The Seward Gateway
PUBLISHED DAILY
at Seward. Alaska
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entered as Second Ciass Matter Sep.
tember 2nd. 19.15, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
Published by
S.ATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Seward, Alaska.
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The Fisheries Bureau sent a repre
sentative along with the Congression
al party, probably to keep some of the
congressmen from lugging, off our sur
plus fish reserves. And when one
comes to think it over, this is emi
nently proper. Only by nailing things
down have we been able to keep our
fisheries, our oil and our timber from
benefiting Alaskans.
SEWARD is one of the richest lit
tle towns in the world. We have a
population of 700 and bank deposits
averaging $5,784.23 per capita.
SEWARD is the only port in the
north where a vessel the size of the
Cambrai can dock without danger of
rocks or reefs, or finding the water
too deep to anchor.
THE lowest temperature in Seward
the past year was two above zero;
the highest 86. And yet many per
sons believe Alaska has a severe cli
mate.
The Third division imported over
thirty million dollars in machinery
and supplies from the States in 1922.
When one considers its population it
is an average of over $8,000 per capita
SEWARD has timber enough to run
a pulp mill 100 years; the finest cot
tonwood and spruce. It lies within a
few miles of the largest halibut banks
in the world. It is directly on the
oil belt extending from Kanatak to
Katalla. Every vegetable grown in j
the northern states grows here.
Strawberries, rapsberries, currants, •
and radishes grow luxuriantly in Sew
ard. The country could be practically ;
self-supporting if it had the markets, j
ALASKA needs a parcel post zone, j
It costs a resident of Seward as much j
to send a parcel six miles as it does I
to send it six thousand.
SEWARD has a (wo thousand ton
vessel serving every 33.7 persons,
figuring 700 residents and 21 vessels,
i An average of 2,000 sacks gf mail ar
rive and depart from (his port each
month. Last year 12,567 persons ai
rived and departed from this port.
THE ALASKA railroad taps a halt
million acres of the finest farming
lands in the north. A half million
people could have happy homes here
if a colonization scheme similar to
that of Jim Hill’s wTas adopted.
CATTLE and sheep thrive in this
section of Alaska. On many of the
islands stock can graze the year
around without feed.
SHEEP, moose, black and brown
bears are abundant in the vicinity of
Sewrard. Fishing, both salt water and
j fresh, is excellent.
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RESURRECTION BAY needs a fog
i horn and a light station. Hundreds
of vessels enter and leave this port
each year, unprotected from disaster
by any mechanical appliance. The
loss of one boat would more than pay
the cost of establishing a first-class
station at the entrance to the bay.
IT IS unfortunate that the congres
sional party arrived in Alaska at a
time when this section wTas swept by
one of the longest-continued and hard
est rains in its history. One bright
day would go far toward changing
their opinion^on climatic conditions.
SEWARD is the only port on the
government railway which is abso
lutely ice-free and can be entered at
all times of the year.
SEWARD is the banking port and
the supply port of the country to the
far westward. It sells thousands of
dollars worth of foodstuffs and other
supplies to residents of the Aleutian
peninsula.
CONSERVATION of our fish sup
ply is not so important as conserva
tion of our people.
ALASKA needs population! Not
the kind who wants to labor eight
hours a day and wear a white collar;
but the axe-swinging, home-building
variety, who will labor without hope
of immediate reward to build himself
and his family a home. For mis sorr
of pioneer the rewards are great; the
other kind are useless to develop the
country.
THE weather bureau has promised
us fair weather for tomorrow. He is
just one day too late.
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Fireworks are pretty—but they don’t
last long. Don’t be a fireworks adver
tiser.
Think twice before speaking, and
then look around to see who’s present.
Double Scoop
Yesterday, editorially, said the able
journalist, we were the first newspap
| er to publish the death of John L.
Smith. Today we are the iirst to deny
\ the report, The Bugle is always in
the lead.
I once knew a man who was so
much in love that he couldn’t eat.
Flowers, candy, and theatre parties
kept him hungry.
"Haven’t Got Time”
Of all the excuses there are
By which this old world is accursed,
This "haven’t got time” is by far
The poorest, the feeblest, the worst,
A delusion it is, and a snare:
If the habit is yours, you should shake
it,
For if you want to do what is of
fered to you,
You’ll find time to do it, or make it.
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My girl is so ignorant that when I
told her she had red pigments on her
lips she said, “Naw, I ain’t neither, I
just washed them with a germ killer.”
It is estimated that there are now
enough chances for easy money ro
keep our jails occupied until 1967.
“I’m beginning to miss my husband,”
said Mrs. Murphy, as the rolling pin
grazed her husband’s head and hit the i
wall.
Abe says “When you catch a girl |
studying the marriage ritual, breach
of promise laws and the time tables
to Reno at the same time you can fig- i
ure she is in an uncertain state of
mind.
When lovely woman stoops to fol
ly she wears sixteen pounds of fur in
summer.
Hint to motorist: Be polite to all
pedestrians; they may be traffic cops
some day.
“Oh I just love art,” said the soulful
maid,
And she heaved a soulful sigh.
“Art who?” asked the fl^»per, “I dont
believe
I have ever met the guy.”
Whether it be barns or blondes a
little paint does wonders, in the first
case the paint saves the sur.'ace a _d
in the second it serves the face.
It’s a funny thing that a lot of a
woman’s good points consist of curves.
“If I trade out of my neighborhood
and you trade out of your neighbor
hood, what wTill become of our neigh
borhood?”
Notice—Lost, a gentleman's gold
watch; $25 reward and no questions
asked—unless my wife answers the
door.
Famous Hams
Birmingham.
Ham and Eggs.
Alexander Hamilton.
A1 Jolson.
1 We have a number of bargains in
Shoes, some only a few sizes of, oth
ers full run of sizes. Look them over.
I'm sure wre have your size left. Erovn
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SYLVIA’S
FRAMED PICTURES
ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
CANDY
PHOTOGRAPHS.
CURIOS
PHONE ADAMS 128
ARON ERICSON
PAINTER AND DECORATOR
MADISON 130
SIGNS
WALL
PAPER
T & T CAFE
TAYLOR & THOMPSON, Prop.
Service Day and
Night
MEALS 75c AND UP
KANATAK, ALASKA
Wall Paper
LATEST DESIGNS
1923 STOCKS
Fainting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG MAD. 145
DR. 0. A. BRAAFLADT
DENTIST
OFFICE OVER THE KEY
TEL. ADAMS 111
THE NEW MOTORBOAT
ORMA
FOR SALE OR CHARTER
Hunting and pleasure trips will
be made Sundays and evenings.
LICENSED FOR PASSENGERS
Howard Long
SEWARD, ALASKA
BARBER SHOP
F. C. Miller, Prop.
SEWARD, ALASKA
Seward Machine Shop
CHARLES LECHNER, Proprietor *
Motor Boats, Oil Drilling Machinery and Sawmill
Machinery Quickly Repaired
PLUMBING AND HEATING SHEET METAL WORKS
TELEPHONE MADISON 56
Marathon Cafe
“The Home of Good Eats’'
PETER CHATHAM, Propr.
QUICK SERVICE WE AIM TO PLEASE
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
June 21 June 28 July 2
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
June 7 June 14 June 20
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Ports, including Anchorage and Kodiak.
For freight space or passenger reservations wire
or write
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Seward, Alaska
Pacific Coastwise Jervice
^ADMIRAL LINE
BMHHHH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT —H—
STEAMSHIP STARR
Will sail from Seward for Westward Alaska
on or About
JUNE 10, 1923
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
phone Madison 13*. seward, Alaska
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SHELF and HEAVY
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I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
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I Fishermen's Supplies, Gasoline & Distillate f
i Hardware, Stoves and Ranges Powder, Ammunition, Caps Guns, Fuse *
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Paints and Oils, Furniture, Rugs Linoleum and Congoieum,
j J. L. GRAEF j
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RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When in need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
CITY EXPRESS
Billy Patterson
Meets Ail Boats and Trains
General Repair Shop
PHONOGRAPHS, SEWING MA
CHINES CLEANED AND
REPAIRED
Light Machinery a Specialty
OLD FURNITURE REPAIRED
ELECTRICAL WORK
PHONE ADAMS 66
INQUIRE OF GEO. THORKILSEN
SEWARD CLUB
CHRIST LARSEN
Card Tables, Candies,
Soft Drinks, Tobaccos
Cigars and Cigarettes
TAILORING
C. Henning
SEWARD ALASKA
SEWARD LODGES
Seward Chapter No. 10,
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
CLARA PERRY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHERTY, Sec.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. o. o. F.
Meets , 1st and 3rd
Monday's of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
come.
Seward Lodge No. 21 f.
F. A A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
W. O. PERRY, W. M.
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
Seward Lodge
No. 1425.
L. O. O. M.
Will meet every
Tuesday night at
8 o’clock. Visiting
Brothers welcome
CHAS KREFTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome GERHARD JOHN
SEN, N. G., Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
CAL M. BROSIUS, Pres.
EARL DURGIN, Sec.
SEWARD PL ST, NO. FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdaya
ELWYN S WET MANN, Com.
A. E. RUCKER, Adj.