SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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NOME, AN AIRPORT.
(From Nome Nugget.)
One of the most important matters
confronting Nome at the present is
that of establishing a landing field
for airplanes.
The government is planning the
establishment of air mail service,
supposedly on July 1. This will not
be possible unless the planes have
a place to land. A good deal of work
will be necessary to prepare for
this, as Nome is sadly lacking when
it comes to natural landing fields.
There are many sites which might
be prepared, but the question in
nearly all cases arises from the fact
that these sites are mining locations
and in the near future will be gutted
by the dredges. Other sites are not
handy to material for making them
suitable for landing fields.
One plan which has been men
tioned seems to be favorable in most
respects. This suggestion is that it
might be possible to get a site on one
of the tailing piles at Little Creek
where the dredges are thru with their
work, and level a field from the tail
ing material which would make an
ideal foundation.
In this way the landing stage
would be raised above the normal
level of the surrounding land and
would make a table that in the win
ter would be swept clear of drifts
and which in summer would shed
water.
This field would be a little dis
tant from the city but the argument
in this respect is that the trails
are open there every day in the
year and the location is within 20
minutes run from town, even in the
winter.
Nome’s interest in this airplane
service will go a long way toward
the realization of it. The govern
ment does not as a rule go to a lot
of expense unless some pressure is
brought to bear—and now is the
time that the pressure is needed and
the more, the better.
One good way to get the govern
ment to moving, is to start ourselves
—let’s do it! Make Nome an air
port!
A DEPLORABLE SITUATION
A house shortage and high rent
boom, has visited Nome, according to
a recent issue of the Nome Nugget,
due to the fact that the District At
torney’s office has taken it upon it
self to rid Nome of what is known
as the “old restricted district.” This
is not the first time that federal of
ficials have fallen down in this fair
city in their efforts to scatter broad
cast throughout the city, adds the
Nugget, the demimonde, and making
conditions worse. Already can be
heard the rebound of complaints com
ing from the families and private
homes where the children, the citi
zens of tomorrow, are brought in
an all too close contact with world
ly conditions.
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•Swarms of bees held the family
of Mathias Poschinger prisoners in
their home at Louisville, Ky., finally
dispersed by throwing water on
them.
Geo. Norton of Tulsa, Okla., col
lapsed unconscious after drinking six
glasses of buttermilk, but was brot
to with a stomach pump.
WILL PLACE DRY
CREEK GOLD DREDGE
IN WORKING ORDER
(From Nome Nugget.)
Joe Belleview arrived yesterday
from Boston where he lias been most
of the winter on business in connec
tion with the rebuilding of the
dredge which suffered considerable
damage by fire a year ago on No. 10
Dry Creek.
Mr. Belleview left Boston March
15th for Seattle, leaving the latter
place the 28th via boat and the gov
ernment railroad for Nenana, thence
via dag team down the Yukon river
to Nome, making the trip in the
fast time of 21 days. He states
that Nome was well advertised in the
States due to the epidemic and that
for over two weeks commanded front
page space continuously.
The Dry Creek Dredging Company,
j of which the Belleview Brothers are
I the leading spirit, will have their
J dredge all ready for operation about
the first of June as most of the ma
terial is on the ground and much
work has already been completed
under Barney Belleview who remain
, ed in Nome for the winter. A new
J semi-Deisel engine of 80 hp. is be
ing installed which will replace the
old 60 h'p. engine which gave them
so much trouble thru backfiring, and
which caused the dredge to take fire
and cause so much damage.
Sounds Just Like Old
Stampede—News-Miner
That renowned rnusher, Solomon,
Albert, who covers wide leagues of
territory just for the joy of it, is
back here from his last exploit to
the Pelly river “stampede.” He left
early in the spring with his fine
string of huskies and struck for the
Pelly via Mayo on the whisper of a
big placer strike somewhere in that
region. He found nothing. He broke
trail 25 miles above Russell creek;
there was no sign of a track, no
footprints leading to a new Eldora- j
do; the wild-s were silent and un-j
disturbed. Solomon camped. He was j
used to that sort of thing and did j
not worry.
On his return trip he had lots
of excitement. He built a raft
of logs, piled his huskies and goods
on board and cut loose. He follow
ed the ice as it was breaking up.
