Seward weekly gateway., April 27, 1907, Image 2

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SEWARD GATEWAY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.
Unto red av Second Class matter Auxust tilth.
H»M. st the jiostofflce al Seward. Alaska, un
der the Act of Congress of March 8. 1878
SUBSCRIPTION RATtS
One Year It' Advance' - - - S3 00
Si* Months ” ... SI.50
Bastern office fMd Alworth Huildtn: Ihiluth.
Minnesota Chus H. Askc. authorized airent.
NA'ITIUVVY. APRIL 1*7 l’>»7
NOT A SQUARE DEAL
Th* K* tehikan l>ai!v Miner otters
jhis testimorn confer:.iny t •»!. tilnss
lord's r.ani (.illation if the Seattle cable
, whieh tends to sl ow that ttie
tre *;.al is had I \ hent in that n«*ek
>! tlie signal scrvice:
•• Th ' • is no doubt. whatever, that
t ;Ls4 >id 1 as l»-eii n'aviuy favorites.
I 1 ::,'s • 1:■ • M: ;if has . \ deuce. Aeon?
March l*. «'• wired Met'orntack. the
e- *rt • s> > ••!•: in Seattle "'*' t :i"
141.- ei:..i -:tIt sitliny < » .‘i
d, ■ .! .,•• cr.;* s :: * j \ . - vvf h
.i v. t• >i : 1 mi ss:iye Wee,: r |f • "
VV i c!» is »«! ;*■-!. no ' .
• i. n ; .■ .«• s«m vtce we vvt • < _ •
•» let ■ ick, vve wif, ti a almost
ss ,ye l«> t c S. 's i*i O
'!'!:*• u;essaye was received at
vs : i < vv th*- local otlice hero anti
.-lit . event tliit we uonai have to
C n tnetvia! rates s. nteth if
’ . r ; ve dollars which we die* At
i, sac *• ; ■!.*• we were in r**ce:ni <>f a
n •»-. fr**m Met ormack (tth riny s> a re
. or *■; rates. It is eVldet;* that * he
•s,,; '- ■'Vo discianimates ir, Met t.r*'
i.- .’s :a\ >r atnl furnishes hen i: for*
• t w hat messages are srt.t his
l tit's."
SEVERAL HONEST LAWYERS
I'th' San Kruno Leo !::•« *'•>’. low injj
.!»• e ••th- trike the if rout p !> *1 z
• - . the Piancrofi-Whitney fom
i my v " d. >troved with a r- con
ti*.c’uein_ it* hook* or account*
.v I vh "inov. il *'(o,om) »P...* :ln- hou*«
: • >m lawyer*. The eompanv adver
ivd tie fact and a*ked all p<u*< >n*
who were indebted to the hot!".* toM-ud
;h* in a "tatement of aeoount. I.aw-i
yer* from all part" of the eountrv did
p >nip’l\ and thereby ail hut
"L’o.ooo wa* accounted for.
What other occupation in the world (
would voluntarily eonte**'.*7 per cent
o! an indebted tie"" which mi.1 lit he
avoided l>\ "il.nee?
Tht* Tatiana V aliev railroad has been
carrying mail for nothing or next to
nothing in th-* hope that the depart-;
?nc.nt a? Washington would some time
act upon tiie recommendation of Maj.
i urn. chief of the service in the Tan
ana. tha’ a reasonable eoinper.sat ion be;
did for the work, hut the department j
makes no move and now the railroad
refuses • carry the mail fret and the
mime's will make up a ptir>e to pay
or • s \;r.\ 'Phis is the s.une postal 1
tiepartnnm* that for many years lias 1
I'm.mi pa, .ng the bin railroad grafters
of the' as? ;hie. times as much for
.■ r eying mail as express companies1'
nay for car ying the same weight.
_________
IN . X’varado, a Mexican gentle- 1
mall who owns f jo »hh*,ihk> "Mexic n.
• Tei's tin1 e tire sum to the govern
ment of ti southern republic it it will
spend the money to extinguish the l
Yaqui Indians. Senor Alvarado has
envoived the theory that the Yaijuis j
can no more be civili/ed than wolves:
and the only way to stop them from j
incessantly lighting and raising hell j
with everybody i» to kill them otT,
It is ri" clear why tiov. Iloggatt
r ants to make a trip through the ter- 1
rit rv this summer. He went through
last year without learning anything
of popular sentiment.or at least he has f
persistently misrepresented that sent i-,
ment ever since.
Seattle has built a boat called the ;
“Seattle Spirit," but when it was}
given a trial trip it wouldn’t steam ;
vip successfully. I he Seattle >pb it
doesn't generate motion by steam but
by gall.
It ha> been two weeks si nee Honey
and Burns commanded that A. K. Det*
viler be seized and put in irons forth-.
with, affirming that they would permit j
no further trilling with their dignity.
This may be the reason why Mr. Det- j
wiier ha> refrained from permitting.
himself to be arrested.
The sale of the Kllamar mine for j
si.'KMt.noo 10 the Hubbard-KUiott >yn-j
etcate should ls>ost Prince William j
sound copper values. I lie outside;
world i> beginning to figure the sound
it-* a copper ban an/a.
--
Anyhow the newspapers ought to
approve of i‘resident Teddy as he fur- j
nishes them more live copy than all
the earthquakes in the world.
This 23 skidoo is older than most
people think. A Cornell professor re
calls that Plutarch says Cwsar was
stabbed twenty-three times.
BRIDGE DROPS I
WITH WORKMEN
Pier at Baltimore Goes Down and
Twenty-nine Are Pinned
Under Water.
By CaMo to TUe Dally Gateway.
| Baltimore. April 27 Tito new pier
[of the Baltimore .V Ohio railroad
briber collapsed this mornimr. carry
1 inir hetvvei n titty ami sixty workmen
i hr!, u the wati-r alonjf with the heavy
iron structure. At o'clock thisafter
n twrnty-nine bodies eonhl he seen
below the surface of tlie water, pinned
j dow n by t he iron.
KM)\V5 WICKKRSHAM NOW
Juneau transcript Change- Attitude
\fter .-eeing His Court.
Tiie .1 i: - r i i'c.i:,scr pt h:»- been an
.•■•I..:;\ crb ic of Judge \\ iekefsliam
but before the etui of the first week of
C a! J ' t :1U 1 : esj,it-ti over by Judge
\Y ckersham it published a statement ;
pi wh eit tie following is part:
••v\ ntes. i t'l'i may he said of Judge !
Wick i sham. .: ran be truly said lint
|] | * is, : hi' . seeut i ve ability so
a',, t \ ir-ressary on tin4 bench,
f!. ! i- i . ■ s,tr.i mere business in
,, , w. i k : i :t has bet n transacted in
l h< - t't ■ :sr in tb s division. Wliet h
■ ids i*,: iMgs ami decisions are rigid
or h oug set secondary important*|
; »r there is a higher court and the;
litigants have the right to appeal.!
lb may fakt4 the wrong road, but he
, ►« sr.iu stop and stand at the forks
thereof for a year and a half, hesitat-i
iiig which way to go. and then after
s . t.i a to the brush. He is steering
fn* old udicial ship straight for Ber
ner. s bay a law suit in which a mil
Mull uoiiar- woi’Ul in property ts
involved ami he doesn't seem to care
N>r e*inseijueuces.
*• iiut all the Transcript ha- had to
. i\ ;t Mr. Wiekei-sham ha- been
t •on: hcar-ay evidence. It certainly i i
s mv as if he know- hi- duty and
i, d‘>M y it without fear or favor.
••Ih ha- d» ifunnisonized nearly
- v •rythini on the docket and the
i mitor i- expect he every day an order
: i -. rub Kelly's bedroom floor."
And thi- wa- ju-t two weeks after ;
t Transcript abused tie’ (iateway for ,
- iLtMte-fii j that the tiirhton Judge Wick- i
f.‘-h:iHi be dropped. However the 1
Ti mseript i- forgiven because it i
• ’ w • - interest '.ng even when it is :
wring, a- it, generally i-. Hut some
time-it >_ot-on the lIateway platform
ami show - progre-s.
PORTLAND 5AIL5 WESTWARD
[{rings I irst Installment of Passen
gers for Interior
s Portland reachedport Tuo- -
i \ from S* attIt* at ••:!>'> a. m. and >ail* <
■ !' Si-hiovia and Kodiak at lO:i!0. t
i,-r Seward cargo was monopolized by <
trown a; Hawkins, who received thirty i
oii>. mostly groceries,
o-. tie 'tearner came the first install
ment of travelers for the inlet and in
rior po ut'. Among them was F. »
,Yo>!'. \. of tie* Hat Transportation (
ompanv. and several men who will (
" Ip operate hi' boats on the \entna
i;.ii Sasitna rive! ' thi' 'V.mmer. Mrs. t
A ool'ey and Mi" Woolsey are pas-1*
engers on the Portland. .lames |
drdwood, owner of the townsite of j
imtwood, and of a big hydraulic mint i
>n upper Prow creek, also came up to [
end the summer, a' usual. His j
tome i' in New York. \ dozen other \
men were on the steamer, i
• and for the inlet, and four left Se- i
card to go inside.
The Portland carried l.'to tons of,
reight for inlet ports, tin* first ol this
eason. _ _
PENNSYLVANIA IN PORT
!,
kings Thirty-two Passengers and
150 Tons of Freight
Steamer Pennsylvania reached port I
rom Seattle this morniug at 11'AO, J
•ringing thirty-two passengers and i
ir»o of freight. The latter includes
litrv-live piles and two car loads of
bridge timber for the railroad. lire
.?outlier is scheduled to sail for Sel
dovia this evening at * o’clock.
Among the passengers for this port !
were several Seward men who have
been away for louger or shorter
periods. She also has several passen
gers for Seldovia and a 100 tons of
cargo fort hat port.
( apt. F. S. Moore and Purser F. J.
Stephen of the Saratoga are on the
Pennsylvania C’apt. Moore as pilot. The
remainder of officers belong to the
Pennsylvania, including Capt. Blain.
Calumet & llecla copper, capitalized |
at 100,000 shares, $23 a share, is worth
spHjtt a share. When the company
was capitalized in 1*71 the stock sold
at $80.23 a share. Since then it has
paid dividends aggregating $101,350,
(KX>. __
The Tanana spent over $12.(XX) on
road building last year.
MINIfS PAY BIO PROFITS. i
- j
High Prices of Minerals Augment
Dividends on all fletals.
Continued high market prices for
silver, copper, lead and zinc, com
bined with a large consumption and
greater economy in the management
of low grade properties, has resulted
in the payment of $(>,411,147 in divi
dends by seventeen American mines and
works fn February, according to the
compilation made expressly for ‘‘The
Mining Wot Id.” Since their incor
poration these properties have de
clared dividends amounting to the en
ormous sum of$147.70ti,;V>1 on an issued
capital stock of $206.1>S.*>,r>(K).
The copper mines head the list,
three ha vine declared dividends of
*.\sl h'-'oS in February, making the
total since organization $lt>7.7'.>.V»M on
an issued share capital of sItio.tl 1 i2,‘n)0.
Hie largest payer in February was the
Vmaljramated Copper company, with
*:i,0t>l,7.V\ equivalent to - per cent. ,
quartrrh on the issued stock of $lo’J,*
0S7/IOO. Since incorporation, in ls'.»!t,
this holding company, or rather com
bination of Montana copper properties,
lias distributed total dividends of *!<•.-;
I7S.USS, \| s|of, per share, the Amal
gamated holdings would have a mar
kot value of sf>: this is s'CHHf.
o.io more than the authorized capital
ization. One of its best -pay i njr subsid- ’
iarv mim s ,stho Hostoii A Montana,
which in February declarod"a dividend 1
of s|.so,i.,Hh>. equivalent to tl- per
share, or Is porcent. quarterly, prac
tical!^ all of which lias been collected
In i In- Amalgamated eompany. Since
i i s incorporation, in lsS7. the Host on
»\ Montana property has earned divi
dends of s.V.'.r.l'o.ooo. equivalent to MOti
per cent on t lie capitalization of❖-».7o<»,
1)00.
Bishop Rowe in Seward
Bishop I’. T. llowe ol the Kpiseopai
ilioeese of Alaska, eatne to Seward on !
the steamer today, lie will he here
until the Pennsylvania jioes haek ami
!tossiMy longer. lie "ill hold nun
iminion service in the Methodist
•hutvh tomorrow morning at S o’eloek
mil will preaeh in the same place in!
lie evening. Ilev. L. II. Pedersen
luviny tendered him the ime of the
•iiureli. Ilev. K. <Taylor came over |
from \ aide/, with the bishop.
Platinum Thrown Away
Platinum, one of tlit* most valuable!
netals mined, was regarded with such
lisfavor when it was discovered by tin
Spaniards in South America, about the
tear lT.»r>. that it was named platina.J
ueaning little or inferior silver The
liseovery was made in what now is the
republic of t’olmobia. Not appreci
iting it- po—ible value, the Spaniard-1'
hrew the mineral itdo the -ea, -o that
t should not be used to adulterate sil
ver. The Spanish government enacted j
i law forbidding itsexport in any form ;
o Kurope. a-it- weight already bad j
*een-ei/.ed upon by counterfeiters in * i
fatvelona and Madrid to enable them''
o counterfeit gold coins. While silver
md copper if used in ban gold coins ,
voidd liet'ray themselves l*v their '
wight alone, tin alloy of platinum and (
opp>r. covered with a thin coating ol 1 :
-•old, would not only deceive the eye.
mt also the most sensit w touch. >
dining Topics.
•I
Does Not Like the Dress trout.
Here is Mark Twain’sopinion of that !
nonstrosity of fashion. ’.In dre— j
oat: j ]
•■I don't know of anything more hid- i
mis in men's attire than the black (
law-hammer coat. A group of men j
bus adorned remind of a flock of crows ,
aore than anything else. About the ;
iio-t becoming get-up ! ever saw in J
ny life was out in the Sandwich is-1.
ands. thirty years ago, where a native
Hio wanted to appear at his best 1
isually appeared in a pair of. eye i
flusses.'’
SEWARD STEAMERS
Pennsylvania: in port; sails for Sel-’
lovia at ti p. ra. today.
Portland; sailed for Seldovi.i and
vodiak 23rd. 1
Yucatan; sailed from Seattle 24th.
Bertha; sails from Seattle 25th.
Santa Clara: sails from Seattle 1st.
Saratoga: sails from Seattle sth.
.leanie?sailed for Seattle 23rd.
Bora: sailed for I’nalaska 13th.
WEtKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
April 27:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 44 31 ( lear
Monday 47 2!* Clear
Tuesday 4i 30 Clear
Wednesday 42 34 ( loudy
Thursday 47 34 Snow
Friday 44 <48 Kain I
Saturday 42 36 Kain
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to Mining Topics, 64 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field.
White Crockery at Brown & Hawk
ins. See their ad.
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Summons f or Publication
In the District Court for the Territory of
Alaska. Third Division.
Julius Stutter. Plaintiff. I
\s No. INI
d II Sullivan. Defendant '
[’he l’iesi(l"itt of the United States of Ameri
ca to M. il Sullivan, defendant ahovi named.
>rreetin>:;
N on are hereby snnunoned and re>iuired to
iOI «*ar in 11><- above rtititied action and answer I
lie complain' herein within thirty days fr.un
he period of the coir.pletiou of the pit Id feation
d it.is summons, towlt within thirty days
rum the 27th Pay of April that is to say. i
>n or liefore the -Nth day ot May. 1007, or yudi:
nent for yyaiit thereof yyill he taken utrtinsl
on. .
And take notice if you fad to answer the
■ompiaint herein the plaintiff yyill apply to the
,'ourt for the it lief demanded in said coin-;
ilaint.
This lei Ion is hroutrht to foreclose a cert nn
'battel molt trade snide and executed by M 11
s’dliy an. in favtir <d.luli is Singer at sunrise.
Mask., on th« in h day of September. I'.fkV
vhieh saiil mortaaire yyas made executed and
lelivered to plaint iT herein as security for the
>a\ ment of a certain promissory note, tinted at
aid time ami place payaNe on DecvmlHT lift It j
'.•oT> iu fnvor of .1 ul;us SinaiT. 1’lalntifT herein,
or the slim of Foui Hundred and Twenty-tH•• i
i,dlars (fji'..nu> wita inter -st at the rate of II ,
lereetu per annum, t he projierty mentioned in I
aid chattel niort/tutc heimt certain hydraulic
nacltinery. pipes. Hume-, derricks, hoists
aides, pel ton Wheel and all |>crsonal property
iscd In the business ,»f minimr situate on tin
ninimr claims of defendant tut Gulch creek
venui precinct, district of Alaska: and in
vhicli -aid action plaintiff asks said Court that
lefcmlant he foreclosed of all intorest. lien and :
Mitity <»f redemption in said morti/aired prop
■ rty that the said property he sold and the:
u’oceeds thereof applied in payment of tin
imount due oil said not.e and mortitakP. costs,
'X|ieti'*-s am) attorneys' fees and the Defendant
>e adjndired to pay any detlciency that may re* <
nuin after applying all said money s as afore* i
.aitl itnd for such other relie' as to the Court :
nay seem meet. .
Said summons was toy iin onirr or s;iid i ouii
luted on the 7th day of March. 1007. at Valdez.
Masku. directed to be served ujxm defendant
>v i«»hlication. . _
Dute of first publication March 0th. 1007.
Date of last publication April 27th. 1007.
Last date within which appearance can be
Trade. May 27th. 1007. . |
Witness the Honorable .lames \\ ickersham.
ludre of said Court this 7th day of March 1007. ;
it. Valdez. Dist rict of Alaska.
R. .1. STlK.lt. Cl.EltK.
S. A. OltASPAt,!.. Dl.Pl I V.
W. T. Scott and C. II. Cle*r»r. Attorneys for
the Plaintiff.
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Notice to Co-owners
ro,l. M. Uummimrs, day Hoover, J. Carson. 1\
A Silverstone. <’. Meyer. Otto Lamrel. d. M.
Ue»'il. their heirs and assigns, and all persons
havingorclaimingnn interest in the placer
minim: claims hereinafter described, and to
all whom it may concern:
Von and each of von are hereby notified that
the undersiimed. Charles Tecklenbunr. co
owner with said d M. Cummincs, day Hoover.
1» \ Silverstone. C. Meyer, otto Mangel and
d. I,. Meed in eiirht certain placer minlngclaims
situated near the mouth of Knik river, in Cook
inlet precinct. Territory of Alaska, to-wit.
the Gravel Group. Northern Croup. Montana
Croup. Cottonwood Croup. Southern Croup.
\ c Group. Gold Dust claim and Fine Gold
claim, located October A'tth. ItKV* >*> and for the
parties herein named, has durimr the year
1U06expended the sum of eiirht hundred dollars
($800) in work and labor for the development
of said placer claims:
That of the proportion of each of you in said
expenditure, towlt. the sum of one hundred
dollars ($100) there remains unpaid and uncon
tributed the sum of one hundred dollars (fioo)
each - or seven hundred dollars ($700) due from
all of you for work and labor expended upon
said eiirht placer minlnirclaims:
And y ou and each of you are hereby further
notitled that if within ninety days after publi
cation of this notice by publication any one of
vou shall fail to contribute bis proportion of
said expenditure for annual work and labor
upon said eiirht placer mining claims. to-wit.
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100). expend
ed bv the undersiimed as hereinbefore stated,
the interest in said claims of said co-owner so
fuilinir to contribute will be forfeited to and
become the property of the undersiimed Charles
Tecklenbunr. co-owner: according to the pro
visions of Section Twenty-three hundred and
twenty-four (3324) of the Revised Statutes of
the United States.
Dated at Seward, Alaska. February -nd. 1907.
Chakles Tecklenbubo,
Co-owner as aforesaid.
Address. Seward. Alaska.
Date of Hrst publication. February 9th. 1907.
Date of last publication. May llth. 1907.
I
l,
I)o not fail to take a look at our line of clothing. For the next
thirty days we will sell you suits at cost. We are going to
exchange these goods for cash, so do not lose the opportunity I
we arc offering you.
EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!
j There has already been too much said about eggs. Hotair and I
ja eggs do not go together without something happening, and it
most always happens to the egg. Now to avoid any accident
that might take place in the kitchen which would be unpleas
$ ant or annoying to your neighbors, just eall in and we will !
a see that everything goes along smoothly. We guarantee our
|j eggs.
jjj We regret that on April 1 we were compelled to raise the prices
jv on about thirty articles, mostly of a bulky nature, such a>
^ mushes and bottle goods, owing to the increase in the freight p
J rate and also an increase in the wholesale price of a great
many articles on the account of greater dwmands and the
& supply growing less. Hoping this will ho satisfactory to our
13 customers, we remain. Respectfully,
PACIFIC COAST TRADIN'! Co.,
t T. I). (’orlew, Mgr.
i
|KNIK TRADING COMPANY
O. G. HERNING. Manager.
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\ A new stock will arrive May i
i first river boat connections. \
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