SEWARD GATEWAY
PlBllSntD WEEKLY BY
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SA lT’liDA Y. PKCKMUKK m l'AV)
THE FROZEN NORTH'* AGAIN
Tin* Portland Telegram acknowl
edges the receipt of literature sent out
bv K. A. list w ell, head of the Alaska
Central industrial department at Seat
tle, anti offers a few kind words con
cerning the efforts of the railroad
company to tind settlers for 1 he
Frozen North."
The esteemed Te’egratn should
throw- a wav it- autiijuated geography
wi't'h pietui' > of walruses and point
hears coasting down the glaciers of
Southern Alaska, and get its infer ra
tion regarding this region from the
Gate wav. or some equally reliable
source. Ti.e innnigrat on of live
Americans -everal yours ago ’ ado
things so hot tor the glaciers that they
all melted ami ran into ti e sea, ex
cept one :t \ atdez, which is -till u cit
ing at odd times.
The Alaska Central railroad will not
penetrate the Frozen Not" a. Its l ro
jootors ami builders are not so and i
tious fts that. They expect to run
trains only - far as too Tanana river,
which i- free rotu -now and ice ha.f
the year, and is no cooler t any time
than -ever 1 -t.de- which have egi-in
to res, 1 'nit* d Suites -enators and
Other burdens of republican civiliza
tion.
The Ala-ka Central expects to settle
* Uv of its immigrants near the
R»uthen coast of Ma-ka. where the
thermonn ter never sinks lower than it
does ea-t of the mountains i’ ti.e
grand old state of Oregon. Aft t* a
region capabu of sustaining a popula
tion of **te« ' ’ uuliion- is settled so
densely that it can't teem any more,
the railroad tnay send an expedit ion *o
the North Polo, but it has no such
plan at this time._
SEWARD S SUNNY CHRISTMAS
If ■•the >tate>" north of * h** i >hio river
had as fair a t hristmas as Seward they
were fortunate, and it was an except
ion rather than the rule. If the sun
was visible tin t had more sunshine
than Seward but it could have been no
brighter, and all day long the mercury
here stood within a degree of the freez
ing point.
In Seward the sun rose clear at 9:.”>0
o’clock. <:• svu'il>ed an arc just a few
degree* above the horizon and at 12:do
disappear**! i*- hind the mountains on
the western-'he of the bay. < >n the
eastern hiiis the sunlight flashed on
the snow-clad peaks an hour ami half
longer, and if the day was somewhat
shorter than in s mthern dimes no land
on earth where the ground wa»covered
with snow could have had a balmier
‘White <’hristmas.’’
In the I'ecemhor number of Black
wood’s ma.a/.i; • is an article by K. A.
Bat well describing the progress of
construction o* the Alaska Central
railnf.d and. the resources of the
region it w M Taverse. The facts are
marshaled in u way t ha * will prove a
revelation to people on the outside
#iu t-a\e given the subject little
it tent ion.
In (»reat Kails. Montana, a private
soldier kil d a comrade because the
lattei insisted tba* two pair should
be at a strangle In Montana they
think a mat' who doesn’t know that a
Untight beats two pair ought to be
killed. ...
Ballard vote two to on** not to join
Seattle, wi ;,*h -shows that two-thirds
of the res; Vn:, of Ballard believe thev
have a better chance for office in a
suburban town than in a big city.
If Pr^Tfdent Kliut of Harvard stops
football for a year bow are a lot of
vi, ,tu*h n*> going to occupy their time
Sflvanwldb* rod what does he think
.eey :►!'* it- college for?
***•,• ",i< If r* Bor so volt insist, that hi>
daughter is n> t tin object of charity
and he doesn't want her to be the vic
tim of sloppy toadyism.
Jack O'Brien is a Philadelphia law
yer. Likewise a real estate agent.
This equipment makes him a canny
pugilist.
The political vaudeville show in San
Domingo B going on again, but Uncle
Sam doesn’t care for a reserved seat.
