SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established. August 19, 1904
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YOU NEVER CAN TELL
I’ve taken my hooch where I've found it ;
I’ve drunk and I’ve swilled in my time;
I’ve had my fill of the juice of the grape
And none of the lot was prime.
Some was like Glover's Mange Cure,
Some like an egg that was ad.
Some like the breeze of limburger cheese,
And some like an over-ripe shad.
Now I ain't no hand with the grapo,
For taking it all along,
You never can tell 'till you drink it.
And then you are sure to be wrong.
There's times that you hope you are dying.
There's times that you wish you were dead,
And the things that you see from macoola
Will raise all the hairs on your head.
1 was a young 'un at Fairbanks,
Shy as a girl to begin ;
Spirits of nitre they gave me.
One hundred times stronger than gin ;
Bitter as death and it shook me,
.Much like a cat with a fit,
But I drank the bum stuff because I was tough
And I learned about likker from it.
Then I was shifted to Seward
(Of I might still be drinkin' that booze)
An' I bought me a copper wash boiler
And made a mash out of old shoes.
Powerful an’ yellow and awful —
Strong as a motorman's mit,
And I lit in the jail without money or bail,
An' I learned about likker from it.
I’ve taken my hooch where I found it.
And now I must pay for my fun,
For the more you drink of macoola,
The less you will see of the sun ;
An’ the end of it’s peddlin' pencils
Or sellin’ shoe laces, you see ;
Be warned by my lot (I know you will not)
An' learn about likker from me.
WESLEY AN EVOLUTIONIST.
JohnWesley, founder of Methodism,
■was an evolutionist, according to Ur.
Edward Mims of Vanderbilt Univers
ity, at Nashville, Tenn., who gives the
proofs of his assertion from the writ
ings of the great theologian and
preacher.
In an essay entitled, “A General
View of the Gradual Progression of
Beings,” written long before Darwin’s
time, John Wesley wrote as follows:
“By what degrees does Nature raise
herself to Man? How will she rectify
this head that is always inclined to
ward earth? How change these paws
into flexible arms? What method
will she make use of to transform
these crooked feet into skilful and
supple hands Or will she widen and
extend this contracted stomach? The
ape is the rough draft of a man, this
rough sketch, an imperfect represen
tation which nevertheless bears a re
semblance to him and is the last crea
ture that serves to display the admi
rable progression of the works of God.
But mankind have their graduations
as well as other productions of our
globe. There is a prodigious number
of links between the most perfect
man and the ape.”
AN ENCOURAGING REPORT.
Parker Gilbert, the young American
who has charge of the Dawes plan
operations in Germany, has made his
first report after eight months of la
bor in his difficult post.
On the whole the report is optimis
tic and declares that two of the essen
tial preliminary objects of the plan—
balancing of the German budget and
stabilizing the mark—have been con
summated.
Mr. Gilbert also commends the Ger
man government for its co-operation
in putting the plan into operation thus
far.
While little actual progress has
been made in payment of reparations
by Germany, the fact that the early
stages of the international commis
sion’s task have been marked by evi
dences of good will on the part of the
debtor.
The reason that fewer college girls
marry is proof that education gives
them better judgment.
Join the Chamber oi Commerce.
STATE DEBTS INCREASE.
Public debts, national, territorial,
and local are increasing by tremen
dous bounds and thoughtful citizens
may well view with concern the ten
dency to mortgage the country’s fu
ture.
In the past ten years the average
net debt of the states of the Union
have increased approximately 275 per
cent, and in the Territory about 32
per cent. Debts of counties and cit
ies have also been mounting at a pro
digious rate, while the national debt
due to the war continues.
Under these conditions it is no won
der that the tax burden is becoming
a most serious matter. It will become
more and more serious if the present
tendency to lavish governmental ex
penditures continues to receive en
couragement.
Voters should carefully scrutinize
any proposition to increase taxes in
the light of common sense. In many
cases there will be found some propo
sition of doubtful benefit, for which
they must ultimately pay.
Seattle is an example of the rapidity
with which debts and taxes may
mount up. It is doubtful if the citi
zens profit any by the municipal rail
way in view of the fact that they used
to ride for a nickel and now pay eight
cents for the privilege.
SUPERSTITION REVIVES.
During the recent period of anxiety
for Raold Amundsen and his fellow
airplane explorers in the Arctic, an
Italian medium declared she had had
a “revelation” while in a trance and
announced that three of the party
were dead.
Other details of the fate of the ex
pedition were given and broadcast to
the world in press dispatches which
were taken seriously by thousands of
people. Three days later Amundsen
and his companions returned from
their perilous trip, all alive and well.
It appears easy for obscure cranks
to obtain a little brief notoriety by
pretending to be possessed of occult
I powers, whereby they predict any
; thing from a minor disaster to the end
| of the world.
Millions of people who are other
wise reasonably sensible, are actually
impressed by these imaginings of
crack-brained individuals, and often
worry over the lugubrious predictions
made. I
Occasionally a prophecy comes true
and gullible persons immediately at
tribute the coincidence to supernatu
ral powers of the prophets.
It has been but a short time since
Alaskans were entertaining palmists
and clairvoyants, many a hard earned
dollar going to grease the palms of
these charlatans. The past few years
they have abandoned the territory as
a losing proposition.
In spite of our supposed civiliza
tion. a majority of people are still
steeped in superstition of one kind or
another. Because of this, fortune tell
ers and other charlatans flourish, es
pecially in the cities.
AN EPIDEMIC STAMPEDE
Despite the assertion of the com
mander of the Bering Sea patrol, sta
tioned at Unilaska, that the influenza
i epidemic at Bristol Bay is under con
trol, outside papers continue to send
out purported dispatches as to the se
riousness of the occasion. It may be
true that the natives will need food
this winter. But this is not confined
to the lucky aborigines alone. The
rest of us in Alaska will probably need
food, if times continue depressed and
collection remain poor. The Indian
needs food every winter, as he is in
a natural state of distress, mostly on
account of environment and largely
because he has no thrift.
But it is wrong to attempt an epi
demic stampede. Nome received con
siderable advertising, favorable and
otherwise, over her typhoid epidemic,
but condiitons which breed typhoid
in a community are not an asset to
advertise by any means.’' We believe
that Commander Van Boskerck knows
what he is talking about, and that no
further alarm may be felt over the
outbreak in the Bristol Bay district.
Most of us believe in pitiless pub
licity for the other fellow.
The hissing sound when your tire
signs off is not static.
Sunday speeders keep undertakers
from having blue Mondays.
A good husband is one w7ho fears
his wife.
PIONEERING UNPROFITABLE
The bewhiskered, red-shirted pio
neer of thirty years ago has been su
perseded by the khaki clad, putteed
youngster of today, who flits about
the country from place to place, in
idle dalliance compared to the slow
progress of the ox cart and pack train.
Pioneering as a trade has ceased to
be profitable of late years, and the
man who goes into a country of late
years does so more out of curiosity
than for permanency. The age of
jazz has speeded up pioneering as well
as modern living. The pioneer of old
en times used to appear on the hori
zon with a creaking wagon drawn by
patient oxen or cows, with a crate
of chickens on behind and a plow
swung beside a bucket under the rear
axle. Progress was slow and the dis
trict traveled was thoroughly exam
ined with a view to possibilities for
stock and agriculture. When a site
was found, generally in some*fertile,
wooded valley, the oxen were out
spanned, the grindstone set up, and
within a few days a log house marked
the site. A few acres of sod corn and
truck furnished a living until the
soil was broken up sufficiently to
be called a farm.
Today the pioneer appears in a tin
lizzie and a cloud of dust. He wears
good clothes, smokes tailor made ci
garettes and wears a white collar
and an air of intolerance. He skims
over the country at 40 miles an hour,
and is in the next county before the
enterprising real estate agent can get
out his maps. He spends his winters
in Los Angeles and Arizona and his
summers in auto parks, living off the
fat of the land and eating grape fruit
with ham and for breakfast. If a
place is improved sufficiently and is
sold cheap enough he buys it. If not
a gallon of gas and a pint of oil will
take him farther in a day tharr his
predecessor could travel in a month.
Verily times have changed, and not
for the better.
BEWARE OF FOREST FIRES.
With the recurrent dry weather
many forest fire spring up in dif
ferent parts of the division, princi
pally along the government railroad,
set in most cases by sparks from the
locomotives. It is nearly impossible
to prevent this as the dry moss is very
inflammable and catches fire very eas
ily. Thousands of dollars worth of
fine timber is destroyed every year
b\ fires. Many of these fires are set
by campers who neglect to put out
camp fires. Others are caused by
travellers tossing cigarettes out of
of autos or car windows. It is un
fortunate that the average person
cannot realize the millions of dollars
loss to the nation each year by forest
fires, and take proper precautions.
At the present time a fire is raging
in the Hope-Girdwood district, and it
is probable that thousands of dollars
worth of damage will be done before
it can be extinguished. The Forest
Service spends a large part of its
time and considerable money in try
ing to impress upon the people the
importance of preventing fires.
Every person traveling in the woods
this season should take every precau
tion to assist these men in suppress
ing forest fires. A half cent cigarette
can burn a million dollars worth of
timber. A camp fire left burning can
devastate a whole valley. Let us co
operate with the rangers and prevent
useless and expensive fires.
EXPENDITURES
Rev. R. v. R. Dunlap, in charge of
construction in Seward of the big
Jesse Lee Home, announced a few
days ago, that the sum of approxi
mately $50,000 in cash would be paid
out in Seward, for labor, etc., on the
Home.
The new road project, now under
way by the Seims & Carlson, con
tractors on the Seward-Kenai ‘cut-off’
and which work will continue until
the freeze-up, (if there is any) will
swell the labor and material income
of Seward; an approximate $40,000
more, making a total of $90,000 cash
which will be put into circulation,
mostly before winter comes. This,
aside from the regular sources of
permanent business shows signs of
much encouragement to the entire
community.
Barber Shop
FRED MILLER
BATHS-:-OPEN SUNDAY A.M.
Liberty Theatre
ONE SHOW TONIGHT AT 8:00 O’CLOCK
JAS. KIRKWOOD LILA LEE
MATT MOORE WALLACE BEERY
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A fine drama laid in San Francisco and Mexico
How far in the ‘Unwritten Law“ Night?
A thrilling story of emotions both controlled and
uncontrolled.
Jack Dempsey Comedy
WITH IT THEN WILL BE ANOTHER GOOD
2-reel picture entitled:
THE TITLE HOLDER
Also a 1-rcel comedy and a Fable reel
SPECIAL MUSIC TONIGHT
THE LIBERTY ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY
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FOR ONE WEEK
Lowered prices on all
merchandise.
Friday and Saturday
we will have a DOLLAR
SALE.
BANBURY & OGLE
The only old eggs that are good are
those of the dinosaur.
One good thing about these heat
waves is that they are not permanent.
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Wielding lip stick does not develop
much muscle for the broom stick.
Anyway our enemies do not pester
us with a lot of suggestions for our
own good.
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