NO. 31
CONGRESSMAN SULZER I
FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT
Seattle, Sept. 13—“If Porto Kico is!
allowed self-government, I see no reas-1
on why home rule should not be given ■
to Alaska.’* said Congressman Sulzer !
this morning. “The present coal laws
are adequate, if enforced,” continued ,
Sulzer. “If a coal claimant has com
plied with the law, he should be
granted a patent without furtherdelay.
^ If not, his claim should be cancelled.
* However, government ownership and
operation are preferable to leaving the '
coal areas of Alaska undeveloped,, as
under the present administration.”
Discussing his plan for dividing
Alaska into three separate territories, t
Sulzer said:
“I would make Southeastern Alaska
a territory comprising the region from
Chacon to Mt. St. Klias. This would
have a population of 20,000 |>ersons. I
most of whom have lived in itsconfines !
for over a year. 1 would call this ter
ritory Sumner, in honor of the great
senator from Massachusetts, whose
prophetic speech in congress made the
purchase of the territory possible. Its
capital, of course, would l»eeither Ket
chikan or Juneau.
“I would make Southwestern Alaska,
DEATH AWAITS
PARTICPANTS IN
CHINA UPRISING!
Pekin, Sept. 13.—The emperor has i
issued an imperial edict which means ;
death to every participant in the pres* j
ent uprising. The situation is well i
under control. Chinese troops are pro
| tectiug the lives and property of for-i
* eign subjects. Foreign gunboats have |
arrived here to aid in the work of pro- |
tect.on. _
‘ DRYS WIN BY j
CLOSE MARGIN;
Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—letter—Re- j
vised returns from the state election '
indicate that the prohibition ticket has;
won by a slight lead. The contest is
very close.
Portland, Me., Sept. 13—Official re-!
turns from 223 cities in Maine give u I
majority of lb* for the anti-prohibition |
ticket.__
Astors In Poughkeepsie.
Potfghkeepsie, Sept. 13—Col. John !
Jacob Astor and his bride reached here
last evening.
O. Rich, of the Palace Hotel com-•
pany, San Francisco, arid Mrs. Rich,
arrived on ttte Sampson. They come j
on pleasure l>cnt and are hugoly enjoy- j
ing the delightful Alaska trip.
D. M. Stewart has returned from a
trip to the Hope district.
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The Fairbanks. Rooms ."/Ac. Fifth ave.
To get orders filled quick just ring
3d.—Seward Commercial Co. *
Meet me at the Branch. *
Good, Better and Best candies at I
Root’s. *
We study to please our customers.
Does it always occur to you?—Seward
Commercial Co. *
fcy Finest line of eamiles at Root's. *
^ Consult “The Old German Doe tor
He knows all about drugs, medicine
and lota of other things. You’ll find
him at The Alaska Pharmacy. *
comprising ail the district south of the
Yukon and west of the international
boundary, another territory, and I
would call it Seward, in honor of the
secretary of state who initiated the
purchase. Its capital would be the I
city of Seward, and within the lives of
those before me tonight it will become
as rich and as prosperous a country as
Norway and Sweden combined.
‘*1 would make all the district north
of the Yukon, to the frozen Arctic,
another territory and I would call it
Alaska, because it will always be cold
andsparsley settled,and its name would
harmonize with the general conception
of Alaska in the minds of most persons.
“These three territories would each
have a delegate in congress, they
would each have a local legislature!
capable of enacting local laws, and a
territorial form of government similar i
to that of other territories of the Union. (
It would be an economical government. ;
It would cost the tax-payers of the
United States nothing, and law and,
order would ho conserved.
“I promise as a member of con- 1
gress to do my utmost to bring about
in the next session of congress these
desirable reforms.”
HEAD SOCIETY
DECLINES TO i
PERMIT STRIKE
Chicago, Sept. 13—The threatened
walkout of the shopmen on the Harri-!
man system ha* received a setback by 1
the refusal of the international society, i
with headquarter* here, refusing to
sanction the strike upon the grounds
set forth.
U. S. POSTOFFICE
INSPECTORS HEREi
Walter M. Cookson and Frank
Wilbur Smith, United States poit
offlee inspectors, from Washington. I).
C., reached Seward on the steamer
Admiral Sampson. Both gentlemen
stand high in the confidence of the
postal authorities, and are charged j
with the responsible duty of invest!*'
gating mail conditions in Alaska, with j
a view to recommending improve
ments where feasible. They have
visited the Fairbanks, fditarod and
Nome districts.
Messrs. Cookson and Smith’s recom
mendations regarding the mail con- j
tract from the coast to the fditarod
district will probably be accepted a*
final by the post office department, and
they come here to inquire Into the
practicability of the Scward-Iditarod >
route. A committee of citizens wiil ;
meet them this evening and present
the claims of this route.
