SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
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Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879.
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BACK TO THE OLD TIMES
A resolution was passed at a recent
meeting of the Anchorage Igloo of
Pioneers, asking that the 114 miles of j
railroad between Seward and Anchor-!
age be abandoned, because of alleged j
grades and lack of business. The
resolution cited that freight rates
were too high over the government
railroad. The resolution, as we see
it, is another way of requesting the
commission to extend the wharf to the !
vicinity of the Forelands, where deep
water prevails.
With all deference to the august
body of Pioneers, who necked sleds
through the arbolados when many of
us were picking oranges or wearing
Palm Beach suits, why stop at An
chorage Why not abandon the whole
railroad in case Fairbanks gets its
freight cheaper via the White Pass
railroad and Yukon river, as it could
provided a rate is given assimilating
the difference between hauls, such as
is requested by the Anchorage Igloo.
Why not abolish the town of Anchor
age entirely because the grade is
greater than that of Seward.
The greatest grade on the piece of
railroad between Seward and Anchor
age is at Grand View, where the ele
vation is 1063 feet. Whereas at sum
mit, between Anchorage and Fair
banks the elevation is 2337. There
are 14 places on this stretch of road j
which have a greater elevation than
that between Seward and the Cook In
let town. Therefore, we must con- j
sider that elevation has nothing to do
with their complaint.
Freight is alleged to have been de
livered by George Palmer in 1898 to
1907 for $4.00 per ton, the haul be
ing on the schooner Lucy, a small fore
and after, from San Francisco to
Knik. Today it costs four times that
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TOURING “DE LUXE” IN CALIFORNIA.
A “Japanese flivver” at Preston, Calif. The young lady is content
with her “one-papa-power car” at present; but by the time she grows up
her thrifty and industrious Pop will probably be able to afford a ten-thous
and dollar imported car and she'll think bicycles funny.
sum, even by schooner, and Knik can
not be reached by water. Are we
to gather from this that the Anchor
age Igloo favors going back to small
schooners with two-man crews to haul
in its freight? Does it favor haul
ing freight from Palmer to Anchor
age by dog team? Does it favor
laying in its stop's of merchand'-e
for the long wi» t< rs in the fall, on ac
count of its port being inaccessible
because of ice ? we think not.
One firm in Seward has paid the
railroad the past year over $6,000
freight bills, and has received back
from the railroad $40. Can any film
in Anchorage show that it has paid
the road this amount and not received
it back in trade? Is it possible that
Anchorage would have the pulp mill
coming to Seward in the near future,
buy its coal from Canada, because of
no railroad line between the towns?
It will require a train of cars a day
io haul coal to the pulp mill, a ton of
coal equaling a ton of paper. Who
will lenefit from this sale of coal?
Anchorage, of course. The pulp mill
will pay more freight to the railroad
each week for logs hauled, than is
collected on the whole north end of
the system, and is now paying more
than its proportion of the upkeep of
the road. Why antagonize a good
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market by advocating something that
is impossible, and could only hurt the
proponents of the proposition. Why
j publish the jealousies existing against
1 Seward?
We reiterate that unless Anchorage
does not give the railroad its freight
it will soon have no railroad, if it de
pends on Congress for its expenses.
Seward is behind the railroad and its
management to the man, and it not
asking a cent in return. We have
our payrolls and are growing rapidly.
But it does seem foolish to us to talk
about grades and expenses of upkeep
when one considers the Broad Pass
section and the Nenana canyon.
Let’s forget it and get behind Mr.
Smith in his plans for development.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
i at its meeting this week inscribed a
I vote of thanks to Mr. Noel W. Smith,
general manager of the Alaska Rail
road, for services rendered, and also
assured Mr. Smith that it stood be
hind him in every way possible, with
no desire to interfere with the man
agement of the road. This is as it
should be. While Mr. Smith undoubt
edly knows that Seward is behind him
in his efforts to bring the road up
a paying basis, it is a good thing to
tell him so. The local Chamber has
not had the pleasure of entertaining
Mr. Smith, nor has he attended any
of its functions, therefore he does not
know what he has missed. The resi
dents of Seward are a pleasant bunch
to associate with, and there is no doubt
they would give the railroad head the
best time he has had since his arrival
in Alaska. The chamber has not pes
tered him with useless requests and
has asked for nothing whatever in the
shape of patronage. Our main regret
is that the gentleman is leaving the
Territory without a personal assurance
of our esteem and the hope that he
will return.
