SEWARD GATEWAY
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GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Kit to red as Second Class matter A u trust 24th.
' #, t. at the |H>stothce a? Seward. A.aska. un
der the Act of Congress of March S 1WV.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year tit Adtanc - * * 5300
Six Vonths “ ... 51.50
V’,as tern office 212 Alworth Huildintr, UHduth.
Min .csota. Chas. It Aske. authorised a~'-r,t
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. IMrt.
OiSlI WAY TO HELP THE FAIR
Kepresor.tutives of the Alaska
Yukon-l’acitie exposition are travel
ing through the territories which sup
ply the first two section- of the hyphe
a’ d name of that enterprise. 1 h:\t
they may -ucceed in awakening gener
al interest in the fair throughout the
north, that the people of Alaska and
the Yukon will exert themselves to
make the best po—iblo display of all
their resources, and that the exposi
tion may Ik* a phenomenal achieve
ment and consequent advertisement of
the whole North Pacific coast i- the
wish of every public-spirited man in
the north.
Some carping1 criticism of the exjK>
sition project has been offered by a few
Alaska newspapers and the charge
broadly made that it is simply an
effort of the city of Seattle to trade on
tbe Alaska name. That makes no
difference if Alaska profits by the fair,
:i- the territory surely will if it makes
the display of which it is capable.
Nevertheless Seattle cun quickly re
move a large share of the prejudice
against that city which will certainly
handicap the Alaska end of the expo
sition if it continues. For example
Seattle might reduce tin* wharfage j
rate of ,">0 cents a ton on Alaska ship-;
mi nts to the -•*> cents which Oriental i
cargoes pay. When the charge wa
sh-t made in the Alaska pres- that
Seattle wa- holding up Ala-xa for
double the wharfage rate paid by
other shipments the Gateway re
frained from publishing the statement
because it -«etned incredible. The
truth of the charge has since been as
lined through private source-.
It President Ghilberg anil Director
General Nadeau of the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific exposition come to Seward to;
b<x»;n the project they may Ik* assured
hat they will be asked in public meet- !
in g whether Seattle is willing to '
abandon all effort- to hold up Alaska ,
in return for general Alaska support j
of Seattle', e
—
When a man threw a bomb at the j <
) r.e Uusseli Sage because the financier ',
wouldn't give up the coin I’nele Ru»
held his secretary in front of him for
protection and the latter was maimed
for life but I’nele refused to pav dam
ages until judgment was obtained.
Wonder if he has anybody now to hold
between him and the tire.
fhe decision to ace pt ‘urge deposits <
of -over bullion at the San Francisco
mi t is doubtless due to the fact that
t }> ■ demand for bullion for subsidiary <
*•( •: » has been increasing for several
ears. Silver dollars are also being :
e« .ned to replace the silver certificates
ssued under the bullion purchasing
,K" Of
Seattle's anarchist scare is over. 1
Ti German government has released
\ugust Rosenberg and the yarns pub*
ished by the Seattle newspapers set-1
ring forth that the man had manufac
tured l>otnbs for all nations are fiied !
away in the archives of imbecility.
The drummer who returned a purse !
containing $100,000 which he found,
and received $10.00i) in mining stock a>
a reward will not know how much he
was paid until he tries to sell the
stock.
if Tom Watson goes back to the
Democrats he can explain that the
ierce arraignment of that party to
which he gave utterance in 1904 is
barred by the statute of limitations.
Kx-Governor Black of New York j
refuses the offer of a senatorship on a
platter at the hands of Platt and
< Well. He has had experience with
both of those i
The Russian revolutionists who are I
fixing a date for touching off the works
will probably invite the czar and cabi
net to attend.
Foreign aggression in Korea and
China doesn’t look so bad to the Japs
when they are running the game
themselves.
—
It was probably a helper who threw
bombs into the meeting of union
plumbers in New York to keep things
going.
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The Dutch may have taken Hoi-;
land but Wisconsin can’t take ’Herr
Diet/ although it is mostly Dutch.
The prosecution has kindly dismissed
the cases against the late Senator
.Mitchell of Oregon.
The Dowieites can always be relied
on to stir up a fuss in dull times.
THE DELEGATE ELECTION
The Gateway has been requested by
a Seward man to support Judge Mu
rane of Nome for delegate to congress.
The request is hacked by strong rea
son'. but similar reasons may be ad
duced in favor of Mr. Gale. Bx-Gov.
Swine ford and Judge Mellon, the other
candidates.
The Gateway lias given full and im
partial accounts of the nominating
conventions and has commented on the
' individuality of the several candi
j dates. But it is not a partisan organ,
and therefore has not taken sides. It
he! ev« * that the voters of Seward and
Central Alaska are far above the aver
age Amor., a i in intelligence and dis
crimination. Believing so, ii is will
ing to trust their good judgment in
giving their political v.ipport to candi
dates of their free choice.
Tiie 'pecial iuis>ion of the Gateway
is not to tie a | olitical organ, or a sec
tarian organ, hut a genuine newspaper
of tin* !: . host type, impartial, enter
pt ' i truth!.; . ants absolutely fair
to e wry body, every section, every
doctrine, and every shatle of belief or
disbelief. ^^^
i' I>ebs 'tarts a revolution in this
cour.tt;. it may distract attention from
the fuss in Kussia.
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES
AGAINST COL. GLASSFORD
Secretary Taft Retails Acting Inspec
tor-General Chamberlain to
hold Court-martial
A special from Washington in a re- *
j cent issue of the Seattle Times an-1
j t ounces that Secretary Taft has de-1
’tailed Acting Inspector - General
Chamberlain to go to Seattle and in-,
vestigate the charges that have been!
preferred against Lieut. Co!. Glass-j
ford, the officer in charge of the Alas
ka cable and land wires. The investi
gation i* to commence September 1..
The charge* include the suppressing
ami censoring of cablegrams, uttering
untruthful and malicious falsehoods i
for publication, prejudice and dis
crimination in the discharge of his
uati *. and making false reports to j
his superior officers.
Col. Glassford was partially educated
at the Annapolis naval academy, hut
was dismissed before graduation for
stealing examination papers. He then
entered the array as a private. On
the reorganization of the signal corps
he went to that branch of the service.
During the Philippine war he was for
a time in charge of the signal corps
there, hut a trial of one of the signal
corps officers, (.'apt. Hartmann, now at
Valdez, on charges preferred by
G’a**;ord, resulted in Hartmann’s
aquittal with honor and a severe
reflection on Glassford. Much of the
testimony given at the trial in sup
port of Gla>>ford’s charges turned out
to be false, and possibly perjured.
Governor-General Taft, the present
- m-.'tary of war. thereupon requested
th war department to remove Glass
ford from the Philippines, and the
order was i*sued. He was next as
■s aned to the Seattle cable office. Hi*
service* there have met with severe
criticism.
STEAMER OREGON ARRIVES
Brings 600 I ons of Cargo and Will
Sail for Seattle Tonight.
Steamer Oregon arrived in port from
Seattle Tuesday afternoon with 000
tor* of freight, fifteen cabin and thir
teen steerage passengers. She di.*
charged part of her cargo and sailed to
St-ldovia, returning to Seward yester
day evening. She is booked to sail for
Seattle tonight.
The Oregon had 541 ton* of steel. 120
tons of coal. 20 ton* of general mer
chandise.
A i'< g which had traveled round the
world w.t* sent hack across the chan
neffrom Dover until the owner could
get a license.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
August 3.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday HI 52 Cloudy
Sunday H2 53 Rain
Monday HO 50 Cloudy
Tuesday 50 52 Cloudy
Wednesday HO 50 Cloudy
Thursday 50 50 Rain
Friday HO 52 Rain
SEWARD STEAMERS
Oregon: in port: sails for Seattle 4th.
Bertha: sailed from Seattle 2t>th.
Excelsior sailed from Seattle 1st.
Portland: sailed for Seattle 24th.
Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 27th.
Toledo: sailed for Valdez 2tith.
Dora: sailed westward 8th.
Seattle headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes are
j cordially invited to have their mail
! addressed to themselves in cure of the
| Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
| tral Railway Company, Lumber Ex
change Building. Seattle, Wash., and
to make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
TANANA TRAIL
FROM SEWARD
(Continued from page 1)
weeks’ travel that they are almost iiu
j passable to heavy sleds.
When the railroad reaches Campbell
i Point heavy sleds can be loaded in
winter at the end of the track and
driven over a trail as smooth under
tin* snow as a city street nearly all the
way and without any heavy grades.
The distance from Campbell Point to
theTananu river, at the mouth of the
Nenana or Cant well, as it is called in
government maps, will be about .'US
miles: to Chi na MoT: to Fairbanks 307.
Although th*> total distance from
Seward will he somewhat longer than
the Valdez trail the road will he
much smoother, with no grades of con
sequence, and from the end of the rail
road after the track reaches Campbell
Point, much shorter. Consequently it
will offer much speedier and cheaper
travel than the Valdez trail, and much
heavier loads of freight can be carried
j over it.
An accurate description of this
prospective trail is given by W. G.
Jack, the well-known mining man,
and \V. G. Atwood, locating engineer of
the Alaska Central. Mr. Jack has
been over most of the route several
times and he and Mr. Atwood went
through once together. The proposed
i trail is practically over the prelimi
nary location of the Alaska Central
i and may he traced by the maps of the
Blakely survey party, recently com
pleted.
Follows Railroad Line
From Campbell Point, the end of the
| land harrier between Turnagain and
Knik Arms, the trail will follow close
! iy the located line of the railroad to
j Knik. 14!' mile> from Seward. This is
nearly level and close to tidewater all
| the way. From Knik a good trail
across a level stretch of country is
already in use to the Susitna river at a
| point a little above the mouth of;
Montana creek. This trail follows the
preliminary survey of the railroad, and
then will proceed up the Susitna on
the ice. The distance to the Forks
from Knik is H1 miles, or 230 from
Seward.
Another trail leads from Knik to
Susitna Station. .'17 miles, and from
there tin* traveler can proceed on the
ice. but the distance to the Forks by
that route is 00 miles, and Mr. Atwood
says the trail over the ice is scarcely
smoother or more level than across the
level stretch to be taken by the rail
road.
From the Forks up the Susitna. In
dian creek, and the bench along the
Chulitna to the summit of Broad pass
is 210 miles from Campbell Point, 1M
from Knik. From Broad pass to the
mouth of the Nenana or Cantwell is
ins miles, or 274 from Knik, 318 from
Campbell Point. From the mouth of j
the Nenana to Chena is 3!> miles, and
to Fairbanks 4!> miles. All the dis
tances are from the surveys of the
Blakely and Baldwin parties of the
Alaska Central engineering corps.
Choice of Two Routes
Mr. Jack thinks a better route would
be to follow the Chulitna on the ice
from tin* Forks as far as the big bend
where the river comes in from tin*
westward, and then to go through the
open country to Broad pass, but he
admits that this route would be at
least ten miles longer and Mr. Atwood
-;,ys the railroad survey from Indian
creek is over a route almost us smooth
a> the river ice. The trail he pro
poses would be on the ice up to the
point where it leaves Indian creek.
Along the Cantwell is one canyon
with rapids where the ice is rough
and Mr. Jack thinks it would not make
a good trail. Mr. Atwood thinks
differently and points to the fact that
the Baldwin party of Alaska Central ;
engineers came over it last winter.
Mr. Jack says the benches are some
what broken and that a few rough
bridges across ravines would be neces
sary. This is only in the canyon.
Down the canyon to the Tauana river
the trail would be on the ice.
A fair trail can be obtained from
Indian creek, at mile 88, whenever the
railroad reaches that point. A trail
already runs up Indian creek, over the
divide and down Kagle river until it
merges in the beach trail on Knik
Arm. This is at least ten miles shor
ter than the beach trail but involves a
hard climb, though not us steep as
that over Crow creek pass, the present
route to Knik. It can be traveled now
by horses but teams have to be doubled
on heavy loads. It cannot be reached
by horse-sled until the railroad grade
cuts a route through the rocky cliffs
on the north side of Turnagain Arm as
far as Indian creek.
