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rtIBlI&NEB WEEKLY BY
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SATURDAY. MARCH 16. 1907
TOO MANY BURcAUS
Somebody ought to get the selling
bureaus of the government together or
else abolish a few of them. Here is a
breach between the board of geograph
ical names and the |>ostai department
on the orthography of CKatalla or
KCatalla, whichever it may he. The
local spelling used to be Cat alia, but
*l>oui a year ago the geographic board
altered the spelling of a string of
Alaska names, and among them made
Katalla out ol ('atalla.
The Cuteway inestobe law-abiding
ami therefore accepted the new spell
ing. Recently it called attention to
the fact that most papers were ignor
ing the change and brought forth the
following from K. C. Mc.Mieken, gen
eral passenger and freight agent of
the Northwestern Steamship Company:
“I-'.xcust* me for putting you right.
The bay. *iver. slough, etc., is Katal
la; but when the government estab
lished the pi'sii lliee it was named
Catalla. Seo as authority bulletin-SM,
geographic dictionary of Alaska.
This appears to he a east* w acre you
can pay your money anil take your
Che »v. It would sen:; that the people
who named the peace plight to have
some i! a- ee m tm* mat ei* b st 1 ' as
In en a tan i f late years to change ini
tial ”* ** i ' "K” in gc-■•graph e nan.es.
Vide Korea, Kroatm, Kronstadt. Sown
they v.’ i e trying to spell popular
names o' popular objov-s w .in a lx in
(i:cad oi a C. a> illiterate peisons have
Of*et* none.
In tins unhappy eontroveisv uIkuii
CKala.a it may lie still unsettled
whether the boats stop at "the bay,
nver, slough, etc. called Katalla, or
at the post olUee. called t atalla. At u
where is the rudroad terminus?
This geographic Innird is probably in
charge hi kondaiunitamalsagulo, which
being interpreted from Ksperanto into
the Knglish tongue signifies "a damned
fool.” ________
Uncio Joe Cannon in leebing tally on
self-government to the 1’otlo Ricans,
who have been given a legislature
though moNt of the n are illiterate, bin
he thinks Alaskans don't know enough
to have one. Maybe the ancient
Joseph objects because he fears the
Alaskans know jiiNt what an old
fashioned smooth-bo re he is.
In 01 Jet* to prove that Alaska is un
fit for self-government the Juneau
Record-Miner publishes the assertion j
that the Alaska Centra I has only thirty- j
nine miles of track, although the fact
has been widely circulated that thej
rails »re laid forty-nine miles from :
Seward.
G. Cleveland has captured a job as
counsel for the hoard ot life insurance
presidents at $1*5, INK) a year. Reused,
to vet $00,000 annually for acting as)
political agent in the White House for
Wall street buccaneers.
If men love darkness rather than ,
light because their deeds are evil most 1
Parisians were undoubtedly pleased J
when the strike of electricians doused
all the glims in that w icked city.
The Seattle corresjjoiuh nt of Alaska
papers who wired Bat Nelson’s opinion
of the Thaw case at several cents a
word probably feels sure of bis judg
ment of Alaskan taste in news.
Flow does the mayor of Goldfield ex
pect the labor agitators to make,
trouble without the assi>tance of j
bOOZO?
“Seeing things at night’’ as a popu-1
lar diversion has been superseded by
seeing Guggenheims in Alaska.
We don’t hear any more about those
three steamers that threatened to sub
vert the Honduran republic.
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Elijah jr. did not sail upward in a '
chariot of tire, but no doubt he caught i
the blaze when he went south.
“Gone and done it" is the head the
Ketchikan Mining News places over a
wedding story.
It appears that Evelyn got all the
money that was coming to her through
her “ruin.”
It seeems sad to think that the main
squeezers in Wall Street got squeezed
ibis time.
When Gunmaker Maxim predicts
war with Japan he is merely talking
shop
LABEREE AGAIN
BOBS INTO VIEW
Drops Pretensions of Railroad
Management and Seeks
New Pastures.
Special to Th* Dally Oataway.
Seattle, March 1—News come - from
Spokane that O. G. Laberee is seeking
a buyer or buyers for a copper proper
ty on Prince William Sound, which be
claims to have for sale on an option.
What particular property it can be.
deponent sayeth not. It may be none
at all It may be a hole in the ground
or a stake on the hillside.
Hut however that may be, the legiti
mate mining interests of Central and
Southern Alaska will best be protected
by keeping the sale of mining proper
ties in those parts out of the hands of
fakirs and impostors.
O. G. Laberee amassed some money
a few \ears ago by the promotion of
wild cat mining ventures in Idaho and
Oregon, which were unmitigated
swindles. The stock in them is worth
less. It never had legitimate Jalue.
With the ill-gotten proceeds fe in
dulged himself in vulgar display until
j the last-dollar had been squandered.
He is now trying, apparently, to enter
pastures new.
Last summer Laberee blew into
Seward with the wide-heralded an
! nouncement that he was in charge of
' the affairs of the Alaska Central rail
way a> its business manager. Not a
i scintilla of truth supported the an
ouunceuicnt. lie claimed to have
:it leccu the enterprise and to hav»*
J s75d.tH.Ht personally invested in it.
l tie-e cia ii - ucre equally false. He
,:.d mu in atice it. and never had a dol
lar invested in it.
On exposure, he cringed behind the
nrotectiOn of an armed guard until
i he arrival of the first boat, then slunk
away to a stateroom, locked himself
in. and departed amid the jeers and
with the contempt of every man and
a oin.m in the community.
Arriving home, he denied to the
officials of the railway company that
l,e had represented himself a> its gen
eral manager or otherwise practised
imposture, and t ut up the asfbunding
plea of a deep and fiendish plot among
Seward business men to assassinate
him. Notwithstanding his armed
guard, he was as free from bodily
, harm every moment of his stay in
Seward as a last year’s kitten. He
mistook the ribaldry of street urchins
over the exposures of his own buffoon
' ery for the serious plottings of a whole
| town. Instead of being in danger, he
i furnished free laughter behind doors
I for a solid week.
Like all fakirs, Laberee plies his
| trade by preteudiug a friendship and
social intimacy with men of means and
! influence, such as John W. Gates, F.
J Aug. Heinze, and Charles Schwab of
New Vot k. former Senator Turner of
Spokane, and Duncan Stewart, mana
ger of the Sovereign Bank of Canada.
In Turner’s case it lias had some basis
of fact. vVhether Turner has been
deceived or is merely one of Laberee’s
kind remains for the future to deter
mine, since the exposures of the last i
>i.x months leave Turner no further i
excuse for deception. So far as it con
cerns Gates. Schwab, Heinze and
Stewart, the pretense is wholly and
utterly fictitious. None of them will
acknowledge so much as a passing
acquaintance with him.
1 he worst about Laberee is not that
he is a fakir, a liar and a swindler.
He could lie all these and still retain a
modicum of those qualities that win
respect from some men who look only |
on the furface. But to him belongs
in a degree rarely equaled the trait
that chiefly characterizes the meanest
degenerates, -that of innuendo, slander
and blackguardism behind the back of
any luckless individual by whose in
jury he might profit, though to the
face of his victim he proffers friendship
with the smile of hypocrisy. It is the
trait of the midnight assassin and the
prowling sneak thief.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Portland; sailed from Valdez for
Seward at 1 p. m. 14th.
Northwestern; sailed from Valdez
for Seward this morning.
Santa Clara; sailed from Seattle 16th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 7^h.
Saratoga, sailed for Seattle,9th.
Jeanie; sailed for Seattle 10th.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 10th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
March 16:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 44 36 Pt cloudy
Monday 46 36 Clear
Tuesday 46 24 Clear
Wednesday 37 24 Clear-wind
Thursday 34 22 Clear-wind
Friday 30 20 Clear
Saturday 26 15 Clear-wind
Sweaters at Clayson’s. #
CHARGED WITH
WOMAN'S DEATH
Officials of Seattle Electric Com'
pany to Be Held for
Manslaughter.
Sj Cftbla *o Ttoa Dally Oataway.
Seattle, March 14—The Seattle
Klectric Company, owner of all the
street railways in Seattle, was charged
today by a coroner’s jury with respon
sibility for the death of Mrs. Brackett
on Madison street. The officials will
be informed against for manslaughter
by the prosecuting attorney of the
county.
The fatality occurred where the
street is badly torn up by a regrade.
A cable line runs up the street and it
is claimed that the company was
criminally negligent in not providing j
safe approaches for pedestrians and !
passengers.
OF INTEREST TO ALASKANS
Seward has two dental parlors i'i.m
! are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
I anywhere. The t wo operators are grad
1 nates in the east, of years experience,
and establish* (1 reputation, guarantee
ing the very liuest in workmanship
j and materials. Brices are the same as
for same grade of work by reputable j
men anywhere.
The Bank of Seward
We receive deposits subject tocheck.
We pay interest on t ime deposits.
We issue money orders good any.
' place in tin* world.
We buy gold dust or bullion.
We make collections.
We guarantee a service that is J
prompt, accnra'e and safe.
We grant to our customers every
: favor consistent with conservative
banking.
We invite your business.
BANK (>K SKWABP.
AT HOME
AFTER MARCH 11TH
Dr. Chas T. Daggett
DENTAL PARLORS
Rooms S. 3 and 1. - • A. H. Drue Bid.
Seward, Alaska.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
MO notary public
Addres Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Avent, Steamer Dora j
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits —High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
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H. E. ELLSWORTH
SEWARD. ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold... 11. W
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. 1.60
Lead . 1-80
Gold. Silver and Lead. 3.50
Gold. Silver and Copper. 8.50
Gold. Silver. Copper and Lead. 4.50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 4.00
Sulphur. Aluminum. Tin. Platinum.
Quicksilver. Ztnc, Nickel. Cobalt.
Chromium, etc. 6 00
Mill tests. $15 to $30
Ore analysis.$10 and up
Gold refined, melted, assayed and bought
Fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
H. H. FRASER Fourth Ave. and Washington St.
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MINING ENGINEER
A may Office. Velde*. Aleefee.
Gold • • • H-SO
Gold end Silver • - > 00
Copper ... 1.50
Gold, Silver and Copper 3.50
Reports and examinations of mines.
Cash should t.ooompnny ell samples.
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If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
Summons Tor Publication
In the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska. Third Division.
Julius Sinker. Plaintiff. I
vs. - So. 180.
M. H. Sullivan. Defendant>
The President of the United States of Ameri
ca to M. H. Sullivan, defendant above named,
i.'rre ink:
You are hereby summoned and required to
appeal- in the above entitled action and answer
the complaint herein within thirty days fr.mi
th<- |i riod of the completion of the publication
)' il is summons, towlt:—within thirty days
! .Yoin the 27th day or April, 1907. that is to sin .
on or before the 27th day of May, I Nt7, or judk
ment for want thereof will he taken akainst
you.
And take notice if you fail to answer the
e mipluint lr-rein the phi miff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said com
plaint
This action is broiikht to foreclose a certain
chattel mortkuke ma le and executed by M. H.
Sullivan, in favor of Julius Sinker at Sunrise,
Alaska on the luth day of September. I oof*.
1 which said mortcuke -'as made, executed and
delivered to plain!iff herein as security for the
payment of a certain promissory note, da edat
-ut■ I time and place, payable on Dee unb er HUh
UHiT, in favor of Julius Sinker, Plaint iff herein,
for the sum of l-’our Hundred and Twenty-five
Dollars (.*pe>.tX>) with interest at the rate of 12
percent per a mum. the property mentioned in
said chattel mortkune bcink certain hydraulic
machinery, pipe flumes, derricks, hoists
i cables. )h !-.m wheel mol all personal property
ii-.cd in h“ n is ne«s of m nitik. situa e on the
! minink e.aims of d -fondant on tluleh creek,
tverai prc-cine:. district of Alaska: and in
1 which s;iid no* ion !» a1 nt IT a-ks sa <11 'onrt that
I defendant be foreclosed of all interest, lien ut d
1 equit v .<f re P-mp imi in said mortnuked prop
j eriy: that the sad property be sold and the
•proceed** thereof applied in payment of the
' amount due on said note and m irlkuk -, cos ».
expenses and atieiTeys'fei's atid the Defendant
be .-•.djudkod to ptiv any d -Ilciei.ey that may re
iu: in after applyink all said moneys as afore
said and for such other relief as to the Court
may s.-em meet.
Sa d summons was by an order of said ( onrt
dated on tin- rth day of March, birr, at Valdez.
\:a>ka. direc'.ed lo he served upon defendant
by publication.
Date of ili>t publication March U:h. l!i-»7.
Date of last publication April 27th. M07.
t Last date within which appearance can be
' made. May 27th, 1W»7.
Witness the Honorable James Wiekerslmtn.
j .Itidkc of said Court this 7th day of March LL*u7.
! at Valdez. District of Alaska.
K. J. StiKit. Clkkk.
s. a. Chan da u.. Deputy.
\v. T. Scott and C. H. Clunk. Attorneys for
i the Plaintiff.
Notice to Co-owners
To J. M. Cummings, Jay Hoover. J. Carson. J’
A. Silverstooe. C. Beyer, utto Langel. J. L.,
Reed, their heirs ami assigns, ami all persons
nut mg or e aiming an interest mme piaeer
mining claim-, hereinafter described, aud to
all whom it Muyconeern:
You and each »f you are hereby notified that
the undersigned. Charles Tecklenburg. co
owner with said J M. Cummings, Jay Hoover.
11*. A Silverstone, C. Beyer. Otto I-an gel and
J. L. Reed in eight certain placer mlningclaims
situated near the mouth of Knik river, in Cook
Inlet precinct. Territory of Alaska, to-wit.—
the Gravel Group, Northern Group. Montana
Group. Cottonwood Group. Southern Group.
A. C. Group, Gdld Dust claim and Fine Gold
claim, located October 25th. 1905 by and for the
parties herein named.—has during the year
1906 expended the suin of eight hundred dollars
($xuo) in work and labor for the development
of said placer claims:
That of the proportion of each of you in sa!d
expenditure, towit, the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100) there remains unpaid and uncon
tributed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100)
each: or seven hundred dollars ($700) due from |
all of you for work and labor expended upon
said eight placer mining claims:
And you and each of you are hereby further
notified that if within ninety days after publi
cation of this notice by publication any one of
you shall fail to contribute his proportion of
said expenditure for annual work aud labor
upon said eight placer mining cluims, to-wit.
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100). expend
ed by the undersigned as hereinbefore stated,
the interest in said claims of said co-owner so
falling to contribute will be forfeited to aud
become the property of the undersigned Charles
Teckleuburg. co-owner; according to the pro
visions of Section Twenty-three hundred and
twenty-four (2324) of the Revised Statutes of
the United States,
Dated at Seward. Alaska. February 2nd, 1907.
Chaiu.ks Tkcklknhcrg.
Co-owner as aforesaid.
Address. Seward. Alaska.
Date of first publication, February 9th, 1907.
Date of last publication. May 11th. 1907.
Notice to Co-owner.
To E. E. Rudolph, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that during the year
1906 the undersigned have expended more than
six hundred dollars in labor and improve
ments upon six certain contiguous lode mining
cluims. known as the "Fourth of July" group,
which group consists of the "Lookout."
"Little Skookum," "Red Mike." "Bay View."
"Fourth of July." and “Red Boy" lode mining
claims, situated at. the head of Spring creek on
the east side of Resurrection bay. Kenai pre
cinct. Alaska, in which mining locations you
claim an undivided one-third interest, as
shown by the records of Kenai precinct.
You are further notified that the improve
ments and labor performed by you during the
year 1906 upon said six lode claims have been
estimated and valued at $135.55. and that your
proportion of annual labor upon said six lode
claims for said year 1906 is two hundred dol
lars as required by law.
You are further notified that if within
ninety days after the publication of this no
tice. you fail to contribute the renminder of
.•our proportion as a co-owner, to-wit. the
sum of $04.45. your iuterest in above described .
mining claims will be forfeited to the under
signed co-owners, and will become their
property in the manner provided by section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Dated Kenai precinct. Alaska. January 11.
1907.
GEORGE BUROHEY.
VICTOR SIMONS.
Co-owners.
Address: Seward. Alaska.
Date of first publication, January 12. 1907.
Date of last publication. April 13, 1907.
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Notice of Settlement of Final Account
In the Commissioner's Court for the District
of Alaska. Third Division. Keoai Precinct
In Probate. „ _
In the matter of the estate of Robert E.
Stover, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that J. J. McManus,
the administrator of the estate of Robert E.
Stover, deceased, has rendered and presented
his final account of his administration of said
estate and tiled the same in the above entitled
Court, and that Wednesday, tho first day of
May. 191)7, at the courtroom of said Court in the
town of Seward. Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed by said Court for the settlement of
I said account, at which time and place any per
son interested in said estate may appear and
tile exceptions in writing to said account, and
contest the same. . . „ „
J. J. McManus,
Administrator with the will annexed
qf said estate.
Dated Seward. Alaska, Feb. 26, 1907.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING
=COMPANY=
-Be sure, before buying your
[ 1 SHOES I }
I To take a look at our stock of fine ones just received. Also
Shoe Packs, Rubber Boots, and the finest Line
of Men’s Shirts in town. -
And in regard to Outfitting, will say for the benefit
of the stranger that would like to know who does that busi
ness in Seward, and the best place: Just ask the first man
you meet on the street after arriving and he will tell you
just where to go. Our customers have confidence in us,
and therefore we are willing to abide by any decision they
may make
T. D. CORLEW, Mgr.
TINNING PLUMBING
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics' Tools, Cutlery.
Miner’s Conveying Hose and Tents
STOVES AND RANGES
GRANITE AND TINWARE
Jv a y Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska
• Prompt attention given mail orders
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN & LAUBNER BROS.. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved special attention to cityTr.do
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward, Alaska
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
Hardware Store
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska