Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 1#, 1804
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WHERE IS THE FRONTIER SPIRIT?
While depression in the States cannot but help re
flect upon conditions in Alaska it should not be allowed j
to assume importance in equal ratio, because Alaska is
not a day's pay country.
On the other hand it is a country beckoning to the
man who is willing to turn a natural resource to ac
count. Had the Pilgrim Fathers relied upon someone’s
payroll it is questionable if there would have been any j
United States.
Instead they began to hew civilization out of the
rough, relying upon Natures’ bounty rather than service!
for another. The same might be said of the men and wo-!
men who peopled the great West. The hero of the Cov- j
ered Wagon considered employment for another a mere j
incident. What he desired and what he eventually se-j
cured was a share of the wilderness which he transform
ed in a generation into thriving cities and humming in- j
dustries. i
Alaska does not need men content to labor tor
another; it calls to those crowded out of the more popu
lous centers and who desire to secure a home and inde
pendence of the time-clock.
There was a time when New York City was but a
wilderness; then a trading post for beaver and other
fur. If one scans history he will find that those who
emerged masters of industry and possessed of great
wealth first laid the foundation by securing some natur
al resource, if it was only land.
Alaska offers the same opportunities. If everybody
Is content to await the coming of others prepared to es
tablish payrolls and give him a job, is afraid to go on
his own and take what Nature offers, the Territory will
stand still. It is not through the leaning upon others
that man emerge successful. It is by his own efforts.
There is sufficient capital here to develop many re
sources. This capital should be pooled and made to work
instead of being allowed to lie idle. “Frozen credits”
produce stagnation, and the man who is afraid to use
his brains and capital and content to rely upon someone
else is destined to see his little hoard frittered away
while he hunts a job.
WEARING THE HIGH HAT
Thank the Lord, the instances are few but every
once in a while we meet a Federal or Territorial offi
cial in the course of our newspaper rounds who wears
the ‘‘high hat” With the assumption of a title by some
of these peanut politicians who manage to horn into
public office and get their noses in the government
feed bag, they also assume a ficticious dignity that is
hard to penetrate even by hard-boiled reporters.
They make you to feel that they are doing a
great favor by consenting to be interviewed at all apd
and its no business of the public how they are fulfill
ing their public duties anyway. In other words, some—
a very few, we must admit in all fairness—have
adopted old Vanderbilt’s dictum, ‘the public be damned.’
Of course, it don’t take us long to get wise to these
birds and we quickly depart with the mental reserva
tion, ‘you be damned.’ Nobody ever got anywhere
‘high-hatting’ the Press. Its only novices at the politi
cal game who attempt it. The older and higher and
more powerful men get in public power the easier they
are to reach and talk to.
They make you feel that you are a Gentleman of
the Press which naturally makes you feel proud of
yourself and you go forth to give the best you’ve got.
In case of moonshine overproduction this winter,
due to unemployment, we may expect someone to start
a buy-a-gallon movement.
Yep, on those sheep ranches to the southwest of
Seward, they have collie dogs, and everything.
HIT TAKES HIGH
SCHOOL INTO C9AAP
—
Delegations representative of
the Seward high school basket
ball team and the Army squad
held a scrimmage last night at
which game the Army emerged
victorious with a score of 8 to 2.
The high school failed to make
j their hits register and the two
points that they made were
free throws.
Three of last year’s regulars—
Jack Rosness, Donald Shellhorn
and Edwin Sandbeck are again
playing for the Blue and White
and the remainder of the team
will be chosen from last year’s
second string material and Jes
se Lee Home youths.
For the Army, Noble played cen
ter; Croken and Swanson played
guards, and Turner and Bucy
were forwards.
Through the courtesy of Jesse
Lee, it is said, the high school
team will be given the privilege
of twice-a-week practices—Mon
days and Fridays.
It is also understood that the
high school team, by availing
themselves of this offer, iv+y be
given their opportunity of go
ing to Fairbanks and play the
crack Interior five inasmuch as
this is the year for a return
series with that team.
THIS HAT IN HISTB3Y
1520—Magellan entered the
straits which bear his name.
1872—San Juan boundary dis
pute settled by award of empor
er of Germany in favor of the
United States.
1878—Storm in Philadelphia;
348 houses, churches and public
buildings destroyed; loss $2,000,
000.
1930—Bear takes one look at
Seward and goes over the moun
tain.
Members of the Eastern Star
will meet this evening in the
new Masonic club rooms for a
social session, including cards.
After the Masonic meeting re
fi sehments will be served.
IF YOU OAVlry-j nviED FRY!
BRUKIN’S BABY BEEF, you are
certainly missing something.
Gateway Readers:—
Since it is impossible for me
to meet all the readers of this
paper personally, I am taking
this means of informing you of
my qualifications for the posi
tion of Commissioner of Educa
tion for the Territory of Alas
ka, wich position I am seeking
at the general election on No
vember 4 th.
I am a college and university
graduate, having studied an
equivalent of two years beyond
the requirements for the A. B.
degree. During these two years
of post-graduate study, I have
specialized in the field of school
administration, and have cover
ed every phase of the work.
I have had 17 years experience
in school work, consisting of
experience as a rural school 1
teacher, high school teacher,
high school principal, grade sup
ervisor, and city superintend
dent.
With the special training and
wide experience noted above, I
am sure that I am very ade
qautely qualified for the posi
tion, and if selected, will give
the Territory an administration
of its schools that will be in
keeping with the best practices
of the times.
You will find my name on the
Democratic ticket.
Yours very truly, A. E. Karnes.
Superintendent of Schools,
Adv. Ketchikan, Alaska
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