AlMkA Hiitorleal Librw*
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No. 267 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1913
Dr. L. S. Sugden was a caller at
the Daily Alaskan office this morn
ing and when asked about a certain
article that appeared recently in
the Cordova Daily Alaskan discred
iting the assertiions that Dr. Sug
den had made in an interview which
was first produced in the "Whitehors
Star and later copied by us, Dr. Sug
den s»'- id:
Yes. I have seen **ie article in
question and will say in answer to
same that I am very much sur
prised at some of the statements
made, especially by Mr. Hazelet;
befort seeing this article I showed
my pictures in Whitehorse and
spoke of Mr. Hazelet's courtesy in
the h'.ghost terms, and expressed
freely my regrets at his failing to
get o.er the summit of the Nizina
Glacier. I fouud Mr. Hazelet a gen
tleman in every sense of the much
abused word, and feel confident be
has been misquoted in liis refer
ences to me. Now ;is far as this
talk of faking is concorred 'l will
state that at the Nizina Roadhouso
the party seemed very interested ev
en in the mechanism of the camera,
and wished to know how the films
wer© made, which showed the ac
tion of the picture highly acccelerat
ed. the subjects flying around the
screen like chain lightning, also how
a man fell on the track, was run ov
er and ccut to pieces by the train,
and then his scattered anatomy flew
together and he sto- ^ on his feet
and w ilked away. This I fully ex
plained. It is not necessary for
me to say anything in regards to
faking in my films, these will show
for themselves, if 1 could fake such
pictuns as I show, I would not be
taking pictures on such trips as wo
took list summer, for I should un
doubtedly be the highest salaried
man on earth. I will state em
phatically that at no time did Mr.
Hazelet's party pose for me and I
did not take any picture of them
crossing the Xizina River. I don't
pretend, but I do say that I cross
ed the Xizina and Chisana trail
and it will be very evident that I
went up Scolai creek tlso, and fur
thermore I can prove it. and still
furthermore I can prove it to be
what I have said it was. and no
amount of LYING by word of mouth
will refute the evidence I have to
back up my statements—for I show
not only the Xizina Glacier but
Andy Taylor's and Breedman's pack
trains on the glacier, and passing
i one of the ridiculous monuments
which were placed to lure unso
phisticated cheechaco's to almost
sure death (FAKE, I suppose) This
is right on the NEW Hazelet trail,
' too, and 1 show also a panorama of
tue Nizina Glacier taken from the
hist of these flimsy deaht lures we
could find. Look at this picture an
j then read the article in the "Cor
dova Alaskan'' auent their new
trail—Trail, who ever made a trail
over a Glacier like this? No one,
and never will. One might as well
made a trail over moving water,
lor a glacier is almost as unstable
as water. 1 have known a section
of the Rusgell Glacier half a mile
long and a quarter mile wide, to
fall in. It left walls of perpendic
ular ice from 50 feet to 150 feet in
height all around it, and if any
one had been left alive after fall
ing in with this mass, they could
not have got out except by being
pulled out. Fred Wauu and Joo
Hutchins will verify this state
ment, and Andy Taylor, whose pack
I train I took with the camera climb
! iug "Tin plate Hill" on Scolai creek
' will tell how I faked that, too. Char
! lie Gage, A1 Brown, Zeke, Mullet,
Everett, Charleton, Mickey Gallaghe
1 and other well known men will ver
ify my statements.
As far as subscribing to a pub
licity fund is concerned, it is a well
| known fact that the Cordovans have
; numerous agents in the coast towns
; boosting their route, who pays
them? And I venture to say u'iat
not one of them ever crossed Mc
Carthy creek, if they ever saw Mc
I Carthy even. What I state of a
1 trail is what I have seen, and back
ed by over 16 years of experience
of mushing, packing and freighting
over northern trails. What can Mr.
Hazelet say about the Scolal trail,
for instance.
Now in regard to my films hav
| ing no bearing on this present route
i of theirs, I will state that mv pic
tures were taken right on this route
and starting from McCarthy, weut as
| far ;is they did. It is no use for
' them to deny this, for these pic
| tures speak the truth, and if their
route is so good or in anyway feas
! iblp, why in God's name do Andy
Taylor, Joe McClennan, Zeke Mullet
; and Billy James, and in fact all
j the old-timers of the White river,
• who are taking in big outfits, not
, go that way? The answer is that
1 they know better, they know the dif
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STEAMSHIP JEANIE Oil ROCKS
III QUEEHI CHARLOTTE SOUND
Victoria, Dec. 20—While steam
ing ahead in a heavy fog in Queen
Charlotte Sound last night the south"
eastern Alaskan freighter Jeannie,
of the Swan Navigation Co., ran
ashore at Calvert island. There is
danger thai the vessel will he a
total lo&s ;is it is believed that the
hull has been pierced in several
places by the sharp rocks.
The crew of the Jeannie succeed
ed in raching shore after the vessel
struck and were taken aboard the
British steamer Estevan, -which
reached the scene of the wreck at a)
early hour this morning and is
standing by to render what assist
ance she can.
ferent trails, aud as Joe Cooper
(one of our past presidents of Tlie
Pioneers) told mo iu Whitehorso a
few days since, iu a conversation
I had In re this matter—1 ask
ed hini poiut blank why he was
going 330 mile if he could get in
the other way in 9U—in reply he
said "I'm too old a bird to get
caught that way. I'd rather travel
5 miles over a good trail than a
mile over a poor one"; there you
have the thing iu aa nutshell. \
trail that is sure every day in
the winter, that is never out of!
timber, that has no summit over "»U0
feet on it, and that a team of four
horses can take 6500 pounds and
go through without unlashing, is the
trail that is bound to win out.
