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GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
KnW*r»'<1 »■* second (’lass matter August Tit.
#M. at the postontec »t Seward Alaska un
der the Vet of E’onu'ress of March H. IS7V
SUBSCRIPTION It AVI S
On* Year ill- V tTai'c< $3 00
Six Months 51 50
Riislpcn office •.'I.' A! worth M.tildinj:. I’ i!u 1>
Minnesota Ohas H Aske authorized a.a tit
SATUUIVW. DKfK.MliKK -l ,Mi
SWELLING CABLE TOLLS
'Hu s _nai -erviee l»un uti has ae
cmiipl.six t ;t triumph in finance
rivcni'V by tdig au elevation of •>>)
per ivt.? on o (.] • tolls Upon spirit 1
tn-s- --A.tgi s to Alaska new sp.it ops.
f Vrhao- Hi- w is to discourage tin
.unUd,! A!:i"k i miners from retting
-t» cu* messa..' inasmuch :t> military
wisdom eh ml Mv left the combined
t i:,. u the naper- undisturbed. It
•ua\ i.e that tin* government needs
• Jus »>vira money ii» pay flit* interest on
•he Urn* s •>; tne Philippine railroad
which i' has guaranteed. or to nttisc
•he kindergarten republic in t uba.
Alio*tier token of tho profound tnett
*1 e!l ft t-vpenci'-d upon the schedule
• >f press to;!- is the eharge ***** m,s
sages iietween Alaska towns inlet
arhis Ah tska.. to put it in »hat
•Jlaekstotte would eal! hatlmrotts law
attin. \v bother the government fears
• hat a conspiracy against tin republic
nuy b.- concocted among the Alaska
papers before the war department ean
near ot i* if all news is not traits*
mitten to ■Seattle for censorship be fore
t is e-tven circulation through the
awful darkness oi tne Arctic nirht, i»t
’ was sagei v figured that really im
portant messages will go anyhow and
thereby aid in the endowment of the
profit side of t he cable ledger, is
difficult to determine by mere guess
ing, but tin* indubitable and inscruta
ble fact remains.
Wherefore it comes to pass that u
message can be transmitted from
Sitka to a Seattle paper, even at the
advanced special rate, anil then wirtd
back through Sitka over all Alaska by
fto generalissimo correspondent at
Seattle at lesser aggregate cost than
•he special tolls from Sitka to another
Alaska tow n.
It is to be hoped that no more ideas
concerning Alaska cable tolls will
germinate in the otticia! intellects of
'he signal ser vice. The table of press
tolls compiled by Col. (I lass fowl offered
large opoortunit.v for unflattering
comm cut Col. Chamberlain tarried a
few* da vs in Seattle anU w'ucn tie inked
back to Washington the rates were
given a boost, if Ceti. AllonJ^hp.nld
take a day off to study the subject
rhen i- no telling "hat may happen.
Then ii Secretary Taft should notice
the ruinously [uw charges in vogue he
may slum the figures another
notch, oi.l p after that . the slate
should .'atcl th« eye of the president
and he should conceive the notion that
the Alaska cable sorvic * is bringing
‘he government to poverty he may
*wing the big stick at the special
rates and >rtn r that tin commercial j
tariff levied upon the news.
Perl taps the time may come when
official persons will relied and under-!
stand tuat >w cable tolls upon press!
messages i e not a beneficence to the j
newspaper* hut a just consideration to 1
the people of the territory which pays
the government more money than it
costs. Kvery paper in Alaska is buy- j
ing all the cable news it can afford
and if press tolls were cut in half
every on * would take twice as many 1
words and give its readers twice as
much news.
Taste* differ in the matter of cele
brating Christmas. Some people stay
at home, give presents to their folks ,
and have a good time in a quiet way.
Kegular army soldiers stir up riots,,
occasionally kill one of their number
or somebody else, while a whole corn-j
munity in the South engages in a race
war. It is all a matter of taste and j
why should any laxly try to compel the
other people to observe the day cn
his plan?
The Alaska steamship trust is busted
ami the busted trust says internal!
strife caused the trust to bust. How
ever the bust was announced a few
days after the news came that the
attorney-general had decided to send
an agent to Alaska to investigate the
charge made by a grand jury at Juneau
that the steamship trust was engaged
m a conspiracy in restraint of trade.
w—m—mmm—m— mmmmmm
It was l*' above zero in Atlanta,
Georgia one day this week, which
serves as a reminder that the lowest
temperature in Seward thisseason was
4 above.
The condemnation of Admiral Nebo
gatoff is a reminder that Russia is on
the map. The Russian revolution is
dead and furnishes no more news.
Alaska will not object to any dispo
sition of the perennial Wickersham
ease if they will only settle it.
THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY.
The dream of militarism is world
wide conquest: while that of an en
lightened civilization i* world-wide
peace. Mr. Maxim is reported to have
-aid of hi* gun, "It i* the greatest
peacemaker on earth."' He i* mis
taken: it brings, not peace, but fear.
Today \vc celebrate His birth whose
j advent was announced from heaven by
! the cry "1’eace on earth, good will to
i mcnr Horn in a room tilled with
j cattle, humble and common in life,
an t di-graent by the death closing hi*
hi ief life!
Yet strung, as it may seem, -acage
u;>; civ ilized lay down their weapons
i a* His teachings become pact of their
lives. What peculiar power doc- lie
i manifest to bring about thi* change/
| It - -t ited in part of hi* reply to a
question asked by a lawyer. " I lion
j-li.iM love th. neighbor a* thyscif.
M\, ;unv the view-point change* when
! i -. hrough hi* cy c*!
Th message of the day i* peace; it is
-<:n , it i* painted, it i* typified in
: iivhitecture and in sculoture. It
I thrill* through tin* occasion; still,
! though we multiply on every shore the
givuto*! gunboats and darken the
and with an army like ants on an ant
| hi !. we shall have only fear, distrust
uni t, nor. for man’s hand is raised
against his neighbor.
The teaching of Hhrist t* the only
-n ation of strife among men and
I among nations: and mere will he no
! world-wide peace* until tin* tuition*
I practice tin* Holden Huh*. \\ hen that
time come* the angels of the heavenly
• hob w 11 \ o in sublime music a*
they sing again
"Pe te • on earth."
I* H. P.
(': main 1*. 11. Mason of tin* steamer
Portland i> reported to be putting in
most of his waking moments at the
ideas tag task of knocking Seward.
May be that was what he was keeping
bn>y at when the .Teanie. of which he
was then master, rammed and sunk
the Oi.x. Or possibly he is keeping up
his hammer tattoo to drown the fire of
comments in Seattle on the .Teanie s
share in the disaster.
The press correspondents are vague
ly hinting at coming events in the1
Wickersham case. They don’t know
anything about it but if they guess
right they will say they knew it all
the time but were forbidden to tell.
Hoyt's report is one of those docu
ments that are not tipped off in ad-j
vance by officialdom.
The news comes from Seattle that
the Washington state tax commission
proposes a bill for the taxation of pub
lic service corporations. which seems'
to imply that the said corporations
have not been paying taxes.
An Irishman is to be British ambas
, ulor at Washington. The country
breathlessly awaits comments from '
Morphy, O’Brien and Casey.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Wentlmt record for the week ending
December 29:
TKMI'KRATI'RK.
Max. Min.
"Mid; .34 16 Snow
Monday .36 .34 Rain-snow
J'uesc:/ 35 31 Rain-snow
AVunsday 14 2«> Cleai
riiursday 21 25 Pt cloudy,
Friday 2b 17 Clear-wind \
Saturday 15 14 Clear!
SEWARD STEAMERS
Portland; sailed for Seldovia and Ko
liak 28th.
Saratoga; sailed from Seattle 25th.
Jeanic: sails from Jeattle 29th.
Pennsylvania; sails from Seattle 1st. !
Santa Clara: ".ails from Seattle 8th.
Bertha: sails from Seattle 10th.
Shelikof: sailed for Seattle 14th.
Bora: sailed for Pnalaska 15th.
MRS. HARRIET KNIGHT
DIES IN SEATTLE
By Cabla to TUe Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Bee. 24 -Mrs. Harriet j
Knight, mother of Mrs. Frank L. j
Ballaine, died yesterday.
Mrs. Knight was wellknown in
Seward. She lived here with Mr.
Ballaine s family for a year, from the
late summer of 1905 until last August.
Her health was then much impaired
by a stroke of paralysis. Early this
month she suffered another attack and
it was thut which caused Mr. and Mrs.
Ballaine to sail for Seattle on short
notice, or the Saratoga.
