SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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Entered an Second Class matter August -4th.
1904 at the postoffiee at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of Congress of March S. 1W79.
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SATURDAY. JUNK 29. l!*»)7
A SOONER CONSTITUTION
Oklahoma was tirst settled by soon
er* and now is coming into the
union with a constitution which might
be called a sooner. This may be du**
to the long delay in the admission of
the state, and probably is, because if
it h id been admitted several years ago.
as i; was entitled to be, w hen some of
the fail- which are now incorporated
in its organic law were yet unborn, it
is plain they would have been omitted
because untbought of.
The new state is young and wogrt --
sivo. inhabited by hustlers and its
constitution makers wore unbin d with
an ;iad'*i?ii>n to make the fundamental
law ti.e state a b ae >n on the bill
top »form I"f ill the world to won
der !\ Instead therefore of writing a
niei ■ constitution they legislated on
eve: ■■ subject of present popular inter
est.
It - said that with few exceptions
the de'ee pos • > tin- constitutional con
vention were'men who knew nothing
of either law or politics. By some
strange fatality scarcely anybody but
a fo-eik succeeded in securing election
to the convention. A large majority
were preparatory students n the
scie: et of government, with a handful
of freshmen an,: sophomores thrown in
to an oy them. It required desperate
work by a few-capable lawyers in the
convention to stive the mob from incor
porating in the instrument several di
rect v iolation of the constitution of the
V:. ■< i Stales and of the t . abl ng act
Every time one of these amateur
constitution builders, read- in th morn
ing taper of a n, w pipe dn-aiu for the
regulation of the human race he intro
duce d a resolution a- >oon a- he could
get the floor prop"-mg to g:*e it a
place in the constitution. A- a result
a lot of pro vis',, ns slipped into the in
strument on subjects w hich are usually
left to town councils.
The sooner constitution is facing an
injunction to prevent a vote on its a
dop*ion or the ground that it does not
provide for a republican form of gov
ernment. which the federal govern
ment is required by the national con
stitution to guarantee. Several point
are rai-ed in tin suit but the most
important is the gerrymander of legis
lative districts. The democratic ma
jority in the convention undertook to
insure for all time a democratic major- 1
itv .n the legislature regardless of the
popular vote. The apportionment gave
the republican districts from three to
seven times the population of the
democratic districts.
The only trouble with this apportion
ment was that it carried an overload of
sooner zeal. Both parties have per
petrated outrageous gerrymanders in
ceai ly all the states from time to time.
They have carved out districts with
convolutions like a small boy twisted!
up w ith green apple colic but with rare i
'exceptions have preserved a semblance
6* tiie equities of population. The
Oklahoma apportionment is more gross
ly inequitable than the antiquated
town representation of Connecticut
and Rhode Island, which have the ex
cuse of age and precedent.
The sooners are a little worried now
bv the fear that they were too soon en
tire! v.
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How is this? A Georgia judge de- j
nouncos the unwritten law and the At- *
lanta Constitution backs him up.
Now what hope is there for civilization
if a Georgia gentleman cannot go out
gunning for a fellow mortal whenever
he fools so disposed and be acquitted by
a jury of hi> peers?
■ ■ ■■■ ' ■■■——
Judge Dunne, who tried the Schmitz'
case in San Francisco, seems to have
acted as attorney for the prosecution,
according to the press accounts of the
trial. Kvery time Honey and the
attorneys for the defense got into a
row. Dunne threatened to commit the
latter for contempt.
. "
The telegraph operators want a fed
eral investigation of the charge that
the companies are in a conspiracy in
restraint of trade but they were too
busy to notice the conspiracy before
the strike was on.
Yes. but see here, Mr. Trowbridge,
how about that mail contract which
requires a Northwestern steamer to
reach Seward within twenty-four hours
after leaving Valdez?
Will somebody please get out a
search warrant for that Chinese re
bellion which agitated the correspond
ents a few days ago?
The Central American minstrel show
is on again.
LABOR IN DEMAND
Labor is in sharp demand in South
ern Alaska towns and camps. The
mining camps of Prince William sound,
particularly Latouche island, find it
impossible to obtain men enough. One
reason of this is that every man who
lias a grubstake or can get one is out
prospeecting or developing for himself.
The stringency in the labor market
has grown acute since the disappear
ance of snow. La!>oring men and rae
! chanics have been quietly dropping
out of Seward for two months past,
for the railroad, for the sound islands,
for the interior, until now it is diffi
cult to pick up an extra man for any
I kind of a job.
That insane woman who thought
Gov. Hoggalt was try in? to poison her
simply got herself confused with
Alaska.
Those San Francisco boodlers want
to do what is right and therefore object
to conviction under an illegal indict
; ment.
The lbonanza Creek Gold Minin#
c r.pany of Dawson has a reservoir
that holds oS.tKfP.OOO gallons of water.
When a Chinaman was deported from
California the other day his white wife
went along with him.
ACTIVE MINING WORK
AROUND HOGAN BAY
Began bay. near the southern end of
Knight island has several mining oper
ators engaged in development.
The Happy Jack Mining Company
has two tunnels under way. The up
per one •">'h> feet above the water, is in
birr, -eight feet and the ledge which
at the surface was four feet in width,
h;.> widened to over five feet. Assays
from this ledge average$90.95 copper.
The ore blocked out in ibis tunnel
show> 110 feet of sloping ground. A
see >nd working tunnel has been started
to ap this ore body at a depth of 250
feet. Three shifts of minors are lie- J
ing worked on each of these tunnels
and work is progressing rapidly. The \
wharf and tramway will be completed
in about ten weeks, when there will |
be plenty of ore ready to start large
shipments at once. This is the Juluis
Singer property.
The claiinsowned by Mullen Broth-;
ers of Cleveland, which are being de
veloped by Mr. Wilcox are turning out
well. A tunnel which he has been 1
running lias cross-cut the vein at a
depth of 125 feet and the ore carries
higher value than on the surface. A 1
new discovery has also been made on
the property which is very promising. |
An attempt was made to wreck the
rock crusher at the Perseverance,
mines back of Juneau last week. I
Five hundred dollars reward is offered j
for the apprehension of the guilty
parties.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Santa Clara: sailed for Seward by
way of Katalla 24th.
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 2oth.
Saratoga: sailed from Seattle 28th.
Yucatan: sails from Seattle 1st.
Portland: sailed from Seward 24th
Dora: sailed for Unalaska 19th.
Klsie: due from sound ports 29th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
June *29:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 54 48 Rain
Monday 54 50 Cloudy
Tuesday 52 47 Rain
Wednesday 50 45 Rain
Thursday 56 46 cloudy
Friday 62 46 Clear
Saturday 71 49 Clear:
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MINERS BUSY ON CREEKS
OF YENTNA AND SKWENTNA
Considerable Sluicing Will be Done
on Tributaries of Latter
River This Summer.
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Kahiltna, June 12 Twenty-four out
fits passed here during March, aboul
sixty men all told. A dozen or so ol
this number went up the Skwentnn
river and Lake creek. Lacy ant
Gridin wore the last leaving here
April 2, to go up the Kahiltna. The
trail was getting soft at that time anc
the water was running over the ice ir
many places.
H. P. Gallagher and Nels. Anderses
left here April 2 for a trip into tht
Keehatna river count ry. They had £
pedometer which told the distances hj
trail. They found ii as follows: Ka
hiltna to Lake creek (>} miles; Lake
■ creek to mouth of Skwentna !*} miles
Skwentna th the mouth of the Keehat
I na lfi mile:*; up the Keehatna river tc
I the mouth of the Nakochna, the first
I tributary, 12} miles. The snow trai.
was probably four or five miles shortei
than the river channel in this distance
| About May 15 the snow disappeared
! making walking without snow shoe:
I possible, when they left camp goin*
1 to the head of the Nakochna, whirl
rises in the mountains and is about six
i teen miles long.
For the first nine miles up strean
the Nakochna Hows through a dee}
canyon of continuous gravel deposit,
the walls of which are 200 to 100 feel
high. In places where the sides art
too steep to hold vegetation a lignitt
ledge twenty-live to thirty feet in
thickness is exposed. The gravel be
low thi> ledge is compact, a sort ol
hard pan containing gold colors.
The river bed in the canyon is filled
with large boulders. The bars in the
bends of the river are composed gener
ally of smaller boulders and a sticky
slate clay which holds the gold. These
bars are covered with sjtruce, cotton
wood. alder and other vegetation and
are five to ten feet above the present
water level.
The bars prospect well as far as the
upper end of the canyon, where the
river has worn through a slate ledge.
Above this no satisfactory prospect has
been found. The gold seems to be in
the bars of the canyon only, and prob
ably comes from the gravel bunks.
There will lw- enough work done in
this canyon this summer to determine
whether it will pay to work the bars
extensively. There are also some men
on another tributary of the Keehatna
fifteen miles further up where claims
were located last summer. It is a
short creek called the “Fourth of July.”
