❖ LOOKING INTO THE ♦
❖ CHISANA Ml’RDER CASE. ❖
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FAIRBANKS, August 31.—Four
Witnesses have been examined by the
grand jury in the Chisana-Valdez
murder ease and the grand jury left
by auto yesterday for the scene of
the murder.
CORWIN BRINGS NO NEWS
OF MISSING STEFFANSON.
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Ice Further South This Year Than
Ever and a Very Short
Season i> Looked For.
NOME. Sept. 1.—The steamer
Corwin arrived this morning from the
far northern waters and Captain
Healy reports that not a word was
heard of StelTanson. The explorer is
now generally believed to be dead.
The Corwin brought plenty of wal
rus and ivory and had a most success- ,
ful hunting trip. She reports that j
the ice is further south this year than j
in former years. It has already come |
as far south as the Biomede Islands j
and a very short season is expected, j
McCl K HID NOT SPEAK.
The account published on Monday
concerning the saimon pack ami run
of salmon up to Wood River Lakes
credited to P. H. McCue was informa
tion obtained from passengers on the
boat and did not come from Mr. Mc
Cue.
ALLIANCE AT 6 P. M.
Tne Alliance is schemed to arrive
from the west at 6 o’clock tonight.
The first class fare to Seattle on her
is $33.
COMMERCIAL CLl B MEET.
A special meeting of the Commerc
ial club will be held this evening at
S o’clock. Everyone is requested to
attend.
CHISAN V OI’TPCT $135,000.
The Cordova Times estimates that
the output of the Chisana for this
year will be $135,000.
FORESTER CRAVES COMING.
Chief Forester Graves is a passen
ger on the Mariposa which is due here
this afternoon. He has recently made
a trip to other parts of the coast ami
is just got out from the interior. He is
visiting Alaska in connection with im
portant work relating to the forest
reserves and other matters.
EARLY CURFEW.
FAIRBANKS. Sept. 1.—The cur
few will ring an hour earlier this
winter than in former winters.
WANTED—to rent 4 or 3 room
furnished house. Apply Gateway, tf
SHIPPING CALENDAR
Friday, Aug. 27.
Alliance
arr’d 9:30 p. m, * ■*
Saturday, Aug. 23.
Alliance
left for west 3 p. m. . -a *
Sunday, Aug. 29.
Tugs, Shelikof, Bear
stopped at Seward from Xushagak
to Seattle.
Tuesday August 31.
Evans,
arrived 3 a. m. Sailed west 4:30
a. m. Expected back Thursday.
Northwestern
arr’r 4:30 a. m.. Sails south out
side passage via Cordova 4 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Alameda
leaves Seattle for Seward.
Mariposa
arrives from south 5 p. m.
Alliance
arrives from west 6 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 2.
Evans
due from westward.
Mariposa
due from westward.
Sunday Sept. 3.
Farragut
due to leave Seattle for Seward in
side passage.
Made to measure suits at Urbach’s,
next to pout office. tf
Mines in District All Show Up Fine
(Continued from Page 1)
It is a free gold proposition and ought
to be good.
At Lynx creek, Nate White has
been working intermittently all sum
mer, but is now closed down for lack
of water for piping.
A. Jette is camped at Lynx creek
and has staked several miles of dredg
ing ground in the neignborhood.
Jack Murray is expected shortly
from Lake creek with a drill for
Frank Ballaine to operate on Sixmile,
and all indications are for consider
able prospecting this fall to be follow
ed by large operations if results are
satisfactory.
McCoy and McDonald have an op
tion it is said on Joe Wilson’s ground
on Canyon creek and are prospecting
there.
John Kenner is operating on Mills
creek w ith good results.
Louis l.aurenson is doing assess
ment work on Juneau creek, and Eric
Edlin and Bob W’idraelson are work
ing elsewhere.
Several mining engineers have been
looking at the quartz developments in
Moose Pass the whole way from
Johnstown to the Forks. Some
spectacular strikes have been made
on this range notably that of Frank
Skeen and John Stevenson, which has
been previously mentioned in the
Gateway.
James Hayden is operating on Falls
creek and his mine, the Kenai Alaska,
is said to be showing up better all the
time. A recent cleanup is said to
have been entirely satisfactory.
