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sew v KD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1*15.
The war in Europe is altogether too .stupendous for us to take a mental
grasp of it. We have often wandered at our mental limitations in trying
to conceive universal space. Even as we watch the moon we cannot follow
the distances which are apparently before our eyes, but our inability to com
prehend what is meant by millions of men lighting along a front of a thou
>and miles, ami this all in one continent of one planet, makes us more clearly
realize what little things we are.
Take the w hole population of Seward and call it a regiment. Place it
here. Take another thousand ami place it a mile down the bay, and another
; mile further on. and still other thousands for every mile to the entrance
to the ba\ and what have we got? Eight or ten thousand people. But con
tinue and place a | id each and every mile from here to Juneau. Now
look along them. There is not a million in the whole line but can we follow*
them all at once? If we take mental note of this end the other end of the
!»ne disappears f ont our mental vision. If we try to imagine the thousands
further off we fail completely. We actually cannot know what a million men
mean. We cannot imagine what a thousand miles mean although we may
travel them aga n and again. Even when we look away at some place clearly
in view for ten miles we cannot see where the ten miles could tit in although
they are before our eyes.
The European war is altogether too stupendous. At the time of Water
loo the great events were a charge of some brigade or the stand of some
square. A colonel caught the world’s eye. A farm house or a ditch became
historic. The death of a thousand men was slaughter.
Today the\ speak in terms of kingdoms, provinces, thousands of miles
and millions of men. Instead of trying to capture a ditch and get around a
farmhouse they speak of movements which occupy hundreds of miles and
are only part of the great scheme which embraces territory where ten dif
ferent languages are spoken. The war now reaches in an almost unbroken
line from the North Seu down through Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Ser
via. Turkey, Syria, Armenia. Mesopotamia and the Persian gulf, and, maybe,
further. It is like a crazy dream
Wander what the next scare can bo that Washington has in store for us?
IS THAT HOW SKWARl) 1 asked Professor Meany what he
RECEIVED ITS N VME. would call the new town.
“Seward,” replied Mr. Meany. “but
Iniversitv of Washington Bulletin
,, I suggest that you consult the post
Savs rort Seward on Sew
, _ , . office department to see that the name
ard Peninsula.
; is not already in use.”
The bulletin issued by the I’niver- “The postal authorities replied
sity of Washington in dwelling upon that there already was a Fort Wil
historical names, concludes as I liam H. Seward, on Seward peninsula,
follows: i and a Sewaru town, and they hoped
“Out of his store. Professor Meany the confusion would not he increased
named Seward, the Alaska city that by the addition of another Seward,
many expect to see grow to greatness Someone suggested a unique name—
with the budding of the government ‘Vituska,—a combination of the first
railway into the interior of the I erri- name of Vitus Bering and the last
tory. When the Alaskans were build- syllable of Alaska. That struck the
ing the Alaska Central railway, they imagination but not the memory,
needed a name for the Resurrection When the engineers gathered to plat
Bay terminus. Ex-Governor McGraw. the tow n, someone asked someone else
of Washington and C. M. Anderson what the name of this place was. It
I Order Your fall Suit Now! j
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We have just received the Fall Samples for the season of 1915-6, and ;r
we can truthfully say that we have never before had an opportunity to show ^
to the men of Seward a line of goods that compares with the present equip- E
E p*Ts*\ ment. E
E M2 The new autumn shades that are being shown in serges, plaids, tweeds 5;
- cheviots, and worsteds surpass anything that has ever been shown in the —1
E North. There are 5
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mm suit for some one. The new Fall and Winter Styles are very attractive too 5j
:i _ and are bound to be very popular. • E
E yWi Now there is no doubt but what you will want a suit or an overcoat, or E
E » “ both this Fall. You do not know just when you will want it exactly, but S
E would’nt you like to know that when you want it, it will be here all ready E
■■K for you, made to your individual measure in the style that you like and from ;;
E mm your own fabric selection. =
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= Come in today while the samples are all new and you are sure of getting S
E II your first choice. Make your selection, and we will send and get the suit E
E for >'ou ant* hold it in stock for you until you need it. S
N* 1 YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED j
_ to take the suit or coat at all, nor do you have to make a deposit. We know S
E the kind of clothes that*we turn out and we know that if you know that there s
I is a suit here like we will make for you, that you will want it as soon as you E
E see it. Come in today and let us take your measure, or at least have a look E
E at the Samples. jgj.
I THE MINER’S STORE I
E FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
E Phone Adms 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska ;
was some peculiar name, but none
knew just what.
“Meany said Seward,” declared one
engineer.
“And Seward it is today.”
J. A. MOORE IS FIRST
MAYOR OF ANCHORAGE.
J. A. Moore, a very genial repre
sentative of the land department who
is well known in different parts of
Alaska, has been appointed by the
government to take charge of the
municipal matters connected witk the
upbuilding of the new city of An
chorage and may be regarded as a
sort of mayor. Later the town will
most likely be incorporated but for
the present it is his honor, Mayor
Moore.
eight hour law makes
FAIRBANKS MINES CLOSE.
FAIRBANKS, July 14.—The placer
miners of the Tanana and other in
terior camps are facing a serious sit
uation, owing to the eight-hour act
passed by the Territorial legislature,
which became effective as a law July
11th.
Nearly all of the deep placer
mines in this vicinity shut down when
the law became effective, as the op
erators declared they could not oper
ate three eight-hour shifts and pay
the schedule of $5 per day and board.
A few, however, reopened by an
agreement with their men to try the
experiment of paying $4 per day and
board.
The majority of the mines are still
closed and the situation is serious.
The unfortunate part of it is that
the law becomes effective in the mid
dle of the short five months’ season
during which time the operators must
make the most of the water running.
What the final outcome will be, is
still a matter of speculation. Mostly
all of the operators are agreed
that one result will be the reduction
of the wage schedule to $4 per day
for eight hours, with three shifts
during the open season when the wat
er is running, and possibly two shifts
for the higher grade ground in doing
deadwork and getting out dumps dur
ing the winter months.
VI.ASK VN ENGINEER
OF NOTE IS CALLED.
SEATTLE, July 16.—John G. Scur
rey, a civil engineer who located the
Alaska Central line, running out of
Seward and now known as the Alaska
* •«
Northern to be taken over by the gov
ernment, died yesterday at the age of
70 vears.
Mr. Scurrey was also the original
locator of the line for the Southern
; Pacific across the Mojave desert and
! for the Union Pacific transcontinental
j line.
FOR SALE.
Store building now occupied by
Green Candy Kitchen. Opp. Bank of
Seward. 7-20—5t
Wall paper ten per cent discount at
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First."
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
Dr. Draney, Dentist. Room 5 Dag
gett Block. 714—tf
Meet me at The Branch.
SERIAL NO. 01788
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States I.and Office. Juneau, Alaska, I
June 22. 1015.
SOLDIER'S ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD
ENTRY BY ASSIGNE,
NOTICE OK APPLICATION TO ENTER.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NORTH
ALASKA SALMON COMPANY, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the
State of California, and whose post office ad
dress is 110 Market Street. San Francisco.
California, as assignee of Joseph R. llarrigan,
administrator of the F.state of Kyhran Horan,
deceased, being entitled to the benefits of
section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and amendments therto, has ap
plied to make entry of that tract of land des
cribed as U. S. Survey No. 914. and situated on
the West bank of Kvichak River, approximate
ly six miles above the mouth of the Alagnak
River. District of Alaska, and in Latitude 59
deg. 06 min. 50 sec. North and in longitude
156 deg. 41 min. 44 sec. VVest, and more par
ticularly described ns follows, to wit:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 of said survey,
whence U. S. L. M. R. G. M. bears S. 40 deg.
07 min. W. 20.70 chs. distant, thence East,
var. 23 deg. 10 min. E.. 8.00 chs. to corner
No. 2, meander corner at line of mean high
water on Kvichak River, whence witness corner
bears West 1.82 chs. distant: thence, meand
ering along line of mean high water on west
shore of Kvichak River, var. 22 deg. E., N. 28
deg. 25 min. E. 7.20 chs.; N. 29 deg. 51 min.
E. 3.60 chs.; N. 30 deg. 29 min. E. 6.85 chs.
to Corner No. 3, meander corner, whence wit
ness corner bears West 1.93 chs. distant;
Thence West, var. 26 deg. E. 11.69 chs. to
corner No. 4 ; thence South, Var. 20 deg. E.
15.35 chs. to corner No. 1, the place of begin
ning, containing 11.14 acres;
As additional to Homestead Entry No. 1446
made August 26, 1865, by Kyhran Horan, at
Ionia, Michigan Land Office, for the S. Vi of
SE. >4 of Sec. 30, township 18 north, range
10 west, containing 80 acres.
Any and all i>ersons claiming adversely said
tract of land, or any portion thereof, are
hereby notified that unless their adverse claims
are filed during the i>eriod of publication and
posting, or within 30 days thereafter, they
will be barred by virtue of the statute and
the regulations thereunder.
It Is hereby ordered that this notice be pub
lished for the statutory i*»riod of 60 days in
the SEWARD GATEWAY, a newspaper of
general circulation printed at Seward, Alaska,
published nearest the land applied for.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
First publication July 7, 1915
Last publication Sept. 15, 1915.
Serial No. 01657.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PACIFIC
AMERICAN FISHERIES, a corporation, aa
assignee of Samuel Corby, being entitled to
the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the amend
ment* thereto, has applied to make entry of
the land* embraced in U. S. Non-mineral *ur
vcy No. 1105 situate on left bank of Naknek
River, Bristol Bay. Bering Sea, Alaska, and
more particularly described as follows, to-wit.
Viz:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 at ordinary high tide
Naknek River, Cor. not set, wit., cor. an Iron
pipe set in ground marked YV. C. S. 1105 Cor.
1, bears South 2.52 chains dist.; Diamond
Point bears N. from wit. cor. 62 deg. 42 min.
YV.; thence from true cor. No. 1 South 14.65
chain* to Cor. No. 2, an iron pipe set in
ground marked S. 1105 Cor. 2 from whence
U. S. L. M. bears N. 6 deg. 16 min. W. 97.90
chains dist.; W. C. Cor. 1 Sur. 644 bears N.
5 degree 54 min. E. 89.39 chains; thence YVcst
17.15 chains to cor. No. 3, an iron pipe aet
in ground marked S. 1105 Cor. 3; thence
North 11.96 chain* to cor. No. 4, cor. not set,
wit., cor, an iron pipe set in ground marked
YV'. C. S. 1105 Cor. 4 bears South 3.38 chains
dist.; thence meandering beach Nakuek River
at ordinary high tide (1) N. 84 deg. 68 min.
E. 6.22 chain*; (2) N. 83 deg. 46 min. E.
6.22 chains; (3) N. 73 deg. 17 min. E. 6.00
chains to cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Area
22.21 acre*. Variation at all corner* 22 deg.
00 min. E.
Latitude 58 deg. 43 min. 17 see. N.
Longitude 157 deg. oo min. YV.
As additional to original homestead entry
of Samuel Corby, at Humbolt Kansas, No.
2826, dated Dec. 31, 1870.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of the above described tract of land
are required to file with the Register and Re
ceiver of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto,
under oath, during the period of publication
or within thirty day* thereafter, or they will
be barred by the provisions of the statute.
PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES,
By Newark L. Burton, It* Attorney lu fact.
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, April
30, 1915.
First Publication June 1, 1915.
Last Publication August 16. 1915.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
going notice be published for the statutory
period in the Gateway a newspaper of general
circulation printed at Seward, Alaska, the
nearest newspap^ to aald above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER. Register.
NOTICE OF RECEIVER’S SALE.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA. THIRD
DIVISION.
May C. Hansen. Plaintiff
against
Tit* Skeen-Lechner Mining
Company, a corporation,
S—66
and
Otto R. Hansen as the receiver
of the Skoen-Lechnor Mining
Company, a corporation, and
Sol Silverman, Defendants.
Western Securities Company,
a corporation, Plaintiff
against
The Skeen-Lechner Mining Company
u Corporation Defendant
S - 67
L. V. Ray, Plaintiff j
against
Otto R. Hansen, Receiver for Sl^een
I,cchner Mining Company, a corporation,
Skeen-Lechner Mining Company a cori>oration
Western Securities Company, a corporation.
May C. Hansen, J. Lindley Green, John
Doe and Richard Roe, Defendants.
S - 66
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a de
cree and order of sale duly made and entered
by the above-named court on June 12, 191G, at
the si>ecial June, 1916 term of said court, held
at Seward, Aluska, wherein and whereny rt
was directed that all the property of the fbovS
named defendant, the Skeen Iaichner Mining
Company, a corporation, and hereinafter
more particularly described, be sold at public
sale to the highost bidder for cash in separate
parcels as specified in said decree and order
hereinbefore referred to.
The undersigned, Wayne Hluc, receiver as
aforesaid, will offer for sale at public auction
in the Town of Seward, Alaska, on the 11th
day of August, 1916, at 11 o’clock A. M. of
said day, all the proi>erty of the defendant,
Skeen I>echner Mining Company, at the front
door of the office of the Deputy United States
Marshal in said town of Seward. Said sale
will be made in three separate parcels, each
to the highest and best bidder for cash.
The property to be sold in said sale Is
described as follows, to-wlt:
FIRST PARCEL.
That certain mining claim described as the
•NORTH STAR” Ixxie Mining Claim, situat
ed in the Kenai Mining l'recinct of the Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska, the loca
tion notice of which is recorded In Book 5 of
Locations at page 515 of the records of said
Kenai mining and recording precinct, together
with all the quartz mining machinery, mining
plant, buildings, equipment, tramway and ap
purtenances, consisting in part of;
One Jig-backed Tram 2800 ft.
Stay Roi>e 1 % in.
1 Vy in. Power running cable,
2 kegs nails, 11 sacks cement, 1 Joshua
Hendy Rock Breaker with a plate 8\^x\b1/^;
1 extra bucket and carrier; 16 feet l/t in.
iron rod, 12 in. bolts; 2 telephone Receivers
and Jack ; 5 lengths T rail 12-ft. 2 stamps
Joshua Hendy Mill with 1000 lb. stamps and
mortar; one 2 stamp Nissen Mill with Mor
tar ; 1 large Lane mill; Concentrating tables;
copiicr plates.
and each and every other article of equipment
used with and necessary for use in connection
with the mills heretofore described, together
with ore bins, cable station, blacksmith shop,
frame building.
One 12 If. P. Vertical Steam Engine,
One 25 H. P. Boiler,
One 16 in. Engine,
One Steam Pump,
One Small Cleanup Barrel,
One Challenge Feeder for Lane Mill,
One small rock breaker 3 in. x5 No. Jaw
plates,
One 6 foot Kruvanner,
One Concentrator not set up.
One Fairbanks Morse Dynamo Type T. R.
No. 12482 adjusted for 2300 R. P. M. Amal
gamating Plates, Lip Plates and Splash Plates,
also including that certain assay office, to
gether with all matters therein contained and
one j>ortablc Saw Mill.
SECOND PARCEL.
The second parcel shall consist of those two
certain lode mining claims in said decree and
order of sale described as given for security
for the payment of the sum of $25,000 and in
terest as fully described and set forth in said
decree and order of sale and commonly known
and designated as the Portland quartz lode
mining claim and the Betty Extension No. 1
quartz lode mining claim.
THIRD PARCEL.
There shall also be sold in the manner and
at the time hereinafter designated those cer
tain lode mining claims situated within the
Third Division of the Territory of Alaska, in
the Kenai Mining and recording precinct, the
aamo consisting of an undivided ten-thirteen
ths interest, owned by said Skeen-Lechner
.Mining Company, a corj>oration, in and to
said mining proiterty, the same being com
monly known and designated as Col
umbia mining claim, location notice re
corded in Book 2 of locations, at page 560, in
said Kenai mining and recording precinct;
Betty mining claim, location notice recorded in
Book 3 of locations, at page 558 of the re
cords of said Kenai Precinct; Betty Extension
mining claim, location notice recorded in Book
I of Locations, of the records of said Kenai
reconling precinct, at page 484 ; Falls mining
claim, location notice recorded In Book 4 of
Locations, at page 485, dT the records of said
Kenai rcording precinct: and all of the Ore
gon Mining claim, location notice recorded in
Book 5 of locations, at page 516, of the re
cords of said Kenai mining and recording
precinct.
It is further ordered that any and all parties
to this action have the right to purchase at
such sale, so to be made, any of the property
hereinbefore*described, at said public sale so
to bo held as hereinl>eforo set forth, and after
the payment of said costs, oxpenscs and ad
vances in cash, may apply their said claims
in payment of their said bids pro tanto.
A complete description of all tho property
of said Skeen Ia?chner Mining Company Is
contained in that certain inventory filed by
Otto R. Hansen, then receiver, in the above
named court on February 18, 1915, in cause
No. S. 67, entitled Western Securities Company,
Plaintiff, vs. Skeen I>echner Mining Company,
: Defendant.
WAYNE BLUE.
Receiver Skeen-Lechner Mining Company.
First publication July 9, 1915
Last publication August 12, 1915.
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large, Clean loaves of Bread
1 want plain white nnrin
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and BLUE OENUINE FRENCH Ullfc.nl/
__ Patti Shells to Order
OSCAR GARD Hot Rolls Every Day
„T .. . . J Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts etc.
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Seattle, Wash. I onShort Notice.
H.V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
--Dealers In
COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phones, Main 17 and 41
Machinery for Prompt Shipment
Machine Shop Boilers and Engines
Wood Working Shop Gasoline Engines
blacksmith Machines Air Compressors
Sheet Metal Works Hoists and Pumps
BOTH NEW AND USED MACHINES
PERINE MACHINERY COMPANY
SEATTLE
E,'W?'6Commerce Cafe e>»pvix
Dinner 11 a.m to 7 p.m
Short Orders at All Hours
Special Chop Suey
arid Noodle Kveninfcs
Private Boxes Open Day and Night
ALASKA COnPANY 5»pV1o 2
5teamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern sail
from Seattle at 0 p. m. the Oth, 12th, 18th, 24th,
30th of each month tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Thane, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
ALAMEDA and MARIPOSA on t« Knik A«cHora®e.
SANTA ANA leaves Seward 15th of each month for Lnalaska, and la May, June, July
and August she goes through to Nushagak.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, lhane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month! S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
Right reserved to change this schedule without notice'll
F. B. TRACY, General Agent A. H. McPONALP, Agent
The Bor gen Grocery
Staple and fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Right—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, Seward
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE"
COAL MINER’S AND COLD MINER’S SUPPLIES
Doors & Windows I Gasoline Rifles
Lang’s Ranges Gas Engine Oil Shot Guns
I XL Parlor Heaters Marine Engine Oil Ammunition
Gasoline Stoves Valve Oil Fishing Tackle
Cook Stoves Elaine Oil Giant Powder
Camp Stoves Floor Oil Caps
Air Tight Heaters Linseed Oil Fuse
Oil Stoves Cup Grease Bench Forges
Alcohol Stoves Paints Blacksmith’s Coal
Spark Plugs Lacqueret Paint Bellows
Jump Coils Asphaltum Paint Wheel Barrows
Batteries Brushes Cutlery
Granite Ware Varnishes Fire Clay
Aluminum Ware’ Turpentinh Fire Brick
Asbestos Japan Lime
P & B Paper Denatured Alcohol Cement
Malthoid Rooting Coal Tar Glass
Tar Paper Lamps Rope
Deafening felt Lanterns Mercunr
Weatherstrips Tents - Seine 1 wine
PHONE BLACK 4
J. L. GRAEF 1