Gateway
VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY KVKMNU, DECEMBER (>, NO. .>2
NEWSY LETTER
ABOUT NELCRINA
GOLD DISTRICT
Upturning to Knik fn m the Nel
china diggings to replenish Ids tuod
supplies, and just before starling hack
Noveinbet Is*. William Kdioti wrote
the follow ing newsy letter to J. I .
To 1 man, whom he had located, which
the Gateway is penni'ted to repro
duce:
“l expect to teach the diggings by
December 1. I have taken one load to
Moose creek. I have done t he assess
ment work on three of my claims and
one of yours, and will go right ahead
w ith the work as soon as l get back.
Now, as to your locations they are all
in good localities. A our claim on
ChicKiraun is No. - above. 1 hey have
found coarse gold within a quarter of
a mile from you, and 1 found the same
wash gravel in tlie creek two feet
down on your claim, but could not go
to bedrock, a> 1 ran into frost. 1 would
not exchange your claim there fot any
in the district, other than Discovery,
oue above and one below on A loert
creek, i will go right to work on the
line between your claim and mine on
Ni>. I above as soon as I get hack, and
expect tii have good pay by the time
Crit ge*s in. We have plenty of wood
right there to do the prospecting.
“Chick'tnun cr»*eK runs into t rooked
s.\ miles down from D ^c oery <»n A1
bert, at limber ire, so we are handy
to fuel. 'Hie No. b above on Fiat
creek l slaked tor you looks jus a>
gootl as any on l rooked creek, bo* is a
long ways from wood ami will have to
be summer work. Our h* acre b**nch
claim on t rookeii will he dei p ground,
perhaps !k> feet, but if there is a regu
lar run ol gold down Crooked we will
get it there, as it C where the eret I;
used to rur without a doubt,
n . v* your claim in Sleigh gUicb.
\\ hen t went there I found 1 below
slaked by Jens**n and Discovery oy
some one—I have forget ton the name
on Ni>. I ab* ve i found one stake at
the lower end. but no name on it. .At
the upper end there was one stake, but
no name, and there was no corner
stakes at all. I thought some oue was
just blanket ing it tor a friend, so l
staked it for you. When l got to Knik
l was told that Joe Hush was going up
to do the assessment on that claim and
l was accused of jumping ground. I
told them it they could show tue that
the ctaim was properly staked, that
would settle it. They brought two
men who said it was properly slaked!
So there >ou have it l am satisfied
there were only two stakes on the
ground and there was no name »n
either one. I hate to >ee you iuse it,
for l think it is good.
‘*We will be all right in a tent this
winter, as we can make a round trip n
a half day to Mm her, with the dogs,
from any place we wifi work.
“The thawer arrived all O. K. and
Crit and l will have a dump to wash
up on Chickimun creek in the spring.
Mark my word, J. C., you are in flic
coarse money* in these diggings, and
vou will see it for yourself when you
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come in in Die spring.
“Wm. M. Elliott.'*
A new telegraph operator arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Vroo*
man at J o'clock this morning. Dr.
Baughman, in attendance, repo; s
mother and child doing well.
Mr. ai d Mrs. W. S. Perkins will re
open Die Vienna cafe in a few days.
Lost - One 50 share stock certificate
Alaska Klectric Co. Kinder please r *•
turn to Samuel \. Silverman.
All those having bills against J. C.
Tolman, plea>e present same at once.
«5ee the beautiful Xmas Cards at
tiordon's.
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
•ranch. .___
Budweiser bear at the Braatb. *
THE RAVEN IS
HILARIOUS, AS
WELL AS WISE
Probably one of tlie best known
birds around Seward, says a local orni
thologist, is tin* raven. Black and
vers wise: familiar with all back doors
in town, and on speaking terms with
every dog and horse in the place,
their natural Ill arions disposition is a
source of constant amusement to tho>e
who watch their frolics, whether wor
ry ing some hungry dog or cake walking
about in the snow in one of their
noisy pow wows. When the glad days
of spring warm the air they gather in
(the tree tops and go through their
stunts of hanging on tw igs by their oil)
or suspended upside down by their leet
to siiddently release all holds and fall
apparently dead, almost to the earth
ihere to suddenly right themselves and
with loud croaks go soaring into the
air, possibly there to turn over on
their backs, glide down again at ter
rific speed, turning gracefully over at
tne end ot their flight—a sort of a “sky
larking" that few other birds attempt.
i*or birds, raveus live to a ripe oid
age, 4d tn 5o years, and uodoubt many
ot the birds we see hei e could give
even an old “’JSer" a few points about
the glaciers that he never heard ol.
Of ihe winter varieties of smaller
biros the JSnuw Bunlihg is probably
the test known. A darker bird with a
Cin siuntcoliar, often in flocks with the
while Miu" B rds is tne Lapland Lung
>pur, and above the limber line along
the wilder Hail one frequently sees
flocks ot Siberian Ku>\ Pinch, a beaut.
fu sp c e> ot chocolate and o.d rose
co.or. Alaska has three kinds of
Chickadees, .Lung*bd*ed, iiudsunian
auu t hestnul-backed. 1 wo kinds ol
Ked Poll, little brown birds with
brtgh: ruby crowns that truvgl i** big
flocks; aiso Hie odd t rossbiiis w .ose
mahdioies cross at me lip chaining
them o tear a; at I the p»ne coin s uo
: which lin y feed. V\ e have here, too,
the haunt u-racked yellow crowned
woodpecker w nose chief claim to dis
tinct.oh is tne fact of being the only
bird having but three lots iu a fool,
lie seems to gel mere just the same
for i he old tree stumps f .iruLh a grud
s ake the year around.
Owls ol naif .a dozen species occur
from f he Groat Grey with a four-loot
spread to the demiiidtive little Pigmy
Owl no larger than a sparrow.
MEASLE EPIDEMIC
IS WELL IN HAND
Fifteen deaths ill Afognak, eight at
Karluk and seven at Seldovia, is tlie
record lott by the epidemic of measles
which has been prevalent for some
weeks past. The situation now, ho«w
ever, i?> well in band, reports L)r. 11. O. ■
Schaieben, of the bureau of education, j
who returned on the bora from it trip :
of investigation and aid to the afflicted, j
Dr. Silverman of Kodiak was placed j
in charge at Afognak, to render medi
co aid and fumigate the settlement.
Dr. Schaieben attended the victims
at Set do via and fumigated that settle
meat.
The revenue cutter which brought,
medical supplies has sailed south
bound. i
F. R. Brown, lessee of the Apollo,
mine at Fnga, and Miss Brown, his
daughter, were arrivals on t lie Dot a.
’r" r “ - T - "
N. \V. Johnson of Fnga arrived on
t he Dora.
Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that last forever at $7.
Commerce Cafe
Meet me at the Branon
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Community silver, Sheri ton. La Rose j
and De Luxe patterns. George the
Jeweler.
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MILLIUNS AKt
EXPENDED ON I
EXPOSITION;
San Francisco, Nov. 1 >. Correspond
ence Up to and inclusive of August
;;i, ini.J, the cash receipts of tin* Pan
ama-Pacific International Imposition
company amounted to more than $(i,
000,000. The expenses to that date}
amounted to less than $»».00o,000, ami i
investment expeudtiures tol*s |
leaving a cash balance on band of $1,
279,2t>4.b4. The actual present availa
ble atsets of the exposition company
aggregate $11,978,811.50. It wiil re
quire about $12,000,000 more to com
plete the work, and the actual net as-j
sets amount to this, without consider-1
ing the sums to be derived from con
cessionaries, ‘interest on money in
bank and receipts from clivers pre-ex
position operations.
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Mote than 0,1*00 applications have
been received for amusement and
other concessions at the Panama-Fa
citic exposition in 1915. One hundred
accepted to date involve a total expen
diture of about $7,090,000. More than \
7,000 people will be employed in the!
concessions district, and the total ,
amount to be invested in amusements!
in 1913 will probably aggregate $12.. !
DOO.OOO. Among the most important
concessions will lie the “Grand Uanyon
of the Colorado," a working model of
the Panama canal: naval submarines
in operation; “Utvation," based on the
lirsi chapter of Genesis; “Toyland, a
■reproduction of the famous city of
Nuretuhurg, Germany: “rue anu
Sword" or the fall o? Adrianople: an
i ice palace: *Tot’iy-Niner s t amp.
