Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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CONSTRUCTIVE MEASURES
For the benefit of the visiting Congressmen who
undoubtedly are interested in Alaska, the following
items are set forth with view of presenting simply and
clearly a few of the major points and improvements de
sired by this, the great Westward and the railroad belt
area:
Coast Guard cutters stationed in these waters
throughout the entire'winter as well as summer; every
winter men and their vessels are lost.
Extension of the local breakwater which is alto
gether too small; look at it! Construction of a break
water off Lowell Point behind which steamers may be
sheltered from southern gales. During these gales large
vessels must pull away from the dock. This is one rea
son why a cutter does not make Seward its base.
Reduction of freight and passenger rates over the
Alaska Railroad; Alaskans should not be penalized for
pioneering the country.
Discarding of local primitive methods of loading
coal and coal bunkers built; lack of this facility has
hampered the natural development of the coal industry.
More coal over the dock, the greater the tonnage rev
enue for the railroad.
A more generous policy from Washington vesting
operation of railroad locally, not Washington. You have
have a first-class general manager; permit him to run it.
Development of our magnificent forests — paper,
pulp, veneer, etc.—meaning tonnage for the railroad.
Birch, spruce, hemlock, aspen and cottonwood.
Lifting of the conservation ban which has throttled
the Territory for years.
A study of the railroad’s obvious resources and
what is the reason they are ignored. Development of
just one of these alone would bring the road out of the
red.
Hooking up of present road systems.
This alleged extermination of brown bear is the
“bunk.” There is no bear problem.
Larger appropriations for the Coast and Geodetic
Survey and the Geological Survey.
Full Territorial form of government such as other
territories had before their admission as states.
There is vital need for a lighthouse on Resurrection
Cape, marking the entrance to Resurrection Bay, the
deep-water terminal of a $100,000,000 railroad belt.
A sub-station on this west coast, in the North Pa
cific, where a lighthouse tender be stationed.
More attention to memorials and resolutions sent
to Congress by the Alaska Legislature.
Tourist resorts, similar to the C. P. R., in Canada,
along the Alaska Railroad belt; Lawing, Moose Pass,
Tunnel, etc.
Air mail subsidies and stationing of army and navy
plane squadrons.
Systematic government publicity on Alaska similar
to that carried on by New Zealand, Australia and Can
ada. No country in the world has been given more
publicity than Alaska, still our own citizens in the States
are grossly ignorant; it is difficult to purchase either
maps or books of Alaska.
Congressmen, you hold the power to compel appli
cation of many of these items pointed out which are
requisite to make the Alaska Railroad, an agency of
great service, financially profitable in itself and nation
ally helpful, and to assist in general, the progress of this
almost dormant but great Territory.
Patience is the law of the frontier; patience in
trapping, fishing, mining, mating, in the growth of the
forest, in progress.
/^Member 1031%
National Editorial Association
LOCAL MEN DESIRE TO
LEASE SIM ISLE,
WILLJHINCE BEADS
S. Lundblad and Erling Ander
son are not easily discouraged and
while tney have not been so very
successful around Seward, they
are willing to try some thing more
difficult in the desire to remain in
Alaska. They would like to lease
Shuyak Island, one of the Afognak
groups northeasterly from Kodiak
Island.
They believe they could live off
the natural resources of the island
by combing various possibilities,
that include a few goats, cattle,
chicken, an abundance of berries
that they would can, etc. They
would not interfere with any of
the other small operations on the j
island and would take a chance of j
an occasional brown bear swim- j
ming across from Afognak to visit
them.
The Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office gives hope that
these citizens might be able to j
lease the unappropriated portion j
of the island, under the act of
March 4, 1927.
If it is fishing these high of
ficials of the United States who
arrive in Seward Friday desire,
take Dame Opportunity by the
forelock and spend a few hours on
Alaska's nationally-known Rain
bow trout stream, famed Russian
River.
The C. M. B. lumber and build
ing material firm yeterday placed
in position the new plate glass
display window of the Seward Drug
Co., broken a couple of weeks
ago when someone took a nose
dive.
John C. McBride, Collector of
Customs, is a passenger on the SS
Yukon, due in port Friday morn
ing, on one of his rare trips to
this area of the Territory.
BIG WASHOUT ON HIGHWAY
Both ends of the Jarvis Creek
bridge on the Richardson High
way, which is said to be almost
two blocks in length, went out
last night, according to word re
ceived today by The Gateway. It
is thought repairs will be made
in ample time for the present
itinerary of the visiting Congres
sional party to be carried out.
DUE HERE JULY 28
Henry O'Malley, U. S. Fisheries
Commissioner, Paul Redington,
head of the Biological Survey,
Senator Wolcott, Senator Norbeck,
Chas. C. Shumaker, secretary of
the committee on wild life, will
arrive in Seward on the MS Pen
guin, of the Bureau of Fisheries,
July 26, according to a telegram
received today by Col. Otto F.
Ohlson, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad.
F. R. Wadleigh, coal expert, De
partment of Commerce, who is
making a series of tests of Alaska
coal, arrived in the city during the |
night from Anchorage, accompan
ied by his assistant Maurice L.
Sharp. They leave on another test
run Saturday.
The tug Eskimo, which towed
the scow Foss N. 5 here from the
South, left today for Ketchikan.
The steam tug Akutan. which
towed the big suction dredge, re
mains here until the local project
behind the breakwater is com
leted.
One of the most enjoyable of
comedies viewed here since the
“talkies” were installed, is now be
ing presented at the Liberty The
atre and the News Reel is great!
“The Majestic,” last word in mo
dern refrigeration, at Brown &
Hawkins.
Phone for Horluck’s Banish Ice
Cream and we will deliver. Cand;
Cottage.
All Talking Pictures Theatre
Show tonight—8:00 o’clock
Clara Bow
IN THE BIG 9-REEL FEATURE
“Her Wedding Night”
A Very Comical Play, Staged in France, of Americans
and Their friends in Which a Series of Events
Makes Situation After Situation so Full
of Humor and Laughter that
Your Sides Will Ache.
WHOSE WIFE WAS SHE?
A PLAY YOU WILL ALL ENJOY!
With it We Will Show You Something New
in a One-Reeler Entitled—
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT
And also a NEWS REEL
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