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N\v 17 FIFTRKSTH YKAH
SKAOWAY. ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912
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W?CKE?SHA?WS MINING BILL
=>ASSEO BY THE HOUSE. J
WASHINGTON, D. C.. M*y 2? At
thts morning's sn'>s5<k\n of the House
Reptvsentati vw . the \Wkersham
M'nins Rill was paswd.
The bill presides for the nnmber
of i la snip one prospector nmy smko
by or attorney, and r'*>c
Lhat mimW at two claims..
TV bill also provMes orve pros
pector cannot locate more than two
r laims per month for himso'f, ami
th?**> he is representing hy pow.v of
aj.tom??y
SENATE CONFIRMS JUDGE
CL'SHMAN'S APPOINTMENT.
w XSHIXGTON. n C . May 2? The
Scwe r<viay confirmed the ayipovn'
nw.; of Judpe Cushman as FVd^-al
hxicv for the \\>=tem Di*ri t cf
W'A-.' vet on.
V* v. : no appointment b "c't
-vn*>'1 to succeed .tndee 0??" :ia a?
.'Mdc* of Vla>ka
STATE DEPT. SAYS JAPS
mvEN'T L#*0 IN MEX'CO,
W \SH1 WTY*\". P C Vxv ? V
5,-m Taft y?sler.l*y sonl a roo
t> lh<? SNutfi, in whi<h f
MkTosi Umi tTm OfHtMit <4 St*tc
i?o in po>
-oo-on ?v htdi u-?vi l.i show ' ;i .'ajw*
' >vJ jwijrirfid auy land i:i M. \* 1 ' r
*1 ' Thcry w*? any ;ntrKti?>n ? n <
?*r ol la ??ir?v -
of aay ]aat!
HOl.SE DISCUSSES FEDERAL
OWNED RAIL* AYS l\ ALASKA.
\V VSH1X*ST0X. 1> C Vay ' Tlio
? !?'!? Alaska RaUrx>?rl hf i . t>-o\ i>iin>:
for th?> appointment of a commk?n>n
to >?<-v Alaska Central Kai!?a>
for the FVieral Government, ?: d !lte
oon'imjatior, of the oonstrmtjon of
?
Hov-,- this aTterni<ot
L\DE"5*00D TAKES GEORGIA
AND FLORIDA FROM C L A R 1 C
VTI^VXTA, . May ? Repre'on
tative Oscar W. VnlorwAl * til ru
over ohamp Clark in both tJiis stao
a-xl Florida in tho Hemostatic pre*4
(Vt^rT'al primary ?-lecUon ?hi<h *?"
h^<l in Ui? two stAtes on Tuesday
Subscribe tor Ujp Daily Alaskan.
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DOUBLE SERVICE
HOUSE DRESSES
FAST COLORS
$2.00 & $2.25
Kimonas
Negligees
Dressing S agues
In Silk
Crepe
and Cassimere
Prices from $1.50 to $12.50
H. J. LYNCH
TH# UtvTtsOat* H?b?rdtch?r Lac'lea Fuml?hr.
CAPTAIN HARRIMAN TALKS
CF COMPETING SS. LINES
Claims Portland Would be Pstroniird :
by Alaska If Given Steam hip Com- 1
petition. Urge V.e-chonU to In
vestigate.
That a direit stoanish'p lire l>o-j
twowi Portland and MMkK ooitM bo
invle to pay is thp opinion of no 1o?s i
an authority than Captain F. I*. Har- ,
piniati. of s.>attle. who arri\<?i ii It ??
< itv yostorda> . n Wtii| fl i o i ly his
f:inJ1ly. to spend a short \a a'1on,
s,\ys the P?r:)an I Tolocra.. ? ? ta n
1 'a-? in an has boon nmr r t ? tit of
* ittle master of a "ir-r to
p and othor purls T?f th > K.u
sinoe !*? 7. thp 'ear of the
cold >tantpodo to l>aw <( , "a id
ho is rt*on rrodtt by hi* ft lend > of
i%..?wirgs tho N'orUwn roimtry like a|
b wic Tho la-tt season hp was wi h
tho Xwthwwrtwn PteamcSilp Convl
cany, whi? h operate* a bic f'o.4 frori;
Sound "o Soul hi^sl "tit a*i.1 Pou h
??>*tprn Alaska
In tho 1"? vvarv ho !n?s b ''ii run
? ins to \aKka ho h? ha-s a<
i on a i tied tha' IVrl a d ha a lar.'o
imbor'of friend?- a' Y*1 ? z. Seward.
Saldovia and iik?h\ other |?< rt.v wM h
?e heavy buyers of s nocal tnerthan
ili*.' and a)! kind* of f oi lit nil Ui
?p to lv
the broa?l statonie i that |v?rt lind
merchants could so. tiro t'*o ontiro
trade of the ("noli In ot ?*iintry if
they tx>k any trouble to trn aft<T h.
|? is ostima'eJ that this l-ivslness it
self \v??nld '>r? p am; ]p ton?ia:e to
k< i ;> i lin, ti ro ular so
\ K P.
Captain Marr'nfn ^ - 'ha- no.
difficulty ^ uM ex;<orie:i> ?? i by a
Tort land *t-?am>hip lino in competing
with \ oss< Is ope rat ii from tho
Sound or any othor pan <>f tho
t'onv Ho txplii tiv th; i a bi . quan
tity of coods poos front fort land to
?
*pRe of tho fa' t t'lat 'hp lo al nier
ehants hate to ?pn i Uioir shipments
b> ra;i as far a* Seattle If th y
i-ati ponipeU ?v h the Souni ly pay
ing a rail fr^i-h* tha th f rnw is
free from th- \i' ? i~ hoi.i t'lat tJie
Portland mer ha >* o; lit to bo ab o
to transact a creator volume of btt?i
t;o>s s-'iotild t'lfv c in position to
sh:p by tho a 1 A*tor rotit? djrett
from horo
Tl>o \1si inu n.a .nor f om tho
?<vtnd boHpvos that at tho *tart a
lino of but two s'o.inipr-: could bo
oporatod to a'.\a ta;v f\>:u Portland
to Alaska lip - of the oi*in on that
fn. anhilo 'his w. u| I pio\ido s iff:
oiont froquoni a lin^s to a:>ponimo
?lato tho shippers if thp \p?s<^ls wont
no farther than to South* a-t->rti or
soutJiwosu?rn \|a.?-ka
ELKS MEETING TONIGHT.
SkaRiray Ixylfio No. 431, P. r. O
Elk*, will moot ton uht : ' *> . it ?h*rp
AH mombors axe roquested to b<
prppont and all vWtini: brot'tors aro
corvIiaJly invited.
(loor^o l1 St*''.
t J. j. A A -J- 4* ??* ?
FAIRBANKS! CAMP BUSY
WITH SPRING CLEANUP!
Dumps on lEva Creek Are Clea-ingi
up Better Than Expected And Slulc-^
ing is N^w in Full Swinj. Gold j
Oust Arriving in Tcwn.
FAIRBANKS, May 2? Th* first of
t^ie spring cleanups wore brought to i
'own last Saturday when Wa^nor A
Co. hrough* In I26.00H *s a resn t of
five days' sluicing and Homer ft Co I
over JIT.Oftt1 from throe days' alnk'
teig
Hoth par tie* are operating on the
now paysireak re'-o-ntlv found on Eva
creek The dirt, on thl* creek la '
cleaning tip even hotter than ecepect
o.) from iwnnlngs. Water will be
s.arv for sluicing unless a wet sea
M!i follow as the snowfall wan \ ery
liiht and is sroinc rapidly
WIDOW SETS GUARDS
NEAR DOWIE'S GRAVE.
