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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
THINKING PART FOR SEATTLE

Seattle has been assigned a thinking part by the determination of San Francisco to bid for Seward business by putting big steamship on a regular run to this port. The Sound city will not think long without acting. No- body ever accused Seattle of sleeping overtime. She seized Alaska trade by enterprise, and by fair dealing may al- ways hold more than half of it against all other coast cities.
 The only port which can compete with Seattle on even terms for Alaska trade i, the town which has lived twenty years upon the payroll of the Northern Pacific and devoted its spare time Co ,crappmg with the rest of the world because mankind at large re- fuses to call Mount Rainier Mount Tacoma. Seattle boats from Southern Alaska must go to Tacoma Co discharge rne rro which they carry down for bai- .a,, and therefore are compelled to travel ru>, as far a, Tacoma steamer would on tujs run. In amy ease Seattle ha, only twcuty-cight miles edge on Tacoma. which iS of no importance in long vm,
 No city can hold a monopoly of the Iu,iro,- of a region 50 vast as Central Alaska when itS resources begin to be fairly developed. Ir other cities than Seattle are at disadvantage in reach ing for that trade they will work for it nevertheless and take their share upon a narrower margin.
 In Alaska today are many men from SaauI, who are still loyal to that city and take prideiuits marvellous growth, but their financial interests are in Alaska and in trade matters they will be governed accordingly. Many other men are here who scarcely ever saw Seattle and who havo formed their opinion, of the town chiefly from some u,tne inferior merchandise it has sent nurrhward and from the conduct of its feaoala,say office. Seattle's ricndsin Alaska would rejoice Co see it's reput- aH.. citizens hunt down the black -nnnr.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
MORE AID TO NAVIGATION

Tho steamship companies of the .rt., win perform valuable service if hey can induce Congress Co appro- urfa.. none, ro cree, additional light houses in tn.Grg.rous straits of the
 arff. -nor, auT install adequate life -...rr ,,rvf.. in such channel, as the ,ru.t, of Juan De Fuca, which large numbers of vessel, are continually ravrr,uy. Tu.CanaJ.an government .urht a,,, Go b. induced Co add add,- lonaI salu-uar.- Go ltteat the entrance ID .hr srartt,
 The Valencia went ashore on Non- ,uycr island. \ beacon outside that ,.r would nar. warned the vessel .a.s. and a Ifr. saving service such as ia. \tau,f, c1a,. has in many places might have saved every person on board after .n. wreck. Two years ago he l,allam wen. down in the straits Fl.n seventy lives. The loss Was due .1 tl. bImG.rs ot che chief engineer and captain bara life saving service nigh, snayc saved che people when u. vessel w., lost.
 Cougrt,, cannot spend money Go any ..ueradauar. .han in providing at- .raatc protection to If, and property along ocean shores. In the Northern nagiGt lhi, i- becoming am imperative .rfremeu, a, che shipping is vastly increasing and win continue ro increas. a r.omc,r.caI ratio. \ biIl is now be- fore uougre,, providing for additioua.
 gut houses and tn. number could be doubled or ,reDIat without waste of money. Nuw.gou, channels ought al- ,J Co b, rechgrt.d, as thc masters of steamer, plying along the southern eoas, from tim. Co time find uu,hartcd .r wrongly cnar,.d reefs. Coast sw- ,ey vessels har. been engaged in this work during tae last two summer, and should no. be taken from lt until the entire coast hl, been carefully sur sHyed
 NasuwNH. f. rha steamship company officials will shake mp their life belts and take an lhr lead and scrap ironou, .. them and substitute cork tho devices may Ioa, more hanvauty when worn by persons -.ru--..u- for their lives in ..... ....f.r
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
WHAT MARS IS LIKE
Has Reached Stage of Develop
 meut Undreamed of Here

Paris, Camille Flammarion, the famous author and astronomer, in an interview in one Of the Paris papers, draws an extremely at ractiye picture Of life in Mars. After pointing out that no one can pre- dict what weather Paris will have next week while it is known to an ut most certainty what kind of weather Mars will have fortnight in advance, Flammarion goes on to say that there are many advantages in favor of the NartianS.
 First of all, he says, it would be diff cult for any human species to be less intelligent than ours, seeing that we do not know how to control ourselves. A second reason is that progress k an absolute law which nothing can resist. and as the inhabitants of Mars are old er than we are they may represent what We shall be in several million years. A third circumstance in their favor is that they are in better posi- ton than we are Go free themselves from the heayiness of matter. Mar uans weigh less and their year, are twice as long as those on earth. Final Iy, climatic conditions on Mars appear Co be much more agreeable.
 F.mnmarion declares the hypothesis that Mars is inhabited by an intellec- ual race, much superior to our own, is growing stronger every year as astron- omical observations become more and more nrecisa.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
No PLECE FoR TRAMPs

gu.-a.s.1., .r.. the Heuua district. ,I .u-.,. strongly upon ,he po.a, that f. t-n9 pac. r.. gentlemen without a 'sr.. fr..y.... e.uu.,~ary aepa..- uaa.. Tu. u.. who goes in with a sandwich .u. So bologna sausage Go uas. his forum. {, liable Co g.. hun- sry before l. can caa.er, gold mug gets into provisions. And even ], a. should Ml e.r.s suck w.-h gold ,n. fr-. week, .- many t.u.er'.a. eN- pee. Co aD when they htrta. trait .or a gold camp n. win find veryltu.e grub Ir sale.
 Proceedings under thouuwr.,-en law ,Ea remote mining campara summary.
 When citizen breaks into tho fold at,hou, grub and with the air Of one ahoiu.euG, Co sponge oT somebody else ue is handed 30 lunch big enough with -ugality Co last him until he canroach .ne nearest way station, and told to hurry in pursuit of his nose. At suc- srcdiug stations he receives similar encouragement.
 Miners who know their business and 1ho carry provisions sufficient to last. chem for months tu a distant camp, carrying OF dragging itt5tIsome.yoyer .auy leagues ofht..g and rocky trails. rr uo trails ara'. are ia a1 mood Co conduct a free lunch counter when they reach the gold d.gr.nr- They will not let even 80 hobo -rnrvahng they will hustle him ou. Of camp with 8 light
 mcn.
 The NeuuH ..-..c. .- raparol Go b. uucomm1nly r..n There is every inc atcatfoa tna.i. wu. be another KIoa- Iike, Taaaaa or E.nu,aaa, bau ia every one Of rn0,. bonanza camp, men nearly starved because they rushed in without knowing what they we're zoe ing up against. They bored in wtth- o1r provisions. money. or experience ia placer mining. Teuj.rieer crowd .j into the EIoudae who mtgh. have walked around rhr world on great circle belt of go'd-boariug gravel with ont Knowing what was under their shoes, and they thought they were go- ng into a harvest field, until they got there.
 Men who are already interested in the Yeuuaa camp hope that very little ol .ha customary folly will be seen there. The district has more ground than they know what to do with and they will cheer'uIIy welcome other men in pursuit of wealth by the same method they are following, provided lbe newcomers are able to take care of themselves and will not be begging .a- hau5out the second week.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Alaska Pays It's Way

Alaska's gold product for 1905 would pay twice over the $7, 100000 which we gave for that province to Russia. And this is only one item in our annual in- come from that region. Its furs, fish, cries and minerals have yielded us s25O, ,OOO, ,OOO since our flag was raised over it. Its resources in coal, iron, ore and timber, none of which has been really touched yet, are ineXhaustible. It's possibilities in agriculture and fruit raising are larger than it's mineral re- sources. All that Alaska needs to de- yelop these vast riches are railroad
 and wagon roads, and these are begin ming to appear. Congress has neg lectcd this vast and opulent region too long. This winter it should erect Alaska into a territory, provide for the creation of good roads and enact other needed legislation. -LeSle's Weekly.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Ir is easier to crjtjcise than to per form and rho men who were sent to rescue lhc helpless victims of the Valencia wreck probably had an im- possible task before them in the con- diriJu of the sea. Still some people remember that from the beginning of time men have died while trying to save others, but the Valencia rescuers seem not to have been in that class.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Viola A.Ieu the actress, was sued by @ Seattle real estate broker for a com mission which he claimed to have earned by finding 8 buyer for lots be- longing to her a, a price which she had fixed herself but which she repudiated after he negotiated the sale. The court gave judgment for Viola and it is assumed that the decision was based upon the doctrine Jha, a woman has a right to change her mind whenever she feels like it.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