Albany hasn't sent out a snake story
recently, but it has something just as
pxxi._
The Fairbanks News speaks in dis
paraging terms of the delegates to the
Alaska convention at Seattle who
refused to support Johanson for dele
gate to congress and thereby aocom
vU*hed his defeat.
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COAL TRIBUTARY TO SEWARD
In the government report on “Alaska
Mineral Resources in ltM)4” by members
of the survey parties under the direct
ion of Alfred II. Brooks, considerable
space is given to a discussion of the
coal Holds of Kenai peninsula and the
region around the head of Cook Inlet.
These fields won* investigated by ^
Ralph W. Stone, whose report was
generally very favorable.
Mr. Stone speaks highly of the Mat
anuska coal so far as it was known at
that time, but his information regard
i ing it was limited. Since then ex
haustive examinations of the Matan
uska coal have been made by experts
which establish the fact of its superior ,
quality and vast extent with such ex-J
aetness as to take the subject out of the 1
Held of speculation and inquiry.
More important at this time is Mr.
Stone's findings in regard to other coal
areas in the region tributary to Seward.
He made a somewhat extended exami
nation of the fields tit Kachetnak bay
and Homer spit, on the western side of
Kenai peninsula, and found the depos
its there apparently quite extensive
and largely of good quality. Of a de
posit at Mine camp near Coal creek lie
says:
“The coal in the section at the mine
camp t> hard, compact, glossy, lignite.
It is clean, does not smut the hands. ,
and tends to break into cubical frag-,
ments when dried.”
Mr. Stone also reports at consider-;
able length of the coal measures of!
Tyoonok and Port Graham, w here lu* j
found excellent seems, although the;
coal of Tyoonok is of inferior quality.)
Of the Port Graham coal he says; “ The j
c a at Port Graham is lignite, black, j
brilliant, clean to handle, with con- ;
choidal fracture."
Analy M'S of coal examined at vari
ous localities in Southwestern Alaska j
showed that the Matanuska coal is by j
far the strongest in fixed carbon. The ;
percentage shown by the analysis was
\ll other Alaska coals were;
much lower.
Packer* Organize for Protection
The Alaskan salmon packers, con
sisting entirely of Porto Ricans. Mex
cans and > ersons coming from t hili,
the Philippine Islands and other coun
ties where Spanish is spoken, have
perfected their organization.
The majority of the men forming j
ihe organization came from Porto Ri
co. They were originally induced to ,
leave their homes on promise that they
would obtain work on Hawaiian planta
tions at good wages and under favor
able conditions. They ultimately be
came stranded in San Francisco.
They w* re then hired by Chinese
contractors to curt* and pack salmon
in Alaska. Again they were subject
to great hardships and their earning's
were not sufficient to procure suitable ;
food. Through organization they hope !
to better their condition.
Immigration in Last fiscal \car
The total number of alien arrivals'
in the United States for the last 1
fiscal year is 1.020,939, representing an :
increase over the preceding year of
213.629. of which the continental ports
of the United States report 196,940. A
decrease is shown for the Pacific
ports, which is accounted for in some
measure by the Kusso-.Tapanese war.
Austria-Hungary seat 9*.538 over its
| quota of loot; Russia, 39,760; Italy, 2*.
1*3, and the United Kingdom. 49,544. *
Lots of Gold Left in Klondike
Engineer' James Astley estimates,
that $232,000,000 in gold remains in the j
gravel of the Klondike district, and •
► hat tin water supply to wash out tin*
gold will cost about $5,000,000. lie
also figures that with Lo.ono miner’s
inches of water the gold can he
worked out in eighty-eight years.
He Oid As He Has Told
The boarders were alarmed one!
night by what sounded like a man 1
running at a tremendous gait in one!
of he upper rooms. However, as it1
came from t he second floor front room !
oMhe new boarder, nothing was said.
The nex| night the same running
noises were heard: •'till it was thought
t>e>t to say nothing. But the third
night the noises differed; tlie boarders 1
huddled together in the parlor as the
chandeliers shook,- while the man above
apparently came down at intervals
with a thump, thump.- that fairly |
shook the house.
Two men were delegated to see
what was the matter.
“What in the work! is the matter up
here?” asked one of she men as the
door was opened by the new boarder, j
apparently breatbless.
“Why.” was the answer between j
gasps of breath, ‘Tin taking ray modi- j
cine.”
“Medicine?” echoed the man.
“Yes.” said the man as he dropped j
into a chair from sheer exhaustion, i
•It’s tougher on me than it is on you.
But the doctor said I should take it
two nights running, and then skip the
third night.”
if Jim Hill gets a line from the Gulf
to Puget So md and then builds to i
Alaska, he will have a longer railroad
than the Russian-Siberian lino from ;
St. Petersburg to VI tdivostok.
The Hadl y Consolidated Copper
Company at Ketchikan has paid its
first dividend and ha* more in sight. I
RECORD TRIP BY
THE SANTA ANA
Steamer Comes l!p in Less Than
Nino Days Though Time Was
Lost at Sitka
Steamer Santa Ana. ('apt. Moore,
arri ved in port Monday evening at ~
o'clock, less than nine days out of Seat
tle. a record trip for her, although she
stayed in Sitka fourteen hours because
of a storm outside. She left Seattle
December, it* at II p. m. Had she not
been held at Sitka she would have
reached Seward Monday morning,
not mote than eight and one-half days
out of Seattle.
As it is the steamer's arrival on the
2oth heats her own record to this port.
She never reached Seward earlier than
the 2l*th on any previous trip. She,
left Seattle after the Bertha, passed
that boat on the inside passage, and;
left Juneau after the Bertha arrived |
there. The Bertha is at least a day
behind her.
The Santa Ana reports extraordinary j
winter weather on the trip, hxcept j
tin'rough night at Sitka, when she
waited for the storm to subside, she
had as smooth a sea as in summer.
This accounts for her speedy voyage.
She had a stern wind part of the time
which helped s< me in getting along.
The Santa Ana brought thirty lirsi
elnss and twenty-three steerage pas
sengers. Her Seward cargo was In
tons, including the big rotary plow for
the railroad, and Liol tons of steel
rails. The rotary weighs seventy-live
tons. It is knocked down and the
pieces are hilled separately. It will
require several Mat cars to transport
it to the front. The boiler alone is a
ioad for one ear.
The Santa Ana left Thursday morn
ing at il o'clock for Seattle, by way oi
the inside passage. She will load ore
at HI la mar and will -ail from Vaidey.
January 1. Her mail contract pre
cludes an earlier departure. She look
only one cabin passenger from Seward.
Ili> name is Kdward Hite. A small
number of steerage passengers went
out.
Gl'ARDIAN Of MANY BOYS
New Yorker Has Adopted 9,000
That They Might Enter Navy
About 9,0 H) boys in the IT.UcU
States navy are called by the name of
one man. says the New York Tribune.
For twenty-two years they have been
known by bis name in the surrogate’s
ofliee, on the receiving ship in the
Brooklyn navy yard, and throughout
the navy generally. He is legal guard
ian of the entire number, and it was
through him alone that they entered
the navy.
This man is neither government of
llcial nor philanthropist just a plain
business man, with a business ofliee in
a doAvntOAvn skyscraper, and he told
bis tale on the express stipulation that
bis name should not be used.
•*lt began quite by accident," be
said, “twenty-two years ago. I was
in the surrogate’s ofliee one day when
the guardian clerk remarked: ‘I'm
sorry for that, youngster over there:
be wants to get into the navy the
worst way and be has no guardian to
sign bis contract.'
“The government requires a con
tract with every apprentice entering
the navy, and as the apprentices are
necessarily under age, and as no minor
can sign a contract under the law. of
course, boys without parents or guard
ians cannot, enlist.
“A great many boys desiring to en
ter the navy were in jttst this position.
They were homeless, wandering boys,
who either had no relatives or none
they knew anything about, or perhaps,
their relatives simply refused to take
the trouble to fix up the papers.
“Well, f offered to act as guardian
for that first boy, was legally appoin
ted. and got him into the navy, anti
since that I’ve kept on. till now
there are somewhere near 9.000 of
t hem scattered over the world. That’s
all there is to it.
The My Is a Bad One
The fly's capacity for crime is ex
tended by its strength, which is rela
tively nearly seven times that of a
horse, for it can 1 irt twenty times its
own weight. It can absorb enormous
quantities of oxygen, and is, in fact, a
confirmed oxygen toper.
The reprehensive habit of walking
upside down on the ceiling, to which
the fly is addicted, is due to its habit
of exuding gum from each of the 1,200
hollow hairs in its feet.
The fly, too. has an evil eye, which
is divisible into several other eyes. It
has also 1,700 or 1,800 parts all con
nected with the olfactory nerves, and
therefore possesses complete equip
ment for detecting unsound meat such
as is given to no other living creature.
—H. Hill in London.
Russia is boi ing the cen'or of the
stage a good while without it climax.
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STEAMER BERTHA
ARRIVES IN PORT
Brings Twenty-one Passengers'
and Small Cargo and
Sails Westward
Steamer Bertha, (’apt. Wmulsen, i
reached port ’Thursday at 7), and j
mailed to the westward shortly after
midnight. She goes to Seldotia,
Homer and Kodiak, and from the lat
ter port straight, hack to Seward.
The Bertha was twelve days out
from Seattle. Although she had fair
weather most of the way >iie was de
layed a good deal at several places.
Most of her freight was for the small
er ports this trip. She brought only
seventy-five tons to Seward, besides
something less than a ton of mail.
She left Seattle the same night as the 1
Santa Ana and they divided tin* mail |
between them, each bringing a big
load of it. It was the accumulation of
eleven days and included a lot of
Christmas presents which did not start |
soon enough.
il the Bertha lias good weather on j
her we: tward trip she can get hack in j
three days. If the weather should be
rough she may he gone twice us long.
She is taking only a small quantity of
freight._
Vine Which Strangles Trees
One i f the curious forest growths of
tin* isthmus of Panama ami lower Cen
tral America in general is the vine
which the Spaniards call matapalo, or
"tree killer,” This vine first starts in
1 iff u> a climber upon tin* trunks of the
large trees, and, owing to its marvel
ously rapid growth, soon reaches the
lower brandies. At this point it first
begins to put out its “feelers" tender,
harmless looking root shoots, which
soon reach the ground and become as
firmly fixed as the parent stem. Those
hundreds of additional sap tubes give
the whole vine a renewed lease of life,
and it begins to send out its aerial ten
dril'in all directions. These entwine
themselves tightly around every limb,
of the tree, even creeping to the very ;
farthermost iip> and squeezing the life
out of both bark and leaf. Things go
on at this rate but a short while before
tlie forest giant is compelled to suc
cumb to the gigantic parasite which is
sapping it' lifeblood. \\ itliin a very
few years the tree rots and falls away,
leaving the matapalo standing erect
and hollow.
4 British Vlrw of Roosevelt
Harry Graham, a clever young Kng
lishtnan now serving as private secre
tary to Lord Rosebery, has written
some satirical verse, and published it
in book form under the title “Misrep
resentative Men." Two of the “best
stanzas,” according to the discrimi
nating Spectator, arc those describing
our president's daily life:
“Mo, sir." said the man on the ver
anda of the gulf club house, “I c.an’t
drink over eight highballs without
becoming intoxicated. Now, that is
my excuse for going to sleep at the
t ighth hole yesterday afternoon."
"Hut.” the listener, ”1 should think
you would stop drinking after the
eighth."
"1 would, hut the trouble is that
after I've had live l can’t count.”
Judge.
“Mike.” said Plodding Pete as he
climbed into a freight car, "I'm glad
de government doesn't own de rail
roads."
“Why?”
“Because when we takes a free ride
now de worst dat happens is to he put
olT, but if do government was runnin’
de lines we’d he arrested fee graftin’
sure.” Washingington Star.
“If you keep on." said the credulous
layman, “you will find cures for all
the diseases that flesh is heir to.
Then what will you do?"
“Then,” answered the scientist, “we
will proceed to seek cures for the new
diseases to which our remedies have
given rise." Washington Star.
One hundred and twenty-five para
graphs or the German statute book re
late to the crime of lese majesty- that
is, of making asperstions upon ma
jestv-and 900 volumes have been
published on the topic. Last year
there were .'1,956 convictions for this
offense, aggregating 4,098 years in pri
son.
[n Uruguay, until within a few years,
the sale of hides was the only part of
the cattle industry that yielded any
cash, the meat being mostly discarded
as of no value.
We desire to thank the people of Sew
ard and vicinity for their liberal patron
age during the past year and hope to
deserve even a better patronage in the
year to come.
Hoping that the year 1906 will bring
success and happiness to one and all,
we remain
Yours truly
OWL DRUG COMPANY
1I
Fcoleman house53
H. N. COLEMAN, Proprietor
tire trie lights and Electric Bells In every room
Rales from 50c to $2.50 per day
i Modern Plumbing
1 A b s o 1 u t c 1 y_F i r s t - C I as s
Fourth Avenue .... ^Seward^Uaska^
THE LOUV ■
EIDSON & DOBSON. Proprietors
A Gentleman's Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
_—i
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
S. p. Cor. Fourth Ave. and Washington SL
SEWARD - * ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown & Hawkins’ store
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-ATLAW
Fourth Avenue, • Seward, Aka.
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence- Caratem*' Build
ing, Fourth avenue.
Office Hours—2 to 4 p. m., and when
ever not otherwise engaged.
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PURLIC
SEWARD - - ALASKA
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
property furnishcd-Examination and
reports made on any property.
SEWARD - - ALASKA
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Richards’ Bldg Seward. Alaska
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORN E Y - AT-L A W
| Suite 2-4, Carstens’ Building
F. E. YOUNGS
NOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD • ALASKA
!i»-r
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres: Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or cere Mail Agent* Steamer Dora
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Seward Assay
Office
Chemical Analytes and Assays Made
Price List for Assaying
Gold or Silver. $1.50
Gold and Silver.$2.00
Silver and Lead. $2.00
Gold, Silver and Lead $3.00
Copper. $1.50
Gold and Copper- $2.50
Gold, Silver and Cop
per . $3.50
Gold, Silver, Copper
and Lead. $4.00
Prices for other metals and min
eral on application.
Gold and silver bullion refined,
melted and assayed or pur
chased.
H. E. ELLSWORTH, C. E.
REMODELED
THERAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Popular Prices-Hew Management
Central Location-European Plan
Greatest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
Wilson & White Co., Prop. Chas Perrp, Mgr
I. O. O. F.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
J. S. SLATER, President,
E. W. YOUNG, Secretary-Trews
Meets every third Sunday afternoon
in each month.
O. LASCY
u. S. DEP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA,
Civil Engineer, and Land and Mir>
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent,
Steamer Dora.
FOX ISLAND FOR SALE
Ten miles from Seward. The- island
Is two miles long and o»e mile wide.
I will sell my squatter’s claim and 423
foxes, whose skins are worth aaaverage
of $20 each, for $2f>00, which is less than
one-third of the value of the skins.
Offer is made because I wish to go up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
Alfred Lowell,
Third avenue, Seward.
Take a ba*b at Gpuld and Capmwr*