THE EXPENSE ATTACHED x
to sending m :i:-y ava.v may hccon- ;
!)v using one of our •lT' V."*®
BANK 'AOSHY ORDERS. St is per- )\ $ a J
scvv\ r*;o 'J any .. he::, and easily ob«
falaei’ v, Ithoiii tiresome tLrmalities.
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MERCHANTS . /^f/
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Absolutely First-class. Geo. Sexton, Manager
Electric Lights and electric Bells in everi) Boom
tin I es. per do //, - - from oO cents to f 2.50
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
CARRYING l. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
Seattle-Valdez-Seward Route-Direct Service
Cf« C A \1T A P T ABA Sails from Seattle May 24; returning
Oil • O^ViN 1 J-\ \*j i\i-V sails from Seward June 1.
Str. PORTLAND “£ !
Str. NORTHWESTERN %$;,S£5 SSI..81
Connects with S, vS. Dora
Alaska Peninsula Route
Cjr **nriO i** Sails from Seward 1st of each month for Unalaska, and way ports
oil i "vH.i Returning due in Seward 25th or following month.
tlv All sailings subject to change without notice
John It. Bunch, F. & 1’. A., Seattle.T. Banbury, Local Agent
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.
SUSITNA AND YENTNA
GOLD FIELDS ALASKA
Reached from Seattle by Steamers of the Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast
Co. sailing on the 1st, 5th, 8th, 16th, 20th and 24th of each month and connecting
at PORT GRAHAM with the Company's Steamers TYONIC and TONQUIN for all
COOK INLET points. At CHUITNA, Cook Inlet, the Steamers TYONIC and TONQUIN
connect with the Company’s New Stern Wheel River Steamer ALICE for all SUSITNA
and YENTNA RIVER Points. Tor Passenger and Freight Rates Apply
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.. ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO..
O. J, Humphrey, Agent, Coleman bid., Seattle. 310 SansomeSt.. San Francisco, Cal.
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
OFFICE AT THE STATION
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time of the proposed signaling. Mars
will be only 55,000,000 miles distant
from the earth, or some 5,000.000 miles
nearer to us than that planet has ever
been before. If the Martians are as
curious as we are, well and good! We
mav be able to create some excitement
a
on that planet. But how long will it
take them to iind out what we are
about —those are the puzzling con
siderat ions.
So long .as there are men wit h mii
| lions to give away in the cause <f
scientific inquiry, and there is the
| slightest possibility of proving the
| character of life and intelligence on
I the surface of Mars, the game should
j he worth the candles, or rather the
! mirrors.
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j Roughnecks Challenge Regulars
Seward, June 5, 1009.
i To the Seward Regulars, greeting:
We, the Seward Rough Necks, here
j by challenge you to a match game of
j baseball to be played on the grounds at
| Branch park at 2 p. tn., Sunday, June 0,
! 1900. Weather not to interfere with
S game.
Seward Rough Necks,
| N. Sexton, Mgr.
Butts & Hay now have table accom
odations for patrons. Tomorrow an ex
■ cel lent chicken dinner will be served,
If you want a first-class meal cooked
; right, at right prices, Butts vV May’s
is t he place to go. It will be well to
remember this.
SERIAL No. 0482
NOTICE OF FIX A L PROOF OF HOME
STEAD
U S. Land Office at Juneau. Alaska, May
25. 1909.
NOTICE IS HEREBY CIV EX that Harry E.
Revclle, whose post office address is Seward. ;
Dist. of Alaska, being entitled to homestead
entry in Alaska underact or Congress approved
May 11. 1898. entitled “An Act extending the
homestead laws and providing for rign* of way
tor railroads in the District of Alaska, and
for other purposes.’’ and the amendment of said
Act appro\ed March J. 1903, has applied to
enter and make final proof of the lands embrac
ed in U. S. Survc.N No. 722 situate on Resurrec
tion Bay, District of Alaska, and more particu
larly described as follows:
Beginning at S. W. Cor. No. I at lino of mean
high "tide on beach, Lat. 60 deg. 09 rnin. X Long,
i 19 deg. oO min. 15 see. \V. identical with S. W.
Cor. homestead location, which corner is J
marked by an iron pipe three inches in
diameter marked M. C. S. 722 Cor. No. 1. from |
which. Cor. No. 1 S. 241 bears S. 76 deg. o2 min.
