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The Alaska Weekly Post
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BANK OF SEWARD, Trustee,
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LETS DO IT
Some people who never indulge in
dreams or the past time of building
castles in the air. are as a rule not loa
the to sneer at those who do. \et the
dreamers and the castle builders are
as a rule gifted with foresight while
those who sneer depend usually upon
their hind sight.
In Seward today we have the dream
ers and the castle builders, we also
have those who sneer at the dreamers.
We have the man with the willingness
to take a chance and those who never
take a chance. We have those who
have staked their all on the success
ful future of Seward and we have
those who don’t give a damn whether
Seward ever amounts to anything or
not.
We have men willing to take a
chance on a pair of dueces and those
who have taken a chance and quite a
few who would not take a chance on
winning a pot if they held four aces.
We have men who believe that their is
oil in the ground near Seward and we
have those who will only believe that
there is oil when they see it gushing
out of the ground. We have a Chamber
of Commerce that printed at one time
a little circular which contained a
glowing description of Seward and
who at a later date had printed a sup
lement to the little circular and the
title of this circular was “OIL/*. The
first paragraph is one taken from a
scientific article prepared by E. H.
Mathis consulting engineers of Cali
fornia, who spent weeks investigating
the oil prospects around Seward. Here
is the paragraph as it reads on the?
little circular^upplcment. “In view of
the oil indications noted, the facilities
here offered for oil prospecting ann
a ready market for the refined product
this field should invite early investi
gation and what have we done toward
investigating it?
Nothing absolutely nothing but
talk Why not act? Let me make a
suggestion that sounds very reason
able and after l have made it sit down
and think it over and then get togeth
er and *ee if you cannot figure, out a
lir.e of immediate action that will
^peeoily determine whether there is
or is n »t oil near Seward. Here is the
suggestion. You men and women who
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are vitally and sincerely interested in
the future welfare o<f Seward join
hands* on this oil question and pull to
gcthei with the same spirit with which
you would all pull a fire engine if one
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of your neighbors houses was threat
ened ' ith destruction by fire One 01
your visible assets is threatened by
outside capital. One of the re il ecn
creie tilings may soon be taken away
fiom you by men and women from the
outside who are willing to take a
chance.
Why sit idle when there is a simple
and speedy answer to the question,
“Is there really oil?”. Here is the an
swer. Get together anil organize the
Seward Drilling Company. Make it ;*
community affair. Issue twenty thous
and shares at $1.00 per share and
let every person in the city of Seward
buy as many as they feel they can
afford up to and including one hund
red dollars. Do not form the company
with tile idea that the drilling will be
affiliated with oil if oil is discovered.
Make the Seward Drilling company
just what the uame signifies. Noth
ing more and uotliing less. Kverbody
who is sincerely interested in Sewaid
will buy some shares anil in thirty
days from the time the company it
organized every share will he sold and
and the necessary equipment purchas
cd. Then start drilling where the gas
and other signs indicate oil. If oil i*
discovered well and good. Then the
Drilling company will continue tb
drill and charge for the drilling oi
other wells and the money it receives
will be distributed among each stock
or share holder in proportion to the
i number of shares he or she holds, un
til original sum paid by stockholder
shall have been returned. One suc
cessful drilling and the drilling comp
any would soon pay excellent divi
dents but even supposing the Drilling
company fails to discover the oil that
we believe to be near Seward would
not the chance he a splendid sporting
proposition. Just like sitting in a
friendly poker game where you had an
equal chance with the other players of
winning or losing. Yet the poker game
would appear to you all a mighty
tame proposition compared to the ex
pectations that you all would have aft
er a diamond drill had penetrated the
ground near Seward to a depth of 800
feet or more. Ye (iods people we have
a real chance if we will just get to
gether and take it. Think it ovey all
of you. and then for the love of Mike
get ycur heads together and figure
eat a speedy course of action. Not to
morrow or the next day but today. Do
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it now. Go and get it, it will never
come to you.
