SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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THE RICHARDSON ROAD
Considerable • agitation has sprung
up among certain tourists over the
proper designation of the Richardson
road, which Alaskans properly term
a highway. The tourists declare that
the nomenclature is misleading and
that more properly speaking the Rich
ardson highway should more properly
be called a road.
The tourist is wrong in this respect.
That any line of travel used by the
public is a highway, without regard
ing the condition in w-hich the road
is kept up. A footpath may be a
highway if traveled by the public and
not used for private purposes. The
king’s highway in England is any
public thoroughfare used for travel,
and owned and kept up by the gov
ernment.
The tourist coming to Alaska may
expect to find a broad, paved thoro
fare, kept like a city boulevard, but
this is ignorance on their part, not
on the part of Alaskans. The Rich
ardson road is properly speaking a
highway, extending from the coast at
Valdez to Fairbanks,. It is in fine
condition when one considers the
rugged district through which it is
built, and the fact that it has not been
over twenty-years since it was con
structed. Autos may make good time
over the road from the Alaskan stand
point, which may mean from 15 to 30
miles per hour. The roadhouse ac
commodations are excellent, and while
not as complete as those of the Wal
dorf Astoria or the Olympic, are good
enough for anyone.
The man or woman who cannot
enjoy the trip over the Richardson
road has reached a point of deca
dence that speaks ill for the human
race.
The tourist comes North to see the
last frontier. He expects conditions
such as prevailed in the stage coach
days of the early seventies. When he
finds conditions better than in the
rural communities of the east, natu
rally he is peeved, and takes his
disappointment out in caustic criti
cisms of life and conditions as he im
agines them.
And yet, a little reflection on the
part of the visitor should convince
him that the days of Dan McGrew and
Black Bart passed with the advent
of the homeseeker and his family.
When the west became settled with
women and children, and school
houses dotted the country, the two
gun man cosmolined his weapons and
started driving a milk truck.
The Alaska of today is more tame
and more law-abiding than any sec
tion of the states one can name. A
few arrests of making hootchinoo, an
evasion of the game or fish laws, and
a few minor misdemeanors appear on
our court calendars. The more seri
ous crimes are as rare as a day in
June.
We still insist that the Richardson
highway is properly named, and that
it is good enough for the tourist to
make the trip over,
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WHERE IS THE END?
Those of us wrho remember six-bit
shoes, $15 dollar suits and five cent
eggs wonder wThither the country is
drifting. Will our children’s children
take their money to market in an
auto and their purchases back in a
trousers pocket? It appears so when
one considers the prices now paid
for the necessities and luxuries of
life. Several years ago a man could
live comfortably on a $75 grub stake,
his menue being limited to his likes
and dislikes. Today the man who
can get by on $500 a year is cheating
the undertaker as well as his neigh
bors. Wages have jumped from $15
per month to $300, and at that figure
it is hard to get as much work done
as could be purchased for $15 thirty
years ago.
Living conditions have kept a jump
ahead ot wages, and anytime wages
catch up with them prices are again
boosted, and the tired workingman
is forced to start all over again. A
household budget is a thing unknown
these days, as no man can tell a week
ahead what will be charged his gro
cer for commodities, who in turn
is forced to pass the buck to the con
sumer. So with the butcher, the bak
er and the printer.
There must be an apex price some
where. Conditions cannot continue
along these lines. Taxes also keep
pace with living conditions, the aver
age city now spending more than a
state formerly spent. Each year one
sees his assessments raised and his
taxes boosted until it no longer pays
the workingman to own his home. In
fact, under present conditions the less
a man owrns the more worry he saves.
Unless a halt is called some where,
our children are booked for a hard
time.
The hunting season is upon us, the
sportsmen are on their way and Sew
ard as yet has no game wrarden, de
spite this being the clearing port for
Kenai and far western big game fields.
Seward has been promised a game
warden, but apparently they are need
ed more at points where no big game
exists. Once more we point out that
a game warden must be located here
to accommodate the sportsmen.
SewTard loses one of its most able
boosters this week in the person of
Charles C. Hinde, cashier of the Bank
of Seward and President of the local
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hinde
has been one of the city’s most ar
dent boosters from his advent into
Seward and he and his wife will be
greatly missed by their many friends
here. Mr. Hinde has worked inde
fatigably for every project, and it is
due to his enterprise that many of
them have reached fruition. It is
with deep regret that Seward learns
of his intended departure for Florida
and Havana.
RESIGNS AS
PRESIDENT OF
LOCAL CHAMBER
C. C. HINDES LEAVING FOR THE
STATES TURNS IN RESIGNA
TION TO MEMBERS
LEAVING ON SUNDAY BOAT
Little Business Transacted at Noon
Luncheon and Business Meeting
of Seward Organization
The last meeting of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce to be presided
over by President C. C. Hinde took
place today at noon at the Seward
Grill. A number of members of the
organization attended to bid the de
parting member farewell, following
the tendering of his resignation. Upon
motion of Leon Urbach a rising vote
of thanks was given Mr. Hindes for
his consistent effort in creating the
existing harmony wrhereby the entire
community is working together in
furthering the progress of the town,
and for the number of projects on
which the chamber has embarked
while under his administration.
In response Mr. Hinde said he was
very glad to have assisted in what
small way he could and that he is cer
tain his successor to be appointed
will carry his work forward.
A communication wras read by the
secretary pertaining to Juneau want
ing a plasterer. The matter was tabled
as the telegram was twro weeks old.
The Alaska Weekly, published at Se
attle, called the attention of the
Chamber to the 1925 rotogravure sec
tion which they contemplate publish
ing. Seward last year was portrayed
in the special edition in a splendid
manner, and efforts will be made to
collect a new set of photographs for
the Seattle paper to be published in
the coming publication.
Secretary J. p. Hannon stated that
the Anchorage annual fair would take
place from September 17 to 22, and
suggested that local citizens who had
exhibits to enter should see him with
regards to the matter in order that
proper assistance might be rendered.
The suggestion was made than an ex
hibit of ore from the various mining
regions in the district be sent to the
fair. It was pointed out that speci
mens of ore are of particular interest
to the hundreds of visitors to the ex
hibit resulting in much favorable
comment.
John G. Brady, district forest ran
ger arrived in town at noon today
from Mile 39 1-2. He reports the fire
which has been burning for three
days at that point has been extin
guished.
Harry Lyons, king of the longshore
men returned to Seward Saturday on
the steamer Yukon. He is at the
Belmont hotel. '
“Smile with Nile” Saturday night.
NOTICE.
The Mayor and Common Council of
the Town of, Seward, Alaska, will con
vene as a Board of Equalization for
the purpose of making uniform and
equitable the assessed valuation of all
property situate within the corporate
limits of the Town of Seward, Alaska,
subject to taxation, for the year 1925,
and will sit as such Board of Equali
zation for a period of five days, to
wit: on August 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22,
1925, between the hours of 2 o’clock
and 4 o’clock p. m. of each day in
the Town Hall, Seward, Alaska, in
accordance with the resolutions and
ordinances of said, Town in such case
made and provided; and shall con
tinue in session for such further time
as may be fixed by ordinance as ne
cessary to complete the duties of
such Board of Equalization.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, August
11, 1925.
J. P. HANNON,
Municipal Clerk of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska.
First pub. Aug. 11, 1925.
Last pub. Aug. 17, 1925. 6t
“Smile with Nile” Saturday night.
Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
Join Urbach’s Circulating Library,
15c to read a late book. tf
FALL AND WINTER SUITS
My fall and winter suit and over
coat samples are now on display. If
you are planning a new suit or over
coat it will be t« your advantage to
look these over.
tf JORDAN’S VALET SERVICE.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—Ford Bug Auto, light,
classy, and speedy.—Ogles Gar
age. tf
WANTED—Go to camp, man and
wife, cook and helper, will go any
where. Apply Gateway. tf
FOR SALE—Ford Touring car, self
starter, demountable rims, new, one
spare tire, car 1925 model, run but a
few miles. See Fisher’s Cafe. tf
FOUND—Keys of all descriptions; if
you have lost any keys lately come
to the Gateway.
FOUND—One corkscrew and bottle
opener; no attachments; call at the
Gateway and recover property.
Cabin for Rent
On Fine Trout Stream
Bungalow with fine fire
place. large living room,
furnished for six persons,
plenty of bedding and
essentials, stove and all
cooking utensils. Will be
rented by the day or week
end to responsible parties.
Good fishing in lake and
stream and hunting in
season. *
Apply A1 Davis
SEWARD, ALASKA.
One Show Tonight—8 Sharp
The 10-Reel Super-Feature
of Wonderful Acting
“Merry
Go
Round”
A very fine picture, way above average
This play made a sensational hit on
BROADWAY, N. Y.
We do not need to say more
Miss Beatrice Billings, the form
er Mrs. Milton Rice of Fairbanks,
passed thru Seward yesterday on her
way to Nenana to visit her mother,
who is post-mistress. While in Sew
ard Miss Billings was the guest of
Mrs. Weaver.
William Pragnall of Fort Smith,
Ark., was bit on the neck by a rat
hidden in hap he carried on his
shoulder and he died of blood poison
ing.
Mrs. L. S. Johnston of St. Louis,
was one of the Golden Belt tour
ists who arrived in Seward Sunday,
departing yesterday for the south.
FOR SALE—Fruiti Jars. J. L. Graef.
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Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
FOR ONE WEEK
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
BANBURY & OGLE
CRESCENT HOTEL
IN
Anchorage
IN THE HEART OF TOWN
Reasonable Rates
J. M. COLLINS, Prop.
Crown Clour
Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
i - Butter
EAT YEAST
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Telephone Main 65
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