GETTING DATA
01 NORTHLAND
The New Seattle Chamber of Com
merce i.ecord of June 15th, iu its
*l:isk.i I'-nreau, anions other things,
has (his to say:
t'.y requests to the commercial
i.i -lions iu Alaska, the Bureau
. Ue< :i endeavoring to secure a
1st of the various mercantile, so
il a 1 religious bodies in Alaska,
.to in formation oil these topics is
called lor daily. .More or less com
plete returns have been received
.1 this date from most of the cities,
;>u • yet wanted from Skagway,
I' l;s and Nome. The informa
i these returns includes the
n.itod resident population; the
d population served outside
>>raie limits; the costs of
>1 d housing, and the nuni
t .eh type of occupation or
rtiiiiies, some eighty all told,
ions as to business openings
• ining more frequent; those
y wage earners show a. decided
ling off. The number of those
. by curiosity only indicates
■ op i:ng of the tourist season.
Many of the letters received re
range conceptions of the t
si ope df the work of the Chamber
t Commerce, and some would be
1 ■".;'»■ ! it they were not so nearly
>ragic. There is a very prevalent j
on that we are an employment
rc.u, and that we are able to i
i eligible situations on de
. ml One evidently refined lady
i!g, f we can not una iaem
mploy Nient in Alaska, "to please
i J my sister and myself situa
■ s ; Seattle at once as we are
ii want of work." If situa
■ '•.ild be found for all appli
eould supply the entire
i:ory with stenographers, cooks.
u: >, -. milliners, doctors, lawyers.
• ■rr, and every type of light
ibor, say nothing of the mauual
vpe. and new patents' for saving
old. IMt probably the most extra
ord. ia;'. communication has beeu
rorn ;';irtv who was willing to
lira'., e terrors of Alaska, having
termed that the Seattle)
, of Commerce was sending
i> Alaska, fare paid, and a j
: SlOi) if they would only ^
re six months! Credulity ,
tiM s- rcelv go further.
\. I' Kindell yesterday caught a
irirom the government trans
I'or: I'.uford, which was then 9'1Q
4 v. -St of Cape Flattery on its
way 10 Nome to transfer the
tro" ■ stationed thero to the out
LOWEK ALASKA KATES
(•IVEX BY COMBINATION
In the Post-Intelligence of June
20, O. L. Dickenson of the White
Pass, is quoted as saying:
"The taking over of the Hues of
the Northern Navigation Company
has given us forty-three new boats
anil fifty-six barges and a transpor- j
tation system 4.300 miles in length,
the second longest in the United !
states or Canada," Mr. Dickenson
continued:
"By cutting the overhead charges
of two companies in half, we will
now be able to give better rates
than ever before in the history of
the North. The time in haulins
freight into Fairbanks and other
points of the interior by way of
Skagway is at least ten days shorter
than any other route.
"Using the rates of 1012 as a
basis instead of last year, when a
rate war was on we have made a
big cut on freight rates. Where the
rate was formerly $140 a ton we
have cut it to $135. The base rate
per ton into Fairbanks was former
ly $6o and we have now cut it to j
$55, and on heavy commodities wo
have cut the rate to between $*■<'
and $52.50 a ton.
"Rates on machinery have been
reduced 10 per tent straight
through, and we have abolished all
penalties for heavy pieces of
machinery and dredge timber untie:
ished the 10 per cent Increase ot
machinery after September, whet
tho season closes.
"Our service is better than eve:'
before. We have a boat a day out j
of Whitehorse and there is a dull'
service from Seattle, which ci;>
reaps ti:e greatest benefit, and
Skagw;'-, our coast terminal."
UNIVERSITY OK WASHINGTON
MAY TEACH IXSUKANti
Seattle, June 30—President
Landes of the University of Wash
ington aud Dean Smith, head of tin
department of political science, an
considering a request from life in
surance men of the state that the
study of life insurance be incorpor
ated in the curriculum of the new
commerce course which the univer
sity is about to offer. President
Landes and Dean Smith are to meet
with tnt committee on education
and conservation of the Puset Sound
Life Underwriters' association, Mon
day evening, July 6, at the Rainier
club in Seattle, to hear the under
writers' arguments for the taking
up of this study, and it is possible
that at least the study of general
Insurance, if not the specialized
subject, will be included in the
commerce course.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
fond Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
Hie Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
WILL RETURN
Bishcp Kinsolvin, of Texas and
liis sou. Rev. W. O. Kinsolvin, of
New York City, came in on the
Spokane this morning and will leave
tonight on the Northwestern for a
lour of the towns to the Westward.
