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PROSPECTORS AND QRUBSTAK
ERS AR'i NECESSARY
Few people realize the importance
the prospector and the mat: who pro
Tides him with a grubstake play in the
development of a mining country.
They are, as a matter of fact, at the
very foundation of the fountains of
wealth in mineral development. Their
work in the mining world is similar to
that of the inventor and his grubstaker
in the world of industry and commerce
and civilization. The great manufac
turing centers which teem throughout
the nation, the magnificent facilities
for transportation that bind the globe
into a compact commercial unit, the
wonderfully constituted civilization of
the 20th century,? all would be impos
sible were it net for the inventor and
the man with the courage to
support him while he works out
his dreams. So with Alaska. Had
it not been for the prospector and
his ''angel,'' the grubstaker, the flow
of the golden stream that pours elixir
into the arteries of our nation's com
mercial life would never have begun.
It is true that there are "many, and
they are the bane of all mining coun
tries. who only pretend to be prospect
ors. They are. as a matter of fact,
simply grubstake chasers. They seek
to eke out an existence for a little while
at another's expense. Like the pick
pocket and the gold brick man they are
enemies of society to be guarded against
by such means as are mcst effective.
But communities should have a care
aad not confound the real prospector
with the faker, and every prospector
who has a long string of failures,
charged up against him is not a faker.
By the very uature of thiogs a pros
pector is an optimist, and his optimism
sometimes deceives him, thus making
him an unwilling deceiver of those who
provide him with fuod. TV,
many disappointments to both prospec
tor and grubstaker in the history of a
mining camp, but without both there
would be no mining camp.
Late papers say it is the intention of
Secretary William H. Moody to retire
from President Roosevelt's cabinet in a
short time, and that he will be suc
ceeded by Charles J. Bonaparte, the
present secretary of the navy. The
same story says Victor B. Metcalf, sec
retary of commerce and labor, will be
come secretary of the navy and that the
president is considering the appoint
ment of James R. Garfield, son of for
mer President Garfield, and commis
sioner of corporations, to be secretary
of commerce and labor.
Those Dawson retail merchants who
made a combine a short time ago and
fixed a standard price list for the guid
ance of all are now each vying with the
other in proclaiming how much cheap- 1
er he sells goods than his competitor. |
The mine owners and operators of>
the Tanana valley have formed an asso- .
ciatlon for mutual protection and ad
vancement. They hold that In union
there is strength. The association can
and doubtless will be a great thing for
Alaska.
BEST ROADS
Nome Paper Fnvors Narrow
Guage Railways
The narrow guage railroad in Alas
ka ha^ a champion in the Nome Nug
get, which should speak ex cathedra, as
on Seward peninsula they have both
narrow and broad guage roads. The
Nugget says:
"Narrow guage railroads are un
doubtedly more suitable (or this part of
Alaska, inasmuch as they are more
cheaply and much easier constructed,
and in railroad building in this section
it has been found that it is better to
disturb the surface of theturdra, which
is nearly always frozen, as little as
possible. A well constructed narrow
guage railroad over which trains can
make twelve or fifteen miles an hour
and pull 100 tons of frieght would be a
srodsend to several sections of Seward
peninsula. Such a railroad from Nome
into the Kougarok could, we believe,
be quickly constructed and would be a
paying proposition from the start, as it
would tap for twenty miles a section
now being developed rapidly and aid in
opening up a big stretch of confessedly
rich territory. Given a well constructed
narrow guage truuk line, it would, we
believe, be soon paying big dividends,
and branch lines would soon be added
to reach adjacent distrscts and paying
creeks."
1NT0M0RR0W
City of Seattle Is on Way
North
According to cablegrams received
yesterday evening the City of Seattle
will be due to arrive in Skagway some
time tomorrow or early Monday morn
ing. She sailed from Seattle for this
place Tuesday evening and was to stop
at Vancouver northbound. She will
have about two days' mail on board.
SKAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wuarf at midnight, Oct., 20
U> MM
Temperature time of observation. .. .4"
Mas. temp, preceding 24 hours 50
Min ? " " " 26
Mean " " " "
Barometer, 29.90.
South wind, light rain.
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
?a ?be Onlr Possible Way of Having
An Effective Cure.
If von see a woman or a man wltn lux
uriart c lossy hair, you may be sure nel
tV.r "tus dandruff to amount to anything.
In nearly every case where women and
men have thin brittle hair, they owe It
to dandruff. There are hundreds of prep
aratives that "claim" to cure dandruff,
but not or.e but Newbro's Herplcide tella
you that dandruff Is the result of a germ
burrowing Into the scalp, and that per
manent cure of dandruff and Its conse
quent falling and baldness, can only be
had by killing the germ: and there Is no
other preparation that will destroy that
jrorm but Newbro's Herplcide. "Destroy
thi ~at'se. and you remove the effect."
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
stamps fo- sample to The Herplcide Co.,
Detroit. Mlah.
Wm. Bri't, Special A^ent.
Children's and misses' straw hats
greatly reduced at Harrisons'
The Pack Train Restaurant will
serve wine with dinnor orders, free, in
place of tea or ^ollee. Come on boys!
Only Place in Town
The only place in town at which you
c?n get Jos. Seagrem's White Wheat
Whiskey is at the Seattle Saloon.
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NV. ^ Ses? ^
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The Lost Company
[Copyright, 1906, by R. B. McClure.]
The orders were for Colouel Davis
of the Twenty-secoud Federal regi
ment, statioued about four miles from
Hull's Gap, lu the Tennessee mouu
talus, to move by night and capture a
Confederate signal station which hud
a post upon a mountain crest ten miles
away. This station commanded the
pass so far as observation went, and
every move of the Federal force there
was at once reported.
The Idea was to move slowly and
quietly, and tills was carried out. The
regtment had four hours and a half to
make the ten miles, and the vicinity
of the signal station was readied at
4 o'clock In the morning. Three com
panics were sent to the left, three to
the right, and Company E was to make
a Io:.g detour to get In the roar of the
statlon and hold a mountain rotd
against retreat. All movements were
made so quietly that no alarm was
given.
Day had Just begun to dawn when
up from the valley came a white mist,
cold as a shroud aud thick enough 1 1
cnt out all objects twenty feet away.
The Confederates at the station could
be heard rnovlug and talking, but tiiero
could be no attack until the mist dis
appeared. It hung over the mountain
for two long hours before the rising
sun begin to eat Into it, and it was
near 7 o'clock before the Federals
dashed forward. The surprise was
complete. There were only fifty Con
federate soldiers there as guard, and
seeing the force opposed to them they
prudently surrendered. Not a man
was killed on either side, although
there was considerable firing. The
regiments sent out on the tlanks were
up in tin r>. and Colouel Davis supposed
that the Bring would bring in Com
pany E. ,
When an hour had gone by and
nothing had been heard of It scouts
were sent forward with orders for It
to Join tlie main force at once. At the
end of two hours the scouts returned
and reported that no trace of the con'
pany could be found beyond a ccr'aln
point.
The main column returned to camp,
and from hour to hour looked for the
missing company. When a day had
gone by without news from it two
scouts wore sent out. There was fear
now that It had been gobbled up by a
Confederate force. The scouts stru k
the highway and followed it to the
bend, but they brought bark no news.
A native had gone along with il to
act as guide, and after three or font
days had passed It was conclude 1 that
he might have led the deta.'hment far
enough to bring about its capture by a
Confederate force. The matter restel
there for a week. Then two Confed
denled having heard the least news of
the missing company. Had It bec-n
captured they must have known of the
event
An advance uj- uju cnRRRnn ?
force Just at this time prevented any
further search by the Federal*, and for
six weeks the fate of the hundred men
was almost forgotten. Then there was
an Investigation ordered from Wash
ington. and the result was the trial ami
dismissal of Colonel Davis. The Fed
erals had been driven out of that pari
of Tennessee, and as a matter of fact
they did not regain the ground again
until the close of the war. Flags of
truce were frequently resorted to to
gain news of the missing company, and
all prisoners were closely Questioned,
but the war came to an end at last and
the mystery had not been solved.
N'o move wns made until a year
later, and Chen Colonel Davis himself
took up the case. He was .1 wealthy
muu, and he smarted under the dis
grace put upon him by the court mar
tial.
Accompanied by two picked men he
went over the route from Bull's Gap.
From the Confederate signal station he
struck for the highway and reached It.
There was but one house on the road
between that point and the bend, and
the widow occupying It said that no
force had passed on thnt night. She
must have heard the compauy had It
marched that way. The scouts sent
out had never questioned this woman.
Returning over the highway Davis
and his companions had covered half
the distance when they noticed the
mouth of a ravine to the right. It
started at the highway and descended
so gradually that it might have been
taken In the night for another road. It
deepened as they followed It, and at
the end of a quarter of a mile, when
It had become a rough and nigged
ravine. It came to a sudden ending.
This did not look at all natural, and
an Investigation lasting half a day
brought to light the fact that there had
been n landslide there. Hundreds of
thousands of tons of earth and rock,
accompanied by hundreds of trees, had
gone crashing down into the ravine
and filled It to a depth of twenty feet.
The fill was from bank to batik, and
Its length was about 600 feet. Weeds
and bushes and young trees were al
ready growing on the made ground.
The men enlisted the help of ne
groes and set to work with pick and
shovel, and at the end of a week they
came upon a rusty Federal musket.
They ceased there. They were satis
fied that under that great mound were
lying the bones of the missing hun
dred, and It was for the government
to uncover them or let them lie on for
ever.
In that thick morning mist of long
ago the guide had led them off the
road, bewildered and uncertain, and
they had been huddled together in the
bottom of the ravine when there came
a landslip to overwhelm them to the
last man. M. QI" AD.
SIMPLES Of 1906
CALENDARS HERE
The Daily Alaskan nas received a
full line of samples of 1906 calendars
from the famous J. W. Butler Paper
company, of Chicago. They include
the latest designs many of which are
works of art.
Business men of Skagway and Haines,
who desire calanders for next year are
invited to call and make selections.
Best 26 Cent Afrals
Railroad Restaurant has the best
25 cent meals in town, equal to 50 cent
meals other places. Second Ave. and
Broadway, opposite depot. Private
rooms for l.idies.
Oyster cocKtails, Olympiaor Eastern
at the Pack Train restaurant.
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
Notice is hereby given that the taxes
for the year A. D. 1904, levied by the
town of Skagway, Alaska, pursuant to
the law and theordinancesof said town,
hnve not been paid upon the property
situated within the boundaries of said
town, described below, and that the
amount of taxes delinquent and unpaid
upon each tract of property described
is as set opposite the description of sjid
property, together with 20 per cent,
additional thereto, as penalty, interest
at the rate of 8 per cent, from and after
the 1st day of March, 1905, and the cost
accruing because of this publication.
If said taxes, penalty, interest and
costs shall not have been paid on or be
fore the 1st day of October, A. D, 1905,
all property upon which taxes are still
delinquent shall Le deemed forfeited to
the city, and it shall be the duty of the
treasurer to issue certificates of pur
c lase for any such pioperty to any pei
son pay inn the amount of taxes, penal
ties, inteiest and other costs due at the
date of issuance of said certificate, in
cluding a cost of #1 00 for such certifi
cate. The property, according to the
pUt of the town of Skagway as surveved
by F. H. Keid, upon which taxes are
delinquent for the said year, A, D 190s,
together with the amount of the taxes
originallr charged upon it, is as fol
lows:
PERSONAL
Bo/.man & Lin $ 2 03
I'healander, Godfrey 6 05
Grant, A L 11 00
Ptielps, J C 5 50
Skacuny Laundry 1 00
Verbauwhtde, Fied 5 00
Wftllick, Mrs A M 100
Whalen, B A 9 50
3 s 20 ft of n 1-2 of, Wal
lace, Minnie, agent. .. .$ 2 a5
5 Marks, T C 5 00
6 Sperry, JL 8 00
ti Fraction of,Greet),W L 5 00
7 Owens, Jno 5 50
9 w 1-2 of Morgan. S A . . 1 00
10 n 1-2 of n 1-2 of s 1-2 of,
lu "i ?? ? > ? 00 1
Craven, Z
11 Hardy, W H 5 50
12 Green, Alex 2 00
13 s 1-2 of, Kay, Thos 40
13 n 1-2 of, DeWitt, Mrs C
13 Unknown
13 " 10
13 " 10
13 " 10
13 - 10
13
13
14
14
10
13 " 10
13 " 10
10
13 " 10
13 - 10
14 Cavanna, V V 10
14 Unknown 10
14 " 10
14 " 10
10
14 " 10
10
15 Tanner. J M 10
15 Peterson, HO 1 10
15 Unknown 10
15 " 1?
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 Lucas 10
15 Unkown ? ? 10
10 Foreman, Ed 10
10 Unknown 10
16 " 10
10 " ?
< ? 10
? 10
10
? ; 10
' 10
16 Clark, HF 75
17 Patrick, G H 1 '5
17 Rogers, J J 75
17 Unknown
17 "
" 10
17 " 10
17 " 50
18 Davidson, J P 1 50
19 Green, Alex 7 00
19 w 1-2 of, Green, Alex. . 100
19 e 1-2 of, Green, W L. .. 1 00
20 Becker, EE 6 50
21 n 1-2 of, Thomas, AUred 1 00
21 Becker, R M 2 00
22 Laumie8ter Bros 1 75
23 Fraction of, Christo
pher, C 1 00
30 Brown 2 00
30 Uu known 1 00
30 " 25
30 " 2?
30 Murphy, Dan 25
31 Brown 1 00
31 Martins 50
32 w 1-2 of, Stein, Abe. .. 1 50
40 Unknown 10
41 Pacific TradiDg Co. ... 10
41 " .... 10
41 " .... 10
42 Campos, Jno 1 25
42 Unknown 10
42 " 10
42 " 10
42 " 10
42 ?' 10
*> ? : 10
50' Greene, J F 5O
50 '* ? 50
Givinlinovich, M 00
1 58 s CO ft of, Reinhart, H
W 1 00
4 58 LaChappello, A R 1 75
6 58 Martinson SH 1 75
7 60 Burkhardt, Jos 2 00
9 60 Walker, CO 5 00
11 60 McLaughlin. TiHlo 1 60
4 64 McGrotty, He.ry. ... 1 75
5 64 Unknown 1 50
5 65 Sperry, J L 1 75
6 65 n 1-2 of n 1-2 of 8 1-2 of,
fperrv, J L 1 00
6 65 s 1-2 of s 1-2 of, Barri
?nn, MP 50
5 70 Unknown. 50
6 70 H 50
9 70 Lawson, Win. 50
11 70 Banncrmao, AS. 75
12 70 " 2 25
9 71 I'ortman, N 150
10 71 Kolde, George 2 00
11-1271 n l-2of, Portman, N... 4 00
3 73 Barry, Mrs F. ... ; 2 00
15 74 Unknown 7s
1 76 Duvall, Mrs b'arnio ... 75
3 76 Ilollinsworth. Jack.... 3 75
4 76 Duval I, Fannie 75
5 76 " " 75
6 76 " " 2 2s
1 77 Pearson, S 1 50
6 77 s 1-2 of, Bauer, S 50
0 77 n 1-2 of, Reinhart, H W 3 75
10 78 Kolde, George 1 50
3 79 Uuknown 50
4 79 " 50
5 79 8 1-2 of, unknown 50
6 79 s 1-2 of, unknown 50
7 79 Unknown 50
3 84 Shorthill, T A 75
2 85 Silver. Jessie 75
3 85 Barclay, Isaac 75
4 85 Young, Wm 1 5O
5 85 " " 85
7 85 Grimm, Edith 2 00
8 85 '? " 75
9 85 Guyot, Joa 75
11 85 Kirk, Katie 1 00
1 86 Caine, Jas 50
3 86 " " 50
4 86 Tugwell, T.IOS 50
16 86 Green, Alex 5O
4 88 " " 2 50
5 88 Acbeson, ME 2 50
0 88 " " 1 75
7 88 n 1-2 of, Knight, Alex.. 50
7 88 8 1-2 of, Young, Wm.. 1 25
10 88 Haggerty, Dominic.... 75
12 88 " " .... 75
6 90 Boone, Wm 100
8 90 Graves, Nellie 75
1 91 s 1-2 of, Boone, Wm 100
2 91 Unknown 75
3 9L Quinn, Ed 85
5 91 Guyot, Jos 1 50
10 91 Steph a", Edward 100
11 91 Boone, Wm 1 25
12 01 " " 2 00
92 Unknowo
93 Fix, T A
93 Unknown
93 ?'
03 '
93 "
93 "
94 Payne, C .L
9(i Unknown
90 Hurkaull, C H
97 Rochefotd, TP
97 " '?
97 Fraction of, Caloid,H A
102 Unknown
102 Hukill, D N
102 Unknown
102 Lowe & Siekenger
102 Solo, Oscar
103 Unkaown
103 "
103 "
103 ??
103 r t
103 " "
104 Beveridge
105 Hluckman, J E
105 Barley, H C
105 Mahoney
105 Grant A L
105 " "
105 " "
Ill Rogers
Ill Lustoff, Henry
Ill Orant, A L
113 Davidson, Pearl
113 " "
113 " "
113 Unknown
113 "
113 "
113 "
113 *'
114 "
114 Miller, H J
114 Nelson, G
114 " "
114 Grant, A L
115 Thompson, George ...
115
115 " "
115 Taylor, Lilly
115 Payie, C L
115 Tin mpsoD, George. .. .
115 Unknown
118 Casey, J B
119 Bledsoe, W J
119 Wheeler, J N
120 Grant, A. L
120 " " ...*
120 " "
120 " "
120 Unkno ? n
120 ?'
120 "
121 Grant, A L
121 " "
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12 1 " "
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i21 " "
122 Howard, G E
123 Maioney, Grace
i26 Hosford, F L
26 " "
I Gertcbeo, Frank
J "
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p ?' 10
p ?* IO
p 14 IO
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9 P " 10
2 R " ? 25
3 R ? " ??? 25
4 R " 25
5 R " 10
6 R *? 10
7 R *? 10
8 R "
9 K " 2 5
10 R " 25
11 R " 25
Homestead: Clay:on, Wm 1 00
?? DeWitt Estats 1 5?
?' Guthrie & White. . . 6 5?
In witness whereof I have herennto
set my band and the official seal of tiie
Town of Skagway this 4th day of Sep
tember, A. D., 1905.
[L. S.] W. S. MCKEAN,
Clerk of the Town of Skagway, Alaska.
/?^Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
PICKER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED, SAFETY. COMFOR1
Seattle, Huget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porta
CARRYING C. S. MAIL
Steamers of This Company Leave
CITY OF SEATTLE, - - - - Oct. 11, 21. 31
Via Vancouver
HUMBOLDT, ? ? - - Oct- 6, 17, 27
Direct
COTTAGE CITY, - ? - Oct- 10, 25
Via Victoria and Sitka
>&. Above Schedule Subject to change Without Notioe.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
G. D. DUNArJN, Gen- Paso. Agt
10 Market 8treet, San Francisco, Cal .
/' \
1 1 he Alaska Steamship Co. |
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, - - Oct. 24
DOLPHIN, - - Oct. 20
DIRIGO ? Sept.
FARALLON - - ? Oct. 14
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
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