“Mohammed's Mountain, a ‘ hme-e
i City, and oi hers.
More organizations and societies
have decided to hold congresses in
Sin Francisco in 1915 than at any
i other exposition at a corresponding
time before its opening. Up to Octo
ber 1.1, 1912, 175 such conventions had
been arranged.
Inhibitors at the Panama Pacific
exposition may have their exhibits de
livered right on the ground from car
or ship. The exposition lias its own
freight ferry slip, which may be en
tered by ear llu;'t>. bearing the cars
with exhibits. The cars may then lie
taken to tho desired hu Iding over the
rails of tiie exposition s standard
gauge rail" iv system. The exposition
has also its own harbor and dock*,
where ve>*els from all parts of the
w n Id may moor and discharge cat
goes. No trans-shipment will be nec
essary from time of lirst loading on
car or ship.
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MIISHER FREEZES
BOTH BIG TOESi
_
George Baker, a well known sour
dough Alaskan, who recently arrived
h**re from the Iditarod, and who had
his big toes badly frozen on the way j
out, had the injured members ampu
tated hv Dr. Bomig, of the Pioneer
h spital. He is getting along nicely
and will be able to depart for the states
on the Northwestern.
Soon after departing from Iditarod
City, Baker was caught in a severe
blizzard. For thirty-six he was out in '
the storm, without food or shelter.
II - was met on the trail by George;
Riley, who took him to a roadhouse!
and aided him on the way to Seward.
Sourdoughs and chechakos, you
are Invited to the Commerce Cafe.
Service every hour in 2*.
Meet me at the Branch *
Field glasses at J. L. Graff’s. *
NIFTY GIFTS
ON SALE AT THE
BIG WHITE STORE
My reference to the advert isemwit !
appearing today, it will he seen that I
tin* iiig tirm of Mrown Hawkins is
offering some nifty >elee'’uns suitable
lor i hrislmas r< membrane s: The
Iht inelnoes numerous articles both
hiir||!\ useful and comfortable, ami it !
would be (jiiite impossibh to choose a
gift more appn priate, or that woo’d
be more highly regaided than a s» -.
lection from among these offerings.
The tirm of Brown & Hawkins, en
gaged in a general mercantile business)
in Seward, presents a striking illustra- j
tion of the truism that strict attention ;
to business, fair and courteous treat- i
ment topairons, wide-awake and pio- !
gressive methoiis are attributes that !
make for success. And this applies ,
with equal force Jo any business or f
calling in life.
In the year 19o3, soon alter the town’s j
birth, Brown A: Hawkins established a
store in Seward. The stock of goods
was housed in very modest quarters.
And it didn’t require much room to
store the modest assortment of goods
offered for sale. But it did not take ;
long before the progressive young men !
composing the firm, both of whom had j
had prior mercantile experience at,
Nome and other Ala-kan towns, to
brand) out and enlarge, until today j
they possess one of tin* tinest mercan- j
tile Mores and carry one of the largest !
stock-* of goods of any like establish
ment in all Alaska.
From he \ei*y tirsi tie* business
venture proved a success, a id the sub
stantial growth that has attended the
uu-ivan iIe establishment throughout
the varying years of ifs existence is
the logical outcome of the applicstvon
# ,
i.i sound business judgment and a de
sire to keep abreast of tin times.
There is no more w idely or* favorably
known mercantile establishment, in
Alaska today than that of Brown &
Hawkins.
In Honor of firs. Sexton
The lift ieth birthday of Mrs. George
Sexton was the occasion fora delight
ful surprise party in her honor, given
at the Coleman House parlors last
last night. About twentv friends were
p *esent. A dainty glassware set was
presented to the highly esteemed lady.
Bridge whist was indulged in until the <
midnight hour, when a luncheon con- j
sisting of clam chowder, crackers ami i
cotTee was served. i
Big Feed Called Off
Yesterday the Gateway stated that |
George Phelps, of the Seward News
company, proposed to treat the boys to
a dainty fruit cake which he wo® at a
rattle. But the promised big feed is all
olT, due to the fact that some hungry
fellows, who happened to see the de
licious cake in the store, swiped it
while George was not looking. George
says he knows who got away with it.
Inlet flerchant (lets Sore
An inlet merchant not noted for his
hand write, recently sent in an order
fjr two hundred cases of a certain!
b *and of cream—milk, it is now called i
under the pure food law. He wished j
it to come in quart cans, and that’s;
what he tried to write In his order.
When the “cream” arrived, the whole
lot was in gallon cans, much to the dis
gust of the merchant.
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The steamer D( ra arrived here
this afternoon.
Frank Roycr'oft came iu lastevenii g
from mile 29.
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Three meals for One Dollar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Ice creepers and ice skates at J. L.
Graef’s. __
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
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ORGANIZES A
BIG COMPANY
Tin London Mail publ Mies on
the I* i11;111<-i,t■ page under the head of
“new i»u<\“ ’ }n int»-fM*st mg a.iet
merit of tin* Un-nation and promotion
()t the N'»rt h W« >1 Corporation, deal
ing v. ith extensive plae**r> in the Klon
dike, of which A. N. C. lYeadgold has
he‘*n the organizing spirit, and i> now
the managing director. It also an
nounces Mr. Treadgohi's long time fi
n itieia! associate, M. II. Orr-Kwing, as
one of the directors. The properties
lit* within fill \ miles of Da wson, n ost ly,
it not entirely, on the Indian rivet*
slope uf the divide, and include Domin*
inion. Sulpl u**, Indian river, Quart/,
and other rich tributaries. The state
ment in the Mail in full follows:
New issue, issued for public informa
tion only, particulars of the North
West t ’orporat ion.Limited: capital, £l,
ovJO.OOO, in shares of ill each: issued, or
under contract to he issued, £1,200.000;
to provide cash for working capital,
£200,000: held in reserve. £100,000.
This company has be* n f« r md to ac
quire and work as one concern about
To miles of pay-channels out of the 120
miles which constitute tin* best known
and most productive pa rt of tin* Klon
dike goldfield in the Dominion of f an*
ad a.
These pay-channels were discovered
in lsb", and were extensively worked
in the “cany days” (frnm 1897 to 1903)
by hand methods and have already
produced nearlv jt40.000.0UU from the
comparatively small proportion worked.
Dv very primitive method* and with
i out the assistance o. excavating mach
ine r\ t he “old t in **t>“ or “sourdougnc
won £9.000,000 *>f gold from spots scat
:ered over a bo. t x • -t < »ntieth of the.
! total area* now conM’oWed by he N rt li
'West Corporation. How primitive
and imperfect these method were can
he*t be gathered from the fact that in
the parts of the field rewoi ked by mod
ern methods. where Hu* “old timers'’
recovered about £400.000 per mile,
! there has been recovered by modern
j methods an additional £300,000 per
I mile—much of it from ground already
worked not only once but twice by
these “old timers.'*
Mr. Treadgold was instrumental in
s lectlng the properties for and in or
ganizing the two other highly suc
cesssul companies namely:
The Yukon Gold Co. (now controlled
by tie* Messrs. Guggenheim of New
York), and
The Canadian Klondyke Co. which
owns three-eights of the field and are
already treating between them 15,000,
000 cubic yards annually at anet profit
of £700,000 yearly. The balance of
five-eights of the field he has now suc
cessfully consolidated for the North
West Corporation.
Dr. H.O. Schaleben, of the bureau
of education, was a returning pass
enger on the steamer Dora. He has
been aiding in the medical relief ten
dered the tneasle victims, under the
auspices of the government.
Frank Cotter, of the Miners Store,
has a stock of double-healed sox, which
he calls the Hayden patent.
Crit. Toleraan, Frank Whitney and
Henry Dohrrnan departed this morn
ing, enroute to the Nelchina.
The steamer Northwestern, enroute
t) Seward, sailed from Juneau, via
Ska^way, at G o’clock last evening.
Tlie launch Alaska sailed this mom
ini', returning to Cook inlet.
Bread for sale —10c a loaf or 12 for
$1. At Commerce Cafe
Sleds for boys and tfirls; sleds for
men. At J. L. Graef’s. *
Lonj' distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *