FAIR WILL NOT
BE POSTPONED
Committee Decide Everythin# Will
Be in Readiness to Open
Exposition in 1909.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Jan. IS The executive com
mittee of the Alaska-V ukon-l'acitic |
exposition has had under consideration
he proposition to postpone the fair
till a later date, hut have decided to
hold the exposition, as previously
planned, in The financial out
look is brightening and the committee i
in charge is confident every thing
will l»e in readiness for opening tlie
exposition at the appointed time.
NATIVES MUST i
ATTEND SCHOOL
Secretary Garfield Drafts Bill to
Make Education of Chil
dren Compulsory.
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. I>. C.. .Ian. IT Secre
tary oi ti o Interior .lames K. Garfield
has drafted a hid, which, if it becomes 1
a law. will compel ai native children
of Alaska of scho ! age to attend school
school a o itain number of months,
each year.
Christmas in Sunrise
Special to Tho Daily Gateway.
Sunrise, Dec. -T The people of
Hope ami Sunrise united in the ol>
servance of t do istmas bv a rille shoot
in the morning and a clay pigeon
shoot in the afternoon. T. G. Allison
carried otT the prize of $10 in the
ride contest and Louis Rennet* won j
tir>t prize at the tran with .1. II.
Brownlow in second place.
In the evening a dance was held in
tin- itv hall at Sum*is** with Mr. H.
V. Ih'ben in eharge of the floor, pre-j
c «L■ *i !>> an entertainment consisting
of a reading1 by Mr. Brownlow, a reci- j
tat ion by Mr. A. K. Knight. and
fol >wed b\ i series of novel and amus
ing games, such as a button sowing
contest by the men, a bean race; a nail
driving ami pencil sharpening contest
bv the ladies
Sewardites in Cordova
Mr. J. L. Graef the Seward hard-,
war** man arrived in the city the fore j
part of the week with a big stocit of
stoves, tinware and hardware, and
immediately opened uu for business.
This reiiev. s a long ted want in this j
city and Mr. Graef i> just the man for
the place.
Mr. L. L. \Y bittern ore threw open |
the doors of the Northern Saloon for
the tirst time to the public, since its;
closedown, on Wednesday night. The
Northern has been undergoing some
repairs of late and now presents a very ;
creditable appearance. Mr. Whitte-j
more, the new proprietor, is will
known in western Alaska and is very
pop u 1 a r. - -Cordova A1 ask an.
One of the Best Things
One of the best things a man can '
bring into the world with him is a
natural humility of spirit. About the
next best thing he can bring, and
they usually go together, is an appre- >
dative spirit—a loving and suscepti
ble heart. If he is going to be a re
former and stir up things, and slay the
** dfagons, he needs other qualities more.
But if he is going to get the most out
of life in a worthy way, if he is going
to enjoy the grand spectacle of the
world from first to last, then he needs
to be pitched in a low key and well
attuned to common universal things.
—John Burroughs.
Rural Free Delivery Growth
At the last report there were 38,215
rural delivery routes in operation in
the United States, all the growth of
a few years. No other country has
ever developed a new postal feature
to the same extent in so short a time.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
“The way to stand well with people
is not to make them feel your conse
quence, but their own.”
TAWNEY TALKS !
FOR EXPOSITION
Minnesota Representative Wants
Seattle Show To Be for
Alaska and the West.
By Cable to The Dnlly Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 15—Rep- j
representative James A. Tawney of |
Minnesota is enthusiastic over the [
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to be
held in Seattle next year and wants it
to be made a genuine exhibition of j
Alaska and the far west.
LESSER ONES
NOT FOR SALE
A Bill Has Been Introduced Re
serving All Alsaka Islands
Less Than 160 Acres,
By Cable to The Daily Gateway
Washington, I). C., .Tan. 17—A hill
has been introduced in congress pro
viding for the reservation from sale of
all Alaska islands of less than 1 <>0
acres in area.
