ere Seward Got Its
Start and Name
i i, \ i\!\ Originator and l’rot oter of the Alaska Central Kail
way and Founder of Sew ard
(Written for the New Year*** f!:\teway)
>. in the latter part
ni/.e anil promote
the 1‘aeilie t oa«*t
Vbtska to the Vukot!
11 was to establish
is or a harl *or oa^y of
■i of f lie luu'ikn* w ere.
>■ i of water, to mi*
■
PhV ' '
lion
c;:o
to mat pi inu y
e meantime I . n • he
m t ut* jfovi'nu'u •
v\ Lowell and her
{» •> ui .. resilient*.
. iVv ami (lie pra •
>. My i.vt■>; i zui ion
m u* wore <Uv.-.**il§ d
iti > in Alaska, i:
tin Ala>u,. Ventral
Kail way.
n lor t he name of
of the future
snr-ian city wa> not fi
nally chosen hy
',ri‘c of two. 1 >y that
* irto 1 had made eneournsrintr headway
> efforts to raise money for the
Jt*uh in- of the railway, and it was im
portant to have the .startin'* point
i nunl, e , n ?ilout'll i then existed
on iy ia a virgin foie-st. The tirsi chief
«-n vr of the railway company , < .
M. inner ott, h;ui dCsi rated iIt- place
\ iC '.iva on all t ite hiue pCnls he had
-I. ■-.tied, f'le e\plaim d it to he a
ce.r. nine foil of Vitus, Captain l h-li
e's \ .me, w tit the last sylla
x , .. I’., • the t 'tly mm s
oi v.i a a weiv n ; a- all exags
■ ,'■! v. it eh it U> p .
■ - ■
• ,i a i». tt|id t from almost every
man Ts tin young "
■ N.
\Va» .ngtoo. H. v .. i i Novem
ber, Kt. 'There i learned that Mr.
v\ !r at. tin postal inspector for the
sir embracing Alaska, had filed a
f',\: : on the embryo city of
.V :y. alleging that there
• tiy several Sewards in
i .. . r ry. 1 went personally to
< i Kx <*< veil aid explained to
is s d iay u* n n to ha\e the
i ... n,«*d Seward, pointing
out to • in : .it tieDth. i postofllces of
that ; an. i'. c;Uj:leriesor temporary
camps, whleii ci uiti eaNily be changed
io other names- tie heartily agreed |
with i y view of tin case, and asked
cm to addtt ns a 1*. t ter to him directly,
embodying tiie reasons 1 had given
h,tl verbally, ai d bring it to him next
t; t\ at IU o’clock, i did so. After he
bed r ad it he said to me, as nearly as
t can 11 member:
-You are quite rigid. This railroad !
sh : d give rise to a * important city
tin o »n termin s. ihat city de
s. rn. to be named in honor oi the
*. ;• '.po'isible for making Vlaska
American t rritory.”
lb t i.civuiion wrote on a margin of ^
the letter a note addressed to the j
(Continued on fourth page)
Mayor of Seattle Sends Greeting
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Seeling Settlers
Alaska Soil
I.. • . ■ uv - of i■ i t .Tu ory iikmy
i.u j I'U lose;tier t nt It thi buik
; i ;: r i**i;.. i. t»m Si. >aid to ike
Tunann.
la fk ' IntU " coma * Aon ;he prop
shown to be the most important,
. :u;s|. .. i..ikm | lOjKt- it i •« in the;
Northwest, its iuncikns briny to es- ;
. it •,*-v.atet* ai.u the inter nr. operating
• ■ . • . i 1
i!e* last frontier into daily eomniunira
i til w:*h t at1 rt t o' t In* wot d.
'ft is War 1 ol \!iuka
(Toon it ,s to Tip ' tion the merchant of
the terii r o’ . v'.iskn will i ot l>e com*
.•ileti ' ■ cane a ar ** m pply n Order
to -erve tin* yrowiny number of t ' ; s
ad :o.i i . !i oy ti. * rh t-. Tie* ln
s. ■ - ii i t* liit* count ry tl at
t it . i \ i *y i itstry that ■ ntte an ex*
. atm t in l • ntral Alaska.
Ot> Desirable anmiyrants WanteJ
<iid the et< t const native state-;
,i;r i .ini ... eg ul limn '. a. iou eoncm u- j
ici.in,: <*l tin- country’s needs. Tne j
inuustrial mpariumnt is as anxious to,
, -,ca .!•.!,•!• until it bk> immigration!
as i i d -. ivus of as-.Miug in the!
s,.-tth'-iH'i.! ul the country adjacent to
the rigid-of-way of the railroad by j
people wnu will contribute to the gen- j
oral prosperity of t entral Alaska.
