A WARNING 10
BERRY PICKERS
Yesterday afternoon two well
knor n ladies of Skugway, one of
w hoiu was accompanied by her chil
dren, h.id a terrifying experience
hile out berry picking about four
miles north of town in a patch
which ihev hav© visited each sea
son ;or that purpose for a number
of years.
It appears that th s particular
patch is within the boundaries of a
r-cen"!v located homestead, of which
i. ct, h< " ever, the ladies were un
aware. Shortly aftar they had
roicbe.l it and commenced picking
they wi-ro approached b<-" the wife
of the man who had made the horne
stt-a 1 location, who, with a revolver
in her hand, peremptorily ordered
t .'in off, the alternative if they
<olu>\,>d being sudden and violent
The laCITes aid not stop to argue
> r leslion with the irate Amazon,
b:i- rounding up the children, hit
ie high places until out of reach
- chance shot from her dauge*
Kits looking weapon.
He .'ore they left llie woman told
t'.:-» ! alies that there were two men
t'uT.j picking beiries on the home
s e i, but that she h.id temporarily
losr sit;hf of them in the brush.
She was gong to look them up, how
• v«.»r, a: d when she found them she
would make it so tropical for them
• hat they would imagine they were
own in Mexico engaged in fight
in -4 rebels.
The ladies gave up their berrv
icking outing, and returned to thei
homes it: a highly nervous condition,
: rom which they have hardly yet
\\ . L iho shipment of 1,000 tons
0 ypor ore yesterday from the
-'s . . >y bunkers on the Santa Ana
1 ie visible supply was pretty well
. leaned out, although it is coming
in :it the rite of from 250 to 300
tons per day. Ry tha time the Ai
med •. re:i''Ues here from the West
w rd t^ere will be at least 500 ad
■1 ;oa,il tons on ha^id which it is
thought that ve'sel will stop and
*•' ?!
London, July 17—Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the noted suffragette
leader, who wns being taken by
her followers on a stretcher last
uight to address a meeting, was kid
napped by the police and taken to
Holloway prison, where she is now
said to be dying.
TOE RIGHT III
Of AjMISE
Surprises are sometimes agree
able to the recipient and sometimes
they are not. The one that was
sprung on Mr. L. H. Johnston, as
sistant to Mr. P. P. W. Lowle, on
the morning of the 15th, shortly
after the arrival in port of the
Princess Alice, when seven hand
some aud vivacious young ladies
made a decent upon him, deserves
most decidedly to he included in
the former category.
The young ladies were all from
New Westminster, B. C., the home
town ot Mr. Johnson, and four of
them were schoolmates of his in
Columbia college in the class of
1906-7. Their names are Kate Reid
Violet Latham, Jenny Marshall, Mln
uie Johnson, Gertrude Burr, Nan
Walsh and Gertrude Rogers, and
they all hold positions of trust in
either the professional, mercantile
or commercial businesses of their
home town. Just at nresent they
are out on their summer vacation
and having a glorious good time.
On Wednesday evening Mr. and |
Mrs. Johnston entertained the young
ladles and Messrs. llendv, Milnes,
White and Laurence at their home,
where the time was spent delight
fully in singing, dancing and con
versation until 12 o'clock, at which
hour a light repast was served.
Paris, July 16—Flash-—Car
pentier in his fight hero today with
Gunboat Smith won in the sixth I
round, Smith being disqualified for
hitting Carpentier "whea the latter
■was down.
SOCIAL DANCE
There will be a social dance in I
A. B. hall, Saturday night, July IS. |
O. Selmer's orchestra will furnish •
music. Everybody is invited. Ad- j
mission, $1.00. Ladies free. 7-15-3t. j
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
IA re Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
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' PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Goo. W. Dillon, who !
charge of tho businct-s of 11. C. \
Bowman sincc the l.i;;
outside u. couple of Uiontlu^a,
this morning rtioitoil u wire froui
Sitka hot springs lnr.n-ml.
Mr. Bowmau's death at that plate
last liis, lit and ask in-; i< r lustrue
tions :is to what Uioh!
with the body.
Mr. L'illon at ont'e ii. u!e arr«flK'
ments to have the remains .dUpi'e '
from Sitka to Juneut i
ou the City of Seattle, u Juneti
body and rc-shlp it to ;
the first vessel to !>.
after arrival. At Sk :
cal lodge of Klks, of 1
due no'ice will be .i
uiuns of this paper.
Mr. Bowman
Massachusetts ;ind . t
came to Skagwa.v. )„
of years. In 111'1 J }.
old cemetery si |i> ■
Falls
Siaoe his arrival, *i .
lived here rout iinto !
ut his trade of l rl ii;.iil
r-utside.
He was a mow ft
way Lodge M".
find Camp Skagw
and was a very
member of this com
lie leaves many u
Ins loss.
Father Allaril c
church lias returned f.v : a <lp o.'
more than a month, Um
bo visiied the tribe of In . '•! •• on
Lansing creek and \i D!t , far al o a
Fraser falls, on t i i t
Indians are ndiie en's to the C
olic church, and we e .-re ily p! ■
fd to seo the fa'he- t'ie
annual visit, llo he'.d f-' e
them for some time. ;• d foun ! • .o
of the children s'ek. i'e b o.'pUt
them to Dawson, and will : • d 11.n
and thc-n bo educated here 1 t o
church. Last ye r rather A la ti
same palce to Dawson to !
this trip, polin.ar and puli ng t <?
boat* up the river, .'3 i tel by n
while man and an Indian. lie re
turns iu the best of he 1th, and
Dawson Xews.
