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SATURDAY. OCTORKR IS*. 1SH>7
ABOUT GOVERNOR HUGHES
The Roosevelt crowd sends out the
announcement, joyful no doubt to tin*
president and bis satellites, that Gov
ernor Hughes of Now \ ork will quit
politics at the end of bis present term,
ami will not be a candidate for gover
nor. president or vice president.
It is no secret that Hon Hughes has
be* n persona non grata to the presi
dent fora longtime. In the fall of
p>i*; he politely told that none too mod
est p-fson that he wanted bis light for
governor of New York to be a Hughes
campaign, not a Roosevelt campaign.
Tin* president yielded Hughes bis sup
port because the opposiug forces were
more distasteful to him even than a
man he could not dominate but there!
i«. no doubt that an aversion to Charles)
K. Hughes at that moment began to
germinate in themindof the Theodore
Roosevelt.
In the governor’s remarkable tight
against what Roseoe t onkling would
cal! "abhorrent and forbidden forces”
in the state legislature over the public
utilities bill the president repeatedly
offered to place the bulldozing power
of tlie national administration at the
command of Hughes. I’lie oiler was
decHned and the governor won without
Rocsrvelt’s aid. How offensive that j
wa> to the tremendous egotism of thej
president is easy to imagine.
Ir was Hotspur who observed that;
"Two stars hold not their motion in
one sphere,** and the Hotspur ot j
American polities cannot abide a man
who is considered by many, a* the
pr« sid* J know-. to be * t much larger
stat is • ct :11.\ and moraily.than
him sell.
Nev. itbet 'ss tin* ann**mic« tu* t'.t by
tr*‘tH‘lu'rm«’n <>l *h«* Roos,»v**lt eaiup
that Cli.tr!* s H. liuglies - going out of
politics may Ivoniyihe ovp «— ion of
a wisi>. A in lusts*» Hierc* not*-*! a long
tim« ago that " I*o! iticians Hank w ith
the same thing they hope with.
BRINGS IN COMPETITION
om .»• !■.<• , llcynoUU chao>
> one good tv-uit to Ala-ka the
tia; >{(■!• of tin; ownership and general
ottico- n! the Alaska t oa>t Company
Iron Seattle to Tacoma. This will
bl its the long -ought boon of eompe
tirion to • 1.. territory in its trade re
la' o:is with the -tat**-. So long a- all
th • >' earner- -a A<i from Seat t le it
W '- impos-.o e tor other cities to cotn
p« ti- ,vi* it oort l *t* Alaska trade. It an
Ala-iOi m> rebar.’ bought goods in
Qt tier thiie- : he, were -<a{U**-t etvd in
V : \V’ ■ 1 is - i* :i: ;t• y.
i o.- Seat! was i.o ditlerent from
at v ot e tv. Tacou a, Portland or
S: • Franci-eo. if any of them had a
in >>,, ',o!v. ' oi grind the faces of
Alaska cast outer . Business is also*
lu- , ... and seldom entirely hon
est, and . - • tie -atue every where. It
ta **— all e. e o and give- as little its
po—ihle in return.
1'acoma '■ Ih* welcotneti in Alaska
solely because it will bring competition,
not oecause Tacoma is altruistic, for
its money grabbers possess no more of
tlia’ ht-nign quality than their rivals
in Seattle.
Ilecntly the Municipal News of
Seattle, edited by an old friend of the
the writer of this, averred that the
Gateway persi-tently knocks Seattle.
The Gateway has never knocked Seat
tle, nor anything pertaining to it ex
cept its commercial greed and never
said anything as vicious of Seattle s
numerous local trusts as nearly all the
dailies and weeklies of the city are
saying constantly.
Seattle is made up of the same kind
of people as any other big American
city, that is to say, of all kinds. Be
cause of its marvelous growth and its
geographical situation it has drawn
within its borders a vast aggregation
of commercial adventurers, business
and political grafters, professional
shysters, and an astonishing medley of
fakirs of every sort. But there is a
good deal more in Seattle’s population.
In that big, bustling comnunity,
along with the grafters and the rabble,
may be found ample representation of
the best blood and brains of every
American and every civilized foreign
state. No brighter men can be found
anywhere than in Seattle, and no bet-1
ter fellows,— the kind that will go out
of their way to serve a friend or give a
broken man a dollar.
Nevertheless it is good for Alaska
that neither Seattle nor Tacoma should
bd permitted to fatm the territory
as a usufruct.
STAND BY THEIR CRAFT
The stock In Iders of the Western
Union Telegraph Company have re
elected Hubert Cluwry president and
indorsed his struggle to avoid paying
decent wages to the company’s opera- j
tors* W hy n rtainly. The stockhold
ers of the Western Union are chiefly
stock gamblers who got watered stock
for nothing, or fat-witted drum s who
fell into their holdings as legatees of
other men’s industry. Some of them
it thrown into the street on their own
resources would immediately abandon
the eating habit.
The Western l nion pays enormous
dividends, swollen by pinching the
pav iif employes, by tax dodging, by
gross overcharges, by every resource
of financial piracy. It is the meanest j
corporation on the face of the earth.
Naturally its benetichiries almost burst
with astonishment and indignation
when the operators asked a slight ad
v a nee in pay to offset partially the
heavy advance in vest ot living.
Forty years of Alaska mulct the
American flayf has exalted the foresight
of Seward, tlie statesman who forced
throuifh the purchase of the territory
over the protests of ephemeral poli
ticians in congress, and each later
year has maifnilieil the importance of
the territory in the resources of the
nation. In those forty years ten stars
have heen added to the spangled ban
ner of the union and one of the next
ten will be Alaska.
Juneau cast 400 votes at the republi
can primary. As this is 10 more than
the total vote she cast at the territo
rial election it is evident that every
body in Juneau must Ik* a republican
when the party has a hot local titfht.
To he fair about it everybody outfht
vote at the democratic primary also.
Teddy has shot a bear but tin cable
tailed to advise whet Iter it was a Teddy
bear. It is a yreat relief anyway, be
cause the hist we heard of the presi- j
deir lie was lookiny for a catamount
and the tear was beyinniny to yrow
that the catamount saw film first.
The last time .lack Simpkins was
se e only his skeleton was visible.
Now he has appeared in Spokane and
i> said to have yrown fleshy. < >f
course he wouid look fleshy after hav
iny showed ut» as a skeleton.
President Concorst of the Alaska
Short Lino railroad says Alaska can
iicvt'i become a state. Maybe the
Concorst think tanK is as short a> iiis
railroad.
Capt. Amundsen says he will mush
to the pole in l'do. ’I’he date gives
him plenty of time to lecture and have
Ids shoes fixed before he starts.
Seattle ereuitors of 11. I>. Reynolds
are getting worried. The Seattle
spirit and the Reynolds spirit do not
appear to blend successfully.
The prosecution has fixed < Kilober
positively as the date lor begin
ning the trial of Sieve Adams. I eying
to make it Jl> for Steve,
The Reynolds railroad may have
suspended construction but the Alaska
Central is going some. Some means
most anything.
Now just notice how all big finan
ciers are going to pieces since they
found out that Reynolds couldn't go
through.
It look> as if Reynolds opened a
jackpot on a pair of deuces and failed
to draw anything.
The Reynolds railway had its head
quarters in a church building but that
did not save it from going to hell.
Mulai Halid is going after Casa
Blanca. Mulai evidently thinks he
has a kick coming.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
October 11):
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 40 20 Part cloudy,
[high wind
Monday 25 17 Clear, high
[wind
Tuesday 32 20 Clear
Wednesday 37 21 Cloudy
Thursday 37 26 Cloudy
Friday 40 27 Cloudy
Saturday 45 35 Light rain
GIVES KATALLA HARBOR
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Seattle Times Avers That a Safe Port
Can Never be Hade at the New
Railroad Town.
Tee Seattle Times of recent date
gives the Katalla “harbor” the follow
ing certificate of merit: #
“An object lesson in the futility of
attempt to make a permanent harbor
at Katalla was given Chief Engineer
E. C. Hawkins, of the Katalla Company,
recently, and it is probable that in ac
cordance with his. recommendations
the receiving port of the Guggenheftn
and Havemeyer interests in the Copper
River country will be changed to some
other place. Hawkins arrived in Seat
tleonthe Yucatan from Katalla and
will make no statement in the case be
fore reporting to the company. Dur
ing his stay at Katalla, however, he
was an eyewitness to the utter imprac
ticability of attempting to use that
point as a harbor without the expend
iture of millions of dollars for the con
struct ion of a break water and other
appurtenances to make it possible to
discharge cargo in all kindsof weather.
“He saw the Yucatan delayed sever
al days before she could start to un
load her cargo in lighters, and learnt d
that she was finally forced to return to
this city with a part of the cargo of
lumber still in her hold. The storms
at Katalla have been raging for sever
al days and in the open roadstead it is
impossible to unload freight except at
great risk to life and property.
“Hawkins also witnessed the loss
day by day of large sums of money on
the charter of the Tampico, which
was forced to lay off Katalla eighteen
days and finally was obliged to shift
to Orca to discharge before proceed
ing north to take on a cargo of ore.'*
1 \ V. .lames, of the King River Min
ing Company, passed through Seward
on the Rertha, on bis way to Latouche
with machinery he has sold to the Rey
nolds Company. It was brought down
from Lake creek. Another install
ment is awaiting transportation at
Seldovia.
St WARD SlfcAMtRS
Jennie: sailed from Seattle 12th: from
j Sitka 17th.
Santa < lara^uiled from Seattle loth.
1 *ort lami: sans from Seattle 10th,
Yucatan: sa l> from Seattle 20th.
Saratoga: sailed for Seattle loth.
Bertha: sailed for Seattle loth.
Dora: sailed for Dnalaska oOth.
Advancing Their Interests
We endeavor to advance the busi
1 nt-ss interests of our customers in
! every legitimate way. in so doing, our
t motives ma\ he somewhat tinctured
i with sellishness, for upon the prosper
: ity of its patrons hangs the success of
| everv bank.
BANK OK SKWABD.
Legal Notices
FINAL A<V<)l'NT (»F ADMINISTRATRIX
WITH I IIK WILL ANNEXED.
In ilir l'nited States Commissioner's < ourt.
fot tli Territory of Alaska. Third division, at
Kodiak. Alaska.
In the mat ter of l.hc estate of V. W. StnfeilT.
deceased.
Notice is hereby triven that Mrs. Jennie
Stafeitl. the administratrix with the will an
nexed of the estate of V. W. StafnitT. deceased.
It::^ rendered and presented for settlement,
and tiled in said court her final account of her
adninist rat ion of said estate, and that Monday
tin. isthdavof November. Ilk)?, at o'clock 1\
M.. at tin* courtroom of said court in Kodiak,
Alaska, has been duly appointed by the said
court for the settlement of said account, at
which time and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file objections in
writing to said account and contest the same.
Dated September 18th. I9u7,
MRS JENNIE STAFE1FF.
Administratrix with the will annexed
of the estate of V. \V. StafcifT. deceased.
Date of first publication. September 2*. 1907.
Date of last publication. October 30. 1007.
AI >M I NISTR ATOR S Nt)TI( E
Unitki> Status k Amkiuca.
Tkkkitk v k Alaska.
In U. S. Commissioner's Court, before J. F.
McLean. U. S. Commissioner of lliamna pre
cinct.
All persons having claims against the estate
of Charles M. Keyes, deceased, are hereby re
quired to present them with the proper vouch
ers. duly verified by the afildavit of the claim
tint, within mx months from the date hereof,
to Warriner E. Smith, administrator, at Ilium
na. Alaska,
WARRINER E. SMITH.
Administrator.
Date of first publication. September 28, 1907.
Date of last publication. October 2d. 1907.
Final Account of Administrator
In the United .States Commissioner’s Court,
for the Territory of Alaska. Third Division,
at Kodiak. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Feodor Gre
goroff. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that A. C. Goss, the
administrator of the estate of Feodor Gre
goroff. deceased, has rendered and presented
for settlement and tiled in said Court, his ttnal
account of his administration of said estate;
and that Saturday, the 23rd day of November,
1907, at 2 o'clock i>. m. at the courtroom of said
Court.in Kodiak. Alaska, has been duly ap
pointed by the said Court for the settlement of
said account, at which time and place any per
son interested in said estate may appear and
file his exceptions or objections to said llnal
account, and contest the same.
Dated September 23rd,* 1907.
A. C. GOSS.
Administrator of the estateof Feodor
Gregoroff. deceased.
Date of tirst publication October 5, 1907.
Date of last publication November 2, 1907.
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title to either surveyed or
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In Connection
Ladies’ Day Saturday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
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If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN EUR & WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
MUSHERS^
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Restaurant in
Gird wood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords,
j Sleeping accommodations for
, guests and place for sleds and
! dogs.
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COMPANY.
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office:
Bank of Seward Building.
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SEWARD, ALASKA.
ASSAY OFFICE
Keports on mines. Ore Analysis
Gold. $1.50
Gold and Silver. 2.00
Copper. 1.80
Lead. 1.50
Gold, Silver and Lend. 3.50
I Gold, Silver and Copper. 3.50
Gold, Silver. Copper and Lead. 4.50
Gold and Silver Umpire. 5.00
Iron. 4.00
Sulphur. Aluminum, Tin. Platinum,
Quicksilver, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt,
Chromium, etc. 6.00
Mill tests. $15 to $30
Ore analysis.$10 and up
Gold reilned. melted, assayed and bought
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