SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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SAFETY TRAINING
What appears to be a constructive
effort in behalf of safety for children
is being made by the Chicago health
department; in fact, it is claimed in
a recent bulletin that fatalities among
school children from accidents have
been reduced 40 per cent under the
system now in effect.
Among the means employed are
the following: Teaching children to
be careful, posting of warning and
safety signs along streets and high
ways, establishment of additional
playgrounds and play streets. In the
play street the thoroughfare is barri
caded during certain hours of the day,
so that traffic may not pass through
portions so set apart.
A school boy patrol force, number
ing more than 5,000, has been organ
ized for the purpose of instructing
smaller children in safety precautions
and aiding in the enforcement of traf
fic regulations.
Adoption of similar measures might
be extended to smaller cities and
towns with beneficial results and
certainly any plan which may be the
means of reducing the frightful death
toll from automobiles is worth try
ing.
AFTER FURNITURE MEN.
One of the most sweeping indict
ments of business concerns in the
action of a Federal grand jury in
Chicago, which found true bills
against 269 furniture manufacturers
for price-fixing, eliminating competi
tion and maintaining exorbitant
prices.
According to the evidence on
which these indictments were based,
these firms control about 75 per cent
of the furniture business of the
United States and through the power
of organization virtually dictate pric
es for all of it.
It is asserted that the combination
has been in process of development
more than ten years and that the dis
proportionately high price of furni
ture as compared with relative prices
of other commodities has been due
to trade agreements made for the
deliberate purpose of exploiting the
public.
Retail dealers have not been in
volved, because they have been forced
to pay the unreasonable prices charg
ed by the fanufacturers’ combine and
naturally had to make retail prices
accordingly.
Whether the prosecutions will act
ually afford relief to the public if
problematical, but the progress o:
these cases will be watched w'ith in
tense interest.
OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER
When Cain made his famous query
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” h<
started a train of thought which cul
minated in the idea that each of ui
is our brother’s keeper—that is, tha
we are to some extent responsible fo
the welfare of those around us.
Broadly speaking, this is quit'
true. A reasonable solicitude fo
our fellowmen is entirely proper am
such an attitude honestly and unseb
ishly maintained is conducive to mud
good.
But, like many another doctrim
that is sound in theory and principh
it may be carried to extremes in pra<
tice.
This is illustrated by the activitie
of the average present-day reformer
and uplifter, who seeks to be not only
his brother’s keeper, but his absolute
censor and dictator as wrell. Under the
pretext of laying down rules and
regulations “for our own good,” they
too often become an unmitigated nui
sance.
By unwarranted interference with
the fundamental rights of free men,
they degenerate into obnoxious med
dlers and busybodies. Their exces
sive zeal for reforming others breeds
resentment and indignation, which
tends to defeat their purposes, even
though those purposes were sincere,
which they frequently are not. If the
supposed evils were really corrected
the reformers would be out of their
jobs.
So long as a lot of social parasites
are able to profit by the organization
and maintenance of a multitude of an
ti-this and anti-that societies we may
expect the tribe to increase. When we
stop supporting them they will prob
ably turn- their attention to more use
ful pursuits.
APPEAL TO GRADUATES
A striking commentary on the effi
cacy of the Volstead act is furnished
by an article in the Yale Alumni
Weekly, the official organ of the
university administration, referring
to the June reunion of graduates of
that institution, at which about 2,500
are expected to attend. It says:
“Thoughtless graduates, bent on
having a good time when coming back
| for reunions, can undo the efforts of
| the whole year on the part of the
j university itself to make its under
j graduates understand what it expects
I of them. The commencement liquor
| question should be settled without
further individual opposition.”
In plainer English this means that
it is feared that graduates who return
; for the alumni reunion will indulge
! in liquor to an extent that will be
i demoralizing to the under-graduates.
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STONE MOUNTAIN COIN
Great satisfaction is being ex
j pressed throughout the South over
J the unanimous action of the last Con
i gress in authorizing a special coin
j age of half dollars in aid of the Stone
j Mountain Memorial project.
These coins will be sold thruout
j the country as souvenirs at one dol
| lar each, the profits to be devoted to
! the carving of the memorial figures
j of Confederate leaders on the face
! of Stone Mountain, near Atlanta.
Among the recent editorial expres
sions concerning this action of Con
gress, the following is typical:
“The passage of the act authoriz
ing the minting of the Stone Moun
tain Memorial coin represents the
highest note struck in the new Union.
It is not only an expression of the
country's confidence in the South,
but of a loftiness of soul and patriot
ism, North and West, which argues
well for closer bonds of friendship
and for permanent peace.’
As a prominent southerner has
said, “the soldiers of Grant divided
their rations with the starving vet
erans of Lee at Appomattox, but never
before has the-victor divided his
wreath with the vanquished.”
BANDIT WOULD RETIRE
American bandits are nervy enough,
but none has quite equalled a Servian
robber, whose demand for money on
which to leave the country has been
received by the Belgrade police.
Yussef Mekonitch is one of the
most notorious brigands of the Nova
Bazaar district, whose operations
have covered a long period, and he
■ now desires to retire from active
■ banditry.
In a very matter of fact and busi
nesslike letter he states his case, as
follows:
“If you want to get rid of me once
and for all, send me ten thousand
, dinars (about $150) as traveling ex
» penses to Constantinople. I want tc
. retire there. I think this disburse
5 ment will be a trifle to the author!
t ties in comparison with what punitive
r expeditions against me have cost and
will cost in the future if you do noi
3 pay me the 10,000 dinars. Pay me
r and then I will let you be in peace.”
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i lost faith in advertising. The onlj
result he got from an advertisemen
>, for a wife was a circular offering i
correspondence course in piano play
ing at reduced rates.
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FUR PUBLISHER
GOES WESTWARD
TO FOX FARMS
A. A. BASS OF SEATTLE, ON ONE
OF HIS MANY ANNUAL JAUNTS
ABOUT THE TERRITORY.
A. A. Bass, publisher of the Fur
Farm Magazine, "which instructive
publication is produced in Seattle,
departed from Seward this morning
for Kodiak on the first leg of a trip
about the Westward districts which
will keep him continually on the go
for the next three months. While in
Seward yesterday he was a guest at
the Chamber meeting which he ap
preciated very much. This morning,
prior to his departure for Kodiak,
he spoke of the sincerity expressed
by President Hinde of the chamber,
when he asked in response to Mr.
Bass’ talk, “in what manner can
thi3 chamber assist you;”
The purpose of the many trips
Mr. Bass makes thruout the Terri
tory is to gather information and
statistics from the fox farmers for
his magazine and in every xvay pos
sible, work in closer harmony with
the fur raisers, the pioneers of what
will be in a few years, a stupendous
Alaskan industry.
Upon his return to Seward from
the westward, where he wrill visit
personally, practically every fur far
mer, Mr. Bass will return to South
eastern Alaska and about the first
of December, hopes to be back home
in Seattle again. In March he will
will tour ten Western states in the
interests of the fur industry.
TENNIS COURT
READY FOR PLAY
NEXT TUESDAY
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j SEWARD PUBLIC ASKED TO JOIN
ORGANIZATION—ANNUAL MEM
BERSHIP FEE PLACED NOMI
NALLY—$5.
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The city tennis court will be com
pleted by next Tuesday, according to
officials of the organization, with the
placing of the markers and the set
ting up of the brand new net, which
will arrive the end of this week from
Seattle. The court, located on Third
avenue and Adams street, has been
worked over from one end to the
other, the result being, no finer ten
nis court can be found in Alaska.
A special effort is being made by
the officials to increase the member
ship of the club as the sum of $400
has been expended on the court
this spring and the treasury now
shows a slight deficiency. Club dues
for the year are $5, a small enough
charge when one considers the splen
did court and the healthful outdoor
exercise placed at the disposal of
the members. Annual membership
cards can be obtained from Charles
Hinde and A. E. Rucker. As a com
munity asset, the tennis court ranks
among the first.
J. G. Wada, Japanese from .the
Iditarod, who has been stopping over
in Seward for the last week, depart
ed yesterday for Latouche on a bus
iness trip. He is returning to Sew
ard the latter part of the week.
Miss Lenora Goozee, school teacn
er, who has been visiting in Seward,
left last evening on the Admiral
Evans, bound for Seattle.
S125 FARE FROM NEW
YORK TO MIAMI, VIA AIR
NEW YORK. Junej 17. (jP)—Backers
of the New York to Miami airplane
service, have announced that the fare
will be $125.00 for the eight hour trip.
If you don't get your paper before
six o’clock please phone us and one
will be sent by special messenger.
; NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Seward, Alaska, June 13, 1925.
To Whom It May Concern:
i I 'will not be responsible for any
- debts contracted by my wife Julia
Goodpaster. This is notice to gov
ern accordingly.
14-t WM. GOODPASTER
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NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN HERE FOR
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A wonderful comedy-drama in which some of the most famous
people of the country take the part—TEX RICKARD.
IRVIN S. COBB, ARTHUR BRISBANE, ETC.
besides the star
Anita Stewart
And for the first time the entire chorous of
the famous
Ziegfield’s Follies
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Something You Cannot Afford to Miss
With it there is an especially interesting PATHE NEWS show
ing our new governor
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