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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
6
Public notice indicates second class matter status as of August 2, 1940s era at Seward Alaska post office. Mentions postage rates of 3.00 and 1.50 dollars for mail services under the 1879 act.
The piece attacks solid business interests in Alaska, arguing merchants oppose territorial government while mining and fish packers benefit. It criticizes tax regimes in Juneau mines and mill operations, notes fatal mining conditions, and suggests a territorial legislature would change these. It also mocks Seattle’s role in Alaska cases and hints at political shuffling.
The piece argues railroad foes create shortages to curb corporate privilege and cites Standard Oil stock decline as punishment for past lessons on government interference. It notes rising bitterness toward Wall Street financiers and calls for tougher laws on common carriers, while poking at Seattle and Olympia politics amid cold Puget Sound weather chatter.
Dispatches omit any description of his duties during confinement at hard labor. It is suggested he may have served as head trusty, though no official work is recorded in the reports.
Kentucky boasts its riverbank fortifications while Jamaica's size and earthquakes shape its history. Kingston grew after Port Royal’s quake in 1693. Reports from Valdez note U S District Attorney Hubbard resigning for W T Scott of Seattle. Alaska items include mining talk, postal survey trips, railroad crews marching to Girdwood, and northern lights photos sold in Seattle.
Bryan spoke to a large Seattle audience arguing party success matters more than his own bid for the Democratic nomination in 1908. He endorsed Roosevelt's anti trust stance, urged initiative and referendum, railroad regulation, federal rail and utility control, and municipal ownership. He plans a men only lecture tomorrow.
Two police officers testified before a council committee that Capt. McGrath planned a hold up of a Northern Pacific Express wagon on November 1 last year. The plot was thwarted when the company was warned and armed guards rushed from St. Paul. McGrath, once highly respected on the force, faces a remarkable sensational charge.
Judge Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle was appointed by the president to head the General Land Office without solicitation. Garfield, his college classmate, advised the appointment, which Ballinger accepted despite a valuable Seattle law practice.
The Senate struck from the executive appropriation bill the provision that would advance salaries for the vice president the speaker of the house and cabinet members as included in the House passed bill.
Santa Clara departed Valdez for Seward at 4 p m yesterday. Bertha left Seattle Ith. Saratoga sailed from Seattle on the 16th, Portland from Seattle on the 19th, Northwestern from Seattle on the 24th. Pennsylvania headed to Seattle on the 16th. Dora bound for Unalaska on the 16th.
The co-owners George Burchey and Victor Simons announce that in 1906 they expended over six hundred dollars on six lode claims at the Lookout Little Skookum Red Mike Bay View Fourth of July and Red Bus group at Spring creek head Kenai precinct Alaska. Your one third share requires 64.45 to preserve interest. if not paid within ninety days after publication, your interest forfeits to the other co-owners under the Revised Statutes. Seward Alaska. January 12 to April 18 1907.
In the United States Commissioner’s Court Kenai precinct third division the estate of Ludwig John Jonsson deceased final accounting and hearing set for March 9 1907 at 2 oclock afternoon at Seward Alaska before L Howlett United States Commissioner and ex Oficio Probate Judge First publication January 12 1907 Last publication February 2 1907.
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