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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
2
Fragmentary notice references Gateway Publishing Co and subscription rates in Alaska. Mentions individuals and odd phrases like Buiterrak ex Sevitatees entree Anton 260 1 Ma and See the Act of Cosuerines of Marts. Context and full details are unclear due to damaged text.
A garbled editorial discusses Alaska's prospects, Seattle influence, and western mining. It rails at fumbled taxation, Canadian criticism, and federal labor and court moves, naming P.O. Jarvis and D. A. Jarvis while critiquing the Russian fire commentary and Northwest expansion.
Prof. A C Georgeson heads Alaska agricultural experiments and has urged the department to introduce a hardy breed. Washington signals approval and next summer herds may reach Kenai and Copper Center stations. Georgeson, three months in D C, plans stops in Kansas and Missouri en route to the Pacific coast.
The Caswell steamship will depart from here in April for a three week trip upriver to the Yentna and Mount McKinley districts. Freight bookings exist for at least one trip, with plans for more vessels if profitable. Passengers will not be carried from this port as the craft is not ocean service ready.
Prospectors can reach the upper Shushetna from Tyoonok to Shushetaa station using tides. Guidance warns entering the river is easy to miss and the mouth hides in dense growth. travel on one tide to avoid mud flats. Downriver advises waiting out storms and using the ebb tide. Also reported: Seward Construction tests cement blocks at mile 17 Alaska Central quarry with five machines and ten workers.
The Farallon, captained by MacGregor, arrived in port early Wednesday with 29 passengers for Seward and 15 tons of freight. She discharged local cargo and set sail for Seldovia, Homer and Kodiak at noon. A.C. Goss, Alaska Commercial Co. Kodiak agent, returned from a four month trip to New York and other eastern cities, accompanied by Mrs. Goss.
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