GOVERNMENT
MAKES SURVEY
Men on the Way North to Run
from White Pass to Bounda
ry Line on 1 11 Meridian.
By Cabl* to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Vancouver, B C., June 12—Govern
ment surveyors have left for the north
to make surveys along the line be
tween the dominion of Canada and
Alaska. They will run a line from
White pass at the head of Skagway
river to the 141 meridian,[the base line
from Mt. St. Elias to the Arctic ocean.
Portland Sails
By Caole to Th« Dally Gateway.
Seattle, June 10- Steamer Portland
sails tonight from this |H)rt for Alaska.
She has all she can carry of passengers
and freight.
Pennsylvania Arrives
The steamer Pennsylvania arrived
on her tirst trip of the season to Sew
ard last Wednesday morning at 8
o’clock and sailed on her return trip
to Seattle at 5 in the evening.
Steamer Dora Arrives
The steamer Dora arrived at Seward
at 11 o’clock this morning. She made
the trip to Nuslmgak this time, and
bad tine weather all the way back.
She reports no ice in liering sea.
Quite a number of passengers came
in on the Dora, among them was H. S.
Ferris who has resigned his position
as United States commissioner at
Unalaska and is going out to the
states.
SEWARD S1EAIV1ERS
Dora; in port.
Santa Clara; sailed from Seattle 8th.
Portland; sailed from Seattle 10th.
Farallon; in Seattle.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 6th.
Pennsylvania; sailed for Seattle 10th.
School Election
The*Seward school election held last
Saturday afternoon brought out nearly
the entire vote of the town including
many women. The two tickets in the
field created a lively intesest. The tirst
ticket put out had on it the names of
L. 11. Pedersen. Will Sauers and Dr.
D. H. Sleem. The second ticket was
made up of L. li. Pedersen, E. U. Gray
and Anton Hide. Both tickets were
composed of good men. The count of
the votes resulted in showing that Mr.
Pedersen was elected director, Dr.
Sleem clerk and Mr. Hide treasurer.
Mr. Sauers lost by seven votes.
Road Open to 45
Nine men went out Thursday and
twelve yesterday to clear the railroad
track. The snow was shoveled oil' so
that the road i> practically clear to
mile 45. There are still some trifling
obstructions caused by slides, but none
of such a nature as to prevent a car
from l>eing taken over.
Bull Game
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock
there will U* a ball game played at
the grounds in Branch park. Every
body invited to a stmt in the grand
stand.
Carstens Pkg. Co. in Alaska
Juneau has boon selected as the >ite
for the first meat packing establish
ment to be built in Alaska, anti Seat
tle men and capital are behind the new
industry. The Carstens Pkg. Co., well
known pioneer packers of this city,
has just let a contract to the Anderson
Power Construction Co. for the con
struction of the packing plant at
Juneau.—Trade Register.
Chinese Navy
San Francisco—A Chinese navy of
from 15 to 20 war vessels is to be con
structed by the Chinese government.
It was agreed upon at a meeting of the
Chinese officials in Pekin six weeks
’ ago. The plans for the vessels are
under consideration, and soon the gov
ernment of the empire will appropri
ate the money for their construction.
This news is brought to San Francisco
by the Hon. Huang She, Imperial
Chinese Commerce Minister to the
United States, who has just arrived on
the liner Manchuria.
We sell our Eastman Kodak goods
at lis* prices. Owl Drug Co.
Cigars and tobaccoes at the Owl. *
HUMPHREY SAYS
NO HARMONY
Representative From Washington
Sure Congress Will Aid Alas
ka When People Agree.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, June, 11—Congressman
William E. Humphrey has returned
from Washington. He says congress
is ready to help Alaska when the peo
ple of the territory can agree and
give information as to the charac
ter of the legislation they want enact
ed for their benefit. He said that
there was no unanimity manifested in
the requests made to congress, and as
long as there was pulling in opposite
directions little could he expected in
the way of legislation for the ter
ritory. __
Cale Is the Man
The result of the effort of the “Hog
gatt faction” to run things in the con
vention and to secure an endorsement
that was not coming, are today two
1 candidates before the people put out
by the republican convention or by
two republican conventions that ought
to have been one, and of course there
will be a divided party vote.
Mr. Cale is the candidate of the free
republicans of the district and he will
be eleted—there is no doubt about
that Mr. Cale has a good record in
Washington. He has worked at great
disadvantage, and has not, on account
of the great and unlooked for opposi
tion, placed much legislation on the
books in behalf of Alaska, but his ef
forts have been well directed, consist
ent and earnest.—Skagway Alaskan.
Echoes From Ketchikan
Despite the fact that the national
committee gave Alaska and the insular
territories but two delegates apiece
Alaska is sending six delegates to Chi
cago in the belief that each of the ter
ritories will be given the representa
tion hitherto accorded them. The
bolters’ delegation is carrying John G.
Heid, the present national committee
man, with them to give added support
to their light.
There is no real light by the bolting
i faction against John Corson, nominee
for delegate. Of the men who walked
out of the convention only Col. W. T.
Perkins of Nome, Chauncey Boyer of
Fairbanks, and the Hunt-Butler fac
tion of Ketchikan stayed out against
Corson’s nomination and asked Cale to
! be their candidate. Elmer E. Ritchie
of Valdez, Frank E. Youngs of Seward,
and Chris Shea of Skagway, all gave
! pledges of support to Corson. In fact
! Shea announced that he would not
bolt the regular convention, and
Youngs, who is the new chairman of
the territorial republican committee,
made a speech in Ketchikan favoring
Corson’s election. Ritchie committed
himself to Corson before the regular
convention adjourned, leaving the
Ketchikan delegation and two holders
of Nome and Fairbanks proxies stand
ing out alone.—Seattle Times.
To Put on Fast Boat
F. C. Woolsey and John F. Wheeler
left here yesterday to go over the
trail to Sunrise and thence to Tyonok
where they intend to put on a fast boat
to run up the Susitna as far as Port
age creek just below the falls at the
head of navigation. They expect to
have the boat in operation in thirty
days. There will he many prospectors
going into Valdez creek region this
summer, and these parties expect to
get a good share of the traffic up the
! river.
Messrs. Smith and Cochran were in
the party. They will spend the sum
mer prospecting and will hunt and
trap for furs during the winter.
A tuan by the name of Locan has dis
covered a rich ledge of quartz at Mt.
Dali and a party of men from Seattle
are going in there later this season.
hanging the Bell
In order to give a better alarm in
case of fire the members of the Seward
' fire department have rehung the tire
bell. It formerly stood between two
l short posts. Tnese being only a few
| feet high the sound of the bell was ob
structed by the buildings. The re
hanging of the bell was completed yes
terday. It was placed upon two high
poles that swing the bell high enough
for the tones of alarm to sound out
clearly over the entire town.
THE CORRECT
THING IN MEN’S CLOTHING
IS JUST AS EASY TO HAVE AS
NOT; ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
TO COME HERE AND ASK FOR
ANY OF THE
STANDARD
MAKES
STEIN-BLOGH, ADLER &
SONS, KIRSCHBAUM AND
HART,SCHAFFNER & MARX
ARE ALL OF THE VERY BEST.
COME IN AND SEE US, WE’LL
MAKE YOU LOOK AS GOOD AS
THE BEST
CLAYSON
CLOTHIER
L ___L
J. A. BAUGHMAN
I
, PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
City offlce: Owl DruK Store.
Home odlcc: Ui> stairs in Richard building
f. BUTTERWORTH
CIVIL ENGINEER ANII SURVEYOR
Surveys Accurately
and Promptly Made.
Office over Valdez Market, room 3
(Opposite Seattle Hotel)
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
VALDEZ - - ALASKA
height of Land, Depth of Sea
The mean height of all the land now
above the sea is referred to by Lyell
: as being 1,000 feet. The mean depth
of the ocean is at least 12,000 feet, that
is, it exceeds the height of the land
twelve times.
This is because the extreme heights
of the land, although probably no less
than the extreme depth of the sea, yet
are exceptional heights, while the
ocean maintains its depth over enor
| mous areas.
Owing to the fact that the surface
of the ocean to that of the land is
as two and a half to one the ocean
would accommodate the whole of the
land thirty times over were it all pitch
1 ed into the ocean area.—Knowledge
and Scientific News.
Effects of Boycott
Hongkong—The anti-Japanese boy
cott continues. The effect upon Ja
panese firms in Hongkong is becoming
serious and some of them are seeking
cheaper premises. The Japanese
steamship Ten Yu has sailed from this
port empty. Australia foods are being
imported and tiie movement to foster
native industries is becoming stronger.
Furs From Alaska
It is reported that trapping has been
very good in every part of Seward
peninsula. On the Arctic coast a large
number of white fox have been caught,
and in the interior red fox, mink and
marten have been plentiful.
One for Each Class
The United States government has
been generous to the bilipinos in the
advantages for gaining a military edu
cation in this country. The number to
be educated at West Point will here
after be limited to one for each class.
PAYIO AMI 4 SONS aOTHINC CO.
COfYllCHT DM
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| Alaska Commercial Co.
* Have Established a Station at Susitna, at the I
forks of the Susitna and Yentna rivers, and |
will carry a full line of miners’ supplies g
OTHER STATIONS AT • g
ENALASKA, KODIAK, KARLEK, KAOEYAK, g
S^^^fllGNAK^m)Nm^NDJ>ENRIS^^J
I
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER, Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved Spccl‘l.»>«"«."’»««/trade
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward. Alaska
Good things to eat at Browc &
Hawkins— Swift’s “Premium” bacon
and hams and strictly fresh ranch
eggs. *
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO. .
1207 Langley St., Victoria. B. C.
Not Withdraw Troops
Owing to the tendency to insurrec
tion among the Cuban people it has
been decided by the United States
government not to withdraw the
troops from the island in advance of
the reestablishment of the republic in
February 1909.