T. A. Mac Lean, mining and con- ■
suiting ngeiueer of the department
of Mines at Ottawa, arrived in |
Skagwav from the interior on Tues
day and leit on the Princess May
last night on his return to Eastern
Canada.
Mr. MucLean went into the Yu- |
kon las: Septmeber in the interests j
of tlie Government to inspect and j
report on the mining industries of |
the territory and after some time
spent 011 the creeks in the vicinity
of Dawson, left via the Coffee creek
route for the copper properties b
lns between Canyon city and Beav
er creek, uear the head of White
River.
He says that there has been some
development work done on the cop
per properties he visited, princl- j
pally those of the Scolal mining
company, but not enough as yet to |
warrant an expression of opinion as j
their future value as producers.
While he was in this section of |
country there was a stampede to a |
reported placer discovery on Fry- J
ing Pan creek, a tributary of Lak<* ,
creek, which in turn empties into!
Beaver creek, but up to the time
of his departure no finds of import
ance liad been made, although there
were a large number of men on
Beaver and various other creeks,
some of whom claitueu to have
struck good prospects.
While at the bead of the White
river Mr. MacLean paid a short un
official visit to the Chisami gold
.ields. He was only in the camp
for a short time and is very con
servative in his statements as to
its future. He thinks that Bonanza
and Little Eldorado creeks, upon
which the discovery claims were lo
cated, are valuable but shallow
propositions, and will uo doubt be
good producers for a limited time,
but the area of auriferous gravel
to be worked is so small that unless
there are other discoveries made
there will not be a very large camp
established there.
Wilson and Johnson creeks he
says have shown some values, and
will likely prove good dredging
propositions, if nothing else. There
>.een so little development
done, hov.-ever, that ho did not de
sire to quoted as having express
ed an opinion either for or against
their future as valuable properties
;or ihe individual miner.
A RE
Xe-v York, Jan. S—At a regional
bank hearing today the bankers of
this city expressed themselves as
in fa--or of tho location of a great j
regional batik here.
FIRST SWISS WOMAN' TO
1>E ADMITTED TO BAR I
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. S—Swit
zerland has its first woman lawyer.
Frau'.in Lili Zgraggen, daughter of
a Bernese solicitor, was formally
admitted to the bar recently after
passi .g all he necessary qualifying
exajr'nations, under the provisions
of tb » new Civil Code. This code,
recen"ly enacted, although It dees
not confer t'ie right of suffrage, has
immensely i:nproved the legal status
of S» iss women, who are now admit
ted to all of the professions, except
the ministry, on the same terms
as men.
Seat'le, Jan. 8—The rivers con
tinue to rise throughuot the no-tii
west and if the rain dot's not cease
soou the railroad will expc-ience
much difficulty in maintaining traf
fic.
IS OFF i on A TWO
MONTHS' BUSINESS TRIP
J. Iku'a, proprietor of the Totem
Jewelry store, Broadway, left on
the SpoKai.e last night on a busi
ness tri > tc Juneau aud other Al
askan tcwrs to the southward. Mr.
Ikuta erpects to be absent for
about two months and before his re
turn will go to Seattle and other
Souiul citifs.
Found:- Gold watch fob. Owner
can have same by proving property
at Alaskan office. 2t.
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PHONE 41 SKACWAY
George Armstrong, for years past
mo.nu.ger c? Ecbt. -xt«n8'"«
business interests in ^VhUehon>e, ac
compr.niod by Mrs. Armstrong, loft
for the outage last night on the
Prirco'v. \'"v for ar> ",c,t to
Toronto, me old home of Mr. Arm-.
strong, and from thence before!
t'ueir refurn iu tile latter part of |
March, to Southern California points ;
Mr. Armstrong says that hist |
year wr.-s the best from a business |
point of view that Whitehorse has (
I experienced in some time, and that j
! from pr.'seut indicat'o.m 1 £ i4 will
| prove equally as good, it not better.
He takes a vety or'"-i'uis;ic view i
j of the mining situation !n riouth- :
| ern Yrkou and in the country ad-!
jaceiii to the Chisiua c,i either side j
| of the boundary. Hi has been in |
l the Vul.oc rince the latj <,0's and :
| is woll po3*9d aa to tho gold pro-.
| duclsig resources of the various
i creeks upon which tho precious met- j
al has been found in the Alsek, j
I'Kluane lake and BurwasU mining:
districts, and it is Uifa opinion that
e7en thc^^h the cree\s iu the Chis- j
'ana country prove worthless there:
are a 'a-^o n''.niber !n the districts j
named r.' ove that have already been i
preen to be good hydraulic proposl-1
tion?, and that it is on'.y a question j
of % comparatively short time un-1
til 'heir gold deposits will commence
Jto be uncovered by companies with J
plenty of capital at their command, I
to which the or.ormou-; Initial ex
renoe necessary for their develop-'
rnent w'li be a matte.* of small mo- '
inert.
Another factor in the de*olopmontj
o; these properties, nr.d one of j
much importance, he says, is the j
poiicy cf fhe go.-ernn-ent in opening!
up good r"*ads to ail n;iris or thel
:errittff-y, and the cons< que:.t r<-duc-,
| tioa ia i he tw.. of transporting sup- j
plk>s and machinery Into sections |
>vhich h: ve heretofore htr.i almosti
inacoeji.'.ihir, ..nd impossible to roach !
with even a small outfit except
through the use of pack animals,
which a*. bf>Rt is an uns.itlsi'actory
way h the dist-m^e to lie travers
ed is of pny length.
J START7 • \"(J RE^ FJiATION'S OF
CHU.n Tit AKFIC IN (JERMAXY j
BerJIu, Jan. S—Slariliug revela-|
Uor>-> concerning child traffic in i
Ga; rar.'iv art containta Ja a book I
jus. piibi.'vihya by r'enrietta \
Arondt, of Stuttgart. She charges
thai, the saio ji oh; -fv. -,-»<> on
uniuterniiueUiy wi'.h he shoal con
sent of v'-'Jlic opicion, parcels dis
po&ii:* ihsia to kL^ hij'.ost bid
der auior.g better-sit-=ilcd childless
families.
Iu a single mouth slie collectcd
227 advu'iseiaents li ;er«?<l ^'ie
newspapers by persons offering to
sei! or "adopt" children. As many
of the lit'le ones are "adepted"
merely 'or future exploitation, it
really means a slave t'*nfiic of the
most remarkable character, says
Mme. Arcndt. In a number of the
•papers thf: advertisemeiits regarding
children are Interspersed vita tnoge
for the sale of cattle s.nd pigs.
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DEPLORES LACK
OF HOT
Houg&ton, Mich., Jan. 8—Govor- j
nor Ferris said here today that ho
finds a lack of harmony in the Mich
igan copper strike zone among those
who are endeavoring to settle the j
differences betwen the mine owners
and miners. He greatly deplores,
the presence of troops in the cop-!
per region.
W ILL RESORE THE Kl INS
OF OLD FRENCH FORT j
Paris, Jan. 8—The Touring Club
of France and the Committee
France-Amerique have signed an |
agreemennt to share the expense of j
restoring the ruins of the old French
Fort Chambly built in 1.605 during j
the French occupation of Canada.
SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT
AMONG THE MARINES
Washington, D. C., Jau. 8—It was
reported here today that smallpox
had broken out at Guanyoromo, Cu
ba, and that many of the United
States Marines stationed there were j
down with ilic disease.
REVISED SCHEDULE OF
COSTS FOR PATENT
CUas. E. Davidson, surveyor-gener
al, has sent notices to the different
sub-land offices in Alaska showing a
revised cost of securing patents in
accordance with a new scedule for
office work in the surveyor-general's
office, effective Jan. J, 1914, aa
follows;
For a single location, either lodo
or placer .. $35.00
For a consolidated lode or plac
er claim, consisting of three or
more locations, for each loca
tion 20.00
For a single millsito 25.00
For a miilsite in connection with
a lode application 10.00
For a placer claim of 160 acrss,
under one location 50.00
For a consolidated placer claim,
consisting of two or more lo- j
cations of 160 acres each, for
each location ., ,, . . , . 45.00
For a • lacer claim of 40 acres 40.00
For a consolidated placer claim,
consisting of two or more loca
tions of 40 acres eaoa, for
each location 30.00
TWO GAMES SCHEDULED
AT THE GYM. TONIGHT.
There will be two basketball
games played tonight at the W. P.
A. Club gymnasium, one between
a team composed of girls and the
other of boys. The first game will
be called at 8 o'clock.
THE BOATS
Tho Spokane got in Skagway at S
p. m. .itsvt-rday and left at 4:45 p.
m.
The Princess May docked at 1:45
. m. yesterday and left this morning
s.t 5:15.
Fresh Things In On J
"Alameda"
SWEET CIDER.
ORANGES f
APPLES
BANANAS
CELERY
CAULIFLOWER
sheet POTATOES
CRANBERRIES
HckkI River SpUzenberg Apples
$3.25 Per Box.
P. ii. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
Jamos B. Clcse, who i3 the pro
prietor of a storo and' roadiicuss
six miles beyond the boundary at
tho confluence fo IIer3fcli and
Beaver crocks on the Whileliorse,
Kluane, Chisana road, reaci:od £>kas
way Tuesday, and will lor.vo tomor
row with about thirty teas o:' freight
with which he intends to stocic his
establishment.
Mr. Close left Hcrnfelt on the
22nd. of December and Lays the
road all the %ay into WhUchcrr.e
was in excellent condition, although
it was better beyond lake Klii-i.o
than on this side for the reason that
there nad been a much lighter snow
fall in that section than elsownere
in the interior. When he left thire
was about, 12 Inches of snow »t
Horsfelt, but the weather so far
this whiter had been exceptionally
mild, averaging 15 to 2i) below, al
though one night the thermometer
registered 30 below.
Mr. Close recently had ten tons c!
freight, mostly glassware and hard
ware, delivered at his roadhouse by
W. P. & Y. Route freight teams,
and iu the whole consignment there
had been only one small glass tube
broken in transit.
He says that in the past few
weeks there have been stampedes o£
prospectors to Frying Pan, ln<M.au
and Dominion creeks, on the Can
adian side of the boundary, and
there seemed to be a general feel
ing amone them that important dis
converies may be made in that vic
inity *n the near future.
According to Mr. Cloee there ir4
I net a lai-o-e number of people gol^S
! into tho diggings now and th« ma<
, .;ority of these are from Daw«on and
j -.iitcncr roiute and are mushing la
j with dog teams up the White riv
! or. It 'a hie opinion, however, that
1 thoro will be quite an influx of ®ut
sidc people as soon as the news i»
circulated in the coast citie3 that
i the conditions for winter travel ara
so favorable on the Skagway, Whlte
! horsa route, which he claims is the
only way by which the discomforts,
' hardships and dangers that are in
cident to winter travel in these nor
thern latitudes can bo almost en
tirely eliminated.
He says the price of provisions at
the stores in the new camp remains
at about $1.00 per pound, but that
j people are leaving all the time and
| selling what they do not need at
[ reduced figures, but that the buy
j er from them, after having counted
up the ;os". of tents, cooking utensils
etc., which are usually a part of the
oui-fit. finds that hia provisions
j stand him in as much as ha would
j got them for at a regular dealer's.
Mr. Chas. says that owing to
tne expense of taking in aupplien he
very much doubts whether the price
oi necessaries will ever fall below
50 cent^ per pound, or at least not
until the country 13 opened up by
rr.ilroads.
The prL» of a meal at Mr. Close's
i-oaJiiouse is $1.50, and that of s.
bed $1.00. Nearer Whitehorse, how
over, $1.00 for a meal and the same
for p night's lodging ie charged.
Lincoln. Nebraska, Jan. 8—Sac
rotary of State Eryan's spcecli here
last night wa3 mostly devoted to
showing wliat the present adminis
tration of affair-i in ire UVi.od
States hid accomplished.
DENY THAT EMI^SSV
IS TO BE' C?I.O;>£iB
Washington, D. C., Jan. 8—Ic is
officially denied here tint the Ur.it-1
ed States embassy i:i tin Ci v 01"
Mexico is to bo closed.
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I BIG OUTFIT
B GOING IN
E. J. Ives and J. J. Prtc«, who
are connected with. F. M&nley la
. g up the Hamahaw option on th»
•larjcj clnim ia the Chisana district,
v, ill arrive from Seattle in about &
>> uck or >o, bound for Chisana tI»
s;:r.g-.yay, V/hitehoree and tha Klu
.v.ie. Tn-y will taka with them
tao following: two horses, ono boil
er, one bob oled, one pump and nec
essary feed for horses. Their large
fchipmcnt ol merchandise will be
moved this way in February.
Location Notices, plaeer inc.
quartz, 50c. a dozen at th# Dal!>
Aiaslcan office. tt.
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Beautiful Weaves,
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