No. 166. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAWWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1908
PRICE, 10 CENTS
II 01 THE REALTY LIS!
The Hoard of Kqu?' ?.Uioo sat 1 u->t
evening through a !onjj and studious
sessiou wrestling with the realty assess
ment. They went through four block 9
covering the west half of Broadway
from block 1, lot 1, at the Board of
Trade property, and moving up to and
including the south side of Kighth uve
nue. Thf'y will have another session
this evening of * :?ich notice is publish
e<! elsewhere. The work of the night
was employed la gelv in reducing the
valuation pi .c d by the assessor and
considerable reductions were marte.
The assessor hau increa-ed the valua
tions in many c .ses. These were in a
number of insiaui-.s ^usuimd. Follow
ing is t' e detailed report:
Ulock I, lot 1. n. w. cor. f.th and
ISroanwav, Board of Trade, $2500. Im
provement. formerly assessed, last u-ar,
?t $2,200, raise 1 t>y the assessor to 55.
000; reduced by the hoard upon nation
of Mr. Clark to $4.iH)0, total $0,.">00.
Kast j lot 2 5'iOO. (Krye lirubn & Co )
improvement flOCO, total |l,600 allowed
to stand.
West ? lot 2 ard east | lot 3, KaufT
man '5ros , <1.300. West i of lot 3, K.
K Peoples, realty, $500 itnproveinects
aase?se 1 a; $1,200 rejuceu to $1,000.
to'al $1,500. riast t lot 4, General
Klec ric company, $500: improvement
a-.s >?sed at i>00. reduced to 5t>00. ?s it
wps last vear. total il.liH) West } lot 4,
S. J. I5*ker, rea ty. $.">00: improvement
aisessed at : 100, total $!H)0 West -
lot 5: J. M. Tanner, lot $">00, iinp'ovo
inent $100: approved, total $000. r<ot
ti, (corner), II. K. Howiuan, (Grant's
grocery store), realty, assessed at $1,
000. reduced to $900? improvement, $1,
000, total Jl.'JOO
Lo" T, (except 25x40 ft. on alley)
f.siess'-'d at $500, reduced lo $350: im
provement*. $1,000, reduce I to $750,
total $1,100, Fraction 25x40 of tot 7 on
alley, C. E. Wynn-Jo':usoo, asse.-sed at
$250, reduced to $150, no improvement.
Lot 8 M. A. McLean, assessed at 5500,
to $300.
West J lot 9, W. A. Ilemick,
assessed at $:t00, reduced to $150; im
provements 5250: total $4i>0.
But ? lot UNNed at $300, reduced
BLOCK OK-E
to 9150; improvomenH $200; total $350,
Lot 10, J. IS. Liiley, assessed at $<>00,
reduced to $300, improvements assessed
at 5500; reduced to 9300; total, $000.
North 'j of lot 11, Toney Dortero, 9250.
South half lot 11, assessed at 9500, re
duced to $300, Improvements $200; O.
K.; total $5<i0. South i lot 12, W.
Clayson, realty, $1?00; improvement
92.009; total $3,500.
Kast i lot 5, block 1, A. P. Mead,
>500, improvement $600; reduced to
$500; total 91,000.
BLOCK 2
Lot 1, Pack Train property, Tony
Statiish, $2,000. allowed to stmd; im
provement 93,000, increase $$00 over
last year, allowed to stand; total $5,000.
Lot 2, Casper and Ward assessed at
j $750, reduced to $500; improvements
assessed at $650, rtduced to $350, total
9850.
K 33^ feet of lot 3, Roiuert, assessed
ai $100. reduced to $325; improvements
*400, reduced to $250.
I West 10} feet assessed at $200: re
duced to $175. improvements $25 ?.
Lot 1, Lee Guthrie, assessed at 9000,
reduced to $500, improvements $2, COO,
tutai $2,50?i.
Lot 5, Lee Guthrie, assessed at $000,
reduced to $500; improvement $.100.
K 30 Tea, lot 6, corner, L:e Guthrie,
<400 improvements $200, total $600.
West 30 feet, assessed at $400, raised
to $60 improvement *'J00, total $1,5C0.
Lot 7, J. M. Tanner, assessed at $800.
raised to $!H)0. improvements $1,200,
same as last year.
Lot 8, J. G. Price; $700; improve,
?rents $>">00: total $1,200.
I x>t 1)9700, no improvements.
Lot 10, Canadian Hank of Commerce,
assessed at $1,000, reduced to $700, Im
provement* $2,500; total $3;200.
Lot 1 1, (government cable ollico), P.
E. Kearn, realty, $500, Improvements
j 1 ,500.
Lot 11. east i, J. Kaletn, ?600, improv
inents $800; total $1,400.
Lot 12, south i, $1,500, improvements
$1,500; total $3,000
Lot 12, north $1,030; improvements
$1,500
A feature of the Alaska exhibit at tb?
exposition will be a display of $1,250,
000 in real gold? coin, bullion, dust,
ousels and other forms of the nativt
stale.
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Serpentine Crepe Kimonas
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ARMIES CALLED INTO THE FIELD
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 13. ? This morning the czar and
King Ferdinand have botli called out all their reserves
which means that the armies of both countries will take the
field at once.
Salobika, European Turkey, Oct. 18. ? Turkish cruis
ers are enroute to Asia Minor.
London, Oct. 18. ? The reports from Turkey and the
seat of European hostilities are again very disquieting.
English war vessels are on the way to the scene.
(By United Prett.)
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 13? A large party
of Koreans on their way to wor.hV
at the sacred shrine In Lite city, he'?>.
mistaken by Japanese soldiers for
rebels, was attacked this morning and
the entire party slaio. Great excite
ment prevails everywhere upon the
spread of the news and serious results
may follow.
WIRELESS FROM j
FAR HAWAII
4
(By United Prett.)
San Francisco, Oct. 12 ? The first
wireless from Honolulu was received
today. Governor Freer sent a fitting
message of creeling.
(By United Prett.)
Reno, Oct. 13.? Long Poker Law
rence, notorious gambler who had a
career in Dawson in the early days of
that camp and later in Fairbanks and in
Nome and who is known to the fratern
ity in Europe, died yesterday abso
lutely penniless. He was buried by
friends. He went to the Klondike in
1897 and remained there during the en
tire boom period.
C. Lundsten, C. Erickson, and O.
H. Adsit, commercial travelers, sailed
with the Jefferson to Juneau.
NEXT BOUTS
TO ARRIVE
Tht) C. P. K. as Princess Heatrlce
will arrive up at 7 o'clock Ibis evening,
hrlngb g I HI tOD8 anil about a dozen
' .lassaogers. She will not be able to
| get awtt J before tomorrow evening.
The P. C. ss City of Seattle reported
from Ketchikan at noon yesterday and
wi I arrive here late Wednesday night.
Shfl will leave Thursday morning.
She has 25 tons and seven passenger^
(By United Pre??.)
Chicago, Oct. 13?' Tho decision in the
famous Standard Oil cise Is expected
today. The corporation is not repre
sented in court.
SKAGWAY STRAWBERRIES ARE
RIPENING IN OCTOBER
This morning Mrs. W. L. Speer went
out into her little garden on Eighth
street and, examining her strawberry
plants, found Id a few minutes' search,
four large strawberries, two of which
were red ripe. One of these wns an
inch and a quarter in diameter. Mrs.
Speer brought thnn to The Alaskan
office wilh the apt remark "These a?-e
respectfully referred to the New York
sun." It might be stated in this coi.
nection that no sign of ice has yet made
its appearance in Skagway and frost
has been noticed but once or twice in
the early morning this fall. The min
imum temperature recorded last night
was 44, which is about the average for
the season. This will do for this time.
SWiTs
Premium*:
Hams,
and Bacoo
Just Received
Swift's
Boned
Vo"^."w,Da Rolled Ham
Also a Fresh Lot of
HEINZ SAUER KRAUT
Ganty & Frandson
HI TAKES I THIRD
(By United Pren.)
Chicago. Oct. 13.? The third game of
the world's championship series was
played yesterday and resulted In favor
of Detroit at 8 to X The batteries were
Multor. and Thomas for Detroit, and
Pfeister and Kliug for Chicago.
Detroit made one in the first inning
and Chicago made three, her only score,
In the fourth. Detroit made Ave in the
sixth and two In the eighth. Reulbach
replaced Pflester In the ninth. The
day was balmy and perfect for the game
but only about 10,000 people were pres
ent. The betting is 5 to 1 that the
Cubs will win the series. There are to
be seven games and Chicago has won
two of the three games played.
INSTALLATION
TONIGHT
There will be installation of the new
ly elected olticets of the Arctic Brother
hood this evening. There are a lar^e
number of prominent A. Ba. in town
from many points of the interior, Daw
son, Eagle and Fairbanks and these are
especially invited to be present.
There were seven coaches on the
train arriving last evening which, not
withstanding the crowd, came in on
time. There were al?out 225 migrators
dropped into t ho town and the hotels
urn again well loailal up. Among those
arriving last evening were some of the
most prominent men of tho north, Su
perintendent VV. W. Fairbanks of the
N. C. company, Falcon Joslyn, president
of tho Tanana Mines R R., O. V. I'erry,
general tnananer for the Guggenheims
mining operations, with his private
secretary, J. A Quick; A. G. Curtis,
resident manager of the Bonanza creek
gold raining compary and T. M. Daul
ton, big operator of Ruby creek, Atlin
district. These men represent the big
gest interests of the north in raining
and transportation.
Frank Harbottle, of Whltehorse,
sailed south on the Jefferson bound for
Vancouver, there to meet his wife.
STRANGE STORY
OF NOME MAN
The Alaskan a few days ago quoted
J. C. Wood of Nome, just arrived in
Seattle, as to the manner of the detth
of Dr. Cabell Whitehead. But Mr.
Wood seems to have a stranger story of
bis own to tell. He was summoned
from Nome by his wife who wrote him
that the wbs being persecuted by black
mailers. He arrived to tind her con
lined to bed with nervous prostration, '
ana told him of having been shot at by
some one .vbile she slept at her Lome
at Eagle Harbor near Seattle. He had
her removed to the Washington annex.
The bullot tired while she. slept cut off
a lock of her hair so close did it come
to taking her life.
Mr. Wood is stunned at the mjstery
which shrouds the whole alTair and can
not understand why his wife should he
persistently followed hy blackmailers
demanding $5,000.
"The tlrst thing I have to do," he
said to the Star, "is to gel my wife well
again and put her in a place of safety,
and then I will give my entire attention
to running down the blackmailers. It
is incredible that such a condition can
exist."
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MEXICO
(By United Preas.)
Mexico, Oct. 13? This city was
shaken this morning by a severe earth
quake and the people badly frightened
but little damage is reported.
Judge Held who has been in town
for some weeks on business, returned
to his home at Juneau on the Jefferson.
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