BIG SHIPMENT
OF CATTLE
On November 19th las', E. Vaglio
passed through Skagw&y on his way
home to Vancouver i»fter having
spent six weeks in Dawson investi
gating into the advisability of ship
ping live stock from the outside in
to the northern interior. Mr. Vag
lio said to a representative of the
Daily Alaskan at that time that he
had reached a favorable corcluaion
and would, early in the new year,
in company with his partner in the
venture, John Conta, of Vancouver,
bring in at least 100 head of cat
tle for the Chisaua market via Skag
way, thence over the Whitehorse
Kluane lake road. From the follow
ing which appeared in the Vancouv
er World of January Gth It seems
that Mr. Vaglio has not changed
his intentions as to the shipment,
but will iake the White river route
after leaving Whitehorse instead
o* that by way of Kluane lake.
"E. Vaglio and Mr. John Conta
are making preparations to ship one
hundred and fifty head of cattle
from this port to Skagway and
thence up to Whitehorse and into
the Chisana camp by way of the
White rvier route.
"John Conta will superintend the
shipment after it leaves Skagway.
Mr. Vaglio is in the south now on
the lookout for cattle, and will have
the herd here early in April. Mr.
Conta, who is one of the proprietors
of the London Hotel in this city,
will see that they go north early in
May. He will also see that they go
in over the Canadian trail.
"Although the While River and
Yukon Railway people have been
shipping in hay and otber supplies,
no cattle have gone in yet. It is
the purpose of Mr. Conta to drive
these cattle in over the summer
trail to Chitenda City, and there
to sell them as beet.
"Mr. Conta is far from being a
cheechako. He was in the Klondike
bef6r? the big rush began and oper
ated a dairy in Dawson City in the
year '96. This will not be the first
stamped-? that he has taken part in.
He has already visited the Chisana
country and thinks that there is a
big find there.
"Other shippers are getting ready
to send supplies from Vancouver,
and even some United States deal
ers in supplies are beginning to look
with favor on the Canadian routes i
to the diggings since the fatalities
have increased on the McCarthy
■fx ail over the glacier from Cordova
to the Chisana."
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Cleveland, Jan. 16—The yearl
1913 was the most disastrous year
the Great Lakes shipping interests
have suffeied in hte history of nav'
gation. Two hundred and fifty six
persons perished and $7,000,000
would not cover the property and j
damage to vessels. The storm of
November 8 and 9 was the princi
pal cause of this disastrous season.
These two days alone took a toll of
244 lives and caused a loss of $6,
45,0020 to vessel owners and under
writers. The hurricane which sent j
ships either to the bottom or upon
shore to pound to pieces, caused n
loss in vessels of $2,675,000 and
in cargo $3,750,000. Up to this
time the lakes had taken a toll of
onlv 12 llvts, seven of those in the j
blowing up of the steamer E. M.
'^eck, at Racine, Wise., June 11.
During the season over fifty vessels
were lost, among them being som
of the largest and best steel steam
ers built for fresh water navigation,
the H. A. Hanna, jr., Turret Chief,
Woxford and the Regina.
Of REP1ING
Seattle, Jan. 15—The United
States government today made a de
mand upon the Alaska steamship
company for the cost of repairing
the Alaska cable which it is claim
ed was recently broken near Val-1
dez by the Steamship Alameda.
ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT WHO
W ILL RECEIVE INVITATION
Washington, Jan. 16—Capital so
ciety is all aflutter, awaiting with
interest the list of names of those
fortunate individuals who are in
vited to the dinner to be given the
middle of this month by the George
Vanderbilts. The dinner is planned
to be a brilliant affair, even more
so than the lavish functions given
each year by Former Governor and
Mrs. Draper, of Massachusetts. The
invitations to the Vanderbilts affair
have already been sent out. It
will be the first of a series of not
able social functions planned for the
Washington winter season by the
Vanderbilts.
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THE SCOTS ARE
Washington, Jan. 16—Either the
native hardiness of the Si.ot or his
adaptability to our climato makes
his countrymen lead all others for
longest,, in the United 0?afes, ac
cording to figures recently compil
ed by the Department of Commerce
In the territory covered b-' the cen
sus reports, 4,585 nativse of Scot
land died in the United States in
1910, and only one seventy-third of
these deaths were of childre:' u'Mer
ten years of age, while about two
fifth of the deaths of natives in
the same territory occurred thus
early in life.
One thirty-sixth, or less than 3
per cent of the number of natives
who died, had attained the age of
85 or more years, while the deaths
of Scotchmen at this advanced age
formed about one-fourteeuth of the
total number of deaths, or about 7
per cert. Of the 46,4S1 I ishinea
who died in America in 1910, only
CO of them were less than 10 years
old, a percentage of loss than two
tenth of or.e perccnt, whi!e 2,580, or
i'bout four and a half per cent of
the deaths, occurred after the So
year mark had been parsed. The fig
ures far the deaths of native born
Americans, in point of ate, show a
deplorable lack of protection of the
child's health, or lack of native har
diness and resistance to the rav
ages of disease.
ONE KOXEST MAN IS
FOl'XD IX SOUTH DAKOTA
Eaton, Colo., Jan. 16—If Diog
enes should visit a certain town in
South Dakota, he could put down hla
lantern and end his search for an
honest ipan. This, is the view of
Mrs. Hr Schwartz of this place who
has just received a check for $58.75
In payment of a debt owed to her
husband for 33 years. The husband
Is long since dead and Mrs. Schwart
had forgotten long ago about the
debt. The check can.-j from a S.
Dakota town, which Mrs. Schwartz
refuses to name, and with it a let
ter slating the debtor had been un
able to meet the obligaion until the
present year.
WOTKEK OLD SICAGWAVAN
J) 1KS IX FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, Jan. 3—Joseph C. Dil
low, a prominent attorney of this
;ity, died on Saturday evening last
Brigiit's disease. Services were'
lela in the Masonic hail 011 Sun-!
lay. The deceased was a thirty-sec-1
and degree .\Jason and prominent in '
Masonic circles here. Public service^
were heid at the Auditorium on |
Monday afternoon and were largely j
lttended by the citizens of the town. I
Joseph C. Dillow was a former
resident of Skagway where hi? serv
?d for a time as jailer and was act
ve in the city's alias's. liv a tat
o Fairbanks early in the history |
3f the town, and was for many years
imployt-:l in the United States mar
shal's office, and was chief of po- |
lice. Afterward, he was admitted
:o the bar.
ALTERATIONS
10 MARIPOSA
The Mariposa of the Alaska steam
ship company's northern passenger
fleet, which has recently undergone
a thorough overhauling in Seattle,
presented an entirely different ap
pearance on her arrivaal in Skagway
yesterday morning. Among the al
terations are accommodations for
twenty six additional passengers, of
ficers quarters on the boat deck,
a lounging room and the only jail
aboard a vessel plying the Pacific.
The Mariposa now resembles the
Nome liner Vnctoria and the North
western.
The officers' quarters have been
moved from the saloon deck to the
boat deck just behind the pilot
liause; the old intermediate cabins
ir. the after part of the vessel have
been taken out and fourteen two
berth staterooms constructed; an,
additional social hall has been built,
and a large room with six berths
converted into a jail for carrying
prisoners and insane persons betwee
Alaska and outside ports.
The jail is provided with iron
barred windows and door. In the
past, prisoners and insane persons
in charge of deputy United States
marshals hvae occupied first-cabin
accommodations while being taken
from northern ports to coast cities.
The Alameda is now in the dock
at Seattle undergoing the same al
terations as were made on the Mar
iposa.
suigidesIy
mm is,
New York, Jan. 16—Richard Lan
ford, secretary of the vice president
of the Southern railway, suicided
here today in his apartments by in
haling gas. He was to have been
married to Mrs. Nellie Patterson, a
New York society woman, Saturday,
January 17 th.
STANDARD GAUGE RAILROAD
IX EXPOSITION* GROUNDS
San Francisco, Jan. 16—A stand
ard gauge railroad, with all modern
appointments, which has been built
by the Panama Pacific Internation
al Exposition through its grounds,
will ->rovide exhibitors with the
quickest and most effective traffic
service ever given at an exposi
tion. The cars will carry their loads
direct to the doors oi the various ex
hibit palaces and in some instances
into the buildings. Twelve miles of
track is laid, reaching to all quar
ters of the exposition grounds.
OX TOUR OP INSPECTION
OP PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS
N. C. Alleban, Superintendent
of Presbyterian missions is now
in Juneau on a tour of inspection of
those in Alaska. From there he
will come up to Haines and the
Klukwan village on tho Chilcat riv
er. He is accompanied by Mrs. Al
leban and their son.
PREFERRED STOCK
OYSTERS
These ;.ro very sele t large caist
em oysters. If you liave not yet
tried any of these, you have miss
ed a Uvft. Sold in 1 lb. tins at
23 cents and 2 lb. tins at 45 cents
each.
P. U. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 16—Presi
dent Moyer, together with 39 other
members of the Western Federation
of Miners, were indicted here today
in connection with the Michigan
strike of copper miners
Denver, Colo., Jan. 15—President
Moyer has not yet decided upon
the course that will be taken by
the Western Federation of Miners
with reference to the indictments
against members by the authorities
at Houghton, Michigan.
■ ONGRESS NOT LIKELY TO
COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE
Washington, Jan. 16—Chairma
William C. Houston ^ays that it is
not likely that Congress will pass
any legislation to assist the Terri
torial government to collect Terri
torial taxes. He thinks it probable
that Congress will take the position
that the Territorial and Federal gov
eminent functions should be kept as
widley separate as the laws will per
mit. He says:
"Attorney General James C. Mc
Reyuolds in a written opinion holds
that the Alaska Legislature exceed
ed its authority when it prescribed
that the tax collection duties should
be performed by Federal officers of
that Territory. The territory, I
think, must find some other means
of collecting its taxes."
10 CONSTRUCT
IZI BRIDGE
Lieut. G'enn E. Edjrerton, U. S.
A., member of the board of Alaska
Road Commissioners, and the engi
neer officer on the board, is a
passenger on the Maripcsa enroute
to the Westward. I.ieut. Edger
ton will Immediately start construc
tion on the Nizina bridge. This
bridge spans the Nizina river near
the canyon and will furnish bet
ter means of getting into the Ni
zina mining section. The Nizina is
a tributary of the Copper river. The
structure is to be 76S feet long and
will cost approximately ^22,000.
Ther.j were six passengers for
interior points on the regular north J
bound train this morning.
IE
Beach, N. D., Jan. 16—At a meet
ing held here recently, plans were
materialized which will rseult in
the construction of the first electric
railway in the state .to be financed
and operated by farmers. The line
..ill run from Baker, Mont., through
Dennis, N. D., Carlyle, Alpha, Wil
liams to Beach. The proposition is
meeting with enthusiastic endorse
ment throughout the entire commun
ity. An agreement has been enter
ed into whereby farmers within 3
miles of the road pay $1 for every
acre of land they own; those with
in five miles 75 cents per acre
and those within eight miles 50
cents an acre. The subscriptions
are to be void if the road is not in
operation within a given period.
LIS MODEL
IS A SUCCESS
San Francisco, Jan. 16—Frederic
Thompson, promoter of hte Toyland
Grown Up concession at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition, tri
ed scores of engineers of world wide
fame in an effort to find one who
could work out a design for a me
chanical man, sixty feet high. All
failed. Thompson, in a whimsical
mood, told his idea to his twelve
year old office boy and ordered the
lad in jest—to go home and make a
working model. The boy, believing
Thompson was in earnest, got busy
and his model was so successful that
thu sixty foot man will be made fror
the lad's original drawing.
IS fONOFLEAO
In the various cleanups that were
made last season in the dredging
operations on one of the creeka
near Dawson over a ton of lead in
the shape of shot and bullets that
had been shot away by hunters, was
recovered from the sluices during
the work. The metal was put aside
and saved and has since been cast
into pigs.
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