SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY1
SEWARD ALASKA
Established August 19, 1904
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Entered as Second Matter, Septem
ber 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under Act of March
3, 1879.___
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Mrs. J. A. Morgan of Flat, Alaska,
arrived on Saturday’s train and left
for the Outside.
Col. Alfred II. Brooks, of the U. S.
Geological Survey, arrived on Satur
day's train from Fairbanks, and left
on the Alaska for the south.
Mrs. Nellie Cashman, pioneer res
ident of the Kantishna, arrived on
Sunday’s train and left for the Out
side. Mrs. Cashman has been serious
ly ill in the hospital at Fairbanks,
and is going Outside to recuperate.
LOCAL
Capt. and Mrs. George Lockhart,
U. S. A., were registered at the Van
Gilder over Sunday, and left on the
Alaska for the States.
The Eastern Star meets tonight at
Odd Fellows hall at Eight o’clock.
Mrs. Ed, Olsen, wife of the Anch
orage jeweler and sister, Olga, left on
the Alaska for Cordova.
C. M. Sharp, representing the
Schwabacher Hardware Co., left on
the Alaska for Cordova.
Ed. Sultan, traveling for the Myers
Jewelry Co., of Seattle, left for Cor
dova on yesterday’s boat.
James L. Galen, of the Cordova
Transfer Company, arrived on yester
day’s train for his home.
V. J. Dwyer, proprietor of The Inn
at Strelna, was a thru passenger on
yesterday’s train, leaving on the Al
aska for Cordova.
Albert B. Gates, a member of the
dry squad, left for Juneau on yester
day’s boat.
C. W. Cheatham, of the Bureau of
Public Roads left for Juneau on the
Alaska.
B. B. Neidling, in charge of the
mines at Latouche, arrived on the
train yesterday leaving on the Alas
ka.
John A. Elliott and J. W. Ball, with
the Bureau of Public Roads, left on
the Alaska for Seattle, having com
pleted their season’s work at Gird
wood.
Ladles’ and Gents’ Alfalfa Harvest
ing—0. K. Barber Shop. tf.
Fresh cigars and tobaccos at Schal
lerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
New Fall Suit Samples now on
display—We guarantee a fit—Prices
$30 and up to $55; at Urbach’s.
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IN FLIGHT ACROSS THE PACIFIC
THERE IS NEED FOR ALASKA BASE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Since the
United States Army airmen flew to
Asia along the Aleutian Island chain
and emphasized what navigators have
! known all along—that the shortest
way across the Pacific is hv the
“Great Circle route,” near Alaska—
there has been a growing recognition
of the need of a naval base in Alas
kan waters. Cordova, most recently
mentioned as a possible selection, is
described in a bulletin from the Na
tional Geographic Society as “a sort
of American Kirkwall, since it has
Alaska’s,Scappa Flow at its door.”
Cordova is on Cordova bay, a deep
commodious, well-protected harbor it
self, says the bulletin. But that is
only the beginning of harbor facili
ties. Just around an island corner is
Orca bay, also an excellent haven; and
Orea is a vestibule to Prince William
Sound, Alaska’s Scapa Flow.
Here is a huge anchorage, bulwark
ed from the Pacific by islands, dotted
with others, and with its margins
opening up into great fjords which
spread out in every direction like the
tentacles of an octopus. Many navies
could float in the open waters of
Prince William Sound; or, if unusual
weather conditions brought rough
water even beyond its island bulwark,
could find snug, peaceful heavens in
it fjords of behind its high islands.
Prince William Sound can be ori
ented by the fact that its waters from
the extreme northeastern corner of
the Pacific ocean. The oceanward line
of Alaska’s “panhandle” extends
roughly in a straight line to the
northwest, and this line is continued
to the innermost part of Prince Will
iam Sound. There the corner is form
ed, and the general direction of the
coastline veers off at right angles to
extend into the Alaskan peninsula
and sweep off along the Aleutians to
ward Asia. A group of islands has
fenced this corner off and made a
huge deepwater sound out of it.
The town of Cordova has not yet
reached its majority, but it has be
come the modest metropolis of the
Prince William Sound region, though
several of its competitors are well
over a score of years old. Unlike
most Alaskan towns, Cordova was
made by copper, not gold. It is the
port for the rich copper mines of the
Copper river and the coast terniinous
of the Copper River and Northwestern
Railway, the first railway of consider
able length to be built in Alaska. The
town is not at the mouth of the Cop
per river, being situated some 20 odd
miles farther west along the coast.
The river develops a broad marshy
delta, whose coast is without harbor
sites.
The need of Alaska for railroads
was dramatically illustrated by the
situation in the Copper iver Valley.
Vastly rich copper mines existed 200
miles up the valley, but even pure
copper nuggets (one weighing three
tons was discovered) could not be
brought out save at a cost greater
than their value. The first train from
the mines in 1911 carried 250,000 tons
of ore to Cordova; and in one week in
1916 the port shipped ore worth more
than $7,000,000—about the price paid
to Russia by the United States in
1867 for the entire territory.
Cordova and Valdez, its neighboring
competing port, are two of the very
few survivals of the Spanish names
given to Alaskan places by early
Spanish .navigators. For, though it
is not generally known, the Spaniards
considered Alaska their own, possibly
following out the somew’hat inclusive
claims of Balboa, who, wrhen he waded
into the Pacific off the Isthmus of
Panama, asserted that he was taking
possession of all lands wrashed by the
ocean from Pole to Pole. In common
with numerous places given Russian
designations by the Muscovite own
ers of the region, the features named
by the Spanish discoverers wrere
blithely renamed by Cook, who came
later on the scene, and by Vancouver.
Stock of Shoes
JUST ARRIVED—SELECT
YOURS NOW
Also just received our new
FALL HATS
ELLSWORTH’S
TO NUKA BAY GOLD FIELDS
GAS BOAT MAY
$50 PER TRIP PER LOAD
Plying between Seward and Nu
ka Bay, carrying freight and
passengers. Will carry one to
four persons and outfits.
CHARLES EMSWILER
SEWARD, ALASKA
Prince William Sound was originally
Chugach Gull, the Copper River was
Rio de los Perdidos (river of the lost
or Damned), and Resurrection Bay,
to the west was Voskressevki Har
bor.
Tire Prince William Sound region,
in the same latitude as that of South
ern Norway, has a fairly mild climate.
I The harbors of Cordova and Valdez
I are open all winter; the average win
i ter weather, in fact, is no more severe
| than that of Washington, D. C. The
| shores of the sound are heavily wood
ed. Altogether this great sound
| covers an extent of more than 2,500
square miles.
—
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Johnson were
! arrivals Saturday from the Interior;
Mrs. Johnson taking the Alaska for j
the states enroute to Sweden on a!
j visit Mr Johnson is a mining opera-:
tor on Poorman Creek in the Ruby j
| district. He returned to the Interior '
on this morning’s train.
—
Remington Portable Typewriters at j
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop. tf.
Don’t throw the old suits away
Jordan buys them!
Albert Gustafson, electrician with
the Alaska Railroad, arrived in Sew
ard Saturday and will spend a few
days here putting in meters in the
shops an the government offices.
The remains of J. R. Fulkerson, who
died around Poorman or Ruby some
time igo, were taken to the states
or the Alaska, by relatives.
Bruno Ausistino, a mining operator,
well known in this section, left on
yesterday’s boat for Wrangell.
CAN USE A FEW MORE CUS-1
TOMERS AT THE 0. K .BARBER
SHOP.
Eaton Crane & Pike Stationery, at
Schallerer's Alaska Shop. tf.1
Eastman Kodak Agency, Schaller-!
er’s Alaska Shop. tf. j
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Rapids Road House j
138 MI.’S FROM FAIRBANKS
where the tourists meet for car
ibou and sheep.
Excellent Meals and Clean Beds.
RATES—$2.00 per meal.
Beds $1.00.
CHAS. NEVELIUS, Prop.
Mrs. Y. Corning, Mgr.
Beginning October 4th, the Alaska
Steamship boats will sail from Sew
ard at Midnight, the schedule being
changed.
Mrs. E. A. Parks, a sister to the
well known purser on the Redondo,
left on yesterday’s boat for he^- Seat
tle home.
Art Young, W. W. Kelly, J. Robert
son, Al. Blair, Christ Kristensen, re
turned yesterday from the Brewer
Hayden mine where they have been
taking some moving picture scenes.
Miss Florence H. Sanden, of the
Helena, Montana Independent, has ta
ken a position with the Fairbanks
News-Miner and sailed north on the
Yukon Saturday.
Brunswick Portable Phonographs,
and Records, Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
LUMBER TO SELL
SAWMILL MILE 3 1-4
Rough Lumber or
Shiplap
Please Ask for Prices
C. LAROCHELLE, Propr.
Seward, Alaska, Box 1J6L
GOOD QUICK
EATS SERVICE
ALASKA CAFE
Private Dining Rooms
F. J. FINN, Prop.
Boat Service
Come to Lake Kenai for your
Moose Hunt, camping outfits
for rent. Write or telephone
reservations to
Howard Long
LAKEVIEW, ALASKA
SEWARD GRILL
PRIVATE DINING ROOMS
Pleasant Surroundings
Courteous Treatment
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Sheet Metal, Heat
ing and Roofing
RICHARD AND MORRISON
Tel. Adams 80
COPPER BLOCK HOTEL
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Steam Heated Rooms; Solid Comfort
HOT BATHS
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
After September thirtieth all lighting current
will be sold THROUGH METERS ONLY, and
all flat rates will be discontinued.
In order to reorganize our accounting sys
tem is will be neeesary for us to discontinue
installations of meters on September twenty
fifth and until after October first.
Seward Light and Power Company
BECK & WHITE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Seward Chapter No. 10
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMA19N, W. M.
SEWARD REBEKAH
LODGE NO. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Mondays of Each Mo.
8:0 p. m. Visiting
Members Welcome. 1
MRS. A. H. THODAY, N. G.
I
SEWARD LODGE NO. |
219, F. & A. M.
Stated Communica-1
tions 1st and 3rd Wed
nesdays or each Mo. I
Visiting Brethern Wei-1
come.
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A-7.
I. O. O. F.
Meets Thursdays at 8:00 p. m. Vsit
ing Brothers Welcome.
FRANK LAGERQUIST, N. G.
CHAS. LECHNER, SEC.
SEWARD POST NO. FIVE
American Legion
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays
A. E. RUCKER, Commander.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant.
IGLOO NO. NINE
Pioneers of Alaska
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
F. B. MOORE, President
C. A. M’DOUGALL, Secretary.
ANDY’S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
ARON ERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
C. E. ORLANDER
Jeweler
Fine Watch Repairing
Ivory Curios
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
trains arrive
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
From Anchorage
8:00 A. M.
Sunday
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Ray & David
attorneys at law
Seward and Anchorage
SEWARD OFFICE:
Haniman Bank Building
J. W. Edmunds, Oph. D.
and Dr. ETHEL A. K. EDMUNDS
Doctors of Ophthalmalogy and Gradu
ate Optometrists
Eyes Examined, Glasses Correctly Fit
ted. Optcal Department Fraser-Patter
son Co. Office Telephone Main 2174.
Second at University St. Seattle, Wn.
20 Successful Years in Seattle
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Located in Harriman Bank Bldg,
until permanent quarters are
completed in Tecklenberg building. ^
Dr, J, A, Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
Hugh Dougherty
furnished houses for rent
Real Estate and Insurance
Business Phone Adams 152
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Arcade Building
Phone Adams 121 Seward, Alaska
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE