No. 212 SIXTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
The second limiting party from
Fort Wm. H. Seward, returned • this
week from Chichagoff Island, and
with the exceptiou of the aeci
deut which befell Corporal Sims, the
trip w.is a most successful one. the
total bag amounting to 38 deer, two
brown bear, and a large number of
ducks, geese, ptarmigan and grouse,
in addition to several fine catches
of raiubow trout.
Shortly after the various sub
parties had been assigned to tbeir
hunting grounds, and had started in
for the real sport, Corp. Sims, while
climbing the side of a steep bill,
was struck by a stone which had I
been dislodged further up the hill.
The rock struck Sim's leg just I
above the ankle, causing a compoun
fraeture of the bone. Three days
were consumed iu getting the injur
icd man to camp by his companions,
as it was necessary to cut out a
trail a great portion of the way.
When the party arvlved iu tamp, th
injured man was gi\en every atten
tion, au-t h!3 comraius took turns
in nursing him ile was brought
tack on the I'eters;. having re
ceived professional care by Dr.
Laiubie. The party consisted of Col.
rell and o2 enlisted men. Tile two
McClure, Dr. Lambie and Lieut. Gor
partios were gone about 10 days
ea Sa.
The first party, composed of Maj.
Uradley, Capt. Goodrich, Dr. JIc
Brayer, Lieut. Butler^ Lieut. Wyclie,
Lieut. Gorrell, Lieut. Edwards an>l
Lieut. Sawyer, Mr. Sladen Bradley
and 32 enlisted men, returned two
weeks ago, after having succeeded i
bagging 2!) deer and a large num
ber of birds.
151" \S LANDSCAPES FOIl
CLIFTON COl'RT HOI SK !
His honor, the Mayor of Clifton, I
N*. Hanson, was a Skagway visitor
over night, having arrived on last
night's train, returning to liis ,*.'fi
cial duties by the same mode of
travel today.
Mayor Hausou's visit to Skagway
was for the purpose of purchasing
wall decorations for the City Hall
at Clifton, which he is having re
modelled and renovated for the win
ter. He selected several be lutiful
landscapes which will adorn the
walls of the executive chamber.
During the coming winter, the
mayor will endeavor to set photo
graphs of animal and bird life in
the vicinity of Clifton, which he
expects to hare enlarged for his
photographic collection. He is a
great student of animal and bird
life, as well as a great admirer of
the beautiful in nature.
yoo TON'S OK COAL
FOR NAVAL TKST
Seward, Oct. 15—Nine hundred
toils of coal have been secured -it |
Matanuska, for naval test. Jack .
Dalton has been awarded t he eon- j
tract to transport the coal from the I
mines to point of shipment. j
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KETl'liN'S TO SK.MiWAV
15. \V. Achison, who for tho past
five months lias been work on
placer ground which lie owns on
Rose creek, in tlio Alliti district, re
turned home on .Monday night's
train.
11c says that the past season's
work In the Atliu country has fully
demonstrated the fact that, altho'
many of the creeks have been work
ed since 18SS, the development of
their mineral wealth is yet in its
infancy.
On O'Donuell creek, about -10
miles from Atlin, which has been
known and prospected for years wiili
but indifferent results, rich pay
was struck about a year ago. Since
then a great deal of work has been
done on it, especially by J. M. Uuff
ner, who has had a large force of
men employed the past summer in
development work with very gratify
ing results.
When Mr. Achison left liose creek
there was about three inches of
snow, but in Atlin the fall had been
light, barely covering the ground.
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KOIl 5'OKTOI.A CKIjKIJIIATIOX
San Francisco, Oct. 15—Battle
ships are arriving here to take part
in the Portola celebration.
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fail Millinery
SEE OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
TIME FOR REAL WORK
IX ALASKA TERRITORY
Congress has neglected Alaska
shamefully for many years and this
policy of nonaction has seriously re
tarded the development of one of
the richest sections of the nation.
Congress lias been fond of bragging
about Alaska aud her rich resources
but little has been done to develop
'• hcse resources.
E. E. Swergal, a practical railroad
man connected with the New York
Central lines, recently made an ex
haustive study of conditions in Alas
ka with a view of acquainting the
people of the United States with the
faults of the government's policy.
Mr. Swergal sums up his findings as
follows, in an article in the Railroad
Age Gazettt|:
What is needed as a remedy is i
the adoption by the government of
a definite and business-lik« develop
ment program, embracing five gen
eral items:
1. Early development of railroads
by private enterprise, assisted and
regulated by the government, or
wholly undertaken by the govern
ment.
2. Revision of mining laws, par
licularly . coalland* laws, to permit
of practical and early development.
3. More liberal appropriations to
the army engineers who have charge
of highways and telegraph and cable
"lines, to euable them to effect a
more rapid extension of trails, and
for tlie substantial bridging of
streams at dangerous points.
4. A comprehensive plan for ad
ditional fixed aids to navigation
along the coast.
5. Construction of fortified coal
ing bunkers for naval and merchant
vessels.
"In other words, Mr. Swergal
pleads for the government to open
the country to devvelopmeut capital
and enterprise just as other West
ern states were opened half a cen
turyago. Most of the important
suggestions made by Mr. Swergal
are embodied in bills now pending
in Congress and which will bp tak
en up early in the December ses
sion. In view of the importance of
Alaska to Tacoma, it is suggested
that the commercial and other or
ganizations of the City take actions
which will impress upon the Con
gressmen from the Northwestern
states the importance of pressing
the Alaskan question before Con
gress until the needed legislation is
enacted.—Taeome Tribune, Oct. 7.
Fiasco ACiEXT PREDICTS
RIG TRAVEL XKXT YEAR
Gilbert M. Jackson, general agent
of the Passenger department of the
C. P. R. at San Francisco, arrived
in Skagway on the Sophia for the
purpose of seeing the scenic won
ders of the inland passage so as to
be better prepared to describe the
trip to prospective patrons of his
company's line during the coming
season.
That the Alaskan trip is becoming
more and more popular each year
is demonstrated by the fact that
the San Francisco agency of the C.
I'. R. sold over 100 tickets to Alask
during the past season, and to a
representative of this paper, Mr.
Jackson stated that he believed that
the coming season would be one of
the greatest in the history of this
country as regards the tourist travel
NEW COMPANY TO WORK
TREADGOLD CONCESSION
The London Mail of recent date
gives news of the formation "and
promotion of the North West Cor
poration, dealing with extensive
placers in .the Klondike, of which
A. N. C. Treadgold has been the or
ganizing spirit, and is now the man
aging director. It also announces
Mr. Treadgold's long-time financial
associate, M. H. Orr-Ewing, as one
of the directors. The properties lie
within fifty miles of Dawson, most
ly, if not entirely, on the Indian riv
er slope of . the divide, and include
Dominion, Sulphur, Indian river,
Quartz and other rich tributaries.
New issue, issued for public infor
mation only, particulars of the Nort
West Corporation, limited; capital
11,500,000 in shares of ill each;
Issued, or under contract to be is
sued, £1,200,000; to provide cash
for working capital, £200,000; hold
in reserve £100,00#.
Ths company has been formed to
acquire and work 113 one concern
about 75 miles of pay-channels out
of the 130 miles which constitute the
best known and most productive
part of the Klondike goldfield In
the Dominion of Canada.
These pay-channels were discover
ed in 1S97, and were extensively
worked in the early days (from 189
to 1903) by hand methods and have
Ireadv produced nearly £40,000,00
from the comparitively small propor
tion worked.. |
By very primitive methods and
without the assistance of excavat
ing machinery the "old-timers" or
"sourdoughs" won £9,000,000 of
gold from spots scattered over about
one-twentieth of the total areas now
controlled by the Xortli AV'est Cor
poration, How primitive and imper
fect these methods were can best
be gathered from the fact that in
the parts of the field reworked by
modern methods, where the "old
timers" recovered about £400,000
per mile—much of it from ground
already worked not only once but
twice by these "old-timers".
W AS NOT JUSTIFIKD
IX J1LTIXO GIRL
London, Oct. 15—The loss of a
girl's arm is no justification for her
lover jilting her, decided the jury in
a breach of promise case at Mold,
Flintshire. After she had become en
gaged to Howard Pugh, Miss Amy
Jones met with an accident which
resulted in the amputation of her
right arm, whereupon Pugh prompt
ly threw her over. When the case
came to trial he set up the defense
that a one-armed woman could not
possibly be a success as a working
man's wife. Miss Jones was given
a verdict of $125 and costs.
I'Of I'JSTS ARK ARRESTED
AS SPIES IX ITALY
Chiasso, Oct. 15—The Italians
have caught the "spy fever". In
the past week, in the vicinity of the
Italian lakes where they are con
structing new fortifications near the
Swiss frontier, three Americans, two
Germans, and an Englishman were
arrested for taking photographs. Af
ter considerable difficulty they con
vinced the authorities that they wer*
harmless tourists, and were released.
New Crop |Ripe Olives
We have been waiting some
time for these. They are worth
waiting for however and we
are now able to supply your
wants with the famous "Gro
gan" Ripe Olives, full quart
tins at 50 cents per tin.
F. H. GANTY, GROCER
Washington, Oct. 15—The Cabin
et today sent word to the United
States embassy at Mexico City to
notify President Huerta that the Oc
tober election in Mexico is regard
ed by it as unconstitutional. It is
believed that the message will
cause an open break in the negoti
ations now pending between the two
countries.
Washington, Oct. 15—It ia offi
cially admitted that at the cabinet
session here this afternoon the ques
tion of recognizing the Mexican reb
els as belligerents was under con
sideration. The government it ia
said will not be surprise* to hear
at any time that the American dip
lomats in Mexico have been given
passports. I'
GEN' ALVEREZ AND STAFF
CAPTURED AND EXECUTED
Mexico City, Oct. 15—Failure of
General Truey Aubert to reach the
eity of Torreon in time to relieve
it, a mission on which he set out
from Saltillo nearly a month ago
with 2000 men, Is explained by the
fact that the greater part of his
2000 men deserted him before he
had completed half his journey. He
had reached Madera, 25 miles east
of Torreon, when news of the avac
uation of the city reached him. As
soon as the vanguard of retreating
federal troops came into view, Au
bert's men fled with all their arms
and ammunition. General Alverez,
who started with 1,000 men to re
take the city of Durango from the
rebels, and whose defeat caused the
excavation of Torreon, fell into an
ambuscade at Laloma, 30 miles to
the southwest of Torreon. Alverez
troops broke and fled as soon as the
first shot had been fired. Alverez
was captured with his staff, and all
are said to have been executed on
the spot by the rebels. Out of a to
tal garrison of Torreon, of 4,000
men, only 100 have been accounted
for as being at Hipolito. I
The rebels captured 4S pieces of
artillery in Torreon.
SEWARD MAN IS AT
TACKER BY BEAR
Seward, Oct. 15—Word has just!
reached here that Otto Bergstrom,
of this city, while out hunting about j
twenty . miles from Seward was at
tacked by a big brown bear, and wa
so seriously injuured in the encoun
ter that he is now in a dying con
dition.
DANCE TONIGHT.
The White Pass Athletic club
will give a dance in their hall to
night. A general invitation to at
tend is extended. I
ELECTED TO FILL VA
CANCY IN CONGRESS
Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 15—M. M.
Neeley, democrat, has been elected
to Congress in the first congression
al district to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Solicitor Gener
al Davis.
BOV SUPPLANTS HIS
FATHER AS MAYOR
Belgrade, Oct. 15—When the may
or, of Mokrilug became ill no suit
able grown man could be found to
take his place, as all had gone to
war. It was decided to let his fif
teen-year-old sou have a try at the
job. The lad performed the duty so
successfully that now his father has
recovered, the citizens refuse to re
store the old man to the post. They
declare that the boy not only more
thoroughly appreciates the responsi
bilities of the office but has greater
authority over the community.
Alfred F. Day, of London, Eng.,
who has been engaged in business
for the past four years in Hong
Kong, China, is a round trip passen
ger on the Princess Sophia. Upon
his arrival I in Vancouver, wish
ing to see Alaska, he decided to
make the trip to Skagway, and to
day took the tnin for Whitehorse.
He will return tomorrow in time to
sail for the south.
Get your fall suit as
early as you can and
have all the good of
it from now on. Hart
Schaffner and Marx
have made some of
the snappiest styles
tor young men we've
ever shown. Better
see them, they have
just arrived.
CLA YSON