Seward weekly gateway., December 01, 1906, Image 3

About Seward weekly gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1905-1914

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SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
n,r<> g tins harbor passes imarU all the tiattic
, ,t »{,. vast region lying north of took inlet anil
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an areu as large as one ot the
giv t tes of the Middle* West.
In the Near Future
Through the* extension of the Alaska Central g
railroad, now building northward from Seward. |
the territory tributary to the town as the chiet 1
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
panel until it embraces tin* Tanana and upper
Kuskokwitn. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
controls the trade of tin* Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
ot the coming honnnza camps of the territory.
It controls tin* trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. From it
start the prospectors who arc* constantly pern* |
trut ing nnl exploring the interior between Cook
m|, i ,nd tii ■Tanumi in the search for rich depos r.
;rs of the met U wltieii abound in all its hills and £
st reams.
Seward Outfits IViiners
For all tli ' territory. From this town leads the
bost route to the new bonanza fields. They are *,
more* access}! >! * * than any other great district ot
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits -
jj*» ;ll Seward s buck door. I hey luive been ex fj
;iUdned ami analyzed by the best experts and 1
r;ir«*« 1 by them with the best bit uminous coal of 1
the At hint ie coast. In another year this coal will ^
he hauled to title water over the Alaska Central j|
railroad and can be mined in <|uantity to tutnish
sttaim to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
I In , few vears it will furnish coke to smelters
I which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
I copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince W illiam
sound, whose richest deposits are within a tew
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage: and
its devilopment is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
tjAILCT fltiHTS
FOR NEW TERM
Texas Senator Issues Statement
Charging a Conspiracy
Against Him.
Oy Cabl to The Daily Gateway.
Washinton, I>. C., Nov. .'M> Senator
Railev of Texas issued a statement to
day charyiny that the attorney-yoneral
oTthat state is in a political conspiracy
to discredit Hailey with the object of
defeatin''the senator for re-election,
lli* 11 a s ! it fii connect iny; I >ai ley s name,
w ith tin Wat i s-l’ieree < >il Company. ,
which has just i»e* n convicted of con
piracy in restraint of trade, under the
Klkins law. Hailey says he will goto
Texas oiioo to demand an invest!-j
cat ion.
Alt hunch Hailey w as nominated for
re-election without opposition last j
spriny. nearly half the members of the
legislature just chosen are opposed'to
him anti a desperate liyht is on to j
defeat him because of his attorney ship |
for tin- Waters-!’ierce Company.!
Hailey secured its rc-amit lance into
Tt'xas after it had been expelled he-!
cause it was alleged to he a part of the j
Standard Oil trust. It claimed to be |
an indepemh'ut company and on that
yround Hailey secured its re-instate
ment into Texas. In thereeon hearing
i conducted by Attorney-General llatllcy
Ol Missauri it was admitted by
Standard Oil ollicials that the Waters
fierce company was a part of the
j trust.
PUTS UP TO CONGRESS
CANADA MAIL TREATY
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. I). C.. Nov. Lib I he
: post otlice department will pass unto
j congress the problem of dealing with
! Canada's abrogation of the second
class mail treaty, abolishing the ex
change of such matter on equal terms
•between the two countries. The
i change in Canadian policy is due to
the large and increasing circulation of
American magazines in Canada, which
puts a heavy burden on Canadian
mails.
makes big copper deal
T. I>. Bradford Buys Fifty-four
Claims on Knight Island.
The urgest transfer of mining prop
erty in he history of the sound was
consummated last week when T. I).
Bradford acquired title to a group of
liny-four copper claims on Knight's
i island.
The _p*oup includes tin* holdings of
l thirteen original locators, whose in
terests have been consolidated for ad
vantacous handling, a ml covers a
strip oi Knight's island from Herrin
hay on one side across to t lit* Bay ot
Isles on the other, giving access to the
property by tide water from both ends.
On lids ground there an* twelve well
defined veins cropping which runs
from live to lLlA feet in width, and they
; are mi Mutated that they can lie tapped
> by tunnel from Herrin hay or Bay of
Bh s in a short distance.
Mr. Bradford goes east to make
i arrangements foi machinery and itu
, mediately upon his return development
work will be started on the property
Du a large scale. Valdez Prospector.
•FIND SCOTTY’S CAMP
Prospectors Bring Account of Unmis
takable Marks of His Presence.
Khyolite. Nev. Walter Scott's
camp has been discovered by prospec
tors twelve miles south of Willow
creek.
There are t wo caves, not far apart,
l eached by a precipitous ascept of 200
I feet from the bottom of a canyon.
They were vacant, but the evidences
j of Scott’s former occupancy were un
mistakable. The most convincing
feature was his diary. This, in Scot
ty’s own handwriting and picturesque
Knglish, recorded his goings and com
ings. with entries of the fabuious finds |
he had made.
They read like this: “Apprel 17th
Take out $117,000 in gold today, sent
away for $500 worth of whisky and
seegars.”
“Aggest t>th—Got $50,000. Whisky
and seegars ordered.”
A New York newspaper man who
had been in Green water for some
time, looking up the copper situation,
paid the prospectors who discovered
the diary $10,000 for the privilege of
using it for Ins paper.
Miss Jeanette de Gruyter sailed on
the Portland for Skagway, where she
will become Mrs. Tad Hillery. They
became acquainted in Skagway several
years ago before either came to Sew
ard. Miss de Gruyter has been an im
portant factor in Seward society and
public literary and musical entertain
ments and leaves a large circle of
friends.
iu bunrtn witn
CUBAN SENATORS
Gov. Maroon Asks Them to
Meet Him to Consider Im
portant Business.
By Cable to Tuo Daily Gateway.
Havana Nov. ;»<) (lov. Magoon is
sued a call today asking all the senators
chosen at the election last year toj
meet him iu conference on important }
business Saturday. December #. It;
is believed to be the intention of the j
Dnitod Slates government to ask the i
senators to resign their seats iti order |
that anew general election ma\ bo
held for all members of congress, as I
well as president.
Order has been very generally re*1
stored throughout the island and it is;
believed that a fair electian can be held j
now. Tlie issuance of a call will do-1»
pend largely upon the attitude ot the|
t'uhan senators at the conference just !
asked.
ROOSEVELT PROMISES TO
STAND BY BLUE JACKETS,
rjy Coble t'j Tho Daily Gateway.
Washington, I). Nov. L,*i Before
leaving the battleship Louisiana at the
ciri of bis Panama trip. President
lioosevelt made a speech to the sailors
and marines of the vessel, lie said he
was proud of the American nav\ and j
would insist so far as lay in his power j
that its men receive respectful treat
ment. He said that in the city of
Washington, which is practically un
der his control, he would direct the I
revocation of the license of any public
house which refuses admittance to men
of the navy on account of their uni-1
form.
Discus>inff the importance of build-j
in*: up the navy in Buie of peace the j
president said effectiveness in war can
not he attained immediately after the |
war boffins.
ALASKA OFFERS NOVELTY
Denver Paper Notes that Territory Is
Unique Field for Exploration.
What the interior of Africa was toj
Europe as an unknown and exploitable j
1 land, that Alaska is to the l nited ;
States. Most of tlie other slates and ;
, territories of North America are sol
well known that little now is expected ,
of them. Even Mexico, a coming min- j
ing country, i- but a resurrection of an j
I old and long-known country and an- j
j eient civilizat ion. I Jut Alaska lias all 1
the charm of novelty, all the interest |
! of exploration and that peculiar inter
just which attaches to the gradual de
velopment. progress and building up
; of a pioneer state or territory.
theologically and topographically ,
there is no other part of America like
jit. (ilancefora moment at that ex
traordinary shaped region, with its,
wonderful ragged coast line, relics of a j
once more extended continent, a region
j 11 oil to tat ter* on the edgcS by glaciers
and glacial action producing a coast j
line by it- fjords and old glacial islet ■
! extensions comparable to and resem
bling the northern coast of the Scandi
navian peninsula but far surpassing it
I in wildness of outline. It is a region,
too, in its upper extension, where the
! extreme of lire and water meet, where
there are glaciers and ice sheets on one !
hand, and on the other, like the Ant
arctic region with its Erebus and Ter-,
mi', there are living, active volcanoes,
and more than that, new ones lately
■ formed and others likely to form and j
; burst forth at any moment.
Then consider the discoveries of min
eral wealth, such as these of Nome and ,
other excitements: and gradually as re
searches are being extended, Alaska
appears to be a treasure-house contain
ing within its boundaries represent a-j
f ives of so many of those minerals so|
much desired elsewere but so rarely J
found, such as platinum, t in and other j
unusual and valuable ores. Coal, too, i
even anthracite, so much wanted not I
only in Alaska itself, hut all down the
notoriously coalless Paciftic coast, is
found here. There are good signs of
oil, too; in fact what known mineral
product is there that Alaska has not
got, or that may not yet be discovered?
—Denver Mining Reporter.
PORTLAND SAILS SOUTH
Steamer Arrives in Seward Fourteen
Days Out of Seattle.
Steamer Portland arrived in Seward
Sunday at fi p. m., just fourteen days
out of Seattle, and sailed for Seldovia
and Kodiak at 10 p. in. Her delay
was caused by heavy weather in the
inside passage which made it danger
ous to proceed rapidly.
The Portland brought about sixty
tons of general freight to Seward, and
fifteen passengers.
The Portland returned from the
westward Thursday afternoon at 1
o’clock and sailed for Seattle at 3.
She met some rough weather on her
westward journey and was gone nearly
four days because of it. She usually
gets back in three.
I
I November 22
Did you make any Cush purchases ui our
store on the above date/
If so, bring in your tickets and get your
money back.
HEM EM B EH, /re redeem only tickets bear
ing the date—. \ 0 I EMBEJi J.Jnd.
BROWN & HAWKINS
General Merchandise
Wholesale Retail |
HOTEL McNEiLEY
Completely Renovate 1. Now Management. lint
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms
Kloctric Lighted. Paths. Reasonable Kates.
H A \V K 1 N S A Will T T K M OR R, P uo i» i: i !•: T o it s
Fourth Avenue. ... - Seward. Alaska
THE PALACE
W. P. HENRY & CO.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
First Class Cafe in Connection
Fourth Avenue Seward^Alaska^^
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
Hardware Store
THE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Atfe. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
Board of Trade
Fourth Avenue, - - * Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. F. V. THOMAS, Prop.
THE BRANCH
J. E. FITZPATRICK & CO.
The New Up Town Resort for Everyone
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska