QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Editor Gateway: What planet in
the solar system is farthest away from
the sun?
Ans. Xeptnne is the farthest away.
Its mean distance from the sun is two
billion seven hundred and ninety-two
billion miles.
Will you tell me how much a soap
bubble 12 inches in circumference will
weigh? Also what is the thickness of
the bubble’s shell at the point of burst
ing?
Ans. A soap bubble of any size
does not weigh anything as it is filled
with air. The shell is four-millionths
of an inch thick at the point of burst
ing.
I would be pleased if you will tell
me what to use to sweeten my breath?
Ans. Try a few drops of camphor
in a glass of water used as a gargle.
What is the Single Tax?
Ans. The Single Tax is a system
to tax land and to exempt from taxa
tion improvement on such land. The
theory of single tax is to encourage
land owners to build on and improve
their land without further taxation.
Why do people use the expression,
“tied the knot.” when getting mar
ried ?
Ans. A priest in ancient times in
old Babylonia used to take a thread
from the garment of the bride and an
other from that of the bridegroom and
tied them together in a knot. He then
presented it to the bride as a symbol
ofi the binding nature of the union be
tween her and her husband.
If I place S500 in the bank at four
per cent interest compounded, how
many years will it take to make it
worth SI.000.
Ans. A S500 deposit at 4 per cent
compound interest will double in about
IS years.
When a young couple who have been
keeping company with each other
quit, should the girl give back all the
presents that he gave her?
Ans. No. Nothing should be re
turned except the engagement ring.
Which is the farthest west, Alaska
or California?
Ans. Alaska. Nome, Alaska, is
farther west than the Hawaiian isl
ands.
What color is the wind?
Ans. The winds blew.
If I drop a fork in home or din
ing room what should one do?
Ans. An alert waiter will supply
you with another fork without your
asking, but if not, ask for another.
Any difference between the Catholic
and Protestant Bibles?
Ans. Yes. The Catholic Bible has
72 books—45 in the Old and 27 in the
New Testament as enumerated by the
Christian Church in the fourth century
after Christ. The ProteSSSfl BOjli
ts six in the Old Testament, hav
39 and 27 in the New Testament.
The texts disagree in many passages.
NOME PIONEERS ELECT
Igloo No. 1, of Nome, elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: C. C. Crooks, President; H.
A. Hiegle, First Vice President; Matt
Collins, Second Vice President; C. F.
Rice, Treasurer; E. Grimm, Secretary;
Robert James, Chaplain; John Starr,
Historian; F. O. Peterson, Sergeant!
at Arms; Thomas Hill, Doorkeeper; j
Howard Shade, Librarian; M. Jacobs-!
gaard, Trustee.
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HEAD OF PALESTINE CHURCH
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO.. NEW YORK
Rabbi A. I. Koop, chief Rabbi of
Palestine, who arrived in New York
on the S. S. Olympia.He has re
ceived the British Distinguished Ser
vice Medal, and is in this country on
a special mission.
DRY REGIME RUINS NOTED
RESORT OF PACIFIC COAST
(By Associated Press)
; SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 3.—'The
Cliff House, perched on precipitous
rocks beside the Golden Gate, is
|known to everyone who has ever tour
ed California, and in the old days
was a gathering lace for bon vivants.
It has now fallen victim to the Vol
stead regime and after a recent pro
hibition raid the proprietor hung a
sign on the door reading “Coffee and
Doughnuts, 5c.“
From the porch of the Cliff House
many famous characters have tarried
to watch the sunset over the ocean.
The spot was visited by Presidents
Grant, ‘Hayes, Harrison, McKinley,
and Roosevelt. One of the Presi
dents described the seals lolling on
Seal Rocks, which rear themselves
some 300 feet from the Cliff House,
as huge “obese fellows, like apoplec
tic aldermen.”
Hereafter, visitors as they watch
the ships glide through the Golden
Gate will have nothing to eat but
doughnuts and nothing to drink but
Coffee.
GERMANS LIKE U. S. RACERS
{By Associated Press>
BERLIN, Feb. 3.—First-class race
horses are being imported in grow
ing numbers to Germany from the
United States. A* representative of
the Prussian state racing commission
recently visited America officially and
purchased several trotters both for
breeding and racing purposes. He
gave so glowing an account of Am
erican horse breeding that leading
sportsmen are quickly following suu
in placing orders with America.
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SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH
New Heating Plant Just Installed
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SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS, HIGH
GRADE CANDY
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
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Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
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STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
Feb. 4th
Mar. 4
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 12th
Mar. 12
South from
Seward
Feb. 15th
Mar. 15
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports In eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
Telephone Main 81
Res.. Madison 40
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMSHIP STARR WILL SAIL FEBRUARY 1
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADISON. 139. 8EWARD, ALA8KA
MAY BE HOLY GRAIL
KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
Antique silver chalice dug up at
Antioch by Arabs several years ago.
It is now thought that it might be
the Holy Grail of the Last Supper.
SAFETY COUNCIL TO HONOR
BENEFACTOR OF RAILROADS
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—A movement
to immortalize the name of Lorenzo
A. Coffin, accredited with being spon
sor of the first safety appliance act
adopted by Congress and godfather of
the air brake and automatic coupler,
has been started by the steam rail
road section of the National Safety
Council. The memorial may be in
the form of a monument to be plac
ed in the national capital.
Mr. Coffin was at one time Slate
railroad commissioner. Struck by
the great mortality among trainmen,
lie began experimenting with safety
devices. These resulted :in the writ
ing of a safety appliance act, sub
mitted section by section to the Io
wa supreme judges. It was adopt
ed later, and in four years the Cof
fin measure had been passed and
signed by President Harrison.
“Mr. Coffin did two great things
and he received no rewaid while liv
ing,’ the Safety Council says. “He
saved thousands of railroad men from
death or permanent injury, and, in
the effort to accomplish this, he ef
fected an evolution in railroad trans
portation.”
A fire station in Dubuque, la., burn
ed before firemen could save their
fire apparatus or get it into action.
HIGHER MARKS DEMANDED
OF FRATERNITY MEMBERS
(Hy Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 3.—Aroused
by the report of the dean of student
affairs disclosing scholastic averages
among the fraternities for the 1923
24 school year to be below the min
imum requirement for graduation,
President Lotus I). Coffman of the
Fniversity ot Minnesota lias taken
steps to raise the classroom standards
of the Creek letter organizations,
threatening disciplinary action unless
improvement is shown.
A set of new regulations for all
fraternities and sororities, issued by
the president, specified that any chap
ter not maintaining an average of
C or better shall not In1 placed on
probation by the university for the
year following.”
The 1923-24 scholastic report of E.
E. Nicholson, dean of student affairs,
showed that only 17 of the 32 aca
demic fraternities had established C
averages for the 1923-24 school year.
On the other hand not a single soror
ity fell below the C average, the re
port disclosed, indicating that the
measures taken by the administration
were intended primarily Jor the fra
ternities.
Governing bodies of the Greek let
ter organizations ars behind the move
ment to improve scholastic standards.
The Pan Hellenic council took action
limiting the social activities of its
women members, and the fraternity
governing body urged its members not
to pledge the new freshmen whose
grades at the end of the fall quarter
were below the C mark.
Thieves stole an automobile from
Miss Virginia Simpson, girl sheriff, of
Poplarville, Miss.
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KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Sail
Vessel— Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward from Seward
Alameda
Alaska
Y ukon
Alameda
ALASKA
Yukon
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
Feb. 28th.
March 7
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7tli.
March 14
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7th.
March 14
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Freighter Nabesna is scheduled to sail from Seattle Feb. 5, and
will call at Seward if sufficient business is offered.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
mckinley park route
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices