VOL. 4 SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1908 NO. 5 <
CRUISER LOST
HER LIFEBOATS
The Yorktown Meets With Ter
rific Storm and Is Severely
Lashed bv the Waves.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, Oct. 12—The United
States cruiser Yorktown. which has
been in Bering sea and other northern
waters during the summer, lias ar
rived at this port. She met with ter
rific storms in her passage from the
north, and was tossed about on the |
waves which repeatedly threatened to
engulf her. Again and again the bil
lows swept over the decks tearing the
lifeboats loose and washing them over-1
board.
The officers of the cruiser confirm j
the report of the shooting of the
Japanese seal poachers by Russians at j
Konanderski island.
On the Portland.
Hon. Will G. Graves, O. G. Laberee,
James A. Haight and John E. Ballaine
are passengers on the steamer Port
land en route to Valdez to attend to
matters connected with the Alaska
Central railway at the cominsr term of
court.
Notice of Application for U. S. Patent.
No. 07.
r. S. Land Office. Juueau, Alaska, July 8. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Green
baum. whose i>ost office address is Sun Francis
co. California, by C. A. Fletcher, liis attorney in
fact, has made application for a United States
Patent for the Empire Lode, being Mineral Sur
vey No. 291. and situated in the Unga Miaing
District. Alaska, aud more particularly des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. 1. at intersection of
N. E. end ’’ ee and lode line identical with cor
ner No. 5 oC survey No. 290. mouth of tunnel
No. 1 b'j r south 74 deg. 43 min. west 555
feet, mou u of tunnel No. 2 bears south 67 deg.
30 min. west 850 feet, mouth of tunnel No. 3
bears south 66 deg. 13 min. west 890 feet,
whence U. S. Mineral Monument No. 2 bears
south II deg. 50 min. west 241/eet distant;
thence south 47 deg. 30 min. east 300 feet to
corner No. 2. identical with corner No. 2 of
survev No. 290; thence south 56 deg. 30 min.
west 1500 feet to corner No. 3; thence north
47 deg. 30 min. west 113 feet cross creek 300
feet to corner no. 4 at intersection of lode line
500 feet cross small creek 600 ,eet to co vr
No. 5; thence north 56 deg. 30 min. east 1300
feet to corner no. 6 identical with corner no. 6
of survey no. 290; thence south 47 deg. 30 min.
east 300 feet to corner no. 1. the place of begin
ning.
Area, 20.04 acres.
Magnetic variation. 20 deg. 30 min. east,
The notice of location of said Empire Lode is
of record in the office of the Recorder of the
Unga Mining district at Unga Island. Alaska,
in Mining Record A. at page 29.
The adjoining claims are as follows; On the
northeast, the Little Joker claim. Louis Greer
baum claimant, survey No. 290; on the south
west the Alaska Mine, Louis Greenbaum. claim
ant, and on all other sides there is vacant
ground. , . . , ,
Any and all i>ersons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein, lode or premises, or any
portion thereof so described, surveyed, plait a
and applied for. are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly tiled according *o
law and the regulations thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law. with the Register cod
Receiver of the United States Land Office at
Juneau. Alaska, they will be barred by virtue
of the provisions of the statute.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
It is hereby ordered that the forego
ing notice be published for the statutofy
period in the Seward Gateway, a daily
newspaper printed at Seward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY. Register.
Date of first publication, July 29,1908.
COOL HEADS
STEM THE TIDE
Lack of Ammunition May Prevent
War but Official Circles
Think It Inevitable.
By Cable to Tlie Daily Gateway
Belgrade, Servia, Oct. 12—Plans for
war continue to be the chief topic of
conversation among all the people, but
the cooler heads are trying to stem the
war tide. The lack of ammunition may
prevent Servia going to war. In offi
cial circles, however, the situation is
considered most critical, and that war
can hardly be averted. The European
powers are generally very much con
cerned.
In Name of the King
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Crete, Oct. 12—In accordance with
the decree issued by Crete announcing
union with Greece, her parliament
was opened today in the name of King
George of Greece.
Ferdinand Opens Parliament
Sy Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Bulgaria, Oct. 12—The parliament
of the Turkish province of Bulgaria
was opened today by Prince Ferdenand
in person.
Steamer Dora
The Dora arrived in port about 10
o’clock yesterday morning. She
brought a number of people who are
on their way to attend court at Valdez.
Some of these boarded the Santa
Clara, and others will wait and take
passage on the Yucatan. George Pes
triakoff who is held for the murder of
Peter SkvorzofT at the village of Ou
zinki on Spruce island last August,
and also Mrs. Skvorzoff are prisoners
brought in on the Dora, and were sent
to Valdez for trial.
The following is the list of passen
gers:
A. R. Buttler, Paul G. Dirks, Mrs.
S. Hansen, Nellie Hansen, Judge F. C.
Driffield, J. P. McNinis, J. C. Jorgen
nen, F. A. Woodard, Mrs. F. A. Wood
ard, E. D. Smith, Wm. Wechter, R.
Francis, L. L. Bales, Makerana Sheva
roff, Amealia Strickler, Mrs. Paul
Narcroff, Nawery McDonald, O. S.
Grimes, Judge J. A. Silverman, Chas.
Pettik.
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The Santa Clara
The steamer Santa Clara returned
from her trip to Seldovia and arrived
at this port at 5:30 yesterday evening.
She sailed soon after midnight for Se
attle and way ports.
Confectionery. We have the best.
Seward Drug Co. *
Meet me at the Branch.
GREAT CROWD
WATCH RACE
In Balloon Contest the American
Airship Bursts but Fatalities
Are Averted.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Berlin, Oct. 12—The international
balloon race participated in here by
the diiTerent nations yesterday attract
ed immense crowds of people. The
balloons rose steadily in the air to
great heights. When the American
Conqueror had reached an altitude of
4,000 feet it bursted and it was only by
the most careful management of the
paraphernalia for safeguarding them
selves that the two men in the balloon
escaped fatal injuries.
Afognak Fish Hatcheries
Special to Tko Daily Gateway.
Afognak, Sept. 20—One of the larg
est lish hatcheries in the world has
just been completed at Letnik Bay,
Alaska. The work was begun about a
year ago, and has been carried to suc
cessful completion under circumstances
which elsewhere and under different
management would have seemed im
possible.
The superintendent of construction,
C. P. Henkel, had to draw hft working
force from the natives who. though for
the most part willing enough, were
totally unacquainted with construction
of this kind. Not a stick of timber has
i .
been used that was not taken from the
woods about the hatchery site, and all
the material was dragged out by hand,
work animals of any kind being un
known on this island. A tramway
three miles in length was built from
tidewater to the lake on which the
hatchery is built. This tramway in
many places is between twenty and
thirty feet in height. A. dam was
constructed in Letnik creek, and a
500-foot flume carries the necessary
water to the plant.
The working force at present con
sists of Superintendent C. P. Henkel,
Messrs. Ball, Legge and Grater, civil
service men appointed to this station
by the Fisheries Commission, and a
number of natives from this and ad
jacent villages.
A small sawmill outfit was brought
in with the hatchery equipment with
which has been cut the lumber for the
hatchery and also several thousand
feet for the government agricultural
experiment station at Kodiak. Mr.
Henkel intends to establish an electric
light plant and also have telephone
communication with Afognak. Should
Kodiak be given a wireless telegraph
station, a wireless apparatus will also
be enstalled here.
Wall paper at Hofman’s
THEY PLAY FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Pennant Winners Meet on Dia
mond and Chicago Defeats
Detroit in Both Games.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Chicago, Oct. 12—The first of the
series of seven games of baseball to be
played by the pennant winners for the
world’s championship, was pulled off
Saturday between Detroit and Chicago
teams. The score stood ten to six in
favor of Chicago. The two teams
were matched again yesterday for the
second game, Chicago defeating De
troit six to one.
A Swiss Settlement
It is reported that 900,000 acres of
land have been purchased in western
Washington, and that 29,000 Swiss will
be brought over and colonized there
to improve the land and make it pro
ductive.
Hardtime Dance
The mueh-talked-of hardtime dance
will be given next Wednesday evening
in Moore’s hall. The boys have pro
vided a variety of music and are doing
everything in their power to make this
the ball of the season.
Window Shades at Hofman’s.
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL H. A. ENTRY
NO. 390
In the United States Land office, Juneau,
Alaska, Feb. 28, 1908.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Northwestern Fisheries Company, assignee of
Mary Rollins, being entitled to the benefits
of Sec. 2308 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States granting additional lands to
soldiers and sailors who served in the War of
the Rebellion, has made application to this
office to make proof and entry under an Act
of congress approved May 14, 1898, for the lands
embraced in U. S. Survey No. 390, in the Dis
trict of Alaska, described as follows:
Beginning at cor. No. 1 a point at ordinary
high water mark on the left bank of Kvichak
river at the junction of said Kvichak river and
Graveyard Slough, from whence cor. No. 4
Sur, 540 bears N. 28 Degrees 05 minutes E. 20
chs.; Peak of Sugar Loaf mountain bears N.
84 degrees 14 minutes E.; thence meandering
high water mark on left bank of Kvichak river
up stream, 1st course N. 58 degrees 20 minutes
W. 1.80 chs.; thence 2nd course, N. 76 degrees
39 minutes W. 9.20chs.; thence 3rd course, N.
41 degrees 30 minutes W. 6.50 chs.; thence 4th
course. N. 8 degrees 15 minutes W, 2.50 chs. to
cor. No. 2; thence N. 47 degrees 5 minutes E.
4.C3 chs. to cor. No. 3, from whence Cor. No. 3
Sur. 72 bears N. 2 degrees 56 minutes VV. 20.84
chs.; thence S. 42 degrees 45 minutes E. 17.CO
chs, to cor. No. 1. the place of beginning V a
riation at all corners 23 degrees 10 minutes
East. Area 6.94 acres. . t ^
As additional to Mary Rollins’ original home
stead entry No. 1785, at Bonneville, Mo., made
Any and all persons claiming adversely an>
portion of said lands are required to file a i ad
verse claim in this office during the period of
publication of this notice, or within thirty
days thereafter, otherwise proof and entry or
said lands will be made by said Northwestern
Fisheries Company, applicant.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the forego
ing Notice be published for the full period of
60 days in the Daily Gateway, a daily newspa
per published at the town of Seward and Dis
trict of Alaska, which is hereby designated as
the newspaper pubUshed nearest the land
described. __
Johs VV. Dudley, Register.
Date of first publication. October 3. 1908,
Date of last publication. December 14, 1908*