SEWARD GATEWAYi
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Knteml as Second Class matter August 2Ltb.
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der the Act of Congress of March K. 1ST3.
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SATURDAY. CKTOHKR '
FOUND A REAL RAILROAD
It was a happy thought of President
Kara say of the Tanunu Railway Con
struction Company to induce nearly
« \erybody in town to go to the end of
the track on an excursion to see what
tKe Alaska Centra! has done and is
doing in railroad construction. Strange
it may seetn half of Seward s busi
ness men knew nothing of the railroad
line beyond the lakes except by hear
ty. What they saw on the excursion
trij» was a revelation to them anti they
came back with a firmer belief in the
destiny of Seward anti in the reality of
the Alaska Central.
The excursion convinced doubters
that the railroad company intends to
build to the interior a> rapidly as men
and money can do the work. It dem
onstrated that there is to be no '•hut
ting down of construction anti pre
sented clearly to the eyes of men who
did not fully understand l>ecause they
had not seen, that the cessation of
track laying for half a year was due i
solely to the great natural obstacles
necessary to hr overcome in getting a
1’ i>er cent grade down a I per cent
\ diey ami boring nearly 4000 feet of
i tnnels to penetrate a narrow canyon.
The ownership of the new Fairbanks!
daily, the Miner, absorbed the News,
aiui now publishes both papers from
the same plant, the Miner in the
morning and the News in the evening.
The first issue of tin* Miner contained
twenty-four pages ami carried 1 *-*—
inches o paid advertising. The regu
lar edition has eight pages, six col
umns. The 1 veiling News has four
pages, seven columns.
President .los< ph F. Smith has been
arrested ln*ca .»e one of his wiv s has
presented him with his forty-third
child in the midst of this crusade
against race suicide. Maybe Ftah
thinks L\J enough for one man.
Maybe the czar will get used to ter
rorists in his household just as a Cen
tral American resident gets used to
finding tarantulas in his bed and won’t
mind them a> long as they don t get
him. _
The .laps don't u ant to get too gay
with Une'e Sam or they will find that
his uavd gunners can shoot straight#!*
l ban the czar's.
When the }■ r• 'sale;it tvfus. d a rap
kin at table or. !■ rd the battleship
Missouri . • s • doubt with the
\iewot respecting Missouri customs.
Taft se. .s a I heavy enough o
SOLVING P303LEV.5
The Faiib; ik- \Yu- -uy- tt an ed -
toria):
Th< (. >_gr! a- : - :itv u-t now pay
ing in >■ < »r « \pe •itncm- which
lit*?' will in- :: t:;oi’.* million- tor the
Tanana.
Their dive.’ - in the Dawson coun
try have in ou< year taught the
miner- - ti n c imp mureabout mining
tl e f.« et* gtavel- of the north titan
they had 1*ed in alt the years since
tiie cat; p began. So far a- the Gug
genheim.-ami t he r dredger.- are con
cerned there <- no more frozen gravel.
That quantity ha- eeased to Ik? an ob
stacle and an expense.
It ha- l>**en demonstrated that the
dredge assimilates the frost-bitten
pay st l eak as rapidly and painlessly as
a kid doe- i blueberry pie. I’nele
Hiram ploughing through the orchard
couldn't make furrows faster than a
Guggenheim dredge chewing its way]
through the ice into the Klondike
creek-.
Strip the tundra, and running water
does the rest, seems to be the formula.
Reports by wire from the big camp up
the river indicate that the process is
entirely successful and that it has
mad** of frozen gravels a problem no
more serious or expensive than is
t flawed ground.
The Oregon Mining Journal has dis
covered that "It is reported from
Alaska sources, but not confirmed by
any official statement, that tin* Hard
man interests have taken over the
Alaska Central railway, now under
construction from Seward to the
Tanana river."
You become independent when you
establish a system of spending less
than you make—not until then. Get
something ahead. Remember it’s the
dollar you do not spend that does it.
* BANK OF SEWARD.
Indian curios at the A. B. Drug Co.,
corner drug store.
OUTLINE FIGHT
IN NEW YORK
Hughes and Hearst Each Makes j
Declaration of Issues From
Party Standpoint.
By Cable to TUe Dally Gateway.
New York, Oct. 4 -Charles K.
Hughes delivered an address last night
accepting the republican nomination
for governor, in which he said the
issue in the present state campaign is
not partisan but that of decent govern
ment. The question, he said, is
whether the unholy alliance made at
HutTalo which gave the democratic
nomination to the candidate of the In
dependence League shall capture the
>tate. He asserted that the democratic
management is depending for success j
mainly upon noisy demonstrations.
Hearst's letter to the Independence
League accepting the League's nomi
nation for governor was given out to
day. It say s the question of the hour
is to eradicate corporation control of
government. which is now practically
absolute. He promises to war for the
extermination of Imsscs and to put in
operation direct primaries for the
nomination of candidates for office. |
He also favors making the term of all
public offices so short that the occu
pants will not have time to become
corrupt.
Hearst says Hughes is simply a
great corporation lawyer and that all
his sympathies are with the corpora-1
lions.
GASOLINE BOAT EXPLODES
AND WOMAN IS CREMATED
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Oct. 1 The gasoline J
schooner Vera went on a bar at the j
mouth of the straits yesterday after
noon and was overturned. Her gaso
line tank exploded and the schooner
burned, cremating Mrs. Dick Schaupp.
(i. A. RAMSAY TO LEAVE
Head of Railway Construction Com
pany Will Sail on Santa Clara
Gordon A. Ramsay, president of the
Tanana Railway Construction t om
pany, who lias been studying the situ
ation here for six week", will leave
Seward on t^ie Santa Clara to return
to his home in Chicago, lie has al
ready remained much longer than he
intended when In- came up on the
Port land in August.
During his stay Mr. Ramsay has led |
a somewhat streuous ht<\ He has.
spent a great deal of time on the rail-1
mad line, going as far as the Chicaloon j
real fields. He has studied every mile !
of the railroad line a-, far as any work j
has been done, and will be able to give j
an accurate description of the road to j
President Frost from his own personal i
observations.
Mr. Ramsay is a good “mixer and |
although he is up here simply on busi-j
ness he has formed as extensive a per-J
M>nal acquaintance in Seward anil in ,
the railroad camps as a candidate for
Santa Clara Arrives
Su ar or Santa Clara arrived Tue-day
r;m-n'u. :■) s o'clock from Seattle.1
Si. ■ ban . » ' > : - of livi-ht for Seward,
tv - lies L’ i.o.M fe»*t of bridge timber for j
tlx railroad. She -ailed westward at i
5 o'clock ■ *. the afternoon for SelUovia j
and I’yak. (’apt. Schage expects to be
gore to tlx- westward four days, as it
will require twenty-four hours to load
tlx canned -almon at I’yak. Accord
in- to this calculation the Santa Clara ■
wii sail for Seattle from Seward Sat
urday evening.
S. A. Dice, of the engineering force
at it*, is in town to make a trip to the
states. He will visit his old home in
Indiana and return to Seward in the
spring. He ha> been with the Alaska
Central for three years without a
vacation.
Handbills arriving on the Santa
Clara announce that the steamer Cor
win will sail from Nome October ,15.
She i> booked to reach Seward Octo
ber *Js;. _
SEWARD STEAMERS
Santa Clara; sailed for Seldovia anil
Uyak 2nd: due returning 6th.
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 26th.
Excelsior; arrived in Seattle 5th.
Cortland: sdiled for Seattle 26th.
Dora: sailed westward 10th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
1 October 5:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
i Saturday 57 42 Clear
I Sunday 48 42 Rain
1 Monday 53 43 Cloudy
Tuesday 54 43 Cloudy
Wednesday 40 42 Rain
Thursday 56 i>4 Ft. Cloudy
Friday 51 38 Clear
Sourdoughs and chechacos are in
vited to attend the services at the
Commerce cafe. *
SMITH CHARGED
WITH POLYGAMY
Mormon President Arrested on
Accusation of Having
Five Wives.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Salt Lake City. Oct. 2—Joseph F.
Smith, president of the Mormon
church, was arrested today upon the
charge that he is living with live
women, four of them j)olygamous
wives. His forty-third child was born
a few days ago. of a plurai wife.
Smith gave hail for his appearance in
the district court to answer the charge
of polygamy.
The arrest of Smith is expected to
add great bitterness to the local and
state campaign. It was instigated by
the American, or anti-Mormon party,
which making a strenuous fight
against all Mormons in politics.
BATTLESHIP MISSOURI
LEADS TARGET PRACTICE
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway
Barnestable, Mass., Oct. 1 The gun
ner’s crew of the battleship Missouri
won lirst place at target practice
among the vessels of the North At
lantic Meet, not missing a single shot
on any of the ranges. President
Roosevelt had agreed to be photo
graphed with the victorious crew,
which was done. The president dined
with the jaekies of the Missouri yes
terday and was cheered when he re
fused a napkin.
DR. BURNS TO LEAVE
Railroad Surgeon (lives Up His Post
and W ill Travel In Europe
Dr. Arthur K. Burns, surgeon of the
Alaska Central Railway Company since
construction began, has given up the
position he has held for three years
and will sail with his family for the
outside late this month, probably on j
the Portland. After visiting at sever- •
al places in the states he and Mrs. i
Burns will sail for Kurope, where they j
will travel during the winter and
probably for a year.
Dr. Burns is one of the original band
of pioneers who landed on the beach of
what is now Seward from the steamer i
Santa '\na August* 28, 1903/ He toas^
remained here ever since except for a
few months during the first winter.
In March, 1904, he came back and!
organized the medical and surgical j
department of the railroad, remaining
at its head ever since. He has had as
many as 1500 men on the rolls at one j
time and the department has required j
several physicians on the stall besides
attendants.
Both Dr. Burns and Mrs. Burns will
be misled in local society, in which
they have been important factors. Dr.
Burns is also one of the Ihjys and his
speeches and stories have helped to
enliven all stag parties.
To Succeed as Chief Surgeon
Dr. W. A. Richardson succeeds Dr.
Burns as chief surgeon of the Alaska
Central. He has been tir.st assistant
tin a long time and has had charge of
the hospital at camp 19. where most of
the work has been done during th,e
past year. Dr. David will assist him.
FIND RICH TIN DEPOSITS
Active Development Work in Pro
gress at Ear Mountain
X. J. McNeil of the Nome-Ear
Mountain Tin Mining Company inis
arrived in Nome from the north. Tie
has been prospecting in the tin coun
try for three years with considerable
sucee.-s. He says he lias discovered a
large body of ore there. Liu* tin is
contained in quartz ledges which run
along the mountain side and can he
easily traced. Three tunnels have
been driven into the mountain, and
assays of the ore brought into Nome
show 54.1*4 per cent tin, or $581 a ton.
A crew of men have been working
since April. Stream tin has been
found in considerable quantities in the
Ear mountain region, and there are
placer tin mines in the creeks, but the
Nome-Ear Mountain Company is con
lining its attention to the quartz tin.
The ledge on which the company is
working is 1,600 feet in length.
Ear mountain is fifty miles north of
Teller and ten miles south of Shish
mareff inlet.- Nome Nugget.
Please come and carry away a suit of
clothes from Clayson's store. You can
take a cravenette rain coat also if you
like and anything else that strikes
your fancy. The expense don’t cut
much ice.
Smokers will do well to examine the
new and complete stock of Wellington
pipes at the Owl Drug Co. before buy
ing elsewhere. They run in price
from 75c to $5.00.
Don’t suffer the annoyance of being
unable to obtain a Sunday Times. The
Owl Drug Co. are exclusive agents.
Step in and have one reserved. *
THINKS SNYDER
> GOT OUT SAFE
(Continued from page 1)
came down they saw this [ oat tied on
the other side of the river, showing
that somebody had crossed. Snyder
had to go thirty-two miles to Conklin’s
from the place where he reached shore.
Snyder reached shore in the even
ing. Lie made a fire and camped for
the night and next morning started up
the river. If he reached (kmklin’s
camp and come down with a rescue
party they might have arrived at the
rock after the men had been taken off,
and gone hack up the stream again.
When the miners left Susitna Station
September 22 with Dr. Cook, no one
had come down after the Richardsons
and Jeter.
When the lw>at struck the rock one
end of it was smashed and it was
sucked down, emptying everything out.
The men managed to scramble upon
the rock with a few articles,—one
blanket, a rabbit-skin robe, a saw and
hammer. All their provisions were
swept away.
Made Sawed-off Boat
The river current held the boat
against the rock hut the* lower end was
so deep they were unable to pull it up.
They sawed off the upper end and with
pieces of board and nails managed to
box up the end of the sawed olf por
tion. In this craft Foster and Snyder
safely made their way to shore, intend
ing to throw a line back. They took
the saw, hammer and matches with
them. They had a rope fifty feet long,
which they raveled out into strands
making a line 150 feet long.
This proved to he too short to reach
the rock. Then Snyder proposed that
Foster camp while he went for aid.
Foster refused, saying: “I'm not going
to sit here by a camp fire for two or
three days with those other men out
there in the water.” Then the two
decided to go back in the little sawed
off boat and try to rescue the others
one at a time. In approaching the
rock the little craft was smashed as
the big one had been. This left all five
men on the rock in a worse strait
than ever.
In Swift Rapids
The rock is in the midst of very
swift rapids. On one side the bould
ers are so thick that it is suicide to at
tempt to navigate among them. On
the other side a skilful boatman can
pass. When the Richardsons and
Jeter came by they steered their boat
on th<- safe side as close as they could
without great risk and threw a line to
the men, who stood in a row. Rich
ardson says one man could not have
withstood the jerk when the line
tightened but the rope swung round
the group like a whiplash and they
managed to hold it and pull the boat
back into the eddy below the rock.
When the men were first stranded
the water was knee deep over the
rock, but by the time they were res
cued tbe stream bad gone down and
they were in only to their ankles.
The men are the party known as the
Foster crowd, who had been working
on (’ache creek. They were on their
way out. The river was higher than j
it bad been during the summer, owing
to warm weather which thawed the
glaciers and snow which feed it. I bo
boat was wrecked in the rapids just
below Peters creek. The four men
taken from the rock were Foster,
Dennison. Frye and Dan is.
Snyder had been missing twelve
days when tin* men came out who
brought the news to Seward this week.
J. S. Hofrnan has rented the rail
road bunkhouse and will conduct it
hereafter. A large sitting room is one
of the many inducements he bolds out
to the boys. The house will be known
as the Madison. Please give him a
call. ___
Ladies, you can wear tailor-made
skirts this winter, (live your order to
■Brown & Hawkins, select your mater
ials from samples, and they will do the
rest. They represent “The Royal
Tailors” of New York and Chicago,
makers of high grade clothing.
We still add another feat
ure—the key-hole above
the knob so as to facilitate
opening—on the inside I
when the key is turned and
the door locked the key
cannot be abstracted with
out unlocking inside—in
suring absolute safety from '
burglars.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING
COMPANY
We are very much surprised at the amount of
outfitting we have done this fall, and after looking
over our books and finding the names of the miners
we outfitted last fall and spring, we find that we
have outfitted the same men again. If the miners
of this district desire any better information in re
gard to which is the best place to buy their outfits
then we refer them personally to the men whom
we have just outfitted and take; our medicine.
Respectfully,
T. D. CORLEW, Mgr.
THE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
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
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Ave. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
—
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovate t. New Management. Not
and Cold Water. Modern. Pe stered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMO R E, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK &. CO.
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye
Bread and Pompernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Proprietor
Seward Water & Power
Company * |
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington streets ^
SEWARD PLUMBING &
HEATING COMPANY
J. W. SPENCER, Proprietor
Basement of New Hale Bldg
fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB HOOMS IN CONNECTION
H. h. FRASER Fourth A*e. and Mashinoton.St.
TROY HAND LAUNDRY
Don’t worry about your flannel
shirt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
Next to Moon's Hall Fifth A*e. Seward
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue, Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Friday Afternoon
A Good Place to Speno
the Evening.
£. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor