i HE uAILY
. ' I CITY
TttXTH YEAR 3RAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY fi 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
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HfHf lOMORROW
The Cottage Ci J ? ill oot be at S^afr
way urvtil sometime tomorrow afternoon
She ha^ be- a at Juneau. Douglas ami
Treulwt ll all dty, aDd will sail from
the lat er ps.ce for Skagway and
H lines at 10 >'clo k tonight. She has
102 tons freight for II ine-> and .35 tons
for Skagway.
Un Gaiity Ilio Hoitin
Mrs. P H. Ganty will be the hostess j
of the Friday Club Friday afternoon.
The ciub will meet at Mrs. Ganty's
I ome.
Remember? this week furs at less than
w holes ilr C'">st at Harrison's.
WILL VOTE
Sen at' N ill Pass on Sraout
Ca5*
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Washington, Feb. 6 ? The Uoitrd
States senate will vote on the resolut
ions declaring: Senator Smoot not eu
tit'ed to his seat Feb. 20. The com
mittee on priveleges and elections tias
reported against the senator, yet it is
believed he has a good chance to win in
the vote.
fL A. Harrison Co]
Valentines! Valentines!
We have the largest, swellest and
most up-to-date stock of Valen
tines that ever came to Skagway
From 1 cent to $2.00
A iarge assortment of comic .Valen- '
t.nes ior one c^nt cjach.
Masks For I lie Married folks Masquerade
Stores open Evtnm^s - Phone's 4 ai c.
h*. i ???mi mmiiii \mmm^
Did you ever
s in o k t- l Li e
j Srabe
Cigar?
XO! Where
Can I Get
Them? Fro a
TONY DGRTERO Sole Agent for Alaska
Every man that comes I
into ourstore looking for j
a suit or overcoat goes
out looking like a win
ner. You can always
get the very best here.
FLOODS THREAFEN PORTLAND
| Willamette very high and continues rising==Business
Business district of city being vacated wholesale
merchants employ all available horses and remove
stocks of goods to higher ground
(Spec ai Dispatch to the Duly Alaskan)
Portland, Feb. 6? The Willamette
river is now 17 feet above normal and
the weather bureau s?ys it will contin
ue to rue two-, inches an h">ur for 24
hours. If it doe9 that it will inundate
ihe entire business district from Front,
and Madison streets to Third and Irv
ing streets. That section of the town
is beinc vacated as fast as men and hor
ses can move the s'ock of merchandise.
Wholesale merchants are p >>1ng drays
{1 an hour and e^ery avail .ble hiirsa is
being forced >nto use.
An extraordinary chinook wind is
blowing in the mountains am.' the malt
ing snow is coming down the moun'ain
streams in torrents.
Ril rood Work S" pp d
Work has been discontinued on the
new Seatt'e-Portland railway. The
right of way has bee i flooded by the
rising wat-r in the ri era.
JlNfAll SOUTHERN PLANS
BIO IIIIMiS
|
New Railroad Not Content With Connecting
Juneau and Douglas, but Pproposes to
Extend to Skagway and Beyond
If the intentionions of those whoaie
at th" head o' the Juneau South.ro
R .ilway ;ire c irrieil out that ro id ulti
mately will bf am t>tr she bit* 'hinsisof
A! is?a. Whi'f it ti?s been launch- d
merely in a small w ?v to build an inter
urban roid between Juneau and Dour*
las. it !s said to be u -ubstantial cotr.
pany th&t ' means busi "ess" In a very
bit: way.
From a reliable source corn s the in
'ormation that the company expects to
b'.tild and maintain a railrovd from
.'uneau to E-ijr e river, Berners bay and
Skagway; also eastward nlonjr the
main and to a point on Portland Canal,
the object bri- g to conriect with the
Wl He P S'i Yukon Route at one end
FOR TWO
petia'e fumiiiittc*' Favors
Extra Faiibauks Wire
Special Dispatch to Daily AlaskaD]
Washington, Feb.6? The senate com- \
mittee has reported the army appro- i
urtation bill favorably, includine the j
lirov sion for the expenditure of $190,
000 for the construction of a double
telegraph line between Valdez and
Ftirbanks and the ex'ension of the line
from Fairbanks to Circle. The bill has
already passed the house.
New Officials at Seattle
The senate committee also reported1
favorable a bill creating the office of
a- praiser of customs at Seattle.
and the new Cans Man trans continent*]
railroad at tb- other ueai PrinceRupert.
The comp -ny has secured stred fr*n
ch ses and wharf privileges, lands, etc.
?t ?<nd near Juneau and Dou .'l?s and i s
first ssue ol bonds is mw beine plac d
b.v ihe president, S. D Chiuonden, in
the Eist.
Amended articles enlarging its scope
of authority, so us to cover the whole
enterprise, will soon be executed.
S. D Chittenden, an o d time prac
tical railro d man, is tb; company's
president: Robe't W. H Schneider'
assistxnt trenerul manager is on the I
ground directing surveys near Juneau, 1
and Allen Weir, U vice-president and
general counsel.
ITCHANGES
Cold Wdv^ fiiyej PLcti to |
Warm Weather
I The cold north wind that has been
prevailing here for a l"ng tlmg gave
pla-.e to calm and snow today, The
chang: was accompanied by a r*:se in
the temperature of a doziti degrees.
Word comes from Juneau that the wind
is from the sou h there. If this should
rea' h Skas;way we probibly will ht>ve
thawing weather here before another
24 hours. The barometdr has fallen
here also, indicating a continuation
of eithe. snow or rain.
The trmperature in the interior is
also milder. There ha* bren a gene.-al
modification of the conditions all
over the nor h.
Y ou dn not have to wait
Unlil next summer for good fruit and vege
tables: We have the pick of the seasons
crop in cans
Vegefab es Fruits
Corn on Coo Sice^C'in Peaches
Totu.iio s Strawberries
Corn rio sberr i s
Succotash Black bt-rries
IVas lits|rb>"rrie-'
t!ea s Blu-b?rri-s
Hee'g Pe^ch^s
Spinach Apricots
O ra Hears
Hominy Sliced Wineapples
Asparagus Grated Pineapples
Squtsb Bishops *nd Longs
Pumpkin Celebrated Preserves
If voj are l 'okin? for sompthiof eood, you will flod It undtr
-- th? "PREFEKUED STOi 'K" ab-1
GANTY & FRANDSON
GUGGENNEIMS M\V COS
TROL WHITE PASS
Rumored at Vancouver That Famous Smelt
ing and Mining Men Have Purchased
Skagway's Railroad
(S ecial Dispitch to Daily Alaskan)
Vhi'cw, B C., Feb.' 6? Advices
have been r>ceived here to the effect
that the Guggenheims have secured
control of r,he Wake Pass & Yukon
Route, iocludiug the railroad and
steamboat lioeo of the company. The
report also is that the ciropany will
estab ish steamship lines on th; route
betweenSnaltle and Vancouver toSkag
way. The report has not been veri
VALEHTINt SOIUL
MXl WftK
The Epworth league of the Metho- |
d ist church is preparing fur a Valen-j
tinb soci 1 to be given Friday evening
of next week in the form of a basket
social. Everyoody is invit' d ?nd each
lady attending is reque-ti-d to bring a (
ba ket wiih luoch for two. Full de
tails will be announced later.
fled, and, apparently, is not credited at
White Pass headquarters.
Employees of the White Pass in
Ssaeway say nothing has been heard
in this ci'y of any change in tbeowjer
shipof the compiny. The rumor is
not generally credited and is believe!
to be an >th-T phase of the reports that
have been in c.rcuUtiou for the last
several weeks.
STAGE LtAVtS
fOR DAWSON
Whitehorse, Feb 0? A White Pass
Stage left yes'ercUy afternoon for Daw
son with S. D. Coy, J. L Gray, Thoraai
Henry and H. J. Patterson as p>s-eo
gers. Tne s'age h d over 3000 pounds
of freight, and the mail.
A wholesa'e slaughter in furs at Har
r'son's.
UISTBN!
?BB?Baaa?? am
?'A little frog would aw< oing go singing.
'Hi-O, My Roily!' "
If you go awooing, don't sing if you don't
waut to, but take along a box of Gunther's
Candy. They are the sweetest sweets for
the Sweetest
Wm. BRITT j
I THE DRUGGIST 1
Eadks and 6tntlemtn
We want your trade ^re are in a
position to supply your garment
wants in a thoroughly satisfactory
? manner. It will pay yon to look
oyer onr Spring and Summer sam
ples and prices
.? The American Tailors ?
Mowl & Ehrlicb, Props.
(Sole Agents Great Western Tailoring Company, Chicago.)
liiii? mi'ii mill imiiiM?iiiiiiiiii ii?