GUGGS BIB 11 IN KLONDIKE
Harry Fletcher, for eleven years a
resident of tho interlon and who, yester
day saw Sk'inwRV for the first time,
has b en in nearly all the stampedes of
the last half decade. He has been In
the employ of the Ouppenheims for
some time oack an>l describe* (he en
terprises of the big corporation in the
Kloadike as rothiuv les-i than tremend
ous and concerning which the knowl
edge of the averace man in Dawson is
very vaj;ue. The holdings of the Gug
genheitus ? rabraco ueary the whole of
Ujnau/a, Kldorod > ar. I Huuker creeks.
To work ih.se economic dly the com
pany is bringing water in an immense
Hume fifty-'.hree miles from the head
of Twelve Mile river using, for great
distances and where pressure makes it
necessary, great steel tubes brou^h:
from Germany <<(id Pennsylvania and :u
other places iron, nnd in still other
w o.l pn-t.> Ola n llaoie and piain ditcb.
The ducli is 7: feet at the bo-. torn. The
nr?at tub.s with which the wa'.er is
syphoned across the Klondike were
brought from the Krupp works aud Is
of J steel, 4ti inches in di mieter? a roan
can walk through them. The water
a rives a> tho Klondike at a height
above the river of 830 leu', atid i< car
ried ovt-r the stream on a bridge an-3
? hen on the Kotiauz . crefk's d? rises 10 a
height of Gi>0 feet to the ridgo on the
left limit of Bear creek anil follows up
between Hunker and Bonanza to Grand
forks. Parts of this work has been
extremely difficult and the promise of
rtinuing water and the begining of min
ing the creeks was not broken through
any lack of energy or endeavor. The
company has a great electric power
house on Twelve Mile where it gener
ate.' energy for working the eight
dredges which have long been operat
ing in various places on the company's
big d main Mr. Fletcher instances as
the returns from the->e enterprises and
tho outlook for the company making
gi od for all it* outlay, that the dredge
at Bear creek on the Klondike? which
is owned by the Canadian Klondike
Mining company, however, there being
no figures as to the Guggenheim
( lodges, although they have equally
good ground, it i? conceded,? whs $30, ?
000 a week and that at the mouth of tho
Klondike, <.'t*>,000. Mr. Fletcher says
there have been very nearly as many
mua employed on a wage b.isis
in ttie Klondike for the past two years
as at anv time in its history as the re
sult of these big doings which, how
ever, are drawing to a close. The
operating forces for iho mining proper,
when it gels going, will bo compara
tively trilling.
"BISH" BECHTOL
ON TO OUT
'?B'sh" RcebtQl, on of thebtst known !
men of the north, arrived out on last
evening's train and is located at the!
Golden North. "Bish" used to be the |
man in charge at the Itesina hotel of
I>awson. back in thu day* of Captain
liprtiv, but some years ago a mining
venture on the <ide located on the
upper end of Clearv creek, hit tl o spot
sire when i'. ah"' lias been listed with
the princes of firth. He is still in
r.ch ground, food for two years uiininj;
but the day before he left he bonded
the proper y to some likely people for
a probable *ale.
LAST HI I
FOR DAWSON
K. (I. Wet/.Ier, of the railway mail
service, came out oc list evening's
train and will go south tomorrow, hav
ing completed h'.s detail for the >*ear |
Mr. Wetzler went in last spring with the
first mail, carrying forward all tho ac
cumulations of second cla?s matter of
the winter for the interior. lie has
been stationed at Dawson ever since to 1
see to the forwarding of the mail to
po'nts beyond. He accompanied the
last mnil on its way as far as Eagle and
then returned. The last mail under
the summer schedule for Dawson will
go over tomorrow. The mail for points
beyond I>awson ceased some time ago. !
jCynch and Kennedy |
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KERNS NOW
ON THE GRILL
(By United Pres?.)
Los Angeles, Oct. 7.? W. R. Hearst,
Id an Address hero made a bitter attack
upon Kerns, the democratic nominee
for the vicelpresidency. He says Kerns is
even cow, in conducting bin Campaign,
riding upou railroad passes over the
state of Indiana.
WOOLfSELL
ALASKA CENTRAL
v
(By United Press.)
Seattle, Oct. 7.? Pros', of the Alaska
Central railroad, announces that be .viil
reorganize that company, tie is trying
to have the bondholders ask the court
to dismiss the receiver and to author
ize the property to lie cold to a syndi
cate.
VISlfClE
MISSIONS
Dr. R. M. Craig, a representative of !
the Home Missiou of the Presbyterian
church who comes almost direct froii'
headquarters at Now York, arrived up
from Haines this morning. He came
up from Seattle on the Dolphin and
stopped at Halt e3 to visit mission
there, lie will give an address on his
work at the church this evening,
Mr. Craig will, from here, go to Sitka
and then return south, visiting tho
missions at ail points.
SULTAN ILL
KEEP COOL'
(By United Press.)
Paris, Oct. 0? Heeding the presure of
strong advice from the powers, the
sultan had decided not to precipitate
war upon Bulgaria at this time.
BIG STRIKE THREATENED IN BRITAIN
(By United Press.)
London. Oct. (7.? A strike of half a
million railroad employes for an in
crease of wages is threatened.
EARTHQUAKE
CLAUSE NULL
(By United Press.)
San Francisco, Oct. 7.? The circuit
court of tho United States has handed
down adoclsion in an appealed insurance
case in which it is declared the earth
quake clauso in policies to be null, and
in no wise to relieve the company from
liability.
plaiIeTe
TOMORROW!
(By United Press.)
Seattle, Oct. 7? lo the National
league New York beat Boston to
Jav. score 7 to 2 The Giants and Chi
cago Cubs will play off the tie tomor
row. Tho batteries are Ames and
Bresuahan, t'laheity. Mattrrn ami
Bowerinsn.
FIRMON
EQUALIZATION
The city council began its sittings as
a board of equalization last evening.
No hearings wore had, however. The
board went through the report of ih'3
assessor ond issued citations upon some
28 citizens to appear this evenlug and
show cause, if any there be, why the
assessment for personal property *s
made, should not be Increased. These
were to be served today and the res
ponses are expected to he had this
evening.
(By United Pre??.)
Chicago, Oct. 7? Mr. Taft'and Chair
man of the National committee Hitch
rock, held a long conference today acd
went over the entire situation. They
both declared things looked most
gratifying. Bryan a' so arrived here
this morning and is apparently, very
well pleased. He says there is a land
slide in favor of the democracy.
All tho delicacies of tho. season at
the Pack Train restaurant.
Swiff's
Premiira:
Hams;
and Bacon
Just Received
Swift's .
Boned
v,"?nr.rd Rolled Ham
Also a Fresh Lot of
HEINZ SAUER KRATTT
G-anty & Frandson
1ST SALE OF IDE WHITE PASS
?
The reports published In lie S eatti
papers concerning the proposed sale of
the W. P. & Y. to the C. P. R-, have
been pretty well digested in Skagway
and are given what credence each
individual, according to his lights and
disposition, thinks proper. The re
ports at Vancouver and Victoria have
just come to hand in the newspapers
of those towns and are worth repeat
ing as being near the throne In such a
matter. Tho Victoria Times co tains
the following as a special dispatch from
Vancouver:
"Vancouver transportation men
expect to receive an announcement any
day now of the purchase by the Cana
dian Pacific railway of the White Pass
a..d Yukon route. It may be taken as
on ollicial (act beyond Question that at
various times during the pa9t two years
j negotiations have been carried on look
ing lo the purchase bv the Canadian
Pacific ol the White Pass railway.
"Five weeks ago William Whyte,
general manager of the western lines
of the C. P. R., made a visit to Skag
way and inspected the line in company
with S. H. Graves, the president. Van
couver transportation men have It
figured out that the terms offered by the
Canadian line are now acceptable to the
White Pass people and that the an
nouncement of a change of ownership
may come any day.
"The Guegenhelm?own a large block
of stock in the line, but the bulk of
their heavy freight for the Klondike
dr?dges has already been moved in and
the question of controlling the freight
rates will not be a very large one with
the grent mining concern in years to
come."
BIG BUNCH
THIS EVENING
The train from over the hill arrived
on lime this evening bringing 80 pas
sengers. These added to the crowd
now here will attain tax the hotel
capacity of the city. They are billed to
remain over until the sailing of the
boats tomorrow evening.
Clyde Baldwin atid A. C. Baldwin of
the Canadian boundary survey came
out last nij'ht and arc at the Pullen
hotiso. Thomas Riggs, who had such a
hungry time looking for a mlsplac.d
c che, arrived out ia time to get the
Beatrice. There came over last even
ing Mrs. Alexander McDonald, wife of
the one?timo king of the Klondike.
Also Mr. Rothschild, manager of the
Canadian Klondike Mines company, ac
companied l>y his wife, also Mrs. H. G.
Boardtnan. Mr. W. M. Whiting, form
erly of this city and now mining near
Eagle, is a'so at the Pullen house. Mr.
Whiting says he has a large tract of low
grade placer ground upon which he it
tends to place machinery next spring
and expects big results.
Want ads in the Alaskan bring re
sults. Everybody reads them.
SOURDOUGHS
IN 101
Among the migrators this season are
a number of the genuine sourdough
sort, th?t baye not been out of the
country tor half a decade. Richard
Lanning and wife aro et the Fifth Ave
nue on their way to the land of winter
sunshine. California. Mr. Lanning has
not seen the salt water since 1897. unless
It was at Nome. He has been serving
at Dawson as bookkeeper and auditor
for the N. C. company at Dawson.
Max Ileilbroner and wife are also at
the Fifth Avenue. They have stavod
close "Inside" since 185?S. Mr. Ileil
broner has been engaged in the t bacco
business in Dawson.
Mr. and Mrs. Mor y, formerly of
Skatrway, but who have been in Daw
son for ten years, are at the Fifih
Avenue and will take the Princess May
for the south? the first trip out In 11
years. Mrs. Morey ! was Ska^waj's
first music teacher.
Mr. Brayton, who furnishes the soda
water for Dawson and who went
through here last spring, returned <>n
the May to catch the last boat for Daw
son.
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