Seward weekly gateway., November 25, 1905, Image 2

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SEWARD GATEWAY
riKIISHID VVttHIV BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Kntered Si uotul t'hixx matter Aiitasi ilth.
lt»M. at the |xi>ti>ttiee at Reward. Alaska un
der the Ae! o' t'oi " of March K
SIBSCWITfION RATIS
One Year I W' - ' - - • S3 00,
Six Months ... SI.50
Kastern ort.ee ilC Alworth HttlUlina. Duluth.
Minnesota, t aus.lt \*ke. authorized airtmt. j
S.VTl invW, NOVKMl.KIl IS U*°'*
NO TIME FOR CAUTION
This is r : the year for Sewaul men
-v he cautious. The growth of tin
•,uvn has been hampered all jmuuer
ami fall thr Hiyh lack of huildinj:
material. There was a ju>.ineati« n for
■ his in th* sj»ri: wk* n tip* town was
still an < v rinient, hut tlu.t time h
past l‘ tli* inis it .«ss unn of So wan
want fin- town t • yrow the.* must carry i
a.K'ks to in* * tin* til m ..usthey expect i
In the future.
New:.I; bub* UU.S ar *• now ^’amtii e *
half-finished I veav.se then t> no mater*
i*il to t>i *■* e«l with cons'.metion. ;
i »thets would b* under n«*y i* liter*
were any assurance ’hat t h* »*>I owners,
could ' the nnu*rial to com plot*
them promptly. A local merchant 1
said tins w.ck that he had b« kn wait-:
...for w< • \s to j^et the it,.abet* toj
build a fi*«-room cottapo. \ \\puiy j
man eatt n on the «hvyon 4 'th
money to build a la rye lody itjyhoUse,
lie could not ye; muterml to mdsh any
part ot it ami threatens to y> out on,
tile next boat. It lie does he will not i
carry below a flat term;* report of the!
town, a ad nol».'dy can '.lame him it he]
telU exactly what be fo no here
It is true that tl. staum^hip com
pani* s arc partly to blame for comti
;ions. If they would put • . _ bouts
on the run to carry freight as tast as it ;
A order. d instead of leaving i: piled
up on the docks at S< at! u* tie re woulo
be more building material in Seward; ,
tmlay. The companies say ’ley have!
chartered all the boat' they can yet. j
which is probably true, but if > hey 1
want to hold th* business of ibis port 1
they n st change the system of hunt
ny for l*oal> after the freiyl.t i*.* piled
up or: them. They shotdil start a little
sooner. Smnehotly else may start first.
TEMPERATE ZONE MOVES UP
At risk of hein;* charged with
*• damnutf iteration” the Cateway
one<* mote points at tin mercury,
which tins moruinr N*»V‘ r LM
for tie- Ht’st time this f;,i! compressed
i»self Im :<»w inilayii'.'ht. At T t»*ct<x?k
it :sT»e-.*d and on*-hunt: <»f an
inch o' tee showed that the niitiil had
been eh. ly.
S< vt wet \s of . nr st constant
rain k* r«t 'he thermometer close to h»i
tie^firv It Was expect It that Mle !
eessat e>n of rain would be signalized
by retd water, with a foot or two ot
snow. Instead the sun tna|ces its brief
transit unohscured by clouds, ami at
ttiuht pei striatis nittreh dr\-shod tm
dei* starlit skies, ip an atmosohere is?
chiliy enough to quicken the blond.
< 'nritisity-huntei’s must yo farther
s nth to timi w inter.
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Ail tin* Nfii.. crowd a - e t r in llit*
Sea:; le vonv'ii’ion was > > • t nan
ami v i rotary oi that Indy*, tl.e chair
manship of all the committee', the
tieie-ai; to t Vimrt'e", an indorsement j
of it' candidate for governor. and a
recommendation <>! 'Uch changes in the j
mining :aws a, they believe to he!
adapted lo their need.. And yet some
jMU»pl» harbor a suspicion that Nome |
called the convention to g* an all
Ahi'ka indorsement of its o\yi\ schemes. j
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It look' funny at this distance to see
the jamboree in the Seattle convention
over the nomination of a delegate to
ton |ir»" who will have as much chance
of getting a seat in tin- National House
as John I). Rockefeller has of getting
t (trough the pearly uatt '. The parage
of a camel through the eye of a s: ed!e
is easy in comparison.