Steve Rowe and Joe LeClair will
start for the Yentna after the holidays
to work mining property belonging to
them and to Wallace and Thompson.
LeClair has been inside since last Feb
ruary. coming out as soon as winter
j travel was possible.
If you want a free sample copy of the
most progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
to Mining Topics, 64 Fulton street,
New' York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field. *
FIREMEN’S BALL
A BIG SUCCESS
Everybody Had a Good Time and
the Financial End Was
a Winner.
Tin* only iliinywrony with the tire
men's hall Christmas was that Moore s
hall was too small for tin* crowd.
When people tried to dunce they
couldn't iimvi without bumpiny some
holy and tin* walls were lined ail the
ti ue with people who hankered for a
d mee hut couldn't see any vacant
place on the floor where they could put.
t icir feet. The money end of the
i all a i r w as a winner and the social suc
cess was reflected in bcaminy faces of
j all ayes.
The entrance tickets netted about
i si'on. The rallies picked up about
| $100 more. The ladies who sold the
rutile ticKets did :t land oilier business
j by assuring everybody that only smtill
numbers writ* in the boxes and they’
did not lose any money hv the short*
ehaienn*1, svste n. It was all in the
j ^ ‘ # ^
play and everybody was satisfied. ’I lie
I raffle tickets that were not disposed of
I at private suit* were auctioned oil.
The prizes were disposed of by hav*
iny a child draw numbers from a hat.
The list is too long to publish hut tin*
people who won said they were ylud of
it. especially George Bourkhaert, who
captured ilu* yold double eayh*. and
Neil Sexton, who yot tin* biy cake on
the 1 cent ticket. He complains that
tin* lady who sold hint the ticket yavc
him no change out of a nickel.
In tin* children’s ticket selling con
test Kenneth Irvine and Marcia Shank
land were tied for tirst place with
forty-nine each. Esther Korth was
third with thirteen. Kenneth let the
yirls have tin* tirst two prizes and took
the third.
Madam Grace A. Harris and Mrs. E.
E. Hale sany a duet and Madam Har
ris a solo. playiny the accompaniment
herself.
BALL NETTED $265.65
Committee Issues Statement Show
ing Receipts and Disbursements
The committee >n charge of arrange
ments for the firemen’s hall today
made the following financial statement
of receipts and disbursements*.
To sale of tickets. *300 <*)
Marcia Shankland.*4!) 00
Kenneth Irvine. 40 <»<»
Ksther Kort h. 15 00
Doc Day kin . 11 00
Bank saloon. 10 (to
Palace saloon. 10 on
Commerce saloon. 2 oo
Seattle hat*. '* 00
Fred Wagner. 5 00
Branch saloon. lo oo
Board of Trade. 2 00
Northern. 10 00
Louvre. 0 oo
A. B. Drug Co. 0 00
Sold at door. 10 00
To rattle of $20 gold piece. 48 45
To rattle of tire extinguisher. 40 50
To rattle of cake and turkey... 15 15 '
(’ash donations:
Kenai Lumber & Fuel Co. 5 00
Seward Water it Power Co— 5 oo
Coleman House. 5 00
Bank of Seward. 5 00
J. Hatfield. 5 00
S. L. Colwell. 2 50
Total. *557 15
Disbursements
Music. w
Hull. 10 00
Mrs. T. I). Corlew, ribbon- 1 00
Brown & Hawkins, lemonade. 7 00
A. B. Drug Co., floor wax,
candy, envelopes. 5 50
Labor. 2 50
Committee, placing tickets in
saloons. 2 o0|
Incidentals. 4 00 j
Cash prizes. 25 001
Total.*. 71 50
Cash balance. 265 65]
Photograph Cow at Saloon Bar
The next thing in souvenir postal
cards locally will be pictures of a
spotted cow drinking over the bar of
the Northern saloon. She could not
manage a glass so Joe Quinn held
a bucket for her. She drank
plain water, not seeming to care for
the colored liquids. The boys had
j considerable trouble coaxing her in
side and as much more getting her to
] pose while O. W. Kennedy took a snap
shot. _ __
Mines of Quicksilver
Quicksilver is found in only a few
sections of the United States, and most
largely in Texas. The deposits in
that state are situated in the extreme
southwestern part of the state in the
southwestern corner of Brewster
! coutnv, about 300 miles southeast of El
i Paso, about 100 miles south of the line
of the Southern Pacific railway, and
from seven to fifteen miles north of the
Rio Grande. They lie in three areas,
known respectively as Terlingua,
Study Butte and Chisos districts.
