PRICE 10 CENTS
338 MILES OF TRAVEL SAVED if
THE SKJIGWAf ROUTE 10 OHM
Statistics Show This To Be A
Fact And Each Mile Of The
Road Via Skagway And
Whitehorse Can Be Trav
elled With Perfect Ease And
In Absolute Safety
The question of paramount import
ance to the thousands of people out
side who have definitely made up
their minds to brave the rigors and
dangers of an Alaskan winter to
reach a country where a lucky strik
may in a few short months or years
place them in in<iependnt circum
stances, is not as to w-hether the
gold is there, for of the truth of
this they are already convinced, but
as to the most direct, e;isiest and
least dangerous route by which they
may reach the land of this hopes.
While a few fool-hardy and adven
turous spirits among the thousands
of stampeders who are turning
their faces toward the north will
peril life, and limb and outfit to be
anions the first to reach the dig
gings. the majority will be of a
more cautious and conservative turn
who will desire to inform them
selves thoroughly on a question
which may to them, in the end,
prore of vital importance.
It is this reasoning majority, and
not the unthinking few, whose at
tention we deeire to attract, and
by whom the truths herein set forth
we are confident, will receive care
ful consideration.
The plausible tales that are being
told in the Pacific coast cities by
paid ascents of the transportation
companies to turn the tide of trav
el frcm the Skagway, Whltehors^
Kluan» route to those of the west
ward are having a temporary effect,
but when thinking people commence
to investigate as to the actual merit
of the differeut trails there can
be no question but that the one
which leaves tidewater at the head
of Lynn canal, will become the pop
ular and most used route of in
i grass and egress.
The strongest argument that is
i being used by those interested in
seeing travel and freight go into
the interior by the westward route*;
is that the distance to be traversed
from the end of the Copper River
and Northwestern railroad to the
diggings is so much shorter tha:»
that from Whitehorse to the same
point, but they very naturally re
frain from pointing out the almost
insurmountable difficulties to be en
countered in, what they claim, is
the shorter route. They cheer
fully ignore, and forget to call at
temion to the fact that a man is
jeopardizing his lifo nad risking the
loss of his entire outfit, when ho
sets out over those trails either in
summer or in winter, *iid that even
though he should safely overcome
the obstacles to be encountered, his
remembrance of the sufferings he
had to undergo will ever remain.
In confirmation of this we refer
you to the interview with Dr. L.
S. Sugden of Whitehorse. published
in the Daily Alaskan of yester
day. The information therein con
tained is not taken second-hand, but
la the personal observations and ex
periences of a man well qualified by
years of residence in the north to
judge of the situation as it really
exists.
As to the westward route being
the shorter we absolutely deny that
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dasher of Skapway
i such is the case, and contend, and
j can prove by incontrovertible evi
dence. that with all its disad
vantages and dai'gers, it is still
the longer way by which
I to reach the Chisana gold fields,
i To illustrate, we ask your consid
eration of the following: From Se
j attic, we will say for example, to
Skagway, is a distance of approxim
ately 1,000 miles; from Skagway to
J Whitehorse, 110 miles; from White
j horse to Chisana, via Kluane lake,
1230 milse; total, 1440 miles. From
I Seattle to Cordova is 1510 miles;
from Cordova to end of railway,
j 190 miles; from end of railroad to
, Chisana (as claimed) 7S miles; to
al, 177S miles. And there you
I are, a distance of 338 miles in
tavor of the Skagway, Whitehorse,
| Kluane route, as against that by
I way of Cordova.
Comparisons as a general rule
are odious, but in this connection it
| is an absolute pleasure to roiu-1
pare the two routes above meniion
1 ed. Over the one via Skapwav the |
j whole distance to be covered by
water is through an inland passage
j entirely protected, except at rare
Intervals, by mountain ranges from
I the storm swept waters of liie
j mighty Pacific. During the winter
. months these inland waters are nav
j iseated in comparative safety bj ves
j sels of all descriptions. When Skag
I way is reached a railway is lo'ind.
| open to traffic at all times of tue
| year, to convey travelers and freight j
over and beyond the co;ist r;mge to ]
j Whitehorse, where the trail to the
diggings starts. To call it ;t trail,
however, is misleading, as it is «
first-class and well traveled wagon
road clear through to the diggings. ;
with established and well conduct
ed roadhouses at short intervals
throughout the entire distance, an !
the highest altitude to overcome is
">00 fee: in a gradual rise of 12
miles.
The westward routes present
none of these advantages. Kveu
tho' a vessel take the inside pas
sage to Cross Sound there is still
"(H< miles of open water to
cross, where in winter fierce storms
are the rule rathefr than the excep
tion, and where only the scauuchest
| of sea going boats dare venture, i
I And at the end of this voyage what
confronts the traveler? AVe will tei
you: A mountain range where the
snowfall is perhaps greater than up
on any other part of the Alaskan
coast, and where the transportation
companies for weeks at a time
are unable to deliver even interior
mail at its destination. This is in
the winter. In the summer the
melting snows convert the streams
into raging torrents that are equally
as iiftpassable and dangerous.
Is it reasonable to suppose that
anyone would of choice take this
rough ocean voyage of 30U
miles, only to be confronted at its
termination by the still more ser
ious problem of an extremely danger
ous trail, even under the most fa
vorable circumstances, if tae actual
conditions had been properly pre
sented? We hardly think so.
Again, great stress is laid upon
the undeniable fact that goods ship
ped via Skagway have to pass thru
Canadian territory and be inspected
by Canadiau officials. Heretofore
this ha9 been a serious handicap to
people who wished to reach interior
Alaskan points. Reoently arrange
ments have been made with the
Canadian customs authorities where
by goods are convoyed through Can
adian territory to the international
boundary line free of charge to the
shipper. Of course these goods
must be placed in bond and not op
ened while in transit. Provisions,
etc., that are used while making
the trip through Canadian territory
are of course subject to duty, but
this can be overcome by purchasing
the small quantities that it will be
necessary to use in Whitehorse,
where they may be had as cheaply
as, it,not cheaper, than theycau oe
imported by individuals.
i:\or\CK THE LOBBYISTS
AT WASHINGTON CITY
Washington, Dec. 9—In a unan
imous report today the house com
mittee of investigatlOH sustained
President Wilson's charges that an
insidious and baneful lobby exists.
Both democrats and republicans
joined in a resolution denouncing
the lobbyists and their pernicious
influences.
The American Federation of La
bor was exonerated from the charge
of corrupt lobbying that had been
preferred against it.
.MANY CITIZENS DEPUTIZED
IN THE CAI.UMKT DISTRICT
Calumet, Mich., Dec. 9—Two hun
dred and fifty business men have
been deputized here to assist the
authorities in restoring order and
prevcntil.g a repetition of the out
rages and rioting that have occur
red since the commencement of the
miners' strike.
A GOOD SHOWING FOU
THE NATIONAL BANKS
Washington, Dec. 9—Acting Com|>
i roller Kane in his annual report
shows that only siix thousand banks,
out of ever seven thousand, have j
failed during the past year.
MKS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
REACHES CITY OF PANAMA
Panama, Dec. 9—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived In this city today.
WANTED.
Ten cords of four foot wood. In
quire at the Skagway Laundry.
12-6-tf.
FOR
Preferred Stock Canned O.oods,
Atmore's Mince Moat
Layer Raisins
Plum Pudding
Pigs and Datea
Hills Bros. Coffee.
Extra Fancy Hoort liiver Spitzenberg Apples,
Malaga Grape*
* Celery
(ranberries
Cauliflower
Tin!-apples
O ranges
nana*as
Head Lettuce
Tomatoes
Popcorn
Aiid Nuts of nil Kinds.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
SOURDOUGH PROSPECTOR SAYS
SHAY IS IHE ONLY iY
W. S. Brockman, one of the |
sourest of sourdoughs, and who
since his arrival iu the country
in 1897 has stampeded to all the
new strikes, accounts of which have
from time to time in the passing
years fired the imagination and
aroused the enthusiasm and ambi
tion of the wandering and fool
loose prospector iu the uorthland,
is here on his way to the outside
where he is going to lay in supplies
to enable him to work a claim, No.
17 below. Bonanza, which he staked
last summer in the Chisana gold
fields.
Brockman is a fair specimen of
the type of men, iu a class by them
selves, who are a product of the
mining regions throughout the worl
who are alike content, with a roll
of blankets and a scant supply of
provisions strapped upon their backs
to roam the wild and inaccessible
mountain fastnesses or to traverse
the burning desert sands in a
search for the hidden wealth they
are firmly convinced they will some
day uncover.
In succession, but probably not
in the order named below, he stam
peded to Dawson, 70-mile, Atlin,
Koyukuk, Whitehorse, Big Salmon,
Pelly, Mooseliide, White River, and
last summer landed in the Chisarin
with only enough grub to last a
few days, and with no change for
replenishment until he again reach
ed the nearest settlement. He did
not prospect his claim, not because
he did not believe In its value, but
because he had not the means; for
his faith is so strong in the rich
ness of the diggings in that coun- I
try that he is goinig back early in
the new year to see if the fickle
goddess of chance, who has proven
so unkind to him in the past, may
not relent and smile upon him as
she has in time gone by smiled up
on others. 1
Since leaving the Chisana digging
in the early part of September,
Brockman has spent the greater por
tion of his time in Atlin and White
horse and quit© recently lias made
several trips to the Kluane lake re
gion. He sass the wagon road to
the lake would bo hard to improve
upon for either light or heavy trav
el. On his way in to Whitehorse
u few days ago he met a two-horse
team on its way to the Chisana.
The wagon was loaded with 4200
pounds of freight and besides the
driver carried a woman and a man
as passengers. The horses were
stepping along briskly over the
well-packed snow, and apparently
had no trouble in hauling the heavy
outfit to which the^ were attached,
and were making about 20 miles
a day.
He gives it as his opinion that if
the truth was kuown on the out
side of the ease and comparative
comfort this route affords travel
lers to the interior it would be the
only one used.
He says that commodious road
houses, with ample stableroom for
horses cud (logs, have been estab
lished the entire distance along the
road at an average of 10 to 15
miles apart, and that clean, well
cooked and substantial meals may
be had for $1.00 each, while sleep
ing accommodations are furnished
at $1.00 per night
He further says that while the
present freight rate from Whitehorse
to the Chisana is 30 cents per
pound it is certain to come down,
for the reason that it has been
found possible to make the trip in
legs time and with heavier loads
than it was thought possible when_
the freight rate went into effect;
and because there are now several
well-equipped transportation outfits
competing for the business with in
dications that as the tonnage to b<*
carried increases other carriers will
enter the field.
THE SCHMIDT Ml'It I) Kit
TRIAL IS NOW OX
New York, Dec. 9—The trial of
Rev. Hans Schmidt, self-confessed
murderer of Anna Amueller In thi3
city a few months ago, was com
menced this morning.
OUTPOINTS HIS ENEMY
BUT DOESN'T GET DECISION
Milwaukee, Dec. 9—McHarland,
111 a bout with Ills old time enemy
Jack Britton in a ten round go out
pointed bis adversary, but no deci
sion was rendered.
WILL TAKE RECESS AFTER
CURRENCY BILL PASSES
Washington, Dec. 9—It is expect
ed that the currency bill will pass
congress in time for a recess to
be had between December 20th and
January 5th.
The Home of
HART SCHAFFNER
& MARX
Clothes
Twenty-five dollars isn't much j
money to spend for a suit
of clothes; when you come to know what i
first-class quality of materials and tailoring, j
and what restfulness of mind as to style
that price commands, you'll almost think it
isn't enough to pay.
Young men especially want smart
style; and Hart Schaffner & Marx have
the style problem so perfectly worked out,
we advise any man to put his money, and
himself into one of their $25 suits.
We have clothes at $18
and $20 and at $30, $40
WILL CLAYSON