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Vol. 10, No HJO SEWARD. THE GATEWAY "TO ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1915. Ten Cents the Copy
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NORTHLAND FOR GREAT NEW DOCK AT SEWARD
GOVT. SURVEYORS AT WORK ON
SUPPOSED R. R. FOR WILLOW CR.
That a branch line of the govern
ment railroad may be constructed in
the direction of Willow creek is made
to appear most likely by the fact that
a party of surveyors is now engaged
at Walesilla lake, some thirty miles
in a westerly or northwesterly direc
tion from Anchorage. The surveyors
appear to be commencing their work
right at the lake and have not sur
veyed between the lake and Anchor
age. It is also stated that the Engi
neering Commission is preparing to
establish a commissary department at
Knik. Some believe that the intention
is to build a branch line that will join
the main line at both ends and form
a semi-circle to take in the base for
Willow creek and some Susitna
points.
MRS. CARLSON ON
VISIT TO SK AG WAY
Mrs. A. J. Carlson is visiting in
Skagway until the next westward
trip of the Mariposa, \. hich will carry
her to Seward. She is renew ing her
old acquaintances a.ui making new
friends in this, her first home town
of Al'viika.
Mrs. Carlson came to Skagway in j
1SV7, When »uj a v**n»p. Her
husband, who is now located in Sew
ard in business was formerly a busi
ness mar. of this cuy.
Mrs. Carlson is the mother of the
first white girl been in Skagway.
The daughter, Evelyn, is in Seward.
Her other children, Grant and Aldren
are also making their home in Seward
but look forward to the day when
they will be able to return to Skag
way. Mr. Carlson owns property on
Sixth and Broadway in Skagway.—
Skagway Alaskan.
HERRON SELLS HIS
MILL NEAR SUNRISE
Charles E. Herron has sold his saw
mill outfit, which is situated between
Hope and Sunrise, to Lee Frazer,
John Ferguson and Andy Meehan.
CENSUS ENUMERATORS ARE
APPOINTED FOR CORDOVA
Cordova Times, May IS.—Applica
tions for liquor licenses having been
made in Cordova, under the ruling of
Judge Brown last year, United States
Commissioner Medley has appointed
George Mosser and Charles M. Ross
wog as enumerators to take a census
of the male and female inhabitants
within two miles of the town of Cor
dova to determine whether or not
liquor will be sold in Cordova next
year.
STEAMSHIP SEWARD
TAKES GREAT CARGO
The steamship Seward has been
chartered to run from New’ York to
Buenos Aires and to bring back a car
go of seventy-five thousand cases of
oil. The freight bill will be a dollar
and a quarter a case.
BRANDED SALMON CAUGHT BY
FISHERMAN
A large king salmon, bearing the
brand of the Kodiak hatchery, today
was discovered among the fish deliv
ered to Slater's restaurant.
It has been the custom of the hatch
eries to brand a certain number of
the fry released each year with a view
of determining, if possible, what be
came of them.
The fish in question was marked
with a K, followed by a diamond
which is said to le the brand of the
Kodiak hatcher)-.—-Cordova Times.
W ages oil Both S.S.
Lines Go Up June 1
The wages on both the steamship
lines running to this part of Alaska
will be raised on June First. Th%
salaries of captains will L e raised by
twenty-live dollars a month, those of
pilots by fifteen dollars a month and
sailors, firemen and waiters will get j
an in crease of five dollars a month.
H VS V PANORAMIC
VIEW OF McKIXLEY
j One of the most remarkable pan
oramic views ever seen was taken of
Mt. McKinley by F. W. Sheelor who
arrived here last night with the
pictures. The photos were taken from
an elevation of eight thousand feet
and give a most impressive view of
the king of North American mount
ains. Mr. Sheelor also has a panor- j
amie view of Anchorage which shows
just exactly how that town looks. He
is the same man who took the panor
amic views of Seward last year. He
was accompanied on the trip by Mrs.
Sheelor.
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IN ANCHORAGE NOW
Harry Hoben, who returned last
night from Anchorage, says that over
a hundred barbers arc working in An
chorage and that other trades are
proportionately represented. The city
has thirty transfer companies and
fifty-seven restaurants. He is think
ing of establishing a branch business
over there.
GARM ENT M AN l FACTl RERS
ARE TO CHOOSE FAST
COLORS FOR CLOTHES
CHICAGO, May 20.--Steps toward
adopting standard colors are to be
taken by American garment manu
facturers to off set the dye shortage
caused by the war in Europe, at the
annual meeting of the American Gar
ment Manufacturers association which
will open here tomorrow. Represent
atives of 300 firms are here for the
meeting.
The dye question will be the most
important to come before the meet
ing; although the shortage of raw
materials also will be discussed.
Galbraith Miller, Jr., of Milwaukee,
Wis., is president of the association.
Red Cross reports from Canada say
thousand of soldiers in Europe have
been poisoned by the inferior dye
manufacturers have been compelled
> use in clothing made for the troops.
SITKA MERCHANT
CALLED TO REST
SITKA, May 16.—George Barron, a
prominent resident and merchant of
Sitka, who was city councilman here
for the past 28 years, died Sunday.
Mr. Barron was in the marshal's
office as a deputy and jailor for 20
years, which was the longest service
of any individual for any goverrjnent
department in Alaska.
Deceased married Elizabeth Bur*
a native of Sitka, in 1903. He was 54
years old. All business will be sus
pended here today while the funeral is
held. Mr. Barron was held in high
esteem by the entire community and
his death came as a distinct shock and
his loss is keenly felt.—Ex.
Ernest Young, for a number of
years a cook at Whitehorse, has been
missing for several days. He left
for the head of Lake Lebarge and has
tnot been seen since.—Ex.
j STATIC INTERFERES
WITH DISPATCHER
i No outside dispatches had been re
! ceived this afternoon at d o’clock and
at that time the operators of the cable
office expressed the belief that none
could come today as static is interfer
ing with communication by wireless ,so
it is quite possible the Gateway will
not be able to give any outside news
this afternoon.
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ANCHORAGE WOMAN’S CLUB
ELECTS SET OF OFFICERS
The annual election of officers of
the Anchorage Woman’s Club was
held Thursday afternoon in the Elks
club room and resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. F. Mears; first vi.e
presidont, Mrs. J. G. Watts; set end
vice-president, Mrs. H. W. Stoughton;
recording secretary, Mrs. F. B. Stand
iford; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
E. S. Reedy; treasurer, Mrs. P. J. Mc
Donald.—Pioneer.
NEWS NOTES
.lark Salim Lc th«» J*»Uwt In 4uka m*
the reins of office as the messenger
in the government cable office.
Oak Olson of Schwabacher Brothers
and D. MacKetlar another traveling
man are now in the city.
Frank Ennis is in possession of a
letter from a man named Malloy who
lives in the east but who wants to
know if he could make a living here
as a lawyer or a baseball player.
Commissioner Conroy has received
a letter from the mother of J. R. Jack
inquiring for news about her son.
Mr. Jack was formerly one of the
proprietors of the Palace Bar. Mrs.
Jack writes from Berkeley, Cali
f rnia, and would be glad to hear
where her son is.
Mrs. James McCoy, Mrs. O. G. van
Pelt and Miss Hilda Turnbull, three
ladies who were a pleasant addition to
the population of Seward, left on the
Alameda last night for Idaho.
Al. Davis and family have come
from Knik and will make their home
at Seward.
Frank Cotter returned on the Ala
meda after a short visit to the west
ern town.
The arrival of more piles will be
awaited before work on the new dock
is started but sufficient of them may
come at any moment to justify the
commencement of the building.
Miss Nellie Shea has sold her busi
ness at Knik to C. E. Davis and has
come to Seward to make her home
here once again. She lived here seven
years and went away four years ago.
Mr. Davis is the brother of A1 Davis.
As the engine had gone out of com
mission the car did not make the trip
out the line today.
Dr. Keating and Ward James are
off for Sunny Bay with a load of
lumber to do some work in connection
with the establishment of the fish in
dustry'. They will be away this trip
unti Sunday.
Mrs. W. S. Elliott was an outgoing
passenger on the Alameda. She will
visit her mother who is seriously ill.
Word has been received from Mrs.
-Seiffert that she had arrived in Ju
neau r.nd that Vincent was feeling
well except for the injury to the eye.
The injured eye had probably not been
treated at the time of writing. The
news that the younger boy, John, is
sick in the Anchorage hospital has
also been received, making a double
trouble for the parents.
FRANK ENNIS
COMMISSIONER
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jCABLE FROM VALDEZ AN
NOUNCES HIS TEMPORARY
A P P 0 1 N T M E N T
VALDEZ, May 25.—An order mak
ing Frank Ennis of Seward, United
States commissioner at that place has
been issued by the court to become
effective on June 1. The appointment
is being sent by mail and if the bond
has been furnished at that time the
permanent appointment will be made
on the return of Judge Brown from
Ketchikan.
(Note: As announced some time
ago Commissioner Conroy has been
desirous of going to look over his min
ing property and the appointment of
Mr. Ennis is to fill the place.)
The project on the part of local
capitalists to establish a clam factory
is now afoot. An inexhaustible sup
ply of clams is promised.
YV. S. Dow, a pioneer, died here last
night of heart disease. He leaves a
wife and four children.
The first ball game of the season
will be played between Valdez and
Fort Liscum next Sunday.
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KUSH CONTINUES TO
NEW TOLSTOI DISTRICT
According to the Iditarod Pioneer
of April 22 the rush to the new
Tolstoi district was continuing. A
new town has been laid out and is
called Cooper. So many of the stam
peders had to return for supplies that
very little work had been done.
STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY
TOLD ABOUT RICH KNIK MINE
SEATTLE.—Miners attending the
short session at the University of
'Washington recently heard described
the operations of the Gold Bullion
Mining Company at Knik, Alaska,
which took ou-t $136,000 in 1015 with a
seven-stamp mill. The speaker was
John L. McAllen, superintendent of
the company, who was an instructor
in the short session last year.
The property described is the rich
est *.n the Willow creek district, anil it
yielded $125,000 year before last.
Two of the members of the rlass
have worked at the Gold Bullion mine.
—Ex.
DRILLING IN DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS, May 18. — Drillers
under contract continue their opera
tions in the city limits of Douglas on
mining property under bond, and peo
ple are still speculating as to the
company behind them.
The guesses range all the way from
the Guggenheims to other large min
ing combinations.
One fact is apparent and that is
that some company is mighty active
on properties along both sides of
Gastineau channel, and men are at
work in a number of places employed
by local agents who are not advertis
ing their business from the house
tops. Excellent progress is being
made by the drillers on this side of
the channel.—Juneau Dispatch.
ISSUE PAMPHLET
The initial number of the “Gold
Bar" which shall be known hence
forth as the official organ of the
Treadwell Committee is off the press
and represents the first of the series
of booklets which will be published
quarterly by the committee. The five
hundred issues wffiich have been print
ed, will be distributed locally to those
interested in the message which it
carries and sent to mining centers
which have similar problems.—Ex.
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❖ SEWARD IS NOT KNOCKING ❖
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❖ “Our neighboring town of 4
❖ Seward has taken the star role 4
, 4 against Anchorage,” says the 4
4 Cook Inlet Pioneer of May 16 in 4
4 an editorial meant to condemn 4
4 Alleged knocking of that town by 4
4 other places. The Pioneer has 4
4 recently used a lot of space tell- 4
4 ing how other towns on the c^hist 4
| 4 are knocking Anchorage, but it 4
4 just imagines those things. It 4
I 4 hints about people going to boats 4
| 4 her ‘ to inform people that An- 4
4 chorage has no future, but this is 4
4 all rot. Seward believes Seward 4
4 is the great and permanent ter- 4
4 minal of the government railroad 4
j 4 and if it says so it does not mean 4
4 it is knocking. Anchorage 4
4 boosts itself to the limit but 4
4 Seward does not declare it to be 4
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4 knocking when it speaks well of 4
4 itself. 4
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SAYS BEARS ON KODIAK
HAVE BECOME BALI) HEADED
It will take more than two or three
years of enforced diet of straight
meat and fish and a loss of hair to
seriously set back the bear popula
tion of Kodiak island, according to I)
Winn, of the United States Bureau of
Fisheries who has just returned from
the North, says the Seattle P.-I.
Mr. Winn made a trip to Kodiak
and he found that while they had
hard sledding for the two years and
part of the third year there are now
plenty of greens and wild vegetables
for Mr. Bruin, and later in the year
there will be plenty of berries.
Kodiak island, says Mr. Winn, in
1912, was covered with volcanic ash,
at no point at a depth less than 11
inches. The ash killed all vegetation,
and as all bears are fond of a mixed
diet of meat, fish and vegetables they
found 1913* and 1914 unpleasant from
a dietary standpoint.
Another effect of the fall of ash,
according to Mr. Winn, was the havoc
it created with the furry coats of the
animals. Bald headed bears are now
as common on Kodiak island as bald
headed men in the front row of a mu
sical comedy. The ash sifted down to
the skins of the animals as it fell,
and the first rain turned it to lye,
which had the effects of almost tan
ning the skins of the bears while yet
a part of their personal effects.
NOTED ALASKANS
FINED FOR CONTEMPT
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.—Jafet
Lindeberg and G. W. Campbell, multi
millionaire Alaskan mining men, to
day were adjudged guilty of contempt
by Superior Judge Daniel C. Deasy
and sentenced each to pay a fine of
$5 or spend twenty-four hours in jail.
They languished in custody in the
courtroom while their attorney, Roy
Hudson, scoured around for writ of
habeas corpus and notices of appeal
to the district appellate court.
The Northern Light Mining Com
pany recently got a $16,000 judgment
against the Blue Goose Company and,
seeking to determine California as
sets on which to collect, had the min
ing men in court for the second time.
Hudson advised them not to testi
fy about the assets, holding the Blue
Goose a foreign corporation, outside
the jurisdiction of the court. W. S.
Andrews for the Northern Light Com
pany, produced Blue Goose minutes
showing that meetings had been held
here and the court agreed with him
that this put the Blue Goose under
the local jurisdiction. —Ex.
M. D. CROCKER BURIED
M. D. Crocker was buried at An
chorage on the day before yesterday.
Local Man Has Mew
Airship Invenlion
J. B. Ellinger, resident of Seward,
is the inventor ol' a most remarkable
contrivance for automatically righting
aeroplanes and has a most interesting
model of an airship with the contri
vance attached in his house between
Fifth and Sixth avenues. Mr. Elling
er is the first colonel under the
United States Aeronautical Reserves
and was appointed colonel under
Commodore Thomas F. Ryan in 1011.
The plan which he has invented for
righting machines may be perhaps
described as an arrangement of sails
or something with a similar effect.
When aeroplanes are traveling fast
sudden gusts of wined from the side
are dangerous and threaten to capsize
the plane. By the invention of Mr.
Ellinger the plane when struck by
such a wind automatically heads into
the wind. The wind strikes the sails
in such a manner that those in front,
sides and rear turn like a rudder. Mr.
Ellinger is pleased to have anyone
visit his model and view it. He came
here for mining purposes and was en
gaged in a large way in mining out
side. He has perfect confidence in
aerial mail service in this country.
NATIONAL GUARD TO PRESENT
RATTLE OF THE MARNE
250 MILE CAVALRY RACE
SHEEPSHEAD RAY, L. I., May 20.
acors ami state ana city oineiais irvm
all over the United States are here to
day to see the historic battle of the
Marne reproduced by 10,000 national
guardsmen at Sheepshead Ray Speed
way.
Another big event of the seven day
meet will be the 250 mile cavalry
races of picked cavalry groups start
ing simultaneously from cities in New
York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Massachusetts and other states
and racing to New York City. It will
be the first race of the kind ever
staged.
Militia cavalry' teams from many
cities in the country have entries in
this event of the tournament.
The points selected by the National
Guard from which the race will start
are Washington, D. C.; Altoona,
Penn.; Ithaca, N. Y.; Syracuse, N. Y.;
Rutland, Vt.; Manchester, N. H.; and
Roston. Entries have been received
from all of these cities, and, in addi
tion, from Raltimore, Md.; Harris
burg, Penn., and Philadelphia.
The maximum distance to be cover
ed in twenty-four hours, or a propor
tion thereof, will be seventy miles.
There will be no change of horses, and
the cavalrymen will carry the light
est possible equipment. Each will
bear a message from the commander
to the military authorities here, and
the race will be so timed that the
entries will arrive at Sheepshead Ray
between the hours of 2 and 6 p. m. on
Monday, May 22, the third day of the
tournament.
Major Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A.
commanding the Department of the
East, and his aide, Captain Gordon
Johnson, have been asked to act as
judges of the race, for which seveial
handsome trophies have been offered.
Mayor Mitchel is lending his aid to
the manoeuvres, and Major Lari F.
Hartman, U. S. A. in command of the
Signal Corps at Governor’s Island, is
co-operating with Gen. O’Ryan in per
fecting the aerial programme.
Aerial flights will be directed by
wireless telegraph, something, it is
said, never attempted here before. A
central station at Sheepshead Bay will
keep in touch by wireless with the
aeroplanes circling overhead.
JOE SMITH IS MAYOR
NOW OF IDITAROD
Joeph H. Smith has been elected
i mayor of Iditarod,
Schooner Coining
W ith Rest ol Riles
The three masted schooner The
Northland is now on the way to Sew
■ urd with 175 piles, the remainder ol
| the piles which could not be loaded on
j the Aroline. Captain Kennedy of the
! Aroline says The Northland was to
| have left Tacoma a day or two after
; the Aroline pulled out. The piles, of
! course, are for the new government
: dock here.
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STRANOK OUUURRENUKS
TUROUCIIOl T COUNTRY
A hen belonging to Thomas Gay
no r, of Runta Gorda, Fla., took pos
session of a litter of kittens and cared
for them.
A young sergeant in the French
army had extracted from his heart a
splinter from a hand grenade. The
splinter remained in the ventricle
four and a half months before it was
extracted.
A Holstein cow on the Colony
Farm, British Columbia, broke all re
cords in Canada for milk production.
During 80 successive days she pro
duced 9,376 pounds of milk and 107
pounds of butter.
Joseph C, Cunningham, of l.aw
renceburg, Ind., caught a white perch
weighing 32 1-2 pounds.
Abraham J. Randall, 91 years old
and Mrs. Ann Scott, aged 85, were
married at Kansas City, Mo.—Ex.
AT BEATSON MINE
VALDEZ.—Charles McCallum has
returned from Latouche, where he
went to organize a local of the West
ern Federation of Miners among the
employees of the Beatson mine. He
reports the meeting hold there a very
enthusiastic one, and that practically
every one of the 250 or more men em
ployed at the mine have signified their
intention of becoming members of the
Union. More than one hundred cards
were issued at the first meeting and
at the meeting to be held tomorrow'
night the remainder of the cards will
be issued.—Prospector.
CASES OF INSANITY
IN ARMY ARE COMPUTED
PARIS, May 18.—‘The war has not
sensibly increased the number of
cases of mental disorders amounting
to insanity in the army. Professor
Regis of the Central Institution for
Mental Diseases at Bordeaux gives
figures showing that of 1,232 oflicers
and soldiers sent to the establishment
beween August 20, 1914 and January
31, 1916, suffering from “mental
commotion,” there developed only 69
cases of permanent derangement.
These permanently insane were
mostly reservists and a third of them
of the oldest contingents from 40
years up. There was one officer, twx>
subalterns and 66 privates. Forty
seven of them came from the front,
tw'enty-one from the bases in the in
terior proving that insanity is as
likely to develop in the barracks as
in the trenches. More than a third of
the cases are of melancholia w ith char
acteristic symptoms of imaginary ac
cusations or self-accusations relating
to army discipline, to courage and
conduct in face of the enemy and
various details of military duty.
There w’ere only eight alcoholics in
the number.—Ex.
ARISTOCRATIC WIFE DIVORCED
MILWAUKEE, May 18. — Rev.
Buell of Wisconsin yesterday obtained
! a divorce from his wife because she
was too aristocratic to associate with
the women of his congregation and in
addition was jealous because his cleri
cal duties required him to call on
women of the congregation at their
homes. She is now selling corsets
somewhere he says.—Ex.