SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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MORE TAXES ON CITIZENS
The Gateway, as it has stated from
time to time, is absolutely against any
increase of taxes. Rather it believ
es that expenses should be cut, so
that the languishing industries of the
Territory may thrive. There are so
many remedial questions to be ad
justed by the legislature that it can
well afford to overlook the question
of taxes. The Territory needs a
weights and measures inspector, it
needs a pure food law to prevent
shipments of spoiled canned goods
to the Territory, it needs a Terri
torial constabulary to patrol the back
districts and render aid to miners
and prospectors, as well as travelers
on the trail. It needs a law pre
venting aliens from bringing and car
rying arms in the Territory, killing
game promiscuously out of season,
it needs a law providing that insane
persons brought to the Territory by
the canneries, should be taken back
to the port from which they embark
ed by the cannery companies, instead
of being thrown on the Territory, to
be charged to Alaska as part of her
insane. It needs many laws, and
lower taxes. It needs a repeal of
the sales tax, which is wrong.
Remedial legislation is welcome but j
any act tending to make conditions!
harder for Alaskans should be frown- j
ed upon by the voters.
ANOTHER GOOD LAW
The bill proposed by Senator An
thony J. Dimond providing for trial
by jury of eases involving contempt
of court, like a majority of Sena
tor Dimond’s bills, is one which
should meet with the approval of
every citizen of the Territory. For
many years judges have abrogated
unto themselves the right to set the
penalty for contempt, giving them
the right to decide cases in which
they themselves are involved, and
which can result only in one verdict,
that of “guilty.”
t he Gateway is not accusing any
judge of using this power unjustly,
for many times when they could
have exercised it, they have temper
ed justice with mercy, and allowed
the offender to go, without even an
admonition to sin no more. But the
principle of the thing is so abhorrent
to American ideas of justice that it
should be changed.
Another law that should be chang
ed as it is unconstitutional, is the
refusal to give prisoners trial be
fore city magistrates the r.ght to
trial by jury. In this case also the
principle is abused and should be
changed in order to give the acused
the right to trial by his peers.
Senator Dimond is making a good
record in the legislature. Every bill
introduced by him up to the present
time tends to alleviare conditions in
stead of making them more burden
some. None of his bills have in
creased taxes, nor have they penal
zed any industry. For good level
headed horse sense, tempered with
judicial learning, our . Third division
senator stands supreme.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
KETCHIKAN, April 3.—Halibut 10,
and 5 cents; salmon. 17 and 1--2. 12
1-4 and 10 cents.
J. A. Magill of Anchorage, returned
on the Watson from a round trip to
the westward.
TAX ON MINING
PROPOSED BY
LEGISLATURE
(Special to The Gateway)
JUNEAU, Alaska, April 3.—Carry
ing provisions for a one per cent tax
on outputs $10,000 to $500,000, and 2
per cent on mining incomes exceed
ing $500,000, and a case tax of 15
cents per case on reds, kings and
sockeye salmgn, with $300 for fish
trap licenses. Representative Ross,
chairman of the Ways and Means com
mittee published a tentative revenue
of (he measure. Other changes from
1 the 1923 law are, a uniform profes
sional license of $10; all non-hire au
tomobiles, $10; automobiles for hire,
$15; and a repeal of the tax on all
kinds of trucks. The proposed mea
i sure also provides that no taxes of
j any kind may be levied on automo
j biles by any municipality.
The graduated tax schedule which is
involved in a suit to be heard by the
i
; Supreme Court is retained in the bill.
Tlrere are no other changes from the
1923 bill. Hearings are expected to
continue for ten days.
! The House Judiciary Committee
j unanimously reported against the pas
I sage of Paul's measure throwing open
j the Territorial pension system to In
| dian mothers, and recommended the
Sheldon resolution endorsing the ap
pointment' of George A. Parks for gov
ernor, with Ross signing as not con
[ curving.
Senator Dimond introduced a mea
| sure in the Senate providing for trial
| by jury of cases involving contempt
, of court where the contempt is not
j committed in the presence of the court
or so nearby that it impedes the ad
ministration of justice, where such
contempt charges also constitute a
criminal offense.
Senator Dimond also introduced a
bill reducing the eagle bounty to 50
cents.
Senator Pratt introduced a bill
amending the sales profit tax of 1919,
by exempting ten per cent of the
yearly profit on an original invest
ment from taxation and requiring a
certified report on all sales in excess
of SI,000,
Moody, Nylen, Sherman, Grant, of
the House and Pratt, Dimond and
Dunn of the Senate will leave Friday
noon for Sitka on a biennial inspec
tion of the Pioneers’ Home.
TRICK VOTING CHECKMATED
MONTEVIDEO, April 3.—Uruguay
believes it has put an end to frau
dulent voting for public officers, a
practice that flourished exceeding
ly and with many ingenious evasions
in previous elections.
At the recent polling for national
senator each voter had to present an
elaborate card bearing his number
name and surname and other name by
which he was known, his signature,
his photograph and his finger print.
AVIATION IN AUSTRIA
REPORTS GOOD YEAR
VIENNA, April 3.—Aviation in
Austria experienced considerable de
velopment in the past year. The
number of flights recorded on the
routes out of Vienna increased thirty
per cent. The carriage of passen
gers showed a like increase, while
the transportation of goods doubled.
The distance flown by the various
companies last year over Austrian
territory was equivalent to 14 times
around the world.
The opening up of new routes,
namely Vienna-Berlin, Vienna-Carcow,
and Vienne-Trieste, are in contem
plation.
Eastman Kodaks ana supplies at
the Alaska Shop. tf
NOTICE
I wish to inform my patrons that
[ have just received a modern dry
cleaning Machine which enables me
to offer you far better service than
ever before. Please note the differ
ence in the appearance of your gar
ments after they have been clean
ed by this Machine.
JORDAN’S VALET SERVICE
Remington Portable Typewriters at
Alaska Shop. tf
My Made to Measure Suits always
satisfy in fit, workmanship and qual
ity. Jordan’s Valet Service. tf _
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BAR DEMPSEY IN
MANHATTAN RING
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BUT HE CANNOT BE SUSPENDED
IF HE TELLS BOARD TO MIND
IT'S OWN BUSINESS BECAUSE
HAS NO NEW YORK LICENSE
NEW YORK. April 3.—The latest
development in the scrambled heavy
weight situation brings about the
question of what will the commission
do about it if Dempsey virtually tells
that body to mind its own business.
The commission cannot suspend
Dempsey bceause he has no license in
New York. It can only keep him
from fighting in New York by refus
ing to grant him a license unless he
signs to fight Wills or by calling upon
the commission of other states to
back it up in its effort to force the
champion to live up to the interna
tional rules.
Some kind of action will be taken
by the commission at its regular
meeting when it would ' be no sur
prise if the commission should point
out to Wills that Dempsey had pass
ed him up and if he wants to make
any money this summer he would
do well to accept one of several of
fers that are ready to be made for a
fight with Tom Gibbons.
Elmyra Carlisle, 17, of Cincinnati,
who is deaf, dumb and blind, has a
brain development which is most re
markable, said to be compared with
that of Helen Keller. She is being
educated at Clovernook Home, near
her native city.
Chief of Police O’Brien of San
Francisco states that no Boy Scout
has ever committed an offense to
cause arrest since the movement was
started in that city.
i Join the Chamber of Commerce.
SECRET OF FRESH BREAD
ENRICHES SWISS BAKER
j PULLY, Switzerland, Apr. 3.—Jean
Matti, a local baker has been paid
handsomely by an English milling
company for his discovery how to
keep bread from becoming stale. Mat
ti, however, before he concluded the
sale, stipulated that he be allowed
to supply the Swiss army with bread
prepared according to his process.
CAN USE A TOW MORE CUS
TOMERS AT THE 0. K .BARBER
SHOP.
FRYE
BRUHN
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Delicious Hams and Bacon,
Wild Rose Lard, Mayflower
Butter and Eggs, Steer Beef,
Fancy Lambs, Select Poultry
always on hand.
SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK
Steer Pot Roast, per lb.... .20
Pure Lard, per lb.. .20
Pioneer Butchers of Alaska, Whole
sale and Retail, Phone 94.
H. L. McGHIE, Mgr.
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jj THE 7-REEL FEATURE
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I Fools !
§j WILLIAM CRANE, ALEX FRANCIS, AND m ‘
gf CLAUDE GILLINGWATER, as the Three. i§
jj ELEANOR BOARDMAN
f§= has the leading woman’s part.
=f This is a combination picture having romance,
§j§ adventure and detective work throughout.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND GOOD
And a Fable reel—VOD-A-VIL
An Educational Reel
LIQUID LAVA
AIRPLANES AID RANCHERS
TO INSPECT GRAZING HERD
BUENOS AIRES, April 3.—Some of
the ranches of the Argentine pam
pas are so large that it takes an all
day trip on horseback for the owner
to ride from one boundary to an
other or visit a neighbor.
But several of these ranch owners
no longer need to take these rides,
for they are riding now on the wings
of the wind, having purchased air
planes to take them where they wish
to go.
One ranch is equipped with a hang
ar containing three airplanes, one for
the owner, and one each for his two
sons. They use them not only to
fly around the ranch to inspect their
herds of cattle, but into Buenos Aires
where they have a town house. They
do not worry about landing plaee>
for the pampas is as level as a bil
liard table. A dozen private aii -
planes are thus in use on the pam
pas, according to Ricard Aldao, pres
ident of the Argentine Aero Club and
other ranches soon will be similar
ly equipped.
Eamon de Valera, once a populai
Irish hero and “president” of a sell- ^
constituted republic, had rotten egg.
hurled at him when he tried to makt
a politcal speech against the present
Free State government a few days
ago. Eamon lost out by failing to
sense the opportune moment for get^
ting on the band wagon.
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