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No. 204 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGrWAY ALASKA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
SERVICE 10 BE MAINTAINED •
THROUGHOUT FALL AND WINTER
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Mr. Chas. T. Lyons, local repre
sentative of the Alaska Steamship
company is authority for the state
ment that the winter service of his
line will continue under its present
schedule until the end of Decem
ber and probably longer. Until
tii 26th of this month the Dolphin
will be on iu> run, hut at Ui«t
time will be takeu off. After the
letirement of the Dolphin the com
pany's fleet will be composed of
the fast, commodious and luxurious
:»200 ton steamers ,the Alameda
aud Mariposa and the reliable and
well known Jefferson. This tri
umvirate of seagoing vessels will
constitute a fleet equal, if not sftp
crior, to that of any transportation
company on the Pacific coast.
SEATTLE DAILY TIMES
VISITED IJV KIKE.
Seattle. Oct. 6—A fire occurred J
iu the Daily Times plant this morn
ing occasioning a loss ot' $75,000.1
The blaze started in the stereotype
room aud is supposed to have been
caused by an explosion of gas. Tnoj
flames spread rapidly but by prompt j
action were confined to tho base
ment.
BVPPORTKD BY FRIENDS
FOIt THE THIRD TIMK
Washington, Oct. 6—Advices from
Nome in referring to Murane's fight
before congress against his removal
say that this is the thin', time in
nine months that he has bteu sup
ported by his friends against charge
liled against him.
Our old time friend Martin Itjon
who, by the way, is one of the niosi
enterprising and progressive fiti- J
zens of Skagwav, and of whom we
ars always glad to say a good word,
has just received a bran new auto-j
truck, which he is now usi::g in his
.transfer and delivery business. The!
vehicle is a haudsome one, r.i.-d wej
congratulate Mr. Itjen on the pros-:
perity the ownership of such an ad
junct tt» his business inditlitcs.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. Lotne
A. McAlister and little son Ward;
came in from Summit and for the I
coming two months will be guests at
the Golden North Hotel. Mr. -Mc
Alister'* duties will keep him at
Summitt for the time being, and he
will therefore only be enabled to;
spend the week ends with his fam-l
ily. Mrs. McAlister expects to go to'
the states early in December.
FOREIGN Mi:AT
FOR WEST COAST
Seattle, Oct. 6—Charles 11. Frye
Llic Seattle packer, has entered
into a contract with Australia cat
He raisers to supply t'rtuh beef
through refrigerator ships to Amer
lean Pacific Coast ports for supply
ing the- Pacific Coast and iuter
mountaiu country or the West. Th
shipments arc to begin at once up
on the new tariff bills going into
effect, admitting meats free of duty
into the country. It is said to be
I he largest beef contract that was
• ver executed west of Chicago.
iHt: GAM.BOA DIKE
TO HE 1>Y \AM1TE1)
Panama, Oct. 6—The Gamboa
dike will be dynamited next Frid
ay morning.
A second earthquake shock oc
curred here this morning, but no
damage resulted.
FEDERAL GRAND Jl'KY
CAM.ED to investigate
Indianapolis, Oct. G—A federal
grand jury has been called to probe
t he charges 'contained in the con
fession of Davis, self implicated in
the McXainara dynamite plot.
O. r>. Perry, manager of the u
kon Gold company at Dawson, ar
rived on the train Saturday evening
on his way to the outside.
Mrs. B. Dahline, of Carr Glynn
Yukon Ter., visited with her daugh
tvr. Mrs. Robert Shelly, from Sat
urday until this morning.
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
I. ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
'AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
SEE OUR
"WINDOW
. DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher-.and Haber
dasher of .Skagway
SILL STEAMER BEING BUILT
FOB THE WE LAKE BUN
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Whitehorse, Oct. 6—Superintend
ent II. Wheeler, of the steamer di
vision of .the W. P. & Y. Soute, an
nouuces this morning that the com
pany has- underway the contructioi
of a small passenger and freigh'
steamer for Lake Kluane, whicl
will run between Silver and the foo
of the lake, a distance of fort.v
miles. The boat will be 'designee
here, but will not bo put togethei
until it reaches the lake, to whicl!
place it will be taken by team. II
is expected that the Whitehorsf
part of the work will be completed
in ten days, when it will at once be
j taken to the lake and put together
As it is unusual for Kluane lake tc
freeze over for the winter before
December it is thought the boat will
have at least six weeks of oper
water in which to transport supplies
J and passengers to the lower end 01
the lake. Several contracts have
already been signed for the deliv
ery of Chisana freight at the foot
I of the iake.
I The W. P. & Y. Route has now
t a large »'orce of men at work on the
trail between here and Kluane and
will later put them to work on the
trail between the lower end of the
lake and the Chisana gold fields. It
is a certainty now that when the
freeze-up comes the trail to the in
terior will be In excellant shape
for its entire length. Road houses,
with good accommodations, are al
ready scattered at short intervals
along the trail as far as Kluane lake
and in a short time the trail beyond
will be equally well supplied with ac
coimnodations for man and beast.
Mr. James Brooks Close today
purchased four horses from Mr. Rob
ert Lowe, and will shortly start on
j his return to Chisana.
SAM C. ORCHARD
IS NOW AT LI BERT V
Ketchikan, Oct. 6—Sam C. Or
chard, formerly first lieutenant In
the Third U. S. Infantry, with head
quarters at Valdez, where lie was
disbursing officer for the Alaska
road commission, is now free,,hav
ing been released from Fort Leav
enworth a few days ago. Orchard
served two years after being con
victed by court martial on a charge
of financial irregularities.
Orchard reached Ketchikan. Tues
day night. He was met there by
his father, John Orchard. T^e eld
er Orchard has organized a company
to construct a paper mill near
Ketchikan, using" wood from South
eastern Alaska from which to obtain
pulp. The younger Orchard will
have charge of the company, which
is backed by ample capital.
Mrs. Orchard, who has been the
guest of friends in Juneau left for
Ketchikan on the Jefferson. A hap
py family reunion took place in
Ketchikan Friday.
News of Orchard's release will
be welcomed by the scores of friends
ho has |i Alaska. His friends have
always insisted, in spite of Orch
ard's conviction, that he was not
criminally involved in the shortage
which was discovered through the
mnlitary court proceedings.
Mr. E. J. Liddicoat, who went to
Fort Seward a short time ago to re
pair K. company's quarters which
had been damaged by fire, fell from
a scaffold last Monday, while en
gaged in plastering, and severely
injured one of his hips. He was
taken to the hospital at the fort,
and remained there until yesterday
when he was brought home by th
steamer Georgia. While Mr. Liddi
coat's injuries are of a painful na
ture, no serious damage was sus
tained, and it is expected he will
be around again in the course of
a week or ten days.
Clarence Achison left Saturday
on a hunting trip up into the Saw
tooth range. He got a good sized
mountain goat and returned home
last night.
MAX V VESSELS ARE
IMPRISONED IN ICE
Nome, Oct. 6—The schooner Het
tie B., which arrived a few days
ago, confirms the report of the loss
of the trading schooner Transit in
i he ice near Point Barrow, and
brough additional news of the oth
er vessels imprisoned in the Arctic
pack.
The Hettie B. reported that the
power schooners Mary Sachs and«U
aska, of the Stefansson expedition,
are trying to force tbeir way north
ward through the ice to open water
in the Arctic and that the power
boat Polar Bear, with its party of
Eastern scientists and big game
hunters, and the schooners Elvira
and the North Star are sheltered
in the mouth of a river east of
Flaxman Island waiting for a lead
j io open in the ice.
There is no fear for the safety
of Captain Louis Lane's party on
the schooner Polar Bear, about
which there has been much interest
I because of the presence in the par
ty of Ebeu S. Draper, Jr., son of
' former Governor Draper, of Massa
' chusetts. Should the Polar Bear be
i unable to get free from the ice.
Captain Lane could guide the entire
' party overland to Kotzebue Sound,
! having made the trip many times by
dog team.
The Hettie B. had no word of the
| position of the steam whaler Bel
I vedere, which is carrying supplies
| for the Stefansson expedition.
.MORGAN ESTATE PAYS
TAX OF $2,500,000.
Albany, Oct. 4—State Controller
Sell nicer received today a check for
$2,500,000 in payment of the in
heritance tax oil a part of the es
tate of the late J. Pierpont Morgan.
The payment indicates a valuation
of approximately $65,000,000. This
however, does not cover the entire
estate, but only that part over which!
an agreement has been reached be
tween representatives of the Con
troller and the Morgan executors.
After the arrival of the S. S.
Hnmboldt GOOD CANNING
PEACHES will have reached
the lowest price for this sea
son, and all canning fruits, of
which we will receive a fresh
consignment on every boat,
will be sold at correspondingly
low prices until the canning
season is over.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
STEAMSHIP SPOKANE ARRIVES IH
SEATTLE BUT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
Seattle, Oct. 6—The steamship
Spokane of the P. C. S. S. Co., ar
rived here early yesterday morning.
The first report received that the
vessel had run aground, was in
correct, as she was fully a mile
from shore at the time. Word was
sent to the bridge that something
was ainiaa. Investigation showed
that a chip of wood had in some
manner got lodged in and held open
the seacock, and the vessel stopp
ed for the purpose of plugging the
tubes of the main condensor, sua
salt water was pouring into the
boilers. When the boat stopped
she took a violent list to port and
It was then that distress siganls
were sent out. The hard work of
Chief Engineer Dumett and his
assistants probably saved the ves
sel from turning turtle from the on
rush of water into the hold where
the steamer listed. Mea worked
to their armpits in water while fix
ing the condensor head. Boats
were lowered and the pumps mann
ed and after hard work the steamer
was finally righted and placed on
au even keel. There is no apparent
damage done and it is thought that
no overhauling will be necessary.
THI8 IS NO FABLE.
Prom the Whitehorse Weekly
Star of Oct. 3rd:
"The editor of the Star la not a
P. W.—physical wreck—but haa
been advised by four doctors and
eleven old women that he needs a
short respite from his arduous la
bors. To bring this about It will be
necessary for him to go outside for
a month or six weeks. It requires
money to go outside—more If a. per
son comes back. We expect to do
both. Now, you deliHQueal oubecrib
ers know exactly what is wanted.
(This is very humiliating.) We are
not going to dun you. Not much.
It brings tears to our eyes to give
even this gentle hint. If any of
you see us with a gun, we are not
collecting—only going after grouse
It is all right If you don't pay what
you owe. We can Btay hure until
we dry up and blow away. It will
be hard on those dependent upon
us, but it is better that they should
be orphans than that you Bhould
come through with |5, $10 or $16
you are behind on subscription if
you need it for booze or split gowns.
The editor does not care much for
style, therefore he is not going out
for an operation. He want# a lit
tle rest. That is all."
We trust that the recent sluice
box robbery near Dawson has noth
ing to do with the Stroller's evident
anxiety to get outside.
Percy Reed, mining recorder at
Carcross, paid Skagway his usual
monthly visit Saturday, returning
home on this morning's train.
CLEARY'S PREHISTORIC
FOOT GOES SOUTH
On exhibition at the Tanana sa
loon la the petrified foot of a man
which was recently brought in from
Cleary creek, where it has been for
the past two years. The thing is
an object of wonder to the many
who are observing it, as it clearly,
shows that it haa at one time been
the leg and foot of a man. That
the member was incased in a muck
luck is also clearly Btown, by the
string masks just below the knee.
This freak of nature was found
in the Innoao country Beveral years
ago by Lon Doggett. It was sent
to Fairbanks by him and until re
cently its whereabouts were not
known. It is now to be sent out
to George Butler's saloon in Seattle,
it being the intention of James Hun
ter to take it when he leaves on
one of the last boats.—Fairbanks
News Miner.
LADIES' NIGHT AT ELKS CLUB.
While the opening of Elks club
for the 1913-1914 season occurred
last Friday evening, tonight for
the first time this season the club
will be open informally to the lad
ies of the club. As in former years
Monday evenings and Wednesday
afternoons and evenings have been
set asid for the ladles, therefore
tonight the lady bowlers will have
an opportunity to show their skill
at the alleys. The house commit
tee will be on hand to greet the la
dies and extend to them a cordial
welcome to the club rooms.
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 young1 men we've
ever shown. Better
see them, they have
just arrived.
CLAY SON