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SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Rome”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
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DELICIOUS HAMS AND BACON
Are all that the word implies
WHOLESALE! RETAIL!
H. L. McGHIE, Manager
PRONE MAIN 94
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD LODGE NO 219, F. & A. M.
A Stated communications first
m,
’and third Wednesdays of each
kmonth; visiting brethren wel
come, J. P. Hannon, W. M.; Harold
Painter, Secretary. __
RESURRECTION, LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
_ _ 8:00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting
brothers welcome. Fred Martineides,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
AMERICAN LEGION, SEWARD
POST NO. FIVE
Meets the second and Fourth
Tuesdays of each month,
a|j||yp at the Fire Hall. Visiting
members are always wel
come!^ J. S. Bogart, Commander; L.
W. Olson, Adjutant
IGLOO NO. NINE, PIONEERS OP
ALASKA
Meets every Second and Fourth Fri
day nights in Odd Fellows’ Hall; John
Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou
gall. Secretary.
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meeets the second and
fourth Mondays of each
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
come; Goldie Blue W. M.
Mrs. Viola T. Swetmann, Secretary.
SEWARD REBEKAH LOGE NO. 6-A,
O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month in Odd
Fellows Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. John
Rosness, N. G.
ARONERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
F. B. MOORE
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By a new device an alarm is give]
the motorist when a tire loses ai
beyond a certain point.
• Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth of Londor
is the youngest member of the Bril
ish house of commons, being only 2
years old.
Argentina has a compulsory votin
law for all males of age. The pres
dent must be a native of the countr
and a Roman Catholic.
Ex-soldiers drawing pensions i
Germany number about a million an
a half and in France almost as manj
At a fancy dress ball held in a
asylum at Cardiff, Wales, 200 lum
tics appeared in costumes made b
! themselves.
.FRESH MILK,
CREAM AND ALL
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Our Motto:
“The Best”
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THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
\ 'mas Jasper, Propr,
GOVERNOR SCOTT C. BONE’S MESSAGE
TO THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE
ALASKA TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
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stood for his coming, and the benefits
derived therefrom undoubtedly will
reach far into the future and prove
enduring.
Alaska’s Paramount Need.
Alaska needs capital and people.
It must have both, if it would go
forward and make the most of its
resources and opportunities. This is
too manifest for comment. Every
true Alaskan realizes the fact. Cap
ital means population. The one fol
lows the other. Therefore, Alaska
must be made inviting to capital.
Otherwise it -will not risk the natural
hazards of investment so far away.
Imposition of taxes beyond the re
quirements of the Territory and bas
ed wholly upon ability to pay is
clearly unwise public policy and not
conducive to growth and develop
ment.
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and also the good of the Territory.
The Department n is displaying a
ready willingness to modify or al
ter regulations to meet local condi
tions and the initial steps toward
inaugurating a permanent policy of
conservation are most promising.
Inasmuch as authority is definitely
and specifically fixed by governmen
tal act, any Territorial effort tending
to nullify that act or render it in
operative would be extremely short
sighted and certainly not receive the
sanction of Congress. The Territo
rial Fish Commission is rendering
a most valuable service through its
propagating stations and its work
should continue to receive liberal
support.
The Alaska College
Reports of Territorial institutions
and boards will be transmitted in
‘due course, with recommendations.
{The Agricultural College and School
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THE TERRITORIAL CAPITOL BUILDING, JUNEAU, ALASKA
AND HOME OF GOV. SCOTT C. BONE.
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Expenses Within Budget.
It is gratifying to report that ex
penditures for the two years, save
in two minor particulars, have been
kept within the appropriations. This
is due to the exercise of administra
tive economy and a careful looking
ahead.
The Pioneers’ Home, although it
has had a larger average member of
inmates than ever before, finishes
the biennium without a deficit, and
its management has been most effi
cient and successful.
Similarly the Territorial schools
have been conducted and maintain
ed within the budget allotted and
this, too, is ascribable to efficiency
and foresight.
Owing to an insufficient appropria
tion it became necessary to curtail
pension allowances to prevent an ex
haustion of the fund at the opening
of the Winter season, but this was
done with the utmost care in order
to reduce hardships to the very min
imum. Every dollar expended has
gone to the beneficiaries with the
least administrative cost. Experience
has demonstrated that uniformity of
allotments of $15 to $20 to men and
$45 to women entitled to relief would
be more satisfactory and that al
lowances to non-residents are inad
visable because of inability to keep
check upon them.
_ Audit of the Treasury.
In compliance with the law a de
tailed audit of the Treasury was
made by a firm of certified public ac
countants and this shows the fiscal
affairs of the Territory in excellent
condition, with every dollar properly
accounted for and a healthy balance
on the credit side of the ledger. The
present income from all sources is
sufficient to meet administrative
needs for the next two years, but
appropriations cannot with safety be
materially increased in the aggregate
- as a reduction in revenue in some
directions is anticipated.
The Fisheries.
A wise enactment by Congress has
vested complete jurisdiction over the
Alaska fisheries in the Department
of Commerce and, with Territorial
cooperation, a policy of conserva
tion has been inaugurated to safe
guard the fisheries for the future.
In framing regulations due consider
ation has been and will be given
to all rights or interests involved,
with public rights paramount, and it
is confidently believed that this pol
Iicy will redound to the mutual bene
fit of fishermen and packers alike
in the perpetuation of the industry
of Mines, now in its third year, has
shown a splendid growth and de
serves helpful consideration at your
hands. The status it has already
reached demonstrated its usefulness
and guarantees its future. Its sup
port should be in keeping with its
normal expansion and increasing re
quirements, always with the thought
j that it is a Territorial, not a section
al, institution, destined ultimately
to be the pride of the entire North
land.
The Bureau of Biological Survey,
of the Department of Agriculture,
believes that it is most desirable to
establish a reindeer experiment sta
tion in connection with the Agricul
tural College at Fairbanks, where
work could be done of direct prac
tical benefit to the development of
the reindeer industry in the Terri
tory. It is estimated that the sum
of $20,000 would be required to es
tablish such a station. The Bureau
keeps experts in the field and pro
poses hereafter to maintain head
quarters at Fairbanks, and hopes to
have the active cooperation of Aias
; ka in developing one of the Territo
ry’s major resources. The idea is
an excellent one and is here com
mended, although it seems equitable
that the Bureau should bear a share
in the cost of establishing the sta
tion.
Governors’ Conference.
Alaska has been represented at the
last two annual Conferences of Gov
ernors, and that distinguished body
has been invited to visit this coun
try in connection with its next an
nual session on the North Pacific
Coast. I suggest that the legislature
supplement and reinforce the invi
tation already extended by the Gov
ernor i and that a reasonable appro
priation be made to entertain the
Governors while guests of the Terri
tory, in event of their acceptance,
and it is further recommended a
membership fee be provided in these
annual conferences which deal with
problems of importance to a state
in the making.
Voting Qualifications.
Knowledge is the very essence of
citizenship. Education is its base.
Ability to read and write should be
made the essential pre-requisite of
the franchise. Otherwise it becomes
a mockeiy and a travesty. To pro
tect the purity of the ballot an edu
cational qualification test is impera
tive. Therefore, this legislature
should • 'end and strengthen the
election ws by adding a qualifica
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Fused quartz, recently perfected, is
the most transparent solid substance
known, a meter of it transmitting 92
per cent of the light passed through
it, while the best opticial glass trans
mits only G5 per cent and ordinary
glass'only 35 per cent.
Cast iron may now be tied in a knot
by heating it to a temperature of
about 1,600 degrees F. in a specially
prepared device.
Prof. C. G. Abbot of the Smithsoni
an Institution has succeeded in deter
mining the heat of stars to the hund
red millionth of a degree, by aid of the
100-inch reflector at Mounta Wilson,
Cal.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR RENT—One four room furnished
house, apply P. N. Anderson. tf
FOR SALE—The Gateway is over
stocked with rag envelopes; in 500
lots at a low figure. tf
WANTED—Advertisers to use our
classified columns for results.
FOUNI>—Bunch of keys, inquire at
the Gateway office.
FOR SALE—One Star auto in first
class condition, cheap for cash; see
Chas. Benson, Seward, Alaska, tf
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 29, 1924.
Notice is hereby given that Axel A.
Johnson, together with his witnesses,
Gilbert M. Chambers, and Andrew An
derson, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 05589 for lands in
U. S. Survey No. 1406, and is now on
file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed In
the local land office, at Anchorage,
within the period of publication, or
thirty days thereafter, said final proof
will be accepted, and final certificate
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First Pub. Feb. 24, 1925.
Last Pub. Mar. 26, 1925.—Dly.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
; Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 7, 1925.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Miller, together with his witnesses,
Edward Slavin, and John Rodin Crit
tenden, all of Seldovia, Alaska, has
submitted final proof on his home
stead entry, Serial 04056 for lands de
scribed as the SE 1-4 SE 1-4, Section
2, E 1-2 NE 1-4, and Lot 1, Section 11,
T. 6 S, R. 13 W. S. M. and is now on
i file in the local land office, at Anchor
age, Alaska. If no protest is filed in
| the local land office, at Anchorage,
| within the period of publication, or
thirty days thereafter, said final proof
! will be accepted, and final certificate
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First publication Feb. 17, 1925.
! Last publication Mar. 24, 1925. Dly
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
I NOTICE Is Hereby Given, that at
the hour of nine o’clock A. M., on the
second day of February, 1925, the reg
istration books of the Town of Sew
ard, Alaska, will be open at the office
of the Municipal Clerk in the Seward
Bank Building for the purpose of reg
istering all qualified electors, twenty
one years of age or over, who are citi
zens of the United States and w'ho
have resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of the elec
tion in the Territory of Alaska, and
six months next preceding the date of
the election within the corporate lim
its of the Town of Seward. All elec
tors must before voting register their
names and qualifications with the
Registration Officer.
Registration books will be open
every day except Sundays and holi
days, beginning February 2, 1925, dur
ing the following hours:
Until the Friday next preceding the
first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 o’clock P. M. to 5: Oft
P. M.
On Friday and Saturday next pre
ceding the first Tuesday in April:
From 9:00 o’clock A. M. to 12 noon.
From 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M.
From 7:00 o’clock P. M. to 10:00
o’clock P. M.
That said Registration Books will
be closed for such election at 10:0®
o’clock P. M., Saturday, April 4, 1925.
That said election will be held o*
the first Tuesday in April for the pur
pose of electing Town Officers and
Member of the School Board of the
Seward School District.
The officers of the Town to be elect
ed are as follows:
Mayor.
Three Members of the Seward Com
mon Council.
One Member of the Seward School
Board, a Chairman.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, February
2, 1925.
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
_ Municipal Clerk.