SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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OUR ANNUAL EXODUS.
This is the season of the year when
the oldtimer and friend wife make
their annual pilgrimage to the
States to spend the winter. Arrayed
as Solomon in all his glory, with the
addition of a pound or so of gold nug
get jewelry, the Alaskan descends on
Seattle even as the locust in Biblical
times. The hearts of these annual ar
gonauts are filled with longings for
the fleshpots of the cities, and . they
pant for the comic opera, moving pic
tures and gaily decorated stores even
as the stag pants for the cool pools.
The summer season is packed with
long hours and frugal habits in order
to make this trip, and the local mer
chant views with envy the crowds
packing each steamer, all loaded with
cash and enthusiasm.
The first letters home are sanguine
and full of the good times enjoyed.
About the second week the writer ac
knowledges a slight homesickness for
the great silent wastes of the north,
and after the second month homesick
ness permeates every line of the bil
lets doux, and the writer wonders if
the price paid is worth the pleasure
enjoyed.
The spring boats are loaded with re
turning home-comers, many of them
coming C. O. D., and all anxious to set
foot on their native heath. They are
emphatic in their expressions to re
main forever more in Alaska, but the
next fall they go through the same
experiences, only to returp and start
back again.
It is useless to remind these peri
patetic residents that a winter may
be spent as comfortably in Alaska as
Outside, and that the money used for
the trip would give one a winter of
ease and indolence at home. The urge
for a change of scenery and associa
tions is too strong to resist, and until
we find means to keep our people at
home, Alaska can never build up to
a point where it will be “home” for
its inhabitants.
The year 1925 has been one of opti
mism and prosperity for Alaska. With
the exception of an epidemic of con
gressmen and influenza, both of which
have exacted heavy toll from Alas
kans, we will leave the year behind
with as many worldly goods and as
little cash as we entered it with. The
year has been full of promise, but as
yet they have borne little fruit. Next
year will be equally as good. SewTard
is the gainer by some $175,000 worth
of new buildings, and several new
businesses. There is no question but
that the year 1925 will go down in
history as one of the best we have ex
perienced since before the late un
pleasantness.
AIRSHIPS FOR ALASKA
Within the space of a few short
months Alaskans will be able to step
into an airship and sail safely and
easily to the most inaccessible parts
of the Territory. This means that the
prospector and his outfit can be land
ed directly on the site selected for his
labors, and the traveller can save
weeks of time and exposure to the
elements at the cost of a few dollars.
Airship service is the logical service
for Alaska, as landing fields do not
have to be constructed, and the to
pography of the country changed in
any particular to give these big ships .
of the air better landing facilities. J |
They can raise, soar, stop or hover |
over any designated spot, and land
mail and supplies without touching
the ground. Mail routes can be laid
out by the most direct way, and in
stead of days and weeks, minutes and
hours will connect us with the Inte
rior. The company proposing to en
ter the field is already amply financed
and we may look for results before
this time next year.
While the recent equinoctial storm
was unpleasant, it was not so bad
in Alaska as in the States, according
to telegraphic reports. Heavy rains
and raging gales swept the Pacific
coast from end to end Saturday and
Sunday. Seward had a heavy rainfall
but it was accompanied by very little
wind.
One blessing of these fall days can
be said to be the paucity of original
poems.
With due regard to the complaints
regarding the Alaska railroad by our
eminent mid-summer visitors, we be
lieve it to be the only railroad in the
world traveling a country as rich in
coal, gold, minerals, agriculture, tim
ber and stock raising possibilities. It
is stated by good authority that the
district traversed by the Alaska rail
road can support 50,000,000 people in
comfort. Can J?ny section Outside
show 465 miles of railway with as di
versified possibilities?
Advertising is an art in itself. To
advertise successfully one must keep
in mind the wants of the customer.
The firm which advertises goods with
out prices affixed, is simply wasting
its money. Even a garage should
add the prices of gasoline and oil to
its notification of service.
A Chicago man built up a fifty mil
lion dollar business by spending a
million and a half for advertising. If
a man can take a few cents wrorth of
sugar and chicle and produce a chew
ing gum known the world over, other
advertisers should study his methods
and emulate his example.
Subscribe to The Daily Gateway.
New Hand Laundry
This is to inform the public that I
jam opening up the hand laundry lo
cated on Fifth avenue known as the
O. K. Hand Laundry, and will open up
foor business Monday, Sept. 21. Hav
ing had several years erperience in
the laundry business I solicit your
patronage. Special care will be taken
of silk woololens, also dry cleaning
for ladies. Mending, darning and al
terations. This laundry in the future
will be called,
AMANDA’S LAUNDRY
Phone Madison 126
4 251-tf
CLOSING OUT SALE
Beginning Wednesday
9 A.M.
BANBURY & OGLE
Cabin for Rent
On Fine Trout Stream
Bungalow with fine fire
place. large living room,
furnished for six persons,
plenty of bedding and
essentials, stove and all
cooking utensils. Will be
rented by the day or week
end to responsible parties.
Good fishing in lake and
stream and hunting in
season.
Apply A1 Davis
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEWARD INCLUDED
. ESTIMATE OFFICE
GAME WARDEN
—
KEN Al PENINSULA LEADS ALL
DISTRICTS IN ALASKA FOR
BIG GAME HUNTS.
E. P. Walker On Visit
New Game Laws Meets with Approv
al of Greater Majority of
Completing his first trip about the
Territory since the creation of the
Alaska Game Commission, ami the
realignment of game warden and
fur warden forces, on a quest of
knowledge of game and fur condi
tions, and to hold conferences wiili
the wardens of the Interior, E. P.
Walker, executive officer for the com
mission, arrived in Seward Sunday
from Fairbanks. Following a con
ference in this city with Mr. Abrams,
U. S. Cuttoms’ oficer, $,nd Leon Ur
bach, local licensing officer for the
commission, Mr. Walker continued
on to his Juneau headquarters on the
steamer Alaska, which departed for
the South, Monday morning.
l 4- U Ann PAi/n I
“Throughout the Territory, as a
whole, the people appear to be
unanimously in accord with the new
Alaska game laws, and nave freely
expressed their pleasure to me, of
the recent change,” Mr. Walker stat
ed to the Seward Gateway Sunday.
“On this trip, w'hich I have just
about completed, I have been seek
ing constructive criticisms, in order
to work out possible certain revis
ions in the new laws. The law, as
it now reads, seems to be jjust about
right and I doubt there will be but
little material changes to be recom
mended.
Fur Greatest Asset, Yukon
"This amiable feeling, with respect
to the new game laws, is particular
ly noticeable, especially on the up
per Yukon river. The residents in
that region, without an exception
stated the fur industry was their
greatest asset. They expresse 1 them
selves as being highly pleased with
that portion of the new law which
prohibits aliens from owning or hav
ing in their possession, firearms. Al
so that section which prohibits aliens
from trapping unless they have tak
en out the $100 alien special license.
The provision preventing aliens from
enjoying the resident citizen privi
leges after he is allowred his first
set of papers to expire, thereby be
ing classed as an alien, I found was
particular pleasing to many in the
Interior. Regarding the alien pur
chasing furs in Alaska, he must ne
armed with a $500 license.”
Wild Life Protection.
The importance of protecting the
wild game life of the Territory was
stressed by Mr. Walker, who said
he was very much pleased to note
the splendid improvement in the
general attitude of the situation.
People in the Interior regions have
come ,to realize the great value of
the wild life and the need for its
vigouous protection. The attention
of Mr. Walker was called by the
Seward Gateway, to the article ap
pearing in one of its recent num
bers in which P. D. Beaulieu, of
Winner, S. D., who recently com
pleted a big game hunt in this re
gion and who is now in the Inte
rior, stated that unless some precau
tion or regulation rs put into effect,
on the Alaska brown bear, they will
be exterminated. In the article Mr.
Beaulieu stated many hunters were
annually coming to Alaska from
thousands of miles distances, and
practically all of them arrived with
the idea of bagging a brown bear.
Mr. Walker said he agreed with
Mr. Beaulieu on his point, that the
brown bear of Alaska should be pro
tected. The average Alaskan does
not realize the financial asset and
the tremendous amount of publicity
the Territory receives from the big
brown bear, which is confined to the
coastal regions of Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska.
Bear, Fur Bearing Animal
The black bear is classed as a fur
bearing animal, it is learned, and
cannot be taken unless a trapping
license is taken out, which license
costs $2.00. The trapping license,
naturally gives the possessor the
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right to trap other fur-bearing ani
mals.
Urbach Local Officer.
Licenses will arrive in Seward for
thelocal licensing officer, Leon Ur
bach, on the arrival of the steamer
Northwestern, it is stated. In the
meantime, applications for licenses
are being taken by Mr. Urbach. Mr.
Walker made arrangements while
here, for Mr. Urbach to take the oath
of declaration from applicants for li
censes, doing away with extra cost
to the applicant.
The licensing system is in serial
form and of different colors. All
applications are in odd numbers, with
the licenses in even numbers.
Increase Big Game Hunters.
The increase of b« game hunters
in the Territory this season over
that of last year, is extremely grat
ifying, Mr. Walker stated. Though
he was not able to recall all the par
ties, having been out of touch with
his headquarters for so long a peri
od, he did name the following, most
of whom are still in various parts
of the country. And, according to
advices received, there are more
coming.
W. N. and Mrs. Beach of New
York, Marcus Daly, Rainy Pass re
gion; Dr. Thomas S. Arbuthnot, of
Pittsburgh, White River country; C.
O. Allen, of LaMiracle, Cal., E. W.
Humphill of Los Angeles, Dr. A. El
kins and Dr. C. P. Gestzlaff of Priest
River, Idaho, Interior and Kenai
peninsula districts; N. E. Boom
hauer, of New York, Interior and
Westward districts; Dr. Preston
Worley of Houston, Texas, Copper
River country; C. E. Sykes of Ard
more, Oklahoma, White River re
|gion; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Feurth of
‘New York; P. O. Beaulieu of Win
ner, S. D., Ken^i peninsula and In
terior districts; Mr. and Mrs. B. H.
Hahn of Pasadena, Interior region;
Harold Coolidge, jr., of Boston, an<T
Wm. Osgood Field, of Lenox, Mass.,
Southeastern Alaska and Kenai pen
insula regions; W. P. Rauch of New
York, Kenai peninsula; George Hoff
man of Cleveland, Beaver district;
Hal G. Evarts, Kenai peninsula; Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Maylor of San Diegp,
Yukon river region; Dr. and Mrs.
Brands, Kenai peninsula. In addi
tion to these mentioned, it is be
lieved there are several other par
ties which could not be recalled at
this time.
All Have Licensed Guides.
As all hunting parties are required
to have licensed guides and none
but Alaskan can be licensed, the im
portance of qualified persons apply
ing for licenses was stressed by Mr.
Walker. According to statistics com
piled by Mr. Walker a few years'
ago, it was shown at that time the
average head of Alaskan game cost
the hunter $328.00, and the average
cost, per person from the States,, T
(Continued on Page Seven)
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