SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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Entered ns Second Class matter August 24th.
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der the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879.
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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1W7
KENAI PENINSULA MINING
Experienced mining men say that
hardly anywhere in the states do indi
cations of mineral deposits show on the
surface as extensivele as on K»-nni pen
insula and the islands of Prince \\il-:
Hum sound. Men from the bonanza'
gold district of Nevada say that region j
is ui»t in tho same class with Southern j
Alaska, so far as surface prospecting;
indicates, and men from the copper
fields of Montana and Arizona draw j
similar comparisons.
During the past year many remark- j
able discoveries have been made in
this region, and while in any country I
onlv one prospect out of many proves j
to be a great mine the extensive area
of mineralization and the numerous
high grade assay s ahtained from sur
face ore demonstrate conclusively that
mines will be made.
List week the Gateway published ex
tracts from the latest report of the
geological survey, showing that by j
careful field work experts have settled
that a remarkable zone of mineraliza-.
tion extends northward from Resur
rection hay. beginning at tide water.
Actual discoveries by prospectors added .
to this testimony make it apparent that
Seward is to be headquarters for a
mineral district as great as Colorado
or Montana.
All that has been lacking was capital |
for development and capital is begin
ning to come.
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Prof. Starr of the university of Chi
cago says dog meat is as good as mat- j
ton. This can be corroborated by
several Seattle newspaper reporters!
who went picnicking with visiting Ig
orrotes and after becoming saturated
with beer dined with the heathen on
roast dog. They said the meat tasted
like mutton. Maybe it was the dog
and beer amalgam that tasted like
mutton and perhaps Prof. Starr got his
notion the same way.
This Britt bubble seems to have I
been easily punctured. It is a fair bet ;
that in* had his own doctors at the;
ringside to support his story of a i
broken bone when it became neces
ary to avoid a knockout. In all his;
career Britt never won a tight with a
first or second rate man except on a
Native Son decision.
The mobs that have risen up against
Orientals in the Sound cities were
probably rou-ed to indignation because
they heard that the Japanese have j
been trving to steal our fur seals.
Kvelyn Nesbit Tlmw will return to |
the stage, and she will not. This in.
formation is authentic, coming through
absolutely reliable newspapers.
Thi> Bank divorce case that is prom,
ised in Seattle may not be so bad but
the name will make the gossips snill
expectantly.
Wonder if Secretary Taft jarred the
steering gear of the Minnesota out ot
joint when he stepped on board.
The peace efforts of France and
Spain in Morocco seem to have sti rred
up a mighty row.
Such a pity that the Russian imperial
family didn’t sink with the yacht.
Rampart prospectors are puzzled
over a substance found about 125 miles
down the river. It is indigo blue,
about the consistency of chalk and
makes marks similar to those of a blue
pencil when drawn across a board.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
September 14;
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 62 48 Clear
Monday 61 42 Clear
Tuesday 55 44 Part Cloudy
Wednesday 61 46 Clear
Thursday 66 50 Part Cloudy
Friday 67 56 Part Cloudy
Chinook wind.
Saturday 68 58 Clear
Chinook wind
THE SEATTLE SPIRIT
The Post-Intelligeneer has offered a
brass medal—no, a silver cup to the
person who will give the best analysis
of the Seattle Spirit. The Gateway
offers the following bid. Send cup,
freight charges prepaid, by next
steamer.
The Seattle Spirit is not psychologi
cal but chemical; it is distilled from
neurine, va mazed, anil disseminated
as hot air. lis efficient properties are
incessant dilatation of the absorptive
and prehensile organs and crass gasco
nade. Its functional activity is abnor
mal, its afflatus a crude alchemy which
seeks to transmute brass into gold, and
its paramount instinct causes it to
cling to everv tangible chattel like a
viscous radial" to a submarine r >ck.
By the law of natural selection this
curious amal im of commercial craft,
effrontery and rodomontade prefers
gall to gray matt *rand exalts assertive
mediocrity above mere ability. From
which it results tuat brazen impudence
can climb higher and stick longer
in Seattle than m any other spot
in the half-civilized world.
Seattle is a big city withal, in spite
of the fecund, equnsive. dispersive,
obtrusive Spiri . an 1 when it becomes
a great one, it will put away childish
things. It has lots of brains now and
when they partially dispossess ulcerated
conceit it may be that dignity will
supplant puerile boasting on the city s
advertising trademark.
