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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established AuguBt 19, 1904
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THE SILVERLESS- HORDE
Little Bo Peep, she lost her sheep,
And didn’t know where to find 'em.
Leave em alone and they’ll come home,
Dragging their tails behind ‘em.
And so they come back, the silverless horde. Many
a bootlegger, many a bookie at the tracks, man^ a mov
ie theater is richer by many thousands because this
horde left last fall for their fling in the States and aie
now coming back broke with their tails between then
legs or dragging on the ground.
Of course its all right. They worked for their money
in Alaska and they are entitled to spend it any way they
want to or invest it any way they desire; or throw it into
the bay.
But doggone it, there's something wrong with the
picture. If Alaska is good enough to make money in, why
isn't it good enough to put money in? There is hardly
10 in a 100 who go out for their fling who are not sick
of the game in two weeks. After the first glamour has
worn off, they wander around like lost souls, wishing
by all the gods that are they were back in Seward, An
chorage, Fairbanks or Nome, and its lucky if they don't
have to wire a friend up here to get the ticket back.
There's a big mistake in this. Chances are good for
investment in Alaska because the next 10 years will see
mighty changes in this Territory. New York began as
a trading post for beaver; Well, we got the beaver. All
should be familiar with Seattle s startling growth. Bus
iness opportunities are at every hand to the man with a
little vision and guts.
Statieians figure Alaska's population will increase
150,000 in the next 10 years, based on the completion of
the proposed International Highway. In 10 years they
say the great timber interests of the Territory will be
in full development for pulp and lumber. Great airplane
lines will be traversing the skyways East and West; new
placer camps will be producing and hard rock mines of
every description will be pouring out wealth.
In the realm of agriculture there will be many pros
perous farms and thriving herds of cattle, sheep and
swine. Alaska coal will be going out by the shipload to
the furnaces of the world and the pulsing engines of
many ships. The great highways even unto the Arctic
Circle will be picked out with electric lights. Villages
will be towns and towns wall be cities. Oh hold, ye
thoughtless ones! Keep your money in Alaska!
CIVILIANS START WARS
Civilians start wars: soldiers stop them. It is true
that decisions for war are made by civilian officers of
governments; the armies and navies anly come into the
picture after war is declared. It is only natural that mil
itary men, upon whom the responsibilities for ending
war must fall, desire to have adequate personnel and
equipment with which to combat the enemy when their
civilian masters say the w’ord. They also believe that
preparedness is the best means for avertisg aggression
on the part of other nations.
It may be that military authorities sometimes rec
ommend a greater expenditure for war preparations
than is necessary, but they do not advocate war itself.
No soldier wants war, but it is foolhardy to thinl
of disbanding our army and navy, giving no heed t(
preparedness.
Wonder what kind of, ‘squirrel juice’ that ginl
emb’bed which made him ‘pass out’ and was pronounc
ed dead, and then, after being all ‘dolled’ up nice h
a ‘soup and fish’ and beautiful coffin, he suddenly jump
» ' ~nd out of the coffin and got away from tha
r-inr.n That’s one brand we have not tasted yet so w
naturally wonder where he got it? How much? Etc.
SUM 13ITI9IIS !
IB BECBME ISTHj
If ambition gets a man any
place in this little old ‘world the j
name of J. D. Hall may some day |
be emblazoned across the sky
highways.
Hall is the chap who built the
local biplane model referred to
yesterday in the columns. He
built the clever toy in 13 hours
and five minutes from two milk,
; and a couple of cigar boxes, using j
j for tools, a pocket knife, a foot- j
i rule, a hammer and a pencil. |
The personal pleasure of a ]
: craftsman is depicted by Hall j
who is bubbling over with en- j
thusiasm with regard to aviation.!
He proposes to leave for Port- j
| land, Ore., soon to take up avia- I
tion as his life work.
THREE IN A ROW
j Now it can be told!
i Thursday evening’s basketball
score at Anchroage between the I
Seward and Anchorage high j
| school girls’ teams, was 18 to 11 I
in favor of the Inletters. Then |
yesterday morning, to start the
day off right, Anchorage again
trimmed the locals—three games
In a row—by the very close mar- ;
gin of 13 to 12. The girls have |
no alibis at all but it can be
plainly seen something makes j
them extremely profound. De- j
| tails of the games have not been j
recited to The Gateway as yet. j
IT THE HOTELS
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VAN GILDER—C. F. Climie, M. P.
Smith, Kathryn L. Galen, J. B.1
Gottstein, G. W. Birck, J. L. Free
man, H. R. Miller, Emma Sneve, F.
' G. Milliyan, Yynn Smith, John J.
' Corey, Donna M. Davis, Alex Math
ieson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Miller,
E. E. Roader, A. V. Cordoado. Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Campbell, Edith R.
Hanson, B. C. Elmes, Mr. and Mrs.
* R. H. Hale, W. S. Jones. F. H.
J Lounsbury.
I SEWARD—Mrs. L. Olson, Rev. W.
[ R. Macpherson, L. Kirke, W. E. Fal
coner, A. G. Nordale, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Watkins, Miss B. Rady, Mrs.
■ M. MacDonald, Mrs. J. H. Welch,
Mrs. Geo. Living-ton. W. S. Asquick,
4 Alfred Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Nick
; Xencs, H. A. Oakland, W. H Saker
: dorf, W. F. Lutto, Frank Lee, Chas.
7 Huff, P. Jackson, Wm. Murray, E.
; Waage, Ida Label. Mrs. Margaret
i Latcarnish. Geo. Ray.
. OVERLAND—J. Cusick, C. Wm.
, Halt, R. Aanderson, Anna Ander
- son, Pat Douler, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Bittner, Joseph Rout, E. F. Fair
hurst, Austin Duffy, F. R. Martin,
j Chas. Take, F. A. Hammer.
NEW ANCHORAGE RESIDENT
Mrs. Harold Libby, of Anchor
| age, the former Miss Ruth Carl
i son, popular student who has
| many friends in Seward, is now
a mother, a son having arrived
last Wednesday morning at 3:20
o'clock; the son and heir weighed
| six pounds and 10 ounces. Mother
! and baby were doing nicely, lo
; cal arrivals report.
W. S. Asquith, of Curry, was
! among yesterday’s arrivals from
the Interior.
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j KRUHN’S BABY BEEF, you m
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LIBERTY THEATER :
• ONE SHOW TONIGHT 8 O’CLOCK SHARP ❖ 1
LAST SHOWING OF THIS FINE PROGRAM
The Celebrated Actor
GEORGE BANCROFT
“The Showdown”
Something different from the usual run of
big features. An absorbing story of
FIVE MEN AND A WOMAN
at an isolated oil station where the pitiless heat
gradually brings out different characteristics
in each resulting in a very thrilling and sen
sational climax.
PATHE REVIEW and a FABLE
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Sunday
One Show
7:30 Sharp
\gain we can give you that' unmatched comedy teams
RAYMOND HATTON
WALLACE BEERY
Supported by
_ZAZU PITTS — SALLY BLANE
— FORD STERLING —
in one of their killing comedy dramas
“Wife Savers”
A laugh getting story of two doughboys in the Swiss Alps
after the war.
RICH COMEDY — FAST ACTION
Something to entertain everybody. As a special attraction
we will show the two-reel featurette
CLEOPATRA”
A FULL TECHNICOLOR HISTORICAL FILM SHOWING
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF CLEOPATRA, THE FAMOUS
EGYPTIAN VAMP QUEEN WHO WRECKED THE RO
MAN EMPIRE.
There will also be a good Fox News
A GREAT PROGRAM
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Hotel
On the Main Street
Seward, Alaska
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‘ THE HOUSE OF QUALITY
Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton and Poultry
on every boat
We are pleased to have you inspect our
freezers any time.
Carstens Packing Co. j
Phone Main 130 Gus Manthey, Mgr.
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