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MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN IT
It was not so very long ago when the emergence o.1
.some new mechanical invention or scientific discover}
was set down as being the instrument of the devil. Tc
the modern mind these calamitous outbursts appeal
as ludicrous. We picture in the mind's eye the pro
totype of Hamlet’s characterization of old men as “hav
ing rather weak hams, eyes purging plum tree, and a
plentiful lack of wit.”
But, hold on a minute. Maybe there is just a spark
of logic in the observations of our ancient seers. Who
knows what had gone before and left an echo of its de
vastation to be picked up and moulded into folklore
tales and handed down to posterity as a guide in escap
ing future errors? It is claimed that China once boasted
a civilization superior to our present, went haywire,
tore up all scientific books, destroyed all meclianical
contrivances and went back to trundling pigs on a pole,
eating chop suey and wheeling their family about on a
wheelbarrow. Thus they arrived at the other extreme.
No sooner than man discover some agency against
diseases than some force capable of wiping out half the
population emerges. Hardly are we rid of runaway
horses wrhen along comes the automobile to scatter the
remains of joy riders over the landscape. Then here
•comes the mechanical emancipator to the home, where
everything save birth is accomplished by pressing a but
ton, men and women begin packing up their duds and
throwing crockeiy at each other winding up in the di
vorces court, only to emerge to again become yoked to an
even more objectionable companion.
As if were not sufficient evil for the day, what was
once music now gives way to cacophony which exerts
a baleful effect upon nerves similar to that of the jungle
tom-tom, causing men to beat their wives, reindeer to
chew tobacco and tom cats to begin chasing the dogs be
neath the house.
At the rate man is tinkering with hitherto inscruta
ble powers it is difficult to predict what will be going on
fifty years hence. He is traveling beneath the sea, scoot
ing through the air, and the wireless telephone and tele
vision enables friend wife to keep tab upon him where
ever he goes. With the audiview picture he may cuss
out his wife and shake his fist in her face from a safe
distance of a thousand miles.
The radio is rapidly producing an army of amateur
electricians and offering a new agency for stirring up
neighborhood strife through a family running a washing
machine after hours. Who know’s but that some of these
may some day cross the wrong wires and kick the uni
verse out of joint!
It is predicted that the world will be destroyed by
fire. Maybe some of our bewiskered patriarches of Bib
lical times had some inside information and passed it
along to future generatons with a warning to be careful.
There might be something to it, after all.
Many big town papers enjoy throwing the “hooks”
into its smaller-town contemporaries wrhen minor errors
are made or some “cub” pulls a “fast one.” They should
remember the big town usually recruits its staff from
the small town.
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By the sack or carload
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Nut or mine run
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Lump or mine run
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Wind Fails To Halt
Crowd Attend Dance
The wind storm of last night
kept a large number of people
from attending the St. Patrick
. Day dance but never-the-less a
I ff,Ir attendance was present and
thoroughly enjoyed tir*ms^lves.
The hall was beautifully decor
ated. due to the efforts of the
Auxiliary, American Legion, and
. the music was very good, numer
ous encores being played.
Mr. Mitchell, former professional
in “Big Time” gave a comical
) monologue and a couple of songs,
» in the role of a colored gentleman
II from south of the Mason-Dix e
>! line,
Seward Post Number 5, Ameri
’ can Legion, sponsored the affair
> and the organization is to be
compUmented for its successful
presentation, regardless of the
howling gale which kept not only
many local citizens from coming,
• but officers and crew from the
Coast Guard Cutter Chelan which
could not dock in the storm.
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‘ World ship building approached
the pre-war level in 1929.
JUST RECIEVliD, A FRESH
SHIPMENT OF HAAS CANDY.
The Alaska Shop
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
SEWARD PRECINCT, THIRD
JUDICIAL DIVISION, TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF JOHN ANTHONY, De
ceased.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
DISTRIBUTION
NO. 139
NOTICE is hereby given that C.
H. Keii administrator of the
estate of JOHN ANTHONY, de
ceased, has rendered and pre
sented for final settlement, and
filed in said court, his final ac
count and report of his adminis
tration of said estate, together
with his petition for final distri
bution, and that Wednesday, the
fourteenth day of May, 1930, at two
o’clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the court room of said
[court, at Seward, in the Precinct,
Division and Territory aforesaid,
has been fixed and appointed as
the time and place for the set
tlement of the said account and
the hearing of said report and
petition, at which time and place
any person interested in said es
tate may appear and file his ex
ceptions in writing to the said ac
count, and contest the same.
NOTICE is further given that
at said hearing the above-entitled
Court will adjudicate and decree
who are the heirs and dixtribu
| tees of the late John Anthony, De
ceased, and that said account is
j for final settlement, and the said
| estate Is ready for distribution,
I and on the confirmation of said
[ final account, final distribution of
I said estate will be immediately
; had.
j Dated at Seward, Alaska, March
| 8, 1939.
(Seal of Court)
CURTIS R MORFORD.
Ex-officio Probate Judge.
[Dates of Publication:—March 11,
18, 25, April 8.
NO FILINGS TODAY
Local citizens who aspire to be
come candidates at the municipal
election for the positions of mayor,
■ councilmen and member of the
i school board, have until the 25th
in which t-o obtain petitions and
file. Todate none have come for
ward though a number of peti
tions will soon be circulated, ac
cording to the current report. The
| registration thus far has been
nominal, about 50 having regis
tered up to last evening. The clos
ing date of registration is March
29. The last two nights the city
j clerk's office will be open from 7
to 10 o’clock to permit the tardy
ones an opportunity to register.
| Those who desire to vote must re
gister now.
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A sharp blast from the gale of
' last night tore a cap from one of
the local citizens and the last he
! saw of it was at an altitude of
about 200 feet. He figures his
head piece is now some where in
the vicinity of Latouche.
TRAINS DELAYED
It is doubtful if the delayed
passenger train of yesterday will
arrive tonight owing to the slide
which came down in the vicinity
of Mile 50. The delay occured be
cause it so happened both rotar
ies were engaged on the northern
division but it was said one of
these would probably arrive on
; the southern division late today.
MILLIONS FOR AIRPORTS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Mar. 17,
(/P)—Birmingham has voted a $1,
000,000 bond issue for establishment
of an airport to meet A-l require
ments of the Department of Com
merce. The port will include 300
acres. Preliminary construction is
to include a hangar, administration
building and lighting for night fly
ing.
Try the Alaska Shop CHOCO
LATE ICE CREAM*
HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW
“OKEET RECORDS at SYLVIA’S?
THEY ARE WONDERFUL. *
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Painter and Decorator
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Motorship
Discoverer
For Hire or Charter
Next scheduled trip to *he
Cook Inlet ports of Portlock
£eldovia, and to fliamn?
Bay, March 15
Captain Heinie Berger
Seward, Alaska
Cal M. Brosius
SEWARD, ALASKA
Construction Lumber
Builders’ Supplies
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS - BUSSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
TUBES AND BATTERIES
Cement
Lime
Plaster
Lath
Plaster Board
Chimney brick
Fire brick
Fire clay
Plate and Window glass Beaver Board
C. IVI. Q.
Seward Alaska
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Bevel siding
Fir Finish
Mouldings
Windows
Doors
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson, Mgr.
Office, Arcade Bldg.
Wayne Blue, Agent
Phone Main 91
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
Next Sailing of Steamer Starr out of Seward
APRIL 7, 1930
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING
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Seward, Alaska
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Phone Madison 139
Go East via
California and
the Panama Ca- f
nal thru ser
v 1 c e via the
Panama Pacific
Line, Ask for
details.
SERVING ALASKA
Vessel Sails Arrives South
from in from
Seattle Seward Seward
Evans Mar. 12 afar. IS Mar. 24
Watson Mar. 19 Mar. 2/S Mar. 31
Evans Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr- 14
Watson Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 21
Evans Apr. 23 Apr. SO May 5
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wfll find Out «H7 itimtirt t«d
comfort* We.
Wayne Britc, sewam Agent
ADMIRAL LIME
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Yukon .
Northwestern
Alaska .
Yukon .
Northwestern
Alaska .
Yukon .
Aleutian
Alaska
Freighter Latouche
Freighter Tan ana
Agent—J. H. Flickinger Phone Main 125
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