SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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Entered as Second (.’lass matter August 24th.
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SOCIALISM
Socialism may seem to its advocates
to bo a modern conception of jjovern
uu ut based upon the t wentietli century
intorpri tation of < hristuiuity. In ibis
tl.ey are mistaken. History is repeal
ing itself. Home tried soeialistn in liie
days ot the tlrachi. when eoru was
*,|d to the |HK»r at half rates on the
kouialistie principle that the poor
should pay less than the rich for the
wmo article. The result "as a vast
community of idiots in whom patriot
ism was dead, and who would not raise
a hand to defend the country that
wra > e them bread. Before Koine intro
duced her socialistic principles, ^ivinyf
the | »oor corn at half rales, she cou I it
muster an army of -PM,two tree*born
ue*n. A century and a half of this
practical application ot socialistic
principles left the city in a condition
where an army of Id,000 men could not
be raised without drawing upon eman
cipated slaves an i veterans.
Athens sought to relieve the condi
tions of the lower c la sees by placing
additional burden- of taxation upon
the wealthy. This double burden
rested as an incub s upon industry,
and tended to tin* impoverishment of
the well to do. When her revenues
were jfone At hens fell before her ene
mies.
When the Spanish explores discover
ed Peru in laid they found an ideal
socialistic form of yfo\ei*umeat. There
were no rich and there were no poor,
necessities and com torts were provided
for all. ’in youth were s.*t to work
at the am . v. ana excused from
labor at the aife of sixty. idleness
was punished ami industry rewarded.
But when I’izaro seized tin* emperor
of I’em. the whole empire submitted
w thout a blow. Tlie Peruvian had no
personal freedom: the ^reat incentive
to honest industry, the desire to better
his condition, was lacking: his intel
lect had not been sharp* m*d by ti^ht
itlif th* bait;■ s ut if. Th«* i*ieal so
cialistic -xste.m a> practiv'ed in the
past has u*'t mad'- men that -tood the
test in the hour of neeti.
RECOVERING FROM THE PANIC
Hopeful indications *> Hu- revival i
of business 'it!'" : . c untrv are
»• < a in di Tw'i'ii' oil :<lb u ts from
til') tirni" in * Idea if* > >how that by the
br st of vlai'vdi they a i. lie nearly as
many men it work they employed a
year a;jo.
One pain company in < levcland.
Ohio, has. or "ill >o.»n, put on tlie
road 25* ‘ travel in if salesman a ho had
been laid of for a short time. The
American Shipbuilding Company,
which closed down late in the year,
has put ’>.*>00 men to work a^ain, and
plans to reinstate h.oo * more in a short
time.
In St. Lorn* men have been or
dered back to work who had been
thrown out of employment on account
of the panic.
Some think it a sign of easy limes
that tiie I’nited States Steel Corpora
tion distributed &5.000,000 to its su
per intendents, managers and heads of
department* as C hristmas presents,
but it is barely possible that times for
the average man might have been
easier if this and similar corporations
had not had so much ready cash to
distribute among the favored ones.
Times will revive in the west much
more quickly than in the east. The
Harriraan railway lines will initiate
colonist rates to the northwest on
March 1. When times are dull in the
cast the tendency will be the stronger
to migrate westward.
Were it not for the hesitancy always
noticeable in business enterprises dur
ing presidential year we might look
for a revival of business in HK)S that
would attone for the slump in the clos
ing months of the past year.
NOT SO BAD IN ALASKA
While the eastern states are in the
^rip of an intense cold wave, and some
of the people out there are freezing
to death, and others gathered in their
comfortable homes congratulating
themselves that they are not in the
far Northland where, they reason, it
must he more severely cold, we of this
same Northland are enjoying the fin
est kind of moderate winter weather.
We seldom wear mittens, and some do
not even feel the need of an overcoat.
The days and nights are clear; there
is no wind, and the temperature only
a few degrees below the freezing
point.
A few degrees below zero, not more
than seven or eight, is the coldest we
have had in Seward this winter, and
that lasted but a day or t wo.
This is not only the land of gold, sil
ver. copper and other metals, but it is
the land of pure air and wholesome;
water. This is certainly an ideal j
country for Major Ozone, and wej
should not be surpised to see him pass
’his way m st any day in his pursuit
of fresh air of which he is such an en
thusiastic advocate.
Kven 400 miles north of Seward, in
Fairbanks, the average temperature
for December was only three degrees
and a fraction 1h low zero, and on Jan
uary 15* tli • temperature was much
above the freezing point.
The country,' climate and resources j
ire here and when tin* advantages!
<>f t he country come to bo better un
derstood t lie men and morey will be
here to nnlke it a prosperous and hap
py land.
