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^ 124 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKACtWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
Fairbanks, Juno 20—With the
it o£ the open season on the
interior Alaska the annual (
:'<ir catch is beginning to find its
... o Fairbanks. The past few
i ■ : i\e brought quite a number
fi ti ; rs to the city in their little
i ui:d across country from the
*e of i he Alaska range.
Yesterday two men came down
>ia the upper Tauana Crossing
i.uutrv and sold to Bailey 4c To. on
"hlrd avenue, a load of skitis that
ul I gl ildeu the heart of any lov
r of furs. There were in this one
1; 4 1 lynx, 13 foxes, 20 mink.
o"'.T and 75 muskrats, as pretty
lot as one could wish to see.
A few days ago a trapper from
:Toklat, on the headwaters of
the K:ntishna, brought in" J4 fox
• :;s, including some silver tips,
s was a valuable lot.
Ml tlic- buyers in the city report
receipt of furs recently, but the
><>n is still young. The hardy.
who ; ike their winter out
up to the headwaters of the >
: 'btifaries of the Tanana cau
ue down until the rivers are
>• navigation and naturally
:h caution. Small boats load
;irs and camp equipment
:• to upset iu the swift cur
d particularly is this true
se Ice is running and all
: 'iighs reach out with their
■ i rous mouths for anything
O - dealer estimates that Fair
ks nnually buys upwards of
" worth of furs, another that,
1 will cover it; probably in
' sence of authentic records
V".-tween the two sums. Any- j
ii'i'.- H money is invested in
Industry so that it is an im- j
rr ant cne to Fairbanks.
on the Yukon and its north-'
tributaries the fur catch is
- Gibbon by representatives
• big fur houses on the out-j
• is never comes to Fair
l»ut goes direct- up the river
•'corse and out to Skagway.
My the fur business of the
Yukon and its tributaries an
il'.y reaches $350,000 or S400.-;
•!< the total exports in 1913 j
■:i Vhsk.i amounted to $751,000,
s seals. Of the 120 different
■= in the territory from which
re sent out, by far the great- .
r portion are shipped from St.
'. Xome, Fairbanks, Wrangell,
V'uh.tiak and Ketchikan.
HALF MILLION
Washington, June 26—The suiulr:
civil bill has beeu reported to the
senate. It carries various appropria
tions for Alaska aggregating near
ly half a million dollars, as follow.-'
Education, $250,000.
Indians, $57,000.
Reindeer, $5,000.
Game protection, $2i»,t>00.
Suppression of illegal liquor .-.fil
ing, $15,000.
Aids to navigation, $00,000.
Seal service. $28,0oo.
Protection to seals, $60,000.
Seaator Jones lias introduced sev
eral amendments. He wants the ap
propriation for protection of seals
increased to $ 110,000 and wants ;ri
additional $60,000 added to the sum
for aids to navigation. He also asks
for an appropriation of $2"«.ono i >r
a re-survey of sections of tin
northern coast.
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A communication has been re
ceived from the imperial German
consul at Seattle, in v. hlch that i>i
ficial asks for information ic^ar.i
ing the whereabouts of Dr. Mux
?chuman. Anyone having any
knowledge of his present or pasi '
cation is requested to communi
cate with the German consul
Seattle.
According to the lOtninuni at! i
Dr. Schuman was president o: t
Mountain Treasure Mining com p. n
sf Portland, Oregon, and was ..op
posed to have gone to Xevad'
1909, from whihe place it is repor e
:hat he started for Alaska
NTHE FLOODS
Hongkong, June 26—Between foi r
ind five thousand people are re
ported to have been drowned in
:he recc-nt floods in the provinces
>t Kwabaga and Kwangtung.
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Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
Are Now On Display
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The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
The imrty of excursionists, com
lioseU of A. Ualtoii Harrison and
Henry Landsberger, two retired
business men of San Francisco, Mrs.
mid .Miss Ford and two other ladies,
w Inch wfcut to Atlin Monday accom
panied by General Agent F. B.
