SEWARD GATEWAY
PlBIISHtl) WHKIY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Entered as Second t'lass matter Auitu.st -4th.
l‘Xd at the t‘osti>i)!ce at Seward. Alaska, un
der the Aet of t "iv'ress of March K
SIBSPRIPliON RATES
One Year I A • * S3.00
Six Months * 51.50
^ ■ \ .. :t*t H ilhlititf. Duluth
Mi.o.e 'ta. fi;.,s. It \ e . a-ri/e l a rent.
SAiTKUAV. \IIY 24. I'-Hh.
STEPS ON SEATTLE CORNS
Tli. Niaitio * nit'" uivi- Muj.
lain* a IrOlil pHyv i'- c\Mt^ui" **
\\ i! ii ii Oo>aU\ I'* - TkVUUm‘ Iu
i> tf \ HlL' tl* iliii H* l V’li*'v
, , ,1 , . j >}l.p Hu*;; of Soil!
tip ;itv wrat\U ul In i j Asr hv t*
111*1" *>i t'lJ til CIO ill,Hill ii* * 4 1 •’ .■
\V 1 i tV I'V I ,1 V 1 fi 1
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TRYING TrU CHINESE PUZZLE
wile? "i- As j»Ih. t ouhh- in
( .. t ... - - t*Ofl « —
p*nn at* ■* -•
m ifi' • i'" iv.slly
yoiny on. s i ;4I\ blvaks oils
it may take m- ia •» march of i
few reyim - troops from
tii • seashore ■ ‘ : :• to put it
oat of busin « : A v skit - up
ami with the exam. t .la pan before
it the sleepy *t ' » st> >w..rm
aur million-* may y- • amltvekles
The Chinese v i
sides*.. ¥ :■> yn i. * . u • l« - n im
po-dny upon . !.c Or. r.tals decades,
unwcicdtlie trait** ? ties dp»n 1 their
... f • ail .has t;>
l ‘i = Stn *■-. - c on •. . i:
in- !wm*l * 1 m>- !.*».*•• »-• • s from com*
own trn- i- • -<t* r >k< s :id nii-'.ou
for white int n <*uiy a hi c t hina must
p'»i!©ss>;>itet n*» have :a> yoixis tosell
o k*e on t .-audio plat form it appears
loy cal that Ann- cuo>.should yet out
o China or sill* w their piy-tailed
cousins to enter the United States.
Colorado has dway- e joyed a pri
macy in hoi air yee.era i >n liut the
industry never tuned t > the produc
tion of.a volcano before.
LET SEATTLE REFORM
Seattle is much offended because
Alaska wants to trade with other
cities and the Post-Intelligencer roars
a defiance at Portland for trying to
interfere with Seattle's graft, affirm
ing that the Soun I city “does business
with Alaska by endeavoring to sell
Alaskans the kind of goods they want
at prices satisfactory to Alaskans."
If Seattle has ever tried to do that ii
has made as poor a stagger at the job
as it has at building a city ball.
Alaska want- to break Seattle's
| mouopoly ot Alaska trade for the rea
sons stated by the Oregonian in an
extract quoted by the Post Inlelligen
! eer. The;, are “that miners have
complained of the service between
Seattle atm Vaskan points; that part
>i the trad-' which Used to come
! to Seattle ha> been driven to San Kran
• see, and that tin* assay office scandal
-ileus, ies tin deling which Alaskans
.old against Seat! le."
Ii Seattle w aid do business on the
Po«: d ntelligenoer claims for
• Alaska would make no complaint.
It Kiev In- evidence of loyalty for a
,a'Wsi...to perjure itself fur its
.,wn hai it is questlonable w hether it
. i \ hi-i-'s the town. A !»••*f. r plan
| uuuid he tor tile Seattle pap, s <> nd
tli,' fact that its business met: have
. , <: \ iska as I’utimrmy tooks at
, e and admonish them
O.CLY AS.\S SQUARE DEAL
• • i;.!s b a ma ie of t h
v ' . a t trim Hallway »' rnpnny be
• v. > - is the meth d by ahie’u
: 1 ; - a! i> - < one >>ni it eaneu:
... , ti.. • met 0i»s.<Iruw.n by the yr< n*
mat" ’■ .i h theca tow ?
.. ■ -.van’s !•) scrap .1 insuiy
•? and !Lit XeUon ill one nijitlt.
■hubs van “do" Nelson, but after a
-,..a with cither of th"«e persons he
nvr I a ni^liiU s .-ep tie fore he can
ankle the other with safety.
Tvtft su\s China is in a stale of un
It n u-ets husv on a scale t«>
- : se a balance with the rest it has
. fur several thousand years while
.-r nations have hceti irotnjr forward
will create quite a fuss.
It Harry Orchard is a Pinkerton
■tective it would 1»C interestin,yf to
’ . i whether he helped assassinate
t.*v. Steunenher^- in order to catcli
he other fellows who took a hand in
Several thousand square miles of ter*
:ory used to be the pried of a German
si-simian -lain in China. I f the
■ vers keep up the rate the partition
■ i nu will soon he an accomplished
the press dispatches are handin’'
- ;h r.-al dope an awful smash of
.dna U duo at an curly date.
e •!> ry has the Koosevelt wed*
< n of! its bauds and can now attend
' ■ 'Uk.il in titers.
• u ..lay tl.'ill's I'ffi.sui to light Joe
i- ii iuis the suspicion that it
.. s sea ora! horse power to'drag hint
>a .ight unless lu> thinks he has a
■ licit on the decision.
Humbling is no doubt a curse and a
t'.sauce, but how is Congress going to
iV** liie prohibition of it in a front
r territory V
Any 'udy v.iiu ever lived in Seattle
will sympathize with the war on the
Sunset Telephone Company and all
its works.
A real inspection of the vessels run
ting out of Seattle would probably
put a majority of them out of commis
sion. __
Kussia makes sporadic efforts to
hold the center of the stage.
If ti e Chinese Biy Knife society I
yets too busy somebody may yo after
it with a bi.tr Ax.
Mrs. Mi/.ner is just learniny what
an expensive bov she took to raise.
Another man lias mysteriously dis
appeared in Seat It le.
Mow to lirow I dll
The phweian had devoted fouryears
I tu 111 ■ • study of human growth, lie
summed up hi' work in these words:
••\Ve east grow tall, hut it lakes {gen
erations. A In .lit h.. out of door life,in
i a pure, dry air, is the secret of gooci
! height.
"The people who inliahit the most
elevated regie' s are tailor than those
on the plains. The inhabitant' ot
! temperate, bracing climates are taller
I than the inhabitants of hot. relaxing
eountries. The drier a place is the
| taller it' people are. and vice versa.
••.Manufacturing and mining com
munities run to shortness. Agricul
tural and hunting and fishing commu
nities run to height. Kich families
I that go it. for polo and motoring have
t .ll children, while rich families that
i devote themselves to study or hard
I work have short children.
"It U net nossihle for a short man to
,iii in '<■ op to six feel. I Hit it is
___- fee him to run hi' grand chil
n - u up t.. 'ia feel."
V
li w
.> . Ciiiiiate Better and
: Cheaper Titan the
Willies
t - «. :•;»! Hag-dale, < Tient*
» . a ' *ii in t mi'li-Iiod,
a nr >vul nt ; h ('hin >e m> v
■ , ; ■ ■ hi J he It - ' ■ i . ' - ■ ' h.
... , fniij Is. ».«!. t l *n♦.
i e • •, Sisive e. subs:Me m . lot
.]} »I_. t v- iiieli 11 c i|t'i*aet autites
11■ * >v isi«i, . i.a e> .i *». \ *:
t ; u*t i'll irly into N uih ( iiina.
,'ii > > l ne Mortal km «•! i: ; ' ttml
la »■>;•> r> in tile ohl 111;■ s • i the \\ -
waM r> u i.(strict. a-hiee I lie eh.'" >1
tl." S'nt h .'\irieun war ii has been
,tn t.n i hat tii" ' .nply '! n;U ve KntHr
hie ,r v . ' insutreieut for the full tlev
tH!. mi oi the tuin. '. Ihiskith •!
i - : ( ; ■ :
the mill' amt litis always I suited 1(1
“Th. elinia1 * is’"0t >uii&l»le idr the
.. hite man as a laborer,
-Tie ■ . .Vin.; i' '<» •:T. at that,
to liv coney wit It
;Is ta ii\. t it ua ' !<■ ■••• sarv art*
much gts atet* than tl mining cou
• Itiioiis will 'tifv and the mines eou <1
not 1. work- 1. \Vhite nun working
for w ■ ' h ilied bj ! he r ■ i *s must
l(. content to live in such a mam . ;
’j‘ ‘in v 'itun imi*.me deyra ted, m>>
ill is*'.- -r* ' ice’. a: d h cor., a -.eriu*.'
social ne mice.
Ml has hrm piown jui in.|>o>sti»hii v
ii>r whit • and black labour r> to work
side l*y side.
“Indian hil>orcrs have been tried
without success. They are not good
miners, can do but a small amount of
work, and their strict rules oi caste
make it difficult to handle large bodies
of them inan alien country. V. hen the
mines wore re-opened, after the close
of the South African war, the schedule
of wages was less than before the war.
As tiie lack of labor became a serious
matter, the wages were increased in
the hope that the available labor
would increase. These hopes did not
materialize. The habits and instincts
of the Kaffir are the same as the other
natives of Africa. None of them are
workers beyond what is absolutely nec
essary fora hand-to-mouth existence,
hour or six months’ work in the mines
provides them with sufficient means to
live the remainder of the year. The
increase of wages instead of improving
the labor conditions had an opposite
effect, as the Kaffir could obtain the re
quisite amount of money in less time.”
I hey Know it all
When a bill granting an extension of
time to the Solomon iliver railroad at
Nome and also a rebate on the federal
license of *100 per mile was undereon
siderat ion in the House, one congress
man who was opposed to the hill de
clared that the road in question had
paid for itself the first six months after
construction. Another congressman
said it was the Seward road that had
paid such big profits and a third man
arose and explained with considerable
detail that both gentlemen were wrong
for it was the road running out of Val
dez which had been the money maker.
The first Nome papers since naviga
tion closed in October came through
on the Oregon. They are dated in
December. The November issues have
fallen by the wayside and only three
copies of the Nugget came through.
The News and Gold-Digger failed to
survive the wrecks and shoals of time
and postal miscarriage.
Aluminum is successfully used in
place of copper as an electrical con
ductor.
MIZNtR FAMILY
SPLIT ON MONEY
Take Separate Apartments Be
cause the Old Lady Refuses
to loosen Her Purse
Uy Cable to Tlio Dally Gateway.
New York. Feb. 1!* Wilson Mi/.ner
and his wife have disagreed because
she refuses to give up pari of her
millions to him. They occupy separate
apartments anil communicate by notes
carried hack and forth hy servants.
Mi/.ner says his wife will come to terms
soon.
It was announced when Mrs. Yerkes
married Mi/.ner that she had given
him a marriage settlement of $1,000,000
hut this was promptly denied hy both,
and subsequent events indicate that the
denial was truthful. It seems that the
youthful bridegroom depended upon
his winning way> to make his wife, de
liver the goods after marriage hut she
has proven more canny t han lie sup
posed her to he.
Cannot Molt! by Mere filing
“A claim Imldei* cannot hold a claim
01* location lor several years without
pci forming in any year the work re
quired, by simply going upon tin* claim
at the beginning of each year and do
ing a few hours* work, with no bona
tide intent to comply with tin statutory
requirement a* to the amount of wock
done. * ’ It i* against the policy
of tin* law. and a fraud against the gov
erniuent anil tile law, to bold quartz
claim* by merely doing a few dollar**
worth of work thereon at or near the
!>■ ug i»t i he war next following
the y« iron \\ liicli ela;:uant failed todo
tin liei’ossir work, when such work i*
ii, | comnier.eed with tile bona lido in
on of heuig continued till the lull
ale ,,inr is . Sv.\i iaiMir. si,) done,
i* a mi <■ nr< t« n*e rttd a sham, and will
lin or,‘Vetit tie rolocat on tor Want o!
:iece**ar\ ■.•nrk.” Supreme 1’ourl
t all forth a. Uc< '< i Itiick v. Baldtt ill, I'd
i/a:., 227, 22 u 27 l’ac.. 5)03.
Timbi r* used in mill foundation*,
tramway sills, head-frame sills, collar
u-et hafts, and in any place where
tic (iiiith**" wid be in contact with
earth, would b treated with some;
pee. rvat i- e. to p; \ eiit speedy decay.
At Munn slialts concrete i* built about 1
thy collar to t >• der the work perman
ent .
\ i u. as h'.rgi a* a man s fist was
brought into the city today from Fair
banks creek. Iv can.e f.‘»;u No. 7 above,
u,; ,e-(» uni e We ■: b h ban Larsen.
Wt.M vente n ami one-fottrth
, • ye>. :nd i* v.bm-dat *275 tin1 larg*
Uitind in I he Taiiana.
Fairbanks Ne ' *.
\‘» ’nii • c- rtain kuni* of dike rock may
i„. a fa \ ora hi1* : . be .. ion of ore, or lead
to 0.0. it! Mime ei*trict*. Mich as the
phonolite ami basalt dikes of Cripple
Ci ! ek di*trict, Colorado, this cannot
i.e laid down a* a law, tor in most
«, w'c*re phono!. •• ami ba*-;’i occur
id*.•where, no ore i* amwii.
The total number of reindeer in tin
district of Alaska approximates 10,241,
divided as follow*: .IJh.l belonging to
the government-. n.iHl the property o!
reindeer herders and apprent ices, and
2,127 that have been taken in out of the
wet by the zealous missionaries.
Concerning underground waters, the
general principle i* established that
underground streams are treated on
the same principles as surface st reams,
and such underground streams can be
appropriated and utilized, the same as
a surface stream.
The mines of the Rand made a re
cord output in the last month of 1005.
The Transvaal Chamber of Mines re
ports the yield as 431,504 line ounces,
worth $8,021,048. For the year the pro
duction was $101,850,000, an increase of
$24,000,000 over 1004.
Gold which is 750 line is worth $15.50
per ounce; 800 fine, $10.53; 850 fine,
$17.57: 875, $18.08; 000. $18,003; 020.
$10.ol: 030, $10.22: 050, $10.03; line gold
1,000 fine, $20.0718.
The crushing weight of dry yellow
pine is about 4.500 lb. per sq. in.
Wet and green timber is not nearly so
wrong a* dry timber.
It i* proposed to transmit electric
power from Sambesi falls of the Nile
in Central Africa to Johannesburg, for
mining operations.
The Alaska bismuth mine, forty
miles northwest of Nome, will be
opened next May and the iirst ship
ment made in June.
Ad electrolyte is a solution which is
decomposable, or is subject to decom
position by an electric current.
Borax is the most commonly used
ilux employed in melting #old obtained
in chlorination plants.
A tea farm in South Carolina last
year produced 12,000 pounds of ex
cellent tea.
The Oriental correspondents seem
to be getting tired of their war with
China.
Anaconda stock ran up from 110 to
298 between November and January.
THE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
We Purchase Gold Dust at Regular Rates
PETERSON &. BROWN, Proprietors
NORTHERN SALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
oard of Trad©
Fourth avenue, • * - Soward. Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
i Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
! New, Neat and Comfortable. F. V. THOMAS. Prop.
1
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; Smith & Clark, Proprietors
(Formerly Wallace »V Thompson.’ ]
- .iiiiiii — i i-wmr* i -.*■ n.’wwi** rmn ■ ■ ■»"■ ■■■ ■«> r" ■ ■ i th nr-1.. -«m-m ,
| F. C. HALE. President 0. E. DICKERMAN V cc-Prcs
BANK OF SEW ARC
| Tran act.-, a General Hanking business
i\V<* rivaiv >• <l.'j "iis. mi, ;u. i M'il <• s'huin'r. fund; a :«r.«l d.mi
du>t ami bullion: *n»ke'•«»?.* (•: ions. All biiMt.**** commit t«*t I to u»* rut* w o;
its" ae itrunir! aii*i r.n'i1!ui uM'-iUsr..
Your business is Solicited
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Commerce Cafe E LEV,N'H,n*“r
Open day and night. Private Rooms for Ladies
Banquets and Dinners on short notice a specialty.
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L. V. RAY
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Nelson I5U1. Washington St., Seward,
r. E. YOUNGS
NOTARY PURLIC
SEWARD • ALASKA
H. E. ELLSWORTH
Assayer
SEWARD - - ALASKA
W. J. STONE
Architect
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
I, 0.0. F. Relief Association
J. S. SLATER, President,
E. W. YOUNG. Secretary-Treas
Meets every third Sunday afternoon
in each month.
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C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Kmdneer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
*■ ..— ’■ 1 L
Seward Iron Works
JULIAN MOTT, Proprietor.
Engineers and Machinists -All kinds
of machinery repaired. Gasolene and
Kerosene Engines, Motor Boats, etc.
Shop on Waterfront, ber* Adams &. Wash, sts
| Rci>orts Ore Analysis
» on Mines
f
H. S. WATERMAN |
Mining Engineer
ASSAY OFFICE
Use of reference library and latest minimi
Journals free to mininu men
Office Fifth & Washington Sthkkts
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTiST
X. R. Cor. Fourth Arr.and Wu^l'inuton St.
SKWAHi) • - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTiST
Over Brown & Hawkins’ store
SKWAHI) - - - ALASKA
A. G. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNUNf
COLEMAN HOUSE
SKWAHI) - ALASKA
Dr. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Coleman Building,
office Hours—2 to 4. 7 to y p. m.
Residence with George Sexton
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue, - Seward. Aka.
J. L. REED
ATTORNKV-AT-LAW
Notary Public
Richards’ Bldg Seward, Alaska
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORN KV-AT-L AW
Suite 2-4. Carstens’ Building
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY 1‘UBLIC
SEWARD - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence—Carstens’ Build
ing, Fourth avenue.