SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the trathe
ol the vast legion lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of the
•i-v.it states of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska Central
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
Kusfeokwim, each a region of imperial extent and
resoti rces.
Seward Already
controls the trade <>t the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps ot the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. I 10111 it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the'Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its liiils and
-t reams
Seward Outfits Miners
Kor all this territory. Prom thi> town loads the
best rout*4 to th*4 new bonanza holds. 'Phey are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
e at Seward's back door. Phey have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlanta- coast. In another year this coal will
he hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska lias Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; arid
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
i OPENS ATTACK
FROM LABOR
President Roosevelt Reiterates
Reflections Upon Moyer,
Haywood and Debs.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gatoway.
Washington, L). C., April 24 -Presi
dent lloosevelt replied today to the
protests of organized labor against his
statement that Harriman was as unde
sirable a citizen as Moyer, Haywood
and Debs, that he meant just what he
said.
The president affirms that Moyer,
I Haywood and Dehs are enemies, not
friends of labor; that they are preach
er-. of violence, which always makes
conditions worse for labor, lie said
I that while lie wants no protection for
| criminals he stands for a square deal
| in criminal trials and wants justice
I done to all. and that lie had made no
| statement to influence the trial of the
! a *cused labor leaders in Idaho.
Labor Leaders Object
Washington, I), April 24 Pro
tests are eoming' in by the score as the
I result-of 1 ’resident lloosevelt's state
111. nt concerning certain labor leaders.
Samuel tloinpers was interviewed and
said he had read the president’s state
ment and that it was a remarkable
document. Ih* declined to make any
other comment upon it.
Calls It Unfair
Kansas City. April 24 W. \Y.
>iott>. president of the allied printing
trades council of this city, says Roose
velt’s letter establishes the fact that
the president is extremely unfair to
organized labor.
Colorado Man Mad
Chicago. April 24 Kdward Ressette, i
of the Colorado federation of labor,,
roasts Roosevelt for his statement.
I Ressette >ays lie would rather trust J
i the atTairs of the nation to a man like i
Moyer than to the man with the big!
teeth now in the White House.
John Kitzpairick, president of the
Chicago federation of labor, says the
1 president shows that be is unable to
j discriminate between a man like Har
riman, who is tree to do as he pleases, j
‘and men who are held in prison, like |
the accused miners who are confined!
i in an Idaho jail.
Labor Men Roast Roosevelt
Chicago. April 22 Labor unions
scored 1'resident Roosevelt at a meet
ing here yesterday for his statement
in his recent controversy with K. H. j
Harriman that certain officials of tliO|
W< stern Federation of Miners are in!
the same class as Harriman. implying
that they are law-breakers. The men j
named wore Moyer and Haywood,!
charged with the murder of Lx-Gov.
j Steunenberg of Idaho.
May Ask Aid from Hitchell
Washington, D. ('., April 2ti It is
announced today that President Roose
velt has asked for a conference with
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, to secure Mitchell's
backing in his prospective war with
the followers of Moyer, Haywood and
Debs because of his attitude toward
i those men.
Organize Against Roosevelt
Chicago, April 27 Fifty thousand!
! workingmen organized today to op-1
pose the renomination and re-election '
of President Roosevelt on account of
his statement regarding certain labor J
leaders being undesirable citizens.
JEANIE SPENT NINE DAYS
IN “HARBOR" AT KATALLA
Managed to Unload Cargo in Nine
Days and Portland Could not
Leave Anything
On her present trip coming up the
i steamer Jeanie spent nine days in the
} “harbor” at Katalla, trying to dis
i charge her cargo for that port and
; finally succeeded.
The Portland stayed in Katalla “har
bor” twenty-four hours, waiting for
i the waves to quiet down sufficiently to
j enable her to place her freight for that
I port on lighters, but finally came away
bringing it with her. She had four
, passengers for Katalla and succeeded
* in discharging two of them. The
j other two came on west.
The Jeanie arrived in Seward Tues
day afternoon at 4:3l> and sailed
i again at H o'clock p. in. She had
I freight for several Prince William |
i Sound ports. Her Seward cargo was j
! IIP tons.
San Francisco’s new Chinatown is to
j be in the old place, but the promise is
made that it will not be so artistically
dirty as the old one.
Valdez is threatened with an araa
» teur minstrel show.
RUNS AMUCK
ON STEAMER
Chechaco Touched for $()00 Gets
Flighty and Shoots Lip the
Pennsylvania.
To show how he felt when he real
ized that his $!)()() roll was gone where |
it would do somebody else more good I
than himself a young North Carolina I
chechaco stood in the saloon of the I
steamer Pennsylvania and tired seven I
shots at whom it might concern, with- I
out hitting anybody, although seven I
small holes in the interior woodwork I
of the steamer attest the fact that thejl
cartridges were not blanks. ■
When the shooting exercises began
every body dropped out of sight but aslB
the youth showed such deep interest
iu plugging the staterooms that lie]
took little notice of anything else the!
the night watchman slipped up behind i
him and landed on the hack of his
head with a heavy glass sugar bowl,
with the effect of tipping the lire eater
over the railing into the steerage.
Tin* watchman thought it was all
over, hut the liquor or dope the young
man had assimilated kept him going
and in a few seconds he was coming
upstairs several Steps at a time and
shooting as he came. The watchman jl
made a run for safety and landed in a E
stateroom occupied by two ladies whojl
11:i«i been yelling pretty’ loud because j |
previous shots had perforated their
boudoir. The tenderfoot bolted into
his own stateroom and shut the door, j
Then tlic officers of the steamer
gathered on t he deck outside and the,
first officer began to reason with tlie j
excited young man. carefully keeping
out of range of the porthole. Finally
the North Carolinian surrendered and '
was taken up town, all this excitement
having occurred while the steamer lay
at t lie Valdez, dock.
