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No. 2SS EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY.
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PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANY HAS OPEN RAILWAY
BERLIN 10 CONSTANTINOPLE
Constantinople, J;m. 19—The en
glneering corps oC the Teuton
armies have reconstructed the rail
road lines destroyed by the
Serbian soldiers and have opened
through train service from Ber
lin to Constantinople, the first
train direct t'om Berlin arriving
here today.
Militcjy supplies iu 1-rge quauti
- ties from the German factories
which had already been brought to
supply stations near the Serbian
frontier are already beginning to
arr.ve in large quantities, for dis
tribution to the Dardanelles forti
f'cations, and heavy trainloads of
grain and other food supplies are
being made up and started on their
way toward the German empire to
relieve the shortage there.
Berlin, Jan. 19—Herr von Heyde
braud, conservative leader, in a
speech before th© msehtag today,
referred to America as among Ger
many's worst foes.
Washington, Jan. 10 — Am
bassador Von Bersto.-ii tiiis n: ru
ing called actuation ol the state de
partment to state-jc.-ts ap;>e-i;i::s
la a number of c?n-ip;-ptrs tha:
agents of the British a. d Fraicii
governments ere etueavorirg to
induce members of v-ri^us state
militia organizations i': Ataoiica to
join the armies of t^e slues.
WILL SPEAK FOR
Washington, Jan 1& — It has
beeu announced at the capital that
President Wilson will personally
lead the fight for prep-redness and
will make public suceches in be
half of the movement. He has
called a conference °f the demo
cratic leaders in tbc bouse and
senate.
Washington, Jan. la—flepresenta- ]
tive London, the only socialist in 1
congress, mado a speech opposing
tho military preparedness program
of the administration today. lie j
| considers the increase in the army I
| and navy asked for is more than j
necessary. Ho declared that every '
| socialist in the country would fight :
^ if tile United States were ever at
; tacked by a foreiga foe.
' gi ESTIOX OF MOOSE
OX KEXAI PKMN'SILA
Speaking of tho recant slaughter ^
of moose oil Kenai peninsula for
us.1 in Anchorage, the Seward Pot t A
sa>s editorially that ij* conditions t(
aie not righted in short order it is p
nut improbable that tho entire ^
wwtern half of the peninsula will '
be turned into a national park, sim- f'
ilar to tho Yellowstone and placed
under guard of federal troops, !81
which would put an end to hunt- i11
tional -it-rk project favor making th |
whole peninsula into a park," as- I
ourted the Post.
There are herds of considerable
size iu many parts of the penlusula, 'r
but reports from all available | I
sources indicate thatt the total |
number left does not exceed 2,-1
500. With a town of 2,000 peo- |
ole subsisting almost entirely on :
moose meat, the animate on the |
p linsula would soon bo exterminat
ed.
The game wardens say that the j
prfsent law is too lax, a:.d also that
the exDease money is not sufficient n
to enab'^ them to keep to the field c
! and watch for violators. n
TEIN, DAYS' ANNUAL j
Inventory
JL Sale 31
One=Third Off
On Every Article in
Our Immence Stock
"With the exception of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars,
Overalls, Jumpers, Threads, Knox and Stetson Hats.
| SALE STARTS r
Wednesday Morning Jan. 12, at 9 o'clock
— CLOSES m
Saturday Night, Jan. 22, at 10 o'clock
TERMS CASH- Store w J Le open until 9 o'clock every
evening during tale.
HI £ ^r IV O LI THE HABERDASHER AND
• «J • L? T3 H LADIES' FURNISHER
Broatwav between Third and Fourth Phone 41
SEATTLE COMMERCIAL BODIES
REVIVE GET-TOGETHER SPIRIT
Seattle, Jan. 19 — The merger
of -lie Commercial club and the
Chamber of Commerc-o of this city
is now almost cex'tain to be ac
comp!'bj:ed at once as the con
ference committees of both; bodies
rope 1 tod favorably ca the move
ment yesterday. Other organiza
tions to be included in the merger
will be the Merchants' Exchange,
the .Manufacturers' Association and
the Employers' Association.
The necessity for eliminating the
,vaste energy and natural friction
jrowing out of a multiplicity of
orgiinizations has long been felt j
>v many leading members in all of
ho associations, and the movement
or consolidation, so that united ac
ion and undivided support for any:
irojeot for the betterment or ad-!
auccment of the city's business '
Hit-rests can be more Teadily ob
ained, ^jas been under cousidera- j
tion for somo time, and the con
ference committees have finally
agreed upon a constitution and Bet
of by-laws which, it ia believed will
be satisfactory to all.
The Alaska Bureau of the Cham
ber of Commerca -will benefit
largely by the merger, which
will give to its efforts
for the advancement of Al
askan Interests the added sup
port of the 1200 or mo-re members
of the Commercial club and quite
number from the minor assocla-1
tlons which are entering the new j
organization.
The reuniting of all business in
terests under one banner Is hailed
by the citizens generally aa the
forerunner of a return to the con
ditions obtaining in the good old
days when the pioneer citizens all
pulled together in matters of
common Interest and the "Seattle
Spirit" earned its right to fame.
Was'uJngton, Jan. 3 9—The re
lest for the appropriation of $2,
)0,i;00 to contiuue work oa the
laska railroad is being considered
day by the house committee on ap
•crriations. Secretary Lane was
■esi.'U' at the morning session and
uUiiaeii the reasons for requesting
e appropriation at this time, stat
S that the funds now available
e insufficient for the work of t
e current year.
The appropriation will probably ]
ipriipri^iiu" "»•» - -• • - —
•cted will be paosod this week.
0 MAKE THE
VTasLington, Jan. lit—The peod
ig bill providing for self govern
lent of the philippic islands in
;udes a section prohibiting the
lanufacture, importation ot Bale of
uoslcating liquors, except natiy
everagtB.
OM IvkltlvLAXD NOMIN ATED
FOR TROV. PARLIAMENT
Ailln, Jan. 11—A meeting of the
Ltlin Liberal Central association
ras held on Saturday, Jan. 8, for
he ourposo of nominating a candi
.ato for member of the provincial
eglslature. It resulted in the
hoice of Thomas Kirkland over F.
ilobley by a vote o' nearly three to
me.
Valdez, Jan. 19—a. shipment of ]
are to the Tacoma Bmelter h"""
Inst bevn made by Geo. F. White
uid Ben Silverman from the Copper J
3oin claim which they are de. J
relop'iig at Drier Bay on Knight's '
sland. £
The miners state that the pro- 1
jerty is developing in a very satis- '
actory manner and that regular 1
shipments will be made from the *
>roperty until such time as it has
>een sufficiently developed to war- u
The tunnel Is 'tieing "run ui" em> *
>re and Is now in about sixty feet c
ind is approximately fifteen hun- i
Ired feet from the beach. The c
>re is sledded down the mountain t
.'or a distance of 700 feet to con
nect with a tram extending from
chat point to the beach.
Samples of the ore are on dis
play in Ben Silverman's window and
lseay returns- show that It car- 1
ries iwelve per cent copper. The j
owners of the property are demon
strating that the mine will pay for j
its development by the values tak
en from tho ore in thq tunneL
Now York, Jan. 19—WoTd re
ceived ,yv the New York World from
a returning correspondent is that
additions being made to the British
fleet are many times greater than
the vessels that have been destroyed
(Continued on page 4.)
"PREFERRED STOCK"
Means the very best in canned goods h
LJnsoliced testimonials from many sat»
isfied customers give evidence of the
: good quality of these goods. We are
the Skagway agents for "PREFERRED
j STOCK" brand and are authorized to
guarantee every can—This means that
should there happen to be a can not up
to standard, all you have to do is to let
| us know and another one will be sent
; you in place of it, or money refunded.
I , _
P. H. C ANTY
MINI Hi INDUSTRIAL NEWS
ITEMS FROM ALL OVER ALASKA
A 3eattle paper sayB that Judge
Bunnell's Jurisdiction includes th<
north pole.
The Pacific Mildcure company oi
Petersburg has shipped 5,180 bar
rels of herring and 318 barrels of
salmon during the past season.
Superintendent W. G. Beattle of
the native schools, states that na
tive girls will be puf in training to
become nurses at the Sitka hospital.
Carl Heggstom and S. J. Nelson
now haye a 70-foot cross-cut on
Straight creek from which, they
panned out $36, says the Ruby Re
cord-Citizen.
It is reported in Fairbanks that
unless business Improves Falcon
Josllne' wireless Btation in Tolo
yana will be closed as it is being
operated at a heavy loss .
Twenty-seven wolf pelts upon
svhlch the. territorial government
had paid bounties under the new
regulation, were recently sold at
luction by the territorial treasurer.
Andrew Chrlstofferson, Charles
Schiller and Peter Jensen, who with
leyeral other partners own claims
>n .Crooked and Sleigh creeks, in
.he Nelehlna, will depart from Knik
'boat February 1 to begin develop
nent work on their claims.
C. Nelson who recently arrived in
leward from Iditarod, enroute to
ieattle 'where he will spend the re
lainder of the winter, reports
. good season in Iditarod with
lan'.y of water. Nelson says that
f was the best season there so
it as he knows and he has been
i« that district for 17 years,
Alaska will make its first ahip
lent of tungsten high grade ore
.»Aln whi/>h In heiuir d6
wned hy Albert Johnson, and ne
as put down a shaft fifty feet
n a reef which is four feet wide
nd of extremely high grade.
Douglas is an Alaskan town
hat operates its own wharf and
[ere is an ad we cut out of the
)ouglas News: "The Best Brit
ah Columbia Coal Sacked, $9.00
ier ton at the City Dock." True,
hey have had quite a little "ex
nerience" down at Douglas, for
hey have been handling their
>wn coal over their own dock for
leveral yearn Last year the
>rofits on the dock were $2,000.
Legal steps have been taken to
Incorporate the native Tillage of
Hydaburg, Southeastern Alaska, un
der the law passed by the last
legislature.
Gus Peterson, one of the big
gest property ownars la the new
Tolovana camp, recently brought
north with him eighteen head of
horses and a W3 shipment of sup
plies.
Chas. Swanson, the Slate creek
! placer operator, with a crew of
(meu is freighting supplies from
| Chltlna to his property for the
j coming summer's operations. A
| number of other property owners la
I that district who aT9 anxious to land
! their supplies for the coming sum
mer before the snow la the interior
becomes too deep, are also rushing
freight over the trails, it Is re
ported from Chltlna that there are
several hundred tons of supplies and
machinery at that point ready for
shipment to Slate creek and other
Interior points.
Contrary to their usual custom a
large number of caribou are winter
ing In the hills at the head of the
Big Cbena river, according- to a
letter received recently in Fair
banks from A. Van Cuiler, the Big
Chena mining man. They are ac
cnjri anied by a large pack of
wolves, which hang on the out
skirts of the caribou herd, drag
ging down the young and weak.
The caribou passed across Ihe
divide as usual this year, according
to the letter. They were not gone
more than two w^eks, however, un
til they returned again. The wolves
followed shortly af'erward, boiag
In large numbers.
James E. Wilson, the freighter,
who has the contract for deliver
ing one hundred and sixty tone
ploying 'eeVeraT fejffiBT Val
freight from the Valdez dock to a
point near the dyke, north of town.
The freight consists of gasoline la
drums, dynamite, lumber and mining
machinery, and will be delivered to
the mine when conditions are favor
able for freighting over the glaJier.
Persons who aie familiar with gla
cier travel state that the Valdez
glacier has been robbed of many "Of
Its terrors as the crevasses which
appeared to be tottomleea before
the heavy thaw of last summer,
are mere potholes as compwed with
former seasons.
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