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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August’19, 1904^
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KENAI
When the Russians occupied this district of the terri
tory they carefully considered climatic conditions. This
accounts for the name which they gave this section—Ke
nai, which in their language means “summer-land.” It
is not a great stretch of imagination to suppose that they
well knew the climate of all regions of Alaska and con
sidered that of this section of the finest of any. It will
probably require many more years to educate people who
never visited Alaska that navigation to practically all
ports is open all year. At the time of the purchase from
Russia many believe that Seward acquired only glaciers
and icebergs. Resurrection bay, and practically this en
tire region is not in the zone of intense cold, hence will
never be handicapped with ice.
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BIG GAME PARTY FROM
OREGON COMING. AUG
I
C. D. Rcrer, president of the Bank
of Commerce. Eugene, Oregon, will
arrive in Seward next month ac
companied by five friends, on an ex
tended big game hunt in the Kenai
peninsula region. Much information
was recently sent to the gentlemen
by the local Chamber of Commerce
and by Leon Urbach, local game licen
sing officer.
BASEBALL GAME MONDAY
Ptarmigan Troop Xo. 1. American
Boy Scouts, will endeavor to take
the scalps of the Jesse Lee Home
baseball team Monday night when the
ytfuthful teams clash for the third
time this season. The Home team
snowed the troop team under last
Monday but this week the scouts are
confident they will win. The game
will start promptly at 6:30 o'clock.
MIDNIGHT” EXPRESS AT
THE LIBERTY THEATRE
Pat Harmon who plays the heavy
in “The Midnight Express,” which
conies to the’Liberty theatre tonight
had a great deal of difficulty in mak
ing up for his part. Those who see
the picture will notice a prominent
cauliflower ear and a very nasty scar
on his cheek. In the days of circus
acting and on the legitimate, where
Harmon got his early training, such
makeup simply depended on the use
I of putty and then grease paint of the
proper color. The modern camera
does not always photograph things as
they seem and the difference in tex
ture between real flesh ears and put
ty ears and scars shows very well on
the camera. A great number of lob
oratory tests were necessary before
the proper blending was accomplished
and still retaining the realistic effect
desired. In production there are in
numerable technical difficulties which
the public seldom even suspects.
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MORE ABOUT CUMMINS [
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Wisconsin, of the transportation act
under which the railroads were re
turned to private operation after the
war. Few prices of legislation enact
ed by congress in recent years have
become the center of such controver
sy. The transportation act brought
down on Senator Cummins wide oppo
sition that developed to his renomina
tion to the senate in 1920.
Three years later it stood as the
barrier to the consummation of his
ambition to remain as chairman of
the interstate commerce committee,
while actually serving as president of
the senate after the removal of Cal
vin Coolidge from the capitol to the
White House. The Republican insur-1
gents conducted a bitter fight against
him and, finally, by joining with the
Democrats, unseated him. A Demo
crat, Ellison D. Smith, of South Caro
lina, succeeded him although the Re
publicans controlled all the other
standing committees.
Born February 15, near Car
michaels, Pa., Mr. Cummins was the ,
son of Thomas and Sarah Cummins, j
His father was a carpenter and the
son picked up the elements of that i
trade as an odd-time helper to his
parent. He attended public school and
later entered college at Waynesboro.!
Early in his college career he felt the
call of the West and, borrowing $50 ;
from a banker uncle, set out for the :
territory beyond the Mississippi.
After a long journey he landed in
Iowa, but soon found that the tales
of untoil riches easily acquired in that
then virgin country were in a class !
with some of the myths recounted in
the books of his school days. Aft<-r
his liquid assets had dwindled to $6..
he obtained a place in the office of
the recorder of Clayton county. The ;
pay was small and when it became
necessary to refurnish his wardrobe
he went into the country where as
a carpenter he helped to build a mill,
receiving SI.50 a day.
Later Mr. Cummins got a job in j
the express office at MacGregor, in ■
Liayton county, on the Mississippi. ,
There occurred the thing destined to
change his whole future. A college
friend at Fort Wayne, Ind., offered
him a job as assistant surveyor of
Allen county. With many misgivings
the young man took the job and soon
began work as a railroad builder.
The immediate job was completing
a link of the Cincinnati, Richmond
and Fort Wayne railroad through a
swamp. Cummins had no experience,
and was depending on his surveyor
friend to coach him, but the friend
passed him in the swamp without
stopping and so the new surveyor j
w'as left to sink or swim.
Senator Cummins liked to tell
friends about those days; how with
great trepediation he went out over
the line; dismissed the workmen for
the day so they would not immediate
ly learn of his ignorance of the job
he had tackled, and then began a
careful canvass of the work that had
been done so as to get ideas on which
to proceed.
In the end he did the job so well
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1 he Alaska Railroad
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
Wednesday and Saturday
At 7:00 P. M.
And On Sunday, at 2:15 P. M.
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TRAINS DEPART SEWARD
Monday and Thursday
7;30 A. M.
And On Sunday at 8:00 A. M.
This new schedule becomes effective
Sunday, May 30, 1926.
LIBERTY
Two Shows Tonight—7:00 and 8:45
THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
A REAL LIVE RAILROAD STORY FEATURING
ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN
Supported by
WILLIAM HAINES
and an All Star cast
Also a Comedy
-HELLO HOLLYWOOD"
and Pa the Review
SUNDAY ONLY
TWO SHOWS—7:15 AND 9:00
GLORIA SWANSON
in
MANHANDLED
From the Popular Story by Arthur Strinsrer
Emotional fireworks and furious fun.
Gloria as a dramatic skyrocket and
crackerjack comedienne! A brand new
Swanson? Well say so!
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
also a Fable Comedy and Pathe Ne*s
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