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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
4
A new institution named Bank of Seward opens promising utmost confidence and safety for the public to deposit money. The founder stresses secure handling and reliable service for depositors.
Secretary of War William H Taft in his annual address commends Alaska road improvements and the systematic extension of mail service across the territory.
A bill introduced in Congress seeks to divide the navy into two divisions with civilian officer control over one part. Meanwhile the steamer Bertha arrived from Seward after a rough westward voyage, via Umiak and Kodiak, with Captain Blodgett praising the calm seas on the return leg and noting bad weather earlier.
Secretary Taft addressed a New York audience praising laborers and unions. He urged preferences for union members and supported laws and injunctions that protect workers and the right to organize.
Seattle January 9 W C Casey head of the democratic territorial committee calls a meeting for January 21 to elect delegates to the democratic national convention to be held in Denver July 7. A six month school term starts next Monday with Mrs C and Mrs Winter as principals in charge.
A steamer named Saratoga Still Coming was reported departing Valdez for Seward during the night. The exact hour could not be learned as the vessel was headed toward Fort Liseum.
Horace Leach and Mrs Leach, passengers from Seward, rushed to the Rainier Grand Hotel after a rough voyage on the Triple Hoodoo steamship Northwestern from Seward. J B Cameron chief engineer of the Alaska Central Railway and his family also ill. Leach vowed not to sail on the thirteenth again as others urged caution after the perilous trip.
Presh eggs are advertised with a guarantee from the Pacific Coast Trading Company. The notice promotes product quality and reassurance for buyers.
N O Anderson brings the news that he followed four feet of fresh snow to mile 34 after Sunt left Sunrise at 9 am on the 7th. Marshal Wybrant and party arrived in Seward a day earlier. Anderson reports a good trip and announces morning preaching at 11, Sunday school at 12 15, song service at 7 30 with a sermon on The Fallacy of Argument as a Method of Christian Work, invitations extended. pastor L Hedersen invites all to services.
Six four-bushel sacks of registered mail were sent aboard the Bertha toward Kodiak. The remaining sled load carried mail for Cook Inlet and Kodiak, as Kodiak has had no mail for a month.
Seward Steamer Atoga sailed from Valdez for Seward on the 10th with Portland noted. Dora departed Seattle on the 30th and Northwestern sails from Seattle on the 16th. Santa Clara headed to Seattle Ist. Bertha scheduled for Seattle on the 11th.
The Department of Commerce and Labor reports Portland shipped about 8 500 000 bushels of wheat in the past year, placing fourth among U.S. grain shipping centers.
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