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A WELL DESERVED HONOR
In the unanimous election yesterday at Anchorage
of Cal M. Brosius, Seward business man, as President of
the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, both Mr. Brosius
and the Order will be congratulated by the rank and
file of Alaskans.
The selection of Mr. Brosius as head of Alaska’s
renowned organization could not have been conferred
upon one more worthy; one whose heart and soul has
ever been closely aligned with the Order of which he
has been an enthused and tireless worker.
Under his direction the old Order should accom
plish much the coming year; from the standpoint of the
organization itself as well as Territorial benefits.
President Brosius succeeded to his present high
office from that of Grand Treasurer. The confidence
so well typified by the Pioneers of Alaska, augers well
with respect to his election to the Alaska Legislature
(of which he is a candidate) as Representative from
this, the Third Division of Alaska.
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Over at Kodiak, they tell us, the pool halls and ho
tell lobbies have practically given up pangingi and solo
-while the boys gather rouna the stove and organize
nightly debating societies, the subject being, “Resolved
that Kodiak Island be made a big game preserve for
the wealthy big game hunters while the cattle and
sheep men can go to H—
It all started of course after that article by Stewart
Edward White, in the December 21 number of the Sat
• iirday Evening Post called “Kidding Ourselves Along.”
He talks mostly about fish but he has something to say
about Kodiak bear and its good, some people might even
say good and rotten.
“Take the case of the Kodiak bear,” says Mr. White.
“He is the biggest of the bear family. He is most res
tricted in his range of any of the bear family. (Poor
bear); On Kodiak Island alone is he to be found in the
purity of his species, though his first cousins may be
encountered on a very few other islands or a very small
portion of the adjacent mainland. He is one of our
greatest natural curiosities. We have a small number
of him in cages here and there and there we preserve
him carefully and do not permit anyone to kill him. We
have most of him on this comparatively small island
off the Alaska coast. There we permit anyone who wants
to, to kill him under such liberal regulations that his
numbers have been decreasing quite rapidly. But now
there is a growing agitation to remove all regulations;
to permit indiscriminate killing with the idea of getting
rid of him.
“Why? Because certain men or groups of men
think they can raise cattle with advantage to them
selves on Kodiak Island; and they believe or profess to
believe that the bears will destroy the cattle. There are
places all ever the world, hundreds of thousands of
square miles of them wrhere cattle are being raised and
hundreds of thousands of square miles more wrhere cat
tle could be raised to better advantage than up near the
Arctic Circle. There is just one place in the world where
Kodiak bear can be raised, about 100 miles long by 60
wide. If wTe arrived at that point in evolution wherein
we w’ere capable of thinking with the collective mind,
we would not hesitate for a moment in deciding the
sensible thing to do. We wroukl tell our would-be cattle
men to go elsewhere if they wanted to raise cattle; and
we would keep our unique little island for our unique
big bears, just as we keep apart a park in a city for a
zoo.”
There you have it right from the shoulder, just
like that. Take it or leave it. However, Kodiakers and
The Gateway are not taking it laying down.
Don t know whether Mr. White has ever been on
Kodiak but if he has he would know that cattle' have
been raised on that island for a hundred and forty
years and that cattle and sheep are still multiplying
there. He would also know that bear do kill cattle and
have driven several stockraisers out of business. He
would know that nearly everyone of the 500 inhabitants
of the island signed a petition to do away with the clos
ed season on bear. He should know that there are
thousands of big Brownies on the peninsula adjacent
to the island where they can hunt all they want to and
where stockraising would be impossible. *
He should also reflect that Kodiak Island is nearly
1,000 miles from the Arctic Circle and not “near it,”
and that it lies in practically the same latitude as that
ot the I eace River country of Canada where our neigh
bors raise the prize wheat and where the government of
Canada is proposing to increase its bison and cattle
herds, even tho the climate is no where near as mild
as that of Kodiak. He should know—but shucks, what’s
tie use? Lets make a game preserve out of the v hole
Territory with only a very short closed season on cat
tlemen, farmers, fur ranchers, sourdoughs and editors.
Second Mate Dies
In His Berth, Boat
KETCHIKAN, March 7, f/P)_
|Howard C. Hankins, second mate
| on the motorship Bellingham, was
found dead in his berth on his boat.
He had attended a movie last night
and was apparently in good health.
An inquest was held later to ascer
tain the cause of his death.
He was an old-time Alaskan trol
ler and a member of the local Lodge
of Elks.
Seattle Officers
Break Up Parade
SEATTLE, March 7, (JP)—Defying
police orders against a parade,
about 1,000 persons, bearing Soviet
Communist banners, battled with
mounted police and police on foot
at the corner of Occidental and
Washington streets.
