SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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PEDDLERS AND TOWN BUILDING
(Anchorage Times)
The next time a peddler calls at
your home and tries to sell you some
thing tell him—or her—that you are
a little short of money and will pay
next month; or tell him you are out
of work and would like to arrange a
credit for a couple of months; or tell
him about the old sourdough next door
who needs financial assistance to take
him to the states for special treat
ment, and ask him to contribute a
little to the fund being raised; or try
to get a donation for the agricultural
fair, the church organ fund, the pub
lic library of the children’s play
ground. Do any of these things and
you will find that the peddler is not
much of a help to you or the commu
nity upon which you depend for your
income.
The merchants who are established
in town, who pay their proportion of
taxes, give employment to labor and
contribute regularly in cash and effort,
to the many things necessary to the
well-being of all the patronage you
have to give whenever they are able
to supply your needs. And it does
not often happen that you cannot find
at hoe the things peddlers endeavor
to sell you.
The man who earns his money in a
community and who does not do his
buying there, is not much of a help
to himself or to his town. If all were
like him there W’ould be no mer
chants and without merchants there
would be small need for towms and
smaller need for the services of the
many men and women who depend
upon them for employment. It would
be like stopping the wheels inside
your watch and expecting the hands
to continue keeping time.
Most of those who buy from ped
dlers do not realize the injury they
do their towns. They do not think
of the risk they run in buying in that
manner. It does not occur to them,
until it is too late, that there is no
chance for recovery if the goods are
not as represented, no chance for ex
change if a mistake has been made in
sizes. The peddler has all the best of
it, the buyer takes all the risks, and
the home-town merchant is the goat
in any case, for it is he who builds the
towms and keeps them going with the
aid of those who recognize the impor
tance and justice of spending their
money where it will do them the most
Cabin for Rent
On Fine Trout Stream
Bungalow with fine fire
place. large living room,
furnished for six persons,
plenty of bedding and
essentials, stove and all
cooking utensils. Will be
rented by the day or week
end to responsible parties.
Good fishing in lake and
stream and hunting in
season.
Apply A1 Davis
SEWARD, ALASKA
good. Peddlers and those who patron
ize them are not town builders.
CORRECT INFORMATION
(Stroller’s Weekly)
Tourists are now coming into Alas
ka at the rate of more than one thou
sand each week, and as each one of
them is good for one thousand ques
tions each day, it does not require
much of a mathematician to determine
that considerable information is being
spilled in the Territory these days. In
cidentally it behooves Alaskans to
give reliable information to the stran
ger within our gates for he is bound
to go home and repeat what he hears
—not once but several hundred times.
That is why every Alaskan should be
a self-constituted and reliable bureau
of information. While it is true that
the average tourist prefers to see po
lar bears, Eskimos and reindeer, Alas
kans should make it a point to im
press them with the real attractions
of the country.
POPULAR OLD TIMERS FROM
LATOUCHE VISITING SEWARD
Tenning Carlson and Tom Stanley,
two well known oldtimers from the
Latouche district, arrived in Seward
on the Admiral Watson and are tak
ing in the sights and shaking hands
with old friends until the next boat
for the south. Mr. Carlson said he
“just came over for a vacation,” but
could give no indications as to the
reasons for Mr. Stamey’s visit.
OIL GEOLOGISTS
GOING COLD BAY
AT INISKIN OIL DISTRICT FOR
PAST TWO MONTHS; NOW AT
CHICKALOON DISTRICT
Geologists H. S. Forgeron and Chas.
L. Lake, representing the Superior Oil
Company in a survey at Iniskin Bay,
returned to Anchorage a few days ago
from the lower Cook Inlet region, ac
cording to arrivals in Seward last
evening. The geologists, in company
with Jack McCord, Ben Poindexter
and Henry McKinnon, well known
packer and guide, left Anchorage yes
terday for the Chickaloon district,
where oil seepages, which have been
described by The Gateway several
times during the past three years,
will be investigated.
It is stated upon the party’s return
from the Chickaloon field, the geolo
gists will come to Seward, departing
for Cold Bay on the next sailing of
the steamer Starr. It is believed the
men will remain in Kanatak for a
number of weeks, after which they
will proceed to Yakataga beach where
oil drilling is now under way.
With respect to the Iniskin oil field
area the geologists were silent as to
their opinion of the region, but as Mr.
McCord related to The Gateway last
month indications point to the fact
that they look with favor upon the
general structure and formation of the
district.
NEW OPERA WILL FEATURE
TARTAR ANNIVERSARY FETE
KASAN, Russia, July 24. (£>)—An
opera based upon the folk songs of
the country, has been composed to
be a feature of the celebration of
the fifth anniversary of th eantono
mous Tartar republic. The work, en
titled “Sania,” consists of an over
ture and three acts.
It is the first national production
of its kind and required the efforts
of three collaborators twro years to
complete it. The Eastern Musical
Conservatory of Kasan has under
taken to prepare the opera for pres
entation during the anniversary festi
val.
GERMANY TO PAY FORMER
ASCARI TROOPS FOR LAND
BERLIN, July 24. —After wait
ing several years, Germany has been
granted permission to pay the form
er Ascari troops of German East Af
rica for the last year of the World
War. Until now, England, as the
mandatory power of the former Ger
man colony, has refused to permit
Germany to pay the former colonial
troops.
The amount involved is 12,000,000
marks, approximately $3,000,000, and
will be paid to the Ascaris by Brit
ish officials with two German civil
ians present.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
POLING IIP NIIKA
RIVER PURPOSE
PROSPECTING IT
PROSPECTOR BUILDS CRAFT AND
WILL SPEND SEASON ON
RIVER PROSPECTING
Cuts Thru Field _ _.
Engineer Looks Upon Region With
Much Favor; Will Be Great As
set to Seward Business
B. Abagasa, a prospector at Nuka
Bay, has just completed building a
boat with which he purposes to go up
the Nuka river shortly, to spend the
remainder of the season prospecting.
The river extends back quite a ways,
for about 20 miles it is stated, and has
never been thoroughly investigated
from a mining standpoint. As it cuts
through the present known field it ap
pears as though the river prospecting
might prove to be fruitful in results.
On account of its accessibility, the re
gion traversed by the stream makes
it a fine opportunity for the average
prospector with a small grubstake to
prospect the region. Taken as a whole
the entire Nuka Bay district has not
been prospected, it is reported, with
the exception of what little prospect
work and investigation has been car
ried along near the shores of the bay.
Men now in the district are firm in
their belief that the big pay will be
found back in the hills.
As Anton Anderson, engineer with
the Alaska Road Commission, who je
turned to Seward last week from the
district, where he supervised the be
ginning of the new mile road now un
der construction, stated to The Gate
way, “the entire region is a poor
man’s district in this respect, that on
account of the transportation facili
ties and nearness to Seward, the cost
of prospecting and operation is great
ly under that found in other camps
in the Territory.” Mr. Anderson, aside
from his road engineering ability, is
a geologist of no mean standing, hav
ing followed that profession for many
years in other parts of the world, pre
vious to coming to Alaska, looks upon
the Nuka Bay district with much favor
and is confident of its future.
JAPAN-CHINA AIR ROUTE
IS NOW BEING PLANNED
TOKIO, July 24. (/P)—Plans for a
regular aerial service between Kago
shima and Shanghai are being con
sidered here and probably will be in
cluded in a bill to be introduced at
the next session of the Diet. It is
understood a private syndicate, aid
ed by the government, would oper
ate the air srevice and at the be
ginning only mail would be carried.
Later, however, arrangements would
b emade for the transportation of
passengers. The proposed route
would be Tokio-Osaka-Kakoshima-Dai
ren-TsingtaoShanghai, the trip re
quiring about eight hours fiylng time.
EXCHANGE RATES ENABLE
SWISS TO ENJOY GAY PARIE
PARIS, July 24. (JP)—Profiting by
the height of the Swiss franc as com
pared with the French, entire clubs,
chambers of commerce and other
bodies of Swiss, with their families,
have come over the border to attend
the exposition of decorative arts in
numbers that compare favorably with
the English and American visitors.
Switzerland’s contribution to the ex
position is one of the most important,
considering the size of the country,
at the Grand Palais. All the old his
toric cities have sent imposing dis
plays of their burglars’ handicraft.
MANY INTERNATIONAL
MEETS STAGED LONDON
LONDON, July 24. (£>)—London
has been the leading center of the
world for international conferences
this* year. Nearly 700 American and
Canadian doctors attended the re
cent convention. After that the next
important gathering was the world
railways conference, brought to Lon
don at the invitation of the Insti
tute of Civil Engineers. Their ses
sions will end July 2.
An international conference of
bankers will be held in August and
will be attended by bankers from the
principal cities of the world.
In addition to these conventions
the year’s schedule includes several
important sporting events, including
international tennis ad polo matches.
TONIGHT, ONE SHOW, 8:00 SHARP
A FINE PROGRAM- WITH
PATSY RUTH MILLER
AND MATT MOORE
-IN
“THE WISE
*5
A MODERN STORY OF FLAMING YOUTH
Mothers and fathers should see it, be
cause it shows the modern flappers
code of reasoning.
Flappers should see it because it holds
a mirror up to them as nothing else
could do.
The seeker after sensation should see it
because it is unusually spicy in places
And all should see it because it is a very
interesting picture.
THERE IS ALSO A LAUGH-GET
TING MERMAID COMEDY CALLED
“Family Life”
AND A TOPICS REEL
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Gateway want-ads bring results.
FOR ONE WEEK
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
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