Washington, D. C., Jan. 12—Gov
trnor Strong's first annual report to
President Wilson has been received.
He says that the government should
build the railroads in Alaska. He
does uot believe that private capital
can afford to construct the roads
and wait for the development of the
territory's resources to furnish ton
nage without charging very high
rates which In turn serve to re
tard the development. With gov
ernment ownership and operation of
the roads aa impetus would be giv
en mining properties along the road
which would cause branch lines to
be constructed by private capital.
Governor Strong also recommends
that the Chugach forest reservation
be abolished and reports that en
tirely too much land had been ap
propriated by the forestry depart
ment. The restrictions of the ser
vice has made it so difficult for min
ers and others to secure permits
that they have used outside lumber
in preference to the home product.
He also recommends that the Aleu
tian islands reservation be reduced
in size.
The report recommneds that im
mediate steps should be taken to
conserve the fishing resources of
the Alaskan waters. He believes
the use of t'ish tilt's should be reg
ulated. Hatcheries, under govern
ment supervision should be estab
lished at various points along the
coast. That more fish inspectors be
employed us the number at present
are not adequate for the purpose.
The governor believes that the
telegraph and cable tolls for private
business are exorbitant and should
be reduced.
That some method be devised j
whereby the Indians could got uUe
to their lands is also urged. The
Indians are fast bviug crowded from
the bays where they have caught J
their supply of fish iu the past.
The Indians are without recourse
when their fishing grounds are ap
propriated by canneries and other
private concerns.
Mere lighthouses should be built
along the Alaskan coast and larger
appropriations for this purpose
should he made at the earliest pos
sible time.
The report also shows that while
the production of gold from the pla
cers has fai'en off during the year
that gold bearing ledges have been
developed in many parts of the ter
ritory and that the output from this
source will soon reach a high figure
annually. The production of copper
has Increased and many copper pro- i
MEDICAL tn
im mum
Juneau, Jan. 12—The Board of
Medical Examiners forA laska fin
ished its first session last
Thursday and adjourned until the
first Tuesday in July. The board
organized by electing Dr. J. H. My
ers of Ketchikan, pres., and Dr. H.
C. DeVighne of Juneau, secretary.
Applications for examinations to
practice were considered but none of
the applicants found to be eligible to
take the examination under the law
as interpreted by Disrctit Attorney
John Rustgard.
There are S4 cases -oil the civil
docket calendar prepared by Clerk
of the Court Jay W. Bell for tho
present term of the United States
disrtict court which opened iu Ju
neau today. Some o£ them have
been pending for a long time, but
most of them are of more or less
recent origin. In addition to this
array of cases the grand jury will
consider many cases where people
have bee a bound over by the Unit
ed States commissioners and are
in jail awaiting its action or are out
on bail.
XvEFERS JUS RETURN
TO MEXICO CITY
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan. 10—O'
Shanghnessy, the United States
charge d'affaires in Mexico, has de
ferred the time of his return to
Mexico C*ty.
REGIONAL BANK HEAR
ING IN BOSTON TODAY
Boston. Jan. 10—A regional bank
hearing begins 'n thi* city today.
perties are now reaching the stage o£
development where they will soon
become producers and add to the
wealth of the nation.
Minor changes are urged in the
game laws of the territory to make
them conform to the conditions
there.
^ 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
1-3 Goods to dispose o/ J.3
Off This Sale Strictly Cash Off
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 12—One of
the matters before the new City
Council at its regular meeting re
cently was the appointment of a
new Morals and Efficiency Board
Commission, as provided for by act
oi the 19la Legislature. It will
comprise a director at a salary of
$",000 an'l siv other members, three
of whom may be women.
The first committee served from
April 16, 1613, to December 9,
when it made final report to the
Council and asked th.it it be re
lieved or further duty, in its fin
:ti report was a ••ecomiue.idation for
immediate elimination of the 65 dis
orderly houses here when it coui
pleled its work. It had reduced the
l.'imber fr^m 247; put into effect a
str'ngeni sauitary code providing for
safety from venereal infection of in
mates patrons alike; successfull
itcuiuuionded that the sale of liquor
bfe proh'.bived in the licuses, found
twenty "iris willing :o enter .t dif
ferent lila an.i helped Uom and
made an exhaustive study of . ne
gation wh'eh finally led ^ i.com
r.iendaticn that th.? U si net be wip
ed out.
Along other liuei, :>.c ;r; -ntluJ •
that "street walkers" i nd mashers
be suppressed; that no child bom!
o_t of wodlock be granti i tll9 rights
or a fcv.dmac© child; ':;:t r." Me
parks 1).- well illuminated; that I
i*hu:chci :>ad schools b" used as so
cial center's and. that women's clubs
should demote their attention part
icularly to promotion of the single
standard of morality idea.
The gr ' J jury which convened tc>
flay at Juueau has upwards 01 forty
cases to investigate. Three of the
most serious are ot' homicide. There
will be two or three lurglary charg
es investigated, one or two of for- J
sery, som? of obtaining uione.v under
lal-e prctencos, two or more of lar
ccn/. Most of the remainder consti
tute f^e comruoa afflictions of Alaska
i.ell;ng liquor to Indians.
District Attorney John Rustgard j
has hid orders to resubmit the |
Summers case to the grand jury and •
witnesses have already commenced id
arrive la Juueau. George Knox, |
teller of the sub-treasury in San I
Francisco is to be a witness in the
case and F. >1. Bailey, bank ac-•
countant attached to the depart-j
merit of justice, has also reached i
these and is mal.ing Investigations, j
MCCARTHY'S NAME IS
CHAXtiKD TO' 'SHl'SH.VN'XA
Information has just been receiv
ed at thi5 Skagway cable office thatJ
the name of McCarthy, on the Cop
per River and Northwestern Rail
way, has been changed to Shushanna
Junction. I
GOV. STRONG
GETS INVITATION
Juneau, Jan. 12—Got. J. F. A.
Strong has received an invitation
from Gov. Ernest Lister, of Wash
ington, to attend a conference of
Governors to urge the creation in
the Pacific Northwest of a Feder
al reserve district undtr the terms
of the new currency law. Gov. Lis
ter has invited the Governors of
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska
to attend the conference, which will
be held at Seattle at the time that
the Federal organization committee,
upon whom devolve? the duties of
naming the cities which will be se
lected as reserve centers, visits that
place.
1LHB OILL
OPTO CONGES
Washington, D. C., Jan. 12—At the!
session of Congress today the Alaska'
railroad measure was the first or
der of business and both houses are
(•xpected to pass it. Seth Mann, of
California, who was in Alaska last
summer as a special representative
of President Wilson, is here boost
ing for Alaska, and reported that
the president wants to see a meas
ure passad authorizing government
construction of railroads, roads and
trails and the opening up of the Al
aska coal fields, his idea being to
build one line of railroad from some
point on the coast to Tanana and
another from some point on the
coast in a northwesterly direction
to as far at least as the Kuskokwim
valley.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 12—It is
known here Unit Secretary Redfield
is planning to dispense with the
services of two officials of the Bu
reau of Fisheries, one of whom is j
Uarton W. Evermann, chief of the
division of Alaska Fisheries and |
the other Fred Chamberlain.
1 *11IL1 PP1 XK COMMISSIONER
TO VISIT SK.UiUAV SOO.V
Winfrea T. Denison, former Assis*
ant Attorney General, but recently
appointed Philippine Commissioner,
arrived in Juneau on the last voyage
of the Spokane. He is enroute from
his home at Washington, D. C., to
his new post, but finding that he
had time to visit Southeastern Alas
ka, availed himself of the opportun
ity. He expects to make a trip to
Skagway and to Sitka before return
ing Southward to resume his journ- |
ey. Thi3 is his first visit to Alaska.
