SEWARD GATEWAY
niBIISHED WEEKLY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
KntereU as Stvonil ('lass matter August *-tth.
at the |n)stoft|ct’ at Seward. Alaska, an- j
der the Art of Coe rress of March S.
SIBSCRIPtlON RtltS
One Year (In A Ivancct * * * $3.00
Six Months “ ... $1.50
Kasterti oflke „M* Alworth Buildinu. Duluth.
Minnesota, t’has. It. Ask'*, author./ed n-en:
SATURDAY. A rut'ST L’5. ltHhi.
TO SEWARD BUSINESS MEN.
if the merchants of Seward am
to control t ho rapidly developing1
trade to the westward as far as Dutch
Harbor. as they should. and the equal
ly valuable trade of the copper islands
on t he eastern shore of Kenai penin
sula, be.? lifty miles away, they must1
work cortcertedly in that direction.!
The rewards of that trade will be
gathered more surely with well di
rected effort than without it.
The rich commerce of central
Alaska that is developing even in ad
vance of Alaska Central construction
will come to Seward with increasing
volume after the rails reach Campbell
point. 1(*’» miles distant. Much of that
trade, however, might he lost to out
side cities unless Seward business men
are prepared to go after it. cater to it.
and hold it. W hat this growing trade
means to Seward may be realized par
tially by considering the unparalleled
turn ignition in tens of thousands to the
states of the 1’acitic Coast, and the
swelling stream of immigration thence
to Alaska. It is not at all improbable!
hat within another five years the
population of southern and central
Viaska will pass the 100,00b mark, and
he yearly output of gold exceed $*>(»,
<>00.0(M. with copper and coal a close
second, consequent on the building of
Die Alaska Cental Kailway. Such
results can be attained certainly
t hrough wi> • and determined work.
Kui in calculating that development
and the benotits accruing from it. the
!H.*ople of Seward must not fall into tin*
‘ethargy of dependence on the railway
company to get the trade for them.
Poo con tide:.; leaning on railroad influ
ence is the parent of dry rot. Tacoma
is a sufficient illustration. Besides,
nobody in Seward need be told that the
management of the Alaska Central has :
much to learn about the problems of
developing a new country.
The .‘ifst step, one that should he
promptly taken, !s the organization
of a permanent committee by Scwa*
business men to work first and last for '
rise development of the country tribu- !
tary to Sew a tit. east, west ami •
north, and th* directing of the ’
traffic of that development straight '
to Seward . s a center.
The work can :>•* undertaken none
, vK) soon.
AN EART:!QUAKE SEASON
The ' e ;. e iv. ors of the earth ^
,ir!i! to *v a:' v'teu with eonvu s.or.s. ,
The fr rot fed earthquake disaster at »
Vainnra - . • -h< west epa*t Of South ;
\meriea. dibit ■» close on the heel-' of \
i ' mil.ir tr z* y a" San Franci-co. t
atul eaeii was ace >mptubed by le*>ep
staemtnccs over wide areas ia the
sanu voles- \* belt. J let ween them •
eatre the upheaval of a new vi runic
Aland in the Aleutian chain west of 1
. a. Alaska peninsulu. this also in the •
..ime volcanic belt.
Only a few days before the San '
Francisco earthquake occurred the 1
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
Vesuvius is in a different volcanic re- ,
- ion. but scientists immediately after
*tii Sa: Francisco earthquake under
• ok to establish a connection between
lie two disturbances of the earth's
crust.
Valparaiso. San Francisco at u the
Meutian islands are not in the same
volcanic revrior*. as they are classified
by scientists, but they are in a Indt, of
which the different regions are in al
most a straight line. The immediate |
succession of the disturbances in all
three indicates that some connection
A probable. Shortly after the San
Francisco earthquake scientists pre
dicted that the next disturbance would
be in the l ook inlet region. The t
eruption on the Aleutian chain was
close enough to subtlest that the scien
tific prediction was not wholly base
less.
These successive displacements of
the earth's crust have l>een so numer
ous and violent t hat people are liable
to wonder when they will suspend and
where the next one will occur.
Rainmaker Hatfield failed to produce j
any visible precipitation from the ;
clouds in the Klondike, which moves j
the Cordova Alaskan to suggest that
he might have better luck if he would
try his system at Cordova bay. If he
falls there he might come on to i
Seward.
The liar who started the rumor in
Santiago that scientists had predicted
another earthquake in the city must
have been from Alaska.
The first battle in the Cuban civil
war was a short, sharp and decisive
combat at Guanajuav. Both sides then
went away.
BUY IT FOR SEWARD
The Sunrise correspondent of the
Gateway writes that when Dr. Cook
leaves the Mt. McKinley country he
will send his fast launch around to
Prince William sound to be sold for
what it will bring. Several small
boa's are now employed in the Sound,
all doing business for Valdez. Seward
might bring settle business here by
getting this launch to ply between this
port and the lower islands of the
Sound.
It is true that a boat from Seward to
Latouehe, Montague and Knight Island
would have a short run outside, but it
could pick it' weather and a fast boat
like the v < launch could make the
outside run n two hours. This Cook
launch hu> a .*J»Vhor>i* power engine
and can cut cieeie> around anv boat,
big or little, that conies to Seward,
it climbed the rapais of the upper
Yentna which nothing else but a sal
mon or trout could have breasted. It
is forty feet long andean carry twenty
passengers and a fair freight cargo.
It a letter written by H. I>. Rey
nolds of the Reynolds-Alasku Develop
ment Company to the Gateway, thank
ing the people of Seward for their
attention to the tour stockholders of
the company, on their recent visit,
Mr. Reynolds states that whatever
business the company's mine at Bould
er bay may have with adjacent ports
hereafter will be done with Seward.
The mine is now on a producing basis
and its ontput is expected in a short
time tube very luage. Other mining
de\eioptnents on the southern islands
of the Sound are adding to their
tra ‘ c. which ought to be with Seward
instead of Valdez.
The tight of Mr. Bryan against
Roger Sullivan as democratic national
committeeman from Illinois has its
origin in the fact that Sullivan be
longs to the Hopkins machine in Uli
nois. This is headed by Kx-.Mayor
John P. Hopkins of Chicago and is the
Cleveland end of the party in Illinois.
Hopkins dominated the Illinois state
.• invention two years ago as against j
the Bryan wing and threw out some i
ipno-oion delegates. It is on this fact 1
that Mr. Bryan bases his charge that
•villivan was elected by fraud. Sulli
van. however, was recognized by the
lationa! convention and committee.
In :i lot of “fresh much eyys” just
11rived from Seattle a Seward family
omul one with an Iowa date lint*. ,
vhieh >ome farmer’s yirl had placed i
it with :i pencil. The eyy was
alueless exc *pt for campaign or j
irrmatic uses and if there w.s> a rea* j
.1 >n aide prospect that it could yet
hi " tyh intact it would ’.** sent to the
'••attie Chamber of Commerce to be
:>i:.\i a- a mark of the Seattle
!*i rit.
Some of the campaign arguments in '
iif Southeastern Alaska papers ouyht !
• be published in Puck. One paj>er i
leaded a frenzied editorial “Roosevelt
• .... > (,’aie.” A perusal oi the arti
. vc*.. ad d the fact that Roosevelt
mce made a speech calling attention
o th> fact that lots of peoi>lcin Alaska
r not here to stay and tlu* editorial
r viler affirmed tluit ' ale is one of that
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II. 1>. Reynolds, of the Reynolds- •
Alaska I development Company, writes
he (lateway from Seattle a very cor
Hal letter of thank-to the people of
waul ior their courtesy and hos
ality in cr.tvrtaininy tiie member
d his ea-tern party on the last trip of
he Portland.
Mx-liov, Swineford told the Seattle
rimes that politics would cut little
i.ure in the Alaska delegate election. •
vtiich shows that tiie ex-yov. is some-,
hiny of a prophet if he did fail to yet
rotes enouyh himself.
it i>n’t worth while tor the back dis-j
ricts of Alaska to send in their elee
uon returns. The successful candi
lates for delegate have votes enough |
:uul the other fellows have lost inter-j
est in the subject.
Cuba Libre is feeling the horrors of
rivil war. In the first desperate battle
of the fratricidal conflict one govern
ment lieutenant and two rebels were
killed. ___
Mr. liryan must be afraid of getting
too popular. There is no other way to
account for his fomentation of a row
in the Illinois democracy.
According to the Jacksonville, Fla.,
Times-Tnion, "F. A. Mann, of Day
tona. tells a remarkable story of a rea
soning and loving mule, finally com
menting: ‘We have often heard of
horse-sense, but in this case the mule
undoubtedly exhibited a high degree
of it. “ Mr. Mann must be an Irish
man. judging by the bull he has made
of his horse and his mule!—Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
As a mule is half horse the Florida
paper’s comment is only half a bull
after all. Now what kind of a hybrid
is that? ^
The Seward Gateway contends that
nothing can stop the building of the
Alaska Central but an act of God. but
neglects to state whether or not any
of the company’s bonds have been
taken in heaven.—Douglas News.
HYDRAULIC WORK
ON COOK INLET
(Continued from page 1)
; which led to its purchase by the pres*
| ont owners.
The first month’s cleun-up on the
| Crow Creek Company's property was
I $10,000 and tin* bottom of the riffles
' was not touched. While the managers
| of the property are reticent it is stated
by a man familiar with the operations
j that, the output of the property this
season will probably be $70,000.
Kxtensive additions to the ditches
and tin tie- have been made by the new
i company and still others are in pro
gress. Thu main stream used in hy
jdraulic work i- carried through a pipe
22 inches in diameter at the upper end,
graduated down to h> inches where it
! feeds the giants.
Other (iootl Property
Above the Crow Creek Company is
j James Girdwood. whose property is
believed b\ some familiar with the
creek to be even richer than that of
the other company. Mr. Girdwood is
confining himself chiefly to develop
ment work this year but will take out
some gold nevertheless.
On the south side of the Arm min
j ing operations are extensive. S. W.
Wib'e has a large force of men. The
Klmore Mining Company under the
management of Mike Sullivan, has
been doing extensive development
work and Mr. Sullivan stated last week
hat be expects to leave a large output
next year.
On numerous creeks on the penin
sula small companies and individual
miners are working. They are scat
tered along Six-Mile. Canyon, tjuartz,
Pert ha and other creeks, and alto
gether they will take out many thou
>and dollars in gold.
COPPER STRIKE AT KNIK
Find .Made on River and Specimens
Sent to Seward for Assay.
Sunrise. Aug. Is Special corrosjion
denee--A copper strike is reported to
have been made on the Knik river,
Knik arm. Very little is known of it.
Parties interested are on their way to
Seward by boat with sample rock to be !
assayed.
The Palmer Creek Mining Company j
has shut down its hydraulic works on
Palmer creek, near Hope. Very little
is expected to 1h* taken out as much
dead work was done this year.
The Bear Creek Hydraulic Mining
Company is the only concern outside of
two smaller plants now working at
Hope.
DR. COOK VISITS SUNRISE
Will Go from flcKinley District to
Fairbanks and Out on the Yukon
Sunrise. Aug. Is Special correspon-1
denee Among the Tyonic's passen-1
gers from Tyonook today was Dr.
Cook, head of Cook's party that was
to climb Mt. McKinley. Dr. Cook
went to Knik for gasoline and picked
up a pump at Hope, both for the forty
foot motor boat which his party are
operating on the Susitna river. Dr. |
Cook expects to stay in the McKinley ;
district for a couple weeks more, then
will probably go overland to Fairbanks j
and go out in the winter over the;
Yukon.
The launch will perhaps be taken j
to Prince Williams Sound where it j
will be sold for half price.
ELMER HERNING DEAD
Boy Well-known in Seward Passes
Away at Knik.
Elmer Horning, the 11-year old son j
of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Horning of j
Knik. died of Brights disiaseu few daysi
ago, an hour after hi> mother arrived
at Knik from a visit to Seward. She
sailed westward on the last Dora and j
went up on an Inlet bunt only to find
her boy at the point of death.
The boy was well-known in Seward,
where his parents resided last year.
He attended school here and was a
very bright boy.
The news of the boy's death was
brought down by Jerry Odale and Will
Bartlett.
ST. CHARLES |
, EVAPORATED CREAM \
No preservatives are used in the
manufacture of St. Charles Cream.
Sterilization alone is the preserving j
agency--the cream is guaranteed L
absolutely pure and perfectly fieri- i
lized. It is made of pure milk only, ij
condensed by evaporation, and j
treated only by the scientific appli- j
cation of heat. That is the reason |[
j it does not pall on the tenderest
stomach. It is also the reason why j
it never curdles. It is as palatable
! as the finest fresh milk or cream
! you ever tasted—it costs no more.
! . In using it you take no chances.
Sold by best grocers everywhere.
ST. CHARLES CONDENSING CO.,
St. Charles, 111.
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MAN HURT BY
WDUNDED BEAR
Hunter Badly Used up but Life
Saved Because Animal Fell
Dead in Struggle
A. I). Burton was badly
clawed and one of his arms was broken
by a wounded she-bear into which he
had put live shots, near Chickaloon
bay last week. The bear dropped
dead a moment after she attacked him,
and that fact alone saved his life, lie
was brought to Sunrise for care.
Burton trailed the bear for a short
distance and shot her. She disap
peared in the bushes and he thought
she had gone. He saw two cul s near
by and started to capture them. Un
noticed the wounded mother rushed
upon him and was within a few
feet before be saw her. She struck
him a violent blow with her paw,
breaking one arm and knocking him
down. Another blow cut open bis face
and body, tearing his clothes into
shreds; then the unfuriated beast fell
dead across her enemy's body.
Burton managed to make his way
to the beach, where other men put
him into a boat and took him to Sun
rise. Chickaloon bay, where the
light occurred, is a few miles below
Hope, on Turnagain arm.
SAYS ALLEGED THEFT WAS
RESTORATION OF ANOTHER
Messick Admits He Got Money and
Checks from Klock But Claims
Latter Had Robbed Him
Pete Messick admits that in* re
ceived $00 in gold and two checks from
Mike Klock, who charges him with
larceny, but says that Klock had pre
viously stolen $140 from him and, ad
mitting the theft, gave the $(K) and
checks to apply on the account. When
Deputy Marshal Irvine arrested Mes
siek on a warrant at Camp 40 yester
day the latter promptly admitted pos
session of both money and checks and
asserted that they were given to him
as his due by Klock. Messick has
worked on the railroad a long time
and has a gooil reputation.
Doth men are Austrians and neither
can speak Knglish well. Messick's
«,tory is that Klock. who had been
working at 54. came to 40 to Ik* t reated
in the hospital, where he stayed three
days. He then stayed in Messick’s
cabin one night. When Messick came |
home from a day's work in the tunnel,
lie asserts, he missed $14<> in gold from j
its hiding-place and accused Klock of
taking it. He claims that Klock finally
admitted taking the money but said
lie bad only $oo left, which lie gave to
Messick. with two checks aggregating
about $50.
The preliminary hearing of Messick !
is set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Tacoma Growing Fast
The new city directory of Tacoma, !
just completed, contains 33.004 names.
There are bob', more names in the
directory than there was in that
of 1005.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending |
August -4:
Tkmimcraturk.
Max. Min.
Saturday 03 52 Cloudy
Sunday 50 52 < ‘loudy
Monday 57 52 Rain j
Tuesday 57 52 Cloudy.
Wednesday 00 40 Rain 1
Thursday 00 52 Clear jj
Friday 00 57 Rain j
SEWARD STEAMERS
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Portland: sailed westward 22d: due
returning 25th.
Oregon: arrived in Valdez from Se
attle 24th at 5:30 p. m.
Excelsior: sails from Seattle 24th.
Bertha: sails from Seattle 25th.
Santa Clara; sailed fiom Seward for
Seattle 10th.
Dora: sailed westward 10th.
LAY ASIDE THE LITTLE SUMS
you spend for things not needed.
Dimes make dollars and a hard earned
dollar, if saved, will work harder than
he who earned it.
* BANK OF SEWARD.
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes are
cordially invited to have their mail
addressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company, Lumber Ex
change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
to make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
g7\n. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits—High
est Prices Paid for Furs....
Knik P. O. Alaska
| THE
BEST
ARE THE
CHEAPEST
Why buy any old kind of
OVERALLS and CORDUROY
goods just because you I
have never been able to I
get anything better 1
Carhartt’s
Are the Best
I CLAYSON THE CHOTHIER
Agency Tcnr^TRe
CHAS. 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 PALACE
' Clark & Co.
fine Line of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
CATE IN CONNECTION. jnffiMK
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska.
i
Company
W HOLESALE JOBBERS and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Parties desiring large out
fits should call and get job
bing prices from T. D. Cor
lew, the manager
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H. S. WATERMAN
MINING ENGINEER
Assay Office. Valdez. Alaska.
Gold ... *1.50
Gold and Silver - - 2.00
Copper * - - 1.50
Gold. Silver and Copper 3.50
Reports and examinations of mines.
Cash should woompnny all samples.
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Enaineer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
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W. J. STONE
Architect
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
Rooms 2. 3 and 4
A. B. DRUG BUILDING
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DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown A: Hawkins’ store
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C. H. J03ONS, M. D.
F.iysician and Surgeon
Office ami residence: Carsten’s building
Office hours;} to 4 i>. in. and when not other
wise on inured.
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY AT-LA W
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka.
FRANK H.LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres- Seldovia, Cook Inlet. Alaska,
or care Mail Aerent, Steamer Dora
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
proj>erty furnished—Examination and
reports made on any property.
SEWARD - ALASKA
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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Shawhan'Bld, Washington St.
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Next to Bank of Seward
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