Tb? Alameda is due from the
Westwaid at 2 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Washington, 1). C., July 17—
Advices received here today from
■ iOiier.il Carranza are to tho efrect
' hat he is willing to recognize the
■liiiity of Huerta's debts after he
< ers Mexico City.
Carranza it is understood has
■ivcj! cut that he does not want
!,> presidency of .Mexico.
John SiHimau lias been advised
the administration to counsel
'a V. icral Carranza, admonishing
!i 1 no' to permit any atrocities by
ers, to give absolute protection
lo ttie property of Huerta's foi
ls and to prevent all further
P.i"rto, July 17—Huerta and
; iri arrived liera this morning
.1 -vert aboard the Uritish cruiser
isiul, where their families had al
ly preceded them yesterday.
liner ''s departure from hero will
• icntatious.
Mexico City, July 17—President
.rbajal tliis morning ordered all
.;ii 1 prisoners to be released.
He says that he is ready to turn
presidency over to General Car
;uiy..i it' the latter wants the posi
Berlin, July 17—The school
au hoiiiies of Berlin have order
ed tha. commencing with the fall
terra, children in the lower grammar
-r adea shall be officially -weighed
and measured every six months to
carefully note their Dhyslcal de
velopment. Should it be found that
i'oor children are not receiving the
proper nourishment for normal in
crease in growth and weight, this
- to be remedied by providing them
with breakfast and luncheon in the
schools at the expense of the city.
Tho authorities have found it up
hill work to cram knowledge into a
bra iu when the little "tummy" that
toe is the brain with Hood, is empty.
Also that big heads and weak bod
ies make poor combination for the
future of the nation.
Lower Prices on
Perishables
fc of all kinds received on S. S.
Kumbo-ldt today
P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
CRUSHING IDE
DOCK STEADILY
The Lone Star quartz mine, at I
tho head of Victoria gulch, a tribu
tary of Bonanza cre?k, is working
steadily, and up to June 30 of this I
eoasou the mill had crushed 1,540
tons, of which 1,028 3-4 tons were 1
crushed in June. A four-stamp mill
is used, and twelve men are engag
ed at the mine and in connection
with the mill. The mill operates
every day and every night in the
month. The mine Is workeJ only
durlug the day time.
"The ore," sa\s Mr. Seaile, "is
conveyed from the large open cut
down the hill 3,600 feet to the mill
on a cable, Two cars are attached
to the cable, and the heavy one,
by the gravity, draws the light
one up. Each car on the cable holds
twice as much ore as one of the
mine cars.
"The overhauling of the Lone
Star plant and mill, together with i
t%o erection of the new concentrator
and the building to house the same, |
was completed May 15, and the
mill has been running steadily ever ,
since, operating about 22Vahours a j
day. At present it is crushing aboutl
35 tons of rock a day through 24- [
mesh screens. Everything is run-1
ning smoothly, and the concentrator
is producing a clean concentrate, i
The ore in the open cut is of the I
same nature as that worked last
year.—Dawson News.
IS
Fairbanks, July 17—Rapid i>ro- I
gress is being made in the Alaska
government railroad survey.
Commissioner Riggs believes the
reDort ot the work will be ready
when congress meets in December.
Washington, D. C., July 17—
President Wilson is today suffering
from a severe attack of indigestion,
in consequence of which the meet
ing of the cabinet was postponed.
POISONING OF
GAME 5I0PPED
Washington, July 17—That
poison can be used do more In Al
aska for the killing of game, that
no animals may be killed when their
skins »re unprime and that there
is no more a close season for block
bear, ■Rolf, squirrel or hare is the
order just promulgated by Secretary
Hedfleld of the Department of Com
merce.
The order of the secretary 1b al
so that, no more sea otter can be
killed in Alaska until Nov. 1, 1920.
Heaver must not be killed until
November, 1918. The closed sea
son in future for mink and land
otter will be from April 1 to Nov
ember 15, marten and ermine from
March 15 to November 15. Lynx
March 1, to November 15, and fox
from March 15 to November 15. It
will be seen that the close Reason
for all o* them ends on November
15- ,■
Milieola, July 17—Mrs. Carman
was today indicted by the Brand
jury on a charge of first degree
manslaughter.
She was released on $20,000 ball
furnished by friends.
Fie 10 DISPLACE
YELLOW PI
Berlin, July 17—That the Doug
las Fir o' Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia will displace and
crowd out the yellow pine in the
building market of Europe when
tho Panama canal is completed, id
the prediction today of the Germaa
"Hols.velt" (Timber World). Germaa
builders and lumber dealers, Bays
the "Holzwelt," look for greajt Im
ports of, Douglas fir as Boon aa
quicker and cheaper water transpor
tation from the Pacific coast 1b af
forded through the canal. It de
clares that no industry in Europe
will profit more by the canal than
the timber and lumber industry.
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