SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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THE HOOVER RADIO
CONFERENCE
The Radio Conference in Washing
ton called by Secretary Hoover has
come and gone and in considering
all that happened in the few short
days at the Nation’s Capital it looks
as if the radio audience is the big
winner. In other words it was bet
ter for broadcasting and the radio
industry as a whole than for the
broadcaster.
There will be clearer air channels
and all interference will be eliminat
ed. Another advance was in the re
moval of all distinction between
Class A and Class B stations. By
the new agreement the Class A sta
tion has been relieved of such stig
ma as might be applied by the Class
B station for now all wave lengths
are of equal value. The same re
quirement for technical perfection of
broadcasting equipment is demanded
and the absolute maintenance of as
signed wave lengths is part of the
price of continuing as a broadcaster
A halt has been called on the rap.
id duplication of wave lengths and
radio has been saved from a chaotic
condition which unchecked would
have spelled ruin to the industry.
Radio manufacturers were made tc
understand that it is just as import,
ant to produce receiving sets thai
will negotiate the lower wave lengths
down to two hundred meters as the
short armed sets which cover the
upper range of the dial. In a rath
er subtle way the conference serves
notice on all manufacturers that sets
which will not reach 200 meters will
soon be declared obsolete.
That the conference was mindful
of its previous action of a year ago
was brought out by the specific men
tion of the manufacture of regener
ative receivers. A year ago the con
ference suggested that the radio pub
lic should refrain from using the
radiative receivers. This year’s con
ference was so concerned by the
howling and squealing receiving set
that talk of early legislative action
against this radio nuisance was
broached. The conclusion reached
was that if the manufacture of regen
erative receivers was not stopped in
th every near future then legisla
tive enactment against the manufac
ture of such equipment would be rec
ommended.
TRAY NOW ONLY RARELY USED
FOR FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 1. (JP)
—Tallahassee’s funeral announce
ments by salver, a custom handed
down from Spanish occupancy, are
followed now only by a few of the
older residents.
During the earlier days of Flori
da”s capital, funerals were always
preceded by announcements, in the
form of invitations, written with a
pen, and in bold handwriting, upon
large cards. The cards, bordered
with wide pieces of black ribbon,
run thiough each end, were placed
upon a salver. An old negro, clad
in black silk, carried them through
the strens and to me homes of
the close friends of the departed.
The duties of bearing the invitation
about were not assigned to just
any old negro. There was always a
particular one for fne work. For
many years, before and after the
Civil V/a.\ Primus, the ex-slave of
a prominent local lawyer, bore the
tray. James Stratton an aged jani
tor at the Elks Club is used now,
whenever the custom finds spasmodi
cal renewal.
VERDICT AGAINST ACTRESS
NEW YORK, DeDc. 1 (JP)—A verdict
of $7500 was returned against Mme.
Olga Petrova, actress, in favor of Wm.
Roberts, British playwright, who sued
for $35,000, alleging she plaigarized
i from his play, La Rubia, and used it
as the basis of the White Peacock in
which she is alleged to have made
i $200,000.
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Mail orders promptly attended to
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BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS OEALER8
BLUE FOX FARMS
BIG ENTERPRISE
IN TERRITORY
MANY PERMITS ISSUED WHITE
FOX FARMS—NEW BULLE
TIN OFF THE PRESS
Raising blue foxes for their pelts
is becoming an important enterprise
on thi islands along the southern
coast of Alaska, according to a re
cent bulletin of the Biological Sur
vey, United States Department of
Agriculture, entitled “Blue-Fox Farm
ing in Alaska.” So rapidly has the
industry grown that practically all
suitable islands cor n oiled by the
department have -'Wendy been leased
for this purpose. Biue-fox farming
is pra. Jced on outlyin/ island* of lit.
tie or no \.Fue for agriculture. The
foxes aie allowed :• 10am ovrr an
entire lela' d, where :he> chaa.se
mates and make d- s. The ani'i a!s
are, in • ost instance^, fed at regu
lar intervals by tnj iHnchers.
A11- »:•; ts to rais? olue foxes in
pens in \1 iska have me. win some
success. It is claimed by a num
ber of i archers ana ' aw-fur buyers,
howev *r. u < t the pel is of blue foxes
thus ra sed lack the Quality am fin
ish of those produced under wild
conditions.
A long, cold winter with a fair
amount of rainfall, particularly in
spring, is conducive to the produc
tion of good pelts, acco ding to the
bulletin. An island chosen for a fox
ranch should have a harbor for a
boat to permit communication with
the mainland or other islands.' Since
fish is the chief article of food in
the diet of the blue fox, proximity to
a cannery is of decided advantage,
as the waste material makes excel
lent feed for the foxes. The pres
ence of fresh-water springs, streams,
or ponds on the island ranch is also
important.
Selective breeding of the animals
is recemmended by the authors of the
bulletin as a means of improving
the market value of the pelts.
A short description is given con
cerning the development of white
fox farming in northern Alaska. That
the white fox will play an important
part in fox farming is indicated by
the fact that of 92 permits issued
in 1925 by the department for the
capture of Alaskan fur breeders for
propagation, 33 were for taking white
foxes.
The bulletin, designated as Depart
ment Bulletin No. 1350, contains much
valuable information relating to blue
fox farming, including discussions on
the selection of a ranch site, breed
ing, feeding, transportation, charac
teristics of a good pelt, sanitation
and treatment of diseases, and rea
sons for failures. Copies m'ay be ob
tained free, while the supply lasts,
from Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
BUD FISHER, CARTOONIST
BLAMES MUTT AND JEFF,
FOR WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. (JP)— Mutt and
Jeff now appear in the role of match
makers.
The creator, “Bud” Fisher, is going
to get married and he says Mutt and
Jeff are partly responsible.
The future Mrs. Harry C. Fisher
is not only wealthy, the winner of a
Paris beauty prize iu 1922, but a
countess. Fellow passengers on the
Leviathan, which arrived yesterday,
who saw the cartoonist talking with
the Countess Aedito De Beaumont,
did not suspect that they were dis
cussing matrimony and a honeymoon.
On landing Fisher went to his
apartment and the countess register
ed at a hotel with her 7 year old
son, Pierre De Beaumont.
The bride to be says it all came
about through her son’s fondness
for the Mutt and Jeff cartoons.
“Naturally,” he. says, “when my boy
was so interested it increased my
own interest.”
The former Aedita Stuart of Paris
married the Count -De Beaumont in
* 1917.
Her father-inlaw was reputed, be
fore his death, to be the wealthiest
nobleman in France. The countess
has lived in Paris since her hus
band’s death and it was there that
she met Fisher, three years ago.
Fisher, who was married in 1912
to Pauline Welch, a vaudeville
actress, and divorced by her in 1917,
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I SEE THE INTERIOR
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THE GOLDEN BELT
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other interests
in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and to
enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information concern
ing all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the Northland
are urged tuo visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm, An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, MT.
McKINLEY NATIONAL PARK, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fair
banks, hold much of interest to everyone, whether on business or
pleasure bent; and a tour through these regions creates a true con
ception of the good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other
information, confer with any steamship agent, 01
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
Seward
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Curry Nenana
Fairbanks
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returned six weeks ago from a trip
to Paris, “expecting a decision,”
The decision came by cable and he
hurried back to Paris.
Fisher says that he and his bride
expect to live on a steamer between
NewYork and Paris. “You can put
down as commuters from Paris to
New York,” he says.
MRS. COOLIDGE FORCED STAND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1 (/P)—
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge attended a mo
tion picture theatre and stood in the
rear; with others for a long time wait
ing for a seat before the crowd rec
ognized her as the president’s wife.
She was given an ovation by the audi
ence, made up largely of Boy Scouts.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1(jP)—A
fund of $400,000 to advertise San
Francisco will be the goal of 400 bus
iness men of this city. They will at
tempt to raise this amount in foui
days from the business houses.
$1.00 sale, Alaska Shop. tf
WASTING MONEY
IS
Buying New Shoes
WHEN THE OLD ONES CAN
BE RESOLED.
Seward Leather Works
The Alaska Railroad
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