OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 18. 19C4
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MINERS AND SAILORS
Miners and sailors, as a general rule, are well known to
■"*be frequently under the influence of superstitious awe
for the supernatural. It has truly been said that the oc- j
cupation of a man imperceptibly molds his character and !
in the case of a miner it is not wondered at that his turn
of mind should incline toward the supernatural; in the
dark, uncanny entrails of the earth, far away from the
reassuring light of the sun, with nothing to guide him
but the fitful beams of his miner’s candle, his life is one
of sudden death and danger from many a hidden and un
foreseen cause
THE NEW YEAR
The New Year comes, and the bells that rang out the
old year and rang in the new are tokens of the good cheer
with which nearly all people greeted twelve more months
called 1929.
After all, time is more a state of mind that comes to
us than a fact of existence. Einstein says time is a rela
tive matter, or in other words, there is no such thing as
time. Time is a principle, a mere means of reckoning. To
balance the apprehensions incident to the passing of one
year into another so far as old age is concerned, we have
the great thought that we are entering into another per- ,
iod wherein wisdom shall have been more exalted and the
lessons of experience more deeply impressed.
We cannot enter into another year without taking a
mental invoice of ourselves. The so-called New Year re
solution is a springing up within the human breast a de- ;
termination to live more economically, more sympatheti- '
cally, with more poise and better work, or in whatever
condition the resolution takes form. That we do not al
ways ‘keep’’ such resolutions for the whole year is not in
itself wrong nor to be deplored. A New Year resolution
half kept is better than none at all. It is the one who gives
no thought to the betterment of his surroundings that
misses the great signal point of New Year as an insti
tution.
Refutes Charge That Banks
Seek Business Domination
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Criticism directed at the banks In
'ecent years regarding their desire
to control and dominate business Is
ipeclflcally answered by Joseph R.
Kraus, vice president and executive
manager of the Union Trust Com
pany, Cleveland, In the current Issue
of Nation’s Business.
"Perhaps the most fruitful source
of criticism of banks arises from their
measures to protect their loans." says
the banker. "Out of these measures
grow most of the comment that the
banks squeeze a business to death
In order to get control. As a mat
ter of fact, a bank Is really interested
In having a company prosperous.
That ought to be obvious. Banks
prosper In a community of prosper
ous commerce.
"In 1927, fully 82 per cent of the
failures In the country were found
to be due to faults of those falling.
“Is It any wonder that bankers are
Interested In the character of the
management of the companies to
which loans have been extended’,’
Probably no other single factor ol
risk-taking Is as Important. In many
kinds of business, management rep
resents much more than three-fourths
of the banking and Investment risk.
Caution with respect to a loan Is the
bankers obligation becaqse the money
he lends has been entrusted to his
care by many depositors.
“Bankers usually get Into the
management of a company only when
the previous management has been
unsuccessful, and then only as a
temporary measure.
“The far-seeing banker Is not In
terested In telling management how
to operate Its business. He has too
many worries of his own to want the
Joseph k. kj&au& *
additional responsibility of telling
the manager of a woolen mill or of j
an Iron foundry how to run his es- (
tabllshment.
"The banker’s contribution to the
management of business Is as a spec
ialist In finance. He Is an expert In (
furnishing money and It Is that func
tion -%hlch he properly fills.
“At best, the banker's part In busi
ness Is advisory and Inspections!.
The vital responsibility for the suc
cess of the business rests upon the l
shoulders of management Itself.” *
F, ROOSEVELT IS !
BATED AS j
GOVERNOR OF ill. Y.i
SEES LITTLE REASON FOR FUR
THER CONTROVERSY
OF THE PAST
ALBANY, N. Y„ Jan., 2, (/P)—
Franklin Roosevelt, during inaug
uration as Governor of New York,
expressed the hope for an era of
good feeling saying:
“We have passed through the
struggle against old time political
ideas anaginst antiquated conser
vatism as against the ignorance of j
ideas against antiquated conser- !
ious disagreements between legis
lative and executive branches of
the government and as I head
the declarations of both parties
in asking the support of the peo
ple at the polls, I see little reason
for further controversies of this ,
kind.’’ I
NAPLES, Fla., Jan., 2, (£>)—
The fishing season is on in south
ern waters, and with it fish story
time.
Gus Maywold of Fort Myers has
made a bid for honors in both class
es bv “lassoing” a seven-pound
mackerel here.
After casting into a school nis
light rod was nearly torn from his
grasp. It was found that the lead
on his line had thrown a “half
hitch” around the head of his
catch.
FAVORED SOLUTION
LONDON, Jan., 2, (A*)—Sir Austen
Chamberalin, Britist Foreign Minis
ter, declared he gained the impres
sion at Laguno that circumstances
favor the solution of German repar
ations and the Rhineland evacua
tion problems.
PURE UNADULTERATED ICE
CREAM 50 c. PINT $1.00 A QUART.
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
SEWARD CHAPTER NO. 10, ORDER
OF EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and
fourth Mondays of eaeh
month in Odd Fellows’
Hall at 8 p. m. Visiting
members always wel
coma; Mrs. Anna Lea
ie, W. M.;
SEWARD LODGE NO. 1425, L.O.O.M.
Meets every first
and third Fri.
day each month
at 8 p. m., at
Odd Fellows’
Hall. All visit
I n g members
welcome.
PETER N. ANDERSON, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 9
C. M. Brosius, Sec. - Treas.
SEWARD REBEKAH LODGE NO. 6
A., I. O. O. F.
Meets the first and
third Mondays of
each month In Odd
Fellows’ Hall at 8:00
p. m. Visiting mem
bers are always wel
come. Mrs. P. N. Anderson, N. G,
Ludvig Larsson, Sec’y.
RESURRECTION LODGE NO. A-7,
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Thurday at
8.00 p. m. in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting brothers welcome.
3le £i<ndbek, N. G. Ludvig Larsson.
?ecret»ry.
SEWARD LODGE NO. 219, F. & A.
jt M. Stated communications
first and third Tuesdays
/vr\ of each month. Visiting
irethern welcome. Henry Frost, W.
d.; Martin Banbury, Secretary.
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SPECIAL SPECIAL
Once again, after a three-year absence, we have
AMERICAS SWEETHEART
Mary Pickford
In a beautiful superfeature just suited to her
peculiar charm
SPARROWS’
A tale of love and devotion to a lot of little chil
dren who live with her on a baby farm located
in a swamp and run by a cruel man.
YOU WILL LAUGH
YOU WILL CRY
YOU WILL BE THRILLED
A story full of comedy and pathos and breath
less suspense and you will love our Mary more
than ever after seeing this fine picture.
NO MUSHY LOVE AFFAIRS
NO LEG SHOW
NO SEX APPEAL
But instead there is a beautiful play that every
man, woman and child should see, and will like.
Another Pickford picture may not come again
for years. And so don’t miss this opportunity
to see the best loved woman in the World, in
one of her latest plays; a picture you will not
forget.
COME AND SEE THIS WONDERFUL ACTRESS “MOTH
ER” A BROOD OF EIGHT LITTLE WAIFS WHO ARE ON
LY A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN SHE, WHILE THEY
ARE ALL UNDER AN INHUMAN MAN WHO KEEPS THE
BABY FARM. SEE THIS HALF GROWN GIRL LEAD HER
LITTLE FLOCK THROUGH THE TERRIBLE SWAMP
WHEN THEY RUN AWAY TO FIND A FRIEND. IT IS A
GRIPPING STORY THAT NO ONE SHOULD MISS.
Note:—We should charge 75c for this picture but in
the hope everyone will come, we are only charging 50c for
adults and 25c for kids.
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CITY EXPRESS
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The American Express Co.
8ample Room In Connection
Baggage 8tored
Connection made with all steamers,
trains and hotels.
“We never sleep” Phone Main 122
Harold Painter, Prop.
Successor to Billy Patterson
Suits to order at Peysers Taitoi
Shop. Phone Adams 91.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND
CARS FOR SALE
at 4'
OGLE’S GARAGE
Oils and Gasoline, Genera!
Repairs
Storage
r>ete Ogle, Prop. Phone Madison 69