SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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BRAINS VS. BRAWN.
In 1921 two events occurred in the
United States that aroused wide inter
national interest. One was the Demp
sey-Carpentier fight; one the limita
tion of arms conference.
In the first Jack Dempsey starred.
He received that year in winner’s
money, royalties and from other in
comes a sum estimated at $1,000,000
In the second, Charles E. Hughes
was the central figure. He received
that year a salary of $12,000.
In 1923 Dempsey fought Luis Firpo j
and won $500,000. On his govern
ment salary it would have taken Sec
retary Hughes 42 years to earn that
sum.
The fight lasted exactly 229 sec
onds, so Dempsey’s compensation was
the rate of $2,231 a second. It would
fake Hughes two months to equal the
sum Dempsey got for one second’s
work.
The champion landed twelve blows
important enough for the sport writers
to record. That was at the rate of
$41,600 for each blow. The secretary i
of state works three years and five
months for $41,000.
Eight times Dempsey felled his op
ponent making each knock down worth
$62,500 to him. For guiding the af
fairs of the nation through a four
year administration Secretary Hughes
received $48,000. He would have to
work fiVe years to earn what Demp
sey made in one second.
Or, take baseball.
Babe Ruth receives a salary of
$52,000 a year. That’s $400 more than
the pay of the secretary of state for
four years.
Every time Ruth knocked a home
run he received $500. A few such
clouts paid the ball player more than
Hughes received for the time in which
he presided over the Armament con
ference.
When Luther Burbank presents the
world with a new kind of orange he
receives nothing but fresh laurels for
his work But when Will Rogers
thinks up a new joke, he gets a raise,
extra royalty and another movie con
tract.
When Pershing as commander-in
chief of the A. E. F. helped drive back
the million or more Germans he was
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paid $10,000 a year. When Babe Ruth
drives one man home he gets $500.
When a shoe designer brings out a
new and stylish vamp he receives his
modest wages. When Cecil DeMille
does the same thing movie fans pay
millions to see her.
When a professor of philosophy
daily puts a whole class of students
to sleep he is paid $3,000 a year; but
when Dempsey puts one man to sleep
he is paid $500,000.
Or, turning to a different sphere;
McCormack was offered $10,000 to
sing one phonograph record, almost a
year’s salary for the secretary of
state. Irving Berlin wrote “My Wife’s
Gone to the Country,” and collected
enough from it to pay Mr. Hughes sal
ary for twenty years.
Herbert Hoover, secretary of the
department of commerce, performs
services for the American business
man that are priceless. For this he
is paid a salary of $12,000.
Two years ago a senate committee
investigation disclosed that Chairman
Bedford and President Teagle of the
Standard Oil Company are paid $125,
000 a year each, while five vice presi
dents draw $100,000 a year each. Judge
Gary, of the United States Steel Cor
poration and Eugene G. Grace of Beth
lehem Steel are rated as one million
dollars a year men. It is not uncom
mon for directors of important corpo
rations to hold out as an inducement
to men they want as president a share
of net profits in addition to his salary
of $100,000
Not long ago John Hays Hammond,
a mining engineer of international
reputation, had a contract with the
Guggenheims that guaranteed him
$200,000 a year for five years. Clients
of Samuel Untermyer. famous New
York lawyer, are said to value his
services at one million dollars a year
which is more than 13 times what the
people of the United States pay their
president, Clarence Darrow, counsel
for Loeb and Leopold, heard the Bar
association call his charge of $130,000
for a single case “a reasonable profes
sional fee.”
Thus, business and law are entitled
to look upon statesmanship as a poor
relation in the family of professionals.
AMUSING BUT TRUE.
The proposal to pass a literacy test
which would affect no one who has
previously voted in Territorial elec
tions, is a great deal like passing a
bill against murder, with the proviso
that persons who have committed
murder up to the time of the passage
of the act may continue to do so. As
the literacy test now stands, it is a
poor joke conceived by the legislative
committee at the behest of certain
politicians who seek to control the
Indian vote. If the people of Alaska
cannot see the menace existing in the
Indian and white illiterate voter, he
or she is a poor specimen of American
citizen. A veritable Frankenstein is
being created by the politician who
for the sake of a thousand of more
votes caters to the illiterate voter, for
he is building his house upon the
sands, and public opinion with in a
very few years will bury him under
an avalanche of ballots.
Year after year proponents of the
literacy bill have secured the indorse
ment of candidates to the legislature
for a workable literacy test for voters.
It was unfortunate at the outset that
the bill was aimed at the Indians and
passed up the illiterate whites, as no
one should be allowed to vote who is
unable to pass a test as to his knowl
edge of the government of the country
in which he lives, be he white, black
or red. The bill as first framed drew
the fire of every politician who has
profited in late years by the so-called
Indian vote. It was unconstitutional
and wrongful.
As the bill which was passed yes
terday by the House now stands it
will affect no one, and accomplish no
worthy end. The indifference of our
people is largely responsible for its
being inoperative and futile.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
“How long have you been married?”
asked the smiling hotel clerk.
"Two weeks,” whispered the groom.
“Front,” called the clerk; “take the
gentleman to Suite B Fifteen dollars
a day, please.”
The man blushed and stammered,
and leaning over to the clerk, whis
pered, “The fourth!”
“Front, show the gentleman to
Suite R. Two dollars a day, please.”
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The Drivin’ Fool”
This is considered by many as the fastest picture ever pro
duced by a camera. It is one continuous action, from start to
fiinsh. To those who love tense situations in adventure and not so
much loving, this is the picture they should see.
COME AND HAyE YOUR BREATH TAKEN AWAY
There will also be a Bruce Travel Reel and a Popular Fable
SPECIAL TONIGHT
The Seward Orchestra of Seven pieces will again favor you.
DON’T MISS THIS POPULAR PROGRAM
TAKE DAD’S ADVICE.
Having been carefully reared and
tenderly nurtured a young man wrote
home to his father from a distant city
asking his advice about a marriage.
He had found the ideal woman and
wanted to know how the old folks
looked at matrimony. The answer
came promptly:
“My Dear Son:—Marriage is a won
derful source of happiness if you find
the right mate. The best advice 1 can
give you is to compare your girl with
your mother, with whom I have been
so ideally happy for the past thirty
years. If she can even approximate
your dear mother’s homemaking, her
housekeeping and even temper, you
are a lucky young man and my advice
is to grab her at once. Your loving
Father.”
P. S Yon-' mother just stepped out
of the* room. Don’t be a damn fool.
Stay single!”
One of the most important things in
building a city is providing payrolls
for working men and their families.
A town may have fine stores, large
stocks, and pretty streets and dwell
ings, but it must depend upon the
workingman to support them. Every
working man who moves to Seward
and finds a job is worth $1,000 a year
to the city, taking the figures of the
department of labor as a basis. Every
payroll providing one of more workers
should be carefully nourished and
given all the aid possible Without
labor capital is useless, and without
capital labor cannot thrive. Both are
essential, one to the other, if we would
grow. Therefore the real town build
er and prosperity developer is the man
with the horny hand. Cherish and
provide him with the means of em
ployment.
A Los Angeles laundry advertises:
“Chinese and Portuguese cheerfully
spoken. Send us your shirts and get
a lace curtain back.”
At the Walla Walla state prison a
convict wag has printed a sign: “Cute
cans by contented convicts.”
We have a four letter word mean
ing coccygodynia in the region of a
three letter word meaning sigmoid
flexure which is caused by the pres
! ent. craze for civic office.
Hold on a while longer. Even a
postage stamp gets to its destination
by sticking.
A Los Angeles man stood up for his
rights to take a drink. The rites were
well attended.
A Seward teacher asked one of her
j precocious pupils to make up a sen
(tence with the word “diadem” in it.
| He did, as follows: “Pa says the fel
! ler that drinks moonshine will diadem
sight quicker than if he lets it alone.”
Government is not reason, it is not
eloquence—it is force! Like fire it is
a dangerous servent and a fearful mas
ter. Never for a moment should it be
left to irresponsible action.—George
Washington.
EAGLE TO CIRCLE MAIL
CARRIER LOSES BOTH FEET
—
Ed Biederman, the Eagle-Circle mail
S carrier who got his feet frozen Janu
; ary while carrying the mail between
■ Circle and Eagle, had both feet ampu
I tated last week, and will probably
j have to have part of one of the frozen
parts amputated again before he can
be cured. He was operated upon at
Fort Yukon. Biederman was treating
himself until his feet became so mor
tified he had to hasten to a hospital.
Mrs. Izora Henry left on today’s
train for Cordova where she will take
a position with the ’Frisco Cafe. Mrs.
j Henry is a Cordova girl, who has been
working in Seward the past few
i weeks.
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TO SELL R. R. COTTAGES
General Manager Noel W. Smitl
of the Alaska railroad is having tin
j cottages built by General Managei
Mears appraised and will sell them it
l they bring their appraised price. Tin
| cottage were built in 1915 and later
CORRECT!
j Teacher—Can anyone tell me what
; a stoic is?
Izzy Wrigglestein—Sure, teacher: a
stoic is de boid dat brings de babies
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