SEWARD GATEWAY;
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
gateway PUBLISHING CO.
Entered as Second Class matter August tilth.
1104 at the postofflco at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of Congress of March X. 1JC9
SUBSCRIPTION R4US
Year (In Advance) * $3.00
Six Month* ... $1 50
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Minnesota Chas. B. Aske. authorized agent.
SATURDAY. MAY 4
SEWARD S TRIBUTARY* AREA
Cumulative testimony strengthening
Seward’s claim that it is the seaport
of a vast expanse of Alaska’s interior is
added by the arrival of a miner from
the Kuskokwim district with news of
a remarkable gold strike, w ho came to
Seward because it was practically the
only port in Alaska accessible from
that region during the close of naviga
tion on Cook inlet and west of the
l>eninsula.
Equally important evidence is the
fact that the 1*00 miners in the region
surrounding the new* strike in asking
for a post office designate Seward as
the seaport from which mail should be'
carried. The man who brought out
the news of the >ti ike and the petition ■
for the post office states that he can
“mush” in winter from the chief
station of the new district to Knik in
live days. The mail carrier la>i win-;
ter made Knik from the end of the
railroad track in three days and when .
the railroad reaches Knik. as st is ex
pected to do next year, trains will run
to that place in little more than half a ,
day.
While heavy freight for the Kusko-;
kwim district w ill he carried up the
river in summer the winter travel
m ;st be by way of Seward, coming
from Knik over the railroad. I here
i> no other connection with an open
port.
With the railroad to the load of
t ook inlet, the Kuskokwim and the
Tanana, as well as the Susitna and the
Yentna, will be within easy reach of
Seward, and all but the Tanana are,
tributary now.
THANKFUL FOR FAVORS
The steamship men of Seattle held a
meeting to smear Col. Glassford with 1
taffy because he has always boosted!
t heir games, and according to the l’-I
they particularly specified the fact j
that “he has tstablished a system of
reporting the arrival and sailing of all !
vessels at Alaska ports. These reports
are furnished to the Merchants Ex
change of this city free of charge, and
from there are distributed to the
steamship companies and newspapers.”
But Col. Glassford does not permit
steamer arrivals to be reported to Al
aska towns **free of charge” except
from port to port. The Alaska news
papers have to pay cable rates to get
the information for their readers. The
Alaska cable, like everything else in
Alaska having a Seattle end, is run
for the benefit of Seattle and all favors
are dispensed to that modest town.
Certainly the Seattle steamship men {
should boost Col. Glassford. Cs men j
have got to stand together with j
Alaska at the receiving end
Rhode Island has only one senator'
now, which is an improvement over
its representation for the past dozen j
years. Wet more is out and Little ;
Hhody and the nation would be in
still better plight if the state had noj'
senator at all. It could set an example
of reform for the world to wonder at if '
it would retire Aldrich, who lias never j
'represented anything but gigantic ;
corporation graft. He bus been a dis-;
grace to the state and an incubus to
the republican party during all bis
senatorial career of twenty-six years.
John Dough Rockefeller is a wise
old guy. He knows that the deed of a
living man is hardei to break than
the will of a dead one and he has con
veyed all bis projK-r to little John D.
A Seattle jury acquitted a woman of
a murder charge and then gave her a
purse for $15, which will buy a spring'
hat for consolation. Seattle always
does things on a large scale.
_
And here is Dobs, who hadn t been
heart! of since the last presidental
campaign, bobbing into view when
the president pressed the button with
his name on it.
A small boy in Seattle is accused of
stealing a bale of hay larger than j
himself. He had probably noticed the
efforts of his elders to steal Alaska.
The dispatch telling of the miners'
strike in the Tanana mentions that
water is running freely but says noth
of the movement of whisky.
Of course nobody else is so well
qualified as a New York man to in
spect Alaska salmon.
This volcano-earthquake combina
tion is playing a big circuit and may
strike Alaska next.
ARTHUR McEWEN DEAD
By the death of Arthur McEwen the
newspaper world loses one of its ex
traordinary figures. His style of writ
ing was unique in its forceful sim
plicity. free from literary affectation
and flawless in construction. It
carried a tinge of cynical humor that
gave it spice.
Although he had a style peculiarly
his own McEwen possessed a versatil
ity that enabled him to vary it. When
Frank M. Pixley, the famous editor of
the Argonaut, failed mentally Me*
Kwen took his place and for a year
wrote editorials which were supposed
to be Pixley's own until the secret was
divulged after Pixley’s death by the
few who knew it.
McEwen was the ablest as well as
the most honest of the Hearst forces.
His personal Independence caused him
to leave Hearst several times hut the
yellow millionaire always bid for bis
services again. During one of bis va
cations from the Hearst employ be
was editor of the Philadelphia North
American for a year.
On the Pacific coast McEwen was a
marked figure for many years. When
a l*oy be worked as a laborer on Cen
tral Pacific construction. He became
a newspaper reporter, editor of a paper
in Virginia City in the Comstock
boom, and then worked in turn on
nearly all the leading papers of San
Francisco.
The Seattle Times announces in a
market head that “butter drops 2
cents.’’ How many scents can butter
retain in Seattle and stay on the
market?
In an interview in the Post-Intelli-1
genoer Gov. Iloggatt said that it would
cost $1.000.»H*0 a year to govern Alaska.
In another interview, given later tlie
same day to the Seattle 'rimes, he said
it would cost $750,000 a year. About
three more interviews would set him
right as far as this dollars and cents
question i> concerned. Skagway
Alaskan.
REAl tSIAIE AND
MINING RECORDS
Deeds
\V. G. Atwood to A. C. Frost, lot 31-1
32, block 25.
Thos. Irvine to \V. J. Peterson and
II. II. Brown, lot 7, block 14.
F. L. Ballaine to F. W. Small and F.
Glasbrenner. lot 37. block 2.
F. L. Ballaine to Charles Crawford,
lot 17, block 8.
F. L. Ballaine to W. J. Peterson and
H. H. Brown, lot 36, block 2.
F. L. Ballaine to A. J. Carlson, lot
16. block 9.
F. L. Ballaine to Alice SchefHer,
lots 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and $ of 31,
block 2.
All foregoing in Seward townsite.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 25th.
Santa Clara: sailed from Seattle 1st.
Saratoga: sails from Seattle 8th.
Corwin: sails from Seattle 10th.
Jeanie: in Seattle.
Portland: sailed for Seattle 29th.
Pennsylvania: sailed for Seattle 2nd.
Yucatan; sailed for Seattle 3rd.
Dora: sailed for Unalaska 13th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
May 4:
Temper atprk.
Max. Min.
Sunday 45 36 Clear
Monday 46 38 Part cloudy
rue-day 45 37 Rain
Wednesday 46 38 Cloudy
rhursdav 50 40 Rain
Friday 48 42 Rain j
Saturday 51 40 Rain j
The Bank of Seward
We receive deposits subject tocheck. j
We pay interest on time deposits.
We issue money orders good any
place in the world.
We buy gold dust or bullion.
We make collections.
We guarantee a service that is
prompt, accurate and safe.
We grant to our customers every
favor consistent with conservative!
banking.
We invite your business.
■ BANK OP SEWARD.
Of Interest to Alaskans
Seward has two dental parlors that
are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
any where. The t wo operators are grad
uates in the east, of years experience. |
and established reputation, guarantee
ing the very finest in workmanship
and materials. Prices are the same as
for same grade of work by reputable
men anywhere. *
Jf you want a free sample copy of the
most progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
to Mining Topics. 64 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field. *
For all kinds of mechanical and gen
eral repair work, see J. H. White at
lumber office on beach. Gasoline en
gines a specialty. *
ARTHUR MEWEN
DIES SUDDENLY
Noted Editorial Writer Passes
Passes Away of Heart Di
sease in Bermuda.
8y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, May 2—Arthur Me E wen,
chief editorial writer of the New York
American, died suddenly last night at
Hamilton, Bermuda island, of heart
disease. He had gone to the tropics
to recover his health.
McEwen came to New York a few
years ago from San Francisco. On
the Facitie coast he was widely known.
MIKE SCHRECK MATCHED
WITH BILL SQUIRES
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Los Angeles. May 4- Mike Schreck
and Bill Squires were matched today
to tight at Colma May 30.
PLENTY OF MEN IN TANANA
Miners 5<ay There Is More Labor
Than Work In the District.
The Gateway has received a letter
from the officers of tho United Mine
Workers of the Tanana denying the
statement sent to the Seattle Post
Intelligencer by a Fairbanks corres
pondent that 3500 minors would be
needed in the district this season in
addition to those already there. The
letter states that only six creeks em
ploy labor for production to any con
siderable extent, all other creeks be
ing yet in the prospecting stage.
These six creeks are Fairbanks.
Cleary, l’edro, Coldstream, Dome and
Esther.
The miners’ letter also states that
wages are only $5 a day and board;
that between 1000 and 1500 men were
idle when it was written—April 13
and that if a large number of mon
should enter tho district tho result
would be “untold misery.” The letter
denounces the statement that more
men are needed as a “criminal false
hood.”
Since the letter was sent out the
miners struck for $6 a day and eight
hours, as told in a news dispatch to
the Gateway.
how (iraney Cut up With Ruef.
San Francisco—“How did Ruef take
the fight trust money? “Well I’ll tell
you. Morris, Levy, Willie Britt and
myself first went to the different hanks
and cashed the checks for the $18,000
contributed by Coffroth and the rest
•f us. We got tho money in green
backs und then made for Ruef’s office
at California and Kearney streets.
When we entered we sat down at a
small table. I gave Ruef a wink and
he got up and pulled down the shades.
There was hardly enough light in the
room to see when he did this. Then
he sat down and I slipped the bundle
of money to him under the table.
When he raised the shades again the
money was not in sight. Wo left soon
afterward.”—From tho confession of
Eddie Graney to Special Agent Burns.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTO RNEY-AT- LAW
Over Bank of Seward j
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW j
Bay Building, -:- Seward, Alaska
H. S. FARRIS
LAWYER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ray Building, - - Seward. Alaska
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
and U. S. CUSTOMS NOTARY
Office; Kenai Lumber & Fuel Co.
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
City office: Ground floor A. B Drug Bid.
Home office: At Railroad Hospital
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue, Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Saturday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
E. L WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
~l
(-ALASKA
COMMERCIAL
COMPANY
Tyonok, - Alaska
A Complete Line of
..GROCERIES..
Hardware, Rubber Goods,
General Camp Supplies.
Our aim is to carry everything
that a prospector may need.
GIVE US A TRIAL
-
SPRING
TONICS
FOR THE
BLOOD and SYSTEM
This week we are making
a specialty of ]
Sarsaparilla, $1.00 Bottle
Sassafras Bark, 25c Pck
These are considered the very
best of Blood Tonics, and If you
are ailinir and have that tired
feel Intr, step into our store and
we will be pleased to show you
I some irood remedy that will
irlve you immediate relief.
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN fl)R & WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector s Outfits—High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
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Notice to Co-owners
To J. M. Cummings, Jay Hoover, J. Carson, P,
A. Silvers tone, C. Beyer. Otto I.angel. J. L.
Heed, their heirs and assigns, and all persons
having or claiming an interest in the placer
mining claims hereinafter described, and to
all whom it may concern:
You and each of you are hereby notitled that
the undersigned. Charles Tecklenburg. co
owner with said J . M. Cummings. Jay Hoover.
P A Silverstonc. C. Beyer. Otto laingel and
J. L, Heed in eight certain placer mintngclaims
situated near the mouth of Knik river, in Cook
Inlet precinct. Territory of Alaska, to-wit,—
the Ora veil! roup. Northern Group. Montana
Grout*. Cottonwood Group. Southern Group.
A C. Group. Gold Dust claim and Fine Gold
claim, located October 25th, 1905 by and for the
parties herein named.—has during the year
1906 expended the sum of eight hundred dollars
($800) in work and labor for the development
of said placer claims:
That of the proportion of each of you in said
expenditure, towit, the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100) there remains unpaid and uncon
tributed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100)
each' or seven hundred dollars ($700) due from
all of you for work and labor ex|*cnded upon
said eight placer mining claims:
And you and each of you are hereby further
notified that if within ninety days after publi
cation of this notice by publication any one of
you shall fail to contribute his proportion of
said expenditure for annual work and labor
upon said eight placer mining claims, to-wit.
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100). expend
ed by the undersigned as hereinbefore stated,
the interest in said claims of said co-owner so
failing to contribute will be forfeited to anil
become t he property of the undersigned Charles
Tecklenburg, co-owner: according to the pro
visions of Section Twenty-three hundred and
twenty-four (2324) of the Revised Statutes of
the United States.
Dated at Seward. Alaska. February 2nd. 1907.
CHABbES TKOKM2NBITBU.
Co-owner as aforesaid.
Address. Seward. Alaska. 1(My.
Date of tlrst publication. February 9th. 1907.
Date of last publication. May 11th. 1907.
Brown & Hawkins are showing a
fine line of spring and summer hats,
caps and men’s union suit underwear.*
(161 APRIL 1161
Cash tickets bearing above date will
be redeemed on presentation at
our store.
BROWN & HAWKINS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
WHOLESALE RETAIL
KNIK TRADING COMPANY
O. G. HERNING, Manager.
—PROSPECTORS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY—
j A new stock will arrive May )
i first river boat connections. \
Knik, - Alaska
| fipnrnp Do!!(icneral Merchant
1 UvUI ytKUII, .Hope, Alaska...
Headquarters tor Prospectors' Outfits for
all Susitna and Kuskokwim points
Discount on orders of $25 or over as follows:
Dry Goods, Hardware Ammunition, Crockery, Drugs,
Graniteware, Hats, Shoes, Etc., 20 per cent.
Groceries, • - * 15 per cent.
No discount on Flour, Sugar, Ham, Bacon, Lard, Butter
and Eggs, but all at a low price.
COLEMAN HOUSE
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McN ILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, ... - Seward, Alaska
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Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Awe. and Washington St. Seward, Alaska.
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Fourth Avenue, * • • Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
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ff:W the only exclusive
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