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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
6
A 1907 column forecasts a future with vast paved highways replacing railroads as motor cars lift freight and passengers with greater efficiency. It argues that roads will rival or surpass rail lines in cost, demanding less political gain from government ownership and elevating the Good Roads movement as the driver of national infrastructure.
Indicators show North Western Steamship and Alaska Coast Company aligning to control Alaska transport via merger with Alaska Coast dissolving and reincorporating. Hearing set for July on disincorporation as Alaska Coast seeks to consolidate with Northwestern. Senator John T Morgan dies, seen as independent of corporate influence and a valued lawmaker.
The passage depicts Eric Lindlom and his associate in a dubious plan to arrange a minister for a marriage. The friend who accepted ten dollars for introductions further debases himself in an act of self abasement beyond what a typical cheap grifter would endure.
Governor Hoggatt vows a summer tour of the territory and warns a cool reception, noting Seward would offer a chilly reception if hospitality does not improve.
A fragment hints at czar and kaiser talks with Nick noting time gaps between drinks but not rebuking bomb explosions. Schmitz and Abe Ruet struggle to balance books on a French restaurant account amid dubious Central American wars resembling a California prize fight.
A Washington writer quotes Eli Smith the Alaska musher and explains Siwashes as an Eskimo tribe. The piece mockingly comments on yellow journalism and potential provocations with Japan. It notes the Kaiser’s vanity and Brigham H. Roberts’s insistence on three wives.
The fragment recalls a coastal mystery. A sloop owner William Wharf lent to Lambert set sail from Eagle Harbor with two men, Peterson among them, and vanished after a March gale near Chenaga Point. News reached Seward via Wharf. Lambert’s San Francisco–based parents are described as wealthy.
The steamer Saratoga arrived from Seattle at 10 yesterday morning and departed for Seldovia and Uyak. She brought twenty two cabin passengers and ten steerage to Seward, with eight to Seldovia and three to Uyak. Local cargo totaled forty five tons plus sixty tons of coal for the Dora.
A special train ran to mile 50 to show the line to John Rosene press of the Northwestern Steamship Maj. Richardson and Capt. Armstrong of the Alaska road commission. This was Rosene's first visit here. Local citizens joined the party. Rosene went west on Saratoga.
Two hobos found a rock glittering with gold in Nevada and carried it to Gardnerville. They sold it to buy a wagon and team and staked nine mining claims. Prospectors followed and a town called Hobo City emerged on the map.
Steamer Bertha returned from Sel ian and Homer Sunday afternoon and sailed for Seattle at 10. It took on a cargo of lumber for Reynolds Alaska Development Company at Latouche. E L Barnes with nine others planned to journey by train to Turnagain Arm for a rock contract on mile 71.
An advertisement for Profit and Loss Magazine invites readers to request a free sample copy. It claims independent journalism, urges postal-card requests, and promotes clubbing offers and subscriptions while stating no mining stocks are sold or boosted. It provides the Denver Colorado mailing address.
Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama died in Washington D C late last night at age 83. He entered the Senate in 1887 and served continuously, second in length of service to Senator Pettus. Morgan was born June 20 1824 in Athens Tennessee and pursued a law career in Selma after the war. He had been a presidential elector and Confederate veteran, and had just begun his sixth term.
The gasoline schooner Ida May towed the gasoline steamer Walrus from Seldovia to Seward arriving Saturday afternoon. Ida May recently arrived from Seattle with merchandise for Knik and sailed from Seward for Valdez with forty five tons of coal from the Port Graham mine. Captain Morrison plans a study of the Prince William Sound trade with a few entrants. The Walrus, recently purchased at Seldovia by C F Boggs, has an antiquated engine and will receive a new one in Seward. The Walrus carries about twenty tons.
The weather summary lists temperatures and conditions for the week ending in June. Readings include daily highs and lows, precipitation notes, and notable weather events. Data covers typical seasonal patterns and any anomalies observed during the period.
In port sails are listed for several vessels with routes to Ayak Ltth Portland and Seattle. Saratoga, Bertha, Dora and Santa Clara are among ships noted with recent departures from Seattle and Nome reports mention a Penny River gold strike and a large gravel deposit. The 1906 foreign immigration to the United States is officially 1,100,735.
The Bank of Seward advertises deposits subject to check and interest on time deposits. It offers money orders valid worldwide, buys gold dust or bullion, and handles collections. The bank guarantees prompt, accurate, and safe service and invites customer business.
Of Interest to Alaskans peward operates two dental parlors equipped with the best appliances and staffed by graduates in the east with years of experience. They guarantee finest workmanship and materials and offer prices equal to other high grade dentists.
An offer invites readers to obtain a free sample copy of Mining Topics at 64 Fulton Street New York. The publication pledges authentic unbiased mining news and coverage of specific and general mining interests.
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