The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entered as Second Class Matter Sep.
tember 2nd. 19,’5, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March This d. 1879.
Published by
GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Seward, Alaska.
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NO EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
Some day, when we get our cotton
laid by and our corn clean of sand
spurs we are going to chase the hogs
out of the goober patch and spend six
months in the States educating the
benighted and unenlightened citizenry
upon the beauties ol Alaskan scenery,
and the difficulties in filling the flour
barrel with scenery as the principal
asset. The government and the
steamship companies are devoting in
numerable columns ot apace to the
wonderful vistas unroiled to the nu
merous Eastern schoolma'ams, but
they fail to declare themselves on the
chance the female of the species will
have of going hungry ue 'oie annexing
a meal ticket with a paying claim.
As we view it, a brown bear with
glass claws, turned loose in a patch
of whistlers, would hare as much j
chance of securing nourishment, as
many of these angular pedagogues
would have in securing employment
at their favorite vocation, unless ihey j
are acquainted in the country, or have
secured a position in advance.
While Alaska t-pends much money J
on education and educational institu
tions, the chances of a stranger step
ping into reguiar employment in the !
educational superstructure are about
as negligible as logic in Bryan’s ver
sion of the Darwinian theory. Our
school boards have many applicants,
and but few positions. The govern
ment maintains numerous schools for
Indians throughout the Territory, but
the frail young damsel who shuts
hereslf into an eight by ten cabin
with a dozen husky Eskimos, redolent
of seal oil and rotten fish must have
catarrh and a love for adventure, tc
survive more than one season of the
variegated odors arising from a hot
stove and Indian tanned mukluks.
The Gateway receives numerous in
quiries from persons in the' States
desiring to come to Alaska to engage
in teaching or clerical work. While
this pajfbr is not an employment ot
! fice we patiently answer each anxious
inquirer to the best oi our ability.
The urge for the wild felt by these
would-be pioneers is commendable,
but if they were to annex some nice
young man, settle down, and raise a
small family they would be better off.
At any rate, if one’s family bothered
one, it would not be necessary to
scratch. We cannot say as much for
j the Eskimos.
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NO BOLSHEVIK WANTED
A short time ago the Anchorage
j Chamber of Commerce petitioned the
President to allow the 500 Russian im
i migrants marooned at Manila. P. I..
to immigrate to Alaska, where i: was
alleged they would settle in the Mat
anuska valley and fill the land with
milk and honey, and Soviet propagan
da. Our generous and paternal Uncle
Samuel had a better plan than this
and started the refugees out for Se
attle on a transport, where they vould
feel at home with Jimmy Duncan and
his Soviet bunch. All went w«*il until
the party were out of sight of land,
when the refugee crew of the trans
port mutinied and refused to wrork
the vessel bearing them toward the
"Land of the Free” and the home of
the Sugar Trust.
The point to this story is that these
homeless people are so far iron being
self-supoprting tljat they refused to
work their passage, after being sup
plied with vessel, food and naviga
tors. They wanted to be first-cabin
passengers and allowT their benefac
tors to do the work. And the govern
ment, fearing to shock their sense of
hospitality, kindly sent for a crew of
100-per cent Americans and allowed
them to continue their voyage.
Alaska was lucky that sentiment
did not overrule commonsense. Had
these unfortunates arrived in Mata
nuska they would have insisted ihat
their farms be cleared and stocked,
before consenting to occupy them.
PUPILS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
FOR REGULAR ATTENDANCE
The following pupils were given di-;
plomas by Prof. Goodskey for being i
neither tardy nor absent the past term j
First and Second Grades: Edwin
Larsson, Allen Guest.
Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades—
Marjorie Eraafladt, Eleanor Krefting,
Helen Perry, Alva Peterson, Mildred
Parker, Katharine and Bernard Hor
ton.
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade—
Clara Perry, Melba Johnson, Louise
Slater, Pearl Fairman, Francis Leslie.
High School—Willis Perry, Lucille
Byrne.
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APPOINTED PHILIPPINE RESI
DENT COMMISSIONER
Senator Pedro Guevara, who has
been elected President Commissioner
to the United States to succeed Jaime
C. de Veyra.
NOTES
KANATAK June 1.—The steam
ship Admiral Evans arrived ai Kana
tak early Tuesday morning. Karl
Armstrong was cn han 1 with his tug
boat Apex II, and his lighters. Those
who wanted U» g- t o'f the boat and
look o’er the new oil town were
quickly taken ashore and the lighter
ing of nineteen horses at d eighty tons
of freight was accomplished in less
than five hours. Karl, who owns the
Kanalak Lighterage and Transfer Co.
is equipped to handle 300 tons of
freight per twenty-four hours.
Several new buildings have been
erected in Kanatak tLe past month. A,
town hall to be used for dances and
public meetings has just been built
and is a great asset to the town. Side
walks are being built and streets be
ing graded.
“Brad,” the well Known chef, moved
into his new restaurant building last
week.
Four head of horses and a road
grader arrived on the Fvans for the
Alaska Road commission. George A.
Spangler is in charge of the work of
building seven miles of road from
Kanatak toward the seepage.
Ed" Maddox, the well known old
sourdough and Chas. Bowker, owners
of the Anticline, have just finished a
building with a fifty foot frontage,
adjoining the Anticline. The Sund
berg grocery will move into this place
next w'eek.
W. W. French has started work on
the road from the seepage toward
Kanatak. This road is being built by
the Associated and Standard Oil com
panies.
J. M. Lathrop arrived in Kanatak on
the Admiral Evans and will have
have charge of the Erskine townsite.
He has moved into his new office
building.
Derrick Lane, a former eSwardite,
arrived on the Evans and will have
charge of the Finnegan townsite.
The Associated Oil Company has
started wTork on a hospital at the
seepage.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hardy will ar
rive from Nenana this evening and
will sail tomorrow on the steamship
Northwestern for Idaho, where they
will go on a ranch. Mrs. Hardy was
formerly Miss Ethel McIntosh.
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Miss Orma Finley will leave on the
Northwestern to spend the summer
at her home in North Dakota. She
will teach in Seward again next term.
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; Mrs. Short leaves on the Northwest
| ern for Seattle and will attend sum
mer session of school at Washington
University. She will return to Seward
this fall.
We have a number of bargains in
Shoes, some only a few sizes of. oth
ers full run of sizes. Look them over.
I’m sure we have your size left. Brov.n
it. Hawkins. tf
SYLVIA’S
FRAMED PICTURES
ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
CANOY
PHOTOGRAPHS,
CURIOS
PHONE ADAMS 123
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
WALL
PAPER
T & T CAFE
TAYLOR & THOMPSON, Prop.
Service Day and
Night
MEALS 75c AND UP
KANATAK, ALASKA
Wall Paper
LATEST DESIGNS
1923 STOCKS
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG MAD. 145
DR. 0. A. BRAAFLADT
DENTIST
OFFICE OVER THE KEY
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TEL. ADAMS 111
THE NEW MOTORBOAT
ORMA
FOR SALE OR CHARTER
Hunting and pleasure trips will
be made Sundays and evenings.
LICENSED FOR PASSENGERS
Howard Long
SEWARD, ALASKA
BARBER SHOP
F. C. Miller, Prop.
SEWARD, ALASKA
Seward Machine Shop
CHARLES LECHNER, Proprietor
Motor Boats, Oil Drilling Machinery and Sawmill
Machinery Quickly Repaired
PLUMBING AND HEATING SHEET METAL WORKS
TELEPHONE MADISON 56
Marathon Cafe
“The Home of Good Eats’’
PETER CHATHAM, Propr.
QUICK SERVICE WE AIM TO PLEASE
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8. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
June 21 June 28 July 2
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
June 7 June 14 June 20
-Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Ports, including Anchorage and Kodiak.
For freight space or passenger reservations wire
or write
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Seward, Alaska
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
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STEAMSHIP STARR
Will sail from Seward for Westward Alaska
on or About
JUNE 10, 1923
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
phone madison 13* seward, alaska
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SHELF and HEAVY
HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
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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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.
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AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When in need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets Ail Boats and Trains
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
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSEN
Card Tables, Candles,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
TAILORING
C. Henning
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD LODGES
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 DOUGHERTY, Sec.
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.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
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 KREFTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
I. cv. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome GERHARD JOHN
SEN, N. G.f 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 Pi,ST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
A. E. RUCKER, Adj.