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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
5
Senators Piles and delegates Cale and McKenzie urged the president to open Alaska coal lands. They stressed valuable deposits and the benefits of immediate access, and the matter was referred to Commissioner Ballinger for action.
Washington D C Feb 11 Representative Wesley L Jones advocates a large appropriation for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. He uses his influence to push the project, making a final plea to secure funding.
Report from The Daily Gateway notes that the appropriation bill for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition was sent to the Ways and Means Committee rather than the Industrial Arts Committee and is believed to be an effort to bury the measure.
London report circulates that the king of Belgium is named as a forthcoming victim by assassins. The text links to a separate note about an $80,000 geology survey fund for Alaska, supervised by Charles D. Walcott and Alfred H. Brooks, focusing on coal deposits in the southwestern Alaska district.
A power outage in Seward last Thursday night disrupted the government cable to Valdez, cutting all outside communication until Friday morning. Operators report the line appears intact to Valdez, but no link is found. a seismic tremor about two o’clock Friday may have caused the disturbance.
Reports from Cincinnati Seattle and Kansas City detail Taft backed by delegates in Ohio and nationwide. Taft wins enthusiastic receptions in Kansas City with 15 000 attendees and plans for a welled banquet. Seward to build a 350000 smelter with financing undisclosed.
Gifford Pinchot, head of the U S Government forestry bureau, warns that at current consumption the U S timber supply could last no more than thirty three years. He cautions that consumption will rise and exact data is scarce, predicting broad suffering from looming scarcity.
Sunrise resident Mrs Crawford formerly Rachel Walton testifies in the October assault case of Mrs Kopp against Harry Hoben. She went to Valdez on the Farallon on a bench warrant sworn by Hoben charging slander and seeking damages of 85000.
The Fearless, owned by a San Francisco company, sank at her moorings on January 20 due to heavy snow accumulation that caused listing. Moore of the Dora reports arrests at Uaska. Capt. and the steamer details remain unclear.
The schooner Gem went ashore at Ikatak and is a total wreck with the vessel completely broken up. A wrecking outfit from Francisco was sent, but recovery is impossible. The Dawson-based McClusky brothers also report Yukon oats thriving on their Clearcreek head farm, with seed from first-year harvests improving kernel size and suggesting potential for hardy crops along the Yukon.
Walter Koen, the Nome discoverer, reports a jade ledge over six feet wide on the Black River tributary of the Kobuk. He staked 36 locations covering 160 acres each and sent 600 pounds of stone to Tiffany in New York. Dahl, a jeweler, found the jade unusually fine, comparing it with Turkestan jade. A Denver Mining Record editorial says Alaska shifts toward large scale mining and rail connections to unlock district wealth.
A Feb 13 Grand Rapids banquet honored Secretary of War William H. Taft with a large turnout. Taft delivered an eloquent speech championing a larger navy, declaring the United States leading among the world powers.
Washington February 10 The American battle fleet under Admiral Evans has left Punta Arenas on the straits of Magellan and has put to sea. It will not be in touch with land again before next Friday.
An early morning explosion at a city steel furnace in Pittsburg causes instant deaths and serious injuries to many workers. Fire and rescue crews responded to the blast scene as investigators began assessing the cause and scope of the disaster.
In St Petersburg a note warning of terrorist intent was found in czarevitch sleeping quarters signaling that she and the czar were targets. In Fairbanks talks of a new strike pressure tower mine workers demand $5 for eight hours with board and lodging, backed by the Western Federation of Miners. Alaska copper output last year reached 9 million pounds per Commerce and Labor report.
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