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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
5
The attorney general established the Seward district court clerk’s office with a deputy in charge. Judge Wickersham made the appointment of Mrs. Myra Cox of Seward effective today. A spring term will appoint a permanent clerk, and local Seward lawyers supported the temporary appointment.
Chairman Sprickett announces a plan to elect delegates from Alaska for the national Republican convention with a September primary and a territorial convention in November. Latouche will host a large ore smelter with a thousand tons per day capacity, built by Reynolds Alaska Company, aiming to power Alaska’s mining expansion and progress.
New York man Sulzer visits Alaska and the Yukon and expects territorial status to be discussed in the next Congress session. He has prepared a bill to be introduced by Delegate Cale. Sulzer was welcomed at a reception last night, with Cale among the prominent guests.
A dispute over the ownership of the first American flag hoisted in Alaska heads to court. Wrangell resident George Rodman deposited the flag with the Dexter Horton bank in Seattle, while Edward Ludecke contests ownership. The bank recognizes Rodman as holder for safekeeping. Dr. Henry Gannett comments on Alaska and scenery. A separate note mentions Tanana riverbed cleanup and a Siberia placer strike near the Anadyr river opposite Nome.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson arrives in Seattle to study forest reserves. In an Alaska interview he says northern wealth will grow more with agriculture than gold, and he notes the west wheat he has seen comes from Alaska.
Rumor says Conner may succeed Pharo as head of the Alaska Coast Company after Aug 2. James E ro rumored to leave the Alaska Coast Company. Conner may take over as manager.
A monster ledge of quartz gold on Popoft Island near Sand Point, Alaska, is attracting outside capitalists after Louis Herman and L. Bales noted its promise. An expert has offered 300 000 dollars, cash 30 000 now and the rest in a year, but owners seek a larger cash payment as development continues.
The Reynolds-Alaska Company gains ninety three percent of the Alaska Coast Steamship Co and plans a fast new steamer to run direct to Seward or Valdez, with existing fleet on the inside route. Copper strike reported at Sunny Bay near Resursection Bay with a promising lead, called Featherbed Group. An opposition town Carbon Center forms near Katalla, and Wrangell to get water works from Graveyard Creek.
Judge Wickersham dismisses a suit by former wife of Harry Elliott claiming half interest in Hubbard Elliott copper property on Kotsina river. She earlier obtained a divorce and filed the claim alleging a crub stake with her husband. The case cites Guggenheim stake and large 8,000 acre Stewart river placer ground dredging plans by Yukon Alaska Gold Dredging Company.
A notable copper find is reported at the head of Porcupine Bay on Resurrection Bay by prospector S. F. Likes. The high grade chalcopyrite ore is said to run fifteen to twenty feet wide and to extend along an immense iron body, with indications of a large ore body and potential bonanza.
W L Redman reports rich gold quartz specimens from a Spruce Creek ledge two miles west of Resurrection Bay. The vein runs about ten feet wide with chalcopyrite and a 22 percent copper assay. Reynolds Alaska Co plans tests. Banta and Ellsworth toured the claims for the company.
New York July 30 The government has let the contract for transmission towers for a wireless system to be installed in Asaka The towers will be manufactured by United States Steel Corporation The plan includes a chain of towers along the Atlantic coast skirting the Gulf of Mexico and extending to the Pacific coast
S M Graff of Valdez was acquitted after fifteen minutes deliberation on charges of embezzlement. Judge dismissed two additional indictments on Prosecuting Attorney Scott’s motion. The hearing filled the day as jurors found lack of proof of intent to embezzle. Meanwhile L L Bales reported a large sulphur deposit on the Alaska Peninsula near an active volcano. The sulphur is high grade and commercially valuable.
Seward contractor J. S. Antonelle wins a large tunnel project on Latouche Island on Reynolds- Alaska Company land and will hire about seventy five men. Copper claim owners in the Copper river valley celebrate deeper ledges as ore arrives from Hubbard Elliott level at Kotsina.
A petition will be presented to Seward residents to push for a lighthouse at the entrance to Station Bay, backed by transportation firms. Alaska Central railroad officials lead the push and Captain Ross is due to arrive to investigate the proposal. Resurrection Bay is praised as Alaska’s best harbor though a lighthouse is viewed as prudent to aid growing commerce.
Seattle dated report states W H Isom of the North American Trading and Transportation Company denies rumors that Guggenheim interests seized control. The piece also notes a possible Alaska Steamship Company manager, and mentions government coast survey vessel MacArthur arriving, plus plans to open five native schools in Alaska and recent ore finds in Cook Inlet region.
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