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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NO PAPER MONDAY
Monday being Labor Day, there will
be no issue of The Daily Gateway.
We will issue our next paper Tues
day, September 8.
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
According to opinions expressed by
qualified observers recently the edito
rial pages of American newspapers
are regaining the prestige that was
lost during the heydey of yellow jour
nalism a few years ago.
This renaissance of the editorial
page is accounted for by the changed
-character of the editorials themselves.
The editorial of the present is more
diversified and more intended for gen
eral information. It is less devoted
to political and class propaganda.
While newspapers differ widely
with respect to editorial policies,
there is an unmistakable tendency to
ward a more accurate statement of
the facts and a fairer attitude in their
interpretation than was the case in
the past. The editor of today would
not attempt to mislead his readers, as
he knows full w'ell they are as able
as himself in drawing conclusions.
Broadminded readers (and this
class is increasing) do not object to
opinions differing from their own, pro
vided they feel such opinions are ar
rived at honestly. They want facts
above all. else and the newspaper that
strives to give its readers facts will
never lack for appreciation of its edi
torial page.
OUR PRIVATE ARMIES
Never before was so much money
spent nor so many men employed in
this country for law enforcement, nor
was there ever so much lawlessness
as now\
Bankers of several states have or
ganized unofficial forces for protec
tion against bandits; private detec
tives are employed by the thousands
to safeguard persons and property;
the merchants of New York have or
ganized a special force of armed
guards and the jewelers are about to
follow suit; a nation wide organiza
tion of citizens, sometimes masked,
here and there takes a hand to cor
rect alleged vice and crime; associa
tions wage war on automobile thieves
—and there are perhaps other simi
lar movements less prominent.
Whether any real headway is being
made, even with all these private
agencies to supplement the national,
state and local officers of the law, is
difficult to say with assurance.
The ever pressing question of why
so much lawlessness exists has never
been satisfactorily answered. We used
to think it was merely an aftermath
of the war, but a new generation of
criminals has come into action since
the war. Other countries that were
immeasurably more affected by the
war than the United States exhibit
no such disorderly tendencies.
So serious has the situation become
that every thoughtful citizen must
view it with deep concern. Has the
government broken down that we must
depend on private armies to preserve
life and property. And even with
these, will life and limb and property
continue to be menaced at every
turn?
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt declares
that war can be talked to death. She
is evidently practicing her theories.
CHEAPER AUTOMOBILES
Recent price cuts by leading auto
mobile makers have given new inter
est to the question of whether the
smaller manufacturers can survive in
the face of keener competition.
Since the automobile became a com
mercial proposition about 1900, more
i than 1000 companies have engaged in
its production, yet by 1924 only 74 of
these remained in business. Of
those that survived, 28 companies
produced 90 per cent of the total out
put.
Quantity production, which has been
the greatest single factor in Ford’s
phenomenal success, now appears to
be the goal of all the larger compa
nies.
Many smaller automobile companies
have really been merely assembling
(concerns, buying all or most of their
parts from other manufacturers. Or
dinarily this would make their costs
greater than those of firms manufact
uring their own parts. This fact, it
is predicted, will eventually mean the
extinction of the small companies.
From the standpoint of the public
the increasing fierce competition now
developing promises substantial bene
fits through further reductions in au
tomobile prices.
UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMERS
Every small store as well as many
large ones have to serve a lot of cus
tomers under circumstances which
involve a loss to the merchant, espe
cially when insifignificent purchases
must be delivered or charged, or both.
It frequently happens that the serv
ice required in handling small items
costs as mucji or more than the goods
themselves. Frequently families liv
ing near grocery stores or meat mar
kets have a dozen articles charged
and delivered when one order would
have been better. ♦
If housewives would buy a week’s
supply at one time, groceries would
be cheaper and deliveries less hard
for the delivery man.
A trade journal recently published
a story which illustrates this point:
A little girl was sent to buy a nick
el’s worth of asafetida, to be charged
to her mother’s account.. The drug
clerk asker her mother’s name. He
was told that it was Mrs. Schumann
Schlinckenmeirnerfer. He thought
for an instant and then said to the
child: •
“Oh, take it for nothing and run
along. It’s worth more than a nickel
for me to spell ‘asafetida’ let alone
that name.”
SCHOOL REFORM IN TEXAS
Many who have become convinced
that our public school curricula in
clude much that is of little value to
the pupil will note with interest the
efforts in the direction of school re
form now being made in Texas.
Some time ago the Texas Educa
tional Survey, after an exhaustive
study made a report embodying va
rious recommendations among which
were suggestions for a modification
of the high school curriculum.
It found, for instance, that algebra
was being studied by more pupils than
all the natural sciences put together.
It appears that mathematics has been
the particular hobby of educators in
that state. The Survey also found
that there was more stress placed on
Latin and Spanish than on literature
in the vernacular; that history courses
emphasize ancient and medieval peri
ods, w'hile, neglecting modern and
American history and civics. It found
that the high school curriculum was
designed more as a preparation for
college than as a preparation for life
for the vast majority who will never
go to college.
Commenting on the report Super
intendent Duncan of Lubbock is quot
ed as being in favor of substituting
“the practical subjects that will func
tion in everyday life for those that
have only a supposed disciplinary
value.” Consequently algebra, geom
etry, and trigonometry will be strick
en from the list of subjects required
for high school graduation in Lub
bock.
It is interesting that at least one
state will no longer make a fetish of
higher studies, which however indis
pensable to the few in certain profes
sions can be of no practical value to
the many. A knowledge of how to
spell English words of common use
would be of more benefit to the aver-1
age person than, for example, the abil
ity to comprehend abstruse problems
of calculus.
Crime waves seem to maintain a
perpetual high tide.
Another paradox is that hot words
cool the flame of love.
Long life does not count for much
if one is asleep most of the time.
It’s fine to get home for a good rest
after the vacation.
You may read your wife like a book
but you can’t shut her up like one.
Pangs of conscience are never felt
while the fun is going on.
No wonder talk is cheap when one
considers that it is mostly wind.
The greatest handicap one suffers
in life is in being foolish.
A physician warns against fatigue
and after looking around town we be
lieve a lot of us are taking his advice.
From the way they hand it out most
judges have unlimited time at then
disposal.
Girls who declare they would not
marry the best man on earth generally
marry the poorest.
Even if Canada does claim every
thing around the North Pole there
will be plenty of parking space for
visitors.
After walking 171 miles to enlist in
the world war an Alaska boy was re
jected because he had flat feet and
could not march.
Nuka Bay Quartz Looked
Upon with Favor By
Visiting Gov’t Official
Pete Sather, skipper of the roac^
ship Rolph I, who arrived in port
Friday night from Nuka Bay, left
again yesterday afternoon on the re
turn trip to the quartz camp. Cap
tain Sather has been chartered by
J. G. Sheppard, geological survey en
gineer who is in the district mak
ing a thorough examination of pros
pects. It is reported that like Vic
Clausen, Treadwell mining scout, who
returned to Sew'ard a few days ago
from the camp, Mr. Sheppard looks
upon the quartz camp with consid
erable favor. Captain Sather will
convey Mr. Sheppard to all the pros
pects in the bay after w’hieh he will
bring him back to this port.
Mrs. E. A. Williams, wife of the
popular conductor on the Alaska
Railroad, has returned to her Anch
orage residence where she will re
main until probably the middle of
this month at which time she will
return and, with Mr. Williams take
up her permanent residence here.
YOU OFTEN READ OF
MEMORY EXPERTS
Now is your opportunity to hear
one w'ho has an international reputa
tion as such. Chas. W. Hamley is
known as the miracle memory man,
who records all things of interest that
he sees or hears.
Date—Monday, Sept. 7.
Address—At Liberty Theater.
Free entertainment—No collection.
There will be a lot of new dry
agents on September 15, and doubt
less as many new bootleggers.
There are days when the office
hum of industry is suspiciously like
a ho-hum.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE CHEAP—Bungalow at
Mile Seven. Ideal location. Com
pletely furnished. Garage. Inquire
T. J. S., Gateway. tf.
FOR SALE—Ford Bug Auto, light,
classy, and speedy.—Ogles Gsar
age. tf
FOUND—Keys of all descriptions; if
you have lost any keys lately come
to the Gateway.
WANTED—By young lady any kind
of work, Call at Gateway. tf
LOST—Pair Black kid gloves, elbow
length, finder please leave at Gate
way office and receive liberal re
ward. It.
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Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
ERNEST TORRENCE
IN THE FINE COMEDY DRAMA
“The FIGHTING
This picture was made by the same director who
created “THE COVERED WAGON,” with some
of the same actors and acted in the real loca
tions.
CULLEN LANDIS—NOAH BEERY
MARY ASTER—PHILLIS HAVER
Are in the special cast.
A story of the early Mississippi days by
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BOOTH TARKINGTON
Something you don’t want to miss
And there is a JIMMY ADAMS 2-reel comedy:
“SAFE AND SANE”
A TIP-TOP PROGRAM
And after you have enjoyed that, go up to the
Big Dance in
ODD FELLOWS HALL
and so wind the day up right.
SUNDAY ONLY:—The famous stage play:
‘NELLIE THE BEAUTIFUL CLOAK MODEL’
with a wonderful cast, including Claire Wind
sor, Hobart Bosworth, Mae Busch, Lew Cody.
An unusually good feature.
NO COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY
Owing to Monday being a national
holiday, the regular meeting of the
Seward council will be held Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock at the firehall.
The Admiral Evans of the Pacific
Steamship company is scheduled to
arrive in Seward from the West
ward, southbound, next Tuesday.
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DREAMLAND
HALL
FOR SALE OR FOR RENT
SEE FRED MILLER
the Barber.
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
HOTEL ST. CHARLES
When in Seattle, make the
Hotel St. Charles your head
quarters.
Strictly Modern and
Fireproof
And Managed by an old
Alaskan
J. A. FARNHAM.
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FOR ONE WEEK .
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
BANBURY & OGLE *
| CRESCENT HOTEL
| IN
! Anchorage
I IN THE HEART OF TOWN
Reasonable Rates
J. M. COLLINS, Prop.
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