SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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S.\TUUDAY.*N >YK\ti»l\l'l H». liK>7
THE PRINCIPAL. NOT THE MAN
In the appointment by the president
of Silas K. lleid of Oklahoma to
succeed 1 udge Wiekersbam we have
another instance of the president send
ing an outsider to Alaska to manage
its official business. \\ o are unquali
fiedly o;q> >s *il to such appointments on
principal.
The fact of the appointee’s fitness
for the position will not outweigh the
dangers which lurk in the passive
recognition and indorsement of the i
principal. A district judge interprets
and applies local laws, peculiar to
Alaska, as well as those arising under
the federal constitution. All the states
of iht‘ union require citizenship as a
necessary qualification to the holding
of a udicial office. W by should not
Alaska? In the early days when our
history was Iteingmade we had trouble
with Kngland over this very question.
Following the close of the civil war
the wounds caused by that strife were
kept fresh in the memory of the south
by the application of this principal.
S ;ch appo nte-s have the power and
frequently exercise it hy applying the
same rule in tin1 selection of those t<>
till sidHiru:nate positions within their
gift.
Again, it may he added, that in go
ing out side fie* territory of Alaska for
a person to till a vacancy in her judi
ciary. it would seem to reflect the
tli eight that A.aska has no qualified
eit /.eu t o till such nosit ion.
NEED OF A COURT HOUSE
A . i.»eal organizations -.hon'd sit up
and take of th*« fact that Seward
should have a court house and hence
host it* themselves to that end.
There is no place in the whole
I'nit' d state-of the size and import
ance of S.-ward which ha- secured less
from T- goVi-rnm.-nt or state than has
Seward;. If we at> to he the coast
termit - of a railroad reaching at
least > tin Matanuska coal fields. if
we are to have a smelter and a forti
ti.-.i c,»a.ing station, we should at least
1 ni \ * * twenty-five thousand dollar
c.i'i"! house. Seward i- entitled as a
ttia’' r of right to the -ix thousand
doilu: appropriation which is within
the power of the district judge to
make. That much has been conceded
by Judge Wicket-sham, hut it is not
enough. To get a larger appropria
tion the matter must he brought to
the a" ii’.ion of congress.
AUi-ku has in Thomas Pale a dele
gate whose ^business it is to make
known to congress the needs of the
people and we should make known our
needs to Mr. < ‘ale. A proper -bowing
must nece-sarily he made of the facts,
present and prospective, to justify the
appropriation of the amount asked.
A court house at Sc*ward means a
saving to the government ol -Is
milag*- for each witness ami juror.
Also a saving in the transportation of
prisoners. A like amount would be]
saved litigants. Further, it would
mean a saving of time to each person
of from two to four days. It would
bring all tin legal business from Ha
west ward. north and interior to
Sew aril instead of Valdez. The im
portance of our taking immediate
action in this matter cannot he over
estimated.
The fact that the government geolo
gist have reported that the bitumi
nous ami anthracite coal of the Mata
nuska and Chicaloon valleys is second
only to the best Pennsylvania coal and
that Capt. Pond of the cruiser Buffalo
on behalf of the navy department has
surveyed and reserved a site of over
3300 acres for a coaling station on
Resurrection bay, ought to be an in
centive for the officials of the Alaska
Central railroad to hasten the comple
tion of the road.
Prospectors for copper, and mine
owners should not be discouraged on
account of the present low price of
copper. The small price it now brings
will in all probability be but tempo
rary and no doubt its value will soon
increase to more than it has ever been.
Never in the history of the world was
copper »o extensively used as it is to
day, and its use will be constantly on
the increase.
The recent Wall street panic has
given birth to much speculation as to
its causes, 'l'he answer can be sum
med up in one word -gambling. (lam
bling is followed by over capitalization
and stock watering. They, in turn,
place a burden on the corporation to
pay dividends on inllated paper values.
In order to make what i» ealled a good
show ing many not over scrupulous ol*
tieials adopt methods disastrous to
competitors and injurious to the public.
Had this pani • von occurred one de
cade ago. it would have involved the
whole country. The I’nited States
has out grown Wall street, 'l'he great
m;is> of people, heretofore the real
sufferers, have hut little sympathy to
extend to Wall street in its present
t ravail.
All candidates desiring a four year
:. ase on the White House should first
qualify by taking a trip around the
world and visiting Alaska.
Seward’s Prophecy l-'ultilled
June 20, 1007, the fortieth anniver
sary of the day on which the Alaska
annexation treaty went into operation
i> a date-mark of great importance to
the United States. \\ hen, shortly be
fore his death, in IS72, William fl.
Ssward was asked what he believed to
be the greatest achievement of his
public career, he answered: “The an
nexation of Alaska. lfe added, how
ever, “Hut the American peopie will
not gra>p the value, of the acquisition
fora third of a century yet." This
shows that Seward, the empire builder
was also a prophet. Seward has been
dead for thirty-live years, and it is
only in recent times that bis country
men have appreciated the importance
of Alaska as a possession. Strong op
position was ottered in the house of
representatives in 1*07 to making the
appropriation of $7.200,00**, the price
which Seward paid for thu province.
Said one of annexat ion's opponents in
that chamber: “All that Alaska will
ever be able to produce are polar
bears and icebergs.“ For several
years a nickname for the region was
“Seward's Folly. ’ l>ut time lias
vindicted Seward Ijeslie's \\ eekly.
About Placer Locations
A placer location made by an associ
ation of eight persons may include 100
acres, or any less number, and such
location (say 100 acresi constitutes one
claim. The federal statutes require
that the individual locator of a 20-acre
tract must perform *100 worth of work
on his claim annually, but a location
made by an association of individuals
embracing more than twenty acres
may undoubtedly be held by perform
ing the same amount of labor on it as
i- required on the 20 acre claim of a
-ingle individual. There is an impor
tant distinction, however, between an
as-ociation claim of 100 acres taken as
such by eight individuals, and the con
solidation of eight locations which
have been taken up as eight separate
claims. It may seem unjust that the
association claim of ltil) acres requires
but $l»H> dollars worth of work, while
a consolidation of eight claims into
one company requires $800 worth, but
such is the law. Work need not be
done on each 20-aere tract of a loca
tion embracing 100 acres made by an
a-sociation, for the appropriation of
lb>» acres by eight associated persons
i- accomplished by one location. An
illustration of another phase of this
portion of the mining law is found in
tin* fact that a quartz claim 1500x600
fuer requires *100 worth of annual la
bor. but a fractional claim of much
-mallei* dimensions requires as much
labor as a full sized claim. ‘‘The vol
ume of work," says Lind ley on Mines,
**ls not gagued by t he size of the claim
located. There is no sliding scale ad
justing the matter according to area.
Indetermsning, therefore, the amount
of annual work to be performed in con
nection with an aggregation of loca
tions, each lot at ion is to be considered
as a claim within the meaning of the
law. regardless of the superficial area
comprised in any one or more of
them. Mining and Scientific Press.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
November 9.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 40 32 Rain
Monday 38 30 ] ’art cloudy
Tuesday 40 29 Rain
Wednesday 45 38 Rain
Thursday * 44 39 Rain
Friday 40 39 Part Cloud a
Saturday 40 37 Rain
’Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll,
The optimist sees the doughnut.
The pessimist the hole.
Cranberries at Pacific Coast Tra
ding Co. *
BIG LOTTERY
UNEARTHED
Secret Service Men Pinch Offi
cers of California Guarantee
Loan Trust Company.
.By Cable *o The Daily Gateway.
Chicago. Nov. 13 Secret service j
agents yesterday arrested several olli
eials of the California Guarantee Loan
Trust Company and think they have ex-j
jtosed one of the biggest lottery combi
nations ever unearthed. The company ,
did business in most of the western
states.
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Yucatan in Valdez.
Steamer Yucatan arrived in Valdez
at midnight last night and was still
there at four o’clock. She will leave
there some time tonight.
Si WARD STtAMtRS
Yucatan; in Vale/..
liertha: sailed from Seattle (>th
Saratoga; in Seattle.
Dora: sailed for I’nalaska 30th.
Jeanie; sailed for Seattle 1st.
Corwin; sailed for Seattle 5th.
Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 14th.
Alaska has thousands of unpros- ;
ported creeks.
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford I). Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, 1).
Coal Lands The preference right
of purchase of coal lands under Section
2:$48 K. s. requires actual possession
and improvements sufficient to indicate
good faith.
Contest A contestant who on day of
heal ing, tiles a dismissal of the contest
toget her with a new affidavit of con
tot. with a view to proceedings there
on. may be permitted, prior to further
action in the premises, to withdraw
said dismissal and submit evidence
under the ot iginal charge.
Entry An entry in the interest of
.another is fraudulent and must be
cane led.
Final Proof New proof must show
compliance up to time of its submis
sion when the former proof was found j
insufficient on its merits.
Homestead ’ Reservation Right to!
make homestead entry does not extend
to lands reserved by competent author
ity.
Mineral or Agricultural Land—The
land being returned as agricultural
the burden of proof is with the miner
al claimant to show as a present fact
that the land is more valuable for min
ing than agriculture. When a min
eral entry has been allowed on land
returned as agricultural, the burden of
proof will lie upon one who thereafter
alleges the land to be in fact agricul
tural.
Pratice -Oral arguments in ex parte
proceedings before the Department
not encouraged.
Oral hearings not allawed without
notice to all parties.
Residence—Residence begins with
the first act of settlement where such
act is followed by an actual inhabi
tancy of the land in good faith.
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This scrip tukrs immediate
title to either surveyed or
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and is approved by the Gov
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_ office:
Bank of Seward Buildinsf.
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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
Gird wood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
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