Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA Established August 19, 1904
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OUR BARGAIN IN ALASKA
When Seward bought seven million dollars worth
of alleged icebergs in Alaska, the purchase was almost
defeated on the ground that the country would be good
only for its furs. That has proved true. The fur trade
has much more than paid the cost of the Territory.
But before we had owned the country very long,
we found that the fish were worth more than the furs, j
But after we learned that lesson we began to dis
cover that the gold of Alaska was worth more than,
the fisheries. Or visa versa. In any case, the mines have i
yielded each year far more than we paid Russian for!
the Territory, and it is likely that before long they will j
prove richer than the Rand, for which England poured;
out her blood in South Africa.
Now they are going to make an agricultural coun-i
try out of it. That seems unnatural, but a study of the
climatic conditions will show the idea is not so absurd!
after all. The winter isothermals dip downwards so j
sharply that the Alaskan climate throughout is as mild
as that in Canadian regions several degrees farther J
south.
Considering that the Territory is nearly three j
times as large as France or the German empire, it
looks as if William H. Seward, former Secretary ofj
State, in whose honor the City of Seward was named
and which one day will dedicate a monument to him,
got a pretty fair bargain for seven million, two hun
dred thousand dollars.
KEEPING WELI
A recent study of something over 3,000 famlies of
working men shows that each family spent an average
of *$140 a year for medical care. This was in the East.
Of this annual amount about one-half was for doc
tors' fees, while medical supplies and hospital care
took about one-eighth, dental care about one-twelth,
and so on. These figures are given out by the Bureau
of Labor statistics.
The amount expended by families differed consid
erably. Forty per cent of the families spent less than
$25, twenty per cent less than $50, and twenty per cent
less than $100, meaning that for four out of every
five families the bill to keep well was less than $100.
The other one-fifth of the families spent varying
amounts. Ocer half of them ranged between $100 and
$200, one-fifth of them between $200 and $300 and the
rest spent between $300 and $1,000. While the burden
on the eighty per cent was not so great it became very
heavy on the smaller group which had the higher cost.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROMOTED
A midshipman at Annapolis was found to have in
his room, a veritable snarl of elertical wires by which
he was able to control the clocks, elevators and other j
appliances at the Naval Academy, to the dismay of
those in charge. He got the bounce. The wisdom of
such action is to be questioned. There ought to be a
place in naval affairs for a mechanical genius of his!
dimensions. No biography of Thomas A. Edison is at i
hand, but if memory is to be relied upon, he was dis
charged as a youth for trying too many experiments
in a baggage car. No doubt the railroad which attempt
ed to suppress him, later paid round prices for the
work of his hands and brain. I
A French girl shot her husband the day after the
wedding, probably having in mind the slogan: “Even
tually, why not now?’'
Advertising in The Gateway is one way to make
people know what you have to sell when you have it.
There may be other methods, but we know of none that
does the work as well, or as cheaply.
“The proper study of mankind is man.”—Pope.
AM OF BOAT
SLID IS CLEARED I
On July 13, 1930, the Captain
j of the U. S. S. Discoverer, geode
| tic survey vessel, reported the
'finding of the wreck of a smal1
boat on the southern end of
Nuka Island. All that was left
| of the boat was a rusty engine
I and some wreckage strewn fo’
quite a distance along the beach
A further search revealed a part
of the bow with the name “Spir
it” and the number T-2132.
Word of this finding was sent
to the local Custom House and
the records of that office brought
out that the boat was the prop
erty of Axel Jensen, of Seldovic
and that he had left Seldovia ir
this boat sometime the pro ed- !
ing spring, bound for Latou
Further inquiry found that he
had not reached La touche, and
had. in fact, not been heard
from since he was seen and
spoken with off Port Chatham.
It was also learned that he was
supposed to have a sister in
some Middle West State and one
in Denmark.
A report of the matter was
made to the office of the .Gov
ernor of Alaska. Sometime later,
a letter was received from the
Consulate of Denmark, Seattle,
stating that they had been ad
vised of the lass of this man by
the Foreign Office, Copenhagen,
Denmark, and that Mr. Jensen
had a sister in Denmark and
one in North Dakota.
Through description and pic
tures the identification of Mr.
Jensen was completed, and
another of Alaska’s mysterious
, disappearances was cleared up.
All of which goes to show
that any piece of wreckage seen,
whether afloat or ashore, should
; be carefully examined and a de
tailed description, including any
numbers, names, etc., should be
| sent to the nearest Custom
j House. Boats rarely disappear
| without leaving some trace, and j
i often a report of something that;
1 seems incoiisequental at the!
time, may lead to the solving of j
another mystery.
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| The condition of Chas. Gilli- i
land who has been seriously ill
j in the Seward General Hospital, j
is said to be greatly improved. I
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
i Anticipating that they are the
| boys who can knock ‘em off their !
! lofty pedestal upon which they ;
j have over-lorded over other lo
cal teams since “Heck was a
pup,” the City hurled a challenge
today for the Army basketball;
team for a game tomorrow nite, i
Saturday. Said challenge was j
! hurled back into the City’s teeth,:
J with much gusto and rumbles of
I mirth. This time, Roger Paul will
be in the lineup, which will make
some difference, brother, yes in
deed. The curtain goes up at 8.
“Crying Myself to Sleep,” one
of the new* song hits, for sale at
the Alaska Shop.
Ask about the Seward Steam
Laundry Cleaning and Pressing
Club. It will pay you.
NOTICE
j The Belmont Trading Company
. will shortly open far business as
trader’s in all kinds of merchan
dise, now and second-hand, at
the old log house on Fifth Ave.
Joe Hof man
Paulsteiner’s
SEA POOD MARKET
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
Fresdi. Frozen, Salt Fish j
I Ship Anywhere
John Paulsteiner, Prop.
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