!dr. c. l. hale
DENTIST
Over Hank of Seward
SKW A III) - - - ALASKA
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORN KY AT-LA W
i Fourth Avenue. - Seward. Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATT< >UNKY-AT-LA W
Slutwhan Hid. Washington St.
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORN FA' - AT - LAW
iShawhan Huildiuj. -:- Seward. Alaska
H. S. WATERMAN
MINING ENGINEER
Assay Office. Valdcx. Alaska.
Gold - - - 'M-Vl
Gold nnd Silver - - -a**
Goi'Per - - - t..jO
| Gold. Silver and Copper
Reports and examinations of mine..
Cash should MTompnny all sample.
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO.
41 Ldnglry St., Victoria, B. C.
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Popular Prices — New Management
Central Location—European Plan
Greatest Cate and Bar Service in the City
Wilson <t White Co.. Prop. Chas Perry, Mgr
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres Seldovia. Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or Caere Mail Acrent, Steamer Dora
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs.
KnikP. O. Alaska
Qjmp 49 Roadhouse
I’i nspectors and other travelers
will find t his a comfortable .place
to stay. Half mile from railroad
terminus, on trail to Turnagain
Arm and the interior.
Information Bureau.
"troy RAND LAUNDRY*,
Don’t worry c.hout your flannel '
shirt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
Next to Moore's Mall Fifth Ave. Seward i
----
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue. Seward.
BILLIARD AM) POOt TABIES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Friday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
t. L. WHITTtMORl, Proprietor
^mmmm—_____—
Fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB HOOMS IN CONNECTION
h. M. FRASER Fourth Ave. and Washlnoton St.
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye
Bread and Pompernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Proprietor
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
SEWARD CAME NO. 21
Meets every Saturday evening at 8:30
in Brotherhood rooms in Commerce
building.
J. L. Reed, J. J. McManus,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief.
i PACIFIC COAST TRADING
==COMPANY=
- lie sure, before buying your
1 SHOES
m To take a look at our stock of fine ones just received. Also
Shoe Packs, Rubber Boots, and the finest line
of Men’s Shirts in town. -
And in regard to Outfitting, will say for the benefit
I of the stranger that would like to know who does that busi
ness in Seward, and the best place: Just ask the first man f|
g you meet on the street after arriving and he will toll you a
just when* to go. Our customers have P mfidenee in us,
I and therefore wo are willing to abide by any decision they
T. 1). CORLEW, Mgr.
I KNIK TRADING COMPANY I
O. G. HERNING. Manager.
PROVISIONS, HARDWARE, CLOTHING, RUBBER 8
GOOOS, GAMP OUTFITS, ETC.
PROSPECTORS OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Outfits moved from Knik to Yentna and Tokashitna Districts at
reasonable rates. You can secure your outfits for Feb
ruary delivery by advancing
25 Per Cent. I
Mail your order, with deposit, to the KNIK TRADING CO. at
once for reservation.
P. S. Yukon Sleds and Pit Saws sold out.
TINNING PLUMBING
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery.
Miner’s Conveying Hose and Tents
STOVES AND RANGES
GRANITE AND TINWARE
J| Q Ji ICTE? Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska
• ■■■• Prompt attention given mail orders
Board of Trade
Fourth Avenue, • • Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. f. V. THOMAS, Prop.
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
The Seward Transfer
Cloninger & Knoche, rianajfers
Piano and Furniture Moving a Specialty, Orders Taken for Wood
(Orders left at Richards & Co. will receive prompt attention)
THE ALASKA TRANSFER*
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER BROS., Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved s»«ci.i.tt«-ii.,ni.cu,Tr..;c
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward,Alaska
Merry Christmas to All!
To the Ladles, Gentlemen and Children:
You are all invited to call and see our stocks of No
tions, Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods for ladies and gen
tlemen. We have the most complete line of Ladies’ Purses
ever brought to the city, and a variety of Notions from
which to select a present for any one.
And don’t forget that we have a fine line of Groceries
of all kinds—everything good -for Christmas, and at low
prices, also. Tobaccos, Cigars, Pipes, Etc. Cigars by the
box cheap. _
Seward Commercial Co.
White House on the Levee