SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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MAN POWER ON FARMS.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine ap
pears to be of the opinion that it takes
too many farmers to produce the na
tion’s crops. In other words he be
lieves that with better methods and
more machinery we might release
many thousands of farm employes for
labor in the industries wrhich need
them.
Under the restrictions of the immi
gration lawrs it is declared that the
country will soon face a real shortage
of labor in industrial enterprises. All
captains of industry contend that
such a situation exists and they are
asking that more foreigners be admit
ted to supply the demand for labor.
If sufficient farm products could be
produced with few*er wrorkers, thus
permitting more young mien from the
farms to enter industrial life, the
earning capacity of all w'ould be much
greater and we might continue to get
along without opening the doors to
foreign labor.
It is reported that Secretary Jar
dine has appointed a special commit
tee to study the entire subject and
some interesting facts may be brot
to light as a consequence.
Through improved methods and ma
chinery wre already produce greater
farm crops with fewrer farmers than
was possible some years ago. With
the further extension of electricity
and other modern facilities to agricul
ture we may possibly within a few
years produce as much as we do now
with one half the present man power
on our farms. The importance of such
development, both to agriculture and
industrial pursuits can hardly be over
estimated.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Nearly two thousand years ago water
was turned into wine, the occasion be
ing a feast where the Son of God per
formed a miracle, and now comes the
report from Anchorage that several
cases of good Hudson Bay rum taken
off the schooner Iskum four years ago
has been changed into water.
CANADA HONORS WOMAN.
Mrs. Delia Jobe Akeley, noted ex*
plorer and mountain climber, has been
honored by the Canadian government
which has named one of highest peaks
of the Dominion Mt. Jobe in recogni
tion of her explorations in that region.
Mt. Jobe is in the Canadian Rockies
in the northern part of British Colum
bia and has not yet been surveyed,
nor has anyone ever reached its sum
mit.
Commenting on this graceful com
pliment to Mrs. Akeley, who was for
merly of Beaver Dam, Wis., the Chris
tiaan Science Monitor declares that in
so honoring her “the Canadian gov
ernment has forged another link in
the invisible chain binding the two
sections of the North American con
tinent together.”
Mrs. Ekeley is the wife of Col.
Ethan Ekeley, famed African explo
rer, big game hunter and taxidermist,
with the American Museum of Natural
History of New York. She has taken
part in several of his African expedi
tions and during 1925 she crossed the
Dark Continent without the escort of
a white man being accompanied only
by negro attendants. «
On her first African trip with her
husband in 1905, Mrs. Ekeley killed
two elephants, one of which still holds
the record as the largest ever secur
ed in that region.
Her many admirers in the United
States and elsewhere will applaud
the action of the Canadian govern
ment in naming Mount Jobe in her
honor.
Jerome Hachey, a resident of the
Girdwood district was an arrival in
town on last night’s train.
Hans Simonson is in town from the
Moose Pass district.
The Army Adjutant who issued in
| structions for firing the sunset gun,
| stating that “the sun will set at 6:28
: by order of Col. Blank, is recalled
; by a recent edict promulgated at
Koege, Norway, which reads: “Motor
driven vehicles must light their lamps
30 minutes before sundown, the exact
time of which will be fixed by the
mayor.”
The Alaska Railroad has construct
ed a large ice house at Seward and is
now contemplating buying their ice in
Seattle owing to the open winter. The
pools about the city have not frozen
over yet.
Noting the recess of Congress the
Hartford Times described it as a “ces
sation of its inactivities.”
An explorer in Argentina reports
the discovery of an ani m awlithhte!
the discovery of an animal with the 1
body of a kangaroo, the head of a cat,
the fur of a fox, and the soft, melan
choly eyes of a cow, which climbs
like a squirrel, dives like an otter,!
and is amphibious, nocturnal and om-!
niverous. Some of Alaska’s white j
mule must have been imported into j
Argentine.
President Mustpha Kemal of Turkey j
is abolishing many time honored cus-;
toms of his country. His latest edict!
prohibits gentlemen from going about
the streets of the city carrying dag-;
gers more than four inches in length, i
NORTHWESTERN DUE SATURDAY
The S.S. Northwestern is sched
uled to arrive at Cordova this even
ing at 7:30 o’clock, according to the
local cable office. J. H. FKckenger,
Seward agent for the A. SjS. Co.,
expects the vessel to arrive in port
Saturday morning.
A small rock slide ait Mile 28 1-2,
Moose Pass road, which occurred
last Tuesday, prevented a number of
the road men, who were expected to !
arrive in town last evening, from!
coming in, but as the slide was very
small it is believe they will arrive
on Saturday’s train.
Jack E. Tuttle, timekeeper, Moose
Pass road project, arrived in town
last evening. Mr. Tuttle is a guest
at the Hotel Seward.
TODAY’S WEATHER
Temperature, 38 above.
Cloudy, rain.
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| Looking Ahead!
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of
the Northfland, and justifies all Alaskans In holding to their firm faith
in the Territory's possibilities and worth. By aiming high and
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with
Alaskan progress can accomplish much. Looking ahead to still
greater things, and planning and working accordingly, is the one
way that a high purpose can be realized.
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pains
takingly striding towards a great goal—the greater development of
Alaska; and, that the future is bright and promising is attested by
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi
ties. The Alaska Railroad is “Looking Ahead."
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