SEWARD GAEEWAY
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SATURDAY. MAY J, lDt»s
WIRELESS MESSAGES
The lit'st wireless message trans
i: Fa :iks to \ a hie. was
received by the steamer Bertha "lien
at Yaltle/. early hi the month. She,
was a so iii cotniiiuuieati > " tb the
1*0 tiaiill which was at Uordova at tite i
Fine-. Apparent ly the hie i m imitains ;
ai> :ai Valdez. d<> ’;■<! impede fie trans
it) s>:t»u of messages by wiieless from
th interior. vYiivless stationes;
pi o d at suitable points alon*T the;
eo.is' and at Hiuch.nbrook inland'
would make it |K)ssibie to keep in touch
with steamers e pupp' d with wire,ess,
ami also with Seattle. This would be
of at assist nice in e se of wrecks
Oceania^ outside of 11 inehinbrook
i>. • . whet''e the Oregon met disaster.
'Pi . • .1 on tins trip was in com
m . e it ion with the liertha whose
w ■ .,> unfit is auam in working j
t)i>., she also pick> d up a iraipiioiit
ot a m* ssa^e from some unknown
s,. .v, b it it was too incomplete to
oi\e any connected story.
i i; is taken i^loiio- time for definite
ki vb dire of this far otT territory to
Ujt into ihc minds of people in the
>t, ii scn-;;ee is i.'iuuiif to our
, p wi i ,a t be many years be
.v.isk. n . 11 ■:i n. icu O' net* know
;e eft ?iioV'“ c.osely connected itb
F ,lu in n .i s in stations tor
A NOVEL PROFESSION
l li)t> g.ai •( ;tU\ lx ?n consult?tv 1
ll, N a:i ,i - a:’-- a- iilgen
io - ■ - a,i (■ ■ , its d i-'.ng mea: - 'o
jji . , ;•.*i*•»v. It Iai> been ictt, 11ot\ —
ev* , t • > i' tail*1 * ha lie- Dove, the
piopr t ior of Dm* “lk v Drop Inn . in
London, to formulate a Howl -cheme
fo. ran-ien it a e i lr«un oth* r pock
et- into hi.- own. A ay new industry
>p. .i a tig up .- Ilk* I,* to give rise to
what »i::i\ l*» t . a* -id* i—ties, some
seh me- uhetvh\ u ha i- called the
by-product r > be commercially
v;i uhio. - a--ait ot any
111), ,J -t’soy i- a v i\ . o lead to side j
|ju>. ' :•«•'. <uv a- acted. In Lon
don there hate h* *ai organized by
set-a he 'm * v '- e : .>■- for the
purr -.* 4'i geti .■ g in touch with
t] - - tie ne parted. It
a-, i >.. . ■ - •’.••• of t hese
sp. s| the Ultd' -
parteo. if give:i an inch of advantage
thi \ . ,;v a \ a- t. tv. -e spirit.-.
Of gho-t-s, ,at.leg they aero receiving
cn. • ir.igvn.v:; ! " •* t la* psychic
sociotv.-, ! _r i t • ' .r with undue
It*. ■ i:v !*-• t-otiabh.* hour-.
Ton. ■*..•: tin- i. ' condition the pro-;
pi .• .rot ;h*-“D-u Dtop Inn" orga-;
njz d a -ovicty ior t. extermination
of •• - -. Kor a given lee the mem
ber- . * lie ofg.r.t -at :ou -land ready, no
matt'-r now vrrifNiug the midnight
visitor ma\ be. "to iay in patient wait
for han, or I,. ;-, or ;t, and Knock his,
or her, or its head utf with a -tout oak- ‘
en -tick."
Aoplieation- for Dove'-expert serv
ice- are said to have {toured in by the
basket ful as soon a- Ids advertisment
appeared.
'
THE UNEMPLOYED
During the past winter at intervals)
have come reports from various cities
in the states of men out of work, of!
men parading the stieets and march
ing to the city hall to demand employ- j
ment, of men going in a body to!
churches and asking that the morning j
offering he given to them. Even up
into the present month men by the
thousands are said to have gathered!
in bands in Chicago and appealed |
to the city government to shield them .
from starvation There is no denying
the fact that these conditions have ex
isted in the stato> during the past win
ter, and that they still prevail to some j
extent. Evidently there is something
wrong somewhere that should he i
righted. There are probably many
things wrong. One thing that aggra
vates the situation is the tendency of
men to crowd into the cities. This is
especially true of our foreign popula
tion. They have been brought up
in cities and know no other life, and
when they come here it is the eity
which in some way must give them
support.
When a country is new and nearly
all the people are getting their living
directly from the soil, there is little
complaint, even though they are as
much lacking in the comforts ol life as
many of the loudest cotnplainers dur
ing the past winter, it js to the soil
that we must all look for the means to
support lite, and when men are willing
t<< turn to the country and load the
simple life there will he less suffering
in the city.
FAULT FINDING HABIT
Human nature, like gravitation,
seems to have a force in it that keeps
it pretty much along the same line.
So far hack “that the memory of man
runs not to the cmtrirx'’ there was
the same tendency to dwell so largely
upon the evil that men no, that their
praiseworthy aet> escaped recognition.
\mong the ancients one good man has
gone on record as sax mg tlr.it all men
are liars, hut afterwards repented and
admitted that he spoke in haste.
When times are dull and prosperity]
is onh a memory or a visionary hope,
it is easy to find a fault. Anyone can1
pick up a fault as easily as hi* could
pick up a pehhle front the glacier
stream. If a steamer should come
into this haPbor some line morning and
the captain should lind all the people ol
the town gathering and hoarding gla
cier pehides he would have reason!
to think the town had gon "nutty." i
Vet th<' hahit of seeking out faults and ;
dwelling upon the evils, supposed or
real, that exist in the world is just as
senseless, and far more detrimental to
the fault collector.
The man who smiles when every- ;
thing is favorable deserves no special
credit, hut the man who keeps right on ;
in the midst of ail verse circumstances ■
looking for and praising the good
m* sees about bi n is the world's ben
efactor.
THE HASEY TRIAL
The verdict of acquittal in the Ha- j
s*»y murder trial at . I tinea u was not aj
great surprise to anyone familiar with
the conduct of the case. The decision, j
ho we veu, comes as a shock lo ones
faith in the ability of the court to
mete out justice through the medium
->f the ordinary jury.
In the Hasey ease there was no
p test ion but that the accused was
of\.iIr \ of the crime charged. He ad
mitted that he committed the deed.
I':, circumstances were such that he
e id not claim that he shot in self de
f.r.se. or that his life was endangered
by the unarmed men who wereat
i e: <; if : • pass t n rough the Key stone
ear. Keen though he had been
mu:. hold the pass, and had warned
toe advancing men lo halt, there were,
no conditions that would justify his j
* , i, g into a company of men pass
ing througii ihe valley.
Tlmre art some circumstances that
made it easier for tlie defense to sc
c re a acquittal ot the accused: Dis
trict Attorney Harlan, who was the
man 1 -t -piaidi d to take charge of'
til-- pt o>m cut ion. was sent to Fairbanks j
on tie- pie-a that tin* labor difficulties
tlv- re made Ids presence imperative.
TTi ->ot;c man valuable to the prosecu
tion anil a staunch supporter of .Itts
tice was removed. Then in the midst
of the trial Assistant District Attorney
Scott was taken ill and died. With
the prosecution thus weakened no
great surprise was felt when the an
nouncement of the result of the trial
was made.
Millennium Announced
Seriously believing that in October,
1914, or in the year following, the mil
lennium will come, the existing order
of earthly things will change and that
two-thirds of the people of the earth—
the wicked two-thirds—will go down
to eternal death, Mr. Charles H. An
uerson. senior partner of C. II. Andes
son vV Co., a commission firm on South
Calvert street, has canceled two poli
cies of life insurance which would ma
ture at that time.
Mr. Anderson is well known in the
| commission trade, and being a business
man he sees no use in continuing to
pay premiums on policies that will do
him no good, because the mixup that’s
coming will turn the insurance compa
nies upside down. The policies can
I celed were issued by New York com
panies and are of the twenty-year
I kind, one expiring in 1914 and the
other after the time the millennium is
due.—Baltimore Sun.
Sweaters—Clayson carries the best.
ARRIVES FROM
GAINES CREEK
0. Odgar King From the Innoko
Country Reports on Mining
Prospects and New Trail.
Mr. O. Kdgar King of Moore City in
the Innoko mining precinct, arrived
in Seward about t!o'clock last evening.
Mr. King left, No. <> on Gaines creek
twenty-seven days ago. He reached
Susitna Station in fourteen days.
After spending two days at the Station
In' came on to Ktiik and stopped there
live days, and from there came
through to Seward in six days. Mr.
King came over the trail marked out
by the government party under Mr.
Goodwin from Seward it) Nome. The
party said the route would be recom
mended to the government.
A wagon road is planned from Mc
Grath’s, about ."*0h miles from the
mouth of the Kuskokwim, to Gaines
creek. This will enable the miners to
get their supplies from tin* river to
their claims on the creek. Gaines j
creek is spotted with rich placer
mines and is a iso a good quartz pros-,
pect of free milling gold. Pay was i
also struck on Ophir creek the latter j
part of February. About .’lad men j
wintered on Gaines creek.
