SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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THE SPECIAL EDITION
The second section of the big Gate
way Prosperity edition is off the press
and the edition now promises to reach
52 pages A number of fine articles
have been contributed the past week
and are being placed in type. The
first consignment of cuts reached us
on one of the last boats, and they will
add greatly to the attractiveness of
the edition. After today no more cuts
will be contracted for, as time will
not permit of their being sent to Se
attle and returned in time for the is
sue. Being shorthanded, and having
our job department crowded with
work from up the railroad, it is caus
ing strenuous times around the Gate
way office, our faithful force putting
every waking hour on the issue.
The Gateway has been fortunate in
securing the services of Mrs. Grays,
who under the pen name of Laddie
Kyle is well known in the newspaper
offices of Chicago and Milwaukee. Miss
Kyle is rewriting a number of arti
cles for the Gateway, and will also
contribute several original articles, in
cluding the impressions Seward gives
a cheechaco. She is in the front
ranks as a magazine illustrator, her
pen sketches being published by the
Roycroft Magazine and other promi
nent publications in the East. Miss
Kyle will be in Seward for a few weeks
longer, securing local color for a
book she is writing She has a vol
ume of very fine pen drawings for the
book, many of which are around Sew
ard, During her leisure moments she
has promised to help write for the
Prosperity Edition.
Several other prominent contribu
tors will be found in the columns of
the Prosperity Edition. In fact, some
of the greatest men of the Territory
and nation are contributors. In a let
ter received! on the last boat from the
President’s Secretary, he stated that
it was a matter of regret that the
President could not contribute a re
quested article on Alaska, but that he
was treating on the subject in his an
nual message to Congress, which was
a national affair, and therefore could
not be used in the Seward edition pre
vious to its being given to the press.
With the hundreds of new cuts be
ing received, the Prosperity Edition
will be well worth the 25 cents charg
ed for it. It will be the biggest thing
ever issued in the Territory and will
give Seward a boost in the newspa
per world as one of the best*advertis
ing sections in Alaska.
SHIPPING BOARD HOODOO
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy under President Wilson, at
tributes the continued turmoil which
has marked the history of the United
States Shipping Board to the fact
that it was created as a separate
agency, having no connection with
any cabinet official.
The original bill providing for its
establishment would have made the
Secretary of the Navy chairman of
the board, which would have thus
become a part of the administration
and subject to control by the Pres
ident. Tr.is plan was not approved
by Congress and constant dissensions
have been the natural result, accord
ing to Mr. Daniels.
First, Chairman Denman and
Colonel Goethals disagreed and
President Wilson asked both to re
sign. Then Chairman Hurley and
Admiral Harris locked horns and
eventually both got out. Chairman
Lasker and .his associates had their
full share of troubles and were gen
erally under fire. The present board
has violently clashed with President
Coolidge and.has defied him by fir
ing Admiral Palmer from the presi
dency of the emergency fleet cor
poration. Thompson has resigned
and Heney refuses to resign at the
President’s request.
All of which appears to indicate
that business men and admirals do
not work well when harnessed to
gether. May the Shipping Board’s
hoodoo be exercised only by abolish
ing the board itself?
THIS IS NOT REAL ECONOMY.
Alaska frequently has been called
“Uncle Sam’s stepchild.” The propo
sal to curtail mail service to the ter
ritory recalls the bitter remark to
memory and gives it a new point.
Under the dead hand of bureaucracy
the Northland has been hampered for
| years. Yet men of vision and of en
j terprise, true pioneers, continue to do
| all they can toward the development
| of Alaska within the bounds laid down
j by a narrow “conservation” policy and
i the natural difficulties encountered in
I
a new land.
Now, it is proposed, “in the inter
est of economy,” to ship the mail to
Alaska by freight instead of under
mail contract. Here, within the bor
ders of the United States, every effort
| is being made to expedite the move
! ment of correspondence, even to the
employment of airplanes. But the
clock is to be turned back for Alaska,
if this suggestion is made effective,
and the service is to be made less,
not more, efficient and rapid.
If there is one obligation devolving
upon a rich government such as this,
it is the swift transport of mail.
Wherever the American flag flies,
J men and women should be assured
rapid service It hardly can be clas
sified as anything but shortsighted
parsimoniousness.—Seattle Times.
BILLIONS IN THE HOLE
Wheif one is in debt or has suffer
ed a loss it is a common expression
to say that he is “in the hole” to
that extent. The oil industry is de
clared to be literally as well as fig
uratively in the hole about four and
a half billion dollars.
In plainer terms, it is stated on
the authority of the American Re
search Foundation that since the be
ginning of the oil industry in 1859
twelve billion dollars have been spent
in drilling wells, while only seven
and a half billion dollars worth of
oil has been brought to the surface.
During the last few years dry
holes have cost operators an aver
age of about $90,000,000 a year.
Of course, many people have be
come wealthy through successful oil
production and these are the ones the
public hears about most. The trem
endous losses of the unlucky ones
are seldom recorded in print. The
bringing in of a big gusher is news,
while the completion of a dry hole
is merely an incident in the life of
the unfortunate prospector.
Figures published by the Mexican
newspaper El Universal show that the
money cost of all the numerous rev
olutions fought in Latin-America
during the past 100 years is only
$41S,000,000, or about as much as
the allies spent every four days dur
ing the World War. If one is fond
of revolutions it appears that he can
I get more for his money in Latin
America than anywhere else.
Investigation of a small boy’s pock
ets has generally disclosed a sur
prising collection of junk. A doc
tor’s questioning of a very sick
youngster at Berkeley, Cal., develop
ed a similar condition in his stom
ach, into which he admitted having
introduced a regular cafe meal,
peanut brittle, a hot dog, a ham
burger sandwich, soda pop, two ice
cream sundaes, penuts, two all-day
suckers, three cream puffs, a butter
horn and assorted candies.
According to J. Edgar Hoover, di
rector of the identification bureau,
the Department of Justice has a mil
lion finger-prints of persons arrest
ed for violations of law. When it
gets the other 114 million it will
probably take steps toward mopping
up.
Subscribe for the Daily Gateway.
AUTOMOBILE HOBOES
PRESENT NEW SOCIAL
PROBLEM IN COUNTRY
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 14. (£>)
—The “Weary Willie,” a unique fig
ure in American life a decade or
more ago, is rapidly vanishing from
the landscape and is being replaced
by a product of the age of the auto
mobile—the “flivver hobo”—or rather
hoboes, for the new type seldom
travels alone, according to officials
of Little Rock socia/l agencies.
The “flivver hoboes” are always
without money and in most instances
accompanied by large families. They
enter a city from unknown places
and with unknown destinations and
apply to community funds and social
agencies for aid, sickness being the
most common plea.
The usual requests are for money,
gasoline and oil or for repairs to
their automobiles, officials say. They
usually claim that they left home
because of labor conditions and are
going to some distant place to seek
employment, asking aid in getting
to their destinations.
Proposals to aid them by selling
the automobile are always rejected
by the “tourists,” records of Little
Rock agencies show. Out of a large
number of “sitranded tourists” who
have applied for aid here not one
would consider parting with the auto
mobile. Tickets to their homes or
to the stated destination are also
not desired.
“Most of the ‘flivver tourists’ that
apply for aid are frauds and we do
not propose to give them money or
gasoline so as to pass them on to
some other city,” says C. H. Wickard,
of the Little Rock Social Service Ex
change.
“The Social Service Exchange will
aid distressed tourists and "will furn
ish them food and buy medicines
when there is sickness, but will not
encourage fraud by purchasing gaso
line or paying for repairs.
“The ‘flivver hobo’ is a serious
problem that is nation-wide in its
scope. These nomads, who are mod
ern tramps, wander aimlessly about
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the country applying for charity and
with no destination or purpose. They
are perpetrating fraud on social ag
encies and community funds in many
icities. Correspondence of this of
fice shows that these nomads are
applying at many cities in the mid
dle west and that most of them are
‘headed west.’
“The greatest tragedy in connec
tion with the modern hobo is the
neglected and under-nourished chil
dren who are compelled to follow.
They have no opportunity for school
ing and their health is in most in
stances impaired by unnecessary ex
posure and lack of wholesome food.
The compulsory school law does not
affect the ‘flivver hobo’ because they
are never stationary and are not reg
istered in any city.
“There seems to be no cure for
the evil. When they apply for aid
we must help the children cr the
mothers who are ill or in need of
food. This has been done on numer
ous occasions but in each instance
we have refused to buy gasoline and
oil or to give money. This would
not remedy the situation but would
simply pass the responsibility to an
other city," 4
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ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 14. {/?)—'The
gasoline gypsy, itinerary worker and
auto tramp are finding the way hard
and small town suckers few and far
between in Oregon as a result of ac
tivities of social workers. Miss Ma
rian Bowen of the local Red Cross
recently reported this condition.
A meeting of social workers was 4
held in Portland in June and a cen
tral clearing house was established
there, where reports on this class
of people are gathered from social
workers thruout Oregon and are giv- *
en state-wide publicity.
Miss Bowen said many applicants
for help would fade away from the
auto camp when directed where to
find work.
When a savage bear attacked Rob
ert MoMichael near Fort William,
Canada, his dog came to the rescue
and diverted the bear’s attention, en- ,
abling MoMichael to kill it. *
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SEE THE INTERIOR
-VIA
THE GOLDEN BELT
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understood, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and development; travelers to the
Northland are urged to 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. Me
kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley and Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other in
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks
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