SEWARD GATEWAY
PIBIISHIU WEEKLY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING
SEW A HD. - ALASKA,
Entered u> Second Class matter Aumist SVth.
VAM. at ilie iKisiotUee at Seward. Ato&kfc. un
der the Vet of Contrres* of Match X VW!>
SUBSCRIPTION RATtS
Ono Year i In Advance) - 53 00
Six Month* * 50
Eastern oi’tce,.M. Alworth Hmldinir. Duluth.
Minnesota. Clias.lt. Vske. authorized us*ent.
SATURDAY, VHTOLJKIv ". UHY
CISAFPOINTED THE SKEPTICS
When Maj. liallaine announced tour
years ago that lie had organized tin
\laska Henttal railway to build to the
Tanana river from the then unknown
I Lesurrect ion l»ay\ there were more
...offers and skeptics than believers,
u ettv much as there w ere scoffers and
-kepties when d. Hill announced hi?
tent ion of irovetitig the t treat Nor
hern railway to parallel the Northern
I \aeitie from St. Haul to Seattle,
lie tore the Alaska t entral was horn
railroad company had existed for
-veral vears ami hail been strutting
*(,r st■ venal vears to raise tin* money tit
>uiM from Valdez to the \ ukon. It
■■las backed hv some of the strongest
tpitalis’s in Alaska and Seattle. Since
: lien two others have been launched
■nr tin same purpo-t by other strong
non. Not one ol them has made a
• iward progress. 1 hey all art* where
in* v were when they started-. 1 he
\la»ka Ventral alone, organized and
•romotetl by a young man unknown in
'in* railroatl world up to that time, i?
!Met* construction as fast as it i>
>ssible for m*n ami money to con
junct it- What is moiv. while all of
< other pr*>jie?s have failed. Maj.
;:t!laii * bad thr* different syndicate?
.*i ganized. all of them reatly and
■>: ’ing to bn lit tie Alaska t entral.
'.l.i . liallain** had examined tlievountry
which it was proposed to traverse ami
iKi-sihle routes be for** he organized
in* Alaska « entral. and when he was
. i.i\ to p-un;* te it tlu judgement ol
* e c- I'.talisi. win looked into it
pproved li *■> s elect ion.
SHOULD SEND DELEGATES
Tin clue her ot commerce uiyi >
. i'\ ivs'ui. :.! <•: -t w n to In present
al tak> (nut u tlu- election ot dele
> t*>'-;. .\!a>ka legislative com
•. u, i«r.-. which w.li i" h*-!d in Seatth
soveinN r h*». While the interest ot
-.cmimimrv :r11h •. < neral purpos,
• •!.. convention — indention! with
at of ail Alaska, it Is :mpo riant that
-• ward should ht iefresentod in that
e i -\e>ition hv men win* will he heard
■ . ;m ir. oilier that the existence ol
s wu: >: may he impressed upon all in
• let dance.
While considerable space Ins born
Aw t: to the pi -re" of construction
• iie Alaska < •lit* 11 it: ’ite Seatth
wspap. i' tli- steam,-i news of that
A-e. would often le’elihe uninformed
t-sMii :.» think th t >• ward > a* sub
•i» ot \ •• ea - atai 'lm’ the raiieoud i
Idimj- trom that port. The usual
,-count of the saiiinir ot a stcamri- for
> coast stat- s that the vessel has de
nted fi*r \ aide/, * with, a la rife carjfO
•r the Alaska » VnM ol."
i >ne of th-* duties ot intelligent per
•us i> to enli. htea th* ignorant when
er possible. Two or three able
ward men in he Alaska convention
,ieht impivss even ti e Seattle news
• pels rep U?er> with the know ledge
tat Seward A dome more business
id spending' more monev in Seattle
email ether towns on the Alaska
•,!st between (TO'S Somul and Cook
dot. _
\ pal tv ta t.eb S|H\t‘.i.er has Ikht
signateii by i’lvidiet Howie as the
• tter’s sure* s> > • af'er his death' He
*a> have been ehos*a lH*euuse of his
ime but it fell: litis to be seen wheth
• he can equal “KlijahV* glory iis f
\o-h.itideil grater.
That mayoralty nomination which
as fast * noil upon Willie Heat st while
I •* was trying to run uway will not
irdec him. It will be lost fruinsight
• the miupaign.
The man who tolb an iniiustrioW*
rglar where he eoulii find a pair‘of
•nts with money in them forgot to
ution that an* thee man might claim
v- goo Is.
fiigatrist. Carlton was jfiven nineteen
■ars for hi> «&relessne>s in marrying
■\eral wives, hut his sculp improbably
fer befiiuVl the lxiVs.
The American nil's who are looking
• a tifrht mitfht bC»t into the Austran
iehsritF) ami *;* t ali tFie trohMe they
aTtf
HAS REAL GOLD BRICK
R. F. Miller Rocks out 24 Ounces
in Five Weeks on Yentna.
R. F. Miller, just down from the
Yentna, brought with him part of the
product of five weeks work on placers
which he discovered on one of the j
tributaries of the river a few months
Ago, and Harry Ellsworth in the Sew
ard Assay office has reduced it to a
I real gold brick weighing twenty.four
jounces. The value is upwards of$400.
Miller's pi-oporty is near the dis
\ coverh'H which have already been re
ported, and where rich washings have i
Veen made. Milior and his partner
found their property along in the sum
mer. They worked it five weeks with
a rocker, divided the proceeds and
| came out to secure outfits. I hey will
i return in a short time over the snow
| and remain all through next season-.
By the mute rocker process Miller
j and his partner took out nearly a
week, or about $30 a day for the two.
I Miller says the region is undoubtedly
a rich one and he expects to see the i
Yeutna and every creek flowing into'
I it lined with nven next summer.
SCOOPS IN A BURGLAR
VV. B. Poland Wakes to See his
Cash Disappearing.
Thomas McLennan needed money last j
Wednesday mornm}? about 4 o'clock
I ami tin- happy inspiration struck J
j him to make a collection fi'om sonic j
■ L.rue>t of the Coleman. By accident of,
I desist; he selected W. B. Poland,
encral manager of t he Alaska < entrap,
fur the touch. H* had just taken the
cash from the pockets of Mr. Poland's
j troupers, when the victim awoke and
made a tmip fov his caller.
McLennan tried to run for it hut Me.
j Poland helil on anti the racket wakened
! Mr. t'olemun. who came out to find
Poland boldiny his captive b\ tiu.- (
! wrists. Marshal Wybrant was drajrjfed
out of bed and McLennan was taken to
jail, lb* explained that he had just
Upent he had earneddii:yin>i in the i
j water main ditches and mentioning hi>
lo" had been told that if he would jro
i j||i.. i| ... i loin room in * !»#* * ’olcuir.n ■
] hou-e he would tint! a pair of trousers
I with pock« ts full of money.
McLennan was bound over b\ (iim
| mis'ioner Hildreth tin* same day,
i answer the charge of burdari in the,
j Pnited Statesdistriet court. Unclaimed i
| that lie was so drunk when he entered :
jtln hotel that lie did not know whatj
the was doin'i and that h< was insti-1
j'jated to the act b> another man. He |
! has been ven much to the bad from
the use of liquor tor several weeks.
McLennan was arrested and lined
several weeks ayo for try ini; to dean
i out the Seattle Bar because lie claimed
j a dealer had failed to pay him a -•» cent
| bet.
SANTA ANA SAILS SOUTH
Two Days Late on Return Trip
Because of Various Delays
Steamer Santa Ana returned from
Seldovia at Sunday rPornimr and
j-ailed southward Monday morning.
! Sin* left Valdez two days Kite and
! will he - dtject to a lino for the de
lay of the mail unless the j>o\ernmont
Jean he per-naded that the trouble was
j due to t ho act of < «ikL
Tin Santa Ana struggled with a
heavy steftn betwem Seldovia and
j Seward whioh lengthened the trip to
! twenty -even hours, about twice the
I usual tinn . She had 250 tons of rails
j to unload here for the Alaska Central
and that task occupied twenty-eight
j hours. s6 that her trip is not so pros’
porous us i't started to he. She came
up in nine days and a half, which is
remarkably good time for a boat on
the insid" passage by way cf Sitka.
Like all boats for’the past month the
Santa Ana bid a large passeftger list.
In her cabin are Map .1. F. Ballaine,
C. S. Carter, tin Hope mining and
| Mrs. Carter, H. W. Ogilvie and John
I W. Chamberlin" commercial travelers
of Seattle. Mrs Thomas Jeter and Mrs.
Frank Watson of Seward, Miss Ger
trude Jenkins of Bellingham, aVul
others.
The San*a Ana reported that Seldovia
i> overrun with freight and that it will
make the inl**t l*o;>.ts hVistle to get it all
through before ice forms. The Santa
A^a brought back seventeen "he'll d 'of
cattle because it Seemed uneertain
whether they could Ik* taken through
j In water this full. Thev\vill be driven
over the trail to Turnagain Arm, to
gether with thirty*live head which the
Curstens Packing Company were keep
ing here and had intended to ship by
the Santa Ana until the situation at
, Seldovia wAs 1'eaYfied.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
p. K. (’or. Fourth Ave. mid Washington St.
skwaui) - - Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown & Hawkins' stoiV
SKWAItD • - - ALASKA
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H. H. HILDRETH
notary Public
and CONVEYANCE
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
property furnished Kxaminutlon and
reports made on any property.
SKWARl) - - ALASKA
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY- AT-LAW
FYMrth Avenue, - SewAV'd, Aka.
E. R. GRAY
NOTA HY PUJILIC
SFAYARD ALASKA
O. LASCY
II. S. OfP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
Civil Engineer, and Land and Min
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent.
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY rilBIIC
\ddres: Seldovia. Cook Inh't. Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, SLamer Dora
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector’s Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
KnikP. O. Alaska
W. A. ivicPHLRSON 1
SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHER [
Views for sale at Seward News j|
Stand and Owl Drug Store....
Address, Seward 1*. <). - Studio at |
ranch, on railroad three miles north r.
Noth F. of FOUFKITl’Kli
Seattle. Wash . June 11>U5
T « N. W ARMSTRONG. K 1*. MtT.ETT!
(i.\N W. H. HUSH. H. U. S.MN I'll until'. H.
HUHHARD. each and all of you are hereby
notilleil that we have expended durin/ the year
of U#U si* hundred dollars in labor
ui».n the followin'! Sulphur Minin/ Claims:
"Idaho - NO l:"Washington" No. "Alas
kan No.it: "California" No. I and 'Ore/on
No :>. the property of the Dutch Harbor sul
phur Muiiiu! Association and the Sulphur
Mouutcin Minin/ Association and a twenty
acre rlaitn k iiowtuis the "New York claim,
ail situated on Mt Makii'hin. Unah'ska Rc
coi'tlin/ District. District of Alaska.
In order to liohl said claims under the pro
\ Dions of Section 2321 of the Revised St-,Mutes
of the United States and the amendments
thereto, approved January ■Find. IKHi). conoern
in/ annual labor upon mininclai.ms. better
the luiiount required to hold such claims Dm
tht period endinz December tfst. p.nr- And if
within ninety days from the personal service
of this notice', or ninety days rtftd’t the publica
tion tln'feof. you fail or refuse to contribute
your portion of such expenditure as a co-own
er. your interest in said dims w ill become the
property of the subscribers your co-owners
who have made the required expenditure by
the terms of said section.
(iKORCK H. LAZIER
T W. HUARDMAN
A. R Ml RPHY
WILLIAM DAUNT LETT
A. T. WALDKUK
E. MrDETTIDAN
\ P TcHI ST U. PAINE
HP’HARD TIERNEY
MRS. A. DEMON
F. it. LAZIER
DANIEL HU UK
Hv A. T. WALDKCK. Trustee.
AN EDITORIAL ON STILTS
A Sample of What Was Handed
Out Seventy-five Years Ago
The Boston Transcript, winch cele -
brated itv seventy-fifth anniversary in
July reproduced its salutatory—“pre
face "’it was called then from theissue
'of July 24, 18,40. The quaint old editor
ial follows:
“We shall openly seek patronage,
but will not cringingly court it. We
desire to be just, ingenuous and manly.
We will not, be the slaves of popular
caprice no'1, the dependent hirelings of
party favor. Our thoughts are our
'ow n and we shall boldly express them.
It will sometimes be our misfortune tb
offend, but we shull be studiously
observant c * our phraseology and es
pecially cautious that the offense is in
the opinion and not in the terms of its
conveyance. We hope to be permit
ted to ‘pursue the noiseless tenor of our
way’ without engendering hate or in4
during acrimony. Personal attack is
unworthy of notice, captious acerbity
beaeitth if.”
' COLEMAN HOUSE
H. N. COLEMAN, Proprietor
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in every room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per day
Absolutely First-Class
I Excellent Cafe in Connection
FOlTUTI! AVJiS'l'K, HEW A III), ALASKA j
NORTHERN -QALOON
WHITTEMORE, & SMITH Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE, SEWARD, ALASKA
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN 4 LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved spe«i.i.».n.i.nt.cit,Tri^
Give us your orders for Coal 4 Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward. Alaska I
a E E i\/3 O “ O The ncw Lumber Yard by
Lb. BvB ^ the Glacier Stream.
Stock now complete—Brick, Lime, Foment, Windows,
Window Frames and Doors.
Northwestern Steamship Company
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
STFAMSHIVS OPERATED: Victoria. Tacoma. Santa Clara. Sunt a Ana,
I'AciTMor. Dora. Marbara Hernstor.
STEA M HI IS FoK Seattle, Kayak. Valdez. Sc wank Cook Inlet. Cnuhe-ka
Nome intermediate points and San Francisco. Exclusive line to N. E
Siberian ports.
Express Steamer “SANTA ClARA" Sails from Seattle for Seward and Val
dez, outside route, May Ith and every 20 du.v> thereafter.
Str. EXCELSIOR Leaves Seattle 1st of each month. Same trip as Santa
Ana. connecting at SeldoVia with S. tt. Neptune, etc. returning leave
Seward loth of each, month.
Steamship “SANTA ANA" 1 . >aves Seattle Kitb of each month for Juneau.
Kavuk. Yakutat. Ellemur. Valdez, Seward. Seldovia connecting at Sel
dovia wit h S. S. Neptune for all Cook Inlet points returnin':, leave-'
Seward 1st of each month.
S.tr DORA" Leaves Valdez 2Mh of each month for Seward. Cnala-ka.
Dutch Harbor, and all way points, returning. haves Si ward about Utli
of each menth.
For transporn tion. berth r» servations. freight rates etc.
call on E. R. GRAY, A"t., Virr No. 1. Seward. Alaska
J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen l Mgr. E. G. McMICKEN, Gen'L Pass, ano Ticket Agt
SEATTLE. WASH.
GENERAL OFFICES; 600 FIRST AVE.. SEATTLE,
y ■
STEAMIRS
| tt
Sails from Seattle via. Juneau, 10th and 25th of each month
Sails from Seward via. Juneau, stb and 22nd of each month.
i Connecting witb Steamers at Seldovia for all points on Cook Inlet
Passenger Service unexcelled
For Rapid Delivery of Freight and for Passenger Rates aud Bertlii
j, Apply to
JOHN J. McMANUS, Agt.
At Brown anrt Hawkln’s Store...
SEWARD......ALASKA
San Francisco Office, Seattle Agency, 101 First Ave. a
310 Sansome St. D. J. HUMPHRL5 , Seattle Agt
F. V. THOMAS EXTENDS
Begins Two Story Addition to
Board of Trade Building
V. V. Thomas, like all other Seward
; business m'cn, has found his quarters
! too small and hfts beguh it rear cfcteri- j
1 sion to the Board of Trfide saloon
J building. The addition will be two,
stories high arid 24 feet long.
The first floor of the extension will j
he added to the bar and club room, |
! making it one of the largest in town, j
1 The upstairs will be equipped as fur- j
! nished rooms, the same its the present |
second floor. All the men who can j
work to advantage are engaged U|x>n|
the job and it will be rushed to com
pletion.
The headqilarldl;s of the Tunana
Mines railway, and the Gold Stream
Construction Company have been re
moved from Chena to Fairbanks.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE I'NITED STATES COMMIS
SIONER'S COURT FOR COOK INLET
PRECINCT* TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
THIRD DIVISION
In PROBATE.
In\h»' mutter of the estate of Frederic S.
Perry, deceased
To whom ft may concern;
NOTICE is hereby Riven that by an order
made by John Uoodell Judge of the above en
titled court, on, the 20th day of August. A. D.
1U05, the, undesigned James Oirdwood. was
duly appointed administrator ol the estate of
Frederic J Perry deceased.
All perspna having claims against the said
estate are required to present them, with prop
er vouchers, wjthltti«ix months from the date
hereof, to the said administrator, at Sunrise.
Alaska.
Dated this 36th day pf August A I)
JAMES OlRDWOOD, Administrator
9 M r IC-5t
The Gospel Mission raiding room is
onen at all hours. Mfts'foVi services
t>. B. Sly, Mitona*y. .