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OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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THE ALASKA MYSTERY
The tour is not yet ended and though touching Sew
ard but briefly today, the melody of our distinguished
visitors panegyric will linger on.
The Congressmen, Senators and high Washington i
officials are all keenly interested in Alaska affairs and
we can trust these gentlemen from the East that they
will return home convinced with the panorama of Al
aska beauty, hospitality and enterprise and that they
will deal justly with "this far-flung rich and fertile
Northland.
Their brief stay in Seward prohibits the citizens
of the city from affording a welcome commensurate
with their importance, aside from a banquet this eve
ning at 6 o'clock in the SeWard Grill to which all men
are extended an invitation by the Seward Chamber of
Commerce.
Having been Westward they will have noted that!
the alleged brown bear problem is wholly a myth, a fab- j
ideation of those who know little of their subject; the j
birds, fish and beasts of mighty Westward Alaska are in
safe refugees and sufficient in numbers until the Final
Curtain is rung down. The famed brown bear can
rightly say, “The news of my demise is greatly exag
gerated."
But our visitors will ponder as they traverse the
terrain of the Alaska Railroad belt; they will wonder
why the manifold resources of coal, minerals, forests, |
reindeer, etc., have not been developed as they should j
have been so that revenues to the railroad might have!
been increased and the annual deficit long ago been rel-1
egated to the past. Alaskans, also friends, have won
dered why. Perhaps you may unravel the mystery why
the Alaska of today is practically the same, perhaps!
'worse than 20 years ago, from a development stand
point. Where you see hundreds of miles of barren wild- j
erness, that landscape today should be dotted with happy j
homes of thousands of Alaskans. We have everything in
the world but people. Try and figure out why. There
is your real problem.
Give Alaska real Territorial control such as other
territories have enjoyed and are now enjoying: Alas
kans are just as intelligent and capable of working out
their destiny as any, but not when swarms of bureau
crats, directed from Washington, are in control of al
most every act of our citizens; where one department
is jealous of another to the detriment of Alaska; where
evidence is seen on every hand, of wasteful duplication
of effort by these departments. But that is not our
story to you today and we hasten to add there are other
departments of the Federal government who are extend
ing every aid possible for Alaska's betterment, and to
these we are extremely grateful.
From the dawn of Russia-Alaska history to the
present day, a vast wealth has poured steadily from Al
aska to the States. Alaska has purchased more than 900
million dollars worth of merchandise of all kinds from
the United States. Since 1867 Alaska produced and has
exported products to the amount of the enormous sum
of $2,670,842,437.
There, gentlemen, is the story of Alaska in one
brief paragraph. And, to use a much hackneyed ex
pression, the surface has only been scratched!
Surely a volcanologist who can pick out an unpress
agented mountain like Aniakchak and almost name the
day and hour when the mountain will erupt a nd scatter
ashes far and wide, is a real prophet and as a forecaster,
The Gateway doffs the well known derby to Father
Hubbard, “the Glacier Priest," author, explorer,* lectur
er and Professor of Geology at Santa Clara University.
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Mrs OF SUN ME
NEW YORK, July 28. (A5)—At a
banquet in his honor, Dr. Nikola
Tesla, noted inventor, announced
culmination of experiments over
a number of years with cosmic
rays.
“It it probable,” Dr. Tesla said,,
“that not far in the future we!
shall be able to harness energy
from the sun by means of appa
ratus, the development of which
has been the object of my work
for the last 20 years.”
Dr. Tesla’s appartus is said to
function regardless of daylight or
dark and not to be dependent
upon weather conditions. Although
at present the manufacture of,
such apparatus is very costly, he
hopes to make further develop
ments which will reduce the cost.
“MFILFO BILL" SOS
BRIDGE STMS BLOCKED:
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 28. (/P) ;
—Determined to maintain the mil- j
itary blockade of the Durant-Den- j
ison toll bridge approach on the |
north side of Red River, Governor j
W. H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray de- !
parted for the border.
He was accompanied by Charles
Barrett, Adjutant General, and A.
R. Losh, State Highway Engineer,
who was given a colonel’s com
mission shortly before the party
left for Durant.
10 PER CENT SALARY CUT
MONTREAL, July 28. UP)—A 10
per cent salary cut for all Cana
dian National Railway employees
whose annual salary exceeds $3,600
was announced effective from Aug- j
ust 1 tor 10 months. This cut does |
not apply to specialists hired under j
signed agreements.
COACH RECOVERING
BERKELEY. Calif., July 28. UP)— !
Bill Ingram, University of Cali- j
fornia football coach, was recov- 1
ering after an emergency appen- ;
dicitis operation at St. Luke’s hos- j
pital.
100-TON VESSEL SUNK
SAN FRANCISCO. July 28. (/P)—
The San Francisco Dollar liner
President Grant rammed and sank
a 100-ton sailing vessel near Moji,
in the Japanese inland sea and
for a while thereafter was aground,
but was floated in order to avoid
striking another sailing craft.
TAXICAB WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.
(/P)—Washington’s taxicab war
went on when two large companies
cut their rates from 25 cents to
15 cents for the city proper. Un
der these new rates it is possible
to ride nine miles in Washington
for 15 cents.
A representative of the Alaska
Guides, with headquarters in An
chorage was a recent visitor in
Homer to arrange for the winter
ing of the Guides’ horses, says the
Seldovia Herald. About 35 head
of the organization’s horses will
probably be placed with Homer
farmers during the coming winter.
house-warming soon
Called back to town on brief
business matters, George James,
of the Alaska Shop, came in Mon
day from the lodge on Lake Kenai
where Mrs. James and he are hav
ing their lodge completely reno
vated and improved. A basement
has been dug, a new roof com
pleted as well as a beautiful new
fireplace, floors, windows, in fact
just about everything new. Soon
Mr. and Mrs. James will be ready
lor a house-warming at which
just about everyone in town will
be invited.
Phone for Horluck’s Danish Ice
Cream and we will deliver. Cand>
Cottage.
Wednesday’s Program
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live on board A. S. S. Co. Anchorage, Alaska
steamers.
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