SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Entered as Second Class matter August 2lth.
IOOt. at the j'ostoflYce at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of Congress of March 8. 1879
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SATURDAY. JULY 1W7
LOCATING AS A TRADE
Kach year adds testimony to the
wrongfulness of the unlimited location
of mining claims by power of attorney.
Sooner or later the sentiment against
tin* habit should procure it> abolition
u> it has been a more serious draw
back to development than litigation.
In every promising district of Alaska
men who make a trade of locating,
C^iytis and trying to sell them without
scratching the ground beyound setting
up discovery stakes have rushed in
with the first stampede and plastered
not 1 s over areas a* extensive as
southwestern cattle ranches.
The Yentna district i- a sufferer
from this vicious license of the law.
Within ttte la>t few days several min
ii-s of experience in other Alaska
c:in>|*s have returned to Si ward and
state 1 that the most promising creeks
in • c district where gold lias
shown to exist in paying quantities
have U eu located from end to end by |
professional locators who are doing
nothing with the ground. Instances
are known of men who have simply
marched up aereek posting a discovery
uotic ■ overy 142b feet, ignoring the
recess ty of setting corner stakes, t':
course these locations are invalid but
a miner with a small outfit does not
care to begin w here it is certain lie
wil have a lawsuit if he finds any
thing, with an even chance that his
rival can outs*wear him and get the
benefit of his labor.
Thetv can be no reasonable objec
tion to the location of a limited nutn
)• v f claims by power of attorney in
eider to allow the locator to stake for
une or two men who grubstake him.
b.;- tlie line must be drawn somew here
and i vigorous renewal of uie tight
should be inaugurated before the new
c gross.
V><v.j? the poorest rubh sh that tuod
,-fj .dank*-! new papers publish is con*
taiurd h th*' Sunday ••feu*are" pag ■>.
Thi- is mostly written by raen who;
cou.'.in't hold a job a> reporter, copy
reader or other minor position on an :
editorial staii, but wlio possess an aver
sion to manual ’ubor and a nortiou of
pedagogic industry. Their productions j
are often badly written and they dis
pruse a vast qnantity of misinforma
tion. Here is an Illustrated article in
the Snnday P-l stating that B. K.
Bruce of Mississippi was the only
colored man whoever sat in the United
S;at*-s senate, when in fact several no-1
groes held seats in that body >oon af
ter the war. Vet the P-I Sunday stuff j
is no worse than the average. 1 his
is merely a sample of the contents of!
all of them.
Judge Wiekersham has been affirm
ed in the Nelson case, to which Senator
Nelson look violent exception because .
the Nelson litigant is a relative of .the |
senator. Wickershaui’s diabolical
dec-ion in this case was one of the!
senator's chief counts in his indictment .
of the judge before the senate, and;
now comes the circuit court of appeals
and says Wiekersham was right on the j
law and the facts. A large amount of |
gold already mined was at stake and >
this was tied up by order of Judge
Wiekersham pending the tlnal deter-j
mination of the case. This is now lost j
to the Nelson family.
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Ic looks as if most of the foreign j
news recently is produced in New
York. About three times a week the
Gateway receives a hair-raising story
of b oodshed in Europe. Asia. South'
America or Africa, with never a
foil-)" to telljhow it came out. The
,ea serpent is now due at Atlantic
summer resorts.
..."
R am part sends out the story that a
local poultry yard of 21-hen power pro*|
duced two dozen eggs in one day. j
Rampart is remembered as the town!
which recently promulgated a story of
a volcanic eruption between that place
and the north pole.
The charge is now made that Roose
velt and Fairbanks drank cocktails at a;
session in the vice president’s house
but the newspaper sleuths have not
ascertained the length of time between
drinks.
Squires says Australia is fifteen
vears behind America in pugilistic
science. Come to think it is a little
longer than that since Fitzsimmons,
Hall and Peter Jackson came over.
When John D. gets on the witness
stand he will probably prove t« be as
good a forgetter as Rogers was in the
M issouri case.
If the smelt ing trust should bo inves
tigated the Guggenheiras may have to
build a barricade with the coin they
promise to speud on a breakwater at
Katalla.
Schmitz says he will run for mayor
again. But if he should happen to be
living in San Quentin on election day
! he would bo a non-resident and ineligi
ble. _
The Ketchikan Miner cannot under
stand why the pure food law should
increase the price of whisky 20 per
cent.
'
Squires may make a tighter after all
| if he will take boxing lessons from
Tommy Ityan or Joe Gans.
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Send Squires up to Alaska. Muckers
are wanted on the railroads.
Rill Squires is no lemon. Ilf is only
a gooseberry.
Newspaper men in Alaska are win
ning fame, but of an unenviable sort.
