kail way Officials »'a\ Induce litc
Go\ eminent to Build Roads
Up Slitisiietaa
By c*" • * # V.’'.' Bally 1 .1 ‘cv:ay.
Ktv»*
*•.11>. •
C;s*k:i. : . • > ' pur*
.sdv ; he i c •
const ruction of o\»! ’ m ;»t r i*
\’| i m >t t<» > • • 1 ■ h '
to Sew.-.: •' s.e - • am:
the railroad rout* :rr least a* tar it*
Knik. He may !> induced to expend
part of tire fund set apart for hr
Mus’ka road* on tire trail* propi *e
ktie interior from Kniic. Tire -Mask.:
Central r a* *entnnvi ■>. have an 1 -
point ment to meet Secretar y Taft le-xt
Monday to enlist hi* influent** in in •’*«*
of huildu.,' the trail* ’projected.
The hill to aid the Cotvlova Hay pro
ject hy a f tieral guaranty of the k-ter*
e-«t on its t«>n.l* w a- w ithdrawn rorn
i n t, r • : * hv cirirew F. I car lei h.
< ,|.W •■•■•Oidltee *. hr’ they v • re
the llou* *y fant in. of Ma>*achu>»*f!*
which pmvhe - for ‘foverntin n
wuarantv railroad bond-* in Alaska
generally to the < xter of about -"on
This i> approved by S. rvetar\
Taft. Speaks- Cannon and 1‘rc-uie .t
Koosevelt. anil there seems to U* a
strong prt>f«ihility of its na**aife. he
Hons • umnnt’.e
five it* advocate* a hearing
Ttlesda; . ft '<* pas*1 * it Hie ins «»vvrn*
merit aid to Ala*ka C. ntral am* to
Nome.
TO aw TOR
ALASKA ROADS
day a-k ■
it!-.. - . '
«ootvunl. » • > is 1 < eei i to
iruuk line and it is claimed that ii
roads ’.visit*"’* are now prop1 >-rd.
The House committee on territo *
mi«ueale- c<t go.• ruuieut subsidies for
Alaska im oat Is. ',£ Sn.vor It t. r
of Washington, who i- is crested in
the Alaska v A ntraU siateu that if aid
is given to o’. r Aa-ka itees h - ro:i<i
will a!>o ask to * in luded in tin list,
although it is now building without a
subsidy. If i-. expect' .; lha a favor*
ante rep.a * will be made on the subsidy
matter by the eoiumitt**** and that a
recoinmendation of aid for the Al ts-a
Central will included.
P. VV. SNYDtR TO B111D
Will Erect Structure Full Length
of Lot Just Bought
P. \V. Snyder will erect a building
the full length of the Fourth avenue lot
which he purchased yesterday Tom \\.
M. Sauers. The building will I" 2s x
ldO feet, one >tory high, and will b
equipped as a saloon and club rooms.
Work will begin at once upon the
structure but the inside equipment
will have to be obtained from Seattle
and the room will not In' ready for
occupancy until March 15.
It is Mr. Snyder’s intention to finish
the rooms in first-class style and to in
stall very handsome bar fixtures. He
will go out on the Bertha to buy the
material for the inside work and will
also have the front of the building
made in Seattle of expensive material.
The price paid for the lot was 12,200,
a new record for Seward realty. Last
October Mr. Sauers bought the lot
from Nelson Brothers for *2000. which
was also a record price.
federal Aid lor Alaska Railroads
Beaten but Cordova Bay
Asks Land Grant
Sy C.v k* *o T’uc X'ly Gateway.
Wa- * I), C.. Feb. 7 The bill ;
\ . i •• ivi'i'imrii subsidy for j
\ is . i: i‘ t.iI guaranty
- t- '.i' <•
iiuitif i* on t eifitories, tt ■
,v ; im' ':»* i*i*V I v . •!. \ud"OW F. : »tU'- I
lU stir i • Cordova Bay
i» o - >* v\ ill j. ■( par* another to be in
!V. ,. in ie ilouse a at homing th • |
_r:ai. >.f two M-etions of land for ter- ■
nenai" ;tl Cordova 15a y audit section of j
I'li. o. t.-a; of the interest guaranty
n i-i; \s n> accomplished by Kx-Seu
u , i . Turner of Washington
:.i: uth' f Alaska Central Hallway I
» out patty influences.
\rques for \id to Huilroads
Washington. P. C., Feb.il Feast us
11uwkins addre»ed the House eoiu
n'utee on territories today in support
. subsidies to Alaska railroads, par
: eularly the Alaska Knilroud. which
propos •> to build from Cordova bay.
Si LLS PROPERTY
ON fALLS CREEK
>rge Purcln s has sold the Seward
, on FaM creek lo F. l>. < lark of
i aneiseo, who took a hond upon
• :-t all. H« ■dates that Mr. Clark ;
;.--trill machinery on the property
>iL • .op it as soon as the snow is out
spring, which will he about
- My .
• •rice paid for the claim Mr.
: :c. , - refused to state. It is known
. that the original hond was
, ;o,ooo. 'Fhe promising- develop
ns on the Lane properties adjoin-;
iuj have enhanced the value of ail j
v that vicinity, and led M»\ •
» ... k to tt. Ik • a cash offer for a sale
os’t r r v. Licit Mr. Porches consider
od j< » i enough to accept.
’ - . < !ark is a California mining-man
: th and a good deal of ex- i
... • has also operuted in
. < i lo r California men are in- j
t we.ii ini in the Seward chum j
i \ !.,;v the money to work it
io: , ; )> worih.
W : k pr.vv vniing: steadily on the
B. tty eh' to. the original Falls creek
, iii-'-r tin direction of
y, - M. •Lr.rc. 'Fit • snow i> too
, , -. ; .(io uieeji w dt lie other claims
it a t};“ sj .i, “ at ie; *t four tunnel
v; .1 ;> f 11*v c. ■! ht ch ms of the
COM AND GRID TOGETHER
i' ospector Reports Discovery Net
Far From Ka .fishiv.t
.■u:ks. Ik Ik McGuire luts * -
i i: >■ front a u p and tell about
. i. •• i t* i ins a ;>r> ■<;> ctors' paradise,
.,v'.„■ , ttu-miners use coal to thaw the
. k lu.ti for heating and cooking
-i; ■ nd, it is but • ight f"et oil ; ;:
v. rac'cio <». drtn-k. From - to ■s' cents
•t pan was taken from gravel almost
an . piac . he says, and a large number
of miners have stampeded into tin*
It is along the upp* rTolanika river,
which empties into the Manana just
north of XVanan. and heads in an Alas
ka range.
it is between Fairbanks and the new
Kaatishnn diggings,, about 11" miles
from here.
The river cuts through mountain
•aages,.leaving vast ledges of anthra
iie coal expi sod. which burns freely
without clinkers.
Bount! for thr Gold Fields
Dr. K. 1. Green of Wranged left for
the gold fields in the Ml. McKinley
region this week. He is taking in
an outfit to last fifteen months. Dr.
Green says he does not expect to be
back much sooner than that, but that
not later than the Fourth of July, 1!»07
lie experts to ride intoSeward over the
Alaska Central with a barrel of gold
nuggets. He is an old sourdough and
say s he will stay until lie picks up a
bunch.
Joe Worley Goes to Valdez
Joe Worley of the local cable station
sailed for Valdez on the Bertha. He
goes to Fort Liseutn to re-enlist as his
present enlistment in the regular army
is about to expire. He will be back on
the next boat.
Gould and Harriman are both trying
to grab the same chunk of ground for
railroad terminals near the waterfront
1 in Oakland, California. . \
Section of Alaska Central raitrost
shoeing high viaduct on L
pictures-;s:e scei
Railroad Company Extends Pails
to Point Just Over Placer
River Summit
Track will belaid by tomorrow to
the winter terminus, which is just be
yond the three-quarter pole on mile hi.