1’iie Land of Hoc ha Coffee
The very best of our Mocha coffee
,s shipped from Aden, on the south
west coast of Aarbia. to the Failed
States. It comes there on camels from j
the province of Yemen, It is raised
there by the natives, each family bav
in** a few hushes about its house, and j
producing only enough fop home use
and a little for trading. There are no
lug plantations ami no coffee factories.
The berries are gathered when ripe |
and dried in the sun. Vfter tliis they
are put in hales and carried on camel- |
back over the hills to Aden. They are
hulled between millstones turned by
hand, and are then winnowed and
sorted for shipment. The latter work
is done by the women, who look over
each grain carefully and take out the
had ones. Labor is cheap but the cof
fee has to go through many hands. It
pa>s toll to the chiefs of the tribes
who own the country through which it
is carried, and as u result must be sold
at high prices. For this reason we
have imitations of Mocha coffee from
all parts of the world. During my j
stay on tin* plantations of itr.uil l have
seen them label bags as Mocha; and
(iuatemala and other coffees arc sold
under the same t.atue. dust now they
are bringing coffee from t cylon and
Java to Aden and transshipping it
here. They lie in the warehouses for
a few weeks, and then go fort it re-!
marked, ami perhaps re bagged as j
Arabian Mocha. Frank Carpenter.
Alter Argentina Trade
That the United States i> not taking
proper precautions to protect its com- i
met- e and trade with South America}
and especially with the rich republic ;
of Argentina is the declaration of,
practically all the American residents I
of Beunos Avres, who have become:
alarmed by the recent action of con-j
gross in granting a subvention of $5000
gold annually to a German syndicate}
for promoting commerce between!
Germany and Argentina. Already}
Germany has a strong hold on the Ar-1
gontine trade anil threatens soon to j
supplant both Great Britain and the
United States. With proper effort it
is admitted by all that the United
States might supply this country with
its millions of dollars worth of ma
chinery, agricultural implements and
other importations, which now come
principally from Europe.—From Amer
icans in Beunos^Ayres.
Disappointed
“Have you any more figures in
marble?” asked the old lady in the
art gallery.
“Not any,” replied the attendant.
“Any particular one you wanted to
see?”
“Yes. 1 wanted to see the statue
of limitations ray husband was telling
about.”
Drives ’Em Away
“Don’t you occasionally have
company at the house that bores you?”
“Often. But we have a remedy.
We always let our little Johnnie re
cite.”
Brown *Sc Hawkins have received a
shipment of Wellington coal which
they will sell by the ton or sack. *
AUTOS WILL
GIRDLE GLOBE
From New York Cars Cross to
Frisco, Thence to Seattle
and Valdez by Boat.
ay Cable to Tue Daily Gateway.
New York, Feb. X The foreign
automobiles for tlit* long contemplated
auto race around tin* world from Paris
via Alaska have arrived at this port.
The start from New York will lie made
February 12. A run will be made
across the continent to San Francisco
where boats will betaken for Seattle,
and thence to Valdez.
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford I). Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, 1).
Mining Claim ('ompliance with law
on the part of a mineral claimant, who
is at such time" holding under color of
title, will accrue to his benefit on
uequirement of th«* lejr.il title.
Townsite Homestead -Land in tin*
actual occupancy of townsite settlers L
not open to settlement and entry under
the homestead law.
Pinal Proof—Supplemental proof of
residence may be submitted where no
adverse claims exist.
Entry—The rij'h.t of entry is not de
feated by the adverse claim of one
hold ini; under a quit-claim deed from
t he State.
Contest Practice—A contest must
be prosecuted with all reasonable
diligence, and where such rule is not
observed the government may regard
the contest as abandoned and proceed
accordingly.
Coal Lands A coal entry must be
made in trood faith and not for the
benefit of another: and final proof will
not be accepted on a declaratory
statement filed in the interests of an
other.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
February <s
TKM 1*KK ATITKE.
Max. Min.
Sunday 2<> 12 Clear, wind
Monday 14 H Clear
Tuesday H> <> Clear
Wednesday 30 4 Cloudy
Thursday 211 20 Clear
Friday 2<> 1<> Clear
Saturday 31 1<> Snow
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Legal Notices
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1908.
To Harry McCormack, C. J. Wal
ters, James McGill, Thos. McConety,
Geo. Hanson, Wm. Burns and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Skukum Creek placer claim
situated upon Skukum creek, tribu
i tary to Twenty Mile river, in the
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pre
cinct, claiming 12000 feet from NOTICE
up the creek in a southeasterly direc
tion, and 300 feet each side of Skukum
creeK, as will appear by certificate
tiled the 23rd day of February, 1906, in
the office of the recorder of said pre
cinct, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of Section 2324
Revised Statutes of the United States
being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
First publibation Jannary 4, 1908.
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