SEWARDGATEWAY
PIBU^IU WEEKLY BY
RANDALL H. KEMP. EdKor and Publish.'
SKWARD. - - ALASKA.
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financial standing of the vroom.
FRIDAY. Oi TOREK fi, 1»R
That Seward will be a mining
renter. ; nd that that time is not
tar in the future, appears to be
a certainty. From all informa
tion obtainable, on mining
claims that are being developed
are not all grass root proposi
tions. It will require capital,
labor and persevorenoe to open
them up so that tin* metallic con
tents ca 1 lx* extracted and >ent
to the markets of the world.
To this end the owners of the,
many different prospects are
bending their energies, and in
time it is hoped that thesurround
ng hills will be studded with
mines like jewels in a crown.
Nothing adds to a town or city's
growth as much as a mining pay
roll. All persons employed I
about mines receive a much high-;
cr wage than those employed in 1
the other industries. Then again >
mine employes ax a rule, are a
prodigal class, they spend their
money freely' aud are much
given to patronizing the town
that is their abiding place, j
Rvery encouragement should be
given thpse that are striving to j
place mining on a film footing!
here. Assistance rendered now
will in time be returned an hun
dred fold.
A FIKE DEPAHTMENT
Ti ere is one matter that the
Gateway desires the business
people of Seward to attend to and
urges that action be taken at
once. That is the organization
of a vo.unteer tire department.
In the rush of preparing for
winter, it is natural that citizens
would not give much though to
tins imp >rtant need of the twon.
1 hit should a tire break out during
a windstorm, it would be a mat
t t of h -king the door after the
horse is stol n. A mass meeting
of male citizens should be called
at once and tins matt »rdiscussed.
In fact ! lore should be* done and;
that inline liately. There should
be an organization, with officers
chosen ; nd rules adopted. Then
gain some kind of tire fighting
apparatus should de secured and
kept in order at a designated spot.
There should be pails, ladders,
axes, hooks aud other parapha
nalia provided. The proper per
sons sin uld know all hydrants
oi the water system and the
source from which a supply of
water could be obtained at a
: oments notice. Now citizens of
Seward, let Us get together im
mediately and decide on a volun
ter fire department. The Gate
way w il donate handbills calling
for sucl a meeting at any time.
Let us i old such the first of the
coming week.
Jurors from this Precinct
PKT1T JURY
.f 11 iu-s < hulk. F. J. Perry, Jerry Odale
i. Sunrise; (leurjre L. Buzard, Hope:
W. !•;. Mt< arty Seward;
CR AN’D JURY
\V. iWhorf. Adam Black. Sel.
dnvia.
Fresh candies and fruit will he re
ceived at Seward News Stand by
l mat.
ALALKA NEWS
Fairbanks is now a money order of
; lice, it haviug been constituted such by
: jH'stofllce insjrector C. L. ^ ayland,
j who recently visited the camp on the
; Tanana.
Fishing U sH'd to he one of the great
i prospective industries of the lanana
! district. It is estimated that the catch
>f salmon thftt js qow stored at Chena
| tor sale to tipi trade at Fairbanks and
i on the creeks is valued at $40,000.
Utst Saturday, the22ml inst., was the
centennial of the founding of Sitka,
by Baranoff. It was the intention of
residents of Alaska's Capital to unite
and show a spirt of euthusiasm on ac
count of the event.
,'Oseph MacDonald, who has been j
manager ami superintendent of the
famous “Treadwell" properties on
Douglas island for the past four years,
has resigned, and Mr. Robert A. Ken
/!,• has beep appointed his successor.
What promises to he another Fair
banks district has been struck in the
\ ikon yu 1 ley between the Tanana and
the Yukons Up to the present time
It;tie is known of the new diesyvery
as there has not been sufficient time to
thoroughly prospect it. hut it is said;
t he surface indications are better than
were these in the Tanana district.
This new strike is on Heaver creek,
Fairbanks i> to he the location of the
largest, rpost modern and best equip
ped hotel in the whole of Alaska. Con
struction is to he commenced immedi
ately and rushed through to completion.
The stock company furnishing capital
for the enterprise, under promotion for j
Nome time, has been organized and
>>(1,000 subscribed for the work.
A late dispach from St. Louis says
that Judge James \Yickers!»gm. Judge j
of the United States district court of |
Alaska, apd representative of Presi-j
dent Roosevelt at the universal con
gress of lawyers and jurists, hasarived
at the exposition, He will not return
to the Yukon country untill next Feb-1
ruary* when he will have to go in on
the ice.
Fity cents to the pan is reported to
have been struck on the lower half of
No. 8 Chicken creek, in the Fortymile
district. Decent arrivals from Forty- '
mile bring the news. The claim Is be-1
'icg worked by the Shoestring Mining
company. The pay gravel is two and a
half feet thick. No further particulars
of tie strike are given. Sixty to sev
enty -five men worked on Chicken creek
thi- summer.
t apt. John J. Healy, than whom
there is no better known man in Alaska,
reports that he is more than pleased
with the results of his recent visit to
the ’in region in the vieiuty of York*
He will return to the outside in a few
days and states that early next spring
hi- company will ship in large quanti
ties of supplies and machinery with
which to work their properties.
That Ketchikan is growing not only
in population, but commercial impor-j
tance says the Jornal, is evidenced by \
tie record of customs business trail-j
saved in the local office. The receipts ;
from duties on imports and fees collect- j
ed during the month of September just j
passed, exceeds those of the corn s-j
ponding months of last year by at least
;>*»n per cent, while those for the nine
months of the present year arelargely
in excess or those for a like period in
l»o:;.
By reason of the rapid development
of mining and commercial interests in
the Tatiana region in Alaska several
have recently applied to the treasure j
department for the establishment of a
subport of entry in that vicinity in ord
er to facilitate th«* landing of goods,
say- the Juneau Dispatch. As.-istant
Secretary Armstrong referred to Col
lector Jarvis who i- now on the way to
tin- Tauana country to examine in to
conditions there and report to the de
partment.
The appropriation of the name Sew
ard by the Alaska Central railway has
caused those interested in the town on
Lynn canal by that name to call their
town Nowell City. A better name
could not be selected. The name of the
Nowells has been so flrmly connected
with the development of Alaska that it
will he honored by Alaskans for all time.
Then the Nowells have been so closely
identified with the country in the vici
nity of Seward City and Berner bay
that that town is fairly entitled to the
honor of bearing the name which they
have honored.—Skagway Alaskan.
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First ('lass Meals at
Reasonable Rates..
M. C. KIDDER, Prop.
Washington Stmt. Sc want. Alaska
E. ULRICKSOIM
FISHERMAN
Will supply you with Halibut
Headquarters on tin* beach
SKWARD, ALASKA
W. K. REED
Boots & Shoes
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FIFTH AVK, SKWARD. ALASKA j
Charges txaggerated
A Washington dispatch dated Octob
er 5th. to the Ska_> way Alaskan, says:
Judge W. A. Day.tirst assistant attor
ney-general of the l,*nited States who |
made a tour of Alaska last summer, in
vestigating charges that had been
made against the federal judges and
other officials of that district, visited
the president today and discussed tho j
results of his in cessations. No par- j
ticular case was cited, hut the charges l
were a mare's nest. It was said that
they had been gnatly exaggerated.
Judge. Day will make a written re
port in two weeks time, showing the
specific facts as they surround each
particular case.
Hard to Beat
Some friend sends tin* Gateway a
marked copy of the Oregonian of Oc
tober 1st. in which the following item
occurs:
An unusual occurence in big game
shooting is reported by the Seward
Alaska. Gateway. "W. A. Smith,’’:
says tlie Gateway." killed two mountain ;
sheep at one shot las- week. He was
hunting on Sheep Mountain when he 1
shot one of the animals in the head. !
the bullet glanced and killed the other.”
It would be prettx hard tobeat this in
t lie annals of hunt ing.
Suicide at \<ildcz
\Y. II. Ive-,. who recently sold his |
grocery business at Ogden, t"tali, and
who was a passenger from the south
on the Santa Ana. committed suicide j
while the steamer lay at Valdez last j
Wednesdry.
Ives' destination was Valdez. He
went up town while the vessel was at j
the dock and not liking the place lie}
decided to come on to this city.
He had quite a sum of money with
him. some say $1.(500 or *1,800, this lie
lost in some gambling house in Valdez.
It is also said that he borrowed large
sums from an officer of the boat and
passengers: this also went over the
green cloth.
While sitting on the hurricane deck
of the steamer lie suddenly pitched
forward and fell into the water. His
Ixidy was soon recovered hut life was
extinct. It is believed that lie swal
lowed a quantity of carbolic acid, as an
empty bottle was found near where
he sat on the deck.
Editor’s Wife Appreciated
So many appreciative notices of the
Gatewey have been received that it
would he tiresome to tHe readers to pe
ruse many more samples.
Now the editor’s wife has began to
receive felicitations from distant lady
friends who realize the help she is to
the editor-in-chief in making this
journal as it should he.
Several letters eatue on the Santa
Ana which are as highly compliment
ary as any gifted woman would desire
to receive.
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Views for sale, Rolls developed
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W McNEILEY HOTEL 1
EUROPEAN PLAN
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W. A. McNEILEY, Proprietor
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A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
PETERSON &. BROWN. Proprietors
flie Northern1
Seward's First Class Restaurant.
Phone Main 43
Every delicacy of the
season served at reas
onable prices. Quick
service and polite at
tention ..
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Fourth Ave. Seward, Alaska, j
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SEWARD - - • ALASKA
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