I show a picture of Mr. Close's j
outfit on its way to Horsfelt, the :
first station this side of Chitenda I
City. Before leaving Whitehorso a •
wire was received from the mouth oil
White stating the outfit had laud-1
ed at its destinaion, that upon land
ing on the glare ice at Kluane j
lake teh two horse loads had been !
added to the four-horse teams and '
they had gone right through from
that point, landing with S000 lbs to
the team. Show me on any road
out of Cordova, even on the Fair
banks highway where they cap do
this. They have not a single trail
out of there that they "on't have, to
use double-*>ndei? on..
I think certainly that the XlcCar
thv trail in the summer is alright to
travel provided you are not in any
hurry and can affordd to pack horse
feed for use in the Scolai Basin,
and wood to cook with, anil also pro
viiled your outfit is composed of
small pieces that will not be too
heavy side packs. I don't think 't
a good way to take in safes, pianos
etc..
1 hate to say anything regarding I
them calling me "a hungry money |
getter". I never was hungry enough
yet to try and get it by sacrificing j
human lives and causing endless mis
ery and suffering.
I am not "putting over" anything |
on anybody, I can back up any |
statement 1 have made, and instead j
of the silence mentioned I expect af
firmation it -v-ill be heard from the
thousands who have eyes to see foi
themselves. "Seeing is believing". .
have lots of ammunition. I am an
average shot, too.
It is a significant fact that the
Scolai trail was never even dreamed
of until they found they could
not get over the summit of the Ni
zitia Glacier. As soon as that fact
was known, they started to boost
this impossible route, and as that
in turn proved impassible this NEW
trail was brought forward. This
shilly-shallying around with a maze
of chimerical trails shows how des
perate those people are to keep the
travelers coming that way. Very
few realize that the Copper River &
N. W. Railway does not land a pas
senger in the interior at any point.
After being dumped off the train
the stampeder still has to cross
the coast range over passes worse
than the Chilcoot or White Pass in
every way, for you have to cross ov
er endless stretches of live glac
iers where you have to carry your
wood, as there Is no timler, and in
Dr. Sugden's
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also scenes of
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Children, 25c Adults. 50c
(Children will be placed in the front rows)
SKAGWAY MOVING PICTURE THEATER
Doors open at 8 o'clock Pictures at 8;30 sharp
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Xmas gifts for anyone,
Better quality, larger package, dif
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offered here before.
75c to $1.00 each
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
IOWA FARMER RUNS AMUCK;
SHOOTS TWO STEAMBOAT MEN
'"Seattle, Dec. 20—Joseph Blaine,
quartermaster of the steamship Hum
boldt was early this morning- shot
through the head, and probably fa
tally injured, and John Erickson, a
gailor on the steamship Dolphin,
has a bullet in his knee, as the re- j
suit of a murderous assault made
upon them in Erickson's room at the
Grand Pacific hotel by N. \V. Geddes,
an Iowa farmer, who claimed that
they had annoyed him by the noise
they were making.
Geddes is under arrest.
addition the passes are higher and
with a far greater depth
of snow. Via Skagway this can be
avoided, for if you have 1 ton or
1,000 tons you can land the whole
lot in the interior in one day with
out discomfort to self or beasts.
ELECTION OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL OFFICERS
The Sunday School at the Meth
odist Church was placed upon an
organized basis last evening, and
the following officers elected for
the year 1914:
Superintendent, Mr. G. V. Zinkan.
Asst. Supt. Mrs. L. H. Pedersen. .
Secy, and Treasurer, Miss Gertrude
Liddicoat.
Librarian, Mr. Lester Moyer.
Organist Mrs, Robert Shelly
Asst. Organist, Miss Ruth Pedersen.
CURRENCY BILL IS PASSED
BY VOTE OF 54 TO :S4 I
Washington, Dec. 20—The eurren
cy bill was passed today by a vote o
54 to 34. The bill will be presented j
to President Wilson on Monday for I
signature.
The galleries of til ■ senate were
crowded during the session.
WHITE GETS SHADE OX
WALGAST AT MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee, Dee. 20—Charlie
White, in a ten round go last night
with Walgast, got a shade the bet
ter of the latter, but there was no
decision.
JAPANESE ABE SUFFERING
FROM GRIPPING FAMINE
Tokio, Dec. 20—There is much
suffering being experienced through
out the Japanese Empire from a
gripping famine among the laboring
classes.
DIAMONDS PANNED
BY DAWSON MINERS
Joe McKinnon and Marshall Stev
ens, dredge men living near Ogilvle
bridge, found their tent abode in
ashes one morninjj not long ago.
They lost money and everything, In
cluding their diamonds, in the
flames. But genius asserted itself.
They took gold pans, and panned the
ashes, and, lo, the "sparks" show
ed up in the pan.—Dawson News.
TO OPEN ALASKAN BU
REAU IN WASHINGTON
Seattle, Dec. 20—The Seattle
Chamber of commerc of this city
today decided to open an Alaskan bu
reau at Washington, D. C., the ob
ject of which will be to useevery
effort to urge immediate and favor
able action on the Alaska railroad
measure.
FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.
Information came to town on
Wednesday of a shooting accident,
which took place last week in the
vicinity of Lake Arkell. It appears
that a young Indian by the name
of Charlie Joe had been out trap
ping in the woods and had cached
his gun in a tree along with some
other things. When he returned
to get the gun from the cache her
took hold of the barrel which waa
pointing towards him, and while do
ing so the gun was discharged, the
bullet entering his body. He only
lived for 24 hours after the acci
dent. The body was brought to
town yesterday afternoon and the
police are to hold an investigation.
The young man was between 16
and 17 years of age, and at one
time was engaged at the club set
ting up pins at the bowling alley.
—Whitehorse Star.
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