CHICAGO May 1 ? Mrs .lane How
ie, widow o' the late I?r John Alex
ander |Mv* i ? f Hinder of Zlon Cl(t.
an,] con oral o\o?-seor of the Chris-,
ii.in Cathn|ir church In ZH>n, having
h'-irii that a movement was on fool
to remove tho body of her hinbMil
from l'.? tr;ivo to a mau*o'?vim. has
on?as<-d d^U'-tive* to prevent the
d?ve<T?t1oii of hi# RTaw
Wilbur (tl^nn Vo:iv*. sn>oe**or to
I ?r llowlo in 7,ion Cltv. a-in^ince I
lately, it i* said. that he hart plan
no! the o-o. ' on of n nnus >b>um n< *r
Shiloh taborna< !e. In whi?h wOuM bo
piai < '1 the bod> of IV finwc leader
It was In-, ilea. ho sad. 'o arrange
pil<rlnias(-s to the mausoleum an
nually on 'lie Feast of tho Passo <??
Tho bod? of tho for mor leader now
rcjuisos in iraic li a cemetery In
Zion City . marked by an unenjjTavod
ti :nh*ton>
STRIKES GOLD WHILE
DIGGING FOR POTATOES.
KVIRRANKS \pril T ? I Ast fall
while discing potato.* on his home
st??d. upon the south s|o{>e of Birch
hill, about ihr<*> ami one-half mile*
from F^alrbunks. Ne's Martin, bet'-or
known ns Si ud Martin, ran arrows
stMih1 (rood looking specim. n* cf
quartz float.
\t tho ch?j!?' of the farminj spasr>:i
there was ;w? Know for many weeks,
and Spud - aoed these tip the hill
above his f' we, where he f und
some Rreat quartz boulders.
Since that time he has put down
some shallow hobs In the |oo-e
earth and i*>ck on the slope and un
covered a iedge fifteen feet thl<k
'hat earrifw several hU-hly mineral
'zod rones. l'nfortunatelr, however,
only a pan of the pold in the bd;e
is in the fi"oo state
HOUSE BILL INTRODUCED TO
ABOLISH SETTLE ASSAY OFFlCr,'
Washington, i>. c.. May 2? a
l>ill b.is boon Introduced in the House,
pr ivj.'inp for the a^oli'hmp'nt of the
Soaitlo Government Assay office,
and for its. removal from that <lty
to the mitv: in San PranoWeo.
h + + + ,!, + ,], + + + + + +
NAVEL ORANGES
Are at their best now
*VERY SWEET AND JUICY*
We have them in three sizes:
40c per doz.
50c per doz.
60c per doz.
Large Grape Fruits 3 for 25c
P. H. GANTY, Grocer X
+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4+ +
NANSEN GREEK
SHOWS UP WELL
SEVENTY FIVE CENT PANS
TAKEN rROM DISCOVERY PUP
$4 10 Nugget Found in Rich Dirt.
Mar.y Dump* Reidy For 9?r|rg
Clean-up. 51 CHims Filed For Re:
ord lf\ Msrch.
(Special Correspondence.!
CARMACKS. Y T. April 27? Re
cent reports received from N?n?en
Creek Tamp fifty mi'?* west of h^re.
are very encouraging
From the late strikes made, the
i>ow oamp has a splendid future and
U ks believed that the <-nming s<-?.
son will demonstrate that the dis-.
triet m-i|| he a go^d prwlitcw.
MeHote stnirk jay dirt on Dis
covery Pup, some of whl'h ran a*
high as seventy-five rents to t*e
pan. and one nilgai was plHtnd up
on this claim which contained ft to
worth of gold
The latoM reports ?tafe that Shaw
aud Miller "nave struck tood I?v on
their claim, an! dirt runnlnsr twnty
five cents to the pan
Christensen has al?o ?'ru?k |i?md
pay on his claim
C Olson, Mcl^ane and Nilsen, \\>V
bet llros and Ma k lip^s , ha\e kept
the trail open wi'h dog and horse
teams. rusrhlng in provisions and sup
plies. for whkh there ba? been a
<too*| demand all ud:iter.
MclAne and N'llsen. hy the mI of
their boiler and steam thawing out
fit. ha\e patten out a g?vd dump on
IXwcoverv Pup. which so far h?*
turned out the ri :hest ground.
It is clalme I that every .na |a'i|?
claltr has h->en re ordo.1 fifty- *w?
having been filed for record during
the month of March
Many of the owners of claims have
recently gone to I>awson for the
purpose of seenrins n grub stake
With these indi<ati~ns. and the I
fact that the Nanscn country is of
easy access, and not too far from
supplies, proves beyond a doubt fh?t
it will be one of the leading mining
catnips of 'he Yukon, and Judging by
the activity of the 24 miners, who
are now <>n;*?od in Setting out
dump*, the spr nc < leanirp w II be a
larie one
I'p to the prefer, t t(me. the 'RTip
is not on a wage paying ba=1?. as
those working claims are working
them foT themselves, ar.d nx?t of
the men have either been at work
prospecting, or getting out dumps
RATS EAT PETITION: PUTS
CANDIDATE OUT OF RUNNING.
TOLEDO, O., April 2n ? R it* have
knocked out ore of the Republican
candidate* for '* coonty 'omm | ?Kmer
here thin y?*r. According to ele^
tihn official*. the mad Hates nottil
rmtin* petition* were turned over to
hlir# Friday by his H*nd*. rw??lrHi<
t?) copy th-> name* of th?> *i*?>er* be
fore turning them in. the dumUiMp
placed the petitions in a drawer in
his de?k o\er nlrht.
Saturday aPecnoon, when he open
ed the drawer, he found th? peti
tions ch?wtd Into bit* A* the fiKr*
time for primarv pet|t|om co*?|
Saturday night. the candllate dW not
have time to fill new petitions and
tJiua wa? compelled to withdraw
frr?m the race
120,000-B ATTLE OP
BULLDOGS PLEASES BOY.
SAN FRANCISCO. 0?l . Mar 2-On?
?nj?vll boy, Identity aniH^r^H, pr??
cipliAted h $20,000 hat'le hotnr?>n tiro
blue-blooded don of tho lem?'??
Crooker k? nne|? at HIIHtorwith ye*
'ecday, when he unrhalrwH Champion
Haloyon Alexander. King of rYenrh
bulldog* and Champion Wr Pam^y
niu??. the most {H-rfeT -Unvoti IttW
In existence The dor* w ere vllvH
at IIO.OOO
The high -priced animal* fought tin
'il both wor? badly damaged The
koxjvxrs resnr*?^l to th?> u*e of p ear
d*n h-iye and forced the fighter*
apari While the k?>per* were stop,
pin* the HgM, the yonng |n?'iin'or
marl* hi* i smpo
TEDDY DON'T WANT DEL
EGATES TO VOTE FOR HIM.
OYSTER RAY. Ma=* May t ? Th?a>.
Roosevelt stated that h* doe? not
want. the night delegate e1e<-t??d In
the state-wide primaries to vote f r
him but to vote for President T*ff
PRINCESS MAY WILL ARRIVE
AT 8 O'CLOCK A. W. FRIDAY.
The PriiK-eaa May pa*=ed Wrangelt
at 11 tfcVrk today, and f* due to ar
rive in thi* port at * ortn^k torn'*
rnrw morning She tin 71 pa-wer
gers for Skagway and 22 ton* of
freight.
Chief J. D Crai*. of the Canadian
nowvdary .Survey, and about twen'y
fire men are numbered am*mg the
pawengecs.
: PICK IT OUT NOW :
Your New;
Spring
Suit
We also have a large stock
of
Spring
Hats Caps
..SHOES..
All the latest lasts for
Men. Women and
Children Thrte-Bmfion Novelty Sack
No. 7 82
WILL CLAYSON- The
Die Home of The
Gothier
HART. gCHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING