No. 2S6 SIXTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
San Francisco, Jan. 14—The thou
sands of groat trees which are be- I
ing brought from every country in i
the world to be transplanted at the i
Panama Pr. .fic International Expo- j
sition are scientifically treated by |
experts to prevent their dying. The j
sideroots are first cut and side-1
boards placed down the 'cuts. Six
months later, when the tree has be
come accusromed to receiving nour-j
ishment only from Its bottom roots,
these are cut and a bottom attached j
to the side ones, making a great j
box. The tree is then hoisted by i
derrick and shipped by land or sea |
to San- Francisco where it is re- !
planted in special soil brought from
the Sacramento river, seventy miles
away.
Valdez, Jan. 14—Robert Sheldon,
who made the first trip with au aut
lobile from Fairbanks to Valdez.
expects to establish a regular auto
service next summer, covering the
distance in two days' running time,
as against the present seven-day
schedule o£ the winter stage.
Mr. Sheldon says that cars with
wider clearance for th= stumps and
rocks w:!I have to be built. Since
the average mail service from Seat- j
Me to Fairbanks requires twenty j
days, as u gainst seven to ten via I
the proposed automobile line, the ]
latter will prove a grtst boon t- I
the i iterior residents.
■ newTistrict
IS CREATED
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Cordova, J:m. 14—A new record
ing district has been created'by or
der of Jud?:e Brcwn covering the'
district where the discoveries were j
made in the Xelchina last fall. L. '
F. Shaw, who was editor of the ;
Seward Gateway has been appointed
commissioner of the new district J
and has already gone in to estab- .
lish an office.
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Washington, D. C., Jan. 14—A
I bill was introduced into the senate
i today by Senator Reed Smoot o1
i Utah limiting the leasing of Alaska
| coal lands to 3200 acres to an>
> one person or corporation and Us
ing the minimum royalty at five pel
I cent of the value of the coal at the
mine.
Cordova, Jan. 14—A communica
tiQn received hero from the clerk ot
the court's office at Valdez indicates
that a term of court will be held in
Cordova early in March next. Whea
the matter of holding a term in Cor
dova last fall was taken up with
Judge Brown he announced that he
would call a term if tlio number of
cases on the calendar warranted af
ter the session at Valdez had been
completed.
There are known to be several
cases pending involving mining
claims in Chlsana and the date for
which tha use of the hall is requir
ed would indicate that the cases
would all be tried here. The term
will be called well in advauce in
order that witnesses and principsls
in the camp may ba on hand when
their cases are set for trial.
MISS VERSA Ml LVIHILL
ENTERTAINS YOUNG FRIENDS
A large number oC young people
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. \V. J. Mulvihill last night by
invitation of their daughter, Mis*
Verna, and a very delightful ev
ening was passed in dancing and
oth»r amusement.
THE BOATS
Word was received at the local
office today that the Mariposa will
reach Skagway at 9 o'ciock. She
is now at Haines unloading 90 tons
of freight.
SPECIAL TRAIN TOMORROW.
A mixed special passenger, express
and freight train will leave here for
Whitehorse at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow.
The regular Friday train will go out
on its usual time.
INVENTORY SALE ^3f
STARTS JANUARY 14th, 1914
And Will Continue For Ten Days
EVERY ARTICLE IN
Our Immense Stock
( With the exception of E. & W. 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
Jiemember, we have no OLD
1-3 Goods to dispose of J.3
Off This Sale Strictly Cash Off
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
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With the assistance and encour
agement of the government officials
ihe natives in many parts of Alaska
are beginning to realize the advan
tages of co-operative stores which
save them from the toils of unscrup
ulous traders. They are aiso taking
advantage of the parcel post to
send thvir furs outside where they
are lindiug a market far ia advance
?f the prices offered by the local
traders in their districts.
At. Kydaturg, In Southeastern Al
aska, wliere the United States s:hoo'.
teacher general oversight of the
co-op a- arive stores, tht nativs were
able, after 12 months of business,
to decla.e a ci'Sh divideuu of 50 por
ee'it :■•,(' still have fu: ds available
for the erection of a larger store
buil<ling. The Klawock Commercial
Coaipary, also under native manage
ment, ,:;s able after nine mo-iths of
existence, io trect a new storp build
::ig 'rom it.: surplus. At Kluckwan
also t!:o natives have organized a
co-operaiive store.
Fostered by the I'niteU States
bureau of education, ike .latives oi
Cap® Prince of Wales, have conduc
ted such a store for some years
and have been able U. s^cti'-e supplies
at reasonable prices and get good
r turns for their turs.
At Aika. out on n distant Aleu-1
tiiin isiapfid, the native.' were prac
tically v-orking for the benefit of
'he few fur traders. They n- re com
pelled to pay 350 ;;er thousand for
rcu,.,h lumber with $X as the aver";
-•eium fu.- their crtcI. o. blue fox!
skins. With the help of of-'ieers i
in the re: oaue cutter service they I
have been able to Sf.rt :• co-ogpra
tive store. Tbej send <i'eir fui-s
out through the mail ard realize a
:.coori price at ihe auctions. The de
par.tncit* jf (luca'.Ioa ii .sponsible
for tli? natives of tl"> north and
acts through the local native school
teachers.
Cor-.;n-; c loser homo the same I
rrotnot' is being tried oat with suc
cess. Tlie native., at Tatitlek on
Prince William Souml, co-operated
in sallincr and exporting salmon dur
ing the past season, under the in
struction of the loc-il government
tea"tier, with the res'ilt that they
h:i\e n-*. cnl; neited ' ,'«00 in ca?>..
but luve also rat away 76,000
pounds "r smoked salcon for win
ter use.
Co-operation in Aicska has been!
aided bv the policv of reserving I
tract* 01 li.ud tor tat o:.c.u..lvo uie i
of tbe natives. On this luau the
natives build up their own indus-!
tries, sp.'e fiom the evil influence
o' unprincipled white ..icn.— C..;u^v
Alaskan
BASKETBALL GAME AT
THE W. P. A. C. TONIGHT
There will be a basketball game ■
between picked teams at the W. P. j
A. cluv3 gymnasium toaigb; at 8 I
o'clock.
3,030 JiE.VlCAX SOLDIERS
BEJXG HKLn AT BORDER
T.'asl '.np.or., D. C., Jm. 14—Ad-|
viices received ho. e today state that. |
3OC0 Llexlcan soldiers r.ro being held
a» border ^-v.nts p.'id wi'l shortly bo ;
trarsi'ev-3d to Fo-t Bl.'se.
San Francisco, Jan.14—Many of
the great paintings of the old mas
ters, which have never before been
loaned to any exposition, will be
seen in the Palace of Fine Arts at
the Panama Pacific; International
Exposition. These have been secur
ed through the efforts and enthus
iasm*' of John E. D. Trask, Chief
o? the Department of Fine Arts, who
has just returned to the United
States after a tour of Europe, where
lie enlisted the interest of al! the
art centers in the exposition's plan
for a wonderful display of art. In
ail he secured promises of 350 of
the priceless masterpieces.
REORGAXIZE UNIVERSITY
JOl'i IX AL 1SM Di: PA HTM EXT
Seattle, Jan. 13—The department
of journalism in the Uuiversity of
Washington is undergoing a reorgan
lzation iu accordance with plans
proposed by Professor Frank G.
Kane, who came from t.he Detroit
(Mich.) News to the headship of the
department at the opening of this
college year. The new order, which
includes a larger number of studies
in journalism than heretofore giv
en in the department, and more
hours of class instruction, will go
ii\to effect in September, 1914. It
has been sanctioned by the com
mittee on curriculum, Dr. William
Savery, ehairmar., the college of lib
eral arts, and the university coun
cil. Only the general faculty has
yet to pass on it.
The reorganized course in journal
ism will offer more bo'».*s and credi
fn the new work alone than have
been given in the whole course
which It is to replace. At present
there are 10 studies, with 24 credits
and 35 hours of class instruction.
Next year there will be sixteen
studies, with 36 credits and 70 hour
of class instruction. All the pres
ent courses, with the exception of
three, are to be expanded.
Eight new studies will be intro
duced. They are: Features and ex
change.1:, newspaper jurisprudence
(libel and copyright laws, state and
of ownership and circulation, etc.),
newspaper policy, the newspaper as
a social institution, advanced adver
tising, newspaper administration, an
newspaper revenue. In the adver
tising divisions of the journalism de
partment, there is to bo an expan
sion of 300 per cent, from a solitary
course in advertising to two courses
in advertising and two in newspaper
administration.
PRESIDENT WILSON' BACK
IX WASHINGTON- CITY
Washington, D. C. Jan. 14—Pres
ident Wilson returned to this city
from Passchristian, where he had
been spending his vacation, at an
early hour this morning.
J. W. Boyle, Jr., son of the Daw
son mine operator, C. Ti. Lewis and
Royal S. Pullen arrived in Skagway
from Dawson last night, and are
stopping at the Pullen House. They
wili leave for Seattle on the first
boat, but will return in the spring
to resume their work on the creeks
near Dawson.
PREFERRED STOCK
' OYSTERS
These are very select largo east
ern oysters. If you have not yet
tri-Hl an."- of these, you have miss
ed a fr-. /»t. Sold in 1 lb. tins at
23 cents and 2 lb. tins Jit 45 cents
each.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAG1VAY, ALASKA.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 14—Sena
tore Wm. E. Borah, of Idaho, Al
bert R. Cummins, of Iowa and Geo.
D. Reed of Missouri frequently in
terrupted Senator Geo. E. Chamber
lain of Oregon today while he was
discussing the Alaska railroad me?s
ure, and especially when he spoke of
the leasing of Alaska coal lands.
Mrs. Aurora Barthel, widow of
Herman Barthel, whose death in
Fairbanks was reported iu the Daily
Alaskan a few days ago, recently
made application to tue probate
court there a^nd has been appointed
administratrix of the estate. In her
petition, Mrs. Barthel cited that the
probable value of the esUite would
be $25,000, made up of personal
property and real estate, and the
court fixed the amount of the bond
at $50,000.
David Petree, E. R. Peoples and
R. C. Wood were presented as bonds
men, and upon examination, ware
approved by the court. The apprais
ers for the estate have npt been
appo'nted.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jr.n. 14
—The fate of one hundred and
twenty passengers and crew of seven
ty five who were 011 board the
steamer Cobequid, when she ran a
shore on the Grand Banks last
night, is uncertain. An unknown
man sent out the last wireless from
the vessel that was received and he
stated tlut agale was raging and
the steamer rapidly filling.
are unable to estimate
NU&SSR OF DEATHS
Tokio, Jan. 14—It is impossible
to form any estimate of the number
of deaths that occurred in the erup- j
tion of Sakurajima yesterday.
Cordova, Jan. 14—A mining en
gineer who was sent into the Chand
lar district to expert quartz prop
erties ' iere for outside capitalists,
has re" irned to Fairbanks and Btatee
that t ere is practically nothing do
ing ♦' -re this winter in the placer
digg is there. No real payetroak
U.-.j ,/er been located and while
prospectors have succeeded in find
ing rich pockets the miners who
are trying to develop the district
have to leave for other camps In the
fall to earn a grubstake for the
following summer. The big herd of
j caribou passed through the Chand
j lar district last fall for the first
time in many years and the prospec
tors who are remaining in the dis
trict are well supplied with meat
I for the winter.
From the Fairbanks Times of Dec.
28th:
Never in the memory o£ the oldest
Isenlcrs of Fairbanks has the Tan
aiir. vailey been swept by such a se
vere windstorm as that which has
prevailed during the past 36 hours.
Sta.ting shortly after midnight Sat
urday morning, the wind rose grad
u.i"y until about 5'o'clock yeetjr
day mornir.g, when it was at its
hsight. According to the registra
tion of the instruments at the Fair
banks wireless station, the velocity
of the wind at 6 o'clock last evening
waa 36 miles an hour, and it is es
timated that its rate of speed was
mor,: than tea miles faster in the
early morning hours.
The thermometer registered from
zero to 15 below and Fairbanks
endured greater hardships from the
weather than on any day this win
ter.
On the creeks and over the Val
dez trail, reports indicate that the
suffering was more severe even
than it was in town. At Chatanika,
'ist evening, shortly after 7 o'clock,
it was estimated that the wind was
Mowing a 50-mile gale, and the Bnow
' inks were taking on gigantic pro
portions. The storm had the effect
c£ leaving the trail bare in many
spots and the sleighing was excep
tionallv bad.
Fortunately there was no serious
damage reported either in town or
on the creeks.
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