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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 1#, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered In the postoffice at Seward, Alaska as
second - class mail matter
E. F. Jessen, Managing Editor
Otto G. Sandbeck, Associate Editor r,uwin A. Sandbeck, City Edito„
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Gateway s advocacy of the last three years to
remove regulations from Kodiak Island on brown bear,
permitting residents to kill them where-ever they were
found to be molesting stock, bore fruit, as most Alaskans
now know and the ranchers on that Island may now pro
tect their holdings in that manner.
The Gateway's battle, in which other Alaska papers
joined, apparently reached the four corners of the
United States judging from comments in national pub
lications. Among these are the Saturday evening Post,
twice in Time, Outdoor Life, the New York Times and
scores of others.
With few exceptions comment has been directed to
ward sympathy for the poor brown bear and caustic
remarks about the human beings in Alaska—the set
tlers and pioneers. Two or three Alaska papers have
made the suggestion if the sportsmen in the states de
sire to perpetuate this animal and safeguard them un
til they are ready to kill them, remove the bear to those
Eastern states where it seems most of the big “shots”
dwell.
In the first place with restrictions removed on the
island we dare say not six more bear annually will be
sent to the “happy hunting ground.” Few Alaskan resi
dents hunt brown bear on Kodiak. They haven’t got the
time, inclination or money. So the sportsmen in the
states have nothing to fear as far as extinction is con
cern!. It is a case of feature writers and authors mak
ing a mountain out of a nothing.
Open season on bear in Norway and Sweden has
been in effect for centuries and there are just as many
today as ever. The same would hold true in Alaska pro
viding restrictions were lifted in every region.
IBM KINNEY LOST
FOB TEH DAYS 1 I
WISH DISTflIGT
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MC KINLEY PARK, Aug., 2, |
Special to The Gateway—Tom '
Kinney, an oldtimer and pros
pector along the railroad belt, j
was reported missing in the Kan
tishna for the past 10 days. Two |
of his mining partners reached
here late last night and seeking
aid to help hunt for him. Chief
; Ranger Fritz Neyberg started im- :
! mediately to look for him.
Mr. Kinney caire here and 1
i started for the Kantishna at the ;
time the Geological Survey party
! left some weeks ago.
The Kantishina camp has over
50 miners but no quick communi
cation to the outside and in case1
• of accident it is necessary for a 1;
messenger to travel day and nite j
; for three days to reach telegraph I
wires at this point to summon
1 medical aid.
j Iris Fribrock. small daughter of
; the well known canneryman, and j i
| who has been under treatment at !
| the Seward General Hospital, is
j improving nicely. Mrs. Fribrock
is with her daughter.
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Wm. Sheman. ranger in charge
I of this area of the Chugach Na- J
j tional Forest, was a brief visitor |
: in the city from the Lawing head- j
| quarters.
The SS Admiral Watson of the
I Pacific Steamship Company, ar
! rived in port this morning at 6 p.
m. from the Westward and will j
i depart for the south at 8 p. m. to- |
! day.
i The Cosat Geodetic Survey ves
! sel Discoverer, left port today to
I continue its work in this areea.
All kinds of bottles and selling
; them cheap. Coopers. J
LIBERTY THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ON fc SHOW — 6 O’CLOCK
last showing of this fine program
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ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE THE FAMOUS
DUNCAN SISTERS
in the hilarious farce comedy
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ITS A GREAT LIFE'
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A sparkling play of before and behind the footlights.
Something to make you laugh. With it we will give you
another of those very interesting
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FULL COLORED PICTURES
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of a famous historical subject. This time of
England in the 16th century. Valuable enter
tainment and educatioal.
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There will also be a News
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