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SATURDAY. JANUARY 2.*.. l!H>S
TOO MUCH DANCE
Tl e National Indian Association
held its annual moetinc recently in
New York, iKissing resolutions and
doimr various other stunts ot that sort.
Tin* stunt that made the members ot
tin* association clow with the warmest j
feelings ot virtue and pie'y was the
resolution on tauce.c. which reads as
follows:
•• |'*(t, Nat io;..i’ l ait ot Association
would also place upon record its be
lief that the cr. vine practice for in
t il ^ .1 SC\ s to dance together
lt.,u*s <1* lower the standard of morality
amonif *bent and the association onrn
ni*st !\ utc< s tie* government and the
Indian ay.*nts to take the necessary
-ceps to prevent such tiauciuc*
They donut stt.yesl wival the neees
sur\ step should lie, but probably a
‘•two-step*' would help some. Tiiis is
another of those cases of "absent
treatment'* to which lo. the poor In
dian. has been so often >wejected, lb
lias been driven from his happy hunt
ing s.rround, forced to adjust himself,
in a meastir*. to tin* white mail > idt a
of ci vi 1 i/.at ion. wear the white mans
clot in s and bo tauyht in the while
man's schools. The Indian absorbes a
few tilings, and begins to take on civil
ization; naturally In* neifiits to act like
the white man. ids teacher, lhe white
man has itts tire*water, tin* Indian
wants a smile, hut he is told it is only
good for congressmen. tin* Indian
wants to cut sotue tiirure in the white
man's .lance, when up junto some
pious people down in New York and
declare that the Indian nrist not break
into any such jjauues as that, h > utot
als miuht he corrupted. dont*t you
know? The poor Indian seemed to j*et
alone' pretty well with his morals be
fore tli*-* "pale face*’ crossed bis path,
and would today he a tfinxl deal better
if not too much used for the white
man’s convenience.
a-y-p exposition
It is rumored, anil the rumors ha\e
been published, that the ea-t is not in
favor, or at least not in sympathetic
cooperation with the west as regaids,
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
to l>e held in Seattle in IWW. It is !
urged that the government should
lend no support. because other tails
thus aided have been financial failures,
and this one might be. It is not :•> be
supposed for one moment that those
raising thi** objection have any regard
whatever for the government’s in-.
vestments. It is safe to say that he
who is seemingly so solicitous for the
government is really troubled because
there i> more prosoect of some one
else briny more bcnefitted than him
self. In other words he doesn't care a (
tinker’s dam tor the Government, but
is of such a small soul caliber that he j
will expend his weak energy in trying ^
to prevent another from eujoying what
he himself cannot get.
It is urged against the proposed fair j
that Jim Hill will make a great deal
of money hauling people across the
continent to the Pacific coast. Objec
tion is also raised upon the ground)
that Seattle will be greatly benetitted |
bv having this fair held in her midst, i
Even Alaskans are said to be inditTer-1
ent to the exposition because Seattle
is likely to reap great rewards.
These objections are too trivial to |
answer. Let hirn who can protit by
the exposition. The west, and es
pecially the Northland will be the!
greatest gainers. The people will be,
brought out from the east and made,
acquainted with the wonderful re
sources of this great northern country, j
The result will bean increased flow of'
capital, and a great iutlux of people to
develop the richest land owned by ■
Uncle Sam.
OUT OF COMMISSION
Nearly a week ago tlie electricl
lights faded away, and people hunted
up the old lamps that had been thrust
in out of the way places as relics of a
past age. brushed the dust otT them,
and tilled them with Standard Oil
! charity juice. Since then they have
been working over-time
The occasion of all this was too
much indulgence in winter sports.
The small hoy skates, the big boy
skates, everyboby skates but father,
and he sometimes gets his skates on.
When the snow is too deep for skating,
the sportive youth slides down hill.
This amusement, too. becomes general,
and the snow takes a backside crack at
it. and does the act on a grand scale.
Tons ol it come down the mountain.
It divides it-, forces sliding up and
down the canyon, reaches out over the
pipes of the electric light plant and
puts the whole thing out of commis
sion.
The surgeon has been at work bind-1
ing up several arteries, and soon the
lluid w ill flow iu its proper channel, I
and the electric lights will again en-J
liven and cheer our homes.
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A GOOD STAYER
Capt. (Jodard Kzekial Dodge Dia-;
uiotui. now living in Oakland, Califor
nia. is said to be 11- years old. He
has lived under all the presidents of
tin* Tuiied States from Washington to
!\<>osevelt. when twenty-one years
old he east his liist vote for James
Monroe in 1*17.
A recent physical examination re
veals a remarkable preservation of
bodily tissue and function activity.
Diamond will soon go to New N orK
to superintend the publication of his
new book, "How to Live a thousand
Years or More.”
Methuselah may yet have to give up
that palm he has been so proudly bear
ing through all these centuries,
Another carze i> the "neck or noth- j
ing" fad, or the extended chin habit. I
This was begun by the (libson girl and J
emulated by many well known women.
A noted lecturer on "The Killies of
lieauty" says a neck held as it you
had dragged it up by the ears is a sign
of a noble soul. The next time you see
a chin protruding up the street with a
woman mushing far in the rear, stand
with uncovered head and bated breath,
a noble soul may be passing by, unless
all signs fail.
Among the fads of the day following
close on the heels of the Teddy Bear,
is the Roosevelt grin. This is in
dulged in by some women who have a
tine set of teeth to display. The tooth
less one says alas, the years have
drawn nigh when 1 take no pleasure in
such tilings.
There are any number of people who
can start a breeze: a few can “raise
the wind”; but it remains for the Gug
genheim* to set about to devise a
scheme to dissuade the wind from
blowing down Copper river valley at
the lawless speed of eighty miles or
more an hour.
Blessed U he who expects little, but.
works as if he expected much. Sutti
cient unto the day is the good thereof.
I have invested myself in the present
moment, in tin* things near at hand, in
the things that all may have on equal
terms. If one sets one’s heart on the
exceptional, the far-off—on riches, on
fame, on power- the chances are he
will be disappointed; he will waste his
time seeking a short cut to these
things. There is no short cut. For
anything worth having one must pay
the price, and the price is always
work, patience, love, self-sacririce — no
paper currency, no promises to pay,
but the gold of real service. I am not
decrying ambition, the aiming high,
only there is no use aiming unless you
are loaded, and it is the loading, and
the kind of material to be used, that
one is first to be solicitous about.
—John Burroughs.
Our fathers were cheered and sus
tained by a faith in special providences
—that there was a supreme power
that specially interested itself in man
and his doings, and that had through
out the course of history turned the
adverse currents in his favor. It is
j certain that all things have worked
together for the final good of the
race as a whole, otherwise it would
have*disappeared from the face of the
! earth. But Providence does things by
the wholesale. It is like the rain that
falls upon the sea and the land alike,
I upon the just and the unjust, where it
is needed and where it is not needed
just the same: and the evolution of the
life of the globe, including the life of
man, has gone on and still goes on,
because, in the contlict of forces, the
influences that favored life and for
warded it, have in the end triumphed.
—John Burroughs.
LESLIE M. SHAW
IS CANDIDATE
—
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Out for Presidency and Taft
Avoids Friction.
—
Ay Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, 0. C., Jan. 25—Leslie
j M. Show, former secretary of the
■ treasury, and a noted lawyer and
1 hanker, admits that he is a candidate
for the republican nomination for the
presidency.
Secretary of War William II. Taft,
who, it is conceded, leads all others in
the race for the nomination is diplo
matically avoiding every thing that j
might lead to friction with Shaw.
House Warming
Last evening was the occasion of a
very pleasant gathering at the new j
home of Kev. and Mrs. L. 11. Pedersen, j
Mr. Pedersen had been very busy j
during t he late summer and fall in j
building a house for himsell and j
family. The work was *'personally
eonducted” in the strictest sense, as,
Mr. Pedersen did the greater part of j
the work himself. The people of the i
town contributed most willingly in*
money and work toward the construct
ion of this new home for the minister j
and his family.
Having recently moved into their J
new house the minister and his wife j
last evening invited all those in any j
way interested in the work that has
been done, to a house warming in their
new home. A goodly company gather
ed and spent a very enjoyable evening
The house has been constructed with
a view not simply to the convenience
of the family, but with the idea of
making it the house of the people as j
well as the home of the pastor. It is
the purpose of Mr. and Mrs. Pedersen
to keep open house at least once a
month, and every Tuesday evening,
especially, the pastor will be at home
to all the men.
Mr. Pedersen is doing a good work
in Seward, and his genuine interest in
the welfare of the people is recognized
by all. Men engaged in every oc
cupation attend, the church services.
It is the unanimous opinion that in
Mr. and Mrs. Pedersen we have the
right people in the right place.
Methodist Services
Preaching in the morning at 11
o’clock, and in the evening at 7:30
o’clock. Sunday school at 12:15 o.clock.
The morning sermon theme will be
“Some Lessons From an Old Jew; and
the evening theme is “The Heavenly
Vision.” Special music at the evening
services.
L. H. Pedersen, pastor.
Saratoga Sails
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 25—Steamer Saratoga
sailed for Seward hv out side passage
last night. Steamer Portland arrived
from the north yesterday.
Northwestern Reaches Port
Steamer Northwestern arrived from
Seattle and tied to the dock at 2:45.
She had it number of passengers and
a light freight cargo for Seward. She
reported the Jeanie at Valdez bringing
a heavy mail.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Saratoga; sailed from Seattle 24th.
Portland; sails from Seattle 30th.
Faralon; sails from Seattle Feb. 4th.
Bertha; in Seattle.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th.
Northwestern; sailed for Seattle 26.
Advertised Letters
The following list of letters remain
unclaimed in the Seward postottice.
Parties calling for any of the same
will please say “advertised”.
January 20—Gustaf Anderson, J. G.
Baxter, A. Benette, Mrs. E. Campbell,
! George Devine (2), Ed. Dewitt, Dr.
Violetta S. Davis, Eric Engstrom, W.
S. Gray, John J. Hurley, D. Hagerty,
J. E. Kinney, J. E. Kenny, S. G.
Kersham, J. Kulin, Herman Larssan,
Lars Larson, Charles Lago, H.
Leonard, Gustaf Luudstrom, Mr. J. J.
McManus, James E. O’ltielly, (2) W. J.
Peterson, Will Phillips, Geo. S. Park,
Iver Persen, Fred Roberts (2,) Fred H.
Smith (2), W. W. Spencer, Frank
Sweanson, Robert R. Watt.
Lillian N. Gordon, P. M.
To Clayson’s for Blankets. *
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmmmmm i ri i« mi.. r
Irowiu Hawkins
The Store of Quality. 1
General Merchandise
Of All Descriptions I
Wholesale and Retail
Best Goods—Best Prices—Best Service
We Make a Specialty of Outfitting
Wholesale Retail
MINERS SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE
Twentieth Century Heating Stoves
Reynolds’ Patented Hot Blast Draft, Air Tight Stoves.
J| D A CC SEWAR0 m
. L-. V3I nns«l CORDOVA, A'KA.
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1005, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4, 1908.
To Harry McCormack, C. J. Wal
ters, Janies McGill, M hos. McConety,
Geo. Hanson, Wm. Burns and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements,
upon the Skukum Creek placer claim J
situated upon Skukum creek, tribu-1
tary to Twenty Mile river, in the
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pre
cinct, claiming 12000 feet from NOTICE
up the creek in a southeasterly direc-!
tion, and 300 feet each side of Skukum ;
creeK, as will appear by certificate;
tiled the 23rd day of February, 1900, in
theoftlceof the recorder of said pre
cinct, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of Section 2324
Revised Statutes of the United States
being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, to-wit, $12.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-eighth of said claim.
First publibation Jannary 4, 1908.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
January 25.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 20 20 Clear, wind
Monday 10 0 Clear, wind
Tuesday 9 0 Cloudy
Wednesday 15 0 Cloudy
Thursday 35 24 Cloudy
Friday 31 32 Cloudy
Saturday 39 32 Cloudy
To Form New Unions
The formation of an industrial union
is being rapidly pushed in the Gold
field mining camp. The new organiza
tion is to include all the members of
the Western Federation of miners and
all the members of the Industrial
Workers of the World who desire to
join. Known agitators and the dis
turbing elements in the ranks of both
the Industrial Workers and the West
ern Federation will not be allowed to
affiliate. The mine owners have con
sented to recognize the new organi
zation.
!
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN LIR& WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria. B. C.
-;-a
Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
Meets every Saturday evening in
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash.
8J. L. HEED, S. L. COLWELL
Arctic Recorder. Arct ic Chief
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Over Bank of Seward
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Bank of Seward Building
C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Bank of Seward Building
SEWARD. - - ALASKA.
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
and SURGEON
City office: Owl Drug Store.
Home office: Up stairs in Richard building
One of the maxims which the devil,
in a recent visit upon earth, left to his
diciples is, when once you are got up,
to kick the stool from under you; in
plain English, when you have made
your fortune by the good ollices of a
friend, you are^dvised to discard him
as soon as you can.—Fielding.