Changes homestead Law
An ;mportent change in the regula- i
lions for acquiring homestead on the
public domain wa> announced recently
by Commissioner Hallinger of the
general land office. As an additional
precaution against fraud, all persons
making homestead entries on public
lands after the l>t, of last November
will bo required to be actual residents
on the lands for fourteen months be
fore they will be permitted to com
mute the entries to obtain title by
;t cash payment. heretofore, the
period of actual residence has been
eight months. The ruling will not af*
fect entries made prior to November
1, 1907.
Declared Unconstitutional
Assemblyman Roy J. Nye sometime
ago introduced what was known as
the Nye sleeping car berth hill. It
wa> signed by Governor Davidson and
became a law. It has now been de
clared unconstitutional. The follow
ing is the wording of the law:
“Whenever any person pays for the
use of a double lower berth in a sleep
ing car he >hall have the right to di
rect whether tin* upper berth shall be j
open or closed, unless the upper berth i
actually is occupied by some other per-j
son: and the proprietor of the car and j
the person in charge of it shall com-1
ply with such direction.”
Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford D. Harlan, j
land attorney, Washington, 1). C.
Coal The right of purchase is not ;
initiated by filing a declatory state- j
ment. hut by actual discovery of coal ;
on the land, and the performance of j
some act of improvement sufficient to j
give notice of an intent to purchase
under the coal-land laws.
Contest—Practice—A defendant who
elects to plead a statutory defense and j
submits no evidence, is not entitled to
another hearing in the event itis de
fense is held not good.
Desert Land—Land that without
irrigation will produce grass in paying
quantities is not subject to desert
entry.
Final Proof—Entry allowed on proof
submitted after due notice should not
be canceled on finding the evidence as
to residence insufficient, but suspended
and further proof required.
Homestead—Townsite—The law
does not contemplate that the right of
entry shall be exercised by one who
makes settlement primarily and chiefly
for trade and business, and not for
agricultural purposes.
Mineral—Proof of mining upon a tract
that has been adjudicated as mineral,
and the subsequent abandonment of 1
such operations leaves with the miner
al claimant the burden of proof to show
the present mineral character of the '
land. 1
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Dog salmon for sale at Brown k ;
Hawkins. <
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SMART CLOTHES \
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AIID USE AT AIAA IS TO satisfy our customers, and to do this we carry all I
yUol l.3Ssli:.*JI S mm FIRST CLASS LINES.— The words “Stein Bloch,”
T"- .. “Kirschbaum,” etc., etc., is evidence that our aim is I
We have a complete line of
the following School Supplies;
all at moderate prices.
School Books
White Paper Tablets
Yellow Paper Tablets
Composition Taplets
Spelling Tablets
Slates
Pencils
Pen Holders
Pens
Ink
Sponges
Rulers
Rubber Erasers
Envelopes
Fountain Pens
Owl Drug Co.
E. V. BOYLE, Mgr.
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND H0Tc
SEATTLE
Popular Prices-New Management
Central Location-European Plan
Greatest Cafe and Bar Se mice in the
Wilson & White Co., Prop. Chas Perry, Mgr
It is the part of wisdom to spen<
ittle of your time upon the thing
,hat vex and anger you, and much o
rour time upon the things that brinj
,tou quietness and confidence and goo<
sheer.—Henry Van Dyke.
BirfALO FORGES
MINERS SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE
Twentieth Century Heating Stoves
Reynolds’ Patented Hot Blast Draft, Air Tight Stoves.
J| n A CC SEWARD AND
■ L.« variMELr cordova. vka.
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E. L. WHITTEMORE. PROPRIETOR.
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WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVENUE, SEWARD. ALASKA.
V .- —>
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HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
(foVCall on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything first-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
(lirdwood, Alaska. C. R. E500TH, Manager.
f The Palace ^
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
_ Cafe in Connection. Seward, Alaska
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