The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entered as; Second Class Matter Sep
tember 2nd. 19,15, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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Seward, Alaska.
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THE NATION'S T R £ASL REHOUSE
Although Alaska has been part of
the United States for more than half
a century, President Harding is the
first chief executive to pay a visit to
the great Northland, now recognized
as the nation’s treasurehouse.
Alaska was one of the best bargains
in real estate that the government
ever made—second only to the pur
chase of Louisiana territory in 1S03
for $3,000,000. We paid Russian some
$7,200,000 for the Territory, which,
with an area of 591,000 square miles,
is one-sixth as large as the United
States proper, and twice as large as
the thirteen original states. In gold
alone the Territory in twenty years !
has yielded approximately $20,000,000,;
while the copper yield has totaled
$125,000,000, and in 1922 alone amount j
ed to about $10,000, or more than the
purchase price of the Territory.
According to statistics of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, the total value of minerals
and metals taken from Alaska down
to 1920—including chiefly gold, silver,
copper, platinum, lead, tin, graphite,
gypsum, barytes, sulphur, coal and
mineral oil—was morp than $460,000,
000, and figures compiled by the fed
eral government show gold receipts
from Alaska for the past three years
at more than $20,000,000 and copper
at $30,000,000.
Fisheries products of the territory
since 1S67 are estimated at $400,000,
000, while during the past three years \
shipments amounted to $95,348,553.
Fur products have totaled nearly 100
million dollars and are now valued at
$3,500,000 a year. Of the $51,000,000
worth of merchandise shipped from
Alaska to the United States in 1922,
canned salmon amounted to $29,487,
000; fish products as a whole, to
$34,271,000; furs $3,561,000; copper,
$9,833,000; domestic gold, $7,630,000,
and silver to $770,000. And apart
from all this Alaska has 700 miles of
railroads; invested industrial capital
of $75,000,000 and an available coal re
serve estimated by the government at
a minimum of 150,000,000,000 tons, as
well as great agricultural resources, if
markets are provided.
Alaskans feel that the President’s
visit should contribute something to
the solution of Alaska’s governmental
problems, which are retarding devel
opment. It should also tend to a so
lution of the territorial problem of
securing a reaosnable return from our
resources, which are being depleted
with no benefit to Alaska, other than
the Federal appropriations returned
Liberty
Tonight
Hobart Bosworth
in the special five-reel feature
White Hands
also one reel of POLO and a
PAROMOUNT MAGAZINE
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Fishermen's Supplies, Gasoline, Distillate
J. L. GRAEF
Seward, Alaska
to it. The nation’s attetnion has been
directed to this rich wonderland of the
North, and if we can but cause con
gress to realize the present injustice
of being governed by a multitude of
interlocking bureaus, President Hard
ing’s trip w’ill not have been in vain.
DO WE WANT THE TOURIST?
Tourist travel to Alaska is increas
ing at a rate that bids us pause and
take stock as to our means for handl
ing them. There is no town in the
Territory with hotels catering to the
tourist trade, the majority of our hos
telries being small and with but few
conveniences, from the tourist stand
point. The first town that erects a
150-room hotel built for the tourist
trade, will have it filled as soon as it
is known. The Eastern tourist, anx
ious to escape the heat of the summer
season can find excellent facilities f°r
recreation and health in Alaska. We
have fishing, boating, mountain climb
ing, and restful, health-restoring, in
vigorating climate.
Alaska to a greater extent than any
part of the country, stands its best
opportunity for tourist travel, taken
as a whole. If the hold California has
upon the tourist travel is to be bro
ken, Alaska must act as a unit. The
sooner our Chambers of Commerce
realize and act upon this plan, the
sooner we can expect to see thou
sands of tourists pouring. finto this
part of the country.
There is a harder task ahead, too,
to advertise Alaska than in the aver
age case. This is because it is the
“last frontier” of scenic wonder. It
has not been exploited yet. Its actu
al charms and handiness to the States
have not yet been fixed in the minds
of the people who travel.
If we want the tourist we must first
provide v accommodations and then
go after them.
The Forestry service rents fox isl
ands in Prince William Sound for $25
per annum; the bureau having con
trol of the islands west of Seward
rents them for $300 per year. One is
too small a rental and the other is too
large. At $300 per year, or $25 per
month, the fox farmer, by the time
he pays his other taxes, has little left
to start with. The fox islands should
be under control of one bureau and
one man.
Dry Cleaning done at Jordan’s Val
et Service. tf
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
O. K. Barber Shop
RAY LEWIS, PROPR.
BATHS IN CONNECTION
Seward, Alaska
WHIPPING
CREAM
AT THE
SEWARD
DAIRY
Wall Paper
LATEST DESIGNS
1923 STOCKS
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG MAD. 145
BARBER SHOP
F. C. Miller, Prop.
SEWARD,
ALASKA
BATHING SUITS for men, women
and children a.t Urbach’s. 162-t.f
Best gasoline, distillate and gas en
gine oil at reduced prices at J. L.
Graef’s. 161-tf
For Live
INVESTMENTS
8EE
Don Carlos & Don Carlos
SEXTON ANNEX
OIL LOCATIONS, FOX ISLANDS
AND MINING
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
ALASKA CAFE
CUISINE OF THE BEST
POPULAR PRICES
F. J. FINN, Propr.
FURRIERS TAX1DERMISTS -TANNERS
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
specializing in creating from
ALASKAN FUltS TOL LATEST PARISIAN STYLES
THE NEW MOTORBOAT
ORMA
FOR SALE OR CHARTER
Hunting and pleasure trips wilt
be made Sundays and evenings.
LICENSED FOR PASSENGERS
Howard Long
SEWARD, ALASKA
Seward Machine Shop
CHARLES LECHNER, Proprietor
Motor Boats, Oil Drilling Machinery and Sawmill
Machinery Quickly Repaired
PLUMBING AND HEATING SHEET METAL WORKS
TELEPHONE MADISON 56
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S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
July 19 July 26 August 1
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Ports, including Anchorage and Kodiak.
For freight space or passenger reservations wire
or write
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Seward, Alaska
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
iH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT)
STEAMSHIP STARR
Will sail from Seward for Westward Alaska
on or About
AUGUST lOth
WILL CONNECT WITH NORTHWESTERN SAILING AUG. 4th
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
phone Madison seward, alaska
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BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
The Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
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RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Iiaw
Office In Arcade Building
’PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
General Repair Shop
PHONOGRAPHS, SEWING MA
CHINES CLEANED AND
REPAIRED
Light Machinery a Specialty
OLD FURNITURE REPAIRED
ELECTRICAL WORK
PHONE ADAMS 66
INQUIRE OF GEO- THORKILSEN
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSEN
Card Tables, Candles,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
TAILORING
C. Henning
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD LODGES
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Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
CLARA PERRY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHEKfTY, Sec.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-X,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. O.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Br'ethern wel
W. O. PERRY, W. M.
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
Seward Lodge
No. 1425.
L. O. O. M.
Will meet every
Tuesday night at
8 o’clock. Visiting
Brothers welcome
CHAS KREFTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
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I. a. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7. V
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome GERHARD JOHN
SEN, N. G., Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
CAL M. BROSIUS, Pres.
EARL DURGIN, Sec.
SEWARD POST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
JL E. RUCKER, Adj.
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