Seward Daily Gateway
OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
Published Dally except Sunday by
THE GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered In the nost office at Seward, Alaska, as second-class matter
H. V. HOBEN and E. F. JESSEN, Proprietors
E. F. Jessen Editor and Manager
Otto G. Sandbeck, Associate Editor Bdwin A. Sandbecx, City Editor
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
What is known as the Baker
bench at the mouth of Ganes creek
is now on the way to production,
under an operative agreement be
tween Messrs. Charles Baker, Nels
P. Anderson and Frank Speljack.
Anderson is in charge of operations.
Warren Alford, Lee Lamprecht and
Charlie O'Halloran are employed in
the camp.
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From Sitka comes a report that
deer are dying in that district from
the hoof and mouth disease. An in
vestigation is under way to ascer
tain the true facts in the matter.
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Jacob Moder, known to his many
friends as “Jake,” passed away at
Seattle last week. He was about 40
years of age and for the last four
or five years had been employed
at Chichagof. He recently suffered
two broken ribs. Mr. Moder enlisted
in the World War from Idaho Falls,
Idaho and was discharged at Camp
Lewis. His widow and small son
survive him.
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i Milton A. Logergren, of Juneau,
I is an outstanding student at the
i Colorado School of Mines at Gol
den. Colo. Winner of an Alaska
! scholarship, the young man made |
unusually high records in the first j
I semester.
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| Some apprehension is felt for the J
I safety of Mike McKallick, mining |
man of Chichagof Island, who has |
been missing for two weeks. His
tent on his claims was found to be
in great disorder from a bear raid
and it is thought he may have been
attacked by bears and lost his life.
“Sourdough Bill” Visits Hardscratch
The other night I had a visit
from an old friend of mine from
the Klondyke, a man by the name
of Sourdough Bill, well-known all
long the Yukon valley and the
Klondyke- As he will be assosiated
with me here in trying to open
pipples oyes to the deplorable con
ditions of the fishermen along the
coast of Alaska, I consider it my
duty to let the readers thise arti
cle know something about the hab-:
its and peculiarities of Sourdough
Bill.
Bill is never seen in the sum
mer, some pipple along the Yukon !
valley cleim he is hybornating dur- ‘
ing warm weather and only comes
out in the open after hard frost I
sets in in the fall, in a clear frosty
night and full moon he is allways
on a hike; he generally use a Yukon
sled with a team of Ise Worms
hitched to it, and he is suposed to 1
use Ise Worms for feed on most of I
his travels, but there are two tings J
overybody agree about, Sourdough !
Bill can’t resist a drink or sour
dough nor a purty woman. Avery
body in the interior cleim to know
a lot about Sourdough Bill but no
two of their stories is alike. If you'
esk him about the truth of any of
them, the answer you get is a smile
with a mysterious look at the moon,
and I fancy I have sometimes seen
an answering smile on the moon’s I
face. “And believe it or not,” I am
allmost sure I have seen the moon
wink one of his eyes at him.
Imagine my surpirse one even
ing just before going to sleep, to
see Sourdough Bill come in thru
the door; after the first greeting
was over I asked him about the rea- ;
son for his extraordinary visit.
“Yon seem to be in trouble,” Bill
said. “I hear it noised about that
you are the author of that muck- 1
raking article, ‘A Fisherman's 1
Dream.’ Your are claiming in the
end of the article that the salmon
spoke the truth in avery particular, ;
concequently you must be in a bad
fix; I come to see if I can be of any
help to you, remembering the times
you picked me up dead drunk in
the dance halls in Dawson in the
early days, and saved me from the '
greedy beer-slingers. I thought I
could passibly pay you off some of
my debt to you.
In looking over your place I
realize you are in a worse fix than
I expected to find you. I often
heard you make remarks in the
Klondyke about Onkle Sam and
God’s country, but I supose you
will sing a differant song now aboot 1
your dear Oncle Sam. and that
glorious goldly country of your,
won’t you? “Now Bill,” I said, “I
will forgive and forget your sar- j
castic remarks becouse you are an
old friend of mine and my gest,
but let me give you a friendly ad
vice and be shure you remember it.
I supose you looked into the build
ing nixt to thise house before you
cum inn here, and must have seen
the four sturdy ladds sleeping in
there. If you make any insinuating
or sarcastic remarks in their pre
sense about Oncle Sam,I won’t be
respansible for what will happen
to you; they are particularly sen
sitive now about their Oncle be
couse he is broke and in debt and
averybody is complening and kik
king.” «
(To be continued) >
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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN
BE A WONDERFUL AND
AWE-INSPIRING SIGRI
On the afternoon of tomorrow,
Wednesday, residents of a portion
of the New England states will see
one of the most remarkable of all
natural phenomena: The total
eclipse of the sun.
About 2 o'clock Eastern time, it
will begin to get dusk, a perfect
twilight for a short time, then to
tal darkness.
The shadow of the sun will form
perfect crescents on the ground.
The stars will come out; Mercury
and Venus will be especially bright.
Rainbow colors, as well as the
Aurora Borealis, will be visible. The
last rays of sunlight will bring out
the craters and canyons of the
moon. Then the Corona of the Sun,
made more wonderful by the flames
of red hydrogen gas leaping from
the sun behind the shadow of the
moon.
Then the reappearance of the
sun and full daylight.
Learned astronomers of Seward
claim that Alaska will not be ef- •
fected by the phenomena in any |
way.
Besides a number of school
teachers for Seward, Westward
Alaska and other points, coming
North on the SS Yukon, there are
many teachers on board who will
Leave the steamer at Valdez and go
over the Richardson Highway to
Fairbanks.
