SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
Published Dailv Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Selby & Hoben, Proprietors
H. B. Selby, Editor
Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879.
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PLACING THE RESPONSIBILITY
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
ran up against a snag in ii endeavor
to place the responsibility for the
recommendations to close Resurrec
tion Bay for fishing, and also to
close Uganik bay. A letter received
from the Governor states that “no
records” were kept of the meeting
which was “Purely informal.” If
a purely informal meeting can wreck
a $100,000 business and take from
five to seven thousand dollars away
from Seward in payrolls, we shudder
to think what might have occurred
in case the meeting had been con
ducted along regular lines. Too much
responsibility evidently has been plac
ed in the hands of the commission.
While we believe in fish nad game
reserves, if we are to have any fish
or game, until the big outside com
panies are controlled the law is too
much like a boomerang for the only
Alaska company affected. The local
plant is owned solely by local peo
ple, who have their money invested.
Swedish American Line
“Only Une between America and
Sweden.’’ Direct over the Atlantic
and the North Sea in Large, Mod
ern and Comfortable steamers.
Frequent sailings.
Christmas Excursions to Sweden
and Finland
S. S. STOCKHOLM—From New
York December 2; from Halifax
December 4.
S. S. DROTTNINGHOLM—From
New York December 10.
Also Earlier Sailings
For further information and res
ervations apply to
WAYNE BLUE,
Agent for Seward, Alaska
Take
THE FUR FARMER
MAGAZINE
and know the fur business. It
deals with eveiy phase of fur
farming. Learn how others made
a success of farming fur beaiung
animals.
Address
21 COLMAN DOCK
Seattle, Wash.
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Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSON Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS, HIGH
GRADE CANDY
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
Fresh Milk, Cream,
and all Dairy
Products
Our Motto: “The Best”
SEWARD DAIRY
WHEN YOU HAVE REPAIRING TO DO GIVE ME A CALL
PLUMBING, STEM FITTING AND GAS ENGINES
We Repair Washing Machines and Clean Sewing Machines and
Repair Guns’. Nothing too large or too small
R. F. TILLMAN, Next to Crawford’s Shop
to the
California Summer Land
Four
fast, comfortable
and convenient
trains daily
over the
Shasta cBpute
in each direction.
Obey the call of the warm California play
grounds this winter.
Sun-swept beaches—flower-bedecked cities—
glowing life, cheer and happiness.
Join in the healthful outdoor recreation—golf
ing, swimming, motoring.
Go via the scenic Shasta route. Mountains and
valleys—wondrous vistas—to the California
summer-land.
And the Southern Pacific low fares will make
your trip surprisingly inexpensive.
For full information ask your local agent or write to
B. C. Taylor Gen. Agt., 314 Union St., Seattle, Wash.
Southern Pacific
: There is no question that there is
more fish today than there was ten
years ago before the streams were
cleared. The small pack shipped out
| by the local company apparently does
not affect the fish in any way, as the
ears the cannery has a good pack
shows the streams full of fish. A
poor year for the cannery shows no
run in the streams. The Chamber
| of Commerce is apparently determin
jed to find out how the above order
was made, and who was desponsible.
jBut if the meeting was purely infor
mal evidently the recommendation to
i close the bay 84 hours a week will
also be informal, and we have no
| cause to worry.
BARTLEY Howard, the Republican
nominee for senator, has been a long
time resident of the Third division,
'formerly living at Cordova, and later
removing to Anchorage where for
a time he held a position writh the
Alaska rairoad, but seeing the possi
bilities in coal mining hehas for some
time been engaged in mining and
black diamonds. Mr, Howard is well
The Alaska Railroad
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Monday and Thursday
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8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
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ELLSWORTH’S
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
SEWARD GRILL
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Pleasant Surroundings
Courteous Treatment
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
I
, fitted to represent the Third division,
I both by residence and by his knowl
edge of affairs, helps an employer of
labor and has worked many years as
I a laborer, so cSn look at both sides
of legislation favorable to both. With
a wide acquaintance and a host of
i friends, he should be elected by a
large majority. Cordova and Valdez
has representation in the person of
A. J. Dimond, a man of great ability
and a long-time residence of the
Third division. The northern and wes
tern part of the division should also
have representation in the person of
Mr. Howard.
SEWARD citizens are more fortun
ate than a majority of coast dwellers
in that an abundance of large and
small game is to be found within a
very few miles of town. Geese, rab
bits, ducks, ptarmigan and grouse
abound practically in the city limits
while moose, sheep and goats may
be killed within three to twenty miles
of town. This makes for easy living,
the single man with a cabin getting
by with only a light grocery bill to
pay, as wood can be had for the cut
ting. With the present excellent
school system, it is a source of won
derment that more families do not
winter here, and take advantage of
the opportunities to live in a modern
town at small cost.
PERHAPS if the farmer lived like
his forebears a quarter of a century
ago he would make as much or more
money than they did. The trouble
with the farmer is not the price of
his products but the price he pays
for living. Several years ago the
farmer raised his grain, and had it
ground; he raised his hogs and had
his meat; he raised his vegetables
and his transportation. Today he
buys his meat, his flour and his vege
tables. He rides to town in a Ford,
instead of behind a strawburner. His
sons wear broadcloth instead of ov
eralls and protect their hands with
kid gloves while in the fields. Prices
were never higher for farm produce
than they are today. A little back
to the soil stunt and back to the. old
style of living would speedily solve
the question for the farmer. If he
must ape the city dweller in style and
mode of living he should be content
to assume their hand to mouth ex
istence and their burden of debts.
IT is reported on good authority
that Kodiak is to have a newspaper
in the near future. Many new in
dustries have gone to Kodiak the
past few months, owing to the rumor
that a cold storage plant will be built
there. Seldovia has also picked up
considerably in population. Both
towrns have a great future before
them, and are located on excellent
harbors. There is no reason why the
westward district should not support
one hundred times the population it
does, and within a few short years it
will do so.
THE suicide of Frank Brandegee,
chairman of the senate judiciary com
mittee, and long-time leader in Con
necticut republican politics, is one of
the anomalies of modern civilization.
Apparently Senator Brandegee had
everything to live for and was in ex
SPONGES PLENTIFUL
LATOUCHE WATERS
The Juneau Empire, commenting
upon the finding of sponges of com
mercial value in the vicinity of Sitka,
says:
“That Alaska may have a new in
dustry, perhaps on a limited scale, is
indicated by the finding recently of
two live sponges by Capt. Cedric Davis
at Leo Anchorage near Chichagoff
Island.
The sponges were attached to the
anchor rope of the mine tender Chi
chagoff, when it was drawn from the
water. One sponge measures 4 1-2
inches one way, 3 inches another and
about one inch in thickness. The
other sponge is 6 inches across. The
smaller one will be presented to the
Alaska Museum.
In discussing the find, Trevor Davis,
brother of Capt. Cedric Davis, said:
“The sponges were found in water
which was decidedly warm. Capt.
Davis plunged his arm into the water
and was astonished at its warmth.
as everybody knows, sponges grow
only in warm water. The find of the
sponges off Chichagoff island, to my
idea, indicates that the Japanese cur
rent is moving in-shore perhaps the
change having been caused by the re
cent earthquake disturbances.”
Many varieties of sponges are to
be found in the North Pacific ocean,
and for many years sponges of a tex
ture resembling the bath sponge have
been washed up in the Port Wells dis
trict, ne?r Latouche. These sponges
are of large size and undoubtedly in
dicate the existence of a large bed.
Sponges are easily transplanted and
grow within a few years to large size.
They ere generally tramped out in
running water which removes the ve
getable or animal matter, and packed
when thoroughly dry in bales. Trans
planting has been very successfully
practiced in Florida and other parts
of the country.
According to the best authorities
sponges will grow in any temperature,
of water above freezing, so long as
other vegetable matter will live and
no mud exists in the water.
cellent health. That he was mental
ly unbalanced at the time of his
death goes without saying. The per
son who commits suicide to get away
from imaginary ills does not know
what ills lie before him. Life has
no zest to the man who has tri-d out
every new sensation and therefore
.the man with little worldly experi
ence is generally the best off and the
most contented. Life is what one
makes it, and it can be made a hell
on earth or a paradise of content
ment, as one wishes. It is impossi
ble to draw upon the human life re
serve without paying inter* st in the
end.
AS winter approaches on every
hand can be heard expressions of
pessimism regarding economic condi
tions. After a long residence in% Al
aska and a four-years’ residence in
Seward we can state without eo.uivo
cation that the coming winter will
not be any worse nor any better than
those gone before. Business condi
tions, which are the actual barometer
of times, show that as great a volume
of business has been done the past
month as in previous years, and ihe
Alaskan who expects to come through
any winter without getting in the
red is evidently kidding himself vol
untarily. The woods are full of ptar
migan and rabbits and coal is from
$6.50 to $11 per ton. A barrel of
grits and a poke of cornmeal go a
mighty long ways toward making
good times. Anyhow, it ain’t goin’ to
rain no more.
NOTICE—If you have work or odd
jobs of any kind, I am at your ser
vice, call Philippino Joe, Mad. 103. 4t.
Brunswick Portable Phonographs,
and Records, Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
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Phone Madison 143
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Seward, Alaska, Box 1164
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DANCE
DANCE
Don’t forget to come to the checker dance at the A. B. Hall
Saturday the 18th—Prizes awarded—3 for ladies—3 for men.
The big masquerade affair of the season will be at the A. B.
Hall—Hallowe'en night—Oct. 31th.—5-Peice orchestra is ar
ranged for—Prizes given—Admission $1.00.
DANCE- —DANCE
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TUNNELS IN RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT ARE EXPLAINED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15.—
The “baffling mystery” of the laby
rinth of underground passageways
discovered last week in an exclusive
residential district of the capital, a
neighborhood of embassies and costly
mansions, has been solved. Harri
son G. Dyar, a quiet and unassuming
entomologist in the Smithsonian insti
tute, put an end to feverish specula
tions that ran the gamut from Ger
man spies to bootleggers, conspira
tors and what not, when he told a
newspaper reporter he dug the pas-;
sageways for recreation after office '
hours. 1
“Digging tunnels after work is my j
hobby; there’s really no mystery about
it,” Mr. Dyar was quoted as saying
when he rather reluctantly told the
story to quiet the agitations of the
imaginative which have been filling
the local press since the wheels of a
motor truck sank through a crust of
earth and revealed the tunnels.
The scientist explained that he,
found cave digging a helpful form of
exercise as well as an entertainment i
for his young son. The passageways
on which he worked for about a per
iod of about ten years, were now near
ly ten years old, he said, having been
constructed on property he owned in
the rear of a house from which he
has since moved.
Keen Reductions on
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SEWARD CHAS. FISHER, Prop. ALASKA
FUNERAL GEORGE DOOLEY
HELD IN SEATTLE TODAY
SEATTLE, Oct. 15.—The funeral of
Seorge Dooley, Cordova pioneer, who
lied recently following an operation
it M’ayo Bros., Rochester, Minn., was
field this morning in the Catholic
cathedral. Mrs. Dooley and two chil
dren, and a large number of Alas
kans attended. The body was laid
to rest in Calvary cemetery.
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ing—O. K. Barber Shop. tf.
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Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
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Seward, Alaska
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