The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska_
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
c.ruoreo as oeconu Class Matter Sep
tember 2nd, 1 SI5. at the Pest Office at
SiAd.-d, Aiaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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Seward, Alaska.
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two
Columbus sailed the waters blue.
How many of us who went to the
little red sclioolhouse have sung the
above lines without realizing what it
meant to America. Columbus, who
was a Genoese navigator, discovered
the world was round by standing an
egg upon its end. Queen Isabella was
so delighted at the novel trick that
she hocked her crown jewels, which
history informs us brought $8,000, and
purchased three vessels foY the bold
radical, the Nina, the Pinta and the
Sancta Maria, the largest being near
ly the size of a halibut fishing boat, or
some 60 feet in length.
lliOLUi J CliOVJ IV11 O US L1UU IUC V
age cost Columbus some $S00, a small
price when one considers that Ameri
ca paid back four times this amount
iu war loans and jobs for Chris’s
countrymen. Sailing due west histo
ry tells us that Columbus, to make a
long story short, discovered America.
His claims have since been jumped by
other noted prospectors of the time,
but the fact remains that Columbus
was one of the first white men to set
foot on the American continent and
its islands.
Returning to Spain he was thrown
into prison for pestering the newspa
pers with accounts of his voyage, and
was later released and made other
trips to his new possessions. He
later died in poverty, and his bones
were shuffled around until one can
find them in nearly every island in
the West Indies. As a live voyaguer
he was a lemon, but after his death
he was found to be a great man. This
will be the case with many of us, who
like,
“Immortal Caesar, dead and turned to
clay,
Will scop a hole to keep the wind
away.”
Had America never been discovered
many of us with our children and
our children’s children might be May
gars or Wops or Hunkies or Dagoes,
as all of us could not be lucky and be
Irish. Had this country not been dis
covered Canada and England would
have had no place to peddle bootleg
liquor, and the Brooklyn Eagle Club
would never have made its tour to
Alaska. Even as large a city as New
York would have been a hiatus and
Seattle’s police force would have es
caped much condemnation by the dry
squad.
When Columbus discovered us we
were merely poor untutored, ignoram
savages, and many of us have not im
proved since that date.
THE PARDONING POWER
Acting Governor Coyle of the state
01 Washington, has invoked, the wrath
of his electors by pardoning Gustav
Lindeberg, director of the defunct
Scandinavian American Bank at Ta
coma, the failure of which caused
| several suicides among the depositors,
untold misery and considerable legal
I business.
The State of Washington has al
| ways been more or less lenient with
| the banking institution closing its
1 doors on account of its funds being
used to support blonde chorus girls or
, buy limousines for other men’s wives.
! We remember back a decade ago
! when the' Scandinavian Bank at Bel
! lingham, Wash., was wrecked by one,
I St. John Dix, who arrived in town
with a smooth line of patter and a
I pedigreed pup. St. John was Engtisn,
but no one held that against him. lie
was received with open arms and soci
ety outdid itself in malting the ac
quaintance of St. aolin Dix, but over
looking the pup, who was ready the
most interesting oi the two, and the
1 most valuable to the community. Si.
John bought the Scandinavian Bank,
and took over its cash and visible as
■ sets, tie negotiated lor other banks
in the county, all on jawbone, and lor
' a time he could get credit in any
restaurant in town. But payday came.
St. John flitted, and when the vaults
i were opened a few cents in postage
; stamps and a smell of heliotrope anu
Sweet Caporal cigarettes were all that
remained.
St. John was traced to England, and
Sheriff Brisbin was sent after him.
He returned in durance vile. At urn
trial the fair society buds wept great
weeps and his erstwhile friends strain
ed their glands trying to free him,
out one man on the jury who had $1
and fifty cents on deposit at the time
the bank was wrecked, held up the
j jury and St. John was cohvieteu. i\ot
; of stealing the funds from the bank,
but for his offense against society.
He was sent to Walla Walla, and met
j at the door with a pardon, signed by
I the right honorable governor of the
State, who was confident St. John had
been wronged. He returned to En
gland. But bis works followed him.
Many times since have cashiers, ui
rectors and officials of Washington
! banks followed in liis worthy loot
| steps, although not displaying the
' verve and eclat in dissipating the
j funds. Today the state prison is as
I free of bankers as it is of printers and
still trustful Alaskans overlook the
| solidarity of their own splendid insti
tutions and send their money outside
to be swept away with considerable
regularity. There is a moral to this
story, but we have overlooked incor
porating it in the body of the article.
It is: If you want to be a suceesstul
I burglar go to the State of Washington
and start into the banking game. Or
keep it at home where you can draw
it out when you need it.
ABE WEISS RECOVERS
Abe Weiss, former Iditarod mer
chant, has completely recovered from
the sleeping sickness with which he
was afflicted for several months in a
Seattle hospital.
Join Urbach’s circulating library;
Doors and "Windows in stock at J.
L. Graef’s.
E
LIBERTY THEATRE
tonight
LLOYD HAMILTON
in The Rain Maker
A dory with the charred bodies of
two men in it was found at sea this
week by the crew of one of the fish
ing boats calling at Seward. Accord
ing to the story of the crew, which
was vague, the bodies looked as if oil
had been poured over them and set
on fire. The vessel left before the
Gateway got the complete story, but
the fact remains that the bodies were
found, but where and how we have
been unable to learn.
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JUNEAU, Oct. 12—The appointment
of Ike P. Taylor of Fairbanks, as as
sistant engineer of the Alaska Road
Commission with headquarters in Ju
neau was made this week by Capt. A.
P. Agnew, disbursing officer of the
commission. He will be assistant to i
Col. J. C. Gotwals and has been as
signed duties by that officer which he
himself formerly looked after.
Mr. Taylor was formerly on the en
gineering staff of the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission as assistant to
Frederick Browne, engineer in charge
of interior railway construction at Ne
nana, and has been with the Road
Commission since 1921. He entered
the Commission’s employ as assistant
superintendent at Fairbanks and later
was made superintendent from which
office he was promoted to Assistant
Engineer, He is a young man, 33
years of age and is married, Mrs. Tay
lor being the daughter of Mr. and
Mlrs. Fred Lewis of Fairbanks.
Mr. Taylor will have charge of op
erations, including bridges, allot
ments, annual reports, etc., purchases
and storage of supplies and property,
traffic census, wage scales, reconnais
sances and surveys, personal and es
timates.
JVapoRATEdJ$
r or more than lx
years Alaska’s depend
able milk supply.
Ord»r from your grocer
| WIFE OF DEPUTY MARSHAL
HURT IN SEATTLE BY FALL
Mrs. W. C. Snook, wire or the popu
lar deputy at Unga, while visiting in
Seattle recently fell on the pavement
I sustaining injuries which will confine
j her to her home for a couple of
j weeks. Mrs. Snook’s address is 2215
' Fourth avenue.
MRS. HARDING TO SPEND
WINTER IN WASHINGTON
'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Lau
; ra Kling Harding has decided to spend
! the winter in Washington, a guest of
friends.
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BITTER -SPIRIT IN DUSSELDORF
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—Sunday’s clash
at Dusseldorf has provoked the bitter
resentment of all classes in the Ruhr
who are convinced that the Separa
tionists selected the city for a rally
because assured of French protection.
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
HIGH TIDE YESTERDAY
One of the highest tines seen hert
in a long time piled into Resurrectior
Bay yesterday noon. The waters
were over the road at the oj^l mill anc
also at Porcupine city.
Money Orders Issued. Seward Dm*
Co. 184-tf
Split your next shipment skin for skin
grade for grade. Send one half to the
house you’ve been shipping to and the
other half to Fouke at once. See how
much more you get from Fojuke. Let.
the checks tell the story^ YoiF
will get a whole lot more for
the furs you ship to ^"ouke,
you can bet yourvbottom dol
lar on mat. ' “Prices don’t
mean nuthin”—it’s the-grading *hat
counts and Fouke grading always
makes your -fur checks bigger.
SHIP NOW! Order trapsNand baits now. Send cou
pon below at once, for lowest prices on trappers sup
plies, ret free samples NOXENT (kills human scent)
and REMOV-A-SMEL (destroys skunk smells in
stantly). Get free Trapper’s Pardner showing all
kinds of traps and new paste baits, game laws, how
to trap and grade furs. We keep you posted on fur
market all season. ALL FREE! Send
name and address on coupon today to
CO.butlding
ST. LOUIS. MO.
-—FOUKE FUR COMPANY—
325 Fouke Building, St. Louis, Mo.
Send me samples of NOXENT and REMOV-A
SMEL,“Trapper’s Pardner,” and tags. Keep me
posted on the fur market all season, J
Ceepm’e
FREE.
Andy’s Express
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
and
Watch Repairer
Wall Paper
LATEST DESIGNS
1923 STOCKS
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG MAD. 145
SYLVIA’S
FRAMED PICTURES
ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
CANOY
PHOTOGRAPHS.
CURIOS
PHONE ADAMS 128
ALASKA CAFE
CUISINE OF THE BEST
POPULAR PRICES
F. J. FINN, Propr.
BARBER SHOP
BATHS
F. C. Miller, Prop.
STEAMSHIP STARR
WILL SAIL FOR SEATTLE, WASH.,
BETWEEN OCTOBER 12th and 14th
WILL SAIL WEST ON NEXT REGULAR TRIP ABOUT NOV. 20
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*, SEWARD, ALASKA
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
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SHELF and HEAVY
I HARDWARE
I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
j Fishermen’s Supplies, Gasoline & Distillate
| Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Powder, Ammunition, Caps Guns, Fuse
Paints and Oils, Furniture, Rugs Linoleum and Congoleum.
! J. L. GRAEF
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General Repair Shop
PHONOGRAPHS, SEWING MA
CHINES CLEANED AND
REPAIRED
Light Machinery a Specialty
OLD FURNITURE REPAIRED
ELECTRICAL WORK
PHONE ADAMS 66
INQUIRE OF GEO. THORKILSEN
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
•PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Ron1
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
_ Members Welcome.
CLARA PERRY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHEEfTY. Sec.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
tome. W. O. PERRY, W. M
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
Seward Lodge
No. 1425.
L. O. O. M.
Will meet every
Tuesday night at
8 o’clock. Visiting
Brothers welcome
CHAS KREPTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
I. O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A_7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome. ANDY NOVAK,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
CAL M. BROSIUS, Pres.
EARL DURGIN, Sec.
seward post, no. five
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
A. E. RUCKER. Adj.