instead
of March. Too many have been so]d
to recall them so the committee says,
“let’er buck!” Four men, two up
town and two at The Gateway office,
read proof, too!
Spake parts arrived from Anchor
age yesterday for Merrill’s plane. It
is understood he will remain here
for the balance of the week before
taking off for the home hangar.
Frye-Bruhn’s Baby Beef is unex
celled.
See our ad. Seward Trad
ing Co.
LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK
ONE SHOW
8 O’CLOCK
This great cast
IRENE RICH—CONWAY TEARLE— JANE
WINTON —GUSTAV von SEYFFERTITZ
and STUART HOLMES
In the great Russian drama
“ My Official Wile ”
A BIG 8—REEL FEATURE
A drama of mad gaiety and seething intensity.
The story of a Russian exile who posed as her
betrayers wife to accomplish her revenge.
COSSACKS— NIHILISTS— SPORTING ARIS
TOCRATS— BEAUTIFUL GIRLS— VODKA
AUSTRIAN DANCES
The whirl of Russian and Austrian life on the
brink of the war
A play of the Class who have no strong morals. A young and
beautiful Countess, mistaken for a peasant, is abducted by six
young nobles and made their plaything.
A STRONG PLAY OF MEN’S PASSION AND
A GIRL’S REVENGE
Staged in beautiful Russian and Austrian sets
AND AN INTERESTING PATHE
NOTE: We are informed this play is rather raw for youthful
diet and therefore ADVISE keeping children under 16 years
away, but we will NOT REFUSE them admittance if they come.
Builders Supplk
C.M.B.
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OVERLAND GRILL
Next to the Overland Hotel
Open Day and Night
Private Boxes
Gabriel Santos
Proprietor and Chef
like an arrow from a bow
* Buick for 1928 gets away in traffic like
an arrow from a bow!
Watch the Buicks next time you drive
downtown. See how easily they step out
in front when the signal changes. And
note how they give other cars the slip
in the friendly rivalry of traffic.
You cannot say you know the full
meaning of “performance” until you’ve
driven a Buick for 1928.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY. FLINT. MICH.
Division of General Motors Corporation
BUICK>I928
Ogles Garage