They are prepared to put in a line of
boxes and work there during tho sum
mer. The high gravel banks also ex
tend for twenty miles up the Keehatna
from the mouth of the Nakochna.
The Skwentna will be well prospect
ed this summer. Gus Peters and Pete
Jackson will work a line of boxes with
undercurrents on one of the tributaries
on which Jackson raised 20 cents to the
pan last fall. Good results are expect
ed by them as they have the proper
device for saving the tine gold.
Jack Bartell is running his launch,
the Lina K, to the head of navigation
on the rivers this summer. More
powerful machinery has been installed
and she can now make excellent time
against the current. He has already
made one trip to the mouth of the
Skwentna. The Bat is also on the run.
The Bat brought a party of Colorado
prospectors to the mouth of the
Skwentna on her first trip
There are several prospectors on the
east fork of the Yentna this summer.
Among this number are George Pur
ches and wife of Seward, former
Yukoners. Mrs. Purches had a road
house at Fugle, and on the Tanana in
the early days before the rush into that
country. Mr. Purches has been a suc
cessful miner in several parts of Alas
ka. They sledded in their outfit dur
ing the winter. Mrs. Purches has
with her two large Angora cats which
she brought through from Ivnik.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
SWANITZ’ DEPARTURE
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Chicago, .June 2— President Stewart
of the Valdez—Yukon Railroad Com
pany has added another chapter to the
volume of reasons why A. W. Swanitz
was dismissed as chief engineer in
charge of construction at Valdez before
work was abandoned on the project last
summer.
According to Mr. Stewart in state
ments to friends, Swanitz sold company
secrets to Steve Birch, representative
of the Guggenheims in charge of the
Bonanza mine, and trough Birch put
the Guggenheims into possession of in
formation which enabled them to pre
vent the financing of the Valdez—Yu
kon project.
This charge is in addition to reasons
formerly given that Swanitz had mis
represented the amount of work done
in reports to his superior officers and
had misrepresented his own relations
with persons and firms from whom
Stewart had been lead by Swanitz to
expect finanefal support.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Over Bank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNE Y - AT - LA YV
Ray Building, *:• Seward, Alaska
H. S. FARRIS
LAWYER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ray Building, - - Seward, Alaska
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
City office: Owl Drugstore.
Home office: At Railroad Hospital
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN LUR & W OOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
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Central Location—European Plan
Sreaiest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
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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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SEWARD
Water and Power
COMPANY.
John A. Nelson, * manager
office:
Bank of Seward Building.
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H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWAKI>. ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold. tl-60
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. ISO
Lead. ,f>0
Gold. Silver and Lead. 3.50
Gold. Silver and Copper. 3.50
Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead. 4.50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron... 4.00 j
Sulphur. Aluminum, Tin. Platinum.
Quicksilver. Zinc, Nickel. Cobalt.
Chromium, etc. 0 00
Mill tests.. $15 to $30
Ore analysis.$10 and up
Gold rctincd, melted, assayed and bought
I Meets every second and fourth Sat
urday evening in Fire Hail.
I J. L. REED, F. E. YOUNGS,
^ Arctic Recorder._Arctlc^ChlcL^
OF INTEREST TO ALASKANS
Seward has two dental parlors that
are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
anywhere. The two operators are grad
uates in the east, of years experience,
and established reputation, guarantee
ing the very finest in workmanship
and materials. Prices are the same as
for same grade of work by reputable
men anywhere.
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PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
rrSE OUTFITTERS
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.
D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
If. a Am A RaII General Merchant
ll0Ory0!iOllv..llope, Alaska...
Headquarters for Prospectors' Outfits for
all Susitna and Kuskokwlm points
Discount on orders of £2."> or over as follows:
Dry Goods, Hardware * Ammunition, Crockery, Drugs,
Granitcware, Hats, Shoes, Etc., 20 per Cent.
Groceries, - - - is per cent.
No discount on Flour, Sugar, Ham, Bacon, Lard, Butter
and Eggs, but all at a low price.
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f Latouche! Latouche! Latouche!
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General Outfitters For
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Bottom Prices; Honest Goods
Headquarters for REYNOLDS,
Launches to Knight’s Island LATOUCHE ISL,
and Sound Points. ALASKA
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Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything first-class. Best
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Glrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
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O. C. HERNINC. Manager.
—PROSPECTORS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY—
\ A new stock will arrive May— )
Ii first river boat connections. )
Knik, - Alaska
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(Incorporated November, 1905, under the.iaws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska' •.
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