VOI. s. SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18. 1018_NO-,;
ARRIVES AND
DEPARTS
The steamship Alameda, of the Al
ask a Steamship t ’ompanx. arrived in
Sew aril this morning at J o clock with
a small immh**r <*t '»:ism ngers and a
fair consignment of freight. A large
portion of the freight i- bring transfei
red to the Pont for westwaid points.
Among the passenger* arriving
were: Judge J.J. Finnegan, W. W .
Butts, T. Needham. Mrs Isaac Kvans,
,itid a lad) nassiMigor t* r S**Mo'i t.
'phe ship s.iiled for Seattle at Id
a\*!»>ek this morning w ith the follow*
!!tg list of passengers: \V. H. Ktchard*
5,011, J. Veder. John F. Baird. J. Sampe,
L. F. Shaw. A. l\ Meyer, \V. S. v lark
and C. H. Marsh. There were three
second class passengers.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
“Examination^ from which to e*tab
li>h e'ijibte reji>ter* 11>i* positions of
Assistant Keepers of Lhjfht Stations
ami Mat-*' ami Assistant Engineers on
LL'icjM i*e 1* ’ in the Sixteenth
Iiitfh* house Ih*! i'!ci, A !:eK:t \\iil be
held by the loca; * vi! Service Hoard,
a* Ketchikan. Aa^u ». eo Apt 1 io.
idlL or \> s« r* ther. a *er a* piacti*
cabl *.
Application blank* max be secured
from tie Lighthouse Inspector, K -tchi*
Kar . Alaska.
V. I*. Edmond**.
S o, "''i,,x Local H * • rd ' ivii
Service Exan t.ers.
LOCAL NOTES
IN BRIEF
Mr>. T. K. Needham. Alaska repre
sentative for the Nu Hone t orset l o.
ot ( oft >. l‘a . is expected 111 Seward
on the deanie.
Mis Ed Whit*etno!*c »> slightly in
disposed, suffering from an attack of
la grippe.
tieneral Agent Tracey, of tie* Alaska
Steamship company, accompanied h\
his dog “Katmai.** tame from
Cordova on (lie Alameda this morning.
^ 1'he Alameda experienced consid
erable difficulty in getting away from
Valdez yesterday morni* g. caused, it
was said, by the freeziivj in *»; ’h**
steering apparatin.
The train on th*- **t ant Hun and
Never Wii *’ road, at t ordova was
stalled at mile ♦&. Monday, >o it is re
ported.
Mrs. I*.sac Evans, who lias been vis
it in/ f r lends on the outside for the
pa'1 six week', returned to Seward on
ti.e Alameda this morning
Will troubles never cease? The
cable ship Burnside had hardW fin
ished the splicing of the cable near
Sitka than another break is reported
neat* Valdez. Kesulti No outs'de
news for our readers.
Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that last forever at $7.
Commerce Cate
Lung distance telephone booth at the
Branch.
Fresh Lake Trout at the Commerce
Cafe.
* Dog harness at d. L. (Iraef s.
Meet me ut the Branch *
Pabsrs blue ribbon beer at The •
Branch.
ludweisei* bter at tbe Brain*.
SHOULD BE
BANNER SEASON!
W. \\\ (Mark, of Iditarod City, who
has been in Seward for a couple ot
days waitin/ for a steamer to Seattle,
is planning on returnin'/ to the inter
ior camp via Seward some time in
the late sprin/. Mr. (Mark said that
next summer should he the banner
season of the Iditarod, and after that
it will he a dred/in/ proposition and
no place for a pick and shovel miner.
At this time there is one dted/e
working on Klat creek. Riley and
Marstonhave another dredge landed
on the ground readv tv) beset up and
one beln/ built on the outside that,
will be shipped in on the first boat in
the sprin/. With the installation of
these new /old di//ers the day of the
individual miner in the Iditarod will
he a thin/ of the past, althou/h there
will always he more or iess prospect
in/. It is also belli/ planned b\ inter
ior operators* to install two more
dred ire*, on** on Moore eta * k on tin4
Ku^kokwim side, and uih* v>ri Caines
creek in the lnnoko. That will make
five vtred/es in a raoius of ldO miles,
and will make that section quite a
dred/in/ center.
GREATEST OF
\ !’, Slmhcrt, Inc., Chicago, C S.
\., tin* largest h«»i:'C in tin* world
Ueiding exc u** v * *»v in American raw
furs, submits a very ni ua sling article
»•»* tin read* i - of ' e Gateway;
Millions oi • dim - will chany «* hai •’>
betw een t h«* trapp*rs a; ii ill .i*ers in
r iw turs during tin coming se. son. It
i-» indeed wondrrlui *o contrmplal e.
wlnui out* thint\s ot the thousands upon
thousands ol t ir-hearing animals ki• 1
ed every year i in onghou North Amer
ica, ami still the supply dues not seem
to be withering, in fact, the collections
u( late years, in many cases art* larger
than in previous yeais. Title, there
are nut a> many anima > nere as (here
w *r»* a century ago, hut there art*
more annuals trapped, and consequent
ly t lo* coi lection is larg» •. Many peo
ple an* o' tin* opinion tnat the lur *11
dustrv is becoming extinct, one to the
tact that tilt* animals are being kilhui
oil in mar y parts of the country. This
is not the case, in fact, it is just tin*
opposi.e of conditions as they exist.
The demand of fashion, the competi
tion * I the large circular houst s and
th»* gent rai utility of lur g.u mi nts
have s* ni the price ol furs up* to such
an etiottnocs height that a clever trap
per can make a small iorlune ii he
handles his catch properly.
The fur trade lias rightly been
called the greatest of our natural re
sources. No industry, agricultural,
mineral or otherwise has been the
origins)!’ as much wealth to this coun
try and Canada as the fur industry,
lu'fere a single field was cultivated, a
single mine was opened or a single
railroad constructed, the fur-hearing
animals oi this country were the only
sou ice of revenue. This was one oi
the main reasons for tin* rapid coloniza
tion of our country, especially of the
west. It was the trapper’s trail that
formed the path of th<* tirst highway,
and the trapper’s fur formed the first
cargo that was ever freighted on any
of the inland waters of this country.
Ii was also the trapper’s catch that
brought the first foreign wealth to this
country, and ever since we have prac
tically supplied the world with furs.
No other of our natural resources have
beer productive for so long a time or
have yielded such an aggregate wealth
as the fur-bearing animals, so after all
the fur industry is not dyingout. The
fight is getting keener, and this prom
ises to be the banner year for the
trapper and shipper of raw furs.
Community silver, Sberiton. La Rose
and De Luxe patterns. George the
Jeweler.
RESIGNS HIS
POSITION!
Second Oflieer Willnwdene. of the
steamer Dora has resigned hts posi
tion and will depart lor San Francisco
on the Alameda Mr, \\ iilowdetn*
received tin* welcome t mini's that l»e
has come in fora hit <»t 11 «* neediul
from a '‘never-known ’ leiat.ve in
I'm:land and has been notiiied hy hist
San Francisco attorneys to call tit
their ollices and he prepared to haw
his share of tin* estate turned over to
him. In view of t his fact the run to
the west wuud on tin* Dora suddenly
lost uli charm* for 'In* second otticer.
ANNUAL ELECTION
OF PIONEERS
1
Igloo No. 0. Pioneers of Alaska, mot
at their hall last night. A large num
ber of tlie order were present and the 1
meeting was one ol the most interest
ing held for some time. The following
officers were elected to serve for the
ensuing year:
President \V. M. Sauers.
First Vice President--,I. O. Patten.
Second Vice President IF 1C. Klls
wort h.
Secretari Issae Fvans.
'Treasurer F. W . Small.
Historian J. II. H unig.
Master at Arms Ki*b rt (luest.
Ti listi e P. 1 ienning.
After tlie business of tie* evening
h:ro been attended I" a rousing turkei
|<»ed was teiu’pred the im-mt>er>, inter
spe m :5 with shoi t sf.Cues, both Hi*
si r ot i ve and interest ii . . \\ hie b pcov* o
hig .d v sal tsfaer >pv
TRAIL PGGR,
CUSSING GOOD;
- i
Dr. .1. If. Roniig and family have
returned from a few days spent at Rab
bit burst, on the A. N. railway line.
The genial physician reports game
scarce, but :i great deal of cussing
over t he condition of the l;aii between
miles 2 and 4.
L. Y !
Seventeen battleships c »uld swing
<:itI\ at anchor in ’he barb >r at St*w*
ai\l, anti \ et I here niv people who think
that there is a chance for Cordova get
ting the government railroad. Not a
possibility if harbor and easy grades
lig are in t he result.
WILL CONDUCT
DAILY ALASKAN!
t
Bob McChessney, the pioneer news
paper man of Valdez, has been called
to Coreova to look after the intrests of
Bro. Steele during his visit to the out
side. Bob is there when it comes to
running a newspaper.
Xmas presents for the old, young,
and little ones at Butts’. Come in !
and let us please you.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns j
at .1. L. Graefs. I
Sourdoughs and chechakos, you
are invited to the Commerce Cafe.
Service every hour in 24.
*
—_
Sled* for boys and girls: sled* for
iu*u. At J. L. Gmef’a. *
Sine*' inininu began in Alaska in
1 sso i |U. gold p’acei's »!' ihe Territ<>r\
have yielded 7.4V*' Id fine ounce-, of
gold, valued a* * I-> 1 >d i.ss i'ne-e
mines li;i •* also produ»*ed l.n.ili.OMi
line ounces o| silver, with a com*
mercial value of ved UMM, according to
A. II !»roi>ks. ot f he l nited Slates
i ieoloy ica I Survey.
Tin* goid placer mines of \laska arc
estimated to have produced in ldl'j
gn!d to tin value of ; 11 .‘.it>0,000. Rail
road <ievc 1 ohun*nt is tic* thing that is
most needed, and it >s not to he ex
pected that under present industrial
conditions there w ill he any stability
of placer-gold otitpu* in tli»* Territory.
So long as the high cost of transput'*
tat ion prevails, the production ot
placer-gold must depend on the exploi
tation of honu.’.yn deposes, for these
alone Call he expected to \eald profit*
able returns.
BUSY WITH
ANNUAL WORK
S. I. Silverman, who h is a crew of
men at work doiny the annual assess- j
merit work on what is known ms th**
I James property at * ’’ow ere**k, re
ceived word that tie* assessment work
ih s year will consist largely of shovel
in y snow, it takes tire men almost all
day to yet a trail shoveled from the,
liviny q rarter.s to the por-al of the*
tunnel, and at niyhi it takes the n a'
most as hmy to yt a trail broken out
to the liviny quarters. With all this
i > contend \vifh, however, the men in a
makiny yo.rd time in tie* runnel and
inasmuch as there is at this time tret
tcr than ldO feet dr iven on the prop
erty. Silverman smiles and says “fsh
Ku-IJa*M»*i.*’ which means in the lam
iruaye of Moses, “I should worrv.”
VALUABLE
i
(
It is a pleasure to uo'e tin* way the
mails are handled at our local postoliive. ,
'Hie Alameda hrouyirt a heavy mail ,
and arrived at .'J o’clock this morniny, !
♦
yet everybody was enabled to yet j
their mail before breakfast time.
60 BY WAY
Of CORDOVA
A gentlemen in Valdez was talking
with Editor Frame, of the Commoner
t,he other day. and casually asked why
they did not e.xpreience those dread
ful glacier wind* now as much a**
formally. ’‘Oh!*’ said Frame, “Since
the Cordova Alaskan has advertised
the Copper river route as being far j
the be*t route for coming out from the
interior, the glacier wind* go around j
bv Cordova. ’ |
The publication of the Gateway was i
delayed today on account of the engine
being in tie* hospital for repairs. Any
complaints from our friends should be [
tiled with the Seward Iron Works.
Elgin Vaughn, of this city, is plan-j
ping on getting away for the Nelchina
immediately after the holidays. Mr
Vaughn will take in a complete outfit
and will be prepared to spend all of
the spring and summer in the new
camp if conditions warrant.
Three meals for One Doliar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Field glasses at J. L. Cratf’s.
let creepers and ice skates at J. L.
Graef's.
HAS THE
POPULAR SCAR
\V. W. tin* '»«)'»'i 'a ?• ha/.aar
man, who n nm-o^ oi-> fi irmK hy rnd
I.»•— s'fii '-s, aivi o*d horn** on tin* Ahi
iiicii'i thi- mornintf from S»r»ttlr. w herr
hr writ! t«> omh'ryo an operation lor
apprudiinl i^. ihr opr at ion w as prr
fiirmrd at thr M nor hospital* *;•<! wa>
v**i*v slice' *n«s to I. Mr. Holts r>r*»v*rm
from t In* opr rat ion in a mi; arnlonsly
short limr an<l noun** hark to n - homo
t****li11*r likr a new* man.
Word lias j’JSt heel! r* reived from a
member of the crew of tlie cruiser
Maryland, who is connected with the
eiu/ineer’s depart mt-nt <:t‘ the bij'ship,
to tie* effect that the recent test of
Alaska coal was far from the failure
that has 1m en rumored unofficially.
The letter jroes on to say that the test
was taken shortW after the Maryland
left Seward, and that tin* result was
ver\ satisfactory as far as the steaming
quality of t h»* coal was concerned, and
the only complaint possible was tin
fact that th‘* mine w is not equipped
with an efficient washer to wash the
Coal before it was taken on board the
ship.
' */
Word wa** received last id. Jit from
.Tamos I h'oni.an. whole's the contract
!ui lirAine the raise connecting the
two lower l»*v»*ls at tin* Kenai Alaska
t iold property or: Falls creek, to tin
effect that tlie recent snow slide oil
Skeen mountain did not work any par
ticular damage to tin min • equip nent.
The snow slide occurred about ten
o’clock at niffht and took out tower
No. (5, partinir the hauling cable. It
will tabe about a couple of days’ work
to return the tower, which was carried
do.vi the hill on the crest of the slide
and was praclit idy unharmed. The
small cable was broken but not kinked,
and can be spliced in ;i short time.
Drcnnan reports that the work in the
mine is ifoituf on in £ood shape and
wiil he finished in good time in the
spring.
WILL EMPLOY
CALIFORNIANS
George Riley, of the mining firm
of Marston A Riley, of Idirarod, will
take in a (hedging crew to man the
two big dredges that he will install
next season on otter creek m March.
Mr. Riley is planning on going in
over t lie Seward*iditaroil route and
will use dog teams to transport his
crew from salt water to the interior
metropolis. He is at present in Cali
fornia making a study of dredges and
dredging conditions and will pick up
his crews there from the men he has
an opportunity of watching at the
work, relying on the higher wages to
win them away from their present
positions.
Herber’ Tozier of the Alaska North
ern forces is planning on a trip to the
outside in the immediate future. Mr.
Tozier is only purchasing one ticket
outside bound—but.?
Bread for sale —10c a loaf or 12 for
$1. At Commerce Cafe
For reliable informal on write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
Meet me at the Bruncn.