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No. 46 SE VENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAROH 27, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
COL GOETHALS
REAGHESGOLON
C »lou, March 27—Colonel- Goe
thals, the newly appointed govern
or of the canal zone, arrived here
today. '
IE JOCKEYING
FOIU START
Washington, March 27—Parlia- |
mentary tactics yesterday prevent
ed the debate on the Panama tolls j
question. Clark declaring that hei
was opposed to any gag rule and
saying that he could see no rea
sou why debates stiould • e limited t
as there was no cause for rushing j
the measure through.
TO DISCUSS
CONSERVATION
Minneapolis, March 24—Gifford
Pincliot and Dr. W. T. Hornaday
were to be the principal speakers
at the state forestry congress which
conv-ned here today lo continue
throi gh tomorroy. Forestry prob
lems and plans as related to Alin
ueso a, conservation, the land pol
icy >£ the state, proper methods of
fore-, t taxation, the relatiion of
preserving wild life forestry and
the necessity of reforestation in
Minnesota were some of the set
subjects which are to be discussed
by nationally prominent experts
during the two days' sessions. One
of the chief subjects to be consider
ed will be the proposed conatitu- l
tional amendment, to be voted on
this year, providing for classifica
tion of all state lands as agricult
ural and non-agricultural, and the
designation of all state lands for
forestry purposes. Speeches are
scheduled from representative lum
ber and railroad men and others
prominent in the protection of wild
game and f'.sh.
T'ue \V. P. & Y. Route train
went out this morning with about
30 passengers for interior points,
several of whom were -women.
HOUSE FAVORS
SENATE BILL
Boston, March 27—In the state
legislature here today the house
voted to favor the senate bill on
woman'a suffrage.
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CRY IS HEABO
Bangor, March 24—The Bull
Moose cry was heard here today
when prominent Progressives from
all sections of the Pine Tree state
gathered at the call of the atest
ate committee. Several prominent
Progressives from other New Eng
land states and from some West
ern states were expected to reit
erate the "inevitable impossibility"
of amalgamation with the Repub
lican Old Guard, which will hold
its state convention a: Augusta on
April 9.
E. A. Thede, of Seward, has be
gun suit against the Alaska S. S.
Company tor five thousand dol
lars damages, for the loss of the
Uncle Sam, which was thrown on
the beach at the same time that
the Dora went Jsl-oro in the big
blow last summer. The case will
come before the court in Valdez
early in April.—Cordova Times.
WESTERN UNION' TO
SELL TO EMPLOYES
New York, March 27—"Western
Union has announced a stock prof
it-sharing plan for employees,
setting aside 2500 shares at 60,
and 10,000 at 63. Employees have
the right to purchase the stock to
the extent of half their salaries in
even shares. Payments call for 25
per cent at outset and thereafter
monthly over 24 months. No stock
certificates will be delivered until
March 1, 1915, even If fully paid
for. I
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear— Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7x9 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE H1NER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Data Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Leonardtown, Md., March 24—R.
W. Wells, of Prince George county,
today opened his campaign for
Congress against Representative F. '
0. Smith.
London, March 26—War Secre
i tary Seeley admits that he was
wrong when he assured the offic
ers who were sent to Ireland that
I hey would out be asked to fight
the Ulsterites. He tendered his
resignation today but the premier
refused to accept it.
THE FIRST GOLD DEPOSIT
FOUXD l.\ INLAND ALASKA i
The first gold deposits found in
inland Alaska, were iu the Yukon
Tanana region, which comprises an
upland diversified by ^road valleys
stretching westward from the inter
national boundary to the great bend 1
of the Yukon. The earliest of the
pioneer prospectors crossed the
Chilkoot Pass about 1SS0 and six
years later began mining in the 1
interior ot Alaska after finding
gold in the Yukon-Tanaua region.
Since then this region has produced
£Old to the value of about $83,000,
j i'OO. The United S'.ates Geological
Surrey "began Its survey of this
field, which embraces sc-iKe 40,000
square miles, inlS9S. With the is- '
suing ot the report on the portion
of tho region known as the Circle :
quadrangle, published recently as
Bulletin 535, geolocic i 1 topo
graphie reconnaissance uiaps, to
gether with a description of the
mineral resources of this area, "be
came available.
The town of Circle, from which
the report takes its name, is one
of the oldest white settlements on
the Yukon. It was located before
the surveyor had determined that (
the town was not in the Arctic •
Circle, as supposed, but 50 miles
scuth of it. Lest the nearness of
I he Arctic Circle be regarded as
indicative of ice and snow, it ,
should be noted that there are ,
neither glaciers nor permanent .
snow in the Yukon-Tanaua region. •
It is, indeed, a land of fertile val
leys and grassy slopes, and during ,
the short but warm summers veg
etation thrives, many grains can be
ripened, and vegetables grow lux- <
uriantly. Of course, the establish
ment of adequate railroad trans
portation facilities may be expected
to greatly develop this entire re
gion. " i
The Circle quadrangle owes its
chief present Importance to the
placer mines of the Birch Creek
district, which though worked in
only a small way, have produced
gold to the value of nearly $5,000,
000. •
BOTH SIDES
CLAIM VICTORY
Chihuahua, March 27—The reb
>1 forces are trying <9 get nearer
lie city ot Torreou. Both sides
:laim the victory in the fight of
ast Wednesday.
PHK STORY OP EXOGYRA
AN EXTINCT MOLLUSK
Many thousands of years ago, be
'ore the birth of tho Boky Moun
ains and when the shores of the
\tlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico lay far inland from their
present position—when, indeed, the
"forth American continent was rela
viely very small—there lived In
he seas and estuaries, together
srith various species of oysters, vast
lumbers of a closely related mol
usk with a twisted shell which is
iow known to science as Exogyra.
?ks the years passed, the colonies of
Sxogyra flourished, a,id the places
>f those that died were taken by
rounger members, while the old
ihells became entombed within the
ilowly accumulating deposits of
laud, mud, and limy ooze. In the
n-ogress of the centuries there 'de
veloped in the shape ati-i ornamen
ation of the shells certain chang
es that were sufficiently pronounc
ed to enable the specialist of todaj
;ot only to distinguish the shells
>f members of the original colon
es from those of th'oir cescendants
jut also to recoguizo several dis
>nct varieties atncnr the later
shell. 1
In the course of time—a very
ong time, for we are speaking geo
ogically—the stresses which had
iccumulated within the earth dur
ng an extended period of QUies
:ence found relief in movements
>X the outer crust which brought
tbout the uplift of the Rooky Moun
tains and materially altered the
thape and size of the ocean basins.
The resultant shifting if the ocean
:urrents produced changes in the
temperature of the water and in
:he abundance and character of the
ood supply. The unfortunate Ex
>gyra, unlike his more hardy cous
n, the oyster, was unablo to adapt
limself to the changing physical
:onditions and became extinot.
After the lapse of ages the re
treat of the seas from the borders
>f the continent brought above sea
evel the sediments, now turned
p stone and covered by a mass
if later deposits, which contained
.he fossil shells of the Exogyra.
Subsequent erosion by rain ajid run
ling water has carved valleys and
'avines which expose, from top to
jottom, the fossiliferous sediments
md enable the geologist to in
erpret their history, using the
iifferent varieties or species of
Sxogyra to identify definite rock
jeds and thus trace them across
jountry with a certainty impossible
vithout the aid of this prehistoric
nollusk. The study of the many
fossil animals, shellfish, and plants
is of the greatest use in enabling
he geologist to classify rocks
which may contain important
economic minerals.
Mr. and Mrs. George Armstrong
of Whitehorse left on the train
this morning for home.
Jo Our Patrons
We beg to inform you that we have received
a full line of imported Fourres or Austrian dainties
made by Hartwig &. Voge!, of Dresden and Vienna,
which contain the true fruit juices the moulds re
present them to be, or if in other forms contain Al
mond Paste, Chocolate and Nut centres.
These goods are are the highest of the confectioner's
art and besides being very delicious-to use as
table decorations for all occasions.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
lEHIEH IS
SHAKEN#
Houghton, Mich., March.. 27—
The entire copper district of Mich
igan was today visited by several
slight shocks of earthquake.
LAID MSI
AT GHATHENM
The bodies of Kenneth White
horn and Charles Anderson, two
miners who were killed in a snow
slide while hunting on Sheep creek,
a tributary of the Ch'sana river,
twenty eight miles below Chatlien
da, were trough1, to Ghathenda on
Feb. 28. An inquest was held by
a coroner's jury before Commis
sioner Diinond and a verdict of ac
cidental death returned. There is
no undertaker in the camx> so the
bodies were prepared for burial in
the town, on one of the liver bars.
Both men were prospectors and
went into the Cliisana last fall
iroij interior Alaska. From pa
pers found in Anderson's cabin it
was learned that lie has a fath
er living in Finland, and a broth
er and cousin in Duluth, Minneso
ta. It is believed that the rela
tives have been iuiformed of the
man's death.—Cordova Times.
11 REGIONAL RESERVE
CITIES MAY BE CHOSEN
Washington, March 27—-It is be
lieved here that there will be 11
regional reserve cities selected and
that Boston will be one of them.
New York and many New England
bankers urged that New England
be included within the New York
regional reserve district in order
to make it so strong "that it would
overshadow the other districts. Sec
retary of Treasury William G. Mc
Adoo has recently denied the ru
mor that 11 regions had been de
cided upon, though the rumor is
again renewed. The law provides
that there shall be not less than
eight nor more than 12 districts.
In a basketball game last night
at the W. P. A. club gymnasium
between a team composd of girls
and another one of boys the form
er were the victors by a score of
21 to 9. Crad Williams was ref
eree and Art Dundas time keeper.
FORTY LIS
REPORTED LOST
Honolulu, March 26—Between
thirty and forty lives were lost
yesterday when the steamer Maul
blew up off Pearl Harbor. '
ilIFm
IARGH THIRD
Seattle, March 27—The steam
ship City of Seattle of the P. C. S.
S. Co., rebuilt recently at a cost of
$135,000, will resume its run on
tht, Seattle Skagway ro-ite, sailing
from here on Tuesday, March 31st.
TO ROLL ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PEOPLE AN HOUR
LSdn Francific0j^€al., March 27—
One of the most unique and or
iginal methods of transportation
c\er devised for handling expos
ition crowds., and one which will
effectually solve the problem of
transporting the enormous crowds
from the ferry building to the
exposition grounds, is planned for
San Francisco during the Panama
Pacific International Exposition next
year. '
The new method known as the
roller conveyer system is similar to
that which has been in use in fac
tories for years, although, this will
be the first application of the
passenger traffic.
The cars will operate upon an
elevated trestle, having a fall of
| three feet to every hundred, and
:-.iong which rollers are placed at
intervals of a few feet, allowing
the cars to coast easily. At inter
I vals of four hundred feet the car
will be lifted up a steep declivity
to a height of twelve feet above
the lowest point of the trestle
truck, and will then coast to the
next similar station.
The eutire system will cost only
$350,000 and the expense of main
tenance will • be slight. Twenty
motor stations will be necessary to
operate the cables but each will
require a smaller motor than that
used on an ordinary street car.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelly have
rented what is known as the
Haines cottage on Third street, be
tween Main and Alaska, and will
move into it on th--* 1st of April.
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