SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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AN AIRPLANE FIELD
Seward should get busy this year
and establish an airplane field for
the use of flyers visiting this port.
Major Zanni, the plucky Argentine
flyer, who has been making his lone
way around the world, will arrive
here in June, and the mail planes
planned by the government will have
their headquarters here in all prob
ability. The latter planes will proba
bly be hydroplanes, and will need
no preparation other than a safe
harbor.
With the rapid increase in airplane
service the town of village
which has no landing place is be
hind the times. A field will cost
but little, and the beach near the
tadio station could be fixed up with
little expense. Aviator Eielson stat
ed when here a year or so ago that
it was easily adapted for the pur
pose, and it should be laid out and
markers made as soon as possible.
BURNING HOMES
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF LAST
July a man set five to more than a
score of homes. Every home was
entirely consumed and there was no
insurance. The man went on his
way, if not rejoicing, at least with
out visible evidence of regret. The
homes he had destroyed were not
yet built; they were still in the tree
trunks awaiting the lumberman to
prepare them for the builder. But
economically these homes were de
stroyed as surely as though the trees
had been made into lumber and the
lumber into structures.
Occurances of this kind are al
most a daily event in America. This
loss of our leading natural resource
is rapidly bringing the country to the
same condition as exists in China
and other deforested countries.
AYe pride ourselves on our econo
mic independence. At present we
are importing over half our pulp ma
terial from Canada and the Scan
dinavian countries. This situation
will continue to grow worse, com*
pelling us to import more and more
of our forest products from foreign
’countries. It is the duty of every
American to prevent such a condi
tion.
BOUNTY ON EAGLES
The Anchorage Times takes the
legislature to task for its failure to
defeat the bounty on eagles. The
Times evidently forgets the hund
reds of fox farmers who are losing
large sums yearly through the depre
dations of these birds. The eagle is
one of the greatest menaces to the
fox farmer, and is also one of the
most destructive elements to Alaska
game. Even young deer are carried
away by the eagles and hundreds of
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young lambs fall prey to them in
the interior country.
The eagle can serve no good pur
pose and should be classed with the
wolf and coyote in its destructive
ness. There has been no reason
other than sentimental ones for its
existence. Fox ranchers slaim that
they have seen these birds time and
again carry off the fox pups, and it
this be so, a $500 pup is too expen
sive a meal to provide even the em
blem of our country. They also waste
salmon and trout in great numbers.
In the states where the eagle is rare
ly seen, the damage they do is so
small it is occasionally noticed, but
when one remembers that they are
in Alaska by the tens of thousands,
the amount of food required for them
is something enormous.
We believe the fox farmers should
be given every protection possible.
The industry is a new one and full
of expense the first few years. It
must be also remembered that the
foxes run loose on the small isl
ands and there is no way of protect
ing them save to kill off their ene
; mies.
SHOULD WE PRESS FRANCE?
France owes our government three
billion dollars, besides the accrued
interest. Italy owes fully half as
much. Interest on Liberty bonds
and other obligations covering these
loans costs our taxpayers more than
$200,000,000 a year. Unless these
nations pay us, our people must be
taxed to pay the principal also.
Neither France nor Italy has
made any arrangements for pay
ment of these enormous debts to
the United States. France being
our largest debtor, her case has
been most discussed. Why does
she not pay or agree to pay?
Briefly, this is France’s side of
the case. She suffered- in a com
mon cause and lost more than any
other allied nation in men, money
and property. She also loaned to
smaller allied nations which have
not repaid her. She has no real
assurances of collecting any sub
stantial reparations from Germany,
owing to the uncertainties of the
Dawes plan. If she knew' that Ger
many would pay, she would agree
to pay us.
We may reply that France is
spending much money for military
preparedness which ought to be used
to pay her debts.
France then asserts that her for
mer allies, including the United
States, have repudiated their propo
sition to secure her from future
German aggression, which she fears.
Besides, France now' is in the midst
of a financial crisis in which war
debts are not even considered.
France also has an alliance with Po
land and there are other complica
tions.
So, the question is a most diffi
cult one all around. If we press
France for payment, her national
structure may collapse and she will
be unable to pay at all. Europe is
still filled with distrust and seeth
ing with hate. Each nation has in
ternal as well as external troubles.
Ccnr.idering all the conditions men
tioned—and there are many more
complexities involved—it looks as
thought w'e must wait, regardless of
the ustice of our claims.
TUG SINKS; CREW DROWNS
ABERDEEN, April 30.—The tug
Hyba sank off Grays Harbor yester
day, her crew of four being given up
as lost.
Doc Must’a Been Wrong.
A Nebraska woman, 80 years old,
had her hair bobbed, caught cold and
died, according to a news dispatch.
Something wrong about this for
women today can shed their hair,
clothes and everything else, even in
the coldest weather without catching
cold.
Our own guess is the doc skid
ded in his diagnosis and what the
woman really died from wTas shock
of not having had her husbands or
daughter-in-law oppose her having it
bobbed.
Spring Fever.
In spring it’s nature’s fault
We are so doggone lazy,
And wives and bosses w^ho
Think we should work are crazy.
I kin remember when a box of
face powder didn’t expect to go out
every time the owner did.
Old Alaskan Cutter
Used By McMillan
WASHINGTON, April 30.—The old
Dundeie whaling vessel Thetis, a vet
eran in Arctic cruises, has been char
tered by the McMillan party to be
used as a second ship in his proposed
Arctic expedition this summer. The
explorer’s own schooner, the Bowdoin,
will be used to transport the scien
tific party, while the Thetis will carry
the planes and aviators to be used by
the expedition.
In 1884 the Thetis was sent to the
rescue of the Lieut. Greely expedition
which made its winter quarters at
Discovery Harbor, Grinnell Land, and
at which time Greely and six men
were all that arrived when the Thetis
under command of Winfield S. Schley,
arrived.
Later the Thetis was used as a gun
boat and revenue cutter in Alaskan
waters, and served as a floating court.
YUKON PIONEER DIES
IN SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
SEATTLE, April 30.—Word has
been received from San Diego, Califor
nia, of the death of Michael Moore, a
pioneer Yukon-Alaska gold seeker who
went from! Butte to Nome in 1S98, lat
er going to Fairbanks and the Idita
rod. Moore was never lucky as a gold
seeker but had interests in extensive
coal deposits in the Bering Sea dis
trict before the entries were with
drawn by the government.
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Fake Mining Schemes
Detriment To Alaska
SEATTLE, April 30.—The Seattle
Mining Club, organized to check fake
promoters and help legitimate mining
by publicly condemning shady ven
tures and approving worthy projects,
will greatly help Alaska. Charles G.
Titus,, a Valdez mining engineer said.
Nurmi Breaks Record
Los Angeles Track
LOS ANGELES. April 30.—Paavo
Nurmi today broke T. H. Coneff’s 30
year-old half mile world’s record of
6 minutes 46 2-5 seconds running the
distance in 6 minutes 42 1-2 seconds.
FISHER’S CAFE AND DANCE
ROOM BEING OVERHAULED
Among the many changes being
made at Fisher’s Cafe, is the addition
of a fine dance room, the only one in
connection with a restaurant in the
town. Four boxes are being built
which lead into the dance room, and
all will be curtained off and elab
rately furnished, and when the room
is needed for a banquet hall, the por
table partitions can be removed, add
ing greatly to the room. The steam
tables and serving counter are being
moved forward about 18 feet, which
will eliminate many needless steps
in serving patrons. Cal Brosius and
Charles Lechner are the contractors
on the carpentery work, while Frank
Moore is attending to the painting
and decorating.
Mr. Fisher expects to reopen the
Cafe Saturday.
ADM. WATSON AT ANCHORAGE
The Admiral Watson arrived in An
chorage this morning and expected to
sail for Kodiak and westward points
at noon today. She will return to
Seward some time Sunday.
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET
Work in the initiatory degree to
nightt. All members are requested to
attend. Visiting members welcome.
Inquest Resumed Over
Remains W. N. McClintock
CHICAGO, April 30.—Earl P. Clark,
testifying at the inquest over the re
mains of William Nelson. McClintock,
disinterred in the murder suspect
case, that a lawyer for Wm. D. Shep
herd had offered Clark $5,000 to sign
an affidavit -which he, Clark, had not
yet seen.
Remington Portable Typewriters at
Alaska Shop. tf
Picture Framing at the Alaska
Shop. tf
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LIBERTY THEATRE
ONE SHOW AT 8:00 SHARP
BRYANT WASHBURN
-and
VIRGINIA VALLI
In the Great Comedy Drama,
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“The Fibbers”
1 A FIVE REEL FEATURE
I AND THE CHAMPION
I Jack Dempsey
I IN THE TWO-REEL DRAMA,
I A Society Knockout
■ There will also be an interesting one reeler,
I “THE BAREFOOT BOY”
I SPECIAL MUSIC j
H The Seward Orchestra will play new selections
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AMERICAN LEGION MEETS
IN NEW CLUB ROOMS
Seward Post, American Legion, met
last night in the spacious club rooms
recently fitted up by the Ladies Aux
iliary. A large attendance was noted,
with a sprinkling of visitors present.
Comrade P. J. Hussey is working
on four oil paintings which will be
presented to the Legion and hung in
the club rooms.
Legion members are negotiating
with the Empress Circuit to put on
the great American Legion picture,
“The Lost Battalion,” at some time
in the near future. The Cordova Le
gion is running this picture to pack
ed houses this week.
After the meeting a luncheon wTas
served, consisting of fruit salad, cock
tails of the prohibition kind, and cake.
Eastman Kodaks ana supplies at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Brunswick Phonographs and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
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building a much needed coat of paint 'W
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