SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August .19, 1904
Published Dailv Except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Selbv & Hoben, Proprietors
H. B. Selby, Editor
Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879.
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IT IS A QUESTION AS TO WHO
DOES THE JUDGING.
(From Juneau Empire).
Not long since a prohibitionist was
discussing the violations ot' the Vol
stead and State bone dry laws and
contended that* no good citizen would
contribute to the violation of either
by taking an occasional drink or oc
casionaly patronizing a bootlegger.
He said that such a person was vio
lating the law of the land and that
no good citizen would do that. Before
the conversation had ended this same
prohibitionist bragged about how his
parents had been associated with the
“underground railroai" which was j
maintained to aid Negioes who were j
escaping trom the South, and thus
had “righteously” defied the Fugnvie
Slave Law. Asked if he ju-tided
them, it' he believed his parents were
right, and unhesita'ingiy he averred
that they were. When he was asked
to square his position on the IawT vio-'
lation ot his parents, who were aid
ing in concealing from citizens what
the law recognized as property in
which their earnings were invested,
he answrered, "but that was different.” J
And that is -what all this “good citi-j
zen” talk of Mr. Hazeltine, Mr. Bry-!
an and the others amounts to. Like
most of the other people, they want
to be the judges as to what laws
cannot be violated without injuring
the class of the violators’ citizenship.
It has always been thus with politi
cal crimes—crimes made so by vote
ot the people. They are not like
the crimes defined by Moses which
involve moral turptitude, and no man
so regards them.
COST OF CRIME GREAT AS
NATIONAL BUDGET.
While we are talking about cutting
down taxes we also should give con
sideration to cutting down the cost
of crime. The crime bill of the Unit
ed States now is as big as our federal
budget. It now amounts to $3,500,
000,000 a year. Forgeries may reach
$100,000,000 for 1924, although the net
loss covered by insurance probably
will not be more than $100,000, ac
cording to insurance estimates. Hold
ups have almost doubled. Non-mem
bers of the American Bankers’ asso
ciation have been victims of 2,500
burglaries, netting $2,500,000 since the
protective departments were organ
ized, while members have suffered
from the same number of robberies,
sustaining a cash loss of $1,000,000.
We are living in an age of great
achievement—a senator calls it the
age of miraculous achievement—but
iis luster is dulled by its record in
crime.
The necessity of a cutter being sta
tioned at Seward, on the edge of the
fishing banks, is again shown by the
recent breakdown of a halibut fishing
boat, which drifted for several days
with 11 men aboard. Had the cutter
been here the boat could have been
picked up quickly and much worry,
saved members of the crew and their
families. The government’s plan of
stationing cuttesr in Alaska thru the
summer season, when wrecks are
few, is a poor one, as these vessels
are badly needed in the winter sea
son, especially by the halibut fisher
men and small boats playing these
waters. With the local radio station
in operation at all hours, and the
splendid cable service, Seward could
be in touch with all parts of the
coast as far as Unalaska, where oth
ers cutters are stationed, giving this
section a coast patrol in the stormy
months. Deputy Collector Abrams be
lieves that a cutter should be sta
tioned here thruout winter months,
as well as the summer season, and
will meet with the local chamber
Tuesday to discuss the proposition.
An energetic campaign on the part
of our citizens will secure this much
needed service.
All men are created equal but some
become more foolish than others.
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EVERYTHING THE NAME IMPLIES’
Now that the winter of our discon
tent is rapidly approaching1 we deem
it fitting to again call the attention
of the community to the fact that
the town has no place for the young
sters to congregate of evenings save
the open street. No better invest
ment could be made by northern
towns than a community building
large enough for basketball and other
recreations. Unless we provide
amusements for the youngsters how
can we hold them after they grow
large enough to get away to more
sociable environments. The younger
generation of today is the man of
affairs of tomorrow, and we should
cement the home ties now.
Bobbed hair may not look as nice
as long hair but it will save many a
divorce suit when your wife finds a
hair on your coat.
The only difference between a dem
ocrat and a republican i3 that the
former is not quite so far advanced
in political economy as the other.
We know one woman who, if prizes
were offered for the best husband in
town, would enter the contest.
Eastern scientists say there is no
hell. It' this is the case some of our
critics don’t need to go where they
should go.
The poor houses are filled with
folks that are willing to try any
thing once.
Onereason why the Gateway does
not like reformers is because we have
always had to foot the bills for the
reforms.
We know a man in Seward who
says he dislikes preachers so much
that when he dies he is going to have
his funeral sermon preached by #.
justice of the peace.
A good sport is rarely much good
for anything else.
Most so-called criticism is nothing
but fault finding or abuse.
Live wires and go-getters pile up
debts for common plugs to pay.
Every time I see a man playing a
guitar 1 want to kick a hole in it.
If none of us had a vacation until
we earn it most of us would never
get one.
One reason you prosper is because
you never really need as much as
you want.
If you want to sway public opinion
don’t appeal to reason, appeal to pre
judices.
Most of us would have more friends
if we were not so free in airing our
own opinions.
If you can’t live on the salary don’t
blame the boss. It may be the way
you want to live.
Too many reformers are more in
terested in fooling the people than
in reforming them.
Some printers would have a hard
time showing a profit if they paid
•wages to their wives.
NEW WORLD FLIGHT WILL
BE RELAY TO TEST SPEED
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—What is the
shortest time in which aviators can
fly around the world?
With American “Eagles” successful
in being the first to circumnavigate
the globe through the air, General
Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air
service, would now like to know
how quickly that same fight could be
made.
"It is quite possible,” General Pa
trick said in discussing the world
flight made by Lieutenants Lowell H.
Smith, Erik Nelson and their com
panions. “that the next time
we attempt such a hazardous test in
flying we shall see how fast we can
fly around the world. That would
be accomplished by establishing re
lay depots around the world with
machines and pilots and mechanics
to fly each leg of the journey. It
•would be a revelation in speed and
far outdo even the most far-fetched
dreams of a few years ago.”
In the world flight the flyers made
no effort at speed and simply at
tempted to circumnavigate the globe
in less than six months because of
the ice and impossible flying con
ditions that prevail through the
Northern Atlantic, the last part of
their trip, during the early Fall and
Winter months.
To insure the success of the flight
eight of the best flyers and mechan
icians in the service were picked to
make the attempt, giant Douglas air
cruisers with both pontoons and
spare gear were provided, and
spare parts and extra engines were
placed at various points around the
globe where it was thought they
would be needed.
In the tiext flight it is proposed to
have airplanes and extra pilots at
I those points instead of spare parts
and engines. One flyer will hop
from New York to Chicago, the next
from Chicago to San Francisco, the
next to Seattle, the Aleutians, Yoko
hama, Shanghai, Rangoon, Calcutta,
etc., or whatever division of mileage
the plans may call for.
What the result will be is quite
easily imagined. Instead of the
planes being forced to wait for re
pairs, to change engines, or to rest
the pilots, the circumnavigation of
the globe will be a chain affair. As
though in a relay race against time,
as soon as one pilot touches his
wheels on the ground or his pon
toons on the water at the end of j
his leg of the journey the next will
be off.
When the flyers landed at Mit
chell Field they had flown 23,335
miles in 313 hours, 28 minutes actual
flying time.
What would that time have been
if they had had relief pilots to fly j
continuously?
That’s what the Air Service would j
like to know' next.
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ervations apply to
WAYNE BLUE,
Agent for Seward, Alaska
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