SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
I CENTRAL ALASKA I
Hi:* mgh thi> harbor pusses nearly all the ti.iflic
ot the vu>t region lying north of Cook inlet ami
., ;\v -on the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitnu valley, an area as large as one of the
st tes of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska (entral
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief
seaport of tli * s >uthern 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
trict, which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. From it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the 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 fields. They are |
more accessible than any other great district of gj
Alaska, an important factor in their development. 1
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward's back door. I hey have been ex
J aiuined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coat 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 I
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince W illiam
sound, whose richest deposits are within a tew
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
dav in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; and |
its devilopment is based upon exhaustless re- |
sources. I
MAY SHOT SOWN
TREADWELL MINE
Coal Shortage Likely to Make
Operation Impossible Dur
ing the Winter.
By Cable to Tbe Dallr Oataway.
Seattle, Dec. —It is announced that
the Treadwell mine at Douglas will be
closed down soon unless arrangements
can be made to obtain a steady supply
of coal. The Pacific Coast Company,
which has been furnishing coal to the
mine, is unable to do so now for the
reason t hat the Puget sound demand
exceeds the output of its mines.
R. H. Kenzie, superintendent of the
Treadwell, is here and he says the
mine will have to shut down indefinite
ly unless the coal supply can be secured
at once. In that case only the pumps
I will be kept going to prevent the mine
! from flooding.
NO COAL SOLD
AT ANY PRICE
3 cab: to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Dee. I Not .. ton of coal is
I for sale in Seattle at any figure al
though prices have soared skyward.
Wood has doubled in price and is hard
to obtain. The weather is cold and
fog/v aiid many families are suffering
because of inability to obtain fuel to
keep warm.
Tbe ivont lion 1 was responsible for
the fuel shortage. For more than a
week no coal came to the city and
ouie a little wood eame by steamer.
J Toe st ock on hand was deficient before
j t he flood beca uso of unusual demm l
and during the d ivswhen railroad traf
fic was suspended nearly all the avail
aide supply was bought up. At the
present time not enough cars can be
obtained to bring in coal at a rate to
i accumulate a surplus stock.
MAKE CHARGES
AGAINST COURT
By Cable to Tbe Dallr Gateway.
Seattle, Dec. 4 — Before the King
county medical society today Dr.
Sharpless read letters from Dr. Reed
and Dr. Parry of this city in which
I they stated that they were approached
prior to the insanity inquest upon
| Maud Creffield and Esther Mitchell in
the superior court and asked if they
would agree to bring in a finding of
insanity in case they were appointed
i on the commission.
Both physicians refused, saying that
the proposition was an insult which no
reputable doctor would entertain.
The writers of the letters say they
were informed that members of the
King county judiciary were anxious to
have the women declared insane in
order that the attempt might be made
to deport them, as their trial for mur
I der was distasteful to the judges, none
of whom wished to sit in the case.
THANKSGIVING IN SUNRISE
O. 11. Sleeper Clives Big Feast Which
Is Followed by a Dance.
Sunrise, Dec. 7 O. II. Sleeper, pre
sident and general manager of the
Beady Bullion Copper Company,
assisted by Mrs. Martha Smith, gave a
grand old-fashioned New England
Thanksgiving dinner to the people of
Sunrise and invited guests from Hope.
A lavish spread was served in courses.
About forty persons were present.
A dance and luncheon entertainedj
local residents and invited guests from '
| Hope Thanksgiving evening. Previ-j
oils to the dance an instructive and in-,
teresting lecture was given by John
Brownslow on patent medicine and
dynamite. Luncheon was served at
midnight in the Sunrise hotel and j
dancing then continued until 4 a. m. j
At the close George Boll of Hope in-1
vited the Sunrise people to spend
< heist mas in Hope.
Today is the coldest of the season so
far, the thermometer marking 7 below
zero. _ _
Steamer Jeanie Arrives
The steamer Jeanie arrived at 7
o’clock this morning. Her Seward
cargo consists of thirty tons of gener al
merchandise for local merchants and
250 tons of coal for the firm of Brown
Hawkins. The Jeanie will sail for
Seattle this evening.
The owners of the steamer Dix
libeled the Jeanie for $35,000 damages,
claiming that the Alaska steamer was
responsible for the collision which
! sent the Dix to the bottom of Puget
sound with forty-four lives.
The cost of the Alaska-Yukon-Paci
1 tic exposition is estimated at $10,000,
I 000.
DEMOCRATS FOB
SOUTHERN MAN
Easterners Say Nominee From
that Section Alone Can
Unite Party.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, Dec. 1—Delayed in trans
mission— Eastern democrats are plan
ning a movement to nominate a South
ern man as the presidential nominee of
the party in l!K>8. They fear that the
radical tendencies of the majority and
the advocacy of such an issue as gov
ernment ownership of railroads will
bring about a dissolution of the party
as the majority of the eastern and
southern wings would never support
such a platform.
The men who are promoting the
movement to nominate a Southerner
hope to accomplish the result through
the division of the western democrats
and the radicals of the east between
Bryan and Mearst. Bryan has losi
much of his popularity in the south hy
liis advocacy of government ownership
of railroads and it is believed that the
south can he united upon a man from
that section.
CONSPIRACY TO
CINCH CAPTAIN
| iy Calile to The Dally Gateway.
Sea*tie. Dec. S In the trial of (’apt. ;
! Bodlish of the steam whaler William
\ Bayliss. charged with killing a sailor |
I aboard his vessel, testimony was
' offered by the defense tending to prove
! a conspiracy e.xi>ts among his crew to
cinch Bodlish. E. M. Walters and ,1.
Nelson, well known miners of :!>*•
Nome district, testified that on the
trip down from Nome on the steamer
Senator, they overheard former sailors
of the Bowhead declare they would
secure the conviction of the whaling
master at any cost.
All the sailors of the Bayliss testified
that ('apt. Bodlish kicked Legere, the
seaman alleged to be the victim of the
captain’s maltreatment.
Tells Tale of Awful Cruelty
Seattle, Dec. 8— Footsore and weary,
1 with a tale of barbarous treatraent and
horrible cruelty inflicted upon him
whiie a member of the crew of the
steam whaler Bowhead, Earl Faber
reached Seattle last night. He de
serted the whaleship at Herschel isl
and, in the Arctic ocean, and illy
clothed and provisioned set out to
walk from the bleak, frozen Arctic
shore to civilization. After encount
ering privations and hardships almost
beyond human endurance, Faber
pulled through in safety.
Faber will leave in a few days for
j San Francisco, the home port of the
| Bowhead, and commence proceedings
for damages against the owners of the
vessel.
TOWN DESTROYED
BY BROKEN DAM!
Oy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Bisbee. Ariz., Dec. 5-The irrigation
dam across the San Francisco river
broke last night and a wall of water
rushed down, practically obliterating
the town of Clifton. At least 300 per
sons were doowncd. Buildings were
crushed like egg shells and the wreck
age carried down for miles with deact
bodies in them. Fifty lives were lost
in the Copper Queen hotel. The
property loss is enormous.
Clifton in or was in the extreme
southern part of Arizona, near the
Mexican boundary. The San Fran
cisco river dam penned up water for
one 01 the largest irrigation ditches in j
the territory.
Narrow Escape from Quicksand
Hope, Dec. 2—E. Petellin, agent of
the Alaska Commercial Company and
postmaster of Hope, arrived from Sun
rise one evening with himself and his
horse covered with mud. I he trail
being rough and the tide out, Mr.
Petellin took advantage of the beach
travel and after passing Windy Point
his horse walked into quicksand and
sank to its body. It took about fifteen
minutes to free the horse from the
hole and the animal came near being
lost.
November Weather in Sunrise
Mean, 24.25 degrees; maximum, 42
on the 22nd; minimum, 3 on the 29th.
Greatest daily range, 25 on the 21st.
Precipitation, 3.87 inches; greatest in
24 hours, 1.3 on 22nd; snowfall, 15
inches. Clear, six days; part cloudy,
six days; cloudy, eighteen days. Two
tremors. _____
The state university of Washington
has 1056 students this year.
Of Seward, Greeting:
I have made the store of Brown & Hawkins my
Seward headquarters for this Christmas, and there you will
lind all the latest productions of Toy land.
There is no kindergarten in Seward and I am curious
to know if the little folks know anything about reading and
writing. To satisfy my curiosity, I want every boy and
girl under ten years of age, to write a letter and mail it to
“Santa Claus, care Brown &. Hawkins,” and I will give to
each writer a Christmas Present, which must be called for
at my headquarters on Christmas morning. The child
that writes the neatest letter may get the best present, so
do your best, children. Sign your name in full, and be
sure to give your age, for this ofTer is only to the little
folks, under ten years old.
I (Signed) I
SANTA CLAUS I
Headquarters: BROWN & HAWKINS Seward, Alaska
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TINNING PLUMBING
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Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery.
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Piano and Furniture Moving a Specialty, Orders Taken for Wood
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