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No. 141 NINETEENTH YEAR
8KA0WAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
NEOPHYTE OFF
OVER 6H0 TRAIL
Arctic Chief Col. \V. L. Steven
30u, helu a consultation with: trail
guides ;tiid tr:iil bUusera last night
ascertain whether or not it would
be said to allow a Cheechoca to
mufch over the dangerous portions
of the Pass. The Guides, after
making a few in vesications report
ed to the Arvtic Chief that it was
tnelr opinion that i* would be
safe fo luushi v«r the White Pass
bu* that Chilkoct is too dangerous
for one man to attempt alone. The
guides h.iseU their opinion on the
fac» that the w;»r prisoner held at
Whitehorae was successful In. mak
ing his escape over the Pass.
After holding the| consultation
the chief ordered the guides to es
cort A. A. Benton to the beginning
of the trail, which was done this af
ternoon, where he received final in
structions as to tow he should con
duc* himself while making the peri
lous journey.. \\ itt a heavy pack
he was seen by the guides, tugging
away under the weight of his bur
den mushing over the trail. At
the tin.e of going to pre^s no news
had been he.u*d from the Cheechoea
but Col. Stevenson is banking on
hi-, making the trij» so that he may
wear the Arctic Brotherhood em- '
blem.
That ' he people have explicit
faith In the country which sur
round A'lia dls'riit is evidenced by
the fac* that practically e\3ery busi
ngs house which was wiped out
by 'he fire a short time ago is
planning or rebuilding as soon as
possible.. Mines a.re showing up
good ai.d the Atlia country has a
fn'ure h-.-fore it that will sooner or
laler pay those who have engaged
in the pioneering of the country.
E. Johnson of the Atlin country.
Is massing thru the Garden Cit**
enroute to Sitka. Hot Spring He
says that the ucw hotel has been
constructed and looks mighty fine.
I» cccupks an Impressive position
on t he Lake shore and will be
a ereat addition to the popular in
terior city.
FIRST CLEAN-UP
FROM CROW CREEK
Dick Dawson, of the Orow Creek
Miuing Company, sent a Bhipment
of gold dust to Anchorage this
morning oni the government boat in
[charge oC F. A. Hansen, superin
*endent of rail-road eoastruction.
This is the result of the first clean
up and will be slvippi dto the Un
ion Sav'ngs and Trust company at
Seatth on' the steamer Northwest
ern. The cleanup amounts to ap
;«io\:m.itt>lj- $5,000 and is only a
forerunner of others to follow. —
Vnchorage Times.
NOMEClilRER
FOR INTERIOR
Prof. Herman. Heriug was a Gar
den City passenger oil. the ilariposa
this warning, returning from the
westward whore ho has been, hold
ing a series of lectures in Vald^ez
and Cordiva. Mr. Hering will
leave ou tomorrow mornings train
for interior points calling especial
ly at Dawson and Fairbanks where
he is scheduled to address audi
ences. Ilia subject deals with Chris
tiau Science. Ou the return, he
»iil call at Atlia and theLake re
gions .lecturing i n the same sub
ject. lit- is ala.o schedule^ to
give a lecture in this city upon his
return. For a number ofyearaProf.
iltriiig was on. I'te faculty of John
Hopkins University.
RUSSMNSREST
fl[ BREST
PARlo, July 19—The sixth con
tingent ot Russian infantrymen to
come 'o France, is now recuperat
ing at Brest on the western) front
Tlue Russians, have had a hard and
difficult voyage and will go to the
front in a few days. The addition
oi the Russian troops will greatly
aid the Allie-s in the offensive cam- ,
paijrn which. *aev are now ma
ueuverii g.
LODOti NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
Eifiles lodge tonight in the local
h«ili. Visiting brothers are wel
come. Important business requires
every members attendanoe.
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Mr. Dana, presideu' of the Chi
cago Fund and Manufacturing Co.,
's making a tour of Southeastern
Alaska. He is impressed with; the
country and says that the trip has
certainly been a great education! to
hwu on Alaska and he haa promised i
to spread »he good word around
amongst his friends aai<l solicit
them to make the crip nex> year.
Mr. Dana's company turns out
ovtr 40,000 fusciB a day and he re
pot U> that his business increased
ever 100 percent within) the last
year. Conditions we>re never bet
ter iu the East and middle west
tlmti at thq present. It can, be
traced directly «o the war and poll
tics has nothing to do with thej sud
den picking up of busmiss. For
personal conversation and press
common's Charles Evans Hughes
seems to be the popular man and
the 'je. pie will undoubtedly elect
him as the helmsman for the next
four yi-ars was the substance of
some if his remirks on the politi
cal conditions..
A uaity of fourteen Ukers, each
carrying a pi"ke i>ole and Ice creep
ers lefi on the morn-tig train un
der the guidance of C P. Ooggan,
to visit Denver Glacier. The pairty
will re'urn on this evening's train.
Those uoted as making the trip are
M-. and Mrs. A. W. Henn, Miss
J. Henn, Miss L. Free, Mrs.. D. C.
Wedcenrover, Mrs. Nellie Bardley,
Miss Aune Elliott, Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Mr. Prances, Miss Annie
Pollot', Miss Carolyn, Mr. Ernest,
and H. H. Cully.
