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SEWARD. ALASKA. i.U. KSDXY. APRIL 2!', i«i‘ "* _ ._ TEN CENTS PER COPY
YOL1 MK Mil. NUMBER 296. _____- -—-—
Yesterday a fatal accident occured
at the snow slide. Mile 7b.
A gang of m«in. clearing the track,
became panic stricken when they
heard a new slide start and, in at
tempting to get away, ran into the
new slide and weie huthnl over the
bank.
Of the eleven men in the gang,
*;ight were rescued, only slightly in
jured, and rushed to the Anchorage
hospital, where they are all recovering
rapidly from th.*ir experience.
• One man. John Uudeen. was drow n
ed by being pushed ov**r the bank into
Turnagain Ann. His body has been re
covered.
Of two others reported missing.
Pete Egelyain and R. Romeo, one has
been recovered but the body is not yet
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identified.
Chairman Meats and Assistant
Chief Kngineer (lerig both aceompan- .
ied ihe relief train, which was rushed ,
: > the »cene of the accident.
The slide extends intermittently
for about one miie ami contains much
.'«i, rock and bi ush. in addition t
.'•i ow an l ice. IJoth rotaries, which had
!• e a wothing continuously since the
. • put out of commis
.yt*te;iiay by the material en
count red. However, clearing the slide
will be rushed as fast as possible un
der the circumstances and it is antici
pated ti at the line will be cleared in
four or five days.
At present it is considered too dan
gerous to transfer passengers around
the slide.
The members of the Seward Cham
ber of Commerce at the meeting last
night took the bull by the horns, the
bit in their teeth and resulting from
this action, Secretary H. E. Ellsworth
this forenoon wired Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Bayne a.-kiog
that the inter-Departmental com,nit
tee to discuss the evclopment of Alas
ka, especially that region tribu
tary to the government railroad, come
to Alaska instead of confining their
hearings at Seattle, the fifth divi>ion
of Alaska.
It was pointed out that the com
mittee is to devise a scheme for the
development of this section of Alaska,
consider many charges,etc., and then
make a report.
If a congressional committee was
to plan development of California, for
instance, the hearings would not be
made in Texas. The Seward Chamber
of Commerce believes that the com
mittee should come to the land to bo
developed, to gain first hand informa
tion that has been secured by actual
experience. Tho local Chamber of
Commerce today also wired the Cham
ber of Commerces of Cordova.Valder,
Anchorage, Wasilla, Talkeetna, Nena
na. and Fairbanks, to s«md similiar
I urgings so that the committee may
i come and inspect the territory which
! it is planned to help.
Everybody knows that there are
few Alaskans now in Seattle, who are
Alaskans, although they pretend to be
: the whole territory. They all have
certain axes to sharpen. Many of the
i so-calted members of the Fifth Divi
| sion of Alaska, at Seattle, have not
boon in the territory since they ate
their grubstake years and years ago.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
wants the inter-departmental commit
• t*"* to come up here and st.e why a
settler cannot secure land, because of
*he almost insurmountable obstacles;
to see why timber cannot be cut. be
! cause the land has been placed in a
reservation, to see— a lot of things
that are actually retarding tho grow
th of Alaska and chasing the hardy
.
:r the
Clam Market
ALAMEDA IS
ON WAY j
SEATTLE, April 2U— Steamer
Alnmcda -ailed this morning at '•>
o'clock for Alaska ports with 223 pas
sengers the following being for Sew
aid:—
K. H. Whitney and wife.
F. It. Lyons and wife.
J. IL Gilfollan,
W. S. Herning,
W. X. Homing,
L. Hamme: slough,
H. Latscth,
L. A. Lauientson,
.!. M. Topp and wife.
L. W. Eihart,
H. W. Andelick,
F. Arbogust,
S. S. Walcott,
J. W. Case,
J. D. Ward,
Clyde Seward,
J. M. Meyers,
L). . Rearden,
Virginia Hawkins,
W. F. Rock,
W. N. Gregory,
, Tony Wickstrom,
R. 0. Bxyan, *>
D. Sullivan,
R. Ogden,
D. Williams,
F. Franklin.
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EXHIBIT ROOM DONATED
Col. H. P. Warren announced at the
mo-ting of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce last night that th ' room in
the southern section of the r.*.l • a 1
building, on the giound floor, bad
been designated as an exhibit room for
S uvard and shelving and tables would
be furnished just as soon as exhibits
wore received. Advertising matters of
Alaska and various maps will always
b"* on hand. Mineral exhibits arc now
solicited.
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pioneer out of the country b-cnv" of
red tape and restrictions.
E. L. Whittemore, who left last
night for Seattle on the Admiral Ev
ans, was named by the Seward Cliam
l>'v of Commerce, to be the local re
presentative at the hearing in Seattle
which logins on May 7th and will last
for about one week. John Noon is
drafting a letter to be sent to Mr.
Whittemore which will set him right
on scores of reasons why development
in Alaska has been given the Clcopa
tia poison and the antidote for this
poison.
The discussion of the committee hear
ing in Seattle and the naming of E.
L. Whittmore ns the local representa
tive was the result of a cable received
yesterday by Secretary Ellsworth
from Col. Alfred H. Brooks, who has
h en named bv Secretary Payne to
help Alaska. Col. Brooks asked that
the Chamber name some representa
tive, with suggestions, to meet the
committeemen in Seattle.
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The Seward clam market is corner
ed.
Yep, absolutely cornered and cor
nered by th.ec Anchorage commission
employees.
On Monday, baggageman Kcklund,
of the Gateway City Limited, read in
the Gateway that razor back clams
weie fer sate by tin* Seward Fish Co.,
Mr. Eddund had a hunch, and immedi
ately hit the telephone and appraised
Agent Jennings and dispatcher Rose,
.•t Anchorage, of rare commercial
possibilities. The two men in.modiate
y adopted the suggestion of Mr. Eck
‘und, and every clam in Seward was
pu• chased, information was sent to
\nchorage that everybody i repare for
a clam feast and then-— the slides
happened on the railroad.
Hut the clams are being kept in
•old storage, will ho sent to Anchor
age on the first limited express and
the clam market remains cornered,
just the :>mne, for the present. Three
Ar.'liorage men did the job and when
the slides are cleared away the three
commission men. will go down in
ui.de annals as shrewd stock manipu
lators.
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STEAMER ADMIRAL EVANS
ARRIVES FROM WESTWARD
AND SAILS FOR THE SOITH
Steamer Admiral Evans arrived in
port at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon
and sailed south at 0 o’clock for Seat
tle. The Admiral Evans westbound
called at many ports including An
chorage. Litlie ice was encountered
at the Forelands according to Capt.
Jensen.
Passengers arriving or. the Admir
al Evans were J. W. S tor fold, C. Bol
stad and two steerage.
Passengers sailing south from Sew
ard were Mrs. Florence Neligan, R.
ReVberg and E. L. Whittemorc for
Seattle; C. R. O’Neil, Sam Hackman,
J. Cavo’lc and one steerage for La
Touche and two steerage for Valdez.
The Admiral Evans had the follow
ing passengers aboaid f’om Anchor
age foi Seatt'e— J. R. Uhl and wife,
B. Malmberg, James Cronovcr, Mrs.
Sarah Swing, Miss Nina Biay, F. A
Carr, J. A. Decker and Mrs. G. W.
Ran*.
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ALASKA AT CORDOVA
Steamer Alaska arrived at Cordova
at 2 o’clock this morning and was
theie when the Gateway went to press
this afternoon. The Alaska is expect
ed here tomoriow night or Saturday
morning, but this is not official.
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COL. WARREN GOING ON
TRIP SOUTH TO SEATLE
Col. H. P. Warren, engineer in
(harge of the Supply division of the
A. E. C., will leave on the Alaska for
Seattle to be absent about three
weeks. Col. Warren will represent the
government railroad at the inter de
partmental hearings at Seattle, re
garding Alaska. Incidentally Col.
Warren will attend to the ordering of
many supplies for the commission.
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L. S. Ferris, of Treadwell, has
closed an opt’on with J. R. Heckman
and Martin Bugge, and taken over the
Stedman hotel at the Key City.
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Gus Bulstud, a caipenter formerly
Ji aeaUie, iccoiitly oi Petciburg, died
. at mgnt in the emergency hospital
-a mo result oi a tail ten days ago
m Port Chatham, by which his skuii
„ua traCwUied in tuo piaces. Death
..mo idler ivoctois iiaugnman and
.mniig had lemovod a blood dot fiom
.tie brain, as large uj a hen s egg and
a so removed a portion of the skull
vviiich had been broker, and pressed in
to ti:e brain. The operation was one
oidc bet out oi iUOO chances. Duistad
..as d\ ing and the opeiation was done
to see if life could not be pur joined
.mu perhaps saved.
