SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
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CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of the vast region lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of the
great 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
Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. 1’iom 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 hills and
streams.
I Seward Outfits Miners
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be 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 has 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; and
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
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DEFENDANTS TO
DO ON STAND
Moyer and Haywood Will Testify
In Behalf of Latter at Boise
Next Monday.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Boise, Idaho. July H-The Haywood
trial was adjourned last night until
Monday, when Haywood and Moyer
will take the witness stand for the
defense.
Judge Wood has asked the attorneys
for both sides to submit to him soon
j any special instructions which they ex
pect to ask to be given to the jury so
that when the evidence is in little
time " ill l»e lost in summing up. It is
generally believed now that the case
will go to the jury in two weeks more.
Defense Accuses Pinkertons
Boise. Idaho July 1—The defense in
1 the Haywood ease will put on witness
es to prove that all the disturbances in
the mining districts have been caused
by agents of the mine owners to dis
credit the miners’ union. They ex
pect to prove that many lawless acts
were committed by Pinkerton detec
tives in the pay of the mine owners.
! Their witnesses are men who acted as
detectives for the federation and spied
on the mine owners and their agents.
To Arrest For Perjury
Boise. Idaho. July 2— Several wit
' nesses for the defense in the Haywood
trail are certain to be arrested on the
charge of perjury. It is claimed
that some of the witnesses who con
tradicted Orchard’* story by state
ment* intended to prove alibis for men
involved in Orchard’s crimes by his
testimony can be shown to have testi
tiecT falsely.
Scores of detectives are at work in
the employ of the state at digging up
evidence to disprove the alleged alibi*
and convict the witnesses of perjury.
ELECTS MOYER
AND HAYWOOD
Western Federation of Miners
Continues Accused Officials
In Position.
By Cable to Tbe DoUy Gateway.
Denver, July 2—Charles H. Moyer
was re-elected president and William
D. Haywood secretary of the W estern
Federation of Miners this afternoon.
A resolution was passed directing
the payment of their salaries for the
year regardless of the outcome of
their trials at Boise. C. K. Mahoney
i of Butte was re-elected treasurer of
tho federation.
Pledged to Socialism
Denver, July 2—The Western Feder
ation of Miners today adopted a pre
amble to a new consitution which prac
tically pledges its members to support
socialism.
FRED STOLL LOST IN
UPPER KAHILTNA REGION
The report comes in on the Santa
Clara that Fred Stoll has been lost in
| the hills near willow creek, on the up
per Kahiltna river. He went out
bear hunting and never returned.
When he had been missing a day or
two all the miners in the neighbor
: hood made an exhaustive search but
found no trace of him. He disappeared
June 13.
Stoll was well known in Seward.
He left here in February to go inside,
j representing Harry Ellsworth and W.
J A. McNeily besides himself
Unusual Ice Jam at Selkirk
George McLachlan, telegraph opera
tor at Selkirk, who is in Dawson on a
; visit, reports that the jam at Selkirk
this year was the greatest there for
fifteen years. The story is corroborat
| ed at Selkirk by the Indians. Ice
high as an ordinary cabin was piled in
I; great rows along both sides of the river
i in grotesque roughnoss after the water
i fell.—Dawson News.
The Bank of Seward
We receive deposits subject to check.
We pay interest on time deposits.
We issue money orders good any
j place in the world.
We buy gold dust or bullion.
We make collections.
We guarantee a service that is
! prompt, accurate and safe.
We grant to our customers every
favor consistent with conservative
banking.
We invite your business.
* BANK OF SEWARD.
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BURNS WINS IN
FIRST ROUND
Tommy Puts Bill Squires to Sleep
In Two Minutes and
Eight Seconds.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, July 5—Burns knock
ed out Squires m the first round after
two minutes and eight seconds of
fighting. The men advanced to the
center of the ring and after a few se
conds of sparring Burns landed on
Squires and the Australian went down
but was up in two seconds. lie went
at Burns and tried to land a right
swing but missed. Fie then started
to wrestle and roughed it until he was
cautioned bv Jeffries. The men
sparred again and Burns landed a
right swing on Squires’ jaw and the
latter went down and did not come to
for two minutes.
After the light was over Squires
said he had simply met a better man.
Burns said he had felt certain of win
ning but had not expected the fight to
be so short. He had figured on about
four rounds.
In a three round preliminary bet ween
John Murphy and Frankie Edwards
the latter broke one arm but stayed
and the contest was declared a draw.
The attendance was 7,000. The main
fight started at 2:20 p. m.
This morning Squires said Burns
won by superior cleverness and ring
tactics. He said that in pugilistic
tactics Australia is fifteen years be
hind the United States. His only re
gret was, he said, that so many men
j had lost l>ets on him.
Jeffries to Referee Hglit
Los Angeles, July 1—Jim Jellries is
here on his way to Coltna to act as ref
' eroc of the Squires-Burns light July 4.
(Jives 10 to '.'on Squires
San Fancisco, July 3—Bill Squires is
the favorite in the betting, 10 tos over
Tommy Burns. It is prophesied that
the light will not go fifteen rounds.
Burns say he is in better shape than
ever before and Squires is also in first
class condition. The Australian is an
; enigma and everybody is talking of
him. A hard and fast light is expect
ed.
Both in Good Trim
San Francisco, July 4—Both Squires
and Burns are in the best lighting
1 trim. They entered the ring at 2
! o'clock. The day is clear and hot.
| Betting odds still 10 to s on Squires.
CARMEN WANT
TO GET BACK
San Francisco Strikers Ask On
ly Recognition of Union But
Are Refused.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, July 4—The striking
streetcar men want to return to work,
acknowledging that they did wrong to
walk out. They only ask for recogni
rion of the union. President Calhoun
says he will never do this.
RUSH AT OPENING OF
KLONDIKE CONCESSION
Three hundred men staked claims
the first day at the opening of the
Quartz creek concession in the Klon
dike. The Dawson News says the
locators had their posts ready and
when the moment came they began
planting them in the ground. They
started in at midnight and a lot of
fellows staked the same ground. In
some places as many as twenty corner
porsts were set close together. The
sooners included “Britishers, Japs,
Yanks, Russians, Swedes.” The
News says:
“Eleven Japs staked on one fraction.
Five to eight men staked every Little
Blanche claim within the concession.
Thirty-five are said to have staked on
the ground next to Tystad’s. After the
staking the roadhouses were cleaned
out of soda water, coffee and hot water
drinks.
“After the staking every man looked
about to see what everybody else had
done. The clatter of hammers and
the scratching of pencils came to a
stop about as suddenly as it began”.
Tanana Strike Falls
The miners’ strike in the Tanana is
practically ended. Many of the miners
have gone back to work and others
have come from the outside so that near
ly the required force is now at work.
The strike lasted long enough to cur
tail the output of the district as little
work was done when the water supply
was ample and many dumps are still
visible on creeks which have run dry.
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BUILDING MORE BOATS
FOR RIVERS ABOVE INLET
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Susima Station, June 20—Woolsey
is building his new boat at Tyonok
which he intends to run on the river
when completed.
O. G- Herning’s launch, the Swan,
has made two trips so far, one up the
Yentna and another up the Susitna.
Frank Churchill is building a freight
launch at Tyonek which will be ready
for the river in a few days.
Good reports have come down from
the upper country already. Joe Le
Claire down from Nugget creek on his
way to Nome to look after his property
there. Dave Wallace is looking after
the property located by LeClaire on
Nugget and other creeks and has
soven men working for him. Joe had
twenty-four ounces with him. which
he had taken out before he left the
creeks. LeClaire goes via Iliamna
Lake Clark and Bristol Bay in a bidarka
for Nome.
Poor Man’s creek is turning out bet
ter than expected. It is too early to
predict anything yet.
There is some little excitement on
the tributaries of the east fork of the
Yentna. Several men bound for the
Skwentna turned in that direction.
P. V. James, H. Anderson and others
from Lake creek have also gone up
there.
Several men will work the bars of
the Kahiltna as soon as the water low
ers sufficiently to sluice. Other
men have also made arrangements to
work tho bars on that river in the fall.
The weather so far this season has
been much cooler than last year. No
high water as yet. This time last year
water was four or five feet higher
than now. _
Inlet Traffic Growing
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer on the
authority of steamship men states that
freight consignments to Cook inlet
from Seattle this year are one-third
larger than last year and are steadily
increasing in quantity.
Find Rich Iron Field
Vancouver, B. C.,—A huge deposit
of bog iron ore hemetite has been dis
covered in Quatsino sound. One hun
dred and eight claims have already
been located. The ground covers
5.6000 acres and is believed to be one
of the richest iron deposits on Van
couver Island.
SEWARD EYES CENTER
ON “SHORTY" DOOLEY
“Shorty” Dooley is the pivot around
which Seward interest and excitement
revolve and the pivot is still in place in
spite of several rude jars which threat
ened to convert him into float.
Twenty-three men have sat on Dooley's
case and have failed to agree upon the
mooted problem as to whether he is a
trespasser upon the corporate rights or
in line for a place in the gallery of the
champions of the people, wherein are
found a galaxy of mighty men who
have fit, bled and died since Arnold
Winklereid megaphoned to the down*
trodden “Make way for liberty'.' and
died. Dooley is not yet dead.
Two juries have sat on Dooley's case
without being able to close down the
lid. Twenty-four men have been
chosen to adjudicate Dooley’s right as
a beach-comber to dwell in peace in
his shack on the beach line claimed by
the railroad company. The first twelve
disagreed. One of the second twelve
became grossly intoxicated during the
noon recess of the second trial and
slept upon his own rights as well as
those of the litigants when court re
convened. The presiding justice fined
him $2.> for contempt and he was ex
pelled from the jury box by common
consent. This made 23 men on two
juries and it remains to be seen
whether it is 23 for the issue. 1 he
last jury was locked up all night but
failed to agree.
To Take Charge of Kodiak Station
M. D. Snodgrass vent to Seldovia on
the Santa Clara and after a few days at
the agricultural station at Kenai will go
to Kodiak, where he will have charge of
the station. He comes from the state
agricultural college at Manhattan,
Kansas, where he was educated and
has been an instuctot* several years.
Mr. Snodgrass states that the removal
of the cattle at the Kenai
station to Kodiak, already announced
by Prof. Georgeson, will not be made
until next year. A crop is being
raised at Kenai which will be suffi
cient to keep them during the winter.
This would be wasted if the cattle
were moved this^'ear.
The steamer Caswell is being refit
ted at Seldovia to be taken to Katalla.
It has been purchased by the
Rogers company. The Caswell was
on the Yentna river last year.