Wurzbacher, returned on last night's
ilain alter having spent a most de
lightful time iu viewing the beauties
of that .section of the country, said
l.y tlios* who know to equal if not
surpass in loveliness and grandeur
that of any other country in the
world.
The party speut one day in a
\isit to the town of Discovery and
surrounding creeks and one whole
day on the steamer Scotia cruising j
around Atlin Lake, gaziug Into its
azure waters in rnpturous admira
tion of the clear and sharply de
fined reflections cast upon its un
ruffled surface from the surrounil
iug shores.
The excursion to Atlin is be
coming widely known to northern
tourists as one of the most inter
• sting side trips ou the whole jour
i.fy and if the hotel accomodations
were Litter and more commodious
tore would be an inceasiug number
that would go in for several weeks
stay instead of only for a few days,
or sometimes hours.
The party came in last night and
Mr. Landsberger and Mr. Harrison
it for the Yukon interior on this
HE WILL RETURN
NORTH II FALL
K. n. Murray, who was with the
r.t'olcidcal party that came tip on
the Princess Maquinna last summer |
• •it a tour of Alaska and the Yukon,
and who left the party while lu
the north and has since boon in the j
i*auau;i country, arrived out from
ilio interior last ulght and took
reservations for a through trip
lo Liverpool. It is his intention to
return shortly and engage ill the
fox farming business, probably in
the vicinity of Whitehorse.
will insist on
GOING THROUGH
Washington, Juno 26—President
Wilson today issued a statement in
which he insisted that the adminis- J
tration's anti-trust program be gone
through with before the adjourn- ]
tnent of congress. lie says that al
teady the signs of greater prosper
ity are showing that the administra
tion is the friend of business in- i
terests. t i
QUEEN MOTHER'S
BIRTHDAY
London, June 24—The wild rose |
wus the only badge that enabled I
pedestrians to pass unmolested
through London streets uncondi
tionally to an army of 20,000 wliite
tobed flower-sellers, who waylaid
the florally unadorned and remind
ed them that it was Alexandra Day.
Inaugurated a couple of years a^o
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of Queen Mother Alexandra's arri
val in England, Alexandra Day has
become an annual floral fete, and
the esteem in which King George's
mother is held was shown by the
unanimity with which Britishei'3
donned her favorite flower.
Real blossoms were plentiful, but
it was 'he artifiical roses made by
the children of the Cripples llome
that were generally worn. The
profits from their sale will be de
voted to charitable institutions in
which Queen Alexandra is interest
ed. Last year the takings were
$250,001) but with 20U of the prin
cipal towns in Great Britain and !
many cities in Canada participating.
Miss May Beeman, organizing sec
retary, predicts that the $500,000
mark will be reached this year. The
saleswomen who hoped to sell five
million flowers, were all volunteers
and included a score of duchesses,
marchionesses and eounte.-ses and
hosts of lesser society notables
wearing muslin gowns and plain i
hats.
Robet; Thibideau, Skagway's of
ficial bill poster, was busily engaged ■
today in putting up around town t^c
full sheet rod, white and blue post
ers gotten out yesterday by the Daily
Alaskan for the coming Fourth of j
July celebration.
The publicity committee has also
•ent out a large number of these au-1
louncements along the line of the
IV. P. & Y. R. as well as to the
towns to the southward, to ho
ilaced In conspicuous places.
DYNAMITERS .
BAGUETTES
Kansas City, Juno 2<>—Seventeen
>f the Convicted dynamiters, who
ire on their return to the peniten
iary to 6ervo out their sentences,
■eached here yesterday and were
endered a banquet while stopping
iff.
Leavenworth, Juno 26—Twelve
>£ the dynamiters returned here to
lay to servo their sentences.
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These Biscuits, Cookies, etc., are packed in modern inner
seal packages, and reach you as fresh as the day they
were baked. Just received the following varieties:
American Beauty Ginger Snaps, 2 lb. kegs. 35c
Graham Crackers,
Social Teas,
Nabisco Wafers,
Baronet Biscuits,
Five O'Clock Tea.
Cheese Tid Bits
Festino Almond,
Fig Newton,
We also carry a Nice Line of Fresh Bulk Cookies
P. H. GANTY. GROCER
loc pKg.; d ior zoo
Iii tlic mail which arrived ycster- j
dav from t'.io lower river, a letter]
was received from the Koyukuk, in
which ii was stated that during the
middle of last month, a strike was
made on Wild river, a tributary of
the Koyukuk, and that the discover
er panned out more than $li00 in
une day. The name of the dis
coverer was not stated, however,
and it is not known here who was
!he lucky prospector.
For a number of years, a number
r>f sniping outfits have worked' along
Wild river at various times, but
never "before has any pay been
found that would warrant extensive
operations. The strike is reported
to lie but a compartively short dis
tance above Hetties, and it is stat
ed that a number of prospectors
stampeded as soon as the news
ivas received.—Fairbanks Times.
IS OEVASIAfED
Salem, Mass., June 26—Nearly
naif of the old witch part of the
•itv, with its historic bluldings, was
levastattd by fire late yesterday
iftenoon, with an estimated loss
Jl' $20,tiU0,U0l).
One thousand building's, inelud-1
tig t scire of iaanui.il turing estab
'shuu'tits, m io destroyed and 10,-j
hi) p ipie rendered liomeler:.
jiou in the K<un lealhei plant, [
roni whl« !i the flames spread rapid- !
y in every direction.
816 DRY GOODS j
ill FAILS
New York, June 20—Receivers I
ven> appointed yesterday for the j
!. JJ. Cluflin Co., one of the larg-,
•st dry ;;aoils firms in the world. '
A'liile ue figures have been announc !
■ii it is probable Hint the amount!
nvolved will renrh iho enormous,
inn of ¥23,000.000.
A regular stated communication
>£ White Pass Masonic lodge, No. ]
13, will b.e beld tonight, J
Ill HAVE
Now that it has been practically
acknowledged by all/ that Seward is
to be the center of activity in South
western Alaska for the next few
years, it is time to step to the front
With this end in view, the Gateway
lias equipped for itself the finest
newspaper office in Alaska, and has
ordered the latest improved mach
inery for its new plant,
The new Gateway office is located
in the Hale building, formerly oc
cupied by the Pacific Coast Trading
Co. The business office, editorial
rooms and composing room will oc
cupy the entire ground floor.
An intereype machine, the very
latest mechanism for setting type
a line at a time, has been ordered
for the Gateway. It will be the only
machine of its kind in Alaska, and
lor the benefit of the public, it will
be located in the panneled room at
the left of the entrance where it
can be seen in operation through
the show window.
The office fixtures are of the best
type available, -with oak wainscot
ing, plate glass panned, polished
steel grille work and marbl<> base,
with marble counter slabs.
New type, cabinets, and office
equipment have been ordered by
cable, and will arrive on an early
boat.
A new press is among the im
provements under contemplation.—
Seward Gateway.
KOVAL l'LAYERS LAST XIGHT
IX THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE
The Royal Players last night in
IClks' hall gave an excellent rendi
'•ion of the semi-comic play entitled,
"In thu Bishop's Carriage," with
Miss Edyth Elliot in the leading
role, to a fair sized pudience.
As on the previous night music
was furnished by Messrs. Peyser
and Greenlee, and as 011 a former
occasion it was highly appreciated.
At the conclusion of the perform
ance an informal dance took place
■luring which aan exhibition of the
tango dance was given by Miss May
Fletcher and Mr. Fred Holhuid of
the company.
The company left on the train
this morning on its way to interior
towns as far down as Fairbanks.
The manager stated that it would
return in a few weeks and give a
cnio night's performance here,
particulars of which would be given
nt a later date.
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way than to wear
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They give yon the feeling of
confidence and the well
groomed appearance that
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