Seward Weekly Gateway
" m) T$1 SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAItOIT 17, 1906.
ALASKA FREIGHT
CROWDS DOCKS
Steamers Unable to Carry
That Already Offered and
More Accumulates
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March !'• shippers
rushing supplies northward in the 1"’!"
of "vtling them over the trail betore
it breaks up too badly to allow the
transportation of freight. The vosm Is j
booked to sail in the next ten days
have more freight already offered than
thev can carry and the rush still con
tinues.
Similar conditions exist in all Alaska
freight business. Seward cargoes are
held back to allow Tanana supplies to
get through and the steamship com
panies are already embarrassed In the
freight offerings for Nome. Not half
of that already booked can go on the
lirst steamers. The \\ bite Star Line
has chartered the Melville l>ollai\
Mackinaw and .Jennie for the Nome'
reason in addition to its existing fleet.
The companies operating to Seward
and Valdez are hunting for more boats
to place on that run.
Steamer I'arallon Sails
Seattle. March 12 Steamer Kara lion
mailed at midnight Saturday for Seward
and Valdez, with eighty pa-senger-and
a full freight cargo.
Nome Freight W ithout Precedent
Seat . March 12 The aeoiumei
tion o! N • e freight is w ithout pre
cedent. S stern ve-->S are now pre
paring to v»il on lh if rtf'! trip- and
will eery Ka.'st" u»n- of freight.
More tha that i-already etTere i>ml
To Build Bo. is .or Nome Run
( oun an,' . a -te;u - ' • n\ "
Sun K> • a- ->■>». will e-tab t$h « r'utu.i
time for i.• \t year - ■' ■' "*1 '>»
iutnoum n. if t> mad* by Mr. Koiph.
who is now* iu S u * lo. rim com par.
now has twenty -learners running to
the «Orient.
Caswell to lia on Yentna River
Seattle. March 10 Thelitth steamer
Caswell "ill !*e sent front Seattle to run
from the head of look inlet up the
Shushetna anti \ entna rivers to the
Yentna gohl district this summer.
Tug and Lighters l or Nome
Seattle. Wash. March 1° The
Northwestern Steamship Company is
building four lighters and one tug for
use in Nome harbor.
Excelsior Reaches Seattle*
Seattle, March 12 The steamer Ex
celsior arrived in Seattle yesterday
from Seward and way ports on the in
side passage. She brought a >mall
number of passengers.
On Lynn Canal Run Again
Seattle. March 12—'The steamer City
of Seattle will go hack on the Lynn
canal run April 1. She has been tied
•pall winter.
NO PROVISIONS AT KNIK
Yentna Mushers Clean Out Stocks
there and at Shushetna
Yentna mushers have cleaned out
the stock of provisions at George Pal
mer’s store at Knik and he reports that
the same is true of the store at Shu
shetna station. In a letter to William
McCarty Mr. Palmer states that he is
unable to accept any orders for forth
coming wayfarers because his larder is
already empty and he hasn’t much
more than enough left to keep himself
eating regularly until navigation is
open on the Inlet.
Numerous parties going to the inter
ior in the past month have taken only
part of their necessary supplies from
Seward, intending to supplement their
stocks at Knik or Shushetna station to
avoid dragging heavy loads over the
rough trails which intervene in spots
this side of Knik. The first of these
cleaned out the stores beyond the Arm
and the later ones have undoubtedly
been disappointed.
During the year 1906, the Alaska
Mexican Gold Mining Company, oper
ating on Douglas Island, paid dividends
equal to 63 per cent of the capital stock.
This company has paid, in the last
three years, more than the amount of
its capital stock, in dividends.
H0G6ATT WILL
RE GOVERNOR
President Announces Determina
tion to Appoint Juneau Man
for Alaska Executive
By Cafolt* tc Tiie Daily Gateway.
Washington. I'. L.. March lo 1>»
la \ cd in transmission -President I loose-1
vclt this afternoon announced that he |
had decided to appoint \X itfI*, j
Hojrgatt of Juneau as "ovornor of j
Alaska to succeed tlov. Hrady. I ho
1 decision to appoint Ho""att was based ;
| upon tin* stron" recommendations
"ivon by ( apt. Jarvis and Senator
Hemeu way of Indiana.
It is stated that the indorsement of
Jarvis turned the scale in favor of
Ho""att. as otherwise the appointment
| would have "one to W. T. Perkins,
who had influential backinff.
Ho""att's name will "o to the Sen
, ate Tuesday for confirmation. The
j decision in his favor was practically
made several days a"o hut the an
nouncement was held up because of
the »""rcssive candidacy of John P.
