Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD. ALASKA - Established August l». H»04
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DOCTORS KILLED THE POOR SAP
It isn’t iike the weather with everybody talking
about it but nobody doing anything about it. Everyone
is going to fix the government. It’s being done every
day, in every way, and around every stove in Seward
and even on the street corners.
Now that prohibition law, for instance. That’s all
wrong, but the bootleggers won’t let us change it. No
sir, there ain’t a chance. But everybody wants it chang
ed. Seems like the majority of us sober folks have no
noice in these here things. Now that tariff law. Seems
like Hoover pulled a boner when he let that go by. This
here Boulder dam. Gee whiz, the government is spend
ing ihree, four hundred millions dollars and then
turn it over to the power trust. Doggone it, there
ought to be a law about it.
Well, there’s one thing about this America. We
may not be able to hire a hall but we certainly can
sound off.
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A PARADOX
What a strange situation the United States finds
itself in today. Reputedly the richest nation in the
world yet millions out of work.
On the farms too much foodstuffs were raised and
markets became glutted. In the cities, breadlines have
been in the fashion for almost a year.
The alleged economic experts occupy considerable
space in giving their opinions but that does not give a
man work. What a terrible thing it must be for a man
who wants to work and is unable to find a job.
McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, sug
gests that some of the 60,000,000 bushels of wheat now
held by the Farm board be used to feed the poor this
winter. The American unemployed do not want to be
given anything they have not earned; they are not beg
gars. They want work so that they may buy and eat
what they wish.
If the United States government can appropriate
billions of dollars over-night in case of war, then it can
also appropriate similar amounts immediately
for public projects which will give work to all. In the
meantime, the alleged economic experts and politicians
who are doing all the spouting while eating three
threesquares a day, can use more reams of space
giving their reasons why and wherefor.
It would cost taxpayers something, of course, but
in any case taxpayers are in for losses regardless what
purposes the funds are expended for. When Congress
convenes in a few days this paradox should be given
their first and undivided attention.
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Gin COUNCIL PISSES
LSI
H TRIM MUTTER
The city council went into
heavy session Monday night by j
spec vi call. All the city dads
1 were there. The question was
j v,h; thcr or not Harry Hoben
' would be allowed to build a storm
; door for the Arcade building en
| trance which would extend 52
: niches out on the sidewalk.
Th re was much argument
about :t. It was admitted there
; were several violations of the
J city’s ordinances in other por
j ti ns of the city but, ahem!
i Tin' case is different. We can
forget those others but this must
be dealt wich right here and
! now. This here storm door sitt
| ing there on the sidewalk is a
dangerous impediment of traffic.
The surging throngs going up
nd down the city’s main street
will find it very difficult to go
round Besides it will “block our
view of Resurrection Bay as
well as shut off the view of the
upper part of the business sec
tion. If we let Hoben do it for
the Arcade then somebody else
will want to violate the law, as
I is, what have you, etc., and even
though we know its already be
j ing violated, nobody a cares a
I whoop. Besides the fair name of
i our fair city must be protected
! against outrages of this sort.
So finally the grave matter
was put to a vote on the propo
sition of putting it up to the city
attorney. But he is in Anchor
age attending the term of court,
as the councilmen know, and
won’t be back for a week or so.
They voted on the proposition
of putting it up to the city at
torney to find out if it was a vio
lation of the law although they
I had already admitted that they
| knew what violations of the or
I dmances were because they had
! actually seen them on other
| streets.
“Gentlemen, I would like an
answer, yes or no,” said Mr. Ho- !
ben. “I have my material on the J
I ground and the job is half fin
| ished.”
So they voted on this higb
;y important matter and the re
mit was a tie.
The mayor says: “It seems to
me I have the deciding vote. We
will refer the matter to the city j
attorney.”
And that’s the way this great
problem stands today.
All WILL OH WESTERN
FRONT, SITS CAPTAIN
Early season fishing was not
so good but the silver catch was
very satisfactory later in the
fall, according to Captain George
Hoag, who is in town on busi
ness from Blue Fox Bay. He is
head pf the Blue Island Packing
Company and arrived in Seward
Monday from Shuyak ^traits
with his motorship the ‘Margaret
of Seward.’ Arne Vogen, was the
other member of the crew.
Nobody is complaining in Shel
ikof Strait villages. The seasson
was not as good as it might have
been but the late fall brought
back the average and people will
eat with their accustomed vigor.
Vogen will be watchman at the
company plant and Captain Hoag
will depart in the near future
for a sojourn in the States.
ELKS’ DEPUTY
Henry Messerschmidt, Past
Exalted Ruler of Juneau Lodge
No. 420, B. P. o. Elks’, and mem- j
her of the Juneau council, has
been appointed District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler for South
east Alaska, reports the Juneau i
Empire. He succeeds A. H. Zieg
ler of Ketchikan.
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