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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
3
A. Von Gunther and wife sue Reynolds Bank and Reynolds Alaska Development Co in Seattle court claiming they deposited 4500 which the bank converted for Reynolds own use. The suit was filed by cable to The Daily Gateway in April.
The steamer Portland arrived Thursday afternoon and sailed at night for Seattle and inner-route ports. It completed the round westward trip in about a week, with time lost unloading freight at Uyak. The light westward mail and small passenger list are noted. Jerow and Kelley arrived in Seward and plan boat building and prospecting. The Portland reports favorable prospects for a busy Cook Inlet summer.
Steamer Northwestern came up to the dock about seven o clock Thursday evening and sailed again for Seattle this morning. Passengers listed include D. E. Stadler Robert Scott S. S. A. Werner Rev. K. P. from Seattle Mrs Capt CLE Morris W from Valdez Horace Lagan and wife.
Bertha sailed from Seattle on the 25th Dora departed for Unalaska on the 1st Santa Clara sailed from Seattle on the 1st Yucatan sailed for Seattle on the 27th Portland set for Seattle on the 2nd Northwestern sailed for Seattle on the 4th
The Patterson, a Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel, operates at Kodiak. The Yukon is the ship belonging to the fleet that will be permanently stationed at Kodiak.
With spring demand rising for building material Stanley Flower has opened a shingle mill in Seward. Three men operate the hand-powered mill, producing between 7000 and 8000 shingles daily from spruce and cottonwood. A block card yields about 3000 shingles, valued at roughly $4 per thousand.
The republican primary at the Coleman House on Saturday elected Will Sayers Frank L. Ballaine and S Morford as delegates to the territorial convention in Ketchikan on May 12. Delegates chosen without instructions.
A Seattle resident fired a complaint at United States District Attorney Elmer E. Todd over two comic valentines that called him a blower and an old bear. The citizen argues the taunts are insulting while Todd weighs legality and potential post office implications.
The Dominion government orders patrols to seal borders and keep undesirable parties from entering from the United States.
C L Fowler argues in Leslie's Weekly for a national guarantee fund of 700 million dollars to protect bank depositors. He says such a fund would prevent panics, reduce hoarding, and avert government bond purchases if a postal savings system emerges.
J Cyril Crowley notes that even tame waterfowl require patience to shoot or photograph. Flocks gather on open ground where stalking is hard and sentries perch at the edges with alert senses.
The popular mining investment journal Profit and Loss invites readers to request a free sample via a postal card. It claims independence, no stock sales, and special clubbing offers, with address at Profit and Loss Magazine 1715 California St Denver Colo.
The Kansas City Journal cites a legend in which Twashtri creates woman from a mix of nature’s elements after exhausting materials for the world. The piece frames woman as an outcome of a comic myth and questions if this is an advance over earlier theories.
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