SEWARD GATEWAY
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SATURDAY. oi'TOHF.U 13. PHki.
GOOD RECORD FOR YENTNA]
Fifty thousand dollars in gold tiust
the lir>f season after its discovery is
an unusual record for a new mining
district. That is the output of the
Yentna this year, achieved by a few
dozen men engaged in actual mining,
none of them working more than
sixty days at sluicing and a majority
merely ex|>erimenting.
The Yentna looks as promising to
day :t" the Tanana did three years
ago. A dozen creeks have lteen work
mi sufficiently to show that by hand
work men can make wages on them
several times over, hxcellent indica
tions have been found on other creeks.
Kvery stream that has been prospected
m the whole region known a> the
Yentna. extending over many thousand
square miles, shows colors.
On only one ct/ek last summer was
mining done with persistence. On
this in sixty days of sluicing, with le>s
than half a dozen men working. #20.000
was taken out. The creek is only a >
small gulch. The yield for actual
wot king days wa> at least $t<o a day
fH'r man and in pockets was more
than #100 per man. Many small nug
•• 's were taken out. the biggest con
taining $21. .1’holographs taken in
•Seward atte-t printed statements.
It is time for mining men of thei
north * i * keep their eyes on the ,t entna j |
ilist ric* •
THE STATUS OF CUBA
With admirable discretion Secretary
Taft meutionsthat the Cuban flag w ill
float in that summer isle of hden so
lot g a> he is there. He is going to get
oil the Kith of the month and he can’t j
help what happens afterward.
This i uban republic moving picture
"how has been a serio-comic exhibi-;
tion for nine years and it i> about due j
to be relegated to the husbeen class
along with Hoyt’s farces and Have
Headers'm’s extravaganzas.
Cuban independence has been a i>o- ^
lirieal shuttlecock. In the latter part j
of l*b7 the democrats In congress, who
had losi out on every issue they had
framed up for half a dozen years,
mined in with the yellow newspapers
to put ilo- McKinley administration in
the hole tin the Cuban question. Aided
by the blowiug-up of the Maine they
"ucceeued. The McKinley administra
tion never had any backbone except in
standing pat on the privilege" of the
predatory rich, and allowed itself to
be scared into a "illy war. Then to
make a v. ot "•• mess of it congress
followed the lead of Crandpa Teller in
a declaration of perpetual t uban in
dependeme.
As earn to withstand the laws of
gravitation :i" Cuban annexation. It
i" coming because there i" no other
vay to govern the island.
An embezzling hanker at Havana has
given a pointer to the American ex
ponents of that industry. He invested
part of the money in a steamer and
when he made the big haul carried it
away in his own boat. Such genius as
that ought to have been able to main
tain the Cuban government if it had
been directed to politics.
The llearst light in New York is
worth while a" a show, and a lot of
people who have no admiration for
llearst are tickled almost to death to
see him stir up fossilized respectability
of the kind which consists wholly in
the possession of wealth, mostly ill
gotten.
Se ward will appreciate the coin pi i
ment bestowed upan the town by the
Northwestern Steamship Company in
giving it> name to the first steamer to
be constructed especially tor the
Southern Alaska run.
There are no leaks in the Seward
cable office. The trouble at Valdez
niu>t be due to the associations and
temptations which surround the
operators.
'[’he colored brethren of the South
have joined in with the >mall white
politicians to make Jim Crow cars a
national issue.
liearst says he won’t spend a million
to be elected, but he’d In-tter. The
other fellows will spend more than
that.
.Mr. and Mrs. Longworth promise to
put up a lively scrap to get back to
congress.
And now Addicks comes again and
denies that he is dead.
HEARST ROASTS
RIG DEMOCRATS
Makes Tierce Attack Upon Parker,
Jerome and Towne and
Defends Himself,
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Buffalo, < >ot 9- William R. Ilearst
bitterly arraigned Alton B. I’arkei
here today. He compared him to a
cockroach under a sink in a laundry.
He denounced William Travers Jerome
as a political Croton bug crawling into
corpora*ion favor when the democratic
party applied Rough on Rrts to rid
itself of vermine. Charles A. Towne,
he said, had crawled out of democracy.
Hears: asserted that the recent
democratic state convention was a
politieal clearing house, where assets
had been reckoned up and bogus pre
tensions had been cast out.
Hughes Criticises Hearst
New York, Oct. t» - -Charles K.
Hughes, republican nominee for gov
ernor, opened the state campaign last
night by a speech in Carnegie hall.
He said that a corrupter of public,
opinion through the newspapers or any
other way is an enemy of the state,
and eompared the reckless and indis
criminate abuse practiced by Hearst
and his newspapers with the fair criti
cism of their opponents by the republi
cans.
Denies Election Story
New York. Oct. b William K. ,
Hearst issued a denial today of the
published statement that he intends to
spend $1,000.0150 to secure ids election
as governor. He says, however, that
if he should spend that much In* would
l»e doing no more than Cleveland and!
Bryan did in their presidential cam
paigns. He denies that In* ever em
ployed <’hinvs** labor and says he has
made no promises to he fulfilled after
election.
Will address Big Ratification
Albany. N. Y.. Oct. b W. K. Hearst |
announced today to the state commit- j
tee that In* will addrees the big demo-j
cratic ratification meeting in Madison !
Square Garden < krtober 22.
Says Hearst Dodges Taxes
Mt. Vernon. N. Y., < »et. b Charles
K. Hughes, republiean nominee for
governor, spoke here last night. On .
ms appearance ne was cneerett contin
uously for fifteen minutes. He said'
that while Hearst had been abusing
eorpor.itions for many years bis own !
t.**w spa per cor|K>rat ions ever since their J
organization have been evading just
taxation.
Fighting Over Judiciary
Now York, Oet. 11 - The county
demoeratie'convention nominated a
full judiciary ticket today. The Inde
pender.ee League intended to indorse \
live of the nominees on the democratic j
ticket, which includes only three of!
tie* Im • -prudent nominees. The league j
issued a statement saving that it will |
watch the republican county conven
tion. The republican state chairman |
issued a statement toilay saying that j
his party will have nothing to do with !
the Hearst organization. Hearst re
plied that the only reason fusion was
oth-red on the judiciary was for the
sake of good government.
Hearst Addresses Union Labor
Corning. N. Y., <>et. lb William R.
Hearst addressed a meeting of union
lal*or men last night. He told them
that heavy advertisers had withdrawn
i their patronage from th^ Examiner in
San Francisco because he had fought
! the battle of union labor in that city
: in just, one election for mayor.
QUARTERLY POSTAL FIGURES
Stamp Cancellations Show Increase
Over Same Period Last Year
A statement of postal business in the
Seward post office during the quarter
ending September 30 has been prepar
ed for the Gateway by the post mis
tress, Miss Lillie N. Gordon.
The stamp cancellations, the truest
index of the volume of business, show
an increase over the corres|>onding
quarter of 1905, the figures for the
third quarter of 1906 being $400.61, ;
while for the third quarter of 1905
they were $369.44.
The stamp sales for the quat4er were
$454.os. The number of registers 're
ceived was4.38. Outgoing register were
547. The total amount of money
orders issued was $9660.14: paid and re
paid. $1998.29. Money order fees ag
gregated $39.66.
Seward became a presidential post
office October l and the salary of the
postmaster was fixed at $1300.
Notary Public at Rahiltna
II. P. Gallagher, who is running a
roadhouse near the mouth of the Ka
hiltna river, has received a commis
sion as a notary. Mr. Gallagher was
formerly freight clerk of the steamer
Portland and is an intelligent business
man.
$
$50,000 JUST IN FROM YENTNA DISTRICT
Hip API I nilTCITC We sell anything in our lines at reductions from 20 to 40 per cent discount. This
£ OtLL UUIllld is not a MRC SALE, but an eye opener to the people of Seward. We simply need the
—— -- money. This is your Chance to spend it.—Look at the following prices:
Great
Sacrifice
Sale j
Centennial Host Flour, the sack-$1.40 Dixie Queen, Gold Crumb. 5c
Rolled Oats—10 lb.. 40c Westovor. 35c
All Canned Reef. 25c Star. 45c
Full Cream Cheese. 18c Climax. 45c
Perfection Soda Crackers, the pk£.. 10c Spearhead. 45c
Shredded Wheat Buiscuits, the pkjj 15c Dry Goods 25 per cent off
All Reliance Table Fruit, the can... 28c Gents Furnishings, 25 per cent off
Cardinal Coffee. 45c Heavy Wool Socks 25 percent off
White house Coffee. 40c Ladies’ Silk Waists 25 per cent off
Conqueror Coffee. 40c Ladies' Wash Waists 25 per cent off
.'15c Coffee. 25c Muslin Underwear 25 percent off
All T?as. 60c . Men’s’Women’s and Children’s Dress
TOBACCOS Shoes 25 per cent off
Lucky Strike, Seal of N. C., Curve _ ' 4l
Cut, Pedro, T. & B., Durham,.. 10c Everything at same proportion
Begins
Monday
Oct. 8th
I Seward Brass Band plays “Marchinq Through Georgia” every night in front of
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
| WHITE HOUSE ON THE LEVEE
A TR1I? TO MATANUSKA
Sight-seer Describes Valley Leading
to Coal Fields.
The Matanuska coal Helds are within
forty miles of tide water and only a few
hundred feet above sea level. From
Knik, the head of navigation on Knik
arm, the trip to the coal Helds is made
overland. Knik is a pretty village of
about three do/.en houses on the west
side of Knik arm. It lias a F. S. com
missioner. and recorder, post office,
two stores, two restaurants and (only)
one saloon. The soil is rich and gar
dens thrive well.
From Knik we traveled in a rowboat
to Cottonwood, the tide carrying us
seven miles in less than an hour and a
half. From Cottonwood our route was
northward, along the crest of the blulT
that seems to run parallel to the Arm
about two miles from its shore. The low
land between the bluff and water is a
dead level, covered with grass and cut
by sloughs. The upper ten miles of
the Arm is simply a mud Hat at low
tide. Westward is a light forest of
hemlock, spruce, birch and cotton
wood. with a rich growth of grass
among the trees. We passed over low
hills, across corduroyed swamps and
ravines, bridged and unbridged.
Along the north end of the Arm the
country was much the same, but after
leaving tidewater the hills were larger
and more rolling, and interspersed
with beautiful lakes, clear as crystal
and full of tish. We stopped for lunch
at a cabin where two enterprising
young men had taken up H40 acres of
land and can see a confidence in the
near future. Soon after leaving the
pioneers we struck the north bank of
the Matanuska river, and after a diffi
cult descent of several hundred feet
reached tb‘‘ narrow bench along
which the stakes of the survey mark
the line to the mines. A walk was the
best gait our horses could make* and
the gnats and mosquitos were at their
worst. Some grumble at this trail
but it i> a peach compared with many
along the Yukon, for the tundra is not
thick enough to impede travel.
After thirty-three miles of interest
ing misery we camped for the night,
and slept in a “mosquito tent,” the
first I had ever seen. This has a floor
of canvas sewed to the lower edge of
the sides and a door like the mouth of
a sack, so that after entering we
could draw and tie the “puckering
string” and laugh at the gnats and
mosquitos. The next morning six
miles brought us to King’s river and
we followed its west bank six miles
more, crossed it on a substantial bridge
and went over the summit, along
ridges and through several swamps,
where we had to dismount, pick our
way through the brush and let the
horses llounder along the miry trail as
best they might. Down the moun-1
tain's side we came and at 10 o'clock
reached Coalville in the Chicaloon
valley sixty miles from Knik and 185
from Seward by the railroad survey.
The coal fields lie in a flat half a
mile wide, between the Chicaloon
river and a blufY some 800 feet high,
where coal croppings first attracted
the attention of prospectors. About
$25,000 has been spent in development
work lure. Good log houses have
been built for bunks, eating house,
blacksmith's shop, stables and com
missary. Fourteen tunnels have been
run into the blutY. along a distance of
two miles, and all show the same
formation. A short distance from the
face of the blufY a fourteen foot vein is
struck, then comes seventy feet of
slate, then twenty-six feet of coal. At
intervals for ten miles exploration has
shown the coal to be equally abundant,
and it has been traced for seventy
miles. Tests show the quality to be
better than any yet found on the
Pacific Coast, and 400,(KX) tons are
oi-dered as soon as it can be laid down
at Seward. The railroad will run
down hill most of the distance and the
few miles of up grade are all less than
1 per cent, except one half mile which
is 2i per cent. C. H. G.
Every person in Seward shpuld at
tend the concert next Tuesday.
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue. Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Friday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
OAWLEY FOUNDRY &
MACHINE WORKS
Tacoma, Washington, U. S. A.
Pounders, Machinists,
Blacksmiths.
Designers and Builders of
Sawmill Machinery, Wood
Working Machinery, Marine
Machinery and Stcamhoists.
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
F* esh horae-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat. Graham, Rye
Bread and Pompernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Prupr itflor
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office- Third and Washington streets
SEWARD PLUMBING &
HEATING COMPANY
J. W. SPENCER. Proprietor
SEWARD STEAMERS
Tug Equator; sailed from Seattle 8th.
Portland: sailed from Seattle 10th.
Jeanie; sails from Seattle 13th.
Saratoga; sails from Seattle 16th.
Santa Ciara; sailed for Seattle 8th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle llth.
Dora: sailed for Valdez 8th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
October 12:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 49 32 Clear
Sunday 50 36 Pt. Cloudy
Monday 50 42 Rain
Tuesday 47 44 Rain
Wednesday 50 40 Cloudy
Thursday 49 39 Cloudy
Friday 46 42 Rain
A. H. Wheatley Goes Out
A. H. Wheatley and Mrs. Wheatley
sailed on the Bertha, bound for their
home in Spokane. Mr. Wheatley will
return in February to go into the
Yentna district, where he has acquired
interests. He came here last winter
as bookkeeper for Frank Watson, and
was at Knik until active work was
suspended in the summer. Since then
he has been in Seward looking after
| the coal company’s affairs.
1 PACIFIC COAST TRADING I
j COMPANY
We are very much surprised at the amount of
outfitting we have done this fall, and after looking
over our books and finding the names of the miners
we outfitted last fall and spring, we find that we
have outfitted the same men again. If the miners
of this district desire any better information in re
gard to which is the best place to buy their outfits
then we refer them personally to the men whom
we hare just outfitted and take our medicine.
Respectfully,
T. D. CORLEW, Mgr.
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK &. CO.
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
HE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON &. BROWN, Proprietors
NORTHERN SALOON:
' E. L. WHITTEIVIORE, PROPRIETOR
WINESs LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
COLEMAN HOUSE
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Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
THE LOUVRE
EIDSON &. DOBSON Proprietors
A Gentleman's Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska