Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY
Vindication of Colonel Ohlson’s policy with respect
to developing that portion of Alaska coming within the
influence of the Alaska Railroad is made evident in the
preliminary report of the U. S. Geological Survey, just
issued.
From the date of his arrival as manager of the rail
road, Colonel Ohlson has labored to secure a compila
tion of the mineral possibilities of this po'rtion of Alaska.
It was no easy task to convince Washington of the neces
sity for this step and to break down the prejudices un
justly built up around gold mining.
That he accomplished his purpose and laid the
foundation for rapid and substantial advancement of
Central Alaska stamps his administration an outstand
ing achievement, and the near future will serve to re-|
affirm the soundness of his judgment in pioneer rail-!
road management.
THE WORLD OUTLOOK
Many experienced observers of world affairs are
greatly alarmed over the present outlook. Some go as
far as to predict that another European war is inevit
able, and perhaps not a long way off. Even the most
optimistic must agree that a serious situation exists.
This, we believe, is not because any nation really
wants war, but it is because economic conditions are so
desperate in most European countries that the govern
ments in power are unable to satisfy the demands of
their own people for a chance to earn their daily bread, j
There is suffering in America—real suffering—-among a 1
large element of our population. But it is relatively j
slight in comparison with what is being experienced in j
some other parts of the world.
The pitiful paradox is that there is enough food
and clothing and raw materials in the world to make
everyone fairly comfortable if some means could be
found for its rational distribution.
The granaries of the United States arid Canada are
almost bursting with surplus wheat while millions go
hungry; there is an immense cotton surplus while mil
lions go unclad; other basic commodities go begging be
cause those who need them have no money with which
t0 b Will the statesmen and business leaders of the world
be able to avert the crisis which these conditions threat
en to bring about?
If the government desires to conduct any further
experiments, let it select some of the big, populous States
with the sovereign vote of the. people to deal with and
give battle; lay off of Alaska for awhile. We have only j
a voice, but courage to sound it.
What was thought to have been a bunch of mala
mutes howling last night, turned out to be a group of
high school boys rehearsing for a quartet
You can measure the trade territory of any city
bv the circulation of its local newspaper. The trade of
a town or city follows the circulation of the home news
paper just as certainly as ‘civilization follows the flag.
'«■ A new racket has been reported in Texas: The
beautiful stenographer dates up the boss and then black
mails him.
Mahatma Gandhi sypeaking in London, says that
some of India’s citizens have been forced to sell their
wives to pay taxes. Is this a suggestion?
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WITH GAPWCITY LIST
The incoming list of passenger
reservations on the SS Starr, in
port Tuesday evening from its last
trip to the Bristol Bay region be
!fore going to Seattle for its semi
I annual inspection, included the fol
lowing:
Mrs. Edna Borigo, Miss Lynn Bo
rigo, from Chignik; Miss B. Camp
bell, Dutch Harbor; H. Jones, Dil
lingham; A. Holben, Mr. and Mrs.
W. N. Reed, Naknek; Mrs. Mae Pra
ter, Miss Anne Gardner, Stanley
Kristensen, False Pass; Olaf Olsen,
Dutch Harbor; Alice Ferguson,
Mattie Ferguson, Unga; Vivian
| Nilson, Norman Nilson, Portlock;
i Chester Bakke, Unalaska; C. An
derson, Ed Jacobsen, Alfred Peters,
J. Jensen, James Pedersen, H. Su
therland, S. Samuelson.
Seattle reservations were H. Fea
therstone, Mrs. Josephine Causey
and son, Lois Jessen, Miss G. Riley,
H. W. Reed, Chas. Bowker, J. C.
Ingram, O. T. Halferty, Clyde Smith,
Clarence Reed, Jack Quon, M* Do
meso, Merril Smith, F. Anderson,
Bob Chapman, W. Lawrence, C. Cor
son, O. Olsen, F. Chittan, A. Lake.
Besides her capacity load of pas- I
sengers, the SS Starr carried much |
mail for Seward and 300 sacks of J
salt cod and many tierces of sal- j
man in her holds, between decks j
and on her upper deck.
The Starr left to go direct to
Seattle this morning at 10:30 for
inspection and possible overhaul
ing. Captain Rynning was in com
mand.
ENROUTE TO COURT
Deputy U. S. Marshal W. N. Reed
of Naknek, with F. Kajander in cus
tody, arrived on the SS Starr Tues
day evening and left on a special
gas car this morning to attend the
Anchorage term of court. A. Hol
den, of Naknek, a witness in the
case, also arrived on the SS Starr
and left for Anchorage this morn
ing.
E. F. Jessen, managing editor
of the Seward Gateway, and
daughter Lois, left on the SS
Starr this morning for a brief
vacation in the States.
Mrs. W. N. Reed, of Naknek, ar
rived on the SS Starr Tuesday eve
ning. She is accompanying her
husband. Deputy U. S. Marshal W.
N. Reed, who is enroute to the An
chorage term of court.
HOOVER’S MESSAGE
Oil DUCKS SKID TO
GIVE FALSE HOPES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. —Pre
sident Hoover’s recent proclama
tion on the wild duck shortage
wil go down not only as the first
presidential proclamation to be
criticized as giving a wrong im
pression of the situation it was
intended to relieve.
In calling for strict observance
of the new federal regulation
cutting the waterfowl hunting sea
son to one month this fall, the
proclamation mentioned as the
only cause of the duck depression
“the long continued and severe
drought of the past two years. ”
Seth Gordon, president of the
American Fame Association, de
plored the fact that “in laying
all the blame on the weather the
President’s message has broadcast
over the land a false hope which
will undoubtedly still further ham
per the efforts of conservationists
toward getting down to fundamen
tal causes and cures.”
He declared that the drought
on the most important water
fowl breeding grounds of the
continent is largely man-made.
The drainage and the plow have
destroyed much of the marshlands
of this nation and Canada, and
by lowering the underground wa
ter levels have sapped away the
value of more.
“The duck issue is bound in the
larger issue facing the country of
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conserving and restoring suficienfc
natural water reservoirs to pre
vent the present alternating ex
tremes of drought and flood,” Mr.
Gordon said. “But when there ob
ligingly comes a crisis to open
the public eye, the President
blinds it with a proclamation per
sonifying unwarranted optimism.”
The American Game Association
forecast a “man-made drought”
in 1920 and led an unsuccessful
fight to establish a $1 federal
waterfowl hunting license through
which duck hunters might save
their sport by saving the breed
ing grounds. This plan was op
posed by the states.
There is a report current today
that China had declared war on
Japan at 4 o’clock this morning.
The report is supposed to have been
heard over the radio. Up until the
time of going to press The Gateway
had received no Associated Press
dispatch confirming the rumor.
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