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SATURDAY. JUNK 15. T.X>7
THE COMING AUTOMOBILE
Three years ago an eminent railroad
manager predicted that before long
the aut omobile would be developed to
a tractile strength that would open the
way for ti e abolition of railroads and
the substitution of great national and
state highways, perfectly paved, over
which automobiles of tremendous
power would draw heavy loads of,
pass aigers and freight.
The prediction attracted scarcely !
pass ug notice but the development of
lb a etiobile has proceeded apace
and ’s • >>< iit uses have run past!
met ca> re carriages in which the
■ - .1 ■ • paved * •
Imk: « arunning down d. gs and |
|H‘(> 'and exciting the envy of;
the i tariat. In the cities freight
ante ‘nil's draw huge loads at less-;
exp' . "• ‘ • ••• :torses.
•e car can climb a cn pot
h. . • . : a car. Last wiut-r in
Sea" when the hill streets were so'
„li;M , ry with ice that neither street
cars nor horses could climb them au
totti > hitched to coal wagons j
bat. ">1 fuel up slopes unsurmountable j
by any tractile power but the tin de
steel a motors.
fa • • a is spending billions in the!
c>ns*ruction of railroad lines with;
grata's approximating a maximum of
1 !>»■’ cent which may in a few decades 1
be as antiquated as canal boats drawn
by muies. In their place tin* land may
be interlaced with magnificent paved}
highways like the ways of ancient
Iu>' . maintained like city streets and
like them free to traffic, which will be
drawn by motor cars. Such highways
should be cheaper than railroads even
though the roadbed cost more, because j
no rails would bo needed and much j
steeper grades could be surmounted.*
All this may come to pass before!
time-serving politicians can obtain any ,
valuable personal results from the ad-1
voeacy of government ownership of
ruii rouus. The Good Roads movement
may be tin whole tiling.
LOOKS LIKE CONSOLIDATION
Indications multiply that the North-1
vev Steamship Company has !
arranged to swallow tiie Alaska Coast
Company and accomplish a transporta
tion trust :n the Alaska business. lt»
only rival would then be the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, and the
two cm Id easily effect an understand
ing. Tiie Northwestern recently con
solidated with the Alaska Steamship j
Company, which operated only to
Sonthe.istetn Alaska.
Keren?ly the Northwestern and tiie
Alaska Coast consolidated their
agencies at Valdez. On the heels of
that e tnes the quiet application of tiie
Alaska Coast Company in the superior
coUT at Seattle for disincorporating.
The date of the hearing was set for
July. Inasmuch as the Alaska Coast (
had a short time before disincorporated j
and reincorporated oa the same day (
tiie new proceeding looks like another
step toward amalgamation with the
Northwestern.
By the death of John T. Morgan the I
senate loses one of its ablest members!
and one of its honest ones. I he senate .
can illy spare as much ability and in
tegrity as have disappeared with Sena
tor Morgan. He was one of the few
senators absolutely independent of
corporate dictation. Although an ultra .
partisan and in his old age somewhat
querdous he was to the last a useful
member of the nation's highest par
liamentary body.
There are many queer ways of pick
ing up a few dollars but Eric Lin- j
blorn's “friend" who accepted $10 for
his services in introducing Eric to a
minister for marital purposes backed
himself farther in the ditch of self
abasement than the ordinary cheap
grafter is willing to go.
Gov. Hoggatt threatens to make a j
tour of the territory this summer. If
ho gets no warmer reception any where
than S*> ward would give him he will
find it a mighty chilly trip.
When the czar and kaiser meet Nick
mav mention the lapse of time between
drinks but he is not likely to raise the
same complaint concerning bomb ex
plosions. _
Somehow Schmitz and Abe Ruef
can’t make their books balance on this
French restaurant account.
These Central American wars are
beginning to look as suspicious as a
California prize fight.
A writer in a Washington paper in
giving extracts from the diary of Eli
Smith, the Alaska musher, explains a
reference to Siwashes by noting in
parenthesis that they are "an Eskimo
tribe.” __
The yellow journals will hardly suc
ceed in stirring up a war with Japan
unless they can get somebody to blow
up an American ship in Japanese
waters.
The Gorman kaiser hales to be
laughed at and yet he is always acting
up so that people have to laugh at
! him. »
Brigham 11. Roltertssays he will stick
to those three wives. Maybe ho can t
1 get away from them.
SAILED TO DEATH
IN MARCH GALE
(Continued from page 1.)
1 at Chenaga Point. Tho next day it
ha<t disappeared and no sign of it has
ever been reported at any place.
There L no 'belter at the point anil it
i is supposed the boat was carried out
j by the storm.
It was only recently that the men
were mi'sed. Settlements are so far
am rt in that region that when a man
leu vc> one he may not he hoard of
the , for many months and nothing's
though: «>f it. Casual inquiries con
cerning the men, who were well
known around the inlet and Kodiak, ,
-.ranted investigation and it was then |
found that they had not been seen|
since they left Kagle Harbor in the
■ littie sloop. William Wharf, the coal
man of Seldovia, brought the story to
Seward yesterday. lit* was owner of
! the sloop, which he loaned to Latn
! bort last fall.
Lambert had been living in that
' part o* the coast for several years.
!I n parents live in San Francisco and
are said to be wealthy. Peterson was
a newer arrival.
SARATOGA REACHES PORT
AND SAILS WESTWARD
Steamer Saratoga arrived in port
from Seattle yesterday morning at 10
, and 'ailed for Seldovia and ITyak at
n ;>. m. she brought twenty-two cabin j
pas'Cngers and ten steerage to Seward, i
am: had eight for Seldovia and three I
for L'yak. Her local cargo was forty-1
live tons, besides sixty tons of coal for !
the steamer Dora.
SPECIAL TRAIN RUNS OUT
WITH VISITING NOTABLES
A special train was run out to the
end of the track ou mile oO yesterday to
•show the line to John Rosene, presi
dent of :he Northwestern Steamship
Company. Maj. Richardson and Capt.
Armstrong of the Alaska road com
mi'-ion. This was Mr. Rosene’s first
risi- here. Several local citizens went
ou: w ith the party. Mr. Roseue went j
west on Saratogo.
Hobos Find Nevada Bonanza
While tramping to the Masonic dis
trict in Nevada two hobos picked up
a piece of rook glittering with gold.
They carried it to Gardnerville, sold
it for enough to buy a wagon and team
and went back and located nine claims.
Other prospectors followed and a town
called Hobo City is now on the map.
Bertha Sails Southward
Steamer Bertha returned from Sel
dovia and Homer Sunday afternoon
at 4:30 and sailed for Seattle at 10
o’clock. She took on a cargo of lum
ber here for the Reynolds-Alaska De
velopment Company at Tgitouche.
K. L. Barnes with a party of nine
besides himself went out on the train
today to go to Turnagain arm. where
be ha> a rock contract on mile “1.
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JOHN T. MORGAN
PASSES AWAY
Famous Alabama Senator Dies
Suddenly in Washington at
Age of 83.
By Cable to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1). C., June 12—Senator
John T. Morgan of Alabama died in
this city late last night.
Senator Morgan was 83 years of age,
the oldest man iu the senate except
his colleague, Senator Pettus, who was
born three years earlier. He was sec*
ond in length of service in the senate,
which ho entered in 1887 and had
served cotinuously thereafter until his
death. Senator Allison of Iowa alone
outranked him, entering the senate in
1873. Senator White of Maryland lirst
entered the senato in 1*68 hut his to-1
tal service only aggregates eight j
years.
Senator Morgan was horn at Athens, j
Tennessee, June 20, 1824, hut emigrat-'
1 ••(! to Alabama when 9 years old. lit* j
! was admitted to tho bar in 184.r>: was j
i a presidental elector in I860, elected
| on the Breckinridge ticket; was a dele
1 gate in 1861 to the state secession con
front ion: joined the Confederate army
j in May 1861 as a private anti rose to
{the rank of brigadier-general. After
tho war ho resumed the practice of
law at Seliua, which he continued un
til he entered the U. S. senate March ,
4,1*77. He was a presidential elector
on the Tiltlen ticket in 1876. lie had
ju>t entered upon his sixth term in the
senate and had ho lived would have
j been 89 years of age when it expired.
SCHOONER IDA MAY TOWS
WALRUS FROM SELDOVIA
The gasoline schooner Ida May
; towed the gasoilne steamer Walrus
| from Seldovia to Seward, arriving Sat
I urduy afternoon. The Ida May came
j up from Seattle recently with a cargo
i of merchandise for Knik. From Se
1 ward she sailed for Valdez with a car- \
| go of fortv-tive tons of coal from tho
| Port Graham mine. Her owner, Capt.
Morrison, will make a study of the
Prince William sound trade with a
view of entering it.
The Ida May was here two years
ago. Sho wa> then a sailing schooner,
the gasoline motor having been in
stalled since.
The Walrus is the boat which C. F.
Boggs recently purchased in Seldovia i
for the Prince William sound trade.
She has a good hull but her machinery
is antiquated and a new engine will
have to be installed. For that reason;
she had to be towed to Seward. Tho [
new engine will be installed here.!
She has a capacity of about twenty j
tons.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
Juno 15:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 54 47 Part cloudy
Monday 63 44 Clear
Tuesday 61 48 Clear
Wednesday 59 44 Clear
Thursday 55 50 Cloudy
Friday 58 45 Part cloudy
Saturday 58 50 Cloudy
SEWARD STEAMERS
Elsie: in port; sails for sound ports
this evening.
Saratoga; sailed for Uyak 14th.
Portland; sailed from Seattle 10th.
Santa Clara; sails from Soattle 16th.
Bertha: sailed for Seattle 9th.
Dora; sailed for Valdez loth.
It is reported from Nome that a rich
strike was made on Penny river last
month. A big gravel deposit and one
$8 pan form part of the story.
The foreign immigration into the
United States in 1906 is now officially
stated to have been 1,100,735.
The Bank of Seward
We receive deposits subject tocheck.
We pay interest on timo deposits.
We issue money orders good any
place in the world.
We buy gold dust or bullion.
We make collections.
We guarantee a service that is
prompt, accurate and safe.
We grunt to our customers every
favor consistent with conservative
banking.
We invite your business.
BANK OF SEWARD.
Of Interest to Alaskans
Seward has two dental parlors that
are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
anywhere. The two operators are grad
uates in the east, of years experience,
and established reputation, guarantee
ing the very finest in workmanship
and materials. Prices are the same as
for same grade of work by reputable
men anywhere.
PROFESSIONAl^CA R D s
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Over Hank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY -AT- LAW
Ray Building, Seward, Alaska
H. S. FARRIS
LAWYER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ray Building, - - Seward, Alaska
d. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
City office: Owl Drugstore.
Home office: At Railroad Hospital
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H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWARD. ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
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Gold. M-50
Gold and Silver. 2-<X) ,
Copper. J "®
Gold. Silver and Lead. 3.50
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Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 400
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and Eggs, but all at a low price.
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