A majority of the newspapers Of the country are inclined to jeer at Jacob t. Schif's prediction of a financial panic if bank, are not permitted to issue all the paper they feel like grind ing out. cynical writers suggest that a, Jacob ], @ banker and loans to Wall street gambler, on gilt-edged paper he has probably figured that his plan would he good thing for his own busi-
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Tn. regular army will have half a dozen lieuranant-ggncraIs in turn this year in order Co let that number of officers retire with the rank and pay of three stars. Les, than forty years 20 the Congras, of that day reiusedto create m extra Iieurenanr--eueraisuip tu honor George IT. Thomas because tn. statesmen .s-rgj,0 impcrl popular Liberty b. creating "o large military establishment. When Prof. Garner masters the monkey language hemignt ind lr an interesting study Jo iuycs,I. gate the mental processes of Congress-
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
D.P.lea in Seward

D. P. Lea, recently appointed de- putty collector of customs at Dutch Harbor, came to Seward on the EX- celsior and will remain here until the first boat sails for the westward. He is accompanied by Mrs. Lea. He has been an inspector at Skagwav.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

The Seattle Municipal Ownership party and the labor unions have gotten together and nominated EX-Judge Moore for mayor. They expect the Democrats to nominate Moore also and if the attenuated remnant of that party in Seattle gets into line with the rest of the opposition the combine is liable to make life a burden to the Republi- can organization.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Figures printed by the Railway Age show that in the year just closed the railways of the country ordered 34l, ,3l5 freight cars, 6,265 locomotives, and 3,2S0 passenger cars.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

A political dope story sent out by the Hearst news service and printed in the Seattle Times begins "A whirl was given the political faro wheel.' A faro wheel is about as near fact as a Hearst story ever gets.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Irayellnn Men In Town

Six Alaska travelling men from Juneau arrived on the Excelsior and are registered at the McNeiley, They are F. M. Davis, J. F. Chamberlain, r. l.. Wallace, Oak Olson, c. E. Hooker and Harry Malone.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

The attendance at Harvard univer- ,ity shows a slight loss over last year. If President Eliot cuts out football che attendance is liable 10 dwindle nearly to nothing next year.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
SEWARD STEAMERS

Bertha; sailed from Seattle, 25th. Santa Clara; sailed from Seattle, 1st. Santa Ana; sails from Seattle, 9th. Farallon; sailed from Seward, 18th. Oregon; sailed from Seward, lst.
 Excelsior; sailed from Seward 2nd.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

John Rosene is opposed to federal guaranty of interest on Alaska rail road bonds, but jt i, understood that he would like something else at least as good for his Copper river line.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Yesterday was grounding day and he failed to see his shadow in Seward, but if he walked around much he must have slipped and seen stars. Sour doughS are uncertain whether or not the weather follows the groundhog in Alaska but if it does not the first terri torial legislature can change the date.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

A man named Wustofr was run over and killed by a railroad train near Seattle. It is too late now for him to have that name changed
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

According to the testimony of wit nesses at the Valencia inquiry the men on rescue boats seemed to think they were simply sent out to see the show.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

The report that II. D. Reynolds has located a green cheese ledge on the moon and has organized corporation to sell stock in it k denounced as libel.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

The +-year old boy whose feet were frozen so that they had to be amputa- ted because his religion-crazed mother led him around barefooted while she was looking for the devil with a bayonet, will probably be intensely religious when he grows up.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
To Insure Safety in Straits

Seattle, Jan. 3O-RepresentativeS of all steamship lines centering here met this afternoon to consider recommen- dation to Congress to legislate for greater safeguards to vessels in the straits of Juan De Fuca. More light houses and rescue vessels will be urged.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Tacoma had a grand jury which was in commission II minutes. Citizens induced Judge Shell Co call it over the pro;e,, of Prosecuting Attorney Bates but when the jury got together the re- formers declined to present evidence of graft auo crime because they could not have special attorney and they said they expected nothing from the regular prosecutor. Gambling was suspended for a few days while the sports were wondering what the grand jury would do, but their nerves were promptly composed when the jury Was discharged, and the gambling industry was quickly resumed. Tacoma iS not a worry swift town but it is original
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Just as soon as Seattle cuts down one hill it finds another just beyond which requires trimming.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

John D. Rockefeller says the poorest man is the one who has nothing but money. ThisclasSiGes John as a beggar.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03

Senator Tillman keeps his piJchfork .n commission all the time.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Witnesses Charge COwardiCe

Seattle, Jan. 29--Charges of coward ice on the part of the men on every one of the vessels sent to rescue the people on board the Valencia are made by survivors of the wrecked steamship. It is also asserted that the men who reached shore in the first boat made no effort to give aid to those left on board the ship. They sought shelter for themselves instead of coming around on the beach nearest to the vessel to offer help if the opportunity presented.
 Six lines were shot to the cliff from the Valencia. If they had been caught by men on shore nearly every one on board would doubtless have been saved, but the men who had reached land turned their backs upon those who were still at the mercy of the waves.
 It is asserted by Capt. Cousins of the Queen, which reached the scene after the Valencia went down and picked up several bodies, that he is informed that the tug Czar was the only boat which was able to reach the Valencia but that when the tug was near it ran to place of safety while women could be seen in the rigging of the doomed vessel screaming for help.
 General Manager Pearce of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company denies the current report that the life preseryers on the Valencia were not of the regulation standard.
 Nineteen bodies have been recovered, several of them not yet identified. Boats are searching the shore of the island for corpses, in the hope also that survivors may still be found on shore. One boat is unaccounted for which may possibly have reached land. All the others have been found. Indians are gathering in large numbers along the coast and robbing bodies of valuables. Boats from various ports along the Sound are going to the scene to join in the search for bodies.
 Mai Glassford chief of the signal service at Seattle, has decided that hereafter the cableShip Burnside shall be kept as a relief ship near the straits when not otherwise engaged.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Say ResCuerS Avoided Wreck

Seattle, Jan. 3l-At the official in- yestigation of the Valencia wreck be- fore the marine inspectors this morn ing witnesses testified that the surviv- ors who reached shore before the steamship went down and the rescue boats appeared to shun approach to the wrecked vessel.
 It was also testified that the Valen- cia's crew never had fire drill and that many of them were not sailors at all, but longshoremen.
 Eleven more bodies were recovered
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
FEDERAL BOARD
 TO INVESTIGATE
Secretary MetCaIf Appoints High Officials to Inquire into
 Valencia Wreck
nv cable to Tne pailz aaeeway.

Washington, D. C., Feb. 2-Secre- tary Metcalf, of the department of commerce today appointed Assistant Secretary Murray, Herbert Smith of the law division of the department, and George Uhler, inspector-general of steam vessels, to investigate the causes of the Valencia wreck This is the same board which investigated the General Slocum disaster in 1904 and made the revelations regarding the negligent equipment of the ferry boat which took down hundreds of lives be- tween New York and tbe Jersey shore.
 General wrath is displayed here as well as in Seattle over the conduct of the Valencia investigation there. It is charged that it is managed with the intention of whitewaShing the Pacific v...t
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Lost in Shoal Water

Seattle, Jan. 3O-In the official in- quiry into the Valencia wreck before the marine inspectors at this port Second Officer Peterson testified that the vessel was kept in shoal water along Vancouver island and that this was responsible for her striking the rock near shore. The fog was so dense it was impossible to locate any object. Peterson said it was a mistake on the part of Capt Johnson to hold the vessel so close in shore.
 An examination of the life belts shows that they contained lead, for what purpose nobody seems able to eX- plain. They are condemned as worse than useless.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-02-03
Urge Inquiry into Wreck

Seattle, Feb. l--The Seattle Con- mercial Club today joinedt the Chamber of Commerce in a telegram to Presi- dent Roosevelt asking him to appoint government board of experts to in- vestigate the causes of the Valencia wreck. The Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution yesterday afternoon demanding such an investigation and the Commercial Club followed this morning.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-26
SANTA e AND THE Y. y. G. 4.

No long sgo W. hInted that very
soon IN announcement wnnld be
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company continued b hold q deer
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q the y. N. c. A. Of the city.
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the prophery Was made that the Ban
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company exceeded expectations. bnl
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-26

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uortunity. May she take ready and
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-26

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