SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of tiie vast region lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which hound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of the
great states of the Middle M est.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska ( entral
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief ^
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
Kuskc vw:m. *ach a region of imperial extent and
resou fees.
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentnu gold mining dis
trirt. whieh old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. From it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the* Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward's back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best expeits and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can bo mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year. Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; and
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
STANDARD OIL
GETS THE LIMIT
Fined Nearly Thirty Million Dol
lars by Judge Landis for
Accepting Rebates.
Sy Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
j. Chicago, Aug. 3—Before the greatest
' array of attorneys ever gathered to
gether in a court room, Judge Landis
of iLie federal court today lined the
Standard Oil Company the sum of
*20,240,000 for accepting rebates.
The fine imposed is the maximum
, penalty. There were one thousand
four hundred and sixty-two counts,
1 with a *20,000 fine on each. This is
the heaviest penalty in the history
of the world. An appeal will lie taken
to the United States circuit court,
which will defer the payment of thefine
i for a year.
Landis Calls Grand Jury
| Chicago, Aug. 3—After rendering
his decision in the Standard Oil case
Judge Landis immediately called a
grand jury, to meet August 14, to in*
vestigate the Alton railroad company,
which is believed to be as guilty of re
bating as the oil company.
ENDORSE TAFT
FOR PRESIDENT
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Columbus. O.. July JO—At a meeting
this afternoon of the republican state
i centra! committee, the Foraker-Dick
combination was completly routed and
Secretary of War Taft endorsed as
Ohio's presidential candidate. The
vote stood fifty to seventeen.
Forakcr Not Abashed
Cincinnati, July J1 SenatorForaker
is not at all abashed l>y the endorse
ment of Taft for president by the Ohio
state central committee. He says to
wait. Senator Dick refuses to talk re
garding the matter.
MARTIAL LAW
F6R NEW YORK
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York. Aug. J Ministers of the
city demand that martial law be de
clared and that troops be sent to protect
woman and children and suppress the
reign of crime now prevailing, with
which the local police authorities
frankly admit their inability to cope.
Three wealthy Armenians were
threatened with death tonight by the
Iilack Hand society unless a big sum of
1 money was paid.
JIMMY BRITT
GETS DECISION
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, Aug. 1 — In one of the
fastest and most furious lights seen
here in many years Jimmy Britt was
given the decision over Battling Nel
j son Iasi night. The fray lasted twenty
j rounds. Nelson did the greater part
I of the leading, but was outclassed by
Britt in cleverness. At no time was
| either man in danger of a knockout
until the latter part of the twentieth
I round, when the native son reigned a
succession of right and left swings on
tlie Dane that all but put him down
and out. Referee Jack Welch, in an
nouncing the decision, gave Nelson
only the second and seventh out of the
twenty rounds.
Ten thousand spectators witnessed
the light. Britt, by his splendid
showing,, has wiped out all predjudice
against him, and is now in the front
rank of lightweights. Cans will clial
lenge him to a fight.
Nelson Down and Out
San Francisco, Aug. 1—Battling Nel
I son is completely down and out from
the effects of his fight with Britt.
Cans and Britt will undoubtly sign
articles to fight on Labor day.
Barney Tittell, a well known Alas
kan propector, formerly of Dawson,
| Nome and Fairbanks, and lateltf'-from
, Latouche island, is in Seward. Ee will
| prospect in this vicinity for the Rey
, nolds-Alaska Company which already
j has two men in the field here.
At a place near Rampart called Hot
Springs, forty men were engaged this
spring in clearing, plowing, planting
and other purely agricultural pursuits.
A Spruce creek, Atlin, miner, look
ing for kindling, picked up a gold nug
get weighing fifty-seven ounces.
WANT TEDDY
TO INTERVENE
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Korean Emissary to Ask President
to Save Little Kingdom
From Japan.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, Aupf. 1—Prince Ty Jong
Oniji, nephew of the deposed emperor
of Korea, arrived in New York this
morning, enroute to see i’resident
Roosevelt and try to secure his assist
ance in saving Korea from Japan.
The prince says he is marked to be
killed by the Japs and has requested
the police to arrest the first brown
man seen near him.
Korean Army Dissolved
Tokio, Aug. I- -The emperor of Jap
an dissolved the Korean army this
morning. Several sharp battles oc
curred between the Japs and Koreans
before the latter were finally disarm
ed. _
Over Three Hundred Slain
Seoul, Aug. 2—In a clash between
Japanese and Korean troops, over three
! hundred were slain, the loss being
I about equally divided.
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Protect American Consulate
Seoul, Aug. 2 — This afternoon the
Japanese placed a guard around the
American consulate. Riots and clashes
are constantly occurring between the
Japanese and Korean soldiers.
FLATLY REFUSES
TO PAY CLAIMS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. D.F.,July g.» Diplomat
, ic relations between the Fnited States
i and Venezuela may be severed on ac
count of the non-settlement of Ameri
can arbitration claims.
, The South American republic flatly
, refuses to pay the claims and the
j Fnited States may have to use force
■ to collect the amounts alleged to he
! due.__
FOREST FIRES
BURN FIERCELY
—
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Tacoma. July 31 Fierce county is
enveloped in forest fires. Fires are
i also raging in southern counties of the
>tate, and unless rain stays the pro
gress of the conllugrat ions millions of
feet of valauble timber will be consum
j ed.
Reports from Whatcom county state
that thousands of acres of timber lands
are ablaze. Campers and woodmen
are lighting the lire, but can do little
to hinder its progress,
CLAIMS TO BE
AGGLE'S CHILD
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Aug. 3— Mrs. John Carlson,
who claims to be the daughter of Wil
liam Aggie, a widely known Alaskan
prospector and an explorer of some
note, has applied for letters of admin
istration on the estate of deceased.
I Aggie recently died in San Francisco.
He achieved some reputation as the
; author of the book. “In the Footsteps
of Pizzaro,” which treats largely of
| the mineral resources of Venezuela
and Bolivia, in which countries the
I writer had spent several years.
Mrs. Carlson believes that her father
I left a considerable estate. She was
| born at the mouth of the Kuskokwim
river, and was reared by the Moravian
i mission at Bethel. She now lives at
j Nushagak. _
William Aggie wasquite well known
in Seward among the mining element.
For a time he worked on the tunnels of
the Alaska Central. He first come to
Alaska twenty-five years ago, and was
one of a party of prospectors who first
explored the Yukon and Kuskokwim
rivers in search of gold. He was a
member of a party sent by the Guggen
i lieim Exploration Company in 1903 to
hunt for gold in northeastern Siberia.
John Lechner, better known as “Dyna
mite Jack,” the Falls creek miner,
was also a member of this party.
A rich quartz strike has been made
on the Innoko, near the placer dis
covery recently made here. The ledge
is twenty feet wide, the formation be
ing porphry.
Hoggatt says the Alaska Fair means
millions, but he doesn’t say who will
get them.
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery
Miners' Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents, Etc.
Stoves and Ranges, Granite and Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
FOURTH AVENUE J. L. GRAEF LWARD, ALASKA
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Hotzl M°N iley
Completely renovated; new management; hot
and cold water; modern, plastered rooms;
electric lighted; baths; rates reasonable.
HAWKINS & WMITTEMORE, - PROPRIETORS
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
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Coleman House
Absolutely First-class. Geo. Sexton, Manager
Electric Lights and electric Bells in every Room
Rates, per day, - - from 50 a. its to $2.50
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HOPE AND CIRDWOOD
tSTCall on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything lirst-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Glrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
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Northern Saloon
E. L. WHITTEMORE. PROPRIETOR.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVENUE, SEWARD, ALASKA.
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THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
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KNIK TRADING COMPANY
PROSPECTOR OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Nearest tide water point to the Yentna and McKinley
Gold fields. Good trails leading to the Copper and
Coal fields. Saddle and Pack horses for hire.
Horae port of Steamer SWAN.
O. 0. HERNINO. Manager.
Knik, Alaska
GAS STEAMER SWAN
CALLS AT KNIK, SUNRISE AND TYONOK for all points on the
YENTNA AND SUSITNA RIVERS
> ' < i; v .
For speed, comfort and safety, unexelled. Lighterage
and towing a specialty. For reservations address
i *
CAPT. W. J. flURPHY
Knik, Alaska
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