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SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1913.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has been fired after hundreds of thousands of
Russian lives have been sacrificed to his incompetency. There is every,
reason to believe that the so-called grand duke was placed in command of
the armies because he was a prince, not because he was a general. Now he
is “punished” by being exiled to a semi-ruling position in a far otT province.
Indeed, even that punishment is too severe, for he is not the guilty one at all.
The guilt lies with the system that tries to make a prancing steed from a
braying ass—the system that will some day cause the Russian people to
throw a whole raft of rotten royalty into the river Neva. The sooner the
better. It will save more valuable lives anil may save the empire.
Those papers outside are again warning people to stay away from
Alaska. A laboring man outside works for awhile for a dollar or two a day
and board. Then nature or a boss compels him to seek recreation in the
nearest city. He goes broke and he goes hungry and he goes to jail if he
doesn't go out of town when the police tell him, and then he goes to work
again after marching through the country with his blanket and its denizens
on his back. He is dirty, cold, hungry, lonesome and a thing despised.
On the shore of Resurrection bay he stands later with a shot gun or a
fishing line in hand. He has a cabin of logs with the smoke rising from the
warm stovepipe. Rabbits and grouse are in the timber, ptarmigan on the
hills, salmon in the bay, trout in the lakes and creeks, a patch of vegetables
Bid stacks of firewood at his door.
Keep him out. Hang him.
It must be admitted by all of us who have seen Alaska grow that the
people of the territory have tin) often permitted themselves an indulgence in
exaggeration. One of the surest signs of weakness is the lack of restraint in
expression. We have hud orators and writers, bless the mark, whose sole
stock in trade has been tlorid bombast that can be compared to the flabby gas
bombs as opposed to the more penetrating but less evident shrapnell. The
newspaper portion of Alaska's life has suffered in reputation by this failing
tut a marked improvement is discernible as the territory developes. There
is becoming apparent a greater desire to write and speak up to the people who
count rather than to speak and write down to the others, and this in spite of
the very great temptations besetting one at every turn.
RECORD TRAVEL TO
PORTS IN ALASKA.
(Post Intelligencer.)
SEATTLE.—Seattle steamship of
ficials are estimating the grand
total of passengers of all classes tick
eted to Alaska during the eight
months of the year ending August
dl, at 18.000. This is larger than any
full year’s business with the exception
of the Klondike gold rush in 1807.
Industrial activity at Juneau and
Ketchikan ami the comoncement of
v\ork on the federal railroad at An-!
chorage. Cook inlet, is responsible for
the heavy travel to the Northland. |
Tourist business on all lines has also
been exceptionally heavy ami all roc- :
ords for this class of travel for the
year will be broken.
It i;» estimated that the total com
merce of Alaska this year will show
an increase in valuation of $10,000,000
and some shipping men are placing
this figure as high as $25,000,000. In
cluded in the estimate is the value of
supplies, machinery, groceries and
general freight as well as the value ot
i minerals, furs and fresh, canned and
mild-cured fish.
For the past three years the pro
i ducts of the sea in the North have
led all others in value, but for 1915
it is estimated that copper will lead,
followed by fish, with gold occupying
third place. In former years gold
held first place in the value of the
products of Alaska. Increased de-1
mauds for copper due to the Euro-1
pean war, and the large amount of
the metal used by Eastern manufact
urers is responsible for the heavy j
movement of the ore and a ready
market at higher prices.
The report of the Seattle harbor de
partment for July shows the enor- ■
mous trade between this port and the :
Northland. Imports from Alaska for
July were valued at $2,346,775, in
cluding $1,165,150 in gold bullion,
$52,052 in gold concentrates, $40,577
\North of furs, $29,135 worth of fresh
halibut, $29,854 worth of fresh sal- j
mon, $40,819 worth of salt salmon,
$685,539 worth of canned salmon,
| $86,985 in silver ore, $2,040 in tin
ore, $23,302 worth of whale oil and
$6,400 worth of whale bone.
Exports to Alaska for July were
valued at $2,049,225, including ship
ments worth $532,947 which went to
Bering sea ports, lhe principal ex
I ports were coal, flour, feed, groceries,
dry goods, hardware and meats.
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ALL GUESTS MUST REGISTER.
A law passed by the 1 erritorial
Legislature makes it obligatory for
keepers of all roadhouses, boarding
houses and hotels outside of incor
porated towns in Alaska to see that;
their guests register. The name and j
address and the time of arrival and de
parture are required. Accommoda
tion must be refused persons who de
cline to register.
dredge at circle
AVERAGES 2,000 YARDS.
The dredge being operated on Mam
moth creek by the C. J. Berry Dredge
company is proving a success. Dur- j
ing the month of June, up to the night
of the 27th, the dredge had handled j
an average of 2,000 yards of dirt per
day. With the dirt running a little
less than a dollar to the foot, that
would mean a cleanup, for the time
that the dredge worked, of approxi
mately $40,000.
New consignment of Libb’s apple
butter—twenty-five cents per can.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
A great many people outside and
inside Alaska are now anxious to get
any news they can of the place where
the government railroad will be. To
save writing letters you could sendi
the Gateway, either your own read
I copy or get another.
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district included in government plans. j
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FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
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ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
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COAL, WOOD AND ICE
General Transferring Phones, Main 17 and 41
Machinery for Prompt Shipment
Machine Shop Boilers and Engines
Wood Working Shop Gasoline Engines
blacksmith Machines Air Compressors
Sheet Metal Works Moists and Pumps
BOTH NEW AND USED MACHINES
PERINE MACHINERY COMPANY
SEATTLE
E,tchtdCommerce Cafe E-^'N
Dinner 1 1 a.m to 7 p.m
Short Orders at All Hours
Special Chop Suey
and Noodle Kveninj?s
Private Boxes Open Day and Night
ALASKA ‘gffST S
Steamers Alameda, Mariposa and Northwestern sail
from Seattle at 9 p. m. the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th,
30th of each month tor Ketchikan, W rangell, Juneau,
Thane, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
ALAMEDA and MARIPOSA go to Kflik Anchorage.
SANTA ANA leaves Seward 15th of each month for linalaska, and in May, June, July
and August she goes through to Nushagak.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S, S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Sew ard carries Explosives)
fcf Right reserved to change this schedule without notice-^
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SEWARD NEWS COMPANY
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