DEATH COMES SUDDENLY 10
OLD PROSPECTOR HI WHITEHORSE
A death took place with tragic
suddetiness at the public Hospital
last !• i'iday afternoon, December 19
An old prospector by the name of
George Lough who has been around
town for a short period had not bee
feeling well for some time and on
Friday he went to the hospital aud
thirty minutes from the time he en
tered he had breathed his last.
Very little is known about the
deceased man He came to White- I
horse from the outside last month !
and rented a cabin from Hugo Snld- t
er, the shoemaker on Nov. 15th. I
Since then he has been engaged trap
ping and huuting in the vicinity of '
White horse. It was his intentiou to '
remain here until the spring and I
then go through to the Chisana !
country. It appears that at one time
he assisted in the building of a j
Mffl E. HURT
GETS LETTER
Sir Tbonias I.ipton, the famous
Englisa yachtsman, who was in San
Fiancisco about a year ago, now
says taat he is coming back in 1915.
the year of the Panama Pacific Ex- j
position, lo win a California bride.
Mrs Mary E. Hart, president of
the A aska Cruise club, who is too j
well rnd favorably known through-!
out t! e norht to need an introduct- I
ion to the public from us, is a par- j
ticular friend of the titled Britisher. I
Her home is in San Francisco. A i"e* >
days ;.go she received the following
letter from Sir Thomas:
"Many thanks for your kiud let- j
ter, which I have just received. I !
am most grateful to the Alaska ,
Cruis* club for making me an hon- I
orary member, and. also, for your j
thouglitfulness in sending me the j
membership card, which I much ap- j
predate. Alaska Is a great coun-1
try, aud it is one of the places in ;
the world that I most desire to see;
I have heard so much about it. I
hope to hare the pleasure of see
ing you when I come down to San
Francisco in 1915;; and, with all j
good wishes for the success of the
club, I am
Yours very truly,
THOMAS J. LIPTOX.
bridge at or near the Valerie miue,
hence he must have been in the
country previously. He was of a
iiuiet and unassuming nature, and j
like the average old-timer, was very i
silent regarding his friends or pri- !
vate affairs.
He had been complaining for some
time but no one thought that his
end was so near. Heart disease is
said to have been the cause of his |
death. He was a man a little over |
sixty years of age and carried his
years well. The police took charge
of the funeral arrangements and he
was buried Tuesday afternoon, the
Rev. W. G. Blackwell of the Epis
copal church conducted the service.
One by one the old-timers aro
passing away, soou they will all be
gone and a new generation will take
their place.—Whitshorse Star.
AGES INCREASED
Seattle, Dec. 27—A reduction iu
rates and an increase in the size of
packages that will be carried by the
parcels post is announced for the
first of the coming year. Gold coin,
£Old bulliou and gold dust will then
be carried between Alaskan points
and the states.
THEY REFUSE I
RELe MONEY
Calumet, Dec. 27—Refusals to ac- j
cept the $25,U00 for the relief of i
strike sufferers, that was collected i
:hrough non-union sources, is the |
situation that confronts the relief j
committee having the distribution of {
:he funds in charge.
Pres. Mover of the miners union '
ivas today placed aboard a train and i
leported from the district by the
:itizens alliance, the members of \
vhich have combatted the strike ev
er since its inception.
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Telegraphic advices from White
liorse to the cffect tliat eleven (lays
will elapse between boats getting
into Skagway reveals a deplorable
condition on that run. Ships are al
lowed to bunch, and the people of
the North, who keep alive those
linos, suffer.
Stages ply between Dawson and
Whltehorse, making three runs each
way weekly, or practically one stage
each way every othor day. There are
enough steamers on the coast routes
to afford as frequent or more fre
quent service in and out of Skagway
But most of the ships do not make
the connections. Only one or two
lines give train schedule with their
ships. It is not that the steamers
•inot ply on exact schedule, but
most of tlie companies will send a J
boat anywhere off the main route
to get a little side business. Mails, ■
freight, express and passenger bus>i- j
ness for terminals and interior
points are subject to all tluse delays
The companies do not consider that
the time of the travelers is worth
money to each individual, and that
delays in shipment;-., mails and the
like mean money and other ventures
tied up and waiting at the will of
the companies.
Every side trip of a steamer also
increases the risk to pa. em ( rs and
all the other traffic for through
points. Nearly all the Alaskan
wrecks occur in going i.ita strange
waters on these side trips. If the
companies will not give tin fast thru
service the people at the terminals
ieserve, and cease carting govern
ment mails and other business all
over the Pacific in getting to destin
ation, it would be well for the
governments to see to it in tlje next
mail contract that carriers be requir
ed to render prompt through ser
vice.
If the stages plying the Dawson
Whitehorse run on exact time went
loitering off to Chisana, and made
all kinds of ride trips, there would
be no end of fuss. If trans-continent
al trains or the coast-line flyers of
British Columbia and the Pacific
states took circuitous routes, and
went after freight in jerkwater
towns and at fruit canneries, instead
of journeying through in fast time,
something would be doing.
Tlie people of the northern in
,wrior established tlie coast towns
and the coast lines, and deserve the
first consideration in prompt and
speedy through service.—Dawson
News.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27—Two peopl
were frozen to death today in a bliz
zard that is raging here.
THi; 1IOATS.
The Georgia will reach Skagway
sometime tomorrow afternoon.