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Falcon Joslyn who has just return
ed from Alaska from the Bearing Riv
er coal fields, reports that the comp
any is constructing foil* miles of
planked road to get coal to Bering
Lake whence it can be brought on
barges to Cordova. The Cordova mar
ket is promised fifty tons of coal a!
day and it is expected that before mid
summer the Alaska Steamships and
the Copper River railway may be
burning local coal. Regarding the oil
situation at Ratal la Mr. Joslyn says
the greatest obstacle to opening the
oil pools is the present illiberal leas
ing laws, but he Is optimistic regard
ing development.
Bemember the Straw Vote Contest.
Col Alfred H. Brooks, geologist in
charge in Alaska, arrived in Seattle
Tuesday afternoon after a month
spent in the oil and mineral fields of
the territory. Colonel Brooks says oil
produced in the Katalla fields and re
fined there is the highest grade in the
United States. He says there will be
more drilling before spring on account
of permits and there are seepages in
various fields. The fields at atalla are
ucessible by water as they are adpa
cent to Controller Bay where wharves
can be put in. There has been consid
erable claim staking on the west side
of Cook Inlet near IUiamna Bay.
Boost Seward but Never Knock.
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V K K T P A li A G K A P H S
OF SENSE AND NONSENSE
CAUGHT ON THE FLY BY
“ THE HUMAN TOOTHPICK ”
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Holders
of Temporary Liberty Bonds ot the
1 iist, Second, and Third Liberty Loans
are failing to take advantage ol the
« pportumty to exchange* their holdings
ior Permanent Bonds bearing coupons
to maturity. Interest on these Tempo
ral y Bonds cannot be collected bey one
the number of coupons attached to
them and it is of vital importance to
those who bought f irst, Second, and
Third Liberty Loan Bonds to turn
them in for permanent securities.
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W hat's the matter with you school
children? Isn’t there a single one
among you. boy or girl, who can write
down on a piece oi paper, aii oi the
little happening^ of interest that oc
cur daily during your school hours?
There must be. Now it’s up to each
and every one oi you to select one ot
jour number who will do this at least
mce ev«*ry week and when he or she
has written them down have the writ
ing delivered to the Gateway so that
it will he published. Get busy all oi
you.
The newly married couple were
slightly peeved at each other. “Gee,
Clara, said tin* hubby, “you are a hum
cook. You don't make bread like my
mother list'd to make.’’ “is liiat so,’
replied his peeved better half, “Well 1
should worry. You don’t make the
dough my lather used to make.”
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
And the eorn is in the shock,
Ynd your eighty dollar overcoat,
Is hanging up in hock;
why you certainly wonder ifhat made
you squander all of your summer
wage.
AfP*r we wait ior a whole week and
twenty nine hours for a boat to reach
Sew aid* from the outside with a bunch
of people who can tell us the latest
news and we figure out by tie* regular
train schedule that the* boat won’t con
nect with the train ami that it will ne-!
cessitate a stay of a day or two in
Seward for the new arrivals whom we
would like to visit with, the powers
that control the train service decide to
put on an extra train two hours after
the boat arrives and rush all the new
omers away from us, without us even j
having time to say “How do you do.” j
Feel like swearing?
SEATTLE. Sept.. 21)— Alaska and
North Pacific Coast waters have yield
ed a salmon harvest valued at $(10,410, .
000 during tlu* present season. This ■
revised estimated pack was* compiled j
by the Pacific Canned Fish Broker’s |
Association, maintaining headquarters ,
in Seattle. The vast significance of1
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the 1920 harvest may bo observed bv
the fact that this estimated pack in
, volves a grand total of 6,055,000 cases
! containing 200,640,000 one-pound cans.
These figures represent the Rea
son's canning operations in the waters
of Alaska, British Columbia. Columbia
River and Puget Sound. Alaska comes
j to the front with the biggest pack—
4,22"'.000 cases. British Columbia can
neries packed 650,000 cases, while 180,
000 cases were canned on Puget
i Sound. The varieties of salmon canned
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in Western, Central and Southeastern
1 Alaska were as follows: Red salmon,
1,490,000 cases; Kings, 85.000; Cohoes,
| 110,000 cases; Pinks, 1,572,000, and
Chums, 967,000 cases. I
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FORTY PASSENGERS
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The Gateway, Special, south bound
: from Anchorage for Seward left An
chorage this morning on schedule
ALASKA NEWS '
JOHN SCOTT, PIONEER
SUCCUMBS AT WHITEHORE
John Scott, a pioneer of Alaska,
passed away at the Whitehorse hos- |
pital last week, after a long illness
Mr. Scott came to the Yukon witl
the gold rush a id with his brothc;
established a business at Carcioss.
when the railway reached thcr<
Alter a number of years he remove
10 Avola, B. C., and operated a cai
cle ranch. About six weeks ago he ,
and his wife went north to settle up j
some business affairs and he v;a. j
stricken with his last illness.
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Rev. Richard Decker of Nome and
Miss Florence Price of Tacoma were
married, the Rev. J. H. Condit o;
Juneau performing the ceremony.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce
recently adopted resolutions, urging
Congress to pass the legislation pro
viding for a bonus on the production
uf gold.
Earnest Azabruk Riley, a well
mown native of Nome who took pari
is a driver in the classic dog races
.here a number of times, died recent*
f
y at Nome.
Bonanza ore strikes, are being re
jailed at Anchorage by prospectors
.vho have been out during the summer,
itutes a report rece ived at tin* Alaska
iureau of ih'4 Chamber of Commence.
)ne of the latest J imis is that of b red
L. Davy, president of the Alaska
Tim4*4 Metals Company, from tin
ivushwitna district, where a i»< \v vein
; been opened. The samples brought
s as. rv S.n.udO in gold, 1100 ounces in
>iiv a and (j(> per cent copper.
Opl'mistV reports come from tlie
iCanti. liaa mining distrit t, whore? more
than 100 miners are working on p.o
j.ising prospects besides Li**4 one mine
Juai is being op. iad d. The Alaska
iYeadwell Company is employing lie)
men on new claims in the Kuskokwim
district.
Tim (luggenheims expect to take out
five million dollars next year with
their dredge oa Hunker creek. Lovett
luieh, turned down during the great
stampede, is new covered with pro
spectors. The Foity-Mile Dredging
arid Lower company has spent two J
million dollars in development woil: !
the past two years.
Charles Olteson, operating at Fun
ter Bay in southeastern Alaska, ha
made a fabulously ricji strike on his
property. The ore is said to run intc
thousands of dollars per ton and is
now being sacked ami carried to tid*
water for shipm *Pt. Tin* size of the
lead is not known.
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.Marking a new epoch in North cm j
mining development and representing |
the largest shipment ever sent out o. j
the Kuskokwim River District between !
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Seward Peninsula and the Aleutian |
Islands— a consignment of $150,000 in |
gold dust arrived in Seattle Wednes- i
day when the steamer Katherine C,
docked in port fiom the North. The
gold dust is being shipped into the
f tales by placer miners along the Kus
kokvvim River, according to advice re
ceived Thursday by J. L. Burnside,!
general agent in Seattle of the White j
Pass & Yukon Route and llie Northern
Commercial Company, which main
tains a number of trading posts in
4 hat territory.
Recent advices from Chat section
indicate a big increase in population
and an optimistic boom spirit. The
big gold dust shipment just releived
hero represents the pioneer | g of
placer miners panning the tributary
streams of the Kuskokwim. Between
4,000 and 5,000 tourists were handled
on the White Pass line during the
summer season, whicn breaks the re
cords of all previous years.
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time. The forty or more passengers on
the train will be fattened enroute by
the tasty food prepared in the buffet
car by J. Casey l^cDannel who has
returned after an absence of more
than a. week.
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We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations desir
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