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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
2
An office address listing reads 22 Atworth Building Duluth Minnesota with Chas B Aske named as authorized agent for unspecified business matters. The snippet suggests a formal notification or representation detail typical of a legal or commercial notice in a local newspaper.
A Gateway letter from Sun rise cites widespread complaint among Yenta prospectors over blanket locations on 160 acre tracts. It urges newspapers to warn locals to stay within the law, noting federal mining statutes require genuine, good faith locations by eight person companies and proper divelment work to avoid invalid claims.
Duncan drives a bid to make Juneau the territorial capital with allies in Congress. Gateway letters urge $20,000 for a similar plan while local groups warn against concentrating capital in Juneau and urge western placement for balanced regional development.
March filings show numerous 20 to 160 acre claims along Lake Creek, Dollar Creek, Crow Creek, and other waterways, naming Offt, McKinnon, Denzer, Reed, Dobson, Jewett, Clark, Bingham, Ver Mehr, Hazem, Tewart, Shendon, Wible, Teal, Wells Creek, Miller, Wagner, Corlew, Clark, Rosman, Tooey, Wallace, LeClair, and others. The entry notes a separate Arctic Brotherhood camp meeting in Seward camp No 21, with officer elections and installation scheduled. 115 members, finances strong.
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