HI 1HE PUEBLO
C. A. Mowry, assistant manager
of the Atlas Mining company at
Whitehorse and Harvey W. Marsh,
assayer of the same company, who
have been in Skagway for several
days waiting for a boat, left on tlie
Georgia this morning for Juueau an
Douglas on business for the com
pany.
While here a Daily Alaskan rep
resentative had quuite a lengthy
conversation with Mr. Mowry, during
which he gave out the following in
formation relative to the work that
is now bci-ig done on the Pueblo
mine and also of that which is In
contemplation in the near future.
The mail', shaft of the Pueblo i
is now nearly down to the 400 foot |
level, and it is thought that withiu
the next 30 to -45 days the miners
will have reached that point, where
it is the iutention to excavate and
make a working station for the ex
peditions handlin and hoisting
of the ore to the surface, for it
is at the 400 foot level that drift- }
ing p.long the ore body will com- J
menco and the shipment of ore for i
the coming season be started. Mr. !
Mowrv thinks that as soon as the :
water transportation facilities from '
Skag^ iy to the smelter are such as
to demand it that the ouput of the 1
mine will be from 201> to 300 tons
per day and by the end of the com- (
ing season will be increased to •
300 tons per day.
When the 400 foot level is reach-j
ed an addit;onaI force of 100 men !
will be put to work a'id the main
shaft continued on down to a depth
of 630 feet. Ai the C'.'O foot lev- j
el another working station will be
established and another drift run
along the ore body.
1 he need of the 100 extr:i "'en
will be about tiie first of March,!
when the 400 foot level is reached
and tie work of excavating a
shippi tg s' aion and the drifting; on ,
the o > bo.lv will commence, as !
there will be an immense amount ot' |
work to do in connection with the
mining a;ui handling ot" that large j
amont.t of ere each day.
It is the intention of the Atlas j
mining cj ^uiny to employ none I
but the b': er class of miners aid I
men in its operations on the Pueblo j
and with th's end in view the man- j
agemcct h:-.j recently erected six j
new ■ ottage-j in addition to those I
already in use, for 'ho accommoda- ]
tion of married employes and their :
famil.' >8. These cottages are e'.ec- I
trio 1 -;hteil, steam heated and sup- I
plied with all the modern conveni- J
ences.
For unmarried employes an aiidi- i
CELEBRATES
PASSAGE OF BILL
Seattle, Jan. 26—When news was
received her© of the asaage in the
•senate Saturday of the Alaska rail
jad bill, whistles were turned
loo6j all over the city and a big
parade started from the Arctic club
p.d marched through the streets,
ending in receptions by members of
the brotherhood in the lobbies of
the principal hotels.
Tho bill, which was passed by a
vote of 46 to 16, provides for a
thousand miles of railroad at a
cost to the government of $40,000,
000, and includes the use of con
struction material from the Pana
ma canal.
Washington. D. C., Jnn. 26—Lieut
Colonel William Sibert, second in
authority in the Panama canal op
erations, is to have cf arge of the
construction of the Alaska rail
road, President Wilson being de
sirous of retaining Col. Goethals
on the Panama canal.
ht:?;h)X.al rank committee
ON WAV TO SEATTLE
Denver, Jan. 2ti—Secretary of
the Treasury W. G. .McAdoo and
Secretary of Agriculture 1). F. Hous- j
ton left here for Seattle today to
:uiucL the regional bank hearing
in that city which will take place
upon tlieir arrival.
ANTl SALOON LEAGUE
PLAN EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN j
L.'using, Mich., Jan. 21—Plans
.'or the Spring activities of the
Michigan Anti-Saloon league were
to be rrnde there *his afternoon
when ihn evening sessions of the
league's annual convention wore
held. An extensive campaign will
be waged <11 the state jieceedi-.g the
spring elections.
tional bunk house, with a capac
ity t'er the accommodation 0/ 7 J
men, has just been completed. This
building is divided up into rooms
with tao single beds in each, and
is likewise steam heated and elec
tric lighted and furnished with ev
ery convenience for the comfort of
those who are to occupy it.
The meals served in the mess
house will be prepared by a first
class cook and will consist of the
best of everything obtainable in the
market.
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear===B!anket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7x9and 8x 10=3ft. Wall 10oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE niNER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
*The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
LATEST FROM
THE GUIS!
Messrs. A. B. Ferguson and J.
II. Murie, who are stopping at the
Golden North hotel, and of whom
the Dally Alaskan made brief men
tion on Saturday, have receatly
come out from the Chisana via
Cordova. They are partners, and
went Into the Interior camp early
last August via Whitehoree aftd
the Kluane lake route. They are
both old miners and prospector*,
Mr. Ferguson having been a ^pioneer
on the ci'eeka near Dawson and lat
er with Manley in the Iditarod
gold field. .. /
These gentlemen are of one
miud ua 'o the present condition*
and future outlook of the Chisana^
camp, wh.'cfl the^ say is bound,
from tiie nature of the discoverie#
already made, to be a good country
for a limited numbor of people
mid may develop into a place Of
much importance, although they
r.re skci'.J<al as to its ever rival
ling either Dawson or Fairbanks in
the amount of its output.
They confirm the stories hereto
fore r -iblished In the Daily Alas
kan and other papers of the amount
ot gold secured Dy James and his
partner on discovery, and In addi
tion state that there were several
iiiousand dollars taken out sub«o
q'ueutly on Gold . Run creek, ot
which uo mention has heretofore
beer. made. .. -
Up to the time of their depart
ure froui the camp comparatively
little work-had been dene and, W
far ."lb tii •> knew,. ouly four holeli
had .been sunk to bedrock, otjo at
which wr.s by themselves.- ,7
It is their belief that, when tie
creeks which radiate frf>m &old
HQ1, which has an a eta o£ ZH X
3 Vj miles; Pie-rr03pecled thoroughly
I'.at go"d pay -will likely be found,
it is unon these creeks that the
ni'>»t frvorable indications ha>vo
been fouud. - A peculiarity of these
creeks. th*v say, is that they Jump
off iiito box canyons, with high falls
which raiders the work of pros
pecting ex'remely difficult even In
summer ai d altogether impractlcabl
in winter, as the nearest fuel is
from foi'r to five miles distant and
the difficulties of getting it onto the
reeks iu quantity are nsurmount
a'llt in winter.
One great obstacle to the early
development of the ramp, they
think, will be the settlement of dis
putes in the spring as to the own
ership of claims. Those who went
in early and staked and then went
outside have had their locations
jumped by people who subsequent
ly went in. Upon the return of
the original locators there is a pos
sibility, in fact,- a very great prob
ability, that "feeling will be aroused
to such a pitch in many instances
that it will end in bloodshed.
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. . Murie
unite In praise of the excellent qual
ities and abilities of the newly ap
pointed commissoner for the camp,
Richard Diamond and the U. 8. Dep
uty Marshal, Frank Hoffman, and
believe that if serious trouble is
averted in the camp in the spring
the reason for it will be directly
traceable to these two officials.
Chas. Nye, manager of the Home
Power Co. is confined to his home
by an injury to one of his feet
LIFE STORY OF
AMI
The receipt by the Dally Alas
kan the ether day of a sample pack
ate of Marquis wheat from the
State Grain Inspection Department
of Minneapolis, Mian., although pro
alac enough In itself, brlngB viv
idly to mind the romantic life story
of a St. Paul young woman,
who, although now only a few years
beyond her 'teens, a few years ago
went into the wilds of the Saskat
chewan, took up a farm of 2700
acres of unimproved land and has
since, alone and unaided, brought
it into a high state of cultivation,
and lit now recognised as one of
tho foremost and most successful
farmers and Btock-raiserm in the
whole Of that vast region embrac
ed in what is known as the North
west Territories ef Canada'.
Her wonderful achievements have
been time and aaaln written up
and commented upon in the col
ttmna of Ihe proso throughout Can
ada and the United States and
h6r fame may be taLl to be world
wide.
The young lady's name Is Miss
Ruth H. Hill man, and she was born
and raised in St. Paul, Minn.,
where her mother still resides.
In 1907 Misa Hlllman, young,
handsome, and talented and a
member of the most exclusive circles
in the city of 8t. Paul, deliberate
ly turned her back upon the al
lurements of the fashionable life
for which she was «o well fitted
by, education and social position and
set her face toward the Canadian
wilderness to carve oat for herself
a name and fortune.
She located In Saskatchewan and
started fn to ralaing live stock,
principally homes and hogs. The
venture 'paid ~ from the start, and
I in' a short time she extended the
I scope of her operation® and cngag
| ed in the cultivation of wheat, of
I -which she now produces immense
I quantities.
Miss Hlllman, notwithstanding the
manifold duties which her business
entailed, hag kept abreaet of the
times In the best and moet econom
ical methods of farming and stock
raising, and has amply demonstrated
that success In this field of labor
la not tha prerogative of man alone,
but is open to those of the gent
ler sex who have the courage and
ability to handle it In a scientific
manner.
The young lady was one of the
first to recognlie the Importance of
Dr. C. E. Saunders' development of
the Marquis variety of wheat and
is today the most extensive grow
er of it in tha whole of Canada.
In 1911 Miss Hlllman, who Is a
member of the Grain Growers Asso
ciation of Western Canada, went to
Chicago to attend an Agricultural
convention at .which she was award
ed a medal for scientific farming.
