SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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PROPOSED TAX ON GASOLINE.
While passing through Seward on 1
his way to Juneau, Representative Ben
Grier, of Anchorage, announced that
he would introduce a bill in the legis
lature this session, placing a tax of I
five cents per gallon on gasoline, and
it is presumed, gasoline products, the
money accruing from the special tax I
to be used in building roads and !
trails. As badly as Alaskans need J
roads and trails, we believe that the
tax would prove very unpopular and
would result in real harm to the fish
erman and small gasboat owner, as
well as residents of the interior, where
the price of gasoline is already very
high.
The Federal government has large ;
sums appropriated for roads and j
trails in Alaska, and the Territory I
also contributes a large sum for this i
purpose. If Alaska stepped too heav- !
ily on the gas, and started a fund for j
road building, there is a possibility i
that the patejwial government would |
gradually allow us to do so, but would !
further decrease our appropriations, '
leaving us just where we were before
the tax was put on. and with the ad
ditional expense.
Personally we can see no reason
for placing any tax on petroleum prod
ucts. The government has a tax of
several cents per gallon sandwiched
between the oils and greases, and the
states producing the gasoline have a
special tax on all production. It is
possible to make our taxes so bur
densome that it will discourage in
vestors, and start another stream of
oldtimers for the States. Alaska has
lost heavily in population in the past
few years, mainly on account of the
high cost of living in the Territory.
It has come to a' point where a man |
can no longer live on $300 to S500 a
year, and with wages lower than in
the States, the Alaskan, especially the
younger generation, is leaving for the
Outside, never to return.
The motor boat and motor car is no
longer a luxury, but a positive neces
sity. The hundreds of gas engines
puffing away at mine pumps, air com
pressors, hoists and other motive
machinery, use considerable gasoline.
ARE YOU o
GUILTY •
A FARMER carrying an ex
press package from a big
mail order house was accost
ed by a local dealer.
“Why didn’t you buy that
bill of goods from me? I
could have saved you the ex
press, and besides you would
have been patronizing a home
store, which helps pay the
taxes and builds up this lo
cality.”
The farmer looked at the
merchant and then said:
“Why don’t you advertise
your goods and prices in your
home paper? I read it and
didn’t know that you carried
the goods I have here. Pic
tures and prices of your
goods would keep me posted
on your stock.”
Moral—-Advertise
There are very few deisel engines in
the Interior, and very few along the
coast. Gasoline, up to the time the
Standard Oil Company built its local
station, cost Seward users *55 cents
per gallon. With the introduction of
the Standard Oil plant it dropped to
as low as 25 cents. In Fairbanks and
Interior points, as well as to the west
ward, it sells as high as $1 per gallon.
The extra five cents is not much per
gallon, but it will add many dollars
per month to each consumer.
Let's forget this idea of reaching
out for new taxable property, and
give the few of us remaining in the
Territory an opportunity to make a
living.'
VALDEZ MAN IS HONORED.
The nomination of Charles Wilcox,
the editor of the Valdez Miner, for
Speaker of the House, is a worthy
honor, and one which we trust will
receive the unanimous indorsement of
his confreres. Mr. Wilcox is a man
of unsual qualifications and will un
doubtedly make the best speaker the
House has had in many session, be
cause he is level-headed, conservative,
and, above ail, “knows his stuff.” We
might a4so point with pardonable
pride that he is the first newspaper
editor for many years to serve the
Territory in any capacity. Up to the
present time, Alaskan editors have
apparently been useful in helping to
elect the other fellow, but rank below
Indians and halibut miners as legis
lators.
Mr. \\ licox first came to the Ter
ritory in 1S9S, going over the Valdez
glacier down the Klutena to Copper
River, and on tp the gold strikes on
the Yukon. He has lived in Valdez
the greater part of the time since
’9S, with the exception of a few years
put in at Cordova, where he was en
gaged in the newspaper business. He
has served as Clerk of the Court for
the Third division, and also served
as deputy clerk under the late Arthur
Lang. Mr. Wilcox later took over
the Valdez Miner and has been run
ning that paper very successfully
since 1920.
Mr. Wilcox is a pioneer in every
sense of the word, and knows Alaska
as well as any man. As an editor he
has studied its resources and its needs
and has ever worked for the upbuild
ing of his section of Alaska. This is j
the first time he has held any Terri
torial office, and he went to Juneau
with but one plank in his platform,
to lower taxes and repeal unnecessary
laws. Mr. Wilcox has long advocated
a lower tax rate in Alaska, and be
fore election declared himself on this
issue very frankly.
We believe the Third division will
be proud of Mr. Wilcox’s record at
Juneau, and that he has entered upon
a long and useful career as a legis
lator.
The report of the Territorial can
vassing board shows that actually 93
Indian voters at the last election were
so illiterate they had to make a “X”
for their signature. The Gateway had
been led to believe that some 1500 to
2000 votes had been cast by these
downtrodden sons of Ishmial. But 93!
There was no occasion for alarm
after all.
The canneries at Chignik are to be
permitted to operate this year on the
famous fifty-fifty basis. In other
words one fish is canned for every
one which escapes up the river to the
spawning grounds. The government
maintains a force at the mouth of
the river which counts the fish one
by one, much as Noah did when the
animals entered the ark. We shud
der to contemplate what would hap
pen if a fish got by the eagle-eyed
enumerators without being counted.
In all probability there would arise
an impasse which would utterly over
throw the entire fisheries mechan
ism. At any rate, it would be no
place for a man with a hare lip.
A German newspaper is said to be
edited by insane. What an opportu
nity for the author of those famous
words: “The wrath of Ymir and and
breath of Nefhlim.”
Correct this sentence: “I like your
paper and appreciate the work you
are doing for the city. Put me down
for five subscriptions for Outside
friends.”
He who climbs above the cares of
the world and turns his face to his
God, has found the sunny side of life.
THE MAN LIFE PASSED BY
IS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT
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If a splendid story with a tear now
and then and a tempest of thrills and
heart throbs, makes ideal screen en
tertainment, no fan can possibly afford
to pass by “The Man Life Passed By,”
the new Metro production opening at
the Liberty tonight.
The cast is composed of five well
known stars, such notable players as
Percy Marmount, Jane and Eva No
vak, Cullen Landis, Lydia Knott and
Herbert Bosworth taking part.
The spectator is taken from scenes
in the slums to views of the most ex
travagant kind of rich men’s homes.
In connection with the latter the play
shows the “orgiest” of all orgies ever
filmed. This is a “Roman revel” in
the home of two sisters. With a crowd
of guests numbering two or three
hundred, everyone is dressed or rath
er draped in old Roman costumes,
barring a slight evidence of modern
times in the “no metal can touch you
garter” of a few of the men.
The garden is turned into an arena
with a raised dias in the center. This
filled with pretty girls, is the scene
of a great struggle when the men, at
a given signal. ,trv to topple them
from their perch. As if this were not
enough a chariot race is staged in
which the young men are used as
horses.
This play is well worth seeing, and
it will be shown tonight at the Lib
erty. One show only.
KNIFE WiELDER SURRENDERS
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 3.—Tomo Yat
ko, a waiter who stabbed Harry Kid
der, pianist, in the back, surrendered
to the police today, explaining that
Kidder paid too much attention to
Mrs. Yatko, a white woman.
A 12-year-old boy, who is web
100ted and has 12 toes, is under
tieatment at a Victoria, Tex., hospi
tal.—What’s he doing out of Ore
gon.
The Nevada state senate unani- i
mouslv adopted a resolution in fa-!
vor ol modifying the prohibition law. |
A radio receiver has been placed !
in the Vatican for the personal use j
of Pope Pius.
George Kennedy, 18, eight feet
tall, is star on the Chillicothe, Mo.,
basketball team and travels with a i
carnival company as a giant in sum
mer.
Jim Lee Quong, on his way home
to China, became suddenly insane
on a train near Winnepeg, Canada,1
and tore up $3,700 in bills.
It is said that the Canadian gov- i
eminent will arrange to transport I
prospective settlers to the valleys i
along the Peace and McKenzie riv- I
ers by airplane next summer. Ra- i
dio eommunica^on with these sec- i
tions has already been established. !
Chas. J. Manly, of Baltimore, and '
his young bride were arrested when !,
the wedding party got too noisy, i
After a ride in the patrol wagon
they were released.
An unusually large Holstein cow, j
owned by the University of Idaho, I
gave 20,995 pounds of milk in one
year.
Citizens of Seattle will make up
a purse with which to reward the
dog team drivers who took anti
toxin to Nome, Alaska.
Miss Louise Herman of Dayton, O.,
is her father’s law partner. Miss
Herman is 23 years of age.
Miss Angelica Morales, a 13-year
old Mexican girl made her profes
sional debut as a concert pianist in
Berlin and is proclaimed a wonderful
young artist.
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SMOKES CARDS
AND TALK
Come On In!
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
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LIBERTY THEATRE
= One Show Tonight, at 8 O’Clock Sharp i
HOBART BOSWORTH; EVA NOVAK,
JAKE NOVAK, CULLEN LANDIS
AND PERCY MARMONT
-IN
A TITANIC, TEMPESTUOUS,
THROBBING PHOTODRAMA
The greatest combination of stars in the If
year; a thrilling story and a beautiful set- §jj
ting make this play worth seeing. =
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With It there Will Be a Funny Fable H
Reel and a Pathe News
OSBORNE WOOD SAILS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Mar. 3 — I
Osborne "Wood, who sailed Friday for
Barcelona where he will take passage
to the United States, said he would
meet all obligations incurred in pass
ing worthless checks.
LORD ALLENBY RESIGNS
LONDON, Mar. 3.—It is definitely !
reported here that Lord Allenby has ;
tendered his resignation at high com- j
missioner of Egypt.
Miss Emily Morgan of Wichita, Kan- !
■ms, was the only trained nurse at i
Nome, Alaska, during the diphtheria j
epidemic, and with Dr. Welch, the only ;
physician, worked day and night aid- ;
ng the sufferers.
Miss Margaret McKenzie, bookkeep
er in a^ Trenton, N. J., bank crawled
hrough a volley of bullets to the bank
fault and sounded the burglar alarm,
rhe robbers fled after wounding the
eashier.
A daily paper at Sioux Falls, S
D., lost a subscriber, who complain
ed that its cross-word puzzles wer
too difficult.
Deserted on an electric train front
Milwaukee, a 2-yerao-ld girl was
found at Evanston, 111.
Judge F. C. Dunham of the Pasa
dena police court fined himself $5
for cutting a corner when he failed
to observe a traffic signal.
Prof. Carl J. Arnell, said to liav*
been master of 53 languages, died a"
Tacoma, Wash.
John Morron, of Victory, Vt., cele
brated his 109th birthday by cutting
a Cord of wood, saying hard work
kept him strong.
Smugglers pulled boxes containing
liquor and jewelry from Canada into
the United States through abandoned
gas mains under the Niagara river.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
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