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A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST—LOOKING FORWARD
(By an Oldtimer)
As I am thinking, my thoughts wander back to the
lirst time 1 saw Resurrection bay, with its one family of
natives living, where now the town of Seward is located.
Little did 1 think that 11*17 would find me permanently lo
cated here, or that there would be a town the size of Sew
ard at am spot along the coast, and it l had given thought
to anything like a government railroad being built from
•his place, 1 would have felt of my head to see if it was
getting soft. But all these things have come to pass, and
judging the future by the past, the story of development
of a new countrv is just beginning to be told. Go back
with me to l!H):> when Sawnitz with his little crew, came
and began work on the terminal of the Alaska Central;
railroad, \long with them came the stampeders, only a
frw of them, and they began the building of the town of,
Seward.
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During the following winter the construction worheis
built the dock, the piling being cut where now stands the;
principal part of Seward. The boomers were all at work
buying lots and building log houses. Out of this small be
ginning has come what we have today.
Start hi with 1S!H> and see what followed that \eai.
The big stampede to Turnagain Arm took place, and
dozens of steamboats were engaged in earn ing miners to
the strike. In the fall they were all gone and the country
went back to what it had been in years past. One steam
boat, the Dora, supplied the wants of the people from Ju
neau to I'nalaska. making six trips trips a year, one each,
month for ,-ix months in the summer time.
At that time a few canneries were strung along the
coast, where they operated during the fish season, pack
ed their cop and went south. A tew squaw men settled
on islands, raising f >xes and trading with the natives, and
a few prospectors roamed the country searching for
gold.
There was hut one prosperous community on this
two thousand mile stretch of sea coast, that was I nga,
and the Apollo mine made that.
Compare this with the happenings of the present
time. Large steamboats in and out of the harbor every
day, ones that the Dora would just about make a life boat
for. The government railroad, that will employ 5,000
men this summer: canneries and cold storage plants are
being built in every likely locality; the biggest copper
mines in the world are working overtime producing mil
lions of dollars worth of copper per month. I hink all this
over and figure out what the next twenty years will bring.
The development has just begun. I have seen the last
twenty years go by. Let me tell you something of what
the next twenty years will bring you. The coal mines of
the Matanuska will be open and thousands ot miners will
be empoyed digging coal to supply the Pacific coast; gold,
silver and copper mines will be opened in the interior and
along the coast that will give employment to thousands of
men.
Seward will have a smelter, pulp mills, coaling sta
tion: also several cold storage plants and canneries, to
take care of the largest and l>est resources she has—her
fish: the harbor will be filled with every kind of a boat,
from a man-of-war to fishing boats. Seward will have
10,000 population and the coming of twenty-five fishing
boats a day off the banks, loaded with halibut and other
fish, will be an item hardly worth mentioning in the news
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C\KOO OF
LUMBER
leaves Seattle March
on Freighter \ ahloz. tor
BROSIUS & NOON
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LUMBER HARDWARE
SEWARD
JOE RENO
MILE 75 ROADHOUSE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
GIRDWOOD
Everything for Dog Mushers
and Travelers
Best Roadhouse on the line
Seward
% 1 1 ^eo* A. Mitchell
\j[Pl I I Proprietor
Open Day and Nijrht
l ’hone Adams 11^
Service Cleanliness
Private Poxes for Itidies or Parties
Seward Steam Laundry
HAllRY KAWABE. Prop.
Fifth Avenue Phone Main 157
Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
Rough Dry 10c a pound with flat
work finish.
Cleaning and Prcooing
CUT IT DOWN. UNCLE.
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Shop #...
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— Berryman in Washington Star.
papers. There will he hundreds of families living in
every nook around the bay. making their li\ ing out of the
sea. Many more things 1 could tell you, hut this is enough,
t ’.et in, oldtimer, while the sledding is good, and get your
share of it. Anything you take hold of stick to it. and
you will win out. The trail may he a little tough in the
start, hut it will get better as you go along. Don’t let the
wagon go by—get on and ride.
Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at Watertill and Krazior whiskey at
The Branch. tlve Branch.
Oyster cocktails at the Branch. Andy's Express, phone Madron 14".
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A GREAT BARGAIN
Rooming House for Sale;
Clearing $300 per month
Terms
DOUGHERTY & ROMIG
fl New Stampede
Men are rushing to the MINER’S STORE to get a claim
on some of the famous lines of merchandise offered for
your inspection.
For the i rail:
The BALL BAND and ARROW SHOE PARS, MEDLI
COTT, WRIGHT’S, COOPER’S and STANFIELD’S
Underwear, WOOL SHIRTS, TROUSERS, TOQUES,
SOXS and MITS, PARKAS, MACKINAWS, STAG
SHIRTS and SNOW SHOES.
A complete line of dress shirts for spring; also a big
line of dress shoes.
The best and biggest assortment of spring hats ever
shown in Seward.
To complete your wardrobe YOU SHOULD
Let Us Take Your Measure for a
New Spring Suit!
If you are wearing a SCHOENBRUN TAILOR
MADE SUIT you belong to a class made up of the most
stylish dressers, combined with QUALITY CLOTHING.
The MINERS STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Prop.
THE PLACE WHERE MEN OUTFIT
APRIL 9 to 14
FOLGER’S ‘fflF TEA
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'A " .25 .20
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Seward Commercial Co.
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.Next Seattle Sailings:
I MARI ROSA, April .'.III
NORTH WKSTKR.V April '■>
ALAMKDA, April ITtii
ALASKA, April 22ml
MARIPOSA, April 2*th
Sailing of the ninth will connect with Dora trip to
the 4wnrfl All sailings as above, will go througn 10 Aiicnoragt.
Reginning with the sailing of the Northwestern from Seattle on May
4th, all passenger ships will touch at Skagway north-bound. I he Ala
meda and Mariposa will be the only ships to touch at Skagway south
bound. The S. S. Victoria will sail from Seattle for Nome on June 2nd.
She will make live trips from Seattle to Nome, during the season. On
the first four trips of the season she will call at SEWARD, VALDEZ,
CORDOVA south-bound. For further particulars of service, rates
apply to Agent. A. H. McPONALD, Agent. ^
For the benefit of those Interested in Alaska in
General and Seward in Particular an
INFORMATION BUREAU
has been established in connection with rhi- paper, and all those desir
ing information as to the value of real estate and business opportuni
ties are requested to address their communications to
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, SEWARD
GATEWAY.
Seward, Alaska.
THE GATEWAY
CARRIES A
COMPLETE LINE OF
MINING BLANKS
JUST TO REMIND VOU
-- of
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicaao
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Aneeles
Direct Connections for all
points East vi \ theFamou».
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
— allthetime by Automatic
Electric “Safety” Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A.G.F.&P.A.
SEATTLE
CHARLES CRAWFORD
GENERAL BLACKSMITH
Horseshoeing Wheel wrigh ting
SKWAICI). ALASKA
Rubber Boots, Pacs and Rain Coats
Shoes and Clothing (or Men at
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FACTS!
We don’t do a lot of things but
the few we do are certainly
WELL DONE!
Paper Ruling, Loose Leaf and
Blank Book Making—we are
Specialists!
TRICK & MURRAY
Stationers and Printers
85 Columbia St Seattle
The Carstens Packing Go.
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Wholesale and Retail
| Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry,
Lard, Bams and Bacon.
Butter and Eggs
Orders from the Westward and Cook
Inlet Given Careful Attention.
BROADWAY AVE. SEWARD
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BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS
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