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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1908
Page
7
The Department promises to increase facilities for transmitting first and second class mail in Alaska for another winter and to establish new trails and improve the old ones, according to Cable to The Daily Gateway in Washington D C dated March 26.
The home rule bill for Alaska government has been postponed to May. A delayed action on the measure preserves its status while lawmakers decide the next steps in the territorial governance debate.
The Northwestern sailed from Seattle on March 25 for northern ports with a large passenger list and freight. The Portland arrived at 6 am Wednesday, left Seattle earlier, weather was mostly favorable aside from snow storms causing a brief delay. About 25 passengers disembarked at Cordova and Valdez, with most travelers continuing to farther ports. The Yucatan waited to take a stamp mill for Cook Inlet aboard the Portland, then set sail westward around midnight Wednesday.
The Steamer Yucatan arrived in port Wednesday evening and sailed again for Seatude Thursday night, completing its short layover and resuming its schedule.
The report lists vessels departing Seattle on the 20th 25th and 26th including Dora Unalaska Sth Portland Yucatan and Seward Steamer. An amended postal rate between the United States and Canada lowers daily paper postage to one cent a pound while weekly papers stay at four cents. A Cape Prince of Wales correspondent notes record polar bear hunting with forty bears shot and large fat bears with golden brown fur.
At 1 o clock the sermon titled The Value of God s Promises will be followed by an evening talk on Temperance at 30 o clock A special Sunday School exercise at 12 15 o clock observes the Quarterly Temperance Lesson Parents are invited L H Pedersen pastor.
Brown and Hawkins showcases Swift's Premium bacon and hams along with strictly fresh ranch Oxgs. Mackinaws available at Clayson's, highlighting quality meats and regional specialties for grocery shoppers.
A new business named vd Lumber and Supply Company will operate in Seward to furnish building materials. Will Sayers serves as president and manager, F. M. Hale as secretary and treasurer. The firm is a branch of Pacific Coast and Norway Packing Company, supplying Alaska’s finest building materials. The steamer Toledo will land the first cargo around May 1, with on-demand shipments to follow. Republican primary occurs tonight at Coleman House in Seward to elect delegates to the territorial convention in Ketchikan May 12. John Scharle, a Fairbanks gardener, plants 10,000 strawberry plants arriving in good condition, aiming to grow delicious berries. he also planted Easter lilies for Easter Sunday in Yakutat.
Norman Rose of United Press reports from Evans Fleet on the Pacific that battleships will reach Magdalena Bay three days earlier than planned. The message, crossing two ranges and a continent, beat Evans telegram to the navy department. It was the first word from the fleet since Callao and was sent to the president and Secretary Metcalf, who greeted it. The fleet is described as in extraordinary time and in excellent condition.
Paris society laments American millionaires buying historic wines for New York and Newport cellars. J. Pierpont Morgan alone purchased eighty thousand francs worth of wine. The piece notes there are few Paris restaurants with wine older than 1878, blaming phylloxera, bad seasons, and especially Yankee greed.
A class exercise on the word vengeance ends with a boy defining it as a mean fighting impulse. The teacher explains the proper sense and asks for a sentence. The boy’s line that vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, nearly causes the visiting school board committee to laugh.
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