Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEW A HD. ALASKA Established Amnist !¥. 1904
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THRU FOREST AISLES
The men of the forestry service are constantly cut
ting and building trails. There is a reason. When in
case of fire it becomes imperative to travel from one
place to another with men and fire-fighting tools and
apparatus, a trail comes in handy.
But the forestry service has larger visions than
merely protecting its noble domain. It wTants people in
the forest and thru the forest in quest of health, wealth
and happiness.
Wherever possible it directs its trail work to re
gions of beauty, to sylvan settings, to lands where pos
sible mineral wealth lies, to remote spots where the
trapper may possibly snare his valued trophy. It is in
deed fortunate that all these things can dovetail to
gether. There is nothing more alluring than a trail thru
a forest. One who cannot find surcease of sorrow there
must be troubled of soul indeed.
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With the acquisition of the breakwater and its re
sulting refuge harbor for small craft, Seward will
soon take her place in the sun of Westward fishing
enterprise. She has always been entitled to a goodly
share of this industry but there was no use talking
about it,—small boats were simply not safe in this
harbor.
The tale will be different this summer. The boats
can ride here in security. They will bring the products
of the sea here and the buyers will come here to get
such products. It will follow as night follows day that
additional cold storage facilities and ice supplies will
be furnished here, cutting off hundreds of miles oi
sea travel. There will be marine ways for necessary re
pairs .The year 1931 will mark a new’ era in the in
dustrial development of this city.
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When you stop to think of it $90,000 spent within
two and three months time in and around Seward
should give a decidedly healthy glowT to the spring
business complexion. That’s what the city is due for.
The breakwater means $45,000 expenditure on the first
unit, and Resurrection bridge means another $45,000.
The first will be under way next week; the second will
be started in March. Add to these the Quartz Creek
road construction, rehabilitation of the first nine miles
of the Moose Pass Highway, perhaps more wTork on the
“Missing Link” between the Seward Kenai Lake High
way with Moose Pass, the local Nash Road, possibly
the $400,000 Seward Memorial, and local improvements
and new businesses which is bound to follow the break
water, we’ll say Seward has a real year of work ahead.
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For the thousanth time we say, Buy Alaska-made
products. Alaska coal, lumber, vegetables, pop, etc. The
quicker Alaskans get this habit the quicker we’ll take
our proper place in the sun of world affairs.
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There, there, little girl, don’t cry, Seward will have a
real aviation base, by and by. They are just beginning
to see the light. Only 30 minutes more from Seward to
Nome than from Fairbanks to Nome. The alleged bad
weather bugaboo don’t get by any more.
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If there has been any winter in Seward thus far
we have failed to see it for since fall the birds have
been twittering in the high trees and avenues have
bathed frequently in pale, yet warm rays of sunshine.
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“This seems to be the age,” exclaimes Sourdough
Bill, the well-known Gateway philosopher, “when one
earns money not by work but by scheming.
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Political orators may roar; earnest workers for
prohibition bellow or in thin, reedy voices, relate their
tale of woe, but its a fact, “mule” flows on forever.
i A LOSF OF BREID A
JUG OF MOLE in OS
SIHING QN FORTUNE
! The stories of the ofd bonanza j
| and of the discoveries and of the |
early days of the Comstcok, Lead
ville. Cripple Creek and more, re- j
eently, of the numerous mining
camps of Alaska, of Tonopah and
| of Goldfield in Nevada, rend like
i so imny fairy tales, says Etienne
I Retter, mining engineer, in the
Denver Mining Record. It is
the story of a sudden and often
fabulous fortune following without
transition years of hard work, of
| hardships, of hopes blasted again
and again until the great single
day of fabulous reward; it is the
j story of thousands and hundreds
I of thousands of dollars made in
S a few weeks, I was almost going
j to say made over night.
The stories of the discoveries of
some of the richest and biggest
mines, the tales of some wonder
ful lost mines would fill a volume.
! Among the most typical and most
! trustworthy accounts of such dis
I coveries is that of one of the
chief producers of Leadville, told
by Mr. Emmons in his monograph
of the great silver camp ( U. S.
iGeol. Surv. Hon. XII), in which he
| says in speaking of one of the hills
jin back of the new camp: “At
j this point there is no outcrop, the
'whole surface of the hill being
covered to an average depth of
100 feet by terraital material. Tra
dition has it that two prospectors
were grubstaked or fitted out with
a supply of provisions by Tabor
(the mining king of Leadville),
half of all they discovered belong
jed to him. Among the provisions
(was a jug of whiskey, which proved
j so strong a temptation to the pro
spectors that they stopped to dis
cuss its contents before they had
gone a mile from town. When the
whiskey had disappeared, though
I its influence might probably have
| teen still felt, they concluded that
! the spot on which they had pre
j maturely camped was a good one
j to sink a prospecting hole as any
J other. At a depth of 25 to 30 feet
; their shaft struck the famous ore
i body of the Little Pittsburgh mine
; the only point on the' whole area
i of the hill where rock in place
I comes so near the surface. Dis
j coveries rapidly mutliplied in this
j region; immense amounts of ore
| were taken out and the claims
j changed hands at prices which ad
j vanced with marvelous rapidity in
| to the millions. A half interest
in one claim was sold one morn
ing for $50,000, after being trans
ferred thru several hands, it is said
to have been purchased by one
of the original holders for $255,
000 on the following morning.
TRAIN MOVEMENTS
The rotary did not come in last
night as was announced but will
be in this evening ahead of the
passenger train. There is another
heavy snow at Grandview and
the rotary must clear the way
for the Overland Limited De Lux.
The whirling plow will also pre
cede the Limited when it pulls
out in the morning carrying to
the Interior arrivals on today’s
steamer.
PUBLIC DANCE TONITE
There will be another one of
those enjoyable public dances
this evening in Odd Fellows hall.
With a steamer in port, a train
from the Interior arriving and
the large number of out-of-town
residents in the city, a' large
attendance can be looked for.
Plenty of time to go after the
great movie at the Liberty,
It is reported that Capt. A. E.
Lathrop and Ray Larson, An
chorage business men, will be
among today’s train arrivals, en
route to the States.
WHILE THEY LAST
j Closing out remaining sizes
! of good work shoes at prices
from $3.25 to $4.75. Remember
j old packs can be re-bottomed
! with either crepe or cieated bot
toms.
Seward Leather Works
LI B E R T Y THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O'CLOCK
— SPECIAL — SPECIAL — SPECIAL — SPECIAL —
One of the world’s greatest actors
EMIL JANNINGS
The man who has never made a poor picture—the man
whose wonderful personality keeps him at the top is to
be seen tonight in the magnificent drama
‘THE PATRIOT”
A highly dramatic and intensely interesting play of
Russia; both high and low life. In the supporting cast
are the famous stars LEWIS STONE and FLORENCE
VIDOR forming a trio unexcelled. This is an 11-reel
super-feature rated by all critics as something extra
good. With it we will show you a News reel.
NOTE:—We are able to give this picture
at the usual prices.
to the Aroma of
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FRYE'S BABY BEEF
that delicious tender meat
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ROAST PORK
with its incomparable flavor
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BACON
with its tantalizing odor
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HAM
with its delicate color
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There will be no lack of appetite
at the meal when Frye’s Meats
are served.
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