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.
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PRIZE FARM GIRL
All prize w-inners are interesting
—and prizes have been offered of
late for almost. every qualification
under the sun, useful, ornamental and
otherwise.
Among the year’s winners the name
of Miss Frances Smith, 18-year-old
Ihigh school girl of. Geary, Okla., de
serves a prominent place. In a con
test in connection with the an
nual congress of boys’ and girls’ club
rwork, held in Chicago, she was se
lected from 600,000 children of the
United States as the farm girl who
in 1925 had shown the greatest qual
ities of leadership in home, club and
community life.
As a press dispatch puts it,'“the
products of Miss Smith's hoe and
needle took twelve of the prizes.”
This gave her the undisputed title
the huge silver loving cup, which
was presented at a dinner attended
bv 1,200 club boys and girls, given
under the auspices of the internation
al livestock exchange.
It is hard to imagine a greater
honor than that of being selected as
the best all-round girl in America, or
one requiring more of intelligence,
industry and Character on the part
of the winner.
OLD TIME SPEEDERS
None will deny that the traffic
problem, especially in our larger
cities, is becoming extremely acute.
Added to the congestion, which ap
pears unavoidable, is the menace of
the inattentive driver and the willful
speeder.
But we should not imagine that
similar problems did not concern city
dwellers of the past. In an editorial
which appeared in the New York
Mirror in the year 1834, t!he reckless
Broadway bus drivers were severely
criticised for their disregard of life
and limb. It said:
“The inconvenience and danger of
this is no leas felt by those wro ride
than by those who walk. It has not
only become dangerous to cross
Broadway on foot, but persons who
venture or trusit themselves inside
one of these carriages run the risk
of having their brains turned by the
rapidity of the motion.”
Not only was fear expressed for
the safety of pedestrians, but the
writer of that editorial appears to
have believed that too rapid speed
would scramble the very brains in
side one’s cranium.
What would he have thought of
the recent feat of driving an air
plane at the rate of five miles a min
ute.
WHAT DOES BLOOD TELL?
Students of heredity might find
something worthy of investigation in
the history of the Hubert family,
negroes of Georgia. It is perhaps one
of the most remarkable on record.
Zach and Camilla Hillman Hubert
were both born in slavery and had lit
tle education, but by hard struggle
and self denial they managed to ed
ucate their seven sons. This is what
they enabled the seven boys to be
come :
1 Zadhary Hubert, jr., is president of
Jackson College, Jackson, Miss.; B. F.
Hubert is director of agriculture at
Tuskegee Institute; John W. Hubert
is principal of the negro high school
in Savannah; J. H. Hubert is execu
tive secretary of the Urban League
•in New York City; Moses Hubert is
•farm demonstration agent of Han
cock county, Georgia; G. J. Hubert is
pastor of two churches in Atlanta
and has a 600-acre farm; Theodore
Hubert, the youngest son, is a senior
at Morehouse College, Atlanta.
Was i't heredity that enabled these
seven negro farm boys to reach such
positions of honor and usefulness?
What does blood tell in this case?
Less than three per cent of the
women of India have any education
of consequence, but they vote in sev
eral provinces.
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
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BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS NEWS DEALERS
CUSTOMERS THAT COUNT
In every village, in every town, in
every city, merchants in every line
and branch of business are dependent
upon their customers. Were it not for
these customers it wpuld be impossible
for the merchants to remain in busi
ness. Merchants order goods which
they know will appeal to their trade
knowing that it is the customer who is
going to be responsible for those goods
being moved from his shelves.
Customers, however, do not go out
looking for merchandise of which they
know nothing about. The successful
business houses today are the ones
who have told the public about their
goods and then, having backed up
their statements with service, have
built up a strong trade. One of the
best ways of moving goods from the
shelves is to let the people know
that these goods are there. Every
article which remains on the mer
chant’s counter longer than it should
represents a lazy dollar. Live adver
tising drives out the lazy dollars from
your business and substitutes instead
dollars which count.
Every year in this town thousands
of dollars go to the mail order houses
on the outside. Why? Simply because
these houses are telling the people
what they have for sale. Not only
are they doing this in a single in
stance, but they are doing it through
out the continent. Large catalogues
are being sent yearly to prospective
customers putting the goods ofithese
houses before the eyes of the custo
mer. That is the reason the mail or
der business is a success. They are
farther away and yet they are more
sociable to their trade than the local
dealer who fails to inform his custo
mers about his goods.
Despite this fact however, there is
not a person who is not willing to
patronize his home dealer in prefer
ence to outsiders. It is supremely
easy for the local merchant to out
advertise a catalogue and advertising
means business if properly conducted
and prices are made attractive. The
way to squelch this competition is to
step on it and step on it hard. Adver
tising is the hammer which can drive
home the desired effect.
But proper advertising is the hard
est thing in the wTorld. It must be
consistent; it must be truthful, and
it must offer a bargain to the custo
mer. And to be effective it should
quote prices in every line. „
Baroness de Alcahali, noted paint
er and newspaper (woman, is an hon
orary captain in (the SpaishArmy,
the only woman to hold that honor
excepting the queen.
Directors of the General Federa
tion or Women s Clubs will Hold a
meeting in Washington January 13
to 15.
Mrs. Evelyn Frances Snow, whose
two sons served in the World War,
will be a candidate tfor governor of
Ohio next year.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Sanitary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prices
Keep Us Busy.
» JESS LANDER, Propr.
For Electrical Work
CALL TOM OSBO
Residence—Madison 123
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
PIONEER CLUB
John Nash, propr.
SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
LIBERTY THEATER
Tonight: Two Shows, 7:00 and 8:45
Ramon Novarro
Wal. Beery, Enid Bennett
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AN INTENSELY INTERESTING TALE OF
THE PARIS UNDERWORLD
This wonderful picture was made by the same
director who produced
“THE THREE MUSKETEERS”
“THE MARK OF ZORRO”
“BLOOD AND SAND”
and is said to be as good as either one of those
Here is the good old kind of story that makes
you hold your breath!
To balance this thriller there is a roaring
two-reel comedy
Pigskin
A WONDERFUL PROGRAM
SUNDAY ONLY: The story of a beautiful
bigamist and how she solves this problem of
tangled loves.
A PATHE NEWS and a 1-reel Comedy
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I Looking Ahead! j
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of
the Northfiand, and justifies all Alaskans in holding to their firm faith
in the Territory's possibilities and worth. By aiming high and
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with
Alaskan progress can accomplish much. Looking ahead to still
greater things, and planning and working accordingly, is the one
way that a high purpose can be realized.
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pains
takingly striding towards a great goal—the greater development of
Alaska; and, that the future is bright and promising is attested by
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi
ties. The Alaska Railroad is “Looking Ahead.”
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaska
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