SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
Published Daily Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Selby & Iloben, Proprietors
H. B. Selby, Editor
Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879. _
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QUITE SO! QUITE SO!
(Ketchikan Chronicle).
Commenting upon the departure of >
Col. Landis from Alaska and the stor- j
ies that he was to be relieved as!
manager of the Alaska Railroad, the
(Seattle) Alaska Weekly, published
in Seattle said:
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
in a recent issue gives a typical
Hearst ‘it is rumored story' of
wild parties, etc., discovered by
special investigators. We do not
know much about the class of
work, but we will guarantee to
get any story you want about
any man in Alaska with affida
vits to support it.
That seems rather a broad and
sweeping statement and harsh accusa
tion on Alaska and yet who shall rise
to deny it? It is to be regretted that
the Alaska Weekly is correct, that
there are individuals in the Territory
who are always prepared to take their
pens in their hands or their typewrit
ers on their knees to enlighten the
world with malicious affidavits, in
most cases intended to defame some
official who is consciously trying to
perform a public duty.
One Assistant Postmaster General
a lew years ago, pointing to a heap
of affidavits lying on his desk and
all of them defaming Postmasters of
Alaskan towns remarked that “there
are more affidavit men to the square j
inch in Alaska than there are to the
PORTS OF CALL
Alitak
Auk Bay
Bay View
Big Port Walter
Burnett Inlet
Cape Edwards
Cape Fanshaw
Chatham
Chichagof
Chisik Island
Chomly
Cordova
Crab Bay
Craig
Drier Bay
Dundas
Ellamar
Excursion Inlet
Funter Bay
Gambier Bay
Glacier
Haines^
Hawk Inlet
Heceta
Hidden Inlet
Hood Bay
Hoonah
Horseshoe Bay
Hunters Bay
Hyder
Juneau
Kake
Karheen
Kasaan
Kenai
Ketchikan
Killisnoo
Klawack
Kodiak
Kukak Bay
Lake Bay
Larsen Bay
La Touche
Letinkof Cove
Little Port
Walter
Metlakatla
Noyes Island
Pavlof Harbor
Petersburg
Point Ellis
Point Warde
Port Althorp
Port Armstrong
Port Ashton
Port Beauclerc
Port Benny
Port Conclusion
Port Graham
Port Nellie Juan
Port O’Brien
Port Wells
Pybus Bay
Quadra
Red Bluff Bay
Roe Point
Rose Inlet
Saginaw Bay
Santa Ana
Sawmill Bay
Scow Bay
Seldovia
Seward
Shakan
Shepard Point
Sitka
Skagway
Skowl Arm
Taku Harbor
Tee Harbor
Tenakee
Thum Bay
Todd
Tokeen
Tyee
Unakwik
Union Bay
Uyak
Uzinki
Valdez
Washington Bay
Waterfall
Wrangell
Yakutat
Yes Bay
/
square mile in all the rest of the
United States.”
It is unfortunate that an assistant
to a Cabinet member should be called
on to make such a statement, but
one may readily see how exasperated
he and other high officials might be
come with a constant stream of affi
davits, practically all of them con
taining serious or frivolous accusa
tions. With these flooding info Wash
ington at all times it is no wonder
that the nation’s capital at times
thinks that Alaskans do not know
what they want.
For years there has been hardly
a man nominated ,lor any high of
fice in Alaska that has not been call
ed on to refute a lot of scandalous
matter which gets the writer noth
ing and which does not in the end
injure the party against whom they
are directed.
Fewer affidavit men and more work
ers would be better for the Territory.
The Defaming Affidavit Habit.
The Alaska Weekly, published at
Seattle, recently said that one could
write any story he wished about any
man in Alaska and get affidavits to
support it. The Ketchikan Chronicle,
says the Empire, commenting upon
the statement, declared it to be broad
and sweeping and harsh but correct.
And it is all of them—broad, sweep
ing, harsh and correct.
Why is this? The principal reason
is that Alaska is governed from
Washington instead of being self-gov
erned. People have discovered that
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
the governing officials, situated 4,000'
or more miles away fro the capital
of Alaska, know nothing about the
country, and that one affidavit often
counts for as much as another, so
they fire them in. The remedy is a
full Territorial form of government—
a full Territorial form of government
for. at least, those portions of the
Territory that are sufficiently devel
oped and popuated to maintain one.
The -condition portrayed is one that
deonstrates beyond vacil that long
distance and alien government is not
consonant with efficiency or progress
—that it is not in anywise good for
those, governed.
ODD FELLOWS DANCE
The local lodge will give a dance,
Saturday, Octeber 4th, at the 1. O. O.
F. Hall. Everyone is welcome.
Brunswick Portable Phonographs,
and Records, Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Men’o Second Hand Clothes bought
and sold at Jordans Valet Service.
Phone Madison 103.
CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE 0. K .BARBER
SHOP.
Eaton Crane & Pike Stationery, at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS, HIGH
GRADE CANDY
SALE
12 HATS
YOUR CHOICE
$2.95
ELLSWORTH’S
Classified Advertising
W ANTED—Salesman or woman to
call on private homes, something
new. Good proposition. Average $50
per week. Write O. M. Sinclair,
5018 43rd Ave. S., Seattle, Wash.
FOR SALE—Singer Sewing Machine
in fine condition with all attach
ments, cheap for cash, $25 takes
it; inquire Gateway. tf.
FOR RENT—Flight i«.<m furnished
flat ,with bath. See Dougherty —
Phone Madison 5b.
FOR SALE—Set Bavarian China dish
es, aluminum pans, mixing bowls,
Dutch oven, several sofa pillows,
• few pictures, beautiful fern and
plants. Call afternoon and even
ings, third house north of bridge,
Third avenue. km.
TAILORING
Come In and Get Measured for
a Suit. Guaranteed Fit.
C. HENNING
Seward, Alaska
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
Rough Lumber or
Shiplap
Please Ask for Prices
C. LAROCHELLE, Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1J64
WHEN YOU HAVE REPAIRING TO DO GIVE ME A CALL
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND GAS ENGINES
We Repair Washing Machines and Clean Sewing “Machines and
Repair Guns. Nothing too large or too small
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford's Shop
The reliability of Red Crown Gasoline
and Standard Engine Distillate—uniform
in quality at all of the numerous conve
niently located distributing stations
maintained by Standard Oil Service in
Alaskan waters—is one of the mainstays
of the fishing industry.
“Red Crown” is volatile, starts easily,
and makes possible flexible maneuvering.
Standard Engine Distillate is especially
refined to make possible maximum oper
ating efficiency for marine engines de
signed to use this type of fuel and
operating at slow speeds.
—or on Land
Zerolene low cold-test lubricants and
Red Crown gasoline enable your auto
mobile to deliver the best that’s in it.
Write our office in the Alaska Build
ing, Seattle, or the nearest Standard Oil
Station (shown on the map) for details
concerning Standard Oil Service in
Alaska.
Fuels
Red Crown gasoline
Standard Engine Distillate
Commercial Fuel Oil
Calol Diesel Oil
Lubricants
Zerolene Oils and Greases
Calol Lubricating Oils
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
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LIBERTY THEATRE
:00 O’Gock ONE SHOW 8:00 O’clock
Adults 40c •—ADMISSION— Children, 15c
A FRED NIBEO PRODUCTION
“STRANGERS OF THE NITE
»
“Captain Applejack,” the producer of the "Three Musketeers”
Surpasses all his previous efforts in this brilliantly spectacular
picture of thrilling romance and baffling mystery. The superb
cast is headed by
MOTT MOORE ENID BENNETT
BARBARA LA MARR ROBERT M’KIM
A GREAT PICTURE
A romance of thrilling mystery—Also a Pathe Nt-ws
At the Dance at the A, B. Hall Saturday night, there will b*
&n added attraction. Mr. Galang, the acrobatic performer will
appear on the stage in acrobatic stunts.
DON’T MISS IT! ADMISSION $1.00
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BECK & WHITE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
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COPPER BLOCK HOTEL
VALDEZ,' ALASKA
Steam Heated Rooms; Solid Comfort
HOT BATHS
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
After September thirtieth all lighting current
will be sold THROUGH METERS ONLY, and
all flat rates will be discontinued.
In order to reorganize our accounting sys
tem is will be necesary for us to discontinue
installations of meters on September twenty
fifth and until after October first.
Seward Light and Power Company
Seward
IPlumbing
Company
Sheet Metal, Heat
ing and Roofing
RICHARD AND MORRISON
Tel. Adams 80
1
— FISHER’S -
Where Meals Are Enjoyed
OPEN FROM 6 A. M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT
SEWARD
Phone — Adams 108
CHAS. FISHER, Prop.
ALASKA
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP FOR SAIE
Consisting of cement building, 44x77, one frame
building, two story, now rented. Machinery consists of 4
new lathe 18-inch swing, ten foot bed, shaper, drill press,
and all accessories. Smaller tools include complete out
fit sheet metal tools and plumbing and steamfitting tools;
all in first class shape with good established trade. Ford
agency in connection with large stock of Ford parts.
Good reasons for selling; terms to suit responsible
parties. Address
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP ^
Chas. Lechner, Prop.
SEWARD, ALASKA