SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
Gateway Publishing Co.
Entered in the postoffice at Seward,
Alaska, as second-class mail matter.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors
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cial dispatches herein are reserved.
A BIRD OR A FISH—WHICH?
Press dispatches today carry the
information that the Washington leg
islature has passed a bill prohibiting
the hunting of the succulent goeduck
for a period of three years. The goe
duck is not, as its name implies, a
feathered biped, but is a species of
clam with an elongated neck and a
body about as large as a two quart
measure. The goeduck is one of the
most contented of the bivalve family,
burrowing in the sand and sticking
his three foot negk to the surface of
his hole in the sand, spending his long
life in one spot.
For years the goeduck has furnish
ed residents of Puget Sound with
chowders and clam fries until the
species is in danger of annihilation.
It will be no hardship on sportsmen
to refrain from potting him. But the
thought has often occurred to us: of
what use is it after it is saved for
posterity. .
HANDSOME CALENDARS
Many fine calendars have been sent
to this office in the past few weeks,
among them being those of the Sew
ard Leather Works, the Evan Jones
Coal Company, the Bank of Seward,
and the Seward Steam Laundry. Of
all the works of the printer the last
one will probably appeal most to the
lonely sourdough, as it depicts a lone
ly maiden of pulchritudinous propor
tions sitting pensively gazing out over
a tropicajl sea with a gibbous moon
peering at her bare tootsies and prob
ably admiring the calves that make
the contented cows on the milk tins.
The color scheme is exotic and the
subject always a popular one. The
creation of the Seward Leather Com
pany depicts a scene in Ireland and
is a work of art.
TOO MUCH OPPOSITION
Word reaching Seward from Wash
ington on one of the last boats states
that the recent nominations of Judge
E. E. Ritchie, Marshal H. P. Sullivan
and Arthur Shoup was made as a vin
dication of the many charges filed by
the Frame contingent. The letter
stated that the charges were so vi
cious and unfounded that tjie Presi
dent decided they should be indorsed
for their positions in order to clear
away any prejudice said to be exist
1 ing against their records. It was one
| time the opposition went so strong
i that it overreached itself.
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STUDENT PAPER SUED*
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One of the leading institutions of
its kind is the Missouri School of
Journalism which publishes a daily
newspaper, the Columbia Missourian,
written and edited by students.
This publication is a newspaper in
every respect /and wields consider
able influence in local affairs. In the
course of its activities it has run foul
of the city water and light department
of which Councilman J. E. Hathman
has supervision through publishing
articles charging irregularities in its
administration.
. Now Mr. Hathman has sued the
newspaper for damages in the sum of
530,000 for alleged libel.
Inasmuch as no newspaper man’s
education is fully complete until he
has been defendant in a libel suit
or two it appears that the course of
fered by the Missouri school is emi
nently thorough and practical.
RADIO ON RIVER BOATS
In former days when a river steam
er bursted a boiler tube or ran onto
a shifting sandbank in a section re
mote from telegraphs much anxiety,
delay and financial loss were caused
by lack of means of communication.
Guesswork as to the time of arrival
of a steamer entailed great expense
in keeping stevedores, truckmen and
others waiting hours and often days.
To this uncertainty was due much
of the prejudice against inland water
1 transportation.
FRESH VEGETABLES
received on every boat
Fancy and Staple
GROCERIES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL |
No orders too large or too small
Mail orders promptly attended to
BEST STOCKS IN ALASKA
SEWARD TRADING COMPANY
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
Prompt Delivery
SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
GEORGE PHELPS, Proprietor
BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALER8
Now, thanks to radio, all -this-is
changed. By means of this modern
wonder, river craft may keep con
stantly in touch with landings and
ports so that the time of arrival is
as accurately known as that of a rail
road train. Fast launches bearing
repair men may be readily summoned
when needed, thus lessening delays
due to accidents.
Radio communication has been de
veloped to a high state of efficiency
on numerous boats plying on the Mis
sissippi river and on the important
barge lines of the Mobile, Tombigbee
and Warrior system in Alabama.
Strange to say the old river cap
tains at first opposed the installation
of radio on their vessels and some
even threatened to quit rather than
use it. But they have become recon
ciled to the new tangled contraption
and would not be without it.
It is declared that the advent of
the radio is doing more to restore con
fidence in river transportation and ad
vance its employment than anything
that has happened in many years.
Aviator Merrill Meeting
with Success In Trisco
Indications that Seward, next
spring, will be made the base of air
plane service, especially to Westward
points, is contained in a message re
cently received here from R. H. Mer
rill, -who operated a plane out of
this port for a few months last sum
mer. Merrill is now in San Francis
co conferring with salmon packers
and it is reported he is meeting with
success. The aviator is expected to
return to Seward early in spring.
Bishop F. L. Deane of Aberdeen,
Scotland, declared that dancing is
"one of the greatest assets of mod
ern social life.”
Prosperity Edition Copies, 25c.
Mrs. It. C. Shelton of Chicago bur
ied her pet canary in a small mahog
any coffin which she had made for
it.
A child born to the wife of a min
er at Newcastle, England, had two
heads, but lived only a short time.
Most of the world’s emeralds come
Colombia, South America.
A million incandescent lamps are
required for* the electric signs in New
York.
A gorilla is about four times as
strong as the strongest man.
Massachusetts manufactures more
boots and shoes than any other state
in the Union.
About one fourth of the members
of German trade unions are women.
Hospitals of New York treat annu
ally about 400,000 patients.
A new device resembling an alarm
clock has been devised to turn a radio
set on or off at any time desired.
Miniature watches set in diamonds
to be worn on the finger, have been
introduced in France.
Dr. Arthur MacDonald, noted brain
specialist is said to have found a way
to weigh the brains of living persons.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
CASH
to spend
for other things
By
Having Old Shoes
Repaired
Seward Leather Works
LIBERTY THEATER
ONE SHOW TONIGHT—8 SHARP
Zane Grey’s
GREAT STORY OF THE BUFFALO
AGE
The Thundering
Herd
The only rival of
“THE COVERED WAGON”
An authentic tale of the slaughter of Buffalo
that roamed the ])lains in 1860 to’ the number
of 8,000,000.
All the Buffalo in the country were gathered in
one great herd to play in this picture, and the
few pioneers of those days sa it is a perfect
representation.
Full of action and thrills—the actors risking
their lives many times in making this feature.
JACK HOLT LOIS WILSON
NOAH BEERY RAYMOND HATTON
ARE THE STARS
AND A PATHE NEWS
NOTE: PRICES ON THIS FEATURE WILL BE 50c and 25c
AT THE LIBERTY THEATRE
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I Ice cream was first manufactured
in Baltimore by Jacob Fussell in the
year 1851.
It is customary to give tips to the
street car conductors in many parts
of Europe.
Be sure and see the show tonight.
It is a rare melodrama by Zane Gray.
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In the National Museum in New
York is the fossil of a dwarf camel
believed to be more than a million
years old.
The first two rows of seats in the
street cars! of Turkey are reserved for
women.
Watson due tonight.
1 In extending the Season’s Greeting to all its
| friends and patrons, The Alaska Railroad takes oc
= casion to announce a
I .. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
4 EXCURSION FARE
| of one and one-third the regular one-way fare, for
| round trip, between all stations. Reduced rate tick
| ets may be purchased at all agency stations Decem
E ber 21st, 1925 to January 1st, 1926, inclusive; final
| return limit January 5th, 1926. Passengers board
| ing trains at non-agency stations may avail them
§ selves of this Special Excursion Rate by purchasing
| reduced rate tickets at first agency stations.
It is the sincere wish of The Alaska Railroad
E that the year 1926 will be most progressive and pros
I* perous for all Alaskan activities, and towards the
5 accomplishment of this purpose The Alaska Rail
| road will continue to lend its earnest and whole
| hearted cooperation at all times.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
| The Alaska Railroad
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