C'lum of Fairbanks, who had a stron"
pull in the support of Postmaster-tien
eral Cortelyou.
Wants to Talk to Hoggatt
Washington. March 14 Sec
retary Hitchcock of tlu* interior de
partment wired to \\. I». lioggatt.
nominated lor governor of Alaska, to
come to Washington fora conference
with the secretary and the president
relative to Alaska affairs. Mr. Hog
gatt is now in S.m Francisco.
Hi.ggati (iocs to Washington
Le>. Angeles. March lo W. 1!. I tog*
gait. v 'e is to he governor of the t r*
ritor; f Alaska, started for WaMting
,ril iiiC) to cofih-i- with the President
a. (i s. ets :o Hitchcock, at'i clatter's
.CipO -!.
Dy C s to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March 11 •'Rx-Seriator John
L. Wil-<ui returned yesterday from a
nine month-'tour of Rurope and im-!
medi a iy it was announced that lie
will take ;m active part it! polities and i
will ii-.-voto his efforts particularly 10
the ea ie;u of Senator Ankeny'- re-elec
tion to the senate.
Mr. Wilson i- owner of the Post
Intelligencer and it is expected that
i the paper will -oon openly proclaim
: ii — opposition to the re-election of
! Ankeny although hi- term does not
| expire for two years, and two state
j elections will intervene before the meet
> ing of the legislature which will elect
| hi- -ucce-sor. The state senators to
' be chosen this fall will hold over until J
, the si —ion which will choose Ankeny’s j
successor in ltHK* and Wilson and the
Post-Intelligencer will make a tight on
all Ankeny candidates.
Senator Piles of Seattle, who was
elected to the senate last year, has
formed an alliance with Ankeny and
will lead the fight for the senior
; senator's re-election.
Big Strike in Nome District
Nome,—A big strike has been made
on No. 8, Cooper gulch, pans running
from $400 to $600. Bedrock was found
at a depth of sixty-five feet. The
claim is owned by Capt. E. W. John
son of Seattle and will rival the famous
Portland bench in richness.
The greatest body of pay gravel on
the peninsula nas been uncovered on
the Kugruk river. Discovery claim
will produce $200,000 and other strikes
have been made.
The output of the Candle district
is estimated at nearly $1,000,000.
Steamer Oregon Reaches Port
Steamer Oregon. Capt. O’Brien,
reached port Sunday morning and
sailed again at midnight. She reached
Seward less than six days out of Seat
tle. Her Seward freight cargo was315
tons of general merchandise, and sup
plies for the Alaska Central, besides
23.000 feet of lumber. She brought
forty-nine passengers from Seattle be
sides a few from Valdez.
Santa Clara Arrives
Steamer Santa Clara arrived from
Seattle Wednesday afternoon with
forty-two passengers and 164 tons of
general cargo. She sailed again at
midnight.
Sergeant Field of the Northwest
mounted police recently took a de
mented man strapped to a dog sled 400
miles from the Fort Chipewyan dis
trict Edmonton, Alberta, part of the
way through a blizzard.
House Committee Will Defer |
Action on Alaska Subsidies
Until Next Winter
By C.iUo to Tlic Daily Gateway.
Washington. I>. March 10 A ma
jority <»f the members of the house
committee on territories are in favor
of postponing action on the hill to
grant aid to Alaska railroad building
until next winter. It is practically
settled that nothing will be done at
this session of congress although the
committee and congressional scuti
ment are inclined favorably toward
the proposition.
The reason for deferring action is
that members wish to consider further
what form of aid is best applicable to
the situation. There is little objec
tion to giving such assistance as will
really facilitate railroad construction
in the district.
The house committee on territories
has also agreed to strike out all ol>
jeetionable features of the bill regu
lating the salmon packing industry
in Alaska.
DOING MUCK BUILDING
Contractors /Taking Progress on Var
ious New Structures
Contractors on the numerous large
buildings under construction are tak
ing advantage of the pleasant weather
and those which are not already under
roof "ill reach that stage within a few
days so that heavv spring rains, which
are due to arrive any day. will cut no
figure with tie completion of the
buildings. To a newcomer in Alaska
it is a novel spectacle to set* two feet of
packed >now on the ground, while
everything else suggests spring, in
cluding' a midday temperature ot ne.ir
lv Zip degree* and mechanics working
u . t hop! coats nr height- sunshine.
Among tie beg buildings which arc
near completion are the Pasmussen
block, wide.i has been turned over
to the tenants, the Da g'‘tt ami Allen
building, t h -Snyder block, the Male
block, the temporary bank block and
tin- Duiitvi !< block, all on Fourth ave
ue. The Kpiseonal church on Second
avenm is m arly ready for the inside
work. The trame of\V. A. McNeiley's
two ami one-hall story building on
Fifth avenue is up and the office block
of the Si ward Construction A Develop
ment Company, also on Fifth avenue, is
under roof and carpenters are working
inside.
On the east side of Fifth avenue,
just below the So ward Construction A
Development Company's building, J.
Hoycroft has begun the erection of a
two-story residence. H’>x4P feet. Mr.
Poyeroft is a well-known Alaska min
ing man, who has operated in all the
big camps of the north and recently
brought his family here to reside, lie
has gone outside himself and his son is
superintending the construction of
the house.
Besides the large buildings small
cottages are going up in all parts of
town and the aggregate amount of
building in the city is greater than at
any time in its previous history.
WORK ON CROW CREEK
Steamer Toledo Will Bring Machinery
for Hydraulic Mines
The steamer Toledo, which has been
purchased by J. O. Buzard to run on
Cook inlet this summer, will come
north loaded with machinery and sup
plies for the Crow creek hydraulic
mines which have been purchased by a
San Francisco syndicate. The new
owners will work the property to the
limit and the Toledo will bring the
necessary equipment and take it into
Turnagain Arm as soon as navigation
opens in Cook inlet next month.
James Bartlett has the contract for
hauling the equipment and supplies
up the Glacier creek trail to Crow
creek and he went out on the train
this week with four horses in order
to get through before the thaw, which
is now threatening, destroys the trails.
Andy Grierson went with him to as
sist in the work of packing.
Andrew Nisbet, who will superin
tend operations on the Crow creek
property for the new owners, came up
on the Bertha and went at once to
the property to look it over and decide
whether anything is needed further
than is already ordered. It is expec
ted that active operations will begin
not later than May 1. The Toledo
will sail from Seattle before the end
of March.
A project is on foot to develop the
Chicago creek coal mines on the
Inmachuk on Seward peninsula.
Rivalry Between Cushman and
Nelson May Defeat Alaska
Representation
By C.iiile to Toe Bully Gateway.
Washington, i>. March 12 l i<
easiness exists here over the possible
ilt feat of the Alaska delegate bill be
cause of the competition between < #n
gressman Cushman and Senator Nelson
toget credit for the measure. When the
Nelson hill went to the House from the
Senate the House struck out all after
the enacting clause and substituted the
Cushman bill and passed it in that
form. It is feared that the Senate will
refuse to accept the Cushman bill and
will insist that the Nelson bill or none
be passed. Nelson is said to be de
termined that all Alaska measures
shall hear his trade mark.
The only difference between the
measures is that the Cushman hill
authorizes United States commission
ers to fix the boundaries of election
i precincts while the Nelson hill confers
1 this power upon the judges of the dis
trict courts of the territory. The
I danger to the hill lies in the possibil
' ity of a deadlock over the rivalry be
lt ween Cushman and Nelson to be
known as author of the successful
measure.
RUSH TO THE TANANA
Trail Crowded With Alushers and
Rood Badly Cut Up
The rush to the Tatiana over the
\ aide/, trail this year is said to eclipse
i anything of the kind since the first
! stumpv'de into Dawson. Phe trail is
ilnt'ei! with men, horses, dogs ami sleds
land it .. tiii.j so badly cut up that it
i j> aim 'i impassable in places. I lie
Valdez News devotes a long article to
[|u> latter feature, complaining that
;h damag1 is done by "stogie trip out
;P-," who do not earn what they do ■<>
; the trail *o long as tlmy *get over it
t hemsclves.
.\ similar report is brought to S.w
i( i,.y Jim DartT-tt and Andy Gri> rsan
who have just returned from a trip to
('upper t enter to get some horses be
longing to Bartlett. They say that the ;
trail is‘getting in such bad condition |
t hat it is hard to see how the long j
string of out tits brought up on the < >re
gon and Santa t'lr.ra can get through.
. They were back in Valdez before either
! vessel arrived and canning out passed a
| line of sleds, drawn by horses, dogs and
! men, that looked like it procession.
Grierson and Bartlett state that when
they came through sleds w< re already
getting stalled and sometimes breaking
down by going into deep chuck holes.
These are made in the deep snow in
low places by one heavy load after an
other pounding into the holes until
some of them are six feet deep and
have to be avoided.
The Seward men say, as does the
Valdez News, that the mushers were
bcginningto leave part of their loads
because of sheer inability to carry them j
through. One huge pile of provisions
carried the sign, “Help yourselves.” |
Not many men want to help them
selves, however, because most of those
going through have outlits of a size
which worries them to transport.
MINERS LEAVING DAWSON
Small Operators to Move Over to
the Tanana
G. A. Kennedy, an old-time Daw
sonite, thinks the days for the small
operator in the Klondike have ended.
“The sun of prosperity no longer
shines for the small operator in the up
per camp,” said Mr. Kennedy, “and
they are leaving for this side of the
line just as fast as they can pull out.
The Klondike, however, will he a good
camp for years to come, as there is still
a vast quantity of dirt that can be
worked profitably with the aid of ma
chinery.
“No doubt the mining history of the
Klondike will repeat itself in the Tan
ana. As the richer ground is worked
out by the small operators, heavier
machinery will gradually be installed
to handle the low-grade dirt. This
camp, it seems, however, has begun its
career free from the great handicap
placed upon the Klondike earlier in its
history. I see more improvements
here already in my short stay than
Dawson enjoys at the present time.
And the people here seem to be more
settled and know just what they are
about, and the impression made upon a
stranger is one that makes him feel
that he will make a mistake unless he
becomes a part of the life.”—Fairbanks
News.
The Nome News tells of a rich strike
on Little creek.
I
Lieut, fcmmonds Says Some Are
Self-sustaining But Major
ity Need Help
By Ca~io to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, I). < .. March II Li< in.
<!. T. Einmonds, who was >ont t<» Alas-|
ku to iiive-nigato the condition of the j
natives as a special representative of
the president, submitted his report to-1
day. fie divides the natives into two
classes, those who are self-sustaining j
and those who are not. The latter, he
says, largely outnumber the former.
The report states that the self-sus
taining natives are acquiring a fair
livelihood by contracts with the whites
in tlie fisheries and the fur trade.
Lieut. Emraonds says this class require j
only government supervision to protect
them from the rapacity of the whites
and to improve their manner of living.
The other class, whose members are
unable to sustain themselves decently,
tiie report says, require both govern
ment supervision and government aid.
The president will send the report to
congress with a recommendation for
legislation pursuant to its suggestions.
To Aid Alaska Natives
Washington. I). <March, hi Next]
week the hous.- committee on Indian
affairs will take up the report of Lieut.
Kmmonds upon the condition of Alaska
natives. Il is believed thut the com
mittee will make a recommendation for j
government assistance to those natives
who are described hv Limit. Kmmonds;
as unable to car** lor themselves, and
especially those needinjr immediate
help, l! is expected also that a special
commissioner will be appointed to
lake charge of the distribution of aid.
’Jy Cn'ilo to The 2aily Gateway.
Chicane. March K> (iernral Over-1
seer Voltka of Zion < i'y issued a pro-;
clamation toda.\ announciinr that the;
death of the "prophet.'' John Alex
ander Die,vie. is near at ham1, lit* de-;
clares that he will become the head of
the religious organization of Zion on '<
Dowie’s death.
Restiveness apainst Dowie's rule has
been ^rowinj? constantly more apparent
since the "prophet” departed for the
tropics early in the winter to recuper
ate his health and it is believed that it J
is the intention of the ruling spirits
not to permit him to return. Vodka's;
proclamation is accepted by outsiders
as an indirect notice to ‘‘Klijah* that
he has been practically deposed.
Zion City Refuses Dowie’s Draft
Chicago, March 12—The Zion City
bank today refused payment of a draft
drawn upon it by Prophet Dowie, who
is in Jamaica. It was returned with
the suggestion that “Elijah” curtail
his expenses as the Mock in Zion City
is now doing.
Mrs. Dowie Shakes the Prophet
Chicago, March 14—John Alexander
Dowie and his wife have parted. Mrs.
Dowie has quit the prophet and
returned to Zion City. She says she
has cast her lot permanently with
Zion. It seems to be settled that
Dowie has been practically barred out
of the organization which he founded.
To Start for the Yentna
William and Ed McCarty and John
Downing will start for the ^ entna
next week. They will go to Sunrise
and from there will take a boat, if
they can find a suitable one, and go
up Knik Arm by water. They assert
that they can easily dodge the ice at
this time in the season. Men have
been crossing Turnagain Arm at
Sunrise for three weeks. The
boys are going to Sunrise and
thence by water to avoid pack
ing a heavy load of supplies over
the trail to Knik. Beyond that the
trail is easy and they had intended
buying their outfit there until they
learned that Palmer’s store had been
emptied of goods by preceding
mushers.
Fixes Value oi Coal Lands
Washington, D. C.,—A bill was in
troduced by Senator Heyburn today,
fixing the price of coal lands in Alaska
at $10 an acre, when situated within
fifteen miles of a railroad, and $5 an
acre when more remote.
W. H. Case, a well-known photo
grapher of Skagway, of the firm of
Case & Draper, with photograph gal
leries and curio stores at Skagway and
Juneau, came to Seward on the Santa
Clara to locate.
MC REBELS
Co!. Duncan With 400 Men Fights
Two Days’ Battle and Kills
600 Warriors
By Ca’oio to The Daily Gateway.
Maniia. March Id Col. Duncan win,
soldiers and marines attacked a fore
of Moro rebels near Mount Dajoneai
in the island of .lolo March <> and a
fierce battle continued lor two da;
Six hundred Moros were killed a d
fifteen American soldiers. Thirt;
two soldiers and marines were .found
ed, including four oflicers. ’I'he latte*
were Captains White and Kiver*..
Lieut. Conway and Knsign Cook.
Col. Duncan raised guns up a ste»-p
mountain side by means «*f a tackle ii
the face of a withering lire and after
placing his artillery drove the Moro
hack.
Women Fought in Ranks
Manila, P. I., March 1*1- Gen. Woo*
has just arrived from .folo, where tin
battle was fought last week between
American troops and Mom insurgents
and reports that the basis for theston
that the troops killed women is du« to
the fact that the Mom warriors used
women as shields and tin* women were
dressed as worriors so that thev couV
not be distinguished from the men.
(Jen. Wood states also that tea
Mom- feigned death on the battle fi» ■
and after the troops had passed the\
rose tip and slaughtered the at ten.in;
of the American hospital corps wn
were carimr for the wounded o; b< :
sides.
Denies Wanton Slaughter
Washington, I). 'March id <.
ora! W< od cables to th<• president t: »*■
Manila a denial of ih- chare'1 ■ t'
women were slanyhtored know.;
and wantonly in th<- battle with
Moros on the island o; .1 >!<:. lie
elare* that the women wav th*cu>
a* warrior* and tin* troop*did net km
their sex until the battle wa* n e-'
(ieneral Wood prai*es .< . ily
lantry of the enlisted im n The ih
dent is satisfied with \Yn<» - on .
Bacon Says it was Slaughter
Wasiiinirton, l>. < .. March b
communication from the pr >■* *i• -t<*
curding the battle with the More* ■
the island of .lolo in tic Philippic -
was read in the Senate yesterday ;it' t
noon. Senator llaeOn den miicn: r •
battle a* a slaughter. Sena'or b
deprecated adverse criticism befon a
the facts become known.
TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD
Tanana Men Will Prospect the Shu
shctna This Summer
Several outfits are preparing t->
leave Fairbanks for tlie Shushetna. a -
traeteil by the reports of gold having
been found, and tha fact that steamer*
are to run upon the river next yeas to
the head of navigation. The ad
ditional fact that the Alaska Central
railroad proposes to build up theva 1* >
is making its influence felt.
Heretofore, the Shushetna valley »a*
never been considered of much value
for gold by prospectors. It is wide and
low, for the greater part, with heavy
timber and rank grass plots alternat
ing. In fact* there are milesand miles
of open places covered with grass in
the summer time which reminds of a
rolling’ prairie. At its widest part tin
valley is about 150 miles east and west,
and 125 miles north and south.
As the river is ascended north to
ward the Alaskan range, the ridge
lines draw closer together and narrow
until the river is confined in box can
yons, and becomes too swift for nav
igation. It also splits up into several
forks, which find their source in tin
Alaska range at widely varying point*.
Among the foothills and mountains, of
course, the river branches offer a bet
ter proposition for mining and pros
pecting. The strike reported by Pete
Monahan is just above the head of nav
igation.—Fairbanks News.
Big Strike on Kugruk
The report comes from Candle that
there is a stampede on from there to
the Kugruk, where one of the biggesi
strikes in that section has been made.
Prospectors found a large body of rich
pay and there is great excitement in
the Northern country.—Nome News.
Brings Monster Halibut
Tacoma—Steamer Edith arrived to
day from the banks with a monster
halibut-13 feet 3 inches long, weight
972 pounds-the largest one ever caught
by Tacoma fishermen. It will be sent
to Chicago for exhibition by a fish
dealer.
The Fairbanks News reports several
promising strikes in the Tanana.