^ let there be light j
on your pathway home at night. To
provide that light come to me for the
best lantern in town the kind that
don't blow out. 1 also have the best
skinning knives, rice little curved Ones,
warranted blades.
o _. BROWNELL J
Contract for tpiscopal Structure
will be let Soon for Immedi
ate Work.
I«- 1 ,vo !• , :i drawn for tho Kpis
V,oh iivlibv Aivhitiot W. .1. Stone, j
fisted by F. A. Butwell. who was an
arenitect for several years between his
te st and second t* • ms in the newspaper
business. Mr. Bat wed is an expert
draughtsman are has Wen assisting
Mr. Stone on several building plans
while acquiring information for the
immigration bureau of the Alaska
I’entral liuilway tAunpany. of which
he is in charge.
The tracings of tie- church plans
* »..• complete In a '’W days, and the
contract wilt he et as soon as Kev. F.
t . Taylor returns to Seward from
Valdez.
The sketches as far as any have heed
developed, are essnitia!ly ocnlesiast io;i 1
the church Wing cruciform ist plan,
ti e main IkhIv or nave Wing' LSx-to feet.
The choir and -teristy are partly a
continuation of t u* «arne roof line and ,
the vestry and ibrary kerve as the
equivalent of the transepts as they
would appear it a more pr< t» ntions
ediflO.
The spaee technically oecupied by j
the choir is 12x1 » feet and the recess j
for th>* organ is taken from the space ,
allotted to the liarary. At the rear of i
the choir is the sacristy, !*xl*> teet. in
si/.* and separated from tin* choir by a
neat railing. The altar is against the
rear wall and tin space above is pierced
by a trinity window. The choir is
raised three steps above the floor level
of the IkhIv of tin church and tin
sacris'y is one s ep above the choir
floor le\el. The abar is still three,
steps above the sa’ctMsiy floor.
Seward’s most pre’*. ntions religious ^
edilice is to he developed along Gothic
lines, the early Fngiish forms of point-,
eii Gothic having W* n chosen a« most ;
appropriate for execution in wood, and
a> far as possible the style will he car
ried out. The high pitched roof, with
A tneled ceiling, ami the buttresses |
marking tin* location of the trusses be* |
ing entirely consistent. The outride;
of the building is to be shingled down
to the water table line ami a high
lantern Wlfry is located on the main ■
ridge of the roof directly above the !
choir. Gothic detail will mark the
interior treatment of the church and
the casings, wainscoting, rearodos
screen, pulpit and lectern will all he in
harmony with tW prevailing idea. In
the basement wiP he located a lecture
room, gynniasii m. choir room and
rooms for guild entertainments. It i>
intended to heat the Wilding by a
furnace. The >cw capaeity will be
about -‘H».
Late arrivals in Nome from the Ko
buk river country state that two large
outfits are now s uicing on I>abl creek,
a tributary of*h© Kobuk. and both ar**
taking out g'ood ;*ay.
Lot for rent or lease. Mrs. Stull.
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WORK BEGINS
ON PIPE LINE
Butler Brothers Will Soon Bring
Water from lowell Creek to
Generate Power.
Butler Brothers began digging tbOj
treir»’h fifr th'eir V.ator pipe line!
.hrough town Wednesday. “it will :
extent! down Jefferson street from
Lowell creek canyon toSeVenth avenue,
where the buHlding for the electric
plant will he erected. Men began j
working below* Fourth avenue and the
job of digging the trench tltrov gh town
w ill not require many days. The pipe
will come on the Bertha or the Pirigo.
The total length ot the line is to be
a mif and a half. Nearly l.oftn feet
of rtuni* will he laid from the source
of'?hi wat**r supply, and the remainder
of tlu line, about T.OOo feet, will lie1
pipe, under ground. The lumber for
tin’ fume has been hauled up the
canyon. Mid the work of building the'
flume wd! soon he in progress. The;
entire tl.sk of constructing the line!
will h» pushed steadily in order to com-'
ph to it and have the electrical plant
in operation before winter.
As stated some time ago the Butlers'
will unitt their interests with those of
the S< ward Lighting Company and one i
company will he formed to supply both j
light and power bV jclectrieity to all i
part' of S'ward. For t he present the 1
dynamo in tie plant of the Seward
Lighting 'Company will be tired, as it
is large enough to generate all t L«
electricity which the town will require I
for a year o< two.
The entire plant will he installed in
a new building to be erected this fall1
at the corner of Jefferson street and
Seventh avenue. This building will be
.‘to by <50’feet. It will be built partly
of native lumber, but the heavy tim
ber' will b of Puget Sound fir.
Tlu wot k of laying the pipe line,
including th- digging of tin- trench,
the construction of the flume and the
building for tile plant will require a
large force ot men, as the work will he
rushed with tin utmost speed.
A large quantify of new machinery
w ill he installed in the now building,
and when the plant is ready for opera
tion it will be thoroughly equipped
with the most modern devices for the
generation and distribution of electrical
light and power.
SHINES TROM PIKE’S PEAK
Searchlight. Illuminates Region
For Many Miles
The greatest searchlight on earth
flashes each night upon the summit of
Dike's Peak. Possessed of twice the
power of Ights carried by great battle
ships and built upon a track twelve
!Vet in circumference, with rotating
i contact, this marvelous light will fall
upon th** Kansas-Colorado s'ate line,
i the Koval (Jorge. Denver and the
Cripple ("reek gold fields. It- light
will cam twenty-eight miles through
the jagged hill country of the Knckics
To accomplish this it was necessary
to build t*n electric light station upon
Dike’s Deak, which involved the seem
ingly impossibletask of constructing a
gasoline eng'ne which could be ope rat
tle a* that altitude. Master Mechanic
David done- overcame this difficulty.
He fleered that an engine, like hitman
lung-, needs inure air, a- the atmos
phere b* come- rarer, and lie planned
<>:ie which accentuated the air-ojHMierf
to an adequate degree. The unique
eng*nt works splendidly and the high
est electri*- light plant in the world
is now in ope no ion.
Tike a bath at Could and Connors.
FOR RFNT Handsomely furnished
rooms in f ho new Carstens building.
Mrs. Walton at Moose Cabin cafe. *
The Mssioit of the Seward Union
Sunday School will bo held in the read
ing room on Fifths avenue, at 10:4’> a.
^ m.. until further notice. All are cord*
j'iaHy invited to attend.
WANTS MEN TO fARM
Alaska Offers Opportunity to Ti!
Iprs of the Soil.
“What Alaska needs is immigra
tion.” said I’rof. C. Ceorgeson, sup
erintendent of the Alaska agricultural
experiment .suit io’ns, Thursday while
the F.xeelsior, On which In is return
ing southward, was lying at the dock.
••It wants agricultural immigrants.
The mint rs come in themselves, hut .
meh who till the soil must he hunted
*>P
“The kind of agricultural immi
grants Alaska wants is men bred in a
similar climate. Finlanders would be
hest. The climate 6f Finland is very
similar to that of Alaska, and while* it
may not be generally known, Finland,
lving between the sixtieth and sev
• . |
entieth parallels of latitude, is chiefly
an agricultural country. It has no
mines of any consequence*. Bv agri
culture almost alone it supports 2,1SiH).
000 people. ^Thesetue mostly on an
area of abont '*0,000 square miles, for
the remainder of Finland's 150,000
square* miles is nearly uninhabitable.
“Alaska is four times as large as
Finland and has as large a proportion
of tillable land It. should have a
great agricultural popnlatidn. It
doubtless will have in time, but no ef
fort seems to be in progress now to
bring settlors here. A few years ago |
a delegation of Icelanders came toj
Alaska in search of a more hospitable':
region than their bleak island. They]
were looking fora place to settle fi j
large number of Icelander*. They lik- i
i
ed Alaska very much, but American .
land laws made it impossible for them
to obtain homestoods for their people
before they could take out first papers j
for naturalization, and they went to
Canada instead.
“The North.western British pro-1
vinces are getting a great deal of de- j
sit able immigration which would devel- ;
op Alaska, and it i.-; important that j
steps should Ik-taken to turn part of
the tide this wav.”
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USED TO CLOSE CALLS
Victum of Matanuska River Ad
venture Has Queer Record
T. }'. Murdock, who became so badly j
frightened when his partner. Fred)
Smith, fell front their raft and drowned
in the rapids of the Matanuska river |
that lie took to the woods and finally j
appeared at Knik Arm half-starved and ]
half-deine'tited, seetns to have been ac
customed'to harrow escapes, according
to the Valdez New*. The News says
he gave the Tacoma chain gang the
■dip in order to come north and acquire
wealth in mining.
Murdock seems to be a von conscient
ious individual, althrough the men to]
whom he told his story at Knik Arm ]
think he drew largely upon hisimagin-j
at ion in relating his ailvent tires. Never
theless he is so honest that after he
reached Valdez lie wrote a letter to
the chief of police of Tacoma from
Valdez, saving that lie was about to de
part for the interior of Alaska to make
his fortune and would be gone three or
four years but on his return would
call at the city hall in Tacoma and pay
his line. He had been given lifteen
days for carrying concealed weapons.
Murdock claimed that he was eight
days reaching’ Knik Arm from » 1h*
place where the raft overturned. This
is near the mouth of Hicks creek and
i is rather less than seventy-live miles
I from Knik. He walked to the mouth
of the Chiekaloon, about eighteen
miles, ami then confiscated Frank
Watson’s boat and in it came to Knik,
about tift v-th e miles. As the current
1 is swift b*- should have made it in a
few hours, lie claims however, to have |
rowed against tin* current all the way ;
to keep the boat from going too fast.
SEWARD CHURCHES
Rimscopai, Rev. F. ('. Taylor in
charge. Holy <’ommunion at 8 a. m. :
Regular services a» 11 a. m.and8 p. m. j
(’ATHOLIP CHUftdl OF THK HESUK
KKc rit corner of Adams and Fourth;
Rev. 1*. H. Turnell. S. .1,. in eharjje.
Holy Mass and sermon at 10 a. m: Sun
day school at 2:1*0 p. m: Evening ‘ser
vice and lecture at 7 p. m. On week
days Holy Mass at 7 a. m.
Methodist Episcopal Rev. L. II.
IVdersen, pastor. I'reach iny until fur
11her notice every Sunday evening at 8 j
! o'clock, proceded by "20 minute son;;;'
service.
RIDLEY'S BEST
MAPLE SYRUP
This Syrup is warranted not to sutmr
j ■» or sour in any eliumle. For sale at
Square deal restaurant
GEORGE RIDLEY. Proprietor
AND _
S U P P L I E S
A large line always on hand. A pleasure to show yon
our new goods at tiny time. See our display window
THE OWL DRUG CO. StWARD and VALDEZ
STOVES AMD RANGES
Wholesale and Retail
TIN, BRASS AND SHEET STEEL WORK
JOBBING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
;;<■) |o WihchAstAr Killos. Axes, Saw*
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Large Assortment 0( Tents. Granite and Tinware
J. L GRAEF
I ACCOMMODATIONS STRICTLY FIRST CLASS I
Rates 50c to $2.00 per day
WILL A. McNEILEY Proprietor |
Konrni avkm*k skwakd. Alaska I
I BAY CITY MARKET
whoi.esat'k anV) ukVarr. dkalkus in
fresh Beet, PorK, VeaS and button
Hams, Bacon and Lard Constantly on hand
Small & Glasbrenner
'IHELOUVR
ElD$ON & DOBSON, Proprietor!!
A Gentleman's Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth n,n(l tVnf-hinkton streets_jicwiml, Alaska
j ASHLAND HOUSE
AND BANK SALOON
j Wines, Liquors and Cigars First-class Furnished Rooms
Fourth Ave.,Opposite Alaska Contra! Commercial Co.
* Restaurant in connection. WALLACE & THOMPSON, Proprietors
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Board of Trade
Fourth avenue', - • • * Seward, .Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furtiished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. F. V. THOMAS, Prop.
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FURNISHED ROOMS
Wo Purchase Gold Dust at Regular Ratos
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
T C HALE President C. E. DICKERMAN. Vice-Prcs.
BANK Or SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits r»u> and sell exchange, foreign and domestic: buy gold
dust tind bullfcn make collections. All business committed to our care will
receive prompt end careful attention.
Vour Business is Solicited _ __
Chas. Crawford
General Blacksmithing
and Horse Shoeing
Sixth and Washington Sts.. Sewat'dyAla