The Southerner was traveling in the I
cabin but had the misfortude to be- I
come acquainted with two men in the 11
steerage who offered to make him i \
rich if he would get in on the ground _
iloor with them. At Valdez, the three j
went up town together and by some j
means the grafters got the$HX) roll and :
deposited it in the name of one of them !
at the Seattle hotel bar. A little later
one of them aroused the suspicion of j
the bartender by coming back and say-!
ingthat half the money was his and
must not be given up to his partner.
About midnight the real owner of -
the cash suddenly appeared in the =
steamer saloon and began the ■'hoot
ing exhibit ion. lie was either crazed i
by the loss, or dope or liquor, or per j
haps all three. He and hi^ new-found j
‘’friends” were left in Valdez, to settle
their troubles.
BRINGS FAST BOAT TO
RON ON SOSITNA RIVER
F. C. Woolsey Arrives with Sections
Of 65-foot Steamer to he Put
Together at Tyonok
Oik* :>f the best river boats in Alaska!
will run up the Susitna river this sum
mer, navigated by F. C. Woolsey of
tlie launch Bat, the pioneer on the
Yentna last year. It came up on the
Portland is sections in company with j
Mr. Woolsey, who will put the pieces t
together at Tyonok in time to start
up the river as soon as the ice is out.
This new boat was described several
weeks ago in the Gateway. It is 65
feet long, with a 11-foot beam and has!
a net tonnage by measurement of j
twenty tons. It is a stern-wheel steam
er of 40-horse power, and will be able
to steam 14 knots an hour. It is un
neceessarv to state that it will be a :
first-class boat in every particular.
Mr. Woolsey was for several years a
foreman in the Puget Sound navy yard j ’
and knows a few things about boat j
construction. IIis launch “Bat’ ran I A
all last season on the Yentna without.!
mishap. I
Mr. Woolsey has made arrangement
to have freight for the rivers landed
at the mouth of the Susitna by the
inlet boats. The boats can find shelter
behind Barrel 1 island in case of storms,
and the freight will be lightered in
deep water off the mouth of the river j
and taken to a landing on the west'
bank about a mile up stream.
•The Susitna river steamer will be
operated by Mr. Woolsey himself: the J
“Bat” by men who came up with him
on the Portland. While he was out
side last winter Mr. Woolsey organized j ^
the Bat Transportation Company, j
which will add to its river fleet as the ~
country develops. It has a paid up
capital stock of $10,000.
il. K. Ix)ve, special agent of the in |
terior department, is a passenger on
the Pennsylvania, bound for Seldovia.
A London mining paper estimates the
the world’s gold production in 1906 at
$410,000,000.
A Nanaimo young man wears num
ber 15 shoes. L
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f A LONG FELT WANT]
was tilled when our shipment of WHITE
CROCKERY arrived. It is the celebrated
Johnston Bros.’ English ware -fine quality and
attractive pattern. These dishes are not in
sets, but are sold by the piece or dozen, at most
reasonable prices.
BROWN & HAWKINS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE I
WHOLESALE RETAIL I
Latouche! Latouche! Latouche!
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company
General Outfitters For
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Bottom Prices; Honest (loods
Headquarters for REYNOLDS.
Knight’s Island and Sound LATOUCHE ISL.
Points. ALASKA
HARDWARE
Guns. Ammunition. Mechanics' Tools. Cutlery
Miners’ Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents. Etc.
Stoves and Ranges, Granite and Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
fOURTM AVENUE J. L. GRAEF SEWARD, ALASKA I
, ^
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK & CO
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
SPRING I
TONICS
FOR THE
BLOOD and SYSTEM
This week we are making
a specialty of |
Sarsaparilla, $1.00 Bottle
Sassafras Bark, 25c Pck
These are considered the very
best of Blood Tonics, and if you
are ailing and have that tired
feeling, step into our store and
we will be pleased to show you
some good remedy that will
give you immediate relief.
DRUG CO.
WES AI.I.EN. MGK.
I SEWARD, ALASKA
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MUSHERS
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Restaurant in
Girdwood. where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
J
Seward Bowling Alley j
Fourth Avenue, Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Saturday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
SPECIAL
SALE.
OF
SPRING
TONICS
A $1.00 BOTTLE
Sarsaparilla Compound
FOR 75 CENTS.
This special sale will last
for balance ot month only.
This is the season of the year in
which most people begin to feel Ian*
guid or indisposed. Are you feeling
this wa.v'r If so. you can relieve this
tired feeling by getting a bottle of the
well known spring tonic Sarsaparilla
Compound - and at greatly reduced
price.
OWL DRUG CO. ..
e. v. ttoYi.E. mat.
Wholesale Retail
_I
H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWARD. ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold . I
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. . 1.50
Lead. 1.50
Gold. Silver and Lead. — 3.50
Gold. Silver and Copper. 3.50
Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead. 4.50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 4.00
Sulphur. Aluminum, Tin. Platinum.
Quicksilver. Zinc, Nickel. Cobalt.
Chromium, etc. 0.00
Mill tests. *15 to *30
Ore analysis..*10 and up
Gold refined, melted, assayed and bought
A
FRASERS
SMOKE SHOP
(Club Rooms in Connection)
Pine Line of Choice Cigars. Tobaccos,
Pipes and Smokers' Articles.
6. H. Shattuck, Fourth Ave-Washiafton St.