W LAID 70 INSURE PHD
SHARE OF TRADE- OF ALASKA
Portland, Dec. IS—Portland is to i
have an agency of the White Pass j
& Yukon Railroad, so Alaska trav-,
tiers may arrange for supplies to;
be delivered to that corporation '
and thereby be placed on the same j
footing as Puget Sound houses for j
the business. By the White Pass,
shipments can be made to the Yu
kon basin two weeks earlier than |
via the mouth of the Yukon and ;
the road is in operation tvo weeks i
after the river route closes. Port- .
land -vill be protected in the matter
of ra es in that territory.
C. J. Rogers, purchasing agent !
of the White Pass, gave such assur- j
ances yesterday at a session of the
Alaska steamship line backers at j
the commercial club. W. G. Mc- i
Pherson, chairman of the commit-j
tee that has handled the prelim
inaries for the line, announced the j
appointment of additional members
so the full strength is 33 and they j
will serve for a year. The princi- j
pal responsibilities of that body will
be to back the steamer line and
keep in touch with Alaska buyers.
In selecting the committee the |
aim was to name active workers as i
well as representatives of different
lines of business that will play a ,
part iu the northern trade.
The personnel is as follows: L.
J. Wentworth, S. B. Cobb, W. B. j
Glafke, Fred Page. Allen Lewis, C. '
C. Colt, Julius Meier, I. C. Sanford, I
Henry Albers, M. L. Kline, George |
Lawrence, Jr.. A. D. Sugden, T. D. 1
Honeyman, F. W. Farrington. F. P.
Kendall, O. E. Lutz, F. C. Barnes.
C. A. Burkhardt, M G. Munlev, H
W. McLain, M. Feldman, A T. Hug
gings, C. Schallinger, F. S. West,
M. S. Hirsch, A. H. Devers, W. G.
McPherson, Jay Smith. Edward Elir
man, A. H. AveriU, John H. Bur
gard, C. S. Jackson, H. J. Frank.
Mr. McPherson, in assuring those
present that there was no doubt of
the steamship line being inaugurate
said 17 Alaskans, representing the
central district, met in Seattle and
decided to induce Portland to com
pete with Puget Sound for the Alas
ka trade. Representatives of the
Chamber of commerce met the com
mittee, who proposed to give a Port
land line full support for two years
and then this city was to fight to
maintain its gains.
The salmon packing buisness, lar
gely controlled by Oregon Interests,
was selected as the foundation for
the service, so the p&ckers were
reached and later the Pacific Steam
ship company agreed to handle the
transportation end, giving equal rat
to southern Alaska. Then W. F.
Swan succeeded in amalgamating his
interests with the Portland corpora
tion and is now turning back to
their owners the steamers he had
chartered for his Puget Sound line.
The company plans to start its
Portland Puget Sound British Col
umbia line, a feeder to the Alaska
fleet, in January with a vessel car
rying between 800 and 1,000 tons.
Strong promises have been made in
the way of shipments from Port
land, and it is said no trouble will
be encountered in filling the ship on
the return. Three trips will be
made each mouth.
Whitehorsp, Dec. 30—Train mes
senger Baker, on o. 2 of the W.
P. & Y. Route train today, has two
letters from Chisana sent out by wa
of Kluane lake, Whitehorse and
Skagway. One of them is address
ed to McCarthy and the other to
Cordova. The dispatch of these let
ters by this circuitous route is a
sure indication that the McCarthy
trail is in such bad shape that ev
en first class mail matter is not
being carried over it.
Location Notices at Daily Alaskan
WEATHER REPORT.
Skagway, 33 above; cloudy, light
I wind.
Carcross, 15 above; cloudy; calm.
Whitehorse, 22 above; clear, sth.
■ wind.
Atlin, 14 above; clear, nth. wind
Tagish, 10; cloudy, calm.
Lower LeBarge, 6 above; cloudy;
I calm.
Hootalinqua, 4 above; cloudy,
calm.
Carmacks, —; cloudy, calm.
Yukon Cross; 2 below; cloudy,
calm.
Selkirk, 5 below; cloudy, calm,
j White River; 10 below; cloudy, call
Stewart River; —; cloudy, calm.
Coffe Creek, 10 below; cloudy,
| calm.
Ogilvie; 10 below; cloudy, calm.
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C. Petterson, well known lu Skag- ^
way and Whitehorse where he has
been engaged at various times for
years past in his business as cook,
is the latest arrival here from the
Chisana. He le£t the gold camp on
Dec. "9ti> aud reached here on the
24th. lie used dog team until he
reached the Donjek and from there
into Whitehorse traveled with re
turning W. P. & Y. Route freight
teams. He reports the road in per
fect condition all the way and the
weather all that could have been
desired.
Mr. Peterson confirms the reports)
that have been brought out by oth
ers and published in the Daily Al
askan of the utter impracticability
of the McCarthy trail, and says
that for some time previous to
«.he time he left the only outfits
that hail conie over the trail from
McCarti v were two double-eiulers,
and there was another outfit that
had started out with seven tons
of freight had been for two mouths
Irving ro make the trip and had
not reached the diggings when he
left.
When asked as to how the caiu
was supplied with necessaries in:
said thut they were very scant un
til the W. P. & Y. Route teams
commenced to arrive from White
horse. Previous to that there had
been nothing to amount to anything
brought in except by parties from
Fairbanks who had shipped in a
limited amount of goods and opened
a store.
When the Daily Alaskan man told
Mr. Peterson of the report being
circulated on the outside by Mr.
Hi.zelet of Cordova of the 10 cent
freight rate between McCarthy and
Chisana, he laughed and said that
from the most reliable information
he could obtain before he left, pack
ers over that trail were demanding
and receiving 15 cents per pound fo
the delivery of freight at the foot
of the Nizina glacier, only a few
miles out of McCarthy, and from
there on it was problematical what
the charge would be, even when
conditions were favorable, but it
would not be less than 20 or 25
cents per pound, as the most diffi
cult part of the trail yet remained
after they had reached the foot of
the glacire.
■ Mr. Peterson says there is not
much work being done on the creeka
owing to a scarcity of fuel, which
has to be hauled for several miles,
and for which work there are no
horses available as there is no feed
for them nor is there any way of
procuring it.
Mr. Peterson has two placer claims
in the new camp, but so far has
done only his assessment work and
lias no idea of their future value
as producers. He will return to the
ulterior in March. He says that
good prospects have been found in
the Horsfelt country, about 35
miles from the Chisana and that a
i;reat deal of prospecting going
on all the time in both United States
and Canadian territory in proximity
to the Chisana diistrict.
Two Juneau young mun, Phillip
McKinnon and Bert Maycock, arrive
iu Skagway Sunday on the Georgia
and left on the train this morning
for Whitehorse on tlieir way into
the Chisana, where their partners
are now developing the claims which
they staked lust Slimmer. Both the
young men went In last August
and came out in the fall. A broth
er of James Kennedy, the Skagway
merchant is the partner of McKin
non.
They have a fine team of dogs
with them, but expect to go lijht
until Kluane lake is reached, where
McKinnon has a big outfit of sup
plies which he intends takiugin.
FEDERAL OUTPOSTS ARE
WIPED OUT BY REBELS
Presidio, Dec. 30—It is reported
here that the federal outposts sta
tioned near Ojinaga, have been prac
tically wiped out by the rebel forc
es, and it is said that there is mu
tiny among the federal soldiers In
the various forts.
MASQUERADE SUITS.
Any kind made and designed on
short notice.
Mrs. De Graf. 3t.
Calumet, Dec. 30—Only two out.
of twenty four witnesses who had
been summonsed would testify at th
investigation which is being held
l.ere today that the man who yell
ed fire at the Christmas tree ser
ices and caused the loss of 72 lives
in the panic that ensued, wore a
citizen's alliance button.
WILL TKY TO OBTAIN
A $12,000,000 LOAN*
Mexico City, Dec. 30—It is cred
itably reported here that the Pear
son syndicate will try to obtain a
loan of $12,000,000 for the Huerta
government.
In listing the donations for priz
es for the W. P. A. club masquerade
dance, that of Mr. Lynch was inad
vertently omitted. Mr. Lynch's
contribution will be a lady's sweat
er.
