SEWARD GATEWAY
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PASSES EXPERIMENTAL STAGE
The Ventna gold mining district has
ussed the experimental stage. It re
mires several years to make a new
district a great producer but the Yent
t i- com it g to the front as fast as any
region ever did in Alaska. I hi* voice
i>t the knocker is practically stdled.
Ni> longer do the fortune hunters who
s vim the lower creeks for a few days
n the hope of finding gold nuggets as
ng as goose eggs ly ing on the surface
come back in the peevishness of fail
ure and proclaim loudly that there is
nothing in the whole region. The
knocker is apt to he asked (minted
• i nest ions now which invite answers
unflattering to himself.
'The Tanana had no better nrospects
three years ago than the Ventna has
oday anil it was knocked much ha tiler*
;\»r experienced miners from tin* Klon
dike went in and came out with the
report that the Tanana was a humbug.
Yet the Tanana will produce $12,000,
0<*0 this y< ar and the output has been
curtailed several million by water
shortage.
The reg’on known as the Ventna is
- large as the Tanana and the surface
.lientions arc as good. In fact the
<*ntna and the 'Tanana meet at the!
\ r.ska range ami in all the expanse
>. :ween the Ventna river and the
Tanat i casual prospecting has di>
< 1 is, gold near the surface.
Vll th s area of many thousand
- pure mi.li > is fretted with gold-beat*
*’g channels. I»y mere surface
scratching a few dozen miners this
year will tak«* out from $.">0,000 toj
sT"t.0»W>, while st-voral hundred other
men are engaged in development work
hich will product* larger results
* *xt year.
This great district is all tributary to
Seward. From this port leads the only
winter route over which large outfits
van Ik* taken, although men can enter 1
the district at any time of the year
from the Tanana. This town is now
he only practicable outfitting point
null its merchants -hould prepare at
•r-.ce to supply the ranidly increasing
demands of the increasing numbei* of
.miners who will go in this fall and
\ inter.
The great advantage which the
Yentna ha> over Nome, the Xanana
and the Klondike i> its proximity to
;tie sout 1:era coast. The gold creeks
ire within loo miles of Yook inlet:
within -*>o miles of Seward, an ice-free
:»urt every ilay in the year. The
Yloska t "ei :. a » itlnn a few weeks
will carry eger-and freight flfty
;ive miles trot; N'«:if and in another
vear 1*iU miles. From the end of the
rack t his w inter - ed- of all sizes can
go over a trail almost level with tin*
■exception of a very -leep hut short
climb to the sam.mi: <>t t iwv creek
*a ss.
The only time imm cannot go inside
with their oiuiits is during tiic break
up of the river ice in tin- spring, which
stops travel for two or three weeks,
n winter the trail is over the ice: in
summer ‘mats take men and freight to
the mouths of the creeks.
The government agent at St. (leorge
-land who arrested a squad of Japan
ese merely because they called in to
get a drink of fresh water and who had
made no unlawful move, may not feel
so gay if he gets jacked up by the gov
ernment. The jKirts of the world are
supposed to he open to peaceful ves
sels on lawful errands.
.
James J. Hill says he is opposed to
government ownership of railroads.
While I’ncle Jim doesn’t say so a pop
niar impression exists that he favors
perpetuation of the present system of
railroad ownership of the government.
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And now New Yorkers in both par
ries are threatening to depose the
bosses after the people of the state
have lived under boss rule so long that
they would not know how to do with
out it.
The president says that if the new
orthography does not suit popular
taste after a sj>ell it will be discon
tinued. _______
The Cuban administration must have
a yellow streak, if it wants to patch up
with the insurgents before a try-out.
All the striking street car men in
San Francisco got for their trouble
was a rest from toil without pay.
Russia is holding up her revolution
to.give the Cubans a fair chance with
their minstrel show.
Cans and Nelson do not belong to
any union but they certainly celebrated
I^altor Day.
The San Francisco Kxaminer of
August IP has an alleged dispatch
from Dawson telling of the larceny of
*7S,»X>1> in gold dust from the Yukon
stearner Ida May. As tin* theft was
perpetrated in July, the story spread
i broadcast and several men arrested on
, suspicion before the Kxaminer seemed
i to have heard anything about it, the
presumption is that the llearst paper
, lt.i> invented a new brand of up-to-date
i new spa per work.
t 'uban newspapers >ay it would ho
! better to have the island swept into
the sea than for the I'nited States to
intervene to restore order. If most of
lite t’uha: > could he swept into the sea
I it would be a good thing for the world, j
Seattle “workingmen*'’ ar,e going to
whoop it up for elean polities. In a
few days it will In? made known how
many of them are willing to run for
office for the purpose of purifying
politics.
The time of the year has arrived
w!;.‘ti the political orator takes the
people into his confidence and tells
them the country will goto tlfe devil
if his crowd doesn’t carry the election.
Mrs. Karly of Seattle, who was shot
and killed by a revolver discharge
when she lifted the lid of a lodger’s
trunk, demonstrated that the early
bird most always gets something.
If Col. Henri Watterson and Col.
Wilhelm Bryauget into an argument
1 over government ownership of rail
road" all other dramatic attractions
will sutler eclipse for one while.
A Spokane undertaker has con
tracted to bury paupers at one-tenth of
a cent eaeh just to spite his rivals. At
ten for a cent nobody can say that he
i' making a "titT charge.
! Yubably Mr. Bryan is going south
south to tix up a plan to retain *‘Jim
Ciaw" cars for colored citizens under
government ownership.
Mr. Bryan issues a defi to Mr. Sulli
van for another tight in the same ring
and at the same weight.
r—
Nelson "ays he was jobbed in his
tight with Cans, but perhaps he means
jabbed.
This Cuban revolution is almost as
exciting as a game of ch- ss.
Seward Temperature :r. August
The mean temperature in Seward in
August was 54.89 degrees. It duly the
mean temperature was degrees.
The maximum in each month was 68
degrees. The m. xitnum in August
occurred on the l.'lth. The minimum
« a" 42 degrees on the 2‘lnl. Neither
.1 ,i \ nor August attained the maxi
mum temperature of May and June, in
each of which months it was 72.
August had hut six clear days. July
only three.
Delegate Vote on Cache Creek
Cache creek precinct held a delegate j
< 1 ction and cast *J7 votes for Frank
Youngs for the short term and 2s for J
Slump for the long term. They did !
not know that both Youngs and Shoup
hub withdrawn a month before the
election. Commissioner Uoodoll he-j
signated Jam* stown. at the mouth of
Lake creek, as another voting place
but no election was held there.
To Hunt Railroad Laborers
Frank Kelly, foreman at camp l'-*. j
sailed on the F.xcelsior to search for
railroad met. at Valdez and Cordova. J
Ci atractor Welch has an order at Sc-,
attic for men hut they are not coming j
ver\ fa>! arul the force al work is sev
eral hundred short of the number
wanted. _
Miss Kurtz Visits Seward
Miss Louise L. Kurtz, who taught
Seward's school in 11X4-11*05, came up
on the F.xcelsior on her wav to Kodiak,
where she will teach next year. She
will remain in Seward until the next
westward boat. Her home is in
Missouri.
The United States grand jury at
Albuquerque, New Mexico, is investi
gating reports that the Indians at the
Zae Pueblo, the most isolated Pueblo
tribe in New Mexico, feed a certain
number of new born babies to a big
snake each year. The snake is wor
shipped by the tribe as a god. The
interior department will doubtless be
asked to take a hand in the matter.
The Illinois Tunnel Company has \
just completed forty-five miles of tun
nel under Chicaga to carry freight in
S car load lots. The tunnels have oc- j
i cupied five years in construction and j
with the tracks cost $30,000,000. This
: underground railroad is an electric
system with overhead trolley.
The contributions that are supplied
! to moraines by glaciers themselves,
j from the abrasion of the rocks over
which their ice passes, are minute
compared to the accumulations which
are furnished from other sources.
These great rubbish heaps are formed
almost entirely from debris which falls
or is washed down the flanks of moun
tains, or from cliffs bordering the
glaciers.
GOV. HOGGATT
COMING TODAY
Alaska’s Executive Now on Way
to Seward on Revenue
Cutter McCulloch.
(lov. Hoggatl will In* in Seward to
day. He sailed yesterday morning from
Valdez on the cutter McCulloch for
tids port, l»nt the exact hour of her
arrival cannot be tixed. The governor
came to Valdez on the Hertha and was
given a public reception there last
Thursday night.
This news was brought by passen
gers on the Hertha yesterday
They have no information concerning
the governor’s intentions as to his
future movements.
CRUISER BOSTON
GOES ON ROCKS
Grounds in Fog Near Bellingham
and Reported in Sinking
Condition.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Bellingham, Wash..Sept. 4—Cruiser
Boston, llagship of the Pacific squad
i eon, on the way to Blaine with the re*
mainder of the fleet for target practice,
I in a fog struck Peapod ruck, two miles
1 from thi*. city. She struggled free
after the gunboat Paul Jones failed to
■ pull herotT, but at midnight was in a
sinking condition two miles otT shore
i with seven compartments tilled with
water. The crew were then working
with buckets to help the pumps anti
try to keep her atloat. Tugs have been
ordered from Seattle to help haul the
vessel upon the bench.
Cruiser Boston Kept Afloat
Bellingham, Sept. •*> Divers found
six holes in the cruiser Boston, which
struck Pea pod Bock in a fog Monday
night, but the pumps are keeping her
atloat and she started this morning for
the Puget Sound navy yard at Brem
erton.
TRANSPORT SHERMAN
HELPLESS ON REEF
3y Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Honolulu. Sept. I—The l'. S. army
transport Sherman broke a main
steam pipe and drifted on a reef otT
Honolulu and is now lying helpless in
a heavy surf. Small boats are trying
to get close enough to take otT her
passengers. Pnless the vessel is re
lieved soon site will be pounded to
pieces on the rocks.
Transport Sherman Abandoned
Honolulu, Sept. 2 The tugs aban
doned the transport Sherman today,
Ruling it impossible to pull the vessel j
off the rock and she is a total los>.
She is already half full of water. The
passengers were saved.
Sam Blowers Missing
John A. McDonald brings word that
Sam Blowers started up Lake creek
alone three weeks ago and lias not
since been heard of. Blowers was well
known on the railroad, having been
timekeeper at 4'J and
It i> reported by men coming to
Seward on the Toledo that three men
who went up the Inlet to locate min
ing claims near Turnagain Arm and
were known to have started hack-three
weeks ago, have not since been heard
of. _
It is asserted that many Nome mines
are again being tied up by injunctions
without number. The mine owners
complain that the court will grant an
injunction upon the most flimsy show
ing, and without the least investiga
tion as to the merits of the case.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha: sailed for Seldovia at 4. p. m.
Santa Clara; in Valdez; sails for
Seward at 8 a. m. today.
Oregon: sails from Seattle 8th.
Portland: sails from Seattle 10th.
Excelsior; sailed for Seattle 3rd.
Dora; sailed from Seward for Valdez
1st.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
September 8:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 52 45 Rain
Sunday 60 45 I’t cloudy
Monday 58 48 Rain
Tuesday 63 45 Clear
Wednesday 64 52 Clear
Thursday 67 40 Clear
Friday 63 48 I’t cloudy
You become independent when you
establish a system of spending less
than you make—not until then. Get
something ahead. Remember it’s the
dollar you do not spend that does it.
* BANK OF SEWARD.
YENTNA DISTRICT
HAS THE GOLD
Six Miners on Poor Man’s Creek
Cut Up 204 Ounces for Few
Weeks’ Work.
Six miners on Poor Man's creek re
cently cut up 204 ounces of yold dust as
the result of u few weeks of irregular
work, in which so much dead work
was done that it was impossible to tell
how much time was devoted to actual
taking out of metal. One of these
men, Carl Larson, came to Seward
Saturday evening with his share of the
dust—34 ounces. He quit work and
came out for the sole reason that his
boots were cut to pieces and he could ;
not work hare-footed. As he had to!
come out to the Inlet lie came on to
Seward, but will return in a few days.
Although mining by the crudest
I methods the men on Poor Man’s creek
; take out several ounces each whenever
' they get in a full dav and their dig
gings are showing better all the time.
Larson Is reticent about talking but to
an acquaintance in Seward he admitted
that he and his partners have a bo
nanza.
Judge Hildreth has a letter from T. j
.1. Jeter, who writes that he is taking
out an ounce a clay on Thunder creek, i
on a claim upon which he has just bi‘-'
gun operat ion».
“The Yentna district is no longer an
experiment,” said H. H. Hicks, one of
the best known mining men in the
took inlet region, who came in last
week. “livery experienced mining
man who has spent several months
there is satisfied that it is a permanent
district and a rich one. It is likely to
be another Tanana. Gold colors are
found everywhere at the surface and
on every creek where much work lias
been done wages or better are taken
out.”
Mr. Hicks believes that the Sk went -
na river and its tributaries will show up
as well as any part of the district.
Prospectors have just begun to go in
there hut the first experiments with
t he ground look good.
Mr. Hicks located several copper
claims back of Iliamna this summer,
which he has great faith in. He
thinks the Iliamna copper deposits are
of vast extent and great value.
TO CONSTRUCT
NEW RESERVOIR
Seward Water and Power Com
pany Begins Work To Obtain
Better Supply.
Work on a new reservoir for Seward
began Monday by the Seward \\ ater*!fc
Power Company. The water is to he
taken from the spring that comes
down the hill on the Brownell home
stead back of the ice house. From
this a large supply of the purest water
can be obtained the year around. The
new reservoit will be 10x24 feet and
10 feet deep. It will be much larger
than the present reservoir up Lowell
creek.
The water company began hauling
lumber today and digging will be
prosecuted rapidly. The Lowell creek
reservoir has proved inadequate in dry
times and the pressure falls so low
when the water supply is light that it
would be wholly useless in lire light
ing- In the early spring floods, it was
discovered this year, the water carries ,
sediment. For these reasons the new
reservoir will be constructed, and
coming from a never-failing spring
ample quantity for a much larger town
than Seward, and of the best quality,
is insured.
MRS. L. L. BOWERS DEAD
Deputy Harshal Reaches Kodiak Two
Hours After Wife Is Buried
Mrs. L. L. Bowers, wife of Deputy
Marshal Bowers of Kodiak, died there
August 29, and was buried the next
day, two hours before her husband ar
rived from the westward on the steam
er Dora. She was in good health
when he left home early in the month.
Mrs. Bowers was a native of Ohio
but had lived in Alaska with her hus
band nine years. Besides her husband
she leaves one child, Mrs. Harry
Baehr of San Francisco, whose husband
is auditor of that county.
Alaska gold shipments for 190b up to
the first week in August reached
$10,562,870—nearly as much as they
did at the close of last season. A total
of twenty-two shipments has been
made from the territory. Of these
half came from the vessels sailing to
Nome and St. Michael direct, and gold
aggregating $4,618,000 was brought
by them. From the southeastern sec
tion. eleven shipments were received,
totaling $5,944,870._
Recent forest fires wiped out 5000
square miles of timber in Oregon.
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THE
BEST
ARE THE
CHEAPEST
Why buy any old kind of
OVERALLS and CORDUROY
goods just because you
have never been able to
get anything better!
Carhartt’s
Are the Best
CLAYSON THE CLOTHIER
_ Agency For’ TKe
tARHARTTOVERALIT
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN&. LAUBNER, Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved spccl>l attention to city Trade
n , _ . Giya us your orders for Coal & Wood
General rorwarders main-s'...,.,
GOLEM A N HOUSE
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil fimdncer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
H. S. WATERMAN
MINING ENGINEER
Assajt Office. Valdez. Alaska.
(•old - • $1.30
Cold ami Silver - -
Copper - - - 1.30
< '.old. Silver and Copper .'{.30
It |K>rts and examinations of mine'.
Cash should uccompnny all samples.
H. E. ELLSWORTH
SBWAIUA, ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Cold. $130
Cold and Silver. -
Copper. l.'.i ,
Lead. 1.30 j
Cold. Silver und l«ead. :i vi ,
Cold. Silver and Cop|»er. 3.3»
Cold. Silver. Cop|H>r and Lead. L3o
Cold and Silver Umpire. .Vou
Iron. L00
Sulphur. Aluminum. Tin. Platinum.
Quicksilver. Zinc, Nickel. Cobalt.
Chromium, etc. 600
Mill tests. $13 to $30
Ore analysis.$10 and up
Cold refined, melted, assayed and bought
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REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Popular Prices-New Management
Central Location-European Plan
Greatest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
Wilson & White Co., Prop. Chas Perry, Mgr'
Seward Bowling Alley
Fourth Avenue, Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies’ Day Friday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
Mrs. J. S. Campbell has opened a
first-class restaurant at Glacier creek
mile 75) and is prepared to furnish
meals at all times to travelers as well
as residents. *
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 & Hawkins' store
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C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office ami residence: Carsten's builditur
Office hours:1! to 41>. m. and when not other
wise en mured.
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
:i-:!i Avenue. - Seward, Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW •
IShawhanBld, Washington St.
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORN EV-AT-LAVV
Next to Bank of Seward
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E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
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H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
ano CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
property furnished—Examination and
reiwrts made on any property.
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FRANK H.LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
ano NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Aerent, Steamer Dora
w. j. STONE
^ Architect
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