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THE MUSHERS
We Are Looking For *
a Man Unusually
Hard to Fit !
gi?e him our address We have five ?
JO UP. Our p^rsc
to quality and fit with every garment. *
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H.J. Lynch :
jTJlVLOR BROUGHT OUT GOLD
UNO KNOWS THE ROUTES
Man Who Startled World With First
Story of Strike, Came Out and is
Returning via White River, to
Avoid Dangerous Glaciers
iiik from (ha north ..ml brought with
rintt koM out of tho now xtrlku Mr
from Uawiton to the mouth of the
White, from which [laco he tout goiq
attain to tho dl*cov?>rjr. Taylor ha#
illatrlrt which will N> published lm
tfU(H.rlorlty of any of the three
route* from the Yukon river,
(Kluaue, White Rler ami coffee
t'revk) oer the difficult Skolal pa**
The cold was discovered about
tbtrty miles from the Alaska border
at an altitude of about 4,500 feet.
days work of two men shoveling In.
The area front which the gold was
taken wan about 25 feet square and
rock The gold is what Is commonly
known as coarse gold.
When Mr. Taylor left the dig
gings on the 12th of July there wer
between twenty and C>'rty men ou
the grouud staking claims.
There are about 7 or 8 creeks In
that general vicinity of considerable
length ilouanxi* creek Is about
six miles in length, iho gold having
been found on a '.rlbutary of this
Mr. Taylor has lx>en in the coun
try siuco 1902 prospecting, each tlm
taking the route from the Canadian
*lde, as being the b-Mt route, elthor
by going in via Col'fee Creek over
land or polling up the White River,
overland Is about 150 miles, all of
greatly Improved si ace the comple
tion of the Cauadlan government
trail with In the last few days. llor:<w{
can be taken over this trail without
xreat difficulty, and by all means.
ably of a weight of about 1.100 lbs.
There are now practically no sup
plies on the ground so the prospectois
should provide his own supplies un
til stores are established. Tho White
Pass has established a route up
the White Rtver and tho steamers
have been able to get up to the
tuouth of the Donjek, a distance of ,
about SO miles from tho mouth of
the*Whft? River.
The ascent over tho mountains
Is so gradual that little or no troub
le is experienced. There are no di
vides at all to cross vlu this route,
making it ooslly accessible us com
pared with any other route.
Mr. Taylor has spent seven or .
eight winters prospecting In this
couutry and reports the conditions
Kood, or about the same as tho av
erage Yukon winter. The territory
bolug easily accessible overland and
up tho White Klvor, the lco freez
ing over quite smooth so that teams
and supplies or dog teams and sleds
can easily make the trip. The aver
age snowfall does not exceed IS la
in the wluter teams can go direct
from Whltehors* Into the Kluane
country a distance of about 200 ,
SKATTl.E. Aug. 9 ? Maurice D.
Leehey, the noted Alaska-Seattle
lawyor, received a letter from four
friends of his who aro In tho Shu
shanna, authorizing hint to o. k.
tho statement that they took out
two hundred ounces of cold lu four
days from their claims on Johnson
creek.
FK2HTKR FIiOOKKD Wil li
timks ix onk iiorxn
NEW YORK, Aug. 9? Gunboa
Smith gave Jim Flynn an awful
drubbing last night and In order to
prevent further punishment and a
complete knockout, tho referee
stopped the fight In the fifth round,
la that round Smith knocked Flynn
ON FRUIT BY THE BOX
Following our asual custom, we will maka specially attractive
prices on all fruits by the box during the canning season.
WK HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF
JELLY GLASSES
FRUIT JARS
JAR RUBBERS
And are pro pa ml to take care of your orders satisfactorily
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
HI' SSI AX PRISON KIM RKVKAL
I'N'llKMKVAIIliK CONDITION'S
ST. I'KTERSBUHO, Aug. 8? Al
most unbelievable atrocities are
Iiik (lully reveuled In connection wltU
tho general Investigation of tlio ltus
Man prison system now being con
ducted by special governmental
commission.
The uttentlon of tho commission
lias been directed espcclully to Riga
In the past few duys The evidence
shows that tho detective department
there hus practiced methods which
rlvuls the atrocities perpetrated at
tho Spanish Inquisition. Thlrty-sev
en workmen, arrested on suspicion
of murdering an engineer, wero, all
subjected to the most horrible forms
o" torture during their examination.
One of them, a youth numcd Tlino
fyeef, whs pinioned with his arms
beneath Ills bent knees, a stick be
ing passed through thorn bo he could
not Btlr. Ho was then thrown to the
floor, und one of the detectives bo
labored bis nuked feet with a rub
ber whip, ufterwardg using the but
?rid on the lads body. Whon he
cried out from pain, the detectives
gagged htm, gripped his throat un
lit he was senseless, revlvod him
with cold wuter, toro out his hair In
tvindfuta knocked his hoad against
tho floor and subjected him to other
inpriutable indignities. A month
Inter, all tho prisoners, Including
Tlraofyeef, wero released without
uny charge having been placed
iigutnst their names. Timofyeef will
he a cripple for life.
A report from the Schluusselburg
prison states that the food Is vile;
nil hygiene has been dispensed with;
thoro In no medical treatment; for
the most trifling offenses prisoners
are condemned to u month In the
dreadful punishment cell, and flog
gings are a dally occurronco. Sovon
victims of this regime have recently
bocome insane.
A letter from a prisoner at AN
ittch says: "Wo are malctn a special
study of suicide. A comrade who
has been ablo to bring poison in with
him is rearded as exceptionally for
tunate. Those of us who are not
thus provided ure practicing the art
of making deadly nooses which we
mav tighten with our own hands in
case we are culled to the awful pun
ishment cell.'
SEATTLE, Aug. 9 ? Oen. Dluz
wired the management of the New
Washington hotel yesterday engag
ing eight rooms. He Is expected
here from California within a day
or two but his mission to this city
Is not known, unless ho Intends go
ing to Vancouver and leaving that
city for Japan.
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 9? Govern
ment statisticians estimate that the
losa to the corn crop in the mlddlo
west, on account of the prolonged
drouth, will amount to millions of
dollars. It Is said that three hun
dred million bushels of com hav?
dried up on the cob and can never
be harvested.
There Is one bright spot In the
gloomy report which says that the
winter wheat crop is In good condi
tion and that five hundred and elev
en million bushels will be garnered.
The drouth has cxtonded over a
period of nearly a month with ex
tremely hot woather. Corn in the
fields has withered up and cannot
mature even If rain should como lui
inodlately.
(iOM) STAMPEDE IS
> OX THE INCREASE
CORDOVA, Aug. 9? A spelal train
left yesterday with two hundred
statupeders for Shushanna. and ano
ther ono left today to take the bal
ance who have been outfitting here.
.V hundred and twenty m ushers and
a hundred aud six horses are aboard
the Steamers- Northwestern and l.a
touche which loft Soattle yesterday,
destined for the new diggings.
SKAGWAY MtSIIKltS <JKT
AWAY K>K NKW HTItlKK
Information from Whltehorse says
that George Barnctt and party left
this morning over the Kluane trail
for the Shushanna camp. They
found it impossible to get horses at
Whltehorse, so hired their supplies
taken over, cos'lnx them $75 apiece.
From Kluano lake they will attempt
to get their outfit to Canyon City
by pack horses and cache It there,
going to Shushanna light, returning
later for their supplies.
llarnett says: "It looks better all
the time. There is a report of an
other strike on tho Canadian sldo.
Everyoue here thinks It will be an
other Dawson."
THE CRY OF THE TIMES
IS FOR
RUBBER SOLED
FOOTWEAR
WE HAVE THEM
We also have a large line of
O'DONNELL SHOES
FOR 7VTEN
Drop in and look them] over
CLA YSON
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