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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
2
Katalla residents complain steamers ignore the town while Seattle reports a storm and high breakers. Locals say calm waters mask their perceived neglect as boats bearing letters of cheer pass by on the open sea. Their view of events mirrors the stormy mood in Katalla.
In Seattle church leaders oppose proposed YMCA pool and billiard tables in a new building. They fear vice and seek to cut the YMCA from supply imports to stop the plan while supporters argue the space offers a safe social area for young men away from moral harms and lectured rooms.
A missionary in Alaska Yukon attempted to render The Twenty third Psalm into Eskimo with a translator. The local flock showed no reaction to the interpreter’s effort. Later the translator’s version revealed a starkly different, crude rendering of the psalm with violent imagery.
The piece notes farms gain electric lines and telephone links, delivering daily papers and city conveniences. It discusses urban congestion easing as people move to farms, and hints at Alaska opportunities for agriculture and grazing.
Professor Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania is accused of falsifying scientific records in his Nipur Babylonian expedition reports. Accusers presented charges to the American Oriental Society over two years ago, and he has not answered them.
A McClure’s writer derides the U.S. Navy as poorly prepared while contrasting with Admiral Dewey who insists American battleships are among the world’s best. The passage riffs on naval readiness and competence amid competing views.
A letter warns of men in town who seek confinement for shelter and warmth at public expense. One man serves 10 days while another completes a sentence, with critics remarking inmates enjoy lengthy terms. The piece likens prison to a mild punishment and suggests harsher restraints.
In Alaska, Cordova will establish an electric light plant while Katalla planned both telephone and electric facilities. Delays and swift changes in Katalla prompted shifting the projects to Cordova as material bought in Seattle for Katalla could not be shipped in time.
Kate Douglas Wiggins urges readers that many people have built a living by minding their own business while others have not yet staked their claims. She counsels preparing and getting busy.
Woodford D. Harlan outlines that townsite and mining law claims share key terms like lands valuable for minerals and known mines. He notes docket readiness may avoid notice, wife residency does not negate good faith, coal claimants need not open a mine at filing, and hearings address land status rather than applicant qualification.
After two years of effort and nearly one million dollars spent, a long burning fire at Greenwood colliery in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania may be extinguished soon. If so, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company can mine coal worth millions previously withheld since the 1858 start. Two thousand workers could return, a new town may grow nearby, and vast coal reserves would be released.
San Rafael California rancher Stewart Dunbar avoided a deadly trap after his foot wedged in a cattle-guard and a roll of bills lit with a match served as a makeshift signal to stop a midnight train. The engineer stopped the locomotive within feet, and Dunbar fainted as trainmen reached him.
Lawson delivered an address detailing a deliberate plan by banking and corporate interests to discredit Roosevelt over trusts. He said stocks were pushed down to tighten the money market by withdrawing capital, while railroads and big manufacturers cut workers as they claimed cash shortages.
The Filipino legislature is poised to approve a $1,000,000 appropriation for building and maintaining schools in outlying villages. This bill would be the Assembly’s first to reach final reading, signaling a focus on educational development and enlightenment for self governance.
Weather record summary notes weekly temperature data with Mackinaws at Clayson's. An entry lists temperature readings and conditions for the week ending January 11, highlighting climate observations and local weather notes.
Co owner A C Carrier announces forfeiture of interest in the Skukum Creek placer claim in Alaska for nonpayment of an $12.50 required annual expenditure per co owner. Notice lists co owners Harry McCormack C J Walters James McGill Thos Geo Hanson Wm Burns Alfred Noel and dates of first publication January 4 1908 with ninety day deadline.
The American hen boosted farm income with poultry and eggs valued at nearly 600 million dollars in 1907, accounting for a ten percent rise from 1906. The farm dairy sector topped 800 million dollars as poultry wealth outpaced prior years and rivaled big trusts in profits.
Congress weighs a one cent per ton coal tax to fund support for widows and orphans of miners killed in mining disasters. The proposal aims to create a relief fund for families affected by mining accidents and to provide ongoing assistance.
Brown and Hawkins advertise dog salmon for sale. The notice highlights fresh fish available for purchase and lists Brown and Hawkins as the selling party.
Thomas White known as that cake kid was sentenced in Judge Howletts court on Monday to ninety days and costs for carrying concealed weapons. He was performing the drunken bad man act at the wharf.
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