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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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MR. WICKERSHAM’S VICTORY
According to Judge Reed’s decision in the Wicker
sham injunction proceedings, a temporary order was al
lowed stopping payment of any money to the Territorial
Secretary and also preventing the payment of overtime
for labor performed by the young women stenographers
of the Legislature. Of eight contentions set up he wins
two and loses six. He should feel highly elated.
Stephen Capps, in his report on the coal fields of Alas
ka, gives out the old bromide about there being good coal,
folded formations and many “scientific problems to be
solved” with respect to mining coal on a commercial basis.
It would seem, in view of governmental experience and
those of the Alaskans who have actually developed coal,
that the “scientific problems” consist of eliminating the
government from meddling with the coal miners, give
them title to their holdings and maybe we will get the coal
to market. It is a patent fact that the government has
done nothing to either assist or encourage transportation
of coal from Alaska. So all Mr. Capps’ findings appear to
offer is “words, words, words.”
It will be noted in the summary of Alaskan conditions
the Department of Commerce dealt with the subjects of
fish and copper mining- What about all those billions the
Government has been promising the people would come
from conserved resources “saved.from the rapacious
grasp of big interests?”
Now that the super-bureau of all the bureaus is ac
tually coming to Alaska one may soon learn of 59 new
ways to break into jail for violation of Uncle Sam’s “ver
boten” rules in Alaska.
Mr. Capps says as yet no adequate transportation -fa
cilities are available for Alaska coal. And to think, the
Government spent some $60,000,000 of the people’s money
under the claim that it was to open the coal fields.
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Containing more than two hundred rooms, the new Gallatin Gate*
way Inn, to be opened soon by the Milwaukee Railroad at the entrance
to the Gallatin Gateway to Yellowstone, is iatest evidence of growing
favor of this national park.
WITH the formal opening of Yel
lowstone National Park for
this year on June 19, there will be
dedicated at the head of the recent
ly completed Gallatin Gateway a
distinctive structure which will
provide visitors to this increasing
ly popular park with the highest
type of accommodations and at the
same time become a practical
monument to the two pioneers who
blazed the first trail to the Pacific
through this region.
The new Gallatin Gateway Inn,
at which tourists will transfer
from the main transcontinental
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway to the Yellow
stone Park buses, takes its name
from the Gallatin River, christened
by 'Lewis and Clark when they
reached this junction point on their
voyage of exploration across the
continent in 1S03. The highway
leading from the Inn to Old Faith
ful and the other sights of Yellow
stone was completed only a few
months ago. Known as the Galla
tin Gateway, it pierces some of the
most primitive country yet remain
ing. On either side of the Gallatin
Canyon, which the new road fol
lows, and between the snow-clad
peaks of this eastern slope of the
Rockies, are mountain fastnesses
nfever trod by any white man.
The Gallatin Gateway Inn. cost
ing approximately half a million
dollars, will contain more than two
hundred rooms and will be equip
ped and furnished in the most
luxurious manner. The formal
opening of the Inn prior to June 19
will be marked by elaborate cere
monies. The operation of the hotel
will be entirely under the direction
of the Milwaukee Railroad.
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HUMAN TOBOGGAN SLIDES FROM j
SUMMIT TO TIMBER LINE IN j
FAST TIME
By PARKER JOHNSTONE, of Chi
cago Evening Post.
Marathon is the first Alaskan moun
tain that has found me at its summit,
out of which escapade, I received an
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enormous boot.
Alone and ignorant I picked out a
path, but how I did cuss the prickly
pears, which I found out, are called
devil’s clubs, and believe me, they
I are rightly named, for every time I
wanted something to hang on to, in
variably I grabbed a handful of thorns, j
Within 15 minutes my hands were
bleeding and the air turned blue, for
indeed I had learned a new' language.
I hope nq one heard me. Then to cap
that, I found that I had stumbled upon
a polecat's nest. You never saw a
man scramble through deep brush and
mossy logs so fast. Pm almost sure
t did a 100-yard dash going up, in nine
flat. I was hot and swrnre again at
my morning’s inspiration for a story, j
j
By this time, I had realized that in
stead of picking an easy trail I had
picked the hardest, so hit for the tim
ber, where I hoped the density would
keep the brush down. I was right, j
and made progress quite rapidly to .
the timber line, where a quiet and
'
; nleasant little gullv greeted me.
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Finding a club for an alpine-stock,
! I tried the grass areas, but found the
snow easier to get a footing. Soon
the gray monster rising before me
explained that 1 v as “between the
devil and the deep blue sea,” for on
either side were fiat, loose expanses
of shale that looked too dangerous
for me, leaving a ridge like a spinal
column made out of boulders, that al
most gave me heart failure. I chose j
the mountain’s vertebra for further
j ascent.
At each ledge from there I looked ;
up and disgustingly said: “Holy cats,
another 14.000 feet more or less."
But trudging on. 1 found amusement j
in pushing off loose boulders to see j
how far they would roll, and when (
they bumped into multiplication, it'
made me start to think that if I should
follow one of them in this playful
rampage, I would probably be picking
myself up with a blotter.
The flagpole reached, 1 turned my
head to a higher point where I stopped
short with my heart in my mouth. I j
was standing on the edge of nothing.
After gulping the life-beating organ
back into place, I yelled out into that
empty abyss the first thing that came
into my head: “Hot dog, at last I can
spit a mile!”
Of course snap-shots of the beauti-1
ful surroundings followed, and I turn-|
ed bewildered as to how to descend, i
I despised the idea of going down the j
way I came up, and wondered why I j
couldn’t take to the snow, like I had i
once heard the bears do.
Deciding to try, 1 took every pre- j
caution, and with my trusty old stick |
as a brake, sat down and became a i
human toboggan. This, to me, was!
the biggest thrill of a lifetime. It ■
was foolish I know, for if I had hit a I
I hidden rock, I would have no more'
I
I seat in my pants than a baboon. j
I soon learned how to steer myself, \
however, and reached the timber lino j
in about five or eight minutes. Atj
this point, disappointment "egis
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Men’s shoes resoled, heeled and
polished $2.75. Seward Leather
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LIBERTY
THEATER
8 O’CLOCK — ONE: SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
AT LAST—THE MAGNIFICENT PHOTOPLAY
ELEVEN REELS
Considered one ofthe finest moving pictures ever
made. A story of the Russian Revolution.
Personally directed by Cecil R. De Mille, who de
clares it superior to his “Ten Commandments”
Everyone in town should see this picture both for
education and entertainment
The entire moving picture world was sifted to select
the proper actors for this great play and finally
WILLIAM BOYD, ELINOR FAIR, VICTOR
VANCOUR, THEODORE KOSLOFF, JULIA
FAYE, ROBERT EDSON
were taken for the Star parts
Even if you never go to picture shows, here is one
you should not miss. Come early as the feature
starts a few minutes after 8 o’clock
NOTE—We have to pay a large extra fee to
show this picture in Seward, and so the prices will be
75c for adults, and 35c for kids.
There Are Rone Better
IN OUR cold storage plant is always found
* the largest selection of choice cuts in
Southwestern Alaska.
WE ARE HERE TO PLEASE YOU
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operation of The Alaska Railroad, has
made our patrons our friends, and the safe
guarding and transportation of their ship
ments to stations on our line, to their entire
satisfaction is our ambition.
During the month of May the season of
river navigation will augment our rail serv
ice, and freight and passenger travel will
receive the benefit of our experience.
Trains will connect with all sailings on
the Tanana and Yukon Rivers.
Timetables, descriptive literature, etc.,
will be gladly furnished on request.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
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Anchorage
Alaska