No. 294 SIXTEENTH YEAR ^
SKAGWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 23, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
Since closing out their busTnes in
theRoard of Traile rod' aurunt lust
fall, Charles Karaman and John A.
Clecak have been busily engaged
fitting up a neat and attractive
place on the comer of Broadway
and Second avenue, opposite the
Golden North hotel, which it is
their intention to christen the Al
aska Cafe and Grill and which they
expect to have ready to open about
the 15th of next mouth. The in
terior has been tastily decorated
and repainted and is divided off in
to a public dining room and four
private bcoths, the partitions of the
latter being movable and can be tak
en out and the four rooms turned in
to one, if necessary.
In the main dining room there i
will be ten tables, and a lunch coun
ter where those who are in a hurry |
for their meals may be quickly j
served.
The silverware and table linen
will all be new, and a fine Montague
French range, with all the culinary j
accessories, will be put in place in
a few days.
Both of the proprietors of the
new place are too well and favor- j
ably known in their business in
Skagway to require words of com
mendation from us, but we bespeak
for them a liberal patronage as soon
as the doors of the Alaska Cafe
and Grill are thrown open to the I
public.
MINK WORKKliS ROAST
FEDERATION Or LABOR
Indian;'M>lis, Jan. 22—Various j
resolution. were presented here to- {
day at a meeting of the mine work- J
ers Tinion in which the American '
Federation of Lai>f»r was roasted;
and declared to be worm eaten and j
dead.
SAYS WAVE OF PROSPERITY
I> DUE IX IMTKD STATES
Xev.- York, Jan. 23—Secretary of
the Navy Josephus Daniels said
here todav that he is confidnet that
a wave of prosperity is due in the
United States.
REGIONAL BANK HEARING
IN KANSAS CITY TODAY
Kansas City, Jan. 23—A hearing
before tlie regional bank committee
is being held here today.
IN IMITATION
OF JHEHH
\
Geneva, Jan. 23—Xeuchatel is
t have policewomen, a la Chicago
and other up-to-date American ell
it's. For the present, uutil the mu
nicipal authorities can be convinoed
of the nracticability of the system
it will be under the auspices of
the two womne societies, to the
Union Feminist and the Friends
of the Young Girl, and the female
members of the force w ill be volun
teers.
The chief objects are to look
after the morals of the girls in the
shops and streets, to assist female
prisoners on their liberation, and
in general to fight the White Slave
traffic. Similar movements are on
foot in Zurich and Lausann.
FIG CHARGES
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 22—Specif
ic charges, in tlie defense that tlve |
government had completely reversed
the attitude it had aassumed in
ihe former coal cases and is now I
endeavoring to make a felony of
what before was only a misaemeancr|
were made by Attorney Munday in
the Shields case tod^y.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 23—John
Howard, president of the Western
Fuel company, was stricken with
apoplexy within an hour after the I
government closed iis argument |
against b«n» in the Alaska coal i
land case >esterday. 11" died with
in :i snort time a^ter being strick
en, '••"hcut regaining consciousness.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE
FOUND IN \ SUITCASE I
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 23—An In
fernal machine, enclosed in a suit
case, was found today near the Al
muck mine here.
Jj-3 INVENTORY [SALE ^(3f
STARTS JANUARY 14th, 1914
And Will Continue For Ten Days
EVERY ARTICLE IN
Our Immense Stock
( With the exception of E. & \V. Collars, Knox Hats,
Rubber Goods, Threads and Overalls)
At a 33 1-3 per cent. Reduction
Our Store will be open early and late
^ Do your shopping when most convenient
[ Remember, we have no OLD
E*
I* 1-3 Gooc/s to dispose of 1„3
* Off This Sale Strictly Cash Off*
J H. J. LYNCH
J* The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
■ PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE
IN THE U DISTRICT
Mr. J. A. Fraser, gold commis
sioner of the Atlin district, reach
ed Skagway on his return home froi
Victoria on the Princess Sophia, or
Wednesday. ' While here Mr. Fra
ser called at the Daily Alaskan of
fice, and it is through bis courtesj
that we are enabled to give oui
readers a resume of mining oper
ations that have token place in that
district within the past season and
in some instances mentioned foi
some time prior thereto. While in
the Daily Alaskan office, Mr. Fras
er's attention was drawn to ar
item which recently appeared in
these columns in the Atlin news
wherein it was stated that certain
miners on tho O'Donnell river had
sluiced out four ounces of gold
from four cars Of gravel, and in
answer to a query of the represent
ative of the Daily Alaskan as tc
ihe value of the clcanup, from a
mining standpoint, of that amount
of gravel, he replied:
"That amount of gold from foui
cars of gravel is a very good clean
up), indeed, and means between
¥50 and $65 in values to each cub
ic yard handled. Wlf"- the ex
ception ol the work cone by Robt,
iicKee, O'Donnell river has beer
worked in a desultory way foi
years, but never .until the Ruffnei
Mining company took hold has ther<
been any real prospecting done
Time and again have claims been
taken up on that river and after
ward abandoned simply because the
locators did not do enough work tc
demonstrate the values that art
now positively known to exist. Tc
the lack of systematic and contin
uous development may be ascribed
the backwardness of ihfc district in
coining to the front as a great gold
prodacer. - -
"The mining outlook for the fu
ture is now, however, brighter In
my opinion than it has been foi
some time, because recent discov
eries of rich deposits, which thor
ough prospecting alone has reveal
ed, justify the belief that similai
finds will be made"in other localities
where a like systematic search it
being carried out. On O'Donnel
river there are claims located foi
a distance of 30 miles on each side
of the stream and over the greatei
part of this large area good sur
face prospects have been found
but not many have reached bedrocl
and therefore but little is knowrKol
the actual values that will b<
brought to light when that point is
reached.
"On Spruce creek the ground hat
been worked for 14 years and is nc
longer renumerative by primlUv<
methods of mining, but. the pay
steak is not by any means exhaust
ed and with proper appliances foi
economical work will still be foun'c
to be a pood proposition for those
with sufficient capital to instal
the necessary machinery.
"On upper Spruce as good, if not
better, pay will be found as deptt
is attained, but the cost of pro
duction will be much greater thai
heretofore.
"McKee creek is improving as
they go up stream and the samt
may be said of Birch cieek.
"On Boulder creek there are noi
many at work, but Mr. Black, £
pioneer miner of unquestionable abi
ity, still has confidence In It, and
iound sufficient pay last year to
1 justify him in continuing his work.
He expects to make a showing the
coming season that will compare
favorably with anything that has
, been d<>ne upon it in the past.
J "On Ruby creek Mr. Dalton, rep
resenting Seattle and Eastern cap
ital, recently reached the pay streak
for which he has long been seeking
and which he has alwavs been con
fident was there, an* apears to be
.iow coming into his own. From
the returns which he secured in j
the latter part of last season he has
excellent reasons for hollering that
the coming season's output will am
ply recoup and reward him for the
outlay, patience and perseverance
he has shown up to date.
"On Otter creek Mr. Maluln, rep
resenting French capital, ha« been
steadily working his way down to-;
ward bedrock for several seasons
with the object of opening up de
posits of gravel that his keyBtone
I drill has revealed to h0 rich. He
has prospected , his uroperty for
four seasons with the drill and has
never yet drawa a blank.
"On upper Otter and Wright
creeks the operators have had suf
ficient success to induce them to
continue work for another season.
Other outlying creeks, upon
which encouraging prospects have
been found, but upon which but
little work has been done, Justify a
belief In future satisfactory results
when they are properlv worked.
"The outlook for successful lode
mining in the district is extremely
good, and as soon as freight rates
are reduced sufficiently to enable
mine owners to do development wor
at reasonable cost there will be a
wonderful forward impetus given
to this branch of mining.
"Last season's prospecting oper
ations on both sides of Taku Arm,
on the Engineer and White Moose
groups, have amply demonstrated
that both these properties may be
t developed into very important pro
ducing mines.
The Kirkland and Brown groups,
which adjoin the Engineer group,
give great promise also for the
amount of development work that
has thus far been done.
On the Big Horn river good
development has revealed the exist
ence of very high grade ore in con
siderable quantities, and it Is con
fidently believed by those interest
ed that another important mining
camp will be established there in
the not distant future. j
There are other groups in that !
district which might be mentioned.
ut efficient has been said to jus
tify the optimistic views above ex
pressed. «
"With reference to tha Rainy Hol
ow district there is nothing to say
ejond the fact that the necessary
assessment work has been done to
Keep the properties in good stand-,
ing during the past season, but a
Period of active development will
surely come, and that at no distant
date.
^ ^e" *^at time does arrive
re will be opened un one of the
most premising mining sections in
, . e whole of Northern British Co
I lumbia."
PREFERRED STOCK
OYSTERS
These ftre very select large east
ern oysters. If you hare not yot
tried any of these, you havo mi se
ed a tropt. Sold in 1 lb. tin* a*
25 cents and 2 lb. tins at 45 ocnts
each.
P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGAVAY, ALASKA.
MORE FIGHT
ON THE TANGO
Dresden, Jan. 23—Supposedly on
sordera direct from King Frederich
August, a fierce war against mod
ern types of dancing is being wag
ed by the police and local adminis
trative authorities throughout Sax
ony. In the cantons of Grimma,
Wurzen and Colbltz lisf8 hare been
lsBued of 6 different varieties which
are prohibited under severe penal
ties, among them the "Saxon tango"
the "wind dance", and the "bow
dance". Another regulation requires
proprietors of public dance halls
henceforth to act as censors of mor
al^ and propriety, punishment for in
fractions to be visited upon them as
well as upon their patrpns.
The police at Meissen, famous
for its porcelain, recently closed a
dance hall for oermltting the 'Dres
den shepherdess dance soiree', af
ter the participants had vainly pro
tested that all their gyrations were
oopied from designs by artists in
the Royal porcelain works.
fsceImt
OF WOO,000
London Jan. 22-—The British
cabinet faces a budget deficit, as
the Churchill program will cause
the expenditures to exceed the est
imates by $25,000,000.
CON CESSION 8 TAKING SHAPE
AT PANAMA EXPOSITION
San Francisco, Jan. 23—A corps
of workmen is busily engaged at
the amusement concessions district
of the Panama Pacific Internation
al exositloa site ajid already two
of the principal concessions are tak
ing shape. These are the "Grand
Canyon of Arizona", which is be
ing installed by the Santa Fe rail
road, and "Tolland Grown Up".
"The Grand Canyon of Arizona"
will be a reproduction of this mas
terpiece of Nature and its cost
will exceed $350,000.
Three buildings already have been
erected over the ground to be oc
cupied by the "Toyland Grown Up"
concession, which will be one of
the most elaborate extravaganzas ov
er presented.«
EX-PRESIDENT .
CALLS A HALT
Philadelphia, Jan. 22—Ex-presi
dent Taft, in speech here today at
the business college commence
ment, called a halt on the move
ment towards a purer democracy and
also greater social and and individ
ual freedom, and arraigned imprac
ticable reformers as a menace to
the communities in which they liv
ed.
ABE Hill
BILL WILL PASS
^Washington, D. C., Jan. 23—The
voting on the first of the amend
ments to the Alaska railroad bill
commenced at 5:30 o'clock yester
day afternoon, after which a re
cess was taken on the vote until
today at noon, when the senate re
sumed the discussion of the amend
ments and will continue in session
until the vote is taken.
Later—Washington, Jan. 23—
Senate leaders are confident that
the Alaska railroad bill will pass
before night.
SHORT COURSE STUDENTS
AGAIN INVADE CAMPUS
Seattle, Jan. 23—Seventy five
men, ranging in ages from 20 to
50 years, and coming from all parts
of the United States, Canada and
Alaska, have begun their first
week's work on the campus of the
eLate university in forestry and
mines short courses.
Men from the mines, mills and
logging camps are adjusting them
selves to the life of the campus.
The courses are designed primarily
for men with practical experience
or some technical education, altiio'
there are no admission require
ments, and the men will be allow
ed to take anything which either of
the two schools offers.
SOUTH AFRICAN STRIKE
IS PRACTICALLY ENDED
/
Capetown, South Africa, Jan. 23
—The strike here is practically set
tled and the last of the strikers
returned to work today.
Headquarters For
Smart Overcoats
You will find your over
coat here in a variety of
fabrics
Beautiful Weaves,
Scotch Tweeds, Chin
chillas—all made up,
A Large line of O'Donnell Shoes for Men
Uti and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier