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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
2
Notice lists a 19000 dollar assessment at Seward post office under the Compression Act of March 19. Subscription rates: one year $3.00, six months $1.50. Eastern office in Duluth Minnesota. Chas J. Aske, authorized agent.
The region offers rich potential for copper and gold along coastal islands and interiors with placer deposits, including Saivon goldfields. Western shores show widespread copper signs, while Latourche and Koight islands are seen as future copper hubs. timber, game, and fish add value to the area. A Washington bill targets newspaper criticism of public officials and libel is cited as remedy. future legislature remains uncertain.
The text notes the second Russian Duma meeting in St. Petersburg and signals a likely clash with the czar and his imperial advisers, hinting at political friction and foretelling limited support for opposition.
Army officers plan to baila the Panamia canal and relay data to powerful magnates, who show little urgency to complete the waterway.
Delegate Cale praises Major W P Richardson as the strongest pro Alaska leader and notes Alaska as a frontier territory with no native population. He stresses Alaskans are Americans, timber uses, and sawmill taxation while comparing Southern Alaska’s climate to Portland and Washington DC.
A weekly weather summary records conditions through the week ending in March. Temperature ranges and precipitation notes highlight a variable pattern across days with sun breaks and rain showers.
SEWARD STEAMERS Jennie in port bound for Seattle with stops tomorrow. Dora departed Valdez for Seward and Unalaska South. Portland left Seattle South. Northwestern set sail from Seattle on the 9th. Santa Clara headed for Seattle South. Bertha departed for Seattle on the 7th. Saratoga left for Seattle on the 9th.
Frank H. Waskey Alaska delegate to Congress sails for Nome after voicing disappointment at Congress failing to pass vital Alaska legislation. He will visit southern Alaskan points before leaving on pension duties. District Attorney Turlan declares gambling in the Valdez district essentially halted and women barred from saloons.
Four judges of the United States emerit court sit as a panel to hear indictments issued by the grand jury. The case targets seventy defendants including D. Rockefeller W. G. Rockefeller Henry H. Rogers and Henry in a prominent stockholding group of the giant vil trast.
Notes describe sulphide layers in shear zones near William Sound copper prospects. Veins show pyrrhotite-rich and pyrrhotite-poor layers from an inch to several feet thick, with some pinchouts and cross-strike continuity. Individual veins traced for half a mile or more, with strikes following country rock. dips commonly gentle.
The state legislature enacted a new divorce law requiring a one year residence in the state and three months in the county before filing. The measure tightens a previously lax framework, targeting couples seeking to end marriages in South Dakota.
A thrift themed message urges readers to form saving habits and set aside part of every dollar earned. The guidance stresses persistent saving as a foundation for financial security and avoiding debt, attributed to Bank of Seward.
The Territory of Masha summons Joe Sime Whointltt against MOL Sullivan in a mortgage suit. The plaintiff Julius Sins wins claim for P425 with 13 percent annual interest. The court orders publication with proof due by May 23 1907 and last publication April 27 1907. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Scott and Clegg.
Charles Tecklenburg et al co owners warn JM Cummins Moore Silverstone Reed and others with interests in Shik River placer mining claims that they expended 800 dollars in work this year and that each co owner owes 100 dollars. If not paid within ninety days after publication the non payer loses interest and the shares may be forfeited to Tecklenburg under the U.S. Revised Statutes. Date of publication February 6 1907 Seward Alaska.
Notice to F B Rudolph and heirs that labor totaling 105.55 dollars was expended in 1908 on six lode claims named Fourth of July Lookout Little Skowl Red Mike Bay View and Red Hoy at String Creek head on the east side of Kew River in Alaska. Co owners must contribute 61.45 within 90 days or their undivided interest will be forfeited to the remaining owners per law. Dated Kenai precinct Alaska January 1907 with publications through April 13 1907.
In the Alaska District Third Division Kenal Precinct probate court J J McManus administrator has filed a final account for the estate of Robert E Stover deceased and the court has set May 1 1907 in Seward Alaska for settlement and for interested parties to file written exceptions.
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