CANNED FISH
Seattle, Dec. 27—A recent article
n the American Food Journal gives
in account of the investigations of
anned salmon which have been car
ied on in the laboratory of the stat
:hemist at the University of Wash- |
ngton. The result of thest. investi- [
rations shows that the "do-overs"
>r /e-processed meat or fish prod
icts should not be allowed on the
uarket. The spoiling of the prod- |
let immediately following the can
ling process clearly indicates that |
terilization was not complete and
hat putrefactive organisms were at |
vork in the product.
While the reprocessing may ren
ler the product sterile, it cannot re
nove the danger of the presence of
he decomposed material. If all the
irganlsnis are not killed by repro
esslng, a fact which is shown to be
rue in a large number of cases, the
langer of poisonous products, be-1
omes very great, for under favor
ible conditions of temperature the
mcteria will continue to develop an
ause further decomposition.
Washington, Dec, 27—It is an
lounced that a public hearing will
hortly be granted by congress to I
epreseutatives of fourteen cities, in
cluding Seattle and Portland on the [
J.icific coast, regarding the location
»* regional banks.
Dublin, Dec. 27—Larkln, the |
reat Irish labor leader, has an
ounced his intention to sail next |
/eek for America.
Chicago, Dec. 27—The announce
lent was made last night at a ban
uet. at the association of commerce
ere that Paul Stensland, former
resident of the Milwaukee avenue
tate bank, is devoting his life to th
epayment of the losses of deposit
rs which occurred when he abscond
with* over a half million dollars o
he funds of the bank.
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nEfHtbtNIA'IVc Ul- UNIVtHHIlT
OF CALIF. HERE FROM INTERIOR
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H. S. Retd, who passed through
Skagway last summer bound for the
nterior in the interests of the Mu
seum of Vertebrate Zoology of the
Jniversity ot California, is here on
lis way home to California after'
laviug spent several months at .the
lead of the White river. Mr. Reed's
ime while ia the interior was mostl
pent in gathering data and
naking field notes of special inter
st. This makes the fourth time he
las visited the north, and he is
herefore perfectly familiar with the
:onditions that exist in Alaska and
he Yukon.
He was twelve days in making
he trip out from the head of White
iver to Whitehorse, traveling a
•art of the distance by dog team
nd the remainder of the way with
l freighting outfit that he overtook
md which was 011 its way to White
lorse after having delivered a con
signment of supplies at the gold
:amp.
While on the way out Mr. Reed
net ten W. P. & Y. Route freight
earns going in, beyond Kiuane
ake, each loaded with from 4500
o 5,000 Dounds. These teams had
>roken the road and packed the
now, giving a solid bottom which
trill not be affected by the light
inowfall that is the rule in that sec
ion of country and which will keep
he trail in good condition for travel
mtil the spring thaw sets in.
When asked as to his opinion iis
o which is the best and most feas
ble route into the Chisana country
dr. Reed said:
"The most essential thing, or rath
r two of the most essential, for a
•orson who Is coming into this coun
ry to know is the altitude of the
uountain ranges they will have to
ross and whether there is fuel to
ie had close at hand. If a person
hould get caught in one of the
ilizzards which at short intervals
f time, sweep these perilous eleva
ions in winter time, and with little
r no fuel to protect from the
ntense cold, it would be a mirr.cle
f the unfortunate did not perish.
"Over the glacier trails between
IcCarthy and the gold fields it is
nown that firewood has to be car
led sufficient to last the traveler
rom three to four days in the
lost favorable weather, and during
severe storm It might become ne
essary to pitch camp for a week
r ten days, and in exceptional cas- !
s, even longer. With the limited
acilities for transporting stuff
'hich the average traveler possesses
: is only possible to carry exceed
igly small quantities of wood for
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cooking and other purposes, and
hence it would be a serious matter
for one o£ them to be caught in a
storm while on the way across these
dangerous places.
"Before I started out I saw a few
stragglers, who were traveling light,
who had come in over the McCarthy
trail and they reported having had
a most hazardous trip on account of
heavy storms and the neceseity of
passing over numerous crevasses
in the glaciers they encountered and
which there was no means of avoid
ir?. These stragglers were the on
ly ones who were attempting the
journey at all.
"I met three miners named Patter
sou, Sullivan and Peterson, while
on the way out, who had been into
Whitehorse for supplies. Patter
son informed me that his partner
had gone out to Cordova about two
months ago to get supplies and
that after waiting for his return un
til ho had run short of grub had had
to go to Whitehorse to get them. Up
to the time he left Chi3ana he had
heard nothing of his partner nor the
date of his probable return.
"Sullivan and Peterson, had not
tried the McCarthy trail. When
they found they were in need of sup
plies they went to Whitehorse, got
them and were on their way to their
claims, without having encountered
any obstacles to travel whatever."
Mr. Reed has never been over the
McCarthy trail, having traveled the
Skagway Whitehorse route both go
ing and coming, but from what he
knows of this one and what he has
heard from authentic sources of the
other he will have no hesitancy in
informing people, when he gets out
side, as to his opinion in the mat
ter and his recommendation -will not
be via McCarthy.
TERRIFIC GALE
ON ATLANTIC
New York, Dec. 27—A ninety
mile gale is today lashing the At
lantic. Immense waves are Bwepe
iug the shores, with the result that
many people who lived in close prox
imity along the branches were unabl
:o escape and met their death in the
wind swept waters.
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