SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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CHAMBER GETTING BUSY.
In a stirring talk before the Seward
Chamber of Commerce, Captain O. A.
Johansen, master of the steamship
Starr, told his hearers of the urgent
needs for aid to navigation along the
coast to the westward, and again
pleaded for a survey of the coast line.
“We are navigating with charts
•drafted by the Russians five hundred
years ago,” declared Captain Johan
sen, “truly a fine state of affairs.” He
told of the increasing traffic to west
ward points, and pointed out that a
large number of idle ships and idle
crews were under government employ,
several of which could be used in the
survey work. He also declared that
the heads of the coast and geodetic
survey were anxious to aid Alaska, but
could find no money for the purpose.
“Our government spends millions in
attempting to enforce prohibition,”
he concluded, “but cannot spend a few
hundred thousands protecting ships
and passengers from the perils of our
stormy coast.”
The chamber was outspoken in its
demand for relief from prevailing con
ditions, and a letter will be drafted
by the Secretary urging that the coast
line from Seward to Far westward
points be accurately charted, and its
hidden dangers bared in order that
life and property may be protected.
With an increasing population to
the westward turning its gaze toward
Seward for its transportation and mail
facilities, it is imperative that some
immediate action be taken. On a twc
weeks trip to the westward, last year
a scant half dozen blinkers were seen
the larger portion of which were out
through lack of attention by the light
house vessel. But few harbors are
charted, and mariners seeking refuge
from storms or attempting to land
cargo, must trust to luck and good
navigation in entering these places
An increasing number of vessels plj
to these western ports each year, the
P. A. F. fleet, the A P. A. and othei
canneries having probably a half hun
dred ships in commission during the
summer months. The Starr makes
monthly trips the year round, witl
mail and passengers, and many gas
boats and government vessels ply te
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Wild Rose Lard, Mayflower
Butter and Eggs, Steer Beef,
Fancy Lambs, Select Poultry
always on hand.
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Steer Pot Roast, per lb. ..20
Pure Lard, per lb. ____.25
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sale and Retail, Phone 94.
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SASKATOON, Sask, April 22.—Sas
katchewan has a family with six gen
erations living. Mrs. Odell,, 93, who
was married when she was sixteen,
has a great, great, great, great grand
daughter six months old. Every gen
eration started with a daughter, each
of whom married between the ages of
16 and 18.
MEDALS AWARDED
NEW YORK, April 22.—Roosevelt
medals for distinguished service were
awarded to Governor Pinchot ot
Pennsylvania, George Bird Grinnell
and Martha Barry.
LEOPARDNESS WINS HANDICAP
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., April 22
—Leopardness won the $5,000 Phila
delphia handicap. Spot Cash w’as the
second and Moonrake finished third
SALE NORTH POLE STAMPS
TO FINANCE AMUNDSEN
OSLO, Norway, April 22.—The salt
of North Pole stamps to help financt
the Amundsen expedition was begur
yesterday. The Norwegian postal de
partment issued 420,000 stamps valuec
at 43,800 crowns. ** **
and fro along the coast.
There is no doubt that if the matter
is properly presented to the bureau1
heads some measure of relief may ob
tain. The time for their establish
ment is now, before any wrecks with
attendant loss of life, are reported.
The Seward Chamber again went on
record yesterday indorsing Mr. Henry
Frost of this city as game warden for
Kenai peninsula. A recent letter from
Senator Bartley Howard informed
Seward citizens that a game warden
would be named by the game commis
sion within the near future, and it is
desired that a local man land the job,
instead of having a resident from an
other city foisted upon us. Mr. Frost
, is a young man of good habts, is well
acquainted with the district in which
he would serve, and has had consider
able experience as packer and guide.
In case he receives the appointment
we have no doubt as to his ability to
make good.
Once again The Gateway wishes to
j inform the public that it is not respon
sible for communications appearing in
its columns. We welcome such and
will gladly publish them where they
are of general interest to the public
and do not violate our code of ethics
which is to speak well of a person or
keep still.
Our correspondent from Kanatak
has sent us in a number of good stor
ies but we believe that today’s issue
contains some of the best yet from a
news standpoint, but unfortunate from
a humane standpoint. The deaths of
two well known residents of the pen
insula show the perils confronting Al
askans in out-of-the-way places, and
that adventure may be found just
around the corner if we look for it.
The proposition to build a road
from salt water to the Alaska Hills
mine at Nuka Bay, a distance of
about a mile and a half, is one that
every citizen should stand behind.
This district is very rich and a num
ber of claims have been developed,
with others being discovered. At
the present time some forty or fifty
persons are residing at the bay, and
the only means of access to their
property is by means of a turbulent
river, which is ascended by poling
boats. Several outfits have been lost
in the stream, and it is of vital ne
cessity that some means of better
transportation be provided. A road
is also badly needed to the Prim
rose mine, another high grade prop
erty near the end of the Kenai road.
Both projects need assistance.
TWO GIRLS LOCKED IN WHILE
SEARCH CONDUCTED FOR THEM
NEW YORK, April 22.—Two Jack
son Heights’ girls turned over an
ash can and then hid in a closet of
a vacant apartment. The locks of
the closet snapped and the girls re
mained there all night, while hun
dreds searched for them.
CABARETS CLOSED
NEW YORK, April 22.—Five more
cabarets, Lido, Venice, Mirador, Deau
ville Colony, and Monte Carlo w’ere
! padlocked for thirty days to avoid
! permanent shutting for selling li
1 quor.
SIX GENERATIONS LIVING
THE LIBERTY THEATRE
ONE SHOW AT 8:00 SHARP
FRANK KEENAN
REENE ADOREE
BARBARA BEDFORD
ROBERT FRAZER
All well known stage Stars give something worth seeing in:
Women Who Give
An 8-reel high-class feature billed to us as far above the average
A red-blooded play laid in a Cape Cod fishing town.
FULL OF THRILLS AND ACTION
You will miss something good if you don’t see this—Not a white
handed society play, but of people who work for their bread and
fight for their pleasures.
AND A ONE-REEL COMEDY
FILM FOOLISH
Mb
RESTLESSNESS IN
COLONIES FAILS
ALARM HOLLAND
THE HAGUE, April 22.—People in
Holland are paying a good deal of at
tention just now to reports of com
munistic activities in tlieir eastern po
sessions.
The latest news from the colonies
is to the effect that closer supervision
has been, ordered throughout the East
Indian archipelago over all political
gatherings, which no young persons
under IS years of age are allowed to
attend, IS being considered a ripe age,
politically in. the tropics.
M. S. DeGraaff, the Dutch minister
of colonies, seems however, to view
the position without alarm. In a me
morial to the chamber on the colonial
budget ho deprecated reports that the
native masses are discontent and are
ready to adopt a policy of non-cooper
ation. Whatever restriction has been
taken, he explained, was not aimed at
the suppression of communism as a
creed, but solely in the interests of
preserving law and order.
Eastern Communists, the minister
added, are a problem by themselves
and can not be judged by European
standards. He Avas satisfied that na-.
tives who called themselves commun
ists knew really little or nothing of
communist doctrines. Incitement to
revolution would, of course, not be
tolerated, the minister declared.
SWISS FLOCK TO
CALIFORNIA
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1 BERNE. April 22.—Emigration to
America is emptying many an Alpine
village and district in the canton of
Tienio, Switzerland. In some places
only the young and the aged are left,
all the workpeople having gone to the
' United States, especially California.
Out of 66 young men called to the col
ors to perform their military service
j in this canton, only five could be
found; all the others had migrated.
2 DECORATE BOY SCOUT
i BOSTON, April 22.—General Persh
s- ing and Vice President Dawes offi
1 ciated at the decoration of a boj
>'' scout, here yesterday.
EVERY LITTLE PIG
GET NAME OWNER
LONDON, April 22—Pigs in Eng
land are to be tattooed for identifica
tion purposes. Several inks already
have been tried out. but the idea has
not as yet been perfected, therefore to
stimulate further interest the scien
tific research committee of the Large
Black Pig society, has offered a reward
for a satisfactory system of tattooing.
The present system of ear notches
of numbered ribbons for registration
of pigs is very unsatisfactory, says
the society, which recently has been
urging ink manufacturers to turn out
a product which would make possible
not only the tattooing of black pigs,
but Berkshire, or blonde pigs, as well
as different kinds ofl cattle.
INVESTIGATE MANIPULATION
CHICAGO WHEAT PRICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22.—
Senator Capper, head of the Senate
farm bloc, announced that investiga
tions of the alleged price manipula
tions of wheat on the Chicago Board
of trade, may result in amendments
to strengthen the law against the
fixing of prices. lie maintained the
board could privet** th*' manipula
lions if it wanted ij.
Mrs. A. S. Holcombe, wife of a
railroad president, sang with a blind
tramp violinist on the streets of At
lanta, Ga., and his tin cup was soot
filled with coins.
Martha Hale a California school
girl, has no arms, but has develop
ed wonderful dexterity with her feet,
whereby she can write, operate a
typewriter, comb her hair and per
form many other useful duties with
ease. ,«
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