A mounted parole charged the
marchers and tore down their ban
ners as foot officers rushed in to
aid them breaking’ up the demon
stration and making 12 arrests.
Enjoys Best Heaith
In 25 Years
DAVID S. LEEK.MAX
“At the age of 79 I am still ac
tive in business and attribute my
fertile present health, energy and
vita’ity to the benefits I derived
from Sargon. I actually believe
this wonderful medicine has add
ed years to my life.
“For five years my health had
been failing steadily. My nerves
were all to pieces, and I hardly
knew what a sound night's sleep
meant.
“Since taking the Sargon treat
ment I feel as well and strong as
I was 25 years ago. I have a fine
appetite, sleep good, and consti
pation, biliousness and dizzy spells
are all things of the past.”—David
S- Beekman, 528 Kearney St., San
Francisco, Calif.
! Sargon’s aim is not mere tem
1 porary relief, but new and abun
dant health. Don’t experiment—
profit by the experience of others.
St ward Drug Co., are agents
for Sargon in Seward. Adv.
PAROLE APPROVED
! WASHINGTON, March 7, (A1!—
The parole of Dr. Cook was ap
proved by Attorney General Mit
I chell and officials of the De
partment of Justice said the exact
1 date when the parole would be
j come effective would have to be
| ascertained from the Warden of
! the penitentiary; but, in their I
' opinion, it would be tomorrow.
Try the Alaska Shop CHOCO- j
LATE ICE CREAM.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
SEWARD POST No. 5. j
Meeting on the first and j
third Wednesdays of each^Fp!
month. James Campbell, i
Post Commander: Ben V. High,
1 Adjutant.
Seward Chapter No. 10. Order of
Eastern Star
Meete the second
and fourth Monday’s
of each month in
Odd Fellows’ Hall, at
8 p. m. Visiting mem- i
_ bers always welcome.
Mrs. Emma Banbury, W. M., Mrs- j
Martine Johansen, Secretary.
Sew^ard Lodge No. 1425. L. O. O. ,
M. Meets ‘every
first and third
Fridays of each
month at 8 p.
m. at I. O. O.
F. Hall. All wel
come. Peter N.
Anderson, Dir
ector. M. A- Horner, Secretary.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA—IGLOO
NO. 9.
Cal M. Brosius, Secretary and I
Treasurer.
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO.
6-A L O O. F.
Meets the first
and third Mon
days of each
month in I. O. O.
F. Hall at 8 p. m.
Vistiing members j
are always welcome. Margarete
Lechner, N. G., Ludwig Larson,
Secretary.
Ressurection Lodge No. A-7, I. O.
O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8 p. m. in Odd Fellows
Hall. Visiting brothers welcome.
Frank Cooper, N. G., Ludwig Lars- i
son, Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 219, F. and
A. M.
Stated communications >
first and third Tuesdays
each month- V is i t i n g j
bretheri welcome. Elwyn Swet
mann, W. M.. Martin Banbury, i
Secretary . _'
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LIBERTY THEATER
SATURDAY AT 8 O'CLOCK
The Red Dance”
A very thrilling story of the exciting times just before and
during the outbreak of the
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
It is a play full of action and tense situations, highly drama
tic. Entertainment for everybody. Among the characters por
trayed is the famous
BLACK MONK RASPUTIN
who controlled the Empire by his influence over the Czarina.
This is a semi-historical play, based upon facts. It gives a
wonderful picture of Russia at that time.
THE LEADING ACTORS ARE:—
DOLORES DEL RIO - CHAS. FARRELL
I his feature is wonderfully set, and is see
ing; from this standpoint alone.
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Next Sailing of Steamer Starr out of Seward
MARCH 10th
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
n
uo East via
California and
the Panama Ca
nal thru ser
vice via the
Panama Pacific
Line. Ask for
details.
SERVING ALASKA
Vessel Sails Arrives South
from in from
Seattle Seward Seward
Evans Mar. 12 Mar. 19 Mar. 24
Watson Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Mar. 31
Evans Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 14
YVatson Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 21
Evans Apr. 23 Apr. 30 May 5
Pasta ugar acrommodattons •» all
Admiral Lina tuhIi hare ba«n eom
I lately and materially Improved. Tn
will find them aery attract!** aad
comfortable.
Wayne Blue, sewa.ro Agent
ADMIRAL LIME
Vessel Leave Seattle
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Leave Seward
Mar. 1. Mar. 8.
Mar. 8. Mar. 15.
Mar. 15. Mar. 22.
Mar. 22. Mar. 29.
Agent—J. H Fliekinger. Phone Slain 125