\V. 80. ( » chs. (list, thence along the shore of
Resurrection Bay N. 83 deg. 16 min. E. 5.90 chs. •
N. 51 deg. 18 rain. E. 4.20 chs. N. 81 deg. 17 min. j
F 17.60 chs. Thence N. 45 deg. 03 min. W. 5.20 i
chs. N. It) deg. 43 min. W. 9.90 chs. N. 4 deg. 08 j
min. E. 3.20 chs. N. 52 deg. 01 min. E. 3.90 chs. .
X. 76 deg. 36 min. E. 4.80 chs. S, 55 deg. 53 rnin. .
F. 1.10 chs. S. 70 deg. 58 min. \V. 3.80 chs. S. 53
deg. 38 min. Wr. 4.50 chs. S. 1 deg. 06 min. W- i
5.00 chs. S. 18 deg. 20 min. E. 7.00 chs. S. 42 deg. i
58 min. E. 5.00 chs. to M. C. Cor. No. 2 not set.;
Witness Cor. bears E. L00 chs. dist. marked by :
iron pipe three inches in diameter marked M.
C W. C. S. 722 Cor. No. 2. Thence from true;
I Cor. No. 2 E. 11.68 chs. to Cor. No. 3 marked by j
' iron pipe three inches in diameter marked S.
; 722 Cor. 3, from which Cor. U. S. C. & G. Sur. :
I base line Mon. bears N. 46 deg. 11 min. E. 3.34 j
chs. dist Thence N. mag. dec. 26 deg. 45 min.
E. 56.85 chs. to M. C. Cor No. 4 on S. bunk of ,
Resurrection river, not set, witness Cor. S. 7.05 s
chs. dist. marked by iron post three inches in |
diameter marked M. C. W. C. S. 722 Cor. No. 4.
Thence from Cor. No. 4 meandering the South
! bank Resurrection river N. 59 cleg. 12 min. W.
j 4.30 chs. N. 23 deg. 10 min. W. 2.40 chs. N. 7 deg.
04 min. W. 1.80 chs. N. 34 deg 41 min. W. 2.80,
I chs. N. 23 deg. 53 min. W. 5.70 chs. N. 62. deg. 23
i min. W. 5.10 chs. N. 76 cleg. 09 min. W. 5.00 chs.
N. 55 deg. 01 min W. .79 chs. to Cor. No. 5 not
set. Witness Cor. bears west 11.92 chs. dist.
marked by iron pipe three inches in diameter
marked M. C. W. C. S. 722 Cor. No. 5. Thence
from true Cor. No. 5 West mag. dec. 27 deg. 00
min. E. 21.28 chs. to Cor. No. 6. marked by iron
pipe three inches in diameter marked S. 722
Cor. No. 6. Thence South on line mag. dec. 27
deg. E. 79.96 chs. to Cor. No. 1, place of begin
ning. Area 288.08 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly any portion of the above described
tract of land are required to file with the
register and receiver of the U. S. Land
Office at Juneau. Alaska, their adverse
claims thereto under oath during the period of
publication, or within thirty days thereafter,
or they will be barred by provision of the
statute.
T-Tnrrv TiV RpvpIIp
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska May 25,1909.
It is hereby ordered that notice of the fore
going application be published for the statu
tory period in the Seward Daily Gateway, a
daily newspaper of general circulation printed
at Seward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
Date of first publication June 4. 1909.
Date of last publication August 13,1909.
Best ( loocls!
Best Prices!
Best Treatment!
Swell line Dry Goods,
Dress Goods and Exclusive
Patterns in Wall Paper just
arrived.
I Victor Talking Machines
sold on monthly install
ments.
We are pioneers in. the
Wall Paper business.
^ l>ittleCooJ^ \
I Agents Northern Steamship
Co. Steamer Lindsay sails from
Seattle for Seward May 1st.
Special low freight and passen
gg ger rates.
Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21
Seward, Alaska
S. L. COLWELL S. M. GRAFF
ArcticRecorder. Arctic Chief
In the Probate Court. Territory of Alaska.
Prince William Sound Precinct, before E R,
Gray, Probate Judge.
In the matter of the estate 1 Publication
of r of
John Matson, deceased ) Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given to the creditors of
John Matson, deceased, requiring all persons,
who have claims against the said deceased to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers to
the administrator within six months after the
first publicatiln of this notice, at his home at
Latouche, Alaska, the same being the place for
transaction of the business of said estate.
Signed, W. C. L. Beyer, administrator of the
estate of John Matson. Deceased.
Dated Latouche, Alaska, April 24th, 1909.
W. C. L. BEYER,
Administrator,