Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-28
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It is nice to have company tell us what the Old World is doing.
 From Madrid, Spain, where they raise Martinas to manhood and choke cherries instead of herring, comes Santas Marina, with a complexion and accent undeniably so. We learn ed today that people can meet him at Brown & Hawkins, in the grocery de partment dispensing vegetables, etc, at any hour of the day.
 A varied experience indeed has Mir Marina had since he left the country of his birth some years ago. He pos sesses one of those cultured, peripa- tetic dispositions that goes far toward the school of actual experience. Tn relating to a Gateway representative some of his happy meanderings around the world was one especially interesting, and of note, in that a CO., incident entered his life which brot back sweet memories of South Amer ica
 About six years ago, MT. Marina was 1n Tuntas Arenas, Patagonia, repub- lie of Argentine, South America, and while there had the pleasure of meet ing Roald Amundsen upon his return from the South Pole. From this little coast town Amundsen went to Buenos Aires and thence home. Now MT. Ma rina is in Seward, and Amundsen is just as liable to make Seward one of his ports of call on his way home from the North Pole as not. If he does. MT. Marina will have the pleasure and distinction of meeting the great ex- plorer again. He says it will be a hap py event if he does.
 He passed along many other re- marks regarding his trips but none other received the praise that Alas ka has been tributed to by this gen. tleman. Seward is wonderful: it's climate and freshness, which per vades the air, and the people make it as wholesome as a home for any stranger"
 Coming up on the Alaska MT. Mari na had the pleasure of meeting Will jam Bradford Cline, mining engineer of Mullen, Ida. MT. Cline is consider ed one of the best known climbers and athletes from the great mining state. In speaking of his conversation with MT. Cline, MT. Marina said that he is entertaining fond hopes of en- tering the great Marathon race here on the Fourth of July. MT. Cline will camp around the city until that time and daily take the walks and climbs which are needed to bring home the bacon from this wonderful event. MT Cline feels sure that he will be a win ner since he has travelled the hills for years and having the footing of a goat sees no alternative. That the big Marathon race is gaining impetus thru out the Pacific coast was disclosed by MT. Marina. A Gateway was picked up in Seattle and he said a streamer across the top of the page caught the eye of MT. Cline and upon his arrival here decided to stay and wait over until after the Fourth. More power to him and the rest who will endeavor to make Marathon a classic emulat- ing anything that has ever been pull ed off in the Territory.
 Nome has her dog races and dip- theria epidemics, Fairbanks has her dog races and the annual ice pool fun which gets her publicity, Seward is making the Marathon one of it's paramount fixtures by way of attrac- tion and only by cooperation of it's citizens can this be done. Hotels and business houses should tally this on their stationary. It will work while they sleepi