In addition to her other accom
plishments Miss Hlllman is famouB
as a horsewoman throughout the
Saskatchewan, and when seated up
on the back of a Bpirlted horse is
apparently as much a part of the
animal m though they were in
deed a re-incarnation of the Cen
taur, that fabled being of mythology,
half man and half horse, the tale
o* whose existence Is Bald to have
originated among the Lapithae, a
RUNS ASHORE
III ALERT BAY
Seattle, Jan. 26—Wcrd reached
here this morning that the Princess
Sophia of t£e C. P. R. line, south
bound from Skagway, is ashore at
Alert Bay and that her passengers
had been transforrd to the steam
er Alki and are now en route to Se
attle on board that vessl.
The Princess Sophia left Skag
way last Wednesday night at 11
o'clock, with 18 Bouthbound passen
gers from here. When she reach
ed Juneau she was held over for
one day in order to take on board
several lawyers who had been in
that city in attendance upon the
dJatrict court.
F. F. W. Lowle, local agent of
the C. P. R. is perfectly familiaar
with Alert Bay surroundings and
gives it Ha his opinion that if the
passengers oj the Princess Sophia
were transferred as stated in the
above dispatch it was owing to
damages that had been sustained by
the machinery of the boat and not
on account of any injury to her
hull.
tribe In Thessaly, who first Invented
the art. of breaking horses.
The strenuous and active outdoor
life that Miss Hlllman haa necessar
ily led in the past seven years has
not affected her womanliness, for
In her home she is the same bright,
attractive and gracious host2-3 who
in her early girlhood entertained
her friends in the home of her par
ents in far away St. Paul.
Cupid has often aimed his shafts
at her, and it is said that had she
been co inclined she could havt
had her choice of several men of
wealth and of distinguished position
and influence in the Canadian em
pire; it is even hinted that only a
short time ago a well known poli
tician in tne Yukon, who, prior to
the defeat of the Liberals in the
election cf three years ago, and who
was in close touch with the govern
ment, had offered her his heart and
hand. But ineffacably engraved up
on her heart is the image of a
handsome, sturdy young business
man in the home of her childhood,
to whom she has pligb'ed her troth
and one day expects to wed.
Mies Hillman'a whole career since
she left the parental roof has been
a wonderful demonstration of what
a woman of determination and bus
iness ability can achieve in pur
suits that have heretofore been al
most exclusively pre-empted and
followed by men. Her place is
known as Fairview Heights Farm,
near Keeler, Saskatchewan.
ORiNKS WILL BE
jJUITEEXPEHSIVE
Texarkana, Ark. Jan. 26—Up to
today no appliications for a saloon
license had been received by the
city fathers of Marked Tree, Ark.
And the city fathers do not expect
that any will be mad?, in view of
the fact that $20,000 Is the fee ask
ed by the city council. Added to
the high cost of running a saloon
at Marked Tree, is the statute re
quiring a saloon to close at nine
o'clock in the evening. Marked
Tree residents who might take an
occasional nip if a saloon should
open under these difficulties, are
wondering how much they would
have to pay for one highball or a
cocktail when a license costs $20,
000, if such connections sell for fif
teen cents or two for two-bits, un
der a $300 license.
TOWN MANAGER
IDEA GROWING
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 26—Residents
of a dozen or more Texas towns and
cities have started a campaign to
have the manager plan similiar to
that adopted in Dayton, Ohio, es
tablished. The movement while
not generally systematized is spread
ing throughout the Lone Star state
and it was prophesied here that
managers will be appointed in many
Texas cities this year. Amarillo, at
a r .cent elcetion, voted to employ
a town manager at a large salary,
in the belief that such an official
and such a municipal government
would save the city several thous
ands of dollars—more than enough
to pay his salary and give Amarillo
a fur better government than it has
heretofore enjoyed. A committee of
Denton, Texas, citizens, also has
decided on a similar course, and
plans are being mapped out to
have the Denton charter so chang
ed that the city commissioners will
be put on nominal salaries and a
town manager put at the head at
a salary of ?3,000 or more.
THE BOATS.
The Georgia reached Skagway at
6:50 p. m. yesterday and sailed at
5:50 this morning.
The Northwestern docked here at
7:30 Saturday night and left for
the westward four hours later.
Headquarters For
Smart Overcoats
You will find your over
coat here in a variety of
fabrics
Beautiful Weaves,
Scotch Tweeds, Chin
chillas—all made up,
A Large line of O'Donnell Shoes for Men
Utz and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier
PREFERRED STOCK
OYSTERS
These Kfl Ttiy largo ext
ern oysters. If you hare not ye*
tried any of those, you h®ro mla»*
ed a treat. Sold in 1 lb. Una at
25 cento and B lb. tins at 45 onto
each.
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.