SEWARD
IS THE
t
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the trattle
of the vast region lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one ot the
great states of the Middle West.
In the Near Future |
Through the extension of the Alaska Central I
railroad, now building northward from Seward, |
the territory tributary to the town as the chief I
seaport of the southern coast will giaduall^ ex- I
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper 1
Kuskokwim, each a region of imperial extent and I
resou rces. I
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentnagold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms, hioui it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners *
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central 8
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; and x
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
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JAP STRIKERS
USE DYNAMITE
Destroy Much Property in Copper
Mines Where 5000 Men
Have Gone Out.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Tokio, Jmu' <> Mntsasuma dispatch
es say the striking miners in the cop
per mines there are usinir dynamite
freely for tlie destruction of property
ami yroat damage has been done. The
telegraph otlice was dynamited this
morning and the clerk in charge was
buried in the ruins. The strikers
number about .>000. 1 roups will bo
sent to restore order.
GORED TO DEATH
BY ANGRY BULLj
By Cable to The Dally Gatoway.
Port Townsend, dune • >- Lewis
l’arsons of Tacoma, an employe of the ,
Pacific Cold Storage Company aboard j
the steamer Olympia, bound for Nome, \
was gored to death by a bull this ,
uu>ni my*.
TO MAKE NATIONAL PARK
OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE
The Lincoln Farm Aassociation was
organized in February 1900by a group;
of patriotic citizens who intend to
make a national park of the farm in
Larue county, Kentucky, on which
Abraham Lincoln was born. It offers
to the people of the county the oppor
tunity to become members of the as
sociation. having already acquired the
land, which comprises 110 acres.
TRAVELED THE
PRIMROSE PATH
Mrs. Gould Says Howard Chased
After Actresses and Other
Fair Ladies
By Ctxbl6 to Tlie Daily Gateway.
New York, June H Mrs. Howard
Gould says she will prove in her di
vorce suit that she is entitled to a
divorce on statutory grounds. She has
an array of actresses and other beauti
ful women who will furnish evidence
that Gould was a great chaser after
women of the frisky type and that ho
gave them expensive presents of jew
elry. gowns and other costly gifts.
TURKISH QUAKE
KILLS HUNDREDS
By Cable to Tho De\ly Gateway.
Constantinople. June s—The town
of Serai, on the Persian frontier, was
destroyed by an earthquake yesterday
and hundreds of the inhabitants were
killed.
Anton Josefson Dies at Seldovia
Anton Josefson died at Seldovia May
;>0 while waiting there for a steamer
to go outside, lie was a miner and
left a small amount of cash, sullicient
to pay his board bill and bury him.
Jle was a member of the Swede-Finn
ish Benevolent and Aid Association,
ljdgeNo. 10 at Douglas, Alaska, and
held a policy in the New York Life
Insurance < ompany. The fact?, come
in a letter to Judge Hewlett from
F. S. Kafourv.
Josefson was in the last stago of
consumption.
Lincoln farm as it will appear when parked by the Association.
It i> planned to dedicate the park Feb-'
ruary 12, 1!*09, the centennial anni
versary of the great war president’s
birth.
For many years this farm was neg
lected and fell into the shabby appear
ance resulting from careless tillage.
The cabin in which Lincoln was born
was carried away for a relic. Finally
speculators planed to buy and make it
a place of vulgar show. Then eminent j
Americans purchased the land at auc
tion, and organized the association to
protect it from vandalism.
The Lincoln Farm Association is an
; organization of American citizens to
which every one shall be entitled to;
membership who contributes, through
the general fund for the preservation (
| of this historic spot, any sum not less
than 25 cents, not to exceed $25.
Every such subscriber shall be record
ed in the membership card catalogues,
which will ultimately rest in a place
of honor and of public access in one of
the historic buildings to be erected on
the farm. Each subscriber shall re
ceive. immediately upon the receipt of
his donation to the work of the associa
tion. a handsomely engraved certificate
of membership in the Lincoln Farm As
sociation. bearing on its face a portrait
of Lincoln, a picture of the cabin in
which he was born, and of the White
House at Washington. It will also
bear the member’s name and the auto
graphs of the officers and trustees of
the accociation.
About 90 per cent of the platinum
output of the world in 1906 came from
Perm, Russia, the yield of the district
being about 170,000 troy ounces.
Sunlight will penetrate very clear
water to the depth of 1,500 feet.
The Bank of Seward
We receive deposits subject to check.
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 OF SEWARD.
To Bring Tyonic Here
From arrivals on the Santa Clara it
is learned that on account of light busi
ness on the inlet Capt. Blodgett will
try to arrange a run for the Tyonic
from Prince William sound via Sew
ard and Seldovia to Kodiak, leaving
the Tonquin to handle the inlet traf
fick. Ho left Seldovia a few days ago
for his fox island near Kodiak and will
be in Seward in about ten days.
Van Hoves on the Works
Harry Van, the great and only live
moving-picture man, who makes inter
mittent forays upon the unprotected
towns of the Alaska coast, came in on
the Bertha with a new array of tape to
set in revolution this evening only, in
Moore's hall. Today he is in per
petual motion among the boys with
the same glad hand and smile and flu
ent speech he carried as a drummer
before he repented and went into the
picture business to make other people
happy. Out of his art gallery he will
present tonight the following and
maybe more: Arabian Nights; sleep
ing Beauty: The Firebug: Her Name
was Maud; How the Office Boys Saw
the Ball Game; Down on the Farm;
Flags and Faces; Waiting at the
Church; Invisible Men; Rest Cure;
Kit Carson.
H. P. Wybrant, deputy U. S. mar
shal, sailed on the Bertha to go to
Knik, where a crazy man is reported
to require transportation to the out
side.
During the last year trolley car
traffic on the Brooklyn bridge has in
creased 12 per cent, and on the Wil
liamsburg bridge 28 per cent.
New York has joined the list of
2-cent railroad fare states, by recent
act of the legislature.
Of Interest to Alaskans
Seward has two dental parlors that
are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
anywhere. The two 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. *
Brown & Hawkins
WHOLESALERS AND
....RETAILERS OF....
Provisions, Bedding, Crockery, Glassware, Hardware, Cloth
Iing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Rubber Goods,
Gentlemen’s Furnishings, Wood and Coal,
Flour, Feed, Etc., Etc., Etc.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated Coffees
and Teas, and Mills Bros.’ Coffees.
Outfitting a Speciaj_^J
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery
Miners' Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents, Etc.
Stoves and Ranges, Granite and Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
FOURTH AVENUE J. L. GRAEF SEWARD, ALASKA
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THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK & CO
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
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THE PALACE
W. P. HENRY &. CO.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
First Class Cafe in Connection
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
rLrtouclB^^LatoiicliB^^^ Latouche! I
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company I
General Outfitters For
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Bottom Prices; Honest Goods
Headquarters for REFOLDS
Launches to Knight’s Island LATOUCHE ISL.
and Sound Points. __ALAS>KA
Lmbmh* 9\u\m\MBB^HmmmaMaamaaasZimmm
BOOTH & CO.
HOPE AND 01 RDWOOD
$$"Call on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anythin# in thd
Liquor and Cigar line. MI Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything first-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Qlrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
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Northern Saloon
E. L. WHITTEMORE. PROPRIETOR.
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WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVENUE. SEWARD. ALASKA.
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