SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Kutered us Second Class matter August 24th,
!»'>4. ut the i>ostotllce' at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5. 11HT7
ENDS NOTABLE SERVICE
Judge W'ickorsham's voluntary re
tirement from the federal bench in
Alaska will l*e regretted by a large
majority of the people of the territory
and hailed with delight by a small mi
nority. some of whom opposed him
honestly, through personal or political
pre udIce. and others because of per
sonal spleen or -elf interest.
Tin* resignation of Judge Wicker
sham ends as a drawn battle a long
tight which was certain to continue
indefinitely. Nine-tenths of the United
State- senators were prepared to vote
for hi- continuation at any time a vote
could be taken, but Nelson of Minne
sota anti tin* two North Dakota senu
tor- had announced the policy of pre
venting a vote if they had to block the
wheels of legislation to accomplish
the ir purpo-e. The fetish of senato
rial courtesy would have enabled them
to do it. Therefore, although Judge
W ickersham had the confidence and
support of the president, the attorney
general and every honest man in the
United States senate and of a vast
majority of the people of hi- jurisdic
tion.his continuation w:i> impossible.
Accordingly Judge W’ickersham re
tire- and goes into the private practice
which will be far more profitable and
agreeable to himself than his place
on the beneh. and the people of Alas
ka lu-.* the ablest lodge who ever sat
ir it- courts. He would have resigned
before but for the fight upon him.
Not one of the charge- against him
has been made to -tick and ho is vindi
cated before the people and the senate
even * gh the senatorial tools of the
mo.-t ».»-r -putable gang o< blacklegs
who e\er invaded Alaska were able to
defeat h - confirmation
Tin Juneau Kecord-Mimr has drop
ped t.ie •’Miner'* affix, and consoli
dated with the Transcript, which is
now its weekly edition, and both are
"-column papers. They are well
edited, well made up and apparently
prosperous, which indicates that fight
ing self-government for the corpora
tions is good business in Juneau.
The Tacoma real estate association
has appropriated $1000 to advertise Ta
coma in Alaska. 1’robably it will pro
mulgate the advantages of buying
Tacoma town lots. When Tacoma
w akes up and runs steamers to Alaska
it will not need any other advertising
in the territory.
t opper is down to about 15 cents.
This does not necessarily signify a per
manent low price, but more probably
that the trust is juggling prices for its
own ends. It is given out that a sur
plus of 250,000,t*00 pounds of relined
copper is held in stock.
The worst feature of| the cable dis
ability is that Alaska is temporarily
deprived of the receipt of any wisdom
from Theodore Roosevelt or William
J. Bryan, and they are probably talk
ing right along.
When the dowager empress of China
proclaims that China is to be a consti
tutional monarchy it sets observing
persons to wondering what new cussed
ness the old devil contemplates.
It is unfortunate for the reputation
of that immaculate proponent of human
liberty, the Western Federation of
Miners, that so many persons offensive
to it meet violent death.
Mr. Bryan wants to begin shouting
pretty loud before President Roosevelt
gets to making so much noise on his
present talking trip that no other sound
can be heard.
M. K. Rogers says the Bering river
coal field contains 500,000,000 tons of
coal. He has probably hefted some of
it and stepped off the ground.
Jim Ham Lewis is going to run for
governor of Illinois in order to get his
name in the papers again.
Maybe Seattle means sour grapes
when it says Reynolds handed Tacoma
a lemon.
COALING STATION COMING
Seward will have the government
coaling station on the Alaska coast,
which means ultimately a navy yard.
This is not official, because represen
tatives of the government entrusted
with such a duty as t lie location of a
coaling station do not make their re
ports through the newspapers. Never
theless Capt. Pond of the cruiser
Buffalo is proceeding with the work in
a way that indicates that the matter is
settled.
If any doubt of the final selection of
Resurrection bay remains after Capt.
Pond's report R made to t he secretary
of the navy that doubt will disappear
after a survey of other possible loca
tions. No other harbor on the Alaska
coast is in the same class with Resur
rection bay. N > other harbor offers
the united advantages of absolute pro
tection from the open sea, deep water
close to shore, freedom from ice every
day in the year.
The only requirement of a coaling
station that Seward now lacks is coal.
But Alaska has adjacent to the south
ern coast vast quantities of coal of the
grade required for naval uses. No
better steaming c al is planted any
where than that < f the Matanuska and
Kayak fields. Whichever coal the
government max finally select, or he
compelled to take because of inability
to get the other, the coaling station
will be at Seward. Katalla has the
coal, but a harbor available fora coal
ing station and navy yard can not he
made there in 1000 years with all the
money all its coal and oil will ever
bring. Cordova and \ aldez luix'e fair
harbors but neither of them compara
ble to that of Seward.
If the syndicate which purports to
be constructing a railroad from Sexv
ard to the Matanuska fails to complete
the line to the coal fields during the
present generation the coaling station
will not be lost to Seward. The race
R on to bring either the Matanuska or
the Kayak coal to tide water first.
The government will take coal from
the field that xvins the race.
If the Alaska Central had just a
little bit of the money spent in kin
dergarten exercises a couple of years
ago it might be able to put a railing
around the inner side of tin* dock to
protect employes and others from the
danger of falling into the hay.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
October 3:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 33 3s Clear
Monday 33 32 Clear
Tuesday 49 39 Rain
Wednesday 40 42 Rain
Thursday 49 41 Rain
Friday 30 42 Rain
Saturday 4 s 44 Rain
SEWARD STEAMERS
Yucatan; sails from Valdez for Sew
ard this evening.
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 25th.
Pennsylvania; scheduled to sail from
Seattle 1st.
Portland: sailed for Seattle 29th.
Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 30th.
Jeanie; sailed for Seattle 18th.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 30th.
Land and Mineral Decisions
FURNISHED BY
WOODFORD D. HARLAN
LAND ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Settlement—Priority of, is protected
only under legal assertion of right.
Rights claimed under settlement should
be asserted within the statutory period
i to be effective as against the interven
ing entry of another.
Stare Decisis—The doctorine of Stare
Decisis is recognized and followed in
the Department in cases that involve
i principles well established by a uni
form line of decisions.
Survey Marks—The law provides a
penalty for the destruction of survey
marks. A section of land is not sur
veyed until every line of the section
has been actually run and the corners
established.
Timber and Stone—An applicant for
the right of timder land purchase
must show that the land applied for
is free from adverse eccupancy and
that he has made no other application
to purchase under the timber act. Un
til an application is finally allowed the
applicant has no right to or control
over the land.
Timber Cutting—The owner of a
mining claim in the Colville Indian
Reservation, Washington, has the
same right to use and remove timber
upon his claim as the owner of a min
ing claim elsewhere.
COURT RULE GOVERNING
NEW LIQUOR LICENSES
The new court rule governing sa
loons, which forbids the sale of liquor
in new places until license is granted,
made by Judge Wickersham at Valdez
last month, reads as follows:
Sec. 1 ‘ No person, company or cor
poration making a first application for
a retail or bar room liquor license
within the Pacific coast district shall
lie permitted to sell liquor between the
time of making the application and
the date (fr granting the license; Pro
vided that this rule shall not apply
when the application is for a renewal
of a former license under section 476
i)f the criminal code.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the
ieputy clerk at Valdez to notify all
first applicants for a retail or bar room
liquor license as soon as the applic
ation is filed of this rule by sending
such applicant a copy thereof; it shall
be the duty of the district attorney
and the marshal and all their deputies
to see that these rules are enforced, to
prosecute all violations of the law in
this respect; and to notify the court of
all infractions thereof; and where such
applicant wilfully violates the law and
sells liquor in advance of the issuance
of his license, the court may thereupon
refuse to grant him a license.
Canada is preparing to coin a 2-cent
nickel piece.
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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, for5 upon the prosper
ity of its patrons hangs the success of
every bank.
BANK OF SEWARD.
Legal Notices
FINAL ACCOUNT OF ADMINISTRATRIX
WITH THE WILL ANNEXED.
In the United States Commissioner's Court,
rot the Territory or Alaska. Third division, at
Kodiak. Alaska.
In the matter of the estate or V. W. StafeifT.
deceased.
Notice is hereby "Ivon that Mrs. Jennie
StafeifT. the administratrix with the will an
nexed of the estate of V. W. Siafaifi. deceased,
has rendered and presented for settlement,
and tiled in said court Iter llnal account of her
administration or said estate, and that Monday
the 18th day of November. K >7. at 2 o'clock I*.
M., at the courtroom of said court in Kodiak.
Alaska, lias been duly appointed by the said
court ror the settlement of said account, at
which time and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and tile objections in
writing to said account and contest the same.
Dated September lsth. n '7.
MRS .1ENNIE ST A FEIFF.
Administratrix with the will annexed
of the estate of V. W. StafeifT. deceased.
Date of first publication. September 28. I9t)7.
Date of last publication. October 20, lt J7.
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
United States ok America.
Territory ok Alaska.
In U. S. Commissioner’s Court, before J. F.
McLean. U. S. Commissioner of Ilinmna pre
cinct. , ,
All persons havinir claims analnst the estate
of Charles M, Keyes, deceased, are hereby re
quired to present them with the proper vouch
ers. duly verified by the affidavit of the claim
ant within six months from the date hereof,
to Warriner E. Smith, administrator, at Iliam
na. Alaska.
WARRINER E. SMITH.
Administrator.
Date of first publication. September 28. 1907.
Date of last publication. October 2t>. 1907.
Final Account of Administrator
In the United States Commissioner's Court,
for the Territory of Alaska. Third Division,
at Kodiak.—In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Feodor Gre
koroff. deceased.
Notice is hereby niven that A. C. Goss. the.
administrator of the estate of Feodor Gre-‘
tforoff. deceased, has rendered and presented
for settlement and tiled in said Court, his tlnal
account of his administration of said estate;
and that Saturday, the 23rd day of November.
1907. at 2 o'clock p. m. at the courtroom of said
Court in Kodiak. Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed bv the said Court for the settlement of
said account, at which time and place any per
son interested in said estate may apitear and
tile his exceptions or objections to said final
account, and contest the same.
Dated September 23rd. 1997.
A. C. GOSS.
Administrator of the estate of Feodor
Greirorofl. deceased.
Date of Hrst publication October 5, 1907.
Date of last publication November 2, 1907.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Over Bank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Bank of Seward Building
C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD. - - ALASKA.
J. A- BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
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Home office: At Railroad Hospital
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Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
FOR SALE
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ditional Land Scrip.
This scrip takes immediate
title to either surveyed or
unsurveyed lands in Alaska
and is 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 1 to 20 acres.
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I U I SEWARD. ALASKA
H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWARD, ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold. 61.60
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. 1-50
Lead. 1.50
Gold, Silver and Lead. 3.50
Gold, Silver and Copper. 8.50
Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead. 4.60
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 4.00
Sulphur, Aluminum, Tin, Platinum,
Quicksilver, Zlno, Nickel, Cobalt,
Chromium, etc. 6.00
Mill tests. 615 to 130
Ore analysis..610 and ap
Gold refined, melted, assayed and bought