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SEW VKD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST ft, 1915.
The meeting of the business men last evening and the one coining this
evening had ami will have to solve the manner in which city expenses are to be
cut down. It has been suggested that the salaries of city officials and the I
improvements on the school building ought to be curtailed. There is nothing
in the world that a man wishes less to oppose than improvements in any
thing connected with the work of education. Education of the coming genera- '
tions is infinitely more important than any conceivable consideration but very
often this very fact is used to insist on unecessary expenditure or, rather, to
compel opponents of suggested school improvements to keep quiet. As to
salaries, it must be said again, as the Gateway said soon after the present
council began its life, that the present body began its existence by raising
the salaries that they might aid political or personal friends. This paper
threw out the warning then but the council answered by declaring their
despicable and laughable war on it.
The Gateway said on April 27, about three weeks after the present
council took office:
“The new city council is going pretty strong. The financial conditions
of the city hardly warrant a change from the “close” to the generous system
inaugurated with the new council. In looking ahead the council may not see
now the many absolutely necessary expenses that have a peculiar way of
coming in view in all cities. The way may look clear ahead, but, lordy, any
city council in the world w ill tell you that the expenses expected are nothing
to the ones that were not expeced.”
At that time the Gateway had said nothing against the council but it be
came evident that the city finances were in danger and the paper, after ex
periences in other towns where the lack of knowledge of conducting muni
cipal affairs on the part of untrained or incompetent councilmen had caused
disaster, found it necessary to utter a warning. Hence the hostility to the
Gateway.
In the issue of April 28, the following issue to that from which the above
quotation is taken, this paper also drew attention to the danger. Some peo
ple said then it was prompted by unfriendliness. As a matter of fact the
council was then only some three weeks in being. But let us quote what the
paper said in that issue of April 28 and see how much of the prediction was
true:
“The salaries of the city council were raised Monday night to an extent
that adds about five thousand dollars a year to the city’s expenses. That
item alone means that an income twenty-five per cent greater than the in
come of last year w ill have to be secured. It is most likely that this increase
of income will be secured and everyone hopes that a far greater increase
w ill be obtained, but the question is whether the increase will meet the in
crease of expenditure now promised.”
Another quotation from the same editorial says:
“Now, if the city spent some eighteen thousand dollars last year with
out the eleven thousand dollars for lots and rise in salaries it would mean
that the expenditure for this year, without any further extraordinary ex
penditures, would be nearly thirty thousand dollars. Added to this will be
an increase in the school expenses with an increase in the pupils, and added
also will be the expense of the street improvements which have already been
decided upon.”
This editorial concluded with the words:
“They (the councilmen). no doubt, are perfectly honest in their desire
to do what is right hut it is well for Seward to have its attention drawn to
what might possibly lead to embarrassment in the future.”
Thus the Gateway predicted what has come. It is a pity the taxpayers
did not see it then, but let us hope all will yet come out well.
RAILROAD START IN
TANANA JULY, 1916.
FAIRBANKS.—When will the act
ual construction work on the railroad
start in the Interior? That question
has been of interest to everybody in
the Interior ever since the railroad
bill was passed, and Thomas Riggs,
Jr., gives the most satisfactory an
swer received yet. He says that the
work will start as soon as possible
next spring, but it is possible that it
will be delayed until July 1, the com
mencement of the fiscal year.
This year, on the coast, it is the
policy of the Alaska engineering com
mission to let the contracts to small
men financially, and where possible,
[ to groups of from five to twenty men.
On the coast, this method was put in
operation a short time ago, but the
commission is not able yet to deter
mine whether or not it is to be a suc
cess. If it proves as successful as the
' members hope, the same plan will be
adopted in Fairbanks next summer,
according to Mr. Riggs.
In this way the government serves
two purposes. It gives the money to
poor men, and it also saves the gov
ernment the big contractor’s neces
sarily large profit. The commission
assists the contractors, as far as pos
sible, in getting machinery, etc., and
does everything possible to push the
work as rapidly as possible.—Fair
banks Times.
With the synod of the Yukon
diocese in session at Dawson this
! week the spirtual welfare of that
place should be well looked after. We
can remember the time when, if the
word, “diocese” had been mentioned
in Dawson, some fellow would have
inquired if it was played with cariTs
or dice. Now they probably even
know what “synod” means.—Ex.
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The season for Ptarmigan, ducks,
grouse opens September 1, not Dec
ember 1 as a slip made it appear
some days ago.
WHEN HUNTING
for shoe satisfaction, follow the well
beaten trail to our door. “Walk
overs” are what you want. We sell
them. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First.”
For Sale
I Goose-Neck Truck
I large Sawdust Wagon
I Two-ton Open Wagon
Priced low for quick sale.
All in splendid condition.
Call or write.
BOOTH FISHfRItS CO..
Seattle, Wash.
NEW STOCK JIST RECIEVED
SIEIN-BLOCH SUITS SCHCENBRUN SUITS
New Fall and Winter Suit Samples
Fall Stvle Shirts New Neckwear
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Hardeman and Stetson Hats
Autumn Weight Silk Socks—Special 50c
Suit Cases Hanot Bages Grips Telescopes
fall and Winter Ian Shoes
COMPLETE LINE OF
Filson Cruiser Shirts Buckingham & Hecht Amy Shoes
Medlicott Underwear Felder Shoe Pacs
Neustadter Bros. Shirts Crossett Shoes
Duxbak Clothing Chippewa Shoe Pacs
HIPRESS BOOTS AND RUBBER PACS
GOLD SEAL RUBBER BOOTS AND PACS
BULLS EYE RUBBER BOOTS •
TENTS TARPS WAR BAGS PACK SACKS
QUILTS BLANKETS PILLOWS BEDDING
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adms 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
Serial No. 01816.
DEPARTMENT OF TIIE INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Juneau, Alaska, July 12, 1915.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That L. A
Pederson, a cltiren of the United States, over
the age of twenty-one years, and a resident
of the State of California, and whoso post
office address is Number 95 Market Street,
San Francisco, California, and doing business
in the Stuto of California and in the District
of Alasku, and elsewhere, under the firm
name and style of "BRISTOL BAY PACK
ING COMPANY", has this day tiled in this
office his application to purchase, under the
provisions of an Act of Congress, approved
May 14, 1898 (30 Stnis. 409) as umended by
an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1903
(32 Stats. 1028), that ccrtuin tract of land
situated on the East side of Kvichak Bay,
near Cuih* Suworf, in the District of Alaska,
described as U S. Survey No. 1020, and more
particularly described as follows, to wit :
Beginning at Corner l M. C. of said sur
vey, in I.at. 58 deg. 44 min. 58 sec. North
and Long. 157 deg. 5 min. 08 sec. West, at
line of mean high tide on the bench on the
East side Kvichak Bay, from which corner
U. S. L. M. No. 915, hears N. 0 deg. 41 min.
40 sec. West, 26.17 chs. distant, and witness
corner to said Corner 1 M. C. bears East
1.79 chs. dist.; thence East, Vnr. 21 deg. 30
min. East. 1.18 chs. to hank 36 ft. high from
which Naknek Point bears S. 6 deg. 28 min.
W. approximately 2 miles distant; 13.44 chs.
to Corner 2 M. C.; thence South. 19.32 chs.
to Corner 3 M. C.: thence West 10.84 chs. to
Corner 4 M. C., at line of mean high tide on
East shore of Kvichak Bay, whence Naknek
Point bears S. 9 deg. 18 min. W. approxi
mately 140 chs. dist. and witness corner to
said Corner 4 M. C. Ix*ars East 1.64 chs. dist.;
thence meandering along line of mean high
tide on East shore of Kvichak Bay N. 7 deg.
30 min. W. 9.60 chs. ; N. 6 deg. 54 min. W.
2.20 chs.; N. 10 deg. 04 min. W. 3.60 chs.;
N. 6 deg. 26 min. VV. 4.11 chs. to corner 1
M. C., the point of beginning, containing
23.45 acres
Any and all persons claiming adversely
said tract of land, or any portion thereof,
are hereby notified' that unless their 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 lx*
published for the statutory |x*riod of 60 days
in the Gateway, a newspaper of general cir
culation printed at Seward, Alaska, published
nearest the land applied for.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
First publication, July 24, 1915 ..
Last publication, Oct. 4. 1915.
SERIAL NO. 01788
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
June 22, 1915. '
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD
ENTRY BY ASS1GNE.
NOTICE OF 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, Shh Francisco,
California, as assignee of Joseph R. Harrlgan,
administrator of the Estate 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
ihe West ba,nk 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. West, and more par
ticularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning nt Corner No. 1 of said survey,
whence U. S. L. M. R. G. M. boars S. 40 deg.
07 min. W. 20.70 chs. distant, thence East,
var. 23 deg. 10 min. E., 3.00 chs. to corner
No. 2, meander corner at line of mean high
water on Kvichnk 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. 26
deg. 25 ndn. E. 7.20 chs.; N. 29 deg. 54 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 loaee of begin
ning. containing 11.14 neres;
As additional to Homestead Entry No. 144C
made August 26, 1865, by Kyhran Horan, at
Ionia. Michigan Land Office, for the S. % of
SE. Vi of Sec. SO, township 18 north, range
10 west, containing 80 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely said
tract of land, or any portion thereof, nr*
hereby notified that unless their adverse claim>
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 l>e pub
lished for the statutory jari**! 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, ai
assignee of Samuel Corby, being entitled to
the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the amend*
ments thereto, has applied to make entry ol
the lands embraced In U. S. Non-mineral sur
vey No. 1106 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 W. C. S. 1105 Cor.
1. bears South 2.52 chains dist.; Diamond
Point bears N. from wit. cor. 62 deg. 42 min.
W.; thcnco from true cor. No. 1 South 14.65
chains 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. 544 bears N.
5 degree 64 min. E. 89.39 chains; thence West
17.15 chains to cor. No. 3, an iron pipe sot
In ground marked S. 1105 Cor. 3; thence
North 11.96 chains to cor. No. 4, cor. not set,
wit., cor, an Iron pipe set in ground marked
W. C. S. 1106 Cor. 4 bears South 3.38 chains
dist.; thence meandering beach Naknek River
at ordinary high tide (l) N. 84 deg. 68 min.
E. 6.22 chains: (2) N. 83 deg. 45 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 acres. Variation at all corners 22 dog.
00 min. E.
Latitude 68 deg. 43 min. 17 sec. N.
Longitude 167 deg. oo min. W.
As additional to original homestead entry
of Samuel Corby, at Humbolt Kansaa, 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 days thereafter, or they will
be barred by the provisions of the statute.
PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES.
By Newark L. Burton, Its Attorney In fact.
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, April
30, 1916.
First Publication June 1, 1916.
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 newspaper to said above described
d.lm or ,urv,r. R WALKER> r,^.
NOTICE OF RECEIVER’S SALE.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION.
May C. Hansen, Plaintiff
against
The Skeen*Lechner Mining
Company, a corporation,
S— 66
and
Otto R. Hansen as the receiver
of the Skeen-Lechnor Mining
( ompany, a corporation, and
| Sol Silverman, Defendants.
Western Securities Company,
a corporation, Plaintiff
against
The Skeen»Lechner Mining Company
u Corporation Defendant
S - t»7
L. V. Kay. Plaintiff
against
Otto R. Hansen, Receiver for Skecn
1-echncr Mining Company, a corporation,
.-keen-Leeliner Mining Company u corporation :
Western Securities Company, a corporation,
May C. Ilansen, J. Lindley Careen, John
Dm and Richard Roe, Defendants. 1
S • 65 I
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a de
cree and order of sale duly made and entered
by the alKHe-namod court on June 12, 1915, Ht
the special June, 1916 term of said court, held
at Seward, Alaska, wherein and whereny rt
was directed that all the property of the clove
named defcndmii, the Skeen Lechner Mining I
Company, a corporation, and hereinafter
more particularly described, be sold at public
sale to the highest bidder for cash in separate
parcels as specified in said decree and order
nereinliefore referred to.
Tiie undersigned, Wayne Blue, receiver as
aforesaid, will offer for sale at public auction
in the Town of Seward, Alaska, on the 11th
day of August, 1915, at 11 o’clock A. M. of1
said day, all the proi*»rty of the defendant,
Skeen lgicimer Mining Company, at the front j
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
descrilied as follows, to-wit:
FIRST PARCEL.
That certain mining claim described as the j
“NORTH STAR” Lo<ie Mining Claim, siiuut- 1
ed in the Konni Mining Precinct of tho Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska, the loca- 1
lion notice of which is recorded in Book 5 of j
I-oca lions at page 515 of the records of said
Ki nai 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>c 1 V& in.
1 Va in. Power running cable,
2 kegs nails, 11 sacks cement, 1 Joshua
Hcndy Ro»*k Breaker with a plate 8Viixl5Va:
1 extra bucket and carrier; 15 feet V-l In.
iron rod, 12 in. bolts; 2 telephone Receivers
and Jack; 5 Lengths T rail 12-ft. 2 stamps
Joshua llendy Mill with 1000 lb. stamps and
mortar; one 2 stamp Nisscn Mill with Mor
tar; 1 large Lane mill; Concentrating tables;
copper 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 II. 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 J in. x5 No. Jaw
plates,
One 6 foot Fruvanner,
One Concentrator not set up,
One Fairbanks Morse Dynamo Type T. R.
No. 12182 adjusted for 250U it. 1*. M. Amal
gamating Plates, Lip Plates and Splash Plates,
also including that certain assay otlice, to
gether with all matters therein contained and
one portable Saw Mill.
SECOND PARCEL.
The second parcel shall consist of those two
ertain lode mining claims in said decree and
order of sale described ns given for security
for the payment of the sum of $25,000 and in
'erest as fully described and sot 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
tuarlz lode mining claim.
THIRD PARCEL.
There shall ulso be sold in the manner and
at the time hereinafter designated those cor
uin lode mining claims situated within the
t’hird Division of the Territory of Alaska, in
he Kenai Mining and recording precinct, the
same consisting of an undivided ten-thirteen
iis interest, owned by said Skeen-Lcchner
Mining Company, a corporation, in and to
said mining property, the same being com
monly known and designated as Col
umbia mining elaim, location notice re
orded in Book 2 of locations, at page 560, in
said Kenai mining and recording precinct;
,k*tty mining claim, location notice recorded in
itook o of locations, at page 558 of t he re
cords of said Kenai Precinct; Betty Extension
nining claim, location notice recorded in Book
. of Locations, of the records of said Kenai
recording precinct, at page 484 ; Falls mining
claim, location notice recorded in Book 4 of
Locations, at page 485, of the records of said
■venal rcording precinct ; and all of the Ore
gon Mining claim, location notice recorded in
■took 5 of locations, at page 515, of the re
cords of said Kenai mining und recording
precinct.
It is further ordered Hint any and all parties
U> this action have the right to purchase at
such sale, so to in* made, any of the property
hereinbefore described, at said public sale so
O be held as hereinbefore set forth, Rnd after
he payment of said costs, expenses and ad
vances in cash, may apply their said cluims
in payment of their said bids pro tanto.
A complete description of all the property
of said Skeen lA*chner Mining Company Is
ontained in that certain inventory filed by
)tto R. Hansen, then receiver, in the above
named court on February 18, 1915, in cause
No. S. 67, entitled Western Securities Company,
PlaintiiT, vs. Skeen Lechner Mining Company,
Defendant.
WAYNE BLUE,
. Receiver Skeen-Lechner Mining Company,
first publication July 9, 1915
Last publication August 12, 1916.
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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 (iasoline Engines
blacksmith Machines Air Compressors
Sheet Metal Works Hoists and Pumps
BOTH NEW AND USED MACHINES
FERINE MACHINERY COMFANA
SEATTLE
E,i?905h‘dCommerce Cafe1 w.,s
Dinner 1 1 a.m to 7 p.m
Short Orders at All Hours
s P eeial Chop Suey
and Noodle liven in^s
Private Boxes Open Day and Night
ALASKA tSSSSr «
Steamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern si
from Seattle at 9 p. m. the (>th, 12th, 18th, 24t
30th of each month tor Ketchikan, W rangell, Junea
Thane, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
ALAMEDA and MARIPOSA go to hnik Anchorage.
SANTA ANA leaves Seward 15th of each month for Lnalaska. and in May, June, Ji
and August she goes through to Nushagak.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, F.llamar,
Valdez, l-atouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5t
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Seward carries Explosives)
<3TRight reserved to change this schedule without notice"VJJ
F. B. TRACY, General Agent A. II. Me DON ALP, Ag«
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
Lang’s Ranges
I X L Parlor Heaters
Gasoline Stoves
Cook Stoves
Camp Stoves
Air Tight Heaters
Oil Stoves
Alcohol Stoves
Spark Plugs
Jump Coils
Batteries
Granite Ware
Alumicibra Ware
Asbestos
P & B Paper
Malihoid Roofing
Tar Paper
Deafening felt
Weather Strips
Gasoline
Gas Engine Oil
Marine Engine Oil
Valve Oil
Elaine Oil
Floor Oil
Linseed Oil
Cup Grease
Paints
Lacqueret Paint
Asphaltum Paint
Brushes
Varnishes
Turpentine
Japan
Denatured Alcohol
Coal Tar
Lamps
Lanterns
Tents
PHONE BLACK 4
Rifles
Shot Guns
Ammunition
Fishing Tackle
Giant Powder
Caps
Fuse
Bench Forces
Blacksmith’s Coal
Bellows
Wheel Barrows
Cutlery
Fire Clay
Fire Brick
Lime
Cement
Glass
Rope
Mercury
Seine Twine
J. L. GRAEF