They will return to Skagway on
the same boat on its return trip and
stop over for several days visiting
the various points of interest in
this vicinity.
1 FOOfiTH
IISKAGWAY
From the best information we can
Ret all the preparations are prac
tically completed for the celebration
of the Fourth of July in Skagway.
Excursion rates will be effective
i'i> the \V. P. & Y. R. between here
uid Whitehorse, and there will no
doubt be a big crowd come over to
have a good time with us from
poin's ;.long the line of the rail
road.
The sports committee has not fur
slwil us with its program yet and
e are therefore unable to specify
lither the events that are schedul
.1 to take place or the purses that
havo been hung up to compete for.
but as there are $600 In the gener
• 1 fund there will be many prizes
to rew-.ird those who prove them
selves tne most proficient in the
lithletic contests.
Thvre will also bo dancing, for
which excellent music Has been en
gaged, ou Friday and Saturday
nights.
An invitation has been extended
to Ft. W. H. Seward and the good
l>eople of Haines, and there will be
many from both theso places who
will attend. Probably thp 30th in
fantry band will be present and add
:o the joyousness of the occasion
by instrumental selections.
The Juneau department of jus
tice has received executive order
relative to official and employes of
this department and ordering a
four hour day upon Saturday, ex
cept the heads 'of certain depart
ments, who might have necessary
attention to be given for accomoda
tion of their work. This order was
Issued by the president and takes
effect from June 15 to September
15, or until further notice shall be
jicen.—Juneau Dispatch.
J. M. Lontz and wife and Mary A.
Woods are .threo excursionists who
came up on the Spokane and will
zo into Dawson before their return
A PRINCESS
The officials of the C. P. U. hav
ing given their consent, the nec
essary funds having been raised and
all other arrangements made the
rustic flower stand prepared by C.
O. Walker and filled with pnusies
ia full bloom will be presented to
the steamship Princess Alice upon
her arrival in port tomorrow morn
ing.
A number of business men have
contributed to pay the expenses Of
the undertaking and early tomorrow
morning a bevy of little girls, all
native born whites, with their
hands full of pansies, will accom
pany the flower stand on its journ
ey down to the wharf, where it
will be presented to the captain vf
the vessel by some prominent citi
zen of the town chosen to perform
that service.
Londonderry, June .'.n—1The
cngers and crew of the steams!
California, which ran ashore sundav
on Tory island during a heavy fo;
have been safely put rf&hore.
The vessel is lying in a ve«
dangerous position.
Sarajevo, June 30 Since the ■ ■
sassinatlon yesterday of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and the Ducliess
Hohenberg there has been rioting
here and martial law has been pro
claimed.
Vienna^ June 31'—Anti-Servian
demonstrations are reported today
at Agra ill.
RoosimsiLi
SPEAK TOM
Oyster Bay, Juue 30—Colonel
Roosevelt rested the entire day yes
terday and left here this morning
for Pittsburg, where he will make a
speech touight.
YOl'XG LEE HEATH KILLED
IX LOGGING CAMP ACCIDENT
Ketchikan, Juno 30—Lee Heath,
son of the editor of the Weekly
Mail, and part owner, was killed in
a logging camp accident near here
IAQt ThnreHnf
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\
Graham Crackers,
Social Teas,
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Baronet Biscuits, n ,c , o
Five O'Clock Tea, / P^g.' 2for2oc
Cheese Tid Bits
Festino Almond,
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P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
THE TERMINAL FACILITIES
OK NOKTH PACIFIC POUTS
The Terminal Facilities of North
Pacific Ports is the title of a vol
ume which 1ms just been issued by
the Terminal Publishing Co., Seat
tle. It covers the principal ports
from San Ulego on the south to
Nome cii the north. The regula
tions governing these ports are
given in full and all charges that
are assessed against either the
ship or the cargo are included. The]
nairfbs and addresses of govern- J
ment officials, foreign consuls and
others in each port, whose names
and addresses are of value 10
masters and shippers, are given.
One section is devoted to the depth
of water in all the bays and inlets :
on the United States coast. The |
customs, marine insurance, immi
gration regulations and matters of I
that sort are set forth in detail.
There are scores of tables in the
work. The money of all forcigns
countries is reduced to its Canad
ian and United States equivalent
and forsigu weights are reduced to
avoirdupois pounds. One remark-]
ably useful table which is included I
and which is here published for j
the first time gives at a glauco the
amount of freight due on any ship-:
ment that is paid by its cubic I
measurement. With this book at |
iiis elbow a transportation manI
need waste no more time in figuring
out rates. To find the cost of!
17 cubic feet at $23.oil per ton on- :
tails no more labor than running
a pencil along a line and copying 1
down the figures.
No review if tie 'ucok l'iat doe»'
o£ the field It covers. The arrange
ment or the index is in itself a re
freshing departure. As soon as;
one op is the froi'T rover lie finds .
the Jnde-;, v.- .• !i is the first think
offend in the book. Typographic
cloth. It should find a ready place
in all marine libraries mil. on tl>*•
desks of all busy people who have'
to do with shipping.
The Terminal Facilities of North .
Pacific foris retails for -*2.1111 per
volume and will be published an-,
nually.
Judge Frederic E. Fuller has
ordered 2-12 pieces of Fairbanks
real estate sold for the payment of
the delinquent taxes against them.
The order was made upon the np
t-Iieation of the city. The original
owners of any property sold will !
have a right under the Fairbanks
ordinance to redeem it at any time
within two years after the sale by,
paying the amount due on it, in
cluding costs, with 15 per cent in
terest. 1
Volnt-y Richmond, superintendent
of the N. C. Posts, who arrived on
the last steamer from the lower
river, is' here awaiting the arrival of
General Manager W. H. Fairbanks,
who is expected here within a few
clays. .Mr. Richmond keeps in close
touch with the various camps of the
Yukon liasin. Regarding their out
put for the year, he says:
"Fairbanks will produce about
$3,000,000 this year. Hot Springs
will yield possibly $000,000; Ruby,
$750,000 to $1,000,000; Iditarod, $2,
■ 000,000; Koyukuk, possibly $200,
oOO, which wag the figure of last
year; Innoko, $150,000 to $200,000;
•Marshall City, a few thousand; Cir
cle, don't know; Rampart, forget
it.
"In the Ruby camp the situation
is Improved considerably, but of
course the yield there is not enough
to make a big camp.
"On Otter, in the Iditarod camp,
Marstoa's new dredge started May
2S. It has two and a half-foot
buckets, and is driven with gasoline
A similar dredge is coming this sea
son forClarenco Rerry's ground in
the Circle diserict. Dredges of that
type are numerous in the Xonie dis
trict, where they are a success.
"It is understood Tom Aiken has
bought the ground which Harold
Scddon had organized on Candle
creek, near Tacotua, on the Kusko
kwlm. it is supposed to be five
miles long."
"The Fairbanks country does not
promise of becoming a dredg
ing pooposition, as it is said there
arc only about three miles of
ground there less than 50 feet in
depth, and most of it much deeper,
some running 1H0 to 200 feel or
more to„bedrock. Fairbanks, how
ever, lias the great virtue of being
a camp tor the individual, and dis
tributing the money among every
body."—Dawson News, June 2<»th.
AIjAMKOA captain TO
RETURN TO HIS NIIII>
6apt. Fred S. Warner, of the Al
aska Steamship Co.'s liner Alameda,
will assume command of his ship
upon his return to Seattle. Capt.
Warner has been on the Mariposa
which pissed through here south
bound a few days ago. Capt. Nord,
who is at present on the bridge
of the Northwestern will resume
his place 011 the Jefferson, upon re
turn of the Northwestern from the
westward.
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