One makes a meal off of an opponent
in a tight, another gets the grand
bounce from a public office, and now
conies this Tatiana fellow, who when
captured, has to be chained to the
deck of a steamboat. Douglas News.
The Great Red Plague
F. \V. Fitzpatrick, an eminent archi-1
tec: of Washington. I>. <*.. writes on I
t lie useless waste by tire in this country. I
pointing out that the annual loss perl
capita ::i the Fuited States is while j
in Kurope it is o.5 cents. In speaking j
of t he causes he says:
‘Wood has been another curse of the j
country. It as almost a blessing in I
dis guise that our forests are well-nigh 1
devastated by our extravagant ruth-j
'essuess. because even to the most \
ut> is.- it must be evident that the use j
of wood is no longer economy. A }
building of steel frame and hollow i
iirenroofing tile, or of structural re
inforced concrete protected from tire
In tile, costs but a fraction over ten '
per cent more in first cost than does ;
the usual frame of wood with wooden
oi' s and studs. The life of such j
framing is infinitely longer than the '
old wood affair, the cost of mainte- j
nat.ee is less. su is the insurance rate, j
ami. all in all. in a very few years* j
time, good construction not only i
j means safety, hut an actual economy. J
; The enclosing of stairways and eleva- j
f tu: wells, the protection of windows'
ami skylights with wire glass, the
making of a building fireproof in de '
sign costs nothing more in money j
titan the cheap lire traps, hat is mere-j
ly the expenditure of a little intelli
gence on the part of the architects.
“Looked at fairly, says The Ameri {
can Architect, it is the community at
urge that is the culprit, since it "suf
fers” tires to lake place, when it really !
ha> the power to prevent them. It I
ooks calmly on at the expenditure of i
mi ions annually, millions that come
out of its own pockets, for the main
tenance of imperfectly effective lire de
partments. and yet, if but half of the
money spent in this way had been used
in the difference in cost between com
bustible and incombustileconstruction,
the greater part of our cities would
now be indestructible.”
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WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
June *29:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 69 54 Clear
Monday 60 53 Part Cloudy
Tuesday 56 54 Rain
Wednesday 67 «>0 Clear
Thursday 60 50 Part Cloudy
Friday 56 52 Rain
Saturday 63 48 Part Cloudy
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SOUND VESSEL
NEARLY BURNS
Fireman Fatally Injured in Put
ting Out Blaze in Engine
Room of Vashon.
By Cable to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Seattle, July 5— Steamer Vashon,
bound for Alki Point and crowded with
passengers, at Id o’clock last night
caught tire in the engine room and the
tlames quickly enveloped the entire
boat. The pasrengers were frantic
and boats were lowered. The fireman
stuck to his post and extinguished the
llarnes but was so badly burned that
he will die. Other boats near by came
to assist and nobody but the fireman
was hurt. The boat belongs to Schu
bach \ Hamilton.
Saratoga in Valdez
Steamer Saratoga reached \ aldez
from Seattle yesterday afternoon at
o’clock and will vail for Seward this
evening, with the design of arriving
here Monday morning, according to
the dope in a private message. She
has eleven passengers and twenty-six
tons of general freight for Seward.
Tyonic Runs to (llrdwood
Special to Tlic Daily Gateway.
Gird wood, June 23—Steamer Tyonic
came in thi> morning from Seldovia
with a general cargo. She took out
three passengers. James Gird wood
started for La louche‘ where ho will
take a look at his big copper property.
J. C. Cady and his son, Philip Cady,
sailed to go to Seattle. Philip Cady
has been clerking in K. \V. Young's
store during the past six months.
Dr. William Harrison, formerly of
Seward, is now permanently located in
Gird wood.
Temperature In June
The average temperature of Juno in
Seward was 31.degrees. The aver
age of May was 47.33 degrees. The
average of June llWHi was34.22 degrees.
There were six clear days, live partly
clear days, six cloudy days, and rain
fell on thirteen days. The maximum
temperature was 71 degrees on the 2l>th.
The minimum was 14 on the 2nd, 7th,
10th, 12th. 20th and 21st.
Copper Property Looking Well
Purchey and Simons have renewed
work on their copper property across
the hay which showed up so well last
year and every foot of progress makes
the ledge look better, so men report
who have seen it within the last few
days. Several new ore chutes have
been exposed and if a large body should
he broken into the men would have a
mine. The Quality of the ore has
been demonstrated by repeated assays.
(iencral Temperature Slide
Washington, I). C.,—The weather
bureau officials say there are no im
mediate prospects of summer any
where.
The official reports from all over
the continent show the lowest tem
peratures for this season in many
years, and the bureau chiefs cannot]
account for it.
The disturbance of the isothermal
lines defies rules and experience, and
is almost epochal, reguiring systems
of predictions to be evolved to fit the
case.
The chilled area dips occasionally
clear to the gulf of Mexico, where re
ports will show a lower thermomater
for the twenty-four hours than twelve
hundred miles to the north. The cold
reaches across the Atlantic, and is al
most being duplicated in Europe, with
much seasonable weather both north
and south of the belt, and almost win
ter weather within the stricken zone.
The bureau chiefs are inclined to
fear that the change back to normal
temperatures will be accompanied bv
storm disturbances of important di
mensions before the proper equili
brium can be again established.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha; sailed from Valdez 'for Se
ward at 5 p. m. Thursday.
Saratoga; sails from Valdez for
Seward this evening.
Yucatan: sailed from Seattle 3rd.
Portland; sails from Seattle 10th.
Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 1st.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 19th.
Elsie; sailed for sound ports 30th.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
United State* of America »„
Territory of Alaska *
In the United States Commissioner's
Court for Kodiak Precinct. In probate.
In the matter of the estate of Feodor
Gregoroff. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator of the estate of Feodor Gregoroff.
deceased, to the creditors of. and all persons
having claims against the said deceased to ex
hibit them with the necessary vouchers within
six months after the first publication of this
notice, to to the said administrator at his office,
in the Alaska Commercial Company's store at
Kodiak. Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska,
the same being the place for the transaction of
the business of the said estate.
Dated this 31st day of May. 1907.
A. C. Goss.
Administrator of the estate of Feodor
Gregoroff. deceased.
Date of llrst publication June 29. 1907.
Date of last publication July 27, 1607.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Ofrer Bank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Ray Building, Seward, Alaska
H. S. FARRIS
LAWYER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ray Building, - - Seward, Alaska
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
City offlco: Owl Druit Store,
llomeofllce: At Kail road Hospital
C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD. - * ALASKA.
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MUSHERS
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of tier
old friends at her Restaurant in j
Gird wood, where they will re- i
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
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If you desire, write or ship to
mcmillan run & wool co.
41 Langley St., Victoria. B. C.
G. W. PALMER |
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits- High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
KnikP. O. Alaska
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Popular Prices-Hew Management
Central Location-European Plan
Greatest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
Wilson & White Co., Prop. Chas Perry. Mgr
SEWARD
Water and Power
COMPANY.
John A. Nelson, - Manager
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office: i i
Bank of Seward Buildintr.
H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWARD. ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold. *'-£0 '
Gold and Silver. -W
Copper.
Lead.
Gold, Silver and Lead. .... 3.:i0
Gold. Silver and Copper. 3.50
Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead. L50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron...
Sulphur. Aluminum, Tin. Platinum.
Quicksilver, Zinc, Nickel. Cobalt.
Chromium, etc. ®-00
Mill tests.. *15 to *30
Ore analysis.*10 and up
Gold refined, melted, assayed and bought
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Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
11 —
Meets every second and fourth Sat
urday evening in Fire Hall.
JL L. REED, F. E. YOUNGS,
.Arctlc^Recordef^^^j^rctlcjChleL^ j
PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO. |
WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL
For the next Thirty Days all Suits and Pants will
be sold at cost.
We carry the Celebrated Barington Hall Steel Cut
Coffee. Also the Gold Nugget brand which we
have handled for six years. It is always the same.
Prospectors, ask your friends where to Outfit, and
you will always find the right place.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
T. D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
1 fipnrnp Dnll0eileral Merchant
I UvUI yv HUM,...Dope, Alaska...
Headquarters tor Prospectors' Outfits for
all Susitna and Kuskokwim points
Discount on orders as follows:
Dry Goods, Hardware, Ammunition, Crockery, Drugs,
Graniteware, Hats, Shoes, Etc., 30 percent 30
Orders of $25 or over on Groceries, 15 per cent.
No discount on Flour, Sugar, Ham, Bacon, Lard, Butter,
Potatoes, Onions and Eggs, but all at a low price.
■ MERCHANDISE I
Gents’ furnishings, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Rubber
Goods, Hardware, Groceries, &c., &c.
OUTFITTING GIRDWOOD
PROSPECTORS ALASKA
Uit()UQlie^^^^^Latouclie!^^^^^Utoiic!ieri
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company I
General Outfitters For
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Bottom Prices; Honest Goods
Headquarters for REYNOLDS, I
Launches to Knight’s Island LATOUCHE ISL.
and Sound Points. ALASKA |
BOOTH 8l CO.
HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
(fctf'Call on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Kleccion 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.
Girdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
KNIK TRADING COMPANY
0. C. HERNINC. Manager.
—PROSPECTORS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY—
\ A new stock will arrive May— )
i first river boat connections. \
Knik,----_Alaska
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
Hardware Store