Semardyaily Gateman
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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SUTHERLAND’S ATTITUDE, ROADS
Inasmuch as Seward citizens are interested in the
roads which the Bureau of Public Roads has and is con
structing in this district with funds provided by the For
est’Service, The Gateway wishes to point out the attitude
which Delegate Dan Sutherland assumes towards roads
built out of towns, which he informed congress, lead no
where and contribute nothing toward development.
Sometime ago the present Delegate to Congress
made a personal protest to the Chief Forester against the
Alaska road program of the Forest Service. He criticised
and objected to the expenditure of money on roads lead
ing out of towns situated on the coast and sought to up
set the program at that time recommended by the District
Forester in charge of Alaskan National Forests.
He is openly and vehemently antagonistic against the
present policy of the Bureau of Public road's and the For
est Service road building program. This statement is not
guesswork, but is an established fact as is proved conclu
sively by his statement before the Committee on Roads
of the House of Representatives during its consideration
of the general authorization bills on Feb. 15, 16, 17, 18,
19 and 20,1926.
A part of his statement to the committee is cited;
herewith: “Instead of construction of these specification
roads in the vicinity of the towns, if they would use this
money in building of roads that would lead into mining
sections, and in the construction of bridges over streams
so that ore could be moved out and supplies moved in, that
would mean development in the Territory of Alaska. The
roads out near the towns mean nothing in the way of de
velopment, UNLESS possibly a few houses might be built
along the roads.”
He completely ignores the fact that every road con
structed in the Territory has been constructed with that
very point in view, for furthering the development of the
Territory’s natural resources. In order to open up the
Moose Pass, Hope, Sunrise country and the entire Kenai
peninsula country, the Seward-Kenai lake road and the
big road system in the Moose Pass region, have been de
signed. Rome was not built in a day!
But listen to what he said with reference to the B. of
P. R., staff: “The building of roads in Alaska does not
require many technical men. They have too many tech
nical men on their staff too many clerks and stenograph
ers. What we want are practical road builders who can
do the work and keep the men at work.” Not much praise
in that statement is there? We wonder what particular
breed of men Mr. Sutherland thinks can carry on the bu
reau’s work better than the present personnel.
. One of the statements in the platform of Thomas
Marquam, Independent candidate for Delegate to Con
gress is that he pledges himself to use his utmost endeav
ors to bring into closer harmony and more effective coop
eration between the two Federal road building agencies,
so that there will be more roads and trails built in every
part of the Territory and not in one particular section.
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LOCAL DRIVE ON
ADJUTANAT KERR MAKES AD
DRESS BEFORE LOCAL CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE
In connection with the local Salva
tion Army drive, now being conducted
by Adjt. Wm. Kerr, he relates the
following story of the organization:
Sixty-one years ago, William Booth,
founder of The Salvation Army, sev
ered his connections from the Metho
dist church and started on active
Christian work on the streets of Lon
don, England, amongst the masses of
the slums of that great metropolis.
The work became so successful that
it was necessary to do something
with the multitude who became its
converts, but owing to the hostility
of the then Christian world, William
Booth found difficulty in getting his
converts attached to the then Chris
tian churches, and for the sake of pro
tecting those who became converts,
the Christian mission was organized.
The Christian Mission went on for
a period of ten years of very success
ful campaign, and it then became ne
cessary to take further steps for ad
vancement and progress of the organi
zation.
One of the Commissioners of
William Booth’s staff suggested
changing the name from the Chris
tian Mission to the Army of the Sal
vation. William Booth put his pen
across the Christian Mission and
wrote the Salvation Army. As the
years passed, The Salvation Army be
gan to spread to different parts of
Europe, amidst great opposition and
it seemed* that the greater the oppo
sition the greater the organization
grew. Over forty years ago, the
Army opened its work in the United
Stated. It was organized by mem
bers of the Salvation Army who were
not officers, with results from their
efforts in a very short time. A con
tingent of officers were organized and
placed in several centers of the
United States.
From the spiritual activities of the
organization it became necessary to
establish social institutions, which
consisted of maternity hospitals for
PHOFESSWUL CURBS
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN AND SuRGEON
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madieon 90. Seward, Alaska
DR. A. R. ROBERTS
DENTI8T
Dental and General X-Ray Work
New Tecklenlberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
AARON E. RUCKER
attorney at law
Harriman Bldg. Annex
PHONE MADISON 136
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CURTIS R. MORFORD
FOR FIRE IN8URANCE
J. B. BEESON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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unmarried mothers and hotels for
men. Then came the other depart
ments which are included in the
Army’s social operations, such as in
quiry departments and anti-suicide
bureaus, which have accomplished a
good deal in the saving of life and
bringing together families which have
long been separated.
Adjt. Kerr was a guest at the Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon and busi
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O. J. Behurst, constructor with the
Standard Oil company, arrived in
the city last evening from Fairbanks
where he has just completed the con
struction of tanks for the new station.
He is en route to the Seattlb office of
the company.
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Developing, Printing and Enlarging
—Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
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‘FOR THE SERVICE THAT SUCCEEDS’
THE SALVATION ARMY
Alaska Financial Appeal
for the maintenance of The Army work in
the Alaska Territory
Sept. 27th to 30th
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