SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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IDLE ACRES
Over three-fifths of the timber ori
ginally in the United States is gone
—destroyed by fire and used in our
advancing development as a great na
tion. Today we are cutting and burn
ing our forests five times as fast as
they grow. One-half of the timber
remaining is in the three states on
the Pacific Coast. We are the heavi
est users of wood of any people in
the world, and we can not cut down
our per capita use to the level of
European countries and at, the same
time continue to develop our great
natural resources and maintain our
country’s industrial supremacy. The
kernel of our problem is the enor
mous areas of forest land which is
not producing the timber crops that
they should. We have 326 millions
acres of cut-over land bearing no
saw timber and 81 million acres de
vasted as the result of bad methods
of cutting and repeated fires, pro
ducing nothing worth while. Each
year we are adding from three to
four million acres to this idle land
as cutting and burning continue. We
must stop devastating our remaining
forests. We must put those idle
acres at work growing trees. For
est-fire prevention is an important
part of the problem. We can all
help in this. Let us never through
carelessness be responsible for a for
est fire, and let us always strive to
teach others the vital importance
of the warning. Be careful with fire
in the -woods.
GOOD NEWS FOR SEWARD.
The Alaska Weekly, published in
Seattle, which advertises that it pub
lishes all the reliable news from Alas
ka and is supposed to cover the Ter
ritory like a blanket of snow, has the
following discovery to announce to its
readers:
“Information received in An
chorage from a reliable source in
dicates that the Pacific Steamship
Company is considering extend
ing its run to Seward during the
coming summer, with the inten
tion of carrying tourists for the
“Golden Belt Route.”
FRYE
BRUHN
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Delicious Hams and Bacon,
Wild Rose Lard, Mayflower
Butter and Eggs, Steer Beef,
Fancy Lambs, Select Poultry
always on hand.
SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK
Fresh Eggs, per doz._..45
Pure Lard, per lb....25
Pioneer Butchers of Alaska, Whole
sale and Retail, Phone 94.
H. L. McGHIE, Mgr.
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This is most gratifying news to the
citizens of Seward and indicates that
the progressive Seattle publication is
intensely interested in the develop
ment of the Territory in general and
in Seward in particular. With the ad
dition of the Pacific Steamship com
pany’s steamers* to the boat or two
a year arriving in Seward the town
will be placed on the map at last.
The Alaska Weekly secured a scoop
on the Gateway, but knowing the edi
tor and staff personally, and famil
iarly as it were, no jealousy exists
over the fact. With the Admiral Line
running to Seward and “Game Warden
Claude Shea” on the job we may look
for a successful season on the “Gold
en Belt Tour.”
Now that Valdez has gone behind
the proposition with a $100,000 stock
proposition, the road to Portage Bay
is assured. Several miles of old tun
nel around the Prince William Sound
city will be used in constructing the
six miles of new tunnel through the
divide, and in all probability the re
mainder will be used around Mile 76
where mud and rock slides are a con
stand menace.
Defunct Bank Receiver
Asking for Huge Fees
OLYMPIA, Wn„ Apr. 28—Attor
ney General Dunbar gave Roscoe
Fullerton, prosecutor of Thurston
county, affidavits which Forbes Has
kell, receiver, and Guy Kelly, attor
ney for the received, made concern
ing conversations with former Gov.
Louis F. Hart about certain lees
to be allowed in liquidation of the
Scandinavian-American Bank of Ta
coma.
Fullerton announced today that he
would investigate, and Dunbar ex
plained that he was without author
ity to begin criminal action in the
courts. He refused to allow $115,000
in fees which Haskell and Kelly ask
ed in January, after consulting Hart.
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full of ideas on finishing
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tt tt* carry a full line of Fuller
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JACK M’CORD IS
OPTIMISTIC OVER
INISKIN BAY FIELD
Jack McCord, well known promoter
and oil man, has leased the concrete
office building in the rear of L. V.
Ray’s office, and is having it over
hauled and renovated by Mr. Aron
Ericson. Mr. McCord is leaving to
night on the Admiral Watson, and
when he returns from Anchorage will
occupy the new offices and make
Seward his headquarters for his oil
properties and their development.
Mr. McCord is preparing to open up
an oil field at Iniskin Bay, on Cook
Inlet, which was gone over and ap
proved recently by Geologist Moffatt.
Mr. Galvin, a government man, is on
the Admiral Watson, with ten men and
eight horses, and will go over the
ground placing monuments for the
surveyors to tie to. Mr. McCord ex
pects to be in the field May 5. He
received a telegram today from his
surveyor, Otis Ross, stating that he
would leave Seattle May 1(1 to tie in
the claims at Iniskin Bay.
Mr. MpCord states that when this
is done the Superior Oil Company,
which he has interested in the pro
ject, will start drilling there next
July. Six major oil companies are
now interested in the Kanatak field,
Mr. McCord declares, and he looks for
intensive development in the oil bear
ing fields to the westward this year.
Mr. McCord also declared that the
General Petroleum Corporation would
start development work in the Yaka
taga field this year, part of the ma
chinery having already been placed
in the field.
Mr. McCord stated that while in
Washington, D. C., he visited Coast
and Geodetic Survey officials with a
viewr to having maps made by air
plane, and that Colonel Lester E.
Jones, head of the department wras in
favor of the plan, but desired to first
place his triangulation monuments in
order that the pictures may be iden
tified. He also stated that an extra
boat had been placed in Alaska this
year. One of the motives of Mr. Mc
Cord in interesting himself in the
work is to secure an increased appro
priation for the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, which was cut during the war
from $150,000 to $75,000, the original
amount having never been restored.
This year an appropriation of $75,000
was made, and this* is not enough to
carry on the work necessary zilong
the west coast. It is expected that
work to the westward will be practi
cally completed this year.
Mr. McCord was enthusiastic in the
matter and declared that all chambers
of commerce should get behind the
enterprise.
While in the east he interviewed
the different departments in regard
to a grazing bill, giving authority to
lease the many islands to the west
ward for stock grazing, and says that
when he left Washington a bill had
been prepared for introduction to
congress and that there wras no doubt
but that it would be passed, with the
Department of Interior in charge.
Mr. McCord is one of the most ener
getic and optimistic of Seward’s oil
mep, and looks for much work to be
done in the several districts this year.
Finding a package of her mother’s
old love letters of precocious Colum
bus child played “mail man” and
distributed them among the neigh
bors in the block.
Expedition Gathering for
Mount Logan Ascent
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wn., Apr. 28.—A party
is gathering in this city to climb Mt.
Logan. Those here include N. H.
Reed of Boston and H. M. Laing, nat
uralist an<J movie photographer.
H. F. Lambert of Ottawa, of the
Canadian geodetic survey will be sec
ond in command of the expedition.
He is expected to arrive here today.
They all expect to leave here Sun
day for Cordova, which which point
they will go to the foot hills of
Mount Logan to make there ascent.
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LIKE HERRIN, ILLINOIS
(By Associated Press)
NOGALES, Arizona, Apr. 28.—Thir
ty-two persons were killed resulting
in city elections at Sonoro, Mexico
yesterday, official declare.
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LIBERTY THEATRE
ONE SHOW AT 8:00 SHARP
SPECIAL ATTRACTION TONIGHT!
The big 10-reel Super-feature
“UNDER THE
RED ROBE”
with the famous stage actor
ROBERT B.MANTELL
as CARDINAL RICHELIEU, and
ALMA RUBENS
as the heroine, RENEE
SUPPORTED BY AN EMINENT CAST
This is a great production, historically cor
rect in every detail, and every adult and
youth should see it.
And a fine Pathe Review
(We will show this at the ordinary prices)
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Rob Clothing Merchant
In Sight of 2 Policemen
SEATTLE, Wn., Apr. .28.—While
two policemen were standing within
thirty feet of the entrance of the
Pioneer Safety deposit vaults, two
bandits robbed Carl Scherman, a
clothing merchant of $6,000 and es
caped in the crowds.
Banker’s Wife Advises
Seward People
“I had stomach trouble so bad ev
erything I ate soured and formed
gas. Was miserable until I tried Ad
lerika. This helped the first day.”
Adlerika helps any case gas on the
stomach unless due to deep-seated
causes. The QUICK action will sur
prise you. Because Adlerika is such
an excellent intestinal evacuant it
is wonderful for constipation—it of
ten works in one hour and never
gripes.—Seward Drug Company.
When a city mail carrier in uni
form visited a friend in the Greer. ‘
Mountains, a rural constable arrestee
him, thinking he was a Confederate
soldiers.
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