SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTiON OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Titroegii ; 'is hnrhnr passes nearly all 1 ho traffic
• vast, region, lying north of Cook inlet and
ween the two mountain ranges which bound
*!}:• Simitna valley, an area as large as one of the
gjv;U si ites of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska Central
railroad, now building northward troiu Seward,
I the territory tributary to the town as the chief
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
?ri< f. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
•amps along Cook inlet and its arms. From it
start 1 be prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
miet and tin* Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners
For all this territory From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza ffelds. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
Ho at Seward’s back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bitumenous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage: and
•ts devilopment is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
BELIEVE JAPAN
WANTS A FIGHT
Administration Officials Say
Oriental Empire Is Looking
for Trouble.
By Cable to Tlio Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C , Nov. 5—It is
common talk in administration circles
that Japan is spoiling for a light with
the Fnited States and is trying to use
! the shooting of poachers by the Ameri*
! i-iin guards at the seal islands and tli
! exclusion of Japanese students from
J the San Francisco public schools as
I; pretexts.
A member of the senatf* committee
I j on foreign relations says he believes
jl war wit n Japan is inevitable within a
I few years. He said it has been known
I that the Japanese lost their love for
3 t,he I’m:ed States at the time of the
I; consummation of the I’orlsmouth
I j treaty which concluded the Kusso
jj.Japane-o war. The Japanese people
believe the Foiled States forced upon
J the Japanese repri’sentatives terms of
| peace which were unjustifiably favora-1
I hie to Russia.
CHAMBER ADDS
TO MEMBERSHIP
Meeting to Reorganize Awakens
Interest and New By-Laws
Proposed.
The chamber of commerce decided
j Tuesday to reorganize to the extent
of altering its by-laws to meet sugges
Itions made in the discussion, and for
that purpose appointed a committee of
three to present a draft of revised by
j laws at another meeting next Monday
| evening. K. C. Richards, S. O. Mor*
j ford and Dr. Sleem compose the re
: vision committee. It Avas agreed
generally that the $5 initiation fee
should be abolished leaving the cost of
i merabt rship simply the $1 a month
i regular due, and the membership fee
j will undoubtedly be dropped from the
revised by-laws.
Pursuant to the anticipated change
II the rules were suspended last night
; and about a dozen new members were
taken in without payment of moraber
The meeting was held in the Arctic
1 I Brotherhood room and there was a
fair attendance of business men not
I withstanding the election returns and
i bowling game kept a good many away.
In the discussion everybody agreed up
the importance of having an active
comm* vial organization which will
engage in constant efforts to advertise
I and build up the town. To that end
: the new by-laws are expected to pro
j vide for frequent regular meetings of
! the entire membership.
SUBMARINE MINE KILLS
SAILORS ON BATTLESHIP
I tjy CrV«e to The Sally Gateway.
Toulon, France, Nov. 5—-A subma
rine mine exploded this morning near
i the French battleship Charles Martel
and badly damaged the vessel besides
killing several sailors. Many other
men were injured. No details have
| been received.
Quits Packing Business
Sunrise, Nov. 1— Ad Allensworth, for
; many years a packer and freighter in
and about Sunrise, is leaving this coun
try for his home in Foster, Wash. Mr.
Allensworth is an old timer here and
he has been packing goods for tho
mines along Six Mile and above it.
He is the proprietor of the little rail
way which leads out of Sunrise to the
wharf, about a mile. Mr. Allensworth
. leaves bis slock and railway in charge
j of P. Ogle.
Hope Is Far From Lost
I George Roll of Hope writes a denial
j of the statement sent in by the Gate
1 way correspondent at Sunrise that
! Hope's population this winter will be
| very small. He says the winter resi
dents will be rather more numerous
J than usual and that everybody in nope
i is cheerful and optimistic.
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Temperature in October
The mean temperature in Seward in
! the month of October was 42.21 de
! grees. In September it was 50.21 de
I grees. The highest temperature in
| October was 56 on the 3rd; the lowest
was 24 on the 17th. There were nine
clear days.
October Weather at Sunrise
Maximum, 54 degrees, two days;
j minimum, 18 degrees; cloudy, twenty
i seven days; clear, two days; part
| cloudy, two days; rainfall of month,
6.65 inches; snowfall, on 14th, 3.50
inches. Five earthquakes occurred
during the month.
FISH PUT OUT
BY HARRIMAN
Union Pacific Magnate Secures
Control of lllnois Central
Railroad.
By Cabla to Tbo Daily Gatoway.
Chicago, Nov. 5—E. H. Harritnan
has wrested control of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company from Stuyve
sant Fish, who has been president for
twenty years. J. T. Harahan, now
second vice president, will ho elected
president.
The annual stockholders meeting
will he held this week and it is known
that Harritnan has secured control of
a majority of t he stock. The ousting
of Kish i> partly a war of revenge
against, him because he refused to aid
the life insurance schemes of Harritnan 1
and Thomas K. Ryan, particularly in
the investigation and reorganization of
the Equitable.
SPEND NIGHT IN
SEATTLE DEPOT
Umion Station Opened to Let 200
Sleep Who Could Not
Get Rooms.
Cy Cr.kl© io The Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. f> Last night 200 men,
women and children slept on the floor j
of the union station, which was opened
for that purpose, because they were
unable to find rooms at lodging bouses,
which were packed to their capacity
all over the city. In the depots the
people slept in blankets on the floor,
or in the seats and chairs of the wait
ingrooms.
Late steamers from the north have
brought a tremendous influx of people
from Nome and all other towns of
Alaska. Most of these are still in the
city, and the dritt of men from the
harvest fields has aided in tilling the
cheaper lodging houses. Besides these
special and temporary sources of new
population the immigration from the
' east of all classes has exceeded all pre
| vious records for several months and
has kept all vacant rooms in the city
; lilled constantly.
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APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO
RAISE MONUMENT FUNDS
Qy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
| Seattle. Nov. (i The Chamber of
Commerce this morning appointed!
a committee of fifteen to raise funds
for the erection of a monument to
! William H. Seward in this city.
Thomas B. Smith of Cook inlet says j
• all Alaska will be ready to assist in
] raising a large fund for the Seward
! monument.
Will Return in Spring
Messrs. F. C. Woolsey and G. H.
Thayer, owners of the Yentna launch
“Bat.” which did a land office freight
and passenger business the past sum
mer, were outgoing passengers on the
Northwestern. They will return early
in the spring to resume the steamer
traffic on the river. Mr. Thayer is an
expert Iniat designer, having been em
ployed in U. S. navy yards and other
large shipbuilding plants. He de
signed the Bat and also a small steel
boat which can run away from any
thing on Cook inlet. He and Mr. j
Woolsey built both boats last spring
on the Inlet. Both came north from j
the Puget Souud navy yard, where.
Mr. Thayer was a designer and Mr. I
Woolsey an inspector.
Freight Stored at Seldovia
The inlet steamer Tyonic started
from Seldovia October .'ll on her last
trip to Knik and other ports, leaving a
large quantity of freight behind. It
will be stored at Seldovia until next
spring except forty barrels of bottled i
beer, consigned to Knik, which was j
brought to Seward. Part of the
freight left at Seldovia was for miners
in the Yentna district, who will be
embarrassed for lack of it, as they
cannot buy much inside. The stores
at Tyonok and Susitna station were
nearly sold out before navigation
closed. _
Steamer Jeanie Goes South
Steamer Jeanie returned from Sel
dovia Sunday forenoon and sailed
late in the afternoon for Seattle. She
took a cargo of lumber from the Kenai
Lumber & Fuel Company to ports on
Prince William sound. Fifteen pas
sengers came to Seward and several
went on through. Among the latter
were William Wharf, owner of the
coal mine at English bay.
The family of Capt. Blodgett, the
Inlet steamboat man, came to Seward
on the Jeanie. Capt. Blodgett will
follow on the Portland and the family
will reside in Seward during the
winter.
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EXTRAORDINARY!!!
■■■■nBHBUHHHnBBranBHi
We will GIVE AWAY to our customers in cash,
the total cash receipts of one day during the
I month of November. This is a bona tide proposi
tion without any strings to it. Our object is to
stimulate CASH TRADE, wherefore this offer ap
plies only to Cash Purchasers.
Send to Us for
DRUGS
We Treat You Right
A.B.BRUGC'
SEWARD, ALASKA.
~Q R EAT~REP UGH ON
Hardware, Paper, Locks, Nails,
Screen Doors and Windows
FOR CASH
Fine Stock of Clear Cedar and Sugar Pine
KENAI LUMBER S. FUEL CC.
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 LOUVRE I
EIDSON & DOBSON Proprietors
A Gentleman's Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
CMAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Ave. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management, Hot
and Cold * Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHjlTTEMORE, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Alaska