SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established. August 19, 1904
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STONE STARTS SOMETHING.
Former Attorney General Harlan
F. Stone, evidently started something
when he declared, through Associated
Press dispatches in February that
Alaskans were generally not law abid
ing and that the Territory had no re
spect for law enforcement. The At
torney General evidently considered
Alaskans touched with the old two
gun spirit, and that our kids cut their
teeth on a six shooter, while their
dads peddled hootchinoo and boot
legged for a living.
In a memorial published in another
part of this paper, the legislator lit
erally jumps upon the offending gov
ernment with both feet, head and
hands, and in no gentle language in
forms the world at large that our rep
utation is dearer to us than our fish.
It is to be hoped the effect will be
beneficial and that further slanderous
reports in regard to the Territory will
cease. Alaska today is peopled with
the mildest, gentlest species of the ge
nus homo it is our good fortune to
meet. Our citizens are a law-abiding,
church going people, and have more
respect for the law than many locali
ties in the States, we might even say
than the residents of the nation’s
capital, where more bootleggers and
crooks abound than Alaska has popu
lation.
LEAVE THE BOUNTY ALONE
An effort being made by the Terri- j
torial legislature to have the $1 boun
ty on eagles either repealed or lower
ed comes in bad faith from our law
makers, who will throw open a thriv- j
Sng industry to the ravages of these i
predatory birds. Many sentimental
citizens of the Lnited States have
criticised Alaska for offering a bounty
for the killing of the emblem of the
Nation. Game societies have address
ed many letters to the Territorial of
ficials protesting against this alleged
unpatriotic action.
The eagle was adopted as an em
blem of the country before our fore
fathers really knew anything about
this bandit of the air. One of the
most cowardly of birds, it has long
been the synonym for strength, when
:n fact a colony of wrens can put it
1c flight. It is a butcher, killing and
wasting game birds and fish, and it
has no rightful place on earth, as it
is below the buzzard in character and
habits.
Alaska literally swarms with eagles
and the damage done by them, not
only to fish, but to the young of the
wild sheep and to the fox pups is in
calculable. On White River, a favor
ite nesting place of these birds, the
bones of hundreds of lambs may be
seen under their nests. They swoop
down from a convenient tree and car
ry off a $G\*0 fox pup as easly as a
hawk carries a young chicken. It is
nearly impossible for the fur farmer
o guard against their depredations, as
they are on the job from dawn to dark
and while he is watching one part of
his island they operate on another.
If we must have a national emblem,
why not adopt one less cruel, less
cowardly, and less wasteful of our
.natural game resources.
THE BONE DRY LAW.
Many persons believe the attempt
of the legislature to repeal the Alaska
bone dry law as an effort to force the
Territory again into the wet column.
’ This would be impossible, as the Vol
stead Act, operating upon practically
the same lines, includes the Territory
of Alaska within its provisions.
A repeal of the bone dry law is re
quested by court officials because the
bone dry law conflicts in many ways
with the Volstead Act, and is a con
stant source of embarrassment to at
■ torneys. The bone dry law was pass
ed several years before the Eighteenth
amendment went into effect and has
outlived its usefulness. It served its
purpose until the Volstead Act was
passed by congress and should then
have been repealed.
It serves no useful purpose at the
present time, and only works in oppo
sition to the Volstead Act in many
ways. Its repeal will not affect pro
hibition in any manner whatsoever,
except to place the Territory under
. the same laws as those of the states.
THE JESSE LEE HOME.
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap will deserve
the thanks of every citizen of Seward
if he succeeds in locating the Jesse
Lee Home in this vicinity. In case
the home is secured for Seward, it will
be far enough away from the city to
prevent its inmates from getting to
town except on rare occasions, and
will add thousands of dollars to the
trade of the city. Its fine buildings
and improved farm lands will add to
the attractions on the Kenai road, and
every man and woman in the city who
has its growth at heart should stand
behind Rev. Dunlap in his efforts to
give Seward the home. Any other city
would go far to add 200 to its popula
tion in one bunch, and wosild give
nearly anything desired for the op
portunity. LTnless Seward stands be
hind the proposition as a unit, some
other town will snap at the chance,
and we will again be the losers.
The Jesse Lee Home is but one of
many institutions that could benefi
cially be removed to the coast, and
each and all of them would add to
the trade and population of the town.
John Strom of Dillingham will leave
on the Starr for his home, going by
way of the winter trail at Kanatak.
George T. P. Press and wife of Sel
dovia are in the city en route to An
chorage where they will be employed
in the Anchorage Dairy owned by Mr.
Olds. They are registered at the Ho
tel Overland.
J. H. Bartholf will leave tomorrow
morning for Anchorage. Mr. Bartholf
arrived on the Yukon and is registered
at the Overland.
Why Suffer So?
... Get Back Your Health as Other
Seward Folks Have Done.
Too many people suffer lame, ach
ing backs, distressing kidney disor
ders and rheumatic aches and pains.
Often this is due to faulty kidney
action and there’s danger of harden
ed arteries, dropsy, gravel or Bright's
disease. Don’t let weak kidneys
wear you out. Use Doan’s Pills be
fore it is too late! Doan’s are a
stimulant diuretic to the kidneys.
Doan’s have helped thousands. Here
is one of many cases in this local
ity.
Mrs. E. S. Spaulding, Central Ave.,
South Bend, Wash., says: “For years
Doan’s Pills have been a household
remedy in our family. They have
always given good results when I
have suffered from any trouble caus
ed by disordered kidneys or back
ache and I couldn’t recommend a bet
ter remedy.”
OVER THREE YEARS LATER,
Mrs. Spaulding said: “I haven’t had
the least return of kidney trouble
since endorsing Doan’s.”
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Club Seeks Heroic Dog
To Pay Him Great Honor
CINCINNATI, April 4.—The Am
erican dog which in the year between
April 15, 1925, and April 15, 1926, per
forms the most heroic deed of self
sacrifice and devotion to the human
race, will be sought and crowned by
the Cincinnati Kennel club in con
nection with the National Dog Show
which will be hold here April 17*19.
The dog so found must himself be
exhibited in order that the, gold med
al significant of the fact may be
awarded with proper ceremonies from
the stage at Music Hall the evening
of April 19.
Any dog in the country of any
breed may be entered by his owner
and no dog will be barred on acoount
of lack of pedigree or pure breeding,
according to the regulations. There
is no entry fee of any description.
The dog must be shown at no ex
pense to the owner.
A full description of the heroic
deed is required, blanks for which
the club has prepared.
REGISTER TONIGHT.
City Clerk Whittlesey will be at his
office tonight from 8 to 10 o’clock for
the purpose of registering voters. To
day' is the last day the books are open.
Mrs. Patton, well known in Seward
and Kanatak, will leave on tonight’s
boat.
BLUE FOX FARMERS NOT
BLUE FOX FARMERS LAW
The Gateway received a radio mes
sage yesterday from Mr. White, Sec
retary of the Southwest Alaska Blue
Fox Farmers' Association, with head
quarters at Kodiak, protesting against
any effort being made by the legisla
ture to reduce or remove the present
bounty on eagles. The message de
clares that the Southwest Alaska fox
farmers need the protection afforded
by the bounty, as the ^agle is the
greatest menace to the fox pups which
now exists.
The message ends by asking the co
operation of the Gateway and the
Seward Chamber of Commerce in pre
venting any change being made in ex
isting laws.
There is no doubt but that the ea
gle kills annually thousands of dol
lars worth of valuable foxes, swoop
ing down on the young ones as they
play around the mouths of the dens,
and carrying them away to be devour
ed. The farmers need more protec
tion if the industry is to be fostered,
and there is little doubt but that the
Seward body will take up the matter
at its Tuesday meeting.
An effort has been made in this
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SMOKES CARDS
AND TALK
Come On In!
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
LIBERTY THEATER
THE WORLD’S CHAMPION
Jack
Dempsey
In a 2-reel Story (like the Leather Pushers)
“WINNING HIS WAY”
This is the first time Seward has had an oppor
tunity to see the champion in real action.
AND THE REGULAR FEATURE
“In Search of a Thrill”
Starring the Charming
Viola Dana
is also unusually good and will give you a thrill
without search. An exciting story of a pleasure
mad American flapper in the Paris underworld.
H Saturday-2 shows 7 & 8:45—Monday 1 show 8 m
AND A FINE PATHE NEWS
Sunday OnIy-“HALF-A-DOLLAR BILL
an absorbing six reel sea story in the feature,
“Flying Finance,” one of the best two reel come
dies seen here for a long time.... There as also a
PATHE REVIEW. A fine program.
Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
session of the legislature to have the
$1 bounty repealed, and Senator Di
mond has introduced a bill reducing
the bounty to fifty cents. We believe
Mr, Dimond introduced this bill to pre
vent the bounty being taken off alto
gether, as the legislators from the
Second and Fourth divisions where
the industry is not maintained, are ap
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parently determined to work all the
damage to the coast divisions they
can.
The associations of both southeast
ern and southwestern Alaska will
fight hard to retain the scanty protec- *
tion already afforded them, and while
there is apparently little danger of the I
bounty being repealed altogether, it is
well for our citizens to be vigilant.
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Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
; - Butter
EAT YEAST
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