SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
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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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IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
That the fate of the government
railroad is in the lap of the gods is
evidenced by the frantic efforts be
ing made by many Alaskans to teai
down the organization. No* sooner
does a man get fairly established in
the manaferical chair than some citi
zens who imagines he is not getting
a square deal forwards charges
against the management to Washing
ton, and instead of Secretary Work
throwing them in the waste basket,
immediately a new train of investiga
tion is started and pussy-footed
sleuths start for the Noi'thland.
The recent fiasco on the part of the
Interior d^rartent has wrecked what
ever chance the railroad has of pay
ing expenses, and placed its develop
ment back at least ten years. It is
impossible to get a man to take
charge of the railroad who has any
mentality of independence for the
reason that he is rode standing up
from the time he takes his seat, and
despite the puerile charges against
his management, the busy depart
ment heeds the hecklers.
Unless the Serretary gets wise to
the average Alaskan's proneness to
criticism and plays no attention to
carping critics it will never get any
where. In fact it were better for
the road to be turned over to pri
vate interests, as it would be run eco
nomically .and efficiently, altho at a
higher cost to our citizens. Any man
placed at the head of the Alaska
Railroad must be left unhampered
and free to cut payrolls and increase
efficiency. He must be manager in
fact as well as in name. It is hoped
that the petty squabbles now tearing
down the morale of the system can
be adjusted and adjusted quickly for
the good of the territory. Truly,
government ownership is proving a
joke to the people.
The governors of several states
have refused to issue proclamations
calling on their citizens to observe
Defense Day, stating that they do
not approve of a military movement
at this time. In fact, they could
have gone further and declared they
were pacifists and have never ap
proved of military movements. Pei’
sonally we believe a nation that is
prepared for war is thrice aimed,
and that preparedness will avert war
instead of bringing it in. Those of
us who remember the old days when
every citizen was a walking arsenal
know that they were the best days
the nation will ever see.
HAM AND OSTRICH EGGS
SERVED IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 3.—
“Ham and eggs—and make it os
trich egg s.”
When Richard F. Hodgins, Kansas
City business man, gave this order
in a Los Angeles hotel he took the
waiter by surprise, but the hotel
manager dispatched messengers to a
nearby ostrich farm and soon Mr.
Hodgins was enjoying his favorite
fruit.
A cleavor was used to open the
ostrich egg, which was large enough
for Mr. Hodgins and a breakfast
party of five friends.
New Fall Suit. Samples at Urbach’s.
Del Monte Club
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies,
Fresh Fruits, Soft Drinks
EP.SC NELSON, P-oor.
SEWARD. ALASKA
TO NUKA BAY GOLD FIELDS
GAS BOAT MAY
$50 PER TRIP PER LOAD
Plying between Seward and Nu
ka Bay, carrying freight and
passengers. Will carry one to
four persons and outfits.
CHARLES EMSWILER
SEWARD, ALASKA
Coolidge Makes Sitka
Cemetery Military Area
(Juneau Empire)
Under an executive order, signed
by President Coolidge, on June 12,
last, the old marine cemetery at Sit
ka has been made a national ceme
tery, according to advices received by
Col. James G. Steese, President of
the Alaska Road Commission, which
will have administrative charge of it.
Peter Trierschield has been appoint
ed caretaker.
Neglected for many years, over
run with a tangle of weeds, brush
and small trees, the cemetery pre
sented a sorry appearance until
about two years ago, when the Sitka
post of the American Legion ini
tiated a movement to have it prop
erly cared for. It brought the mat
ter to the attention of Gov. Scott C.
Bone and through him secured an
allotment from the Navy department
for having it cleaned up. This mon
ey was supplemented by individual
effort. Later it was made a national
monument and a road was opened to
it with Territorial funds and an al
lotment by the Alaska Road Com
mission.
Early in 1923, Col. Steese urged
the Quartermaster General of the
ArAmy to have it made a military
cemetery in order that funds for
proper maintenance would become
available every year without the
necessity of calling on Congress for
special legislation. Owing to the con
fusion existing as to the department
having control of the area some de
lay was encountered. Finally the
tangle was straightened out and the
executive order of June 12, 1924,
definitely sets it apart as a national
cemetery and places it under t he
jurisdiction of the Army Quarter
master Department. A letter just
received by Col. Steese places it
under the control of the Alaska Road
Commission.
Since the order became effective
the bodies of seven soldiers, buried
originally at Ft. Liseum, near Valdez
have been removed from there and
re-intered in the Sitka cemetery.
In the future, instead of burying
soldiers in cemeteries scattered about
the Territory, they will be interred
in the Sitka burying ground, un
less otherwise specified by their
relatives.
BROWN UPHELD PROPERTY
ON LITTLE CREEK
OLYMPIA, Sept. 3.—The largest
preme court of the state of Wash
ington upheld the superior court in
denying the rights of J. Teeter to
claim number one, below discovery
on Little creek, Nome district. The
ruling states that the contest is “un
questionably state,” because eighteen
years ago the claim was worked by
J. C. Brown, after a number of
agreements, including one between
he and Teeter. Mrs. Laura England
made a settlement with Brown. Tee
ter went to California to live and la
ter opened suit when he learned that
in 1919 the claim yielded over $1
000,000.
Eastman Kodak Agency, Schaller
er’s Alaska Shop. tf.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS, HIGH
GRADE CANDY
A PROCLAMATION
To each and al! to whom these
presents shall come, Greeting:
Upon September 12, 1924, all
citizens are called upon and re
quested to participate in the ob
servance of DEFENSE TEST DAY.
