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VOI.. I SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1908 NO. 20
FIRE DESTROYS
MINING TOWN
Rawhide Is W iped Out and Sup
plies Are Being Rushed to the
Hungry and Homeless.
uy cable ae Daily Gateway.
Reno, New, Sept. 5—A tire broke
out vesterdav in the minin'? camp
Rawhide which the inhabitants were
powerless to check. The tlames swept
on unimpeded and totally destroyed
the town leaving the people homeless
and wholly without shelter or food
supplies of any kind. The people have
plenty of money, but there is nothing
to be purchased. All the cities
throughout Nevada are collecting and
rushing supplies to the burned district.
Aa soon as supplies can be obtained
and material for construction, the city
will be rebuilt.
Rumors in Bunches
Rumors anent the Reynolds-Alaska
Development Companies are ricochet
ting around town in large bunches
these days. Every one ‘‘has just
heard'’ something and it is a poor man
who cannot add something new to
what has been told. So far, however,
the only news of authentic nature is
that certain persons of the east have
wired to Valdez asking for informa
tion as to the present physical condi
tion of the railroad, how much dam
age has been done by the glacier
streams, what material is on the
ground and other questions of similar
character. Those of this town who
will be in a position to know definitely
when anything is to be done are as vet
in the dark as to future intentions on
the part of the stockholders.—Valdez
Prospector.
Berry Excursion
Dr. D. H. Sleem, Mrs. Revelle, Mr.
and Mrs. Pedersen and family went
aboard Dr. Sleem's launch, Nebula, at
an early hour this morning. The sun
had scarce risen over the hills before
the party were well out in the bay.
They were on their way to some spot
where they could effect a good landing
and spend the day in gathering ber
ries, taking photographs and having a
generally good time.
Methodist Services
Preaching at 11 o'clock a. m., and 8
o’clock p. in. Sunday school at 12:15
o'clock. Everybody is cordially in
vited.
L. H. Pedersen, pastor.
Try the Neopolitan Ice Cream at
Ellsworth’s tomorrow. *
The best of everything to eat or
drink at The Palace. *
Window Shadesat Hofman’s. *
FLEET SAILS
FOR ALBANY
American Battleships Quit Mel
bourne Witnessed by Large
Crowd of People.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Melbourne, Sept. 5—The visit of the
American fleet of battleships at this
port was concluded this morning after
! a series of entertainments given by
I the citizens and city officials. Under
; command of Rear Admiral Charles S.
i Sperry the fleet steamed out of the
j harbor in magnificent array and head
j ed for Albany 1,500 miles to the west
ward. Every available space for
sightseeing was occupied, and fully
500,000 people witnessed t lie depart
I ure of the fleet.
Rubies Bring $5 Each
Nome—H. A. Ring, one of the most
active mining men in the Port Clar
ence district has returned from Europe
and reports that lie readily disposed of
3,000 rubies flicked up on iiis claim oif
Gold Run creek last summer for a
satisfactory price.
He asserts that experts in England
and Germany declared the rubies equal
to the best gems taken from the mines
! of India or Brazil. Of the 4,000 which
he collected and brought to Europe
i with him, more than 3,000 were cut by
an expert lapidary and commanded a
ready sale at an average price of $3
each.
Mr. Ring intends to make a large
collection of these stones and also dis
cover the source from which the rubies
were shed.
Gold Run is about 100 miles north of
this city.
Fire Drill
The (ire drill last evening was not so
well attended as the former drill.
The men were not in their regulation
hats and possibly that is the reason
why they could not enter so fully into
| the spirit of the drill.
Chief Hofrnan stated that he had
learned, when too late to change the
time, that many of the men were else
where engaged and consequently were
not able to attend.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha; sailed for Seldovia 3rd.
Pennsylvania; sailed from Seattle 31.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 24th.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 27th.
Yucatan; sailed for Seattle 2nd.
Meet me at the Branch. *
You can get anything in the drug
line at the Seward Drug Co. *
We sell our Eastman Kodak goods
at list prices. Seward Drug Co. *
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Defines Time When Application
for Consolidated Coal Claims
Is To Be Made.
i
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The Department of the Interior lias
issued instructions to the General Land
Office relative to the recent coal law,
and in regard to the consolidation of
coal claims states:
“Application for patent for consoli
dated claims may be accepted if filed
within three years from date of the
latest recorded notice of location of
the included claims, exclusive of the
period of suspension between Novem
ber 12, 1906, and August 1, 1907. In
case of consolidation of claims, includ
ing, both, claims for which no appli
cation for patent has been filed and
claims for which application have been
made, the application under the pro
vision of this act must be filed within
three years from date of latest record
ed notice of location of the included
claims, exclusive of the period of sus
pension hereinbefore mentioned. In
case of consolidation of claims for all
j of which applications for patent have
already been filed, final proof, pay
ment, and entry must be made within
six months alter the expiration of the
period of six months prescribed by
Section 3 of the Act of April 28, 1904,
for the filing of adverse claims, has
elapsed, in case of all the included ap
plications, or within six months after
the final adjudication of the rights of
the parties in adverse suits instituted
with respect to any or all of such in
cluded applications; provided that in
those cases wherein the time here
specified has expired, applications to
consolidate must be filed within six
months from date hereof.”
Arms From the Philippines
Pekin—The government has reliable
information that the revolutionists are
receiving arras from the Philippines,
and a note of protest has been sent to
the United States government.
Water Shut off
Owing to a leak in the pipes the
water will be shut off at 3 o’clock. It
will probably take three hours to make
the repairs.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT i
Temperature at 2pm.52
Maximum since midnight.59
Minimum since midnight.40
Barometer at 2 p. m.30,01
Part cloudy.
Confectionery. We have the best.
Seward Drug Co. * *
Cigars and tobaccoes at the Seward
Drug Co. *
EXHIBIT FOR
FAIR PLANNER
Agent Has Secured Building in
Seward and Asks Cooper
ation of the Citizens.
Mr. Geo. Kostrometinoff, special
agent for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition is spending a few days in
town in the interests of that concern.
H. E. Ellsworth has been appointed to
take charge of the exhibit as collected
here. Mr. Lynch has kindly donated
the use of his building on Fourth ave
nue, for placing the specimens until
ready for shipping. Anything in the
line of minerals, animals and vegeta
bles, including specimens of wood and
various kinds of berries—in fact what
ever Alaska produces is wanted. All
the citizens of Seward are invited to
take an interest in making Seward’s
exhibit at the fair complete.
Sitka Hot Springs—First class ac
commodations, American and European
plan. For reservation and rates apply
to Doctors Goddard and Brooks, Sani
tarium, Alaska.
The McKinley House, Fifth avenue,
board and lodyin# $1.00 per day.
Meet me at the Branch *
Notice of Application for U. S. Patent.
No. 07.
U. S. Land Office. Juueau, Alaska, July 8,1908.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Green
baum, whose post office address is San Francis*
co, California, by C. a. Fletcher, his attorney in
fact, has made application for a United States
Patent for the Empire Lode, being Mineral Sur
vey No. 291. and situated in the Unga Mining
District, Alaska, aud more particularly des
cribed as follows:
Beginning at corner No. I, at intersection of
N. E. end li ne and lode line identical with cor
ner No. 5 of survey No. 290. mouth of tunnel
No. I bears south 74 deg. 45 min. west 555
feet, mouth of tunnel No. 2 bears south 67 deg.
30 min. west 850 feet, mouth of tunnel No. 3
bears south 66 deg. 15 min. west 890 feet,
whence U. S. Mineral Monument No. 2 bears
south 11 deg. 50 min, west 241 feet distant;
thence south 47 deg. 30 min. east 300 feet to
corner No. 2. identical with corner No. 2 of
survev No. 290; thence south 56 deg. 30 min.
west 1500 feet to corner No. 3; thence north
47 deg, 30 min. west 115 feet cross creek 300
feet to corner no. 4 at intersection of lode line
500 feet cross small creek 600 feet to corner
NO, 5; thence north 56 deg, 30 min. east 1d00
feet to corner no. 6 identical with corner NO. 6
of survey no. 290; thence south 47 deg. 30 min.
east 300 feet to corner no, 1, the place of begin
ning.
Area, 20.04 acres. .
Magnetic variation, 20 deg. 30 min. east,
The notice of location of said Empire Lode is
of record in the office of the Recorder of the
Unga Mining district at Unga Island. Alaska,
in Mining Record A, at page 29.
The adjoining claims are as follows; On the
northeast, the Little Joker claim, Louis Green
baum claimant, survey No. 290; on the south
west the Alaska Mine, Louis Greenbaum, claim
ant, and on all other sides there is vacant
ground. , , _ , -
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
mining ground, vein, lode or premises, or any
portion thereof so described, surveyed, platted
and applied for. are hereby notified that unless
their adverse claims are duly tiled according to
law and the regulations thereunder, within the
time prescribed by law, with the Register and
Receiver of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, they will be barred by virtue
of the provisions of the statute.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
It is hereby ordered that the forego
ing notice be published for the statutory
period in the Seward Gateway, a daily
newspaper printed at Seward, Alaska.
JOHN W. DUDLEY, Register.
Date of first publication, July 29,1908.
Date of last publication, Oct. 7,1908.