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(Eh? ^nuarii (gaiputatj " Pubfished Daily Except Sunday by The Seward Gateway PubUehing fa. BERNARD M. STONE. President. Subscription Rates: Dally_Ons dollar per month Ten cents ths copy. By mail. *10 per yew. Weekly—Three dollars per year. (Payable strictly in advanced_ Advertising Rates: TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. Readers, 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line each additional insertion. Legal notices, 60c per line. SEWARD. ALASKA. MONDAY. MAY D>16. .'-'.'I' . ' ' ; 1:1 the many opportunities the people of Seward have for pleasant pastimes. Very few towns in this world are as beautifully situated. Resurrection Bay ought to be enough to tempt every man. woman and child out on it half the time. Seward, perhaps, needs nothing for pastime going mori than house. The rod and gun club ought to be a really great aid in getting lieoplc together, and. what is better still, getting them out in the wood together. Tennis and baseball players and outing clubs should receive full support. Never mind worrying all the time. — It will bo rather an irony of fate if Seward sometimes from now on has to depend on the Anchorage wireless to got news from outside. The wire less station is certainly about to be established at that place and «o shall stHl have the same old "reliable'- cable. Some day a miracle might occur and cause communication by that cable to be interrupt.il. Seward will then probably get its messages via the Sitka-Cordova-Anchorage route. What terrible crime ha* Seward been guilty o: ? The news of the loss of Tom Campbell and John Larsen is very sad. Mr. Campbell was very well and favorably known here. Mr. Larsen was not so well known, but as they started from Seward the Gateway wishes to let their relatives know that Seward mourns the terrible occurrence. Full and I ivid Story of The Barren Island Tragedy (Continued From Page 1.) two dogs with them in the skiff, Tip and Top, one swam ashore, and when Hansen finally got ashore he attempt ed to warm himself by dinging to the dog. While these men were strug gling for their lives and with so lit tle success in the case oi Larson and Campbell, Mr. Mitchell aboard the attached to a line to them so that he might pull them to the boat, but the barrel was carried to one side and they were unable to reach it. Mitchell then tried to start the engine but it balked, and the anchors were so se curely fastened at the bottom that he was unable to lift them, but when he at last saw Hansen and the dog on the beach trying to get warm by run ning he tried another way of reach ing him, and saving him from death ; by freezing. He enclosed some mutches and a jack knife in some paper and after blowing a fog horn •to attract Hansen’s attention, threw it overboard, but Hansen was unable to follow this with his imperfect eye sight. At last Mitchell put some directed Hansen to it by firing shots in the direction in which the Matches were drifting. Hansen was so blind ed by the cold and frost that he could not discern the conveyor, and when Mitchel realized that his efforts to get matches to him were fruitless he once more attempted to start the en gine, this time with more success; the anchors were severed from the boat, and he headed for what seemed a beach without boulders, but soon, found himself and boat on top of the, rocks and the engine*' dead. t rom here he was able to get matches to Hansen, and the nearly frozen man built a tire, and once more took a new 1 grasp upon life. After getting some of the chill out of his system Hansen was able to get aboard the launch, J and the two men thinking that the tide was still running out awaited the time when it would be easier for them to salvage supplies, but the tide was I at ebb, and, too late, they discovered ! that they would not be able to get ! ashore without encountering further [.danger so started to place on the top ; of the pilot house, food stuffs that they thought they might be able to get ashore eventually. With the in coming tide, the wind increased, and the men who had taken refuge on the top of the pilot house with the grub could hear the waves crashing the structure beneath them. At eleven that night, eight or nine hours after the over turning of the skiff, they wore able to wade ashore, and got an other fire started, and the tedious j process of drying out was started. Hansen's feet and hands both seemed j frost bitten, but at the time little at-1 tention was given them, and with the break of day, they commenced to, salve what ever drifted ashore. On March fifteenth one of the tents came ashore, and a better shelter was arranged. By this time Hansen was so badly crippled by his frozen feet that he could not get about, and Mitchell beach combed for supplies throughout the day. the next day Larsen’s body was washed ashore, 1 and was placed above high water mark by Mitchell, at least so he thought. j On March 18th, the remains of ! Campbell came ashore and had been ‘ badly mutilated by the elements. Mitchell attempted to cover both j bodies, but they were heavy men and j 1 with the added weight of water and 1 their frozen clothing, he was unable. - to do very much toward placing them ? in a permanent resting place. Mr. n I Hansen was confined to his shelter so l diil not view either remains or know if 0 their bodies were permanently buried - under the sand. Mitchell thinks it e likely that they are still there, e move about they rowed to the other s side of the island, believing that they s might be able to signal some passing - ship, but after two weeks returned to 1 the scant shelter of their former n camping place. While on the east o side of the island they tried to signal e to a tug that passed, but were unable - to attract its attention. The tug was ; towing a full rigged ship. This ship e was sighted on April 28. ORDER YOUR SUMMER SUIT TODAY Eight now is the best time to get that new Suit that you have been planning on all winter. By placing your order now you will have the opportunity of selecting from the most complete stock of “up to the minute” fabrics that have ever lieen shown in Seward, made up in the latest style, and in addition to these two important factors, your suit will be here just when you will need it. Come in today and see the new samples. Big Line of Spring and Summer Weight Underwear We have just received and unpacked a big line of light weight underwear, both in the union suits and two piece suits. A wide range of weights and fabrics and priced in accordance with the times. All prices from One Dollar up. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW LINE OF SHOES ? The best line of carefully selected shoes that we have ever had the pleasure of showing to our patrons. Not a poor one in the lot and every shoe selected with a parti cular need in view. Come in today and have a look. Rubber Boots Shoe Pacs Overalls Khakies Working Shirts Jumpers Blankets Quilts Sheet Blankets Tents HARDEMAN HATS and CAPS Fancy Spring and Summer Shirts. In fact we have everything that the well dressed man or the working man may require in the line of wearables. The Prices are Right THE MINER’S STORE FRANK J. COTTER, Manager ANCHORAGE “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post** SEWARD During this time they had but little to eat, the supplies that were gather ed the first few days being saturated with water, and of very little use. A few cans of milk came ashore and al so fruit and dour. The latter was used and to this meager supply they added the only food stufT that the Barren islands can boast of, mussels. Both men declare that the islands are rightly named and that they are now more barren than before their arrival1 1 there, as they wore out their finger I nails scraping the mussels oft the rocks. For eight miles along the: ! beach the mussels have been gathcr l ed and devoured by these men in their I starving condition. On May 4th Mitchel treid to get away from the islands in order to bring help for Hansen, but the feroci ty of the wind compelled him to re turn to shore, and in so doing the ski IT was badly smashed. It was mended eventually with the aid of j the few tools that had drifted ashore., On the eigth of May they left the | rocky cove in which they were wreck ed fifty-eight days before. The trip to Dog Fish Day from the Barren islands was made under favorable conditions. Doth wind and tide \' ith them, and six hours travel brought them to the almost deserted summer camp of the Natives at Dog fish ba>. There was one Native there, and he gladly gave them of what he had, and their hunger was lessened to some ex tent. Some salt salmon was found in ! one of the cabins, and relished by both men. Hansen’s feet were still in such wretched condition, that he was un able to attempt the walk to Port Graham. Mr. Mitchell walked to the | cannery at Port Graham, anil a b> darky was immediately dispatched with foodstuffs, and returned somej time later bringing Hansen with them. Jack Tansy brought them to Seldovia, where the two men told their experiences to Mr. Cameron, the U. S. deputy marshal who has been recently stationed here. Some may remember Tom Campbell, as a member of Breck’s survey party, i when working out of Anchorage last year. He came from Bremerton, and has property there. Larson was at one time the owner of the Christiana Bar in Seattle, and was known in Tacoma, for a number of years in southeastern Alaska. Mr. Mitchell came to Alaska from California about a year r.go. His ori ginal home was in Maine. During the entire trip a diary was kept by Mr. Mitchell, and the writer found it very interesting reading. A MATRONLY COSTUME FOR MATINEE WEAR. MODISH FOR 1916 [Developed In golden brown velvet la this good looking suit banded with fox fur. Simplicity of line la the first note struck. Black Jet buttons are used as fastener*, and the jaunty turban so appropriate Is osprey trimmed.] Noodle Cafe. Phone Main 111. Tray service receives prompt at tention. 10-5—tf. ——— I! ■■■■■■ I '■■■■ —« —• Mackinaws, Pants, Socks, 3oots, Packs, Underwear. Anything you need. SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO. Job printing of every description at The Gateway. For a delicious salad try our new line of Tuna Fish, “Tho chicken of Uie sea.” Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.” __ fc ft a 5: * «•“*-*■ I,. F P. St S.. Glasgow. J. M. SLOAN, M. D., C. M. OVER GATEWAY Office Hours, I to 3 and 7 to 8 P. M. FOHMRItLY Or NoMK. J. H. ROMIG, M. D. OFFICE FOURTH AVENUE Phones: Residence Adams 48 Office Adams 93 Hours: 10 to 12 a.m. 2 to 4 p.m. DR. O. J. KEATING Dentist Oflico Over narritnan National Bank. Hours 9 A M. to 5 P. M. I,. L. JAMKS. JII. *• WOOM.ET JAMES & WOOLLEY Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Over Bank ef Seward SEWARD. - ALASKA ROMIG & ROMIG HEAL ESTATE AGENTS Houses for Rent, Rents Collected, Titles Examined, Lots for Sale. Lartfe Listing. Phone Main 48 Seward, Alaska. Igloo No. 9, Order of Pioneers Moots tho First and Third Tuesday Nitfhts of each Month at the Pioneer Hall. IfANDtR L. JAMfS. Jr. ISAAC tVANS, President. Secretary. Loyal Order of Moose Meets every Friday nitfht at 8 o’clock, A. B. Hall. M. J. CONROY, F. R. BIGFORO, Dictator. Secretary. Miller’s*Barber Shop Shower Baths Ladies’ Shampooing Hot and Cold BATHS Always Ready HOTEL SEWARD 511 THIRD AVE. • • owovrrv-i'dpw:,C’” Rooms $1.00 p • . ui .1 n i With Rath $1.50 Special Weekly Rates THE ALASKA HOUSE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Warm Rooms First-Class Rates Reasonable BILLY PETERSON & D. TIRCATTE, Props. HARVEY & CO. Contractors and Builders ESTIMATES FURNISHED Cor. 3rd and Adams, Seward Good Eating! Every Day Something Good at the COMMERCE CAFE. Everybody Knows Ernie levin, Prop. Launch ‘fioneer” Tom Parker with the Launch “Pioneer” will hereafter be at Kern Creek on the day fol lowing the day that train leaves Seward prepared to take freight and Passengers for Anchorage. 11® Capitol Cafe MRS. E. AYERS. Prop. Washington St. near 4th Av. HOME COOKING Meals at All Hours LUMBER! Alaska Lumber Made by Alaska labor DIMENSION LUMBER In Any Quantity Now DRESSED LUMBER in Any Quantity Soon -THE SEWARD SAWMILL CO. A. r. RASMUSSEN, Prop. Phone Keirai 2 . ... ..—.■■■■—■■ -.... ■ .. ^ HOTEL OVERLAND E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROP. Headquarters for Mining Men SEWARD, - - ' ALASKA PioneerI Hotel I ( F. B. CANNON, Prop. ] Knik Alaska KNIK’S LEADING HOTEL NO BAR Accommodations for Ninety (* uests Large General Lobby ! Private Lobby for Ladies I Best Rates : Best Treatment [ i * ESI A CCC )M MO I) A T1 o N S I ADELMAN & QUILTY milk & crIam SfWARD DAIRY Why Hot Try Cur Bnttermilfc ? MILK STATIONS AT BOTH BUTCHER SHOPS Rainier Buffet THE BEST IN EVERYTHING WINES LIQUORS CIGARS LOUVRE BLDG. OPP. A. B. HA L THE ALASKA SHOP JACOB PHILE, Proprietor SHOE AM) HARNESS REPAIRING—IHHi HARM" TO ()Rj>EP SEW A HD, “ Ai.ASKA "pacing ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY «... * First Sailing for Anchorage Sunday, April u,{h for SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA PORTS °f Usscls leaving on ihird Sunday ol lath Month talK llliamna and Kodiak. All Vessels call at Kuik anchorage During Open Season. _— CALIFORNIA— Seattle to San Francisco, every Wednesday and Sunday. connecLng with Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California Po n Eight reserved to chance uounm and |aWS without noljctn RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Manager, WAYNE BLUE. Local Age ALASKA srr « Steamers Alameda and Northwestern sail from o „ .... «!.. (ml. 9<M»t mint .<11*11 *»l Coen montli For Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,Cordova, V aldez and Seward. DORA leaves Seward about the 17th of each month for tinalaska, and in May, June, July and August she goes through to Nushagak. Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, lillamar, Valdez, Latouche and Sew ai d Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th ( S. S. Seward carries Explosives) 69"Right reserved to change this schedule without notice"^ P. B. TRACY, General Agent A. II. McDONALD, Agent H. V. HOBEN A. F. DAVIS ALASKA TRANSFER H. V. HOBEN, Manager -Dealers in COAL, WOOD AND ICE General Transferring Phones, Main 17 and 41 nor TDTATrn |n Ton °rcarLots nP 5 Kr Iji 1 all ASSAYING AND ANALYSES UIIL I IILrt 9 LU opore samples H. E. ELLSWORTH, Assayer and Chemist A Complete Equipment for Mining CoiA/^Pfl A (3 C L 3 and Technical Determinations OvmuIus aA I (I T f\ U FURNITURE AND HARDWARE COAL MINER’S AMD GOLD MINER’S SUPPLIES Doors & Windows Lang’s Ranges I XL Parlor Heaters Gasoline Stoves Cook Stoves Camp Stoves Air Tight Heaters Oil Stoves Alcohol Stoves Spark Plugs Jump Coils Batteries Granite Ware ' Aluminum Ware Asbestos P & B Paper Malthoid Roofing Tar Paper Deafening felt Weather Strips Gasoline Gas Engine Oil Marine Engine Oil Valve Oil Elaine Oil Floor Oil Linseed Oil Cup Grease Paints Lacqueret Paint Asphaltum Paint Brushes Varnishes Turpentine Japan Denatured Alcohol Coal Tar Lamps Lanterns Tents PHONE MADISON 87 Rifles Shot Guns Ammunition Fishing Tackle Giant I’owder Caps Fuse Bench Forges Blacksmith’s Coal Bellows Wheel Barrows Cutlery Fire Clay Fire Brick Lime Cement Glass Hope Mercury Seine Twine J. L. GRAEF OPENED JAN.I5T, 1913 “She HOTEL thaw BEST In all the WEST** STOP at the NE\£ FIREPROOF 200 OUTSIDE ROOMS ISO WITH BATH 420 W.2N£> 51,NEAR HILL NORTHERN HOTEL CO.. PROP. FRANK L CRAMRTON, MQR. RATES *1.00 PER DAY*«oUp