SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF I
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic |
of the vast region lying north ot Cook inlet and L
between the two mountain ranges which bound |
the Susitnu valley, an area as large as one of the p
great stat s of the Middle West. p
In the Near Future 1
'Through th>* extension of the Alaska T eutial ^
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief i ’
9n .;;> >i-f o. t.:i» > > r i mm e.) is!. w:’l gradually ex
pand until it embraces tli » Tatiana and upper L
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
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous 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 |
its development is based upon exhaustless re- M
sources.
LUNACY BOARD
IN THAW CASE
Justice Fitzgerald Names Com
mission to Investigate De
fendant’s Sanity.
By Cable to TU« Dally Oateway.
New York, March 20—Justice Fitz
gerald suddenly called the attorneys in
the Thaw case together this afternoon
and announced that he had decided to
appoint a lunacy commission to invest
igate Thaw's present sanity. Ho nanu d
Kx-Judge Morgan J. O’Brien, l)r.
Leopold I’utsel, Dr. Deter B. Olney.
The appointment of the lunacy com
mission means the indefinite postpone
ment ( f the resumption of the critnim l
trial and Thaw and his lawyers ate
much disappointed at their defeat.
They resisted the lunacy inquiiy
strongly. Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw is greatly
depressed l»y the action of the court.
(juits Thaw Lunacy Commission
New York, March 24 Judge Morgan
,1. O’Brien dually decided not to serve
i)o tlie Thaw Ion.icy commission, and
David McClure, a prominent lawyer,
was substituted as the legal member of
the board. _
Thaw Not So Crazy Now
New York, March -!> -Harry Thaw
has made an admirable witness for liiin
st'lf be lore the lunacy comm ission which
i, invest igut itig nis present sanity. The
sessions are held in private. The in
quiry was adjourned last night until j
Saturday, on account of today being |
Good Friday.
Thaw Commission at Work.
New York, Mart'll L‘7 The Thaw j
lunacy commission began work this j
afternoon.
Thaw Examination Resumed.
N«• \\ York, Marco J ' The insanity i
. > initiation ul Harry Thaw was re-1
vlin'd inlay. Tlie proceeding are j
still secret.
CECIL H. CLEGG RESIGNS
DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP
does to Fairbanks as Private Secre- j
tary t» Judge Gunnison and
,\\ay Remain There.
On the last boil from Valdez came
the news that Cecil II. Clegg has re
signed his position of assistant district
att n nes at Seward and has gone to
Fairbanks as private secretary to
Judge O mnison of 'he First division
while that jurist sits in Judge VVick
ersham’s place at Fairoanks. After
tuat Mr. Clegg svill probably enter a
law firm at Fairbanks, whore he is
offered a good opening.
Mr. Clegg’s resignation was tender
ed on short notice and came as a great
surprise to Seward people. It will he
subject of general regret if lie decides
to remove his residence from Seward.
He has resided hero two years as
assistant district attorney and general
practitioner, and has a wide list of
friends and clients.
NAMED AS COMMISSIONER.
J. L. Reed Appointed to Serve When
Occasion flay Require.
At the last term of court in Valdez
Judge Wickersham appointed J. L.
Heed an additional U. S. commissioner
at Seward. This does not interfere
with the position of Judge Howlett,
who will continue to be recorder and
perform generally the duties of the
office. The object in having an ad
ditional commissioner is to provide
against the contingency of a sudden
disqualification of the regular commis
sioner. by illness, absence from the
precinct, or interest in an action which
would require a change of venue.
Valdez has bad a special commissioner
for a long time in the person of J. Y.
! Ostrander, one of the leading attor
! ueys of the town, who acts when Com
missioner Lyons is disqualified.
Mr. Heed was reluctant to accept
the position as it offers only occasional
! compensation and he feared it might
! interfere with his private law practice,
j but at the request of all the attorneys
I in Seward he finally decided to allow
j the place to be fastened upon him.
!' Brings Tyonok and Knik Mail
Alfred Lowell came in Sunday night
with the mail from Tyonok, Susitna
| station and Knik. lie reports the
i trail in fair condition most of the way
although the snow is unusualh deep
| from the station to Knik. It is about
j live feet on the level. Lowell return
ed from Tyonok in seven days and
came in yesterday from 49. He was
thirteen days on the way over because
he lost three days trying to get down
Turnagain arm in a boat. The ice
drove him back from Fire island and he
had to return to Gird wood and go over
land. _
It is reported in Fairbanks that
nearly every hole that has been sunk
in the Chandlar district has promptly
tilled with water,
LABEREE OUT
OF RAILROAD
Resigns as Director of Alaska
Central as Result of
Late Notoriety.
Special to The Dally Gateway.
Spokane, March 15—0. G. Laberee
has resigned as a director of the Alas
ka Central railway. He would have
been removed at the next meeting of
the stockholders had he not resigned.
His resignation grew out. of his queer
career at Seward last summer.
It is the belief of all conversant with
the facts that Laborer's plan at that
time was to force some of the officers
at Seward to resign, then to be him
self placed in charge of affairs under
stress of the vacancies their resigna
tions had cheated, and by virtue of his
authority to let big contracts to Welch
& Company, in which Laberee should
share as a silent partner.
Liberee’s interests in the Alaska
Central are confined to a very small
fraction of stock paid to him as a com
mission for services lie agreed to
render, but on which he failed to make
good. His retirement from the board
of directors puts an end to his official
connection with the Alaska Central.
SNOW AND SEVERE COLD
CHECK INTERIOR TRAVEL
Trail* Filled by Drifting and Mu*hers
Wait far Fairer Weather Before
doing Farther.
Kahiltna. March 1 The heavy fall
of snow on February 1.1-14 and subse
quent drifting wiped out all trails, and
there has been no travel since that
date. About twenty-live men are at
Susitnaand Tvonok now, coining this
way, some ol them having gone down
for supplies since the lirstof February.
l'he next trail up the river will he
shorter, and permanent for the winter.
I’he lirst trail was broken while mere
wi*re water holes and overllows, and
necessarily had many bends and turns
which a new trail can avoid.
Bill Hughes, with part of the
machinery for the King Kivur Mining
Company of Lake creek, lias been tied
up this side of Susitna station by the
extreme cold weather and deep snow
of the past two weeks, and is waiting
favorable weather. One of his horses
died near Alexandria while hauling
feed from a cache near that place.
This will probably be the last oppor
tunity to get mail out from here until
navigation opens. I understand the
last mail leaves Tyonok about March
15.
February was a very cold raontn, tne
mercury going below zero on sixteen
days, and touching that mark twice as
the minimum. On ten days the mini
mum was above zero, although on the
14th with a minimum of 10 above a
blizzard was blowing. The lowest
temperature was 53 below zero on the
18th. Other low temperatures were
the following: 17th—50 below; 19th—
48 below; 20th—47 below; 21st—45 be
low; 23rd—43 below. On other cold
days it varied from zero to 38 below.
On the 27th it was 35 above and thaw
ed a little but the next day it was 20
below.
R. R. Jones and J. C. Snyder, who
have been trapping on the Kechatna
river since last fall, came down the
Tentna February 2 on their way to
Knik. They intend to return later in
the winter and will work their claims
on Peters creek next summer.
J. Riramer and George Grinnell,
who came up river by boat last fall
with their outfit bound for the Kusko
kwim, reached a point about thirty
miles up Happy river, where they
cached and returned for additional
supplies. They passed here on their
way back February 8. When they
reach their cache they intend to con
tinue up Happy river and over the
divide into the headwaters of the Kus
kokwim river. They say Ward and
Stagner, who were ahead of them up
the river, have probably crossed the
mountain and by this time are on the
Kuskokwim. Newcomb and Rooney,
also on their way to the KuskoKwim,
relayed past here February !>.
Torn Handmore, with four natives
pulling his sleds, is going as far as
Oottenwood creek, a tributary of
Peters. Mr. Handmore will make a
study of the topography of the country
around the upper tributaries of Peters
creek taking the grades for probable
ditches for burning purposes.
G. Keller, one of the men who pros
pected at the head of the Kechatna last
summer, passed up the Yentna return
ing to that country with his outlit
February 13.
R. C. Richardson got his last relay
by here February 15. He will operate
principally on Peters creek next sum
mer.
I am going up to the Skwentna
country about March 20 and expect to
be back here about June 15.
H. P. Gallagher.
Winter underwear at Clayson’t, *
* fit
'Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!'
We control the entire output of J. D. Johnston’s
chicken ranch of 149 laying hens. This enables us
to offer our customers eggs that are guaranteed to
be not over four days old, as they are delivered
to us twice a week.
Price Only 60 Cents per Dozen
We also sell Washington ranch eggs; and many
other things besides. We are determined to have
the best of everything for our customers.
Brown & Dawkins
i THE STORE OE QUALITY „,t„J
j BOYCOTTED |
AND BY OUR HENS! |
There is no use talking, we certainly are up against the real thing
now. How on earth can we sell fresh laid eggs at 60 cents per j
dozen? How long will it take us to make or lose $60 on this proposi
tion: If 31 hens cost $39, lay two eggs a day, eggs selling at 60
cents a dozen, and feed costing 3-4 of I cent per chicken. VVe own
or control 31 hens. Any of our customers wanting strictly fresh i
eggs, remember the
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO.
is selling them at 35 cents per dozen. Everything else accordingly.
LNew goods arriving on every steamer.
WHITE HOUSE ON THE LEVEE g
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HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Rmovatel. N *\v Minag**n *iP. !1 >t
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered R wins.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
II A W K l N S & W H T T T E M ORE, P it o i> it i k T o it s
Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
COLEMAN HOUSE
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50e to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
NORTHERN SALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
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THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
THE PALACE
W. P. HENRY 8c CO.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
First Class Cafe in Connection
Fourth Avenue Seward. Alaska
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 15)05, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
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Iv D.C. BROWNELL L
''SlT the only exclus,ve **4®
S*L Hardware Store J[
If WAGNER’S PLACE
FRED WAONER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
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A Oood Time and Right Treatment for Everyone
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