Attorney A. E. Rucker left on to
day s train for Anchorage on business
connected with the Resurrection Bay
Lumber Co. He will return Saturday.
Seward Chapter No. 10
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
SEWARD REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Mondays of Each Mo.
8:0 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
MRS. A. H. THODAY, N. G.
SEWARD LODGE NO.
219, F. & A. M.
Stated Communica
tions 1st and 3rd Wed
nesdays or each Mo.
Visiting Brethern Wel
come.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A-7.
I. O. O. F.
Meets Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. Vsit
ing Brothers Welcome.
FRANK LAGERQUIST, N. G.
CHAS. LECHNER, SEC.
SEWARD POST NO. FIVE
American Legion
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays
A. E. RUCKER, Commander.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE
Pioneers of Alaska
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
F. B. MOORE, President.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Secretary,
—and one day out of darkness they
shall meet and read life’s meaning in
each other’s eyes—
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
Lucretia Lombard
FEATURING—Monte Blue, Irene Rich, Marc. MacDermott, Alec.
Francis and Norma Shearer.
A STORY OF FLAMING PASSION
Adapted from the famous hook by
KATHLEEN NORRIS
MASQUERADE
at the A. B. Hall, Friday, October 31.
PRIZES AWARDED
Late Hotel Arrivals
Van Gilder—O. W. Connor and wife,
Hames Ward, Bertha Bailey, O. C.
Wolden, Anchorage; Robert Wakelin,
Seattle; E. C. Telden and wife; C.
H. Keil, Moose Pass; F. N. Buck
holtz, Tanana; Abe McKinnon and
wife, Fairbanks; John Elliott, Moose
Pass.
Sexton Hotel—Mrs. Ernest Matt
chei, Snug Harbor; A. F. Phelps, of
Matanuska; E. Lundin, John Kacero
sky, Hope; Wirth Wade, Anchorage;
Lawrence Burr, A. F. Stanoler.
Overland—W. B. Lawing and wife;
R. C. Gehling, Mile 23; Carl Johnson,
Monroe Kast, Talkeetna; C. K. Hotlz
man, G. O. Morgan, Bremerton, Wn,;
M. H. Lynch, and Chas. Wagoner.
Seward—Henry Neimi, Grover Taf
fler, J. einosky, C. Q. Johnson, Mrs. j
May Black, Fairbanks; O. Johnson, |
Ole Transtad, John Martinson, Anch- j
orage; L. E. Kirkpatrick and John 1
Svenson.
News had reached the village of
Forksville that a motor bus plying
between the two neighboring towns
of Bumpton and Gush Hollow had
gone over the side of a cliff with all
on board. It was also known in Forks
ville that the wife of the much hen
pecked Bud Blodgett was en route to
Gush Hollow via the bus line. An in
terested villager immediately called on
Bud.
“Ain’t ye worried ’bout yer wife,
Bud?” he asked.
“Well,” replied Bud, “I was fer a
while, but her cousin in Bumpton jes
called up and said she saw Sal git on
the bus with her own eyes.”
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
After November 1, 1924, all trails
on my premises at Woodrow will be
closed to the public. No hunting will
be allowed on mv property.
k267. GEO. J. LAUGHLAN.
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PLAIN SEWING DONE, children’s
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FOR SALE—Some slightly used over
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See JORDAN VALET SERVICE.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In Prebate No. 14.
In the Probate Court for the Kodiak
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska, before the Hon. Sid S.
Bettman.
In the matter of the estate of An
drew Wanberg, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
Andrew Wanberg, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit such claims, with the neces
sary vouchers, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the said adminstrator at the
law office of John F. Coffey,at Ko
diak, Alaska, which said office the ad
ministrator selects as his place of busi
ness in all matters connected with the
said estate of Andrew Wanberg, De
ceased
KARL ARMSTRONG,
Administrator of the estate of An
drew Wanberg, Deceased.
John 'F. Coffey, Attorney for Admin
istrator.
First publication October 20, 1924.
Last Publication, November 10, 1924.
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in Ketchikan who turns out a paper
from hot air.
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