Hurtle*!
?he Alaskan
No. 210 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1912 PRICK 10 CENT
ALASKA POST
Washington, Dec. 4 ? President
Taft has made the following ap
pointments for postmasters in Alas-;
ka; Daniel W. Figgins, Ketchikan; |
John Worden, Wrangell.
D W Figgins was appointed post
master at Ketchikan two years ago.
when the postmaster resigned, but >
his confirmation has been held up
in the senate. It Is believed now |
that hostility to Mr. Figgins has,
been withdrawn and that he will be
confirmed.
REMARK AIM. K STINTS
BY BOO. <?OK
Mount McKinley is precious be
'"ius it was made famous by Dr
Cook and also because it Is the
highest mountain In North Ameri
ca The accepted measurement is
.?0,300 fee:. Mount Whitney, Cali
fornia, the highest peak In the
I nited States, is 14,500 feet high,
and Mount Oritaba, in Mexico,
something over 18,000 feet. But
several peaks in South America, ex-1
?-eed Mount McKinley in height,
and the world beater is Mount Ever
est in the Himalayas ? 29,000 feet.
It will be realixed from the com
parison that Mount McKinley is
really some mountain. It would
wear a cap of snow if it were much
further south, and we may well be
lieve Professor Herschel C. Par- '
ker s report that he and the men
who were with him on his expedi
tion found it a very hard climb, j
Think o fthe snow five feet deep
just fallen, of the narrow escapes
as the party made its way along the,
edges of deep crevasses, of thei
steep inclines, the many obstacles
that caused long delays.
But the more we multiply the;
perils the more we increase the I
glory of the detached and loneaome
Cook In making his great discov
eries he shook himself free not on
1" from baggage but from human j
companionship. He took a quiet
walk by himself and lived on high
thinking. It is thus that he has
scaled heights, penetrated depths,
climbed the aurora borealis and slid
gracefully over the polar sea. Oth
ers may follow In his footsteps, but
he remains a unique figure, solitary,
grand, magnificent ? a Mount Mc
Kinley among men ? Chicago Rec
ord-Herald. ?
Skagway Alaskan's Daily Photograph
Wild Gnw, fl FW High.
Our picture today shows a luxuriant field of bluetop growing wild i i the Skagway valley. In the val
leys back of Haines and in many p.Tts of Alaska, both on the coast and in the interior, are rant bottom
lands and valleys in which the natural grasses equal the famed blueerass of Kentucky. Gradually the
progressive ranchers are introducing stock raising and agriculture into these district*, which for centuries
have only served as feeding grounds for herbiverous animals.
KILBANE DEFEATS ATTELL
IX THK TWELFTH ROfX?
Cleveland, Dec. 4? The sports of
the city were treated to a vigorous
exhibition of scientific fighting last
night when Johnny Kilbane and
Monte Attell came together. After
hammering each other for twelve
rounds. In which Attell got the
worst of it from nearly the start.
Kilbane was given the decision, hav
ing outpointed and outfought At
tell very decisively.
O. E. Humphreys left this morn
ing over the White Pass for Daw
son.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IP TOP ARK PARTICULARLY
HARP TO PLEASH WE WILL BE
PARTICULARITY PLEASED THK
DAY YOU TRY ON ONE OF OUR
NEW PALL AND WINTER OVER
?XX\TB WITH THE < CONVERTIBLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IP YOU FIND WHAT
PI.KASE8 YOU. YOU WILL FINI>
US ALWAYS OLAD TO SHOW
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU BUY
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH i
Washington, IX* 4? President
Taft today sent the appointment to
the senate of Ward T. Bower as
Alaska agent for salmon fisheries
Mr. Bower was appointed by the
president to succeed John Cobb, for
merly representing the Bureau of
Fisheries in Alaska, and has served
for the past year. His appoint-;
ment will doubtless be confirmed by
the senate.
1/<>ST DOROTHY ARNOLD
MAY BK WHITE SLAYK
New York. Dec. 4 ? When Poro- j
thy Arnold disapijeared several
months ago, it was feared that she
had suicided, but as the police
have been unable to obtain any
clews leading to the support of
that probability, it is now asserted j
that she is a. victim of white slav
ery, and renewed efforts are being
made to locate her in the restricted
districts of various cities.
WRLLS-FAROO EXPRKB8 CO.
OKTRXG RICHER FABT
Sun Francisco, Dec 4 ? Startling
revelations regarding the enormous
profits made by the Wells-Fargo
f-Jx press Company were recently
made by the California state rail
way commission. which has been
lirobing Into the operations of this
aigantic corporation. P. R. Lasseil,
a ratt> expert for the commission,
who has been examining the book*
of the concern, testified that the
monthly revenue of the Wells-Far*?
Company ex foods Its original Invest
ment. Its profits average better
than eight hundred per cent. In
June last the company earned one
and ono-tenth million dollars. In
July Its profits were one and four
lenths million dollar*.
C. R. Graham, traffic manager of
Wells-Fargo Company, made no
doninl of the truthfulness of !.?*
?eH's testimony.
When the Spokane Mils tonight
she will have among her passengers
Mr. and Mrs. E. J Shaw who are
going to Juneau for a visit, *nd
Mrs Karl Ask who Is destined to
spend some time with her mother
in Seattle.
Pop
Corn
FURNISHES ENJOYMENT THKHK
<X>LD PAYS. A 10c PACKAGE OF
THK KIND WE SKI,I, WILT, AL
MOST FILL A GUNNY SACK AF
TKR IT IS POPPED. WK GUAR
ANTES AGAINST FAILURE.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
London. IWw 4 An armlfMe*.
which appllwa to only p?rf of the
warring fartlona In the Balkan*.
*aa yeaterdaj, In which f*r
vla and Turkey a*r?? to qull fight
ing until term* of aettlement can
be ajcr**v1 upon Bulgaria la alao
a party to tM V+r* a?rw#?n????.
and will aUn Tor a rmmmlUm of war
within I1?# n?t l? hamnt In ??
mmnlltno tk? nnlnrlana ?r* Nwn
fonrtlln* Artrlanopl#
Or<*f ilMii'l tat# part I* th?
arTnlafte* bnd will rontlnw# hwr fUM
axalnat th# Tnrlta
HAKKIMAX THI'MT CAJIT
mNHiV WITH THK LAW
New York. Dec 4 Director* of
the Harriman Hum. who are onl er
ed to dissolve thrtr trust, arter a
meeting which lasted over several
days, announced today that they
had failed to decide upon any plan
for dissolution. The syndicate I*
no Interwoven that It will he al
most Impotalble to disentsgle It In
accordance with the Sherman anti
trust law without resulting In great
loss. and Increased evpenae of oper
at Ion.
littH AVOKMCH DOTMW
*KW < HAKTRR IMKM>MKNT
I-os Angeles, Dec 4 In the city
election held yesterday, the propo
rtion to adopt the commission form
of charter for the city government,
waa defeated hy a two to one ma
jority
Railway and Marine New* aaya:
The late election with Its democrat
ic Ylctory. haa a direct hearing up
on the Alaska transportation sltn
stlon It Is likely that much sd
dltlonal mileage will be constructed
by private ownership because of the
Alaaka planka In the democratic
platform These distinctly provide
for the opening up of Alaaks under
conditions eminently satlsfsctorv to
its people and carefully providing
againat the alleged corporation con
trol; the home rule of the territory
and the appointment of Alaskans to
office in Alaska If the democratic
party carrin out Ita platform Alas
ka will forge ahead by leapa and
bounds There is nothing to hold 1
ft H
A good Chrlstmaa preaent ? the)
Daily Alaakan
(tiRIM)VA nulla* rOAk;
n.vnn ???? ftu m rt wrn
Junma, l>w i -TV M ('i*t to
la irr<T?4 In at 1 o'rlorfc
lam night with !?? t ons of rosl
for the Ht/ dork and rwsl and Ism
ber for the westward port* Clyde
(Juptill. formerly a*en? of the Al
aaka S H company at Skagway. la
purser, and Captais Frsnk Wsrren.
on* of the yetersn skipper* of the
rout, la in commsnd
liRMT <;??|,|? R?
HKKVK I* MlRKRI*
The Rumian Rmplra, Including Hl
beria, wan fifth in rank In the
world aa a prodnrwr of gold I* 1911,
awwdln* to the United SttlN fl?o
logical asrrey Th? output la stst
d aa IJ4. ??&.???. whlrh la. how
???r, a d?r?Mt of mor? than II".
o oo.ooo compared with the figure*
for 1914 This decrease la doe
mainly to the ?hortag? of wstsr
in 1911 in ths placer workings In
Sllwrlt The Ruaaian production of
gold has hwn genersll-' Increasing
and a rut placer-gold field undoubt
MIt * wait* development In north W
bsrla, althMgh this development
may ho long delayed
Fairbanks now haa mills totaling
Mi atampa. where only last anmmer
lit at amp* were the mailmtim a rail
a We Of 'hese, |3 ??r? so fsr ru
mored from the mines that trans
portation made any milling eirept
for testing purpose* almost impos
sible The fart that most of the
new Installations arc amsll unit*
?mattered generally orer the mli?
?r*l belt will be * tig help to the
1 to* pert or* who wish s few tons
milled to belp out expenses On no
property hss ? mill been Installed
bnt has enowgh ore In sight to war
rant the e*pendlt?r?
Th? nw??t rtjIWi f"" *?"?
? (Imw who bay tfw bwM thln?? m
nmw Ihll ?b?*T ?* ? p??np*?
who don't rare what If r<ml? ?w?h
pmpl* diM'l wfwr Mf Nltw rWKlw*
? ??(*?. omrnMi titan wn'f*
rrrrj <1?> . ma?t* fn? ?* by
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