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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
6
Public notice indicates mail matter entering Seward Alaska titled Second Class Matter with post date and legislative reference under the act of Congress dated March 1872. It appears as an official postal classification notice from the local Seward post office.
The Portland Telegram cites literature from Alaska Central head Batwell, praising efforts to settle Alaska. The piece argues the railroad will not penetrate the frozen north, expecting trains only along the Tanana river. Immigrant settlement would occur near the southern coast, with no current North Pole expedition plans.
A fragmented column notes Seward Alaska’s sunlit Christmas with near freezing temps and long northern daylight. It references Blackwood’s Magazine on Alaska Central railroad progress and recalls Montana soldier violence over two pair, Ballard politics, Harvard football pause, and Roosevelt’s daughter charity remarks.
Jack OBrien is a Philadelphia lawyer and real estate agent described as a canny pupilist. The political vaudeville show in San Domingo resumes with Uncle Bam uninterested in a reserved seat.
The Fairbanks News criticizes the Alaska convention delegates in Seattle for refusing support to Johanson for Congress, noting their stance contributed to his defeat.
The government Mineral Resources 1904 report highlights Kenai peninsula coal fields and Mat anusk a deposits with high quality seams at Port Graham Tyoonuk and Mine camp. Stone notes extensive deposits at Kachemak Bay Homer and Mine Camp and claims fixed carbon leads all Alaskan coals. Also mentions alien arrivals, Klondike gold work, and a new Copper Company dividend at Ketchikan.
Steamer Santa Ana under Captain Moore reached port after seven days and change, a record for the line, despite Sitka delays. It carried 30 first class and 23 steerage passengers, 47 tons of Seward cargo including a rotary plow, and 201 tons of steel. Bertha followed, reaching port Thursday after 12 days from Seattle. Weather, wind, and swift passage aided the Santa Ana while Bertha faced isolated delays and lighter freight.
A New York Tribune report reveals a private guardian who, for 22 years, has signed contracts for about 9000 homeless or parentless youths to enter the U S Navy. He acts as legal guardian in surrogate court and at receiving ships, enlisting boys unable to sign contracts themselves. He declined to reveal his name.
H. Hill in London notes the fly’s supposed crime capacity, strength seven times a horse’s, lifting twenty times its weight, high oxygen intake, ceiling walking from foot hairs, a many-eyed head, and 1700 to 1800 olfactory parts. Russia hails the center of the stage yet lacks a climax.
The Spanish named matapalo, a vine that begins as a climber on tree trunks in Central American forests. It rapidly grows to the lower branches, sends out root shoots that reach the ground, and forms sap tubes that renew life and sprout aerial tendrils. Entwined around limbs, it saps the tree’s life until the host rots and falls, leaving the matapalo standing hollow and upright.
A British verse collection titled Misrepresentative Men mocks President Roosevelt through satire found in a satire pamphlet by Ahiam a clever young English secretary to Lord Rosebery. The piece includes lines from gym and social settings, and a variety of humorous exchanges. It notes several stanzas and the satirical tone of the work.
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