SEWARD GATEWAY
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Six Months * * $1.50
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NEWS SERVICE FOR ALASKA
During a wc< at e ieiul irqu’-ry in
the SeatlferaW OtHce a request was
smeto -t • . < ininherhun to Mato
Jj;j, a -t u msuer-, and now t he
viper- ei ">■ tsiern Vaska have
.co:j; . . in a Kilkenny eat
. nt over t;l acres ot . he -< rY'ico
ore-a id.
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. nee tin t .ate election only the
press - •ryico 1 o ]' . -ettted them a tad
hold fi>i' controversy. In th«* det*ute,
however, ah q: ti -m have offered i»er
nent vaguest *!!•. tending to tin- im*
’ ro\a mi nl »' the ' ■( ' ice and they
• ge t hat A’a-k.i dailies ought to
gree uihhi p!ii\Y'!ni'tiis tt> lw re
queued of { • (dki-Mord. the officer in
charge tit the cable service.
lu answer to the query of t*en.
< ham in :• tin he < late way answered
by wire '‘hat tic pre-ent service is in
it* main -a’ -t > :< ry hut i> open to
• nrovetn*.ti*: ' ;t a> -tep- to that end
Hat mt» i ■ word should be made
iHiiv • tier press service to all
Alaska d . n - : i the >ame rate upon
. w>'o!> r.terchangcil among them
» tin> u S. a:tie. forming
Heir y an Alaska associated press.
'!’ > tiii> lien, t hamberiain replied:
'•Qu< ion of tarift will he taken up
with a*;‘iior*ies at Washington.
However there i- no hope of a change
n present rates, which are considered
very low hy the war department. The
question of n>soe .tied pres- for Alaska
- out suit th* pt ovinci of the signal
corps. ‘
The Gateway did not need to Is* in
formed by an army officer that the
government signal corps lias no busi
ness t« l>e organizing an associated
press for Alaska. The Western I’nion
lias nothing to do with the Associated
Press of the Pnited States except to
furnish the wires and. in connection
vith tie* Associated Press, the opera
tors. What the Bateway asked was
< hat the signa! corps fix a rate for
,.rcss service which would enable the
\laska allies to organize an asso
ciated press !<t r s territory for their
• <wn us s a ml whict might ultimately
obtain r-cogi <1. from the big
Associ: e«: V* s>.
Whi the vihesPon *»( an associat' d
■!•(» Kir Ai. s’s ’ s out»;»u* the prov
ince "t th« sigi.a! corps, it is true
leverth ess that « t»l. Blassfoitl a year
*_:0 did O' _ a < a C'lmb'iied service
uid that tile senvic1* has been of ad
vantage to th Alaska papers. Before
hat each one received a separate -ser
vice and the wires were corresjamd
ngiy burdened. » ui. GlassforU’s move ,
# ts in the right direction hut it
» opped shoTt. The Gateway suggests
»s improvements the plan outlined to
Ben. t hamht rlain. to-wit:
That a Bat rate, tin* lowest that is
sow paid by anv Alaska paper, he
made to all Alaska papers alike uj»on a
service of a- many words a day as a
majority shall agree to take: that if
any paper wishes additional service it
spall pay for that service at a slightly
higher rate: that a news message filed
iv any Alaska daily In* sent at the Hat
ate to all other Alaska dailies.
The Gateway makes this suggestion
hrough its columns instead of by pri
ite letter to other Alaska papers be
cause the subject is one in which all
newspaper readers of Alaska are in
rested and it is worth while to enlist
he indue nee of men till over the terri
’ >ry who can see that an improved and
more extensive press service is a mat
ter of general public utility.
The present correspondent of the
Masks papers is one of the best news
men in Seattle but he is handicapped
>y the uneven demands of the different
tapers. If a complete service could 1m*
furnished at a rate which all the
\iaska papers can pay it would sim
.ify the whole matter. The Alaska
capers could then better afford than
hey can now to pay tolls upon stuff
Mjoming the Aluska-Yukon-l’acific ex
position. which i' worth more to Seat
le than to Alaska.
The Seattle papers and the promo
ters of the exposition can well afford
o lend their aid to an improved press
service for Alaska such as the dailies
of the territory u\a\ agree upon. It
would ultimately benefit ix>th.
