SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
Published Daily 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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Two more weeks and we wont have
to go to bed. Election returns will
be pouring into Seward from our Se
attle correspondent and the Gateway
will keep constant vigil over the re
turns so that those interested will
appreciate it all the more. It was
gratifying to scurry over the com
pliments received over the recent
baseball series and we are going to
put tl^e two Z’s into election re
turns. It is such compliments that
have come to our desk over the base
ball returns that encourage us to ad
here all the more to our coming pur
pose. Many other stores and public
places in town will handle the re
turns as was published in a recent
issue and Seward will not miss much
in the way.
Since the coming of automobiles
and airplanes upon the face of the
earth what has become of the van
ishing horsefly?
British manufacturers of suspend
ers are appalled at the announcement
made recently by the Prince of
Wales that he has adopted the Am
erican style—tight waisted trousers
and a belt.
Paragons of silence these days, like
the sphinx, would easily absorb Hi
ram Johnson.
The Democrats won in Wisconsin
and the Chinks won in Shanghai.
As the typewriter war rages on in
Alaska concerning literacy tests for
voters, wilder theories are becoming
more and more eminent. It seems
as the papers upholding the Indians
in this battle are taking it for grant
ed that the bill is striking the Indi
ans and making the pale face im
mune from the test. Why should the
Indian worry the most?
We wonder if the people on the
Outside are educated enough to ig
nore the idiotic predictions and sen
sational accusations emanating from
the mouths of some of the campaign
managers. All we can glean is that
these talkative persons get up before
an audience and call their opponents
different kinds of black-legs, grave
robbers and post-graduate assassins
and never once during their utter
uicess tell what job they will land—
providing.
No one believes them, so no harm
is done.
When it comes to spreading the
piffle and the “bunk,” commend us
to a presidential campaign. And the
funny part of it is the managers of
the different parties get the idea
that people heed their line—swallow
hook, sinker, line and pole.
And England is agog over the re
cent gift of a $30,000 endowment
from a biscuit factory for the pur
! chasing and supporting an automo
bile for the labor prime minister.
And to make matters loom up worse,
the biscuit shooter has been made
a baronet
But you can’t make the average
person believe such a thing could
I happen in tEngland any more than
you can make them believe that Al
bert Fall got away with $100,000 in
the oily deal recently pulled.
The receipt of one suggests the
giving of the other and if English
people were half as finicky as Amer
icans the Premier could soon move
next door to Fall on his Arizona
ranch.
Barring bobbed hair flappers we
wonder how Flo Zeigfield gets a quo
; rum for his choruses.
It never rains but what it pours
might go well with some things, but
' you can’t say it with type.
EAST through the
California Summer-Land
Low Round Trip Fares
Four
fast, comfortable,
and convenient
trains daily
over the
Shasta cRpute
in each direction.
Sun-swept beaches—flower-bedecked cities—glow
ing life, cheer, happiness.
Visit this wonder-land on your way East this win
ter. Join in the healthful, outdoor recreation—
golfing, swimming, motoring.
Go via the scenic Shasta route to California. Thence
via any one of Southern Pacific’s great transcon
tinental routes to the East.
Go on one — return on another if you choose.
Southern Pacific low round trip 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
THE SEATTLE HOUSE
Under New Management
STEAM HEATED ROOMS BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. FAIRMAN, Prop. SEW^.D, Alaska
WHEN YOU HAVE REPAIRING TO DO GIVE ME A CALL
PLUMBING, STEAM 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
TUG OP WAR
Students of Northwestern College, Boston, Mass., have their an
nual tug- of war over muddy river, a feature which is generally at
tended by big crowds.
HOW A PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
(Popular Magazine)
On November 4th you will cast your
vote for President Coolidge, Senator
La Follette or Mr. Davis, or some oth- j
er candidate of your choice; on the
evening of that day excited crowds
will gather in every city and town
to hear the election returns; in the
normal course of events the news
papers printed early the following
morning will be able to announce with
reasonable surety the election of the
thirty-first President of the United
States.
In spite of all this, the next presi
dnt will not be elected until early the
next January, and there is no legal
guarantee that he will be the man
who received the largest number of
votes at the polls in November.
The cause for this remarkable sit
uation lies in the Constitution, the su
preme and superior law of this nation.
The Constitution makers of 1787
thought that the voice of the people
should be heard, but that it should
be heeded in accordance with the de
liberate judgement of the best citi
zens of the various states. So they
providd, in Article 2, of the Consti
tution, for the election of the presi
dent by electors appointed in each
state in the manner that the legisla
ture of the State might direct; the
Classified Advertising
WANTED—Salesman or woman to
call on private homes, something!
new. Good proposition. Average ?50
per week. Write O. M. Sinclair,
5018 43rd Ave. S., Seattle, Wash.
FOR SALE—Singer Sewing Machine
in fine condition with all attach
ments, cheap for cash, $25 takes
jt; inquire Gateway. tf.
FOR SALE—Some slightly used over
coats at a bargain while they last.
See JORDAN VALET SERVICE.
WANTED—A few more boarders by
the week or month, also steam
heated rooms, reasonable. ‘ Mrs.
Fainnan. 26t
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.
SEWARD REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Mondays of Each Mo.
8:0 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
MRS. A. H. THODAY, N. G.
SEWARD LODGE NO.
219, F. & A. M.
Stated Communica
tions 1st and 3rd Wed
nesdays or each Mo.
Visiting Brethern Wel
come.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A-7.
I. O. O. F.
Meets Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. Vsit
ing Brothers Welcome.
FRANK LAGERQUIST, N. G.
CHAS. LECHNER, SEC.
SEWARD POST NO. FIVE
American Legion
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays
A. E. RUCKER, Commander.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE
Pioneers of Alaska
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
F. B. MOORE, President.
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Secretary’
number of electors in each State to
be equal to that state’s representation |
in both houses of Congress, They pro- j
vided also that a majority of the ;
votes of all the electors appointed j
should be necessary for election; and j
that in the event of no candidate ob- ]
tabling a majority the House of Rep
resentatives should elect the presi-1
dent, each state having one vote und
a majority of all the States being j
necessary for a choice.
Slightly modified by the Twelfth
Amendment to the constitution, rati
fied by the States in 1798, this system j
of election remains in force, although
in a form that would surprise the men
who devised it. From the very first
no presidential elector has followed
his own judgment when it ran coun
ter to the will of the voters. Today,
instead of being selected by the state
legislatures, the elctors* are nominat
ed by party conventions in each state,
and voted for by citizens at the polls.
With the moral certainty that the el
ectors in turn will cast their ballots
for the candidates of their party. On
On the second Monday in January,
| following the general election, the el
ectors met in their states, cast their
votes, and transmit these votes in
writing to Washington. At a joint
session of the Senate and the House
of Representatives these votes are
opened and counted by the president
| of th Senate, and if any candidate has
\ a majority of all the electoral votes,
he becomes president. This year there
will be 531 members of the electoral
college. To win the election it is nec
essary for one of the candidates to
obtain the votes of 266 of these elec
tors. If no candidate obtains a ma-1
jority the election of the next presi- j
dent passes into the hands of the
House of Representatives.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
SEE
Curtis R. Mor ford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
J. W. Edmunds, Oph. D.
and Dr. ETHEL A. K. EDMUNDS
Doctors of Ophthalmalogy and Gradu
ate Optometrists
Eyes Examined, Glasses Correctly Fit
ted. Optcal Department Fraser-Patter
son Co. Office Telephone Main 2174
Second at University St. Seattle, Wn.
20 Successful Years in Seattle
Dr. J. A. Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
Hugh Dougherty
FURNISHED HOUSES FOR RENT
Real Estate and Insurance
Business Phone Adams 152
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Arcade Building
Phone Adams 121 Seward, Alaska
Ray & David
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Seward and Anchorage
SEWARD OFFICE:
Harriman Bank Building
Ir
LIBERTY THEATRE
il
:00 O’clock ONE SHOW 8:00 O’clock
TUESDAY One Show WEDNESDAY
JOSEPH SCHENCK PRESENTS
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
in
A comedy of Broadway’s lights and its frights
POLLY OF THE FOLL IES
By John Emerson and Anita Loos
A Fable of footlight foibles and limelight lemons
ALSO A TWO-REEL COMEDY
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
“CHILDEN OF THE DUST”
And a 2-Reel Comedy
At the dance next Saturday, there will be door prizes Tickets
for men $1.00—Tickets for ladies, free—Prizes for both’.
SALE
12 HATS
YOUR CHOICE
$2.95
ELLSWORTH’S
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Keen Reductions on
SWEATERS
Ladies’ and Children’s
DRESSES—
—at—
BANBURY & OGLE
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
Rough Lumber or
Shiplap
Please Ask for Prices
C. LAROCHELLE, Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1J61
TAILORING
Come In and Get Measured for
a Suit. Guaranteed Fit.
C. HENNING
Seward, Alaska
F. B. MOORE
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
Gas Launch
KEN/1/
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
SEEK a HIE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Sheet Metal, Heat
ing and Roofing
RICHARD AND MORRISON
Tel. Adams 80
Bakery FISHER’S Cafe
Where Meals Are Enjoyed
OPEN FROM 6 A. M. TO 12 MIDNIGHT
Phone — Adams 108
SEWARD CHAS. FISHER, Prop. ALASKA