Mr. King has been in the territory!
since 1!H)0. He is on bis way to Cor
dova to meet his partner, and may go
to Seattle and then from there to I
Nome.
State Republican Platform
The following is from the republi
can platform as adopted hv the repub
lican party of the state of New York ,
at the beginning of the present nation
al campaign:
“We indorse the great administra- j
tion of President Roosevelt and an* j
proud that he is a republican from j
New York. His noble work lias ex-;
emplilied the principles of equality i
upon which this Government was'
founded and has presented a record of
achievements which give to him for all ;
time preeminence among the benefac-j
tors of the nation. His fearless and j
patriotic treatment of all questions in
volving our foreign relations has main
tained and increased the respect for
the American Hag throughout the
world.
•‘We indorse the administration of j
Gov. (has. B. Hughes. As chief exec-,
utive he has set an example of official :
courage and fidelity.
“Relying upon ids devotion to thei
interests of American citizens and j
trusting in his wisdom, his courage J
and Ids statesmanship, we direct the1
delegates this day chosen to present
his num * to the national republican
convention to he held in Chicago as
New York’s candidate and to use all
honorable means to bring about his
nomination for president of the l nitetl
States.’*
Coal Land Interests
A big delegation of Alaskans inter
ested in the coal properties of the;
North is now in Washington. The j
Alaska Central is best represented,
but the coal properties in the Bering!
Lake district, which will be reached
by the Guggenheim’s new road, have
several interested capitalists present
in tlie national capital. Donald A.
McKenzie, of Orca, is leading the
tight of the coal interests.
Unfamiliarity with Alaska condi
tions is believed to he responsible for
congressional hesitation in the passage
of the bill. Those officials of the gen
eral land office who know conditions
in the North favor the Gale bill and
President Roosevelt’s message an
nounced that he would accept a revis
ion of the coal land laws such as is
proposed. The republican convention
at Juneau asked for similar treatment
for Alaska—Seattle Times.
WEEKLY WtATHtR RECORD
Weather record for the week ending
May 2.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 54 36 Clear
Monday 47 36 Clear
Tuesday 49 32 Cloudy
Wednesday 46 40 Cloudy
Thursday 50 32 Clear
Friday 47 36 Cloudy
Saturday 42 34 Rain
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knik Arm Coal
Washington- In the opinion of the
geological survey, as expressed in the
last official report, on the subject, the
coal deposits found in the region
stretching northward from Knik arm
and including the Matanuska hasin are
“among the most valuable coal beds
vet discovered in Alaska.” In a bulle
tin issued the survey siys: ^
“Other sources of mineral wealth
are also present in the same general
region, for the gravel beds of many of
the streams contain gold, although it
has been discovered only in small
quantities up to the present time, and
the high mountains between the Knik
and Matanuska rivers are re
ported to contain copper: but the value
of the coals of the area overshadows
that of all the other metals. Excellent
bituminous and semi-bituminous steam
ing and coaking coals, comparing fa
vorably with similar coals from Penn
sylvania, occurring in beds ranging in
thickness from 2 to 1L feet, underlie
at least 70 square miles of the 400
throughout which coal-bearing forma
tions exist. Anthracite coal has also
been found in this region, but the
quantity is uncertain. Lignitic coals
occur in adjacent areas. The depos
its need only accessibility to transpor
tation lines to make them of the high
est industrial importance, and such ac
cessibility will be provided by rail
roads now under construction.—Wal
ter E. Clark in P.-I.
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Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford D. Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, 1). C.
Mineral Land- In many cases where
the character of land embraced within
a mineral application is placed in issue
it must appear as a present fact that
mineral can be secured from the land
in paying quantities.
Mining Claims—Citizenship of Cor
poration-Under the terms of Section
2321 H. S., the citizenship of a corpo
ration that applies for a mineral patent
may be shown by a certificate of incor
poration.
Practice—Regulations of local office
in the matter of procedure on opening
public lands to entry, conclusive upon
parties taking action thereunder with
without protest.
Reservation—Alaska—Mere occu
pancy of land in Alaska for the pur
pose of trade and manufacture, will not
confer any right upon the occupant, as
against the government, that will pre
vent a reservation of the land for na
val purposes.
Residence once established can only
be changed when the act and intent of
the settler unite to effect such a
change.
Settlement Rights and Reservations
—Rights of settlement extinguished
by Executive Order creating reserva
tions.
Coal Lands—Entry of coal lands not
allowed for non contiguous tracts.