Tin* work of this department has
pcu-i' -sed >o lar toward a complete |
orga.nizai ion that ;i is freely predicted j
there will bo from live to ten thousand j
prospectois and miners who will pass'
through Seward en route to the inter- .
ior, during the coining year. Another
considerable element will be represen
ted by many homesteaders who have j
already turned their eyes toward the
\alley of the Sushetnu while business
uieu from everywhere are writing con- j
corning the chances in Seward and the j
other towns along the road.
Cold Weather at the front
The mercury dropped to Id below
zero at mile 4a of the railroad last
Thursday. That locality is the chilli-j
est on the line as it is at the foot of j
the hills with a wide open space below
it and seems to draw all the cold air in
that part of the peninsula. At the
tunnel camp on 49, only six miles
away, and higher, the thermometer!
registered 8 degrees .above zero that:
morning, barely 5 degrees colder than ;
in Seward.
A Little .More Track Laid
borne track was laid this week on |
the railroad and the terminus is now j
near the end of mile 4o. ( old weather j
and snow impedes work somewhat. |
Tunnel driving on the railroad tunnel j
on mile 49 is - proceeding steadily, and !
Rich A Harris started boring on their j
first tunnel on mile 52 early this week. 1
Sc uv y! Do l:ncr! To oc
Great Port
.ua Via • ! 11. S> in> . fj- :•< ■- ■ • PH- •
W’n: • of Seward In its eomrtiere’al
r> iations u tli Scad!- v The town,
named ur the* • taie-man whose f<»r.*
- ■: 11i m.’ .'tl A la-!;a to tlm ITiiiod
>.i s. ' « eat d at precisely tbe cen
ter el 11 • i' i. il - , f. Alaskan Coad
o:. I > a i i ; > . h \rer ie.
it - • h • * i>a|>» at. th; oim i >vh*ch must
m> a la e p report or: el th trade wito.
y i viit lie- n and ('em tall Alaska. Seattle
St tes f i . vatu a ihe c at center
(>i t!" A disk oi e. i hue. the railroad
i. ; i• 11i. is i i the iii erior. must form t he
n re ini of a trade of ever increasing
m a nitu;e.
V-isi Trill dary Region
Tributary to Seward is a region is
laiav ns Norwn\. Svie« Vn, Denmark,
Finland aid Scotland combined, b
lies ijei wc( i i lie same parallels as t hose
eo ail ries. 1 n a;id lion to vast resources
in f rest and mine, its agricultural
[■os.s'hilit :cs are fully equal to t li* ■
realized in the correspondin'.;'countries
(. ' 1 l!K\ 1' is Cit| 1.1»1 < *. il ’VOtld IjUCst.
i ,n, ef >npp rtin.' a yep-' • <m of many
miiiions of ut pie.
Creut Uisiacs Orcwiii
Two yi ai’s :i y i ■■' mo.: \va.- not a
Hjjur on the map. its c« oraerc for
11103 was 7.7 l. 1-or I I the figure'
ft > re ti .'Sl.tih l. an increase of 5-H73.9U).
; ■ • >: • • i. ,
this connect ion it is wort h noting that
tiie increase for 19.’1 for.the exitire dts
tnet. of Scvithern .Alaska was
a sum eeedin: the increase for Soft
| aid alone by only o7.
Tie i "lalions between Seattle and
Se ward are de i iitcd to become more
and more closely united, with fast lines
d t paintia! summers plying between
tlicir busy wharves, and t-ach city oc
cupying a conspicuous place in the
commercial life of tin greatest of the
world's oceans.
CONTiNls: WORK AT INGA
Strike Was Made in Apollo Mine
Which Looks Big
Operations arc still in progress in
the Apollo copper mine at Unga be
cause of a promising strike which was
made last September just as the mine
was about to Ik; closed down perman
ently. It had been decided that the
ore body was worked out and although
the company has a $:{0b,000 machinery
plant in the mine it seemed advisable
to abandon the property. The presi
dent of the company, (!.<'. King, was
in Seattle recently, and said to the
1 ’ost-Intelligenc -r:
“The property has been paying good
returns for nearly eighteen years.
Since I left Seattle in September for
the purpose of closing down, discover
ies have been made which the company
believes justify resuming operations.
We will work a crew all winter de
veloping the new ore body.
“From the present indications I be
lieve that the; ore body is fully as large
as the one on which the mine was
operated before.
“The Iasi shipments of concentrates
from the mine were sent to the Everett
smelter and the returns were much
better than any we have had from the
different smelters we have tried in
British Columbia, and when the oper
ations are resumed all shipments will
he made to Everett.”