Mnstuil was a carpenter wonting
tne Uo.d dtoiagc piant.at Port
Chatham. Ten days ago, while on a
seal 10.ding at the second story, liul
otad l'eli to the ground, he was knock
ed out for several days, regained con
sciousness and was around the plant,
suffering of course, in possession of
his normal mind. Last Tuesday, Pul
stad again sunk into a comatose con- j
dition , was placed on the Admiral
Evans and airived here yesterday af
te.noon still unconscious. The Injured
man was taken to the Seward hotel j
and as his pulse began growing weak
er, he was sent to the emergency hos- i
pital and the one chance in 1000 was
taken to save him. The bod.» is at the ,
Wood Undertaking establishment
where it has been prepared Tor bur
ial. The body will probably be sent to
Petersburg or Seattle. Pulstad was a j
man about 37 years of age and had
been at Port Chatham about two
months.
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WIIITTEMOKE GOES SOUTH
E. L. Whittcmore is a passenger
to Seattle on the Admiral Evans and
will be away on a business rip for
several weeks. Mr. Whittemore ex
pects to return to Seward about the
first of June.
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W. E. Angler, national bridge ex
pert who has been to Nenana for the
commission, arrived in Anchorage yes
terday, 72 hours over the trail from
the interior. Mr. Angier is expected to
arrive in Seward tonight and will go
south on the Alaska.
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The canning of clams at thee Snug
Harbor cannery has been abandoned
and a straight line salmon cannery in
stalled. On the Admiral Evans which
was southbound last night for Seattle,
were 300 tons of clam canning mach
inery and cans being shipped to the
states.
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In the Territory, McBride leads
1 Herron 728 votes, Hazelet is high
man for Delegate to the Republican
National convention, leading Reed by
i 41 votes and Valentine by 355 votes.
Rustgard has been nominated by the
Republicans for Attorney General.
The following i>, the result of the
tabulation of the primary vote of last
j Tuesday and arrived at by the Daily
Empire of Juneau, which paper is
perhaps the most accurate as regards
election returns, compiling, a table
, from all press reports.
The totals of the Gateway give Mc
Bride nearly 1000 lead over Herron
anti Hazelet a safe lead, from the
partial returns received in Seward by
the Gateway.
The Juneau Empire, according to
1 the returns recei\ed up to last night
gave the following figures:
FIRST DIVISION
McBride 928, Herron 741, Chovin
j [64, Hazelet 689, Reed 997, Valentine
1021; Finnegan 692, Hubbard 430,
Rustgard 1191.
SECOND DIVISION
These returns are from Nome only
—McBride 31, Herron 127, Chovin 10;
Hazelet 26, Reed 160, Valentine 113;
Finnegan 9, Hubbard 12, Rustgard
146.
THIRD DIVISION
These are the totals of the Sew
ard Gateway;— Herron 538, McBride
821, Chovin 534, Hazelet 954, Reed
733, Chovin 640; Finnegan 415, Hub
bard 251, Rustgard 613.
FOURTH DIVISION
These returns are from Fairbanks,
Nenana, Tolovana and a few creek
precincts:— Herron 33, McBride 358,
Chovin 14; Hazelet 356, Reed 93, Val
entine 101; Finnegan 120, Hubbard 18,
Rustgard 189.
The following are the totals of the
contested offices on the Republican
ticket taken from the tabulation of
the First, Second and Fourth divi
sions, as sent by the Juneeau Empire,
and the Third division as tab dated
from the returns received to this fore
noon by the Gateway:—
Herron 1439
McBride 2438
Chovin 722
Hazelet 2025
Reed 1983
Valentine 1695
Finnegan 1136
Hubbard 711
Rustgard 2139
AT CHITNA
McBride 21, Herron 2, Chovin 2;
Hazelet 18, Reed 16, Valentine 3;
Finnegan 8, Hubbard 6, Rustgard 8.
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WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
The Woman’s Club of Seward will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’
^ock at the school building. Members
are requested to attend this meeting
as there is much important work to be
done.
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