When the railroad reaches Indian
creek the enormous traffic which now
goes over the Valdez trail to the 1 an
ana will be diverted to Seward be
cause the Seward trail will be so much
easier to travel. This trade, including
the purchases made in Valdez, is now
worth several hundred thousand dol
lars a year and is steadily increasing.
Mrs. J. S. Campbell has opened a
first-class restaurant at Glacier creek
mile To) and is prepared to furnish
meals at all times to travelers as well j
as residents.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
• DENTIST
Rooms 2. 3 and 4
A. B. DRUG BUILDING
SKWARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Ilrown & Hawkins’ store
SKWARD - - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and reHldcncc: C'arsten's building
Office hours :3 to t i>. m. and when not other
wise emrinred.
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Shawhan Hid, Washington St.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Add res Seldovia, t'ook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
attc )rn ky-at-law
Next to Hank of Seward
SEWARD. - * ALASKA
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD - - ALASKA
W. J. STONE
Architect
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Engineer
11. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to minim; and town
property furnished Examination and
reports made on any property.
SEWARD - ALASKA
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
SEWARD CAMP NO. 21
Meets every Saturday evening at 8:30
in Kenai club rooms over Commerce
restaurant.
C. H. Gibbons,
Arctic Chief.
G. Nokdy'ke
Arctic Recorder.
Seward Water & Power,
Company
JOHN. A NELSON. Manager
Office—1Third and Washington streets
Fraser's Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB HOOMS IN CONNECTION
M. N. FRASER Fourth Ave. and Washinoton St.
FOR SALE — Complete hydraulic
plant consisting of 1500 feet of pipe. 40
boxes, derrick irons, cables, blocks,
cast steel winch—capacity ten tons:
blacksmith outfit, 5000 feet of tlume
lumber, etc., located at Rainbow
creek, north side of Turnagain Arm.
M. E. Davis, Hope, Alaska.
COOK INLET & SUSITNA ROUTE
Steamer Neptune connects at Seldo
via with all steamships for points on
Cook Inlet. Transfers to steamer Cas
well at Tyoonok for Susitna and Yent
n:t river points, carrying passengers
i and freight.
For rates and further information
! applv on board steamers or to
E. A. SWIFT,
* Tyoonok, Alaska.
THIS WAY TO COOK INLET
The Cook Inlet Transportation Co.
sells tickets and forwards freight from
Seward, via Seldovia, to all Cook inlet
points and all points on the Susitna
and Yentna rivers, via river steamers
Minx and Yentna and the Woolsey
Transportation Co., and packtrains on
the Susitna and Yentna rivers.
,J. J. McManus, a^ent. Seward.
Office with Kenai Lumber & Fuel Co.
SWloch JUST
Smart
Clothes
= ARRIVED
THE
LARGEST STOCK Of
HATS AND SHOES
THAT EVER LANDED IN SEWARD
HATS of the very latest styles
and shades. SHOES, the kor
rect shape, at
CLAYSON
Cigar W
THIS ^ WEEK
The very best brands kept in moist
glass cases -Always fresh and in
good condition See our window.
A.B.DRUG C°
SEWARD, ALASKA.
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KNIK TRADING CO.
KNIK O. C. HERNING, Mgr., ALASKA
Provisions, Hardware, Clothing, Rubber
Goods, Camp Outfits, Boat Supplies,
Lumber, Shingles,
LARGE OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Horse Trails and River Boat Connections to the McKinley
Cold Fields Coast Prices.
THE LOUVW
EIDSON &. DOBSON Proprietors
A Gentleman's Resort. Cold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
NORTHERN SALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE. Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
■ ■ i ■ 1 1 "iUE
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK &. CO.
0
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
WAGNERS PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
A Good Time and Right Treatment for Everyone
SEWARD CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CO.
Manfacturers of Concrete Building Blocks, Belts, Cornices
Caps, Cement, Chimneys, etc. General Contractors in all
Branches of Construction
Offices: Fifth Avenue, near Adams Street - - - Seward, Alaska
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector’s Outfits—High
est Prices Paid for Furs....
Knik P. O. Alaska
> \
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye
Bread and Porapernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Proprietor