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THE DAILY ALASKAN
TENTH YEAR 3KAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY JULY 1 3 1907 PRICE 10 CENT8
MAY RUN
Cortelyou Will Have
Support
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaak*n)
Washington, July i:i? Congressman
Overstreet, the secretary uf the repub
lican congressional committee, support
lug Fairbanks for president, it ec lares
that Secretary Cortelyoi' can have the
New York delegation at the presiden
tial nominating convention. It is re
ported that Gov. Hughes wilt be unable
to secure the endorsement of the state
delegation.
The best dining room, the best hotel ac
commodation*, the most comfort at the
Fifth avenue
FOUND? A diamond. The owner
can have by proving properly and pay
inif for tbis ad.? The American Tail
u
ors. w '
W StPERAfE
Son of Widow of For
mer Miner Involved
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Los Anjfeies, July 13? The wife of
Charles Peoples h.\a sued for divorce,
alleglo? that Ab >ie Treadwell Hall
alleoated bar husl sdJs aiTectlon*. She
' la sueing Treadwell Hall for $-j0,000.
I The latter is the son of the widow of
the former owner of tha famous
Treadwell mines on Gastineaux chan
nel, which have paid to date over $3,
0:0,000 in dividends.
Buitial' Tomorrow
The baseball game between the na- '
tive team of Haines and and Tanner's
colts will be called at two o'lock.
50 designs of 1907 wall paper just re
ceivcd at Harrison's.
L.A. Harrison Co!
Watch this ad.
We have added
an ther department
to our store
Watch this ad.
Stores o"nen Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55
f
One Thing We Destinctly Aim at
in This Business
Is that every man who
knows us or read our
ads. will know that
this is the store for
quality in clothing.
We would rather be
kaowu as the right
place for good stuff
than aa a place where
you get low prices.
It is always easy to
quote prices but it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
Hart Schaffner &
Marx and David
Adler & Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
. that, they are the best
made.
Copyright 1907 bf
Hin Schaffhet U M?a_
Ciayson $ go.
Che One Price Clotbiers-Tourtb and Broadway
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Experts From the Army and Navy to Investigate Best
- Fields for Submarine Mines along Pacific Coast
Equipment Ordered From Portsmouth and New
port to the Pacific?No Alarm Felt
(Special DUpatch to Daily Alaskan)
Washington, July 13? General Mur
ray of the army coast defenses and Com
mander Woods, the naval mineg expert,
have been ordered to start at ohoe for
San Francisco, where thay will investi
gate >be best location on the Pacific
coast for the placing of submarine
mines. After the completion ot their
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work there they are ordered to proceed
to Seattle for the samo purpose. The
statTous at Portsmouth and iNewport
huve been ordered to send to the coast
all their equipment of mines and tor
pedoes. It is claimed that there is no
alarm felt for Immediate trouble, but
that In the event of war, the govern
ment desires to have everything in
readiness.
MISSING DISBAND HEARD
FROM
Man who Disappeared Mysteriously from
Sunnyside, Oregon, is Supposed to
be in Alaska
(Special DtBpatch to Dally Alaskan;
Sunnyslde, July 13? Mrs. Nlcolal,
whose husbtnd disappeared mysterious
ly from his home two weeks ago, has
received an anonymous letter from
Skagway* ia which she is told not to
worry. She believes the handwriting
Id tbe letter to bo that of her missing
husband. Mr. Nicolai had been prom
inent la the prosecution of certain
liquor Interests, and it was supposed by
relatives that tbtse were responsible
for his disappearance and tjossibly for
bis murder.
10 MEET
News Representative;
Sails for Pt. Barrow
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Seattle, July 13? Geo. Hastlr gs of the
Reuters News agency here, sailed today
for Point Barrow, where he expects to
meet Walter Wellman and his party
upon i heir return from their Polar ex
pedition.
GOOD TIMES AT
CAMP DENVER
"Something doing all the time" Is
the motto of fifuen jolly campers, who |
are eccamped at Denver glacier. Every '
o '.e who is acquainted with "Billy" Les
lie knows tbic there will be no grass,
uro?iog under the feet of the campers J
In bis charge. Their principal occu
p :ions are sittiiig around, reading four
vear o d magazines and the Daily Alas
kan and eating seven meals a day. The
-venirgs are spent listening to the
ihrilliog bear stories by ''Billy" who
has a plentiful store of them especially
siwe his Endicott river trip.
WILL 11411
Alaska Ta^es Lead in
G-old Output
With the publication of the forest and
geological survey for the Alaska divi
sion comes the intensely interesting in
formation that Alaska has merely been
scratched Id so far as its mineral resour
ces are concerned .m
The report covers the developed as
well as the unexplored or unexploited
regions. It is shown to be as a rule one
great area of mineral. Placer at the
present time is shown to be the greatest
producer of wealth, and the placer pos
sibilities of the country are shown 10 be i
of such vast extent that what lias al
ready been opened up is" a" more noth- 1
Ing.
: Alaska will lead the world with Its'
copper production some day, is the pro
phesy made in the report. It gives de
tailed information regarding the great
copper districts on the head waters of
I the Copper. White and Tanana rivers,
and alno along the coast.
| Atrerica's finest production. Kiel) and
mellow. At the Seattle, the house of
old honest ^oods and reputation 1 !
Ilillll I In I I'iWIB
Smoked Sugar Cured
Chinook Salmon
The proper thing tor
Lunches
fAMKS FOR THE NEXT
. - PRESIDENT :
Speaker at Endeavor Convention Urees the
Vice-President's Fitness for the Position
of Chief Magistrate
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Seattle, July 13? Rev. Wilsjn, of the
4
Me'hodist church, of Toronto, Caoada,
speaking at the Christian Eudeavor
convention now in session here, said
that he hopes that Fairbanks will be
the next president of the United .States
Lie says that Fairbdnks would make as j
good a chief executive as Presideitl
Roosevelt has made. His remarks wtre ;
enthusiastically cheered.
When later, Vice-President FaibaDks
addressed the convention, he said that
we need fear no power on eart'i, and
that no power on earth need fear us.
While we, as a nation, will never com
promise our honor, we shall never
demand that any other nation sacrifice
or even compromise their honor. All
difficulties, he said, should be settled
in the court of reason.
TO SETTLE
Attempt to End flip Tel
egrapher's Strike.
San Francisco, July 13? A mass
meetirg is called for this afternoon in
the hope that something may be done
to settle the strike of .the telegraph
operators.
GOVERNOR HOGGATT
HERE TUESDAY
Governor Hoggat is expectcd to
arrive in Skagway' next Tuesday.
'i'ne governo.* is making a tour of the
District and will go inside by way of ,
Wbitehorse and Dawton.
Elbow length white silk gloves at
Harrison's
THE
Pack Train Restaurant:
Will Serve Sunday
ErendiDinneri
From 12 noon to 8 p. m.
EVERYTHING THE BEST
IN THE MARKET
Regular Dinner 50c.
TKA, COFFEE or WINE and
ICE CUE AM
BOAT NtWS
City of Seattle Dae Tomor
row Morn ins;
Agent Stuart received .a cable from
Juneau, stating- that the City of Seattle
would arrive here at 9 o'clock tomor
row morning. She has 40 round
trippers wh^> will make the trip to the
Summit.
Yukon Kfver Bout*
Whiteh?xse, July 13? Coming up
stream the Victorian was at Selkirk at
9 o'clock last night, the Dawson arriv
ing one hour later.
The Canadian was at Tantalus at 2
o'clock this morning.
Going down stream the Whitehorss
sailed at 1 o'clock this morning with
7 passengers and 233 tons of freight.
The Casca left this morning for
Takini ' with 120 tons of government
mail service supplies.
The next failing will be the Dawson
tomorrow or Monday morning.]
Caribou, July 13? The (Jleaner
arrived from Atlin this rftornlng at 3
o'clock. She had nine passengers.
EIREMEN'S MEETING
CAILED TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the Skagway
Are department will be held at the fire
hall on Fourth avenue this evening at
8:.i0 o'clock All members are request
ed to be ptesent.
Gibson Rye Whiskey
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