On the same mountain is the Skeen
Lechner mine, recently sold at Ke
ceiver’s Sale. No work is being done
there at present, but Jim Hamilton,
who has been in charge for some time
says it is a good property, and it
ought not remain idle long now that
the legal entanglements have been
disposed of.
Charlie Hubbard is working stead
ily on his property at Mile 20 and
many friends who believe in the
Kenai Luke quartz showings, would
like to see the Primrose, Blue Bell
and others on the list of producers.
Frank Youngs is still at Cooper
creek, and with other oldtimers, fails
to agree with the Guggenheim ex
perts who turned down the Kenai
river as a profitable dredging proposi
tion. Some people see a purpose in
this and will not be surprised if the
Guggies come back again in the hope
of making better bargains. At all
events, those who know the Kenai
river are in no way discouraged by
the failure of the big mining concern
to operate there.
It is too early to proguostieate the
results of the season’s mining opera
tions in this district, but we can say
now that they are likely to be
thoroughly satisfactory.
SEWARD SCHOOLS GROWING.
According to a school census taken
by the board of school directors yes
terday the number of children living
in Seward at the present time o*
school age this year is 72. With the
number of those expected from out
the line and outside towns the num
ber is expected to reach 90 or 95 by
the latter part of November. The
census according to grades is as fol
lows:
First grade . 13
Second grade .13
Third grade .9
Fourth grade . 0
Fifth grade . 3
Sixth grade ..3
Seventh grade . 0
Eighth grade . 4
Ninth grade . 3
Tenth grade .3
The number of children in Seward
of the ago of four or over and who
would be able to attend a kindergarten
here numbers 13. The number of
high school pupils is eight.
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GRAFF C ASE POSTPONED.
The ease of S. M. Graft vs the City
of Seward was brought before Muni
cipal Clerk Lucas this morning and
the case was postponed another ten
days.
NORTHWESTERN TAKES FEW.
The Northwestern sailed last night
for Seattle at 8:13. After leaving
Cordova she will go via the outside
passage. The following passengers
left on her:
For Seattle: E. P. Harwood, A.
C. Armstrong. Miss Mildred Ashland,
C. J. Olson. P. H. McCue, Mrs. J. M.
Cummings, Miss Lena Hess, Fred B.
Ely. Mrs. J B. Oliver, Miss Elizabeth
Oliver, Miss Pearl Gray, Mrs. Minnie
Pierce, Earl Pierce, Frank Ennis, A.
M. IrroflT, M. Imoff. F. G. Smith and
three steerage. For Cordova. E. A
Hunkley, H. Leach and 1 steerage.
For Valdez; N. Greene, Col. W. P.
Richardson, Lt. C. C. Kunzig, Mrs.
Kunzig and children, and three steer
age For La Ttouche, 1 steerage.
The J. J. Sullivan hunting party
left for the lower Kenai Lake this
morning. The party consists of Mr.
and Miss Sullivan, a cook, three pack
ers and two guides. The guides are
Andy Simon and Jack Lean. At Mile
20 they will take Fred Bunce’s launch
down the lake. They took along
enough food to last the party of eight
for 50 days. The supplies taken out
this morning weighed all together
considerably over a ton. They have
two dories and one canoe on the lake
for their use.
SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—Har^y C.
Lord, assistant boiler inspector, has
been appointed inspector of boilers to
succeed Turner
NEWS NOTES.
Nathaniel Green, the Territorial
bank inspector, left yesterday on the
Northwestern for Valdez.
Miss Mildred Ashland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ashland, left
last night on the Northwestern to at
tend the Queen Anne High school in
Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Ashland will
follow a few weeks later.
Miss Lena Hess left for Seattle on
the Northwestern. She will take in
the fair before leaving for her home
in Ohio.
Mrs. Jack Cummings left on a sev
eral months trip to California on the
the Northwestern last night.
Frank Ennis left last night on a
short trip to his home town, Walla
Walla, Washington.
Mrs. C. C. Kunzig returned to her
home in Valdez after a short stay
here as the guest of Mrs. B. R.
Labaree.
Gus Gilles, A. Shyman and Tom
Martell are three well known young
traveling men who are now in Seward.
Mrs. E. 0. Sawyer yesterday after
noon had a party of the ladies at her
home in honor of Mrs. Dr. Sawyer,
j Those present were: Mrs. Erich
Lucas, Mrs. W. W. Anderson, Miss
Georgia Anderson, Mrs. J. A Nelson,
Mrs. F. A. Hancock, Mrs. J. H Romig,
Mrs H. S. Balderston, Mrs. Isaac
Evans, Mrs. C. A. Myers, Miss Eliza
beth Boyle, Mrs. M. A. Martin and
Mrs. C. A. Tamblyn.
Mrs. H. E. Revell returned to her
home at Mile 34 this morning. Her
three children will move to town in
about two weeks to take advantage
| of the school term.
Aron Ericson came to town yester
day on an official trip.
J. W. Hamilton came to town yes
! terday afternoon.
E. Gustavson, P. H. Hanson, C.
Xordlen, G. Johannson and Harold
Hanson left this morning on the car
for the Keuai Alaska Gold Co’s mine,
off mile 26. The total number of men
employed there now is in the neigh
borhood of twenty.
According to information from
Agent A. H. McDonald the freighter
Seward left Anchorage last Sunday
morning and will not bring any of the
rail road material for this place.
The Mariposa left Valdez this
morning at 4 o’clock and i3 due to ar
rive here this evening at 5 o’clock.
The season for duck, geese, ptarmi
gan, grouse and other small game
opened today.
VICTOR GUIMBARD
STRIKES PAY.
According to Fred Bunce, who left
for the Lake this morning, Victoi
Guimbard struck rich quartz at the
head of Fox Creek, a tributary of
Resurrection creek, near Sunrise, and
has bonded the property to Gus
Seiffert.
THE HARRIMAN NATIONAL BANK OF ALASKA
AT SEWARD
OFFICERS
NEW YORK SEWARD
JOSEPH W. KARRI MAN. rmidrat.
JOHN A. NOBLE, vi« PrttMwt.
HENRY B WESSELMAN, vi» r,».
GASTON HARDY, Vice PreUdritt.
ERICH EllCAS, denier.
SIDNEY B. CONGDON » Asst, ('ashler
MERRILL A. MARTIN,
Former Asaayer U. S. Mint, San Francisco
GOLD DUST AND BULLION BOUGHT AND ASSAYED
CORRESPONDENT
HARRIMAN NATIONAL BANK
NEW YORK
LOST THOUSANDS OF GUNS
LONDON, Sept. L—In the eastern campaign which
has developed so successfully for the Germans the Rus
sians lost thirty-eight hundred cannon and machine guns.
This loss is regarded as even more serious that the loss of
men.
RUSSIA TAX HIGH
PETROGRAD, Sept. 1.—The public has been given
warning by the government that the taxes are about to
be heavily increased. Three and three quarter billion are
necessary to meet the war expenses and the country has
already borrowed three billion.
MOLTKE SAFE
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 1—The dreadnaught Moltke
which was reported by the Russians to have been sunk
in the Gulf of Riga has been seen cruising off the Kaiser
Wilhelm canal.
TO CEDE MACEDONIA
PARIS, Sept. 1—Dispatches from Athens are to the
effect that Servia has decided to cede Macedonia to Bul
garia as the price of the latter’s participation in the war.
The story has not been confirmed from other sources.
GOES TO FIX TRAIL.
Anton Eide will leave on the Mari
posa for Knik to wind up the work on
the Willow creek road and take the
gang from that place to Kern creek
where work will be commenced on the
Iditarod mail trail. Fourteen or
fifteen men will be employed. Mr.
Eide will also arrange for some work,
made necessary by forest fires, be
tween Susitna and Knik. He will re
turn by way of Sunrise.
Jl’RORS DRAWN FOR
THE SEPTEMBER TERM.
VALDEZ.—The following jurors
have been drawn for service in the
district court for the term begining
September 14th:
Grand jury—0. E. Meals, Walter
Elliott, M. Barrett, J. W. Date, Val
dez; J. Kipps, F. E. Parker, J. F. Em
met, Patrick Cummings, J. H. Mc
Donald, Anchorage; Nels Jensen, B.
F. Smith, Knik; Moses Dunn, John
Savoy, Chitina; A. B. Brenner, Al.
Martin, Ed. Walsh, N. J. Black,
Charles Cameron, Cordova; Otto
Lubbe, McCarthy; Charles Canavan,
Eyak; J. F. Dennis, Kennicott; L.
Anderson, Granite mine.
The Petit Jury—Dan Wilcey, Val
dez; A. P. Brown, G. G. Boe, J. J.
Sherlock, B. D. Blakeslee, H. A.
Clark, Seward; Alfred Bensen, L. S.
Barry, Geo. Johnson, J. E. Price, An
chorage; L. S. Wickersham, William
C. Walker, William Mahoney,
Chitina; John Rawson, Tony Lynch,
G. L. Larson, J. E. Gamble, Cordova;
Ed. Mickelson, John J. Buggs, Knik;
M. Connelly, Sunrise; F. R. Reed, W.
S. Pay, La Touche; Duncan Little,
Copper Center; W. E. Conant, Hope.
SHOT IN FINGER.
The first blood of the season was
drawn this morning on both sides. L.
C. Bates went out to the head of the
bay and bagged several fine mallard
ducks. He was in a party of three
and one of the others accidentally
shot off his gun with the result that
one of the shot hit Mr. Bates in his
left index finger. No serious damage
was incurred. Otto Moses was the
unlucky bearer of the premature
weapon. It was a “trick*' gun. Mr.
Bates came up in front of him and
asked him how it was working.
“Fine", said Mr. Moses, and bang
she went to prove it.
Try Urbach, next to post office, for
groceries.
Choice residence lots, room 5 Cole
man Hotel. 8-30—6t.
WaterfiU & Frazier whiskey at
“The Branch.”
WHEN IN SEATTLE
CO DIRECT TO
CHEASTY’S
Make yourself at home. Leave your packages and suit ca*e
there, they will take care of them until you call no charge*
IT’S TIME WELL SPENT AT THIS STORE
T T? A Men’s and Young
VjfiJuAD 1 I O Men’s Wear
O. C. CRAVES, Pre«. and Manager
SEATTLE Second Ave. and Spring St.
Territorial and City Depository
This
-Bank
is a home hank, catering to the needs and
conditions of the home people, most of v> horn
are known personally to our officers and
directors.
If we haven't your acquaintance* we'll
he pleased to know you today--and also
handle your hanking.
BANK OF SEWARD
rJ. l ON. X SI*
haudeman
RAIN-PROOF
“Pony Cowboy"
. HATS
Hardeman's $3.00 Hats
LlinDim Next to Postoffice
• UKdAIH SEWARD
LOCATION NOTICES AT THE GATEWAV
BROWN & HAWKINS
“Quality First”
Seward Knik Anchorage
“Groceries” “Clothing”
Just Arrived on S. S. Alliance!
The Best Stock of Groceries ever brought
to Seward at PRICES LOWER than ever ollcred
in Alaska.
PRICES
On S. S. Alliance, Just Arrived:
Potatoes, per hundred lbs., . $2.00
Onions, per hundred lbs., . . 2.50
Sugar, best granulated, per 100 lbs., 7.25
Patent Excellent Flour, per sack, 1.75
Libby’s Dill Pickles, 3 cans for . .50
Libby s Milk, per case, . . • 3.50
Dwight-Edwards’ Coffee, spcl., 3 lbs., 1.00
Pearl Oil, per case . . • 3.50
Libby’s Catsup, per bottle, • • *25
These are only a few of our prices; come in
and see what we can do for you in Case Goods.
“Hardware” “furniture”
Brown & Hawkins
“Quality First”
“ PALACE JINGLES ’’
When once the streets are graded,
And this town takes on the air
Of a camp that has grown permanent,
Of a city that is “there;”
When the trail is clear to Kenai I^ake
Then wall charter Ashland’s car,
And youll have a picnic as the guests
Of the Famous Palace Bar.
THE PALACE BAR
Furnished Rooms for Men
JOE MORRIS Cafe and Lunch Counter in Connection | BILL DEVINE
“ PALACE JINGLES "
We have the goods for the picnics,
And swimming parties too;
If you like a drop of Sheroowd Rye,
Or that famous German Brew,
Just “talk, don’t walk” we do the rest
And it is not too far,
In 40 winks we land the goods
From the Famous Palace Bar.