Wanted—Good second hand Upright
piano cheap. State make, pric© and
conditions. Address George Ander
son, Piano Expert, Juneau. 3t.
A small expenditure of money to
Daily Alaskan is a good paying i
vestment.
We wish every=
one a very
Happy New Year
P. U. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGAVAY, ALASKA.
THE SKAGWAY TOWI COUNCIL
HOLDS A SPECIAL SESSION
At the special meeting o£ the
town council held last night there
were present Mayor Ganty, council
men Gutfeldt, Tanner, Friedentlial,
Bender and Brawand.
Mayor Ganty stated that the call
for the special meeting was for the
purpose of making an appropriation
for the expenses of the public school
board, the settlement of the Homo
Power company's bill for water for
the month of November, the con
sideration of renting water fronr the
Home Power company at a stated
price and ether matters pertaining
to the water supply of the town.
The report of the school board
for salaries, fuel, etc, for the half
month ended Dec. 28th, amounting
to $360, was on motiou allowed and
ordered paid.
The matter of entering into a con
tract with the Home Power com
pany was brought up, but no action
was taken as councilman Tanner of
the light and water committee asked
that consideration of the matter be
deferrd until tha next regular
meeting of the council, as there
were certain matters connected with
its adjustment that would more
properly come before an executive
Bession of the council. Mr. Tan
ner's request was granted.
The bill of the Home Power com
pany for $ 133 was on motion allow
ed and ordered paid.
On motion the clerk was instruct
ed to notify the W. P. & Y. R. com
pany that after Dec. 31st. no more
water would be furnished through
the main of the. town for the use
of the railroad company.
On motion the clerk was also
instructed to notify the Daily Al
askan that after Dec. 31st it would
have to- make its own arrangements
witji the Home Power company to
furnish water power for its motor.
After the above business had
been transacted Mayor Ganty re
quested George Mowl, who was
present accompanied by Mrs. Mowl,
to state hig grievances.
Mr. Mowl said that he wished to
call the attention of the council to
the fact that he had on several oc
casions in the past two months been
a sufferer from the depredations
of chicken thieves. That on Sat
urday night some one had broken
the lock of his chicken house and
then entered and carried away two
of his prize winning chickens and
that on Sunday night the some thing
had occurred. That on the morn
ing following the burglary and theft
he, in company with city Marshal
Frank Page, had followed the foot
prints made by the thief in the soft
snow to a certain house ih the town
of Skagway, and that on finding
that Marshal Page had no authority
to search the premises he had gone
to Commissioner Conway Monday
morning and stated his case and
the Commissioner had called upon
the U. S. Deputy Marshal to make
! an investigation and search tha
| houso for evidences ef the theft.
That afterward, the Deputy MarBhal
I had come to him and informed him
! that he had made the search without
finding anything of an incrimina
ting nature. That late in the after
| noon of the same day he had been
I informed by two men well known
j in Skagway that the Deputy Marshal
j had made no search of the prem
I ises whatever, and his appearance
} before the town council was to see
if it could not take some action in
I the matter.
Councilman Tanner here stated
that no officer, not even a Deputy
United States Marshal, had author
ity to enter any premises and search
| them without a search warrant te
j sued by the commissioner, and that
if an officer did so he would be do
ing it at his own risk.
Mr. Mowl, continuing said he had
lived in the town for many ^p.rs
and during that time, although mere
had been innumerable thefts and rob
beries and rolling of drunken men
! there had never been but one con
I viction of the perpetrators, and it
j was his opinion that the town coun
I cil should, if it is in their power to
do so, take some steps to put a
, stop to these evil*.
Mayor Ganty agreed with Mr.
j Mowl as to the necessity for action.
! He said that he would look into
| the matter, and if he found that he
i could do so, would be only too glad
i to assist in the apprehension and
| conviction of any person who was
j guilty of such offenses.
The council then adjourned.
EXPLOSIVES
San Francisco, Dec. 29—Three
i men were arrested here today upon
j whom was found enough giant pow
| der and infernal machines to des
troy the city.
Location Notices, placer and
quartz, 50c. a dozen at the Dal3>
Alaskan office. *f.
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