Zewaris Yaily Gatew iay
OF SEWARD, AEASEA Established August 19, 1904
Published daily except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered in the postoffice at Seward, Alaska as
second - class mail matter
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OUR GREAT EFFICIENCY: BLAH!
A man, or a group, must indeed be sorely pressed
- fce stage a demonstration such as took place yesterday!
m Seattle when 500 unemployed paraded carrying!
banners against capitalists and appealing for work.
The average well-fed public, and authorities, call
Hiem communists, reds, bolsheviks and fanatics. What
makes for these slurring terms?
The United States is supposed to be the wealthiest
country in the world. Any foreign nation which desires j
a loan may obtain it almost at will. Millions are given,
with a careless gesture, for worthy world causes. “I am
mv brother’s keeper” is very well but what’s the matter!
with taking care of our own people before going to;
other shores there to set ourselves up as the one shin
ing example in this poor, old world, for other peoples
to follow. Blah! _ _ !
And if our treasury vaults are bursting with glist-:
ening gold, why this alleged economic policy when |
for months to the ears of Alaskans have come the cry |
of the condemned in the States; those condemned to
sulfer privations, starve, because there is not work for
all; breadlines so close to us as Seattle.
There is something radically wrong with our sys
tem, not the, individual, when in this age of supposedly
enlightment'and advanced civilization such spectacles!
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In a way such a condition might have been expect
ed with our Congress so busily engaged each year over
that most terrible curse the Nation ever had foisted
upon it, the dry laws, which has made our citizens a Na
tion of law-breakers and total disrespect of courts and
politicians. And after nine-tenths of the session has been
occupied with this, then follows the silly Muscle Shoals
and alleged Farm problems. A mountain has been made
out of a mole in each of these cases.
The welfare of the people of these United States
come first always; everything else must be subservient.
What is this so-called efficiency we hear so much
about? And if our alleged affeciency is so wonderful,
-whv are thousands of good citizens of America out of
work? Why does the cost of living continue on a war
time level? Why is it the average wage is so low? Why?
If the terms communist and fanatic are meant to
imply one is a “nut ’ or about ready for tne pen, woik
will solve the problem; seeking larger appropriations
to build bigger and better jails certainly will not make
for betterment in this law-ridden Nation oi ours, no
matter how strong our faith or the love we bear for it.
The Army, the Navy, the Air Service, shipping etc.,
want to enlarge. Well, why noth This naval disarma
ment conference is just one more international farce.
A nation is no better than its people; would you leave
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unguarded? Our country will always have to be guard
ed from within and from without. There are thousands
of public projects on which millions might be employed.
Billions for prohibition!
The big butter and egg men gather at Washington
and pledge billions in newT industrial activities. Then
follows closing of factories and longer breadlnes.
But it isn’t the capitalists but the politician which
has brought about our internal difficulties.
It is assumed that the 500 who marched yesterday
in Seattle were only those who can the guts to do so.
BACK ON THE JOB
Its hard to say whether we want Col. Otto F. Ohl
son, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, back in
■Washington raising money or up here on the line rais
ing h—. In either place or in either game he is an ace.
Still, we guess we would rather have him here because
he can stir up more optimism in a given space of time
than anybody who ever hit this gateway metropolis.
From reports Colonel Ohlson, who is due here on
the Steamer Yukon, has had a profitable season in
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we imagine the Colonel might shake a wicked hoof upon
the ballroom floor we can better picture him with a
scowl and a big, fat, clara optimo—out of the can—
(not a paid adv.)cigar in the northeast corner of his
face pacing the floor and talking earnestly to several
serious-minded committee men on the needs of Alaska
in general and the Alaska Railroad in particular.
And he must have talked to advantage because he
got nearly all the money he asked for and got that spe
cial appropriation for the reindeer, with side bets on
the colonization plans.
We expect to hear of some surprising preparations
for tourist traffic this season as it is predicted it will
exceed all expectatons.
But all in all, taking it up one side and down the
other, we are glad the Colonel is getting back here on
the job for in some way or other it gives us more pep.
There’s something about the Colonel, we don’t know
just what it is, which gives us more confidence and
makes us feel better. In any case, we know doggone well
that after he rolls up his sleeves and gets set we’ll have
to get up on our toes and stay on them or we’ll mis’s
something.
SAWYER MAKES
| ALASKA ADDRESS
I IN LOS ANGELES
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I An address was recently del
i ivered before the University Club
! of Los Angeles by Ernest Walker
i Sawyer, of the Interior Depart
1 ment, the subject of Mr. Wal
' ker’s speech being “An Aerial
Survey of Alaska.”
Mr. Sawyer is a member of the
| American Institute Raido Engin
eers, Electrical Engineers (Lon
don) etc.; he is Assistant to Sec
| retary Lyman Wilbur, Depart
i ment of the Interior, and is, at
| the present time, charged with
! the development of Alaska. He
will arrive in Seward within two
months to assist General Man
ager Otto F. Ohlson.
Mr. Sawyer is a native of Illi
nois, an alumnus of Leland Stan
ford Jr. University (’08), by pro
fession, a radio engineer. In 1912,
as chief engineer of the Federal
Telegraph Co., he erectd th high
est wooden structure ever con
structed <608 feet high) in San
Francisco; consulting radio en
gineer to the Canadian Govern
ment. During the World War
he manufactured radio equip
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ons, Oxford. Salonika and Con
stantinople for the Allies serv
ing with the British Admiralty.
INTERNATIONAL BOUTS
The big fight card being staged
| today at Miami, which The Gate
I way has asked for a special re
i port on, is an international card,
i The main event is between Shar
key and Phil Scott, the big En
glishman; the second between
j Loughran and Charles, of Bel
gium; and the third, Risco vs
: Capanolo of Argentine. The Mad
; ison Square Garden Corp., pro
! moted the card.
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ATHLETIC PROGRAM
SPECIAL EVENTS— Anchorage
high school boys vs Seward high.
Monday and Tuesday nights.
School athletics—3:40 to 5 p. ra.
Monday .Tuesday. Wednesday,
| Thursday' and Friday.
Men’s handball—5 to 7 p. m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
Men’s indoor baseball--7.30 to 10
p. m., Mondays.
Ladies indoor baseball—-7:30 to
10 p. m. Thursdays.
Boys basketball—7 to 8.30 p. m.
Tuesday. Wednesday, and Fridays.
! Men’s basketball—8:30 to 10 p. m.
(Wednesday and Saturday.
Women’s basketball—8.30 to 10
p. m. Tuesday and Fridavs.
SEWARD ATHLETIC CLUB
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WEATHER REPORT
citation Temp. Condition
Seward 36 Cloudy,
|Divide 33 Cloudy, L. W.
[Hunter 28 Cloudy, high W.
j Grandview 28 L. snow, H. W.
[Tunnel 35 Light snow, L. W.
Moraine 35 Sleet, Light S.
^Girdwood 35 Cloudy, L. SE.
Anchorage
jWasilla
[Talkeetna
[ Curry
Broad Pass
[Healy 35
iNenana 8
Fairbanks
27
34
30
28
18
ICoudy,
Cloudy,
Cloudy.
Cloudy,
Cloudy,
Clear, S. S.
Clear, L. N.
Clear,
calm
wind
wind
wind
wind
wind
wind
calm
calm
calm
calm
calm
wind
wind
calm
CLEANLINESS and the best of
meats our motto. Fry-Bruhn’s.
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Seward Chapter No. 10,
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the second
and fourth Monday s
of each month in
Odd Fellows’ llall, at
8 p.m. Visiting mem- ;
b e r s always welcome: j
Mrs. Emma Banbury, W.
M.; Mrs- Martine Johan
sen, Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 1425. L. j
O. O. M. Meets j
every first and
third Frid ays j
each month at
8 p.m. at I. O. !
O. F. Hall- AU
welcome. Peter
N. Anderson, Director. M. j
A. Horner, Secretary.
Pioneers of Alaska—Igloo i
No. 9
Cal M. Brosius, Socretary [
and Treasurer.
Seward Rebekah Lodge No. j
6-A I. O. O. F.
Meets the first
and third mon
days each month
in I. O. O. F. Hall
at 8 p m. Visiting
members are always wel- j
come. Margarete Lech
ner. N. G.; Ludvig Larson.
Secretary.
Ressurection Lodge No. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thursday at
8 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hal!. Visiting brothers wel
come. Frank Cooper. N.
G., Ludwig Larsson Sec.
Seward Lodge No. 219, F.
and A. M.
Stated communications
first and third Tuesdays
each month. Visiting bre
ihern welcome. Elwyn
Swetmann, W. M.: Mar
tin Banbury, Secretary.
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Seward Light & Power Co.
Light, Power and Telephone Service
Centxaoters and Dealers in
Electrical Supplies and Appliances
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Construction Lumber
Builders1 Supplies
Boat Lumber
Mill Work
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RADIO SUPPLIES — SOCKETS — BUSSBAR
JACKS—CONDENSERS—SWITCHES, ETC.
TUBES AND BATTERIES
Flooring
Ceiling
Rustic
Bevel siding
Fir Finish
Mouldings
Windows
Doors
Cement
Lime
Plaster
Lath
Plaster Board
Chimney brick
Fire brick
Fire clay
riate ana wmaow glass
Beaver stsoara
Seward
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LIBERTY THEATER
SATURDAY AT 8 OCLOCK
NOAH BEERY WILLIAM POWELL l
EVELYN BRENT - GARY COWER
in the great drama of France and Algiers
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THIS IS A SEQUEL A.\I) CONNECTING STORY
WITH THE GREAT FEATURE WE IIAI) TWO
WEEKS AGO ‘ BEAU GESTU”— IT IS A PAG
INATING TALE OF THE FAMOUS REGIMENT
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—FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION—
The feature is staged in Algiers and the Sahara Desert
With it we will show a fine Fox News and Educational
G- Robinson,
Carl
i dSteries
Lunches Served
Seward P~1
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN C. E. ANDERSON
Next Sailing of Steamer Starr out of Seward
xMARCH 10th
Chas. A- Jansen, Agent
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
Phone Madison 139
Seward, Alaska
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Go East via
California and
the Panama Ca
nal thru ser
v i c e via the
Panama Pacific
Line. Ask for
details.
SERVING ALASKA
Vessel Sails Arrives South
from in from
Seatth Seward Seward
Evans Mar. 12 r*iar. 19 Mar. 24
Watson Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Mar. 31
Evans Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. >1
Watson Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 21
Evans Apr. 23 Apr. 3# May 5
Blue, sewara Agent
Vessel leave Seattle
Yukon _ _
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon . —
Northwestern
Agent—J. H Flickinger.
Leave Seward
Feb. 22. Mar. X.
Mar. 1. Mar. 8.
Mar. 8. Mar. 15.
Mar. 15. Mar. 22.
Mar. 22. Mar. 28.
Phone Main 125