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Vo 200 SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS
TOE WHITE PASS EMPLOYES
PEVELII SKAGIT PRODUCTS
Last night. for the third time,
■.lie employes of the White Pass and
Yukon Route were gatheted to^ethir
around the festive board. Three
loug parallel tables, at right angles
to the speaker's table, with covers
laid for one hundred and forty-eight
guests, were arranged in the big
ldining room ot the Pullen House.
l>ecorated with autumn leaves, and
late flowers, with cut glass stands
of luscious fruit and lighted by soft
rays from the iucaudescent globes,
the banquet hali surely represented
a most hospitable and charming ap
l.earance.
At eight o'clock the signal to be
seated was given, and the third
annual baliquet was begun. Kver
ready to adopt new ideas. President
bickesou included in this year's invi
t'tion the wives of th© employees
of the company, and excepting the
seats made vacant by those who
were compelled to attend to the
duties of running trains, loading
and unloading freight boats, every
|>!ate was occupied.
From the time the first course
was served, until the cafe noi."
*as brought on, there was not a
dull momeut. When President Dick
esou stood up and asked t lie indul
gence of the diners for a moment,
all present paused and passing ov
er the trials and tribulations of the
original projector of the White Pass
Railway, Mr. Dickesoti Introduced
Mr. William Brooks Close.
In a semi-serious talk. Mr. Close
'.old of his aims and ambitions for
the future development of the White
Pass property, and concluded his re
marks by calling attention to the
loyal and hearty support given by
the employees, so that he at all
times was able to report to hisj
brother stockholders back in Eng
land.
As has been his custom at these
dinners, Mr. Dickeson now put be
fore those present his plans for
the coming season He took an
optimistic view of the future. He
said that the Pueblo mine was
operated throughout last winter
for the purpose of demonstrating
whether or not wet ores could be
handled in this country during the
winter months, and said that the,
records showed that it could be <4on ;
but if . cost upwards of ten thousand
dollars per month in excess of what
the transportation company had re
iceived in handling the ores during
I the winter. The policy was there
fore adopted this spring, of gettiug
j out all the ore possibly consistent
with doing a reasonable amount of
development work and doing heavy
shipping during the summer season,
ami that this winter they would
uii. down shipments and permit the
' mine to carry on development work
on. a larger scale preparatory to
making increased shipments next
'year. TUo effect of this will be to I
give the company an opportunity to
do its development work along prop
er miuing lines and permit of
handling large tonnage when it can
!>e done at less cost. <
Passing on to plans for the fu
tiire, Mr. Dickeson said that he be
lieved that J. J. Hill, that patriarcl
of empire building, was right whe
he s.'id that there remained but tw
countries yet to be developed, i. e
Alaska and Yukon, and that h
was going to do his utmost to aid
in that development. He touched on
the institution of the through ser
vice to Fairbanks of the Whito Pas
Route, and spoke in a pleased man
nor of the results of his efforts i
directing the trend of tourist trave
towards Alaska and the Yukon. 11
thanked all the employees for thei
loyalty and zeal, and ended hi
talk by paying tribute to the skill
.' u d careful watchfulness at all
times exercised by the men at thu
t'irottle, which he said was a most
remarkable record, as there was yet
to be recorded the deatn of a pas
senger on the Whi:e Pans it Yukon
route
Superintendent V. 1. Hahn of the
r.iil division, and Superintenden
ilerb Wheeler of the mail and riv
er division of the system both re
sponded when called upon "by going
over the pleasures and trials of
their departments during the past
y«Mr.
For the office force G. H. Mil
ler, general auditor of the com
iKinv, stated that in all the clerica
force, contentment and peace reign
ed supreme, and his records showe
! hat the business of the past yea
was listed well up towards the
years when there were things doing
in Alaska.
The hands of the clock were clos
in half after ten o'clock when th
White Pass family adjourned to
ineot again in the fall of 1914.
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF f
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
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DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
UNUSUAL COITIONS AT
MOORE'S WHARF THIS MORNI1G
X
This morning, for the first time
in fifteen years, a boat, the'Princess
Sophia, made an unsuccessful effort
to land at Moore's wharf. After
three attempts the boat was com
pelled to steam out into and across
the bay to the mouth of Burro creek
to await a favorable condition of
wind and tide to dock. J
The peculiar formation of thft
Skagwav harbor, which is of a horse
shoe shape, tfith abrupt slopingI
banks, taken in connection with the
extreme high tide and the heavyj
gale blowing at the time, wore the
muses of the non-success of thej
Princess Sophia to land. Although
the vessel Is 0119 of the most pow
erfully equipped 011 the northern
run, she was unable to cope with
the tremendous force of the under
tow which whs rum ing like a mi'l
race and with irresistible force
around and from the dock, and
about 60 feet was the nearest she
approached in either of her three at
tempts tc reach the wharf.
About 12 o'clock today a fourth
and successful attempt to dock was
made at flood tide and the Prin
cess Sophia now rests at her usual
berth at the wharf.
I (KM) FOU RANSOM
liV CHINESE BANDITS
Hankow, China, Oct. 1—Five
American and four Norwegian mis
sionaries, together with three wo
men, have been captured at Tsooy
iing, by Chinese bandits and are be
ing held for ransom.
THE STRICKEN MAX
IS RESTING EASY
New York, Oct. 1—Ex-Lieutenun
(jovernor Tiuioth> Lester Woodruff
v ho was stricken with paralysis
Monday night, while delivering a
political speech at Carnegie hall, is
today reported to be resting easily,
und no immediate danger of a ser
ious turn is apprehended.
.Miss Rathel of Carcross, arrived
011 last evening's train and will sail
youth on the Jefferson for her
home in Santa Barbara. Miss Rath
el has been at Carcross for the
past year and a half where she has
beeu making her home with Mrs. E
\V. Gideon.
THE LATEST ffl! THE
Eiii SOLD FIELDS
Mr. Clarence .\< hiscn, a young
tr.au who first came to Skagway in
1897 In company vth. his parents, is
jufi back from the Chisana gold dig
gings. He left Allin, where his
father now is, ou August 7th, anil
after an uneventful trip over the
Coffee creek ro"tp leached his des
tination about the middle of the
month above mentioned. While he
was too late to make a location, he
was very favorably impiessed with
the looks of the country, and thinks
it will prove a wiener when devel
opment work fully demonstrates its
worth. He states that for 50 square
r.i.es contiguous to discovery the
creeks are composed of the same
character of wash and gravel as ob
tains on discovery creek.
He estimates that between 50
and 600 people will winter in the
Clrsana, but says work for this sea
son, except for assessment pur
poses, has been stopped.
There are three new towns now
in course of construction, one being
an Snag river, and named after that
stream, another at the mouth of
Johnson creek and a third called
W oodrow, on Wilson creek.
He says that while at the dig
gmgss he met Dell Cowan and Geo.
Lurnett, who are now engaged in
building a cabin on Johnson creek.
He also caught a passing sight of
henry Friedenthal, but did not have
a chance to talk with him. Mr.
Achison says that he was informed
that Mr. Friedenthal had had the
misforune to lose both of the
hcrses which ^he took in with him
from Skagway, but that otherwis
he was getting along all right.
i!r. Achison says dogs are at
present of more value at the dig
Kings than horses, and that just be
fore he left he was offered a pair of
the latter for $75, while a good dog
was held at a much higher price.
He reports game, especially car
ibou and sheep, as very plentiful,
"Juid on his way out, traveling down
the White river on a raft, frequently;
passed large herds of caribou at
feed on the banks.
Jlr. Achison brings word that a
rumor was current in the interior
that two Montenegrans had lost
their lives in the White, above the
mouth of Snag, a short time ago.
He also met Chas Peterson, and
Joe Stubler, a partner of Henry
Friedenthal, who informed him that
they kad reached the diggings with
211 pounds of grub which had cost
them $211 to get in.
It was reported that a man who
left Whitehorse a short time ago
with a band of beef cattle, had
turned back when he reached a
point between the Donjek and White
rivers, and had taken them to Daw
son, where he had an idea, owing to
game being so plentiful in the Chis
ana, he would find a better market
Hefore he left the diggings, Ach
ison says, eight inches of snow had
fallen and the weather was extreme
ly cold.
He is undecided yet as to wheth
er he shall return or not to the dig
icings at a later date. «
CMWi FRUITS
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
MIFF mm Bill NHS
BEEN fflSSEO flf fflf HOUSE
Washington, Oct. 1—The Demo
cratic tariff revision bill, with the
exception of the clauses in reference
to cotton futures, passed the house
today by a vo.e of 254 to 103.
Chairman Garette says that the lob
by report .will probably be delayed
until some time in December.
ROMANTIC ENDING TO
VACATION TRIf
P. J. Lynch, of Lynch Bros., dia
mond drill contractors of Yukon Ter
ritory and Prince William Sound,
Alaska, who has been at work foi
the Atlas Mining Company, running
the diamond drill at the Pueblc
mine near WhUehorse, passed thru
Siagway last night on his way to
Juneau, where he will go to work
for the Alaska-Gastineau Mining
company on exploration work. He
has been succeeded in his work at
the Pueblo by his brother, R. T.
Lynch.
Mr. Lynch, about a month ago,
passed through Skagway on hia way
to Juneau, an0 the sequel of that
trip is now made public for the first
time in the announcement of his
marriage whil- in Juneau to a well
known Whitehorse young lady. The
lady in question left Whitehorse at
the same time as Mr. Lynch, and it
was rumored that they would prob
ably be joined in wedlock before
their return, but this rumor was
taken to be without foundation whe
Mr. Lynch went back to Whitehorse
after a few days' afsence, unaccom
panied by Mrs. Lynch, and started
to work as usual. However, the ru
mor has proved true, and Mrs.
Lynch will shortly Join her husband
in their new home. Congratulations
ALBANIANS AND SERVIANS
AUlfi BUSY FIGHTWU
London, Oct. 1—Late telegraph
ic advices received here state that
60,000 Albanians are engaged in
fighting with Servians along the Ser
vian border. "
H. Wheeler, Supt. of mail service
on the W. P. & Y Ry., was a vis
itor to Skagway on last night's train
He attended the Third Annual Din
ner of W. P. & Y. Route employ
ees at the Pullen House last night.
VICTIM OP SLIDE
HEIR TO FORTUNE
Captain Hubbard, of the Rough
Rider, reports that the Canadian
boundary survey has a crew of eight
men at work on the slide at Cape
Muzon in an attempt to uncover the
bodies of Roberta and Bode, the two
surveyors buried in the slide a
couple of weeks ago. G. D. Rob
erts, one of the victims, recently
fell heir to a large sum of money in
England by the death of a relative,
and planned to leave this coast for
the old country as soon as this sea
son's work was finished.
MEXICAN REBELS
IN FULL RETREAT
Piedras Negras, Oct. 1—Reports
from the seat of war are to the ef
fect that the rebel army is in full
retreat and bein? pursued by the
federal forces. All Americans are
fleeing across the line for safety.
TAKING OUT GOLD
BV THE HANDFUL
Copper Center, Sept. 25—A re
liable Indian a/rived here from the
head of Tazllna river a couple of
days ago. He reports that there
are fourteen white men and one
woman there and that they are tak
ing out gold by the handful. The
Indian states that the diggings are
about one hundred miles from here.
Every person in this district has
stampeded to the new camp.
Today, October 1st, 1913, was
ushered in with the hardest "blow"
we have experienced this fall in
Skagway.
The City of Seattle of the P.
S. S. Co., left port last night at
7:30 with G8 outward bound pas
stngers.
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