The way to secure peace is to
prevent war.
In Alaska, proper observance
of the day is for the greater part,
limited to patriotic demonstrations
and public ceremonies.
Let us lay aside our daily pur
suits and consider the present
state of our security.
Let us renew our pledge of al
legiance to the United States of
America. The nation of which we
are a part, the Nation to which
we owe loyalty and service—and
to the Nation which has so hon
orably continued to endow and be
stow upon us the Blessings of Lib
erty.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, Sep
tember 2, 1924.
L. V. RAY,
Mayor of Seward.
Approved:
SCOTT C. BONE,
Governof of Alaska.
Union Labor Cannot
Deliver Workers’ Votes
Past History Shows
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—|
Leaders of the two old parties in the
capitol today expressed neither sur
prise nor concern over the indorse
ment of the LaFollette-Wheeler tick
et by the convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. They say
the action was both expected and dis
counted.
The old line politicians take the
position that the labor leaders are
not able to deter the labor vote and
that members of the unions all over
the country will vote according to
their regular party affiliations or ac
cording to their -personal inclination.
They say this always has been the
case in the past and there is no rea
Rapids Road House
138 MI.’S FROM FAIRBANKS
where the tourists meet for car
ibou and sheep.
Excellent Meals and Clean Beds.
RATES—$2.00 per meal.
Beds $1.00.
CHAS. NEVELIUS, Prop.
Mrs. V. Corning, Mgr.
Stock of Shoes
JUST ARRIVED—SELECT
YOURS NOW
Also just received our new
FALL HATS
ELLSWORTH’S
Boat Service
Come to Lake Kenai for your
Moose Hunt, camping outfits
for rent. Write or telephone
reservations to
Howard Long
LAKEVIEW, ALASKA
COPPER BLOCK HOTEL
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Steam Heated Rooms; Solid Comfort
HOT BATHS
Bakery FISHER'Sc,te
Where Meals Are Enjoyed
OPEN,DAY AND NIGHT
Phone — Adams 108
SEWARD CHAS. FISHER, Trap. ALASKA
son to look for a reversal of the usu
al order this year.
Republicans recalled the fact that
a number of the most prominent
labor leaders of the country came
out for the democratic ticket in 1920.
Yet every labor center in the coun
try rolled up a huge majority for
Harding and Coolidge. Labor was
told at that time that the “inter
ests” behind Harding and Coolidge
meant using the bayonet and the
injunction in any labor disputed
that might arise . Coolidge was just
out .of the police strike at Boston
and had been re-elected governor
of Massachusetts on what his fol
lowers called “a law and order’1
platform, but which the unions in
terpreted as an anti-labor declara
tion. Governor J. Cox, of Ohio, the
democratic presidential candidate
had been declared fair to labor at
all times. He had refused to call
out the malitia in labor disputes.
. Fresh cigars and tobaccos at Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Monarch Mailable Ranges at Graefs.
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Keen Reductions on
SWEATERS
Ladies’ and Children’s
DRESSES—
-at
BANBURY & OGLE
SKAGWAY HOUSE
Mrs. F. Reenstrom
ROOMS BY THE DAY, WEEK
OR MONTH
Fresh Milk, Cream,
and all Dairy
Products
Our Motto: “The Best”
SEWARD DAIRY
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
TAILORING
Come In and Get Measured for
a Suit, guaranteed Fit.
C. HENNING
Seward, Alaska
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
LIBERTY THEATRE
Adults ^Oc —ADMISSION— Children, 15c
8:00 O’Clock ONE SHOW 8:00 O’clock
One of the greatest melodramas ever produced,
“The Little Church
Around the Corner"
And played by one of the greatest casts.
Also a knock-out two rel comedy,
“KICK OUT"
AND A LATE PAT HE NEWS
Tomorrow—An exceptionally good coinedv
dramas, “Daddies.”
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CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Seward Chapter No. 10
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
SEWARD REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F„
Meets 1st and 3rd
Mondays of Each Mo.
8:0 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
MRS. A. H. THODAY, N. G.
SEWARD LODGE NO.
219, F. & A. M.
Stated Communica
tions 1st and 3rd Wed
nesdays or each Mo.
Visiting Brethern Wel
come.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A-7.
I. O. O. F.
Meets Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. Vsit
ing Brothers Welcome.
FRANK LAGERQUIST, N. G.
CHAS. LECHNER, SEC.
SEWARD POST NO. FIVE
American Legion
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays
A. E. RUCKER, Commander.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE
Pioneers of Alaska
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
F. B. MOORE, President?
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Secretary.
ANDY'S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
ARON ERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
Fine Watch Repairing
Ivory Curios
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
From Anchorage
8:00 A. M.
Sunday
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
Ray & David
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Seward and Anchorage
SEWARD OFFICE:
Harriman Bank Building
J.W. Edmunds, Oph. D.
and Dr. ETHEL A. K. EDMUNDS
Doctors of Ophthalmalogy and Gradu
ate Optometrists
Eyes Examined. Glasses Correctly Fit
ted. OpJcal Department Fraser-Patter
son Co. Office Telephone Main 2174.
Second at University St. Seattle,
20 Successful Years In Seattle
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Located in Harriman Bank Bla^
until permanent quarters are
completed in Tecklenberg building.
Dr. J. A. Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
Hugh Dougherty
FURNISHED HOUSES FOR RENT
Real Estate and Insurance
Business Phone Adams 152
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Arcade Building
Phone Adams 121 Seward, Alaska
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