The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska _
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entered as Second Class Matter Sep
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March Third, 1879.
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A WORTHY SELECTION
The re-appointment of Frank A.
Boyle, as Register of the U. S. Land
Office for Alaska, with headquarters
at Anchorage, >s one which meets with
the approbation of all Alaskans who
have had to do busin- ss with the Land
Office since -i9i2, the date under which
Mr. Boyle received his first appoint
ment under Pi evident Taft.
Mr. Boyle A'as reappointed four
years later by President Wilson: and
in August, 1919, the positions of Reg
ister and Receiver of the Land Office
were consolidated and Mr. Boyle was
appointed to fill the office at that
time. His fourth term in that capacity
would have expired in August.
During the twelve years Mr. Boyle
has been in office he has been a very
obliging and conscientious officer, one
with whom it is a pleasure for the pa
pers of the Territory to do business.
The Gateway, in announcing his re
appointment feels that it. is paying
a well-earned tribute to an exemplary
government official.
HUNTING WITH A BRASS BAND
A policeman would not start out tc
catch a criminal, preceded by a brass
band and a ballyhoo, but that is pi*e
cisely what the visit of Fish Commis
sioner O’Malley is doing in his intend
ed visit to the Territory, to investi
gate fisheries conditions. His coming
has been so widely heralded that it is
absolutely certain that no evasions 01
the intent of the fisheries law will be
found. Not that the Gatway is insin
uating that the law would be broken
in case Mr. O’Malley remained out of
the Territory, but an investigating
committee should make its advent un
heralded and unannounced and see
what it would see.
Most of these investigations are a
farce in that their members only see
what Alaskans intend they shall see,
the garbage being covered up and the
can stowed away in the barn.
THE PRESIDENT
Witihin the next three weeks Sew
ard, for the first time in its history,
will entertain a President. We have
never had the misfortune to serve as
President of the United States, but
we imagine that our people will see
a tired, old man, who would much pre
fer to take a fishpole and sneak away
by himself, to being entertained or
banquetted. Being President and hav
ing oneself surrounded by private de
tectives and secret service men, while
every chance acquaintance clamors
for office, may have its charms, but
we doubt it.
President Harding is paying the
penalty for his greatness. You or 1
can grab our fishpoles, or step into a
tin Lizzie and go for days without be
ing pestered by any save collectors.
The President never has a waking
moment to himself; he is worried by
Liberty
Theatre
Special Program
Tonight and Tomorrow
i
Miss Cecil Leweaux
Contralto
Will sing tonight and to
morrow. Sings in several
different languages.
LAST TIME TONIGHT
Poverty of Riches
Sunday Night
ONE SHOW-7:30 SHARP
“Come on Over
featuring
Coleen Moore
"Come on Over” is a knockout com
edy. We've never shown a better—
Irish fun at its best—fast and furi
ous, and with a smashing good cli
max. They don’t make ’em any bet
ter than this one.
Admission 75c and 25c
cranks and office seekers, while the
liquor question and world court prob
lems are taken to bed and hung on
the chandelier to worry over next day.
How he would appreciate it if
Seward would say: “Warren, we like
you, and are behind you to a man;
we know you are worn out and want
to be a ‘regular fellow’ again; so take
our old bus and our waders and go off
by yourself for a day in the woods.
We’ll keep the public away.”
If we could do this we’ll bet dollars
to nickels Seward would be his fav
orite thought the rest of his term.
KANATAK EXPECTANT.
With the drills of the Associated
Oil Company down over eight hundred
feet, Kanatak citizens are anxiously
awaiting developments. That oil will
be struck, no one .who is at all familiar
with the country, has any doubt. That
it will come in as a gusher or in pay
ing quantities remains to be seen.
In case oil is struck in commercial
quantities at the latest oil camp, one
of the wildest stampedes in recent
years will be started. From a camp
of 300 population, Kanatak may expect
to jump practically overnight to a
city of thousands. There is nothing
which so attracts capital and labor as
an oil camp, because oil means easy
money and lots of it; gold requires
hard work.
Juneau has no occasion to worry;
the bootleggers will still be doing a
landoffice business.
History may repeat itself. The War
of the Roses may be succeeded by a
V\ ar of the Tipsters if the booze ques
tion is further aggravated.
A Seward man recently offered a
drink of Scotch if his lost malemute
was returned safely, and the next
morning fourteen dogs and their own
ers were lined up at his gate.
The members of the congressional
party left Alaska with the firm con
viction that the Volstead Act did not
apply to Seward, as we had a down
pour of rain until the day after their
departure and it has not rained since.
Evidences of progress are shown on
every hand in Seward. Concrete and
stucco buildings are going up on ev
ery lot; the local sawmills are em
ploying about sixty men, and the Bu
reau of Public Roads have taken ev
ery available man on road work. We
will all eat bacon with our grits next
winter.
Is Seward becoming effete and civil
ized? We have been entertaining
millionaires, celebrated explorers,
senators and congressmen so often the
past year that by the time the Presi
dent leaves even the Eskimo will be
, able to tell a salad fork from the
soup ladle.
Cordovans undoubtedly fail to real
ize their blessings. Every few days
we read of where some one has found
a few cases of Mumm’s or Scotch on
the beach. If Seward had a beach as
beneficent as the one in Cordova we
would get mighty little work done on
the rest of the streets.
Seward has a first class dairy where
every kind of milk, including that of
human kipdness, is retailed. It is a
one of the institutions that is respon
sible for the many healthy children in
the city.
Seward has the cheapest lighting
system in the world at the present
time. With the exception of about 15
minutes around the midnight hour
it is daylight 24 hours.
Now that the swimming season is
at hand we would again remind our
younger readers that the best preven
tive of cramps is to stay on dry land.
E. Wentworth, Territorial superin
tendent of fisheries, arrived on the
steamship Alameda, from Cordova,
and will remain in Seward a few days
in consultation with Mr. H. E. Ells
worth, a member of the Territorial
Fish Commission, in regard to mat
ters pertaining to the hatchery to be
constructed near Seward. Mr. Ells
worth and Mr. Wentworth are looking
over the site of the proposed hatchery
and investigating other matters today.
Mrs. J. R. Weaver, of Mile 246, will
arrive on tonight’s train to meet
Miss Billy Kennedy, of Portland, Ore.,
who is on her way to the interior.
Miss Margaret Collins^ daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Collins, of Fair
banks, arrived on the Alameda, and
was met here by her mother. Miss
Collins has been attending school Out
side, where she has made quite a
reputation as a writer.
Vide Gaustad, of Fairbanks, arrived
on the Alameda, and was met here by
Former Senator Gaustad.
G. L. Edmondson, boilermaker fore
man for the Standard Oil Company
arrived on the Alameda^ and will su
perintend the erection of the large
tanks.
Miss Patricia Ray, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. V. Ray, arrived on the
Alameda from the States where she
has been attending school. Miss Pat
sy has grown into a young lady since
her departure from Seward.
Vide Gaustad, Margaret Collins,
Mary Miller, Hugh Smithy Clarence
Berglin, and a number of other stu
dents who have been attending school
in the States, arrived last night on
their way to their homes in Fair
banks.
Wm. Stolt, Ras Simonson, W. G. |
Byrne of Anchorage, and Stanley j
Herning of Wasilla, Pullman Agricul- i
tural College students, arrived on the
| Alameda, and are guests of the Sex
ton.
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, Joe A. White, a Cordova cannery
man, is registered at the Sexton. He
reports prices for fish at Cordova so
high that many canneries cannot af
ford to operate.
Richard Sessions, a son of the for
mer popular conductor on the Alaska
railway, arrived on the Alameda on
his way to Anchorage. He has been
attending the U. of W.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday School, 11 a. m.
Evening service^ 7:30 p. m.
At the evening service Dr. W. E.
Daniels, M. D., of Long Beach, Cali
fornia, will give us an address on the
Holy Land. Mr. Daniels spent some
time in the Near East, just recently
and will bring up some up-to-date
news. Everyone is invited. A special
welcome is extended to strangers.
It. V. B. Dunlap, Pastor.
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in 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.
I QUICK SERVICE WE AIM TO PLEASE
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
. Arrives
** Seward
June 27
Sails from
Seattle
June 21
South from
Seward
July 3
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
July 5 July 11 July 16
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Ports, including Anchorage and Kodiak.
For freight space or passenger reservations wire
ur write
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Seward, Alaska
Pacific Coastwise Jervice
^admiral line
iH.F. ALEXANDER. PRESIDE NT SfeSSfearrsaaEaS
STEAMSHIP STARR
Will sail from Seward for Westward Alaska
on or About
JULY 12th
Steamship Starr will make special trip to Kanatak about July 1.
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
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SHELF and HEAVY
j HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
I Fishermen's Supplies, Gasoline & Distillate
3 Hardware, Stoves and Ranges. Powder, Ammunition, Caps Guns, Fuse
Paints and Oils, Furniture, Rugs Linoleum and Congoleum,
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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.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rant
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 All 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, Candies,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
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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 DOUGHEBTY, Sec.
Seward Rebefcah
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. O.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
tome.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each montn.
visiting Brethern wel
W. 0. 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. O'. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
i Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome GERHARD JOHN
<SEN, 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 PlST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
A. E. RUCKER, Adj.