SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
Gateway Publishing Co.
Entered in the postoffice at Seward,
Alaska, as second-class mail matter.
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GATEWAY AGAIN ENLARGED
Beginning today and continuing all
next week' The Daily Gateway will ap
pear in sixteen page form to accom
modate our increasing number of ad
vertisers. We venture to say there is
no other town in the United States
with the same population which can
show so large a publication issued
each day in the week.
The larger paper is made possible
by the many business houses in Sew
ard desiring to take advantage of the
unusually large Fourth of July cele
bration to be held here next Satur
day.
X mucaocu HU l Ulliy SHOWS i
great enterprise on the part of the |
Gateway force, but also blazons to the i
world the progressiveness of our lo
cal merchants. There is no need for
anyone to have any but a feeling of
great pride in the merchants whose
advertisements appear in this issue.
The stocks of goods compare favor
ably with those of any city and are
much better than towns of ten thou
sand Outside.
This issue of the Gateway has taken
all our time the past week, and will
keep our small force busy all next
week. It is the desire of the Gate
way management to keep the paper
up to a point where it will be a credit
to the community. To do this is pos
sible only by such loyal support as we
have received during the past.
We trust that the enlarged paper
will be appreciated and that copies
will be sent out to friends.
That the port of Seward is increas
ing in importance is shown by the
increasing number of vessels calling
here each week. The Alaska, Admi
ral Watson, Santa Ana, Starr, Haida,
Admiral Sebree and Yukon have call
ed here since last Saturday, giving
considerable impetus to local trade.
The large force at work on the
Jesse Lee Home, the Arcade building,
and the local radio station, have aug
mented Seward's population greatly
since the first of the month. Every
available man in town is working at
good wages and the effect is already
most gratifying.
Now that the way has been blazed
the town should park the waterfront
from the bluff on the west to Brown
& Hawkins storehouse. The appear
ance of Seward is greatly improved by
these nooks, and practically every
tourist who drops into the Gateway
office tells us about the bright, clean
appearance of our town.
The Bureau of Public Roads plans
to spend a large amount of money in
the vicinity of Sewrard this year. We
have some of the finest roads in the
Territory about town today and the
mileage is being added to yearly. The
town is fortunate to have both the
road commission and bureau of pub
lic roads engaged in roadwork nearby
as it adds some forty or fifty men to
the payroll.
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Seward’s bank has assets amount
ing to over $5,000 per man, woman
and child, showing the wealth of the
community. The showing made is
exceptionally strong.
Mary Elizabeth Beacon, a Chicago
baby, won the prize as the most per
fect baby in a contest in which there
were 14,000 entries.
A. C. F. COMPANY TAKES
OVER DEFUNCT PLANT;
TO REMODEL AT ONCE
LARGE CREW SKILLED LABOR
WILL HURRY RENOVATION TO
COMPLETION THIS SUMMER
SALTERY AND COLD STORAGE
Large Corporation Will Install $5,000
Wireless Station—Also Cottages for
numerous Employes Will Be Erect
ed and Put Into Commission.
The Alaska Consolidated Fisheries,
Inc., which purchased all the assets
of the defunct Bering Sea Fisheries
Company, valued at approximately
$200,000, has a large crew of skill
ed men at the Portlock plant, re
modeling the huge cold storage ami
saltery plant, with expectation o'
completing the work this summer.
Among the improvements will be the
construction of a new dock, a lne
construction of a new dock, a fine
the gear and equipment is being thor
oly overhauled, cottages for the nu
merous employes are being erected,
knd the $5,000 wireless plant, which
has been stored at the plant, will be
erected and put into operation. Jo
seph Kildall, president and general
manager of the company gave out
the above announcement Wednes
day to The Gateway representative,
shortly after his arrival in Seward
from the Westward on ttie steam-r
Starr.
Big General Store.
The company’s main office is in
Seattle but a Chicago office is also
maintained, Mr. Kildall stated. In
the large general store, now open at
Portlock, a $40,000 stock of merchan- ,
dise is carried. A hardware store in ]
Seattle was purchased bodily, pack- ]
ed up and shipped to the plant site. ,
Adolph N. Nelson is named as store ,
manager, with Louis Kracke, former i
well known cashier and bookkeeper
at Petersburg, in charge of office de
tail. Captain Harold Kildall, of the
motorship La Merced, is superintend
ent of the outside work and fishing. ,
The company’s card, as presented by (
Mr. Kildall, shows the company as ,
producers, packers, cold storage, Pa- {
cific Coast fish products, manufac- j,
turers, dealers, carrying in stock j
lumber, ice, merchandise and fish- j,
ermen’s supplies.
Eastern Capital Invested.
The stockholders of the company
are all eastern men, Mr. Kiidall
stated, and at the present time and
for the remainder of the present sea- '
son three of them will be residents
of Porilock. George W. Redmon, j
vice president of the company, is 1
from Minneapolis. He is reputed [
to be one of the foremost cold stor
age experts in the United States. 1
He was formerly connected with the
Boll Ice Making Company of St. £
Louis, which company he was affil
Clarence Orndorff, George Nelson
and Henry Lucas, returned to Sew
ard Thursday evneing from Skilak ^
lake where they have been busy for
the last two weeks, transporting a €
boat from Anchorage.
HAPPY REUNION TAKES
PLACE ARRIVAL YUKON
Among the passengers who arrived '
in Seward this morning on the S.S.
Yukon were Mrs. F. E. Bishop, wife
of the engineer in the Bureau of .
Public Roads local office. Little <
Miss Floretta, the idol of her daddy’s
eye, arrived writh her mother. They "
will remain in Seward with Mr.
Bishop during the remainder of the
summer. ]
Miss Margaret Porter, of Missoula,
Mont., a school girl chum of Mrs.
Bishop, arrived with her and will
remain for a brief visit. Joseph j
Prichard, also of Missoula, father
of Mrs. Bishop, comprised the re
mainder of the happy reunion.
Miss Margaret Collins, daughter of
a well known Fairbanks attorney, ar- -
rived in Seward this morning, a pas- I
senger on the steamer Yukon, from
Seattle, where she has been attend
ing the U. of W. Miss Collins wrill
depart for her interior home Monday.
She is a guest of the Van Gilder.
Quite a number of French women
recently entered a campaign as candi
dates for office, although they are not
eligible.
iated with for sixteen years. Among
the cold storage plants he has erect
ed in the United States was the huge
plant for Swift & Company in St.
Paul. He is having the Portlock
plant overhauled under his personal
supervision.
Frank Dresback, with the Bruns
wick-Balke Company tor thirty years,
and with the Edison people of Chi
cago for many years, is engineer in
charge of the Portlock plant. W. W.
Hodgeman of Minneapolis, a retired
capitalist, comprises the third stock
holder now at Portlock. As Mr. Kil
d a 11 says the stockholders of the
company are all practical business
men, assuring to a great extent, the
final success of the big venture.
Huge Cold Storage Plant.
The Portlock plant is tremendous
in size. The storage capacity can
take care of one and one-half mil
lion pounds of frozen fish. Two 20
ton Frick machines are installed. It
is stated the plant cost $155,000. This
spring, prior to the advent of the
new company, 1,800 tons of cargo
was shipped north to Portlock from
Seattle. Included in the equipment
of the plant is 55 skiffs and 22
power boats.
New Town Born.
Portlock City now boasts of a pop
ulation of approximately one hund
red residents of whom fifty Indians
were recently moved over from Eng
lish Bay and Port Graham, bag and
baggage. The company is furnishing
lumber, free of charge, to the In
dians who are busily occupied at
present building their homes. Mr.
Kildall states he has applied to the
Bureau of Education for a school at
Portlock and to this end has already
procured from 70 to 80 signatures
to a petition.
The wireless station will be erect
ed just as soon as a constructor can
be obtained, he said, and during his
present trip to Seward, he is en
deavoring to procure a wireless man
capable of erecting the station and
to operate it.
Fine Power Site.
Never has he seen such a splen
did site for a power site as that
close into the townsite. The water
works, on which the former company
started construction in 1920, is of
steel two-inch pipe running for 1,000
feet and 3,000 feet of four-dnch pipe,
otaiing a distance of approximately
3ne and one-half miles. The lake,
Tom which the line runs from, is
situated about 800 feet altitude,
n a natural bowl, with clear, spark
ing water.
Mr. Kildall, more familiarly known
is the “Father of Petersburg,” de
jarted for Anchorage yesterday
norning for the purpose of transact
ng business with the land office in
mnnection with certain lands in the
3ortlock district. He is returning
o Seward, possibly this evening and "
vill return to Portlock on the next *
;ailing of the Starr.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Seward, Alaska, June 13, 1925. ;
To Whom It May Concern: ;
I will not be responsible for any {
ebts contracted by my wife Julia j
[oodpaster. This is notice to gov- }
rn accordingly. I
14-t WM. GOODPASTER j
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Gateway want-ads bring results. j
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING j
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'’OR SALE—Ford Bug Auto, light, l
classy, and speedy.—Ogles Gar- „
age. tf
)ne two-room house for rent, furn
ished, Phone Madison 58. 127
SPECIAL—Garden Hoes at 50c.
Jraefs. tf.
^OR SALE—One Kilbourne & Clark
receiving set, suitable for boats,
with batteries and coils. All in first
class condition. Three tube. In
quire at Gateway. tf
rOR SALE—One two cylinder, four
cycle, 10 horse power Gray engine,
with propellor and shaft, Wizard
magneto, in good order, engine is
practically new. run but a short
time. Price $100 cash. Cost $253.
No use for motor. Ask Gateway, tf
For Electrical Work
CALL TOM OSBO
Residence—Madison 123
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Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
Bert Lytell
Claire Windsor
in the extra fine 8-reel picture
A Son of the Sahara
MADE ENTIRELY IN ALGERIA
THOUSANDS OF REAL ARABS—CAMELS
The interior scenes were taken in a genuine
sheik’s palace, one of the most beautiful in Al
giers. —A thrilling story made on the spot the
Story came from.
ACTUAL HAREM SCENES AND A REAL
SLAVE MARKET
Wonderful acting in a perfect plot—full of mys
tery and romance.
AND A PATHE NEWS
Don’t go home after seeing the above wonderful
entertainment—go up to the
ODD FELLOWS HALL
and have a dance on the best floor with the best
dancers in Seward.
SUNDAY ONLY—‘‘Fool's Awakening/’ splen
did acting by a tine cast. Also a two reel comedy
and a Pathe News.
Barber Shop
FRED MTLLER
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MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
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Crown Flour
SWIFT’S PREMIUM
Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
Eggs - Butter
EAT YEAST
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Telephone Main 65