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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text shows a weekly Gateway Publishing Co issue with garbled names and terms. Mentions subscription rates of one year and six months, but many words unreadable, including names like Seward Alisha and NeoF Coneress of Maret, leaving uncertain main item.
The piece condemns lack of welfare provisions in Alaska outside towns and criticizes federal support gaps. It notes municipal authority to tax for local care, complains about weak mail service to coastal areas, and cites W. A. Graves seeking better mail contracts and coastwide service.
A provocative remark questions whether Esther Mitchell should die to spare officials in two states further embarrassment and relieve public weariness over the Holy Rollers controversy.
The Colorado region faces frequent blizzards while Southern Alaska provides milder temps and more open space for residents seeking a retreat from harsh winter conditions.
Report notes the Poger sound flood halted just as it reached several breweries preventing wider damage. Mentions Seattle milk supply disruption as dairies near inundated areas. Includes brief references to Panama landslide, Tanana Teller move, and Alaska import duty cost of 72 cents per dollar.
A lengthy and sarcastic sketch criticizes Dr. Cook and his Alaska ascent claims. It mocks sensational Arctic tales and questions the truth of the Mt McKinley climb with humorous exaggeration and local skepticism.
Sunrise report recounts an explosion when a mechanic lit a pipe over an open gasoline tank he had cut into for the Polly mine. The blast singed eyebrows and mustache of Renner and scorched his nose. the stove’s opening prevented greater harm. The first overland mail of the season arrived in Sunrise with 300 pounds by carriers Eide and Weaver.
The Northern Light of Fairbanks estimates Tanana gold output at 9.2 million dollars. Percy G. Charles of the Alaska Pacific Express Company collected district data. last year Tanana output was 96 million and the year before just over 1 million. Nome output is pegged at 8 million dollars this year. Water shortages curtailed yields in Nome and Fairbanks.
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