ATTACKS ALASKA
ilie LAW
Delegate James Wlckersham has
introduced a resoultiou in the Na
tion.: House ot Representatives pro
vidln. fur the nullification of the
n.init: : ' iws passed by the Alaska
l<\i;isl ::;;e at its last session.
Th resolution provides:
t chapter seventy-four of the
■•trssioti laws of the legislature of
Mask.'., entitled 'An act to supple
ment the mining laws of the L'nited
~' At their application to the ter
ror-. of Alaska, providing for the
ioact >:i and possession of mining
< im> in Alaska, and repealing all
s and parts of acts in conflict
herewith to tho extent of such
on filets," approved by the governor
f A', iska on April 30th, 1913, is
ereby disapproved and declared to
! e null and void."
The resolution was introduced j
May l'.th, and referred to the com-j
on public lands, of which j
Representative Scott Ferris, of;
Oklahoma, is chairman.
MUCH INTEREST
MANIFESTED
San Francisco, Jun 10—Venezuela
i ikest a neighborly interest in the
complot u of the Panama canal and
t t o.ilv lias she accepted Uncle
^.•m's iiivltatloa to his world party
to ce'. <rate the canal opening but
.-(>!•- sent a commissioner to
reserv place on the grounds of
mama-Pacific International
on at San Francisco. 'The
tils of national and state
are accompanied by attractive
::ifs and when the Venez
Un .site was officially delivered to
uiir.i ?ioner Octavia Escobar Var
<, his wife Senora Vargas, pull
d the flag of Venezuela to the
lag staff while the military bands
ilayed the southern republic's na
tional rntheai. The exposition is
doing ."s s re toward making the
Monroe D<-<trine mean something
nlotig with the 15-inch guns that
1 -reclaim it
W. D. Fisher, a reccut arrival
from Seattle, has succeeded James
Wallace as cashier In the office of
General Agent Agent Wurzbacher of
the W. P. & Y. R., Mr. Wallace
having been promoted to the office
of chief clerk. Mr. Fisher before;
coming to Skagway was connected
for a number of years with the:
Great Northern and Oregon & Wash
ington railroad systems. We are in
formed that in anticipation of the
arrival of his wife and child in
Skagwny at an early date Mr. Fisher J
has rented the E. J. Shaw residence, j
RICH STRIKE
EEK
Fairbanks, June 6—Jack Prest,
pioneer miner of this district, has .
struck a big lead of gold quartz on j
Vault creek, according to telephone
message from there received this i
morning. The property is just abov.
the famous placer diggings on the j
creek aud Is believed to be the
source of supply of the placer gold ,
Several samples are on their way j
to town, which show plenty of tree,
gold.
The news has revived interest in j
quartz prospecting and several men j
are preparing to leave for the scene j
of the discovery.
WILL EXPAND
ORIENTAL OFPT
Seattle, June 10—Rev. Dr. Her
bert H. Gowen, rector of Trinity
parish in Seattle and professorial
lecturer on Oriental history, litera
ture an4 institutions iu the Univer
sity of Washington, will give his
full week-day time to the work of
tho Oriental department in the un
iversitr, beginning next September.
In addition to the present eo \-c
in Chinese and Japanese history,
Indian and Persian literature, San
scrit and Hebrew, it is intended to
add a beginners" course in Arabic.
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Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
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PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOR
NOMA1IOH OF A DELEGATE
To Be Held in Skagway on Monday,
August 3d—Each Judicial Division
Allowed 50 Delegates by the Demo
cratic Territorial Central Committee.
Juneau, Juno 10—The democratic
territorial central committee had u
meeting hero yesterday at which it
was decided to hold a convention for
the purpose of nominating a dele
gate to congress, and to transact
such other business as may coma be
fore it, In Skagway on the 3d of
August.
Each judicial division was allow
ed 50 delegates, to be selected in
a manner to be decided by the di
visional committeemen, except that
In incorporated towns there must he
a primary election.
The divisional committee must at*
portion 50 dcelegates among tha
precincts.
At thu democratic club meeting
last night, after the committee
meeting, it was the sense of the
club tha.'. tho democrats nominate a
legislative ticket for the first di
vision.
The matter may be considered by
territorial convention.
FORGED 10 SIGH
SlL Of! NONE I
The law says: That every persou
applying for a license to sell In
toxic iting liquors in said district
shall tile with the clerk of the
court a petition lor such license,
verified by the applicant's oath, and
such a peiitiou shall be considered
.md acted upou by the court in the
order in which the surne was filed
stid numbered.
The petition must contain six
different things; The name or
'lie applicant and how long he has
resiiicd there; the particular place,
definitely described as to where the
liquor is to be sold; that the ap
l-licant is a citizen of the United
States or declared his intention; that
H iid applicant has not been guilty of
violating the license law or laws
for the prevention of crime in said
district; that applicant will carry on
t:it> business for himself aud not as
agent for some one else; that ap
plicant will not permit gambling
on or in connection with the
premises; that if applicant makes
any false statement in said peti
tion lie shall be deemed guilty of
perjury and license shall be re
voked. These ure the general
provisions of the law.
Seven of the saloon men of
Valdez have combined and are
circulating one petition for all.
One dealer, A1 White, is circulat
ing his singly, claiming that a com
bined petition does not comply with
the law. The question will be put
up to Judge Brown.
The granting of a license to the
Buffet saloon is protested by a
number of church members for the
alleged leason that the building is
within the prohibitive district of a
church. Those wishing to refrain
from signing the license of the
Buffet saloon for the reason stated,
cannot do so without refusing to
sign the other sis which they con
M CLUBS
It Is not an unusual thing for
fishermen, to return from a trii>
wtth an unexpected catch, pnrtlcular
ly around Cordova, but the catch of
Jake Logan and Jack Wash Inst
Thursday was, to say the least, un
usual, consisting, in addition to a
fine string of trout, of a yearling
black bear.
The two fishermen went to the
North Arm o£ E.vak lake and wore
successful in landing a fine string
of trout, which they took ashore and
left while they tried their luck
again. Shortly after a bear strolled
out of the timber and calmly pro
ceeded to make a meal of the trout
despite the shouts of tho fishermen,
who reached the shoro too late to
rescue even one of the fish, while
bruin made his escape.
Shortly after the fishermen dis
covered another bear on the shore,
and thirsting for revenge they pro
ceeded to the land, and arming
themselves with clubs stole up o:i
the boar and proceeded to adminis
ter a severe drubbing. In fact it
was so Kvere that Mr. Bear grve up
tho ghost, and was brought to
town as a trophy of the prowess of
the fishermen. As the animal was
young and tender Logan and Wash
and somo of their friends have been
enjoying bear steaks for the past
few days.—Cordova Alaska Times.
sent to. Thus the dilemma. Judge
Brown will decide tho matter.—Val
dez Commoner.
PERSONAL.
R. R. Plerson, superintendent of
the Alaska steamship company, is
a round-trip passenger on board
the Northwestern, which will stop
here at 9 o'clock tonight on her
way to the Westward.
Social Whir
This is the name of the latest
addition to our line of high
grade candy.
A combination of marshmallo
and caramel. Sold in bulk,
40c per pound
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SK AGAVA Y, ALASKA.
At the Carson i>lacts on Eleventh
street, Between Broadway and State,
are two Silu rian crabapple trees In
Cull bloom, villi tho fruit well de
veloped and about tho size of a
small pen. These trees arc from the
government experimental farm at
frral ye.i. - ago. They a: ; thrifty and
liealt!-. looking, at. 1 h . re Mo-soine^
but t\ some reason the l'rult has
dropped off after forming and be
fore it had fully developed. The
first st..son the trees blossomed
there v.-' i only thrco apples that
reached maturity and the second
year ti c \ -o fivr T'ne number
which ,:il mi'o.io this year remains
to bo socn.
On Fourteenth and Broadway, at
the AcUison place, there is another
of these trees that v- as planted at
the s in « tiuv> r.3 those in the Car
son yard and that has passed
ill rough practically the same ex
perience.
■50 six domestic currant bushes
which iv loaded down with berries
about h.il:. grown. These bushes
.
anco .niu ha\ e been heavy producers
"ver since the., commenced bearing.
Se; i'l •, .Tuna 1"—The young
■
tiou of sororiii--:j at the University
of Wasbingcou have decreed that
they no longer will countenance
step, tie walk, fish walk and
.Uaxixe Tht-;c dances are i roil pet!
in a sii.glo terifi in the students'
gloss: ) ;. ; they ro callrl "stepping."
Just ahout the time tiie dancing of
these stt-ps w;is becoming a problem
the young women who attend most
of tljo parties .en by different or
ganizations of f eir owu volition
placed the ban ou t'lem. The action
of tlio Fan-IIellcnic was by voto of
delegates to it, and caili delegate
will be fcupported by her sorority in
the enforcement of the edict.
101 SENATOR
ABSENT MINDED
Considerable excitement was
stirred up in Skagway on the moru
ing of June 4th. over the reported
loss by Senator Elwood Bruner Of
Xorae, who had arrived on the Al
ameda from Seattle the evening be
fore, of his purse containing $400
in currency and drafts for over
$600. Senator Bruner was a guest
at the f'ullen House at the time
his loss become public. A deligent
search t f places where the senator
was known to have been the night
before was made up to the time of
his depaiture on the train for White
horse, but without result.
The matter of the recovery of the
mouey was left in the hands of
Senator J. M. Tanner by his con
frere and a reward of $50 was offer
ed by that gentleman for informa
tion that would lead to the recov
ery of the amount claimed to have
been lost, but there was nothing
doing until the arrival in port last
night of the Alameda from the
Westward, the purser of which boat
immediately made known that he
had the money on deposit In his
safe, it having been placed in his
hands for safe-keeping by Senator
Bruner shortly after the vessel left
Seattle. The money was turned over
to Mr. Tanner to forward to its
owner.
The only way to account for Sena
tor Bruner's forgetfalness of what
ho had done with his money is
that upon his arrival here he was
quite indisposed—in fact, the long
er lie staid and the more frequently
ho left his room at the Pullen
iIou.se and went down town the
more noticeable was his indisposi
tion. It was not thought at the
time th-At his memory was affected,
but rather that it was a weakness of
l:u legs, which at times appeared
10 carry his feet promiscuously over
Hie sidewalk on which he traveled.
Appearances are, however, sometimes
deceptive, which is fully proven by
Hie experience of the senator from
N'ome.
NOTICE
FOL'TH OF Jl'LV
The mayor of the common council
having named a committee to act
with committees from the various
town organizations in formulating
1'lans t'cr the annual celebration of
hul icn deuce Day, the committee
from the town council requests the
various committees to meet at the
Town hill Saturday June 13th, at
8:15 p. m.
W. R. HILLERY,
Chairman Town Council Committee.
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just think they are.
But any man. of
whatever figure, can
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special preparations
for men of odd and
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tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
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Now on Display
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