In time the Alaska combined see
s'ice could l*e added to the Associated
Yess, when the mandarins of that
monopoly learn that Alaska furnishes
lewsto the world. If tin* Associated
Yess papers of Seattle would agree to
t they could be connected with the
Maska interchange of news. At
resent the Times and i’ost-lntelli
j gencer each lias a corivs|R»udent at
I every cable and telegraph station in
S Alaska. These correspondents often
' duplicate news and one paper pays for
a message after the other has printed
1 the story. If they wotlkl agree to let
Alaska news be wind to the Asso
ciated Press agent at Seattle eaeh
; p.tpei* would get the news half the
tiav. as they now get associated press,
and at a very low rate. The city edi
to t \> is the night A. I', cor
respondent at Seattle, and the city
editor of the Times the day correspon
dent. The day news would go to the
Times, the night news to the P.-l.
All this depends upon getting a
•general s, vice and Mat rate for the
Alaska pnj • is from Seattle and among
themselves. The war department
may balk b • heavy pressure would
bring it to terms, unless the demands
of its ugly ducklings in the Philip-!
pines and Puba require a few cents .
mure txvenue from Alaska. It is pro
bable. however, that the combined
:;:u 1 hr i service in Alaska would add
t > rather than dduninish cable receipts.
CLOSED DOOR IN ALASKA
l’ry ing open o-tntm'trial doors (hat
have been v losed tight is a favorite in- j
nits’ry of late year- and Aet-ka is j
looking eagerly for somebody to itelp ;
her get an open door. At present the
I-open only on the Seattle side
.\.i ,:-t \vi<ie enough for Seattle to
-hove her own products through.
'Hi:- unfortunate situation for Alaska
is due to the inertia of Other cities. J
Tacoma could compote tor Alaska j
trad*- on equal term- with Seattle if it
would put .»n one or two -tearners. !
I‘or; kind could compete at only a
-light disadvantage in distance and j
nan-. Both cities are trying to get
Mask a trade by shipping their pro-}
ducts by rail into Seattle to be trans
shipped by water. When the goods
reach Seattle they are usually1
seque-tcred in -ome remote corner of
the dock warehouses w here a search
warrant can scarcely tind them.
Sun Francisco could get the trade of
Central Alaska by putting up money to}
ru-h the completion of the Alaska I
C.utra to the Matanuska coal fields;
and beyond. When tin* rails are laid
to the coal mines the California city
can easily compete with Seattle. At
the pre-ent time it is at a uisadvan-j
tage. not simply because it is farther
removed by at least a day's sailing but I
becau-t it- steamers weuhl have no re-;
turn freight. When Matanuska coal :
is brought to Seward harbor by rail ,
the handicap will be removed.
This i- the opportunity of San Fran
c.-eo. California has little coal of her j
own. She is hauling most of what she |
consumes from Vancouver island in1
barges. When Matanuska coal is laid,
on Si*w ard docks San Francisco steam
■ rscan g«*t cargoes both ways. They}
»• • bring merchandise to Seward at
iai• lower figures than Seattle now
, i: haul coal to the Holden
(kite at a wide margin between the}
Aia-ka cost and the California market
price coal of much higher grade than
California buy- now in Washington or
British L olumbia.
i : va-on- satisfactory to Seattle
but to noliody in Alaska all Alaska
-teanie!1 movement- are reported in j
that city over the cable free of charge !
but in Alaska they are announced only i
from port to port. Kvery arrival or
departure of a steamer at any Alaska
port, is ’-eported forthwith to Seattle.
Interested persons in that city can
learn therefore at any time the goner- ;
al if not the exact location of a steam- }
er. Alaska people have to pay com
mercial rates to get the same informa- ;
tion. except that when a steamer
leaves one port the fact i- given to the
next port over the cable.
It may be clear to the cable manage
ment why Seattle is entitled to this
preference but Alaskans are too dull
to see any justice in it.
It is easy to see where Banker Sil
veira. who ran away from Havana
with M.000.000 of embezzled money *
and landed in Caracas, will wind up. \
There is no extradition treaty and he
will have to cut up the pie with Castro
or that grafter will hand him over to
the United States. He will be lucky j
i! tiie big mitt president of \ enezuela j
does not tax him about IM) per cent of j
the wad for bis lib* rty.
The attorney for the New York Cen- ■
trul complains that it is hard to de
fend rebate cases in the present state ;
of public opinion. It was so different
a few years ago when corporation mag-;
nates treated criminal laws against the ;
**S\stem" ,as a joke and slumbering
public opinion said never a word.
Seattle will soon dedicate a Carnegie
pauper library, donated to the civic
owner of the meek and lowly spirit
from the ironmaster's haVvest of ille
gal freight rebates and swollen profits
• on defective armor plate sold to the
government.
It will be time enough to hold >
another election in Cuba when the I
t ’ubans get ready to vote for annexa
tion to the United States.
Abe Ruef's city government in San
Francisco is almost as dangerous to
life us an earthquake.
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THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER BROS.. Proprietor*
Pianos and Safes Moved sP.c..i.»«nuontoci.»T,,^
Give us your orders for Coal & Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward. Alaska
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TO SELL GOODS
BY WHOLESALE
Brown & Hawkins V\ill do Into!
General Liquor Business
in This City.
Drown A- Hawkins have completed
negotiations for the purchase of the
wholesale liquor stock brought here a
diort time ago by A. K. Davis A l o. j
ind will hereafter conduct a whole
sale liquor establishment. The stock i
is valued at £!.->,000. A large stock of j
•igars will also In* carried.
The firm i> negotiating for a build
ing for the new business aud a decis
ion will be made within a day or two.
rhe stock will be installed immediate
ly, and will ->oon lie ready for dispensa
tion to the retailers here and in
neighboring towns. It is the inten
tion of Drown a Hawkins to keep a
large stock of all kinds of liquors with
the view of reaching out for business
aver a wide area of surrounding ter- ^
ritory.
TO MAP YENTNA DISTRICT
\V. Porter Will Publish Results of
Topographical Work in That Region
Ii. \Y. Porter, topographer of Dr. j
\)ok'> party, will make several maps
>f the Yentna district from data ob
lained last summer, a-, soon as be
reaches New York, lie will make
three maps, one of the entire region
designated principally to illustrate the
mountain climbing expedition, a
■smaller one to show the gold district
proper, and a third one of the creeks
which recorded an actual production
this season. <>n this map he will give
the claims and names of the miners
who took out something worth while.
Porter and Dr. Cook gave a good
deal of attention to the gold creeks
and are well informed concerning the
district. They will sail for Seattle on
the Saratoga. _
A Salt Lake court decides that Pres
ident Smith of the Mormon church,
who is custodian of the church funds,
does not have to show his books to the
members, winch means that l ncle
Joseph has about 250,000 people work
ing for him.
A young man related to Andrew
('arnegie has raised Quite a bunch of
money on forged paper but he hasn t
piled up the rake-off yet which Any
accumulated from defective armor
plate and freight rebates.
Swift water Bill Gates is reported to
be dead broke and going around Seat
tle in ragged clothes. Just wait until
Bill gives those women the shake and
then look at him.
When Charles K. Hughes talks of
democratic cockroaches it sounds like
plagiarism on Hearst's literary pre
serves. That is what Willie called
Alton B. Parker.
While an October blizzard is blow
ing and snow blocking trains along the
40th parallel in the states the ther
mometer keeps near 50 degrees in
Southern Alaska.
Willie Hearst accuses newspaper
opponents of mudslinging, which
proves that he ought to have tiled a
caveat to keep his rivals from stealing
his artillery.
A piano contains a mile of wire.
fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB IIOOMS IN CONNECTION
II. fl. FRASER lourlh Avc. and Washington St. I
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Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue, Seward.
BILLIARD AND l*D«l TABLES
In Connection
Ladies' Day Fri lay Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
t. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
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TROY HAND LAUNDRY |!
Don’t worry about your flannel
shirt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
Nrxt to Moon’s HallFifth Axe. Seward
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Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Dies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat. Graham, Rye
Bread and Romperniekle 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. VV. SPENCER, Proprietor
Basement of New Hale Bldg
SEWARD STEAMERS
Saratoga: sailed westward 20th; due
returning 20th.
Corwin: sailed from Nome 18th, for
Seward and other coast ports.
.leanie: sailed (j'om Seattle 18th.
Bertha: sails from Seattle 25th.
Northwestern: sails from Seattle 27th.
Portland: sailed for Seattle 25th.
Shelikof: sailed westward 20th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
October 20:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 45 33 Rain
Sunday 48 42 Rain
Monday 44 42 Rain
Tuesday 40 41 Cloudy
Wednesday 44 34 Clear
Thursday 44 33 Rain
Friday 40 40 Rain
FOR SALE —Marine machinery—
I one 4x0 engine: one Morgan tubular
| boiler with shaft; two propellers, and
fittings complete, ready to install in
boat. H. W. SCHEFFLER 11-10
Keep everlastingly at it. Spasmodic
attempts at saving money accomplish
no permanent good. Money in the
bank makes any man independent.
BANK OF SEWARD.
Heavy underwear and warm raacki
naw suits at Brown & Hawkins. *
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I 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. I). CORLEW, Mgr.
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK & CO.
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
THE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
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A (Jentloman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
NORTHERN saloon
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
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HOTEL McN ILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, ♦ - - Seward, Alaska
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Cigars Tobaccos Pipes Candy Fruits
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska