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SKWAliP. * - ALASKA.
Knteml as second t ass matter AniiUM 2Mh,
Hum. at the postottlce at Sewartl. Alaska, tin*
tier the Act of t'oi moss of March s. IKiT*.
SUBSCRIPTION RCHS
One Year It \il>'aucet - - $3.00
Six Months ... $1.50
Kastevti oiTlce2 ’Aivvorth lliiilttflir. IViluth.
Minncsot. I has. It \*ke authorized Ut-'eiit.
SATi iiPAY. < < Tor>i:i:
WHERE WINTEH BEGINS
T, . i Hi»h wires shi' "* ek flashed
th«- : • «■'broadcast that I.astern \\ ash*
r :t«>n !' lyir: under six inches of
'now; that th* thermometer had drop*
,1 ;o it below -i i'll a? Havre. Montana;
itaf ' hieau'o was in the v'rip ot the
eoi,;. '■ »Vfob* r weather the city evet
,: w 'O i< ;-«>\* the swampy
'hore' of I.ako Michigan.
Houbtit's the residents of those
happy climes took courage as they
'tirre,i the i»la _ ♦uel in their stoves
Old i ti eUlse! V« ' closely it!
winter wrao' when they r> nn moored
that they ti ed half-way between the
e.p;atot an* the poi--. and they thanked
imkI as : hey contrasted their situation
with that of luck e" mortals above the
't\t i> • h para del in \ di'ka.
Though a man w* re aide to speak
w ith the tetmin ' "f men and of attuels
lie could not make those poor devils
i.« ii. Ve ti a! vv idle they wore 'tl*Ujf
h'Hi.U with >now and id the people ot
S'ovard. in a and which they believe
■ > i'- at the sick dm>r of the North
Pule, were sa .mi* * in: cheerfully about
. sir*'* i' n a t*'r:.:itui:' stutshine and
eric.din: ram: that the thermometer
ivs, each day n> arly to '>o in the shade
and never torched tin- fr* et imr |n»int
at any hour: that men walk'd abroad
at midniip ' withon: overcoat'
The shores of ti' ' land-locked hur
U*r. ly :: : wit iin th*- sphere of influence
of the warm -lapati current, at the eml
, I t »elob*-r ini' scarcely felt the breath
of win:or. In th*- distance tower
mountain h<- adts elad in perpetual
snow, but th** wlr’e line has not y*t
crept down to ti;* evergreens which
*1 ape their low - * 'loin-', and the hills
which hornet th**' mot: surface ot the
bay still weir t: lavender tint of
autumn.
Becaus- Xht'ka i: ;s _- laci -fs ' people
in tin etb-te eu> imajriue that the
w hoi* region i' in the clutch of eter
nal ic<‘. They should come here and
- haw out and learn that jrlaciers are
only cam ' ti- 't that while tides of ice
nay tiil m**a»itaiu ib'imes. tin-adjacent
iiillj t.urin: lad'ti;-- year art clad in
sar.shin*- r--d v’*--: t; om clotui!*-" skies,
and. that ti-- low lam.' of tin* southern
coast know •>* of winter as it is
known iu the northern -tales.
PEACE WAS NO BOON
Mark Twain voices the opinion of
many people when lie intimates tliat
I.'resident Teddy conferred no bene
faction on i he world h\ hutting into
uhe Oriental war and calling it off just
: - t i>• inaialarins on both sides were
t' n tir.-c of it. Mr. Clemens says:
••It ;>.sia was on the hijth road to
emancipation from an insane and intol
erable slav.-ry. I was hoping there
would l»e no ieace until Itussian liltert)
was I think thut this was a holy
\1 best at id noblest sense of
• hat M> -■ i t'-rtn. and no war was ever
eicra'ed with a higher mission.
”1 think t tore can be no doubt that
the mission >f the war is now defeated
and lltissia'-chains riveted: tins time
t<» stay. 1 think the czar will now
withdraw the small humanities that
have been forced from him and resume
his medieval barbarisms with a re
lieved spirit and an immeasurable joy.
I think K isMun liberty lias had its last
chance.and lost it.”
Seattle is trying to annex some more
suburbs, of course every little helps,
but tin Si utile newspapers have a
its tier system of making the city jyrow .
The) Mmole add lo.ooo "to the popu
lation with a typewriter the first of
every month.
tK. Ol ives, the •• Midii" ereek *’
fakir, was sentenced at Nome last
month to five years in the federal |u*ni
t.•ntiar, utuier conviction of swindling.
Other parts of Alaska will please
take notice that the number of bi*>'
steamers re.nnin^ to Sew a til i> con
stantly increasing.
When H. It. Koffers wa> shaken tip
by that tn.tn collision he probably
thought it was Tom 1-awson.
So ne Nome citizens were dissatisfied
with the delegation elected to the
Alaska legislative convention by the
chamber of commerce, which called
the convention, and held a meeting and
elected a rival delegation.
It i> to l>e hoped that the Southern
newspapers will not have a lit because
the 1’resilient visited Hooker Washing
ton's colored institute.
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The Nome Nugget says the Kougarok
is the only part of Seward peninsula I
that has not been gobbled up by big
companies.
\t l>.ivson a man luts been in jail
| two months for failing to pay a debt of
-st; 10 and he hasn't commenced to pay
| yet.
Tin* insurance companies would like
, to have a higher man than Taft to sit
| on t he lid.
It remains to ho seen what will he
done about the Pu^et Sound shingle
trust.
I >;i:\v->on merchants combined to hold
up prices but the trust didn't stick.
They never yive the czar a chance
to practice the simple life.,
Seattle's Alaska trade for liki.i is
t stdilated ;it *hUkttUkkt.
K< tciiikati insists that it is big
; enough to have a cable.
HONOR JUDGE WICKERSHAM
Chamber of Commerce Gives Re
ception in Kenai Club Rooms
The reception in honor of Judge
Wickersham la-t night given hy the
i chain!" t1 of commerce in the rooms of
the Kenai club was attended In nearly
; even member of t he chamber and hy
several invited guests. The reception
was intended as an evidence of the es
teem in which the judge of this dis
triet is held hy the leading citizens of
Seward.
Judge Wickersham had never been
it Seward before but was well ac
quainted with many men living bore,
whom ho had known at Nome or
Valdez, or on the Sound.
Judge Wickersham goes to Valdez
on the Santa < 'l ira to remain a week
He will then go to Seattle and Tacoma
; >ra vacation, returning to Valdez in
January to bold court. Tacoma is his
old home.
PRECIOUS METALS IN 1904
Director of Mint Gives Out Gold
and Silver Production
Following is the ofllcial statement of
the gold and silver produced in the
United State- during the calendar year
p.H»K as furnished hy the director of
the mint at Washington, l>.
Gold. Silver.
Value. Fine oz.
Alaska .* 9.031.200 210. sou
Arizona . 3.343.900 2.744,100
Galifornia .lO.M'UiOO 1,532,500
( O ’ rndo .24.J0o.sU0 14.331,000
Idaho . I.5o3.5od 7.*!o.2oo
Montana . 5.u:»7.*00 14.00*.loo
Nevada .4.037.*00 2.095. LOG
New Mexico ... >1.900 214.000
Oregon . 1.309.9oo 143.200
So ’ll Dakota .. 7.<2I.Ooo 1*7.000
Texes . 2.300 409,(500
Utah . 4.215,000 12.4S4,3tHi
Washington ... 327.900 1 49.900
Wyoming . 10.400 4.400
The total gold production was *0.
723.200: silver. 75.7*»». 100 fine ounces.
The total amount of gold mined was
3,9o4,9.*0 ounces, and the commercial
value of the silver purchased was $3.3,
515,93* making the total value of the
two mctals$114,239,13*. These figures
show an increased production over the
calendar year 190.3 of $7,131,500 gold
and 3.4*0.000 tine ounces of silver.
FORM LITERARY SOCIETY
Constitution Adopted and Organi
zation Ready for Business
The Seward Literary and Debating
Society was organizedthis week in the
Methodist tent for the purposes
which it-, name indicates. Quite a
lar_ e number of persons were present
and most of them signed the roll. A
constitution and by-laws were pre
sented by Dev. L. H. 1'edersen, which
! were adopted after some discussion.
.1. L. Deed was chairman of the
meeting andtieorge L>. t lark secretary.
After the organization was perfected
Mr. Heed was elected president of the
soeictv. Mr. ( lark secretary-treasurer,
and Dr. »'. H. Dibiions vice-president.
A committee to revise the by-laws
was appointed, consisting of .1. It.
Munsell. Dr. Slerm and D. ('. Drow
ned jr. Asa committee on debating
! programs Dev. L. 11. 1’edersen, Dolla
Branch and J. D. Munsell were :h>
1 pointed.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
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SKWUtll - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown »V Hawkins’ store
SKWAKI) - - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS. IVI. D.
Physician and Surgeon
I Office and Residence Carstens Build
ing. Fourth avenue.
Office Hours 2 to 4 p. in., and when
ever not otherwise eny:njfed.
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to minimi ami town i
property furnished F.xnmlimlion anti
reports made on any property..
SFAVARD - - ALASKA
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F. E. YOUNGS
notary rrr.uc
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SEWARD - ALASKA|
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
I Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka. j
E. R. GRAY |
NOTARY I'lT.MC
SF.WAKD ALASKA I
0. LASCY
l). S. DtP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR EOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
Civil Knjrineer. and Land and Min-1
injr Attorney. Address Seidovia.
Alaska, or in care of Mail Ajjent.
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
«i> NOTARY PIBLIC
Addres: Seidovia. Cook Inlet. Alaska,
or care Mail Ajjent, Steamer Dora
w. a. McPherson
SCtNIC PHOTOGRAPHER
Views for sale at Seward News
stand and Owl Dru*r Store.
Address, Seward 1‘. < >. Studio at
ranch, on railroad three miles north
NOTICE OK KORKIvI'ITUK
Seattle, Wash.. June l.\ 1905
To N. W ARMSTRONG. E. P. MrtiETTI
<;.\N. W. H. HUSH. H. C. SMYTH and t’. H.
HUBBARD. each and all of you are hereby
notified that we hove expended during the year
of H*ot six hundred dollars ($000.00) in labor
upon the followin'! Sulphur Minina Claims:
Idaho ' N’o. 1: "Washington" No. 2: Alas
kan No.:’.; "California No. I and "Oregon"
No. 5. the property of the Dutch Harbor Sul
phur Mninia Association and the Sulphur
Mountain Minimr Association, and a twenty
acre claim k imums the ' New York claim,
all situated on Mt. Maktishin. Cnalaska Re
cordintr District. District of Alaska.
In order to hold said claims under the pro
visions of Section 2:121 of the Revised Statutes
of the United state* and the amendment*
! thereto, approved January 22nd. 1880. concern
ing' annual labor upon minim-' claim*, beintr
the amount required to hold such claim* for
the t>eriod endinu December 111*1. 19Uf>. And if
within ninety day* from the personal service
of thi* notice, or ninety days after the publica
i tion thereof, you fail or refuse to contribute
! your portion of such expenditure a* a co-own
I er. your interest in said dim* will become the
property of the subscribers your co-owners
who have made the required expenditure by
the terms of said section.
UHORDE 15 LAZIER
T. W. ROAR DMAS
A. L. MURPHY
WILLIAM (i AUNT LETT
A. T. WA LDECK
E. M< OETTIttAN
VICTOR ST. C. PAINE
RICHARD TIERNEY
MRS. A. DU MON
E. 15. LAZIER
DANIEL BUCK
By A. T. WALDECK. Trustee.
Russian Bishop to Aid Schools
Bishop Innocent of the Russian
Orthodox church in Alaska, has offered
to supply teachers for the public schools
at Sitka. Owing to the red tape at
tached to securing an appropriation,
that town now has no school, and the
bishop's offer was made to provide edu
cation for the children until such time
a^ the government allowance is forth
coming.
The latest Seattle papers received on
the Santa Clara state that the Kdith
arrived there October IT from Nome,
after a stormy voyage. She is still
advertised to sail for Seward today.
She has been chartered as a coal car
lierby the Pacific Coast Steamship
’Company for the winter.
rHOTEL McNEILEY*
EUROPEAN PLAN
Rates 50c to $2.00 per day
Accommodations Strictly First-class
II A W KINS & Will TT E MO R E, Pro f r i etors
NORTHERN .QALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD, ALASKA
THE ALASKATRANSFE^
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved special attention to city trade
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward, Alaska
I I 55\/lDCD The new Lumber Yard by
L.U S¥i P K. n the Glacier Stream.
Stock now complete- Brick, Lime, Cement, Windows,
Window Frames and Doors.
Northwestern Steamship Company
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
STEAMSHIPS OPERATED: Victoria, Tacoma. Santa Clara. Santa Ana.
Excelsior. Dora. Durham Hornster.
STEAMERS FOR—Seattle, Kayak, Valdez. Seward. Cook Inlet. Pnalaska,
Nome intermediate points and San Francisco. Exclusive line to N. E.
Siberian ports.
Express Steamer “SANTA CLARA" Sails from Seattle for Seward and Val
dez, outside route. May 4th and every 20 day> thereafter.
Str. EXCELSIOR Leaves Seattle 1st of each month. Same trip ns Santa
Ana. connecting at Seldovia with S. S. Neptune, etc. returning leaves
Seward loth of each month.
Steamship "SANTA ANA" Leaves Seattle 10th of each month for Juneau.
Kayak, Yakutat. Ellemar. Valdez. Seward, Seldovia connecting at S«-l
dovia with S. S. Neptune for all Cook Inlet points returning, leaves
Seward 1st of each month.
S.tr "DORA" Leaves Valdez 2*t h of each month for Seward. Pnalaska.
Dutch Harbor, and all way points, returning, leaves Seward about 14th
of each month.
For transportrtion. berth reservations, freight rates etc.
call on E. R. GRAY, Agt., Pier No. 1, Seward, Alaska
J F TROWBRIDGE, Geni Mgr. E. G. McMICKEN. Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agt.
SEATTLE, WASH.
GENERAL OFFICES! 608 FIRST AVE.. SEATTLE.
Portland
Sails from Seattle via. Juneau, 10th and 2*>th of each month
Sails from Seward via. Juneau, *th and 22nd of each month.
Connecting witb Steamers at Seldovia for all points on Cook Inlet
Passenger Service unexcelled
For Rapid Delivery of Freight and for Passenger Rates aud Berths
Apply to
JOHN J. McMANUS, Agt.
At Brown and Hawkln’s Store.
SEWARD.ALASKA
! San Francisco Office, Seattle Agency. 101 First Ave. S
310 Sansome St. <>• J. HUMPHREY, Seattle Agt.
RIDLEY’S BEST
MAPLE SYRUP
This Syrup is wurnmted not to suimr
or sour in any climate. For sale at
SQUARE DEAL RESTAURANT
GEORGE RIDLEY. Proprietor
EOX ISLAND EOR SALE
Ten miles from Seward. The island
i> two miles Iona- and one mile wide.
] will sell my squatter's claim and 42.5
foxes, whose skins are worth an average
of $20 each, for $2‘>00. which is lessthun
one-third of the value of the skins.
Offer is made because 1 wish to yo up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
Alfred Lowell,
Third avenue, Seward.
FOR SALE OR LEASE; lot 15,
; block 10, between Brown & Hawkins
and bakery: C. B. Cave, General
i Delivey, Seattle, ,
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