The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
itntereo as Second Class Matter Sep
tember 2nd. 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
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A COLD WINTER EXPECTED
Many oldtimers are looking for
signs to prognosticate the coming
winter. While down at the Watson
recently we asked an Aleut friend his
opinion of the coming winter weather,
and in response to our inquiries, ac
companied with the butt of a Prince
Arthur, "shot” opposite the Northern
pool hall, he replied in choice Chi
nook: “Hyas cole snass; liyas snass;
no muckamuck; you too - much
wawa.”
And after considerable cogitation
we agreed with him that it was so.
There is no infallible sign in Poor
Richard’s Almanac, concerning the
coining winter. If the coal bin is
empty it will be mighty cold weather.
Some oldtimers tell by the breast of
a goose declaring that if it has feath
ers on it, there will be a heavy fall
oi snow around Christmas. Others
state that if porcupines are quilled
it indicates the opposite. The Gate
way believes that James is nearer
right than any of the other prophets.
As a prognosticator an Aleut is our
one best bet. An Aleut is always as
intelligent as he smells. Take a hot
stove, an Aleut and a closed room,
and the internal combustion rates
very highly. We have known many
young school teachers from the East
to accuse them of not bathing, which
is an error. When an Eskimo baby is
born it is thrown out in the rain or
salt water, and thoroughly washed off.
At all times they capsize their skin
boats. While a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet, it is
not be expected that eheechaco teach
ers can find the odors of Araby in a
barabara.
As we started to say, if it is a cold
winter, look for an exodus of eastern
teachers.
A BONE OF CONTENTION
In case the First division is suc
cessful in its efforts to divide the
territory, the greatest Bone of con
tention will be our honored executive,
Scott C. The only regret Alaska will
have over the separation would be to
lose Governor Bone, who might de
sire to cast his fortunes with the First
division, which is hardly probable.
Governor Bone has more warm friends
in the Third, Fourth and Second di
visions, than anywhere else in Alaska.
The climate is better and their peo
ple are more prosperous and optimis
tic. There is also no question but
that the center of population is rap
idly working this way.
It is to be hoped that the Governor
will cast his lot with the old sour
(loughs of the real Alaska, in case a
division of the Territory is accom
j plished.
FEEDERS FOR THE RAILWAY
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Senator R. J. Heckman or Ketchi
kan, in a speech before the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce Thursday, told
his hearers that the success of the
Alaskan railroad depended upon feed
ers being built to the railroad. His
idea was that these feeders would
supply ores on the salt water hall and
supplies on the Interior haul.
Mr. Heckman’s Idea ts probably
nearer a solution of the problem of
the railway’s meeting expenses, than
any put forth lately; but residents
along the railway know that tens of
thousands of dollars are lost to the
railway annually on account of steam
' ships being paid a subsidy to haul
! freight past the terminus at Seward
a distance of over 200 miles to An
! chorage. Nothing should be gained
by ibis haul if the tariff is so adjusted
that freights can be routed over the
1 IS miles between Seward and An
| chorage as they would be to carn
; them a 40-liours run by water.
Let us take eight hundreds tons, for
instance, an amount which was re
cently hauled by on one of the vessels
plying in northern waters. It is esti
( mated that it costs this vessel $1800
! per day to run, making a cost of over
$3000 for the 40 hours trip. At $2.00
per ton the boat got $1600; thereby
losing money, if their statements are
correct. It wrould have cost a train
of 30 cars about $160 to make the
same trip, leaving a handsome profit
Passengers routed from Anchorage to
Seattle via steamer are a dead loss of
nearly $7.00 each to the railroad. It
costs a passenger nearly twice as
much to travel by water from Anchor
age to Seward as it does by rail, and
takes three times as long. There is no
reason why all this traffic should not
be diverted to the railroad, making a
difference of many thousands of dol
lars on the credit side. These figures
are not computed because of any de
sire to see Seward benefit by the
deal, but rather to help the railroad
overcome its annual deficit, which in
time will cause further appropriations
from congress to cease.
Freight can be hauled through
Seward;—that is unloaded at the lo
cal dock, loaded on cars and sent out
to Woodrow on the government rail
road, and returned back to Seward, at
a much cheaper rate than if unloaded
at Seward and handled once by the
railroad. Isn’t this a ridiculous state
of affairs? Isn’t there something
wrong with a tariff which will take
freight six miles past its destination,
pay for handling it twice, and deliver
it cheaper than if unloaded directly
upon the dock at Seward?
Isn’t there something wrong with a
system which is operating a railroad
for profit and pays a steamship $2.00
j per ton to haul freight by its own
railroad and deliver it 200 miles far
ther on?
This is not due to any rault of the
present management, but is the result
of the tariffs established by Colonel
Mears, who evidently went on the the
ory that it paid the railway better to
have its freight hauled than to haul
it over his own road.
The Gateway’s idea of a fair tariff
is to charge more for each mile haul
ed, taking the bother of the short haul
into consideration, but here the rail
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make a short haul, and pays for the j
longshoreing, trucking, and handling
1 after it gets in the cars.
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; If all the cases that come from the i
i westward were tried in Seward, and
| all the cases from the Copper River
i Valley were tried in Cordova, where
! they should be, there would be little
use for court headquarters at Valdez.
If everybody dissatisfied with the
! present administration were to stand
on their heads there would be little
use for bootblacks. For so brilliant
an opportunity at its inception, it has
! made the worst fizzle since the days
of the late Grover Cleveland.
Seward bank deposits are increas
ing at a healthy rate and with the
; financial standing and sterling charac
ter of the men in charge of affairs, it
. is criminal carelessness to send your
money to outside banks. A perusal of
the news columns of coast papers
show dozens of failures the past year
that approach actual robbery of the
,depositors. This is something that
has never been known to happen in
Seward, or in very few Alaskan towns.
Your money is much safer in our lo
cal bank than it is at home.
Unless Seward gets busy on the
establishment of the road from this
port to Kenai, there is little possibility
that it will ever be completed. The
present road now extends to Kenai
lake, with a gap of several miles be
tween its and and Moose Pass Road.
At Quartz creek there is a gap of
eral miles between the Moose Pass
road and the lower Kenai lake road.
From the Kenai lake road there is an
other gap of several miles between
the end of the Skilak lake road and
Kenai. It should bbe our purpose to
see that these gaps are closed. Kenai
needs a winter outlet. It has a popu
lation of nearly 500 persons, and its
trade is worth going after.
JACOB SCHNEIRLA, PIONEER,
PASSES AWAY IN MICHIGAN
Jacob Schneirla, a former well;
known and highly esteemed Alaskan,
passed away suddenly at his home
near Clinton, Mich., recently, accord
ing to word received by his brother,
Edward Schneirla of Little Creek.
Jacob Schneirla came to Alaska in
the spring of 1903, and wras in the
Council and Nome districts until the
spring of 1908, when just before the
breakup of that year he came into
the Ophir camp. He wras the oldest
of the brothers and associated with
them in mining in the Ophir and
Iditarod camps. He wrent Outside in
i 1916 with his wife and son, the lat
ter having been born on Little creek,
since which time he has lived on the
old Schneirla farm in Michigan. De
ceased was born Nov. 12, 1870, and of
seven brothers and five sisters was
i the first one to pass away. He leaves
: a wife, one son, aged 7, and one!
: daughter, age 4.
An exchange says that Ford has re
fused to run. Isn’t that natural of the
critters.
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
In speaking ol' his recent trip of in
spection along the Yukon river, B. B.
Mozee, Fairbanks agent in charge ot
Indian education affairs, said the last
run of salmon along the Yukon was
the greatest in many years. The July
run of salmon was very large, but th«
fall run of dogs and silvers, which are
put up for dog feed was far beyond
all expectations.
Gasoline boats line the waterfront
along many of the Yukon native vil
lages, said Mozee, showing the pros
perity of the natives, who have been
receiving good prices for fur this year
Foxes and lynxes are returning in
great numbers at points on the Yu
kon. Muskrats are said by Mr. Mozee
to be getting scarce.
Mr. Mozee said that Lynn Smith,
recently deputy marshal at Iditarod,
has taken over the management of the
Northern Commercial company store
at Ruby. He also reports that H.
Goetz, who recently passed thru An
chorage on his way to the Interior,
has located near Rampart and is con
templating entering the fox,raising
industry.
Clem Anderson has been operating
a fox ranch at Rampart for a number
af years and is meeting with great
success.
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Chronic Diseases a Specialty
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Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
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days at 8 p.' m. Visiting
_ Members Welcome.
CLARA PERRY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHEEfTY, Sec.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
«ome. W. 0. 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.
I. o. o. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome. ANDY NOVAK,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
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Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays,
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