SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established. August 19, 1904
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Alaska, as second-class mail matter.
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DESTROYING MOOSE.
News dispatches state that Ernest
P. Walker, at the head of Alaska bird
and game life, has agreed with a
warden in the State of Washington to
ship out eight yearling moose from
the Kenai peninsula, if $2000 is raised
to pay for the expenses of catching
and crating the animals. A year or
so ago a number of young moose were
caught for shipment to the states, and
residents of Kenai allege that a num
ber of cows were killed before the
young animals could be caught, and
that for each animal brought out to
the coast in good condition, one died
from handling and chasing down with
dogs.
These charges may be true and
again they may be idle talk, started
by persons with nothing else to do
but talk about things in general and
nothing in particular.
But it is a fact that when young !
moose are caught, the mother is at
hand ready to defend them, and it
may be possible that those snaring
the animals may have been forced to
kill them.
We fail to see what benefits can ac
crue in shipping moose of any age to
the Olympic valleys. They are an
animal which browses and which lives
chiefly off willows. It is stated by a
number of hunters and guides of this
vicinity that alder boughs will kill the
animals in time, and that birch is
the only other food they will eat.
If our recollection serves us right
there are fewr willow patches in the
Olympic valleys, but plenty of alders.
Why take a chance on the animals
dying to give some organization an
opportunity to do a little free adver
tising.
THE VIRTUE OF ADVERTISING
Man is of few days and full of la
mentation. About the time his ego
becomes oversized and he is hitting
on all six. some one comes up w'ho
proves to him that he is not talking
to a stranger and he is forced about
on another tack, with centerboard
jammed and his jibsheets tangled. If
some new thought arises that is more
or less helpful we pick up a magazine
or book and find it was old in the
time of Noah, who insisted that every
thing in the ark be two by two, which
may account for the other one. Noah
was our first deep water sailor, and
his voyage was of much benefit to the
world. To his credit, be it said, he
insisted on sending a dove out to
get his bearings, his sextant, polaris
and compass being useless. By care
ful navigation the old man made a
safe landing and repopulated the
world. Of course he was helped in
this by many of the first families of
the South, but Noah Avas better ad
vertised and received credit by the
press for his endeavors.
Today advertising is as potent as
in the days of Noah. While there are
many whales and numerous Jonahs
one never reads of an adventure so
well press-agented as was that of the
famous biblical character. Solomon
had many Avives, and was a great man
in history, but let any of his descen
dants marry three or four times, or
even a dozen, and the neighbors hang
over the back ijpnee until a late hour
talking about it.
The Queen of Sheba was red headed
and had numerous freckles, but again
the press played up her many pulchri
tudinous charms, suppressing any
nention of her drawbacks, until today
he world has accepted her as its
standard of female loveliness.
And even the ant, that formican
representative of energy, has been
press-agented into prominence. An
ant does not work half as hard as an
rulitor, whose hours of toil are ex
ceeded only by the lowly cascaret. The
ant does not have to work for his liv
ing. It is already provided for him.
He merely collects it. The ant puts
in most of his spare time with his
anties, while if an editor antes he
must collect the panga wherewith to
work.
The spoken word is powerful, un
less one stutters or has a harelip. Rut
the written word goes on and on. and
like the avalanche gathers material
growth as it moves. Advertising is
the heart of all business. In fact it
may be called the entire circulatory
system. It brings business from the
far corners of the earth, and adds to
that in the near vicinity.
What we started out to say was that
unless one advertised his business he
would have it advertised for him by
the sheriff, but this is wrong. Many
small firms do not advertise. They
muck out the moss once in a while and
turn over for another nap.
WESTWARD WELL SERVED.
The westward will be well served
with boats this summer, the Admiral
Evans and the Admiral Watson mak
ing regular trips, and the Starr and
probably an Alaska line boat running
between times. It has not been but
a few years ago when mail facilities
in all parts of Alaska above Juneau
was limited to from twenty days to
monthly periods. At the present time
the Alaskan coast towns are as well
served as many communities in the
States. Had the population in the
Territory increased following the war,
as it would have done except for high
prices, even more boats would be ply
ing to the northward. Southeastern
Alaska has a boat a day, the Canada
dian vessels, added to the American
lines, giving a most excellent service.
With more business being done each
year by the Alaska railroad we may
expect this section to receive better
service, if possible, than at the pres
ent time.
PROTECT THE PIONEERS.
In case Representative William L.
Paul succeeds in enjoining the pay
ment of the pension to Alaska’s pio
neers, we may look for much distress
and misery among the oldtimers de
pendant upon the Territory for their
meagre payment. It hardly seems pos
sible to the lay mind that a legisla
ture would not. have a right to desig
nate to whom a pension is> to be paid,
if it has a right to designate certain
persons to act as officials. The pension
money is paid in entirely by whites
and common reason dictates that it
should go to those who pay it.
However the vagaries of the law are
uncertain, and anything may be de
clared unconstitutional if one has the
money and power behind them to in
fluence the final arbiters. Not that
we believe the courts are influenced
by money or power, except through
psychological conditions, which react
more favorably toward wealth than
toward poverty.
If Attorney General John Rustgard
joins hands with Paul in prosecuting
the case against the Territory, it must
be some time before it is settled, and
payments resumed. Every Igloo in
Alaska should send in an emphatic
protest against any cessation of the
pension allowed aged residents, and
it should be done within the next 30
days.
It will be remembered that this
same coterie of politicians some fewr
months ago instituted suit to force
the directors of a municipality to
allow Indians to attend the schools
with the whites.
That Paul and Rustgard are play
ing politics with the pioneers is appar
ent to the most casual observer, but
the effect will be the same as if the
injunction was made in all sincerity,
school laws should all apply.
NOT SO WORSE
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Time was when everyone here
laughed at the thought that agricul
ture could ever “get anywhere” ir
this section. People were glad to gel
an ear of green corn, when about i
ears of corn was the total amount ol
the corn crop. John Charley broughi
in over the trail by dogteam thous
fill
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A FINE TWO-REEL COMEDY
AGGRAGATING MAMA
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antis of strawberry plants, and the
people laughed at him—to think of
causing strawberries to grow in this
country! It cost §1 an ear for green
corn, and $S for enough to feed your
“lady friend” strawberries for break
fast. But money was “easy” in those
days (or, so you thought), and all
| went merry as a marriage bell.
Crops do fail, everywhere. Then,
too. the farmer sometimes finds a good
market and his necessities compel
him to sell his crop to the limit, and
keeps him from holding over to the
next season even seed grain. That
means ordering from the Outside,
where they have so much grain they
cannot sell it. On yesterday morn
ing’s train James McGrath got away
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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, per lb. ..20
Pioneer Butchers of Alaska, Whole
sale and Retail, Phone 94.
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Next Door to Liberty Theatre
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the order for seed grain and fertili- '
zer for this little farming district, and i
it amounted to eighty-four thousand,
seven hundred and fifty pounds.
It may ba possible that our farmers i
know what they are doing and what j
they can do. An order of that mag
nitude shows that farming is here to
stay, at that. The farmer has to
stay, and while he stays he has to
farm. The ground is, after its ultra
productiveness, becoming somewhat
impoverished, and the farmer is or
dering heavily of fertilizer this year,
which is included in this shipment.
Yet, at that, the farmer shows he is
here to stay, and for that he is enti
tled to encouragement.
The woman wno steals a few min
utes for a rest during the day usual
ly gets more done than her sister
who keep rushing.
Picture Framing at the Alaska j
Shop. tf
Gas On Your Stomach
Won’t Let Yon Sleep
Gas pressing on heart and other or
gans, sometimes causes a restless,
nervous feeling and prevents sleep.
Adlerika helps any case gas on stom
ach. unless due to deep-seated causes.
The QUICK action will surprise you.
Because Adlerika is such an excel
V
ent intestinal evacuant it is wot
lerful for constipation—if often woik~
:n one hour and never gripes.—Sev
urd Drug Company.
* Why Suffer So?
Get Back Your Health as Other
Seward Folks Have Done.
Too many people suffer lame, acL
ing backs, distressing kidney disor
ders and rheumatic aches and pains ^
Often this is due to faulty kidney
action and there’s danger of harder
ed arteries, dropsy, gravel or Bright'i
disease. Don’t let weak kidneys
wear you out. Use Doan’s Pills be
fore it is too late! Doan’s are a
stimulant diuretic to the kidneye
Doan’s have helped thousands. Her
is one of many cases in this loca
itr
Mrs. E. S. Spaulding, Central Ave
South Bend, Wash., says: “For years
Doan’s Pills have been a household
remedy in our family. They haTe
always given good results when I
have suffered from any trouble caus
ed by disordered kidneys or back
ache and I couldn’t recommend a bet
ter remedy.”
OVER THREE YEARS LATER
Mrs. Spaulding said: “I haven’t hat
the least return of kidney troubl
since endorsing Doan’s.”
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Crown Flour
Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
lEggs - Butter
EAT YEAST
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Telephone Main 65
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