No. 208 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1913
PRICE 10 CENTS
ARE XOT ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER THt: PltOSPElT
Washington, Oct. 10—The posiof
£tce department displays but little
enthusiasm iu regard to taking ov
er the management of the Alaska
cable service. The officer in charge
of the whole system, who has his
headquarters at Seattle, has stat
ed it as his opinion that the post
office department will take charge
very soon, possibly by the first of
next January.
In the event of the change being
made It is said that J. B. L. Ilick
erson, of Seattle, who is now chief
clerk under the war departmeat.
will be chosen as general superin
tendent. Mr. Hickerson has be.-n
employed ou the system for a num
ber of year, and being thoroughly
tamilar with conditions, it is though
both at Washington and at Seattle,
that he will be placed in charge.
INTERIOR MAIL RESTRICTION
WIIJ. BE REMOVEO
Ottawa. Oct. 10—The Dominio»
poetoffice department lias issued a
special memorandum calling atten
lion to the fact that in the future
all classes of mail matter will be
accepted for transmission to Yukon
as freely in winter as in summer.
Restrictions hitherto preveniln
winter service north of WhUehors
have been removed.
Arrangements for this extension
service were made by Dr. Thompson
during the last session of parliament
CHISAXA STAMPKOKK IMKS
AT MOUTH OF THK WHITK
Dawson, Oct. 10—Major Moodie
has been advised that Henry Dool
ev, a stampeder for Chisana, died
last week at the mouth of the White
The man hud started up the river
with a poling boat or other outfit
and was taken sick aiter getting up
a short distance . He dropped back
to the mouth, and there succumb* .1
No details are known, Corpora
Hocking and Constable Campell it .
on the last steamer for the moitli
of the White, to investigate the
case.
The Jefferson is due to reach
here Sunday, Oct. 12th.
E. J. Shaw, manager of Moore's
wharf, went to Juneau on business
on the Mariposa this morning.
ME CITY STILL SWEPT BY '"
STORffl THAT WRECKED TOWN
Nome, Oct. 10—Two inches of snow,
fell here lust night, and has greatly
retarded the work of the men en
gaged in clearing up the debris left
by the late storm. The wreckage isj
covered with a mantle of ice and
this in connection with the high
wind that still 8weeps over the city,
reuders effective work almost impos
sible. The surf is still breaking
in great waves over the shallow
open roadstead and along the low
shores of the peninsula.
THE UAMKOA 1HKK
ItLOW.N Ol'T TODAY
\Vashiugton, Oct. lu—Eleven o'-j
clock today, Seattle time, is the hon
appointed for President Wilson to;
touch the electric button that will;
flash a current to and explode the;
forty tons of dynamite that are in-,
tended to r^ize the Uamboa dike,;
in the Panama canal.
HAl) A 15AD FALL
AT SKAliWAY DOCK
.lack Griesbach, first assistant
chief of the Skagway volunteer fire
department, and who is stevedore at
Moore's wharf, fell Saturday after
noon while at work back of tliel
cold storage plant on the dock and
severely wrenched the cartilages of
his chest His injuries confined him
to the house until yesterday whan
he was able to get around town
again, although it will be some time
before he will be in condition to re
sume work.
WII.L OPPOSK WM'KKIWHAM
\S COXliKKSSlOSAL DKM0(JA1H
Seattle, Oct. 10—King count
Democrats at a dinner Satur
day tvis;ht heard John "L. Steele o
Uuidlock Bay, Alaska, declare hi
candidacy for nomination as delegat
io congress from Alaska, to ru
on a Democratic ticket against Hon
•tames Wickershara, Ahiskas presen
delegate to congress.
Steele was the principal speake
at the dinner. He was introduce
as "a man of the people of Alaska.
The funeral of John Doyle iJ -k
place this morning. Services over
the remains were held at the Cath
[olic church at ten o'clock Rev. Fatu
|er Turnell officiating.
OUK NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
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
(JEO. W. BARXETT
"WRITES OP NEW CAMP
Mr. Tuck Elaharty of the Board
of Trade saloon, today received a
letter from Geo. W. Burnett, an
old timer in Skagway, but now lo-'ai
ed in Chisana gold district. With
Mr. Flaharty's permission we re
produce it in full below:
Chetenda, Sept. 24, 1918.
Friend Tuck:
1 will write you a few lines, as
there is a chance to send mail out
tomorrow. When we arrived heio
there was only one cabin started
That was on the second of this
month, and now thera must be a
hundred. They sent out a peti
tion with 235 names to the postof
l'ice department for a postmaster.
1 think this camp will be a hum
mer in the spring, when we can get
freight in on sleds. There are sev
eral outfits going to bring in boil
ers and test the bench claims, if
they are good, this will be the best
camp in Maska.
The hills are full of prospectors,
so there is liable to something new
turn up any day, and we are ri?ht
on the ground- to go after it and 1
think we will get some good
ground in the spring. We built one
cabin for us all to live in, now I am
building one on my lot. Got a tine
location. Will have room for a sa
loon building on the same lot. .'
,"3u inteud to come in the spriiig
will keep you posted as to the oj'.
100k. Can tell better in another
couple of months.
The only drawback now is grub is
so high, but after snow comes I
think they will be bringing freight
in for ten cents a pound. We ex
pect to get our outfit in from the
lake then. If we can hold out un
til then we will be all right.
Will write you every chance. Hope
you are having a good business
Haven't had a drink since I left
Skagway. Give my regards to al
the boys. Tell John Greshel I wish
he was here with some iron and
tools. We paid twent-five dollars
foe a Yukon stove today.
Your friend,
G. W. BARXETT
PAID Ol'T $10,000 IN"
WITNESS FEES ALONE
The marshal's office Saturday re
ceived $25,000 from the Departmen
of Justice for current court expenses
for the coming quarter. Marshal H
L. Faulkner says that the expenea
of the office for the quarter ending
September 30, have been higher than
that of any preceding quarter. Dur
ing the quarter finished according
to Marshal Faulkner, there were up
wards of $10,00 paid out for witness
fees alone.—Juneau Daily Empire.
SOLOiN, ALASKA, WIPED CLEAN
BY 5101 THAT STRUCK NOME
Nome, Oct. 10—Word has just
reached here that the town of Sol
omon was practically wiped out by
the same storm that caused s>ich
havoc Monday night in this city.
The three hundred inhabitants fled
from the town when the storm
struck it and no loss of life is re
ported, although almost every build
ing in town was blown down.
Solomon was situated at the
mouth of Solomon river, 40 miles
east of Nome, on the Bering sea,
and had a winter population of 30')
It was settled in 1899, is the coast
terminus of the Council City and
Solomon River railway and was the
supply point for the Solomon River
and Case-de-Paga mining districts.
DRASTRIC ORDERS ISSUED
RY PRESIDENT HUERTA
Mexico City, Oct. 10—President
Huerta has ordered a concentra
tion of federal troops at Torreon,
and given instructions to the offi
cers and men to kill every rebel cap
tured in northern Mexico.
! LEAVES OF ARSENSE ARE
WITHDRAWN FROM MEMREKS
Washington, Oct. 1U—Not enough
members of the houuse were present
this morning to form a quourmu,
j nine being necessary. In consequent
I all leaves of absence hav been with
drawn.
REPORT THE WHITE RIVER
ALIVE WITH POLING BOATS
Dawson, Oct. 10—The little steam!
'er Plying, which got in Saturday
'Sept. 27th, from Donjek with her
| owner, Captain Miller, in command,
j has been put on the beach for the
i winter. The steamer made the
j trip from Doujek in two days. The
i White several days ago was a foot
higher at Donjek than when the
j Nasutlin landed her cargo there.
The Splegatus, which got in Sat
urday, landed all the Vidette freight
at Donjek, demonstrating the great
j utility of the first class gasoline
i boat in such waters. The boat is
now loading for a trip up tlieS tewar
I to -Mayo with mail and supplies. On
j her return she may make a run up
'the White.
The Burch launch is being tried
out this afternoon, and may make
!a trip up the White.
Men are leaving on every steam11
er with poling boats and outfits, and
hitting the White for the long mush
up stream. It is ninety miles from
the mouth to Donjek. Late arrivals
report that part of the river alive
with poling boats.
CANNIBAL MURDERERS
ARRESTED IN NEW GUINEA
Melbourne, Oct. 10—Eight ring
[ leaders of the cannibals who recent
ly murdered John Henry Werner, a
German American mineralogist,
i while at the head of an expedition
{searching for radium in an unexplor
{ ed region in New Guinea, have been
[arrested by a patrol, according to a
dispatch received here from Papua.
! The patrol, meeting with resistance,
-j killed four natives and wounded a
I number of others.
New Crop Ripe Olives
We have been waiting some
time for these. They are worth
waiting for however and we
are now able to supply your
wants with the famous "Gro
gan" Ripe Olives, full quart
tins at 50 cents per tin.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
i'HE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
TO ESTABLISH OFFICE HERE
Fairbanks, Sept. 30—That the
Grand Trunk railroad people will
probably establish several agencies
for their route at different points In
Alaska and the Yukon, was the
statement of J. J. Carroll, who, with
G. A. McNichol, another officer of
the company, has boeu on a visit to
Alaska during the past summer. Mr.
Carroll is superintendent of the
Grand Trunk steamship lines, witk
headquarters in Seattle, while Mr
McNichol is superintendent of the
Grand Trunk railway system, now
building its line eastward from
Prince Rupert.
Mr. Carroll stated today that the
company expected ita road to be
completed before thia time nex
year. Being the road farthest
north with eastern connections, it
is expected that a great portion of
the business of all Alaska points
will be transacted over that route.
For this reason, it is intended
that a number of agencies be estab
lished in Alaska, the exact points
t be named after Messrs. Carroll
and McNichol render their report
Mr. Carroll stated while here recent
ly that he expected the * agencies
would be four in number, and that
he and his companion would rec
ommend the establishment of a
Fairbanks office. It is probable
that Dawson, Nome and Skagway
will also get offices.
McDonald's fresh Horehound Stic
candy, the kind the baby likes, at
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
L. A. Levensaler, representing the
Tacoma Smelter, reached here from
the westward this morning on his
way to Whitehorse on a visit to the
Pueblo mine.
GOLD DISCOVERED TEX
MILES ABOVE DOXJEK
Dawson, Oct. 10—Arrivals from
Donjek, on the White, bring word
of the discovery of a new gold
bearing stream ten miles above
Donjek, which has been christened
Goodfellow creek. It is on the
Canadian side, and is about fifteen
miles in length.
The discoverers were Lorenzo Her
man Herd and James William Mc
Donald, of Dawson. They left here
several weeks ago on one of the
steamers, with outfits for the winter,
and were not long getting busy
panning, with the consequence they
staked two discovery claims adjoin
ing. Mr. Herd is a member of the
Goodfellow'a club, an auxiliary of
the Odd Fellow's lodge, Dawson, of
which he is a past noble grand, and
the creek is named after the club.
Jack Maloney, who has recently
returned, states that the creek is
staked from the mouth to the sky
line. Allowing about ten claims to
the mile, each claim being 500 feet
long in Yukon, there must be some
thing like 150 claims staked on the
main stream. One pup is staked to
the extent of eight claims, and oth
ers may be staked soon.
Goodfellow creek was discovered
September 18. It is understood gold
was found on discovery, three above
and six below several days ago, and
it may be showing up now on other
claims.
DIPLOMAT JOHN LIND
OX THE TORREOX AFFAIRS
Vera Cruz, Oct. 10—John Lind,
United States diplomat, sent to Mex
ico some time ago to confer with
Provisional President Huerta with a
view to a cessation of hostilities in
this country, is still in the city. He
today expressed the opinion that
the Torreon affair of Wednesday
last, would have a tendency toward
causing foreigners much uneasiness.
IDENTITY' OF MURDERED
MEN IS ESTABLISHED
Fort Williams, Ont., Oct. 10—The
police authorities here have identi
fied the two men found murdered on
the Valdez Fairbanks trail a few
days ago as Herman Anderson and
Ole Nelson. They were both mem
bers of the Miner's Union at this
place.
G-eti 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 young men we've
ever shown. Better
see them, they have
just arrived.
CLA YSON