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No. f>5 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAttWAY ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL
IT LUST NIGHT'S MEETING
'J/ J.; ~^3,
At the regular meeting of the
town council last night Mayor Ganty,
Councilmeu Gutfeldt, Tanner, Bra
wand, Friedeuthal and Bender were
" pre#eqc' j.
. . Boll call.
| .. Minute of previous meeting,
[ read, corrected and 'approved.
J 'Couircilmaja Brawand, of the
\ liealth and police committee, askod
fcfKjnftmiuUori in regard to pro
perty left by Thomas Burns, who
.jUed at the .White Pass hospital
recently, jfarshal Page reported in
reference to the disposition of the
|ioUse owned by deceased, and
.Jlayor Gautv said that as the es
tate wouldnot warrant the appoint
ment ot'-atr administrator, the- com mi
'^siol&er had advised him to settle
(ha: matter.,o*it of court, eo .that
t'ue mall amount which would be
derived from as all of his effects
could b© divided pro rata among
. the credtcrs instead of! being all
«»ed' up in the court proceedings.
Councilman Brawand also stated
that" he had beeu Informed .that
Dr. Gablo had refused to file with
the council a vital statistic report
with .ihe.clerk -of the town council
as repuired by .ordinance aud asked
clerk McKay if his information was
correct. |
Clerk McKay said that Dr. Gabie
had reftstid to report to the coun
cil because he considered it unnec
essary. inasmuch as he already had
ftted"*"a report with the U: S. Com- i
miasioner
Mayor Ganty su.sested that the
committee or health and police con
sult Qistrict Attorney Rustgard in
i elation to th© above matter upon
his arrival here and report his
opiniou at the nest meeting.
CounciJ^an JJutfeldi J reported
* that Mr. Mayer, who had been at
the W. P. hospital for 30 days at
anexpense to the town of $165, had
been transferred to the care of Mr.
Ward at a consideration of SI.00
per day, his condition having great
ly improved. •}
The.report of Town Treasurer H.
J. Lynch for March, showing a cash
balance" on hand" of $7,604.73 was
read, 'accepted and ordered placed
on file.
Councilman Friedenthal of the
Public TSorlae committee, reported
progress op tjtp,-riW wingdam being
built on the river on 18th Street.
A communication from Mrs. Max
| in© Stanton was read and ou motion
I was tabled. I
I The following bills were road, ap
proved and warrants ordered drawn
for payment.
Alaska Transfer Co. ». .. $137.22
Keller Bros 1.05
Fred Kindling i.. . 8.25
J. J. Chambers 1.50
P. McNtchol 4 6.25
W. S. Sparks 42.50
Joe Edgar .. .. ' 28 25
Home . Power Co 279.15
K. W. Acheson .. .. .. 8.00
Alaska Gen. Elec. Co 9-00
J. Eekert ; 28.75
John Ward 48.50
Martin Itjen .. 78.50
W. P. Hospital assn 165.00
Vol. Fire Dept 72.00
J. M. Tanner........ .. 5.55
H. J. Lynch i. .. 8.10
Stetson Port Lumber Co. ... 115.9ji
Win. Britt .. .. 100
Under the head of new business
Councilman Bender reported the J
alleyway in the reur of . the Reinert
and Rapuzzi buildings on the west
side of Broadway to be in a very
bad sanitary condition and re
commended that it should be clean
ed up at once. The town Marshal
was instructed to see the matter is
attended to.;
On motion it was ordored that a
notic© requesting all the property
owners of the town to clean up
their premises, be inserted in the
columns of the Daily Alaskan.
Under Judiciary and election,
councilman Tanner reported poll
books, booths, etc., all ready for
voters. -i
* Mayor Oanty then declared the
nomination of officers for the mun
icial election In order, and L. Muel
enberg, L. Speer and W. H. Becker
were put up and elected as judges,
without opposition. There were three
nominations for clerks of election
and as only two were required a
ballot was taken and Mrs. A. R.
Hillery and Victor Sparks were duly
elected to. the positions.
Upon motion of councilman Tan
ner a special police officer was
authorized to be in attendance at
the polling place and upon further
motion Perry Hern was appointed
to that position. 1
Marshal Page was instructed to
notify the judges and clerks and
the special offiicer of their selec
tion, in order that the polls might
open at 7 o'clock sharp on the
morning of the 7th.
On motion, the council adjourned.
JBST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just'a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8$M*~!2~nich Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
v Miners' Leather Shoes
- Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
. Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
- - Fur and Cloth Caps
7 x g and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
INfFACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE fllNER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
>; and Ladies' Furnisher
i PHONE 41 s S1CAGWAY
REFUSES WRITS
HABEAS CORPUS
Port Worth, Texas, April 7—Fed
eral Judge Mack today refused to
grant writs of habeas corpus to the
5,000 Mexican refugees held at Fort
tUiss.
WET AND DRV
ELECTION TUMI
Chcago, April 7—The wet and
dry election campaign throughout
the state will be settled ut the el
ection which is being held today.
IN TRAINING AT
SAN FRANCISCO:
San Francisco, April 7—Ritchie
is in training here for his twenty
round go on the 17th with Har!em
Tommy Murphy.
Chicago, April 7—Director Gen
eral of the government reclamation
service Newell said here today that
Alaska will soon take a great boom
and that with the construction of
the government owned railroad and
the opening up of the agricultural
lands there settlers would flock
North by the hundreds.
PERSONAL.
Fred W. Ren worth is a Golden
North gnest. -
9
Mrs. Robert Shelly went ov£r to
Pennington on the train this morn
ing on a visit to her mother, who
lives at that point. ^ J
- A.—B. Taylor came out on the
train yesterday from Atliu on his
way to Cordova, where he goes on
Ms way to the Chiisnna where he
has mining interests, having a
-flaim adjoining the James property
on Bonanza, the same having been
staked by his brother, Andy Taylor
last July. This property has been
prospected and carries rich gravel
and his many friends hope it will
pan out so big that the popular
Barney will return a millionaire.
The Alameda will be here Fri
day on her way to the Westward
and the Mariposa will reach here
cn her way to Seattle Thursday.
HE PURCHASES
II LOCAL TEAM
Victoria, B. C., April 7—H.
HumbiJr today purchased the local
Northwestern league team and is
going to sign the best talent avail
able. I
FAWCEnTGAIH
A CANDIDATE
Tacoma, Wash., April 7—The
city primaries are being held to
day. Recalled Mayor A. V. Fawcett
is trying to return. J.
UNDERWOOD IS
III JHE LEAD
Birmingham, Alabama, April 7—
Scattering returns already received
indicate that Underwood Is leading
Hobson by a substantial majority
in the race between them for the
senatorshlp.
Torreon, April 6—General Villa
today ordered the deportation of 600
Spaniards, the same as he did those
from Chihuahua, on account of
taking sides against the rebels.
Jaurez, April 7—Advices received
here state that General Villa had
a perfect right to order the de
portation of Spaniards from Torreon
yesterday, as they had done every
thing in their power to harrass
the rebels. ~ ' |
WE TENDER
AN APOLOGY
A misstatement in relation to C.
Kossuth's arrest In the restricted
dstrict early Saturday morning ap
peared in the Dally Alaskan of yes
terday. We received our inform
ation of the affair from Marshal
Page, who last night said that he had
made a mistake as to the locality
where the arrest had taken place,
and that instead of beiing in the
restricted district the young man
was taken into'cuatody shortly after
he had left there.
To Our Patrons
We beg to inform you that we have received
a full line of imported Fourres or Austrian dainties
made by Hartwig & Vogel, of Dresden and Vienna,
which contain the true fruit juices the moulds re
present them to be, or if in other forms contain Al
mond Paste, Chocolate and Nut centres.
These goods are are the highest of the confectioner's
» art and besides being very delicious to use as
table decorations for all occasions.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
THE BODY Of UN MINER
FOUND 01 WILSON CREEK SJIII
Atlln, April 7—Chief of Police
Webster on Friday received a tel
ephone message from . McKee creek
that Walter Mazanero, colored,
had arrived there, apparently half
crazed, with a story to the effect
htat Indians had shot John IJiwood
Simons, colored, and that they had
also chased him through the bush
for miles occasionaly shooting at
him. Mazaneros* feet were frozen
and he was brought to Atlin hos
piital , where after getting medical
attention he told a different story,
saying that he had gone to Simons'
cabin on Wilson creek, a mile and
a half distance from his own, and
discovered Simons absant, and no
evidence of his having been there
for some time. After following the
trail which.he knew Simons would
travel, lie discovered Simons' body
In the snow with only tiie head
and part of one snow shoe show
ing.
Chief Webster organized a party
and left Atlin for the scene on Sat
urday morning. He found the body
on Wilson creek summit with the
dead man's dog beside it.
Upon making examination the hor
rible fact was discovered that the
dog had started to eat the body, the
left arm, left breast, heart and left
lung being missing. T'ie remains
were brought to Atlin where Dr.S.
HT' Harrison is conducting a post
mortem. Simons left Atlin on his re
turn to his camp on Wilson creek
on the 2nd of February, the weather
at the time being very cold.
Evidently his death came sud
denly while he was repairing his
snow-shoes .with willow twigs and
his suspenders and fell dead in the
snow, i
Simons was ten miles from camp
and breaking trail so he must.have
been exhausted when he stopped
to repaiir his snow-shoes. The dog
stayed faithfully by hiim without
food until starvation drove him to
at of his masters body, and he
was standing guard when the
search party arrived !on Saturday.
Simons was about fifty jears old
and he had relatives in Chicago.
He had lived in this district for a
number of years, and was well
liked by all who'knew him. 1
Simons was a magnificent speci
men of physical manhood, being
over six feet in height and perfect
ly formed. He waa a man of ex
cellent habits and a strong favorite
hi the camp with all classes. For
the past few years he had been chief
cook at T. M. Daulton's mining
camp on Ruby creek and spent
his winters prospecting and had
good property on Wilson creek.
ALASKANS WILL
ATTEND MEETING
Former Alaskans v.'ln are now
residing in Tacoma," have been in
vited to attend the meeting of. the
committee in charge of the pro
gram for the entertainment of Gov
ernor Strong of Alaska. The meeting
will be held .Monday, April 6tb, at
the Commercial club and the vis
itors will be requested to suggest
plans for the banquet which will
be given iu honor of Governor
Strong. The date of the governor's
arrival has not yet been determined,
but all arrangements for the dinner
will be made, leaving this one
feature to bo decided on later.
Suggestions for a policy to be
adopted, by Tacoma to secure a
large portion of tho Alaska trade
that will result from building of
the Alaska railroad, will be present
ed'to the committee by many of the
lormer Alaskans. It is the intention
of the committee to submit a com
plete program to the club, which,
if approved, will receive the full
support of all the members. In ap
pointing the committee, President
George Milton Savage stated that
if the plans submitted were ap
proved at the meeting at which
Governor Strong will be the guest
of honor, they would receive the
unqualified support of the club as
a whole.
Several tentative plans have been
submitted to the committee, but
nothing definite has as yet been
decided on. The committee is des
irious of investigating the subject
thoroughly before taking any action.
It is the intention of the commer
cial club to wage an aggressive cam
paign to secure a portion of the
Alaska business. 'Every effort will
be made to collect all possible da
ta on the subject so that a.compre
. hensive poliicy can be outlined.
Tacoma Tribune. f
Seattle papers, P-I or Times may
be purchased at the Long News
stand at Depot. tf.
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