SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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CHANGE IN PRIMARY LAW
Yesterday’s dispatches from Juneau
state that a bill has been introduced
in the Legislature by Representative
Watson of Fairbanks, repealing the
sections in the primary law providing
for a preferential vote for Governor
and the election of a territorial com
mitteeman.
Both bills are absurdly useless and
should never have burdened the stat
ute books in the first place. The gov
ernor of Alaska is appointed by the
President, and up to the present time
these appointments have been politi
cal patronage and have been made
from the ranks of men outside of the
Territory. How useless then, to vote
on a candidate for governor when we
have absolutely to sa> as to who he
shall be. Alaska has been fortunate
in getting good, honest, conscientious
men to govern its affairs, but there
has always been an opportunity for
a miscarriage of politics.
The election of National Commit
teeman was another ill-advised piece
of legislation, as the Republican and
Democratic parties have never con
ceded these appointments to the pub
lic at large, the delegates being nam
ed by the National Committee, after
a thorough investigation of their fit
ness for the position and their loyalty
to the party. How, then can the Re
publicans or Democrats of Alaska elect
men to fill these positions who are
not in accord with the ideals of party
politics? And when they are elected,
how are we to compel the parties to
accept these men? It can’t be done,
and to vote tor them is only a waste
of time.
By all means let us get some of
these useless laws off our statute
books, and exercise vigilance that no
more are passed.
THE BLUX FOX MAGAZINE
One of the most interesting of the
many exchanges coming to The Gate
way is the Blue Fox of Kodiak, pub
ished by the Association officers. The
book is typewritten throughout and
indicate a great amount of labor in
its composition, but the articles are
so timely and the advice to fox far
mers so good that it makes a hit with
its many readers.
If you are interested in fox farming,
and particularly blue fox farming, you
should subscribe to this magazine and
keep posted on events to the west
ward.
AIRPLANE VERSUS BATTLESHIP.
Is the airplane superior to the bat
tleship as an arm of defense or is it
only supplementary. That is pri
marily the question involved in the
somewhat hectic controversy with
which the nation has been regaled.
Incidental to the discussion is the de
motion of Brigadier General Mitchell,
one of the greatest living authorities
on airplane defense. General Mitchell
has convinced the superiority of the
airplane to all who has read his arti
cles in the Saturday Evening Post, but
he has defied his superior officer in do
ing so.
Mr. Coolidge has not committed
himself on the issue, but his act in
making public the report of a special j
naval board and in authorizing mod
ernization of some of the old battle
ships, the -completion of aircraft car
riers and the construction of two ten
thousand ton cruisers leads to the con
clusion that he regards the present
1 balance of power between the army
and the navy, with aircraft as a vital
auxiliary of each, as expressing the
correct national policy. Incidentally,
the President has scaled down the
building program to reduce the imme
diate cost from $80,000,000 to $30,000,
000, but this was in line with his idea
of economy and has no bearing on
the controversy.
A Kanatak correspondent who evi
dently is practicing her daily dozen,
asks us to give the relative values of
the calories in beans. So far as we
know Dad’s bean, has more. calories
than all the rest of the vegetable or
animal kingdom.
Corsets probably became unpopular
because they could not be slipped off
over the head.
Our idea of an optimist is a man
who can listen to the words of a pop
ular song without wanting to bite the
phonograph.
Many crossword enthusiasts com
plain of eyestrain. Probably comes
from using the head.
Dad can’t save any money out of
his pay check if the whole family has
tq have a haircut each week.
About the only species in which
two gets along as cheaply as one is
the hookworm.
The taxpayer is lucky. Suppose
we had to support a different set of
enforcement officers with every law
passed.
If Congressmen had allowed the
public to set the price on the value
of their services to the Nation they
would have needed an X-ray to see a
year’s salary.
Senator Couzens at last is learning
the difference between meum and
teum. Congress is investigating why
he did not pay several million dollars
back taxes on companies he was in
terested in. Couzens has been one of
the ferrets in the hunt for tax dodgers
but overlooked himself.
That man Noel W. Smith is really
practicing economy. At any rate he
is not paying the steamships a subsidy
to compete with the railroad.
Keep your eye on Kodiak. It is
going ot be a metropolis of western
Alaska within a few years.
Why not pass an amendment prohib
iting molasses from working until it
is 19 years of age.
It is easier for a camel to go thru
the needle’s eye than for a rich man
to go to jail.
After all France does not owe Am
erica anything. It is the French cit
izen that owes the American citizen
the war debt.
If those senators and representa
tives who argue that they are worth
so much money their salaries must
be increased, are really in earnest
why do they not quit politics and go
to those high priced jobs.
After living together seventy years,
Ferdinand Perkins and his wife, each
90 years of age, died within four hours
of each other at Warren, Pa.
James Levine of Chicago secured a
court order for the execution of a dog
which bit him while lie was collect
ing rents.
A baby girl was born to Mrs. Walter
Levandowski, 14 hours after she
reached New York from Germany, ful
filling her wish that the child should
first see light on American soil.
When a horse shied at a ford cross
ing near Fort Smith, Ark., the body
of a man was discovered in the creek
weighed down by rocks.
King George recently awarded a
medal to George Craig, 73-year-old
fisherman who saved three sailors at
the risk of his own life, near Glasgow.
Three masked bandits robbed four
teen men and women in a Greek Caba
ret in New York, .escaping with mon
ey and jewelry totaling $1,500 in val
ue.
Neat
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Neat
per lb.
Steer Beef pot roast . 18
Spareribs .. .22!/2
Leg of Pork ..- .25
Weiner Sausage . .22^
Bologna Sausage . .22*4
Fresh Creamry Butter, 2lbs .95
May Flower Butter, 2 lbs . 1.15
Young American Cheese . 35
Pure Lard .. 20
Frankfurters ...22J/2
Wild Rose Bacon ...35
Wild Rose Ham . 30
Cottage Cheese, 2lbs .65
! Pickled Pork . 20
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A large collection of doorkeys have
been turned in to The Gateway of
fice by the finders. If you have lost
any valuable keys with the past few
months try The Gateway for results.
As a proof that advertising pays we
wish to cite the fact that a lady call
ed yesterday to advertise a lost purse
and found it in her pocket before she
got out of the office.
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Few Sewardites know that 100 tons
of coal are being shipped south each
week to ports below here. This may
be the nucleus of a large coal trade.
The reason why we do not hear
any more about the Ku Klux Klan is
that most of them are dodging indict
ment.
The world was made in seven days.
You see there were no legislators
then.
Correct this sentence: “I threaten
ed to quit,” said she, "and you should
have seen the boss back down.”
It is hard to believe in a socialism
where the leaders spend the winter in
Florida.
They call it climate in California.
In Alaska we call it weather.
When a boy gets about 17 he wants
to reform the world. By the time he
gets to be 60 he is so busy making
a living that he forgets it.
The big five-thousand-pound safe re
cently received for the postoffice was
taken from the dock and placed in
position yesterday by the Alaska
Transfer.
Do not worry about the foolish ma
jority. If it is foolish it will not re
main a majority very long.
Parker’s Duofold Fountain Pens, at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Sheaffer’s Life Time Pens, at the
the Alaska Shop. tf
Eastman Kodaks ana supplies at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Ladles’ and Gents' Alfalfa Harvest
ing—0. K. Barber Shop. tf.
Haas Fresh Candies at the Alaska
Shop.
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