Land and Mineral Decisions
furnished by
WOODFORD D. HARLAN
LAND ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON. D C.
Coal lands—On the failure of a coal
claimant to perfect title within the
statutory period, the work done by
him inures to the benelit ot a valid
adverse claim then asserted for the
land involved.
Contest -A contest will not be rein
stated on the ground that notice of de
cision was not received, where the
failure to receive such notice is due to
tho contestant’s negligence.
Entry—An entry is not invalid be
cause allowed outside of oflice hours.
Final proof Submission of final
proof, at a particular time, in order to
leave the land, nut necessarily incon
sistent with good faith.
Homestead disqualification—The dis
qualification under the homestead law
arising from the ownership of more
than ICO acres is determined by the
statutory provisions existing at date of
entry, and not at final proof.
Mineral land Land containing sand
stone of superior quality for building
and ornamental purposes and valuable
only as a stone quarry is classed as
minet al.
Residence To establish residence
there must be, concurrent with the act
of settlement, an intent to make the
land a home to the exclusion of one
elsewhere.
The World’s Biggest Bear
The Technical World Magazine pur
port?* to oiler the public a sight of “The
record-breaking bear of the world
from the wilds of the Alaska penin
sula.” Then it proceeds to say that
the animal measured nearly nine feet
j from tip to tip. If the Technical
World Magazine had been in Seward
: in the spring of 15)00 it could have
seen the tape stretched ten feet from
| tip to tip of the skin of a brown bear
killed on the peninsula by L. L. Bales.
Probably Mr. Bales can tell where
that skin may be seen yet. And he
has averred that it was not the biggest
bearskin that ever grew on the penin
sula.
Charles M. Keys Dead
Charles M. Keys, a mining man well
known in Seward, died recently in
lliamna. He was a man of superior
education, unmarried and was 45 years
of age.
A. B. Lewis, a well known civil en
gineer, formerly of Seward, who is
surveying coal claims for the Michi
gan company on lvachemak bay, went
through to Valdez on the Bertha. He
will return in a few days.
A gold strike sixteen miles from Hot
Springs on the new Fort Gibbon gov
ernment road is reported. The road
runs through discovery claim.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Saratoga; sailed for Seldovia and
Chignik 14th.
Jeanie; sails from Valdez for Seward
15th.
Yucatan; sailed from Seattle 9th.
Portland: sailed from Seattle 12th.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 8th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 8th.
Dora; sailed westward 26th.
YUKON CHANNEL
TO BE DREDGED
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C.* Sept. 14 — The 1
North American Dredging Company
was awarded the contract today to
dredge tho channel connecting St.
Michael’s t>ay with the Yukon river.
The intention is to provide a place for
ocean steamers to enter and transfer
freight to Yukon river boats.
Creates New Forest Reserve
Washington, D. C., Sept. 14 — Presi
dent Roosevelt today signed the procla
mation creating the new Tongas forest j
reserve in Southeastern Alaska. It has j
an area of 2,000,000 acres. W. A. Lang- j
ilie, of the forest reserve survey, is
placed in charge.
Nearly Break Ocean Record
New York, Sept. 13—The Cunard
liner Lusitania, the largest vessel
alloat, broke the steamer record across
the Atlantic by 4 hours and 18 minutes,
arriving in quarantine at 9:44 this
morning from Queenstown.
Did Not Beat Deutschland
New York, Sept. 13—The Lusitania
broke the record of the Lucania but
failed by 35 minutes to equal the rec
ord of the Deutschland. The English
people are disappointed because they
believed the Cunarder had wrested the
record from the Hamburg-American
iner.
Cliff House Burns
San Francisco, Sept. 9—The Cliff
house on the ocean side, west of the
city, was destroyed last night by tire.
Fairbanks has accumulated tne dig
nity of a stock ordinance and a munici
pal pound.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORN KY 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.
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SEW A It I), ALASKA
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold. $1.50
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. . 1.50
Lead. 1.50
Gold. Silver and Lead. 3.50
Gold. Silver and Copper. 3.50
Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead. 4.50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 4.00
Sulphur, Aluminum. Tin. Platinum,
Quicksilver, Zinc, Nickel. Cohalt.
Chromium, etc. 6.00
Mill tests. $15 to $30
Ore analysis.$10 and up
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