Classified Advertising
/VOR SALE
An eight horse-power Pelton water
wheel, never been used. Just the
thing for a small mining plant or
electric generator. Inquire at the
Gateway. tf
FOR RENT
For rent two-room furnished house.
$15 per month. See Dougherty
Stewart.
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment
See Mrs. Cooper, Fifth avenue.
Small house, cheap rent. Madison 44.
Mail your letters at The Key.
Stamps for sale at The Key.
PROFESSIONAL
J. H. ROMIG. M. I).
Office on Broadway
Residence Third Ave.
Phones: Office. Adams 9o; Residence,
Adams 48.
I.. K. I'. I*. A L. It. C. S. Edinburgh.
L. F. P. A S.. Glasgow.
J. M. SLOAN, \1. 0., C. M.
- OVER OATEWAY
Offke Wour\. I to 3 and 7 to 8 f.
Kokmkri.t or Somk.
DR. 0. J. KEATING
DENTIST
Office over Hour*:
Bank of Seward 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Phone: Office. Mad. 76; Rea., Mad. 58
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTIL OFFICES
Stull Building
Office Phone Residence Phone
Adams 111 Madison 44
LEON C. BOOKER
attorney at law
Bank of Seward Building
Phone Madison H4
ROBERT SIMPSON
Juneau. Alaska
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
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Seward
1 1 Geo A. Mitchell
\Jl | IX Proprietor
t >pen Dav and Nijrhi
Phono Adams 119
Service- -Cleanliness
Private Hoses for Ladies or Parties
The Broadway Barbershop
For Courtesy and
Sanitation
Clean steam towel for
i each customer.
S. L. COLWELL
WINTER WEAR FOR MEN
f New Location
Brosiust & Noon Building.
Washington Street
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DOUGHERTY & ROMIG
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Houses for Rent Rents 1 ollected
Lots for Sale Large Listing
Phone Red 147 Seward Alaska
REWARD BAKERY
Phone Madison 82
Excells in Good Bakery Goods
Give Them a Trial
Seward Steam Laundry
, HARRY KAWABE, Prop.
fifth Avenue Phone Main 157
Best of Work—Latest Machinery
Work Delivered in 24 hours
Extra Charge
Rough Dry 10c a pound with flat
work finish.
Cleaning and Pressing_
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LOST MINE
LURES AN OLD
! TIMER BACK
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He’s Going After Gold
Found in Stampede
Years Ago
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Searching for “lost mines” in Al
aska almost rivals in romance the
hunts for the tablet! “treasure* isl
ands in the Pacific.
John D. DeFries, who operated |
placers in the Nome district and is I
interested in mining in Eastern Ore
; gon is the latest to join the ranks ot
the many who have already sought
“lost mines” in Alaska. He will
leave Seattle for the North in the late
spring, as soon as navigation opens,]
says the Seattle Times of last Sun-1
day.
De Fries floated down the Yukon
river from Dawson in an open boat
in li)00. He suit! he then panned the
Yukon river bars in several places.
Every tributary emptying into the1
great Yukon river system, he said,
carried a percentage of gold. He be
lieves that dredging operations after:
the government railroad is completed
so that heavy machinery may he
transported more cheaply, along the
Yukon river bars will produce morwj
golden w ealth than has been or will.
be taken from all the placer mining j
in Alaska.
(Jets Trace of Ireasure
It was on the Yukon river trip that
De Fries got trace of what lie believes j
will turn out to be rich placer dig-)
i pings. He is confident he has the (
right “dope.” Two men, strangers to
each other, he says, have furnished
him maps of the location, and one of
them is going along to stake his own
money.
As the story goes, it is much like j
the account of other lost mines. One
partner died and the other hna’lyi
made his way out of the wilderness
with a poke of coarse gold.
The fact that rich deposits of gold
have been uncovered in Alaska maxes
the accounts of ‘‘lost mines” all the
more tempting, and to the glamour of
romance adds a touch of possible j
reality.
One extremely rich claim, where the
gold seemed practically concentrated
from the whole surrounding district,
caused the stampede to the Kant
ishna. The owners were forced to J
guard the ground to keep stampeders
from “sniping” nuggets from the
surface. Gold found in a natural
, catch-basin caused the stampede to,
! the Chisana.
Possibly in Chisana
Some Alaskans now believe that
possibly the “lost out” of the upper
Tanana basin may have had its origin
in the Chisana. As the story goes,
two prospectors penetrated the Tan
ana wilderness before there was any
white settlement. One was killed by
the Indians. The other, though
wounded, escaped. He finally turned
up in Chicago with a strange story
and a pocketful of nuggets to verify
his story. He made a rough map
from memory and from that the lo
cation was thought to be in the vicin
ity of the confluence of the Goodpast
er anil Tanana rivers. The map made
by the prospector differed from the
subsequent government maps, since
the latter showed the Goodpaster
flowing into the Tanana from the |
south. The prospector’s map proved
j correct. Many of the early govern
ment maps were in error.
After Fairbanks had established its
' reputation as the center of a consid
i erable placer camp, and the country
had been thoroughly staked, one of
those queer characters peculiar to the
j Northland used to come to town peri- j
odically with enough gold to keep him
' in liquor for several months.
Cunning About His hind
No matter how drunk he might be- j
come, however, or how much he might
suffer from lack of stimulants after:
his money and credit were gone, he;
could never be made to talk about the,
origin of his find. He was almost un
cannily cunning on this point. Even
“trailers” soon gave up the idea that
he could be followed. Figuring out
! the time he was away each trip some
now believe that he may have antici
CAPE ROOMS PA A I I" Sherman Haynes
Pool and Billiards | _ /l Lfl V L Proprletor
Best Liquors and Cigars
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Lunch Counter in Connection
GLOBE TROTTERESS
AGEI) 83 WEEPS, NO ,
NEW PLACE TO GO
NEW YORK, Friday, Feb. 9.—Just
as Alexander wept because there were
no more worlds to conquer, so Mrs.
Sofia Howarth, 83, is sorrowing be
cause there is no oilier place in the
world to go.
When Mrs. Howarth reaches her
home in Los Angeles, some time this
month, she will have completed a
journey around the earth—with a few
side trips, such as a sleigh ride on an
Alaskan glacier and a boat trip on *
Chinese river—a total of more than
85,000 miles.
Mrs. Howarth arrived here from
Colon after a trip through the Pan
ama canal. She is tall and erect,
with piercing blue eyes, a firm chin,
and an unusually sweet smile . Mrs.
Howarth does not wear glasses and
has perfect teeth.
Mrs. Howarth began traveling
when she lacked a year of 80. Her
near relatives are all dead and she is
w ealthy.
pated the Tolovana strike by a few
years.
In the Koyukuk district numerous
“pots of gold” have been uncovered.
In fact, nearly every year an unusu
ally rich pocket is found by some one.
Most old timers remember the fabled
creek whose waters were said almost
to run gold, it was reputed to be so
rich. It was supposed to be at some
place in the great Koyukuk divide.
Many outfits were stranded on the
financial breakers looking for it.
Rich deposits caused the Slate
creek stampede in early days, and
later a few rich spots were found
near there at the head of Valdez
creek.—(Juneau Empire).
Butterkist popcorn for sale at the
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FOR SALE
The Town of Seward offers for sale
Lot 38 in Block 14, and the building
thereon for the sum of $1,000.00. The
size of said building is 24 by 30 feet
and has a furnace for heating.
Terms of sale, one-third down, one
third in six months and balance in
one year, 8 per cet interest on all de
ferred payments. For further par
ticulars see
O. H. POEHLMANN,
Municipal Clerk.
IT ALWAYS
MAKESGOOD
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
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Trusted and tested
by the trial of years,
is regarded by thousands
as the standard leavener.
Ask your grocer—1 lb. 25c
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wn.
Special Reduced
Prices on all
Goods
GEORGE
ffiJfMUB
SEWARD. ALASKA
Hotel Seward
Zbinden Bros. Prop.
Comfort and Hospitality at
. Moderate Cost.
511 Third Ave. Seattle Wash.
D. C. BRYANT I
Taxidermist - Tanner - Rugmaker
25 years practical experience
Animals, Heads, Birds, Fish set up
naturally and artistically
2132 Westlake Are. Seattle
LAUNCHES ON
KATCHEMAK
BAY WRECKED
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! Seldovia News Notes by
Correspondent; Herring
Season Was Prosperous
SELDOVIA, Jan. 15.—(Special
Correspondence)—Russian Christmas
and New Years was observed with
considerable ceremony and everyone
had a splendid time during masquer
ade week. Some of the costumes
worn and some of the advertising
stunts were very good, especially on
Judge Nordyke and Capt. Fillmore.
The pack of herring is about com-1
plete because there are no more liar- j
rels and salt at hand and the last
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count puts the pack at over 1,150 bar-,
rels. Some of the large barrels (220)
lbs needed only 260 fish to pack them
full. About half the pack has been
brought to Seldovia and is ready for
shipment.
The Northwestern Fisheries com
pany has purchased the Seldovia can
nery and repair work will begin as
soon as the weather moderates. Sev- j
oral additions are planned, which will
make the plant larger and more!
roomy.
‘Last reports from Homer, Anchor
Pt. and Port Graham, show everyone
well and they have spent most of the
past month staying inside and looking j
out at the bad weather.
It is worth going many miles to,
see 50 or 60 of the finest black and j
silver grey foxes in Alaska, playing,
in the snow, even if they are in large j
pens at the Anchor Pt. fur farm.
It is reported that W. A. Kellar in
1 tends starting a swamill in this vi
cinity in the near future. We need
the lumber.
The gale that came down on Dec.
20th at 2 a. m., was quite a surprise
to everyone. The launches Earl, Buf
! falo of Cordova, and Buffalo of Sel-;
| dovia, dragged their anchors and went
I ashore but got off without material
I damage.
The temperature dropped about 20,
degrees in about as many ntinutes. (
The herring fishermen at Halibut
I Cove had about a thousand dollars’
worth of herring go overboard but
as there was not more than 4 fathoms
of water, they dragged for them with
a seine and were short only five bar
rels in the end.
Two native boy hunters were up
Kachemak bay in the launch Fox.
ready to come in with a moose when
the gale struck and the launch wan
pounded to pieces on the flats, one of
the boys badly injured, but will re
cover, and they were nearly frozen
before they got a fire started.
The launch Ola, 26 feet long, an
chored near Sadie Cove with three
men aboard, dragged ashore and had
the bottom pounded out of her.
Parties in Seattle Vhave requested a
shipment of 20 tons of ore from the
chrome iron deposits at Port (hat
ham. The shipment will be forwarded
in the spring when the weather
better.
2 C. Kodak, Jr., Kodak $12.00.—
Seward Drug Co.
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• Fresh Butterkist popcorn at the
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We carry Symphony Lawn Station
ery.—SEWARD DRUG CO.
HENRY FATHERS
KX< T.USIVR
Paint and Wall Paper Store
Ficture Framing. Fainting. Tinting
und Falter hanging
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOC’TY
of the United States
H. A. GRIKR. Representative
Seward. Alaska
BRICK LAYING
Plastering and Cement Work
Fire box lining. Machinery bases
HARRY LEYTON
MILE 40 ROADtIOUsF
G. W. ADAMS, Proprietor
Dog Mushers Made Comfortable
All freight and express forwarded
from end of steel.
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ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
G. W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
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SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES:
WELLMAN CANNED GOODS TIP TOP EGGS
MARSHFIELD CHEESE
RED CLOVER BUTTER SPERRY’S FLOURS
AND A FULL LINE OF
HARDWARE
Stoves, Hay and Feed
No Better Goods Can Be Bought At Any Price
G. W. PALMER, KNIK, ALASKA
The Coleman Hotel
GEORGE SEXTON. Proprietor
Most Comfortable
Hotel in the City
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Local and Long Distance Phones
Modern Bath Rooms Rates Reasonable
SEWARD WATER anil POWER COMPANY
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager
Office* Bank of Seward Building
SEtVARP ALASKA
LOYAL ORDER of MOOSE
Meets every Friday night at 8 o’clock
. in A. B. Hall
M. A. HORN’ER, Dictator
F. R. BIGFORD, Secretary
TOGO CAFE
Commerce Cafe Bldg.
JACK U. TOGO
Proprietor
Open Pay and Night
Tray Order . Quick Service
Private Boxes
for ladies or parties.
Phone Adams 52
HOT and COLD
DRINKS
—at—
4% THE
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PHONE MATHISON 115
AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
A fresh supply arrived on last boat, also a big shipment of
EL FIRMA CIGARS
Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phone orders.
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
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H. V. HOIIKN __ *’• DAV’IS
ALASKA TRANSFER
H. V. HOBEN, Manager
COAL, WOOD and|CE
General Transferring. Phones, Main 17 and 41
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Open
°;r Day
LtiAooj and
Ni«ht
leo MARGULlO.mgr,.