Canadian officials are after adulter
ated foods, six factories being prose
cuted by the Department of the Inter
ior last week for putting up adulter
ated jams, jellies and maple syrup.
Resources of Alaska Are
Extraordinary
By A. C. Frost, 1 ’resident of the Alaska Central Railway
(Written for tin* New Year's Gateway)
When the Alaska Central enterprise
was lir-t brought 10 me by Mr. Ballaine
and his associates, J refused to cnn
sidt r it. i then had the same opinion
of Alaska that used to !)<• <r*;nei*:d!y ,
prevalent, bui. I finally yielded to re
peat! d uryiny to make an examination
of the country, its climate, it- re
sources, and tiie possibilities of s sus
i ii' iny a permanent and thrifty popu
lation. ! confess that my investi‘f‘tion>
ask ni-hed tne. J found th.r C -ni;d
am) Southern Alaska has a 1> *tt»*:
mate than tnanv of the most ponui uis
of the Northern slates, and to : ns
-tort s of mineral wealth, such as y t;
| cop' er a* I coal, a re probably hi -i • *
i od in any cor.'c- tumidinj; area in the
i world in v ./r ty, quantity a :1 qetiily.
I AH sub.-a quont inf e-mut imt cmnli-m
1 tho-*- iuve-.ti.'it’ ns In : ji > *
' nmt that a IT. in - tin *yr< best -ai*
fa tiou.
Mot p’c?.3urab’3 Th • k
of -lai ‘ hey ■ a
in r’yney Tsrms !-’’•»;• > ..
mo . ! t hi: t 1 am 1 i 1 1 i • •
iny (..at H -umv: • n i> !-■ f i; *. • -
. i ' • * > . r a
n. , ■' vi Co Ah ha ) t ■ ••;. ’> .
Fact !he it has li r i> j
freeze distinguishes it at once from
other harbors whose value is /real k
diminished owin'' to the pres* nee oi
ire during the winter months. Pin*
depth of water and complete protect ion
from tic most severe Pacific torn)•
combine to make it ;i port of th'- ;.:re;tt
e>i commercial value.
The Alaska C mitral ltai!w:iy is
building; ime < \ > it cal Alaska, to help
develop the country on a basis that
will be I'm' permanent eood. Its own
interests caniu i be served v ihout
■r\inutile inti r >t s also <b t b <■ 1***. •)
inei ami brave women who me;hco
iion .•* in tic c ei.tlMVer-' d In
• in: S' ' at c ! icrefore i.: nr1 !
imp our aims and endeavor, ).•:«. :.«*
way.' ii** nr. ..
Z\lj o» 3\a. ird S'".v.i
•f re a i let y
Ha> G»z.i\ ‘uijro greater. I <
say, i • • ‘
s (..;!))■' a *i»!*■;• ? <! work for
!, • •> md , e< . . i) Sew Y< tr' • •«
! ::1 ; t, ;c . p I'Wai din, I
i .t *■ . . iii j>; ■
in ui am . , ..at w* i m . ■ ;
■ mo>t euli".in .■ i irnmoav.* d ..
AI: C k a N o t S o Fa ■ •r r < a
Civilization
! Writ••'!'! f, t !' " ’ w ■ ' v- :.I'V (•< V. i> f • *•'
A. Y.oo.,( y j: i.iur of S' ' ■ i>. „'y
Not !d tny years am a vnya •;<» to
j I'.urop'. was con-aier.\l a pn hr’ ' -
1 -a '• hazardous miJcTtak tiN«»v. : r*
t ) fci 1 In ; of awe with which AMr.itio
scab aal folk fount r h rcjrim • u the r
; tiri.Heat oc< tin is so tin diked t hr 11 hey
i :■!•» w rent !y discuss *M t rij) act oss l ho
pond.”
Or r ! r Pacific, now w< i nurse
| to th ' infant Westi rn corn me re i , and
j brarir’X on its lasoni but the berio
..ir. js of all that makes f >r facility and
lu.’.Mie in ocean tiara !, till paves the
imp ■ >s:i>n,tif immensity and vast desert
' dip a ,o . V c still remrd a progress
toward the Orient as a matter of con
shU rrble moment.. Perhaps it. is 1*°
ca.U'c of the co.-t; for tliat is scar--! !\
wVnin the tr.eans of all who would efts'
Joy the voyage, and Cannot be epyr,
like many ;;o>d things on shore, t n th *
viytir. nt tf a dollar down and sx bii>
a month.
Seward and the farther western ports
of Alaska are well up and away as sea
mites are measured « IT, yet in Seattle,
and in the coast cities jrenorally, w.
have come to forgt t distances in think
ing of these northern towns a neieh
iiors.
Tintr Changes Conceptions
1 The change is m ntal attitude is re
markable to one who has lived on
I’uget Sound during the various
periods of excitement resulting lrum
the discoveries of fabulous wealth in
the North. In 18:»5 several parties set
oiit for Central Alaska. Toe wharves
were thronged with weeping relatives
and friends come to bid .>;ul farewell to
the venturesome pioneers. They were
hound over unknown seas loan unknown
land: if they survived the perils of
wind and wave it might be but to die
in massacre by hostile savages. Gloom,
settled upon whole communities to lift
only after months of anxiety when some
word of cheer would come tardily
through tortuous channels. The same
scenes and the same feelings character
ized tin* earlier movements toward the
Klondike and the later toward Nome.
Through commerce and business in
timacy the change came. The citiesof
I’uget Sound and the southern coast
have done much for Alaska; sometimes
for cash, but. sometimes at sixty and
ninety days. Alaska lias done much
for the cities of I’uget Sound and the
southern coast and has asked little
more than the privilege of paying bills
and spending money among them. But
the intimacy is wiping out the distances
and Northerners who may feel, perhaps
justly, that Northern industry and gold
' have made the scale of favors very lop
sided, must begin to appreciate the in
i nuances in “the states" which are
1 pressing an increasing share of tin*
volume of Northwestern travel on
toward Alaska and are enlisting the
interest of capital in undertakings of
magnitude for the benefit of the dis
trict.
Takes Pride in Seward
Without .unwarranted assumption we
here may think of Seward, among all
Alaskan towns as the especial protege
font Clin f )•;. ;n ; i !•».' ill 5
that !hi* be:: ’ > of IS •.-.m.l
the m iV s ; i. .,1 and in
T :tt milt* :id o> k
of wb c*h So\v;:i ; my 'K.ri ami i P>
he rid' a : .. S; ,] O >’ vs
S t e, as . a .. j itbii * . . iV •
t S.-utfte. . < ■ n m, may
prim* io I >■ • , .: -n birth to the en
li-rpt; •< t Sevan) I do c.\•
istene-' * a {>: hie , f a "randpar nt, so
to sneak.
Tina enu*rp: : • has annihilated dis
tance s by ><-a a* 4 is quickly r uqhinjr
tlu'0'i"ii at d ;.cr* -s the vast territory
of Heims ie ' k.; riorof Alaska. \V<
now corn the north-hound trip
-half ! ■ far ;.s e « s> tin* whole A’ km
tie. with i> i..i! • awe as t! • New
Yor!:er ( : s t , pond. ‘‘Lei r >■
up to So-.' ard iir a couple of da
\\ ii.l soeu 1 ■ a eetunum iiivi iat 1 on
t!.c Sound.
\\ r *t pi ami>?. word to yon and from
pi’! by mad, and we and all ;h world
)- k you. tiooupn The ("latew;:;. of the
same day, wir i we dynamite a e.ai.
make the sr-f.an pay his bills, - • ptil 1
k
i tve had our ) < .'.melt wishes I' ••
New Year may he most happy and
prosperous.
BELILVI $ IN ALASKA C‘011
Prof. Georgcson Writes of Results
of Ax per iments
C. C. (! " ‘Mm. special agent tn
charge of Alaska investigation for' the
United States department of agricul
ture is firm in tK-• belief that Central
Alaska offers good inducements to
>et tiers who desire to make their live
lihood from agricultural pursuits.
Mr. George son. who spent last season
in Alaska, is at present in Washing
ton city compiling bis report to the
department with which he is con
nected, and in a letter to John K. Bal
laine of this city, details some of the
results of his work,
The letter slates that the various
experimental stations distributed seeds
10 the prospectors last spring and that
the results have been very favorable.
From these seeds vegetables of the
more hardy kind have been produced,
comparing favorably in food value
with the same kind raised in the Uni
ted States. The Indians have had suc
cess with Irish potatoes and grain
growing in the Copper river valley
and the Yukon valley has shown good
results.
The letter states that the area avail
abb* for agriculture and grazing in
cludes a section 100 miles wide and 150
miles long taking in the Matanuska
valley, tin* region north of Knik arm.
the little Susitna and the Susitna val
ley proper. Timber, it is stated, is
found in considerable quantities ami
large enough to serve for building
purposes, and tin* luxuriant growth of
natural grasses is dwelt upon as mak
ing grazing and dairy farming protit
able. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Perry Belmont ought to know some
thing about the evils of big corruption
funds in political campaigns for he bit*
helped to accumulate and sj»end
several.