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.
SELBY & HOBEN, Proprietors
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Daily, by carrier, per month-9 1-25
Daily, by mail, per month- 1.00
Daily, by mail, per year- 10.00
Saturday Gateway, per year- 3.00
ADVERTISING RATJES
Per single column inch, * one to
six issues, per inch - 9 .50
Per single column inch, per mo. 3.50
Homestead Notices, -18.00
Legal Notices, per line per issue .15
Classified Advertisements, line .10
Help wanted and employment wanted
notices free.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news credited to it or not other
wise news published herein.
All rights tor republication of spe
cial dispatches herein are reserved.
SEWARD GETS HOME SITE.
Sew'ard is to be congratulated in be
ing selected as the site for the large
orphange known as the Jesse Lee
Home. The committee composed of
Mayor L. V. Ray, Hugh Dougherty
and P. C. McMullen were on the job
for a month before the committee ar
rived in Seward, talking over plans
with Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, local mis
sionary, to whom great credit is also
due for the final decision of the ladies
composing the commission to make
Seward their headquarters. The ladies
of Seward also were instrumental in
helping the committee reach its mo
mentous decision, and a general feel
ing of satisfaction pervades all citizens
today over the accomplishment of a
good work well done.
The benefits to Seward in dollars
and cents is outweighed by the satis
faction over the decision, in the face
of intense opposition by rival com
munities, which had everything to of
fer but a satisfactory site. Seward’s
climatic advantages, convenience in
transportation and fine water supply
outvreighed other considerations, and
after holding up their decision for two
days wrhile additional lands were be
ing surveyed, the committee called
the ladies of Seward together Satur
day afternoon and announced that we
had won.
The moving of the Home was a dis
tinctly Seward proposition from the
beginning, as work was started to this
end by local citizens and the Gateway
some three years ago. Not until it
was definitely decided to move was
competition encountered, and while
the outcome was never in doubt from
the first, it caused a feeling of uneasi
ness among our citizens.
The building of the Home here is
fraught with much much significance
to Seward. It means that with the
model buildings and fine grounds in
plain sight of all tourists arriving in
this port, that other propositions will
be induced to locate here. It means
the spending of thousands of dollars
for local labor, and the further spend
ing of large sums for supplies and in
cidentals. It means the addition of a
corps of cultured, educated ladies from
the mission and some 150 children,
placing Seward’s population well above
one thousand. It means that a local
man will be in charge of the institu
tion, and that Rev. Dunlap and his
wife will remain with us for years to
come.
But, to our mind, the best part of
the affair was the unanimous, con
certed effort on the part of the local
chamber, the council, and every citi
zen to secure the proposition for Sew
ard. Not for years has so much anan
imity of spirit existed in our town.
Business at the local cable office
has increased nearly 100 per cent over
that of previous years, according to
reports and is still mounting, which
shows that Seward is steadily but
slowly growing. There is no reason
today why Seward should not be one
of the best cities in the Territory, and
it is fast approaching that period. An
other industry like the one landed
Saturday and we will be above worry
as to the future.
Seward has been promised a game
warden and there is no doubt but that
the removal of the local game warden
by Governor Bone and the attempt to
transact business from Anchorage has
cost big game hunters much time and
money. Seward is the clearing port
for big game hunters to the westward
and for the Kenai Lake district and
no logical reason exists why the war
den should not be stationed here per
manently.
“Fatty” Arbuckle Weds
Doris Deane, Actress;
" Comedian Is Best Man
PASADENA, Calif., May 18.—(/P)—
In the presence of a large company
of guests, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
was wed to Doris Deane, shortly af
ten nine o’clock this morning, at the
home of the bride’s mother. Buster
Keaton was best man and his wife,
Natalie Talmadge, was matron of
honor. They anticipate a short auto
tour and maybe a trip to New York
later.
“Fatty’s” and Doris’ tastes in litera
ture was given as an explanation for
the beginning of their friendship.
COMMUNISTS AFLAME
WITH INDIGNATON AS
RESULT OF EXCUTONS
MOSCOW, May 18.—(^—Commun
ist Russia in aflame with indignation
projected by the execution of Sofia
men, recently sentenced to death
for the responsibility of bomibing the
Sveti Krai cathedral, in which one
hundred and sixty persons were kill
ed.
Mpnstjrous public demonstrations
are being held here as a result.
U. S. Methods for Teaching
Blind Landed by German
BERLIN, May 18.—(JP)—America
is leading the way in educational
methods for the blind, in the opinion
of Miss Betty Hirsch, director of the
school for the blind founded during
the World War by Germany’s fa
mous oculist, Geheimrat Silex.
"The city of Cleveland,” she ob
serves, “has found the ideal solution
of the problem, in that education for
the hlind children is not carried on
in special schools for the blind, the
blind pupils are interspersed among
the sighted children. This proced
ure is of the greatest benefit not
only to the blind children, but to
the others as well, in that it accus
toms them to getting along with their
less fortunate fellow7 pupils and shows
them that a blind student can do ful
ly as well as a sighted one.
“The feeling of human pride is
quite as pronounced with blind peo
ple as it is with those enjoying eye
sight. Self-confidence can be en
couraged among the blind only if
they feel that they are being offered
an opportunity to show that they
can hold their own in competition
with others. If the blind are separa
ted from the sighted, this confidence
can never be instilled in them. Am
erica is absolutely right in mixing
the blind in with the sighted.”
England Studies Routes
for Aviation Over India
LONDON, May 18.—(/P)—Sir Sef
ton Brancker, director of civil avia
tion, returned to London recently af
ter having completed in four months
a 17,000 miles journey by air to In
dia and back in the same airplane in
which he started. The machine made
the entire flight without a single me
chanical breakdown.
The purpose of the trip was to in
vestigate the possibility of commer
cial aviation under tropical condi
tions. Sir Sefton declared upon his
return that there should be no dif
ficulty in crossing India by air, the
route to be followed being up the
valleys of the Indus and the Ganges,
all flat country and where the con
ditions were not at all bad for fly
ing.
Sir Sefton said the actual flying
time of the plane was 210 hours
from London to Rangoon and back.
He has reported on sites for air
ship masts at Calcutta, Colombo,
Delhi and Rangoon.
The Bridge Club will hold a busi
ness meeting tomorrow afternoon at
2:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs. H.
B. Selby.
Subscribe for the Gaeway.
Representative Grier
and Bride In Seward
Representative Ben Grier and bride
arrived on the steamship Yukon Sat
urday from Juneau, on their way to
the Interior metropolis. Mr. Grier
was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary
Hamilton, stenographer in the Sen
ate, at Juneau, May 12, by Rev. Dick
er. The romance was of short culmi
nation as Mr. Grier met his brkle while
attending a session of the legislature
in Juneau. Her home is in Rockford,
Indiana, and she had been in Juneau
but a short time before receiving the
appointment as official stenographer
for the territorial senate. Mr. Grier
in private life is engaged in mining,
and has large property interests in
the Yentna district.
Mr. Grier stated that Mr. Wemler
of the Bureau of Mines will arrive on
one of the next boats and will go to the
district with Mr. Grier to make a re
port. Considerable development work
has been done by Mr. Grier and asso
ciates, on their group of claims, the
ground having been well proven by
over three years work. Two good
strikes were made in that district last
summer by Frank Irwin and Mat Hug
ger on Mills Creek, the former oper
ating on Pass Creek. Plenty of water
is available and supplies are now be
ing shipped in from Talkeetna. Haw
ley Sterling of the commission will go
in with the party to make trail. The
party will charter a; launch at Anchor
age and go directly up the Susitna to
the Yentna river. Two large dredg
ing outfits are now negotiating to go
into the field. Mr. Grier has an op
tion on 14 miles of ground and believes
it to be one of the best low grade
propositions in Alaska.
J. P. Hannon, city clerk, left on the
Yukon on a business trip to Valdez.
He will return Saturday. Mrs. Guy
Barnett is acting city clerk during
his absence.
Laddie; a Marshall, Mich., dog,
whose barking called aid to a man
in a fit and in danger of freezing to
death, has been awarded a silver
medal.
Alaska Cafe Far Sale
Well established, ne>*' three-year
lease, fixtures and equipment all
standard restaurant equipment;
three-oven French brick range;
10-hole, 2-roast pan copper steam
table; 12 stool counter, five dining
tables, two boxes, new meat block,
O. P. Co. Syracuse China dishes;
low rent, an A-1 location; an ex
cellent buy for man and wife.
ALASKA CAFE
Seward, Alaska
The LIBERTY
ONE SHOW TONIGHT—8:00 SHARP
Your last chance to see this fine program
BETTY C0MPS0N
RICHARD DIX
LEWIS STONE
TULLY MARSHALL
FOUR BIG STARS IN
“The Stranger”
A WONDERFUL PICTURE FROM A GREAT
STORY
An astounding study in human souls twisted by
fate, groping for happiness
This unusual drama takes such tremendous
hold of you, you’ll be rigid with suspense thru
out And you will come away convinced that one
of the greatest pictures was shown.
Here is an all-around perfect picture-play
that will please every one. It is more of a crook
play than anything else, but has other themes, as
well.
THERE WILL BE A PATHE NEWS
A.B. HALL
40 x100
FOR RENT or FOR SALE
With 5>Room House
See Fred Miller
| CRESCENT HOTEL
IN !
1 ij
Anchorage
I
IN THE HEART OF TOWN jj
Reasonable Rates ;j
■I
J. M. COLLINS, Prop.
SALE
OB
House Dresses
BANBURY & OGLE
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
Crown flour
Ham - Bacon
BROOKFIELD
{Eggs rSL Butter
EAT YEAST
The FLOWERS GROCERY
Telephone Main 65