SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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MRS. CHAPLINS CASE
The operation of our immigration
lanv presents a case of human in
terest in the plight of Mrs. Hannah
Chaplin, mother of the famed film
comedian, Charlie Chaplin, and his
brother, Sydney.
Left alone in England when her
sons sought sfage honors and wealth
in America, Mrs. Chaplin’s mind be
came affected and it was arranged
for her to visit her boys in Califor
nia. But because she is an alien with
mental infirmities the law does not
permit her to remain here.
In spite of her son’s wealth and
willingness to provide for her, she
must go back to England. There
seems to 'be no provision in the law
for making an exception in such a
case.
The authorities have granted per
mission fo a limited extension of her
“visit,” but as matters now stand she
must leave the country within a few
months.
It is probably difficult to permit
exceptions to the law- to be made
without leading to abuses, but it does
seem that there might be found a
wav to permit Mrs. Chaplin to re
main. Perhaps the immigration au
thorities may continue to grant her
“extensions” indefinitely.
STARTING A BUSINESS
Business failures are due to many
causes, including lack of experience,
bad management, insufficient capi
tal, ineptitude for business and
others.
Perhaps the most common reason
for failure, however, is the starting
of a business in a field that can not
reasonably be expected to support it,
or in one that is already overcrowd
ed.
In a recent pamphlet issued by
the Department of Commerce this
fact is pointed out and a thorough
survey of the prospective field is
recommended before embarking up
on a new enterprise. It says:
“In planning to enter a new field,
the retailer may find that by care
ful analysis, his prospective market
does not reflect such favorable cir
cumstances as a cursory examination
appeared to reveal. He may be
saved from embarking upon the en
treprise, thus preventing subsequent
failure and much loss to society of
wasted effort and capital.”
The time when anybody could
start any kind of a business almost
anywhere and make it a success is
past, if in fact, such a time ever
was. Modern business is highly com
petitive and requires better training
than ever before. While optimism in
moderation is a desirable trait, car
ried to the extreme it has perhaps
• wrecked more business ventures than
any other one mistake.
There is a limit to the number of
business concerns any community
will support and -when that limit has
been passed someone is due to “go
broke.”
THE MAUD’S RETURN
In marked contrast with her de
parture for the Arctic three years
ago, when bandss played and de
stroyers accompanied her to sea, the
brave ship Maud crep silently back
into Seattle harbor a few weeks
ago with none to bid her welcome
home.
The Maud, sent by Roald Amund
sen in an attempt to drift across the
Arctic basin to the North Pole, was
allowed to be caught in the ice pact
and drifted with it for many months
but failed to reach the high latitude
hoped for and was finally forced tc
return. Amundsen became involv
ed in financial difficulties and nov
the ship is to be sold to satisfy his
creditors.
The crew of the Maud were a de.
jected and weary lot after three
years amidst the Arctic ice. The}
had been on a great adventure thal
failed to reach its main objective.
But they had given the best that
was in them in the interest ol
science and secured much valuable
data, for wihich they deserved a warm
welcome and unstinted praise.
Indoor Baseball Game
Tonite At Gymnasium
Tonight at the Seward Athletic
club building the second game of the
regular series of indoor baseball
games will be played off. The oppos
ing teams will be the Goofs vs. the
Scrubs. The Goofs went down tc
defeat last Tuesday evening, in the
initial clash and it is fully expected
that tonight the Goofs will endeavor
to romp home in front.
Ptarmigan Troop No. 1, Boy Scots,
will meet Friday night at 7:30 o’
clock, at their regular weekly busi
ness meet.
Lieut. Bert Bryan Is
Transferred To Fort
McPherson, Georgia
Lieut. Bert N. Bryan of the Infan
try, U. S. Army, left Seward Sunday
en route to Seattle, after rounding
out two years of service at the Anch
oage army post. Lieut. Bryan has
received orders of transfer to Fort
McPherson, Ga.
The move from Anchorage to Fort
McPherson is one of the longest
move that an American army offi
cer can make, apart from travel to
the Philippines. From thelnlet post
to the Georgia post, Lieut. Bryan
will travel a distance of about 8,000
miles, sailing from San Francisco by
transport via Panama to New York
and from there to Fort McPherson.
Before reporting at his neiw post
the Lieutenant will spend a three
months’ furlough at his former home
in Georgia.
Lieut. Bryan is one of the few of
ficers who has arrived in Aalska sin
gle and, following the conclusion of
their Northern assignment, left a
bachelor. While stationed at the
Anchorage post, the Lieutenant be
came quite an efficient dog team
driver, owning his own team. He
learned to become one of the best
snowshoe and ski men among the
officers and also stands high as a
hunter of big game, having gone in
to the wilds on numerous occasions.
Specialists report the rejuvenation
of an infant who slept continuously
for a year by treatment with solar
rays.
the result of
complete vaporization
It isn’t gasoline that explodes in
the cylinder and makes power.
It’s gas—air, mixed in the carbure
tor with gasoline to form vapor.
Red Crown gasoline vaporizes
completely. It forms a homoge
neous mixture with 12 to 16 times
its volume of air. That mixture
explodes cleanly and powerfully,
leaving comparatively little car
bon residue on valves, spark plugs
and cylinder walls.
That’s why you get better mile
age out of “Red Crown”—and a
cleaner, sweeter-running engine.
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(California)
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This fiery actress is at her best in this
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And there is also a side-splitting 2-reel comedy
SAVAGE LOVE
DON’T MISS THIS FINE PROGRAM
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Mrs. Florence Sullivan, who has
been employed for the past two
years at the Anchorage hospital in
the capacity of professional nurse,
left Seward Sunday on the Alaska
for Wrangell where her husband is
now located.
A new telescope being made in En
gland has a 41-inch lens
Cash Is King, Says
Dog Trader To Man
Who Gave Dog Away
Horse trading is a rarity in the
North but frequently the little
“steeds of the North,” dogs, feature
in the trading market. The latest
of these business transactions took
place in Seward the other day.
Tom Selby, of the Gateway staff,
traded a fine English setter to Leon
Urbach, local clothier, for a pair of
wool socks. After fattening the dog
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up for two months, Mr. Urbach gave
the dog for a young fry to Captain
Horton. Saturday, the news trickled
in that Captain Horton had disposed
of the dog to a party residing at
Porcupine City for the sum of $20.
Cash is king, states “Cap” Horton.
Mr. Urbach has nothing to say, and
the original owner says, “He’ll come
back!”
Among the articles sold by the
late Henry Stevens of London, during
50 years as an auctioneer was a silk
undervest worn on the scaffold by
Charles I., the silk hat worn by Paul
Kruger, eggs of the great auk, the
skull of a South American Indian
and other gruesome relics.
Giving an amateur sword swollow
ing exhibition, Jack Hill of Edge
field, O., got the blade dawn all right
but it required the aid of a surgeon
to get it np again.
Bunch of keys on six-sided ring. If
found please return to Gateway.
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| SEE THE INTERIOR
[ THE GOLDEN BELT
ii To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
= ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and
E to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
E cerning all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the
E Northland are urged to visit
| ALASKA'S “GOLDEN HEART"
= Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
E “Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm,' An
E chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt'. Me
E kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fairbanks, hold
£ much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
E and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
E good things that Alaska has to offer.
E For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other in
£ formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
£ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
| The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks
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