Seward weekly gateway., 1906-10-27
NEWs sEEVLcE FoR ALA5NA

During H H".... ...N... .H"..t VI. Tn. Seattle can.. office 80 request was mad. a. Alaska daily papers by Inc -a.era.-C.r.r.. Chamberlain Co stat. .rctr.ser C. n. existing press sor- vice u...... cable. N.ar. supposed
 -. n.s. wire. answers. and now ghc paper, a. -....a,rem Alaska have broom. involve. in a Kilkenny ca' ..a. over d.. merit, Q. .ae service
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 wn. Sau,n.a-..m Alaska paper, feel . e5a-cicn,. bound ro engage in 30 ggangre of -amg-aur m' rhe time and since the G..-uc election only the press service na, nu,-eurod them tail hold frr ,onuu.uu-r. In rno debate. however. all Q. ...m have offered uer-
 nenr suggestion, tending Co rne im- rroyem.n. Q. ,na service and they
 rgg .aa. Alaska aatO5c, ought to gree upon Improvement, Co be re- auestau of Col. G.a,,.ord. che officer in charge oG tne cau.. service.
 Ia answer Go .Ne query of Gen. Chamberlain .ne Gateway answered by wire ,na, rn. me,.u, service i, tu .re main satisfactory lou. l, open Go
 mnroyemuu. tu.t a, step, Co that end
 1arwD u.r word should be made .nou mr.r press service Co all Alaska d.-1., and che same rate upon new, Go D. .rrewynan-ed among them y.ho. going Co Seattle, forming practically au Alaska associated press. .r1 chi, Geu. Chamberlain replied.
 nQr.,.lou O. urtH will be taken up with au-uor.,Ge, at Washington. However there ], no hope ota change in present rates. which are considered very low by che war department. The question of associated press for Alaska <, outside the province of the signal corps.
 The Gateway did not need Co be inc formed by am army officer that the governmeu, signal corp, ha, no busi- ness Co be organizing am associated press for Alaska The Western Union hss nothing Co do with the Associated Press of the United State, except Co furnish tnc wire, and. in connection with Che Associated Press, the opera tors. Wha, tine Gateway asked was hat the signal corps fN a rate for pres, service which would enable the Alaska "at'.., Co organize am as,o- ..a-ad .r.,> sr. t..- territory .ar their own u-.- ruG which nigh. ultimately obtain recognition from rHe big Associated 'r.,s.
 Whi. ruu question O. am associated ores, for Alaska |, outside tno prov nce O. rhe signal corps. i, i, true a.yer.h less tua, DoL GIa,>ford a year ,so did organic. combined service and that ,r. -ar,fc. ha, been O. ad- ,antag. Go tn. Alaska papers. Before hat each one received separate ,er- vice and rhe wire, were correspond agly burdereG uoI GIa,sGord's move vss in che rgh, direction but it stopped short. The Gateway suggests @, Improvements rhe plan outlined Co Gen. Chamberlain. ro-wlt:
 That 8 Hat rate, the lowest that is now paid by any Alaska paper, be made To alI Alaska paper, alike upon a service of a, many words a day a, a majority shall agree Co take; that if any paper wi,he, additional service it -nalI pay for that service at 30 slightly higher rate: that news message filed 1y any Alaska daily be sent at the fiat rate Co aI other Alaska dailies.
 The Gateway makes this suggestion through it, columns instead of by pri- eate letter to other Alaska papers be- cause the subject is one in which all newspaper readers of Alaska are in .ere,ted and it is worth while Co enlist the influence of men all over the terri tory who can see that am improved and more extensive press service is a mat ter of general public utility.
 The present correspondent of the Alaska papers i, one of the best news men in Seattle but he is handicapped by the uneven demands of the different papers. fla complete service could be furnished ar 30 rate which aI the Alaska papers can pay it would sim atfy the whole natter The Alaska papers could then better afford than hey can now Co pay toll, upon stuff booming the AIaska-Yukon-Pacjfc ex- position, which i, worth more to Seat .Ie than Co Alaska.
 The Seattle papers and the promo aers of the exposition can well afford .1 lend their aid to an improved press service for Alaska such as the dailies of the territory may agree upon. It would ultimately benefit both.
 In time the Alaska combined ser