Seuiard Daily Gateway
OF SEWAKD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
Published Daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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NO MARINE ACCIDENTS HERE
Fogs and snows and other kinds of thick weather
carry more dangers to ocean-going vessels and are more
dreaded by navigators and marine insurance companies
than any other form of risk.
The standard marine insurance for vessels alone,
not including cargo, on the Inside Passage to Alaska,
is about 15 per cent of its value'per annum. That is, on
a vessel insured for $500,000, the premium paid by the
owners for insurance per year amounts to $75,000.
On some parts of the Alaska run, like that along the
Aleutian Peninsula, the premium for part of the year
is as high as 26 per cent.
But from Seward by the Outside Passage to Seat
tle or San Francisco the rate is less than one-third the
rate by the Inside Passage. The difference on a vessel
insured for $500,000 would be $50,000 in favor of the
open Port of Seward. That is an item that has to be
charged to freight rates, and must be taken into ac
count in the considerations involved in mi all-year open
port for a railroad terminus as was.wisely taken into
account in the selection of Resurrection Bay in prefer
ence to others where the insurance risk was prohibitive.
There has never been a marine accident in Resur
rection Bay—a matchless record.
SEWARD—ROUND-THE-WORLD BASE
With the Japanese and American Lindberghs’ both
pointing their airplanes toward Alaska, the Territory
should annex much worth-while publicity. The Colonel
and his wife may not fly the coast but Seiji Yoshihara,
whose first attempt was halted when his plane fell into
the sea 835 miles from the start, has announced that
Sewrrd would be one of his bases enroute from Japan to
Washington, D. C.
The Port of Seward has always been made a base
for round-the-world fliers which should be sufficient to
the layman that Seward occupies a stragetic position.
It is almost safe to assume Colonel Lindbergh and “We”
will likewise select Seward as a base in their proposed
United States to Japan flight this summer.
It is high time that the rotten rule of political rings
must pass. The selfish party interests now come first,
not the welfare of the whole people. Labor has been
hi-jacked and sandbagged by plutocrats until faith is be
ginning to waver. Communism seems to be spreading
throughout the world like a prairie fire.
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Chicago needs a new Loop district, with the loops
around a lot of gunmen’s and politicians’ necks.
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The credits of the country are based on the prop
erty and the debts of the country are paid with the pro
ducts of the soil and the handicrafts of the people.
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It is calculated that 2,000,000 people joined the ranks
of the unemployed when prohibition went into effect
Many probably turned toward the ranks of alleged crim
inals.
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Depressions or panics of past years usually lasted
from three to seven years. Cheering news, isn’t it?
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The late W. L. George is described as having been
a “zealous worker in improving conditions among wo
men.” Anyway, he married three of them.
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Americanism: Newspapers decrying free publicity
while giving political demagogues a big play on the
front page.
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National Editorial Association
COL. OLMSTEUD ENJOYED
ICC HIM Dll
A. 25-inch Rainbow trout was
the prize specimen brought back
from Russian River Friday by CoT
onel Dawson Olmstead, head of
the Washington - Alaska Military
Cable and Telegraph System, who,
with Dr. A. D. Haverstock, H. S.
Balderston, Leon Urbach and A. D.
Balderston, spent two delightful
days on Alaska’s most famous
trout stream.
Frank Towle, dean of river and
lake navigators, met the party at
the end of the Seward-Kenai Lake
Highway, sped them down Lake
Kenai to Cooper’s Landing, thence
j through the winding and thrilling
j river channels to hte fishing spot
; where about 50 fish were pulled
out; the river is high but never
fishing was keenly
| theless. the
i enjoyed.
Sunday evening the trout, cooked
to a king’s taste, were served to
the party, wives and friends,
j aboard the Cableship Dellwood.
! GOES TO HUD
!
When Mrs. E. A. Fague, who has
| been visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry
i Henrikson, the past week, left Sun
| day on the southbound SS. Admiral
Evans, she took with her Constance
Henrikson, her niece and one of
the most popular young ladies of
! Seward.
Constance wil make her future ,
| home with Mrs. Fague in the city
of roses, finishing her high school
education there and remaining, ac
cording to present plans, for a
further indefinite period.
Connie’s many friends, who bid
her farewell a»t the boat, hope she
returns seme day, and that she will
enjoy her new surroundings while
away from Alaska.
I
ITHBOUNO LISTING I
PASSENGERS, SS HIS
The southbound listing of pas
sengers on the SS. Admiral Evans,
of the Pacific Steamhip Co., which !
left here early Sunday morning for
Seattle and way ports included :
For Seattle—
Miss Constance Henrikson. Mrs.
Martine Johansen, J. W. Anderson.
For Juneau—
C. H. Abbott.
For Cordova—
H. C. Dunlop, A. C. Warden, R.
'Mson, J. H. Ocomar.
LOOKS LIKE A FIGHT
“Axel Grease” Nick Nickeferoff
of Seward wants to box Jack Var
deen of Anchorage, in Seward,
during the Fourth of July celebra- |
tion; likewise his cousin, “Flamo”
Paul Nickeferoff desires to meet
Bobby Hines of Anchorage on the
same card. Providing things work
out alright there will be a “smok
er” for the Anchorage lads are
willing to copie over and "strut”
their wares and there are a couple
of talented swatters aboard the
U. S. S. Discoverer who also wish
to display their- prowess with one
and one-half ounce gloves.
One short and one long ring on
the telephone to the Mile 18 Inn
is correct, not the reverse as has
been advertised, according to Doris \
Lee, proprietress, who is now ready
to serve the public at the popular
Lake Kenai resort.
“The Strange Death of Presi
dent Harding,” by Mrs. Harding’s
private detective, Gaston Means.
Action, climax. Alaska Shop.
NOTICE
Beginning May 1, the price of
Men's Half-soling has been reduced
to $1.75 a pair.
SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
Healy River Coal
Economical Dependable
Safe
FREE FROM SOOT
GRADED TO SUIT EVERY NEED
PRICED TO SUIT EVERY PURSE
Healy River Coal Corp.
HOME OFFICE: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
Seward, Alaska
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
Wayne Blue, Agent
Phone, Main 81
Office, Arcade Building.
''Caterpillar” Tractors
ARE BUILT IN FIVE SIZES
TEN
FIFTEEN
TWENTY
THIRTY
SIXTY
a size for every use
A HUNDRED USES FOR
EVERY SIZE
Dealer
A. A. Shonbeck
Anchorage, Alaska