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No. 212. TWELFTH YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
FERGUSON CHANGES FRONT
(By Alaska N*w? Bureau^
WASHINGTON, P. C. Mar. 15?
Capl. W. M. Ferguson, a well known
steamboat ami mining man who at
one time had interests on Seward pei?
insula, spent all yesterday afternoon
testifying before the House commit
tee on territories regarding the Hamil
ton bill.
Capt. Ferguson argued in favor of
the proposed commission form of gov
ernment (or Alaska anil said that Al
aska's population was too small anil
scattered to make home rule practic
able.
Capt. Ferguson was formerly a
strons supporter of a territorial form
of government and has gone on rec
ord several times as favoring home
rule.
FLIGHTS WERE
DISAPPOINTING
(By Alaska Naws Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Mar. 1".? Charles Hamll
ton madee two short flights at The :
.Meadows in his aeroplane yesterday
His engine was working badly and he
did not go high In the air or make
much speed or distance. On account
of the accidents he has undergone
and the poor condition his engines
are In he will attempt no more flights
in Seattle.
APPLICANTS
M SLOW
W. \\\ Boughton. townsite trustee, j
states that he ha? received applica
tions for deeds from only about half
o* the property owners of Skagwav
and that applications are now coming
in very slowly. Mr. Boughton wishes
to impress upon the property owners
of the town that he cannot complete
his work until the applications come
in. He is desirous of closing up his
trust as expeditiously as possible and
would urge all lot owners to bring in
their applications at once.
F. S. Sutter, a stage driver from
Dawson arrived in town on Saturday *
train and will sail for Prince Rupert
on the Cottage City. [
S. H. GRAVES
IN SEATTLE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE, Mar. 1"> ? President S.
II. Graves of the White Pass and Yu
kon railroad arrived here today and
will remain here for two or three
days. He will then ?o to Vancouver,
B. ('. .Mr. Graves has been spending
the past six months in Kuropo.
STA6ETRML
IS MELTING
The warm weather of the past few
days has caused rapid thaws inside
and the Whltehorse end of the White
l?ass stage trail Is KOln< out fast,
if the thaws continue for another
week it will probably be necessary
to use wheels on the south end. The
Dawson end of the trail is still in
good shape.
BIND Will 6IVE DANCE
The Skagway Band will Kive a
dance on St. Patrick's nisht at the
White Pass Athletic club. The hall
will be handsomely decorated, refresN
ments will be served, and the Band
will play several of the musical num
bers. The advance sale of tickets
has been heavy and the indications
are that the dance will be successful
in every respect.
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CUNNINGHAM ADMITS THAT
HE CONGEALED REAL FACTS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
CLEVELAND. Mar. lri? Clarence
Cunningham was forced to admit to
day in the coal claims hearing that
he made incorrect statements In doc
uments he signed at the Juneau Land
Office. Under cross examination he
was forced to admit that he had at
tempted to conceal the interest which
the GuKRenheims had in the claims.
The hearing lias been adjourned un
til Wednesday, when it will be re
sumed at Washington. O. ('.
SAVS SEWARD WILL BECOME
BEST TOWN IN ALL ALASKA
L. V. Hay, the Seward attorney
who arrived in town on the Georgia
and wlio will leave for Jnneau on
the Cottage City, says that lie be
lieves Seward Is destined to become
the best town?on the Alaskan coast.
"In the first place Seward has the
finest harbor to be found In Alaska,"
said Mr. Ray, "a lar^e roadstead, pro
tected at all times, deep, yet with
anchorage and the town is situated
so that it Is but little off the course !
of the regular steamship runs. In
the second place Seward has a gTeat
country behind It.
"Kenal peninsula has some of the
richest free milling quartz in the
world. It is far richer than anything
In Southeastern Alaska and there
lots of it. The Susitna, the Yentna j ,
the Peter's creek and the Matanuska
coal fields are all tributary lo Seward. i
Mrs. Walter Dresser, who was kill
ed Saturday in an auto accident in
Seattle while going to The Meadows
to watch the aero-plane flight by
Charles Hamilton, is well known in
Skagway. Mrs. Dresser came north
about two years ago with Miss Adele
Verne, the pianist. Mrs. Dresser ;
was a singer of unusual merit and
she accompanied Miss Verne to Daw
son and return. They were in Skag
way for more than a week and made
many friends here.
E. L. Webster, general agent of the
New York Life Insurance company j
in Alaska, who was Injured in the ac
cident. is also well known In Skagway
as he makes an annual trip to Alas
ka. He is an ardent baseball fan and
two years ago heavily backed the A.
B. team when it played against the
White Pass club.
Mr. Webster is considered one of
"The Alaska Central railroad is now
built to inilepost 71 and trains were
run up to the first of the year. The
road will be pushed Into Fairbanks
eventually and a spur will tap the
coal fields.
"The Matanuska coal fields con
tain great deposits of the finest kind
of bituminous coal. It is easily mined
and considerable development work
has been done. I think about $380,
900 have been spent there in develop
ment work and about 3-1.000 tons of
coal are lying there now on the
dumps. The navy has a coal res
ervation of 3,320 acres less than a
mile from Seward and if the coal
fields are opened the navy alone will
use many thousands of tons yearly.
"Seward looks pood viewed from
my angle and today it ha? better
prospects than any other town In Al
tska."
the best insurance writers in the Un
ited States. He was in the Klondike
ind Alaska in tlx- early days when
money was plentiful and established
n record of having written more insur
ance than any other single solicitor
in the world.
STANDARD OIL
FICHU HARD
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 13? Til
Standard Oil company attorneys ap
peared before the Supreme Court
again today arguing against the dis
solution of the Oil trust.
COTTAGE AT SI* P. KI.
The Cottage City left Juneau at 8
o'clock this morning and is due in
Skagway at 6 this evening. The Cot
tage has 30 passengers and *>0 tons
of freight. She will sail south about
midnight.
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STOKERS SUWEHLY IKE
(By Alaska N?wt Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Mar. 15? The Fire
men's union has called a strike today
i on all the Western railroads. Twenty
five thousand men are expected to
strike within the next twenty-four
hours and the strikers say that the
traffic will be completely paralyzed.
The strikers have refused to arbit
rate and insist that their demands
for more pay be granted before they
return to work.
George Dall, the original locator or
the Venus and nig Thing mines and
who has been instrumental In the de
velopment of the Conrad mining dis
trict, now in Skagway, states he Is
confident that considerable develop
ment work will be done In the Con
rad and Bennett districts within a
short time.
While in Seattle a few weeks ago
Mr. Dall met Col. Conrad, who said
that he intended to push the work
on the Venus and Big Thing mines
this summer and that the Venus ex
tension, which was sold to an eastern i
stock company last summer by Col.
Conrad, will also be developed.
Last summer Mr. Dail located a
ledge about two and one-half miles
from Watson station and about two
miles from the Big Thing mine, but
separated from the Big Thing by a
big divide. Eight claims have been
staked on the ledge and L. A. Sarillo.
Martin Matkovltch of Skagway, and
Jack Williams arc some of the men
Interested with Mr. Dail.
In about six weeks Mr. Dail will
leave for Watson and spend the sum
mer in driving a 100-foot tunnel. He
says this ledge is very rich and ex
pects it to prove one of the most
promising properties in the district.
Mr. Dail thinks very well of the
Wheaton river quartz prospects and
says that Fred Storey and several
other miners have some good quartz
along Lake Bennett.
George Bidding, one of the old tim
ers, who has been working up at
Clifton for several months, arrived
in town a day or two ago and is
visiting with friends.
STRIKERS ARE
TALKING PEACE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 15? The of
ficials of the Rapid Transit company
are conferring with the strike leaders
today and it is generally believed
that the trouble between the men
and their employers may be adjusted.
Both sides are weary of the strife.
L
The Whitehorse Star has compiled
a 'able of statistics concerning the
recent Skagway-Whitehorse bowling
tournament showing the averages, the
uuiiiber of games, the totj- pins and
the splits, strikes and spares made
by all the bowlers who took part in
the games.
Jimmy Barragar carries off the lion
ors for the highest average of those
who played in all the games. Mr.
Barragar participated in 2-1 games and
had an average of 171% pins. Georgo
Blanchard bowled in 24 games and
had an average of 171 pins.
Pitman, who only bowled 15 games,
had an average of 176 and Alec
Blanchard, who bowled nine games,
had an average of 172 . VV. C. Blan
chard, who rolled in 21 games, had an
average of 168 % and Harbottle who
was in 24 games, had an average of
167.
J. J. Daly will return to Ketchikan
on th'- Cottage.
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