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SEWARD, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Established August It), 1904.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors.
H. B. SELBY
Managing Editor
Entered ae Second Class Matter September 2nd, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of March Third, 1879.
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WHAT IS NEWS
What constitutes news. An editor
calls it something happening in an
unusual way. For instance a halibut
boat conies to Seward, and no notice
is taken of it; but let a halibut boat
sail up to some interior town in Ne
braska, and it would be first page
nows. The unusual generally can be
counted on to interest the average
reader. A snow slide happens in Se
ward, and no notice is taken ol' it/
Let a snowslide occur in South Flo
I'ida and it would be a nine days won-,
dor.
AMERICA NEEDS PATRIOTISM
American needs more patriots and
fewer politicians. It needs men un
swerving in loyalty and devotion to
country. Men who place America be
tore other nations and who serve with;
footsteps that do not falter and with
the idea that loyalty cannot be pur
chased at any price. It does not take
education, ability or brains to be loy
al. A man can be born a fool and be
a better patriot than a Burr or an Ar
nold. Many times the more education
a man has the more radical he is. j
What America needs is Americans.
The hybrid citizen is not a loyal ciii
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(Jeorge Lauglilin of Mile 7, who ar-;
rived in town today reports the water
running up to the bridge at Mile 5.
Radio experimenters of the Frencl
navy have found it possible to use
streams of salt water for transmitting
aerials.
Automobile bodies can be given the
appearance of leather with a new fa
bric to be cemented to the metal.
An English scientist claims to have
made hens lay more eggs by treating
them with mild electric shocks.
Easily attached to any typewriter,
a newr device holds an eraser and lead
pencil within a typist’s reach.
AKRON’S FIRST WEEK
OF MOTOR BUS TRANSPOR
TATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL
AKRON, Ohio, Fob. 27— In Akron
you must either ride on rubber fires
or walk, and many are walking.
Tliis city more or less widely known
as “the rubber center of the world,”
has passed through its first week of
motor bus transportaion and the ex
periment has not been much of a suc
cess.
However, Mayor D. C. Rybolt, who
ordered the Northern Ohio Traction
& Light company to operate its street
cars at a five-cent fare or “get out,”
promises Akron citizens the.' ade
quate bus transportation will he pro
vided shortly.
“We are gradually improving the
service,’ ne said today, “and within
a short time it will be so good that
♦lie people never will want to ride in
street cars again.’
The mayor is supported by a re
publican council of 11 members sel
ected on a fivecent fare pluatform.
The traction company declares that
it will never operate again on a five
cent fare. Its last offer to the city
was a six cent fare with free trans
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City officials say there are now
115 buses and jitneys in service. This
is short of the number given as the
number which could adequately furn
ish service originally placed at 121.
On the first day after the cars
stopped running probably twenty
five buses were brought into the city
to replace the 158 street cars and
buses that were operated by the trac
tion company and which carried an
average of 125,000 passeingers daily.
These added to the buses and jit
neys that were in service proved
far from adequate. Thousands were
forced to walk to work the first few
days in spite of the emergency ser
vice given their employees by the
tire manufacturers. Thousands ol
others, instead of paying a five ceni
fare, paid 10, 15 and even 25 cents tc
get to work.
To supplement the buses, a fleel
of 79 Ford touring cars was put intc
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service. It was announced to thej
world that 500 Ford sedans would be j
furnished free by Henry Ford but it j
developed that late r Mr. Ford had.
made no such offer. His associate,
H .S. Firestone, the tire manufactur-i
er, purchased those in use from local!
dealers.
The merchants are very much con
cverned over the situation. They say
their sales have fallen off tremend
ously, and that unless transportation
facilities are improved they will be
forced to lay off some of their employ
ees.
Mayor Reybolt is awaiting an offer
from the newly formed Akron Rapid
Transit company which has been in
corporated for $5,000,000 and which
desired to take over the entire trans
portation system and operate buses
at a five cent fare. Some bus experts
here say it cannot bedone.
In the meantime Akron rides on its
own rubber tires—or walks.
SELLS FIVE-YE YR-OLD
DAUGHTER TO GET SUM
FOR MOiMER'3 rUNFRAL
P2KLR3, Feb 27 -A young Chinese
woman, poverty -Lickm through the
aF-ence of her nusbm recently
sold her five-year old daughter d r $-‘i0
and used the proceeds to bury her
mother-in-law, according to Peking
police records.
The husband many months ago join
ed one of the army divisions in Hup- j
eh. The young wife supported her j
aged mother-in-law and child by sew
ing. She was highly respected by her
neighbors because of her piety and her
diligence.
When the old woman died the moth
er prompted by devotion born of gen
erations of reverence for the elders of
the family, sacrificed her child that
her husband’s mother might receive
proper burial. , ^
An inventor has sunounded a p°ir.t
spraying nozzle with a guard to pro
tect objects surrounding these beirre
painted.
Rich copper deposits were discover
ed on one of the Shetland islands al
ter a shaft had been sunk 6U0 feet.
A spark plug attachment to be
mounted permanently on an automo
bile engine is the invention ol a Spo
kane man.
WANTED—One 20 h. P- upright
boiler, must be in good condition.
ED. VOGL,
Seward .Alaska.
ORDINANCE NO. 7b
An Ordinance Granting to S. M. Graff,
His Heirs and Assigns, the Right to
Establish and Maintain a Telephone
System in the Town of Seward, 1 ei
ritory of Alaska, but not for the
Exclusive Right, Subject to the Con
ditions Therein Stated.
Section 1. That S. M. GRAFF, the
present owner and proprietor ot the
telephone system now installed and m
operation in the Town of Seward, Tei
ritory of Alaska, his heirs and as
signs, are herby authorized to use for
the term of Twenty (20) \ ears, but
not exclusive, from and after the first
day of May, 1924, any and all streets,
avenues, alleys, bridges or public
grounds of the said Town of Seward
as now established, including any ter
ritory that may hereafter be added to
the same, for‘the purpose of con
structing, maintaining and operating
a telephone system for the use of the
inhabitants of said Town of Seward,
with the right to erect and maintain in
and over said streets, avenues, alleys,
lanes, bridges or public grounds from
time to time as the said S. M. GRAb b ,
his heirs or assigns, may desire, all
such poles, wires, cables or under
ground conduits as may be necessary
for the conduct and maintenance of
the telephone business, save and ex
cept that no pole-lines shall be estab
lished for telephone service ovei
Broadway (formerly Fourth Avenue)
of said Town of Seward between Jef
ferson Street and Railway Avenue as
now* established, other than w’hat are
necessary and required for the cross
ing of Broadway on the line of the
streets of said Towm of Seward.
Sec. 2. That for the purposes afore
said the said S. M. GRAFF, his heir:
or assigns, shall have the light, priv
ilege and franchise, to place poles
cross-arms, stretch wires, connect
disconnect, repair, extend and main
tain all lines, wires, poles and con
duits in the places and in the manne
and form as hereinbefore specified
and also the right, authority and fran
chise are hereby granted by the san
Town of Seward to lay and maintaii
throughout the said Town of Seward
wires in undei’-ground conduits fo
the purpose of conducting telephon
seiwice, subject howrever, to all th<
laws of the Territory of Alaska am
the ordinances and regulations of sai<
Town of Seward.
Sec. 3. That all the said pole
maintained hereunder shall be con
structed and erected in a workman
like manner, and when erected on o
near a street line, the outside of th
poles shall be placed eight (8) inche
inside the curb-lme of such street o
avenue, and W’hen ereected in any o
the alleys, the poles shall be erectei
and placed four (4) feet from the sid
line of such alley. When the street
or avenues are graded or regraded
the poles shall be set or reset to cor
respond with such grade or regrad(
at the expense of the grantee, S. D!
GRAFF, his heirs or assigns.
The erection of poles, stretching o
wires, laying of underground conduit
and maintaining the same shall b
under the reasonable direction and
control of the Common Council of
the said Town of Seward.
Sec. 4. That whenever it shall be
necessary in the erecting of said
poles, or the replacing or resetting
them, to take up any portion of the
sidewalk, or dig up the ground in or i
near the sides and corners of the said
streets, avenues, alleys or sidewalks, j
the same shall be done in compliance
with the ordinances of the said Town j
of Seward.
Sec. 5. That whenever any person !
has obtained permission to use any of !
said streets, avenues, and alleys of
said Town of Seward for the purpose
of removing any building, the said S.
M. GRAFF, his heirs or assigns, upon j
forty-eight (48) hours notice from I
said Town of Seward, shall raise or j
remove any of said wires which may
obstinct the removal of such building,
in such manner as will allow free and
unobstructed passage of the same,
reasonable diligence shall be exercised
in the moving of such building or
buildings under said wires, and one- i
half (1-2) of the actual cost of such I
raising or removal of wires shall be
-paid by the owner of such building, at!
the time designated by said S. M. j
GRAFF, his heirs or assigns.
Sec. 6. That the privileges hereby j
granted are upon the express condi
tions :
(a) That the said S. M. GRAFF, j
his heirs or assigns, shall maintain I
the present telephone system as now |
established and operated, and shall \
enlarge the same from time to time ;
as the needs of the said Town may
require.
(b) That the temporary failure j
on the part of said S. M. GRAFF,,
his heirs or assigns, to perform any
of the conditions herein specified,
when such failure is caused by un- ■
avoidable accident, shall not be cor.-!
strued as a forfeiture of the privi- j
leges and rights herein granted.
Sec. 7. Rates to be charged are to |
be fixed, regulated and adjusted by i
the Common Council of the Town of
Seward during the life of this Ordi
nance or until otherwise regulated by
law.
This Ordinance shall be submitted to
a vote of the electors of the Munici
pality of Seward, at its next Muni
cipal Election, and when approved by
fifty-five (55) per centum of the votes
cast of the qualified electors at such
election this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect.
Passed and Approved by the Com
mon Council of the Town of Seward,
Territory of Alaska, this 25th day of
February, A. D. 1924.
L. V. RAY.
Mayor of the Town of Seward, Alaska
Attest .*
(Seal) WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
; Publish Feb. 26, 27, 28, 1924. 3t
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CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
Wall Paper
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG. ADAMS 145
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
and
Watch Repairer
Andy’s Express
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
TAILORING
G. Henning
SEWARD ALASKA
; Anchorage, Alaska
i BATHS
l SEATTLE, WASH.
5 211 Union Street
Top Floor, Apartment L
Phone Main 2576
> TUB, SHOWER A«D J. B. CASCADE
INTERNAL
f ELLEN GORDON, Propr.
s Formerly of Mnchorage, Seward am
Q Kanatak
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Leaves
Seaitle
Feb. 12th
March 11th
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 19th
March 18th
South fra
Seward
F<b. 24 th
March 22nd
Making all regular Southeastern and South
western ports including Seldovia and Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA SERVICE
Sailings from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and San Diego.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone, Main 81 Residence, Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^H.F. ALEXANDER. PRESIDENTS****®!®*'. '
STEAMSHIP STARR
THE STARR WILL SAIL FOR UN ALASKA AND
WAY PORTS TONIGHT AT 10 P. M.
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13S» SEWARD, ALASKA
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BENSON &
WHITTEMORE
Proprietors
FINEST BILLIARD & POOL HALL IN ALASKA
Exclusive Distributors of Budweiser, Bevo, and Monopole Cigars.
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THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Mam 55
CHOP SUEY
Noodles
Harry Yago
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
DR. 0. A. BRAAFLADT
Dentist
j Office Hours 9 A. M. 5[to P. M.
Office open Evenings by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office, Adams 111 Res., Adams 21
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RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harrlman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
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Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office In Arcade Building
’PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Office Phone. Madison 136
FOR SALE
One six-horsepower stationary mo
' tor in first-class mechanical condi
tion; price ?100 cash or terms on good
j security with 8 per cent. Apply at
Gateway.
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. in. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
MRS. A. H. THODAY N. G.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. 4 A. M.
Stated communicatlone
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
come. H. V. HOBEN, W. NL
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
I. O. O. F. • *
Resurrection Lodge
No. A_7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. av Visiting
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerquist,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, See
IGt-OO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALA8KA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’* H&1L
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Sec’y.
SEWARD PuST, NO FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday*
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FRED J. SPACH
. GENERAL SURVEYING AND
mapping
Certified Member A. A. E.
Licensed C. E. State of Idaho
Phone 113-R
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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