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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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Kntcred as second ('lass matter August 21th. t
1VOI at the jswiothce At Seward Alaska, un- I
dcr the Act of Conuress of March s, lS7t».
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One Year i In Advance) • - - $3.00
Si* Months ... $1.50
Kastern office 212 Alwortb lluUdtmr. Duluth.
Minnesota ('has. II. Aske. authorized a cent
SATURDAY. AUGUST J» W
NOT BAD BY COMPARISON
\\ e Alaskans are prone to grumble
at tiie oeea*ional showers which nature
Si«n*U. apparently to mar tin* summer’s
> K ,| ;>.e. lint let us observe what
otl . r members of the human family
in other por ion* of the world are eti
dm :,g. an.' \l:i*ka, climatically. " 1
i:o! sii.h-r by comparison.
iu i ue west and middle west devas
tantm electric storms have recently
vkv ■ u. leaving wreck ami ruin in
lie r wake. and from the effects of
which even the temples of Cod are
no? immune. In eastern and south
or; ,;areN millions of unfortunate* are
sW. tering and withering from the
i- ',tv ray* of the sun. failing by tiie
way s'u.. from sunstroke and sinking
from exhaustion, with no gentle rain
or halmv sea breeze to allay and
>0othe he a n st unbearable suffering
from heat.
\\ in n we contemplate the matter
fivi: a brourder range than our imrae
iii.ite environs, we will view with more
complacency the invigorating ocean
hiv*'-'.e and a few rain drops from
al*ove.
II, T for nstance. is an example of
eastern weather:
N, u. rt. I’a.. duly :*•> An unusual
occ rrenee i* reported from near Dun
c.c • ■ I m • during the heat, of la*'
week. : eiuts shallow ponds were
win 'in' it was impossible to
halite n them.
i»lu. • • e g “ Hug" Hading, htni a
pock : duck* living on one pond, and
he wa* am a • d to tind them on the
hank with mm*: of :h<- feat in r* boiled
,,-r \ ’ * he li*h were boiled to a
turn and ready for the table.
Imdivpoed into the water were
hard -oiled in a few minute*, and
where the branches of overhang ng
tree* t - niched the surface the leave*
shriveled.
Several farmhands, figuring on a
hath after a hard day'* work in tin*
fields, limped into the pond without
ascertaining the temperature, and al
though the point had slightly cooled
o?T unn-T the evening breeze*, they
wer- so badly scalded they comd not
work f-*r three da\*.
STILL FINDING ROCKS
Y« s~ -Is ply ir.g the waters of South-1
western Alaska are still finding un
charted rock- and they usually have1
the Kick to pick up-the snags while
running at high speed, with the nut
ura consequence that the ;uektcs>
craft ace lir* - a large hole in her hull
ami instant !y becomes div ia r.ee tor :
sailing, or m arly so.
The mishap of the revenue cutter
Manning in running upon a rock in
the usual channel of vessels through
IV:nee William sound indicates the
value of the charting of that Inxly of
water. IVohably hundreds of vessels
have hatViy missed that s>UBr roeK,
and other snags ike it may he near
the course. At east once within the
past year a vessel has found and barely
n. " d a similar uncharted reef.
While the people of Alaska are
sending petitions for a lot of other j
metis to thut throne of uncertain
grace, the federal government, noth
ing more im|Hjrtant can be urged than
a new and complete survey of its navi
gable waters. Survey boats haw
been engaged for several years past in j
the work but they will be unable to
complete a thorough and absolutely
reliable charting of all the coast
waters for a long time. Additions
should be made to the survey fleet
sufficient to enable it to make naviga
tion safe in the shortest possible
time.
In order to interest capital in the
copper prospects which have been,
found in the vicinity of Seward, it
might l** advisable for the owners to
get together and collect specimens
from the various claims for display at
Seattle or some other outside city, j
Prospective purchasers always want
to see samples from a given
district. It is the preliminary step in
the development of a country. And it
can be stated as a fact that no where
in Alaska can better indications of
large deposits of copper of commercial
value be found than on Resurrection
bay. _
Candidates for delegate to congress
are already begining to bob up at
Fairbanks. Postmaster John 1\ Clum
is out with a letter announcing his
candidacy.
The Tanana Valley railroad will be
extended on to Richardson, the metrop
olis of the Tenderfoot country. Grad
ng is almost conpleted far as C leary
City.
BANDIT CHIEF I
WINS VICTORY
By Cable to The Dally Oat way.
London. Aug. 21 \dvices from Tan
gier state that tin bandit chief Kai
>uia’s cohorts have met and defeated
a force of tlie sultan's troops, and have
captured many towns. A balloon will
be sent to locate the position of the
Moorish troops. Foreigners have been
warned to leave the country.
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French >ufier Losses
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Casa Blanca, \u-. -4 The French
! wore attacked by Arabs this morning
and suffered heavy los es. I he French
-ohiiel's used shrapnel to repel the at
tack. Port Gueydon lias been bom
barded by the French fleet but de’ails
of the affair are unobtainable.
$148,000 IN ONE
LARGE LUMP OF GOLD
Seeking gold nuggets is sometimes
exoil ing work; not it frequently it is
more work than excitement: it is only
to the favored few that nuggets of any
size reveal themselves.
Tne largest gold nugget in the world
was found in New South Wales. It was
worth Ai4s,(NH). It was 4 feet P inches
long. feet inches wide and 4 inches
in thickness throughout.
This great “find" was unearthed at a
small mining camp called Hill End.
’['women. Byers and Hallman, were t he
discoverers. Strange to say. they had
lost all their money seeking gold,
and at the titneof their discovery were
on the verge of dispair.
A tvmarkablediscovery in Australia
was the “Welcome Stranger" nugget,
which weighed 2,-OS ounces and was
valued at >47,070. This big find was
made by two poor puddlers. .John Bea
con and Richard Oates. They bad not
gone seriously into mining, ow ing to
tin it- poverty, anil they never expected
• ,i make more than a bare living. The
adingofthn “Welcome St ranger" was
i matter of accident. It wa> embedded
n Mill’ red clay just below the sur
;;u*e. near a road that wagons were
icon>tantly passing over it. Not ten
iuche> away a w agon rut ran at a depth
actually below where the nugget was
found.
FOUNDER OF JESSIE
LEE HOME RETIRES
l>r. A. W. Newhall. founder and for
the past ten years in active charge of
tti. ,l* s>ie Lee home for native chlld
11 ii a- t naiaska. accompanied by bis
wife, was a passenger on the Dora, en
r.rite to ill- states. Dr. Newhall re
tires from the missionary Held to again
take u;» the practice of medicine.
Tic Jessee Leo home stands as a
model for an institution of its charac
ter. and lias accomplished great good
in directing the native children in the
way of right living and educating
them. It is said the children almost
worship the doctor and his estimable
wife, who has also assisted in the
lanot-sof this home for the homeless.
Portland Comes and does
St.■•i:ner Portland arrived from Se
attle at .j a. m. Friday and sailed at
e:;o a. in. for Seldovia and Kodiak.
She brought the follow ing passengers j
•o s- ward: P. 11. Peterson, C. F. Hew
• :. Mi>. Campbell. N. Wells, II. F.
Lee. John Reasor, Mrs. K. Walker.
There is an increased output being;
ade from the new copper camps on
Prince of Wales island, 'lhe three j
irg»u* mine-. viz: Karta Bay. Sul/.er
and Mt. Andrews are to increase their,
monthly shipments from 0,000 to about.
12.000 tons.
_
The aerial tram, constructed by the
Sesorn Company, is proving a great
-access. Sixty tons of lumber were re
cently unloaded from a scow- in twenty
live minutes, saysa Nome paper.
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H. D. Reynolds of the Reynolds
Alaska Development Company has
purchased the mercantile and bank
ing business of Levy & Co., one of the
oldest tirrns in Valdez.
F. R. Brown, who was superintend
ent of the famous Apollo mine at Unga
during the productive period of that
property, is in Seward, and goes west
ward on the Dora.
The Pacific Fisherman makes the
statement that the Indians of Ketchi
kan are so taken with roller skating
that they refuse to tfo fishing.
Over $800 worth of stamps were can
celed in the Fairbanks postottice in
one afternoon. Most of them were
affixed to packages of gold dust.
At Seattle a furor was caused by the
discovery of gold in sand used as ballast
by the steamship Ohio on her voyage
from Nome.
Tom Nestor, of Nome, has built a
wine vault which is packed with 500
tons of wet goods.
ELECTRIC STORM
IN MINNESOTA
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Minneapolis, Aug. 1!*. An electric
storm swept over the northern part of
Minnesota yesterday. Several people
were killed outright, others were se
verely injured and buildings were
struck and burned. The storm oc
curred while services were being held
in various churches, causing a panic
among the worshipers.
SCHOONER KIOWO
HAS VARIED CAREER
The Japanese schooner Kiowo, one
of the vessels recently seized by reve
nue cutters charged with poaching,
has had a remarkable career. She
was formerly the Henry Dennis, a
Gloucester mackerel fishing boat and
came around the horn in Is'"''''. t apt.
Moore of the Dora was a member of
her crew on that voyage, and when he
saw the Kiowo at llnalaska he thought
he recognized a familiar figure and
inquiry developed that the vessel had
changed only in name.
It transpires that while the Dennis
was engaged in sealing otT tin* Japan
ese coast some years age. a tidal wave
j threw tlie vessel on the beach where
she was abandoned by her owners.
Some enterprising Japs got hold of the
wreck, made necessary repairs and
fitted the vessel out as a sealer under
the name of Kiowo.
DORA BRINGS MANY
PEOPLE FROM WEST
The good ship Dora arrived from
Nushairak and intervening points at
4 o’clock Thursday afternoon, loaded
to her capacity with passengers. She
is scheduled to sail on her return trip
Monday afternoon.
Prisoners Prom the \N estward
Deputy Marshal Hates arrived on
die Dora from Nushagak with several
prisoners who will he taken to \ aide/,
for trial on the first steamer. One is
a t hinaman who shot at and missed a
fellow countryman, and another is a
, crazy Japanese. O. Anderson, charged
with rape, was taken on at Pnga.
Warriner E. Smith III
Warriner K. Smith, the surveyor in
charge of preliminary work for tho
Alaska Short Line, a proposed railroad
from lliamna to the interior, nearly
died from the etl'ects of ptomaine pois
oning. The Dora brought word that
he i> now out of danger.
J. F. McLean, a well known younj:
Seattle lawyer, came to Seward on the
Saratoga with a commission as Fnited
States commissioner at lliamna. He
will jfo west on the Dora.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Dora: in port.
Yucatan; arrived in Valdez from Se
attle at 12 noon.
Portland: sailed for Seldovia and
Kodiak 2drd. ,
Bertha: >ails from Seattle 24th.
Santa Clara: sails from Seattle 2<>th.
Jeanie: sailed for Seattle 17th.
Saratoga: sailed for Seattle 20th.
Klsie: sailed for sound ports 18th.
WEEKLY WEATHIR RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
August 24;
TKMPftUATUItK.
Max. Min.
Sunday 5s 54 Rain
Monday *‘,2 54 Pt. cloudy
Tuesday 58 54 ('loudy
Wednesday 60 52 I’t. cloudy
Thursday 60 47 Rain
Friday 60 44 Clear
Saturday 00 4.) Clear
Advancing Their Interests ,
We endeavor to advance the busi
ness interests of our customers in
every legitimate way. In so doing, our
motives may be somewhat tinctured
with selfishness, for upon the prosper
ity of its patrons hangs the success of
every bank.
RANK OF SEWARD.
Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21, J
Meets every second and fourth Sat- I
urday evening in Fire Hall.
J. L. REED, F. E. YOUNGS,
■ Arctl^Lecorder^^^ Arctl^^hle^^f
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue. Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Saturday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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ATTO RN EY-AT-LAW
Over Bank of Seward
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Ray Building, -:- Seward, Alaska
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DENTIST
Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD. - - ALASKA.
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
and SITU IKON
City office: <>wl Drugstore.
Homo office: At Uni!road Hospital
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A N D =
Photo Supplies
The largest assort
ment of Photo Post I
Cards of Seward and
Alaska scenes in town
While in qur show
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ditional Land Scrip.
This scrip takes immediate
title to either surveyed or
unsurveyed lands in Alaska,
and i> approved by the Gov
ernment. Price, $30.00 an
acre in 40-80 and 120 acre
pieces, or $50.00 per acre in
pieces of, from I to 20 acres.
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Tyonok, - Alaska
A Complete Line of
..GROCERIES..
Hardware, Rubber Goods,
General Camp Supplies.
I Our aim is to carry everything
that a prospector may need. j
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MCMILLAN flR & WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
Brown & Hawkins
WHOLESALERS AND
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Provisions, Bedding, Crockery, Glassware, Hardware, Cloth
ing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Rubber Goods,
Gentlemen’s Furnishings, Wood and Coal,
Flour, Feed, Etc., Etc., Etc.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated Coffees
and Teas, and Hills Bros.' Coffees.
Outfitting a Specialty
^DEPENDABLE DRUGGISTS
WILL NOT make untruthful statements concerning u comi»etltor.
WILL NOT — "Shove the Queer," that is try ami sell you something
just as good for the article you wanted.
WILL NOT charge you the old time Dawson hikioh'i haik on a
prescription, or any article on sale in a drug store.
WILL NOT nil >11 r prescriptions by leaving nut or ubstituting I
any drug for that which the doctor prescribed.
WILL NOT mark the selling price of goods with letters that cannot
be understood by the customers.
THE OWL DRUG CO. ARE DEPENDABLE DRUGGISTS
The Prescription business of the Owl is in charge of a graduate, registered
Pharmacist of thirty years experience.
The Ow l does not ".Shove the Queer." hut sells you just w hat you ask for.
The old time Dawson fukic.iit hath is not charged jou on any prescription
or article bought at the Owl.
The prescriptions left at the Owl are filled jlist as your doctor prescribed
them. (No substituting)
The selling prices of goods at the Owl are marked in plain figures: r.o
chance for tin- clerk to mi so the price.
WHOLESALE OWL DRUG CO RETAIL
E. V. BOYLE. Mgr.
IrAA„nA HaII General Merchant
. tl0OfQ0 ROllf...Hope, Alaska...
Headquarters for Prospectors' Outfits for
all Susitna and Kuskokwim points
Discount on orders as follows:
Dry Goods, Hardware, Ammunition, Crockery, Drugs, U
Graniteware, Hats. Shoes, Etc., 30 per cent 30
Orders of S-a or over on Groceries. IS percent.
No discount on Flour, Sugar, Ham, Bacon, Lard. Butte"
Potatoes, Onions and Eggs, but all at a low pric<.
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Gents’ turnishinqs, Dry Goods. Boots and Shoes, Rubber
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Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
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Electric Lights and electric Bells in every Room
Rates, per day, - - from 50 cents to $2.50
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
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