PREFERRED STOCK
OYSTERS
'i'licse ?.ic very sele't largo east
ein oysters. If you liavo not yet
tried any of tliese, you have miss
ed a tivi't. Sold in 1 lb. tins at
25 cents ami 2 lb. tins at 45 cents
ouch.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SXAGWAY, ALASKA.
FOR ill
Warrenton, Oregon, Jan. 12—"I
have reached the. conclusion that
mayorships are not positions for
women. I will not state my reasons
not wishing to become involved in
controversies with those who believe
differently, but they appear good
and sufficient to me."
This was the statement of Miss
Clara Cynthia Munsen, who 011 Jan
uary 1, r'tired to private life after
enjoying for one year the distinction
of being the only woman mayor in
the West. George Schmitz, a mere
man, succeeded her. Miss Munsen's
constituency was more than satis
fied with her administration but she
could not be induced to make the
race for re-election. "Although my
term in office was pleasant in the
extreme, and the city council ov
er which I presided, treated me with
tlie greatest respect, no persuasion
could make me take an office again.
1 refused even to run for tne city
council.
"I had no trouble whatever dur
ing my term, not even with the
liquor interests. I am not a believ
er in prohibition as it is being hand
led today, and did not believe it In
accordance with the laws of the city,
county and state. When the gov
ernment severs its partnership with
the liquor interests by refusing to is
sue licenses then, and only then
will prohibition prohibit."
While she was mayor, Miss Mun
sen acted as city attorney and chief
of police also, having dispensed with
the services of those dignitaries as
soon as she assumed cffice. The
money thus saved was used for
civic improvements. She was not,
however, called on to make any ar
rests. When in need of legal advice
Mi.-ss Munsen appealed tj the Mayor
of Astoria. Miss Munsen spent her
girlhood and young womanhood in
p lighthouse on the Oregon coast,
and her knowledge of political af
fairs, which is quite extensive, was
sained through discussions with her
father during the long periods who
the beacon was isolated by storms.
"The time I spent in the mayor
alty chair was not altogether with
out Its compensation", concluded j
Miss Munsen, "for during thai, time
I received nearly a score of mar- 1
riage proposals from men as a re
sult of the publicity given my being
the only Western woman mayor."
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In stock now at Keller Bros
Drug Co., don't fail to drop in and
see this camera, one that fks th
vest pocket and yau can have
picture made from it any size.
L
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Juneau, Jan. 12—The deal that
had been pending for several days
waj closed last week by which J.
W. Martin of Haines, becomes the
owner of the M. G. Rogers Btore.
?.1 Rogers will be in charge until
.Mr. Martin can more down from
Haines to take personal charge of
the * usinesg.
Air. Martin is by no means a
stranger in Alaska, having lived at
TIaines for the past sixteen years.
He has a store there.
Mr. Rogers and family contemplate
moving to Bellingham, Wash., where
they own a une little ranch.
. FEUS
GOES HOI
Houghton, Mich., Jaii. 10—Gov
. rnor Ferris returned home today
buo Moyer will remain here Indef
initely.
The acts of the recent grand jury
are to be attacked, as it ia claim
ed that the names of the jurors
were illegally drawn.
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE
PAY RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT
Passehristian, Jan. 12—Two thou
sand people paid their respects to
President Wilson here Saturday
nijjlit. _ -
PRESIDENT MOVER RETURNS
SUDDENLY TO CHICAGO
Chicao, Jau. 12—President Moy
er of the Western Federation of
Miners returned to this city sudden
ly today from Houghton, Michigan,
where it was given out the other day
that he intended to remain.
MARIPOSA AS JAIL
FOR ALASKA PRISONERS
Seattle, Jan. 12—Alterations to
the Alaska Steamship Company's
Mariposa were completed laat week
by , he Seattle Construction & Dry
dock Company. The improvements
include a jail aboard Bhip, which
will be used to restrain prisoners
from Alaska when on their way to
McNeils Island prison.
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 G'Bonnell Shoes for Men
Utz and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier