5tjr ?3<ulg jVLwk<m
HERE'S GOOD LUCK 10 JTIIN
The number of men who have recent
ly come out of the Atlin country with
cheering reports of that section, the
record of several of whom has been
written down in the Alaskan, must
have attracted special attention by this
time. All speat of the camp In the
most hopeful tone. Those who pass
through from there or who come to
sojourn here, as many bave recently
to "reat up a bit," wear the air of
prosperity. All report prosperity
whence they come. Sew creeks are
attracting attention in there, ouart/.
is reported to have been definitely lo
cated, the placers are being worked on
extensive scale, hydraulicing chieQy
and with sjooj results, and now coal is
reported to have been found there ? a
mountain of good coking coal. These
things are very pleasing to the ear of
Skagway, Here the developments of
that country are watched with lively
and sympathetic interest. Atlin is an
old camp ? exploited in 1?DS? but there
are many who believe it has noi> yet
seea lta best days. The scensry of the
Atlin couutr/ is beautiful, and is every
year growing in favor with tourists,
the number that took the trip this year
being quite notable. It is inviting
not only by its beautiful water ap
proach but by splendid drives and
scenic attractions after one gets there.
May the camp live long and prosper.
Official City Paper
L. S. iBLLER, PUBLISHER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
On* *Mt d*llv*refl by -artier
Duo month, by mall
flm* months, by mad
?lx months, by mall
On* year, by mall
,?ojs
. .75
.2.26
. 4JO
. 9.00
HENRY CLEWS. CHEERFUli
The striking news developments of
the financial week says Henry Clews
under date of Sept. 12, have been, first,
the decision of the United States Circuit
court of eastern Pennsylvania, declar
ing the commodity clause of the Hep
burn law unconstitutional; second, the
promulgation by the department of
agriculture of what for practical par
poses is its preliminary harvest return
and, third, the sudden advance in call
money to -i per cent. L'he tirst two of
these items were reassuring; the last
named is not surprising. The wheat
and corn harvests, it is true, will prob
ably not figure quite up to expectations
current a month or so ago: they are,
however, considerably above the aver
age, and as the danger point even for
corn may now be considered to have
been safely passed, one of the chief
sources of uncertainty in the general
financial situation is removed. The
wheat promise is 32,000,000 bushels
ahead of the financial harvest returns
of a year ago, itself an excellent crop
year, and prices are fully as high as
those current at this date in 1907 ?
about $1.04 per bushel for No. 2 red, tb#
standard. * * * The market of the
Immediate future promises active fluct
uations ard will probably be success
fully taken advantage of by the nimble
trader. The fact should be kept actively
In mind, however, that the price-range
Is high and caution cannot be too
strongly urged. A particularly encour
aging influence is the continued de
mand for bonds and the fact that with
the scarcity of the exclusively high
gradee interest is now being shown in
the best of the second grade issues.
The details of the wreck of the Star
of Bengal which come to us in our
exchanges place the casualty in the
light of one of the most horrible of
marine disasters. The charges of
cowardice and incompetency mads by
Captain Warner against the the men in
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
High Prices for fine Furs
Write For Price Lis*
Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
charge of the tug boats a-d those sent
to succor the victims, is one that should
bo investigated to the last detail.
Roosevelt and Taft on the stump to- j
gether ought to add that spice to the 1
campaign which the president felt to '
be lacking. U simply means that
Teddy couldn't keep out of the thick of
the fight.
THE INTRUDER.
HE la so little to be no loved!
lie Clime unbooted, ungarbed, un
gloved.
Nuked and shameless.
Beggared and blameless.
And, for all he could tell us. even ramt.
leu.
Yet every one In tho house bows down
As If the mendicant wore a crown.
HIS Is so little to be so loud!
Oh, I own I should be wondrous
proud
If I had a tongue
All swlveled and swung
With a double back action, twin screw
lung.
Which brought me victual and keep and
care
Whenever 1 shook the surrounding air.
HE Is so little to be so large!
Why. a train of cars ur a whale
back barge
Couldn't carry the freight
Of the monstrous weight
Of all his qualities good and great.
And. although one view Is as good ao
another.
Don't taku my word for It. Ask his
mother.
?Edmund Vance Cooke.
Eclipses.
Lonp before the Christian era the
philosophers of Egypt. Greece and
Uome knew far more about eclipses
aud the cause of them tliau is known
by a U.rge majority of the men of
average education at the present day.
The Regnnt Diamond.
The Regent diamond, probably the
meet perfect brilliant ever cut. weighs
in Its present state 13t>\li carats. The
Kohinoor lost In the recuttlng
carats and now weighs 102' i carats.
The Regent was so named from the
fact that It was acquired from Louis
XV. by the Duke of Orleans, then re
gent of France.
Ancient Barbers.
Barbers In the early days of the |
Christian era were uot permitted to i
talk while shavlug a patron. Indeed, |
silence was so much appreciated by
persons while under tin- barber's hail. Is j
that mutes were preferred for this I
service.
Marble.
Blasting marble is Impracticable, '
t hose who nuurry It bavins to split off j
the blocks in the same method In vogue
w heu the Parthenou was built, more
than 2.300 years ago.
Order of the Thistle.
The Order of the Thistle, Scotland's
oldest order of knighthood, was origi
nally established In 1340
Walking Fish.
The penlophthalmus, or walking finh.
Is found In the south Pae.3e At low
tide it crawls over the lonely white
coral beaches ou two shimmering, yel
low scaled legs In search of sand
crabs.
Our First Duel.
The first duel known D have taken
place upon American -oil occurred In
ItXJO, wheu Edward Doty and Edward
Leister, servants of a New England
colonist named Llopkius. I'ought ovcvr
some trifling matter with swords. Nei
ther was seriously injured, but both
were severely punished by the provin
cial authorities.
Flower Colors.
Out of 1,000 flowers 284 are white,
22?? are yellow. 220 are red. Ml are
blue, 75 are violet. 3<J are grceu. 12 are
orauge, 4 are brown, aud 2 are black,
or nearly so.
Malta.
Malta Is only seventeen miles in j
length and nine iu breadth.
Macadoub.
One of the most curious of all kuowu
phosphorescent larvae is found iu Brit
ish Guiana, near the Brazilian border,
where it is known to the natives by
the name of macadoub.
The Oldest Map.
E. B. Tylor in his "Early Illstory of
Mankind*' says that the oldest map
known to be iu existence is that of the
Ethiopian gold mines, dating from the
time of Sethos I., the father of Ham i
eses II., long before the time of the i
bronze tablet of Aristogoras of Greece j
Livingstons.
Livingstone died April 29, 1S7S. at
Chltambo's village, on the Luliinnla. In
Ilala. Ills body was carried by his
faithful servants to Zanzibar, from
which point it was taken to England
and borne with all honors to its last
resting place In Westminster abbey.
CLOUDY, SOUTH WIND
YUKON RIVER SAILINGS
The result o 1 the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Oct. 1,
1M08, is as follows I
Temperature time obsorvat'n.40 t^bove 1
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours. 52 abote,
Min. " " " " .44 above;
Mean " " " " 48 above
Barometer .'10.12
Cloudy, south wind.
YUKON RIVER FLEET
Whitehotse, Oct. 2 ? Following is
the record of tho rivor fleet as reported
today:
Up stream-? Whiiehorse wind bound
at lower Le Barge; Victorian left
Hootalinqua nt 7:45 it n?; Selkirk left
Dawson at 12 p in yesterday.
Down stroam-.Casca in Dawson;
Dawson in Dawson.
Next sailing? Whitehorse.
POSITION AS SALESMAN
Would like position as salesman in
store or would take an outside job. Ex
perienced furniture salesman? relinish
er, upholster and repairer. Addres F
A cure Alaskan. 1 ."??'? tf
Smoke the "limbocado" best clear
Havana cigar in the market,
if W. W. Houghton,
Dist. Agt.
STRIKE STILL ON
Stay aw?v from Treadwell. Tho
strike is still ou between the Treadwell
Gold Mining company and No. 109, VV.
K. of M., Douglas, Alaska. All work
ing men are requested to stay away
and assist us iu securing an H-hour d.?y
and living wage. All rumors to the
effect that the strike is off are false.
Local Union No. 109 will notify you |
when a settlement isreacncd.
By order of Douglas Island Miners' I
Union No. 109, W. F. M.
Nkil McDonald, F. alstrom,
President. See.-Treasuri r |
July, tti, 1H0S 1 18 1 mo
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SEATTLE'S
Popular Motel
THE ?
Rainkr^rand
European Plan $1 Up
Wllaon Jt While Co.Prop.Cha* Perry Mgr
IT'S TMOPOINTJ WORTH KNOH1NG
^ 4 i
WATSONVILLEfltul PAJAPO VALLEY I
Every pound of dirt in tho Pajaro
\Mley shoul i be worth its weight
in gold. If you own ten acres of thi9
grade fruit-growing land, you aiv
banking with "Old Mother Earth"
man's truest saving bank, while
your i-iterest is being compounded
day and night. Ten acres unimprov
ed cos's $2, odO? Let us tell you tnore
about it. Write to-day.
Full information write
Chamber Of Commerce
WATSONVILLE. CAL.
CAHflPFSH BANK OF COMMERCE
Paid Up Capital : : : $10,000,000.00
Rkst :::::::: 5,000,000.00
BANKING B V IV! AIL
QoId||Dust Bought
DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE TNjALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
SKAGWAY BRANCH W. T. WHITE. Mgr.
These Winds
C tuibo Chapped Hands and Faces
THY OtJK
BEIVZO WITCH HAZEL
OR
ALMOND and CUCUMBER!
e R E_ A M Sj
OUR
AlASKA COLD CREAM
BEST FOR COMPLEXTION
Wo liavo a full line of toilet waters aiul soaps
WM. BRITT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Currying U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka anil Way ports
?SAILS ?
Thursdays _at 8 a. m.
WILLIS NOVVELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOUGUTON, Acent
Broadwav and Fifth Avo. pbone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily
at (.) a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
I here's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
C3MPHNY
Seattle Wash
Pacific toast 5. 8. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LP 1
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Seattle, nod other Hu^rct Sound 'one
CARRYING U. 8. MAki.
Steamers of This Company Leave
CITV Of SEAfTIF, Oct. 7
lOlfAGf CITY, Oct. 13
18 - 29
24 Nov 4
Connrctlnc with t: o Compv>y'.< Steamers at Settle for San Francisco,
Southern California, Eureka (Humboldt Hay) and Mexico
tar A hove Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
Seattle Ticket Office, lis James St.
C. D. DUN ANN, General Passenger Agent,
112 Market Street,, fcaa Pranoisoo, Cal.
Mli* ? ??If
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. r. COAST SERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS FROM 8KAGWAY
Subject to change without notice
818,1111.10
SliJUi OCl.S.JO.il
PRINCESS
BEATRICE
PRINCESS
H AY
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world at d all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska PaclGc Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Paaseusrer Steamers
J efferson Oct. 10, 21 N ov. 1
Dolphin Oct. 5, 16, 26
Company reserves right to change sailing date without uotice
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addilior.nl Charge
Through Tickets to San Francinco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Pbone i
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME m No. IS.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Pound
1st class.
') :;0 a. m.
t2 (5 p. m.
12 48 "
1 40 "
3 20 p. m.
5 50
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU '
White Horsi
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. 8. Bounr
1st clais
4 30 p. m'
3 05 "
2 20 "
1 45
11 40 a. ro.
9 30 "
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Baggage inspected at:d
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
160 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tickei
and 76 pounds with each half faro ticket
P
Through line from Skngway to Atlln, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawson with Lower River steamboats for
Eagle, Circle Citv, Rampart, Tanana, Ftiirbanks, Chena, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection made at White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall L:inditi?. the nearest steamboat landing to the
Alsek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modem conveniences, iucluding steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE
CANADIAN
BONANZA KING
DAWSON CASCA SELKIRK LaFRANCE
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
Through-tickets can be purchased at Skaguay for-DAWSoN, FAIRBANKS, CHENA
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed trains dail" except Sunday, between Skaguoy atod White Horse,
cairying passengers, bajjgage, mail and express.
bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and the United s'tatos.
For Information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
TRAFFIC. DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gon. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C.
Vancouver. R. 0. and Rknettav, Aliwlra
?ta<M'?y, Alueka
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