SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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AIR MAIL SERVICE
That air mail service has come to
Alaska to stay is shown by the gov
ernment’s co-operating with the can
nery interests at Bristol Bay in the
installation of two airplanes, which
will have their headquarters at Sew
ard, acording to reports received
from Seattle. Telegraphic dispatch
es state that the planes were ship
ped on the cutter Haida, supposed
to have sailed from Seattle April 15.
It is expected these plnaes will make
the flight from Seward to Bristol
Bay in four hours, w'hicli will elimi
nate the ten day trip by steamer
from Sew'ard, for those who wTish the
excitement of a flight and can afford
the expense.
It is presumed that only first
class mail will be carried and that
a letter may be sent from Seward
one day and a reply received the
next. This is up to the minute ser
vice and places Seward in a position
of doing the banking and express
business of the Bristol Bay district.
In case the plan proves a success
there is no doubt but that other air
planes will be installed on new mail
routes next season. Prom bidarka
to sailing ship, sailing ship to steam
er, steamer to dog sled, and dog
sled to airplanes, is a span of prob
ably twenty years. The improve
ments in navigation during this time
have come so fast that the old timer
can hardly get used to one method
before another is presented, each
more speedy than the one previous.
Mail transportation costs the gov
ernment more per capita in Alaska
than in any known country in the
world. Starting at Seward a net
work of mail routes radiate along the
peninsula, the Kuskokwim, the Yukon
and the Koyukuk. Boats are used in
the summer, but during the long win
ter months when the streams are
icebound, the dog team has been
found the most efficient and reliable
method of delivering the mails to
inbound camps. The dog team re
quires less food transported than
and other draught animal, and as a
last resort can be eaten by their
drivers. They are faithful, will work
until they drop, and apparently en
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COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Delicious Hams and Bacon,
Wild Rose Lard, Mayflower
Butter and Eggs, Steer Beef,
Fancy Lambs, Select Poultry
always on hand.
SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK
Steer Pot Roast, per lb.. .20
Pure Lard, ^er lb___.25
Pioneer Butchers of Alaska, Whole
sale and Retail, Phone 94.
H. L. McGHIE, Mgr.
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joy the trips more than the drivers.
The airplane may make for effi
ciency and speed, but it will be1
many years before they supersede
the dogs entirely.
HELP GET THE HOME
If Seward is so fortunate as to get
the Jesse Lee Home it will add
greatly to the city’s population and
to the payroll here. It is esti
mated that at least $10,000 per year
will be turned lose in the commun
ity and a number of highly intelli
gent teachers added to oui commun
ity. The Jesse Lee Home is a Meth
odist institution which is maintained
by the church and is placed in
charge of some highly endowed min
ister as superintendent. The work
done in the past by the Home is with
out precedent. Hundreds of home
less boys and girls have been taken
in, cared for, educated, and taught
to take care of their physical bodies
and qualities in a way impossible in
the government schools. Many of
these children are so nearly white it
is hard to tell them from the Caucas
ian race, while others show their na
tive blood. All are well mannered,
neat and as intelligent as the average
white child w’ith similar environment.
These children are kept within bounds
by strict discipline and are no bother
to any community, but rather are an
asset.
Those persons who are averse to
the establishment of the Home at
Seward should investigate the condi
tions under which they are raised be
fore voicing objections to which there
are no facts for foundation.
One of the first benefits to the com
munity will be the large concrete
structures to be erected at the site
chosen. Next year it is reported
a fine hospital and other buildings
will be added. These buildings mean
work for every mechanic in Seward,
and will be an ornament to the Ke
nai road. They will prove of great
interest to tourists and be something
to which Seward can point with pride
in years to come. It is hoped that
every citizen will help this project
and place no impediment in the way
of the committee at work securing
the site.
THE FISH TAX
Once more certain members of the
legislature, notably those living in
land from the coast, take a rap at
the fisheries, adding a tax of $3 per
thousand on fish caught in traps. Just
why this tax should be placed on fish
caught in traps and not on those
caught in nets is hard to fathom, un
less the proponents of the bill believe
it will force the canneries to turn to
nets as proper equipment in fishing.
To the lay mind it appears that cer
tain interests backed by purse sein
ers and gill netters are endeavoring
to corner the market.
Years ago the States of Washington
went through the same fight against
traps, waged by the fishermen, who
endeavored to either control the catch
or put the canneries out of business.
They did not succeed because the
Washington legislature refused to pull
the chestnuts out of the fire for one
branch of the industry at the ex
pense of the other. The best fish
ery experts agree that fish taken
from traps are in better shape when
they arrive on the cannery floor than
those taken by nets. Be this as it
may, the fact that one trap can
catch more fish than a dozen fisher
men, making the overhead much
cheaper, should be sufficient reason
for allowing the fishtrap. An in
dustry should be allowed to operate
in the most economical way. In the
old days it took many oxen and men
to pull a log out of the woods, that
can now be snaked out by two men
and a donkey in one-fourth the time.
No one would think of going back
to the slower and more expensive
way of logging. Modern methods
and machinery have placed within
the reach fo the poor man products
that were formerly luxuries. To tax
one part of an industry because it
is more economical and saves human
labor appears nonsensical, looked at
h-om the standpoint of efficiency.
Without the traps, many more men
■would be required to catch the same
number of fish. The theory of the
tax is that it wrould be better to em
ploy a larger number of men. But
no argument is advanced that the
canneries would accept the prescribed
way of fishing, but rather instead
TO LIBERTY THEATRE
TWO SHOWS—7:00 AND 8:45
Ernest Torrence, Bebe Daniel
Noah Beery and Lloyd Hughes
-IN
“The Heritage
of the Desert”
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nasas
THE GREAT STORY BY ZANE GREY
A WONDERFULLY STAGED AND ACTED PICTURE
The stars more than add to their reputation by this play. You
should never miss seeing these actors and actresses.
WITH IT THERE WILL BE A BRUCE TRAVEL REEL AND
A FABLE REEL.
SUNDAY ONLY—COLLEEN MOORE and a special cast in a
great comedy drama, entitled: PAINTED PEOPLE
would pull out of the industry, or op
erate in a smaller way.
If the fish canneries would organ
ize and all agree to stay out of Al
aska for a year or two, they would
have the Territory appealing to them
to come back on any terms whatso
ever. Without the fish money the
Territory would be bankrupt and
grass grow in the steets of many Al
askan towns. Sixty-five per cent of
the expense of the pack now goes to
the territory in the shape of taxes
and license. It might be well to
consider these things before accept
ing the leadership of the radical who,
if times get bad, puts on his coat and
leaves the country he has helped to
ruin.
There is a point beyond which cap
i ital cannot be driven. We believe
this point has been reached and to
go farther will be suicidal. We need
capital more than any other one
thing. By all means give it a square
deal.
Mr. C. C. Hinde is a busy man. Be
sides being president of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce, he is treas
urer of the Town of Seward, treas
urer for the school board, and cash
ier of the local bank. For his ser
vices to the town he will be paid
the sum of one dollar a year, which
salary will not be paid until the end
of Ms term. In other words he is
working on three jobs for the city
in an endeavor to better conditions.
If more of our citizens followed his
example the town could not be held
back. If one man can do so much
gratis why not all of us spend a lit
tle more time and money in helping
in civic affairs?
Two of the best events pulled off
last year for Seward citizens were
the Masonic picnic at Kenai lake,
when a train vras chartered by the
local lodge and every man, woman
and child who desired to go, taken
on a splendid day’s outing; the oth
er wras the excursion to Fairbanks
given by the Alaska railroad manage
ment, which extended a rate of one
fare for the round trip, thus giving
many of our citizens an opportunity
to see the interior. It is to be hop
ed these excursions will be repeated
this year, as they were the most en
joyable of any in which we have
ever participated.
Many Americans are leaving the
Isle of Pines since that island was fi
nally given over to Cuban control.
Have You a Bad Back?
Then the Advice of a Resident of
This Locality Will Interest You
Does your back ache night and day?
Hinder work; destroy your rest?
Are you tortured with stabbing pains
When you stoop, lift or bend?
Then likely your kidneys are weak.
More troubles may soon appear.
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness;
Or uric acid and its ills.
Help your weakened kidneys with a
stimulant diuretic.
Use Dona’s Pills.
Read this interesting testimony:
Mrs. Albert Selhaver, 1114, W.
North St., Bellingham, Wash., says:
“I was all run down and suffered from
kidney disorder. 1 had terrible pains
in the small of my back and I could
n’t get up without help. At times
when I got down I was unable to
move. My kidneys acted too often
and my feet bloated so badly that I
couldn’t wear my shoes. Doan’s
Pills cured me of the attack and
made my kidneys well. The bloat
ing went down, too.”
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, former ex
plorer convicted of swindling, became
No. 23118 at the Leavenworth feder
al prison a. few days ago.
A rush of prospectors to the Swat
river district of Manitoba is reported
due to the finding of gold there.
Advertising in a Melbourne news
paper located for Mrs. Charles SmitL
of Duluth, la., a brother who had beet
in Australia for 30 years.
Birds carrying aluminum ring plat
ed on their legs by H. F. Witherby ot
London have been caught in South
Africa and Madagascar.
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