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Seward Daily Gateway OF SEWARD. .ALASKA — ESTABLISHED August 19, 1904 Published Daily except Sunday by THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered at the Post Office at Seward. Alaska, as second-class matter H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors F JESSEN Editor and Manager Edwin A. Sandbeek, Associate Editor The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all nevjf dispatches credited to it or ret otherwise in this newspaper and also the local news published herein. All rights for repu'oncation of special dispatches herein are reserved. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dany. by carrier, per month, . Daily, by mail, pec montn, . Daiiy. by mail, per year, . Foreign postage (Extra) iiai’y. 30© issues . Weekly Gateway oy mail, per year, . f 1.25 1.00 io.oe «.oc 3.50 ADVERTISING RATES Per single column, one to six inches, pet inch, . Fer single column, per n onth, . Legal notices, oer line, per issue, . Classified Advertising, per line, per issue, . Novice of h;ial Proof Notices . Notice to Creditois, Novices . $ .50 6.00 .16 .15 ' 12.00 15.00 MEN OF COURAGE Henry Hairiman, president of the United States chamber of commerce, enters the objection of that body to President Roocevelt’s plan to open Muscle Shoals, sup ply the region affected by it with cheap fertilizer and , power and thereby carry out his pledge to provide em ployment for many men. ^ * Which evokes the retort from Attorney General Homer Cummings: “The financial interests must realize that the proper scat of government is in Washington and not in the financial district.” This is the first challenge of big interests to the new ; administration. The manner and words in which it was met goes to j fortify the confidence of the people in President Roose- i velt and those whom he has chosen to assist him in re deeming the nation. As Mr. Cummings indicates, the impression still pre-| vails among big business and predatory commerce that: they are still in the picture. They are evidently unaware j that with the passing of Herbert Hoover, whom these same interests betrayed even as Brutus betiayed Caesai, went the last vertigo of their baleful influence and power. The adamant attitude of President Roosevelt and Attor ney General Cummings meets this challenge and at tempt to again dominate the nation with the appioval of • every man and woman who place safety of democracy; above dishonest pelf. It was this same United States chamber of commerce which cast a laurel crown of victory over their brows for having defeated the child labor law whereby the flesh i and blood and mentality of children are ground into pro fit by the conscienceless wolves of business. this, too, has been answered by Secretary of Labor. Perkins backed by Mrs. Roosevelt, who have the women of the nation behind them, in waging a general assault j upon the pernicious system and formulating plans to j stamp the blight from the nation. ; An eminent Danish statesman gave voice to the aphorism: “It is better to be trod upon by a velvet slip-, per than hobnails.” Mr. Roosevelt is the velvet slipper. The financial and business powers who have run the nation almost to ruin should conjure with these words. The Japanese are using old automobiles import- j eel from the United States in their warfare against the j Chinese, by turning the junk into armaments and muni-; otins. Laying down a barrage of catterpillars, follow-; with a salvo of touring cars and mopping up with tin j Lizzies, as it were. j In exercising leadership, President Roosevelt has' again demonstrated that only organizations with strong directing heads aie capable of functioning, and that the co-operative idea is a beautiful theory—if it would work. Which it does not. Just when we had about worn threadbare the old- j time odious comparisons the gangsters gave us a new vocabulary in which to say something nasty about the big shots of the nation. Great is the radio. All one has to do to ascertain the state of inebriacy of any great city is to tune in on their wave length at about eigthth 'drink time. This year’s medal for outstanding scientific achieve ment should go to the man who invents a gyro-stabilizer for lunch counter stools. It will be observed that while the Alaska Legisla ture proposed to give the Governor discretionary pow ers to reduce all appropriations they took due care to see that salaries of officials were not threatened. If the Japanese will change some of those Chinese names full of ding-dong, cling-clang, and whing-bang to something like Smith and Jonesville, we’ll abandon our neutrality and put in with them. Translated into dollars, one ounce of gold is equiva-' lent to $20.67183462. The .67183462 exactly expresses our hoard. FULLER BRUSHES THE SAME HIGH QUALITY NOW 30% CHEAPER!! Get a Free vegetable brush; there is no obligation. See your Fuller Brushman or call Seward Hotel. MONDAY IN SEATTLE I John A. Nelson, respected resi dent of,Seward for more than 20 years, died yesterday afternoon in Seattle, according to a telegram received today by Mrs. Nelson and children. Mr. Nelson left Seward several weeks ago for special medical at tention but little could be done for him; it was known that for some days past he was gradually sink ing and little hope was held for his recovery from the illness whi£h began effecting him seriously a few £ears ago. Few details were contained in the sad message which said their beloved father had passed on at I 2:30 p. m. yesterday. GEODETIC VESSELS SAIL FOR ALASKA ' The USS Explorer, of the U. S. j Coast and Geodetic Survey, is now working off the south end of Duke Island, Southeastern Alaska where! the season’s activities began this I ' week. The USS Discoverer and Survey-1 or sail from Seattle April 20. The Surveyor, Comdr. A. M. Sobieral-J ski, with a crew of 100 men, will i go to Prince William Sound, and the Discoverer, Lieut. Comdr. H. B. Campbell, with a crew of 35 men, will head for the south coast of Kodiak Island. The Surveyor is to do considerable work in the vicin ity of Middleton Island, in the Gulf of Alaska. LEADING MAN Word reaching Seward from : Seattle says that Francis Leslie, ! son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Leslie, of this city, and a graduate of the i Seward high school, has been picked for a lead in the Junior j Girls’ Varsity performance at the [University of Washington which ; is presented every year in May. Francis is being kept plenty busy rehearsing for the production j during the few weeks previous to ! the production. Francis is a soph omore. CHARTER FLEET Word from Seattle says that the Pacific American Fisheries has chartered the entire cannery ten der fleet of the Northwestern Fish-. eries Company, comprising ap- ’ proximately 70 vessels. Eight vessels are in Seattle and! more than 60 in Alaska. The Alaska Fisheries have an nounced that they will not operate j its Alaskan canneries this year. 1 THE WEATHER Seward 34 above, Divide 24 above, Moose Pass 12, Hunter 24, Grand .view 32, Tunnel 30, Moraine 28, Girdwood 28, Anchorage 30, Curry 24, Broad Pass 18, Healy 15, Nena na 26 and Fairbanks 30 above. General Situation—Low pres sure is started over continental United States and Southwestern Canada, with major disturbances overlying the Great Basin and Rocky fountains, with minimum 29.30 at Salt Lake City. A new disturbance is forming oyer Brit ish Columbia and a third is indi cated over the upper Gulf of Alas ka, with minimum estimated to be 29.08 inches near and south of Cordova. A fourth is indicated over middle latitudes west of the 165th meridian, but no data are available. High pressure is chart ed over the ocean between the 130th and 170th meridians except for the depressions mentioned and maximum is probably above 30.50 inches in^O north and 155 east. Winds and Weather Off Pacific Coast—North of Cape Blanco, fresh to strong northerly winds and overcast, with showers Tues day. Between Cape Blanco and Point Conception, strong northerly winds and partly cloudy Tuesday. BOSTON DEAD The many Seward and Alaskan friends of Wilbur Boston, ex-radio operator on the SS Starr for many years, will be grieved to learn of his death at New Orleans on De cember 31. Boston, a veteran of the World War, was buried in the National Cemetery on January 3- Prior to his fatal illness he was operator on a Swayne — Hoyte freighter running from New Orleans to South America. The motion to quash service of summons in the Fairbanks case of Joseph Mitchell against the Beaver dredging company, was overruled. -« J^E. Berg of the Marlyn Fish Co., posted notices recently in Ketchi kan that his company would pay 13 cents per pound for halibut, ling and black cod livers, delivered. Louise Hawkins who was grant ed a divorce in Juneau, from a former husband, was married the following day to Eik Simon Gran er. Cyril Seeds and Karl Togg were witnesses. EXPERT BARBERING Harry Bowers NEW SHOP Next To Orlander’s Bakery and FULL LINE OF BREAD AND PASTRIES SPECIAL ORDERS New Dutch Oven Any Amount Shipped Anywhere Telephone Madison 82 Lunch Seward Hub’s Taxi (Successor to Bill Patterson) AT THE SAME OLD STAND, THE NORTHERN Day Call, Main 118 Night Call Madison 60 Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc. SPEED- - -COMFORT- - -DEPENDABILITY Running on Regular Schedule AND PLANES AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER RADIO EQUIPPED PLANES OFFICES ANCHORAGE—FAIRBANKS—NOME—SEATTLE REEVE AIRWAYS ! R. C. REEVE, Pilot ; i ! ; Based at Seward Airport AIR SERVICE TO AN ' PART OF ALASKA FREIGHT, P -ENGER TRANSPORTATION AT RL YSONAL E RATES Telegraph or \vr. or information SEWARD DRUG COM- \'Y, Seward, Alaska Five-place Fairchild p e; Wright-Whirlwind motor (Seward, the GaiL. ay, coming and going) LIBERTY THEATRE .at 8 o’clock SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT “The Dark Horse” Aii 8-reel laugh getter showing a red hot political campaign where one of the candidates was a “Rick from the Sticks”. . A COMEDY DRAMA . , . that will shake your sides with the clever tricks and funny situations trying to make a Governor out of a village Fire Chief. The leading roles are played by WARREN WILLIAMS — BETTE DAVIS GUY KIBBEE With it wc will show you another two-reel RUTH ETTING playlet And of special interest is the News Reel which contains FIRST TALKING PICTURE OF THE POPE taken in the Vatican at Rome. It is the best moving picture of the Pope ever taken. Seward General Hospital SewardAlaska The Alaska Rail road (MT. MciUNLEY *»ARK ROUTE) TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART Each Friday 6:30 p. m. Each Saturday 7:30 a. m. Mixed train between Anchorage and Seward. SOUTHBOUND NORTHBOUND Each Wednesday Each Saturday Mixed train for Anchorage and intermediate points leaves not earlier than 10:00 a. m. each Saturday Mixed train carries a coach and passengers. STEAMSHIP STARR CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING Sailing to Seattle April 21 SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO. Chas. A. Jansen, Agent Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska Pacific Steamship Lines LINE SAILINGS * " SEATTLE ' SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO NEW YORK ADMIRAL EVANS SAIL SOUTH APRIL 18 Steamer Lv. Seattle Lv. Seward r '■ . Yukon Apr. 15 Apr. 21 9 pm aia«ka Apr. 22 Apr. 28 9 pm Yukon Apr. 29 May 5 9 pm Alaska Way 6 May 12 9 p. ***•' oYukon Way 13 May 19 9 p. m. Alaska May 20 May 26 9 p.m. Yukon Way 27 June 2 9 p. m. Ports of call: Ketchikan, Wrangle, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, and Seward Alaska will call at Lato uche up to, including May 20 Sailing* marked • connect with SS. Starr at Seward Sail'r.BS from Seattle at 9 a.m. on datea ehown