The steamer Alameda passed Ketehl- j
kan. enroute to Seward, yesterday (
morning. _
Biggest line of Photo Goods ever re
ceived in Seward. Now on display at
the Alaska Pharmacy. *
Rosewood, the king of all Dandruff j
Cures, at Sherman’s barber shop. *
You press the button, we do the rest ■
at The Alaska Pharmacy. •
Life preserver* at J. L. Graefa. *
You never get bad eggs or butter
when you buv at Seward Commercial
Co. *
Stetson hau at Brown ft Hawkins. *
Send a copy of the Dr ily sod Weekly
Gateway to your frfeoCs. For sale at
Root's. •
I
CHROME IRON
ORE IS FOUND
ON THE INLET
W. A. Beet Makes Examination
and Reports That Deposits
Are of Commercial, Importance
and Makes Locations.
—
Deposits of chrome iron have been
found in Red mountain, seven miles!
from Seldovia, which may prove to be j
of commercial importance. W. A. I
Beet, who has passed the greater part;
of the season there, making an inves
tigation, re|>orts as follows on the prop- i
ositlon:
The formation of the country is
chiefly chert. At the base of the 1
mountain an igneous rock, probably !
diabase, ap|>ears as the predominant
formation. The chrome lies in a min
eralized band, or vein, running through
the country for at least five miles, and '
found by outcrops at intervals, and
which is from twenty to one feet in
width. One deposit of chrome ore. is
al>out three feet in width and may be !
traced four hundred feet. Slidescoverj
it at either end. Ahother deposit is
three and one-half feet in width, show
ing on the surface of bluff for an
approximate distance of three hundred
feet. On the northeast end of the
mineralized band occures a deposit of
chromite eight feet in width and which ’
may be traced fifteen hundred feet.
It apparently runs through the moun
tain. Through the vein, in places, are |
small stringers of chromite. These •
small veins converge at different points,
making a solid de[>osit of £hromlre ore
about twenty feet in width.
For himself and associates Bt.et made
extensive locations on the mountain
and when here several days ago bond
ed the whole to J. I). Menach, who
represents Pittsburg iron men.
For years past it has been know n
that chrome iron existed in Bed inoun- i
tain, but little attention has been paid
to the deposits until Beet made his ex-1
animation and reported favorably.
CONFESSES TO
COMPLICITY IN
GOLD ROBBERY:
Seattle, Sept. 13.—A prisoner in the |
Everett jail has confessed that he was
a participant in the gold dust robbery
on board the steamer Humboldt, and
implicates in the steal several well
known Seattle tnen whose names, for
obvious reasons, are withheld from the
public. The confessed gold thief
claims he. knows the hiding place of
the bulk of the dust, which has not
been recovered, and was brought hero
this morning for the purpose of reveal
ing the spot where the gold is hidden,
said to be in this city. The matter of
prosecuting t he men whom he impli
cates will he taken before the federal
grand jury, soon to meet in Tacoma.
Nels Johansen, the man who built
the cliff house southwest of town dur
ing the year 1903, is in town, a recent
arrival from the west.
Brown and Sage Colored tents at J. I*.
Graef’s. #
Before you take the steamer for the
outside, rest up at the Alaska House, t
Nettleton shoes at Brown A Hawkins.
Use Olro everlasting interlocking vit
rified clinker chimneys. Immediate
delivery. Brown A Hawkins exclus
ive agents. •
Get busy and clean up. Garden
rakes, hoes, shovels, axes—everything
to Gold Dust.—Seward Commercial
Co. •
MINING ACTIVITIES IN
CONTIGUOUS REGIONS
Knik, Sept. 8.—The Cold Bullion
Mining company has cleaned up $.*>1,
000 in gold bullion so far this season,
according to reliable rej>orts received
here, and the mill is still running.
During the greater part of the season
a shortage of water handicapped the
company, permitting it to use the bat i
terv of seven stamps only a brief por- i
tion of the time.
Milo Kelly, of the Alaska- Gold
Quartz company, has made a splendid
record with a two stamp prosj>ecting
mill. He has taken out $17,000 in gold
bullion, more than paying expenses for
the season and doing a vast amount of
development work.
Under the new management the
Brookly n Development company, which
has a line property, is getting along
nicely. The Matanuska Gold Mines,
under Superintendent William Brewer,!
has a big force engaged in develop
ment. Superintendent Hide and a
gang of men have begun work on the
extension of the Willow creek road,
and good work is being done.
Sunny Knik.
Glacier Creek, Sept. 10.—Frank
Whitney came down from the Crow
creek summit yesterday. He and
Frank Brown have staked six gold
quartz claims there. He brought down
a line lot of samples, all of which pan !
free gold. He returned to the claims
today and will remain there the bal
SPEAKERS TO i
PLEAD CAUSE !
OF NORTHLAND
\
Seattle, .Sept. 13.—Maurice D. Lee- j
hey. Falcon Joslin, Henry Harriman
and J. L Steel will repre^nt Alaska ,
and deliver set addresses before the !
Fourteenth annual session of the!
American Mining congress, called to j
convene in Chicago October 24. The :
meeting was postponed from Septem- ;
ber 26.______
PINCHOT COMING !
ON TODAY S CAR
— j
Ivem Creek Hotel.fSept. 13—By Long
Distance Telephone to the Gateway —
Gifford Pinehot, Private Secretary
Staiilnecker. and Jchn FI. Jathrop, the ’
newspaper correspondent. reached •
here this morning from Knik. and will 1
reach Seward on the auto this after- j
noon. Senator Miles Poindexter and '
and Gail Poindexter remained at Knik
anti will not return for several days.
Milo Kelly, of the Alaska Gold
Quartz Company, in the Willow creek i
district, will also reach Seward on the
car. _
C. A. McKee is in from Cooper creek i
and will depart for the state* on the *
Sampson.
Meet me at the P»ranch •
Gold Medal flour cook book* at
Drown A Hawkins free for the a*king. * j
Souvenir Past Card*— Largest as
sortment in Sewsrd. Original views’
at The Alaska F'hart <acy. *
Jn*t opened' Restaurant ami coffee '
house, on Washington street. Good I
meal*. Cheap prices. Gabriel Santo,
proprietor. #
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer roadhouse, Knik. Alaska.
Drugs, Toilet articles, Thermos Hot
ties—Everything in our Hoe at The
Alaska Pharmacy. t
ance of the season, doing development
work.
Jim Beall ariVl Booth .have located
a vein 24 inches in width in the same
locality, which looks good.
Nutter & Dawson, operating a big
hydraulic plant on Crow cteek. are
cleaning up their boxes, and the pay is
better than they anticipated. They
are just on tiie verge of getting into
hig pay in an old channel. For the
past two seasons they have been work
ing to get this to point. They intend to
work as long as jnjssible this season.
It now looks as though ail they had to
do next season was to take out the
money.
Glacier creek is coming into its own
in the way of novelties. We now have
a woman packer. Sam Cappers has
contracted with a Mrs. Glass to trans
l>Oi't his roadhouse supplies from Glac
ier creek to Gird wood’s c imp, on Crow
creek. She is making regular tripe
pach day, using two horses and carry
ing 400 pounds. II. E. *E.
Beluga, Sept. "».—Lewis creek is tho
latest gold strike in this section. It is
located about twelve miles from Be
luga and is a small stream about eight
miles in length. It has been staked
from the source to the mouth and pros
pectors 4re working on development,
fhe gold is coarse and it is shallow to
bedrock. Two men with a rocker got
very flattering returns. Prospector.
MONTE ATTELL
HAMMERED BY
TOMMY DIXON
New York, Sept. 13—Tommy Dixon
hum tut'red Monte Attell unmercifully
in a light heie last night. TIe easily
got the decision. Attell was hooted
by the crowd for his poor showing.
Mat Wells, the (Englishman, and Abe
Attell are scheduled to light here on
the 20th.
FATHER REFUSES
TO PROSECUTE
Warfield, R. I., Sept. 13.—Thecliarge
of manslaughter against former Secre
tary of the Navy ^Newberry has been
quashed, the father of the girl killed
in the auto accident refusing to prose
cute. _
Brokerage Firm Fall*
New York. Sept. 13—The failure of
the brokeage firm of Van Schaick Sc
Company is announced. The firm’s
liabilities amount to $U*hO,OO0. ,
Frank (E. Y< ungH and his guest, Dr.
F. B. Whiting of Cor lova, arrived
from Cooper creek yesterday afternoon.
You will fir.d our Good* flight. If
not «e will make it right.
Seward Commercial Co.
Fine line of rubber coats at Brown
Sc Hawkins. *
The German doctor has some GOOD
candy.
If you are Id trouble, consult “The
Old Doctor” at The Alaska Phar
macy. ___ t
Wall paper, {mints and oils at Brown
Sc Hawkins. *
Let u* finish your pictures for you—
satisfaction guaranteed. The Alaska
I'harmacy. *
F.ptozone, the reliable dandruff cure.
Four years’ demonstration and haa
never failed to cure. A. C. Gcuid
Alaska agents. #