SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OP SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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DIGEST THIS ONE!
As one hundred tons of Alaska coal
were being loaded into the steamer
Yukon yesterday at the Ocean dock,
the big freighter Cordova, alongside
the same dock, was discharging hun
dreds of sacks of British Columbia
coal, billed to the local Naval Radio
Station. The consensus of local opin
ion after witnessing the above, was
unanimous almost, in that it looked
like there was “something rotten in
Denmark.”
The crying need for the success of
The Alaska Railroad is tonnage; it
is claimed by those in authority. Yet
here in Seward, in broad daylight, the
spectacle of the Government bucking
its own railroad, by deliberately side
tracking tonnage revenue, is the bit
ter pill witnessed by operators who*
are endeavoring to develop its re
sources. Competing against coal from
the States, shipped into the Territory,
is bad enough, but when the govern
ment purchases coal in a foreign mar
ket for consumption in Alaska (the
coal bunkers of the world) what in
the heck is the trouble?
Analysis prove Alaska coal in com
parison with coals mined in the
States and British Columbia, and is
considered every bit as good and in
many instances of a much higher
grade, A careful survey of costs have
proven to Alaskan coal operators that
Alaska coal can be shipped to the
States and compete with Outside
coal. The one difficulty met with
thus far is in handling facilities. The
methods now employed in shipping is
not as modern as one could wish,
therefore the coal, upon arriving at
distant ports,, is more or less broken
up, unsuitable for sale as lump coal.
But the short rail journey from the
Matanuska and Healy River coal fields,
to the coast, does not interfere with
bituminous and lignite coal market
ing.
Local civic bodies or representa
tives should unite in bringing this
matter to the attention of the proper
authorities. This is the kind of in
formation Senator C. C. Dill and Con
gressman Allen T. Treadway, both
recent visitors in Seward, are looking
ior. Senator Dill will return to the
city from the westward within the
next two weeks. The Seward Cham
ber of Commerce should take stock
and investigate thsi matter and turn
in a report to him upon his arrival.
WANTS SOCIAL GOVERNOR
Referring to the encroachments
upon his time due to social demands,
Governor A1 Smith of New York
humorously suggests that the state
should have two governors—one to
attend to the business of the office
and the other to do the speechmak
ing and handshaking.
He further declared that he would
prefer the business job, “because I
would live longer.”
The custom of expecting high of
ficials, from the President of the
I. nited States down, to participate
in innumerable celebrations, social
functions and the like is unquestion
ably a serious burden. There is no
doubt that it detracts from their ef
ficiency in serving the public in more
important capacities.
It is difficult to see how the cus
tom can be changed, however, be
cause the people demand to see and
hear their high officials in person
from time to time, as - is entirely
natural. A president or governor
who would go into seclusion during
his term of office would immediately
become tremendously unpopular, no
matter how diligently and efective
ly he might devote himself to the ser
ious tasks of his office.
So Governor Smith and all the
rest will have to make the best of
a situation which gives no promise
of ever being changed.
SCHOOLS IN DANGER
If the present agitation over reli
gion, evolution and allied subjects
could be confined to ecclesiastical
and literary circles it might be view
ed with less concern by the average
citizen.
But by making our public school
system the battleground lor antagon
istic beliefs and speculations we are
creating a grave danger to the main
tenance and progress of that sys
tem.
For many decades the public
j schools have been our pride. They
I have been kept fairly free from the
blighting effects of partisanship and
religious strife. Thus they have
prospered and expanded into the
magnificent institution we have to
day.
Shall we now. by new and unneces
sary regulations, by strife over theor
ies and beliefs, undermine the splen
did structure we have builded thru
a hundred years of labor and sacri
fice?
TURNING A JOKE.
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Among those who know him best.
President W. L. Mapothem of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad is not.
considered slow. In fact, he is one
of the livest wires in the railroad
game, but when he missed a South
ern Railway train at Huntsville, Ala.,
a few days ago, he was made the ob
ject of some good-natured chaff at
the hands of his friends.
After admitting that on its face
it did look as tho lie was slowing
up when he allowed a train to get by
him like that, he countered with a
declaration something like this:
“It was the first time I ever knew
a Southern train to be on time, or
that one could run fast enough to
keep me from overtaking it on foot.”
FARM LIVING STANDARDS
In the last -analysis all movements
for the betterment of the farmer
lead to a consideration of how his
daily living conditions may be im
proved.
It is only natural that the farmer
should think of improved conditions
principally in terms of larger crops
sold at higher prices. But it ought
to be evident to any thinking person
that if every farmer in the country
goes in for increased production it
means a surplus of products and con
sequent lower prices.
Much of the labor devoted to in
creasing acreage and production of
“money crops” might be expended
on providing home comforts in a
great variety of ways. Better
orchards, better gardens, more poul
try and the like mean more and bet
ter home food. Better fences, at
tractive yards, with shrubs and flow
ers, add to the joy of living.
All these may be had with a com
paratively small outlay of cash. The
! time and labor necessary to provide
them might be given with little in
terference with the making of regu
lar crops. There are very few farm
ers who might not live better than
they do if they would only use intel
ligently the means right at hand.
Too few take any pride in making
their homes attractive and comfort
able. Too many plod along expect
ing Congress to pass some law that
will put them on easy street.
MISS COLLINS’
Few women who have been the
wife of a President of the United
States would shun the social atten
tions which that position inevitably
brings, but Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is
doing that now.
Desiring to travel in Europe quiet
ly and without attracting attention,
Mrs. Wilson sailed on the liner Ma
jestic under the name of Miss El
eanor Collins, in company with her
friend, Miss Belle Baruch, daughter
of Bernard M. Baruch, former presi
dent of the War Industries Board
and close adviser of the late Presi
dent.
Considerable criticism was aroused
I MEXICO HESITATES
TO ACCEPT INFLUX
OF RUSSIAN FARMERS
j MEXICO CITY, June 27. (/P)
| —One hundred thousand Men
| nonites are awaiting the word
j in Russia to emigrate to Mex
I ico, it is declared here, but the
government has not yet decid
ed whether it will be to the in
terest of the country to allow
so large a number of aliens to
form agricultural colonies.
Information available at the
j department of agriculture is to
j the effect that Mennonite ag
I ents from the United States
and Canada have found, by
personal inspection, that their
co-religionists from the United
Slates and Canada are doing
well in .Mexico, and are direct
ing the exodus from Russia.
! The newcomers, if given per
j mission to purchase lands in
Mexico, are expected to settle
j the States of San Luis Potosi
j and Guanajuato.
: when President Wilson’s engagement
; to Mrs. Edith Bolling*Galt of Wash*
! ington was announced, less than a
year after the death of the former
| Mrs. Wilson. Their marriage oc
| curred about fifteen months after the
i President became a widower.
The second Mrs. Wilson won the
j respect and affection of the nation
by her devotion to the war president
during his difficult administration
and after he was stricken by the
malady which finally ended his life.
Site showed herself to be a woman
of rare qualities and great common
sense, the peer of any who have fill
ed the position of “first lady” of the
land.
The American people will wish her
a pleasant trip, while traveling in
cognito as “Miss Collins,” and a safe
return to her native land.
THEY STOOD AGHAST
! It must have been a bitter pill to
I digest yesterday for Oscar Anderson,
| president of the Evan Jones Coal Co.,
Z. J. Loussac, vice president of the
j same company, and Bartley Howard,
j of the Alaska Matanuska Coal Co., all
| visitors in Seward, to have witnessed
j the discharging of the British Co
lumbia coal at the local dock for a
local government institution.
Mrs. W. D. Chase, court stenog
rapher, left Seward ystrday for Val
dez.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Baker, of Seattle,
were Seward departures yesterday
on the Yukon, Mr. .Baker is a sales
man for the National Cash Register
Company.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Seward, Alaska, June 13, 1925.
To Whom It May Concern:
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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