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Is. J. BIGGS, JR
ENGINEER PARTY
*
The Thanks contingent of the
Alaska engineering commission, in
t!iai:o of Thos. Riggs, Jr., cousist
i g of three divisions comprising al
loget.jp,- about forty men, 50 per
ev:;t of «Uom are sourdough Alas
i \i Skagwuy this morn
ing i -i t ? Dolphin ou its way to
the =• ■ oi its initial operations in
r. 1 he party is composed
o^tho lowing members:
Tli's. Riggs, Jr., commissioner.
F. it. I'aiiey, T. H. Bacon and R
V. Cray, locating engineers.
L. -V Eberr, Emanuel Lissner, Geo
•I.tyi F. S. Ryus and H. S. Schupp,
.issis- uit e~ gineere,
S: >hti» S'aumaa and G. A. Stan
ion. iraughtsmea.
E. 0. Archibald, E. F. Bauer. F. D.
Harden, levellers.
Frank curran and G. F. Cramer,
■ 'erksi.
W. S. Raeburn, packmaster.
Ernest Brvgon, Geo, Bird, Joe
Rennet', e. E. Bennett, C. H. Car
roll, J. S. Dorsvin, packers.
O. C. Blass, Ernest Ehren, D. C. j
Messier, cooks.
E. J. Butler, E. R. Blewett, \V. B.
Bennett, Ralph Belding, L. J.' Can
: eld, Jack Delay, F. A. Fentou.
Fred Rogers, J. C. Ryan, G. B.
Richardson, J. \\". Ross, 11. S. Ster
ng, C. 11. Wilson, 11. A. Wooden,
Word was received early this
• .1-, t \.*1 nhi.1 n.rtlllrl K»
I ) and 11 o'clock and
'-at tUe ei.-i-eering party was on
board :;d very anxious to catch the
'.own river boat out of Whitehorse
oniyii", .. jaaciiuence of which ar
■.ngt-mstr-j were made to hold the
) iul.ir : .ia un;:l 4 o'clock this
ui order to transfer from
luc l.:rge outfit which it
AL;< i. st claimed the atten
.. i f Mr. Ri^gs in 1 S!>7, and there
ri i.,e»l v:._aged iu mining and
• nil • :;i.'-'-weri::g work until 1901.
Hieu he went o Utah, where lie
engaged iu the mines up to
3 and Canada bound
sjaged hiia as assist
•it i'i 1 . .uid that seasou he was
at wor'. ; the Rocky mountains.
e following years of 1904
h- was transitman and in
field work under the same
J .ly, 1006, he was accepted,
( :vil servico examination, by
Geological Surrey as top
ic aid, but did not serve,
n after transferred to the
Alaska Boundary Survey as assist
ant surveyor, ami was assigned to
work in the Mount St. Elias Alps.
The following year he was placed in
charge of the 141st Meridian Alaska
bouudary survey. Ho remained in
this work until it was completed,
which was at the Clwo of the sea
son of IS 13. He can-ied this sur
vey through to the Arctic ocean
under great hardships and danger,
for transportation north of Porcu
Ile was the first man to use horses
pine river.
Mr. Riggs received his appoint
ment on May 4, 1014, to the Alas
kan Engineering Commission iu con
sideration of his excellent work on
the boundary survey and because of
his intimate know ledge of conditio: s
in the North.
PATIENTS ARE
Word comes from Hoonab, where
several cases of smallpox were re
cently reported, that the patients1
are getting along niccly and the
disease is well iu hand. The steamer
Alki was allowed to dock there
the other day to discharge freight,
but no passengers were permitted
to either land or embark.
l>r. Emil Krulish, of the govern- !
ment medical service is there i
charge. The Georgia, which reach- >1
there from Sitka and way ports I e
other day was unable to put in at j
the cannery on account of the
quarantine.
GEODETICSURVET
The U. S. Coast and Geodetic1
Survey boat Explorer, Capt. H. s
Pattou in command, reached Jutu u
Friday night att 9 o'clock from Kx
cusion Inlet, where she lias bet >
for the p^st sis weeks.
Capt. Patton stated that the sur
vey of the coast at Excursion inlet
has been completed, and that after
taking en coal and supplies they
will go to Knik arm, on Cooks in
let, where a survey of that water
will be made.
Including tho crew, engiu' ers.
surveyors and a surgeon, therv ar
forty-five on board the Explorer.
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SKAGWAY
Cordova, Juno S—The first stake
for the government railroad survey
was driven last Tuesday at Chitina,
136 miles from Cordova, on the
Copper Hiver & Northwestern Rail
way, by Henry Deyo.
The latter has a party or 16 sur
veyors who will locato a survey
from Chitina to the Matanuska coal
fields.
It was contended by the late E. C.
Hawkins, chief engineer who con
structed the line from this" place,
lhat the best route for bringing the
.Matanuska coal to tidewater would
be down the Copper river valley.
.Mr. Hawkins had a preliminary sur
vey run.
The government engineers intend
to secure data as to this route as
well as other proposed routes, bo
fore making their report to Presi
dent Wilson.
Seattle, June S—The Alaska rail
w *! \ engineers have selected James
I. McPbersou, secretary of the Al
■ -kit Bureau of the Seattle Charn
li.-r of Commerce, to take charge
01' a patty to make a survey and
report ui the route between Knlk
and I lie Kuskokwim.
J. L. McPherson is an old timer
i:i Alaska. He has done a great
■ »1 o surveying for various con
:orns i-i the North, and was em
l'ioyed at one time under the Alas
ka ro:ul commission. He made the
iVvoniKvssance for a railroad be
' ..ten Fairbanks and Nome several
years ago.
C. 1' Doxtor, of the King couuty
inepr's office, has beeu appoint
ed to be assistant engineer to the
Maskn railroad eengineering com
1:1 issioi;.
London, June 8—''Red Week"
will be observed by organized Soc
ialism throughout Great Britaiu, be
ginning yesterday. Following the ex
ample stt by their continental com
rades, the leaders and active mem
bers of the British Socialist party
will devote seven days to earnest
missionary work for the cause, par
ticularly London aud the big indus
trial ccntors. The ideal set for
icach member is that he shall cause
at least one new recruit to be en
i rolled under the red flag. In the
! larger towns there will be system
I at ic house-to-house canvassing and
distribution of Socialistic literature.
A variety of novel methods of
proselyting Is promised. A number
of London 'bus conductors have
agreed to risk dismissal by handing
a leaflet to each patron of their
vehicles, and a new terror Is to be
added to the barber's chair by the
declared tntontion of several fol
lowers of that craft to expound the
doctrine of socialism to every cus
tomer during the week. Elevator
men in the tubes will explain to
passengers the benefits of socialism
as a remedy for the ups and downs
of life, milkmen will drive so«-i:il
istlc arguments home with Hie
milk, and postmen will defy govern
ment regulations by leaving sori.il
istlc literature at the door ways of
possible converts.
ANNOUNCE NAMES OF NEW
VARSITY FACULTY MEMRMJS
Seattle, June 8—Eighteen appoint
raents to the faculty of the Univer
sity of Washington were announced
at a recent meeting of the board of
regents. Here are the names of
the appointees;
Home Ecomlcs—Mary F. Rausch,
assistant professor in the extension
division. Elizabeth Louise Aiaery,
instructor.
Political Science—Harry Edwin
Smith, assistant professor;' Frank
Joseph Laude, instructor.
Philosophy and Psychology—KCi
win R. Guthrie, instructor.
Fine Arts—Miss Lucy K. Colo,
assistant professor of music, at an
initial salary of $1,600. Miss Col*
has been giving part time to work
In the department since 1909; Helen
Balch Culver, instructor in design.
Extension Division—Everett Fran
cis Dahm, instructor in business ad
ministration.
Physical Training—Catherine Wal
lace Eastman, instructor.
Chemistry—Agnes Fay Morgan, in
structor in chemistry.
German—John L. Campion, in
structor.
Education—Paul J. Kruse, in
structor. "
Mathematics—Charles Gustav l'a H
Kuschk^ 'instructor.
History—Victor J. Farrar. re
search assistant.
Zoology—Nathan Fasten, in
structor.
Mining—Donald G. Campbell, in
structor in metallurgy.
philisophy and Psychology—Rob
ert Chenault Givler, instructor.
Civil Engineering—William E.
Duckering, instructor in civil engin
eering, for the first semester.
THE BASEBALL
GAME YESTERDAY
The baseball game yesterday
afternoon on the home grounds be
tween the W. P. A. club team and
the 30th Infantry team from Ft. W.
H. Seward was a hard fought battle,
aud although the Skagwaynns von
by a 8core of 6 to 5 they had to
work hard to get first place and if
required an additional innings to de
clde which team was to be declared
the victor. A good crowd, among
which were many ladies, was out to
witness the game, which commenced
at 3 o'clock and ended shortly after
5. The weather was all that could
have been desired.
This is the name of the latest
addition to our line of high
grade condy.
A combination of marshmallo
and caramel. Sold in bulk,
40c per pound
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
After 17 years continuous resi
dence ujioii his 10 acre farm ad
joining; the city limits of Kkagwny cuj
tlie west, after having had several
surv*>3 made of it, II. I). Clark on
Saturday received from U19 United
; Stall's laud office a patent for the
jsaiuo. During his occupancy of this
itract of land Sir. Clark lias made
, it famous under the name of the
"Suunyside Farm/' having annually
shipped large quantities of •veget
ables from it to must of the ports
•i Sotutiee ten and So .illwestern
Alaska aud across the international
iioundary lino as far north as Daw
son, iu the Yukon territory, and
into A'lin and other Northern
British Co'.uiu'da mining cumps.
Although all tile vegetable pro
ducts of the Sunny :de Farm aro of
a character to comma id a ready
sale, the fame of the rutuh has
-;rowu, and is constantly 011 the in
• rease, through the quality and
quantity of t o cc'ory that is an
iuallv produr- d and shipped from
it. Last sunimer Mr. Clark delivered
it tiie d<>"k li'ro something ovtr f
oils of ccler.v i . icd to South
eastern and Souihwf .stern Alaska
ports, flavor and quality of
umers to he equal if not superior
o thai of ilie world-famed Kalam-1
-zoo, Mi ::ig ti, 1 roduit.
JOMA I'Alt'i'V "TANK IX"
SN VwWAV'S SIGHTS
.Mi-.s ;• 1 ration, .Miss Uavie, Van-1
couver, .Mrs. "S. Sea, Mrs. 1 i a a-1
ley, Fairbanks, Miss Giilis, Miss.
.
I Messrs. Geo. V. Reser, 1.. h. D.!
■
guests at the Golden North, have
1 omiioi i - jolly party during tlie
past lew days, emulating as nearly
nearly as possible the gay and fes
'
various places of inter' st in and
! 1 bou t Skugway.
Fishing has !K-eii one of the chief
diversions, Miss Gaudolfo leading
the party to I.ake Dewey, where it
is said by cert;, in members of
it that a poodly cnUh ui trout
| was untie, but inasmuch sis the
II rip was extended up to ihe falls
'and nearly to the upper lake, the
1 trip to the summit of the mount
!icing 1 revented by the deep snow,
jit is believed that the "fish" was
the minor part of the .sport. It is
planned by the party to "do"Burro
creek, Dyea, Denver Glacier, Smug
gle! 's cove and other points of in
terest during the present week,
THE FUHER/Tl OF
fflWORE
There was a fairly good attend
ance at the funeral of P. D. Moore,
which took place yesterday from the
family residence on Eighth street
at 2 o'clock p. m. Rev. L. H. Ped
ersen conducted the services, de
livering a very impressive address
at the house and upon the arrival
of the cortege at the cemetery,
brief remarks at the grave.
IHE 5#TUll
SIGHT DANCE
A largo crowd was in attendance
at the W. P. A. club dance Satur
day night .there being more ladies
present, than men. An unusually
■xood time was apparently had by all
until the break-up at an early hour
Sunday morning. Music was furn
ished by Selmer's orchestra, but
during the evening sSveral excell
ent numbers were rendered by the
Skagway brass band.
PERSONAL.
M. K. Sniffen, a wealthy resident
of Philadelphia, and Dr. Thos. Car
rington, of New York, are at the
Pullen House. They are on their
way down the Yukon river on a
summer's outing and will travel in a
1'lrfoot gasoline launch after reach
ing Eagle, to which point they have
shipped the boat to wait their com
ing.
George Mayo, one of the mem
bers of the Alaskan engineering
commission which nassed through
here today enroute to Fairbanks,
is a soil of Admiral Mayo of the U.
3. navy, now stationed at Tanipico,
Mexico.
R. C. Miller, mining recorder at
Whitehorse, Y. T., arrived in Skag
wny from there Saturday afternoon.
Ho will return on today's train which
is announced to leave here at 1
o'clock.
Mrs, Alex. P. Miller wife of
"Cow" Miller, the well-known Daw
son trader, is here on her way in
to the interior.
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to lit;" others
just think they are*
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We have made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
Spring Mats and Shoes
Now on Display
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