A Detroit nan hisereetid a statue
of the devil in his front yard. That
doesn't seem so lad as raising the
devil on other people's premises.
When men with money to pay for
bed* have to sleep o i In ti*l Ilians or
warm chairs it look' as if a building
ttooin is due in Seward.
The m» n who wait d s > long at Sel
dovia for a boat night have located
homesteads. They t ad time enough
to prove up.
The Russian revolutionists may know
what they are trying t«> do. but other
people have their doid»ts.
The Seattle man who deeded all Ins
! property to his w ite t wo day s before he
eopunitted suicide and left a bijf pob
id debts to the bunks must have read
sotnewhria seven* reflection upon
the man who careth not for his own
household.
Th« Seattle Times says the Koine
police shipped out to Seattle on the
last boats as >oujh a ifttnjf of criminals
as ever infested any community. It is
tjueer they attracted any attention in
Seattle. ___________
While tl»e \laska convention was
n session the enthusiastic Kussian
revolutionists were totally unable to
create noise enough to mak’ them
selves heard.
\ Seattle clergyman lectured real
■stab bankers for doing business on
! Sundai. and now he may be expected
•e eeri'ii e hi^bwaimen for the same
oiTenst
Hears; and Met'lellan are both get
tag a lot of advertising oil of the
New A ei k imiNoraity mu» but. Hearsl
is pa \ mg for i;.
When tive stolen ballot boxes wa re
inuinl in a N ‘» York barl>er shop it
w.t> diseoieivd that the ballots had
h -oil shaved.
1*..litre has tinally divided that noth
ing !«ut a gun plat can get next to
i ast ro.
ASSAY DEPOSITS
G. L. Adams of Seattle Office
Arrested on Charge of Tak
ing $150,000 in DusO.
Uy Cable to Tha Gaily Gateway.
Soat! it*. Nov. Ill (leorge 1. Adams,
,••.«! «*r An- Seattle government assay
• Alee, was arreted last night, charged
with a shortage of *150,000. lie admits
a defalcation of
For a long time Adams has abstracted
three mime* <>; goM dust from each
poke hi o;*g in into the a.»a\ odice. and
replaced it with th : same weight of
black sand, w hose tmjk is almost the
same, carefully mixing the s; ml with
the dim. He kept a can of it in the
vault. t Joverrment officials in the
.'i'll mints, i oticing the increasing
D". s.-nt several pokes to Sail 1‘t‘an*
ci-ca a..ii aft ■ r ward to S'at tie. 1 lie
■ a'V'rent returns of the assays showed
when :i,e de.icii lay. Adams was
watched and was caught yesterday in
the act of making the substitution of
sand for gold in a pok<
Adams has hold the pos iion of cash*
a>r of the assay office ever since it was
•stab!ished in duly. IVS He was
formerly cashier of the ol l Merchants’
National Hank of this city. He was
married only a year ago. Ilia pecu
lations extend back over several
months,
McCUfcDY J VIEW OF IT
In hi' testimony before the lejlislal
ivt usurunce investigating committee,
President McCurdy, of the Mutual Life
Insurance f ompuny. made the following
statement:
‘•There h:i> been a jrmit mistake
made al out the real purpose* of life
insurance companies. People have
U-en led to believe that the main pur
pose was make money for the policy
holders. In my view that is not the
purpose of such companies. They are
eleemosynary. W hen a man insures
in a company he should take into con
sideration the fact that he has entered
a yreat philanthropic concern, that is in
duty hound to spread itself, even though
this growth prevents him from realiz
ing as much as he expected.”
WtEklY WEATHER RECORD
Weather record for the week ending
November 1*4.
TKMI*KK ATUIJK,
Max; Min,
Satin day JO Rainy
Sunday 40 i»s Rainy
Monday 41 .'W Rainy
Tuesday 4_* 4t) Rainy
Wednesday TS Kainy
Thursday 42 iiti Clear
Friday •!*» 20 t Tear
Fa run Doesn t it co>t a yivat deal
' to semi a boy to college?
Kooler No. That's hardly worth
! mentioning. But it costs like smoke to
keep him there. -Chicago Tribune.
FOR SALIC Bes offer takes lots 2.7,
20. 27, block 40; lots 1.7, It!, block 20;
lots 12. b», 14. block 7. Seward. Alaska.
1 Owner !R\ 22nd. Ave., Seattle, Wash, *
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ACTIVE WORK AE
READY BULLION
0. H. Sleeper Describes Opera
tions to Open up (ireat
Copper Property.
\Yt rk at die Ready Bullion copper
mine on Lynx creek will proceed every
hour of the coming winter. Three
eight-hour shifts will continue to bon*
the long tunnel on the seeond level
v\ hieh will reach the vein loot) feet from
the side of the mountain.
This vein lias already lu-en cross-cut
S00 foot higher up, and drifting both
uays has revealed an ore body which
all who have seen it pronounce one of
the most marvelous copper deposits
over uncovered. The ledge where the
t unnel st rikes it is 1100 feet wide, with!
a pa\ streak Mucked out which would j
keep t he mine shipping for years. This
upper tunnel is ;{iio feet long.
The tunnel on the lower level is de
signed to t each tin* ore to better ad
vantage. and it is also believed t ha *
according to the rule in similar depos
it > the ore will he richer and the pay
streak wider as greater depth is at
tuined. Tin lifst tunnel is only a few
hundred feet from the summit of the
lull, where the apex of the Vein lies.
Achieves bide Notice
The Heady Bullion mine has at
tracted as much attention in the past
year nr any minim: projei t in this | art
of Alaska, and its fame has caused it
to receive considerable attention in the
newspapers and minimr publications on
tin* outside, ahhou£h it is not yet a
shipping mine. Copper experts who
visited it said months aco that tiie de
velopment work then done took the
property out of the list of experiments
am) established it as a mine which
could safely be^in shipping at any
time.
I,ate in lHOH the Heady Bullion was
located by Nathan P. White, who is
now superintendent of tho work. He
immediately enlisted the interest of
O. 11. Sleeper of Kxeter, New Hamp
shire. owner of a valuable jjold prop
erty on Hear creek, who bail been
coinin'; to the Inlet region every sum
mer since 1 spH to direct operations on
the latter. The followin'; year con
siderable development work wa> done
on the Heady Bullion, and in the spring
of It Hid thirty meu were put to work.
Krcps Tab on Work
Mr. Sleeper came to Alaska in July
this year, and remained at the Heady
Hullion until this week, when became
to Seward to go out for the winter,
sailing on the Hertha tor Seattle. He
will return about April l.and the scale
of operations then will he greatly en
larged. The lower tunnel is now in
more than 2(H) feet. It is being driven
at the rate of four or five feet a day.
and the vain should be struck about
May. The dip is inward, which adds
j to tin-distance of the ledge from the
surfae*-. as well as the slope of the hill.
As soon as the ledge is reached in
'the lower funnel attention will be
given to blocking out the ore bodies hv
[drifting, .and a few months later tin
mine will he prepared to ship. At pre
sent only a trail leads to it, hut a branch
■of the railroad can he run up Johnson
I creek from the main line on an easy
grade, or a first-class wagon road can
he made over the same route.
Comes to the Gateway
Walter A. Wyatt, recently editor
and manager of the Ketchikan Mining
Journal, came to Seward on the Oregon
to become business manager of the
Gateway, Mr, Wyatt has been a
Pacific Coast newspaper man since he
came back as a Philippine veteran
from the archipelago in
M. K. Davis of the Rainbow Mining
Company at Hope, was one of the im
migrant*. from Seldovia brought in by
tin Dora. He is on bis way to bis
home in Worcester, Massachusetts, but
will soon return.
Among the arrivals on the Dora
were W. S. Harris and It. Paden, who
have been working on coal development
on the CUickaloon since last March.
J. (J Cavanaugh, a well-known con
ductor of the Alaska Central, returned
on the Oregon from a vacation spent
on the outside.
J. 1’. Schallc. ;m Inlet miner who
spent last winter in Seward, is in town
for a few days.
Judge Hildreth returned on the Ore
1 gon from a trip to Valdez*
ANGRY VICTIMS
MOB PROMOTER
Embryo Coal King" Fails to Pay
Miners anti They Wallop Him
to Square Account.
Development of A. I*',. Dickerman'-,
eoal fields on fhiynik hay proceeds
-lowly and intermittently. in the face
>f yreat discourayynuints. No sooner
does Mr. ITickct/man yet a -<puul of
men to yoiny riyht than they discover
that he ha,s no money to pay them, and j
they quit in disgust.
Hence it is that Mr Djcki.rman hasj
iot yet yot his coal mines developed to j
the shipping point, although In* has,
:iad several yanys of men wurkiny in
hem at irreyular interval- in tin* past
:wo years, without any cost to himself.
1’tiat i-. not any money cost. 11 is last ,
experiment caused him considerable
■xcitei.ient and physical di-c*>mfort
when he informed live men after tin y
tad worked for a month <>n yruh fur
iished by one of their number, that he
lad not a red cent t<> squander in
vayes until In* miyht lie happy enouyh
o draw dividends from his eoal ship
ments.
Talks so Smoothly
Mr. Diekerman lias a smooth, self
>jliny tony lie anil an excellent com*
nam! of the promoter's vocabulary.,
which has enabled him to secure
several small earyoes of laborers for
his Chiynik coal mines upon no con
sideration beyond ylitteriny promise-.
If is last success in that direction wa»
late in the slimmer just past, when lw
induced a Seward carpenter who had j
saved to invest it in provisions
for a party <>l miners who wen Jo work
at Chiynik and quickly transmute
black diamonds in shininy yold coin.
After a month of arduous diyyiny
under the stimulus of Mr. Dicki rman's
cheeriny exhortations and rain how
promises one of the toilers conceived a
sinyular hankeriny for the siyht of
some money. There was nothiny he
could spend it for at < 'liiynik except
tobacco, hut he yearned to hold it in
his itchiny palm. Mr, Diekerman dis
sembled at first and than frankly con
ceded that he had none, and no dies in
which to coin, or presses to print any
kind of loyal tender.
Asks Rude Question
•’What tYll did y** bring u* out hero
fur?" rudely inquired the miner.
•‘.Just keep right on working.’’urged •
Mr. Diekerman. ” We'll he -hipping'
pretty soon and tin n we'll have money
to burn.
••I want to burn some money with-1
out waiting for people to burn your
coal." snarled the grumbler.
The rebellious laborer called a cau
cus of his fellows and the microbe* of;
insurrection multiplied. Mr. Dicker-!
man was called into council and as
sailed with harsh epithets and injuri
ous collect ions upon his probit\. Hi*
oratory had lost its spell aud in the
midst of his pacific utterances one of
the victims coarsely suggested:
"(luess we'll have to Lake it outen
his hide."
The motion carried unanimously un
der a suspension of the rules, and Mr.
Diekerman was freely buffeted by hi
hireliug* until they stopped to take
breath. Then in order to engrave the
recollection of the circumstance*deeply
upon Mr. Dickerman's memory those
ill-bred persons bent the promoter in
an ungraceful curve over a log and
with a large, hard hoard endeavored;
to metamorphose their displeasure into !
a profound physical impression. Each j
took ten whacks at his discredited em
ployer.
leave Promoter Hone
The carpenter soaked a diamond i
ring for his fare back to Seward. The |
miners told their plight to the captain 1
of the Shelikof.J which had the Dora s
trip to the west wal’d in October, and
lie took them to I'nga, where they went
! to work in the mines for real wages.
One of them came to Seward this week
on the Dora. He says Diekerman is
broke and in bad standing with the
eannerymen at Ohignik. The promo-,
ter wanted Captain Moore to bring
him away on the Dora but the cap-]
tain had heard his history and told him
he could ride on the boat when he had
the prices
Thus it is that the embryo coal king '
s walking the wave-washed beach at
Ohignik in gloomy solitude, like Napo
leon at St. Helena. The yellow peril
at the canneries behind flout* him
with Oriental gibberish when lie goes
near, and when lie turns again to the
boundless de'dp; the white-capped surf |
1 dashing upon the sand seems to mock j
I WAGNER'S PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS
A good time and right treatment for everyone
Kourlli avenue Seward. Alaska
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OLYMPIA BEER
“Is The Water."
OLYMPIA BREWING CO. Seattle Office IOS Jackson St.
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
STH.W- I 'S <U’L.iA \*A i. Taro.in. Santa t'la a. Santa Ana.
I-' • ■ I* i. i' ’ t l I it . I»' ’.
STi \ V : .;s I*. Ii; - c V • . S 1 i ,1. t '.ink Inlet. I'nai:e>k:i.
Ni in . ii. . ,i , ■ . .i.iii S ..i 1 ..ii . * i. K.idu '.ve Ji.ie to N. K.
S..ii
* \press Sleamer “SANTA Cl IfM" Sail** from Seattle for Seward and \al
<!i . out-. lv rout . .V.iy 11h and evi r\ 2oua\s thereafter.
Str. EXCELSIOR Leaves Seattle 1st of eaeli month. Same trip as Santa
Ana. eonm-etiny at Seldovia withS. S. Neptune, ete. returnin*: h-av-s
Seward loth of each tr. mth.
steamship “SANTA ANA” Leaves Seattle hith of each month for .luimau.
Kayak. Yakutat. F.llemar. VaId.*/.. Seward. Seldovia eonneetmjr at S.-1-*
dovia with S. S, Neptune for all Look Inlet points i-eturninir. h aves
Seward 1st ol each nionth.
S.tr ‘ DORA" 1,- ; \* i * : i h mi rh tor S**ward. I’naiaskH,*
I t.iteli I larh • •. a . l a w.-_ i . . . ... - .e •» S ward ahout 14th
of e.avh mont h.
l-'or l in>;•'’;•!:■ m. hi-rlh r -a-rvat: m*. freight rates tie.
call on S. P. BROWN, Ajr*.. t oh man House. Seward. Alaska.
d. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen-l Mgr. E. G. McMICXEN. Gen-l Pass, amo Ticket Agt.
SEATTLE. WASH.
GENERAL OFFICES; 808 FIRST AVE.. SEATTt E,
Sails from Seattle via. .Iuneam loth and 2'ith of each month
Sail> from Seward via. Junf-au. *th and 22nd of each month.
Connecting witb Steamers at Seldovia for all points on Cook Inlet
Passenger Service unexcelled
For Rapid Delivery of Freight and for Passenger Rates aud Berths
Apply to
JOHN J. McMANUS, Agt.
At Brown and Hawkin’s Store.
SEWARD.ALASKA
San Francisco Office. Seattle Agency, lol First Ave. S
310 Sunsome St. O. J. Ht MPHRbi, Seattle Ait'.
TEAL E-M ILLS
FURNITURE AMD CARPET CO.
Seattle, Wu.shimrton.
FURNITURE
CARPETS AND STOVES
Address T. L. J,KWITH.Ala.ska Kei-reseulaiive
T. H. F. & C. CO.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector’s Outfits High
est Prices Faid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
w. a. McPherson \
SCENIC PHOTOGRAPHER,
Views for sale hi Seward News 5
Stand and Owl Drutf Store. j
Address, Seward 1’. O. Studio at \
ranch, on railroad three miles north j
O. LASCY
U. S. Dtp. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR FOR TUc OISTRir.T OF 4l\SK4
Civil Kngineer. 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,
ass NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres: Seldovia, Cook Inlet. Alaska,
or care Mail Agent. Steamer Dora
his exile and his impotence to break
his bonds. The croaking of the sea
gulls larums upon his ears in notes of
derision at his helplessness, and the
prospect is imminent that he* may
have to struggle with those unclean
birds for sustenance upon tlie offal of
the canneries before he escapes.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
S. K. Cor. Fourth Ave. and \Va*lifr, * >n s .
SEW A KH - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
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Over Brown & Hawkins' store
SLAV A HD • - * ALASKA
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
j Fourth Avenue. - Seward. Aka.
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence Carstens Buiiu-'
ing. Fourth avenue.
Office Hours 2 to 4 p. m.. and wher
ever not otherwise engaged.
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to minimi ami t"'vn
property furnished -klxaminution »tnl
reports made on any property.
SEVVAUD - ' ALASKA!
E. R. GRAY
NOTAliV l’l'JJMC
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