SEWARD GATEWAY
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| SATURDAY, JANUARY 4. 1908
PASSING OF THE OLD YEAR
The passing of the old year always
■loves persons of the melancholy type
of mind to sentimenta or even mourn
ful reflections: the disappointments
and failures of the dead twelve-month
rise up and menace the somber man
like an unpaid board bill, but to the
optimist the mildewed hopes of the
passing cycle are sweot away by the
expectant visions of the new year.
In the old Latin readers it is recited
that some curious person once asked
Themistoeles, “What is most common
toman?” The great Grecian answered,
“Hope, for they have that who have
nothing else.”
That is tin* kind ot men who have
peopled Alaska. L >rd bless you, no
body would come to Alaska if he had
much stocs in trade more tangible
than hope. And Alaska is the best
country in the world for men if robust
minds and courage to start with a large
stock of flamboyant hopes floating at i
the end of a shoestring. Lots of them j
have done it and after a few years gone
outside to purchase automobiles and
build brick blocks.
That is what keeps the rest of them
here. While they stay they find many j
attractions in life under the aurora
borealis, with the sun setting in the
south in December and in tin* north in
June. And if men. and more particu
larly women, sometimes sigh for return
to life in lands where civilization scat
ters its effete luxuries and nature has
softer moods, the prospect of finding a
pot of gold at either end of the gor
geous rainbows which illumine their
iridescent day dr**ams still holds them
in Alaska. And when they dig them
selves out of the debris of a collapsed
bubble they move on cheerfully reflect
ing that it is only another of life’s;
pleasant visions shifted behind the)
lies.
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COMING OF THE NEW YEAR
Silently as the sweep of the planets j
through space comes the new year in
upon us. Possibly if our ears were at
tuned to catch the song the morning
stars sang together we might hear the
music of the spheres :ts the new year is
ushered in. He this as it may. neither
the passing of the old nor the coming
of the new is a time for melancholy ,
reflection or undue optimistic anticipa
tion. Few are the years that do not
bring both sorrow and the possibility
of joy.
If all our joys for the coming year
are to be dug from a pot of gold dang
ling at the end of a rainbow, both joys
and pot will be marked with a minus
sign.
It is no uncommon thing for one to
enter upon tlie new year with the re
solve to labor and deny one's self in
the expectation that the future years
will bring the coveted pleasures of
life; and so the years come and go, and
if at last the desired wealth has been
gathered, the years have passed and
with them the ability to enjoy.
It has become a household saying,
that sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof. This saying was given us
that we might not be so foolish as to
go about borrowing trouble when most
of us have enough and some to lend.
The other saying, that sufficient unto
the day is the good thereof is not so
readily acquiesced in; but did we look
more in the coming year for the good
we may find in people, and in the
world, we shall be less troubled about
evil.
The past year has not brought all that
was looked for when the year was new.
We enter upon the new year with
new hones, and if those hopes consist
largely in what we can make out of
ourselves, rather than in what we may
make out of somebody else, the passing
year need not be attended with melan
choly reflections nor hopes without
fruition.
CAN'T HURT ALASKA
Panics may come and go in the states
but they have very little effect on
mining in Alaska, for here we produce
the real thing—gold. Laborers in
Seattle who six weeks ago were receiv
ing $2.25 are now receiving $1.75.
This change will send many to Alaska
where they can get $3.00 for mining
gold, the value of which does not fluct
uate. If labor is cheaper it will ena
ble the railroad building in Alaska to
be prosecuted a great deal more rapid
ly than heretofore when labor could
scarcely be produced at any price. It
will do away with labor strikes in
Alaska for when labor goes down to
I $1.75 in the states thousands and tens
of thousands of laborsrs will (lock to
Alaska. The quicker the railroads
are built the sooner the great interior
goldfields will be opened for the • em
ployment of thousands more men.
Neither will it retard the investment
of capital in Alaska, for the invest
ment of capital here is for the produc
tion of gold, the value of which re
mains the same, or, if anything, en
hances in value when all things else
diminish. Kxchange.
HOME RULE FOR ALASKA
President Roosevelt's recommenda
tion ought to end Alaska’s long light
for home rule. Congress is urged by
the president to provide “some sort
of local self-government’’ for Alaska,
‘•as simple and inexpensime as possi
ble.” because it is impossible for con
gress to give Alaska the time and at
tention the northern country ought
to have.
If Alaskans, and the friends of the
northern country at the national capi
tal. will do what they ought to do,
Alaska will soon come into full posses
sion of the territory’s undoubted con
stitutional rights.
It has been a long, tedious tight, and
one which has known many discourage
ments. But Alaskans have never once
faltered on the vital issue, and they
are now about to attain that for which
they have battled so long and val
iantly.
President Roosevelt has taken the
correct view of Alaska’s needs. Not
only has he urged home rule for Alas
ka. but he has also recommended other
measures, such as the protection of
the public domain against speculators,
aids to navigation, another judicial
division, and laws to protect Ashing
industries.
Alaska seems to be entering upon
a new period of develo unent, and
Alaskans should use their energies to
hasten the comiug of the brighter and
bet ter day .—Seattle P.-I.
The prohibition movement is sweep
ing rapidly over the southern states.
It seems a little strange, since we have
been accustomed to associate a part of
the south, at least, with moonshiners
and a good brand of whiskey. It is
possible that the Negro problem is
closely associated with the prohibition
movement. The black man is probab
ly not much more improved in morals
and conduct than is the white man by
an overdose of Are-water. With the
cutting out of spiritous liquors the of
fences against morals and decency may
be noticeably lessened, and the Negro
question thus advanced a few degrees
towards solution.
Second Conference at the Hague
The second Conference has detnon
straied, first of all, not only that a uni
versal congress of this character is pos
sible, but that certain great princi
ples,—or postulates of constructive
action, as we may call them,—are now
beyond dispute. Among these are the
propositions that peace is the normal
and war the abnormal condition of
civilized nations; and that the relations
of sovereign states are properly based
on principles of justice, and not upon
force; that really sovereign states
should have equal rights before the
bar of international justice, independ
ently of their size or military strength;
that disputes between governments
should be settled, as far as possible, by
judicial methods, and not by war; and
that war, if inevitable, is an evil whose
disastrous consequence,—especially as
regards neutrals, non-combatants, the
sick and the wounded,—should by
general agreement be reduced to a
minimum.—David Jayne Hill in Re
view of Reviews.
American Naval Stations
The principal naval stations of the
United States are at Netf York, Bos
ton, Norfolk and San Francisco. Oth
er stations of importance are at Ports
mouth, Philadelphia, Charleston, Pen
sacola, New Orleans, and Bremerton,
on Puget sound. In the insular pos
sessions there are stations at Cavite
and Subig bay in the Philippines, at
San Juan, Porto Rico, and Culebra,
Guam; Honolulu, and Samoa, and at
Guantanamo, Cuba. Newport R. I.,
though it has no heavy workshops,' is
a naval station of consequence, long
the headquarters of the training sys
tem, the torpedo service and the na
val war college.
Meet me at the Branch. *
PORTLAND AND
DORA COMING
By Cahlo to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Dec. 30—Steamer Portland
sailed for Seward Saturday night.
The Dora sails this afternoon for
Seward and Unalaska. The Jeanie is
due to arrive tnis evening.
Santa Clara Sails South
Steamer Santa Clara arrived in port
from Seattle Tuesday night at 10
o’clock and sailed at 0 Wednesday
morning on the return trip. Capt.
Daniels stated that he would sail direct
for Valdez and then for Seattle be
cause of being so far behind time.
Cordova was not on his calling list
either way. The Northwestern will do
all the business with Cordova this time
SEWARD STEAMERS
Northwestern; in port.
Bertha; sailed west4th.
Portland; sailed from Seattle 28th.
Dora; sailed from Seattle 30th.
Saratoga; sailed from Seattle 2nd.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 1st.
WEEKLY WtATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
January 4.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 7 2 Clear, wind
Monday 5 1 Clear, wind
Tuesday 3 ? Clear, wind
Wednesday 7 8 Cloudy
Thursday 32 8 Cloudy
Friday 35 32 Cloudy, snow
Saturday 34 32 Cloudy, snow
Temperature in December
The mean temperature of Seward in
December was 24.6 degrees. The
highest temperature was42 on the 9th.
The lowest was 7 below zero on the
evening of the 31st as the old year
went out. There were ten clear days,
six cloudy days, one part cloudy, rain
fell on four, snow on six and rain and
snow on four days. The mean tem
perature of December 1906 was 21.20
degrees.
Temperature of Year
The average temperature of the year
1907 in Seward was 37.92 degrees. In
1906 it was 39.44 degrees. Doth years
were unusually cold and wet. The
lowest temperature in 1!K)7 was 11 de
grees below zero on Februrary 19: the
highest was 77 on July 13.
Average temperature by months was
as follows:
January......23.93
February. 17.05
March.26.76
April.37.00
May. 47.55
June.51.58
July. 55.00
August.55.17
September.50.17
October. 36.00
November. 30.08
December. 24.60
Year. 37.92
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford D. Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, D. C.
Coal Lands: A declaratory statement
for coal land .is void if prior thereto no
coal has been discovered on the land.
Coal—An entry allowed on defective
declaratory statement and irregular
proof may be equitably confirmed in
absence of any adverse claim, where a
proper declaratory statement is sub
sequently filed and the requisite addi
tional proof furnished.
Contest, Practice: A contest may be
dismissed when continued by stipu
lation to a day certain and the contest
ant fails to appear.
Desert Land: Though it may appear
that the productiveness is increased by
irrigation, such fact does not establish
the desert character of the land.
Entry: Where, by the decision of the
General Land Office, the right to enter
a certain tract is recognized, but no
time is fixed in said decision within
which such entry shall be made, the
right so allowed may be lost if not as
serted within a reasonable time.
Townsite, Homestead: Land claimed
and selected as a Townsite, and with
improvements thereon for the purpose
of trade and business, is not subject to
homestead entry.
Mineral-Agricultural Land: The ex
istence of gold in non-paying quantites
will not preclude agricultural entry of
the land
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Legal Notices
No. 113.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PAT
ENT FOR COAL LANDS.
Notice is hereby Riven that R. C.
Schultz, of Chicago. Illinois, through his
duly authorized agent, Frank Watson,
of Seward, Alaska, has made application,
under the provisions of the United States
Revised Statutes relating to the sale of
coal lands of the United States, and un
der the Act of Congress approved April
28, 1904, to purchase that tract of coal
land known as the Wolf coal claim, sit
uate in the Cook Inlet Recording Dis
trict. District of Alaska, designated by
the U. S. Surveyor General of Alaska as
U. S. Coal Land Survey No. 123. in the
district of lands subject to sale at the
land office at Juneau, Alaska, and more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1. a post scribed
N. W. Cor. 1 Wolf: whence U. S. L. M.
No. 2 brs. N. 18 deg. 59 min. 45 sec. E„
46.78 chs. dlst.; thence Fast, var. 28 deg.
20 min. E.. 53.68 chs. to Cor. No. 2. a
post scribed N. E. Cor. 2 Wolf: thence
South, var. 28 deg. 20 min. F.. 19.92 chs.
to Cor. No. 3. a post scribed S. E. Cor.
3 Wolf: thence W.. var. 28 deg. 30 min.
F.. 53.68 chs. to Cor. No. 4, a post scribed
S W. •'"or. 4 Wolf: thence North, var. 28
deg. 45 min. E.. 19.88 chs. to Cor. No. 1.
the place of beginning
Area: 106.823 acres.
Situate about one mile east of King
river and about 7% miles above its con
fluence with the Matanuska river.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly any portion of the above described
coal claims are required to file with the
register and receiver of the U. S. Land
Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse
claim there-agalnst. under oath, during
the sixty days’ period of the publication
of the notice of said application or with- *
In six months thereafter or they wdll
be barred by provision of the statute.
R. C. SCHULTZ.
U. S. Land Office. Juneau. Alaska.
November 22. 1907.
It is hereby ordered that the forego
ing notice be published for the statutory |
period in the Seward Gateway, a dally j
newspaper printed at Seward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY. Register.
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