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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
4
H C Davis notes the pattern where rich placer districts are followed by quartz properties. In Seward Peninsula developments have begun but require capital modern methods and labor. earnings may take years to be widely recognized.
The article traces Japan's iron use from ancient times including a sword linked to the emperor’s ancestor dating to around 500 BC. It notes the sixth century civil war elevating swordsmiths and armorsmiths, little progress for 300 years, and a surge of industrial growth in the 1600s boosting iron demand and sparking supply shortages.
The president and family depart Washington for Oyster Bay to begin their vacation at the summer home. Reports from other places note ongoing flood conditions in Kansas City and expansion plans for a new A C Company station on Atka Island. A District Attorney faces a graft charge, while mining prospects in the Seward Peninsula are described as highly promising with copper, tin, antimony, and bismuth discoveries.
Over 4,000 travelers head north this spring with 4263 passengers sailing from the port since January 1. Shipments show a prosperous season as market luxuries move north and the Pacific Coast Steamship Co predicts a strong excursion season to Muir Glacier and Southeastern Alaska despite hard times.
Greenland is described as the birthplace of almost all icebergs feared by mariners. The piece compares Greenland’s vast glaciers with New York’s 47,000 square miles and notes glaciers steadily move away from Greenland’s center. The remark appears in St. Nicholas.
The United States and France signed a parcels post accord similar to the prior England deal. It sets first class postage between the countries at the same rate as domestic mail, simplifying cross border rates.
The Guggenheims, hold the railroad right of way through Keystone Canyon, offered the government the use of the canyon to build a wagon road into the interior. Captain A Woodside of the Pacific States Trading Company of San Francisco tours Alaska cod stations and Shumagin Islands, announcing rapid expansion. Captain James Osmond is named company agent in Alaska as operations grow despite recent losses of two schooners.
Preparations for the salmon catch are under way at canneries on Kodiak, Chignik, and Bristol Bay with cannery machines running up to twenty hours daily for thirty days. Fourteen ships, 1,000 tons and up, anchor in the Nushagak river bringing supplies as the season’s work proceeds to fill millions of cans by late August. Meanwhile Nelson Peninsula prospects rise as Nome mining promises heavy labor demand and a spring clean-up targets about 4 million dollars, signaling a regional labor stampede to Seward Peninsula with 5,000 jobs in Nome camps and wages of 85 dollars a day plus board.
Operations have begun in the Porcupine district with many workers heading to camps for the season. A large crew builds a new road expected to open in weeks. Indications point to a significant local boom and citizens move to incorporate the town.
One hundred tons per day of coal from the McDonald mines on Bering Lake could be shipped now, according to G. W. Winckler. The output could rise to 250 tons per day soon.
A brief market note highlights Owl Drug Co promoting confections with emphasis on quality and variety, signaling strong shopper interest in sweets and candy selections during the period.
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