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PROGRESS OF THE \ EAR
Sewn ii people give lie New Year's
greetings hopefully. While liHHl was
proilu* vc of some disappointment it
■jt»vr*- ? any time lacked t lie assurance
that l* u*f in the ultimate destiny of
the tow n hal not lean misplaced. The
• ailte; 1 company expended Sd.O’HUH.W
i|)on c -listruction. and while the lot g
eheck * t* :ek gi.ng caused I)} bofitig
■ wo-t It • ds <>f a ip e of t tame is pre*
veld■! 'Ii tr.icK tenmn: s fI" > 1
,ng \ e far ahe m the net result of
radio; work f • the year m« ,es c< i
lain f a; the terminus hy the •nd
of l"«c wi 1 l»e man' miles farther
north", d than now:.
D >* g 1 '07 mineral discoveries ar.d
develo men's in Southern and t • i tral
Mask, l ive made 'great progress.
Tip {. dd fields of the Yentti.i and
•fie u Mm Si.sitra have h< come
establish. ! m the I 't oi pro
oucing areas, with a bright j
prospect of addition to the 1st »>f great j
districts before another year ;s past.
The ceuoor field of I Vince William;
sound, which otters Seward as much as
any other town in trade and exploita
jon has Keen shown to he a twnan/a ,
uistric* which is likely to he one of the j
*»om!e s of the world.
WHAT GOV. HOGGATT SAID
\s (iov FToggatt was misquoted in j
Up piv** dispatches a* to his state
ment concerning the supporters of ter
ritoria government in Alaska it is
only fair that his exact language be
given. Usi entire letter was printed
n tin Seattle Post-Intelligencer of
Decernl>*■ r 12. The particular state
ment in question reads as follows:
“Nowhere in the I’nited States is life
and property more secure than in
Alaska. Nowhere that order prevails
as it does in that country, and these
things are due primarily to the respect
which our people have for the federal
■udiciary. A large |>ortion of the agi
tation for territorial government comes
from the saloon element in Alaska,
which is desirous of decreasing the
burdens now imposed upon that busi
ness and at the same time obtain a
greater liberty than they now have
n the conduct of their business.
Another large portion comes from the
demagogic statement that our people
are deprived af some of the essential
rights of citizenship, with which I take
a decided issue.”
TO DIVIDE ALASKA TRADE
The Seattle Trade Register admits
that Portland seem* likely to succeed
u establishing a line of regular steam
ers to Alaska, and philosophically
remarks that the business is getting
so big that there is enough to go
around among several cities. The
Trade Register comments that if Seat
tle follow* correct business principles
the city will always have the big end
of the Alaska trade, which is un
doubtedly true.
The Tacoma Ledger *urges Tacoma
to come out of her trance and make a
hustle for a slice of Alaska trade,
making the argument, which is not
new, that Tacoma alone of all north
western cities can compete with Seat
tle on even terms for Alaska business.
The postal department has decided
that the Orphanage News-Letter of
Kodiak cannot go through the mails as
second-class matter, whereby its mail
ing cost has been raised from 22 cents
to a month. The News-Letter
makes no complaint, merely stating
the fact, which shows a becoming
spirit of Christian charity. The
orphanage management ought to be
glad to chip in a few dollars for Uncle
Sam’s orphans in Cuba and the Phil-,
;ppines. The old cuss is at a heavy
expense in maintaining them.
Seattle dedicated its pauper library,
donated by Carnegie, with more or less
oucolic fuss. The papers fail to in
form a wondering world, however
whether Andy gets a rebate on the
sum he purported to give, or whether
any defective armor plate was employ
ed in construction of the building
The varacious press states that the
dresident shook the hands of 8500 per
sons at his New Year reception. Fun
ny he didn’t shake the whole bunch
without touching their hands.
The Portland Telegram prints a
aerious editorial on “Poor Service
Over the Bar.” Probably the writer
ordered mixed drinks until the bar
keeps got tired of it.
Dowie seems to be sore because he
thinks Voliva got some of the money.
SOLID BUSINESS INTERESTS
Anti now comes M. J. Heney, rail
road contractor and corporation agent,
and ailtis his testimony to the assertion
of the governor that the “solid busi
ness interests” of Alaska are opposed
to territorial governmedt. Hut with
ttu* same sublimation of belief in his
ability to impose his dictum upon
popular credulity without calling for
eorrohoration, that the governor dis
plays. he refrains from naming or
describing any of these “solid business
interests.”
Popular curiosity is somewhat
aroused concerning the identity ol
those “solid business interests.’ which
[ are never cited by name. Gov. Hog
L-att represents nobody but the Juneau
mining cor|K>rutions and t'apt. Jarvis,
hi lobbyist of tin* Guggenheim eoppei
ii\.,t wens component parts live m
[Now York except when one of them
h-iia*>'*s (o designate a residence in
.uh ! tier state in which a senatorship is
!,hi - tic. t ‘aj>!. .1 iii v is is also an oltieia.
|oi t* Nonhweste. ii group of corpora
Itauis, wiiieii he vc no inieres*. in Alaska
[except to carry freight to the territory
! n their steamers at lucrative rates,
and to pack salmon within its limits.
Ami M. J. Honey. Well, lie is a
i amp railroad contract * r, who tirst
i ,pili eii fame by building ibe Whit*'
•" vV Vtiioii mi a pewntage of the
money exp* tided. And they do say the
way tlie money flew under his dispen
vt, .mi was suggestive of any olherele
i . i t of matter, rather than solidity.
V al ly . very business man in Sew-j
ird is in favor of territorial govern
ment. and some of them are quite solid i
tinaneia'A. From almost every other
town conn s a similar statement
through the newspapers, which are
usually careful te reflect public senti
ment, for by public sonti nent they
live.
When the governor fulminated his
denunciation of the movement for ter
ritorial government the Fairbanks
Northern Light wired all the news
papers in Alaska for a statement of
their attitude on the issue and received
emphatic affirmative replies from
nearly all. Here is the list:
Fairbanks Northern Light.
Fairbanks Times.
Fairbanks News.
Taoana Citizen (Fort Gibbon).
Yukon Valley News (Rampart).
Nome Nugget.
Valdez News.
Juneau Dispatch.
Skagway Alaskan.
Seward Gateway.
SQUARE DEAL TWISTED
If it is not misprision of treason or
bad form to inquire why ihe president
turned the letter of Delegate Waskey,
written at his request to give him in
formation about Alaska, over to Gov.
Hoggatt th he blue-penciled, the
answer would gratify the curiosity of
>otne inquisitive persons in the terri
tory w ho believe in the square deal. I
They want to know if the explanation
is that the square deal, like the con
stitution. has not followed the flag to
Alaska.
The president asked both Waskey
and Hoggatt to write their views as to
Alaska’s most vital legislative needs.
Each did so but Waskey's letter was
submitted to the governor tor criti
cism and attack before any of the
documents were given out. The gov
ernor’s letter was not submitted to the
delegate and every possible advantage
wa-. given to the governor’s side of the
controversy in placiug the subject be
fore the public. It is to be hoped that
the president and the governor are not
offended at the sandbagging their
opinions have received from the people
of Alaska.
Apparently the president believes
that his governor, selected on the ad
vice of a corporation lobbyist, has a
monopoly of knowledge about Alaska,
furnished by the handful of corpora
tions which dictated his appointment.
Therefore he accept* the governor’s
dictum and ignores the suggestions of
two men who received a majority of
all the votes cast in the territory at
tne delegate election. The square
deal seems to lose its rectangular em
bodiment when applied to Alaska.
Standard Oil stock has fallen $250,
000,000 in market value during 1906,
probably in consequence of the public
opinion aroused against its methods,
which proves that the world is grow
ing better.
The navy proposes a hospital for
Sitka. Something like that is needed.
The removal of the territorial capital
affected the tewn like an operation for
appendicitis.
If Harriman and the locomotive
brotherhood mix in a finish fight it
will be interesting to everybody who
doesn t lose money by it.
The Fairbanks Miner takes a fallout
of the signal service because of its
parsimonious methods in dribbling out
a news service by cable to Alaska.
Ham knocked out Shem at Tonopah
while Japhet rubbered and bet his
coin.
From all accounts the financial pick*
ups in Zion are good for a proficient
grafter.
TO “MY DEAR THEODORE”
You neod never be afraid to consult
the people of Alaska or their duly
chosen representatives when you want
information regarding the terri
tory. If that information should hap
pen to con 11 ict with advice given by
your two or three chosen counsel for
the territory you are respectfully re
ferred to the platforms on which the
various candidates for delegate from
Maska ran last August.
Far be it from the people of Alaska
j to fall as low in executive esteem as
Maria and Hcllamy have fallen, hut if
you really want to know, Mr. Presi
dent, who’s who in Alaska, or who
i-u’t who. just glance this way for a
minute about fifteen months hence
when the “solid business interests" of
your chosen friends and Alaska agents
tackle ti e agitators and demagogues
e, ; lie territorial conventions of IPO'*.
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1 ’hilip Stew art of Colorado Springs,
i when the president has olTeiv I the
»»iiums*ionei>hip «»t tin* general land
‘iliee, i* t-ho until who refused the iiom
uutinn lor governor ol Colorado on the
republican ticket Iasi fall because tin*
•invention nominated Chief .1 list ice
'abhor! for re-election. Caliber! had
been elected as a populist Cut after he
was in office went over to “the plunder*
blind" and was offensive to ninny r» -
u.bliea.isas well as theopposit ion. Nov*
i’PI holes* Gabbed stuck to the ticket
and wa* elected, as was I lev. Dr.
liuehtel. who wa* put on the ticket in
•stewart s place.
Senator Culberson stands by the
president in the Urownsville rumpus.
This Culberson i* the peeu iar .states
man who stuck the state of Texas for
an expensive extra session of the
legislature, when lu* was its governor,
to prevent Corbett and Ki*/.*immons
from slapping each other with pillows,
but said never a word about the burn
ing of negros at the stake, a pastime
which disgraced Texas repeatedly
while he was the executive head of
the state government.
Hea>*st may get t he decision after all
in the New York mayoralty contest,
but it is liable to come after the term
expires, as it did in the Swift-Hopkins
contest in Chicago in the last decade.
After Hopkins retired from office the
court of last resort decided that Swift
was really mayor all the time. Hut
theu he wasn’t mayor so that anybody
could notice it.
Gumshoe Bill Stone of Missouri was
interviewed on the Twenty-fifth regi
ment episode and he said the president
was right. Hill admitted that he
knew nothing about the facts but inti
mated his opinion that it is proper to
give a “nigger” the worst of it every
time. __
If Mr. Carnegie wants to donate
>ome money to the government why
not credit it to the conscience fund on
account of that bum armor plate he
worked oft on the navy during the
Cleveland administration.
If Secretary Shaw wants to curtail
the brutality of whaling captains by
amendments of the navigation laws
why not legalize the free use of belay
ing pins by sailors as defensive
weapons?
Douglas has a town hall. The city
council used to meet in the Newsofiice
but the atmosphere of candor and pub
licity was embarrassing and the coun
cil stuck the town for a room of its
own. ^
Refined copper is getting close to 23
in the market, but there is no present
indication that the quotation will
prove a hoodoo or skiddoo.
Nevada is putting California on the
bum as a prize fighting garden, and
Nevada is digging the gold to pay the
freight. _
The Alaska Monthly Magazine, pub
lished at Juneau, has a very handsome
Christmas number. Like all of its
issues this number is handsomely
illustrated. In that respect it always
compares favorably with the best in
the land. The articles are on live
Alaska topics. One is on the Alaska
coal fields, by George Jamme, a well
known mining engineer. Another by
B. D. Mills describes “The Great
Tanana.”
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
January 5:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 26 13 Cloudy
Monday 30 21 Snow
Tuesday 30 26 Clear
Wednesday 29 23 Clear
Thursday 28 22 Clear
Friday 35 23 Snow
Saturday 28 23 Snow
SEWARD STEAMERS
Jeanie; sailed from Seattle 29th.
Pennsylvania; sailed from Seattle
4th.
Santa Clara; sails from Seattle 8th.
Bertha; sails from Seattle 10th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 31st.
Saratoga; sailed for Seattle 1st.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 15th.
FRANK YOUNGS BOOSTS
THE YENTNA IN SEATTLE
Finds a Great Deal of Interest In New
Gold District Among Mining
Men in That City.
Seattle, Dee. 25 -Correspondence of
the Gateway Frank Youngs, repre
sentative of (lie Seward chamber of
commerce in Seattle and other coast
cities, is stimulating interest in the
Yentna and other tributaries of the
Susitna. He has taken up headquar
ters at tin* Hotel Northern. One day
he had by actual count lifty-six in
quiries in person, and the majority of
tiic inquirers said they intended going
to the Yentna. Mr. Youngs says he,
believes several hundred will go in 1
through Seward this winter, and that
fully.2500 prospectors and settlers ill
go in next spring and summer.
* * 11 wouldn’t take any work at all," j
said Mr. 'idlings today, “to semi 10,-j
| 000 people a year into the Susitna val-j
! lev :is soon as tlie Alaska (’antml rail
road is far enough along to take them
in. 1 am surprised a* the amount of
interest shown everywhere 1 have
: been over the developments in < ’ ntrai
Alaska. I’eople are just beginning to
| learn that we have there everything
that all other parts of the territory to
gether contain. vVe have coal, cop*
i per, placer and quart/, gold, iron, tin,
and agricultural and timber resources.
No other part of Alaska contains more
i than one of these resources. We
have all of them."
The Seattle papers are treating Mr. I
Youngs liberally. all of them giving
space to interviews with him. The j
Idst-Intelligencer gave him a top
head. _
Surve\ notes of the Skagway town
site have been sent to the general
land oilier and the lot owners hope to
get title in another year.
Nearh 3000 tons of copper is shipped
even month from Maple hay, on Port
ia ml canal, to the smelter at Hadley,
in the Ketchikan district.
A masked man held up a telephone
girl in Seattle and got 75 cents.
To the Traveling Public
Do not forget that the Campbell
Restaurant is still doing business in
Girdwood. First-class meals at all
hours. Comfortable rooms in connec
tion. Prices reasonable. Call and be
convinced. John S. Campbell.
savFyour money.
Until habits of thrift are formed it
is hard to keep out of debt—after that
you can’t help keeping out. Persistent
saving is fortune’s tirm foundation
stone. Hold on to some part of every
dollar earned.
BANK OF SEWARD.
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C. T. Daggett, Dentist.
Rooms 2, 3 and 4. A. if. Drug Bldg.
If you want a free sample copy of the
most progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
! to Mining Topics, 64 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and ,
unbiased and the paper is devoted to j
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field. *
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PACIFIC COAST TRADING
=C0MPANY=
-Be sure, before buying your
( I SHOES I )
m To take a look at our stock of fine ones just received. Also
Shoe Packs, Rubber Boots, and the finest line
of Men’s Shirts in town. -
And in regard to Outfitting, will say for the benefit
a of the stranger that would like to know who does t hat, htisi
I ness in Seward, and the best, place*: .lust ask the first m m
I you moot on the street after arriving and he will Ml you
just whore to go. Our customers have oonfidenee in us,
and therefore we are* willing to abide* by any decision I hoy
I may make
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I KNIK TRADING COMPANY I
O. G. HERNING, Manager.
I PROVISIONS, HARDWARE, CLOTHING, RUBBER
GOODS, GAMP OUTFITS, ETC.
PROSPECTORS OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Outfits moved from Knik to Yentna and Tokashitm Districts at
reasonable rates. You can secure your outfits for Feb
ruary delivery by advancing
25 Per Cent.
a Mail your order, with deposit, to the KNIK TRADING CO at
once for reservation.
1 P. S. Yukon Sleds and Pit Saws sold out.
WAGNERS PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
A (loodyrime’aiid Right Treatment for Everyone
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK &. CO.
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
The Seward Transfer
Clonlnger & Knoche, Hanagers
Piano and Furniture Moving a Specialty. Orders Taken lor Wood
(Orders left at Richards & Co. will receive prompt attention)
Merry Christmas to All!
To the Ladles, Gentlemen and Children:
You are all invited to call and see our stocks of No
tions, Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods for ladies and gen
tlemen. We have the most complete line of Ladies’ Purses
ever brought to the city, and a variety of Notions from
which to select a present for any one.
And don’t forget that we have a fine line of Groceries
of all kinds—everything good -for Christmas, and at low
prices, also. Tobaccos, Cigars, Pipes, Etc. Cigars by the
box cheap. _
Seward Commercial Co.
White House on the Levee
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye
Bread and Pompernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Proprietor
fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
ri. N. FRASER Fourth Art. ««4 Wdihlogton St.
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H. E. ELLSWORTH & GO.
Assayers and Chemists
Seward, - - Alaska
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QNE OF THE BEST-EQUIPPED
Assay Offices In Alaska. Wc havo
the proper faeilities for sampling and
grinding ore. Wc reduce to 100 mesh
in disk pulverizer all samples up to two
pounds. The old way of taking a few
ounces from a sample and throwing
the remainder away is responsible for
most of the wide discrepancies in assay
results—not spotted ore. Another new
feature has been added to our office—a
double-deck muffle furnace, which en
ables us run our assays in duplicate, in
suring our customers of accurate and
reliable results. Will thank our patrons
to call attention to these facts, and it
will be a favor to us if you will tell your
mining friends Prices of assaying up
on application. What there is in It:
no more; no less.
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