SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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FIRE WARNING
The 1925 forest fire season has ar
rived. Even at this early date fire
in the woods are occurring. The dan
ger will increase with the lengthening
dry season. The U. S. Forest Ser
vice employees urge every one to be
careful with fire in the woods, and
this refers to campers and smokers,
particularly to smokers of cigarettes.
They thoroly approve of those in the
wroods of using chewing tobacco.
The Forest Service agents are mak
ing an extreme effort to keep fire out
of the Sew’ard District. The part
has not yet been scared with fire. An
increase of equipment will be in use
and more men will be on patrol. How
ever these will be of little avail if the
citizens let up in carefulness, inter
est and help.
In case a fire is found by some
Sew’ardite, please report the fire from
the nearest telephone to the nearest
forest Officer. The district ranger
and all guards have telephones. Cen
tral will connect you. If these men
are not available at once, report the
fire to Harry Ellsworth, Joe Badger
or Ralph Reed. These men will be in
a position to act.
Prevent forest fires, it will pay Sew
ard.
TELEPHONE BOY HERO
On the roll of youthful heroes the
name of Johnny Maoris, 15-year-old
switchboard operator, of the Engle
wood, N. J., hospital deserves a high
place, his intelligent and brave action
having materially aided in saving 110
patients from the burning building
without the loss of a single life.
When the hospital caught fire, John
ny stuck to his switch board calling
fire apparatus and warning the vari
ous sick W’ards until he fell unconsci
ous, overcome by smoke, afterward
being carried to safety.
Doctors, nurses, policemen, firemen
and nearby residents worked desper
ately to save the lives of the inmates
including 20 newly born babies.
Six of the rescuers were severely
hurt during the process of the fire,
and that there was no loss of life is
declared to have been truly remark
able.
The subperb courage of Johnny Mar
cris illustrates the fact that many an
obscure person is a potential hero,
capable of responding nobly to a su
preme emergency.
AUTHOR JOKED QUEEN
Not everyone might dare to play a
joke on a queen, but professor Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson, of England, did,
the victim of his jest being none other
than the late Queen Victoria.
The learned professor was one of
the ablest mathematicians of his day
and the author of numerous text books
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besides being the writer of fascinat
ing stories, of which "Alice in Won- i
derland,” is the most famous. 1
It is related that Queen Victoria was
greatly pleased with "Alice” and on
a personal meeting with the professor (
she complimented him highly and ask- <
ed him to send her copies of all his
books.
Complying with her request sent :
her his "Formulae of Plane Trignom- ,
etry” and several other volumes rep
resenting his mathematical labors.
Whether the good queen enjoyed
these as much as she did “Alice in
Wonderland,” is not recorded.
Professor Dodgson was one of the
many scientific men who have from
time to time devoted attention to fic
tional literature and while his profes
sional attainments were known with
in a limited circle, his charming stor
ies, written under the pen name of
Lewis Carroll, gave him world wide
fame.
HENS MAKING RECORD
An especially interesting national
egg-laying demonstration has been in
progress during the past six months
under the auspices of the Alabama ag
ricultural college, of which J. E. Ivey,
is state poultry specialist.
While a majority of the hens con
testing are owned in Alabama, those
of other states are well represented in
the competition, which embraces sev
eral of the best known laying breeds.
Records are kept of individual hens,
as well as groups or pens.
As this is written a Barred Rock
hen owned by Mrs. D. T. Tatum, of
LaFayette, Ala., holds the individual
record, having laid 136 eggs and miss
ing only 18 since last November. Two
Rhode Island Reds owned in Birming
ham are tied for second place, with
130 eggs each.
One week recently a pen of ten
Barred Rock hens at Jasper, Ala., pro*,
duced G4 eggs out of a possible 70 in
the seven days, showing that they do
not observe any Sunday "blue laws.”
This competition is demonstrating
the value of raising pure-bred fowls
and is stimulating great interest with
poultrymen and farmers of many of
the states. The time is rapidly ap
proaching when the scrub breeds of
chickens and other poultry will find
no place on the modern farm.
In every department of live stock
the same tendency to better sires and
more scientific management is in evi
dence. It is a most encouraging sign
of the farmers’ awakening to the nec
essity for advanced methods in the
conduct of his business.
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PROHIBITION MUDDLE
Recent investigations by Senator
Couzens’ committee have disclosed
serious discord among officials who
are supposed to enforce the Volstead
Act.
In the testimony before the commit
tee, that of Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt,
assistant attorney general in charge
of prohibition enforcement, was al
most sensational.
Summed up briefly she charged lack
of cooperation on the part of the Treas
ury Department and states that al
though it had $26,000,000 available for
enforcement purposes, many necessary
activities had been neglected and that
her department had been forced to
spend its own funds for expenses that
should have been taken care of by the
treasury branch.
She also declared that evidence
which would have aided her in crimi
nal prosecutions was withheld by the
Treasury officials, notably in the case
of Fleischmann, involving 434,000 gal
lons of liquor.
Mrs. Willebrandt at the same time
took occasion to condemn federal
judges, district attorneys and others
of her own department for laxity in
the performance of their duties. She
said that the little bootlegger was be
ing given more attention that the
wholesaler and the man higher up.
Much disloyalty and grafting among
enforcement agents was also disclos
ed during the investigation, said to b#
due to the appointment of political
favorites instead of applying civil ser
vice rules and making more searching
inquiries into the character of appli
cants.
From all the evidence presented it
appears that the prohibition enforce
ments machinery is sadly in need of
overhauling, which is now said to be
in progress.
A very foolish habit is that of exag
geration. We have warned our read
ers against it} about a million times.
Getting married is like buying a
lecond-hand car. The first cost is
legligible but the upkeep is fierce.
It is proposed to charge passengers
>n transAtlantic airships by the pound
so reduce and save money.
An enormous overproduction of dia
nonds is reported, but we haven’t no
iced any of them in a ten cent store.
The principal indoor diversion of
British society seems to be that of
picking prospective brides for the
Prince of Wales.
A Colorado Springs man who adver
tised to trade a B-flat cornet for a
shotgun had probably received an ano
aymous warning.
Birthday celebration as recorded by an
exchange: “Elly Marie Larsen in cel
ebrating her birthday last Friday pur
chased all day suckers for the third
grade.”
The Topeka Capital carries a divorce
notice in the case of Barrett Quarrels
vs Lotta Quarrels. We assume that
Lotta picked a lot o’ quarrels and Bar
rett couldn’t bear it.
Even if the horse becomes extinct
he has been immortalized by Rosa
Bonheur and Billy DeBeck.
As a topic for discussion and sta
tistics no one can deny that prohibi
tion is a success.
Have Yon a Bad Back?
Then the Advice of a Resident of
This Locality Will Interest You
Does your back ache night and day?
Hinder work; destroy your rest?
Are you tortured with stabbing pains
When you stoop, lift or bend?
Then likely your kidneys are weak.
More troubles' may soon appear.
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness;
Or uric acid and its ills.
Help your weakened kidneys with a
stimulant diuretic.
Use Dona’s Pills.
Read this interesting testimony:
Mrs. Albert Selhaver, 1114, W.
North St., Bellingham, Wash., says:
“I was all run down and suffered from
kidney disorder. I had terrible pains
in the small of my back and I could
n’t get up without help. At times
when I got down I was unable to
move. My kidneys acted too often
and my feet bloated so badly that I
couldn’t wear my shoes. Doan’s
Pills cured me of the attack and
made my kidneys welL The bloat
ing went down, too.”
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Foreigners should not judge our
language by hearing train and radio
announcers.
Turks may now give the Christians
a rest, while they knock the whey out
of the Kurds.
Two Brooklyn men traded wives and
now each thinks the other is a swind
ler.
One difference is that the old-time
flapper took her necking-parties seri
ously.
It appears that the supply of gossip
never exceeds the demand.
An up-to-date Pittsburg mausoleum
is provided with a fire escape.
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