The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward. Alaska
SELBY & HOBEN, Props.
H. B. SELBY, Managing Editor
"rttereo as Second Class Matter Sep
emoer 2nd. 1915, at the Post Office ai
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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CHANGE UNPOPULAR
The Seward Game Club at a recent
meeting, threw a bomb into the com
munity by advocating a number of
changes in the game laws, the princi
pal sections causing the opposition be
ing a change in the length of the sea
son, and cutting down the number of
animals killed from two to one. It
is very evident from the storm of op
position which has beaten against the
progenitors of the changes that mon
keying with the game laws is unpop
ular, both with the guides and with
the hunters, especially those of the
latter who live off wild meat. There
fore another meeting will be held to
morrow to ascertain the true senti
cnent of the people living on Kenai
peninsula. Without going into the me
ats of any changes we believe that
avery citizen should take an interest
n the wild life of the country. It is
me of the important assets of the
ommunity, and brings thousands ot
lollars to local residents, as well as
urnishing both meat and alleged
sport in the killing. The men forming
he game club are mostly residents of
Seward, who hunt both for pleasure
ind for profit, and therefore are not
is vitally interested in game propaga
ion as are men living back in the
voods, who depend on the meat to
ive. Past experience shows us that
Host of the game laws have originat
d from the cities and settled centers,
herefore, they are often unjust to the
>ona fide settler and prospector, who
ccepts the laws as framed, with bit
er protest, not realizing that they are
o blame for not taking interest en
ough to see that desired laws are en
acted.
The interest of the sportsman and
the trapper and hunter parallel only
insofar as both want to see plenty of
game. The man who hunts for sport
and the man who hunts to live, there
fore have divergent interests. The
city dweller goes to the woods at stat
ed intervals, bangs away at whatever
game he sees, and returns to town con
vinced that he has had a good time.
The woodsman picks his animal care
fully and makes one shot do the work
of two or three. The meat is worked
over and the poorer portions given to
the dogs, and the choicer cuts saved j
for use by the hunter. Far more game
is killed by the sportsman than by the
settler.
It is to get a consensus of opinion
as to the merits of the proposed chan
ges in the laws that the meeting is
called tomorrow. It is true that he
recommendations of the club may nev i
er be acted upon, and that the game
laws will remain as they are; but
Chief Game Warden Ernest P. Walk-1
er has asked for an expression of op
inion on the subject and it should be
given, el e our laws may be framed i
by Easterners, who are constantly on
the alert to protect the game of the
nation.
IS IT WORTH IT?
Deputy Marshal Harry I. Staser of
Anchorage, in giving out statistics re
garding the illicit liquor traffic at An
chorage. states that seven years pen
al servitude, seven cases of insanity,
three murders, two suicides and 89
criminal cases have grown out of this |
traffic in the past seven years at the
Interior metropolis. This is the re-1
suit of bootleg whiskey, and inflamed
passions, the revenues accruing to the
Teritory and the United States reach
ing the total sum of $8,000 in fines.
This is the visible profit of the trade.
The results that cannot be totaled, be
cause unseen, are broken hearts, men
tal anguish, divorces, and bitter tears,
lasting for years to come. Mr. Staser
declares the cold figures give only a
small idea of the misery and suffering
caused by booze sellers in the city.
The deputy’s statement is interest
ing in that it shows Mr. Staser to be
a much closer observer and more in
touch with his office than the average
deputy. There is no question as to
the value of his summing up. Anoth
er phase of the business called atten
tion to by Mr. Staser is the fact that
the officers can look for no help from
the average citizen, mostly lawabid- j
ing in every other respect. That this
also is too true, is shown by facts pre
sented every day, not only in Anchor
age but in every other part of the
country. A man who would scorn to
pick your pocket or defraud one out
of a nickel will deliberately connive
to take away a man’s brains, his fan?
ily, and his honor. The officer works
alone, and under the disapproval of
his duty. He also has to work with
other officers of the court who are
not in sympathy with the prohibition
movement, and often times against the
Judge himself, who by petty decisions
embarass him in the performance or
his duty.
There is no sane man, who is a good
citizen and a patriotic American who I
does not realize that the present ut
ter defiance of law is the the first step
in anarchy and revolution. Every per
son in touch with the times knows
that the old days when lawlessness
was supposed to exist, was never so
bad in effect as the present-time sen
timent. Graft is rampant, robberies J
and murders have increased three-;
fold, work has been subordinated to
play, and is content and highliving
LIBERTY THEATRE
AN EXCITING DRAMA—
Soul of the
Beast
REMARKABLY TRAINED ELEPHANT
A FINE TWO-REEL COMEDY
That Son of a Shiek
AND A ONE REEL COMEDY
On Location
A LAUGHTER PROGRAM
She
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Leaves
Seattle
Feb. 12th
March 11th
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 19th
March 18th
South fm
Seward
Feb. 21th
March 22nd
Making all regular Southeastern and South
western ports including Seldovia and Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA SERVICE
Sailings from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday tor San Francisco, Los Angeles,
and San Diego.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone, Main 81
Residence, Madison 40
Paci fic Coastwise Jerviee
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STEAMSHIP STARR
STR STARR WILL MAKE JANUARY SAILING
FROM SEATTLE, DATE GIVEN LATER
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
phone madison i3* seward, alaska
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
LOUISIANA ERECTS CAMPANILE TO HONOR ITS WORLD WAR DEAD
Viev ol the campanile which is being built at Baton Rouge, La., at the j
entrance to the new Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Me-!
chanical College, as a memorial to the sous of the state who wrent to the
World War and did not come back. The tower was designed by the late
Theodore C. Link as his last work. He designed the union depot at St. Lou
is, the Mississippi A. & M. College, the Mississippi Capitol, and some of the
main buildings of the St. Louis World’s Fair. The state is now spending
four million dollars on its new university.
stalk hand in hand. People burn the
candle at both ends and turn to booze
and dope as a surcease for their nerv
ous energy.
If a town of probably 2,000 persons j
can shcwT so staggering an array of j
evience against the bcoze habit, think j
what it must be over the country. The j
blame can be placed at the hands of :
the people themselves. The average;
official drifts with the current of pop
alar approval.
But, we ask you, is it worth it?
MORE DIVISION
Press dispatches from Juneau her-•
aid the departure of Attorney Robert
son, as “special envoy” to Washing- i
ton in the interests of those wishing,
a division of the territory.
vWithout going into the good or bad;
effect upon Alaska, it would seem that!
the proponents of this move have a
long, hard fight ahead of them. New
York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, have
had enough of Nevadas and Idahos !
with their equal representation in the j
Senate. And a seat in the Senate is j
not to be sneezed at in these days ofj
international poker and post-war set-)
tlements. So we cannot reasonably |
expect to have a state in Alaska for
many years to come, and in the mean-;
time a cynical Budget Chief and an
unbelieving congress will have diffi
culty in grasping the necessity for a
duplicate federal administration in the
territory.
The people of the First Division are
no doubt entitled to a settled local i
form of government, and as a next-,
best thing to being a tiny little state!
by themselves, why do they not ask;
that congress annex them to the
State of Washington? While they
might lose on sntimental considera
tions, they would at least secure rep
resentation in congress, a staple, lo
calized government, and appreciative
assistance and financial backing ot a
great state. Neither division nor j
statehood seem to be in the cards, and j
certainly a half loaf is bel ter than no j
bread.
—J. E. M.
ALASKA CABLE WILL
BE FIBTidi 81
El BE THIS TEAS'
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—j
Because of advantageous market con-1
ditions under which the newT Alaska
cable was purchased in London and
the tremendous saving made in trans
portation costs by using the cablesliip
Dellwood, the tanks of which hold
more than 1,000 miles of “rope” as a
gainst the Burnside’s capacity of 300
miles, it will be possible to lay next
summer entirely new cable from Se
attle to Seward, 1,600 miles, instead
of from Seattle to Sitka 1,000 miles,
the United States Signal Corps an
nounced today.
The Dellwood is scheduled to leave
22 and to arrrive in London March 1.
About 1,000 miles of the new cable
will be taken aboard and the ship will
begin her return voyage March 25 and
arrive in Seattle May 1. The laying
I of the first section from Seattle to
j Ketchikan will begin at once and will
j becompleted in time for the Dellwood
to again leave Seattle for London on
June 1 for the remainder of the cable, i
1 he ship will arrive in London about)
July 5 and sail again August 1 pro
ceeding this time directly to Ketchi
kan to lay the section from that port j
to Seward, where the cable will con-1
nelt with the land lines to the inte-1
rior.
Col. George S. Gibbs, under whose i
direction the work will proceed, ex
pects to have the new cable down, I
the new terminal apparatus installed!
and the new system working by No
vember 1.
Maj. Alfred E. Larabee, who has
been on duty here in the office of the
chief signal officer, is in Seattle to
direct and supervise certain of the
operations and will make the trip to
London on the Dellwood.
According to the revised plans of j
the Signal Corps the first stretch oi i
the cable will be from Seattle to
Ketchikan. The cable will be laid to;
Craig, Alaska, and will go overland j
about seven miles and then continue j
under water to Ketchikan. The oth-,
er stretch will be laid from Ketchi-'
kan to Seward, a distance of 7801
miles.
i
These two stretches will be of new:
cable now being manufactured in
London.
It is announced that the section
between Seattle and Ketchikan will
be duplexed, permitting two messages
to be sent simultaneously in opposite
directions and that the section be
tween Ketchikan and Seward will be
simplex. By rehabilitating and re
locating some of the present cable
service will be given Wrangell, Peters
burg Juneau, Haines, Skagway, Sit
ka, Valdez and Cordova.
Terminal apparatus of the latest
approved types will be installed and
at Ketchikan relays will be establish
ed so that communication may be had
directly between Seattle and Seward
with the other towns on the system.
The main sections of the new cable
will be laid in deeper water than the
present strand in order to minimize
adverse tidal influences. The cable
ship Dellwood has been fitted with a
depth-finding apparatus for use in
connection with the laying operations
and the Navy department has been
asked to detail two destroyers, thus
equipped, to make certain further sur
veys before the actual laying of the
new cable is commenced.
Brunswick Phonographs and records
at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf
SECRETARY OF TACOMA
ORGANIZATION VANISHES
TACOMA, Wn., Feb. 2—Mystery
surrounds the supposed disappearance
of B. W. Butler 32 years old, report
ed to be the secretary of the Tacoma
organization of the Ku Klux Klan,
who, local members of the organiza
tion say, has been missing for about
a week.
Detectives in the employ of the
Klan northwest organization are said
to have been in Tacoma from Port
land for the past week investigating
the disappearance of Butler. These
investigators, it is said, have failed to
find anything wrong with the books
over which Butler had charge.
Local Klansmen last night were di
vided in their opinions as to whethe
er Butler had been the victim of a
mysterious attack or had left the city
for reasons known only to himself.
Butler is said to have come to Ta
^ coma from Atlanta, Ga.
Chop Suey
Noodles
Harry Yago
Phone Madison 16
DR. 0. A. BRAAFLADT
Dentist
Office Hours 9 A. M. 5[to P. M.
Office open Evenings by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office, Adams 111 Res., Adams 21
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison .90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 136
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
Seward Grill
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON
Propr
Pool Soft Drinks
HIGH GRADE
CANDY
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday's of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
MRS. A. H. THODAY N. G.
come.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. A A. M.
Stated communication!
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
I. O. O. P.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at. 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerquist,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Sec’y.
SEWARD PwST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday*
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
J. P. HANNON. Adjutant