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No. 111. TWELFTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
INTER STATE COMMERCE COM.
INVESTIGATING THE W. P. 8 1
(By United Pre#*.)
SEATTLE. Oct. 7? Martin K Knapp
of Now York, Judson C. Clements of
Georgia, Charles A. Prouty of Ver
mont, FYanklin K. Lane of California.
E. E. Clark of Iawa and J. S. Harlan
of Illinois, members of the Inter-State
Commerce commission, are holding
session In Seattle today.
The first case to come up was the
charges filed against the White Pass
& Yukon railroad by the Humboldt
Steamship company. The steamship
company claim that the White Pass
road showed discrimination by refus
In# to honor through freight and pas
senger shipments from the Humboldt
Steamship company, whereas the oth
er steamship companies were granted
thee? privileges.
The defense of the railroad Is that
the Humboldt Steamship company re
fused to enter into an agreement pro
mising a yearly service as the othw
companies did.
It Is possible that the Inter-State
Commerce Commission will contend
that It has no authority in the case
as the greater portion of the railroad
is in Canadian territory
BELL REFUSES
LOWER RATES
(By Unltad Preac.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 7? Gen
eral Franklin Bell, chief of staff of
the United States army, today stated
that no immediate reductions would
be made in the cable tolls for the
Alaskan newspapers. Gen. Bell said
if the tolls were reduced the result
ing Increase in press messages would
crowd out the commercial business.
UPTON WANTS
ANOTHER TRY
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.? It is offi
cially announced that a challenge for
an international yacht race for the]
America cup uext August has beeiii
made by Sir Thomas Lipton.
W. A. Graves, who for four years
haa been acting postal inspector in
Skagway, left on the Jefferson today
for Portland. Ore., where he will b<
stationed in the future. Mr. Graves' i
family are in. Portland so that his
friends are congratulating him upon
the change, while sorry to see him
leave Skagway.
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(By United Press.)
ROSLYN. Wash. Oct. 7 ? No attemifl
is being made today to enter the
shafts of tho Northwestern Improve
ment company's mine, where ten men
were killed by an explosion Sunday
afternoon. Fire damp is thick In the
mine and the flames are still raging.
Fans are working in an effort to drlv
out the fire damp so the flames can |
le fought and subdued.
The funerals of the ten victims
were held yesterday and more than
r-ne thousand persons attended.
TO
PLAGE BLAME
(By United Press.)
NANAIMO, B. C. Oct. 7? Twenty
three bodies have been recovered
from the Wellington colliery where
the firo damp explosion took place
Tuesday afternoon. Rescuing parties
ere still endeavoring to get out the
remaining bodies.
An Inquest will be held today toj
fix the responsibility for the accident.
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flUKIS OF 1 11
mums for immd
Stephen Birch, director of tho
Copper River & Northwestern rail
way, who mushed over from the
Copper River valley into the Tan
ana railley six weeks ago and
made a careful examination o t the
Tanana creeks and hills and fields,
but mostly of the fields, has re
ported to headquarters in New
York city that the Tanana valley
will make good. This Is the in
ference deduced from a telegram
received yesterday from Mr. Birch
by FV'con Joelta, President of the
Tanana Valley railroad.
The telegram says that the fin
anciers in New York city, the men
who are going to put up the money
for a railway to the interior of Al
aska want to see what kinds of
grains and vegetables are grown in
the . Tanana valley. They want
samples shipped direct from Fair
banks to New York. They afe
satisfied that the Interior Is a good
mineral cour ry, but that Is not
enough. They want to build *o a
farming country.
This is the biggest chance for
boosting the Tanana that has ever
been offered. Better than type, .
better than pictures, better than !
a Seattle expoe'Mon. It carries the:
proof straight to the seats of the
mighty. And it is already in the
favor of the Tanana that it Is the
capitalists who in this case arc
asking for the exhibit, not the
Alaskans who are begging to be
permitted to show their goods.
Mr. Josliu askB the Times to
announso that he Is now ready .and
eager to accept any samples of
groin or vegetables which are suit
able for such an exhibit The sum
mer has. been a favorable one.
Splendid wheat, oats, barley and
timothy have been raised, and the
earth crops have been abundant
and healthy.
All the people of the Tauana
need do is to offer up a small
portion of their harvest Mr. Jos
}ln promises to do the rest Ho
will follow It personally and see
th.t it reaches the Innermost por
tals of Wall street. Of course,
each sample shou! J be of sufficient
size to make a reasonably good
Individual Bhowlng, allowing for
possible wear on the road; and the
specific name of the grain or veg
etable, the time of planting and
the time of harvesting should be
affixed.
New York asks for ocular proof
that the interior of Alaska is an
agricultural country. The people of
the Tanana will show them. ? Pair
banks Times.
TUFT HOTS
NO SOLDIERS
(By United Press.)
EL PORTAL, Cal. Oct.. 7? President
Toft arrived last night. He requested
that the guard of troops be dispens
ed with. He was accompanied by a
small guard of secret service men
and detectives.
JAP POACHERS
SEN! TO JAIL
Seward, Alaska. Sept. 29 ? Six Jap
anese seal poachers, captured on Wal
rus Island by Agent Proctor, of the
North American Commercial company
and assistants, were tried yesterday
by the United States commissioners
for Unalaksa, and all were sentenced
to three months' Imprisonment and to
pay a fine of $200. They will bo
brought to Valdez on the cutter Rush.
HEARST WILL
BE CANDIDATE
(By United Pre??.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 7? FVrnr thousand!
admirers have named William Ran
dolph Hearst as a candidate for tho
mayor of New York on an Independ
ent ticket. Hearst will probably ac
cept the nomination.
CARIBOU SKIN
SENT TO GREY
The large honorary membership
certificate presented to Earl Grey by
Camp Dawson ot the Arctic Brother
hood was shipped today by express
to Ottawa to his excellency. Tho cer
tificate Is In a tin tube seven feet
long and five Inches In diameter,,
sealed at each end, and made water
tight. The certificate s done on a
life size caribou skin. ? Dawson News.
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FAIRBANKS HAS FII FAITH
III THE FUTURE OF ALASKA
William H. Fairbanks, superlntend
onit of the Northern Commercial com-,
pany, arrived In Skagway yesterday aJ<
ternoon and will sail 6outh tonight
on the Princess May. Mr. Fairbanks
stated that his company had done a
big business this summer and that
traffic was fully as large and per
haps slightly larger than the year toe
fore. He said ho anticipated that the
business next year would hold Its
own with the possibility of a big In
crease owing to the chance of a big
rush to the new diggings on the Idlt
arod.
"By spring we will know how the
Idltarod Is going to pan out," said
Mr. Fairbanks. "Reports from tho
Idltarod are very promising and the
work this winter will tell tho tile.
It may prove to be a second Fair
banks, for the paystreak Is wide and
found throughout a large area."
Mr. Fairbanks stated that the In
dications were tliait quartz would bo
found In Dome hill at Dawson. A
tunnel Is now being driven there by
Hartman brothers and the prospects
are most promising. If quartz Is
found in paying quantities it will give
tho northern Yukon country a big
impetous. Mr. Fairbanks stated that
quartz had been found in the Tanana
valley and that there wag no doubt
but It will be developed In the future.
IDITAROD IS
COMING CAMP
Capt. Newcomb, commodore of tho
Northern Commercial company's fleet
and master of the packet Susie, wlu?
left on the Jefferson today, states
that the stampede to the Iditarod Is
Is far greater than Is generally
thought on the outside.
Capt. Newcomb states that more
than 2000 will winter on the Iditarod
and that at least 1500 tons of sup
plies have been taken in there be
side tho outfits of the Individual min
ers. The N. C. company havo estab
lished a store on a barge and taken
in 200 tons of freight.
The strike on the Iditarod was
made in July and already more than
$500,000 in dust has been taken out
Some very coarse gold has been taked
out an some very large nuggets havo
bo-ti found.
JEFFERSON IN AND OUT
Tho Jefferson arrived in port at
7:40 o'clock this morning with 15 pas
sengers and 50 tons of freight and
8 ailed south shortly after noon with
127 passengers. ^1
ROBBER'S CACHE
IS DISCOVERED
(By United Press)
DENVER, Colo. Oct. 7 ? The cache
of a band of train robbers contain
ing $10,000 in bank notes and stamps
was accidentally discovered yesterday
In a mountain ravine near here. The
booty was taken off a Union Pacific
train in Wyoming several months
ago.
$300|tilS
SHIPPED SOUTH
More than $300,000 in gold dust
was shipped south on the Jeffersonu
by express. The gold is from Fair
banks and the creeks and is consign
ed to the Seattle assay office.
The train did not leave Skagway
until after 1 o'clock today. It was
held so that the passengers on the
Princess Ma<' could get over to White
horse as the Casca will be the last
boa' to leave for Dawson.
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