He got into jams, snags and sweep
ers. The Pelly was running high
in flood and swift, and it was load
ed for thrills. It is bad enough fol
lowing ice in a boat that responds
to the steersman’s oar, but a raft
is wilfull and does the unexpected
thing without much warning. Solo
mon found he had all he could do to
keep himself and his raft right side
up. he relates that one night he
cmaped in a safe looking place on
the river beach. He had a job to
get the raft back into the water. He
is not advising anyone to strike out
for the Pelly “placers.”
BERRY DREDGE IS
ON JOB IN CIRCLE
According to information received
from Miller House, in the Circle dis
trict, on the last mail from the in
terior, the dredge owned by Clarence
Berry, which has been operating in
that section of Alaska for many sea
sons started up for the season on
June 17, wTith a busy summer ahead
of it if water conditions continue
favorable. The season was cut some
what short last year.
The dredge has a capacity of 2,000
yards daily, and is said to be work
ing on some very good ground.
James Hammel is directing oper
ations, having arrived from the Out
side during the early spring. He
made the trip to the dredge from
Fairbanks over the last snow.
A La Motte, formerly of the Cor
dova postoffice, left for Ketchikan
to accept a position in the postof
fice there. Mr. La Motte has lived
in Cordova the past 12 years. His
house has been been rented to Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Talbot,
Salmon are running on Bering
River in increased numbers accord
ing to recent arrivals in town.
Mrs. Dicey Simmons, 70, was jailed
at Bowling Green, Ky., charged with
moonshining. j
SKAGWAY MAN IN TOILS
ON TWO SEPARATE CHARGES
Art Willson of Skagway probably
possesses more courage than judg
ment. He was sought for violating
the Alaska Bone Dry Law and when
Deputy Marshal Kendall went to ar
rest him he resisted and assaulted
t'he officer with a rifle. He was fin
ally subdued and arraigned in the1
LL S. Commissioner’s court at Skag
way when he was bound over in the
sum of $500 to await the action of j
the grand jury. Not having the ne
cessary John Davis or friends to go
on his bond, h ewas taken to Juneau
Where he is now gazing on the sun
shine and other allurements of the
world thru iron bars.
RAID IN SEWARD TOO
It has been reported that a raid
was made on the home of Peter
Cooper and liquor was found in his
possession. He was fined $1000 and
given a year in Valdez jail. Whether
he paid the fine is not known, so
we can’t say when he will be with
us again.
Mrs. A. Polet of Nome, received
the sad news of t'he death of her
father, Joseph Carbon last week.
The deceased, who was a resident
of Tacoma, Wn., was the victim of a
paraletic stroke, which occurred on
April 23, the day preceding his death.
—
She Don’t Sit Down So
Much — News-Miner
A letter received from Frank
Reedy this morning, says the Fair
banks News-Miner of recent date,
encloses one from Dr. J. C. Minor,
our friend in Hot Springs, Arkansas,
in response to a request from Mr.
Reedy that Dr. and Mrs. Minor make
.the trip to Fairbanks this year with
the Reedy Tours, and asking for
full particulars of expense. The
Doctor, who is also a writer and
storyteller, in his letter to Mr. Reedy
illustrates Kis financial (alleged)
condition with the following story:
| The municipal doctor called on
! A’nt ’Liza the washerwoman and au
| nounced compulsory vaccination.
I “Well, man, whar’s you gwine’ wax
! inate me?” “On your arm as usual.”
| “On maa aim! Naw sir, Ah has ter
wuk fer ma livin’; I’se got for’r fiv
chilluns Ah has ter wuk fer.” “Well,
| then, I’ll vaccinate you on your leg.”
“On mah laig! Good Lord, man, Ah
! has ter walk fo’r five mile ev’y morn
ing ’ter ma washin’. Naw, suh, not
on mah laig!” “It makes no differ
ence, ’Liza, in the eyes of the law
where I vaccinate you; where do you
want to be vaccinated?” Liza scratch
ed her head a moment and said:
“Well, Ah s’pects Ah sets down less’n
Ah does ennything else.”
Welcome Sign To Be
Erected Near Dock
The big welcome sign for the 4th
of July is completed, Fire Chief Lan
ning reports and will be hung up this
evening at the foot of Fourth avenue.
Painter Erikson finished painting the
large side posts last evening and will
supervise the erection of the sign. The
Moonlight Post Company kindly do
nated the posts.
Pottery and other objects of civili
zation have been recovered from an
ancient submerged city off the coast
of Tunis,
A cow belonging to J. L. Buzzell
near Bemton, Me., broke the neck of
a neighbor’s cow in a fierce combat.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
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