SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of the vast region lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of the
great states of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska Central
( railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
Kuskokwim, each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territoij.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its aims. I tom it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward's back door. 1 hey have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; and
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
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KETCHEL LICKS
JOE THOMAS
—
Montana Boy Mins Welter
Weight Championship by
Knockout in Thirty-second
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By Cable to The Sally Gateway.
San Francisco, Sept. 3— Young
Ketchell of Montana knocked out Joe
Thomas in tho thirty-second round
yesterday afternoon, winning the wel
ter weight championship of the world.
The battle was a hard one and very
fast and Thomas was down four times
before he was knocked out, taking a
count of about eight each time. His
noso was broken in the tight.
Thomas was the favorite in the bet
I ting. He was five minutes coming to
after he was knocKed out. About t)000
I people saw the fight.
BALLARD MAN TALKS
OF SEWARD RESOURCES
A candid opinion of Seward and its
railroad was given to the Juneau Re
cord-Miner recently by II. \V. Hawkins,
a Ballard lumberman who passed
through Juneau on his way home from
a trip to Seward and Kodiak. Mr.
Hawkins said:
“Seward has the best natural harbor
and terminal facilities on the Pacific
coast. I doubt if there is a better in
j the world.
“The Alaska Centaal railroad, build
ing from Seward to the Matanuska
! coal fields and the Tanana valley, is
working through the coast range of
mountains and expects soon to estab
lish communication with the interior
and begin doing a regular freight and
passenger business.
“But the Alaska Central is under an
unfortunate handicap which must be
' removed before it will ever be a suc
cess. 1 was told everywhere that its
policy in the smallest detail was di
rected from the east by its eastern
backers, and that the most trivial mat
ters have to be referred to Chicago for j
approval. Kven then they are often J
hung up indefinitely, awaiting a de
cision.
“The absence of policy and the con
sequent bungling have had a very dis
couraging effect on everybody there j
and nothing at all in the way of de-j
velopmeni is being done except imme- <
diately around Seward. It is really a
misfortune for Alaska, for the road is <
undoubtedly opening up the richest
mineral districts on the continent.
The state of things is driving many of
the experienced miners and prospect
ors to other parts of Alasak.
“Just before I left Seward discover
ies of gold quart/, were made three
miles from town which appear to be
the biggest and best ever made in
Alaska. Assays ran as high as $500
to the ton in gold. Some line looking
copper deposits also have been found
near Seward and in other parts of
the Kenai peninsula, proving that
the copper belt of the territory is
many miles in extent.”
Five Years in the Arctic
0. \Y. Williams arrived in Valdez
recently, having finished a remarkable
journey taking over live years in the
region north of the Arctic circle.
Thi> explorer and prospector left
Nome July 1. 11101, for the headwaters
of the Colville river—north of the
Kndicott mountains. The party con
sisted of four other white men and
twenty-one horses—traveling alto
gether by compass. Three of the men
died and the fourth went south, leav
ing Mr. Williams alone, lie stayed
in live years and reports the country
mineralized with placer gold. In the
summer of l!»0t> he journeyed south,
wintering on the Yukon and then last
spring started down toward Fairbanks,
selling the live mares which had sur
vived to Major Richardson on the
Tanana. Valdez Prospector.
The Ketchikan Miner complains that
copper-gold mining in the Ketchikan
district i* curtailed by the lack of
labor and tranportation to take the
ore out and get it to the smelters. It
affirms that the operators want to in
crease their output largely but need
more miners to dig and boats to haul
i it.
It is reported that the Guggenheims
have bought Jack Wado creek.
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MUSHERS
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Restaurant in
Girdwood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and] place for sleds and
dogs.
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CHARGED WITH
MANSLAUGHTER
General Manager of New York
Central May Be Held Respon
sible for Accident
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, Sept. 4—Alfred Smith,
general manager of the New York
Central railroad, was indicted today
for manslaughter in the second degree,
being charged with responsibility for
the wreck of an electric train last Feb
ruary in which sixteen persons were
killed._
Land and Mineral Decisions
FURNISHED BV *
WOODFORD D. HARLAN
LAND ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, D. 0.
Coal lands—Failure to make proof
and payment within the statutory pe
riod does not forfeit the right of pur
chase in the absence of an adverse
right.
Contest—Dismissed on order of con
testant's attorney without the au
thority or consent of the contestant
should be reinstated.
Entry—Failure to properly note an
entry of record in the local office does
not defeat the effect of an entry. Ab
sence of record of an entry in the Gen
eral Land Office will not defeat rights
secured by the submission of proof and
issuance of final receipt. •
Final Proof—Acts done on land prior
to entry considered as indicative of
good faith. Evidence as to acts per
formed after submission of final proof,
may be considered only for the pur
pose of discovering the intention of
claimant prior to that date. Absence
from the land after submission of final
proof does not necessarily indicate bad
faith.
Homestead—Ownership of more than
lt>0 acres. The disqualification result
ing from the ownership of other land
is general, with no exception as to
ownership of arid land, and operative
without respect to the manner in
which title to the land was obtained.
Mineral land -Lands chiefly valua
I ble for their deposits of asphaltum are
mineral lands. The character of the
j land as a present fact is the question
raised on issue joined as to its actual
I character._
Whaling In Southeastern Alaska
Southeastern Alaska has a whaling
station for the reception and slaughter
of visiting whales, and a profitable
business is done. While in Arctic re
gions whales are killed solely for the
hone and oil, in Southeastern Alaska
nearly every part of the animal is used
for the manufacture of some product.
The hide makes u good quality of
leather and an average whale hide has
an area of 1500 square feet. Each
square foot weighs from two to five
ounces and the best grades are worth
50 cents a foot. The leather is ex
tremely tough and has very durable
wearing quality. Leather made from
the intestines resembles kid and is
very thin and tough.
Bring in Rich Gold Specimens
Picked specimens of ore from the
quartz discovery made near Moose
pass recently by Gilpatrick and Sprague
assayed $1748 and $1778 respectively,
according to returns made by Harry
Ellsworth. These of course are the
best pieces of ore found. Several
specimens, decked with free gold, are
displayed in Clayson’s window.
Alaska Seventh in Copper
From nowhere at all to seventh place
among twenty states and territories is
the record which Alaska has made
within the last few years in the pro
duction of copper. Alaska, according
to the United States geological survey,
produced 8,685,646 fine pounds of cop
per last year.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Over Bank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Bank of Seward Building
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C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD. - - ALASKA.
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
City office: Owl Drug Store.
Home office: At Railroad Hospital
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PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL
For the next Thirty Days all Suits and Pants will
be sold at cost.
We carry the Celebrated Barington Hall Steel Cut
Coffee. Also the Gold Nugget brand which we
have handled for six years. It is always the same.
Prospectors, ask your friends where to Outfit, and
you will always find the right place.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
T. D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
BOOTH & CO.
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HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
*$*Call on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Hleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything first-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Glrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery
Miners’ Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents, Etc.
Stoves and Ranges, Granite and Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
FOURTH AVENUE J. L. GRAEF SEWARD, ALASKA I
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KNIK TRADING COMPANY I
PROSPECTOR OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Nearest tide water point to the Yontnn and McKinley
Gold fields. Good trails leading to the Copper and
Coal fields. Saddle and Pack horses for hire.
Horae port of Steamer SWAN. i|
O. 0. HERNING. Manager.
Knik, Alaska
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THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved Sw“'
Give us your ordersfor Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone ma?n seward.Alaska
\ The Palace zSl
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j Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Cafe in Connection. Seward, Alaska
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AHOY
FOB THE SUSITNA
Lina K, the fastest and
most comfortable launch on
the river, Capt. J. B. Bartell
commanding.
Leaves Tyonok, Knik and
way ports for all points on
the Susitna river and tribu
taries.
For freight and passenger
rates apply on board.
Courteous treatment to all
*• Meets every second and fourth Sat- I
urday evening in Fire Hall.
I J. L. REED, F. E. YOUNCS,
^ Arctic Hecordcr. Arctic Chief. J
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue. Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Saturday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor