SemarchIilyGatcmau
OF SEWARD, ALASKA Established August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
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Entered in the postoffice at Seward, Alaska at
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HOW DO THEY GET THAT WAY?
After years of effort attempting to bring the truth
about Alaska to the attention of the nation and the
world thru whatever influence The Gateway wields,
it is discouraging to have some writer in a national
periodical make derogatory statements about the Terri
either thru ignorance or as part of paid propaganda.
ociuan.c nf can tear uown a .year s worK on our
pai t, for it is a strange fact that the man Outside is
supposed to know all about Alaska and is believed,
while we up here who claim to know something about
the Territory are supposed to be getting off a lot of
blah and are kidding ourselves along, as Stewart Ed
ward White, recently said.
Our particular grievance this time is against Will
Levington Comfort and E. A. Lucas writing in the Sat
urday Evening Post under the title, “The Eyes of the
Ship,*’ in which they quote Capt. F. B. Tracy of Seattle.
He tells about difficulties of navigation up Inside Pas
sage and apparently apropos of nothing says: “The West
Coast Canadian can hardly be blamed for laughing yet
ai the enthusiastic American who proposed continuing
cm to Alaska the Coast Highway that now runs from
Tia Juana to Vancouver City.”
That was printed last October but we just ran
across it and it made us good and sore.
. In place the quotation is brought in along
wuii a discussion of the rugged coast line of British
Columbia m such manner as to lead the reader to be
heve that the proposed International Highwav, or the
Alaska-Pacific Highway, or whatever they are going
to call it, would follow the coast line from Vancouver
to .-daska and thence on to Fairbanks.
That gives the project a black eye right off the reel
*or as the Captain has just said, “From the City of Van
couver up the Strait of Georgia to the head of Vancouv
er Island, a distannp nf 900 miloc i :aa .:i
tu I units
of British Columbia coast line.”
The Captain and the writers leave it to the reader
to picture to himself the utter absurdity of running a
highway up this coast, neglecting entirely to inform
-him that the road goes inland directly from Vancouver
and then takes almost a straight shoot to Fairbanks,
never coming near the sea again.
There are two reasons for this statement. One is
that propaanda has already been let loose against this
project by certain known interests; the second is that
Captain Tracy was talking thru his Fedora or that the
authors deliberately misquoted him.
Whatever the reasons or motives behind such pal
pably misleading stuff it does not lessen our ire or I
..sense of discouragement when we attempt to hurry I
along the consummation of that great highway which’
undoubtedly will hasten the opening up and develop
ment of this Territory.
“Sing a Song of Sixpence” appears to have a his
torical background of reality. In the seventeenth cen
tury an Italian chef introduced into England a recipe
-for making a pie that the birds may be alive in and
:fly out when it is cup up. Nothing is said of what the -
anterior of the pie looked like when the poultry left it
or whether somebody in dutch with the king was com
pelled to eat it. i
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No matter what the size of your order -
you can be sure of shipment on the
first boat if you order from Farrell.
Farrell is your guarantee of First Quality
and Special Grading . . . fine finish stock -
boat building lumber or any other lumber
requirements.
Just write us - or, if you’re in a hurry,
wire your specifications - we do the rest!
FARRELL LUMBERS
Westlake and Prospect
SEATTLE
J
Seward Grill To
Reopen Friday
Since the return of Mel Hoiben
proprieter of the Seward Gri1!,
I from the south a few days ago,
j he has had a corps of decorators
j and others in his popular eat
! ing establishment preparing the j
! large restaurant for the reopen- j
I ing Friday.
j Mr. Hoiben states that George
W. James, who has been with
j him for several seasons, and who
is now enroute from Seattle on:
. the S. S. Yukon, will be night
(manager; Tom Bishop, well known ,
chef of Seattle, arrived with Mr.
i Hoiben on the last steamer, to
i preside over the duties of that
department. In addition to these
mentioned there will be at least
a half-dozen more employes who
! are now being selected from the
! large list of applications.
| As in former years, one of the
i features of the business will be
the Sunday special dinners for
local citizens, a custom which has
met with the popular fancy.
MATCHES LOOM
| Intercity handball matches are
in the offing for Ernest Bortz,
——— «a-iuuau auntae ana *
a star performer on the court, i
and who worked out while here'
while coaching his basketball
: team, intends to have a couple
of doubles begin practicing for
games with local enthusiasts. The !
sooner the better, exclaimed the j
local champ. “Bud” Dyer, and the
i unnerups: age, be they young i
or old, will not be barred.
The fmal intercity scholastic ‘
basketball series of this season j
begins Monday night with the ar
; r*val the rollicking, battling
Anchorage high school lads who j
j will face the Seward high school- 1
| ers.
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
School athletics—3:40 to 5 p. m.
Monday .Tuesday, We inesday
Thursday and Friday.
Men's handball—5 to 7 p. m.
Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday, Friday and Sam-day.
Men’s indoor baseball 7.30 to 10
P- m.. Mondays.
Ladies indoor baseball—7:30 y-j
10 p. m. Thursdays.
Boys basketball—7 ‘ j 3.3;) ,0 rr
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fridays.
Men's basketball—8:30 to 10 p. m
Wednesday and Saturdays
Women’s basketball—a.3d to 10
P- m. Tuesday and Fridays.
SEWARD ATHLETIC CLUB
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J. L. MIDGETS WON
The Jesse Lee Midgets hung it
on the Seward Midgets basket- j
ball team last night by a healthy ! 1
score far surpassing the locals j .
in general team-work and al- j !
round playing. The little fellows j 1
on hte Home team handle thejp- ' j
selves like veterans and show a j
natural inclination toward the 4
game. j 1
W. T. White, animal husband
man, Department of Agriculture,
left today for Matanuska.
CLEANLINESS) and the best ol
meats our motto. Fry-Bruhn's.
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Seward Chapter No. 10,
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the second
and fourth Monday's
of each month in
Odd Fellows’ Hall, at
8 p.m. Visiting mem
bers always welcome:
Mrs. Emma Banbury. W.
M.; Mrs. Martine Johan
sen, Secretary.
Spuaril I.odt'p No 142.t. I..
O. O. M. Meets
every first and
third Frid ays
each month at
8 p.m. at I. O.
O. F. Hall- All
welcome. Peter
M. Anderson, Director. M.
A. Horner, Secretary.
Pioneers of Alaska—Igloo
No. 9
Cal ML Brosius, Secretary
and Treasurer.
Seward Rebekah Lodge No.
6-A I. O. O. F.
Meets the first
and third mon
days each month
in I. O. O. F. Hall
at 8 p m. Visiting
members are always wel
come. Margarete Lech
ner, N. G.; Ludvig Larson,
Secretary.
Ressurection Lodge No. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hal!. Visiting brothers wel
come. Frank Cooper, N.
G.. Ludwig Larsson Sec.
Seward Lodge No. 219. T
and A. M.
Jt Stated communications
first and third Tuesdays
each month. Visiting bre
thern welcome. Elwyn
Swetmann, W. M.; Mar
tin Banbury, Secretary.
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LIBERTY THEATER J
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\ EVELYN BRENT - GARY COOPER
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I in the great drama of France and Algiers
■ “Beau Sabreur” .
• THIS IS A SEQUEL AND CONNECTING STORY |
W IIII THE GREAT FEATURE WE HAD TWO |
1 WEEKS AGO “11EAU GESTE" IT IS A FAS- I
INA TING TALE OF THE FA MOUS REGIMENT |
—FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION— J
The feature is staged in Algiers and the Sahara Desert I
With it we will show a fine Fox News and Educational f
VAN GILDER HOTEL
Hot and Cold 'Water in Every Room
Steam Heat
J. S. BADGER
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
Next Sailing of Steamer Starr out of Seward
MARCH 10th
Chas, A- Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
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California and
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Panama Pacific
Line. Ask for
details.
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SERVING ALASKA
Vessel Sails Arrives* South
from in from
SeattU Seward Seward
Evans Mar. 12 r.Iar. 19 Mar. 24
Watson Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Mar. 31
Evans Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 14
Watson Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 21
Evans Apr. 23 Apr. 30 May 5
Passenger acrnmroodauone an all
Admiral Lina vessels Save be*n com
§ lately and materially improved. Yen
wlU find them very attractive and
comfortable.
Wayne Blue, seward Agent
ADMIRAL LIME
LARGEST
FLEET
Vessel Leave Seattle
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Leave Seward
Feb. 22. Mar. 1.
Mar. 1. Mar. 8.
Mar. 8. Mar. 15.
_ Mar. 15. Mar. 22.
Mar. 22. Mar. 29.
Agent—J. II Flickinger. Phone Main 125