The i>arty, whlchi is under the
direction of H. H. Cully, returned
la1-* night from the interior, where
• hey had been touring the Atlin
district. They will leave tomor
row aight for the south on the
Alice. All members of 'he ptarty
have expressed great delight) with
the wonderful trip and have signed
»he » li <*fe to boost for Alaska.
italyTontrols
POSNIA VALLEY
ROME, July- 19—The Italians
practically control all of the Pos
nia valley at the present time. The
Austrians have left the valley and
retreated to a safer place. The
offensive campaign planned) by the
Austrians has fallen flat. They
were unable to make any appre
ciable headway against the Italian
artillery.
IRA NELSON MORRIS.
Minister to Sweden Returns
to United States to Report.
J. U. Foley, Dresldent of the
pioneer tyusiness firm. Foley & Co..
of chlc;igo, is making a grand tour
of Alaska. He will leave the Gar
den City tomorrow morning and
make connections at Whiteharse for
down the river points. Connections
will bo made at Nome for the out
side.
Mr. Foley reports that the
Hughes boom is sweeping the coun
try and that there to nothing to it
bu* Hughes for the middle west.
"Business conditions in the middle
west are above normal and our busi
ness is expanding all over the coun
try. We are aiming to turn out
ibe very best on the market and
our reputation is even becoming es
tablished in Alaslka. It is our aim
tc introduce our goods in the Ter
ritory of Alaska and. we shall en
deavor to plajoe a superior line of
goods in the. storesl through lit the
territory."
Mr. Foley is accompanied by his
two sons. He is a guect at the
Pullen House while stopping in
Skagway. He plans on educating
his boys in Hanaro University.
PUTROGRAD, July 19 — Czar
Nicholas has been a close student
of the movements of the Russian
troops in the Lutzk regions. He has
announced that the commanders
who lead the offensive! campaigns
in that region deserve special cred
it for the manner in which! they
have held the field and cut the en- |
emy off.
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IP. H. GANTY
GOVERNMENT CABLE DOWN
The p'ring ovar which) pase-es all
press d.'iipatches to Alaka and over
which is transmitted a voluminous
amount of commercial messages,
played out this morning at 3 a. m.
The Bumside has been working on
1» all day and news dispatches! have
been tied utp for the better part of
thie day.
in PRISONER
OFF FOB II
Gus bierfreund, (.he man who
braved the hardships of dashing
across the Summit into American
territory, thus gaining hia freedom
and being reloaded from a prisoner
of war at the police; Barracks at
Whitehorse, has/ received hia mon
ey far transportation to hia home
in San Francisco. Ho will be a
southbound paseengtT on the Jef
ferson. Mr. Eiertruend is over
joyed at being able to get away at
suchi au early dateand expressed
an appreciation of the treatment af
forded him- by th^i people of this
city.
BANK PRESIDENT
III THE WHEEL
Andrew Steveneon, hustling Presi
dent of the Bank of Alaska, return
ed this morning from a short *rip
to the westward, where he inspect
ed I he Bank of Alaska at Anchor
age and touired westward! tcvwns in
general. Since his arrival In the
Garden City he has beent buckling
right into the work with a vim
an^ by noonj the Btaok of letters
and communications which) hadi ac
cumulated onl his desk during his
aosence had dwindled to half.
The nearest that an Alaskan re
porter could, get to| his office this
morning wao th© front door. Once
or twice the reporter saw hist coat
tail swish around thel corner of
the office hustling a, letter to the
Dank Stenographer. Lni response
to a long range question; and! which
lu between the rush/ spells he re
sponded, "Alaska is oertadnly a
bee hive of Industry and things are
booming to tha westward."
CLUB FORMED
ON LAKE SHORE
A new club has been launched, in
this city which promises to hold
the attention o£ all lovers of out
door life for the reBt of the sum
mer season. The cluH is called
the Tueediiy club and was founded
for the purpose of boosting and
advocating mountain hilKs, out door
living- and au appreciation of na
ture and physical scenic views,
which are abunasjit in the north
land.
Twelve members signed tneir
names to the rough) piece of card
board which, before being used as
a charter roll, surrounded the bet
ter partfc of a nicely packed lunch.
The twelve signing ad charter
members are Miss Allies Moffat,
who was elected to captain the new
organization, Mk- Alice Metzler,
Miss Marjorie Brown, Miss Evan
geliae Cook, Miss Regiua Cuneo,
Mrs. Landsborough, Mrs. Weber,
Frank Cook, Crede Bonebrake, W.
L. Landsborough, Rev. L. H.. Ped
ersen, Mrs. Moffat and Mary A.
Barber.
The oigandzation was founded
yesterday noon bv the members of
a Jolly party whtchj started out
yesterday morning to scale the
mountain trail tot the Upa>er Lake.
They were seated around in picnic
style on the big dam at an eleva
tion of 400 feet above scenic Lynn
Canal, surrounded by picturesque
mountains, lakes and tumbling wat
ter falls, the election of officers
was held which resulted in the elec
tion of Misg A'.nes Moffatt as presi
dent of the club. Outings will be
taken every Tuesday, the weather
permtesable, to some scenkj spot.
Launch rides' and jolly picnic times
are included in the proposed pro
gram of the new organization.
SEATTLE, July 19 — The two
members of the raiding Squad which
raided a ho»el in this city yester
day for liquor are improving ra
pidly in the city hospital. Local
police tire hot on the path of the
men, who fired the. shots which
wounded the policemen.
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