SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
Gateway Publishing Co.
Entered in the postoffice at Seward,
Alaska, as second-class mail matter.
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EVIDENTLY MISCOUNTED.
If Congressman A. M. Free of Cal
ifornia, has been quoted correctly he
evidently is laboring under a misap
prehension regarding the value of the
government railway to Alaska. In this
interview' he is quoted as saying “the
railroad begins nowhere and ends no
where, and practically serves no pur
pose.” The road begins at Sewrard and
ends at Fairbanks, traversing a coun
try rich in coal and minerals. It en
ables Alaskans along the road to get
coal for $7.50 per ton, which formerly
cost from $20 to $45. It gives dozens
of homesteaders and mine owners an
opportunity to get supplies in to their
properties at a reasonable cost, con
sidered from an Alaskan viewpoint.
Before the railroad was built it cost
a man from 15 cents to 25 cents per
pound for freight on supplies or ma
chinery. Today the rate is less than
two cents. Formerly everything for
the Interior was necked in or sledded
in by dog team. This took months of
time and was exceedingly dangerous.
Freight rates are not as high as
were rates over the wrestern roads for
a decade after they were built. More
people live along the Alaskan railroad
at the present time than along the
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Union Pacific the first five years aft
er its completion. The Southern Pa
cific runs through land far less valu
able for agricultural, grazing or min
eral purposes than does the Alaska
Railroad.
It is true the Territory needs high
ways, but it also needs the railroad.
The motor truck could never compete
with the railroad in hauling coal, say
from Healy to Seward, no matter what
condition the highway was in. It
could not handle the heavy machin
ery and equipment necessary for min
ing operations. They could not trans
port passengers from Seward to Fair
banks for $28.50, as is done at the
present time. Roads are vitally neces
sary to develop the country, but in our
opinion are necessary only as feeders
for a central line, which necessarily
must be the railroad.
The Congressman is judging condi
tions from a settled community’s view
point. The distances between towns
on the railroad are necessarily great,
and it takes a greater scope of coun
try to support a town the size of An
chorage, Seward, Nenana or Fair
banks.
The people of Alaska view the rail
road in the nature of an experiment
as yet. No one can declare that the
result is a failure, as a thousand
homes now dot the right-of-way, where
not one existed before. Until the pro
gram outlined by the government is
shown to be a failure, wThy condemn it
until the facts are ascertained?
The government has held Alaska
back for many years by adopting pro
grams for its development, and then
withdrawing support from one section
and starting off half baked in some
other spot.
The government gave ten times
$52,000,000 to the Southern Pacific in
grants and lieu land bills. The road I
served no worthy purpose, as, like the
Alaska Railroad, it begins nowhere
and ends at the same place. The Uu
ion Pacific and other roads could have
carried its tonnage and the steamers
taken the freight to the coast towns,,
where it could have been distributed.
But the road was built, and the judg
ment of its builders was vindicated.
We believe Congressman Free to
have been misquoted, for he has been
in Alaska for too short a time to form
any opinions worth w’hile as to its
utilities and resources.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
A Washington newspaper man with
a penchant for statistics has disclos
ed that Pres. Coolidge has made
more speeches so far during his
term than any other president in a
•similar length of time. His reputa
tion for silence is thereby diminish
ed, but it is satisfying to know that
when he speaks he usualy says some
thing.
Marines refused admission to a
plumber with tools, who wanted to
make repairs to the summer White
House at Swampscott, Mass., fear
ing he was an imposter..They could
not imagine a real plumber bringing
his tools on his first trip to the job.
Dr. J. P. Sutherland, homeopath,
told a gathering of fellow physicians
that milk is a suitable food only for
infants. Allopaths defended milk
thru the press. Dairymen are un
derstood to have taken sides with
the allopaths.
Popular railroad excursionists are
being run from New York to Mon
treal at $10 for the round trip, leav
ing the metropolis Saturday night
and returning Monday morning. A
crowd of 2,003 persons patronized
the initial experiment, advertised as
having an educational purpose. The
opportunity to investigate Canada’s
new 4.4 beer at first hand probably
added interest to the event.
Cabin for Rent
On Fine Trout Stream
Bungalow with fine fire
place. large living room,
furnished for six persons,
plenty of bedding and
essentials, stove and all
cooking utensils. Will be
rented by the day or week
end to responsible parties.
Good fishing in lake and
stream and hunting in
season.
Apply A1 Davis
SEWARD, ALASKA
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Caiol Diesel Engine Oil
Caiol Diesel Engine Oil Heavy
Caiol Ice Machine Oil
Caiol Dark Marine Cylinder Oil
Caiol Polar Cylinder Oil
Caiol Turbine Oil—Heavy
Caiol Turbine Oil—Extra Heavy
for
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Caiol Cylinder Oils
Caiol Valve Oil
Caiol H. P. Cylinder Oil
Caiol Engine Oil
Caiol Dynamo & Motor Oil
Caiol Turbine Oil
Caiol Turbine Oil—Heavy
Caiol Engine Oil
Caiol Red Engine Oil
Caiol Heavy Red Engine Oil
Caiol Heavy Red Journal Oil
The adoption of Caiol brand lubricants
goes a long way toward eliminating one
fruitful source of worry for the marine or
industrial engineer. It eliminates chance
and uncertainty in lubrication.
That is why a majority of all the vessels
out of United States Pacific Coast ports,
both coastal and trans-Pacific, as well as a
large majority of the industrial plants,—
factories, canneries, mills, mines, hydro
electric plants, etc.,—in the Western States,
Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, use
Caiol lubricating oils year-in and year-out.
Years of experience have proved their
uniform reliability and satisfying effi
ciency.
Caiol lubricating oils are available throughout
Alaska. For information about those which will
best fill your needs, or for details about any phase
of our Alaska service, ask any of our representa
tives, or write to our office in the Alaska Build
ing, Seattle, Washington, or your nearest Standard
Oil Station in Alaska.
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There is a Caiol lubricating oil scientifically deter
mined for every marine and industrial need.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
CALOL BRAND OILS
FOR MARINE & INDUSTRIAL
SERVICE
The II
TONIGHT, ONE SHOW, 8:00 SHARP
SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL
THE BIG 12-REEL MASTERPIECE
“THE SEA
A wonderful picture of Sabatina’s great book
MILTON SILLS— —ENID BENNETT
LLOYD HUGHES—WALLACE McDONALD
MARC MacDERMOTT—WALLACE BEERY
MAGNIFICENT STUPENDOUS SUPERB
The romance story of a pirate chief of the Bar
bary Coast’ a man of unrepressed loves and
hates, a fighting corsair and a mighty ruler of
men.
ONE OF THE FEW GREAT PICTURES
Very Few Pictures Are
Equal to this
Note: Again we had to pay a large additional fee
to show this feature in Seward, as it is one of the
big Specials separately contracted for, and so we
will have to charge 75c for Adults- 25c for Kids.
SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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classy, and speedy.—Ogles Gar
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Gateway want-ads bring results.
FOR ONE WEEK
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
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