SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
Gateway Publishing Co.
Entered in the postoffice at Seward,
Alaska, as second-class mail matter.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors
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NO PAPER TOMORROW
In line with other papers of the Ter
ritory, The Gateway will issue no pa
per New' Year’s Day, the force taking
the day off to frame up good resolu
tions n’everything. Our next publi
cation day will be on January 2, pro
vided our feet escape the pitfalls and
snares on every hand. We take this
occasion to thank our patrons for
business courtesies extended the past
year and wrish each and every citizen
a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
It is said that men’s socks will be
worn in fancy colors the season of
1926, with ivory, helio, cocoa, wrren,
orchid, saraband, epinard green and
sultana red predominating. The aver
age male will be duly thankful if he
can locate a pair in plain black with
out any holes in them.
Sew'ard has had a most prosperous
year, and the coming year has all the
indications of being better than this
one. The Jesse Lee Home spent over
$100,OCX? in this town, and halibut
fishermen and tie cutters left several
other thousands with our merchants.
One of the most precious posses- '
sions of this day and age is a satis- 1
fled ravenous thirst. i
Germany has more than 1500 miles
of navigable canals.
BRAWN, BEAUTY AND BRAINS
If appreciation of human excellence
be correctly indicated by the materia
gains possible to its possessor, it cai
hardly be denied that the world stil
esteems the physical above the men
tal.
Brawn and beauty command finan
cial rewards far above those accord
ed to mere brains, and to be success
ful a man should be born H good look
ing girl baby with a covetous dispo
sition and an itching palm. This re
fers of course to the personal earn
ings of the top-notchers in brawn and
beauty and not to those pulchritudi
nous ladies who hie to Hollywood tc
display their charms.
We are willing to pay fabulous sums
to those who entertain us but deal
less generously with those who con
tribute to our mental pabulum or our
general well being.
Compare the earnings of Gloria
Swanson, Mary Pickford, Jack Demp
sey and Babe Ruth, or any baby gold
en haired vamp ih our larger cities,
with those of our eminent authors,
scientists and engineers, or even with
the salary of a lowly, hard-working
Alaskan editor, who must be a mental
millionaire with a slight overdraft
at his bankers. While some authors
receive handsome remuneration, and
a few editors have two'pairs of sus
penders and wear lavendar socks,
they are experts in their profession,
or have a good list of stockholders.
That the condition is becoming
more and more marked, may be illus
trated by the shower of gold just
now being heaped upon “Red” Grange,
famed football star, who has received
close to §500,000 in less than a month
since he left the University of Illi
nois to join the profession. Or con
sider the case of our friend Harry
Steel, of Cordova, the Beau Brummel
of the newspaper game in Alaska, or
Johnny Troy of the Empire, who can
go to the states first class anytime
he has an inclination, or the dean of
of all Alaskans, the Hon. W. F.
Thompson, who can indulge in satire
and reminiscences to his heart's con
tent, without losing business or peace
of mind.
About the only ^conclusion to be
irawn from this is that one must be
born with swelling muscles and sturdy
frame, or have such enticing propor
tions as to engage the attention of
i decadent millionaire. Brains evi
iently hold second place in the race
!or fame and fortune, or maybe little
trains are displayed by the man who
akes up the perilous newspaper
?ame.
Firemen’s Dance Tonight.
FRESH VEGETABLES
received on every boat
Fancy and Staple
' GROCERIES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
No orders too large or too small
Mail orders promptly attended to
' BEST STOCKS IN ALASKA
SEWARD TRADING COMPANY
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
Prompt Delivery
SEWARD HEWS COMP AH Y
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IN MfiMORIAM.
5 The j ar 1926 called many world
1 and national figures to their final rest.
1 Among these are 18 who, perhaps, at
1 tained the utmost heights, wrestiDg
everlasting fame from their chosen
fields.
Queen Alexandra.
Frederich Ebert, president Germany.
Wm. Jennings Bryan.
Thomas R. 'Marshall.
Senator La Follette.
Sen. Ladd of North Dakota.
Sen. McCormick of Illinois.
Sen. Spencer of Missouri.
Warren S. Stone, labor leader.
Victor F. Lawson, publisher.
Christy Matthewson.
. John Singer Sargent, painter.
Waiter Camp.
Camille F’amarion, astronomer.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Clara Morris, actress.
Amy Lowell, poet.
Herbert Quick, editor and author.
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Only two cases of stealing have
been recorded in Iceland in the past
1000 years. Seward can go that one
better. There has never been one
case of theft reported by the residents
of Seal rock, an island at the entrance
to Resurrection Bay.
An Arkansas boy who ran away
from th’e farm to join a circus is now
worth $200,000. His father died and
left him a farm on which oil was
struck.
A Seattle woman complains that a
robber got into her ice box recently.
Do you suppose she meant the ice
man?
A bird of New Zealand called the
kiwi weighs only about four pounds,
but lays an egg weighing 14 ounces,
or nearly one fourth its weight.
The twine necessary to tie an av
erage Canadian wheat crop ■would
reach 142,000,000 miles.
THREE MARRIAGES
AT ANCHORAGE IN
LAST FEW DAYS
MANY NEWLY WEDS ARE WELL
KNOWN TO MANY SEWARD
PEOPLE—GOOD START
During the past few days Anchorage!
has been the scene of numerous vis
its of young Dan Cupid who plunked
his arrows dead center on six different
occasions, in the hearts of^three cou
ples, all of whom are quite well known
to many Seward residents. Those
married werd Miss Helen Elaine Dam
mert and Lawrence Edward Fleckin
stein. The bride is the niece of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Rivers, residents of
Anchorage. Mr. Fleckenstein has
been residing in the Anchorage dis-!
trict with his parents for many years.
The second couple were Hazel Jua
nita Carpenter and Lawrence J. Scan-!
[on. The bride is a popular member ;
>f the younger social set of Anclior
ige and had been in the employ of
;he telephone office for several years
last. Mr. Scanlon has been in the
rain service of the Alaska railroad
n the transportation department
lince 1917.
The third couple were Ida May Carol
layer and Hal of Palmer. The bride
s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
layer of Anchorage and Mr. Palmer
s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer of
lomer. For the last two years he
tas been employed as a member of
he Anchorage fire department. Two
nonths &go he was a brief visitor in
!eward following a visit home to his
oiks.
It is impossible to get more than
0 miles from the seacoast in Eng. i
and, Scotland and Ireland.
An ocean liner being built at;
’hiladelphia will have a monster soda ,
ountain' as a part of its equipment.!
America’s first warship to visit “
Junope was the Reprisal, which sank
ff Newfoundland in 1778.
At the outbreak of the Revolution.
ry War, George Washington was
ne of the four richest men in the
imerican colonies.
French opera was first sung in
ialtimore in the year of 1791.
Indians of Brazil eat rats, snakes,
lligators and parrots.
Liberty
Theater
ONE SHOW TONIGHT—8 SHARP
TONIGHT AND
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Agnes Ayres
and
A’tone Moreno
In a great comedy-drama
“BLUFF
An up to the minute play staged in
New York.
HALF OF LIFE IS BLUFFING
Come and see how it worked out in
this instance
With it there will be a two-reel comedy:
"OVER THE FENCE"
And an interesting PATHE REVIEW
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= In extending the Season’s Greeting to all its
| friends and patrons, The Alaska Railroad takes oc
= casion to announce a
I .. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
| EXCURSION FARE
S of one and one-third the regular one-way fare, for
= round trip, between all stations. Reduced rate tick
| ets may be purchased at all agency stations Decem
§ be** 21st, 1925 to January 1st, 1926, inclusive; final
5 return limit January 5th, 1926. Passengers board
| ing trains at non-agency stations may avail them
! selves of this Special Excursion Rate by purchasing
| reduced rate tickets at first agency stations.
E It is the sincere wish of The Alaska Railroad
| that the year 1926 will be most progressive and pros
E perous for all Alaskan activities, and towards the
= accomplishment of this purpose The Alaska Rail
| road will continue to lend its earnest and whole
E hearted cooperation at all times.
E DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I The Alaska Railroad
i (McKinley Park Route)
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The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
CASH
to spend
for other things
By
Having Old Shoes
Repaired
Seward Leather Works