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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
3
The District Court Third Division Alaska calls a special term beginning August 6 1906 at 10 a m in Valdez. Judge Royal A Gunnison presides. Clerk Edward J Stier certifies the order dated June 30 1906. Deputy S A Crandall signs.
U S Commissioner Hildreth draws Kenai precinct into multiple voting precincts for the August election to choose delegates to the Fifty ninth and Sixtieth Congress. Precincts include Seward Sunrise Hope Kenai Seldovia Cooper Creek Lake Tunnel and Placer Valley with polling places in each town.
J M Moore recruited 46 men from Valdez for the Alaska Central line aboard the Oregon. He advanced fares for 31 workers and claimed he could have paid for up to 100 more if he had money. Moore, fresh from Seattle, funded travel for those unable to pay, until his pockets were empty.
Thomas Caveny survived a six day vigil on a rock after the Bertha steamer wrecked on the Kahiltna while he and John T. Coles prospecting near Peters Creek. Coles disappeared after a raft broke loose. Caveny was rescued June 28 by T. H. Jeter and Charles Carlson. Coles, a former Victoria BC camp cook, is presumed drowned.
G KE Moran special representative of the Chicago Chronicle tours the Alaska Central railroad region aboard the steamer Oregon. He plans lengthy impressions for the Chronicle and will return north via the inside passage to Alaska after visiting the Interior. Moran travels with Mrs Moran and daughter Kathryn Leonore Ade lix Glenwood Moran, a child noted for extensive world travel. The Sunday Post-Intelligencer July 1 features a photo and a travel note on the child.
Congress enacts inspection for all power boats carrying passengers for hire. Boats fifteen gross tons or less must have a life preserver for each passenger and operate under a licensed supervisor. Licenses can be revoked for misconduct or negligence and barred for one year.
The San Francisco Chronicle outlines insurer capital and surplus after a city fire with a 252 million risk total in the burned district. Alaska gold value for eight months ends February tops 11.7 million, Klondike shipments at 7.1 million, while Lt Baskett travels to Knik for land selection.
The Cook Inlet Transportation Co. sells tickets and forwards freight from Seward via Seldovia to Cook inlet and Susitna river points. Services ship by river steamers Minx Yentna and by Woolsey Transportation Co. Packtrains also operate on Susitna and Yenta rivers. J J McManus is agent Seward. Office with Kenai Lumber & Fuel Co.
In Seward Alaska the Neptune steamer connects with the Cas steamer at Seldo for Cook Inlet and Susitna river points, carrying passengers and freight. Rates and details available on board or from E A Swift Typonok Alaska. Also notices in the Commissioner’s Court discuss the estate of Robert E Stover with an administrator’s six month claim period.
Your check book shows where the money went and the bank keeps your books. It saves worry and trouble as the bank does the bookkeeping. That loose change in your pocket will start the account. A section of the Nome-Arctic Rail road Company's wharf at Nome collapsed after ice jarred it.
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