This is just over the summit at the
he:t'i < f the Placet* river slope. and
ffutn the terminus to the tunnel. camps
and beyond a eood wajfon road is al
ready in operation, tHi 11»»road
freight can he ledded all win for r.
a downhill pub. s» that very lit*• le
power wilt he reqr.ired. to carry it from
the end of the track.
At the end et the track a lart'e
fret adit shi d and transfer slut ton will
he erected next week, i he iran-PT
station is simple a plat! e*m covered
with ;';'.:;vv ,Ut iWt'i'.! aWlj . '0.1 '
weather while await in? delivery t. th.c
camps beyond. The war house is for
the storage of y e i- no! ta*. rule*: on*
immediate Use h:;'. which r.r • rup.t: *u
to h k .*pt within cm.*, distance.
Windy Jim's movable man-don v ili
car»-h d 'the new terminus in a few
d > s m; > ti 'ter al. frei/lit will bo
transferred t iu r<*.
\\> .ken all the six tunnels e*. pro
ve' dine' rapid! . The r., ••••ml is I
it,'_r one "it mile (o and l .ichcc Harris
liv on tnde- ~:l and -V?. Work is pro
ceedin'.' a both ends e d the tunnels.
Tl. • lev ' * compressor '• >• tin* liieii «.V
Harris work, which came up on a lat"
boat. il he taken o;n in a few day-.
They already have a steam compressor
on one iunr;ei.
TO ERIXT LARlii CLOCK
Quinlan and Dubreille Will Build
North of Adams Street
1). J. Quinlan ami calm Dubreille
will build a two-story block on the lot
north of Adams street now partly oc
cupied by Mr. Dubreille s house, the
h-'U-- In on the rear of the lot and the
i,i• w baiidinjf will In* constructed from
tin >tr : eighty feet back. The
■-Troutid imor will be used for .-.tore pur
post s and the upper floor as furnished
rooms. Mr. Quinlan lias purchased a
halt interns: in the lot from Mr. Du
breille and the two will own the en
tire property together.
Mr. Quinlan came lu re recently from
Seattle, where lie owns the Dunsmore
hotei on First avenue, ile previously
spent several years i:i Alaska and in
the early days following the Klondike
discovery wa.i a deputy 1. S. marshal
at Sku^way. Dealing- with toujjh
characters there was no new experi
ence for him as lie had been for a lontf
time chief of detectives in Minneapo
lis. He has come to Seward to
make lar*re investments and will
probably buiid a bijr hotel.
To Build Tire Station
The committee appointed to equip a
volunteer lire department has decided
to build the lire station to house the
apparatus on the alley between Third
and Fourth avenues on the rear of the
lot south of Wagner's saloon. The hind
for the purchase of apparatus is now
about $2000 and the equipment decided
upon has been ordered from Seattle.
Duke Harris went out with the
Yentna statupeders on the train this
week. He has to spent two weeks
at Knik but will «,ro on to the gold dis
trict as soon as possible.
The British authorities find what is
known as the “Swedish drill” for fe
male prisoners a notable aid to health
and discipline.
fourteen miles north of Seward
cig curve with expanse oi
icry surrounding
Start in Company Over Railroad
for New Gold Camp oi
Interior
About thirty nun. twenty <lo*r- and
I'vnhe sleds started for tin.* Yentna
district this morning, via the Vltiska
('enir.il to tin* e"i;i 11' the track, brom
th:tt port tl; ‘\ will proceed. by the
a 1 pa ! i.i'Miiul tiie head of Turnn
Cain Arm tin'1, Kntk Artn to ‘shushetnu
stati a ami I: m (her * up the river to
• he w i: p are already a'tve
v. ith »>im -pf •: nrs.
A m i ■ a ir. of ; !■•* meu v. ho went out j
111inior::in;r wre employed on the
: ,i!.* •• i.:;tu llie; accumulated a
■ra '«■ .ake. (Min is prospectors
,| , haw sum n in tiie interior before
:ni ;k\ > three were men who lately
J rum lb- N'entru. All
. eP’T. !i siip.died witli out fits. Those
wi iurtift' unable to secure doys will j
pul f heir ov n sleds.
I :•». ties have t» “ell yoiny out i
to the sa i ■ t don fr en time to time j
fur a h. < Mimes are piunniliy to
yo in before :!».■ hr* ak-up. wiiich will j
he about .‘rail i. After that b will I
he almost hfpo- idle to through j
ur,;:’ • nt.ruerrs the elver will he lull j
')i floatin'!1 tee, brrrl;V:‘ t (e passjtjjt? of j
holds, •I’ d ’ >'.• ■ tj;, y „ ill he flooded ill !
: many pAr v.... the river banks)
are low. For at let's; a month niter!
til" thaw star;- rave! to the tippet*
VYutna vih u. almost impossible, j
•’or that n asoi a stampede for the I
1 next month and tt half vents to be :ts-j
| sun (1.
CHANCE: J Oit A HO-Vit
‘An American Widdow” Wants
to Come to Seward
I Mrs. .lostv I teay. “American widdow.”
| wants to come to Seward. She sent a i
j photograph and poster to the Seward
! post oilier to he plastered on tin* bulletin i
, hoard and Miss Cordon promptly com
! pli>d wit It the request. Mrs. llcay
I atlirms in her letter that she is “a kind, 1
i moral lady with Christian principles."
j Also a. competent dressmaker, milliner, i
j laundress, boardinghouse cook, and .>0 j
i years old. She is tired of Seattle and ;
wants employment in Seward.
Mrs. Reay does not mention matri-j
| mony but if any of the useless bachelors :
j of this town are looking for a home it !
is possible they might learn something
j to their advantage by addressing “this
j American widdow” at “11 eleventh j
I av» mie south, Seattle. That combi-<
| nation of numbers ought to be a hunch
j to a crap playt r. Mrs. Reayicomplains
that the photograph is a poor one. but j
j at least it shows her to be well-fed.
Begin Rasmussen Building
Construction of the Rasmussen build
ing on Fourth avenue between the
Commerce saloon and tlie Bank saloon
began Wednesday morning,and by eve
ning the lloor was laid. It will be a
two-story structure, 30x80 feet. The
ground floor has been leased to Dell
Clark for a saloon and the upper floor
will be fitted up as furnished rooms. 1
Tlie dance ball feature has been aband
oned since the death of Air. Rasmussen, i
IT. W. Ross has the contract and is j
rushing work with several men.
Gets Ninety Days for Theft
Arthur Walley, a cook at camp 11
on the railroad, pleaded guilty this
week to petty larceny from the
railroad stores and was sentenced by
Judge Hildreth to ninety days in jail.
Part of the stolen goods were recover
ed. Others had been sold.
COOPER CREEK
K nai Mining and Milling Compa
ny Will Soon Install Hydraul
ic Apparatus
i 1 idle in;cc*!tint t*y. • ■:j»• • an nose
Kiii* working tin* property ol t}»»■ heiuti
>!i- in C. >* ill*! g < '<mJ... -r. < -per
i ; <•, u :;i*« exoi-etcd i»y ’ lie olflri! of
tii- company on t In* < >reg<ra when tin*
! 1 -/ ste.imshiji arriv* • a bo." ! or air;
"1. Work will lit* prosecuted vigor
• !*, i,. tilt.* M'O'KTt'. as soon ; tin
!: (icaui*c puipment ran In* taken in.
Mauag a Fred Bryant has he n m
• •: two n.rntlis with several mi i at
i i*. liminary work. Cabins have heet!
hi.ill and ground cle-red when the hy
draulic apparatus will hf installed.
The men are now building a si.-. 1! saw
mill of suflieient rapacity to supply
lumber for the flumes which will he r<
paired as the work progresses. During
the coining summer operations will he
conducted not far from the lower end
of the creek.which is a little more than
live miles long from its source in
Cooper lake to its junction with Kenai
river.
Tests have shown that much richer
ground lies farther up hut as there is
no danger that it will run away the
company will work the more accessible
urea iirst. It will lie necessary to con
trol the water How to some extent be
fore the upper ground can la* worked
to the best, advantage as occasional
floods in the spring come down with a
resistles.- rush which would carry away
Huan*s. wiugdanis or tiny other artific
ial harrier.
To control this flow and prevent
Hooding a short canal will he dug
through a low reef which alone walls
in Cooper lake from a valley which
lies just beyond its upper end. 'Hie
canal will he dug deep enough to carry
away .surplus water in that direction
instead of permitting it till to run
down the creek. The lake lies be
tween two high mountain walls who <•
..! ,.-. ai*H covered each winter witd
immense deposits of snow. Wart
weather in tin* spring always drives
great torrents of water down the
creek, and the canal is designed to
divert this overflow.
'Phe company has thirty-two tints
extending from the lutyyih of the creel:
to the lake, and placer working*, and
igher tests have shown that the* pruvi 1
is rich throughout the who!- i *>■ ill of
the creek. Sluicing will)-. duMa. i.
f
ALASKA CABLES
Washington, !>•<'.. 'cl)..* r -:!■
department has ih eided not ' '< > •
the Alaska cab!' and tele/rath 1 in •«
the private company whh n ;-• ■
a long-time least' !f the gov- rnnn t.’
decides to go out of the t* iegraph busi
nfss it will sell the lines outright.
The operation of the Ala- a it lies
has been very satisfactory to the signal
service, particularly th ■ cal ties. It is
regarded as certain that Congress will
authori/.e tlie extension of tu ■ ealde
from Seward to Dutch Harbor '.his
summer.
REPORT RICH DIGGINGS
T wo Men Rock Out 118 Ounces In
Two Days on Valdez Creek
The Valdez Prospector states that
Pete Monahan and Jim Smith, who
made the big strike oti \ aider, creek
on the upper Shushetna, believe that
district will prove extremely rich.
From drift gravel which was carried to
water the two men rocked out 11s)
ounces in two days, or about $2000.
Monahan and Smith remained in the
camp last, fall with the intention of
thoroughly prospecting some of the
bench claims, and started work on the
rim of the bench on the right limit of
2 above. They drifted in on the rim
rock, which kept sloping upward until
they reached a place where it began to
flatten out, and there the rich pay was
found.
enough prospecting on other oenen
claims was done to satisfy tho men that
the good pay is in an old channel run
ning down the bench on tho left limit
of Valdez creek, from Roosevelt across
White Gulch to No. 10 above, where it
crosses Valdez creek and follows the
right limit down to No. '1.
This creek, as already told in the
Gateway, will be crossed at its lower
end by the main line of the Alaska
Central. It is about 1(50 miles from
Shushetna station.
Atlin twin children carried off first
prize at the Portland fair, from an
entry list of over 1,000 babies.
! Shows Increase of $.)37,C'N? ,vr
Year With Seward Fourth
Tov/ii in List
' II c<i pt S O r <i< I:.' ' eyilt IV,;.:
j all lhe towns of laska in (In*year !*■«••*
! showed a yain i i value ov. I A
. >.7o7.2’. . T I I
! v»in of ! • er 1" 1;
Isa1 ai> of dome- • < . .v! :u • -r • d
; into t he i Si l ie' i i'■ >■ > ' > is ' • • > 1 • •
Seward stood i cirt h ae ■ .
| towns in the vu i.- of met eh >. <
j ported in the !• > ; ' hr. it • r<e d- > •>!
j merchandise reached tie ••■I'l! *1
i 1,623. Non •• stood Mrs- 'eh
922,0*2; Fairbanks second wr.e -hot -
613; St. Midi 1 third with -1 ,‘»:i7.01 .
In IJI04 i in eap >rts a! N<>"<■
; I,,.t>S..72<>: Fail .inks h 'h'.'.i: a!
St. Michael »2,F2«>: at S< ward •2“h
690.
In 1!M)3 th. receipts at '■<'!?.<• w* • <
$1,726,242: at Fairbanks £33. >.79:
Seward iTI 11: at St. Micliael ..217..ii .
These I >ui- most important p
show the largest growth ii the \a'.
of imports since 1902. Nome alone <«!
the four occupied hiyh rank in li e
year. Tie* Increase of tratlle o' St.
Michael is due-mainly to the bevel.
ment < tie T.tnana dis* rict, which oil
tains much of iis supplies by way of
St. Michael and the Yukon river in tie
summer season.
Fifth in the total for last year and n
amount of increase since 19. w.,
Treadwell, tie1 ycat mile of I.huiy
island. Tile llynivs for tin* three yea: s
I It7 v.a-r. .239,077 : 625.770 -7M;..
>22. A Douglas, which is .'iven
arately. ihe lyuivs were >2.
$211,623 *261.75*.
Other Inrye towns are the followii y
June- u. :34'i,blh $5T>S,977 il!.24>
-itay..'ay. <543.711 $■>• 7.•> 1 ’ >.31':
j Ketchikan,$36o>36 r 1 ISA '- >,e'.’."i-o:
Valdez. $496,703 $371.'.*7: >435, f lo.
These figures arc from th- annual -> -
| port of Clarence L. Hobart. colb t-•
! of customs for the district <d Alaska.
For convenience in d.issiticat ion rh -
ilie district is divided into fore- dA -
sions. as follows: Southeast. ::i Aim
ka. from southern boundary to ; el
includin’? Sitka: Southern Alaska
west of Sitka to and including I’nalas*
ka: Merlin? sea ami Are: ie oe . a
other purls on tiie coast . pt >i.
Mieha 1: Yt
Michael and all interior places. Tier
i ayu'es for the four districts lor tlit• • *
I y ears are a- h .Hows:
Southeastern Alaska. .I. *.*»!.;
j .'3.774.702 >4.til*.t>3l:So :: n • !• 'hi-'..,
! 1.463,102- $1,767.41* v2.7AV.17 A IN : -
j icy ... a, <3.651.735 * 4,309.1 si >!.'>!.
j st. .Mich.’! and Y.ikm: o .
j $r,s.i_«!*• <!.2<>2,*92- >3,272, 'll.
Seattle, Feb. 8- The steamship
gon arrived from Southern Alaska yes
terday evening, completing a r-v- 'Vi
trip from Valdez. The* time was three
days and twenty-two hours. She re
ports good weather.
The Farallon also arrived yesterday
after a pleasant trip from Seward by
the inside passage.
STEAMER BERTHA ARRIVES
: Brings Thirty-one Passengers and
233 Tons of Freight
Steamer Bertha, C'apt. Knuds* n.
reached port Tuesday night with
twenty-one cabin and ten steerage
passengers and 233 tons of general
freight. She sailed again for the south
ward next morning at 10 o'clock.
The Bertha reported a pleasant trip
although the vessel made slow progress
on the inside passage on account of
almost continuous fog. After leaving
Juneau she made fast time, sailing to
Valdez in three days and a half.
The cabin passengers of the Bertha
were the following; Mrs, E. S. Fuller
ton, Hugh McFadden, Thos Donahue.
W. B. Rowe, Mrs. Rowe, W. Hyford,
H. A. Danforth, F. Jacobson, G. E.
Simpson, Mrs. Simpson, J. A. Arm
strong, W. Freeman, J. L. Laxlant, F.
\V. Brown, E. W. Young, Will Clayson,
T. J. Alexander, Wm. King, C. W.
Fletch, J. S. Palmer, C. G. Frame,
Mrs. C. G. Frame.
Gold increase All in Alaska
The preliminary estimate of the
director of the U. S. mint shows that
the entire increase in gohl production
in the country for 1903 was in Alaska.
The states in the aggregate held their
own, some gaining and other’s losing.