OR. CHARLES 6. PERCIVAL
AGAIN mm OF SKAGWAY
The Man Who Went Over the White
Pass Summit in 1910 in an Automo
bile Is Thinking of Making the Trip
Down the Yukon in a Motor Boat.
Or. t'has. G. Perctval, who creat
• .1 such a sensation in the north
IS 10 by his spectacular automo
c trip over the W. I*. & Y. K.
vveeu Skagway and Whitehorse
i his subsequent negotiation of
' • Yukon government road as *ar
• ' .va the river as Carmacks, again
i ■ s a longing for adveLtures in
the wilils of Alaska and the Yukon
.1 has lately been making inqulr
of his Skagway friends as to
• ■ proper time to come north in
: or to achieve the best results.
IV. Percival is the editor of
l'- alth Magazine of 134 west 65ta
•eet. New York City, the author
• i new books entitled, "The Trail
i . the Bull Dog," and "Lo6t on the
!• sert," and a continuation of tho
t .\\> last named editions entitle.1
"Motoring in t.ie Arctic Region,"
v hich is the story of his visit to
.-k.igway and the interior in 1910.
rofuselv and handsomely illustrat
• I with views in Skagway as well
s of all points of interest along
J;is line of travel.
The start from Skagway on the
trip over the White Pas*? was made
•rom in front of the Daih Alaskan
oi'flce early Sunday morning, Oct.
'st. in a drizzling hail and snow
storm. Percival was accompanied
l»y J. J Chambers of Skagway, wh>
•icted as guide and hunter for the
expedition, and of whom the former
speaks ia the highest terms of
raise, in corroboration of which the
services of Chambers aa guide for
aiu coming trip.
The following letter to Herman
Grimm will give a good idea of Dr.
i\ rcival's Intention.
New York, Jan. 20. 1915.
My Dear Herman:
You don't know how pleased 1
was to receive your nice long let
ter and to hear from you afte>r all
these years was flna I am strain
ins every nerve to get to the coast
t^iis year and it I do I shall cer
tainly come to Skagway. I am
seriously considering -a trip from
Wliitehorse to Nome in a email boat
taking moving picture films ou the
way and writing a big book on the
country. If I should be able to
arrange this, what iu your opinion
would be iho earliest date iu tlie
spriug that I could start from
Whitehorso. I wouldn't attempt to
briug my own boat, but would
simply ship my motor to Whitehorso
and build a suitable boat thore and
install the engine. Write me ad
vising the best time of the year
to make the start. It will take
almost a year to get ready for
tue trip and I would like to know
when the ice is out cf tho river ]
enough .for a small boat to make
the trip. The engine 1 am going ]
to use will allow me to use as flat
a bottom boat as I desire and I
can adjust the propellor and 6haft
as often as I want to allow for i
the varyiness of the depth of the
water. I don't want to make more
than four or five mils an hour and i
will have all of five months 10
make the trip If I have to. I fig- j
ure on building a typical 25 to 'JS
foot Yukon boat with f foot be:ua
ar.d a half hunting cabin to sleep
four. I intend living aboard her
as much as possible and shall car
ry a moving picture camera and a
moving picture machine so I can tie
up and give illustrated lecturcs on
route. Will burn distillate—e 1
gine to be not over five horse pow
er, which will to sufficient r.s I will
be going with the current. Can
decent ice ctie;t, preserve a fair
quantity of fish and game- as I pro
cure it.
I will on my return bo able to 'lo
the Yukon and Alaska territory a
lot of good by means cf my pictures
and book. Shall take my wife along
and pick up one or two companions
in the country. Did you like my
book and do you want any copies?
Regarding shipping the reindsiT
meat, would 6ay don't do it as the
express rates I am afraid would be
almost prohibitive. What 1 would
like any time you have a chance,
and run across them, would be one
of those Siawash wooden masks ,
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OUTBOUND ON
THE JEFFERSON
The Jefferson got in at 9 o'clock
last night and sailed south at 11:3 (J
P. m. with the following passen
gers on board:
L. W. Steel, W. H. Simpson and
P. S. Spoess, all from Interior
points.
J. B. Helps, of Juueau, represents
tlve of the Standard Oil Co. in Al
aska.
C. J. Atkinson, traveler for a
San Francisco shoe house.
Mat. Piles, brother of ex-Sena
tor Piles of Washington state, Alas
ka traveler for some Pacific coa3t
wholesale house.
Two second class.
Interior Weather
Skagway, cloudy, n. w 32 above.
Whitehorse, clear, s. w 10 above.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, n, w, 6
>eiow.
Hootalinqua, clear, ct'lm, 13 be
ow.
Big Salmon, clear, calm, 9 below.
Carmacks, cloudy, calr.i. 6 below.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 6
ielow.
Selkirk, cloudy, calm, 1G below.
Coffee Cre*k, snow, calm, 12 te
mv.
Stewart R'ver, fog, calm, S be
ow.
Dawson, clear, calm, 15 below.
ike I saw when inside, or any oth-1
r interesting souvenir of Alaska,
bombers sent me some nice things
mi 1 prize them highly. If you
ave any people to whom you would
ko to have me send a copy of the
iull Dog book, advise mi and I will
and them by mail from here. 1
ould like to see your place all fix- ,
ou will do good. There isn't a
ay that goes by but I think of you
11, and Chambers is pretty good
t writing me.
I see with regret, that some of
he old timers have passed away—
)r. Brawand and Draper It is too
ad, but day by day, Herman, we,
;et older and the grim old reaper
pproacbes. Your boy must oe
:etting big. 1 send my very beat
rishes to your good wife, and tell
ler that we have Booton beans here
very Saturday night, and for her
lot to forget to put an onion in
he pot. If she don't known how to
Jostou Brown Bread I will get my
rife to write out a recipe,
'lum brown bread.
I too, agree with you, that some
lay the outer world will awake to
,hts possibilities of Alaska, and when
t doea, the country will boom. I
im afraid, however, that it will
)e so long coming that you and I
:annot take advantage of it. I
lave had, like everybody else, a
.•ery poor season for the past yaar
—the bottom seemed to have dropp
?d out of everything, but now bears
signs of coming back. Withi the
best of everything to you and yours
Herman, and the Lord bless you and
take care of your family and your
self.
From your friend,
CHAS. G. PERCIVAL.
!TH§ DEATH EEL
8!
' Romtllo Caesari, whose wandering |
feet carried him to within an ln
flnitestimal distance from th$ bor-j
clerland of the great Beyond, in
stead of paying with his life the
penalty for the crime ol which he
'was convicted, the muiaerlng of a|
' fellow countryman at Wtltehorso a 1
I little over a year ago, has been ;
granted a commutation of sentence
, to life imprisonment within the
I walls of the Kingston, Ont., peni
tentiary, where he will have ample
time, if ho lives, to expiate in full,
| his offense against God and the laws .
I of man.
The date of Caesari's execution
| had been fixed by the court at Feb.
5th, 1915, the gallows tad already
been erected in the enclosure cur- '
rounding the police goa.. at White
horse and the sheriff of Yukon ter- •
ritory, whose duty it is to see that
the decrees of the court are carried
out, had arrived from Dawson, anl
was only awaiting tho appointed
time for the dire event, when on
Monday a telegram camt from Ot
tawa announcing a stay In proceed
ings.
A peculiarity of the decree was
that it stated that Caesari should
be confined in the federal prison
at Whltehorse, but as there is no
such Institution there, arrangements
are being made to transfer tho
prisoner to Kingston, as above t
stated.
Santa Ana, Cal., Feb. 2—Orange
county, California, challenges the
nation to surpass a good-roads con
struction economy record, which it
has established. To keep pace
with the wonderful highway work ,
being done by California countie3, ]
Orange, two years ago, issued bonds
for $1,270,000 to be used for the
construction of county boulevards, j
The county's highway engineers,
themselves, were astounded when
they completed the work outlined,
with $240,000 of thy amcunt realized
by the bond sale stilll iu the coun
ty treasury. The money will be
spent for further highway paving. '
m 53,300,000
New York, Feb. 2—Members of
the Federal reserve bank today paid |
their second installment on their j
subscriptions to the bank's stock.
The installment calls for $3,300,000,|
or one per cent of paid up capital |
and surplus of the institution, or j
the same as the initial payment.
S W E E T
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR UNE
ASKS $2,0OO,OOO.FGII RAILROAD
LOCAL BRIEFS
Fred Kindling, well known Skag
wayan, returned on tUo Jefferson
last night.
Mrs. A. A. McCaudless, E. S. Coo;h
er, Stephen Myers and . Myers were
all arrivals In Skagway on the Jef -
f orson.
E. J. Lange and two second class
tmssengers came up as far f.s
Haines on the Jefferson.
The Georgia, due here next Sun
lay, will have on board three days'
>utside mall for this port.
The Cordova got in at 7 o'clock
this morning and is now unloading
it the new W. P. & Y. R. dock.
5he will probably not get through
intil sometime tomorrow.
Ed. Dillon, a former Skagway boy,
las just written to his sister, Mrs.
iene Smith, from Sau Diego, say- ,
ng that It was his Intention to
cave in a few days for Mexico. He
icnt his regards to all his friends
ltre. 1 i *
Foreman O'Conner of the Frei.
Story mine on Lake BeMiett, cam» j
>ver on the traiu last night to
pend a few days in Skrgway wiill"! :
vaiting for machinery Mr Story has
elegraphed for to rcplace some
hat was broken while working a
ay or so ago.
Andrew Rapuzzi and Miss Delia
tapuzzi, son and daughter of Mrs.
rheresa Rapuzzi, who have been
•letting in various coas: cities for
he past several weeks, returned
ome on the Jefferson last night in
nswer to a telegrum sent them a
ew days ago, informing them tf
heir mother's illness. Fortunately,
i the interim between the receipt
f the message and the-v arrival jn
Upv.cv. UUU CS UVTT ic
avoring.
mm io
Washington, D. C., Feb. ,i—
ireat Britain lias notified the Un
ted States, though not officially,
hat foodstuffs of any kind (les
lne<l for Germany, Aust ro-Hungary
»!• Turkey will lie regarded as con
rahand and subject to confisca
Ion.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3—The
democrats Monday night succeeded
in adjourning the senate until Tues
day, an agreement having been
reached that no party caucus would
be held In the meanwhile.
Leader Kern asserted that de
spite the defectioii of nine demo
crats the shipping bill would be
passed.
Secretary Lane yesterday form
ally asked for $2,00,000 as the
year's quota for the Alaska rail
road. He named the figure when
called before the sundry civil bill
committee. The bill will be re
ported this week, the amount ask
ed for being no indication that ex
isting roads will cot be acquired.
It is believed here the construction
work for the coming summer will
consist mainly of running a line
from Ship creek to the Matanu3<ca
coal fields.
THREE IMS
Laredo, Feb. 3—General Je3us
Carranza, his son Abtlardo and
Igaacio Paraldi, the latter one of
General Carranza'e staff, were exe
cuted yesterday by order of Gener
al Santabanez, former constitutional
ist general, vho recently defeated
General Zapata, according to tele
grams recived here today by the
widow of Genreal Carranza from
General Carranza, commander In
-Wef. ; -j
umiJiRW urnucn
Vanceborough, Maine, Feb. $—
The railroad bridge near here span
ning the St. Croix river, which
forms the international boundary be.
tween the United State? and Can
ada, was dynamited yesterday.
Werner Von Horn, an officer in
the German service, who was sus
pected of being the perpetrator of
the outrage was arrested, and ac
cording tor the police has since con
fessed his guilt. !
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