2,500 BANDITS KILLED
KISHAN, China, Aug., 29, —Jap
inese military authorities announc
ed that 2,500 Chinese bandits were
silled in a clash in the Chihli pro
vince, bordering Manchuria on the
south.
ROUGH ROAD PASSED
NEW YORK, Aug., 2 9, —T h e
‘Baby Bull” market entered its 8th
iveek with prospects of longevity
considerably brightened by a num
ber of signs that the roughest part
}f the road to business recovery
las been passed.
SAVE your money by having
pour old shoes repaired. Every job
that is turned out by the SEWARD
LEATHER WORKS is made to
vear and look as near new as pos
sible.
WATERS RECEDING
Ike P. Taylor, head of the Alas
ka Road Commission, completed an
inspection trip to Mile 142 on the
Richardson Highway—scene of the
recent high waters—and returned
to Fairbanks Monday. Engineer
Taylor reported that the water at
the bridge washout continues to re- I
cede and that a temporary cross
ing would be built by Friday or Sat
urday. Mr. Taylor also said that a
cable trolley to ferry passengers
across the creek would be in oper
ation by Monday evening.
NOTICE
The Ladies Aid of the Communi
ty church will meet Thursday af
ternoon, Sept. 1, at 2 o'clock, at
the home of Mrs. Andrew Horton.
Signed: Mrs. Leona Struve, Sect.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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case. Call at Gateway office.
FOR SALE—1930 Chevrolet coach,!
very reasonable; Inquire at the1
The Gateway office.
FOR RENT—Three room apart
ment by J. L. Graef.
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puppies. Enquire The Gateway.
Fresh, Frozen or Salted
FISH
ADAMS 14
Paulsteiner’s
SEA FOOD MARKET
SHIP ANYWHERE
Wholesale and Retail
John Paulsteiner, Prop.
MS BLUE FOX
FOR HIRE or CHARTER
Makes monthly trips around all
Shumagin Islands and Herin
deen Bay and will land anyone
anywhere on either side of Al
aska Peninsula.
CAPT. RALPH GROSVOLD
Sand Point, Alaska.
NIJKA BAY TRANS
PORTATION CO.
MS ROLPH in
Capt. Pete Sather
Leaves Seward 20th
of each month
For Charter or Hire
AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES
ALL PRICES DRASTICALLY CUT
The Blue Shop
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM—STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
Pacific Alaskan
Airways, Inc.
(Formerly The Alaskan Airways, Inc.)
Serve all of Interior Alaska
Weekly schedules from Anchorage with U. S. Mail
For rates, information, etc., see
Elwyn Swetmann, Seward Representative
Clark Bassett, Manager Anchorage Base
K. K. Katz, Seattle agent, 16 Ray Street
McGee Airways
SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY
Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks Air Service
AT YOUR SERVICE ANYTIME
Rates: Seward to Anchorage $15; Seward to Fairbanks
$65. Tejn per cent less on round trip tares.
(Joy hops, 3 passengers, $5 each, 30 minutes flying)
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Airplane service to all parts of Alaska
COMFORTABLE CABIN PLANES
LIBERTY THEATRE
....... tonight at 8 o’clock
Here is something about the criminal world that is entirely new!
'Guilty Generation’
A very unusual play, 'being based on the old biblical statement
that the sins of the fathers’ shall be visited upon the children^
The story gives a vivid picture of the peculiar situation rich
gangsters’ children occupy.
STRONG DRAMA—EXCITEMENT—THRILLS
A clever and well-acted offering that assures the best enter
tainment. The actors are all new, coming from the stage.
With it is a reel of animal
VOD-A-VIL — a FABLE and an interesting NEWS
MOTORSHIP DISCOVERER
NEXT SAILING OUT OF SEWARD SEPTEMBER 6
Sails from Sew a rd every two weeks for
Anchorage Ind Cook Inlet ports. Phone 111,
Anchorage, for schedules and rates.
Capt. Heinie Berger, Master
The Alaska Railroad
(mt. mckinley park route)
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Thursday 6:30 p. m. Each Friday 9:00 a. m.
Each Friday 6:30 p. m. , Each Saturday 7:30 a. m.
Mixed train from Anchorage and intermediate points
arrives each Wednesday p. m. Mixed train for An
chorage and intermediate points leaves not earlier
than 10:00 a. m. each Saturday. The Friday morn
ing train connects with the gas car at Anchorage,
making no stops between Anchorage and Fairbanks
and arrives at Fairbanks at 5 a. m. Saturday carrying
passengers, express, mail and perishables.
Mixed train carries a coach and handles passengers*
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
Sailing for Nushagak and way-ports September 3
SAN JUAN FISHING & PACKING CO.
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
ADMIRAL LINE SAILINGS
SEATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
NEW YORK
Leaves Seattle North
Watson.Aug. 31
EVANS . Sept. 14
WATSON . Sept. 21
Leave Seward South
Evans . Sopt. 5
Watson . Sept. 12
EVANS . Sept. 26
WATSON . Oct. 3
Wayne Blue, Agent.
Phones
Main 81, Madison 40
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
TheAC®K\i^
steamer—
Leave
Seattle
Leave
Seward
VYUKON . AUG. 27
ALEUTIAN ..SEPT. 3
YUKON . SEPT. 10.
ALEUTIAN . SEPT. 17
YUKON . SEPT. 24
SEPT. 2 9 P. M.
SEPT. 9 9 P.M.
SEPT. 16 9 P. M.
SEPT. 24 11 A. M.
OCT. I 11 A. M.
Sailings marked (*) connect with steamer Starr
at Seward. All Sailings from Seattle at 9 a. m.
on dates shown.
J. H. FLICKINGER. Agent
Alaska Steamship Co.
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