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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August IS*. 19e4
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD BUBBLE
(Piom the Chicago Tribune)
A senatorial inquiry into the affairs of the Alaska Railroad has
been proposed and ought to be undertaken. Possibly in the course of
the hearings some practical suggestions will be made for reducing
the drain of a million dollars a year upon the federal treasury to
meet the railroad’s losses. At any rate, a public exposure of the
losses’ sustained in undertaking such projects may prove valuable
as a guide to policy.
The Alaska Railroad, it was originally estimated, would cost
about $35,000,000. In reality it has cost $75,000,000. it uas never paid
its way. When it wasj projected the taxpayers were assured by an en
thusiastic lobby that it would open up a vast store of wealth. It has
done nothing of the kind. If the venture were a private one .it would
have been abandoned in large part years ago,-but as the government
is the owner the losses perforce continue.
Muscle Shoals is another illustration of the same inability of the
government to engage in business successfully. The recenttly pub
lished report of the financial failure of many of the reclamation
projects with the government holding the bag as usual, furnish
another example. The history of the Alaska Railroad venture
should make particularly instructive reading at a .session of con
gress which will pass upion Boulder Dam.
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NO WONDER THEY BOMB ONE ANOTHER
When you read that, fellow Alaskans, do you won
uc uioy are shooting- each other in Chicago!!
Is it possible that a fellow weilder of the sacred
quill, sitting in the hallowed sanctum of the Chicago
Tribune, with millions waiting in palpatating expectancy
foi' his cataclysmic utterances, can be so insular in mind
so completely segregated from North American thought
as a whole, so self-centered in paltry pettishness that he
does not know whati the Alaska Railroad has done, is do
ing and will do ror Alaska?
Sorrowfully we must admit it and he labels us “The
Alaska Railroad Bubble.” There is no answer to the libel;
we stand aghast; reason totters on the throne, but we
swear softly and mutter under breath thinking we are
seeing things grotesque and unimaginable.
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The police judge says that if traffic lights were made
in the shape of silk stockings; men would pay more at
tention to them.
No wonder that Chicago editor is sore on the Alas
ka Railroad: that million dollars a year if switched away
from Alaska would probably find its way thru the hands
of Chicago’s* thugs and grafters.
Some day we must look into the history of Chicago;
compared to Alaska’s it is our opinion it would smell
something like a whaling station which is far from “lak
’a rose.”
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Freshies To Get
Real Initiation
Tonight’s Ordeal \
■ While the upper classmen regale
! themselves in the upper stories to.
: night with good food and music, the
j freshmen of. the Seward high school
[will have plenty of pains for their
troubles tonight, according to this in
itiation program slated by the wise,
acres who will heap ignomy upon the
Outlanders. Defiant, the Freshies will
be paraded at 8 o’clock with red flares
to light, their erring steps.
Sophomores will stand guard, and
the ancient friends of the Freshmen,
the Juniors, will try to bretak the
gordon, carrying sustaining susten.
auce, but the Sophs will be there to
see that the Freshies gist nothing. It
is possible that the stern and relent, i
less regime may bs ameliorated later
in the evening when all will get to.
ipather a.:id get acquainted.
| Iceland To Curb
Dangers Of Fishing
Many Die Yearly
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 14, For j
the first timo in the history of Ice.!
land, a national organization for life- j
saving has been formed to cut down i
death’s enormous toll taken ‘each year
in tire dangerous trade of fishing.
Figures show that for every 7,500
tons of fish caught one man must lay
down his life. Eighty.four men a year
on the average are lost in Icelandic
waters.
Pierre Loti's novel, “Pecheur d’Is.
lande,” was not far off the track in
depicting the perils of netting fish in
northern waters. According to Ice
landic annals, no fewer than 213 Bril,
ish ships were lost in one year off the
coast of Iceland, and in the last 20
years a small army of 2,096 men have
perished
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THEATER
8 O'CLOCK
ONE; SHOW —
8 O'CLOCK
The Great Saturday Evening Post Story
4 4 The Joy Girl ”
A wonderful picture of a type of girl found in
every town and city. If you wonder how some
girls “get away’’ with almost anything, then
see this picture. The special cast selected for
fitness include the following stars
OLIVE BORDEN
NEIL HAMILTON
MARIE DRESSLER
MARY ALDE
WILLIAM NORRIS
and the play directed by
ALLAN DWAN
A picture really staged mostly at Palm Beach,
Florida, showing that magnificent resort col
ony. A fine entertainment feature.
With it will be a Johnny Arthur 2-reei comedy
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And an interesting Fox News
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Just As A Reminder
Si “THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
THAT SOME MAN CAN NOT MAKE A LITTLE
)f WORSE AND SELL A LITTLE CHEAPER, AND
THE PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER PRICE ONLY ARE
THIS MAN’S LAWFUL PREY.’ SOME PEOPLE
KNOW THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING AND THE
VALUE OF NOTHING.”
If we thought for a minute that most of the people in
this community considered price above everything else
we would be advertising cheap merchandising at prices
that would delight the most astute of price sharp shoot
ers; naturally, the matter of quality would therefore
be thrown to the four winds. But we believe otherwise.
We are certain that most of the people realize that cheap
merchandise is the most .. expensive. We feel ...that while
they are naturally interested in the price, they are more
concerned about getting the most value for their money.
And because we are sure that we are giving our custom
ers the most for their money, it is a pleasure for us to ad
vertise through the .columns of ...this paper. Our men’s
furnishing department has ..only been in .operation for
four months. It therefore follows that our stock is of the
very latest style and is ALL NEW.
SEWARD TRADING CO. INC.
Agent for Dupont Powder Caps and Fuse
Call Main 135
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