The Seward Gateway
°UBUSHED DAILY
at Seward, Alaska_
HAL B. SELBY
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Entereo as Second Class Matter Sep
tember 2nd. 1915, at the Post Office at
Seward, Alaska, under the Act of
March Third, 1879.
Published by
(JATEWAY publishing company
Seward, Alaska.
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FACTS VERSUS TAXES
In his Aiasaa Day speech at Seat
tle Thursday, Falcon Joslin, former
Alaskan promoter, declared that the
salmon packing industry produced
$34,000,000 worth of canned tish this
year. He also declarta the Herring
industry had jumped from nothing to
a pack of 130,000 barrels, worth $2,-j
600,000 annually; and me halibut in- j
dustry was worth $5,000.0000,000 per
year to the Territory.
To all of this Alaskans cheerfully j
subscribe, but, when the Territorial i
legislature attempted to tax these in- i
dustries to a point where the Territo
rial resources would contribute a fair
proportion of Territfc tl expenses, the
howl that arose threatened to dis
rupt the assemblage. Here are in- j
dustries aggregating $5,036,600,000,!
which taxed at two per cent, the j
assessed valuation paid by resident j
Alaskans, should bring in a revenue
to the Territory of $1,007,320.00. a sum
which would be ample to meet all ex
penditures and reduce taxes to resi
dents to a minimum. Instead the Ter
ritory gets about $750,000 and has to
pry this loose with high-priced tax col
lectors, which absorb five per cent of
the sum collected.
There is no reason why the indus
tries of the Territory should not pay
its running expenses. When an at
tempt was made to tax the herring in
dustry 50 cents per barrel the legisla
tors were forced to undergo a mass of
verbal statistics showing the industr>
was bankrupt and could pay no taxes
whatever. Now their pack is worth
$20 per barrel. It might be well for
each legislator to carry a coppy of Mr.
Falcon Joslin’s speech to Juneau with
him the next session.
The recent high tide and heavy gale
damaging camps to the westward was
a most unsual occurrence, and must
undoubtedly have been the backwash
from the typhoon and tidal wave that
wreaked havoc off the Japanese coast
a day or so before. Weather condi
tions, alleged to be due to huge sun
spots, are not of the best in Alaska,
but they are worse in other localities
in the States. On Puget Sound at the
same time a number of vessels were
wrecked; in Montana twenty lives
were lost; the Canadian river in Okla
homa ran 10,000 people out of their
homes, and the only spot we are as
sured has not been deluged with unu
sual rains are the domains of his Sa
tanic majesty, which could not be ex
pected if reports are true. Alaskans
are not so worse off, and really have
no kick coming over weather condi
tions.
THE DEER AMD THE PIONEER
The Territory of Alaska has appro
priated $10,000 to be expended in
placing deer on the islands of Prince !
William Sound. It is paying its Pio
neer pensioners $15 per month, a beg
garly -pittance when one considers
I the cost of supplies. Ten thousand
dollars for deer and $15 per month for
a Pioneer. Their values should be
| somewhat more equal, it appears to
! me.
The deer are for the benefit of the
S sportsmen of the Territory and the
Territory is apparently making sport
of the Pioneer. It is true that a sum
was appropriated to increase the pen
sion of these aged trail-builders to $25
per month, but up to the first of the
month their checks were siill made i
out at the old rate.
Travel out of Alaska this year will
not be nearly as heavy as in previous i
years for the reason that there are
but few left to travel. Interior camps
have dropped in population to a frac
tion of their previous numbeis. The
camps of Deering, St. Michael, Tanar.a
and Gibbons have been practicahv up-1
populated, while the iditarou and Tol
ovana have about a fifth of their nor-;
mal popula'ion. Iiigh wages Outside
and changing conditions by the build
ing of the Alaska railovad have taken j
toll from many Interior camps; while ;
many new ones have sprung up in the
vicinity of the railroad. Alaska is de
pendent upon 'he prospector. He has
vanished and with him the prosperity
of former years.
The Gateway receives many inqui
ries on each boat regarding business
openings in Seward. In practically ev
ery case our answer to the inquirer is
that practically all businesses in Sew
ard are represented to their capacity.
We can see no reason for more gro
cery stores, more clothing stores, or
more business houses of any kind, un
till our population gets large enough
that those now here cannot take care
of the business. It is undoubtedly
true that the merchants now in busi
ness here are not making any consid
erable sum of money, and the new
comer expecting to revolutionize \
trade conditions here should first as
sure himself that an opening really
exists.
Joe Mitchell Chappell’s article on
Alaska, in the October and November
McClure's, is one of the best yet writ
ten by the presidential crowd, both as
| to facts and to fairness in detail.
WEDDING TONIGHT
Miss Clara D. Stangeland will be
united in marriage this evening about
| nine o’clock to John R. Fremming of
Juneau, Alaska. They will be mar
ried in the Hawkins apartments by
Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap, pastor of the
i local Methodist Episcopal church,
i Miss Stangeland lias been employed
by the Frye-Bruhn Company for a
number of years, and previ'ous to com
i
ing here worked in Juneau for 19
| months where she met her prospcs
; tive husband. Two months ago she
I was ordered to Seward to audit the
books here. Mr. Fremming, a brothei
to Postmaster Bradford, oi Juneau,
arrived on the Alaska last night. The
young couple will leave on the Alaska
for Juneau where they will locate.
Join Urbach's circulating library;
Liib erty
Theatr e
SPECIAL tonight SPECIAL
Lulu Bett
Directed by William De Mille with an All
Star Cast Including
LOIS WILSON, MELTON SILLS,
THEODORE ROBERTS AND
HELEN FERGUSON
From the well known novel and play by
Zona Gale; something good
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ALSO A PATHS NEWS
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!fs RECENT STORM
While many tales of privation and
suffering have been received in Sew
ard from victims of the recent storm,
we believe that the most terrifying
adventure and miraculous escape ma>
be accorded Harry Leonard, of Seldo
via, who runs a fox ranch at Bear
Cove, with his partner, Paddy Patter
son. Just before the storm broke,
Mr. Leonard left Seldovia for his
home at the cove. Arriving at a point
off Yukon island his engine broke
down, and he drifted before the gale
with heavy seas threatening to swamp
his frail craft. Dr. Burgin, who runs
a fox ranch near this point, attempt
ed to rescue Leonard by towing him
in with a small boat, but the tow line
broke and Burgin was compelled to
run for Seldovia, leaving Leonard to
his fate. Arriving at Seldovia Dr.
Burgin secured the services of the
Jugo-Slav, a 65-foot halibut boat, and
started out to rescue Leonard.
In the meantime Mr. Leonard’s boat
drifted down the Inlet until it struck
the Bluff Point trap, where it was
dashed to pieces by the pounding
waves. Leonard climbed up the web
bing to the capping, where with line
from his wrecked vessel he tied him
self securely to the capping. The seas
at this lime were washing completely
over the trap and the wind and rain
beat upon the defensless ^ian for all
the long night and the next day. At
this point Leonard tried to loosen the
lashings in order to make an attempt
to swim ashore, but his legs and arm8
were so swollen by cold and exposure
ihat he could not untie the knots. He
spent the second night of horror, lash
ed to his precarious perch, the heavy
seas breaking over him and the cold
numbing his vitals. His sufferings by
this time were indescribable, the un
fortunate man having been without
food or water for twTo and a half days
and his body being swollen badly trom
exposure.
The Jugo-blav, meanwhile, happen
ed to run close in to Bluff Point, in
its search for the missing man, and
heard his cries for help. It is stated
the ropes were so tightly drawn into
the flesh that it was impossible to
get at them, and they were cut next
to the capping before the castaway
could be removed. He was taken to
Seldovia, where he was placed in the
hospital, under care of Dr. Burgin,
and at last reports was in a critical
condition from his sufferings.
It is an experience that few men
could have survived.
STEAMSHIP STARR
SAILS LOR SEATTLE
The steamship Starr, which arrived
| Tuesday night from the westward,
: brought the following passengers: R.
I O’Hearn, Mr. and Mrs. O’Hearn, C. E.
Hopkins, Mrs. C. E. Hopkins, J. L.
Waller, Dan Ross, Mrs. Anderson,
Mrs. Mocasson, Mrs. Beattie, Mrs.
Mike Craven, Mrs. John F. Coffey,
j Mrs. Patton, F. W. Mason, H. W.
! Sterling, G. Spangler, George Morri
' son, Dan Ross, Thos. E. West.
The Starr sailed at 10 o’clock Wed
nesday for Seattle with the following
passengers: A. Randall, Matt Ran
dall, Walter Hemrich, Elmer Hemrich,
C. D. Colwell, F. R. Brown, Fred Lar
sen, Rev. A. Ouphilsky, E. H. Larsen,
wife and son, Harold Lauritzen, B.
| Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ranta and
14 steerage.
She will receive a thorough over
hauling and inspection and return to
Seward in time to take her November
run.
—
They say one fool can ask more
questions than a score of wrise men
! can answer, but what puzzles me is
; why a feller gets surfeited with ptar
1 migan when they are plentiful and
has a most gosh-awTul honin’ for ’em
wdien they ain’t.
Saturday Gateway, ?3 per year.
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The District Court will convene at
Valdez on November 5, and yesterday
a panel of over 200 jurors were drawn
by Clerk of Court W. N. £uddy and
Jury Commissioner Mickelson.
The jurors drawn from Cordova and
the Copper River Valley are not ex
pected to leave for Valdez until the
steamer leaves Seattle Nov. 3.
Jurors from the westward will leave
for Valdez on the steamers North
western and Admiral Watson. The
former leaves Seward about Novem
ber 3 and the latter about November
sixth.
The following is a complete list of
jurors drawn;
The Cordova , Eyak, Strelna and |
Chitina lists will be found on Page
Three, having come in earlier in the
week. Other jurors drawn are as fol
lows:
Seward—George Sexton, Wm. Cof
fee, Martin Lanning, B. A. Goode, Al
vah Eames, Mattie M. Bailey, Sybil A.
Reed, Ludwig Larssen, George Phelps,
J. D. Sullivan, S. L. Colwell, Frank E.
Towle, Elwyn Sweetman, H. V. Ho
ben, S. M. Graff, J. C. Gilpatrick, Mrs.
Frances R. McNally, James Paulson,
Wallace Daykin.
Anchorage—Steve Michick, A. W.
Young, 0. J. Marine, Mrs. P. O. Sund
berg, J. A. McGovern, Katharina Ken
nedy, Mrs. John J. O’Brien, Mrs. Mar
Peyser, Mrs. E. Burke, E.' L. Bedell,
Mary O’Bryan, A. J. Hewitt, Mrs. H.
Emard, Martin Graham, Geo. Hillary,
E. Bergdoll, R. C. Heckey, Chas. Har
per, T. J. Heron, Frank Short, Chas.
J. \oung, Carl Schmidt, A. H. Mc
Donald, Katherine D. Seller, Arnold
Hale, J. F. Wallace, Albert Moehring,
T. S. Brown, Francis D. McCain, Mrs.
j Wm Bowker, Louise L. Eckmann, S.
■ H. Cordon, A. J. Lawrence, J. C. Cary,
James Conner, J. j. Longacre, J J c
-Moore, C. R. Moore, W. T. Lincke!
Mrs. J. J. c Moore. Alex Thompson!
Edward M. Vinson, Roy A. Trachsel
John Rawson, Victor C. Anderson, s!
S. Smith, G. Abrahamson, William
Woerner, Jeanne Balton, Julia O’Brien
W. D. Wandling, R. b. Lathrop, John
Slovarp, H. A. Mills, R. d. Chase,
' Bauline Buckner, Mrs. W. H. Warren!
E. C. Henning, N. O. Muiline, El wood
McClaine, B. B. Barry, Hortense W.
Coffey, Jesse B. Carver. J. C. Ander
son, Mary B. Bedell, W. A. Havener,
Mrs. R. S. Temrne, C. W. Paimer, G.
i A iiginia Moore, Mrs. M. E. Spaulding
and Rasmus Simonson.
Wasilla—Nellie St. Clair, Olaf Wag
ner, S. W. Vail, Cora B. Herman, A.
Carlson, W. M. Harman, Edward
Freise, Ernest Richter and C. Stern.
Girdwood—Marah L. Whitney, C.
S. Roycroft.
Matanuska—C. E. Whitney, Fred
Strand, Frank Watson, A. J. Swanson
and John Conroy.
Tunnel—M. G. Miller, J. W. Gallo
way, John Matyko, O. E. Harrington,
B. C. Elmes, Matt Schlosser, Johnnie
Patarich and Melvin Startzman.
Kodiak—Dennis Simeonoc, George
Jaynes, Chas. Skinner, Chas. Meyer
and Otto Mahle.
Latouche—Jos Karadich, • Tony Tro
pia, Gus Hanson, Ernest Johnson,
Mrs. E. G. Hill and Pat Calvey.
Valdez—John E. Hughes, Thos Beas
ley, J. C. Dieringer, Mae G. Reed, Mrs
J. W. Gilson, Geo. F. Butler, Mrs.
Chas. Naud, Ruth Phillips, Wm. C.
Conley, Ed Woods, Fannie Fisher, J.
T. Grosch, Adam Swan and Clinton
Egan.
TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST, tf
Doors and Windows In stock at J.
L. Graef’s.
Norway hemp halibut lines at J. L.
Graef’s. 161-tf
Gainsborough Hair Nets, single
mesh 10 cts. Seward Drug Co. 184-tf
A fine line of Xmas cards just re
! ceived at Sylvia’s. tf
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HOTEL OVERLAND
“ A HOME WITH A WELCOME”
Madison 120 MEL HORNER, Mgr.
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IF YOU WANT QUALITY, TRY
Delicious Brand Hams Delicious Brand Bacon ]
Mayflower Butter, Wild Rose Brand Fresh Eggs j
A full line of fresh meats and fresh dressed
poultry on every boat
Frye-Bruhn Company
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STEAMSHIP STARR
WILL SAIL FOR SExVTTLE, WASH.,
BETWEEN OCTOBER 12th and 14th
WILL SAIL WEST ON NEXT REGULAR TRIP ABOUT NOV. 20 i
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
BENSON & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Exclusive distributors of Budweiser, Bevo and Monopole Cigars.
Tlie Finest Billiard and Pool Hall in Alaska
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SHELF and HEAVY
HARDWARE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Fishermen’s Supplies, Gasoline & Distillate
Hardware, Stoves and Ranges. Powder, Ammunition, Caps Guns, Fuse
Paints and Oils, Furniture, Rugs Linoleum and Congoleum.
J. L. GRAEF
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Dr. 0. A. Braafladt
DENTIST
Office Honrs 9 A. M. 5 to P. M.
Office open Evenings by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office, Adams 111 Res., Adams 21
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harriman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Alaska.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
Seward Chapter No. 10.
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. m. Visiting
— Members Welcome.
CLARA PERtfY, W. M.
ESTHER DOUGHEEfTY, Sec.
*
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
I. O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members welcome
RHODA COOPER, N. G.
VIDA RICH, Sec.
eome.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M.
Stated communications
1st and 3rd Wednes
days of each montn.
visiting Brethern wel
W. O. PERRY, W. M.
Chas. E. Smith, Sec.
*
Seward Lodge
No. 1425.
L. O. O. M.
Will meet every
Tuesday night at
8 o’clock. Visiting
Brothers welcome
CHAS KREFTING, Dictator.
M. A. HORNER, Secretary.
I. O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting
Brothers welcome. ANDY NOVAK,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Sec.
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday at
Odd Fellow’s Hall.
CAL M. BROSIUS, Pres.
EARL DURGIN, Sec.
SEWARD PcST, NO. FIVE r
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesdays*
ELWYN SWETMANN, Com.
• E RUCKER. Adj.