SEWARD GATEWAY;
PlIBUSHtD Wit HIT BT
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
t iiernt as Second l". « ii.atser Auttusi tilth.
t*U. at itat* |H)stojJtc>' at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of On rress of March *.
SUBSCRIPTION RAUS
One Year ill A Ivan ‘ $3 00
Six Months ... SI 50
Fist ru office At worth Huddim.. Duluth.
M - esota. ('has. It A*.. auth.»ri.a-«l a
SATURDAY. SKI'!'' MEEK l. PR
OFFER WIDE OPPORTUNITY
Seward and the interior region be
hind it offer w ider opportunities today
to men with a little money or none at
all than any other part of Alaska. In
the Yentna district lies a gold tic.d
which will produe as much this year
as the Tanana did in UHX». It is a lx*t
tor country to enter than the ! anana
-was three years aifo because it is more
easily accessible, and within 2'k> miles
of the district a railroad i> building
which gives employment at work no
harder than mining to every man w ho
asks for it.
The prospector who fails to "strike
the tirst time he tf°os btto tlie
Yentna can tv*.:.:--, and work or: the
a 11 road until he . another stake.
The man w ho went into t he* lamina.
: he Klondike or Norn, when thos
camps were new. often found it diffi
cult to obtain work when he was
stranded in a region from which
e-cape wa- practical, y impossible
n thout money.
in the Tanana and on Seward ; 'nin
t.ula today there are -aid to be thou*
-anus of men who cannot tind. work, at
:ist not regularly. This i- due to the
.act that the phenomenal output of
those rich districts ha- enticed more
men there than would be needed in
any c ;>e, and a short.r-fe of water has
curtailed production some what, there
>y adding to the surplus of idle men.
No* ,>ul\ that hut both di-tnets have
ore;, -o thoroughly exploited that they
offer little opportunity to the mere
pio-pector.
S, ward is the open door today to a
’Vision -o vast that i- c.a-si.iet. a
several district-, the Yentna. the
•per Kuskokw *u. the upper Susitna.
all of these districts prospector- are
xplorimr for .fold. Seward is the best
.apply point for ail. and m w inter |h>s
„ nses the only route to them winch i
not handicapp* d by extraordinary
hardships.
The pro-pee* - laborers of Sew*
urd penin-ula ami the Tanana who are
iiokinif for a new- i.eld should come to
die region to 1»< traversed by the
Viuska Central railroad. From the
Tanana they can “inu-h alt the way
hrouyh a c'-ur.trv w! :eh is considered
an inviting *1 Id for mining e.xplora
YENTNAS VALUE TO SEWARD
The V* ntna di-t: ie: better e-tab*
«d of Its dis*
e.*u.. than the Tanana was two years
at ter v s were r. -: wnd there.
*!».■ u • i. \ * tee *)O,0*t0
t! -- r, i. on i'- ■ cr ek confined
» a a • a, * n see* ral creek
w1 i< 1.i-: ■ ■ ■ area-, t- the
-• < . I. iu the the Ye:.tn i the
i*ro«t.a* >v placer field in
\ a- .a. I» wi . t rectet- * ft*<rt. the
. — ■ *ef* - - Se" tld eotlld
i . i»*»> pr< -; a- fivtn the Out-id*
is winter to cover the Yentna and
;! ■* -v’or* - of o lor .ieiu- in the Me*
K;• and Ko raker tv/Mn-. It should
;• emphasized everywhere that the
r.civbants of Sewa: i are prepared to
t*,: pt*o-’M dins' part:*-- more cheap
ard more suitably than merchants
t; ■ outside cities are in the habit of
_
S me t»**op'.- will wonder if William
i : itver-d rorau intended to be otfen
- ve when he referred to the addled
brain of Wilburn Randolph Hearst and
accused ttie >• . >w con u-re—man-editor
• - ■••akin'_r ’in- commandments at
once.
President Bumpers of the American
Federation of Lal*>r has started war
on all the congressmen who don’t Poos'
tbf everythin!* he orders. Mr. Com
pels seems to r*muni himself seriously.
The inspired London Chronicle fore
casts Irish legislation in the next par
liament hut admits that it will be of
the kind which oilers no results. Just
•i case of throwing a tub to the whale.
The chief of the commercial travel
< o' league threatens to eject profes
sional politicians from the Bryan ban
duet. Now where would that land
the truest of honor?
The Illinois republicans don’t seem
to take orders from the little squad of
stand-pat tariff bulldozers.
Fay Templeton has married Billy
Patterson but it is not recorded that
she has struck him yet.
The sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid
II, is said to be very ill. Probably
worrying over his debts.
If President Roosevelt believes in
spelling reform he might start on his
own name.
SEWARD S THIRD BIRTHDAY
Three years ago Tuesday a handful of
men landed on the beach near the
head of Resurrection bav to lay the
fomulat tons of Seward and begin con
struction of the Alaska Central rail
read. The party included railroad of
ficials and employes and young busi
ness men who were willing to take a
chance with the new enterprise.
The thn e years which have elapsed
s nee August 2s. 1903 have witnessed
many changes and some disappoint
ments. Not all the hopes of 1903 have
been reali-ed, but in the face of
mighty obstacles the railroad has been
pushed northward until the rails reach
nearly lifty miles from tide water, and
! the terminus would l>e thirty miles
I farther but for the unavoidable delay
i caused by extensive tunnel work, most
i of the grading being finished for
seventy-five miles.
The town of Seward has liHH) popula
tion. Along the railroad line within
seventy-five miles are as many more,
mostly railroad employes, but includ
ing >ome men engaged in business.
With the growth of population have
come the telephone, electric light,
| modern water system and other equip
ments of twentieth century civili
! /.at ion.
The builders of the Alaska t entral
and ttie town of Seward may well be
proud of the past and sanguine ot the
future. .
Cuba lias joined the class of moving
picture revolutionary republics. In a
little while it will he as much of a nui
sance as Venezuela, for which due
credit must be given to the yellow
(Urnals and jay politicians who
dragged the I’nited States into a costly
war in behalf of the island.
Tin t zar is said to be scared nearly
to death through fear of assassination
since so many of his boosters are going
that way. He might end the agony by
taking a walk down the street.
After liryan. Nelson and Clans, and
then the Russian revolutionists may
be permitted to perform again. They
will it the news correspondents need
them. _
■■III— ■
—
Mr. Snively of North Yakima is
liable to offer the suggestion to the
c art that trust; funds swiped twenty
six years ago have become a vested
ri«rhr.
Mr. lirvan says he likes this country '
better than ever after seeing some
worse ones, which *hows that he isn't
like a man w ho can't learn anything.
Some fellows have started a Popular
„\ I’ional party in Russia to save the
country from the Jews. They seem to
have picked a popular issue.
It was kind of the Russian revolu
• . ;.;,ts to give Mr. Bryan the stage
long enough to put in a few licks for
!'• form in this country.
That w . I«<■ a had leak in Standard
oil if the big barrel is taxed a &1000
tin- ».n tacit of id-" counts. $*>000.\
•dj" SJ-.no.inx).
The miners who are taking out five
ounces of yob; a day on Poor Man ■>
creek ouyht to chanyv the name of
tin cmleh.
: ?. main- tu he seen what will hap
to Mr. Farley’-« strike breaker'
/ i;i.• n :.v. *h t He sand lots ol Sail
Kram\'em
They pulled Mr. Bryan oil' the water
a> >oon a> |>o."ible. evidently* feeltnjf
t h i it was no place for a democrat.
Sir.ee the Mad Mullah lias come
hack to life attain an outbreak from
Dow it* i> about due next.
Keep Tacoma Smelter Busy
Water imports and exports at the
Tacoma smelter were well over the
half million mark during duly. Fur
nace products were shipped to the
amount oi > >:.7.4'_‘o. imports of ore
| amounted to Wt*3,473. and lime rock
valued at s2.‘*0v was shipped in by
steamer.
RIAL ESTATE AND
MINING RECORDS
A;ie. 10 F. L. Ballaine to Peterson &
Brown, south half of lot 2. block 3:
*1050.
Lots 39 and 40. block 2: $1000.
Aug. 21 F. L. Ballaine to S. A. Dice,
lot 31. block 14: $300.
Aug. 23 F. L. Ballaine to F. Laub
ner. lot 7. block 2: $400. One-half
lot 35. block 2: $400.
Aug. 24 F. L. Ballaine to J. J. Odale,
lot 13. block 13: $250.
Aug. 2.3—F. L. Ballaine to Christensen
Cc Laubner, lot 34. block 2: $400.
Aug. 23 F. L. Ballaine to F.idson A
Dobson, one-half lot 35. block 2:
$400.
Ang. 29—F. L. Ballaine to Peterson &
Brown, lot 28, block 9: $7tK).
SEWARD STEAMERS
Excelsior: sailed from Valdez for
Seward at noon yesterday.
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 2tith.
Santa Clara: sails from Seattle 1st.
Portland: sailed for Seattle 2t>th.
Oregon: sailed for Seattle 27th.
Dora: sailed westward 10th.
VOLCANIC ISLAND
700 FEET HIGH
New Peak Recently Uplifted West
of Unalaska Still Hot
and Smoking.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. D. C.. Aug. 25 Officers
| of the revenue cutter I'erry report a
visit to the new volcanic island recent
i lv thrown up near Boroslov and Fire
island, sixty miles west of l nulaska.
| They found a peak "00 feet high, still
warm and emitting smoke.
The peuk was named Perry {teak, as
j the revenue cutter was the first boat
| to approach the island closely enough
1 to give an accurate description of it,
although it was discovered by lishet
! men two months ago.
MAKES HIGH ESTIMATE
OF KAHILTNA OUTPUT
Deputy Marshal Alex. Ryan Sets
Season’s (iolil Production at
$50,000 to $75,000.
Between $50,000 and $".>.000 is the
estimate of the gold output of Kahiltna
river and it- tributary creeks made by
Alexander K. Kyan. an Alaskan of
twenty years residence. Mr. Kyan
recently spent two month- in the
Yentna district, most of the time on
the Kahiltna, and visited all the creeks
which are producing. He is personally
acquainted with most of the exper
ienced miners in the region and was
enabled to learn exactly what they
were doing.
Mr. Kyan regards Nugget creek,
where the Herndon anil .Jacobson and
the Morris claims are yielding heavily,
a- a bonanza, lie says the claims
-how up better the longer they are
worked. Other producing creeks,
such as ( ache. Willow, Poor Man’s,
Gold and Peters, he thinks have just
begun to demonstrate their |>ossibili
ties. He i-willing to-take his repu
tation on a minimum output of $50,
<><><> for the upper Kahiltna, believing
that -till better results will be ob
tained during the remainder of t lie
season than have been achieved so far,
and that the output is likely to he
$75,000.
The chief drawback to the country
in Mr. Ryan's estimation, is the wild
cat locating that ha- been done. This
same complaint is made l»y others and
all agree that it will hold hack the de
velopment of the Kahiltna. The same
is true of Lake creek, which is staked
from its mouth to the line' of perpetual
snow and mostly by men who are doing
no work.
“On the Kahiltna no work is being
done on nine-tenth- of the claims
which have been located, -aid Kyan
in Howard thi- week. “The men who
hold them are simply hoping that the
work of other men will show up
bonanza- and create a stampede which
will enable them to soli out for a big
price without doing a lick of work be
yond -taking out the claims.
••While ! wa-there I saw legitimate
p”ospectors. with good outllts that
they had carried in by the hardest
:ui of work, walk over miles of like
i\ looking ground with stakes the
,vl.o t- length of it but no work being
dor.o. until they got tired and di
gu-ted. threw away their grub and
started out cur- tig the country.”
In cleaning up t he wells and sluice
boxes on the . vUis-Chalmers dredger
at I km son. a remarkable >pecimeu of
magnetic ore was found. Though
worn to a round pebble one ineh by
one-ha f by three quarters, the speci
men retained >o -trung polarity the
acco;. paning black sand was held to it
and picked up like great black ropes.
Magnetic ore occurs in extensive beds
and is found in granite, gneiss, mica,
schist, clay slate, syenyte. hornblene
and chlorite schist.
A very rich quart/ strike is reported
| some fortv miles west of Cariboo.
ST. CHARLES
EVAPORATED CREAM
In making St. Charles Cream we do not
use sugar. We take the best of milk and
reduce it to the consistency of a very rich
cream by evaporation. We do not use
acids or other antiseptics, but by the
scientific application of heat we destroy
all disease germs and all possibility of
fermentation. This is the reason why
St. Charles Crcan keeps indefinitely and
will not curdle either in digestion or in
cooking. St. Charles Cream, when diluted
with pure water, is humanized milk.
It is the best food known to
science for infants and inva
lids. It is better than the best
ordinary milk or cream for all
purposes—and just as cheap.
Sold by Vest Croctrj
EiX)tryU>htre.
ST. CHARLES CONDENSING CO.
SI Ch»rle«. ID. ^
STANDARD OIL
. IN THE PILLORY
U. S. District Attorney Proposes
Fine of $5000 Facli on
6120 Counts.
By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Chicago, Aug. 2<S The United States
district attorney states that lie expects
to secure a tine of $5000 on each of the
0428 counts in the indictments re
turned against the Standard Oil Corn
many in the U. S. district court yes
terday, for the acceptance of rebates.
These indictments are for rebates
received from various railroad lines
and amounted in all to many millions
of dollars* The district attorney says
he will push the cases to a conclusion
without delay.
STEAMER EXCELSIOR
SAILS FROM VALDEZ
In Spite of Contradictory Private Dis
patches Gateway Press Report
Proves Correct
Steamer Kxcelsior sailed from Val
dez- for Seward at noon yesterday.
She reached Valdez, from Seattle last
night, continuing the accuracy of the
report sent out from Seattle by the
Gateway's press correspondent, and
published in the daily issue of August
25. the day after the Kxcelsior left
Seattle.
The,confusion arose from the fact
that Agent Stiles of the Northwestern
Steamship Company received a mes
sage from t lie Seattle office a day or
two earlier, announcing that the Santa
Ana would sail on this trip in place of
the Kxcelsior. The advertisement of
the Northwestern in the latest Seattle
papers also announced the scheduled
sailing of the Santa Ana for August
24. This made it appear that the
press correspondent had confused the
two steamers, but he was correct after
all. Apparently the company substi
tuted the Kxcelsior for the Santa Ana
at the eleventh hour, or the twelfth
hour, as Mr. Stiles suggests.
The Valdez, operator not i lies Opera
tor Faust at Seward that the Kxcelsior
is coming direct to Seward. Agent
Stiles has a message from Agent
Triggs at Valdez, saying that the Kx
celsior is due in Seward at midnight
September l>t. but Mr. Stiles can't
I figure out whether that means the
midnight at the beginning or the one
at the end of the l>t.
1*. V. James and M. G. Abney of
Laurel, Mississippi, who are interested
in the hydraulic properties of the King
I River Company on Lake creek man*
i aged by H. Anderson, came to Seward
on tlte Portland and sailed for Seattle
i on the Oregon. They came north a
short time ago to examine the Lake
ereek property, in which they had in
vested. Mr. James will come back
j late in the winter with equipment
i costing to add to that already in
| use.
M. 11. Sullivan, superintendent of the
L1 more Mining Company, which has
! hydraulic property eight miles from
Sunrise, came to Seward last night.
(Operations this year were cor,lined to
| development in order to work the
property on a larger scale next year.
! Four men are still working. Mr.
Sullivan will go out on the Bertha
Mai. John K. Ballaine and Mrs.
Ballaine, with their three children,
sailed on the Oregon for their home in
Seattle. Maj. Ballaine will remain in
Seattle about ten days and then make
| a business trip to Chicago.
llichard S. Ryan sailed for Seattle
on the Portland. From there he will
go to Nome to shake hands with Corne
lius 1). Murane on the result of the
delegate election. •
Fred G. L. Hunt sailed on the Ore
gon and will make a F.uropean trip
before he returns to Alaska in the
spring. __
jack Smith sailed on the Portland
for Kayak, where he expects to go in
to business. _
Mrs. Martha Smith came up on the
Oregon and went to Sunrise on the
Toledo. ___
Fay Templeton, the comic opera
singer, who is no longer young, has
captured a Pittsburg millionaire and
is now Mrs. William J. Patterson.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
August 31:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 59 ;>0 Kain
Sunday * 63 49 Clear
Monday 62 50 Pt cloudy
Tuesday 60 50 Pt cloudy
Wednesday 54 51 Rain
Thursday 55 50 Rain
Frida v 58 4 < Clear
Mrs. J. S. Campbell has opened a
lirst-class restaurant at Glacier creek
mile 75) and is prepared to furnish
meals at all times to travelers as well
as residents.
; THE
BEST
ARE THE
CHEAPEST
Why buy any old kind of
OVERALLS and CORDUROY
goods just because you
have never been able to
get anything better!
Carhartt’s
Are the Best
CLAYSON THE CLOTHIER
„ Agen.cy For* TKe
| CARHARTTOVERALLf
SEWARD CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CO.
Manfacturers of Concrete Building Blocks. Belts. Cornices
Caps, Cement, Chimneys, etc. General Contractors in all
Branches of Construction
Offices: Fifth Avenue, near Adams Street * - - Seward, Alaska
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
I __
Pacific
Coast
leading
Company
WHOLESALE JOBBERS and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Parties desiring large out !
fits should call and get job- )
bing prices from T. 1). ( or- j
low, the manager
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington streets
Fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB HOOMS IN CONNECTION
M. H. FRASER Fourth Ave. and Washinoton St.
TROY HAND LAUNDRY
Don’t worry about your flannel
irt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
Next to Moort's Mall_Fifth Ave. Seward
H. S. WATERMAN
MINING ENGINEER
Assay Office. Valdez. Alaska.
Gold - - - $1.50
Gold and Silver • • 2.00
Copper ... 1.50
Gold. Silver and Copper 3.50
Reports and examinations of mines.
Cash should accompany all samples.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Agrent, Steamer Dora
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
Rooms 2. 3 and 4
A. B. DRUG BUILDING
SEWARf) - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown & Hawkins’ store
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and residence: t'arsten'.s building:
Office hoursrj to i i>. m. and when not other
wise en muted
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue. - Seward, Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Shawhan’Bld, Washington St.
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Next to Bank of Seward
SEWARD. - - ALASKA
E. R. GRAY
2TOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD - - ALASKA
W. J. STONE
Architect
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mlnint.' and town
property furnished—Examination and
reports mudo on any property.
SEWARD . ALASKA
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Engineer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward